Twelve by Eight - J.H. Mason, R.D.I.

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J.H. Mason, R.D.I.; a selection from the notebooks of a scholar-printer made by his son John Mason. Illustrated by Rigby Graham. 8vo, 224 X 153mm., [43]pp., The Twelve by Eight, 2 Ratcliffe Road, Leicester, 1961.
Handset in Baskerville at Orpheus Press. One of 950 copies printed in black (title-page in black and turquoise) on white cartridge paper. 12 full-page drawings (with one duplicate gathering), Quarter white cloth with gilt spine titling, blue and white paste paper boards.. A  fine copy with a compliments slip  from the author on Twelve by Eight paper.
A variant binding, possibly a proof, arguably more attractive than the standard Linson Vellum binding in orange and black.

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