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
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
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
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
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
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
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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
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
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
Pp. [20]; printed paper wrappers; Mandeville Press, Hitchin, Herts., 1981. One of 250 copies. More
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
Edited with notes by Ian Fletcher. Pp. 38+[2](colophon, verso blank); roy. 8vo; plain yellow paper wrappers with printed paper title label on upper wrapper, edges a trifle creased; The Tragara Press, Edinburgh, 1987. Edition limited to 145 numbered copies, this being one of 120 copies on Abbey Mills paper. *Previously..... More
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
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
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
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
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. Nash checklist, number 24. More
Aspects of a Great Private Press. Translated by David Jenkins. Published on the occasion of the 1976 Gregynog Press Exhibition. [Dual text, in English and Welsh]. Pp. 40(including the wrappers), numerous illustrations (2 printed in red & black), glossary; small square 4to; pictorial stiff cream paper wrappers printed in red..... More
Frontispiece by Charlotte Hoare. Pp. [16], frontispiece; roy. 8vo; printed cream paper wrappers, slightly soiled; Mandeville Press, Hitchin, Herts., 1989. Trade edition; one of 250 copies. More
A Tale in Verse. Pp. viii+88(last colophon); qr. blue cloth, spine lettered in gilt, cream papered boards, tiny bruise to bottom edge of lower board; uncut, partly unopened; dust wrapper, faintly soiled, edges a trifle rubbed, the backstrip slightly faded and browned; bookseller's sticker at foot of upper pastedown; The..... More
Illustrations by Sally Gurney. Pp. [12], illustrations printed in dark brown; pictorial paper wrappers; Mandeville Press, Hitchin, Herts., 1976. More
A rare pamphlet celebrating the 500th anniversary of the birth of the inventor of printing from moveable type in Mainz and here reprinted from Brandywine's Russian Collection [cover title]. Pp. [iv]+20+[2] [Russian language]; printed paper wrappers, stitched; Brandywine Press & Archive, Beecroft, N.S.W., 1988. One of 100 numbered copies for..... More
Winter, 1935. Pp. [ii]+16(numbered 67-84), title page vignette, a couple of text illustrations; impl. 8vo; printed stiff blue paper wrappers, slightly creased, edges lightly discoloured and rubbed; Pear Tree Press, Flansham, Sussex, 1935. *With loosely inserted 4 page Pear Tree Press prospectus. Includes articles on hand printing, the types of..... More
Edited, printed by hand, and published by Stuart Guthrie. Pp. [vi]+24, frontispiece and title page within decorative blue floral border, numerous text decorations printed in blue, erratum slip tipped in at colophon; small cr. 4to; qr. natural linen, blue/grey papered boards with printed paper title label on upper board, slightly..... More
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz and Arts & Crafts of Publishing in Chicago, 1900. With an original leaf from the first edition of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz printed in Chicago in 1900. Pp. 144(last colophon, blank), pictorial double title page printed in red, green & black, 76 coloured or..... More