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(Kelmscott Press).

THE WELL AT THE WORLD'S END.

Hammersmith: Kelmscott Press, 1896. 4to. original vellum binding, with six silk ties, gilt lettering on spine. 495 pages. One of 350 copies (Peterson, A39). Bookseller ticket on front pastedown. Minor soiling to vellum on covers and spine, vellum boards subtly warped. Five of the six silk ties still retaining 50% of the original length, with one tie lacking. Staining to preliminary pages (not affecting the text) which was caused by the glue used for the..... READ MORE about THE WELL AT THE WORLD'S END

Price: $9,500.00 Order nr. 107181

(Kit-Cat Press). Lewis, Roy.

EVEN CAXTON HAD HIS TROUBLES WITH THE PICKETS.

Morton-in-Marsh: The Kit-Cat Press, 1984. 12mo. stiff paper wrappers, cord-tied. 9, (3) pages. Second edition, privately printed and limited to 164 numbered copies. A brief account of William Caxton's arrival in London in 1476, to start his new career as a publisher and his concerns with having his business picketed. Small spot along hinge. READ MORE about EVEN CAXTON HAD HIS TROUBLES WITH THE PICKETS

Price: $10.00 Order nr. 123218

(Kit-Cat Press). Pine, Edward.

LAST THINGS AND OTHER POEMS.

Bushey: Kit-Cat Pres, 1962. large 12mo. paper wrappers. (22) pages. Privately printed. A collection of poems by Edward Pine. Covers soiled with corners bumped. READ MORE about LAST THINGS AND OTHER POEMS

Price: $15.00 Order nr. 57081

(Kit-Cat Press). Priestley, J. B.

OUT OF THE IVORY GATE.

Hunton Bridge, England: The Kit-Cat Press, (1978). 12mo. stiff paper wrappers, paper cover label. 11, (3) pages. Limited to 200 numbered copies. First separate printing of this essay. "Designed, handset in Palatino types & printed on Basingwerk Parchment with covers of Strathmore Artlaid by Kenneth Hardacre at his Kit-Cat Press." READ MORE about OUT OF THE IVORY GATE

Price: $25.00 Order nr. 125177

(Kouros Press). Ashe, Thomas.

LOST EROS.

N.P. (Kouros Press, 1982). 8vo. stiff paper wrappers, paper cover label, all edges uncut. (4) pages. Limited to 100 numbered copies. Printed on paper hand-made by Francis McDowall. Linocut by J. Martin Pitts. First published in Later Poems 1866-76. READ MORE about LOST EROS

Price: $35.00 Order nr. 124460

(Lallier, Monique). Eastman, Bert & Molly.

THEIR BOOK OF TOYS FROM INDIA.

Oldham, England: Incline Press, 2002. 4to. leather, decorated endpapers, cloth clamshell box, top edge cut, other edges uncut. 27+(1) pages. Limited to 200 numbered copies, signed by the authors on colophon. Preface, corrigendum. Color illustrations, two tipped-in illustrations precede text, two tipped-in illustrations in text. Signed binding by Monique Lallier, red leather, with inlaid illustrations of animals with natural background on both front and back. Turn-ins with decorated endpapers. READ MORE about THEIR BOOK OF TOYS FROM INDIA

Price: $2,500.00 save 30% $1,750.00 Order nr. 134443

(Land Press). Isherwood, Christopher.

A SINGLE MAN.

(London, England): The Land Press, (1980). 4to. gilt and silver decorated cloth, top edge cut, other edges uncut, cloth slipcase. 133, (3) pages. Limited to 400 numbered copies, signed by the author on colophon. First published in 1964 by Methuen and Company. This edition printed by Sebastian Carter at the Rampant Lions Press (Will and Sebastian Carter, A Rampant Lions Press Miscellany). Cambridge England. Binding designed by James Brockman. Dedication to Gore Vidal. Slipcase slightly..... READ MORE about A SINGLE MAN

Price: $1,350.00 Order nr. 134022

(Lawrence, T.E.). Duval, Elizabeth W.

T.E. LAWRENCE, A BIBLIOGRAPHY.

New York: Arrow Editions, (1938). 8vo. cloth-backed boards, paper spine label. (ii), 96 pages. First edition, limited to 500 copies printed at the Spiral Press. Note taped to front pastedown. Small ink stamp on front free endpaper. Pencil annotations throughout. Clippings from various booksellers concerning Lawrence's work laid in. Front pastedown and free endpaper tanned. READ MORE about T.E. LAWRENCE, A BIBLIOGRAPHY

Price: $65.00 Order nr. 6774

(Leadenhall Press). Young, Matthew McLennan.

FIELD & TUER, THE LEADENHALL PRESS: A CHECKLIST.

With an Appreciation of Andrew White Tuer
New Castle, Delaware and London: Oak Knoll Press and The British Library, 2010. 7 x 10 inches. hardcover, dust jacket. 176 pages. With an Appreciation of Andrew White Tuer. This book is the first comprehensive (and long-overdue) bibliographic study of the London partnership of Field & Tuer and their publishing imprint, Leadenhall Press (later the Leadenhall Press, Ltd.). Matthew Young makes a convincing argument for Andrew W. Tuer (1838-1900) as one of the most imaginative..... READ MORE about FIELD & TUER, THE LEADENHALL PRESS: A CHECKLIST

Price: $59.95 Order nr. 114944

Lee, Heather.

A CALENDAR.

(London, Englanc): Sowula, (1983). 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 16, (4) pages. 2nd edition. Two tipped-in black and white illustrations. List of other publications follows text. READ MORE about A CALENDAR

Price: $20.00 Order nr. 133911

(Libanus Press). Boccaccio.

THEODORE AND HONORIA, A TRANSLATION...BY JOHN DRYDEN, WITH ILLUSTRATIO.

Marlborough: Libanus Press, 1985. tall 4to. quarter leather, paper-covered boards. (24) pages. Printed in an edition limited to 300 copies, of which this copy is one of 50 bound in quarter leather. A Dryden translation or paraphrase of Boccaccio, probably from Dryden's Fables (1700). Five woodcuts by Carol Walklin accompany the text, four printed in black and one in green and red. One of these is also printed in green as a title page decoration..... READ MORE about THEODORE AND HONORIA, A TRANSLATION...BY JOHN DRYDEN, WITH ILLUSTRATIO

Price: $175.00 Order nr. 50394

(Libanus Press). Kociejowski, Marius (editor).

THE TESTAMENT OF CHARLOTTE B.

Marlborough, England: Libanus Press, 1988. tall 8vo. cloth-backed decorated paper covered boards, cardboard slipcase. 68+(2) pages. First edition. Limited to 220 numbered copies. Set in Garamound and printed on handmade Amatruda paper. Illustrated by Richard Shirley Smith. A fascinating true account of love, villany, abduction and rape in eighteenth century England. The editor unearthed the unpublished manuscript of this testament during a move. Intrigued by the fact it was addressed to his great-great-great-grandfather he began..... READ MORE about THE TESTAMENT OF CHARLOTTE B

Price: $175.00 Order nr. 124150

(Libanus Press). Lawrence, D.H.

FOREWORD TO PANSIES.

(Marlborough, Wiltshire, England): Libanus Press, 1988. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers, paper cover label. (ii), 8, (2) pages. Limited to 200 numbered copies. First published 1929. Introduction by Keith Sagar. Front wrapper creased along top edge. READ MORE about FOREWORD TO PANSIES

Price: $40.00 Order nr. 124565

(Limited Editions Club). Scott, Sir Walter.

THE TALISMAN.

Ipswich, England: W.S. Cowell for the Limited Editions Club, 1968. 4to. cloth, spine gilt-stamped, slipcase with gilt paper label on spine. xxx, 369+(1) pages. Limited to 1500 numbered copies, signed by illustrator Frederico Castellon on colophon. Introduction by Thomas Caldecott Chubb, list of illustrations, preface by the author. Author's notes and glossary follow text. Frontispiece and illustrations in text by Castellon. Spine scuffed, back and spine of slipcase soiled. READ MORE about THE TALISMAN

Price: $50.00 Order nr. 130057

(Lion & Unicorn Press). Marrot, H.V. (translator).

BODONI PREFACE TO THE MANUALE TIPOGRAFICO OF 1818.

London, England: The Lion & Unicorn Press, (1953). small 8vo. decorated paper-covered boards. 63, (15) pages. Limited to 60 copies. Translated from the Italian. Frontispiece portrait of Giambattista Bodini. With facsimile reproductions of typefaces and ornaments from the original edition. Complimentary card from the publisher laid in. Covers lightly scuffed along spine. Light foxing on back endpapers. Tissue protector between frontispiece and title separating. READ MORE about BODONI PREFACE TO THE MANUALE TIPOGRAFICO OF 1818

Price: $95.00 Order nr. 124291

(Little Press). Lucie-Smith, Edward.

THE LITTLE PRESS MOVEMENT IN ENGLAND AND AMERICA.

London: Turret Books-Publishers, 1968. small 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. (32) pages. First edition. catalogue for a Little Press exhibition held at The American Embassy in April and May, 1968. Lists 73 items printed by small presses after World War II, with four black-and-white plates of reproductions from the works. READ MORE about THE LITTLE PRESS MOVEMENT IN ENGLAND AND AMERICA

Price: $10.00 Order nr. 56382

Mackail, J.W.

SOCIALISM AND POLITICS: AN ADDRESS AND A PROGRAMME.

Hammersmith: Hammersmith Publishing Society, 1903. small 8vo. quarter vellum, paper-covered boards. 37, (3) pages. First edition. A near fine copy. This address, given in Clifford's Inn Hall by invitation of the Metropolitan Council of the Independent Labour Party on February 5, 1902, shows William Morris' influence on MacKail's political ideas. Printed at the Chiswick Press for T.J. Cobden-Sanderson. C. READ MORE about SOCIALISM AND POLITICS: AN ADDRESS AND A PROGRAMME

Price: $40.00 Order nr. 61801

(Magpie Press). Beighton, John.

SIRMIO UNVISITED AND OTHER POEMS.

London: Magpie Press, (1967). small 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 70, (2) pages. Limited to 155 copies, 130 thus bound. A book of verse, printed and published by Derek Maggs; text is in 11 pt Monotype Baskerville, all handset save the title poem. READ MORE about SIRMIO UNVISITED AND OTHER POEMS

Price: $25.00 Order nr. 47128

(Mandeville Press). Riviere, Michael V.B.

LATE IN THE DAY.

(Hitchin, Herts., England): Mandeville, 1982. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. (12) pages. Limited to 250 copies, 35 numbered and signed by the author. This copy is thus signed. Wood engraving by Richard Shriley Smith on title. A collection of poetry. READ MORE about LATE IN THE DAY

Price: $20.00 Order nr. 131859

(Matrix Press). Hollo, Anselm.

HISTORY.

(London, England): The Matrix Press, (1963). 16mo. stiff paper wrappers. (22) pages. Limited to 350 copies. Illustrations by Ken Lansdowne and Gregory Corso. Poetic works on various notable historical figures. Wrappers lightly soiled and bent at edges. Gift inscription on front free endpaper. READ MORE about HISTORY

Price: $55.00 Order nr. 125143

(Merrythought Press). Morgan, Guy.

OFF THE RECORD.

6 Volumes.
London, England: The Merrythought Press, 1960. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers, slipcase with label on spine. variously paginated. 6 Volumes. Limited to 250 numbered copies. Six volumes, each a short story, include Judgement Day, Toad in the Stalls, The Commissar, The Bird, Mr. Christmas Strikes Back, and William McShakespeare. Each volume with frontispiece. Lower rear corner of slipcase bumped. READ MORE about OFF THE RECORD

Price: $35.00 Order nr. 119140

(Meynell, Francis). Johnson, Fridolf.

SIR FRANCIS MEYNELL AND THE NONESUCH PRESS.

Reprinted from American Artist, February 1964, 4to., self paper wrappers. (8) pages.
Reprinted from American Artist, February 1964, 4to., self paper wrappers. (8) pages. Illustrated. Covers soiled. READ MORE about SIR FRANCIS MEYNELL AND THE NONESUCH PRESS

Price: $10.00 Order nr. 25036

Order Nr. 72184 THE MIDDLE HILL PRESS, A CHECKLIST OF THE HORBLIT COLLECTION OF BOOKS, TRACTS,...

(Middle Hill Press). Holzenberg, Eric.

THE MIDDLE HILL PRESS, A CHECKLIST OF THE HORBLIT COLLECTION OF BOOKS, TRACTS, LEAFLETS, AND BROADSIDES PRINTED BY SIR THOMAS PHILLIPPS AT HIS PRESS AT MIDDLE HILL.

With a Preface by G. Thomas Tanselle.
New York: The Grolier Club, 1997. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. xxxviii, 182, (2) pages. With a Preface by G. Thomas Tanselle. First edition, limited to 500 copies. With a foreword by William B. Warren. From the Thomas M. Whitehead Collection of Books About Books. READ MORE about THE MIDDLE HILL PRESS, A CHECKLIST OF THE HORBLIT COLLECTION OF BOOKS, TRACTS, LEAFLETS, AND...

Price: $40.00 Order nr. 72184

(Midnight Paper Sales). Esslemont, David and Gaylord Schanilec.

INK ON THE ELBOW.

Conversation between David Esslemont & Gaylord Schanilec.
N.P. Midnight Paper Sales and Solmentes Press, 2003. 4to. half cloth, with paste paper-covered boards, paper spine label, cloth slipcase. 153, (3) pages. Conversation between David Esslemont & Gaylord Schanilec. Printed in an edition of 200 copies of which this is one of 100 copies issued in the American binding. Finely illustrated with wood engravings by Schanilec, including a magnificent foldout panorama of the Welsh countryside, and color linocuts by David Esslemont. There are also..... READ MORE about INK ON THE ELBOW

Price: $450.00 Order nr. 75259

(Miniature Books).

FALSTAFF AND HIS COMPANIONS.

Franklin, NH: Hillside Press, 1966. miniature book (6.0 x 5.0 cm). cloth, spine and front cover gilt-stamped. xvii, 42, (4) pages. Limited to 375 numbered copies (Bradbury, Hillside Press 15). 12 silhouette illustrations by Paul Konewka. List of illustrations, preface by Frank E. Irwin. Excerpts from Shakespeare's works. 126183. READ MORE about FALSTAFF AND HIS COMPANIONS

Price: $60.00 Order nr. 118026

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