Juan Eugenio Hartzenbusch (1806-1880), The Lovers of Teruel: a Drama in Four Acts in Prose and Verse ([Newtown, Wales]: Gregynog Press, 1938). Copy 11 of 175. Bound in decorated full morocco, with binder’s stamp: Gregynog Press Bindery, George Fisher, Blair Hughes-Stanton. Graphic Arts Collection (GAX) 2007-0472N
Bernard Shaw (1856-1950), Shaw Gives Himself Away ([Newtown, Montgomeryshire]: Gregynog Press, 1939). Copy 11 of 300. Bound in gilt-decorated full morocco by George Fisher at the Gregynog Press Bindery. Graphic Arts Collection (GAX) 2007-0486N
Salvador de Madariaga (1886-1978), Don Quixote, an Introductory Essay in Psychology ([Newtown, Wales]: Gregynog Press, 1934). Copy 12 of 250. Bound in decorated full blue morocco by George Fisher at the Gregynog Press Bindery. Graphic Arts Collection (GAX) 2007-0473NWhen George Fisher (1879-1970) went to work for Rivière Bindery in London, he chose to be a finisher, tooling the colored leather on hundreds of books. In 1924, Fisher moved to Wales to be chief binder at Gregynog Press. From that time forward, the first 20 or 25 books in each edition were given superb decorative bindings by Fisher. When the press was closed in 1940, Fisher stayed on alone for another five years to finish the work on each volume. Princeton University holds 30 of the 42 books published by Gregynog Press.
See: Dorothy A. Harrop, “George Fisher and the Gregynog Press,” The Book Collector (Winter 1970), 465-77.
