ASHENDENE PRESS

ăshˌəndēnˈ, founded in 1895 at Ashendene, Hertfordshire, England, by Sir C. H. St. John Hornby and moved in 1899 to Chelsea, London. It was a leader (with the Kelmscott Press and the Doves Press) in the 19th-century revival of fine English printing. Its edition of Dante (1909) is considered an achievement comparable to the Kelmscott Chaucer of William Morris. The Subiaco type used by the Ashendene Press was designed by Sir Emery Walker and S. C. Cockerell from an early Italian typeface. The Ashendene Press, which set all of its editions by hand, issued 40 books in the years from 1895 to 1915 and from 1920 to 1935.

See W. Ransom, Kelmscott, Doves, and Ashendene (1952).

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William Morris in Private Press and Limited Editions: A Descriptive Bibliography of Books by and about William Morris, 1891-1981
Book by John J. Walsdorf; Oryx Press, 1983
Subjects: Morris, William--1834-1896--Bibliography, Printers--Great Britain--Biography, Printing--England--History--19th Century--Bibliography
...William Morris at the Kelmscott Press. These magnificent booksstand...inspiration for a whole private press movement and much sound commercial...designed and cut for use at the Ashendene Press. We do not know yet...interesting mementos of the Ashendene Press. Since the Kelmscott...
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Four Centuries of Fine Printing: Two Hundred and Seventy-Two Examples of the Work of Presses Established between 1465 and 1924
Book by Stanley Morison; Farrar, Straus, 1949
Subjects: Printing--Specimens, Title Pages, Type And Type-Founding
Arden Press. The finest contribution from this school...found in the productions of the Doves Press established in 1902, which employ a number...are simply bad books. St. John Hornbys Ashendene Press is another private press owing much to...
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Caxton, Mirrour of Fifteenth-Century Letters: A Study of the Literature of the First English Press
Book by Nellie Slayton Aurner; Houghton Mifflin, 1926
Subjects: Caxton, William--Ca. 1422-1491, Civilization, Medieval, In Literature, English Literature--Middle English, 1100-1500--History And Criticism, Incunabula--England, Literature Publishing--England--History, Printers--Great Britain--Biography, Printing--England--History--Origin And Antecedents
...1906. Everymans Library Int. Rhys , 2 vols. 1909. J. M. Dent 2nd ed. . 1909. Riccardi Press ill. W. R. Flint . 1913. Ashendene Press, Chelsea ill. C. M. and Marg. Gere . 1924. Rand McNally ed. and arranged by P. S. Allen...
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The Lengthened Shadow: An Address by Norman Strouse at an Opening of an Exhibition of Modern Fine Printing at the Grolier Club, April 19, 1960
Book by Norman • H • Strouse; Philip C. Duschnes, 1960
Subjects: Fine Books--Great Britain--History, Fine Books--United States--Bibliography--Exhibitions, Fine Books--United States--History, Private Press Books--Great Britain--Bibliography--Exhibitions, Private Presses--Great Britain--History, Private Presses--United States--History
...eleven books from the Ashendene Press, only one was...until 1902, that Hornbys Ashendene Press sud denly blossomed into one of the great private presses of mod ern times with...Sidney Cockerell. This Ashendene Dante came only two years...
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Biblio-Typographica: A Survey of Contemporary Fine Printing Style
Book by Paul Johnston; Covici, Friede, 1930
Subjects: Book Ornamentation, Printing--Specimens, Private Presses, Type And Type-Founding
...St. John Hornby set up the Ashendene Press, using first the Fell types of the Oxford University Press, then some Caslon, and finally...designs. Thus the private-press movement, instituted by William...in the United States. The presses came and went, announcing...had started the Merrymount Press in Boston; Bruce Rogers was...
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BOOKS: All about Impact; Beautifully Illustrated Works Show Graphic Design Flowering between the Wars, Says Richard Edmonds
Newspaper article; The Birmingham Post (England), February 20, 2009
...becoming a memory. The private presses with their wonderful books...companies. But the Curwen Press always led the way with skilled...Morris, St John Hornby (at the Ashendene Press) which, along with the outstanding...that Harold Curwen at Curwen Press knew exactly what he was doing...
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Poster Boys Catch Your Eye; Books
Newspaper article; Sunday Mercury (Birmingham, England), February 22, 2009
Subjects: Books, Food labeling
...becoming a memory. The private presses with their wonderful books...companies. But the Curwen Press always led the way with skilled...and St John Hornby (at the Ashendene Press) which, along with the outstanding...that Harold Curwen at Curwen Press knew exactly what he was doing...


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encyclopedia articles on: Ashendene Press  - 3 results

 
 
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Ashendene Press
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
ASHENDENE PRESS ash nden , founded in 1895 at Ashendene, Hertfordshire, England, by Sir C. H. St. John Hornby...Chaucer of William Morris . The Subiaco type used by the Ashendene Press was designed by Sir Emery Walker and S. C. Cockerell...
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Kelmscott Press
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
KELMSCOTT PRESS printing establishment in...The first book made by the press was The Story of the Glittering...Morris. The masterpiece of the press was The Works of Geoffrey...book-design quality. See Ashendene Press ; Vale Press ; Doves...
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Vale Press
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
VALE PRESS celebrated British establishment...printing. It was one of the presses founded in London in 1896 during...Kings Fount) used by the Vale Press were designed and the printing of Vale Press books was supervised by the...See also Kelmscott Press ; Ashendene Press ; Doves Press...


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