A Maurice Sendak appreciation. Pp. viii+200, illustrated throughout in colour and black & white (many full page); post 4to; dust wrapper, faintly scuffed; William Morrow, New York, 2009. First edition. *Examines Sendak's aesthetic influences from William Blake to Walt Disney, revealing the "conversations" - often unconscious and unspoken - that..... More
A Maurice Sendak appreciation. Pp. viii+200, illustrated throughout in colour and black & white (many full page); post 4to; dust wrapper; William Morrow, New York, 2009. Second impression. *Examines Sendak's aesthetic influences from William Blake to Walt Disney, revealing the "conversations" - often unconscious and unspoken - that artists have..... More
With pictures by Maurice Sendak. Pp. 48(last blank), illustrated in colour throughout; f'cap. 12mo; pictorial papered boards, head of spine and top fore-corner of lower board lightly bruised; price-clipped dust wrapper, faintly soiled, edges slightly rubbed; Harper & Row, Publishers, New York, 1963. First edition. Hanrahan A54. More
Pictures by Maurice Sendak. Pp. 48(including the final blank), illustrated in colour throughout (several full and one double page), pictorial endpapers; small square 4to; pictorial papered boards, edges slightly foxed and with a couple of faint bruises; dust wrapper, a trifle foxed, edges slightly rubbed; top edges of leaves lightly..... More
Illustrated by Maurice Sendak. Pp. [ii]+56, illustrated in colour and occasionally in black & white (2 double page); small square 4to; pictorial glazed paper wrappers, slightly foxed, edges a trifle rubbed, the backstrip faded; text block faintly browned; Holt, Rinehart and Winston, New York, 1972. Holt Owlet [paperback] edition. [See..... More
Translated from the Polish by Jeremiah Curtin. With an introduction by Harold Lamb, and illustrations by Salvatore Fiume. Pp. xiv+596+[2](colophon, blank), 35 hand-tipped plates; super roy. 8vo; full natural linen printed in grey/blue, spine blocked in red and lettered in gilt; top edges yellow, others uncut; plain dust wrapper, with..... More
With illustrations by John Nash. Edited by Paul Nash. With an Introduction about the Verses by G. K. Chesterton, And an Introduction about the Drawings by Max Beerbohm, And something about all concerned by Cecil Palmer. Pp. 48; cr. 4to; pictorial papered boards, the boards soiled, with edges quite rubbed..... More
With an Introduction by G. K. Chesterton and illustrations by John Austen. In two volumes. Pp. xxiv+388(last blank)+x+[389]-782+[2](colophon, verso blank), 24 coloured plates (including frontispiece to each volume), black & white text illustrations, patterned endpapers; impl. 8vo; gilt lettered green linen, lightly marked and rubbed; top edges brown, others uncut;..... More
Reprinted from the original edition of 1735, with a memoir of the author. Illustrations by Hugh Thomson. Pp. xxiv+88, frontispiece with tissue guard (which is lightly creased), plus 8 plates, facsimile title page, text decorations; small cr. 4to; navy pictorial cloth, lettered and decorated in gilt, tiny bump to top..... More
Bible stories retold by Ivan Southall. Genesis 1:1 to 9:19 Illustrated by Joan Kiddell-Monroe. Pp. [viii]+118(last blank), title page vignette, text illustrations (a couple full page); demy 8vo; khaki cloth, spine lettered in gilt, the lower board slightly rubbed; dust wrapper, faintly soiled, edges lightly rubbed and split, small piece..... More
In eight volumes, totalling over 2,000 pages; printed in red, blue, & black, with numerous hand-coloured text illustrations and decorations, decorative initials; impl. 8vo; qr. green hermitage calf, spines lettered in gilt, Cockerell marbled papered boards with vellum corner tips, the boards a trifle rubbed, with a couple of tiny..... More
Pp. [32], hand-coloured illustrations throughout, each accompanied by a brief proverb; f'cap. 8vo; red suede over thick bevelled boards, with inlaid coloured pictorial label on upper board, fastened at fore-edge with small metal clasp; uncut; Springtide Press, [Tacoma], 2002. Edition limited to 40 numbered copies, signed by the printer/binder, Jessica..... More
An historical diversion with colour engravings by Peter Barker Mill. Pp. 34+[2](colophon, verso blank), coloured pictorial double title page, plus l0 coloured text illustrations and a pictorial tailpiece; cr. 4to; half orange cloth, spine lettered in gilt, light brown handmade papered boards patterned in dark green, top fore-corners of boards..... More
Pp. 44(last blank)+[2](colophon, verso blank), frontispiece, pictorial headpiece, text decorations and tailpiece by Eric Ravilious; med. 8vo; silver cloth, spine lettered in navy, the cloth slightly soiled, edges lightly rubbed; fore-edges uncut; bookseller's small ink stamp at head of upper pastedown, scattered foxing (heavier on outer leaves); The Golden Cockerel..... More
or Mr Jorrocks's Hunt. Illustrated in colour by Cecil Aldin. In two volumes. Pp. x+364(last blank)+x+372, 24 coloured plates (frontispiece with tissue guard both volumes), the vignettes at title, contents, and list of illustrations printed in red & black, numerous black & white text illustrations; med. 8vo; red cloth, lettered..... More
Or, The Sporting Adventures of Tom Scott, Esq. With illustrations by Phiz. Pp. [viii]+330(last blank), hand-coloured frontispiece and 7 plates, all with tissue guards; pictorial red cloth over bevelled boards, lettered and decorated in gilt & black, the lower board ruled in blind, cloth flecked, edges lightly rubbed, the spine..... More
With illustrations in water-color by Gordon Ross, and an Introduction by A. Edward Newton. Pp. xviii+220+[2](colophon, blank), coloured frontispiece and 9 plates, the title page printed in red & black, colophon decoration printed in red; small cr. 4to; dark purple/brown cloth, decorated in gilt, the top fore-corner of lower board..... More
With illustrations by G. Denholm Armour. Pp. [x]+150+[2]((colophon, verso blank), hand-tipped coloured frontispiece and 24 plates, all with lettered guards; wide demy 4to; brown leather, lettered and decorated in gilt, fore-corners and spine a trifle rubbed, the spine slightly faded; t.e.g., others uncut; a little light foxing; Hodder & Stoughton..... More
With decorations by John Nash. Pp. [iv]+36+[2](colophon, blank), printed in green & black (mostly double column), wood-engraved title page vignette, 10 text illustrations and tailpiece by John Nash; tall cr. 4to; qr. parchment, spine lettered in gilt, pale green patterned papered boards, fore-corners slightly worn; uncut and partly unopened; book..... More
Edited by R. Ellis Roberts; decorated with Engravings on Wood by Robert Gibbings. Pp. viii+68+[2](colophon, blank), mostly printed double column, cockerel device at centre of title page, plus 12 text illustrations, the title printed in red; tall cr. 4to; qr. parchment, spine lettered in gilt, marbled papered boards, fore-corners a...... More
Commentary and Notes by Randolph Hughes. Engravings by Reynolds Stone. Pp. 192(last blank)+[4](typographical note, 2 example pages, and colophon), wood-engraved title page vignette and 7 headpieces (including a repeat of the first headpiece following the typographical note, which shows the font originally intended for use in this book), notes, appendix;..... More
Illustrated and decorated by T. M. Cleland, and with a Preface by J. Donald Adams. Coloured illustrated double title page, 8 coloured plates; small f'cap. 4to; two-tone beige "clover leaf" patterned Schumacher damask, gilt-lettered black leather skiver label on spine; black papered portfolio, printed title label on spine; within brown..... More
That is, sixe small, or petty poems, or aeglogues, chosen out of the right famous Sicilian poet Theocritus, and translated into English verse. [With decorations designed and cut on wood by Vivien Gribble. Bibliographical Note by S. Gaselee]. Pp. 60(last colophon), frontispiece plus numerous text decorations; narrow med. 4to; qr..... More
With illustrations by Hugh Thomson and an Introduction by Austin Dobson. Pp. xxxii+164(last blank), frontispiece with tissue guard, numerous text illustrations (several full page) and decorations; dark green cloth with printed title label on spine, the cloth slightly rubbed, top fore-corners lightly bumped; uncut; hinges starting at a couple of..... More
A comedy in four acts. Illustrated by Hugh Thomson. Pp. [ii]+viii+198+[2](colophon, blank), 22 hand-tipped coloured plates within tinted borders and with lettered pictorial guards, black & white pictorial title page and text illustrations, pictorial endpapers; tall post 4to; purple cloth, lettered and decorated in gilt, slightly flecked, the spine lightly..... More
