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Mr Derrick Harris, 1919-1960
- Title
- Mr Derrick Harris, 1919-1960 / by Simon Brett.
- Author
- Brett, Simon, 1943-
- Publication
- Denby Dale, Huddersfield, West Yorkshire : Fleece Press, 1998.
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | Text | Restricted use | *KP+++ (Fleece) 05-58 | Schwarzman Building - Rare Book Collection Room 328 |
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- Description
- 53, [4] p., [1] folded leaf of plates : ill. (some col.); 30 cm. in box 32 x 42 cm.
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- Typefaces (Type evidence) – Modern no. 7.
- Note
- "Seen through the press by Mr Simon Lawrence at his palace of pleasure, the Fleece Press. It was set in Modern no. 7 by Peter Sanderson, printed on Zerkall paper, and bound by Smith Settle. Several loose engravings and the Royal Flush illustrations are housed in separate folders. Photographs printed in Sheffield by J.W. Northend. 280 copies, September 1998"--Colophon.
- Contains 27 prints made from original blocks engraved by Derrick Harris, reproductions of several col. ill., and 2 photos. of the artist at work. The wood engravings were printed at the Fleece Press.
- Accompanied by: "Mr Derrick Harris : some extra engravings: cover for Humphry Clinker, Folio Society, 1955; Handy Spandy, Jack-a-Dandy (date not known); cover for The listener, autumn 1955" (3 wood engravings and blank leaf stitched into tan paper covers); "Royal Flush, by Derrick Harris" (9 col. reproductions of gouache drawings for the unpublished children's book Royal Flush (ca.1946) on 9 loose sheets, 29 x 40 cm., inserted in blue-green paper folder with col. ill. mounted on front cover); "Mr Derrick Harris : below here you will find ... " (broadside on brown paper, 29 x 40 cm., describing the accompanying items; illustrated with vignette by Harris).
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Binding (note)
- Binding: Publisher's quarter orange cloth and green patterned paper boards, by Smith Settle. Issued with the 3 accompanying items in cream cloth-covered drop-spine box with illustrated blue paper spine label.
- Call Number
- *KP+++ (Fleece) 05-58
- ISBN
- 0948375558
- OCLC
- 41159696
- NYPG05-B10128
- Author
- Brett, Simon, 1943-
- Title
- Mr Derrick Harris, 1919-1960 / by Simon Brett.
- Imprint
- Denby Dale, Huddersfield, West Yorkshire : Fleece Press, 1998.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Binding
- Binding: Publisher's quarter orange cloth and green patterned paper boards, by Smith Settle. Issued with the 3 accompanying items in cream cloth-covered drop-spine box with illustrated blue paper spine label.
- Connect to:
- Added Author
- Harris, Derrick, 1919-1960. Illustrator. Wood engraverHarris, Derrick, 1919-1960. Royal Flush.Lawrence, Simon. PrinterSanderson, Peter J. CompositorFleece Press, printer, printer of plates.Smith Settle (Firm) Binder
- Research Call Number
- *KP+++ (Fleece) 05-58*KP+ (Fleece) 05-58