Pp. xii+84(last colophon, verso blank); impl. 8vo; qr. dark green oasis morocco, lettered and decorated in gilt, marbled papered boards with dark green morocco corner tips, the boards slightly sprung, spine uniformly fading to grey, and slightly grazed at extremities; uncut; small bookplate on upper free endpaper, binder's stamp at..... More
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
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 work cycle of the year 1979 at Wynns Coonawarra estate in South Australia. Depicted in twenty-six wood engravings and text by Tate Adams. With an Introduction by David Wynn. Pp. xvi+42+[2](blank), illustrated (mostly full page); small square 4to; wine-coloured silk, lettered and decorated in gilt; within matching cloth slipcase... More
Biographical sketch by John W. Borden. History of the fables by Janet S. Krueger. With an original leaf from the first edition (1818) of The Fables of Aesop and a new impression from one of Bewick's original wood engravings. Pp. 58+[2](colophon, blank), frontispiece portrait, text illustrations, the title page printed... More
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
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
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
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
Pp. [iv]+36(last blank), the colophon printed in red; qr. natural linen with printed paper title label on spine, light blue/grey papered boards, faintly soiled, with small damp stain near centre of spine, fore-corners of boards slightly worn; uncut; bookplate of Leonard James Shrubsall on upper pastedown, the free endpapers lightly..... More
With 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... More
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Being the life and teaching of Gautama, Prince of India and founder of Buddhism. With an Introduction by Melford E. Spiro, and illustrations by Ayres Houghtelling. Pp. xxiv+194(last blank)+[2](colophon, verso blank), 8 coloured plates, numerous text illustrations and decorations printed in orange & black or black & white, the title..... More
From Melbourne, Port Phillip, to Mount Schank, in the District of Adelaide, New Holland, a Distance of 400 Miles, undertaken in 1843 by Messrs Edward and Fortescue Arthur, Sons of Captain Arthur, R.N., with a Flock of 4000 Sheep. Also An Account of the Difficulties they experienced during a Sojourn... More
Pp. xiv+256+[4](last colophon, verso blank), 24 black & white plates, 4 full page illustrations printed in pale yellow & black, the title (printed in blue & brown) and chapter headings (printed in blue) from lettering by G. G. Laurens, bibliography, reference guide, list of sources, index; tall impl. 8vo; qr... More
Pp. [viii]+172, printed in red, blue & black, title page vignette, text illustrations, 15 full page examples of woodcuts engraved from drawings by Charles M. Gere, Margaret Gere, R. Catterson Smith, Gwendolen Raverat, and Noel Rooke, plus specimens of initial letters by Graily Hewitt, Eric Gill and Louise Powell, several... More