A tribute to print : being a unique expression of good will and appreciation of the printer and the printer's art from prominent personalities representative of every phase of the nation's life. / Compiled on the occasion of the 107th anniversary festival of the Printers' Pension, Almshouse & Orphan Asylum Corporation, November 20th, 1934.
Printers' Pension, Almshouse, and Orphan Asylum Corporation
Category
Books
Date
1934
Materials
Place of origin
London
Collection
Anglesey Abbey, Cambridgeshire
NT 3237891
Summary
Bibliographic description
81, [1] p. : facsims. ; obl. 8vo. Includes facsimile of Lord Fairhaven's autograph on p. 21. Ephemera: letter bound in at end (23 Nov. 1934) from J.S. Elias to Lord Fairhaven, thanking him for supplying a copy of his autograph to include and sending him a copy of the book [i.e. from Julius Salter Elias, 1st Viscount Southwood (1873-1946) to Urban Huttleston Rogers Broughton, 1st Lord Fairhaven (1896-1966)]. Provenance: Twentieth-century armorial bookplate (small variant), signed Badeley 1930: ‘Urban Huttleston Rogers Lord Fairhaven’ [i.e.: Urban Huttleston Rogers Broughton, 1st Lord Fairhaven (1896-1966)]. Binding: Twentieth-century half calf, marbled paper over boards; spine lettered direct (gilt tooled): '1934 - A tribute to print'; gilt-stamped Fairhaven crest at head of spine; three recessed cords; gilt top edge. Binder's gilt stamp on rear pastedown: 'Robson & Co. Ltd. W. 1.'.
Makers and roles
Printers' Pension, Almshouse, and Orphan Asylum Corporation, manufacturer