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The Vacant Frame

Item date(s): 1983

Robert Brough
John R. Smith  - (illustrated by)


Pages: unpaged
Size: 233mm
Edition: #71/80

Sub-type: Private press

Place publication: Steventon
Publisher: The Rocket Press

Additional notes:
Description in Basilisk Press catalogue number 4: Enchanting toy for type enthusiasts. Consists of verses about printing written by a Glasgow compositor in the 1890s, here handset and illustrated by young artist, John R. Smith, with linocuts. These are loose in portfolio which in turn is housed in compartmented, cloth-covered, hinged box which also protects a minature alphabet book, extra label, and slugs of lead type.

The text is on fourteen unbound single sheets, the last blank.

Ref: GB/836







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