There's a Birdie in the Cage
London, Grayson & Grayson, 1935. Number 24 of 250 copies numbered and signed by the author. One of the Grayson Books series edited by John Hackney. More
London, Grayson & Grayson, 1935. Number 24 of 250 copies numbered and signed by the author. One of the Grayson Books series edited by John Hackney. More
Chelsea, Ashendene Press, 1932 (first thus). A superb example of private press printing. This is one of 328 copies on Batchelor handmade paper, with a further 25 copies printed on vellum. The colophon reads in full: 'Printed by C.H. St J. Hornby at the Ashendene Press, Shelley House, Chelsea, with..... More
London, Seeley and Co., 1889. The front flyleaf is inscribed and signed by one of the authors, Rosa Praed, 'To my Friend & Country woman Mrs Langloh Parker. In cordial admiration & regard & with sincere good wishes for the future. R.M. Praed. London. Oct 30th / 05'. The catalogue..... More
Pyrmont, The Wayzgoose Press, 1985. Number 20 of the deluxe edition of only 50 copies on Velin Cuves Rives paper; the standard edition consisted of 400 copies in wrappers. Thirteen articles of varying lengths on printing history, hand-printing, bookbinding and papermaking, including 'George Howe and Early Printing in New South..... More
London, Printed at the Eragny Press for Hacon & Ricketts, 1901 [first thus]. One of only 226 copies (of which 200 were offered for sale), printed at the Eragny Press of Lucien and Esther Pissarro. The title vignette was designed and engraved by Lucien, and Esther engraved the other decorations..... More
Westminster, Beaumont Press, 1920. Number 198 of 264 copies on hand-made paper (a further 66 copies were printed on vellum or Japanese vellum paper). This is the thirteenth book issued by the Beaumont Press. 'The cover and decorations designed by Randolph Schwabe; the typography and binding arranged by Cyril William..... More
Bloomsbury, The Nonesuch Press, 1937 (first thus)/ [1634]. Number 256 of 950 copies on Pannekoek mould-made paper. This edition contains Milton's text and the music composed by Lawes for the original performance of the masque in 1634. More
Bloomsbury, The Nonesuch Press, 1928. Number 152 of 1250 copies. More
Katoomba, The Wayzgoose Press, May 1995 to February 1996 (Numbers 1-4), and June 2000 to March 2001 (Numbers 5-8). The first number is co-authored; the next four are written by Mike Hudson; the last three are written by Jadwiga Jarvis. The series is complete with the separate introductory volumes (to..... More
Katoomba, The Wayzgoose Press, 1995. 'From those wonderful folks who have given the world - the Guillotine, snails in garlic sauce and Club Med - we now have the ultimate in desert islands - Mururoa!': the prospectus is for a limited-edition broadside 'in the form of a nose-tweaking letter to..... More
Pyrmont, The Wayzgoose Press, 1985. Number 379 of 400 copies (plus 50 copies in quarter leather and cloth). Articles include 'George Howe and Early Printing in New South Wales'; 'The Art and Craft of Oil and Watercolour Marbling'; 'Nature and Occurrence of Lithographic Limestone'; and 'Pioneers of Process Engraving in..... More
Katoomba, The Wayzgoose Press, 1989. 'The text for this article on the Dodo first appeared in "The Penny Magazine" of June 1st 1833' (introductory note). What pagination there is appears in reverse order from number 10, and appears only on the recto of the leaves printed with the text of..... More
North Kensington, The Koolinda Press, 1913. Sydney Partrige was the pseudonym of Mrs Hal E. Stone. More
Pearl Beach, NSW, Escutcheon Press, April 1991. Number 80 of 220 copies designed, hand-set and signed by R.E. Summers (and printed by Bob and his son Nick). The fifth book from the Escutcheon Press. More
Pearl Beach, NSW, Escutcheon Press, June 2003. The poem by Kate Llewellyn was first published in 1999. Number 22 of 30 copies designed, type-set, printed and initialled by R.E. Summers. The twenty-eighth book from the Escutcheon Press (a corrigendum slip to this effect is tipped in on the colophon of..... More
Pearl Beach, NSW, Escutcheon Press, November 1996. 'This book originally appeared, in slightly altered version, in "IPA Review" and the "Weekend Australian".' Number 20 of 75 copies initialled by the designer, printer and publisher, R.E. Summers. More
The prospectus for 'A Letter to Norah' is relatively straightforward: large octavo, [4] pages, sewn with blue thread in lettered card. 'A Private Pursuit' is far more involved: mounted in a two-colour card cover with a french flap at the rear, are one endpaper, two sample leaves (pages 9-10 and..... More
Pearl Beach, NSW, Escutcheon Press, April 1991. Loosely inserted is a one-page note initialled by the publisher R.E. (Bob) Summers to Michael Treloar (on a discarded sectional-title leaf from the book), pointing out that the grey cover material 'is light-sensitive! So don't leave the book in the sun, because it..... More
Pearl Beach, NSW, Escutcheon Press, Christmas 1996. 'This book originally appeared as Chapter Ten of "Conducted Tour", by Bernard Levin ... 1981' (page 40). Number 23 of 100 copies initialled by the printer, Bob Summers. 'This is the first Christmas Book from the Escutcheon Press and it marks the tenth..... More
Pearl Beach, NSW, Escutcheon Press, 1993. Geoffrey Farmer, Norah's only son, discovered the letter, written to her in 1917, after her death in 1992. It told of the death at Gallipoli in June 1915 of a penfriend, 1874 Private Geoffrey Flemming, 2nd Battalion, who was killed by sniper fire three..... More
Pearl Beach, NSW, Escutcheon Press, January 1992. A 'new setting of poet Ralph Hodgson's lyrical paean to nature and the goodness of mankind' (from the original prospectus - we think - although this book has been 'in storage' since we purchased it new 28 years ago!). Number 34 of 55..... More
Pearl Beach, NSW, Escutcheon Press, February 1997. This story first appeared in 'Plain Tales from the Hills' (1888). Number 38 of 53 copies designed, hand-set, printed (and signed) by R.E. Summers. The seventeenth book from the Escutcheon Press. More
Adelaide, Wakefield Press, 1942. Number 76 of 250 copies signed by the author (and the first publication of his Wakefield Press). More
Adelaide, Wakefield Press, 1942. Number 170 of 250 copies signed by the author (and the first publication of his Wakefield Press). With the ownership signature of Edward Edgar Pescott. More