Granjon Flowers | Lockdown Lock-ups

A delicate letterpress hand-bound book of Monotype borders, 2020.

7 pp., 65 × 60 mm. 18 pt Caslon & Monotype Granjon borders 202-5/502-3 on a delicate layered Tengucho paper. Printed on a Farley No.11 proofing press.

Two editions, seven in white & six in natural, sewn into Tengucho paper wrappers with a 90 gsm loose outer wrapper of Saint Armand's Old Master, Crowsnest. Printed & published in 2020.

Jack Townend | Monotype Borders | 1958

A delicate letterpress hand-bound book of the Jack Townend designed Monotype borders, 2020.

8pp., 65 x 60 mm. 18 pt Caslon & Monotype borders 1346-9 on a delicate layered Tengucho paper. Printed on a Farley No.11 proofing press.

Two editions, eighteen white & sixteen natural, sewn into Tengucho paper wrappers with a 90 gsm loose outer wrapper of Saint Armand’s Old Master, Crowsnest. Printed in 2020/21 & published in 2021.

David Bethel | Blaze | Monotype Borders | 1959

A delicate letterpress hand-bound book celebrating David Bethel’s Blaze border designed for Monotype, 2021.

8pp., 70 x 60 mm. 18 pt Caslon & Monotype borders 1405-6 on a delicate layered Tengucho paper. Printed on a Farley No.11 proofing press.

Two editions, thirty white & thirty natural, sewn into Tengucho paper wrappers. Printed in 2021 & published in 2023 for Bethel’s centenary.

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