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 and explanatory notes; tall cr. 4to; qr. navy buckram with printed paper title labels on spines, light blue/grey papered boards, fore-corners lightly worn, the spines faded, title labels a trifle chipped at edges; uncut and partly..... 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
With six etchings on copper by Denis Tegetmeier. Pp.176(last colophon), 6 plates, large cockerel device on title page; tall demy 8vo; maize buckram, spine with gilt lettered red leather skiver label, upper board decorated with cockerel device and initials in gilt, top fore-corners of boards faintly bruised, the upper board..... 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
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
An album of deplorable caprices faithfully narrated & modestly embellished. Pp. 124(last blank)+[4](author's note and colophon, last blank), printed in red & black, coloured frontispiece and title page vignette, plus 51 tinted illustrations (several full page); tall impl. 8vo; bound by Sangorski & Sutcliffe in full scarlet morocco, spine lettered..... 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
Letters That Speak. With Notes by Thomas Henry Foster. Pp. 74(last blank), frontispiece, plus 3 plates; post 8vo; qr. red/brown cloth, printed paper title label on spine, patterned papered boards; fore and bottom edges uncut; spiderweb patterned rice-paper dust wrapper, edges lightly chipped and split, the backstrip browned; book label..... 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
By A. F. (1838). With engravings by Hester Sainsbury. Pp. [x]+56(last blank)+[2](colophon, blank), 4 plates, title page decoration; f'cap. 8vo; qr. parchment, spine lettered in gilt, floral patterned pink papered boards, a trifle foxed, parchment faintly discoloured; fore and bottom edges uncut; ribbon marker; free endpapers lightly offset, a couple..... 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
Notes on his career written by his daughter, Mary Ann. With an introduction and commentary by Owen Rutter and wood-engravings by Averil MacKenzie-Grieve. Pp. 54, frontispiece, title page decoration (repeated at colophon) and 10 illustrations (2 full page); tall impl. 8vo; dark blue canvas, lettered and decorated in gilt, slightly..... 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
A play by Simon Gantillon. Paraphrased into English by Virginia & Frank Vernon. With XIII wood engravings by Blair Hughes-Stanton. Pp. 96(last blank)+[2](colophon, blank), frontispiece, 5 full page illustrations and 7 pictorial tailpieces; roy. 8vo; maize buckram, lettered and decorated in gilt, boards slightly scuffed, edges and spine browned and..... 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