Ashendene Press Interest - A collection of early 20th Century woodcut proofs and pages produced by the Ashendene Press, to include 'The Printer at Work' a portrait of Charles St John Hornby by R A Maynard, together with an accompanying handwritten letter dated 1928 from Charles St John Hornby

C H St John Hornby was a founding partner in W H Smith & Sons, but he set up his own press to print books for his family and friends. The Ashendene Press was founded in 1895 and continued until 1935, with a break during the First World War from 1915 to 1920.