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The Strawberry Hill Press and Its Printing House
Stephen Clarke
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Description for The Strawberry Hill Press and Its Printing House
Hardback. Horace Walpole's Strawberry Hill Press, founded in 1757, is the most celebrated of the early English private presses. This title draws on a remarkable array of surviving images of the Printing House, many of them newly discovered and previously unstudied. Num Pages: 152 pages, 30 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; AK; KNTR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 262 x 212 x 24. Weight in Grams: 862.
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Horace Walpole's Strawberry Hill Press, founded in 1757, is the most celebrated of the early English private presses, unique for the importance of the books, pamphlets, and ephemera it produced. This illustrated study of the Press draws on a remarkable array of surviving images of the Printing House, many of them newly discovered and previously unstudied.
But more than that, this book provides an original and sustained analysis of Walpole's extraordinary literary endeavor, and of the complex variety of purposes that the Press fulfilled. The volume not only assesses all known images to discover what they can tell us about ... Read more
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Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Yale University Press United States
Number of pages
152
Condition
New
Number of Pages
152
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780300170405
SKU
V9780300170405
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99-50
About Stephen Clarke
Stephen Clarke is a London lawyer and independent scholar, and a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries. He has written extensively on Samuel Johnson, William Beckford, and Horace Walpole. He lives near London.
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