‘A finely printed book is the frame, not the picture, the author is the primary artist; the maker of the book follows after him, and is chiefly concerned in giving a good setting to a piece of literature which he respects and wishes to see properly preserved.’ [Bruce Rogers, American typographer].
With engravings on wood by the author. Pp. [ii]+16+[2](colophon, blank), frontispiece, plus 3 plates, title page vignette, cockerel device [by David Jones] on reverse of final plate; narrow med. octavo; scarlet buckram, spine and upper board lettered in gilt, boards a trifle bowed and faintly mottled, spine slightly faded; t.e.g...... More
With decorations by Eric Gill. Pp. [ii]+270(last blank)+[2](colophon, verso blank), 645 wood-engraved illustrations and decorative initials (4 full page), large cockerel device on title page; f'cap. folio; half white pigskin, spine lettered and ruled in gilt with 5 raised bands, maize buckram boards, lightly foxed (as often), bottom fore-corner of..... More
![Item #162746 PASSIO DOMINI NOSTRI JESU CHRISTI. [The Passion of the Lord Jesus Christ]. Being the...](https://kaycraddock.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/162746.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1701075018)
Pp. [ii]+16+[2](colophon, blank), title page vignette plus 5 wood engravings by Eric Gill (2 full page), the title and 6 large initials printed in red; cr. 4to; cream buckram, spine lettered in gilt; uncut; dust wrapper, repeating the title page vignette at centre of upper panel, lightly foxed and browned..... More
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 a trifle soiled; all edges uncut; ribbon marker;..... More
Pp. [l8], frontispiece (device of Robert Granjon) printed in red & black, smaller Granjon device on final text page printed in red, black & white decorative headpiece and large decorative initial, full page facsimile, the title and text within red ruled borders; f'cap. folio; qr. vellum, spine lettered in gilt..... More
Edited by Louis and Bryna Untermeyer, with a Foreword by Louis Untermeyer and an Essay by Andrew Lang. Illustrated by Lucille Corcos. In four volumes, totalling just under 1,000 pages, 48 coloured plates, title pages within decorative borders printed in green, numerous text illustrations printed in green, appendix, index; all..... 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
With eight aquatints by John Buckland-Wright. Pp. [ii]+80(last colophon), frontispiece, pictorial title page and 6 plates with tissue guards, the title page printed in red, green & black; tall impl. 8vo; pink & grey cloth, lettered and decorated in gilt; t.e.g., others uncut; book label of David Levine, Sydney, on..... 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
Pp. [28](last colophon, verso blank), printed in green, orange & black and illustrated with three-colour linocuts by Mike Hudson, the endpapers printed in colour with names of various Australian endangered species; narrow royal 4to; grey cloth printed in colour with the endpaper motif, with a pictorial cream paper title label..... More
Pp. [60], printed in Tyrian red & black on Japanese vellum, with numerous wood engraved illustrations by Blair Hughes-Stanton (several full page); f'cap. folio; full red Hermitage calf over bevelled boards, lettered and decorated in blind, the leather slightly scuffed, edges rubbed; top edges sprinkled red; Gregynog Press bindery stamp..... More
By Edward Fitzgerald. Pp. [112], french-folded, the title and text within different decorative borders by Louis B. Coley, decorative initials; roy. 4to; qr. white cloth, spine lettered in gilt, grey papered boards, upper board lettered and decorated in gilt, the spine slightly soiled and with tiny indent near foot; uncut;..... More
Translated from the modern Greek by P. M. & illustrated with twelve line-engravings by Lettice Sandford. Pp. 44+[2](colophon, verso blank), pictorial title page and headpiece, plus 10 full page illustrations, the title, running headings and initials printed in yellow, gilt endpapers; med. 4to; cream buckram, spine lettered in gilt, with..... More
Traduction de Messie J. Amyot, editee et corrigee par Paul-Louis Courier. [Text in French]. Pp. [iv]+iv+164(last blank), printed in red & black, text illustrations (4 full page), the decorative initials drawn in blue by Graily Hewitt and his assistants, printer's mark C in red at colophon; narrow cr. 4to; qr..... More
With engravings by Rene Ben Sussan. Pp. [ii]+18+[2](colophon, verso blank), coloured frontispiece and one plate, title page decorations and one initial printed in brown; cr. 8vo; qr. cream buckram, spine lettered in gilt (and faintly browned), batik papered boards; uncut and partly unopened; book label of David Levine, Sydney, on..... More
Pp. [ii]+20+[2](blank, colophon), copper-engraved frontispiece and 4 plates by Eric Gill; med. 8vo; white buckram, spine lettered in gilt, the boards very faintly foxed, bottom fore-corner of upper board slightly bruised; t.e.g., others uncut; dust wrapper, foxed, edges lightly creased and split, with a couple of tiny chips, short closed..... More
Pp. [viii]+98+[4](note, colophon, last blank), illustrated with 8 wood engravings by Robert Gibbings (3 full page), all chapter headings and the cockerel device at colophon printed in red, endpapers patterned in dark green & gilt; demy 8vo; qr. cream buckram, spine lettered in gilt, red papered boards, lower board faintly..... More
Illustrated and decorated by Norman Lindsay. With an Introduction by Thomas Earp. Pp. xx+176+[2](colophon, verso blank), 35 collotype or gravure plates (including the frontispiece) and 10 drawings (half-title and title page vignettes, pictorial headpieces and tailpiece); wide demy 4to; full green stained artificially grained sheepskin, spine lettered in gilt, with..... More
A treatise for princes & generals attributed to Prince Mahmoud Abdul. Engravings by Clifford Webb. Pp. 110(last colophon), frontispiece plus 5 full page illustrations; beige cloth, spine lettered in gilt, top fore-corner of lower boards a trifle bruised; t.e.g.; price-clipped dust wrapper, backstrip slightly faded; free endpapers faintly offset, a...... More
The poem, originally called 'A Mask Presented at Ludlow Castle, 1643, &c.' edited by E. H. Visiak. The air of the five Songs reprinted from the Composer's autograph manuscript edited by Hubert J. Foss. With a Foreword by The Earl of Ellesmere. Ornamented by M. R. H. Farrar. Pp. xxiv+44+[2](colophon..... More
Pp. 80+[2](colophon, verso blank), frontispiece and decorative initials by Elizabeth Corsellis; med. 8vo; bound by Sangorski & Sutcliff in qr. brown morocco, spine lettered in gilt, black & white patterned papered boards, faintly soiled; t.e.g., others uncut; binder's stamp at foot of upper pastedown, the free endpapers lightly offset; The..... More
Illustrated by Mike Hudson. Introduction by James Rigney. Pp. [iv]+viii+46(last blank)+[4](blank, colophon, verso blank), printed in black, yellow, orange, red & brown, illustrated in colour and black & white, pictorial endpapers printed with a sun motif in orange, yellow & red; impl. 8vo; full natural linen printed in orange, red..... More
With an Introduction by Hamish Miles and illustrations by Douglas Percy Bliss. In four volumes, totalling over 1,000 pages, with coloured (pochoir?) frontispiece to each volume, plus numerous black & white pictorial headpieces; tall impl. 8vo; qr. natural linen with printed cloth title labels at head of spines, patterned papered..... More
Illustrated by Alice Neel. Pp. 32+[2](colophon, blank), 2 full page coloured lithographs, 1 full page etching, and 2 black & white text illustrations, the title page ornament printed in red; cr. folio; qr. maroon morocco with matching fore-edges, the spine lettered in gilt, marbled papered boards; fore-edges uncut; within black..... More
With wood engravings by Robert Gibbings. Pp. 36(last colophon), the title, several initials and one headline printed in red, frontispiece plus 13 text illustrations; super roy. 4to; qr. vellum, spine lettered in gilt, beige cloth boards, lightly foxed and faintly soiled, with a couple of tiny bruises to edges of..... More
