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, slightly sprung, lightly foxed and faintly soiled; uncut; a little..... 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
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; within slipcase; Private Libraries Association..... 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
June, 1928, being a statement of the aims of the Fanfrolico Press both typographical and aesthetic with a complete bibliography and specimen passages and illustrations from the books. Pp. 36, title page vignette, text illustrations (some full page); pictorial mauve paper wrappers, sewn, edges faded and a trifle soiled, the..... More
Translated from the Welsh Triads. Pp. 48(last colophon), title page decoration [by Averil Mackenzie-Grieve]; f'cap. 8vo; yellow cloth, spine lettered in gilt; dust wrapper, edges and backstrip faded and lightly rubbed, with a couple of tiny splits; book label of David Levine, Sydney, on the upper pastedown below an earlier..... More
Pp. [x]+68; printed papered boards, the lower board faintly marked; dust wrapper, a trifle scuffed, tiny chip to head of backstrip; bookplate on upper free endpaper, scattered foxing; The Hawthorn Press, Melbourne, 1972. First edition, limited to 450 copies. More
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
With an introduction by R. Brimley Johnson. Pp. x+[2](note)+80+[2](colophon, verso blank); demy l2mo; qr. cream buckram, spine lettered in gilt, brown papered boards, upper board faintly scratched; uncut; dust wrapper, foxed and worn, edges rubbed and split, with a couple of small chips, piece from head of backstrip; book label..... More
preceded and followed by notes on Flinders, Bass, the wreck of the Sidney Cove, &c., by Geoffrey Rawson. Pp. 100+[2](full page map, colophon), 9 wood-engravings by John Buckland-Wright; tall 4to; gilt lettered green canvas, gilt device on upper board; t.e.g., others uncut; Golden Cockerel Press, London, 1946. One of 750..... More
Reprinted from the Revised Version of the Apocrypha. With an Introduction by Dr. Montague R. James, and colour plates after drawings by W. Russell Flint. Pp. xvi+48(last colophon, verso blank), hand-tipped coloured frontispiece and 3 plates, the title, headings and decorations printed in green; cr. 4to; cream papered boards, lettered..... More
Reprinted from the Revised Version of The Apocrypha. With an Introduction by Dr. Montague R. James, and colour plates after drawings by W. Russell Flint. Pp. xviii+50(last colophon, verso blank), with hand-tipped coloured frontispiece and 3 plates, the title, headings and decorations printed in green; cr. 4to; cream papered boards..... More
Illustration by Alex Watson. Pp. [8], printed (in brown) 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 Nine. More
A Dissertation on Harriet Beecher Stowe, Uncle Tom's Cabin and Uncle Tom Shows. Pp. 38(last blank), frontispiece portrait, plus 3 plates, title page vignette; black cloth spine with printed paper title label, brown batik-style papered boards; fore and bottom edges uncut; blind patterned tissue paper dust wrapper, edges slightly chipped..... More
With a foreword by Lawrence Oakley Cheever. Pp. 72, 4 plates; black cloth backed patterned papered boards with printed paper title label on spine, fore-corners of boards a trifle bruised; fore and bottom edges uncut; patterned tissue wrapper, edges lightly chipped and split, backstrip browned; privately printed for the friends..... More
By A. F. (1838). With engravings by Hester Sainsbury. Pp. [x]+56(last blank)+[2](colophon, blank), 4 plates, title page decoration; f'cap. 8vo; qr. parchment, spine lettered in gilt, floral patterned pink papered boards, a trifle foxed, parchment faintly discoloured; fore and bottom edges uncut; ribbon marker; free endpapers lightly offset, a couple..... More
Translated out of the French by Sir John Bourchier Lord Berners. In eight volumes, totalling nearly 3,000 pages, each volume with hand coloured title and text decorations, including numerous small coats of arms in the margins (a few black & white), 6 hand-coloured maps, the text occasionally printed in red..... More
More conversations for authors. Pp. [viii]+xiv+56(last blank)+[2](colophon, blank), title page printed in light green & black, publisher's specification slip tipped-in at end; f'cap 8vo; printed card, lightly soiled, the edges and spine slightly faded; a little light foxing; The Hawthorn Press, Melbourne, 1953. Edition limited to 450 copies, handset by..... More
Notes on his career written by his daughter, Mary Ann. With an introduction and commentary by Owen Rutter and wood-engravings by Averil MacKenzie-Grieve. Pp. 54, frontispiece, title page decoration (repeated at colophon) and 10 illustrations (2 full page); tall impl. 8vo; dark blue canvas, lettered and decorated in gilt, slightly..... More
The story of William Parmer Fuller. Frontispiece portrait, text illustration; roy. 8vo; qr. canvas, printed label on spine, edges a trifle worn, blue papered boards; privately printed, Grabhorn Press, San Francisco, 1939. Presentation copy, inscribed by W. P. Fuller, Jr. on upper free endpaper. More
A modern commentary on the original 15th century ordinances established to regulate the Southwark brothels of the Bishops of Winchester. Edited and illustrated by Mike Hudson. Pp. [48](last colophon, verso blank), printed in red & black, with hand coloured pictorial title page, text illustrations and decorative initial, plus numerous smaller..... More
Pp. [viii] +46+[4](last advertisement, verso blank), 3 plates (2 hand-tipped, one of which is folding), 2 hand-tipped facsimile letters (one folding), facsimile title page of The Gentle Art of Making Enemies, cloth backed marbled papered boards, printed paper title label on spine, top edges of boards slightly foxed, the corners..... More
A play by Simon Gantillon. Paraphrased into English by Virginia & Frank Vernon. With XIII wood engravings by Blair Hughes-Stanton. Pp. 96(last blank)+[2](colophon, blank), frontispiece, 5 full page illustrations and 7 pictorial tailpieces; roy. 8vo; maize buckram, lettered and decorated in gilt, boards slightly scuffed, edges and spine browned and..... More
