A SUN DOG.
Pp. [20]; roy. 8vo; printed white paper wrappers, slightly soiled; Mandeville Press, Hitchin, Herts., 1988. More
Private Press & Fine Printing
ROMAN BOOKS AND THEIR IMPACT.
Pp. x+96, printed in purple & black, 23 plates (5 coloured, including one double page), 3 figures, notes, select bibliography, index; narrow cr. 4to; pictorial grey cloth, spine with gilt lettered & decorated black leather skiver label, edges of boards a trifle browned; t.e.g., others uncut; bookplate of David Levine..... More
IXION IN HEAVEN and ENDYMION.
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
THE CRYSTAL BALL.
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
A LEAF FROM THE 1583 REMBERT DODOENS HERBAL PRINTED BY CHRISTOPHER PLANTIN.
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
RIVER PEOPLE.
Pp. [12]; printed paper wrappers; Mandeville Press, Hitchin, Herts., 1976. More
A SENSATION.
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
INITIATION.
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
A CYPRESS GROVE.
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
ALL FOR LOVE
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
PETER IBBETSON.
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
TIME OF ARRIVAL.
With Foreword by Professor A. R. Chisholm. Pp. 32, corrigenda slip tipped-in at front; cloth backed marbled papered boards, printed paper title label on upper board, edges of boards lightly rubbed; dust wrapper, lightly soiled, edges worn and chipped, with large piece torn from bottom edge of front panel; edges..... More
LETTERS OF MARIA EDGEWORTH AND ANNA LETITIA BARBAULD.
Selected from the Lushington Papers and edited by Walter Sidney Scott. Illustrations by Lettice Sandford. Pp. 88, hand coloured pictorial title page, head & tailpieces and text decorations; roy. 8vo; qr. yellow sheepskin, spine lettered in gilt, gold brocade boards, fore-corners a trifle worn, the spine slightly darkened and with..... More
FIRST ELEVEN.
Richard of Handsworth. Pp. [16](last colophon, verso blank), title page printed in green & black; qr. khaki cloth, beige papered boards with printed paper title label lettered and decorated in green on upper board; dust wrapper with printed paper title label on front panel, the backstrip and edges browned and..... More
THE 'MARCO POLO' CHRONICLE.
Numbers 1 to 3 (of 5); each single leaf, printed on both sides, with mast head vignette and an illustration at on reverse (nos. 1 & 2 by Hugh Anderson, no. 3 by Ray Crooke; 19.5 cm. x 13.8 cm. on cream paper, printed in red and black; The Rams..... More
THE LIFE AND TIMES OF CAPTAIN JOHN PIPER.
Illustrated by Adrian Feint. Pp. xvi+202(last blank)+[2](colophon, blank), coloured title page vignette, and 3 full page illustrations, plus several black & white text illustrations, pictorial endpapers, bibliography; tall cr. 4to; full maroon calf over bevelled boards, lettered and decorated in gilt & blind; uncut; patterned dust wrapper, with small publisher's..... More
THE PARLEMENT OF PRATLERS.
A series of Elizabethan Dialogues and Monologues illustrating Daily Life and the Conduct of a Gentleman on the Grand Tour, extracted from Ortho-Epia Gallica, a book on the correct Pronunciation of the French Language written by John Eliot and published in the year 1593. Edited by Jack Lindsay. Pp. 120(last..... More
CHAPMAN.
With illustrative passages. Pp. [iv]+148(last colophon), publisher's large device printed in beige & brown at centre of title page, black & white headpiece decorations; roy. 8vo; boards loosely covered with rust & grey patterned paper (including pasted flap folds) designed by Enid Marx, with grey paper title label printed in..... More
KANGA CREEK.
An Australian idyll. Pp. 68+[2](blank, colophon); cr. 8vo; qr. yellow cloth with printed paper title label on spine, grey/green papered boards, the cloth slightly soiled, boards faded, edges browned and slightly rubbed; uncut; book label of David Levine, Sydney, on upper pastedown, free endpapers faintly offset, the title page a...... More
SONNETS: with Folk Songs from the Spanish.
Pp. xvi+82+[2](colophon, verso blank), small title page decoration, gilt cockerel device below colophon; demy 8vo; qr. natural linen with printed paper title label on spine, grey papered boards, a trifle soiled and faintly foxed, the spine label browned and lifting slightly at edges; uncut; bookseller's sticker at foot of upper..... More
THE PUTNEY DEBATES.
With lino-cuts by Clare Melinsky. Pp. 96(last colophon, verso blank), coloured frontispiece and one full page illustration, plus 4 illustrations printed in blue (one full page); narrow cr. 4to; qr. black cloth, spine lettered in gilt, blue/grey patterned papered boards (designed by Woolnough of Wellingborough), bottom fore-corner of upper board..... More
NOAH.
Composer, Frank R. Denke; Orchestrations by Eral O. Zindars; Director, James Robert Minser. Pp. [xii]+42+[10], frontispiece, decorated title page printed in red, pale ochre & black, headings printed in red; med. 8vo; brown textured papered boards, the upper board decorated in darker brown; uncut; top edges of leaves a trifle..... More
A HISTORY OF THE ERAGNY PRESS 1894-1914.
Pp. 240, frontispiece and numerous text illustrations, bibliography, index; demy 4to; dust wrapper; Oak Knoll Press/The British Library, New Castle & London, 2004. First edition. *'In creative vision, original style, and meticulous production skills, no other private press of the Arts and Crafts period surpassed the art of an Eragny..... More
Six prospectuses for THE ESCUTCHEON PRESS, 1992-2004.
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
THE ESTIENNES.
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