The idea to produce the ‘Scribble book’ was initiated at a proofing session at the printers for Baseline, back in 2009. We decided to share with you the unique and limited ‘make ready’ sheets, which are made every time a new Baseline magazine is printed.

‘Make ready’ sheets are used to run the colour up to optimum level before the actual virgin paper is running through the press. Because those are waste sheets, the accidental and random overprints create unique and exciting imagery. We made a selection and used three ‘fold outs’ in each scribble book. Each one is unique!

Enclosed with the scribble book will be ephemera which we collected at Baseline. These include printed, handwritten or painted precious and inspiring small items. So, be prepared to find a signature by a famous designer, or an Hawaiian postage stamp. No repetition here either! We hope that this aspiring little book and collection will generate lots of imagination and stimulation for you.

Our ‘Scribble book 58’ is published in a limited edition of 80. Enjoy!

A6, 140 pp blank with 3 one-off fold out pages and enclosed type ephemera. All this for only
£ 13.00 (plus p&p).

View more images on Baseline News ‘click here’.

The idea to produce the ‘Scribble book 57’ was initiated at our last proofing session at the printers for Baseline 57. We decided to share with you the unique and limited ‘make ready’ sheets, which are made every time a new Baseline magazine is printed.

‘Make ready’ sheets are used to run the colour up to optimum level before the actual virgin paper is running through the press. Because those are waste sheets, the accidental and random overprints create unique and exciting imagery. We made a selection and used three ‘fold outs’ in each scribble book. Each one is unique and a one-off!

Enclosed with the scribble book will be ephemera which we collected at Baseline. These include printed, handwritten or painted precious and inspiring small items. So, be prepared to find a signature by a famous designer, or an Hawaiian postage stamp. No repetition here either! We hope that this aspiring little book and collection will generate lots of imagination and stimulation for you.

Our ‘Scribble book 57’ is published in a limited edition of 100.

A6, 140 pp blank with 3 one-off fold out pages and enclosed type ephemera. All this for only
£ 13.00 (plus p&p).

View more images on Baseline News ‘click here’.

A set of the ‘Steinthall’ labels designed by E. McKnight Kauffer. The ideal gift for a typophile – or for your own collection of ephemera. In issue 20 you read how Baseline discovered the ‘lost’ labels which were designed by last century’s greatest poster designer E. McKnight Kauffer between 1915 and 1926.
Now you can buy a facsimile, produced in a numbered limited edition by Bradbourne Publishing.

Each label is faithfully reproduced on high quality ivory stock, using special colour inks to achieve a match to the ordinals and limited strictly to 500 sets (there are sets remaining).

After this addition the plates have been
destroyed and no more sets will be printed. The set of 35 labels is presented in a handmade box, of the same design as boxes used by Steinthall & Company in the 1920s.

The boxes held jigsaw puzzles made from the labels and were given to clients as presents. Now they make an ideal present for collectors with an interest in McKnight Kauffer and historic graphic design.

View more images on Baseline News ‘click here’.