London, The Ovid Press, 1920. 'This edition of 190 copies is the second book of the Ovid Press was printed by John and Mary Rodker ... 15 copies on Japan Vellum numbered 1-15 & not for sale. 20 Signed copies numbered 16-35 | 155 Unsigned copies numbered 36-190'. This is..... More

Sydney, The Author, 1938. Number 101 of only 200 copies signed and sealed by the author (and hand-set and printed by Harrie Mortlock at the Beacon Press). Loosely inserted is a four-page pictorial prospectus headed 'Japanese Colour-Prints', advertising the author's other books on the subject. Percy Neville Barnett (1881-1953), author..... More

London, Printed at the Press of the Guild of Handicraft, Limited ... for Edward Arnold [Essex House Press], 1899. The second publication of the Essex House Press of Laurence Hodson and C.R. Ashbee, and one of only 300 copies. The 'Hymn of the Pearl' or 'Hymn of the Soul' is..... More

Hammersmith, The Doves Press, 1902. One of 325 copies on paper (with the Doves Press watermark); a further 25 copies were printed on vellum (see Tonkinson, page 54). 'Printed by T.J. Cobden-Sanderson & Emery Walker at The Doves Press'. Cobden-Sanderson wrote in his journal that 'The book is primarily the..... More

London, Printed at the Ballantyne Press for Hacon & Ricketts [Vale Press], 1903 (first thus). One of only 270 copies, including 10 copies on vellum. In his 'Bibliography of the Books issued by Hacon & Ricketts', Charles Ricketts elaborates: 'Edited by Robert Steele, the original spelling being retained ... Composed..... More

Oxford, 'Printed by H. Daniel' [The Daniel Press], 1890 (corrected reprint)/ 1889. Number 57 of only 100 copies. 'This is a corrected reprint (of a hundred copies), occasioned by the speedy sale of ... the first (enlarged) edition, the demand for the book, and a piracy in America. It is..... More

Maastricht, Halcyon Press for A.A.M. Stols, 1929. One of a small number of copies in a deluxe binding of russet morocco; 25 hors-de-commerce copies were produced (this may be one of them), and the standard edition of 300 copies was bound in green cloth. 'Printed for the Halcyon Press, at..... More

London, Printed at the Ballantyne Press for Hacon & Ricketts [Vale Press], 1896 (first thus). One of only 200 copies for sale of the second publication from the Vale Press. The colophon states: 'printed by the Ballantyne Press, the build of the book and its decoration being by Charles Ricketts'..... More

London, Printed at the Ballantyne Press for Hacon & Ricketts [Vale Press], 1903 (first thus). One of only 230 copies of 'The Last Book Sold by Hacon & Ricketts'. In fact, Ricketts' published his 'Bibliography of the Vale Press' in 1904, after which he threw the punches and matrices for..... More

London, The Nonesuch Press, 1937 (first thus). Number 552 of 1000 copies printed at the Curwen Press. '[Robert] Thornton had published his school edition of Virgil in 1812, with a second edition printed in 1819. This included not only Virgil's Latin verses but also "imitations" of Virgilian poetry by other..... More

London, Published for the Florence Press by Chatto & Windus, 1910 (first thus)/ 1881. Number 124 of 250 copies on Aldwych hand-made paper (of which 235 were offered for sale); a further 12 copies were printed on vellum (of which 10 were for sale). This collection of essays by Stevenson..... More

Waltham Saint Lawrence, The Golden Cockerel Press, 1927 (first thus). Number 243 of only 350 copies. 'The text is taken from the first edition of the poems by Thomas Carew' (from the colophon). Chanticleer 47. More

[Adelaide], 'Printed and Published At "the Horace Walpole Press"' [The Author], 1941. Inscribed 'To Eric & Jean McLaughlin, with the Compliments & Best Wishes of F.E. Rogers, Xmas /41'. The book was hand-set and printed by the author, who apologizes in the preface for the many errors present. 'These errors..... More