Results for: ABAA Virtual Book Fair: Winter 2022

Order Nr. 137913 NARRATIVE OF A JOURNEY TO THE ZOOLU COUNTRY, IN SOUTH AFRICA. Allen Francis...

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(Africa). Gardiner, Allen Francis.

NARRATIVE OF A JOURNEY TO THE ZOOLU COUNTRY, IN SOUTH AFRICA.

London: William Crofts, 1836. 8vo. half leather over marbled paper boards, all edges marbled, five raised bands, gilt on spine, blue coated pastedowns and endpapers. 412 pages, with 26 lithograph plates (2 of which are in full color and four in two-color), including two large folding maps at rear. First edition. Mendelssohn, I, pp. 587-8; Theal, Catalogue of Books and Pamphlets relating to Africa south of the Zambesi in the Collection of George McCall Theal..... READ MORE about NARRATIVE OF A JOURNEY TO THE ZOOLU COUNTRY, IN SOUTH AFRICA

Price: $500.00 Order nr. 137913

Order Nr. 134228 THE PRIVATE LIBRARY: THE HISTORY OF THE ARCHITECTURE AND FURNISHING OF THE...

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Byers, Reid.

THE PRIVATE LIBRARY: THE HISTORY OF THE ARCHITECTURE AND FURNISHING OF THE DOMESTIC BOOKROOM.

First edition, third printing with corrections
New Castle, Delaware: Oak Knoll Press, 2021. 7 x 10 inches. cloth with dust jacket. xii, 540 pages. First edition, third printing with corrections. Featured in The New York Times, alongside an interview with author Reid Byers, in the article "How Many Books Does It Take to Make a Place Feel Like Home?" "... a profusely illustrated, detail-crammed, Latin-strewn and yet remarkably unstuffy book ... goes to the heart of why physical books continue to..... READ MORE about THE PRIVATE LIBRARY: THE HISTORY OF THE ARCHITECTURE AND FURNISHING OF THE DOMESTIC BOOKROOM

Price: $85.00 Order nr. 134228

Order Nr. 120362 ABC FOR BOOK COLLECTORS 9TH ED. John Carter, Nicolas Barker, Simran Thadani

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Carter, John, Nicolas Barker & Simran Thadani.

ABC FOR BOOK COLLECTORS 9TH ED.

New Castle, Delaware: Oak Knoll Press, 2016. 5 x 8 inches. Cloth, dust jacket. 264 pages. "Not to be missed, both because it is a beautiful material object but also because it holds important new information. The ninth edition of ABC for Book Collectors is greatly enhanced by the inclusion of images: some beautiful full-color photographs, others clearly labeled black-and-white reference drawings. I know I will be turning to this reference work for years to..... READ MORE about ABC FOR BOOK COLLECTORS 9TH ED

Price: $29.95 Order nr. 120362

Order Nr. 41577 CREDO: PLENI SANT COELI ET TERRA

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(Doves Press).

CREDO: PLENI SANT COELI ET TERRA.

Hammersmith, United Kingdom: Doves Press, The, 1908. 12mo. full leather, five raised bands, by the Doves Bindery and signed "The Doves Bindery" with the only decoration being the title on the front cover and on the spine, all edges gilt. (8) pages. Limited to 250 copies printed on paper and 12 on vellum of which this is one of those printed on paper (Catalogue Raisonne p.23). Leather chipped at the head of spine. Covers showing..... READ MORE about CREDO: PLENI SANT COELI ET TERRA

Price: $1,250.00 Order nr. 41577

Order Nr. 136907 FAUST EINE TRAGOEDIE VON GOETHE (PARTS ONE AND TWO). Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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(Doves Press). Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von.

FAUST EINE TRAGOEDIE VON GOETHE (PARTS ONE AND TWO).

Hammersmith: Doves Press, The, 1906, 1910. 8vo. original limp vellum, custom slipcase. 260, (1); 373, (1) pages. First edition (first part, one of 300 copies on paper; second part, one of 250 copies on paper). From the library of bibliophile and long-standing Grolier Club member David Allen Fraser (1911-2003). Spine of Part Two lightly age darkened. Some discoloration to vellum, as usual. Housed in a finely-crafted custom cloth slipcase with leather fore-edges to protect both..... READ MORE about FAUST EINE TRAGOEDIE VON GOETHE (PARTS ONE AND TWO

Price: $3,000.00 Order nr. 136907

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(Doves Press). Keats, John.

KEATS.

Selected Poems. Selected and Arranged by Thomas James Cobden-Sanderson.
London, Hammersmith: Doves Press, The, 1914. 8vo. limp vellum, spine titled in gilt, later slipcase. 203 pages. Selected Poems. Selected and Arranged by Thomas James Cobden-Sanderson. Limited to 212 copies, of which this copy is one of 200 on paper. (Catalogue RAISONNE, p.22; Tidcombe DP36; Tomkinson p. 58.). With bookplate, "J. W. R. Brocklebank." The vellum has darkened, albeit naturally. A tight, bright, and unmarred copy. Printed in red & black by T.J. Cobden-Sanderson at..... READ MORE about KEATS

Price: $3,000.00 Order nr. 137995

Order Nr. 49646 PARADISE LOST, A POEM IN XII BOOKS WITH PARADISE REGAINED A POEM IN IV BOOKS TO...

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(Doves Press). Milton, John.

PARADISE LOST, A POEM IN XII BOOKS WITH PARADISE REGAINED A POEM IN IV BOOKS TO WHICH ARE ADDED SAMSON AGONISTES & POEMS BOTH ENGLISH AND LATIN COMPOS'D ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS.

Hammersmith: Doves Press, The, 1902. 8vo. full limp vellum, gilt, later paper covered boards slipcase. 386, (3) pages. Limited to 325 copies printed by T.J. Cobden-Sanderson (Marianne Tidcombe, The Doves Press, 37-42, Catalogue Raisonne p.20; Ransom no.5&7). Extremely minor and common foxing along the few of the rear signatures. Some minor cracking to the outer edges of the vellum covers, else tight, bright, and unmarred housed in a later slipcase. Title and margin notes in..... READ MORE about PARADISE LOST, A POEM IN XII BOOKS WITH PARADISE REGAINED A POEM IN IV BOOKS TO WHICH ARE ADDED...

Price: $3,950.00 Order nr. 49646

Order Nr. 43990 UNTO THIS LAST. John Ruskin

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(Doves Press). Ruskin, John.

UNTO THIS LAST.

Four Essays on the First Principles of Political Economy by John Ruskin.
Hammersmith: Doves Press, 1907. 8vo. limp vellum. 120 pages. Four Essays on the First Principles of Political Economy by John Ruskin. Limited to 325 copies of which this is one of 300 printed on paper. (Catalogue RAISONNE, p.22; Tomkinson, Ransom no.11). A tight, bright, and unmarred copy. Bound by The Doves Bindery, with bookbinder's ticket on rear pastedown. After establishing the Doves Bindery in 1893, Thomas James Cobden-Sanderson partnered with Emery Walker to found the..... READ MORE about UNTO THIS LAST

Price: $1,000.00 Order nr. 43990

Order Nr. 134845 THE TRAGEDY OF CORIOLANUS. William Shakespeare

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(Doves Press). Shakespeare, William.

THE TRAGEDY OF CORIOLANUS.

Hammersmith, England: Doves Press, The, 1914. 8vo. stiff vellum. 155, (8) pages. Limited to 200 copies printed by hand by T.J. Cobden-Sanderson and Emery Walker of the Doves Press. A fine copy. Printed in red and black throughout. Bound in full vellum by The Doves Bindery, with the Binder's ticket on the rear pastedown. Originally written in 1623 by Shakespeare, Tidcombe notes: "Coriolanus was first mentioned in 'Shakespeare's Plays and Poems', 1912, and in the..... READ MORE about THE TRAGEDY OF CORIOLANUS

Price: $1,250.00 Order nr. 134845

Order Nr. 72642 THE DOVES PRESS. Marianne Tidcombe

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(Doves Press). Tidcombe, Marianne.

THE DOVES PRESS.

New Castle, DE: The British Library & Oak Knoll Press, 2002. small 4to. cloth, dust jacket. 272 pages. First edition. Fine in near fine jacket. This highly-researched work is the most authoritative account of the first and most famous private press of the 20th century - The Doves Press. Starting its operation in the wake of William Morris, the Doves Press became a major influence in the development of modern book design. Marianne Tidcombe reveals..... READ MORE about THE DOVES PRESS

Price: $400.00 Order nr. 72642

Order Nr. 138038 A DECADE OF YEARS. William Wordsworth

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(Doves Press). Wordsworth, William.

A DECADE OF YEARS.

Edited by Thomas James Cobden-Sanderson
(Hammersmith: Doves Press), 1911. 8vo. full vellum, gilt on spine, house in a later slipcase. 230, (1) pages. Edited by Thomas James Cobden-Sanderson. Limited to 212 copies, of which this is one of 200 copies printed on paper. Tidcombe DP-25; Tomkinson, p. 56. With bookplate, "J.W.R. Brecklebank." A fine copy. Bound in vellum by The Doves Bindery, with the binder's ticket on rear pastedown. Printed in red and black. This is an excellent example of..... READ MORE about A DECADE OF YEARS

Price: $1,750.00 Order nr. 138038

Order Nr. 105384 BOOK OF COMMON PRAYER. C. R. Ashbee

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(Essex House Press). Ashbee, C.R.

BOOK OF COMMON PRAYER.

and Administration of the Sacraments, and other Rites and Ceremonies of the Church, according to the Use of the Church of England: Together with the Psalter or Psalms of David; Pointed as they are to be sung or said in Churches (of King Edward VII.)
New York: M. Walter Dunne, 1904. folio. Bound in full red leather, black leather gilt cover title label, leather pastedowns and endpapers, in black cloth slipcase. (xvi), 386, (2) pages with a laid in supplement of viii pages. and Administration of the Sacraments, and other Rites and Ceremonies of the Church, according to the Use of the Church of England: Together with the Psalter or Psalms of David; Pointed as they are to be sung..... READ MORE about BOOK OF COMMON PRAYER

Price: $700.00 Order nr. 105384

Order Nr. 22620 ENDEAVOUR TOWARDS THE TEACHING OF JOHN RUSKIN AND WILLIAM MORRIS. C. R. Ashbee

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(Essex House Press). Ashbee, C.R.

ENDEAVOUR TOWARDS THE TEACHING OF JOHN RUSKIN AND WILLIAM MORRIS.

London: Edward Arnold, 1901. 8vo. full vellum, gilt on spine. (vi), 52, (1) pages. One of 350 numbered copies. Essex House Press Bibliography, p. 68. Evidence of a bookplate removal "Exlibris Arthur B...." on front pastedown. Else near fine. The blocks and cuts are by George Thomson. The first book printed in Ashbee's new pica type, known as 'Endeavour' type. READ MORE about ENDEAVOUR TOWARDS THE TEACHING OF JOHN RUSKIN AND WILLIAM MORRIS

Price: $450.00 Order nr. 22620

Order Nr. 69830 THE ESSEX HOUSE SONG BOOK. Janet E. Ashbee

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(Essex House Press). Ashbee, Janet E. (editor).

THE ESSEX HOUSE SONG BOOK.

Two volumes
(London: Essex House Press, 1905). 8vo. quarter vellum with paper-covered boards. Vol. I., vii, (i), (192) each chapter paginated separately; Vol.II, (221) pages. Two volumes. Issued in an edition limited to 200 numbered copies on Batchelor hand-made paper, set in Endeavour type, with red and black inkings on the notes and staves (Crawford, 40), [with a further 5 copies on vellum]. Essex House Press Bibliography, p. 75. With bookplate, " From the library of Flora..... READ MORE about THE ESSEX HOUSE SONG BOOK

Price: $1,200.00 Order nr. 69830

Order Nr. 36298 THE PILGRIM'S PROGRESS FROM THIS WORLD TO THAT WHICH IS TO COME DELIVERED UNDER...

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(Essex House Press). Bunyan, John.

THE PILGRIM'S PROGRESS FROM THIS WORLD TO THAT WHICH IS TO COME DELIVERED UNDER THE SIMILITUDE OF A DREAM.

Wherein is Discovered the Manner of His Setting Out; His Dangerous Journey and Safe Arrival at the Desired Country.
London: Essex House Press, 1899. small 8vo. original full vellum. (ii), 426, (4) pages. Wherein is Discovered the Manner of His Setting Out; His Dangerous Journey and Safe Arrival at the Desired Country. Limited to 750 numbered copies. (Ashbee p.65; Ransom no.4). A fine copy. Edited from the earliest editions by Janet E. Ashbee and printed in Caslon in black and red. With a woodcut frontispiece by Reginald Savage. A most ambitious project by C.R...... READ MORE about THE PILGRIM'S PROGRESS FROM THIS WORLD TO THAT WHICH IS TO COME DELIVERED UNDER THE SIMILITUDE OF...

Price: $350.00 Order nr. 36298

Order Nr. 44383 COURTYER OF COUNT BALDESSAR CASTILIO, DIVIDED INTO FOURE BOOKES. VERY NECESSARY...

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(Essex House Press). Castilio, Count Baldessar.

COURTYER OF COUNT BALDESSAR CASTILIO, DIVIDED INTO FOURE BOOKES. VERY NECESSARY FOR YONGE GENTILMEN & GENTILWOMEN ABIDING IN COURT, PALAICE, OR PLACE, DONE INTO ENGLYSHE BY THOMAS HOBY.

Strand, London: Edward Arnold, 1900. small 4to. full vellum. (x), 391, (vii) pages. Printed in an edition of 200 numbered copies. (Ransom, Tompkinson no.12). A handsome book in very good condition, with one of the four silk ties loosely inserted, , vellum slightly soiled. Done into Englyshe by Thomas Hoby. Edited from the Cambridge University Library copy of the "Editio Princeps" of 1561, by Janet E. Ashbee, and carried out under the supervision of C.R...... READ MORE about COURTYER OF COUNT BALDESSAR CASTILIO, DIVIDED INTO FOURE BOOKES. VERY NECESSARY FOR YONGE...

Price: $325.00 Order nr. 44383

Order Nr. 137957 NORMAN ARCHITECTURE IN ESSEX. Ernest Godman

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(Essex House Press). Godman, Ernest.

NORMAN ARCHITECTURE IN ESSEX.

Translated by Hugh E. Seebohm.
Banstead, Surrey: The author : sold by E. Stock, 1905. 8vo. Bound in full vellum with green silk ties, gilt on spine, edges untrimmed, later slipcase. 50, (1 bibliographical note at rear) pages. Translated by Hugh E. Seebohm. Limited to 300 copies, of which this copy is one of only a few copies bound in full vellum with four silk ties. Essex House Press Bibliography, page 78-79. Tomkinson, p. 77; Ransom, p. 269. Endleaves offset..... READ MORE about NORMAN ARCHITECTURE IN ESSEX

Price: $200.00 Order nr. 137957

Order Nr. 137502 THE OLD PALACE OF BROMLEY-BY-BOW. Ernest Godman

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(Essex House Press). Godman, Ernest.

THE OLD PALACE OF BROMLEY-BY-BOW.

London & New York: Published by Edward Arnold and in American by Samuel Buckley & Co. and Printed at the Essex House Press, 1902. large 8vo. later cloth, gilt on spine, original wrappers bound in. 21, (1) pages followed by 37 plates. Privately printed in an edition of 350 numbered copies in black by Charles Robert Ashbee (1863 - 1942) at his Essex House Press. (Ransom 9). Rubbed along hinges, which are starting. Wear to..... READ MORE about THE OLD PALACE OF BROMLEY-BY-BOW

Price: $750.00 Order nr. 137502

Order Nr. 137442 ELEGY WRITTEN IN A COUNTRY CHURCHYARD. Thomas Gray

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(Essex House Press). Gray, Thomas.

ELEGY WRITTEN IN A COUNTRY CHURCHYARD.

New York, NY: Essex House Press, 1900. small 8vo. full ivory colored vellum, an embossed image of a rose and "Soul is Form" on the front cover, paper dust jacket. 13 pages. Privately printed in an edition of 125 numbered copies printed by C. R. Ashbee of the Essex House Press for Edward Arnold. In the incredibly scarce original paper dustjacket. All tissue guards present. A tight, bright, and unmarred copy. Part of C. R...... READ MORE about ELEGY WRITTEN IN A COUNTRY CHURCHYARD

Price: $2,000.00 Order nr. 137442

Order Nr. 137929 THE GUILD OF HANDICRAFT BEG TO ANNOUNCE THAT THEY WILL OPEN ON TUESDAY, JUNE...

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(Essex House Press).

THE GUILD OF HANDICRAFT BEG TO ANNOUNCE THAT THEY WILL OPEN ON TUESDAY, JUNE 7TH, AT THEIR GALLERY, DERING YARD, 67A NEW BOND STREET, W., AN EXHIBITION OF THE WORK OF THE ESSEX HOUSE PRESS.

London: Guild of Handicraft, 1904. 8vo. single page featuring an engraving by St. John Hornby, folded, with one additional invitation loosely inserted featuring a lovely engraving by St. John Hornby. Written by W. J. Osborn. Light soiling, else a near fine copy. This small piece of ephemera is an announcement for an exhibition of books by the Essex House Press, as well as some featured bindings from the Guild Bindery. READ MORE about THE GUILD OF HANDICRAFT BEG TO ANNOUNCE THAT THEY WILL OPEN ON TUESDAY, JUNE 7TH, AT THEIR...

Price: $50.00 Order nr. 137929

Order Nr. 137958 MISS KILMANSEGG AND HER PRECIOUS LEG: A GOLDEN LEGEND. Tom Hood

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(Essex House Press). Hood, Tom.

MISS KILMANSEGG AND HER PRECIOUS LEG: A GOLDEN LEGEND.

Illustrated by Reginald Savage.
London ; New York: Edward Arnold : Samuel Buckley & Co, 1904. 8vo. quarter cloth over holland-backed boards, paper cover label and paper spine label. 94 pages. Illustrated by Reginald Savage. First edition limited to 200 numbered copies. Essex House Press Bibliography p. 74. Ransom 41. With two loose tissue guards. Boards and spine showing only the slightest hint of soiling, else a fine copy. Printed with three drawings by Reginald Savage under the care..... READ MORE about MISS KILMANSEGG AND HER PRECIOUS LEG: A GOLDEN LEGEND

Price: $175.00 Order nr. 137958

Order Nr. 44359 MENDICANT RHYMES. Laurence Housman

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(Essex House Press). Housman, Laurence.

MENDICANT RHYMES.

Chipping Campden, Gloucestershire: Essex House Press, 1906. 8vo. quarter vellum over paper boards, gilt on spine. (vi), 56, (vi) pages. Limited to 300 copies. (Ransom, Tomkinson no.65; Essex House Press Bibliography, p. 81). Exlibris bookplate of John Carroll Collins on front pastedown. Endpapers discolored from the binders glue. Vellum slightly discolored. Corners lightly bumped. Overall a lovely copy. A volume of verse printed in the 'Endeavour' type. Not on Essex House paper. READ MORE about MENDICANT RHYMES

Price: $150.00 Order nr. 44359

Order Nr. 138034 MENDICANT RHYMES. Laurence Housman

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(Essex House Press). Housman, Laurence.

MENDICANT RHYMES.

Chipping Campden, Gloucestershire: Essex House Press, 1906. 8vo. quarter vellum over paper boards, gilt on spine. (vi), 56, (vi) pages. Limited to 300 copies. (Ransom, Tomkinson no.65; Essex House Press Bibliography, p. 81). Endpapers discolored from the binders glue. Vellum slightly discolored. Corners lightly bumped. Overall a lovely copy. A volume of verse printed in the 'Endeavour' type. Not on Essex House paper. READ MORE about MENDICANT RHYMES

Price: $125.00 Order nr. 138034

Order Nr. 116316 THE EVE OF ST. AGNES. John Keats

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(Essex House Press). Keats, John.

THE EVE OF ST. AGNES.

(London, Strand: Essex House Press, 1900). 12mo. original full vellum over boards, embossed rose vignette on front cover and the motto "Soul is Form.", gilt titling on spine. 23+(1) pages. Limited to 125 numbered copies printed by C. R. Ashbee of the Essex House Press (Modern British and American Private Presses 1850-1965, 63). Lacking the tissue paper issued at time of publication. A few dots of foxing on edges of textblock, just a hint of..... READ MORE about THE EVE OF ST. AGNES

Price: $2,500.00 Order nr. 116316

Order Nr. 137469 THE POEMS OF WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE. William Shakespeare

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(Essex House Press). Shakespeare, William.

THE POEMS OF WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE.

According to the Text of the Original Copies. Edited by F. S. Ellis.
London: Published by Edward Arnold and Printed at the Essex House Press, 1899. large 8vo. publisher's limp vellum, four silk ties, gilt on spine. 253, (2) pages. According to the Text of the Original Copies. Edited by F. S. Ellis. Privately printed in red and black by Charles Robert Ashbee (1863 - 1942) in an edition of 450 numbered copies. (Ransom 9). Covers slightly warped, as usual, otherwise fine, with all four original silk ties..... READ MORE about THE POEMS OF WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE

Price: $1,500.00 Order nr. 137469

Order Nr. 73545 PROMETHEUS UNBOUND, A LYRICAL DRAMA. Shelly, sshe

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(Essex House Press). Shelly, Percy Bysshe.

PROMETHEUS UNBOUND, A LYRICAL DRAMA.

(Strand, UK: Edward Arnold, 1904). small 4to. later quarter leather over black cloth, leather cover label with gilt. (iv), 96 pages. Printed by C.R. Ashbee at The Essex House Press, Campden, Gloustershire, in an edition limited to 200 copies on hand-made Batchelor paper with a special watermark; type hand-set in 18-point Prayer Book, black and red, a variation of the 12-point Endeavour designed by Ashbee (Ransom p.268). Rebound in later quarter leather over black cloth..... READ MORE about PROMETHEUS UNBOUND, A LYRICAL DRAMA

Price: $350.00 Order nr. 73545

Order Nr. 137928 THE WOOD ENGRAVINGS OF ROBERT GIBBINGS WITH SOME RECOLLECTIONS BY THE ARTIST....

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(Gibbings, Robert). Empson, Patience (editor).

THE WOOD ENGRAVINGS OF ROBERT GIBBINGS WITH SOME RECOLLECTIONS BY THE ARTIST.

Introduction by Thomas Balston.
Chicago: Quadrangle Books, (1959). small 4to. cloth, plastic dust jacket printed in red. xliv, 355 pages. Introduction by Thomas Balston. First American edition. A fine copy. With a colored frontispiece, 9 pages of half-tones and over 1,000 engravings in the text. Also contains a bibliography of books illustrated by Gibbings. READ MORE about THE WOOD ENGRAVINGS OF ROBERT GIBBINGS WITH SOME RECOLLECTIONS BY THE ARTIST

Price: $125.00 Order nr. 137928

Order Nr. 138039 TWENTY-FIVE NUDES ENGRAVED BY ERIC GILL

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(Gill, Eric).

TWENTY-FIVE NUDES ENGRAVED BY ERIC GILL.

London: J.M. Dent & Sons, (1938). 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. (vi) pages followed by the plates. First edition, first impression. Fine in near fine price-clipped dust jacket. READ MORE about TWENTY-FIVE NUDES ENGRAVED BY ERIC GILL

Price: $300.00 Order nr. 138039

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(Gill, Eric).

THE WAY OF THE CROSS.

Being devotions on the progress of Our Lord Jesus Christ from the Judgement Hall to Calvary as traditionally venerated by the Catholic Church.
Ditchling, Sussex, England: Published by Douglas Pepler, 1917. 12mo. (6.75" x 4.5"). unique binding. Unpaginated. Being devotions on the progress of Our Lord Jesus Christ from the Judgement Hall to Calvary as traditionally venerated by the Catholic Church. Reprint edition limited to an unknown amount of copies. Fourteen illustrations by Eric Gill "printed from engravings on wood after the designs for The Stations of The Cathedral". Text printed in red and black. A unique binding..... READ MORE about THE WAY OF THE CROSS

Price: $2,000.00 Order nr. 76367

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(Gill, Eric).

WOOD-ENGRAVINGS.

Ditchling: St. Dominic's Press, 1924. 4to. rough linen. 36 leaves containing 38 large wood-engravings by Gill. E.G. : Being a Selection of Eric Gills Engravings on Wood. Printed on one side only of handmade paper, with one engraving in red and black. One of 100 copies in an edition of 150. With the scarce dust jacket. No limitation statement in this copy. Dust jacket has some minor shelfwear to the top edge, else fine. The..... READ MORE about WOOD-ENGRAVINGS

Price: $3,000.00 Order nr. 43996

Order Nr. 138009 BIRTH OF CHRIST FROM THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO SAINT LUKE

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(Golden Cockerel Press).

BIRTH OF CHRIST FROM THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO SAINT LUKE.

Waltham Saint Lawrence: Golden Cockerel Press, 1925. 8vo. quarter leather over paper boards, gilt on spine. 44 pages. Printed in an edition limited to 370 numbered copies. (Chanticleer no.30). With bookplate, "Ex libris A.P. Kenrick Edwards." A near fine copy. Printed in red & black. The text is taken from the Authorized Version of the Bible of 1612. The arrangement of the book and the wood-engravings are by Noel Rooke. READ MORE about BIRTH OF CHRIST FROM THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO SAINT LUKE

Price: $175.00 Order nr. 138009

Order Nr. 35035 RUMMY, THAT NOBLE GAME. A. E. Coppard, Robert Gibbings

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(Golden Cockerel Press). Coppard, A.E. and Robert Gibbings.

RUMMY, THAT NOBLE GAME.

EXPOUNDED IN PROSE, POETRY, DIAGRAM AND ENGRAVIN G, WITH AND ACCOUNT OF CERTAIN DIVERSIONS INTO THE MOUNTAIN FASTNESSES OF CORK AND KERRY.
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1933. 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. (iv), 49, (4) pages. EXPOUNDED IN PROSE, POETRY, DIAGRAM AND ENGRAVIN G, WITH AND ACCOUNT OF CERTAIN DIVERSIONS INTO THE MOUNTAIN FASTNESSES OF CORK AND KERRY. First edition. Printed at the Golden Cockerel Press. An amusing book with engravings throughout by Gibbings. Jacket soiled and lightly chipped at top edge. READ MORE about RUMMY, THAT NOBLE GAME

Price: $50.00 Order nr. 35035

Order Nr. 40082 HUNDREDTH STORY OF A.E. COPPARD. WITH ENGRAVINGS BY ROBERT GIBBINGS. A. E. Coppard

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(Golden Cockerel Press). Coppard, A.E.

HUNDREDTH STORY OF A.E. COPPARD. WITH ENGRAVINGS BY ROBERT GIBBINGS.

Waltham Saint Lawrence: The Golden Cockerell Press, 1931. tall 8vo. quarter blue calf with decorated paper-covered boards, top edge gilt, others uncut. (ii), 57, (3) pages. Limited to 1000 numbered copies. (Chanticleer no.74). Contains four woodcuts by Robert Gibbings. "The first book in the very successful `Guinea Series' of illustrated modern authors. Printed in the new Golden Cockerel type, specially designed for the Press by Eric Gill." Spine faded with some wear at extremities. READ MORE about HUNDREDTH STORY OF A.E. COPPARD. WITH ENGRAVINGS BY ROBERT GIBBINGS

Price: $65.00 Order nr. 40082

Order Nr. 91993 PELAGEA & OTHER POEMS. A. E. Coppard

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(Golden Cockerel Press). Coppard, A.E.

PELAGEA & OTHER POEMS.

(Waltham Saint Lawrence, Berkshire, UK): Golden Cockerel Press, 1926. 8vo. quarter cloth with batik-covered boards. 44, (2) pages. Printed by Robert Gibbings at The Golden Cockerel Press, set in 14pt. Caslon Old Face type, in an edition limited to 425 numbered copies on English hand-made paper (Chanticleer 43). Lacking the paper dust jacket, else a tight, bright, and unmarred copy. Also illustrated by Gibbings with six small engravings, with which Coppard was delighted...compared with his..... READ MORE about PELAGEA & OTHER POEMS

Price: $75.00 Order nr. 91993

Order Nr. 76296 THE TENBURY LETTERS. Edmund Fellowes, Edward Pine

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(Golden Cockerel Press). Fellowes, Edmund & Pine, Edward (Editors).

THE TENBURY LETTERS.

(London): The Golden Cockerel Press, 1942. 12mo. cloth, top edge gilt. 223 pages, 7 plates of facsimile. Published in a limited edition of 300 numbered copies. (Pertolote no. 154). Spine slightly faded, else a fine copy. The letters are largely centered on Sir Gore Ousely, a distinguished Oriental scholar and diplomat of the 18th and 19th century, and on his circle of friends. (Note: Pertolote lists the publication date as January 1943). READ MORE about THE TENBURY LETTERS

Price: $50.00 Order nr. 76296

Order Nr. 137235 HARRIET & MARY. Walter Sidney Scott

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(Golden Cockerel Press). Scott, Walter Sidney (editor).

HARRIET & MARY.

Being the Relations between Percy Bysshe Shelley, Harriet Shelley, Mary Shelley, and Thomas Jefferson Hogg; As Shown in Letters Between Them, Now Published for the First Time
(London): Golden Cockerel Press, 1944. large 8vo. quarter red morocco, top edge gilt, 4 raised bands with two golden cockerels. (iv), 84 pages. Being the Relations between Percy Bysshe Shelley, Harriet Shelley, Mary Shelley, and Thomas Jefferson Hogg; As Shown in Letters Between Them, Now Published for the First Time. Printed in an edition limited to 500 numbered copies, of which this is one of 450 copies bound thus. Only the slightest hint of wear..... READ MORE about HARRIET & MARY

Price: $115.00 Order nr. 137235

Order Nr. 60561 THE TRUE HISTORIE OF LUCIAN THE SAMOSATENIAN

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(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

Order Nr. 137220 DANTE MAP. Mary Hensman

47.

(Guild of Handicraft - Essex House). Hensman, Mary.

DANTE MAP.

London: D. Nutt, 1892. 8vo. cloth, paper wrapper, folded broadside. one folio folded map, pamphlet is 51 pages. Designed and hand-colored by Mary Hensman. "Printed by the Guild of Handicraft Essex House 401 Mile End Road London from the Drawings of John Williams and Published by David Nutt 270 Strand London 1892." Single sheet that has been folded both vertically and horizontally. The map is in near fine condition with an occasional small hole near..... READ MORE about DANTE MAP

Price: $1,000.00 Order nr. 137220

Order Nr. 134222 SEYMOUR'S HUMOROUS SKETCHES COMPRISING NINETY-TWO CARICATURE ETCHINGS. R. B. Peake

48.

(Guild of Women-Binders). Peake, R. B.

SEYMOUR'S HUMOROUS SKETCHES COMPRISING NINETY-TWO CARICATURE ETCHINGS.

London, UK: George Routledge, 1846. large 8vo. full leather, gilt tooling on covers and spine, five raised bands. viii, 104 pages. Later edition. Beautiful full burgundy morocco, covers tooled in gilted panel design with floral motif at corners built up from small gouges and circles, by the Guild of Women-Binders, with stamp in gilt on front turn-in and label on verso of front free endpaper. A most desirable copy with a royal association. Inscribed on..... READ MORE about SEYMOUR'S HUMOROUS SKETCHES COMPRISING NINETY-TWO CARICATURE ETCHINGS

Price: $4,500.00 Order nr. 134222

49.

(Hogarth Press, The). Bell, Clive.

POEMS.

Richmond, Surrey, United Kingdom: Printed & published by Leonard and Virginia Woolf at the Hogarth Press, 1921. 8vo. Original decorated card wrappers. 29 pages. Limited to 350 copies handprinted and bound by the Woolfs of the poems written by the husband of Virginia`s sister Vanessa. Lightly toned around the edges. Light rubbing along the spine. Corners slightly worn. A lovely, uncut copy. "Now Clive proposes we should bring out his private poems" (Diary of Virginia..... READ MORE about POEMS

Price: $350.00 Order nr. 135234

Order Nr. 137357 SENLIN; A BIOGRAPHY. Conrad Aiken

50.

(Hogarth Press). Aiken, Conrad.

SENLIN; A BIOGRAPHY.

London: Hogarth Press, The, 1925. small 8vo. Bound in green paper boards, paper cover title label. 36 pages. First edition. Lacking the dust jacket. Spine faded, else near fine. READ MORE about SENLIN; A BIOGRAPHY

Price: $200.00 Order nr. 137357

Order Nr. 137265 ANONYMITY, AN ENQUIRY. E. M. Forster

52.

(Hogarth Press). Forster, E. M.

ANONYMITY, AN ENQUIRY.

London: Leonard & Virginia Woolf at the Hogarth Press, 1925. 8vo. plain pictorial boards stamped in black. 23 pages. First edition. Sunning and chipping along spine and edges, text clean. READ MORE about ANONYMITY, AN ENQUIRY

Price: $125.00 Order nr. 137265

Order Nr. 137353 ENGLAND'S PLEASANT LAND. E. M. Forster

53.

(Hogarth Press). Forster, E. M.

ENGLAND'S PLEASANT LAND.

A pageant play.
London: Hogarth Press, The, 1940. 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. 79 pages. A pageant play. First edition. Fine in fine jacket. READ MORE about ENGLAND'S PLEASANT LAND

Price: $110.00 Order nr. 137353

Order Nr. 137268 POETS OF TOMORROW. SECOND SELECTION. CAMBRIDGE POETRY 1940. John Lehmann

55.

(Hogarth Press). Lehmann, John (editor).

POETS OF TOMORROW. SECOND SELECTION. CAMBRIDGE POETRY 1940.

London: The Hogarth Press, 1940. 8vo. cloth. 87 pages. First edition. One of 900 copies (Woolmer / Hogarth Press 471). Near fine in chipped dust jacket, with some loss at the top and bottom of the front wrapper. READ MORE about POETS OF TOMORROW. SECOND SELECTION. CAMBRIDGE POETRY 1940

Price: $30.00 Order nr. 137268

Order Nr. 137358 NOAH AND THE WATERS. C. Day Lewis

56.

(Hogarth Press). Lewis, C. Day.

NOAH AND THE WATERS.

London: Hogarth Press, The, 1936. 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. 59 pages. First edition. Minor discoloration on the free endpapers from the dust jacket flap, else near fine in near fine jacket. READ MORE about NOAH AND THE WATERS

Price: $120.00 Order nr. 137358

Order Nr. 138005 NOAH AND THE WATERS. C. Day Lewis

57.

(Hogarth Press). Lewis, C. Day.

NOAH AND THE WATERS.

London: Hogarth Press, The, 1936. 8vo. cloth. 59 pages. First edition. Ownership inscription in ink on front free endpaper. Lacking the dust jacket. Minor soiling to cloth boards. Wear at spine ends. A very good copy. READ MORE about NOAH AND THE WATERS

Price: $50.00 Order nr. 138005

Order Nr. 137350 THE BACKWARD SON. Stephen Spender

58.

(Hogarth Press). Spender, Stephen.

THE BACKWARD SON.

London: Hogarth Press, 1940. 8vo. cloth. 266 pages. First edition. The author's first novel. Lacking the dust jacket. Spine lightly age darkened. Light soiling to boards, else near fine. Printed by Leonard and Virginia Woolf at the Hogarth Press. READ MORE about THE BACKWARD SON

Price: $60.00 Order nr. 137350

Order Nr. 137653 CHEERFUL WEATHER FOR THE WEDDING. Julia Frances Strachey

59.

(Hogarth Press). Strachey, Julia Frances.

CHEERFUL WEATHER FOR THE WEDDING.

London: Leonard and Virginia Woolf at the Hogarth Press, 1932. 8vo. quarter cloth over decorated paper covered boards. 119 pages. First edition. Top edge of boards shows light uneven soiling. Spine lightly foxed and faded, else near fine. Novel by the daughter of Lytton Strachey. READ MORE about CHEERFUL WEATHER FOR THE WEDDING

Price: $150.00 Order nr. 137653

Order Nr. 137267 LOST PLANET, AND OTHER POEMS. Dorothy Wellesley

60.

(Hogarth Press). Wellesley, Dorothy.

LOST PLANET, AND OTHER POEMS.

London: Hogarth Press, The, 1942. 8vo. plain boards stamped in black. 52 pages. First edition. Woolmer 499. Very good copy in lightly chipped jacket with uneven fading to edges. READ MORE about LOST PLANET, AND OTHER POEMS

Price: $30.00 Order nr. 137267

Order Nr. 95355 OSCAR WILDE. Jean Paul Raymond, Charles Ricketts

63.

(Nonesuch Press). Raymond, Jean Paul & Charles Ricketts.

OSCAR WILDE.

Recollections
Bloomsbury: Nonesuch Press, 1932. large 8vo. white cloth with gilt title and decorations, top edge gilt, dust jacket. 59, (5) pages. Recollections. Dreyfus 81. Limited to an edition of 800. Outer edge of end-papers slightly spotted, otherwise a fine copy. This biographical essay was written by Charles Ricketts and the fictional character he created, Jean Paul Raymond, based on material he had collected from diaries and letters about his friend Oscar Wilde. Ricketts designed Wilde's..... READ MORE about OSCAR WILDE

Price: $300.00 Order nr. 95355

Order Nr. 137470 MARY SCHWEIDLER, THE AMBER WITCH. THE MOST INTERESTING TRIAL FOR WITCHCRAFT EVER...

64.

(Vale Press). Meinhold, Wilhelm.

MARY SCHWEIDLER, THE AMBER WITCH. THE MOST INTERESTING TRIAL FOR WITCHCRAFT EVER KNOWN.

Translated by Lady Lucie Duff Gordon.
London & New York: sold by Hacon & Ricketts, printed at the Ballantyne Press under the supervision of Charles Ricketts, The Vale Press/John Lane, 1903. 8vo. full crushed red morocco, gilt borders with decorated ornaments on front and rear covers, five rised bands, title in gilt on spine in second compartment, gilt borders on spine, leather turn-ins decorated in gilt, top edge gilt. 156, (2) pages. Translated by Lady Lucie Duff Gordon. One of 300..... READ MORE about MARY SCHWEIDLER, THE AMBER WITCH. THE MOST INTERESTING TRIAL FOR WITCHCRAFT EVER KNOWN

Price: $700.00 Order nr. 137470

Order Nr. 137221 DANAE- A POEM. T. Sturge Moore

65.

(Vale Press). Moore, T. Sturge.

DANAE- A POEM.

London: Hacon and Ricketts, (1903). 8vo. quarter cloth over blue paper covered boards, paper label on cover. 74 pages. Printed in red & black by the Ballantyne Press on handmade paper. (BIBLIOGRAPHY OF THE BOOKS ISSUED BY HACON & RICKETTS, pg xxxi). Three wood block illustrations. Some very light discoloration to blue holland boards, with light discoloration to pastedowns and endpapers. Else an excellent copy. Unopened. "Danae was the last book published by Hacon and..... READ MORE about DANAE- A POEM

Price: $450.00 Order nr. 137221

Order Nr. 48143 THE PASSIONATE PILGRIM AND THE SONGS IN SHAKESPEARE'S PLAYS. William Shakespeare

67.

(Vale Press). Shakespeare, William.

THE PASSIONATE PILGRIM AND THE SONGS IN SHAKESPEARE'S PLAYS.

London: Hacon and Ricketts, 1896. 8vo. blue paper-covered boards, paper spine and cover label. 74 pages. Printed in an edition limited to 310 numbered copies. (Ransom and Tomkinson no.5, L'Art Ancien no.25). With bookplate, "From the Library of Ann Saddlemyer." Some discoloration to the endpapers from the binder's glue, else a tight, bright, and unmarred copy. Edited by T. Sturge Moore. First page embellished with an engraved figure and margin decorations. Many decorative initials throughout..... READ MORE about THE PASSIONATE PILGRIM AND THE SONGS IN SHAKESPEARE'S PLAYS

Price: $450.00 Order nr. 48143

Order Nr. 137515 SHAKESPEARE'S SONNETS AND THE LOVER'S COMPLAIN; THE VALE SHAKESPEARE. William...

68.

(Vale Press). Shakespeare, William.

SHAKESPEARE'S SONNETS AND THE LOVER'S COMPLAIN; THE VALE SHAKESPEARE.

London: sold by Hacon & Ricketts, printed at the Ballantyne Press under the supervision of Charles Ricketts, 1903. 8vo. publisher's green blind-stamped cloth. 69, (2) pages. First Vale Press edition, first impression. From the Vale Press edition of Shakespeare's Plays. (Watry, B44/36). Partially unopened. Minor bump to the bottom corner of the front board, else a fine copy. Very scarce. The decorations were designed by Charles Ricketts (1866-1931), a publisher, designer, and wood engraver who..... READ MORE about SHAKESPEARE'S SONNETS AND THE LOVER'S COMPLAIN; THE VALE SHAKESPEARE

Price: $800.00 Order nr. 137515

Order Nr. 137241 POEMS FROM WORDSWORTH. William Wordsworth

71.

(Vale Press). Wordsworth, William.

POEMS FROM WORDSWORTH.

London: sold by Hacon & Ricketts, printed at the Ballantyne Press under the supervision of Charles Ricketts, 1902. 8vo. full crushed green morocco, five rised bands, title in gilt on red leather spine label in second compartment, gilt fluerons on spine, leather turn-ins decorated in gilt, top edge gilt. [2], clxxxiii, [3] pages. One of 310 copies, 287 of which were for sale in Britain and the US. Watry, Vale Press B37. This particular copy..... READ MORE about POEMS FROM WORDSWORTH

Price: $400.00 Order nr. 137241

Order Nr. 137360 LINCOLN: THE MAN OF THE PEOPLE. Edwin Markham

72.

(Wall, Bernhardt). Markham, Edwin.

LINCOLN: THE MAN OF THE PEOPLE.

New York, NY: Bernhardt Wall, 1922. large square 8vo. quarter cloth over paper boards. unpaginated. First edition, first printing limited to 300 numbered copies. Weber, pg 32. Signed by the author and illustrator. Etched, printed, and bound by Bernhardt Wall. A near fine copy. Sixteen engravings. Henry Van Dyke regarded this classical poem on the Emancipator by Edwin Markham (1852-1940), delivered at the dedication of the National Lincoln Memorial on May 20, 1922, "as the..... READ MORE about LINCOLN: THE MAN OF THE PEOPLE

Price: $2,500.00 Order nr. 137360

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