(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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
[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
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
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
Aldington: The Hand and Flower Press, 1952. 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. 244 pages. Limited to 2,000 copies printed. READ MORE about 10000 THINGS ARE 1
Price: $25.00 Order nr. 80292
Aldington: The Hand and Flower Press, 1952. 12mo. stiff paper wrappers. xvi, 383 pages. The complete set. Consists of twelve numbered parts and the editors notes. The influential Poems in Pamphlet series ran for two years, 1951 and 1952. The set offered here comprises the complete set for 1952, together with the editors notes for this series. Poets include Jon Manchip White, Hal Summers, Frederic Vanson, Ursula Wood, R.L. Cook, Thomas Fassam, Michael Hamburger, R.H...... READ MORE about POEMS IN PAMPHLET 1952. NOS. 1-XII. (complete
Price: $125.00 Order nr. 80277
Aldington: The Hand and Flower Press, (1955). small 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. 47 pages. First edition. READ MORE about SOME POEMS. A SMALL SELECTION WRITTEN BETWEEN 1930 & 1953
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 80457
London, England: (The Hand and Flower Press), 1946. oblong 32mo. paper-covered boards, all edges uncut. 23, (3) pages. Limited to 750 copies. Translated from the French by Thomas Fassam. Cover sunned at bottom. READ MORE about CARESSES
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 132131
Aldington: The Hand and Flower Press, 1953. small 8vo. cloth. 21 pages. Hermon Ould Memorial Lecture No. I. READ MORE about DIALOGUE IN NOVELS & PLAYS
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 80496
Aldington: The Hand and Flower Press, (1956). small 8vo. red cloth stamped in gilt. 29 pages. Hermon Ould Memorial Lecture No. III. READ MORE about THE WRITER IN A CHANGING SOCIETY
Price: $50.00 Order nr. 80651
[Aldington, Kent: The Hand and Flower Press, (1952). 12mo. stiff paper wrappers. (121)-144 pages. First edition. Poems in Pamphlet V. Lightly soiled stapled printed wrappers. READ MORE about THE ROUT OF SAN ROMANO AND OTHER POEMS
Price: $25.00 Order nr. 114107
London: Joiner and Steele, 1932. 8vo. cloth, gilt lettering on spine and gilt signature on front cover, top edge gilt. 38 pages. Printed by The Alcuin Press, Gloustershire, in an edition limited to 350 numbered copies, signed by the author (Gibbs A7a). James Hanley (1901-1985) was an Irish novelist, short story writer, and playwright, who ran away from home at the age of thirteen to become a merchant seaman, returning ten years later. He was..... READ MORE about STOKER HASLETT
Price: $75.00 Order nr. 70159
