Underappreciated monuments to our heritage. A Leaf Book. Pp. 348+[4], 58 coloured plates (including frontispiece), black & white author portraits, text illustrations of medals (some printed in blue), title and text decorations printed in blue, notes, appendices, bibliography, index; bound by the Campbell-Logan bindery in full tan morocco, with gilt... More about COMITIA AMERICANA AND RELATED MEDALS
Pp.[vi]+18+[2](colophon, verso blank); narrow demy 4to; navy cloth backed green marbled papered boards, the gilt lettering on upper board quite dulled, boards lightly marked and grazed, edges rubbed; uncut; The Hours Press, Chapelle-Reanville, Eure, France, 1929. Edition limited to 200 numbered copies, signed by the author. Ransom Selective Checklistp. 62... More about THE EATEN HEART
Large multi-folded sheet forming 32 pages (some of which are irregularly shaped and feature simulated 'burn marks' at edges), illustrated in colour and incorporating occasional small die-cuts; housed in a plain stiff paper portfolio within an oblong 4to red cloth box (28 cm. x 36.5 cm.) with tab side-fastening and... More about ORPHEUS THROUGH THE REAR-VISION MIRROR
Pp. [viii]+xiii+160(last blank)+xiv-xxxv(last colophon), 40 hand-tipped coloured plates with tissue guards, black & white title page vignette and text illustrations (a few of which are tinted), 4 tinted maps, the title, text and plates all within red rule border, appendix, glossary; super roy. folio; full navy leather, lettered and decorated..... More about JOHN ALLCOT MARINE ARTIST
With a new Introduction by the author, and illustrations by Edward A. Wilson. In three volumes. Title page vignettes, 9 lithographic plates, numerous text illustrations; med. 8vo; full rust coloured linen, stamped in colours and gilt; top edges green; within slipcase, edges lightly worn, printed title label on spine; Limited... More about ANTHONY ADVERSE
Coloured wood-engravings by Willi Harwerth. Pp. 32(last blank)+[2](colophon, verso blank), hand-coloured title page vignette and text illustrations, plus an extra suite of the illustrations housed in a pocket on the lower pastedown; qr. parchment with 4 thongs, the spine lettered in black, beige papered boards with coloured illustration on upper... More about THE RED SHOES
With notes by Hugh Anderson & decorations by Ronald G. Edwards. Pp. 20(last colophon, blank), printed in red & black, text decorations and music; med. 8vo; pictorial paper wrappers with flap folds, a trifle soiled, corners lightly creased; outer leaves slightly browned; Rams Skull Press, Ferntree Gully, Victoria, 1956. First... More about BOTANY BAY BROADSIDES
With notes by Hugh Anderson & Lino Cuts by Ronald G. Edwards. Pp. [20](last colophon, verso blank), the title page printed in dark red & black, linocuts in either dark red or yellow & red; roy. 8vo; text block stabbed & tied; loose within untanned cowhide wrappers, lightly rubbed at... More about TWO SONGS OF '57
A Ballad. With notes by Hugh Anderson & Lino Cuts by Ronald G. Edwards. Pp. [16], linocuts printed in dark red, the title page printed in red & black, 1 page music score; roy. 8vo; text block stabbed & tied with leather thongs; loose within untanned cowhide wrappers, lightly rubbed... More about THE DYING STOCKMAN
George Caley's journey to Mount Banks, 1804. Pp. [viii]+150, 12 plates, full page text illustration, title page vignette printed in green, pictorial endpapers, 10 maps (1 folding, 3 double page), appendix, notes and references, select bibliography, index; green cloth, lettered and decorated in gilt; dust wrapper; edges of leaves a.... More about THE DEVIL'S WILDERNESS
Done into English verse by Jack Lindsay with illustrations and decorations by Norman Lindsay. Pp. [viii]+x+48+[2](colophon, blank), pictorial title page, plus 4 hand-tipped plates on beige art paper, 7 text illustrations and pictorial tailpiece; super royal 4to; qr. cream cloth, spine lettered in gilt, grey papered boards, with circular Norman... More about LYSISTRATA
With a Foreword by Norman Cowper. Decorated by Paul Jones. Pp. 112(last colophon), hand-tipped frontispiece portrait, plus 16 plates within pagination (2 coloured), pictorial head & tailpieces, title page decoration, pictorial endpapers, list of honours, awards and degrees, index; cr. 4to; qr. dark green buckram, spine lettered in gilt, canvas... More about E. G. WATERHOUSE OF ERYLDENE
[Poems]. Pp. 88; roy. 8vo; parchment backed gray papered boards, spine lettered in gilt, corners of boards slightly bruised; t.e.g., others uncut; dust wrapper, slightly soiled, lower edge with several splits and a chip at foot of backstrip; free endpapers browned; Secker, 1929. One of 500 numbered copies, signed by... More about THE BIRD CATCHER
Satyrs, Fauns & Fine Books. Pp. 328, frontispiece, numerous illustrations (several full page), list of works consulted, notes, index; super roy. 8vo; full blue morocco, lettered and decorated in gilt, the upper board featuring a device designed for the Press by Norman Lindsay of a faun riding a flying horse;... More about THE FANFROLICO PRESS
Pp. [4]+22; qr. cloth, marbled paper boards; t.e.g, others uncut; endpapers very slightly offset and foxed; price-clipped dust wrapper; Heinemann, London, 1929. One of 275 numbered copies, signed by the author. More about THE KING WAITS
Edited & with an introduction by R. P. Lister. Pp. xxviii+78(last blank)+[4](blank, colophon), the title page printed in red/brown & black, hand-tipped coloured frontispiece (from a watercolour portrait of Enid Bagnold by Claud Lovat Fraser), plus 4 monochrome hand-tipped plates, printed endpapers; roy. 8vo; Laura Ashley rust coloured floral patterned..... More about LETTERS TO FRANK HARRIS, & other friends
Translated from the French by Ellen Marriage, with an Introduction by Francois Mauriac, and illustrations by Rene Ben Sussan. Pp. xviii+318(last colophon), coloured frontispiece, title page vignette, and text illustrations (some full page); narrow impl. 8vo; qr. navy morocco, spine lettered and decorated in gilt, marbled papered boards, corners a...... More about OLD GORIOT
With decorations by Frank Medworth. Pp. [x]+216(last blank)+[2](colophon, blank), coloured frontispiece portrait and 11 full page illustrations, grey & white pictorial endpapers, title page printed in pink & black, colophon device printed in green & purple, bibliography; cr. 4to; qr. maroon leather, lettered and decorated in gilt & blind, grey..... More about MACQUARIE'S WORLD
Illustrated by Adrian Feint. Pp. xvi+202(last blank)+[2](colophon, blank), coloured title page vignette, and 3 full page illustrations, plus several black & white text illustrations, pictorial endpapers, bibliography; tall cr. 4to; full maroon calf over bevelled boards, lettered and decorated in gilt & blind; uncut; patterned dust wrapper, with small publisher's..... More about THE LIFE AND TIMES OF CAPTAIN JOHN PIPER
Their romantic origin and artistic development. Pp. 196(last colophon, verso blank), with 133 illustrations of which 34 are tipped-in plates, 3 being signed by the artists (2 by John Barclay Godson, both of which are Remarque proofs, and 1 by Ella Dwyer), index; cr. 4to; crocodile patterned cloth with printed... More about ARMORIAL BOOKPLATES
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 about THE AFFECTIONATE SHEPHERD
By Peter Bennet, Rosemary Scott and Dave Stagg. Pp. [20]; printed paper wrappers; Mandeville Press, Hitchin, Herts., 1983. Number 23 of 50 copies signed by the three poets. More about FIRST IMPRESSIONS
Pp. [iv]+52; pictorial paper wrappers, stapled, lower wrapper slightly soiled; top edges of leaves a trifle foxed; Nimrod Publications, University of Newcastle, New South Wales, 1980. Edition limitation not specified; this number 58, signed by the author. More about RIVER
A Cotswold apprenticeship. Pp. [vi]+24(last colophon, verso blank), hand-tipped frontispiece and 2 plates, the title page printed in dull gilt & black, 2 small decorative initials printed in dull gilt, glossary; med. 8vo; pictorial paper wrappers with flap folds; uncut; The Whittington Press, Andoversford, Gloucestershire, 1988. Edition limited to 350... More about BENCH, SAW & PLANE
A Journey into Children's Literature. Pp. 176(last blank), illustrated throughout in colour and black & white, bibliography, references, appendices, index; demy 4to; dark green cloth, spine lettered in gilt; within matching dark green cloth slipcase with coloured pictorial onlay (reproducing the title page illustration) on one side; J. M. Dent... More about DROMKEEN: