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(Golden Cockerel Press). Gill, Eric.

ART & PRUDENCE.

An Essay by Eric Gill
N.P. Golden Cockerel Press, 1928. 12mo. orange cloth. (vi), 18, (2) pages, 2 plates. An Essay by Eric Gill. Limited to 500 copies (Cave 61; Chanticleer: 61). The essay was originally a lecture at Manchester University on 7 February 1928. Two engravings on copper by the author accompany the text. Printed on Kelmscott hand-made paper, using Caslon O.F. type. (Wolfe 31). Spine slightly faded. With previous owners stamp on front pastedown. READ MORE about ART & PRUDENCE

Price: $120.00 Order nr. 124160

(Golden Cockerel Press). Mathers, E. Powys. (Translator).

A CIRCLE OF THE SEASONS.

(Berkshire, England): Golden Cockerel Press, 1929. 8vo. polished cloth. frontispiece. 28, (4) pages. Published in a limited edition of 500 numbered copies. Text is a translation of the Ritu-Samhara of Kalidasa. 4 engravings on copper by Robert Gibbings. Spine age darkened, as usual. Covers slightly bowed, else a fine copy. READ MORE about A CIRCLE OF THE SEASONS

Price: $75.00 Order nr. 76270

(Golden Cockerel Press).

NUMBER OF PROSPECTUSES AND YEARLY ANNOUNCEMENTS OF BOOKS ISSUED.

Number of prospectuses and yearly announcements issued by the Golden Cockerel Press of England. Per item:
various dates. Number of prospectuses and yearly announcements issued by the Golden Cockerel Press of England. Per item:. Have the following years: 1952 (worn spot along front corner), Autumn 1954, 1955-1956 (2), 1956-1957 . Price is per volume. READ MORE about NUMBER OF PROSPECTUSES AND YEARLY ANNOUNCEMENTS OF BOOKS ISSUED

Price: $15.00 Order nr. 8912

(Golden Cockerel Press).

THE TRUE HISTORIE OF LUCIAN THE SAMOSATENIAN.

London: The Golden Cockerel Press, 1927. 4to. quarter Niger over light brown cloth, top edge gilt, later cloth slipcase. (iv), 43, (2) pages. Limited to 275 numbered copies. (Chanticleer 53). This particular copy bares the exlibris bookplate of the private library of the Golden Cockerel Press on the front pastedown. Lower corner lightly bumped. Only the slightest hint of wear to the head and tail of the spine. A beautiful copy. Bound by Sangorski and..... READ MORE about THE TRUE HISTORIE OF LUCIAN THE SAMOSATENIAN

Price: $2,500.00 Order nr. 60561

(Golden Cockerel Press).

THE TRUE HISTORIE OF LUCIAN THE SAMOSATENIAN.

London: The Golden Cockerel Press, 1927. 4to. quarter leather, cloth, top edge gilt. (iv), 43, (2) pages. Limited to 275 numbered copies. (Chanticleer 53). Previous ownership inscription on front free endpaper. The smallest touch of fading to the leather spine, else a beautiful copy. Bound by Sangorski and Sutcliffe. In his True History, which begins by warning the reader that its events are completely untrue and impossible, Lucian describes a voyage that starts on the..... READ MORE about THE TRUE HISTORIE OF LUCIAN THE SAMOSATENIAN

Price: $1,800.00 Order nr. 136233

(Golden Head Press). Lister, Raymond.

THE EMBLEMS OF THEODOSIUS OR THE UNITY OF ENDYMION AND PROMETHEUS.

(Cambridge, England: The Golden Head Press, 1969). 8vo. decorated stiff paper wrappers. unpaginated. Limted to 50 numbered copies. Designed by the author. Tipped-in illustrations. Bound by John P. Gray & Son. Front wrapper chipped at fore-edge. READ MORE about THE EMBLEMS OF THEODOSIUS OR THE UNITY OF ENDYMION AND PROMETHEUS

Price: $30.00 Order nr. 131273

(Golden Head Press). Warner, Francis.

PERENNIA.

Cambridge, England: The Golden Head Press, 1962. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 27+(1) pages. A colleciton of poetry. With wood engravings by Raymond Lister. READ MORE about PERENNIA

Price: $15.00 Order nr. 132083

Order Nr. 128734 THOMAS BEWICK, 1753-1828, AN ESSAY. TO WHICH IS NOW ADDED: A LETTER FROM ENGLAND...

(Gravesend Press). Powys, Llewelyn.

THOMAS BEWICK, 1753-1828, AN ESSAY. TO WHICH IS NOW ADDED: A LETTER FROM ENGLAND FROM ALYSE POWYS.

Lexington, KY: The Gravesend Press, 1951. 12mo. pastepaper-covered boards, paper cover label. x, 16 pages. Limited to 500 copies. Designed by Joseph C. Graves and printed in the Printing Office of Philip Reed. With reproductions of woodcuts in brown ink taken from the collection of R. Hunter Middleton. Middleton made the paper for this book. Rubbed along edges. READ MORE about THOMAS BEWICK, 1753-1828, AN ESSAY. TO WHICH IS NOW ADDED: A LETTER FROM ENGLAND FROM ALYSE POWYS

Price: $20.00 Order nr. 128734

(Gregynog Press). Evans, Jane.

GWASG GREGYNOG: THE BOOKS IN MANCHESTER POLYTECHNIC LIBRARY.

Manchester, Gregynog Press, 1990. 4to. stiff paper wrappers. xii, 28 pages. An exhibition catalogue of the Gwasg Gregynog collection for Manchester Polytechnic Library. Preface by Ian RogersonThere are some handwritten editing notes throughout. READ MORE about GWASG GREGYNOG: THE BOOKS IN MANCHESTER POLYTECHNIC LIBRARY

Price: $20.00 Order nr. 124642

(Gregynog Press). Harrop, Dorothy.

A HISTORY OF THE GREGYNOG PRESS.

Middlesex: Private Libraries Association, 1980. small 4to. cloth. xv, 266 pages. First edition, one of 750 copies for sale out of a total edition of 2500. A history of the press and a revised bibliography of the forty-five books printed there. Many illustrations. Also includes a handlist of ephemera with 235 items described. READ MORE about A HISTORY OF THE GREGYNOG PRESS

Price: $25.00 Order nr. 8974

(Gregynog Press). Hutchins, Michael.

PRINTING AT GREGYNOG, ASPECTS OF A GREAT PRIVATE PRESS.

Translated by David Jenkins.
N.P. Welsh Arts Council, 1976. small 4to. stiff paper wrappers. 39 pages. Translated by David Jenkins. Well-illustrated guide to the exhibition. With text in Galic and English. READ MORE about PRINTING AT GREGYNOG, ASPECTS OF A GREAT PRIVATE PRESS

Price: $13.00 Order nr. 11673

(Gregynog Press).

THE LIFE OF SAINT DAVID.

(Newtown, Powys: Gregynog Press, 1927). 8vo. full vellum, top edge gilt, quarter vellum clamshell box. 44 pages. "...in its way the most ambitious of all the books...The ordinary excellence of Gregynog books remains a noticeable pleasure" -Colin Franklin. Limited edition of 175 numbered copies. (The Private Press (Franklin, pp. 121-134, 214); Harrop no.7). A fine copy preserved in a near fine vellum-backed green cloth folding box. Illustrated with stunning hand colored wood engravings by Robert..... READ MORE about THE LIFE OF SAINT DAVID

Price: $5,000.00 Order nr. 137081

(Gregynog Press). Shaw, George Bernard.

SHAW GIVES HIMSELF AWAY: AN AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL MISCELLANY.

Newtown, Montgomeryshire: Gregynog Press, 1939. tall 8vo. full green morocco with onlaid designs by Paul Nash incorporating Shaw's initials and having different designs on the front and back in orange morocco - a signed Gregynog binding. [xi] 188, [1] pages. Limited to 300 numbered copies. (Harrop, Zilverdistel no.40). Frontispiece portrait of Shaw by John Farleigh. Head of spine worn, with some scattered wear to spine. General shelfwear. Boards somewhat bowed. As is common with this..... READ MORE about SHAW GIVES HIMSELF AWAY: AN AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL MISCELLANY

Price: $650.00 Order nr. 136795

Order Nr. 105925 GRAVEN IMAGES: A PORTFOLIO OF NINETEENTH CENTURY WOOD ENGRAVINGS PRINTED FROM...

(Greyweathers Press). Thompson, L. F. (foreword).

GRAVEN IMAGES: A PORTFOLIO OF NINETEENTH CENTURY WOOD ENGRAVINGS PRINTED FROM THE ORIGINAL BLOCKS.

With a Foreword by L.F. Thompson.
Merrickville: Greyweathers Press, 2010. 4to. cloth-backed paper covered boards, paper cover and spine labels. 6, 13 wood cuts, (2) pages. With a Foreword by L.F. Thompson. First edition. One of 100 numbered copies. Wood engravers toiling away at their trade during the last quarter of the nineteenth century could be forgiven for feeling a touch of despair. Since the early 1800s, they had practiced a viable trade, with graver in hand over an endgrain block..... READ MORE about GRAVEN IMAGES: A PORTFOLIO OF NINETEENTH CENTURY WOOD ENGRAVINGS PRINTED FROM THE ORIGINAL BLOCKS

Price: $135.00 Order nr. 105925

(Guild of Book Workers).

NEW ENGLAND VIGNETTES.

Providence, RI: Providence Athenaeum, 2004. 4to. stiff paper wrappers. vi, 38+(1) pages. Catalogue of an exhibition by the New England Chapter, Guild of Book Workers, presented at the Providence Athenaeum November-December 2004. Shows calligraphy, private press work, fine bindings and artists' books. READ MORE about NEW ENGLAND VIGNETTES

Price: $25.00 Order nr. 106833

(Guthrie, James).

JAMES GUTHRIE AND THE PEAR TREE PRESS.

London, England: Sims, Reed & Fogg, n.d. square 16mo. self paper wrappers. 15+(1) pages. Introduction with biographical sketch of Guthrie. A catalogue of books, drawings, and prints published by the Pear Tree Press. Black and white illustrations. READ MORE about JAMES GUTHRIE AND THE PEAR TREE PRESS

Price: $15.00 Order nr. 124758

(Guthrie, Stuart). Chesshire, May.

AN ANTHOLOGY.

Horsham: Stuart Guthrie, (1937). small 4to. quarter cloth with paper-covered boards, paper cover label. (vi), 23+(1) pages. Printed in an edition limited to 250 copies. A collection of poems written by May Chesshire, selected from letters to her brother Llewelyn. They were selected and arranged by Diana Harding, with a preface by John Cowper Powys. It is illustrated with a woodcut frontispiece. Minor discoloration of the spine and the corners are slightly rubbed. Split along..... READ MORE about AN ANTHOLOGY

Price: $35.00 Order nr. 61007

(Gwasg Gregynog). Jones, Glyn and T.J. Morgan.

THE STORY OF HELEDD.

Newtown, Wales: Gwasg Gregynog, 1994. 4to. quarter cloth, decorated paper-covered boards. 39, (15) pages. Edition of 400 copies, 330 of which in this form and numbered. A fine copy. This is a retelling of the ancient Welsh saga of Princess Heledd, with an introduction and new material by Jenny Rowland. The narrative has been reconstructed by the authors, and the poetry translated from surviving manuscripts. The poetry is also presented in a modernized Welsh version..... READ MORE about THE STORY OF HELEDD

Price: $1,250.00 Order nr. 45930

Haberly, Loyd.

JOHN APOSTATE AN IDYL OF THE QUAYS.

Long Crendon: Seven Acres Press, 1927. 8vo. modern quarter calf, decorated paper-covered boards. (ii), 10, (2) pages. Limited to 125 copies of which this one is out of series. First two words of text in red, rest in black. Woodcut illustrations throughout. Some capitals are woodcuts made to look like illuminated letters although in black only. Author is also illustrator and printer. READ MORE about JOHN APOSTATE AN IDYL OF THE QUAYS

Price: $185.00 Order nr. 78529

Order Nr. 47250 PRINTED BY HAGUE AND GILL, A CHECKLIST PREPARED IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE EXHIBIT...

(Hague & Gill).

PRINTED BY HAGUE AND GILL, A CHECKLIST PREPARED IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE EXHIBIT "A RESPONSIBLE WORKMAN" OBSERVING ERIC GILL'S CENTENARY.

N.P. The Regents of the University of California, 1982. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 48 pages. A checklist of Gill's works, posters and one-page job printings omitted, and a lengthy introduction by James Davis. With a list of works typeset by Hague and Gill but printed elsewhere, and a chronology. Illustrated with devices by Gill. READ MORE about PRINTED BY HAGUE AND GILL, A CHECKLIST PREPARED IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE EXHIBIT "A...

Price: $12.00 Order nr. 47250

Hall, Trevor H. and Percy H. Muir.

SOME PRINTERS & PUBLISHERS OF CONJURING BOOKS AND OTHER EPHEMERA.

Leeds: The Elmete Press, 1976. 4to. quarter black calf with crushed canvas covered boards, clamshell box. x, 95, (2) pages. First edition. Printed in an edition limited to 465 numbered copies, this being one of 430 copies bound in quarter calf. Introduction by Percy Muir. A reference book of printers and publishers of conjuring books and ephemera. The principal illustrations are facsimile reproductions from old conjuring books, printed by lithography from plates made by C...... READ MORE about SOME PRINTERS & PUBLISHERS OF CONJURING BOOKS AND OTHER EPHEMERA

Price: $125.00 Order nr. 58386

Hallward, Reginald.

THE VOX HUMANA. LITTLE COPSE WOOD AND OTHER VERSES.

(Gravesend, England): Woodlands Press, (1900). 4to. original stiff paper wrappers, edges uncut, ribbon tied. unpaginated. No. VI in a series of six works published under the heading Vox Humana (Rare Books Club website). Author (1858-1948) was a painter, stained glass artist, illustrator and designer (Houfe 330). Script lettering and drawings throughout text, some in color. Two tipped-in plates. Extra plate loosely inserted. Wrappers slightly bent at edges. Light foxing on loosely inserted plate. READ MORE about THE VOX HUMANA. LITTLE COPSE WOOD AND OTHER VERSES

Price: $225.00 Order nr. 123050

(Hand and Flower Press). Barnsley, Alan [Gabriel Fielding].

THE FROG PRINCE AND OTHER POEMS.

[Aldington, Kent: The Hand and Flower Press, 1952]. 12mo. stiff paper wrappers. (ii), 251-284 pages. Author's first book. In later books used the form of name Gabriel Fielding. Poems in pamphlet IX. Printed at the Ditchling Press in Sussex. Near fine in lightly darkened printed wrappers. Lightly foxed. READ MORE about THE FROG PRINCE AND OTHER POEMS

Price: $9.00 Order nr. 112357

(Hand and Flower Press). Causley, Charles.

SURVIVOR’S LEAVE.

Aldington: The Hand and Flower Press, (1953). tall 12mo. stiff paper wrappers. 46 pages. First edition thus. Poetry. READ MORE about SURVIVOR’S LEAVE

Price: $25.00 Order nr. 80105

(Hand and Flower Press). Chiari, Joseph.

THE EAGLE OF PROMETHEUS.

Aldington: The Hand and Flower Press, (1953). small 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 69 pages. Original printed wraps. READ MORE about THE EAGLE OF PROMETHEUS

Price: $20.00 Order nr. 80115

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