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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Pp. [14](last colophon), decorations printed in red; navy cloth, spine lettered in gilt, edges of boards a trifle rubbed; the free endpapers faintly offset, edges of leaves a trifle foxed; The Hawthorn Press, Melbourne, 1937. One of 230 copies, printed by Stuart Taylor Pty. Ltd. from hand-set type composed by..... More

With the preface by the author, an introduction for the modern reader by Jacques Barzun and hand-colored illustrations by Andre Dugo. Pp. xlvi+300+[2](colophon, verso blank), 10 plates and 9 text illustrations hand-coloured in the studio of Charlize Brakely, the half-title and title pages printed in blue & black; impl. 8vo;..... More

Illustrated by George Szirtes. Pp. [16], frontispiece and colophon illustration printed in green; printed paper wrappers; Mandeville Press, Hitchin, Herts., 1981. One of 200 copies. More

Pp [32]; small cr. 8vo; cream wove paper self wrappers, stapled, staples rusted, outer wrappers with floriated initial "A" by Eric Gill, cockerel C3R between two pairs of cockerel CIR, engraved by Robert Gibbings, cockerel A engraved by Desmond Chute in text. Gives details of new and recent books, including..... More