Title: DeLittle 1888 - 1988 :
Authors: Bolton, Claire,; DeLittle, Robert D.,; Bolton, Claire.; Alembic Press (Oxford, England),
Date: 1988
Publisher: Alembic Press,
Physical description: 63 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm
Language: English
LC classification: Z
Abstract: "1988 marks the centenary of the wood type manufacturing firm R.D. DeLittle of York. The business today is run by R. James DeLittle, grandson of the founder, and continues cutting wood poster type, being the last firm in Britain to so do. Jim DeLittle generously gave me access to the firm's records which are complete from 1888, and with this material it has been possible to look at the firm's early history and follow its growth. Also from this background it has been possible to study the nature of the wood letter trade in Britain at the end of the nineteenth century. I hope this book will help to fill out the picture of wood letter manufacture in this country, supplementing my initial essay about the DeLittle firm published in 1981"--Page 7.
Notes: Half title: DeLittle, York. Limited edition of ten numbered copies on Barcham Green Chester and 145 numbered copies on Zerkall rough. Sewn signatures case-bound in green paper over boards with a green cloth spine. The illustrations consist of wood type specimens, some of which are folded leaves mounted on blank pages. Letterpress printed. "Text written and hand set in 14 point Caslon by Claire Bolton. Day Book extracts machine set by Solotype. Wood type cut by Robt. D. DeLittle. Terry's Tangerine Quarters printed by Parchment. A limited and numbered edition of 145 copies on Zerkall rough and 10 copies on Barcham Green Chester on an Arab Foolscap Folio at The Alembic Press in its new abode at 139 Upper Road, Kennington, Oxford"--Colophon. Rare Book copy: No. 15.
Subject headings (LCSH): DeLittle, Robert D.; R.D. DeLittle (Firm); R.D. DeLittle (Firm)--History.; Wood types (Printing); Wood types (Printing)--England--York--History.; Wood types (Printing)--Specimens.