UK Fine Press (Oxford) - New addition to the calendar
9th Dec 2023, 10th Dec 2023
Event Information
Please scroll down to see the PBFA exhibitors, followed by the the Fine Press Book Association exhibitors. The floor plan is available to download at the bottom of the page.
The Fine Press Book Association (FPBA) is an organisation of individuals interested in the art of fine printing, formed with the goal of promoting the appreciation of beautiful books and printing skills.
FPBA had its first official meeting and issued the first issue of Parenthesis in 1998. Today it has a worldwide membership of those interested in the fine book and contemporary fine printing: collectors, printers, artists, illustrators, museums, libraries, and dealers.
It publishes Parenthesis, a journal devoted to fine printing and book-making, issues an occasional e-newsletter, organizes events for members and non-members, and has run competitions in book design.
Parenthesis is published twice a year and is free to members. To bring vitality and variety to Parenthesis, its production alternates between North America and the UK. In the Americas, Robert McCamant of Sherwin Beach Press brings out the Fall issue, while production of the Spring issue is led by Sebastian Carter of Rampant Lions Press.
Each issue typically is 64 pages of articles and illustrations, many in colour. Up to 90 de luxe members receive a special limited edition of Parenthesis, which is case-bound and presented in a slip case with a parcel of items specially printed by presses from around the world.
For example, past parcels have included wood engravings by Gaylord Shanilec, Frank Martin, and Simon King, printing from Henry Morris and Nicolas McDowall, pochoir by Peter Allen and Ian Beck, and a poster for the Pennyroyal Caxton Press edition of the Holy Bible.
Refreshments available.
The image you see is from the Bawden mural at Blackwell's book shop in Oxford.
Key Details
Time & Date 9th December 2023, 12:00 - 17:00 10th December 2023, 11:00 - 16:00
Venue Oxford University Examination Schools, 75-81 High Street, Oxford, OX1 4BG
Organisers
Henry Gott, Blackwell's Books
Tel: 01865 333555
Email: Henry.Gott@blackwell.co.uk
Sian Wainwright, Blackwell's Books
Tel: 01865 333555
Email: Sian.Wainwright@blackwell.co.uk
Ticket Information
Adult Ticket (includes catalogue) £ 5.00
Travel Information
Parking
There is no parking on site. The nearest city centre car park is St Clements car park, about a 10 minute walk. It is open 24 hours a day and charges apply throughout the year. There are disabled car parking spaces opposite and also in Merton Street.
Train
Oxford is the nearest station, approx 20 minute walk.
Bus
The nearest bus stop and airport bus stops (Heathrow and Gatwick) are located on the High Street just outside the Examination Schools (Queen’s Lane stop).
Driving
We recommend using the Park & Ride system. The Thornhill (400) and Seacourt (400) Park & Ride services stop just outside (Queen’s Lane stop).
Highlights
If you are thinking of attending this fair, why not have a look at some of the books recommended by some of the Members who will be there.
The Wolverhampton Wanderer : One Of 100 Special co...
Horovitz, Michael & Sir Peter Blake, David Hockney et al. (Illus.)
Latimer, UK
£995.00
Offered by Ashton Rare Books
Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland : Signed by The I...
Carroll, Lewis & Van Sandwyk, Charles (Illus.)
Folio Society, London
£795.00
Offered by Ashton Rare Books
Kynoch Press Note Book 1935 : Signed By Edward Baw...
Bawden, Edward (Illus.)
Kynoch Press, Witton, Birmingham
£1750.00
Offered by Ashton Rare Books
Salvo for Russia : A Limited Edition of New Poems,...
Cunard, Nancy and John Banting (Eds.)
Privately Printed, London
£8500.00
Offered by Ashton Rare Books
English As She Is Spoke
Carolino, Pedro & Bawden, Edward (Illus.)
Lion and Unicorn Press, London
£1250.00
Offered by Ashton Rare Books
Temples of Power : With the Scarce Wrapper
Stamp, Gavin & Boyd Harte, Glynn (Illus.)
Cygnet Press, UK
£1750.00
Offered by Ashton Rare Books
Hertford College (Aula B Mariae Magdalenae)
David Loggan
David Loggan
£75.00
Offered by De Bry Rare Books
St Peter's College (Aula Novi Hospitii)
David Loggan
David Loggan
£75.00
Offered by De Bry Rare Books
The Kingdom Of The Pearl : Deluxe Edition Signed B...
Rosenthal, Leonard & Dulac, Edmund (Illus.)
Nisbet & Co. Ltd, Londo
£2000.00
Offered by Ashton Rare Books
A Christmas Book : Signed By The Illustrator
Sandwyk, Charles Van
Heavenly Monkey, Vancouver
£650.00
Offered by Ashton Rare Books
Hop-O’-Me-Heart: A Grown-up Fairy-Tale With illust...
Housman, Laurence & Guthrie, John (Illus.)
The Pear Tree Press, Flansham
£850.00
Offered by Ashton Rare Books
Flowers and Faces : One Of 60 Specially Bound Copi...
Bates H.E. & Nash, John (Illus.)
The Golden Cockerel Press, UK
£2950.00
Offered by Ashton Rare Books
Wood Engravings from La Vida Breve
John O'Connor
The Rocket Press, Blewbury, Oxfordshire
£650.00
Offered by Ashton Rare Books
Gulliver’s Travels : Illustrated By Rex Whistler
Swift, Jonathan
The Cresset Press
£6950.00
Offered by Ashton Rare Books
An Alderney Afternoon : A Brewhouse Jaunt
Graham, Rigby
Brewhouse, Wymondham
£1250.00
Offered by Ashton Rare Books
The Magic Forest : A Story Told, Printed And Illus...
Sandford, Christopher & Lettice
The Chiswick Press, London
£375.00
Offered by Ashton Rare Books
A Primer Of Birds : Signed By Hughes And Baskin :...
Hughes, Ted & Baskin, Leonard (Illus.)
The Gehenna Press, UK
£1000.00
Offered by Ashton Rare Books
The Prospectus For ‘The Rime Of The Ancient Marine...
Coleridge, Samuel Taylor & Jones, David
Douglas Cleverdon for the Fanfare Press, Bristol
£100.00
Offered by Ashton Rare Books
Christmas Card 1962 : Signed By Edward Bawden
Bawden, Edward
Dawson Rossiter Limited, Slough
£425.00
Offered by Ashton Rare Books
The Graphic Work Of Edward Wadsworth: The Special...
Greenwood, Jeremy
Wood Lee Press, Woodbridge
£1500.00
Offered by Ashton Rare Books
Lud Heat : The First Issue : Signed By The Author
Sinclair, Iain
Albion Village Press
£550.00
Offered by Ashton Rare Books
These Things The Poets Said : With A Postcard Sign...
Eckert, Robert P. Jnr. (Foreword) And Guthrie, James
Pear Tree Press : 1935
£850.00
Offered by Ashton Rare Books
To The Memory Of Edward Thomas : An Association Co...
Guthrie, James
The Pear Tree Press : 1937
£1500.00
Offered by Ashton Rare Books
The Pickworth Fragment : With The Scarce Publisher...
Graham, Rigby
Brewhouse Press, Wymondham, England : 1966
£950.00
Offered by Ashton Rare Books
Fair Exhibitors
If you would like to see which Members will be at this fair, you can browse through them all below. Just select the letter their name starts with and click their name to see their specific page.
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Guest Exhibitors
We are pleased to announce that we will have some special guests at this fair! Have a look at who they are.
The Blue Print Press
Contact: Janine Raedts
Victoria Hall Hand Decorated Papers
Contact: Victoria Hall
Hill Farm House, London Street
Whissonsett
Dereham
Norfolk
NR20 5ST
Andy Moore Calligraphy
Contact: Andy Moore
Fine Press Poetry
Contact: Andrew Moorhouse
The Mainstone Press
Contact: Tim Mainstone
London
E3
parvenu press
Contact: Carolyn Trant
MKB Editions/Belmont Hall Press
Contact: Philip Sharpe
Ivy House
345 Kings Acre Road
Hereford
Herefordshire
HR4 0SL
Bonnefant Press
Contact: Hans van Eijk
Pastoor Pendersstraat 21
6262 PB Banholt
The Netherlands
Altazimuth Press & Tom Paine Press
Contact: Peter Chasseaud
Hirundo Press
Contact: Caroline Saltzwedel
Judd Street Gallery
Contact: Alan Powers
Editions Verdigris
Contact: Mark Lintott
St James Park Press
Contact: James Freemantle
Petty France
London
SW1H 9HE
The Petrarch Press
Contact: William Bentley
P O Box 488
Oregon House
CA 95962
USA
Woodbridge Rare Books
Contact: Bill Woodbridge
The Paddocks, Bealings Road
Martlesham
Woodbridge
Suffolk
IP12 4RW
Nomad Letterpress
Contact: Patrick Randle
Whittington Press
Nr Cheltenham
Gloucestershire
GL54 4HF
The Fleece Press
Contact: Simon Lawrence
95 Denby Lane
Upper Denby
Huddersfield
West Yorkshire
HD8 8TZ
Midnight Paper Sales
Contact: G Schanilec
St Paul
Wisconsin
Minnesota 55101
USA
BABEL
Contact: Kevin Perryman
Friederike von Hellermann
Contact:
Ludlow Bookbinders Ltd
Contact: Paul Kidson
Unit 5
Lower Barns Business Park
Ludlow
Shropshire
SY8 4DS
Inky Parrot Press
Contact: Dennis Hall
The Foundry
Church Hanborough
Witney
Oxfordshire
OX29 8AB
The Reading Room Press
Contact: Miles Wigfield
Coneygar Lodge
Quenington
Cirencester
Gloucestershire
GL7 5BZ
Impress Publishing
Contact: Prof Phil Cleaver
Editorial Department (156)
95 Wilton Road
London
SW1V 1BZ
Woodcraft Press
Contact: Owen Legg
Woodcraft
152 Hadlow Road
Tonbridge
Kent
TN9 1PB
Russell Maret
Contact:
140 East 71st Street, Apartment 5B
New York
NY 10021
USA
Designer Bookbinders
Contact: Pippa Smith, Secretary
J Hewit & Sons Ltd
Contact: David Lanning
12 Nettlehill Road
Houstoun Industrial Estate
Livingston
West Lothian
EH54 5DL
Mixolydian Editions
Contact: Richard Wagener
Elies Plana
Contact:
FIne Press Artists Books
Contact: Susan Allix
Linda Landers Fine Books
Contact: Linda Landers
London
W14
Paekakariki Press
Contact: Matt McKenzie
The Old School Press
Contact: Martyn & Angela Ould
The Old Stile Press
Contact: Cressida Mayer
Incline Press
Contact: Graham Moss
36 Bow Street
Oldham
Lancashire
OL1 1SJ
Deep Wood Press
Contact: Chad Pastotnik
The Salvage Press
Contact: Jamie Murphy
Clonshaugh
Dublin 17
Ireland
Solmentes Press
Contact: David Esslemont
Hill Press
Contact: Stephen Heaver
500 Woodlawn Road
Baltimore
MD 21210
USA
Claire Illouz
Contact:
2 Impasse de la Clef des Champs
95510 Cherence
France
Lux Mentis
Contact: Ian Kahn & Suzanne Hamlin
Leslie Gerry Editions
Contact: Leslie Gerry
Harmatan Leathers
Contact: Marc Lamb
The Lone Oak Press
Contact: Abigail Rorer
16 Oliver Street
Petersham
Massachusetts 01366
USA
13 Edition
Contact: Alexandra Frohloff
Aechterhook 6
48691 Vreden
Germany
Jim Butler
Contact:
Cambridge
CB1
The Heavy Duty Press
Contact: Michael Koppa
107 S. Dunlap Ave.
Viroqua
WI 54665
USA
Tudor Black Press
Contact: Hugh Macfarlane
Thin Ice Press
Contact: Helen Smith & J T Welsch
Dept. of English & Related Literature
University of York
Heslington
York
YO10 5DD
Design for Today
Contact: Joe Pearson
Christine McCauley
Contact:
London
E7
The Florin Press
Contact: Graham Williams
Cordes Press
Contact: Dr Kevin Cordes
London
N9
Verso Press
Contact: Sue McLaren
Sarah Amatt
Contact:
2 Mill Cottages
Caynham
Ludlow
Shropshire
SY8 3BH
Effra Press & Typefoundry
Contact: Nick Gill
The Coach House
1 Beechfield
Newton on Ouse
North Yorkshire
YO30 2DJ
Corvus Works
Contact: Christopher Wakeling
Rooksmoor Press
Contact: Katie Beard & Stan Lane
Gloucester Typesetting
Unit 23E Bond's Mill
Stonehouse
Gloucestershire
GL10 3RG
Jeff Towns
Contact:
23 King Edwards Road
Swansea
DA1 4LL
Il Buon Tempo
Contact: Lucio Passerini
Intima Press Editions
Contact: Mindy Belloff
Red Plate Press
Contact: David Armes
Sophie Brudenell-Bruce/La Providence Press
Contact: Sophie Brudenell-Bruce
The Prototype Press
Contact: Mark Sarigianis
TOC Publishing Berlin
Contact: Birgit Schmitz
Wild Pangolin Press
Contact: Vladimir Zimakov
Sophie Schneideman Rare Books
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Resources
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Floor Plan & Exhibitors
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