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. 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
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
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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
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
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
From the Staff of The Hawthorn Press The Hotel London 25 June 1956. Double-fold cream textured card, printed in brown within green rule and fleuron borders (title/Out Toast/Menu/Autographs); 20.3 cm. x 13.1 cm. (folded size); lightly soiled; The Hawthorn Press, Melbourne, 1956. Keain 725. 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
A romance. Translated by R. & E. Powys Mathers. Engravings by John Buckland Wright. Pp. 286(last colophon), frontispiece plus 7 plates, the title page printed in blue & black; cr. 4to; bound by Sangorski & Sutcliffe in qr. vellum, spine lettered in gilt, light blue/grey cloth boards, edges a trifle..... 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
Pp. 24+[2](colophon, verso blank), title page printed in red & black; post 12mo; red cloth with printed paper title label on upper board; dust wrapper, faintly soiled; Sullivan's Cove, Adelaide, 1985. Edition limited to 210 numbered copies, initialled by the publisher. *Originally published in the Adelaide Observer in February 1883..... 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. [16]; small super roy. 4to; Glastonbury cream laid paper; full page engraving by Eric Ravilious, adapted from the 1933 prospectus, including specimen pages from 'Ecclesiastes' (wood-engraving by Blair Hughes-Stanton), 'Glory of Life' (2 wood-engravings by Robert Gibbings), 'The Journal of James Morrison', 'Cosmetics for My Lady', 'The Garden of..... More
. The Golden Cockerel Press. The Golden Cockerel begs to announce his discovery of some charming new material for Autumn Publication. Pp. [4]; cover; cr. 4to; orange card, featuring on the front an illustration by Corsellis, specially drawn for this publication (showing a reclining nude outside Staple Inn, surrounded by..... More
Pp. [4], impl. 4to; yellow wove paper, drawing of Staple Inn, specially made by Elizabeth Corsellis, short history of Staple Inn and prospectuses for 3 books; with loosely inserted 4 pp. prospectus for 'The Song of Songs' , impl.4to; Arnold unbleached white wove hand-made paper, printed in black & red..... More
Pp. [4], cover; 34x24cm; green wove paper, edges lightly faded and browned, with horizontal crease at centre, top fore-corners slightly creased, upper cover features an enlargement of an engraving by John Farleigh (previously used on the back of Cock-a-Hoop XXIV). Loose inserts: i. Prospectus for The Book of Days: [4..... More
His new books constitute the Fine Flower of the Autumn List 1937. [4] pp.; f'cap. folio; salmon coloured wove paper, corners a trifle creased, with enlarged wood engraving by John O'Connor on first page; several reviews; 6 loose inserts, most with illustrations: i. Prospectus for The Greek Anthology [4 pp...... More
A Pleasant Myth together with Some Notes on the Golden Cockerel private press books and A List of new and second-hand books in stock at the Press 1939. Pp [32]; small cr. 8vo; yellow paper wrappers, stapled, (staples rusted, wrappers lightly soiled and foxed), with specially engraved cover design (Aphrodite..... More
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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