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
£495.00
Offered by Ashton Rare Books
The Hansom Cab And The Pigeons – Being Random Refl...
Strong, L.A. & Ravilious, Eric (Illus.)
Golden Cockerel Press, Waltham St. Lawrence
£595.00
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
Seriatim : Paintings, Places and Asides
Graham, Rigby
Brewhouse Press
£3500.00
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
Newhaven Dieppe. Recollections And Some History Of...
Martin, Frank (Author and Illustrator)
The Previous Parrot Press
£795.00
Offered by Ashton Rare Books
Gulliver’s Travels : Illustrated By Rex Whistler
Swift, Jonathan
The Cresset Press
£6950.00
Offered by Ashton Rare Books
A Machynlleth Triad : With The Publisher’s Complim...
Morris, Jan
Gwasg Gregynog, Newtown
£425.00
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
£425.00
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
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
Via Mezzavilla 26a
31029 Vittorio
Veneto (TV)
Italy
Victoria Hall Hand Decorated Papers
Contact: Victoria Hall
Hill Farm House, London Street
Whissonsett
Dereham
Norfolk
NR20 5ST
Andy Moore Calligraphy
Contact: Andy Moore
Redhouse Farm
Church End
Nuneaton
Warwickshire
CV10 0QU
Fine Press Poetry
Contact: Andrew Moorhouse
The Mainstone Press
Contact: Tim Mainstone
Joseph King House, Abbey Farm Commercial Park
Horsham St Faith
Norwich
Norfolk
NR10 3JU
Parvenu Press
Contact: Carolyn Trant
17 St Anne's Crescent
Lewes
East Sussex
BN7 1SB
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
17 St Anne’s Crescent
Lewes
East Sussex
BN7 1SB
Hirundo Press
Contact: Caroline Saltzwedel
Judd Street Gallery
Contact: Alan Powers
Editions Verdigris
Contact: Mark Lintott
St James Park Press
Contact: James Freemantle
19 Vandon Court
64 Petty France
London
SW1H 9HE
The Petrarch Press
Contact: William Bentley
P O Box 488
Oregon House
CA 95962
USA
Tracey Bush/Fathom Five Books
Contact: Tracey Bush
24 Charlesbury Avenue
Alverstoke
Gosport
Hampshire
PO12 3TG
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: Gaylord Schanilec
255 E Kellogg Blvd, #504
St Paul
Wisconsin
Minnesota 55101
USA
BABEL
Contact: Kevin Perryman
Friederike von Hellermann
Contact:
Puschkinstraße 29
06108 Halle
Germany
Ludlow Bookbinders Ltd
Contact: Paul Kidson & Phil Parkins
Unit 5
Lower Barns Business Park
Ludlow
Shropshire
SY8 4DS
Inky Parrot Press
Contact: Dennis Hall
The Foundry
Church Hanborough
Witney
Oxfordshire
OX29 8AB
Chevington Press
Contact: Bob Wakefield assisted by Rowan Parkes
190 Boothferry Road
Goole
East Yorkshire
DN14 6AH
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
29 Windrush Crescent
Malvern
Worcestershire
WR14 2XG
J Hewit & Sons Ltd
Contact: David Lanning
12 Nettlehill Road
Houstoun Industrial Estate
Livingston
West Lothian
EH54 5DL
Mixolydian Editions
Contact: Richard Wagener
900 Middlefield Drive
Petaluma
CA 94952
USA
Elies Plana
Contact: Elies Plana & Gaby Comba
Perill 39
baixos 2
08012 Barcelona
Spain
FIne Press Artists Books
Contact: Susan Allix
Linda Landers Fine Books
Contact: Linda Landers
First Floor, 68 Elsham Road
London
W14 8HD
Paekakariki Press
Contact: Matt McKenzie
4 Mitre Avenue, Greenleaf Road
Walthamstow
London
E17 6QG
The Old School Press
Contact: Martyn & Angela Ould
Cliff Edge
Beer Hill
Seaton
Devon
EX12 2QD
The Old Stile Press
Contact: Cressida Mayer
4 Vaga Crescent
Ross-on-Wye
Herefordshire
HR9 7RQ
Incline Press
Contact: Graham Moss
36 Bow Street
Oldham
Lancashire
OL1 1SJ
John Purcell Paper
Contact: John Purcell
15 Rumsey Road
Stockwell
London
SW9 0TR
Deep Wood Press
Contact: Chad Pastotnik
The Salvage Press
Contact: Jamie Murphy
44 Newbury Wood
Clonshaugh
Dublin 17
Ireland
Solmentes Press
Contact: David Esslemont
1990 Fox Hollow Road
Decorah
IA 52101
USA
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
110 Marginal Way #777
Portland
ME 04101
USA
Leslie Gerry Editions
Contact: Leslie Gerry
The Eight Gabled House
Dowdeswell
Cheltenham
Gloucestershire
GL54 4LX
Harmatan & Oakridge Leathers
Contact: Marc Lamb
Westfields Avenue
Higham Ferrers
Northamptonshire
NN10 8AX
The Lone Oak Press
Contact: Abigail Rorer
16 Oliver Street
Petersham
Massachusetts 01366
USA
13 Edition
Contact: Alexandra Frohloff
Aechterhook 6
48691 Vreden
Germany
Fernando Feijoo & Jim Butler
Contact:
43 Hobart Road
Cambridge
CB1 3PT
Fox Ash Press
Contact: David Jury
73 Hungerdown Lane
Lawford
Manningtree
Essex
CO11 2LX
The Heavy Duty Press
Contact: Michael Koppa
107 S. Dunlap Ave.
Viroqua
WI 54665
USA
The p's and q's Press
Contact: Christine Tacq
Ashlea House
2 Essex Road
Thame
Oxfordshire
OX9 3 LT
Tudor Black Press
Contact: Hugh Macfarlane
Rue de Frontenay
Lion de Marnes
79600 Marnes
France
Thin Ice Press
Contact: Helen Smith & J T Welsch
Dept. of English & Related Literature
University of York
Heslington
York
YO10 5DD
Fine Press Book Assocation
Contact: Martyn Ould
Cliff Edge
Beer Hill
Seaton
Devon
EX12 2QD
Design for Today, Joe Pearson
Contact:
30 Victoria Road
Topsham
Exeter
Devon
EX3 0EU
S P Tuohy
Contact: Steven Tuohy
45 Warwick Street
Oxford
OX4 1SZ
Nancy Loeber
Contact:
192 Washington Park
Brooklyn
NY 11205
USA
Christine McCauley, MsPress
Contact:
135 Windsor Road
London
E7 0RA
The Florin Press
Contact: Graham Williams
Vent House
Stalisfield Road
Charing
Kent
TN27 0HH
Cordes Press
Contact: Dr Kevin Cordes
45 Cuckoo Hall Lane
Edmonton
London
N9 8DH
Verso Press
Contact: Sue McLaren
7 Winhill
Liverpool
L25 6JR
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
9 Ravenside Terrace
Blackhill
Consett
Co Durham
DH8 0LB
Duet Books
Contact: Peter Lawrence
48 Lonsdale Road
Oxford
OX2 7EP
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
Contact:
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Floor Plan & Exhibitors
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