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
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
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
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
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
With wood engravings by Lynton Lamb. Pp. [iv]+40+[2](colophon, verso blank), frontispiece, pictorial title page, plus text illustrations, decorative initials and tailpiece; med. 8vo; qr. red morocco, spine lettered in gilt, red & beige patterned cloth boards, a trifle bowed and faintly soiled, top fore-corners slightly bruised, the spine a trifle..... More
Pp. [iv]+62(last colophon, verso blank), cockerel device at centre of title page, plus 4 text illustrations by Agnes Miller Parker; med. 8vo; qr. dark green morocco, spine lettered in gilt, orange & green patterned cloth boards, the fore-corners a trifle rubbed, spine lightly faded; t.e.g., others uncut; the free endpapers..... More
A poem attributed to Francis Beaumont. Edited by Gwyn Jones. With ten engravings in colour by John Buckland-Wright. Pp. 46(last colophon), coloured frontispiece, title page vignette, 7 full page illustrations, 2 decorative headpieces and a pictorial tailpiece; narrow roy. 4to; qr. dark blue morocco, spine lettered in gilt and ruled..... More
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
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
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
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
Edited by Somerset de Chair. In two volumes: I: Corsica to Marengo; II: Waterloo Campaign. Pp. 422+[2](colophon, blank)+80(last colophon), frontispiece portraits, title page vignettes, full page collotype facsimile, endpaper maps; tall impl. 8vo; bound by Sangorski & Sutcliffe in dark green and maroon morocco, lettered and decorated in gilt with..... More
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
Pp. [iv]+128(last colophon), printed in red, blue & black, including several decorative initials; tall demy 8vo; blue buckram, spine lettered in gilt, fore-corners of boards faintly rubbed, the lower board a trifle flecked, spine faded; t.e.g., others uncut; book label of David Levine, Sydney, on upper pastedown, the free endpapers..... More
Translated out of the French by H. M. [and] F. M. &. embellished with woodcuts by Robert Gibbings. With a Preface by Francis MacNamara. In two volumes. Pp. [ii]+262+252(last colophon), 10 plates (including frontispiece to each volume), several decorative initials printed in green, notes; cr. 4to; qr. black linen with..... More
A complete story in the manner of the old parlour game. In nine chapters, each by a different author. Pp. 68(last blank)+[2](colophon, verso blank), frontispiece, title page vignette, cockerel device as tailpiece; med. 8vo; brick red cloth, spine lettered in black, the boards faintly soiled, fore-corners a trifle bruised; dust..... More
With wood-engravings by Dorothea Braby. Pp. [8](last colophon, verso blank), frontispiece, title page vignette, and 3 wood-engraved illustrations (one full page); small cr. 4to; cream canvas, gilt lettered green leather title label on spine, boards very slightly canted, lower board a trifle marked and with faint bruise to bottom fore-corner;..... More
The Inner Temple Masque, presented by the Gentlemen there January 13, 1614. Written by William Browne of Tavistock and now edited, with an essay on William Brown and the English Masque, by Gwyn Jones. Seven wood-engravings by Mark Severin. Pp. 64 (last blank), frontispiece, title page vignette, and 5 full..... More
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
A Comedy of Justice. With wood engravings by John Buckland Wright. Pp. 350(last colophon), frontispiece, pictorial title page, and 14 full page illustrations; thick roy. 8vo; dark green & dark pink cambric, lettered and decorated in gilt, slight bruise to top edge of upper board next to spine, the lower..... More
A Comedy of Justice. With wood engravings by John Buckland Wright. Pp. 350(last colophon), frontispiece, pictorial title page, and 15 full page illustrations; thick roy. 8vo; full scarlet morocco, spine lettered in gilt between raised bands, the boards with rectangular purple inlays decorated in gilt, gilt ruled edges; t.e.g., others..... More
Done into English by Richard Phibbs, with engravings by Dorothea Braby. Pp. [14](including upper endpapers, last colophon), frontispiece, pictorial title page, and 4 full page wood engravings; tall demy 8vo; qr. white morocco, spine lettered in gilt, yellow buckram boards, upper board decorated in gilt, slightly soiled, the spine lightly..... More
being La Venganza del Condor. Now translated into English for the first time by Richard Phibbs. Engravings by Clifford Webb. Pp. 124(last colophon), frontispiece, plus 7 pictorial headpieces; f'cap. 4to; qr. red morocco, spine lettered in gilt, beige canvas boards, a trifle marked and slightly foxed, small faded spot at..... More
With engravings by J. E. Laboureur. Pp. 14+[2](colophon, blank), frontispiece, plus one plate (within pagination; cr. 8vo; qr. white buckram, spine lettered in gilt, batik papered boards, bottom fore-corner of lower board slightly bruised; uncut; dust wrapper, lightly soiled and a trifle foxed, the backstrip slightly browned; The Golden Cockerel..... More