This Catalogue is divided into four parts, covering the periods 1924–41, 1942–63, 1964–90, and 1991–2008, and includes descriptions of all 321 books printed at the Press. Each part has an introductory section with the story of that period. All the entries have notes on the background of the production, partly based on the Press’s book files, which are now in Cambridge University Library. Prospectuses are described. There are also appendices on the pressmarks, types, papers and publicity material of the Press, and an index of titles.
It is published by Oak Knoll Press of New Castle, Delaware, designed by the author, and printed in the USA. There are 130 black and white illustrations, and 16 pages of colour. $65.
Reviewing the book in Parenthesis, the American designer and critic Jerry Kelly described ‘the aesthetic effect that can only be experienced by holding an actual example of Rampant Lions printing in one’s hands. Add to this careful typesetting, mostly by hand, with meticulous letterspacing of caps and other typographical niceties, and one gets some of the finest printing in the 500-year history of letterpress. […] Now Sebastian Carter’s definitive – and highly readable and enjoyable – bibliography of this pre-eminent Press is available.’
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