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
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
FIGURE PRINTS OF JAPAN.
Pp. 54(last blank)+[2](limitation page, list of publications) hand-tipped pictorial title page printed in red & black, plus 44 hand- tipped coloured plates (several full page), pictorial endpapers, coloured decorative initials and small decorations; demy folio; qr. vellum, lettered and ruled in gilt, rich peach brocade boards; uncut; glassine wrapper; ribbon..... More
JAPANESE COLOUR-PRINTS.
109 coloured hand-tipped wood block prints (many full page), hand-tipped illustrated title page (hand-printed in red & black), Japanese-style patterned endpapers, index; super royal 4to; qr. vellum, cream linen boards, lettered in gilt, with red stamped Japanese motifs, vellum lightly spotted, the upper board quite browned, the lower board slightly..... 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