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. [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
or The World Well Lost. A tragedy, written in imitation of Shakespeare's stile [sic]. Pp. xxiv+98, printed in red & black, pictorial headpieces, the colophon decoration printed in green & black; demy 4to; full vellum, lettered and decorated in gilt, the bottom edges a trifle rubbed; uncut; the free endpapers..... 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
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
Richard of Handsworth. Pp. [16](last colophon, verso blank), title page printed in green & black; qr. khaki cloth, beige papered boards with printed paper title label lettered and decorated in green on upper board; dust wrapper with printed paper title label on front panel, the backstrip and edges browned and..... More
Numbers 1 to 3 (of 5); each single leaf, printed on both sides, with mast head vignette and an illustration at on reverse (nos. 1 & 2 by Hugh Anderson, no. 3 by Ray Crooke; 19.5 cm. x 13.8 cm. on cream paper, printed in red and black; The Rams..... More
Illustrated by Adrian Feint. Pp. xvi+202(last blank)+[2](colophon, blank), coloured title page vignette, and 3 full page illustrations, plus several black & white text illustrations, pictorial endpapers, bibliography; tall cr. 4to; full maroon calf over bevelled boards, lettered and decorated in gilt & blind; uncut; patterned dust wrapper, with small publisher's..... More
A series of Elizabethan Dialogues and Monologues illustrating Daily Life and the Conduct of a Gentleman on the Grand Tour, extracted from Ortho-Epia Gallica, a book on the correct Pronunciation of the French Language written by John Eliot and published in the year 1593. Edited by Jack Lindsay. Pp. 120(last..... More
Composer, Frank R. Denke; Orchestrations by Eral O. Zindars; Director, James Robert Minser. Pp. [xii]+42+[10], frontispiece, decorated title page printed in red, pale ochre & black, headings printed in red; med. 8vo; brown textured papered boards, the upper board decorated in darker brown; uncut; top edges of leaves a trifle..... More
Pp. 240, frontispiece and numerous text illustrations, bibliography, index; demy 4to; dust wrapper; Oak Knoll Press/The British Library, New Castle & London, 2004. First edition. *'In creative vision, original style, and meticulous production skills, no other private press of the Arts and Crafts period surpassed the art of an Eragny..... More
Six items, comprising: 1. The Song of Honour, 1992; 2. A Letter to Norah, 1993; 3. The Cat that Walked by Himself, 2000; 4. How is a Man Commonplace Book, 2001; 5. Henry Purcell's Dido & Aeneas, 2003; 6. Genesis, 2004; The Escutcheon Press, Sydney, 1992-2004. More
A biographical essay by Mark Pattison. Illustrated with original leaves from books printed by the three greatest members of that distinguished family. Pp. [xiv]+42+[2](colophon, blank), printed in red & black, pictorial title page, text decorations; f'cap. folio; cloth backed dark pink papered boards, printed paper title label on spine, gilt..... More
Pp. [38](last blank), frontispiece portrait of the author by Meredith Peach, plus 4 pictorial headpieces wood engraved by the author, the title page and colophon ornaments printed in maroon; maroon stiff paper wrappers with flap folds, printed paper title label on upper wrapper; Croft Press, Cobargo, 1991. Edition limited to..... More
Transcribed and furnished with a Preface and Notes by Geoffrey Keynes. Pp. xiv+104+[2](colophon, verso blank), title and text decorations, editor's notes; f'cap. 12mo; gilt lettered limp natural parchment with yapp edges, decorated in blind with a design including Evelyn's monogram, faintly spotted and a trifle sprung; uncut and partly unopened;..... More
Pp. 48+[2](blank, colophon); tan cloth, printed paper title label on upper board, light bruise to top edge of boards; dust wrapper, with 2 small indentations near bottom edge of front panel; Sullivan's Cove, Adelaide, 1983. Edition limited to 155 numbered copies, hand-set and hand-printed at the Nag's Head Press. More
Satyrs, Fauns & Fine Books. Pp. 328, frontispiece, numerous illustrations (several full page), list of works consulted, notes, index; super roy. 8vo; blue cloth, lettered and decorated in gilt, the upper board featuring a device designed for the Press by Norman Lindsay of a faun riding a flying horse; Private..... More
Satyrs, Fauns & Fine Books. Pp. 328, frontispiece, numerous illustrations (several full page), list of works consulted, notes, index; super roy. 8vo; full blue morocco, lettered and decorated in gilt, the upper board featuring a device designed for the Press by Norman Lindsay of a faun riding a flying horse;..... More
A survey. Based upon books in his collection. With Preface by Jack Lindsay. Pp. [ii]+82(processed, last blank), frontispiece portrait, plus 2 plates; post 4to; printed textured paper wrappers, edges faded and a trifle rubbed;The Wentworth Press, Sydney, 1976. First edition. Studies in Australian Bibliography No. 23. More
Pp. [ii]+20+[2](colophon, verso blank), title page decorations printed in red; printed paper wrappers with flap folds, faintly creased, edges a trifle rubbed; uncut; name in pencil next to the ink stamp of Inn Nursery School at head of upper free endpaper, the free endpapers slightly offset, pages faintly creased, a...... More
With a Check-List. Pp. [x]+68; printed papered boards, the lower board slightly marked near top fore-corner; dust wrapper, a trifle marked; a little light foxing; The Hawthorn Press, Melbourne, 1972. First edition; being one of 450 copies. [together with] PRIVATE PRESSES AND AUSTRALIA: A First Supplement. Pp. 16; printed paper..... More
Being an historical and descriptive fs24 account of the national game of Scotland, by 'A Keen Hand', and originally published in l857 and now reprinted with an introduction by Bernard Darwin. Pp. [vi]+xii+84+[4](last colophon, blank), frontispiece and pictorial headpieces by John O'Connor, glossary, appendix; demy 12mo; qr. green linen, spine..... More
from Balboa to Capt. Cook's first voyage, 1513 to 1770. Pp. 16, headpiece illustration; printed red paper wrappers, stabbed and tied, tiny nick to centre of both bottom edges; uncut; Grabhorn Press, San Francisco, 1943. Edition limited to 1000 copies, privately printed for the author. Magee 381. More