Pp. 48, 8 coloured plates, black & white text illustrations, short bibliography; f'cap. 4to; printed papered boards, edges lightly rubbed; dust wrapper, slightly soiled and worn, edges and backstrip rubbed and split; bookseller's sticker at foot of upper pastedown, inked gift inscription (dated 1948) on upper free endpaper, edges of..... More
Pp. 332, 24 plates, index; tan cloth, spine lettered and decorated in gilt, upper board lettered in red; fore-edges uncut; dust wrapper, slightly soiled, backstrip browned, edges lightly rubbed and split; name in ink on upper free endpaper, a little faint foxing; Random House, New York, 1971. First U.S. edition..... More
Pp. 60 (last colophon, verso blank), publisher's large device at centre of title page; small med. 8vo; terracotta cloth gilt, spine lettered and boards ruled in gilt, top edge of upper board a trifle soiled; uncut; plain black paper dust wrapper, backstrip lettered in gilt, edges lightly rubbed and split;..... More
The catalogue of an exhibition held at Seven Albemarle Street, April to September 1951. Preface by John Carter. Pp. vi+72+vii-xii(advertisements); printed stiff paper wrappers, a trifle soiled; bookseller's sticker at foot of first preliminary, a few corners faintly creased, edges of leaves a trifle foxed; published for the National Book..... More
Chosen with a Retrospectus by Francis Meynell and Herbert Simon. Pp. xvi+360(last colophon), numerous illustrations (mostly full page, several coloured or tinted, some printed in red & black); demy 4to; navy cloth, spine lettered in silver, slightly marked and rubbed, corners bruised; price-clipped dust wrapper, lightly soiled, edges a trifle..... More
Pp. 24, pictorial title page printed in red & black; f'cap. 8vo; blue cloth, spine lettered in gilt, bottom fore-corner of upper board lightly bruised; dust wrapper, slightly faded, edges rubbed and split, with a couple of tiny chips, slight signs of sticker removal from front flap; book label of..... More
An appraisal, a Personal Note and a Bibliography of the first hundred books issued by the Press, 1923-1934. Pp. xii+82, plus several examples of devices, bindings, text and title pages, and numerous hand-tipped specimen pages (from 2-4pp. each, several printed in colour or red & black); narrow roy. 4to; full..... More
