Pp.36, original signed etching as frontispiece; cloth backed tan papered boards, printed title label on spine; dust wrapper, corners chipped, small piece torn from lower edge of front panel; uncut; William Edwin Rudge, New York, 1925. One of 750 copies. Ransom 5. More
With Zeal and Integrity. Pp. 116(last colophon, blank), coloured frontispiece portrait, plus a hand-tipped coloured armorial bookplate (as plate), black & white text illustrations (mostly full page), appendix; qr. dark brown buckram, spine lettered in gilt, lighter brown cloth boards, the upper board lettered in gilt; ribbon marker; top edges..... More
Illustration by William Lane. Pp. [8], printed 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 Sixteen. More
Edited by Montague Summers. In four volumes, totalling over 1,000 pages, with textual and explanatory notes each volume, appendices in Volume IV; cr. 4to; qr. navy buckram with printed paper title labels on spines, light blue papered boards, slightly soiled and scuffed, fore-corners lightly worn, spine cloth faded, the title..... More
Tales. Pp. 130+[2](blank, colophon), small cockerel device at centre of title page; cr. 8vo; qr. black cloth with printed paper title label (slightly discoloured)on spine, yellow papered boards, fore-corners lightly bruised, bottom edge of lower board slightly shelf worn; uncut and partly unopened; dust wrapper, faintly soiled and slightly foxed..... More
A tale of the strange adventure that befell a butcher of County Clare. [and] THE BEAUTY SPOT. A tale concerning the Chilterns. Engravings by Robert Gibbings. Pp. [iv]+68+[2](colophon, blank), double title page, both with small cockerel device at centre and decorative border, text illustrations, pictorial head and tailpiece; med. 8vo;..... More
With engravings by Robert Gibbings. Pp. [iv]+58+[2](blank, colophon), 4 wood-engravings, cockerel device at colophon; med. 8vo; bound by Sangorski & Sutcliffe in qr. green morocco, spine lettered in gilt, patterned papered boards, faintly foxed and browned, the fore-corners lightly worn, fore-edge of lower board slightly bruised and with small surface..... More
Engravings by Gwenda Morgan. Pp. 58+[2](colophon, blank), decorative title page, plus 10 text illustrations (5 full page); small f'cap. 4to; red cloth, spine lettered in gilt, edges of boards faintly soiled; t.e.g.; scattered foxing and occasional faint soiling; dust wrapper, soiled, browned, and slightly silverfished, the edges rubbed and split..... More
With other Select Poems of Abraham Cowley, 1618-1667. Edited by John Sparrow. Pp. xx+214(last blank)+[2](colophon, verso blank), title page vignette, textual notes, index of first lines; super roy. 8vo; brown buckram over bevelled boards, with gilt lettered red leather title label on spine, the boards flecked and slightly soiled; uncut..... More
An essay on the shattering and remoulding of a world. Pp. 180+[2](colophon, verso blank), 2 wood-engravings by Lettice Sandford, decorative initials; rose cloth, spine lettered in gilt; dust wrapper, a trifle soiled and slightly silverfished; t.e.g.; The Golden Cockerel Press, Waltham Saint Lawrence, Berkshire, 1938. Unlimited edition. Pertelote 133. More
Pp. 32, printed in red & black, the title in German within a large pictorial border, text illustrations (a couple full page), decorative initials; f'cap. 8vo; patterned paper wrappers, stapled, faintly browned, upper wrapper slightly silverfished fore-corners lightly creased, the bottom fore-corner of upper wrapper nearly detached; staples slightly rusted;..... More
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
With an Introduction and Notes by Clennell Wilkinson. Pp. xxxvi+312+[2](colophon, verso blank), title page vignette printed in blue & black, 4 folding maps, notes, index; cr. 4to; qr. vellum, spine lettered and ruled in gilt, maroon cloth boards, upper board decorated in gilt; uncut, occasionally partly unopened; ribbon marker; bookplate..... 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
With wood engravings by Agnes Miller Parker. Pp. [iv]+64+[2](colophon, verso blank), 4 pictorial headpieces, cockerel device on title page; med. 8vo; qr. light brown morocco, spine lettered in gilt, orange and purple patterned cloth boards, slightly soiled, edges lightly rubbed, small surface graze at head of spine, the spine a...... 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