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
British
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
THE XI BOOKES OF THE GOLDEN ASSE.
Containing the Metamorphosie of Lucius Apuleius, interlaced with sundry pleasant & delectable Tales. With an excellent Narration of the marriage of Cupid & Psyche, set out in the iiii. v. & the vi, Bookes. Translated out of Latine into English, by William Adlington. Pp. 250+[6](printer's note, colophon, gilt cockerel device..... 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, verso blank), frontispiece, title page vignette, and 10 full page illustrations by Clifford Webb, plus 3 full page maps by Mina Greenhill; impl. 8vo; bound by Sangorski & Sutcliffe in full dark brown morocco, spine lettered in gilt within raised bands, boards..... 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
EUPHORMIO'S SATYRICON.
Translated from the Latin into English for the first time, from the 1605 edition, by Paul Turner. Ten wood engravings by Derrick Harris. Pp. [iv]+158, the frontispiece, title page and 7 plates all within decorative red borders, title page vignette, head & tailpiece decorations, cockerel, glossary; impl. 8vo; qr. crimson..... 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
THE EMERALD HARVEST.
Pp. [vi]+22+[2](blank, colophon), printed in green & black; printed grey textured paper wrappers; Cadenza Press, London, 1968. Edition limited to 45 copies. Publication Number E07 of the Cadenza Press. *Banana cultivation and harvesting in Queensland. More
SPACE & VISION.
Three scenes in Central Australia. Pp. vi+18(last blank)+[2] printed in red & black; printed grey textured paper wrappers, stabbed & tied, tiny chip at foot of backstrip; Cadenza Press, Ealing, 1967. One of 70 copies thus (of a total edition of 170). Book Number E6 from the Cadenza Press. *This..... More
WHATEVER THERE IS OF LIGHT.
Five poems. Pp. [4](last blank); printed paper wrappers; Mandeville Press, Hitchin, Herts., 1975. Trade edition. *With publisher's prospectus loosely inserted. More
SELECT POEMS, Divine and Humane.
Pp. [vi]+52(last blank)+[6](notes)+[2](colophon, verso blank); demy 12mo; limp parchment secured with pigskin thongs, lettered and decorated in gilt; uncut and partly unopened; within plain card slipcase, which is slightly soiled; The Nonesuch Press, London, 1928. Edition limited to 1,250 numbered copies, printed on Van Gelder hand made paper. McKitterick 54..... More
THE ARAB WAR.
Confidential information for General Headquarters... Being despatches reprinted from the secret "Arab Bulletin". Introduction by Sir Kinahan Cornwallis, Director of the Arab Bureau, 1916-1920. Pp. 52 (last colophon); cr. 4to; bound by Sangorski & Sutcliffe in qr. green niger morocco, spine lettered in gilt, with raised bands and small cockerel..... More
FIRST IMPRESSIONS.
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
BENCH, SAW & PLANE.
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
THE SINGLE MIND.
Illustration by Mary Norman. Pp. [16], frontispiece printed in brown; printed paper wrappers; Mandeville Press, Hitchin, Herts., 1980. More
AUGURIES OF INNOCENCE together with the Rearrangement by Dr John Sampson and a Comment by Geoffrey Keynes.
Pp. 18+[4](blanks, colophon, verso blank); tall demy 8vo; tan paper wrappers, upper wrapper lettered in black, the backstrip and top edge of upper wrapper slightly faded; uncut; book label of David Levine, Sydney, on verso of upper wrapper; The Cygnet Press, Burford, Oxfordshire, 1975. Edition limited to 375 numbered copies..... More
THE ILLUSTRATIONS OF WILLIAM BLAKE FOR THORNTON'S VIRGIL,
with the first Eclogue and the Imitation by Ambrose Philips. The Introduction by Geffrey Keynes. Pp. 38, 8 proofs of Blake's blocks in their original state,16 of Blake's designs for the wood-engravings, text illustrations, plus prints made from electrotypes of the engravings on 17 separate leaves of Japon vellum in..... More
BLIGH'S VOYAGE IN THE RESOURCE,
from Coupang to Batavia, together with the log of his subsequent passage to England in the Dutch packet "Vlydt" and his remarks on Morrison's Journal. All printed for the first time from the manuscripts in the Mitchell Library of New South Wales, with an introduction and notes by Owen Rutter..... More
THE LOG OF THE BOUNTY.
Being Lieutenant William Bligh's Log of the Proceedings of His Majesty's Armed Vessel Bounty in a Voyage to the South Seas, to take the Breadfruit from the Society Islands to the West Indies. Now Published for the First Time from the Manuscript in the Admiralty Records, with an Introduction and..... More
THE VOYAGE OF THE BOUNTY'S LAUNCH as related in William Bligh's Despatch to the Admiralty and the Journal of John Fryer.
With an Introduction by Owen Rutter and wood-engravings by Robert Gibbings. Pp. 86+[2](colophon, verso blank), frontispiece, text illustrations (1 full page), colophon decoration; narrow roy. 4to; red & white 'sail-type' canvas, spine lettered in gilt; t.e.g., others uncut; bookseller's sticker at foot of upper pastedown; The Golden Cockerel Press, London..... More
SUPPER AT BEAUCAIRE.
Translated into English for the first time by Somerset de Chair. Pp. 38+[2](colophon, blank), frontispiece portrait; demy l6mo; bound by Sangorski & Sutcliffe in full vellum, spine lettered in gilt, boards blocked in gilt with an overall honeycomb pattern surrounding a central bee emblem, the boards slightly sprung; a.e.g.; The..... More
TWO BOYS AND A GIRL, PLAYING IN A CHURCHYARD.
Illustration by Margaret Steward. Single leaf, folded, printed on one side only, featuring the text of a poem, plus coloured [linocut?] illustration; within printed paper wrappers, stitched, the title within decorative border; Mandeville Press, Hitchin, Herts., 1975. More
PICTOR IGNOTUS, FRA LIPPO LIPPI, ANDREA DEL SARTO.
Pp. 48(last leaves blank), printed in red & black; cr. 4to; qr. parchment, spine lettered in gilt, blue/grey papered boards with author's initial in gilt at centre of upper board, the parchment lightly soiled, boards a trifle scuffed, edges faintly faded, fore-corners slightly worn; uncut; book label of David Levine..... More