Poems. Pp. [32](including the outer blanks); printed stiff paper wrappers, stabbed & tied, faintly soiled, the edges slightly creased and split, bookseller's sticker on verso of upper wrapper; fore-edges uncut; Walter Stone [Talkarra Press], Sydney, 1955. Edition limited to 200 numbered copies, signed by the publisher. *The third book from..... More
A narrative of 1868. With wood engravings by John Worsley. Pp. [vi]+x+106(last blank)+[2](colophon, verso blank), coloured frontispiece and 3 text illustrations (2 full page), plus pictorial head & tailpiece, the publisher's device at colophon printed in orange; cr. 4to; blue buckram, lettered & decorated in gilt, edges a trifle rubbed;..... More
Pp. [16], title page and colophon illustrations [by Carola Scupham] printed in green; printed green paper wrappers, backstrip a trifle faded; Mandeville Press, Hitchin, Herts., 1982. One of 235 copies. More
Illustration by Antony Harrison. Pp. [8], printed (in purple) on one side only, title page vignette plus full page illustration and tailpiece; printed paper wrappers; Cellar Press, Hitchin, Herts., 1973. One of 200 copies. Cellar Press Poem Eight. More
A Welsh poem, translated by Gwyn Williams. Engravings by John Petts. Pp. 28, coloured frontispiece, pictorial title page and 8 full page illustrations; super roy. 12mo; navy cloth, lettered and decorated in gilt; original glassine wrapper, edges slightly chipped and split; uncut; book label of David Levine, Sydney, on upper..... More
Master Printer. A tribute on his 75th birthday, by Philip S. Brown, John Dreyfus, Ward Ritchie, Roby Wentz, Hermann Zapf & Jake Zeitlin. Pp. [viii]+36+[2](colophon, blank), hand-tipped photographic frontispiece portrait, title page printed in red & black; med. 8vo; cloth backed patterned papered boards, printed title label on spine a...... More
Memorials of C. H. O. Daniel with a bibliography of the Press, 1845-1919. Pp. viii+198+[2](colophon, verso blank), frontispiece portrait, plus 13 plates, title and text decorations, bibliography, appendices, index; small cr. 4to; qr. natural canvas, spine lettered in black, blue/grey papered boards, a trifle sprung, with small damp stain to..... More
Or, The Divine Vision of Dante Alighieri in Italian & English. The Italian text edited by Mario Casella of the University of Florence with the English version of H. F. Cary and 42 illustrations after the drawings by Sandro Botticelli. [Dual text, printed double column]. Pp. [iv]+326(last blank)+[2](colophon, verso blank)..... More
Pp. 64, printed in red & black, 25 hand-tipped plates, notes, errata slip; med. 8vo; qr. tan buckram, spine lettered in black, cream papered boards; dust wrapper; Garravembi, Willow Bend, Thumb Creek, NSW, 1990. First trade edition; being one of 425 numbered copies, hand set and printed. *Revised from a...... More
With decorations by Osbert Lancaster. Pp. 22(last colophon), title page vignette, pictorial headpiece; narrow cr. 8vo; qr. white buckram, lettered in gilt on upper board, black & white patterned cloth boards; uncut; book label of David Levine, Sydney, on upper pastedown; printed at the Golden Cockerel Press, [London], 1937. Edition..... More
Edited & translated from the French and Latin by Theodore Besterman. Pp. 198(last blank)+[2](colophon, verso blank), pictorial double title page with lettering and illustrations engraved on wood by Eric Gill, endpaper map, notes, bibliographical note; narrow roy. 4to; qr. red canvas, with gilt lettered black morocco title label and tiny..... More
Published by permission of the War Office. Pp. 128, frontispiece (reproduction of a bronze bust of the author by Lanyi), endpaper map; cr. 4to; qr. green morocco, spine lettered in gilt, cream art-canvas boards, faintly marked; t.e.g., others uncut; the endpapers a trifle offset, a little light foxing; The Golden..... More
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
Pp. 94, frontispiece, title page vignette, and 6 full page wood-engravings by Clifford Webb; narrow roy. 4to; bound by Sangorski & Sutcliffe in full white sheepskin, spine lettered and decorated in gilt, with 2 raised bands, upper board with a central gilt decoration of crown of thorns and a scourge..... More
The deeds of the Franks and other Jerusalemites. Translated into English for the first time. Engravings by Clifford Webb. Pp. 92+[2](colophon, blank), frontispiece, title page vignette, plus 4 full page illustrations and a pictorial headpiece; tall impl. 8vo; bound by Sangorski & Sutcliffe in half vellum, the spine lettered in..... More
A modern rendering by Somerset de Chair. Engravings by Clifford Webb. Pp. 312, frontispiece, title page vignette, head and tailpiece illustrations, endpaper map; impl. 8vo; qr. red buckram, spine lettered in gilt, dark blue buckram boards with vignette in gilt at centre of upper board, the spine cloth faded and..... More
John Glanvill's translation, with a prologue by David Garnett. Pp. x+138+[2](colophon), title page decoration printed in red & black, 8 pictorial headpieces printed in blue, grey & gilt, the colophon decoration printed in black & white; post 8vo; limp vellum with 3 small leather thongs, lettered and decorated in gilt..... More
Translated by Ralph Wright. With 30 illustrations by Jacquier. Pp. [ii]+190+[2](colophon, blank), 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
Broadside, folded to form 4 cr. 8vo; French-folded pages (including self-wrappers); textured cream paper, printed in black, fore-edges uncut; The Hawthorn Press, Melbourne, 1938. One of 100 copies. Keain 109. *Poem. The printer's statement at the colophon explains that 'The Southwellian was written by my good friend James Devaney on..... More
from the library of the late H. B. Muir. More than 40 items, dating from 1940 to the early 1950s, mainly printed in numbers ranging from 5 to 100 copies by the Diamonds at their two small private presses - The Diapure Press and The Hyacinth Press - operated from..... More