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 their home in Cleveland Heights, Ohio. The Diamonds were..... More
Pp. [20]; roy. 8vo; printed white paper wrappers, slightly soiled; Mandeville Press, Hitchin, Herts., 1988. More
Pp. x+96, printed in purple & black, 23 plates (5 coloured, including one double page), 3 figures, notes, select bibliography, index; narrow cr. 4to; pictorial grey cloth, spine with gilt lettered & decorated black leather skiver label, edges of boards a trifle browned; t.e.g., others uncut; bookplate of David Levine..... 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
Two items: 1] Art & Love by Eric Gill, single fold, 4 pp., with specimen page, 19.5 cm. x 11.5 cm., slight remains of a label on first page, 1927; 2] Vigils by Siegfried Sassoon, single fold, 4 pp., with edition leaf loosely inserted, 20 cm. x 12.7 cm., 1934;..... 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
With artwork by Ruta Marija Kuzmickas. Pp. [ii]+38, 10 illustrations (mostfull page), the title and colophon pages printed in red & black; super roy. 8vo; black cloth backed red papered boards, the spine lettered in gilt and upper board decorated in black; fore and bottom edges uncut; within red papered..... More
Pp. [12], including self-wrappers, stapled; 24.5 x 18.5 cm.; printed in black, pale blue, & green; Contents: gives details of three books, with four full page illustrations; upper and lower wrapper browned, other leaves lightly browned; The Dropmore Press, London, 1952. *With loosely inserted order form. 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
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 faintly offset, a little light foxing; The Stourton Press, London, 1931. Edition limited to..... 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 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
Pp. 32(including blanks), head and tail pieces; 16.5 cm. x 12 cm.; printed self-wrappers, stabbed and tied; Press of the Woolly Whale, New York, 1941. 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 (lightly browned), printed in red and black;..... 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
Pp. 54+[2](blank, colophon); narrow demy 8vo; qr. parchment with gilt rule, spine lettered in gilt, marbled papered boards; t.e.g., others uncut; within matching marbled papered slipcase, edges slightly rubbed; housed in a later custom made brown cloth wrap-around portfolio with ribbon pull and a matching brown cloth outer slipcase (a..... More
With illustrative passages. Pp. [iv]+148(last colophon), publisher's large device printed in beige & brown at centre of title page, black & white headpiece decorations; roy. 8vo; boards loosely covered with rust & grey patterned paper (including pasted flap folds) designed by Enid Marx, with grey paper title label printed in..... More
An Australian idyll. Pp. 68+[2](blank, colophon); cr. 8vo; qr. yellow cloth with printed paper title label on spine, grey/green papered boards, the cloth slightly soiled, boards faded, edges browned and slightly rubbed; uncut; book label of David Levine, Sydney, on upper pastedown, free endpapers faintly offset, the title page a...... More
With Preface by Thomas Carlyle. Pp. 312, printed in red & black; small med. 8vo; full limp vellum, spine lettered in gilt, a trifle soiled; uncut; Dovers Bindery stamp at foot of lower pastedown, some light foxing, heavier on edges of leaves; Doves Press, London, 1906. One of 300 copies..... 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
