SHAKESPEARE'S SONGS: A CALENDAR FOR 1979.
Calligraphy by Christine Farmer. Pp. [16], stiff textured cream paper, text and decorations printed in black and red; punched & tied by ribbon; some light soiling; Crystal Print,Hobart, 1978. More
Calligraphy by Christine Farmer. Pp. [16], stiff textured cream paper, text and decorations printed in black and red; punched & tied by ribbon; some light soiling; Crystal Print,Hobart, 1978. More
Pp. 16, printed in red & black, colophon decoration printed in red; light blue/grey papered boards with printed paper title labels on spine and upper board, tiny piece chipped from head of spine, the boards and the larger label slightly foxed; uncut; free endpapers lightly offset; Essex House Press, London..... More
A modern eclogue. With other poems. A type fac-simile of the original edition of MDCCCXIX. Edited by H. Buxton Forman. Pp. xxiv+viii+96(last 4 blank); tall demy 8vo; green papered boards, lettered in black, with the imprint of Richard Clay and Sons at centre of lower board, boards faintly soiled, edges..... 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
Edited with an Introduction by Philip Henderson. Pp. xvi+376, patterned endpapers, glossary; cr. 8vo; green cloth, spine lettered in gilt, upper board decorated in blind; top edges brown; dust wrapper, faintly soiled, edges a trifle rubbed and chipped, backstrip slightly damp stained; edges of leaves lightly foxed; J. M. Dent..... More
Pp. viii+140(last blank), title page ornament; cr. 8vo; school prize binding in half red calf, spine lettered and decorated in gilt between raised bands, red cloth boards with gilt crest and motto of Winchester College at centre of upper board, edges of boards lightly rubbed, with a couple of small..... 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
Pp. 16(last blank), frontispiece portrait; cr. 8vo; later (but not recent) olive green/brown cloth, spine lettered in gilt, edges of boards a trifle rubbed and with slight signs of sticker removal from bottom edge of upper board near spine; signs of [library?] bookplate removal from upper pastedown; with the original..... More
Edited by Thomas J. Wise. Pp. 88(last blank), engraved vignette title page, plus 5 plates, the title page printed in red, blue & black; med. 8vo; qr. parchment, spine lettered in gilt, brown cloth boards; t.e.g., others uncut; scattered foxing; printed only for members of The Bibliophile Society, Boston, 1912..... More
Edited by Thomas J. Wise. Pp. 88(last blank), engraved vignette title page, plus 5 plates, the title page printed in red, blue & black; med. 8vo; qr. parchment, spine lettered in gilt, brown cloth boards; t.e.g., others uncut; within a [later, custom-made?] inner slipcase of qr. tan cloth over orange..... More
Preface by E. G. [Edmund Gosse]. Pp. 30(last blank)+[2](colophon, verso blank); f'cap. 4to; bound by Riviere & Son in full tan calf, the spine decorated in gilt compartments between five raised bands, with gilt lettered black leather author & title labels, boards with triple gilt rule borders, corner ornaments, gilt..... More
Pp. 24(last colophon); f'cap. 4to; bound by Riviere & Son in full tan calf, the spine decorated in gilt compartments between five raised bands, with gilt lettered black leather author & title labels, boards with triple gilt rule borders, corner ornaments, gilt edges and elaborately decorated dentelles; a.e.g.; bookplate and..... More
Pp. [ii]+192(last blank)+32(publisher's catalogue, dated October 1884); uncut; dark green cloth, spine lettered and decorated in gilt, upper board with single gilt rule border, the boards a trifle marked, fore-corners lightly worn; uncut; upper hinge starting, outer leaves faintly offset, a little light foxing and occasional slight soiling; Chatto &..... More
Pp. 48(last blank); f'cap. 8vo; no wrappers, stitched, as issued; unopened; a little light foxing; [London, 1870]. [See Todd 392c and Carter & Pollard (Enquiry), pp. 307-314]. *A piracy by Richard Herne Shepherd; not the counterfeit later produced by Wise and ascribed by him to Shepherd. Tennyson's poem was first..... More
Pp. viii+158(last colophon); brown papered boards, lettered in red, the lower joint split at head, with small closed tear starting across into spine; uncut; free endpapers offset, a little light foxing; Constable,London, 1917. Eckert, p. 259. *Contains 18 poems by Thomas (under the name Edward Eastaway), several of which had..... 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
With five pictures by Jacquier and an Introduction by John Beresford. Pp. xxii+198+[2](colophon, blank), pochoir title page decoration and 5 plates within pagination, black & white title and headpiece decorations; tall cr. 4to; marbled cloth boards with gilt lettered beige leather skiver label on spine, short split at head of..... More
Pp. 60(last colophon, verso blank), pictorial title page; f'cap. 8vo; qr. parchment, spine lettered in gilt, brown papered boards, the upper board lettered and decorated in silver, a trifle soiled and rubbed, corners lightly worn; t.e.g., others uncut; commercial bookplate on upper pastedown; free endpapers lightly offset, hinges tender at..... More
Pp. 152+22(advertisements, dated November 1863), head & tailpiece decorations; textured purple cloth, quite faded, the spine lettered and decorated in red & gilt, boards decorated in blind, lightly rubbed, the spine slightly chipped at extremities; t.e.g.; brown endpapers; upper hinge resewn, inscription dated Christmas 1863 on blank preliminary leaf, small..... More