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 about Six prospectuses for THE ESCUTCHEON PRESS, 1992-2004
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 about THE ESTIENNES
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 about A COLLECTION OF SIMPLE VERSE
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, faintly spotted and a trifle sprung; uncut and partly unopened;..... More about MEMOIRES FOR MY GRAND-SON
Pp. 48+[2](blank, colophon); tan cloth, printed paper title label on upper board; dust wrapper; Sullivan's Cove, Adelaide, 1983. Edition limited to 155 numbered copies, hand-set and hand-printed at the Nag's Head Press. More about REPORTS OF THE EXPEDITION TO KING GEORGE'S SOUND, 1841, and the Death of Baxter
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 about THE FANFROLICO PRESS
Satyrs, Fauns & Fine Books. 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;... More about THE FANFROLICO PRESS
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 about THE FANFROLICO PRESS
Pp. [ii]+20+[2](colophon, verso blank), title page decorations printed in red; printed paper wrappers with flap folds, faintly creased, edges a trifle rubbed; uncut; name in pencil next to the ink stamp of Inn Nursery School at head of upper free endpaper, the free endpapers slightly offset, pages faintly creased, a...... More about YOUNG FOLK AND OLD
Pp. [x]+68; printed papered boards, the lower board slightly marked near top fore-corner; dust wrapper, a trifle marked; a little light foxing; The Hawthorn Press, Melbourne, 1972. First edition; being one of 450 copies. [together with] PRIVATE PRESSES AND AUSTRALIA. A First Supplement. Pp. 16; printed paper wrappers; [the author]... More about PRIVATE PRESSES AND AUSTRALIA
Being an historical and descriptive fs24 account of the national game of Scotland, by 'A Keen Hand', and originally published in l857 and now reprinted with an introduction by Bernard Darwin. Pp. [vi]+xii+84+[4](last colophon, blank), frontispiece and pictorial headpieces by John O'Connor, glossary, appendix; demy 12mo; qr. green linen, spine..... More about THE GOLFER'S MANUAL
from Balboa to Capt. Cook's first voyage, 1513 to 1770. 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 about A BRIEF CHRONOLOGY OF DISCOVERY IN THE PACIFIC OCEAN
In two volumes. Edited by Charles Stonehill. Pp. xxxvi+402(last colophon)+[vi]+444(last colophon), chronological table, textual notes, explanatory notes; cr. 4to; qr. navy buckram with printed paper title labels on spines, light blue/grey Ingres papered boards, a trifle soiled, edges lightly worn, surface graze near centre of spine Volume II; uncut; bookseller's..... More about THE COMPLETE WORKS OF GEORGE FARQUHAR
Decorative initials by James Emery. Pp. 100+[4](blank, colophon, blank), 18 hand-tipped facsimile plates, the title page decorations, text figures and decorative initials printed in brown; tall demy 4to; beige cloth with printed paper title label on upper board; uncut; dust wrapper, edges silverfished; within card slipcase, silverfished and slightly soiled;... More about THE HOWES AND THEIR PRESS
With an introduction by R. Brimley Johnson. Pp. x+[2]+80+[2]; demy l2mo; qr. cream buckram, spine lettered in gilt, a trifle dulled, brown papered boards, corners slightly bruised; uncut; lacking dust wrapper; edges of leaves lightly foxed; Golden Cockerel Press, Waltham St. Lawrence, 1926. One of 450 copies on Batchelor handmade... More about AN APOLOGY FOR THE LIFE OF MRS. SHAMELA ANDREWS
A Turn-of-the-Century tragedy. Pp. [ii]+4+[2](colophon, verso blank), full page illustration, the title page printed in blue with press device in red; med. 8vo; printed stiff paper wrappers, edges a trifle rubbed, the backstrip faintly faded; The Pump Press, Aldgate, South Australia, 1967. Edition limited to 75 copies. Farmer p. 39;... More about THE DISAPPEARING BARMAID
A poem. Pp. [20](including outer blanks and colophon); small f'cap. 4to; cream textured paper wrappers, stapled, upper wrapper printed in black, slightly soiled and browned, bookseller's sticker on verso of upper wrapper; top fore-corners of leaves faintly creased; Talkarra Press, Cremorne, 1959. First edition, limited to 275 copies, signed by... More about THE WIND AT YOUR DOOR
preceded and followed by notes on Flinders, Bass, the wreck of the Sidney Cove, &c., by Geoffrey Rawson. With engravings by John Buckland Wright. Pp. 100+[2](map, colophon), 9 wood engravings printed in dark green, full page map, chronological table; narrow roy. 4to; green canvas, lettered and decorated in gilt, the... More about MATTHEW FLINDERS' NARRATIVE OF HIS VOYAGE IN THE SCHOONER FRANCIS: 1798
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 about EX OFFICIO
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 about AMERICA'S MOST FAMOUS BOOK
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 about THE UNBOUGHT GRACE OF LIFE and other essays
Translated by Mrs. Wilfrid Jackson. With an Introduction by Ernest Boyd and illustrations by Sylvain Sauvage. Pp. xii+174+[2](colophon, verso blank), printed in red & black, coloured frontispiece, title page vignette, and 19 plates, the title page printed in red, blue, yellow, purple & black; wide demy 4to; blue cloth, lettered... More about AT THE SIGN OF THE QUEEN PEDAUQUE
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The translation by Lafcadio Hearn. With an Introduction by A. S. W. Rosenbach and illustrations by Sylvain Sauvage. Pp. viii+190+[2](blank, colophon), printed in red & black, coloured frontispiece, 8 plates, title page vignette, and pictorial headpieces; med. 4to; dull green linen, lettered in gilt and decorated in darker green, fore-corners... More about THE CRIME OF SYLVESTRE BONNARD [Member of the Institute
The Valiant Female Soldier. Reprinted from the Pamphlet originally published by J. Hately of Wolverhampton, circa 1805, and further embellished with illustrations by Donald Friend [cover title]. Pp. [24](including the final blank), 6 pictorial headpieces, plus 6 small decorations to A New Song at end, printer's device at colophon; printed... More about THE SURPRISING ADVENTURES OF BLUE-EYED PATTY
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 about A BOOK IS BUILT