SIX LEGS GOOD.
Pp. [16](last blank), frontispiece printed in green; roy. 8vo; printed green paper wrappers; Mandeville Press, Hitchin, Herts., 1987. Trade edition; one of 225 copies. More
Private Press & Fine Printing
COMITIA AMERICANA AND RELATED MEDALS,
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
THE EATEN HEART.
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
ORPHEUS THROUGH THE REAR-VISION MIRROR.
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
KIT, THE COURIER.
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
ANTHONY ADVERSE.
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
THE RED SHOES.
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
AUSTRALIAN SONG INDEX 1828-1956.
Decorations by Ron Edwards. Pp. 20(last colophon), pictorial title page printed in red & black; med. 8vo; plain blue/grey card wrappers, stapled; within pictorial dust wrapper, edges a trifle creased, the backstrip faintly faded; outer leaves slightly offset; The Rams Skull Press, Ferntree Gully, 1957. First edition. Black Bull Chapbooks..... More
BOTANY BAY BROADSIDES.
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
SONGS OF BILLY BARLOW.
With notes by Hugh Anderson & decorations by Ronald G. Edwards. Pp. 20(last colophon, verso blank), printed in red/brown & black, text decorations and music; med. 8vo; plain card wrappers, stapled and slightly faded; pictorial dust wrapper, the bottom fore-corners lightly creased; outer leaves faintly offset; Rams Skull Press, Ferntree..... More
TWO SONGS OF '57.
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
THE DYING STOCKMAN.
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
SONGS OF BILLY BARLOW.
With notes by Hugh Anderson & decorations by Ronald G. Edwards. Pp. 20(last colophon, verso blank), printed in red/brown & black, text decorations and music; med. 8vo; plain card wrappers, stapled and a trifle faded; pictorial dust wrapper, edges slightly foxed, the fore-edges lightly creased; outer leaves offset; Rams Skull..... More
PATRIOTISM VERSUS WELFARE:
an extract from "The Unseen Assassins". Foreword by Melbert B. Cary, jr. Pp. xiv+32+2(blank, colophon), title page vignette printed in blue & black; cloth backed gilt lettered brown papered boards, spine lettered in gilt; uncut; Press of the Woolly Whale, New York, 1932 [Foreword dated 1933]. *Issued in commemoration of..... More
Prospectus for REBECCA'S DIARY.
Written and illustrated by Monica Oppen. Pp. [8], title page, printed in black & brown, 2 original hand coloured etchings, the leaves unopened; prospectus, colophon; within stiff green textured paper wrappers, with flap folds; super roy. 8vo; Ant Press, Redfern, New South Wales, 1990. One of four separate editions of..... More
APOLLONIUS OF TYRE.
Historia Apollonii Regis Tyri. Translated from the Latin by Paul Turner. Line-engravings by Mark Severin. Pp. 68, frontispiece plus 3 plates, 1 full page illustration, title page vignette; narrow cr. 4to; qr. orange/tan morocco, spine lettered in gilt, maroon canvas boards with gilt vignette at centre of upper board; t.e.g...... More
THE SPEECHLESS ACT.
Pp. [20]; roy. 8vo; printed paper wrappers, back panel a trifle rubbed and soiled; Mandeville Press, Hitchin, Herts., 1984. Trade edition; being one of 350 copies. More
PATCHWORK QUILT.
Poems. Done into English by Jack Lindsay. With decorations by Edward Bawden. Pp. [72](last blank), pictorial title page, text illustrations (one full page); blue buckram, decorated in blind in a patchwork design, edges a trifle rubbed, spine faded; t.e.g., others uncut; bookplate of [Robert] Foster Kennedy on upper pastedown, plus..... More
LETTERS TO FRANK HARRIS, & other friends.
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
OLD GORIOT.
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
THE AMAZONS.
A novel. Engravings by Clifford Webb. Pp. 252+[2](colophon, blank), frontispiece, title page vignette, 7 full page illustrations, pictorial tailpiece, 3 full page maps; impl. 8vo; bound by Sangorski & Sutcliffe in half brown morocco, spine lettered and decorated in gilt, marbled papered boards, the top fore-corners slightly bruised; t.e.g., others..... More
MACQUARIE'S WORLD.
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
ARMORIAL BOOKPLATES.
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
THE AFFECTIONATE SHEPHERD.
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
CAPTAIN KHAN and THE KANGAROO.
Pp. ii+[vi]+10(last colophon)+iii(verso blank); printed stiff paper wrappers, stabbed & tied, edges a trifle faded, top fore-corner of upper wrapper faintly creased; Cadenza Press, Ealing, 1967. One of 70 copies thus (total edition 120), for The British Printing Society]. *Printed for private circulation. Copies for members of The British Printing..... More