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
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
Numbers 1 to 4 (of 5); each single leaf, printed on both sides, with masthead vignette and an illustration at on reverse (nos. 1 & 2 by Hugh Anderson, no. 3 by Ray Crooke, no. 4 a decoration from 'Songs of Billy Barlow'); nos. 1-3 19.5 cm. x 13.8 cm... More
![BANDICOOT BALLADS. Numbers 9-16 [cover title]. Ronald G. Edwards.](/pictures/thumb/141601.jpg?v=1534917423)
[Compiled by John Manifold]. 8 broadsides, each featuring the words and music of a colonial ballad and a pictorial headpiece by R. G. Edwards; narrow impl. 8vo; contained in a pocket within pictorial paper wrappers, upper wrapper with title and central illustration printed in dark red, stapled, edges lightly faded... More
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
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
A literary rogue in Australia. Pp. [vi]+28+[2] (including free endpapers), 2 full page facsimiles, title page printed in red & black; printed folded paper wrappers, a trifle marked, with corners a trifle creased; bookplate on upper pastedown; The Wakefield Press, Adelaide, 1944. First edition. Farmer p. 56. *500 copies printed... More
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
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 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
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
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 78... More
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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