NOTES ON THE HISTORY OF THE ELSTON PRESS OF CLARKE CONWELL & HELEN MARGUERITE O'KANE, 1900-1905: With Bibliographical Checklists of Elston Press Books and Prospectuses
Wilmington, Delaware: Douglas M. Harris, Publisher, 1997. First Edition. Hardcover. Limited to 225 numbered copies. This copy is unnumbered and out of series. "The most important of the New York private presses was in a suburb. The Elston Press began in Manhattan in 1900, but its owner, Clark Conwell, moved it to New Rochelle in 1901. Conwell, with the aid of his designer and wife, Helen Marguerite O'Kane, was one of the most brilliant of the Kelmscott disciples. His books exemplify the best in the private press spirit: with traditional models as a point of departure, they achieve freshness of their own. They were printed by handpress in limited editions on handmade paper and Japan vellum, bound in boards or cloth or vellum with ties" (Susan Otis Thompson, American Book Design and William Morris). Quarto: 127, [1, blank], [1, colophon], [1, blank] pp. with 16 full-page plates. Printed letterpress on Zerkall-Bütten laid paper at the Press of Michael and Winifred Bixler, Skaneateles, New York. Original blue cloth-covered boards over a gray cloth spine with a printed paper spine label. A fine copy. Fine. Item #80049
Price: $100.00