Published by Permission of the War Office. Pp. 126+[2](colophon, verso blank), frontispiece portrait plus 8 plates and 3 text illustrations (2 full page), endpaper map printed in red & black; cr. 4to; qr. blue morocco, the spine lettered in gilt between raised bands, cream cloth boards, the spine faintly faded;... More
John Glanvill's translation, with a prologue by David Garnett. Pp. x+138+[2](colophon), 8 coloured pictorial headpieces, title page decoration printed in red & black, plus colophon decoration in black & white; limp vellum with leather thongs, lettered and decorated in gilt, faintly soiled and a trifle sprung; top edges gilt on... More
Translated by Ralph Wright. With 30 illustrations by Jacquier. Pp. [ii]+190+[2], pochoir frontispiece and 10 text illustrations (some full page), 19 tinted text illustrations, the title and 4 headpiece decorations printed in green, small decorations to running headings printed in black; med. 12mo; natural coarse-weave cloth printed in green &... More
Record of a lyrical experience. Pp. [32]; med. 8vo; qr. red cloth, spine lettered in gilt, cream & red floral patterned papered boards, slightly soiled, corners lightly worn, slightly bruised at foot of spine; bookseller's sticker at foot of upper pastedown, free endpapers faintly offset, occasional slight soiling; Fanfrolico Press... More
A Journal of all that was accomplished by Monsieur de Maisse, Ambassador in England from King Henri IV to Queen Elizabeth, anno domini 1597. Translated from the French and edited with an introduction by G. B. Harrison, Reader in English Literature in the University of London, and R. A. Jones... More
or a history of the life and vast variety of fortunes of Mademoiselle de Beleau, afterwards called the Countess de Wintselheim in Germany, being the person known by the name of Lady Roxana in the time of Charles II. With an introduction by James Sutherland and woodcuts by Bernd Kroeber... More
Pp. 40(last blank), woodcut frontispiece, title page vignette; parchment boards; uncut; dust wrapper, edges lightly chipped and split; bookplate of Geoffrey Farmer on upper pastedown, scattered light foxing; Walpole Press, Norwich, 1931. One of 250 numbered copies. More
Introduction and biographical notes by William B. Dalley. Woodcuts designed and engraved by Lionel Lindsay. Pp. 60(including blanks), frontispiece, 2 pictorial headpieces and a tailpiece, the title page decoration and printer's mark at colophon printed in orange, biographical notes; tall cr. 4to; brown cloth, upper board lettered in green, slightly... More
Retrospectus and Prospectus. [Cover title: NONESUCH DICKENSIANA]. Pp. 128(including several individually paginated inserts and orange dividing leaves)+[2](colophon, verso blank), title page vignette, text illustrations, tipped-in facsimiles and specimen pages; roy. 8vo; dark blue cloth, lettered and decorated in gilt; fore and bottom edges uncut; original glassine wrapper, edges chipped and... More
Pp. [20]; roy. 8vo; printed white paper wrappers, slightly soiled; Mandeville Press, Hitchin, Herts., 1988. More
Disraeli's skit and Aytoun's burlesque. Pp. x+76(last blank), title page vignette; qr. black buckram, spine lettered in gilt, marbled papered boards, edges slightly faded and rubbed, the bottom fore-corners bruised; The Scholartis Press, London, 1927. Edition limited to 525 numbered copies. Nineteenth century Highways and Byways No. 1. Ransom, Private... More
With a Foreword by the author. Pp. vi+20(last blank)+[2](colophon, blank), 2 large decorative initials printed in red & black; med.8vo; printed maroon paper wrappers, stitched, edges lightly worn, backstrip faded; ownership label on recto of upper wrapper; JohnHenry Nash, San Francisco, 1937.One of 600 copies. Contemporary California Short Stories series... More
With a short essay by Carey S. Bliss. Pp. [viii]+28, text illustrations and decorations, the title page printed in red & black, bibliography; f'cap. folio; pictorial cream cloth, spine lettered in gilt; plain dust wrapper; Book Club of California, San Francisco, 1977. Edition limited to 385 copies, printed by Grant... More
A periodical for all people who find pleasure in fine books. Number 4, Parts I to III. Three volumes, totalling over 350 pages (including advertisements), with numerous text illustrations (a couple full page); tall demy 4to; matching green buckram, lettered and decorated in navy, edges a trifle rubbed, a couple... More
or Catalogus Librorum Aulicorum incomparabilium et non vendibilium. Edited by Evelyn Mary Simpson. With a translation. Pp. [iv]+94(last colophon), the title page decorative border printed in red, textual notes; f'cap. 8vo; turquoise papered boards with gilt lettered black leather title label on spine, the boards slightly creased, spine quite faded;... More
Pp. [iv]+56(last blank)+[2](colophon, verso blank), 2 portrait plates roy. 8vo; brown papered boards, upper board lettered in gilt, slightly scuffed; bookplate of Australian bibliophile Harry Muir on upper pastedown; The Hours Press, Chapelle-Reanville, Eure, France, 1929. One of 300 numbered copies on Verge paper (of a total edition of 500)... More
Pp. [12]; printed paper wrappers; Mandeville Press, Hitchin, Herts., 1976. More
Illustration by Mary Norman. Pp. [8], printed (in green) on one side only, title page vignette plus full page illustration and tailpiece; printed paper wrappers; Cellar Press, Hitchin, Herts., 1975. One of 200 copies. Cellar Press Poem Eighteen. More
Pp. cxxxviii(last blank)+[2](colophon, verso blank), frontispiece with tissue guard, plus elaborate decorative border to first text page both works, several decorative initials; qr. cream paper with printed paper title label on spine, buff papered boards patterned with a 'nut and mouse' motif in green, fore-corners lightly worn, slightly soiled; uncut;... More
Pp. [12]; 24.5 x 18.5 cm.; printed in black, pale blue, & green; Contents: gives details of three books, with four full page illustrations; small rust mark from paper clip top edge p. [2], annotation in ink p. [10]; loosely inserted order form; The Dropmore Press, London, 1952. More
Introduction and notes by Samuel Clegg. Pp. 78(last colophon), hand-tipped frontispiece portrait, notes; qr. canvas, blue papered boards with printed paper title label on upper board, the fore-corners (and bottom edge of upper board) bumped; partly unopened; dust wrapper, faintly soiled and creased, edges a trifle chipped and split, small... More
With a Preface by Daphne Du Maurier. Illustrated by the author. Pp. xviii+344+[2](blank, colophon), frontispiece, plus numerous text illustrations, the title and text decorations printed in brown, patterned endpapers; demy 4to; qr. dark brown leather, the spine lettered and decorated in gilt, patterned papered boards, the spine slightly rubbed at... More
Translated by F. W. Reed. Pp. 54(last blank); demy 8vo; red buckram, flecked, printed paper titling labels on spine and upper board; dust wrapper; top edge stained red, others uncut; free endpapers offset; Caxton Press, Christchurch, New Zealand, 1949. One of 150 copies in full buckram, printed on handmade paper... More
With a Preface by Michael B. Yeats. Pp. 132, printed in red & black, 4 plates, text illustrations (some printed in red); small cr. 4to; pictorial brown paper wrappers with flap folds, primed in red & black, slightly soiled, edges a trifle rubbed; Dolmen Press, Dublin, 1973. First trade edition... More
With Foreword by Professor A. R. Chisholm. Pp. 32, corrigenda slip tipped-in at front; cloth backed marbled papered boards, printed paper title label on upper board, edges of boards lightly rubbed; dust wrapper, lightly soiled, edges worn and chipped, with large piece torn from bottom edge of front panel; edges... More