‘EARLY PRIVATE PRESSES 1730-1900’, by David Chambers, publis...

Hammer

£55

‘EARLY PRIVATE PRESSES 1730-1900’, by David Chambers, published in 2025 by The Private Libraries Association. Vol 1: The Presses, 308pp, 130+ illus. Vol 2: Bibliography, 295pp. Hardbacks. Cloth covered boards. A two-volume account of the early private presses active in the British Isles in the 18th and 19th centuries. The publication also includes details of presses worked from domestic premises, where the press was worked at home, or in some cases within a school. It does not include commercial enterprises. There are over 130 reproductions along with a bibliography of around 1,750 books and 850 pieces of ephemera printed at the presses. In fine condition as new. (2)