A Poem by A. C. Swinburne. Pp. [4], title page and one full page copper engraving, reproduced by collotype, by John Buckland-Wright, prospectus; med. 8vo; white wove paper; The Golden Cockerel Press, London, 1950. Cock-a-Hoop Pl85. More about PASIPHAE
By John Amos Komensky. Pp. [4], title page printed in brown and black, title page device, full and half page drawings in brown & black by Dorothea Braby, prospectus with printed details for Sole Agents for Australia Walter Standish & Son, Sydney; roy. 8vo; white wove paper; horizontal crease at... More about THE LABYRINTH OF THE WORLD and the PARADISE OF THE HEART
A modern rendering by Somerset de Chair. Pp. [4], title page portrait of Caesar and specimen plate wood-engraved by Clifford Webb, specimen page of text, prospectus with imprint of Sole Agents for Australia, Walter Standish & Son, Sydney; 28.2 x 19.7 cm.; white wove paper, edges slightly creased and browned;... More about JULIUS CAESAR'S COMMENTARIES
By Phyllis Hartnoll. Pp. [4], single fold: title page letterpress with aquatint within border of cockerels plus specimen plate, being aquatints by John Buckland -Wright reproduced by collotype, specimen page of text; 31.6 cm. x 18.7 cm.; cream wove paper; imprint of Walter Standish and Son, Sydney; light horizontal crease... More about THE GRECIAN ENCHANTED
A prose translation with introductory essay by Gwyn Jones. Pp. [4], title page with wood-engraving in black plus specimen plate of wood-engraving in 6 colours by Dorothea Braby, specimen page of text, prospectus with imprint of Sole Agents for Australia, Walter Standish & Son, Sydney; 31.3 x 19 cm.; white... More about SIR GAWAIN AND THE GREEN KNIGHT
Edited by Geoffrey Rawson. Pp. [4], wood-engraved title page and specimen plate by Geoffrey Wales, specimen page of text, prospectus with imprint of Sole Agents for Australia, Walter Standish & Son, Sydney; 31.3 x 19 cm.; cream wove paper, edges lightly browned; The Golden Cockerel Press, London, 1953. Cock-a-Hoop Pl9l. More about NELSON'S LETTERS FROM THE LEEWARD ISLANDS
Pp. [2], title page headpiece drawn by Lettice Sandford, coloured by hand in pink and blue, hand coloured initial letter, imprint of Sole Agents for Australia Walter Standish and Son Sydney included on verso; roy. 8vo; white wove paper, light horizontal crease at centre, edges lightly browned; Golden Cockerel Press... More about LETTERS OF MARIA EDGEWORTH AND ANNA LETITIA BARBAULD
By Somerset de Chair. Pp. [4], single fold: title page with wood engraved device, plus full page wood engraving by Clifford Webb, specimen page of text, prospectus; 32 cm. x 19 cm.; cream wove paper; horizontal crease at centre; The Golden Cockerel Press, London, l954. Cock-a-Hoop Pl95. More about STORY OF A LIFETIME
By John Barclay. Translated from the Latin into English for the first time, from the 1605 edition, by Paul Turner. Pp. [4], single fold: title page with wood engraved portrait of John Barclay, and specimen plate of wood engraving by Derrick Harris, both within decorative red border, specimen page of... More about EUPHORMIO'S SATYRICON
Pp. [4], printed in black and grey-blue and brown, title page with collotype in brown of a drawing by Sir William Russell Flint, 2 specimen pages (both with text and drawing by Flint), prospectus with imprint of Sole Agents for Australia, Walter Standish & Son, Sydney; 27.5 x 18.5 cm.;... More about ONE HUNDRED AND ELEVEN POEMS by Robert Herrick
Translated from the Latin by Paul Turner. Pp. [4], title page with copper engraving by Mark Severin, plus specimen plate (by Severin). specimen page of text, prospectus; 25 x 19 cm.; cream laid paper; The Golden Cockerel Press, London, 1956. Cock-a-Hoop P203. More about APOLLONIUS OF TYRE
Pp. xii+280, 16 coloured plates, numerous black & white illustrations, appendices (including bibliography), index; demy 4to; dust wrapper; The British Library/Oak Knoll Press, London & New Castle, 2002. First edition. More about A HISTORY OF THE GOLDEN COCKEREL PRESS, 1920-1960
Pp. [28](including 2 blank interleaves); med. 8vo; half dark blue vellum, lettered and decorated in gilt, pale blue platted manilla papered boards, the spine quite faded, cloth lightly foxed, the leather slightly rubbed or grazed at a couple of points; t.e.g., others uncut; Corvinus Press, London, 1936. One of 60... More about PALE BLUE NIGHTGOWN
A tale, supposed to be written by himself. Pp. [iv]+212(last colophon), printed in red & black, frontispiece portrait etching (signed in pencil by the artist, Harry George Webb), decorative initials and borders; full limp vellum, spine lettered in black (the publisher's imprint slightly faded at foot of spine), the vellum..... More about THE VICAR OF WAKEFIELD
Original hardboard prints Sidney Fetter. Pp. [28], printed on stiff light brown paper and including 3 full page illustrations; f'cap. 4to; dark grey/black paper over bevelled boards, the upper board lettered in gilt, edges a trifle rubbed; The Levite Press, Melbourne, n.d.[1967?]. Edition limited to 100 numbered copies, signed by... More about SOMETHING HAPPENED AT LUBAVITCH
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Pages from various books printed at The Grabhorn Press, San Francisco, l928-l940. 15 original leaves of various sizes (one coloured, some printed in red & black), plus 4 page title and introduction, together with a 3 page typescript, with pencilled corrections, of a humorous address to members of the 'Quart-Ho... More about A GRAB[HORN] BAG
Pp. [12](last blank), decorative initial (from a Bruce Rogers design); med. 4to; printed paper wrappers, stabbed and tied, edges a trifle creased; uncut; printed by Robert Grabhorn and Andrew Hoyem for the opening of the exhibit of The Grabhorn Press at the San Francisco Public Library, San Francisco, 1969. Edition... More about EDWIN GRABHORN ON ORNAMENTATION
Edited by Robin Graham Bell. Pp. [32], frontispiece portrait; med. 8vo; printed paper wrappers; Mandeville Press, Hitchin, Herts., 1990. With loosely inserted prospectus, which explains that this is a new venture for the press, being published in offset litho rather than letterpress. More about COLLECTED POEMS
Pp. [20]; printed paper wrappers; Mandeville Press, Hitchin, Herts., 1981. One of 250 copies. More about THE LAST PICNIC
A Tale of the Maine Woods, narrated by Ed Grant of Beaver Pond, Maine. Pp. [16](including blanks), title within decorative border; printed blue/grey paper wrappers, edges faded, backstrip slightly split at extremities; fore-edges uncut; Grabhorn Press, San Francisco, 1939. First separate edition, being one of 1000 copies printed for Francis... More about THE TAME TROUT:
Pp. [iv]+16, printed in green & black; textured paper wrappers, stapled, upper wrapper printed in green & black, fore-edges uncut; Marchbanks Press, New York, 1957. *Designed by Joseph Francis Weiler, and printed for friends of The Marchbanks Press, Christmas 1957. The text is taken from Adventures in Friendship, by David... More about A DAY OF PLEASANT BREAD
12 wood engravings in colour by Rene Ben Sussan. Translated by C. Bruerton. Pp. 124(last colophon, verso blank), coloured frontispiece and 11 plates, the title page printed in blue & black; narrow cr. 4to; full navy morocco, spine and upper board lettered in gilt, the boards slightly sprung and flecked... More about THE PILGRIM ON THE EARTH
Pp. [ii]+48(last colophon), title page ornament; olive/brown cloth, lettered in gilt; original glassine wrapper; edges of leaves faintly foxed; Nonesuch Press, London, 1989. First edition, limited to 950 numbered copies, signed by the author. *Reprints the epigraphs from all of Greene's books which bear one - some with his explanatory... More about WHY THE EPIGRAPH?
Pp. 8[Introduction]+[2]+32[facsimile almanac, illustrated]; printed papered boards, edges lightly faded, spine fractured at head and a trifle chipped at foot; a little light foxing; Friends of the Huntington Library, San Marino, California, 1942. *Printed at the Ward Ritchie Press. Includes news from the gold diggings. More about THE CALIFORNIA ALMANAC FOR 1849
Pp. xvi+266, 16 plates, title page vignette, numerous text illustrations (several full page), press devices, bibliography, further reading list, index; impl. 8vo; brown cloth, spine lettered and ruled in gilt, upper board decorated in blind; Private Libraries Association, London, 1980. First trade edition. More about A HISTORY OF THE GREGYNOG PRESS