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
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
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 endash The Diapure Press and The Hyacinth Press endash operated from..... More
Retrospectus and Prospectus. [Cover title: NONESUCH DICKENSIANA]. Pp. 128(including several individually paginated inserts and orange dividing leaves)+[2](colophon, verso blank), title page vignette, text illustrations, tipped-in facsimiles and specimen pages; roy. 8vo; dark blue cloth, lettered and decorated in gilt; fore and bottom edges uncut; original glassine wrapper, edges chipped and..... More
Pp. [20]; roy. 8vo; printed white paper wrappers, slightly soiled; Mandeville Press, Hitchin, Herts., 1988. More
Disraeli's skit and Aytoun's burlesque. Pp. x+76(last blank), title page vignette; qr. black buckram, spine lettered in gilt, marbled papered boards, edges slightly faded and rubbed, the bottom fore-corners bruised; The Scholartis Press, London, 1927. Edition limited to 525 numbered copies. Nineteenth century Highways and Byways No. 1. Ransom, Private..... 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
A periodical for all people who find pleasure in fine books. Number 4, Parts I-III. Three volumes, totalling over 350 pages (including advertisements), with numerous text illustrations (a couple full page); tall demy 4to; matching green buckram, lettered and decorated in navy, edges a trifle rubbed, a couple of corners..... More
Preached at Lincoln's Inn April 18, 1619. Printed from the original version in the Lothian and Ashmole manuscripts and from XXVI sermons. Edited by Evelyn Mary Simpson. Pp. [vi]+80+[2](colophon, blank), title page decorative border printed in red, 2 decorative initials, ornamental headpieces, textual and explanatory notes; impl. 8vo; cream papered..... More
Doctor in Divinity once Dean of the Cathedral Church of Saint Paul's. Chosen from the whole body of Donne's sermons by Geoffrey Keynes. Pp. [vi]+162, the title and contents pages printed in red & black, chapter headings printed in red, several small decorative initials, bibliographical note; impl. 8vo; qr. natural..... More
Pp. [12]; printed paper wrappers; Mandeville Press, Hitchin, Herts., 1976. 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
Translations from poems of the Didinga & Lango tribes. Decorations by Robert Gibbings. Pp. [vi]+30, the title page illustrations and pictorial head and tailpieces printed in various single colours; narrow med. 8vo; brown buckram, spine and upper board lettered in gilt, the cloth flecked, edges and spine darkened and slightly..... 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