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Maret (Russell) Aethelwold etc: Twenty Six Letters...,
Maret (Russell) Aethelwold etc: Twenty Six Letters...,
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Maret (Russell) Aethelwold etc: Twenty Six Letters inspired by other letters..., number 25 of 44 copies signed by the artist, from an edition limited to 55, printed in red & black, colour plates by Maret, original alum-tawed pigskin-backed boards, spine titled in gilt, original cloth drop-back box, Port Chester and New York, 2009; with an envelope of prospectuses and other ephemera from Maret, folio (2)

⁂ Superb alphabet in the form of a writing manual, with each letter inspired by a different printer or typographer from the Middle Ages to the present day. One hundred and five different ink colours were used in the printing with up to nine for individual letters.
Winner of a Judges Choice Award at the 2009 UK Fine Press Book Fair.
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Maret (Russell) Aethelwold etc: Twenty Six Letters...,

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Rupert Powell
International Head of Books and Works on Paper
Max Hasler
Modern First Editions and 20th Century Literature
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