With an Introduction by Kenneth Hopkins. Pp. 12; printed paper wrappers, stapled; Warren House Press, Southrepps, Norfolk, 1969. First separate edition. *A Scottish ballad of the American Civil War; first published in 1899 in Northern Lights, William Allan's ninth collection of verse. More
Reminiscences of excursions round the base of Helicon, undertaken for the most part in early manhood. Pp. viii+80(last colophon)+[16](publisher's catalogue), decorative title and half-title pages; brown cloth, lettered and decorated in gilt, the lower board a trifle marked, spine cloth faintly faded; uncut, a couple of leaves carelessly opened; upper..... More
Pp. 58, illustrated throughout; narrow super roy. 4to; beige papered boards, lettered and decorated in grey; uncut; within tan cloth portfolio; occasional light foxing; Old Stile Press, Llandogo, Gwent, Wales, 1998. Edition limited to 200 copies, numbered and signed by the artist. *The Affectionate Shepheard was originally published anonymously in..... More
Edited with a memoir by Sir Edmund Gosse and decorated by The Dance of Death of Hans Holbein. In two volumes. Pp. [ii]+xxxvi+258(last blank)+590, frontispiece portrait (lightly offset), decorated title pages & headpieces; roy. 8vo; qr. black buckram, printed label on spines (slightly soiled, edges of label to Volume I...... More
Pp. [vi]+52(last blank)+[6](notes)+[2](colophon, verso blank); demy 12mo; limp parchment secured with pigskin thongs, lettered and decorated in gilt; uncut and partly unopened; within plain card slipcase, which is slightly soiled; The Nonesuch Press, London, 1928. Edition limited to 1,250 numbered copies, printed on Van Gelder hand made paper. McKitterick 54..... More
Pp. 16(last blank); f'cap. 8vo; no wrappers (as usual); unsewn and uncut; within a custom made red cloth portfolio, with typed paper title label (a trifle soiled) on the front cover and the bookplate of Warren Hiram Lowenhaupt on upper pastedown of portfolio; a little light browning, outer sheet slightly..... More
Pp. 16(last colophon); small demy 8vo; printed paper wrappers, stabbed and tied (the thread loosening), slightly soiled, edges a trifle creased, backstrip fold lightly worn and split; housed in a cloth portfolio within a qr. navy morocco and matching navy cloth slipcase, spine lettered and decorated in gilt compartments, slipcase..... More
Also numerous notes, annotations, and appendices. Embellished by eighty-one portraits and landscape illustrations. In two volumes. Pp. cclxxvi+150+xvi+410, 18 engraved plates with tissue guards (including frontispiece portrait and vignette title page both volumes), text decorations, 2 page facsimile of Burns' handwriting, index to first lines, glossary; med. 8vo; handsomely bound..... More
Totalling nearly 6,000 pages, with engraved frontispiece portrait and vignette title page with tissue guard all volumes, plus one plate with tissue guard in Volume VI, 2 folding facsimiles (Volumes VII & IX), appendices, index; f'cap. 8vo; nineteenth century green leather, lettered and decorated in gilt; edges of boards slightly..... More
Illustrated by John Anthony King. Pp. [32], illustrated in colour throughout; wide post 4to; pictorial glazed papered boards; Collins Australia/Anne Ingram Books, Sydney, 1988. First edition thus. White (Volume Two) 4627. More
With illustrations by Arthur B. Frost. Pp. viii+166+[2](advertisements), text illustrations (many full page); f'cap. 8vo; red cloth, lettered and decorated in gilt, boards a trifle marked and rubbed, spine lightly faded; free endpapers slightly offset, hinges starting at a couple of points, a little light foxing and soiling; Macmillan and..... More
Pp. 48(last colophon), notes; med. 8vo; indigo trellis-patterned paste-papered boards with printed paper title label on spine, the boards slightly flecked, edges rubbed and fore-corners worn; uncut and partly unopened; bookseller's sticker at foot of upper pastedown, 'made and printed in Great Britain' stamp on verso of title page; Elkin..... More
Illustrated by Gustave Dore, Birket Foster, and others. Pp. [48], frontispiece and text illustrations, patterned endpapers; small f'cap. 4to; brown boards, lettered, decorated and ruled in gilt & black, bevelled boards; a.e.g.; bookplate on upper pastedown, ownership inscription dated 1887 on verso of frontispiece, the page slightly marked; Estes and..... More
Pp. [iv]+12, colophon decoration; f'cap folio; marbled paper wrappers, the printed paper title label on upper wrapper a trifle soiled, edges slightly stained, the backstrip extremities lightly split; outer leaves slightly damp marked; Clarendon Press, Oxford, 1927. Edition limited to 550 copies , reprinted from T. J. Wise's copy. More
Pp. 40(last blank), woodcut frontispiece, title page vignette; parchment boards; uncut; dust wrapper, edges lightly chipped and split; bookplate of Geoffrey Farmer on upper pastedown, scattered light foxing; Walpole Press, Norwich, 1931. One of 250 numbered copies. More
Pp. 16(plus numerous binder's blanks); cr. 8vo; bound by Laura Young in 1973 (according to a loosely inserted handwritten note) in half navy morocco, lettered and ruled in gilt, blue cloth boards, edges a trifle rubbed; t.e.g.; marbled endpapers, a little light browning of edges, the title page faintly soiled;..... More
Pp. [vi]+90(last blank), frontispiece with tissue guard, series title page decoration; narrow cr. 8vo; full vellum, the spine lettered diagonally in gilt, boards decorated in brown, lightly soiled and marked, edges rubbed, the spine gilt quite dulled, with tiny chip at head of spine; uncut; a little light foxing and..... More
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With a Preface by Sir Alfred Hopkinson. Pp. xvi+236(last blank)+24 pp. catalogue; post 8vo; caramel cloth, lettered and ruled in gilt; top edges gilt, others uncut, a few unopened; some foxing and offsetting to outer leaves and edges; upper hinge paper starting slightly; Manchester University Press, Manchester, 1913. First edition..... More
With notes by Hugh Anderson, and the traditional ballad "The Dowie Dens O'Yarrow". Six illustrations by Noel Paton. Pp. 36, 7 hand-tipped tinted plates (including frontispiece portrait), the title page printed in brown & black; tall demy 8vo; half dark brown morocco, lettered and ruled in gilt, brown cloth boards..... More
A selection by Peter Meadows from Herrick's "Hesperides". With illustrations by Lionel Ellis. Pp. [x]+174(last blank), 10 collotype drawings, the title page, final illustration, and colophon printed in blue & black; blue cloth, lettered in black, spine slightly faded and rubbed, tiny chip to bottom edge of lower board near..... More
Selected, arranged & illustrated by Sir William Russell Flint. Pp. 128, the title and headings printed in blue, green or red, coloured frontispiece and title page vignette, plus 40 sepia illustrations (18 full page), black & white tailpiece decoration; impl. 8vo; white sheepskin, spine lettered in gilt between raised bands..... More
Single sheet printed on both sides, folded to form four cr. 4to pages; lightly browned, with a few small blemishes to paper, tiny splits at head and foot of the central fold; printed for private circulation, Melbourne, 1867[c.1873-1884]. First edition. *'Although the imprint date states that this piece was printed..... More
Pp. [32](including a blank), title page decorated in grey; small f'cap. 8vo; beige textured paper wrappers with flap folds and printed paper title label, edges a trifle rubbed; uncut; free endpapers faintly offset; High House Press, Shaftesbury, Dorset 1925. First edition, limited to 165 numbered copies. Tomkinson 1. *William Joseph..... More
Illustrated by Arthur Rackham. Pp. 258(last colophon), 12 coloured plates with lettered guards, half-title and title page vignettes printed in green, black & white text illustrations and decorations, pictorial endpapers printed in brown; post 4to; full vellum, lettered and decorated in gilt, a trifle sprung and slightly 'cloudy'; t.e.g., others..... More
Edited from the manuscript with introduction, notes, and glossary by W. Mackay Mackenzie. Pp. 164(last blank), appendices, glossary; cr. 8vo; light blue cloth, spine lettered in gilt, edges of boards slightly rubbed, the bottom fore-corners bruised; price-clipped dust wrapper, edges and backstrip lightly faded and rubbed, a couple of tiny..... More
