Daylight jobbery : ephemera to 1985 / by Libanus Press.
Published / Created:
[Marlborough, Wiltshire] : Libanus Press, [1986?]
Physical Description:
1 box (26, [1] leaves) : ill. (some col.) ; 34 x 24 x 5 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Roger W. Moss.
Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Related Content:
View finding aid for the Roger W. Moss Collection of manuscript, original art and printed materia l by and about Richard Shirley Smith
http://hdl.handle.net/10079/fa/ycba.mss.0017
Classification:
Books
Notes:
"These samples of ephemeral printing, with the exception of the trial settings, type specimens and all letterheads, are taken from commercial runs done to deadlines."--Index to the ephemera.
Contents:
1. Mary Calthorpe & Hong Chai Wong : [wedding invitation] -- 2. William Morris, born March 24, 1854 [sic] : [typographic keepsake] -- 3. Katharine House Gallery : [two private viewing invitations] ; Richard Shirley Smith : [private viewing invitation] -- 4. Katharine House Gallery : Julian Stair, Michael Whittlesea ; Katharine House Gallery : summer exhibition 1982 ; The Granary : exhibition of contemporary decorated ceramics -- 5. Katharine House Gallery : Bernard Myers, David Howard Jones, Peter Lane ; Katharine House Gallery : Henry Pim, John Wragg -- 6. The wife of bath her tale : [trial setting] -- 7. Bespoke furniture & sculpture : Jonathan Hawkes ; Marlborough Festival, June, 1986 -- 8. Buzz buzz, John Heath-Stubbs [book prospectus] ; Katharine House Gallery invites you to an evening of music ; Barbara Wijngaard and Paul Watson : [moving card] -- 9. Beaujolais nouveau, 1984 ; Summer? barbeque : [invitation] -- 10. Ouds 1884-1984 : [card] ; Heather Wood : [business card] ; Fantoni Fantoni Franklin Bessenberg Banauer aspects -- 11. Trial settings for a reprinting of Gill's An essay on typography -- 12. Recalling the goddess in spring : A.H. 1345 / Alistair Elliot -- 13. [Letterhead for] F.B. Roberts ; Collins Harvill ; Richard Shirley Smith ; Storytape Productions -- 14. Katharine House Gallery : [three private viewing invitations] -- 15. Katharine House Gallery : [three private viewing invitations] -- 16. Katharine House Gallery presents The great functional pottery show of 1983 ; N. W. Lott & H. J. Gerrish's Gallery : a miscellany of cheap prints for Christmas -- 17. Katharine House Gallery : [private viewing invitation] ; Libanus Press : [late payment notification] ; Katie's birthday party : [invitation] -- 18. Trial setting for 'Theodore and Honoria' -- 19. Britannic majesty ; Peter Forster, ridiculum vitae 1983 -- 20. [Letterhead for] : The Finzi Trust ; The Theatre of the Unexpected ; The Old Manor ; Judge Sykes & Harrison -- 21. Katharine House Gallery : [three private viewing invitations] -- 22. Luncheon & garden party in celebration of the recent acquisition of Springhurst House : [invitation] -- 23. Katharine House Gallery : [three private viewing invitations] -- 24. The Sapient Pig : menu, wine list -- 25. Katharine House Gallery : [two performance invitations] -- 26. Paul Watson : [business card] ; An alphabet, E.N. Ellis : [book prospectus] ; Katharine House Gallery : [booking confirmation].
Subject Terms:
Libanus Press -- Specimens. | Private presses -- England -- Specimens. | Printed ephemera -- England -- Specimens. | Printing -- England -- Specimens. | Libanus Press -- Publisher.
Form/Genre:
Type specimens. | Printed ephemera. | Wood engravings -- 1986.
Contributors:
Shirley Smith, Richard, engraver. | Moss, Roger W., 1940– former owner.