The Essex House Press was founded by Charles Robert Ashbee (1863-1942) as an off… subscribers only
Title page of ‘An Endeavour Towards the Teaching of John Ruskin and William Morris’ by C.R. Ashbee (1901), printed by the Essex House Press
Bibliography
1. Ashbee, C. R. A Bibliography of the Essex House Press with Notes the Designs, Blocks, Cuts, Bindings, Etc. From the Year 1898 to 1904.
Campden, Gloucestershire, 1904 2. Ashbee, C.R. The private press: a study in idealism. To which is added a bibliography of the Essex house press. Broad Campden, Gloucestershire, England: Essex House Press, 1909. 3. C.R. Ashbee & the Guild of Handicraft Cheltenham, England: Cheltenham Art Gallery and Museum, 1981 [Exhibition catalogue] 4. C.R. Ashbee and the Essex House Press Minneapolis, Minnesota: Minneapolis Institute of Arts, 1992 [Exhibition catalogue] 5. Crawford, Alan. C.R. Ashbee: architect, designer romantic socialist New Haven, Connecticut: Yale University Press, 1985 6. Robson, Susanna. An introduction to the Essex House Press. London: Victoria & Albert Museum, 1986