Marianne Tidcombe. The Doves Press. London: The British Library; New Castle, Del.: Oak Knoll Press, 2002. xii, 258 pp.; 75 [pounds sterling], $120.00 (US) (hardcover). ISBN 0 71 234708 9 (UK) / 1 58 456084 3 (US).
In the golden age of the fine press movement, T.J. Cobden-Sanderson, who founded the Doves Press with Emery Walker in 1900, stands out as a man of absolute principle and uncompromising ideals. He did not have the influence or the stature of his mentor, William Morris. ...