Worcester, Stanbrook Abbey Press, 1970. One of just 180 copies printed in blue and black on Japanese Kozu-shi paper with Ogura lace paper wrappers. The text by Judith Masefield (better known as an illustrator and daughter of John Masefield) is a poem about Mary spinning yarn to weave a coat..... More
Deakin, Brindabella Press, 1984 [first thus]. Number 77 of only 230 copies signed by Barbara Hanrahan. The eleventh book of the Brindabella Press. More
Adelaide, The Wakefield Press, 1946. Number 283 of 750 numbered copies. This is the fifth book published by The Wakefield Press. More
Adelaide, Sullivan's Cove, 1987. Number 79 of only 185 copies initialled by the publisher. More
Adelaide, Sullivan's Cove, 1987. Number 80 of only 185 copies initialled by the publisher. More
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London, The Nonesuch Press, 1932. The first published edition of Evelyn's manuscript instructions to his gardener at Wotton in Surrey. Number 550 of 625 copies (a further 175 copies were published for sale in America by Random House). More
London, The Folio Press, 1987 (first thus). One of a small series of letterpress editions produced by The Folio Society. More
Paris, Shakespeare and Company, 1927. This short collection of poems was sold for 12 pennies (1 shilling) or 12 francs and contains 13 poems, hence 'Pomes Penyeach' (the thirteenth poem being the 'tilly', the Irish term for the thirteenth item in a 'baker's dozen' and also the title of the..... More
[London], The Nonesuch Press, 1935. Number 26 of 500 copies 'on Auvergne hand-made paper, printed and made in England under the direction of Ernest Ingham at the Fanfare Press to the design of Francis Meynell' (from the limitation statement). Dreyfus 105 (describing the problematic endpapers as 'Chinese stencilled tinsel paper')..... More
Oxford, B.H. Blackwell, 1918. Huxley's third published work, and the third title in the 'Initiates Series of Poetry by Proved Hands'. Bromer A3 (750 copies). More
Kensington, The Favil Press, 1921. More
London, The Favil Press, 1922. Number 333 of 150 copies. More
[London, printed at the Ballantyne Press for Hacon & Ricketts, London, and John Lane, New York] [Vale Press], 1901. One of only 310 copies. The Latin text of this famous tale of Cupid and Psyche from the 'Metamorphoses' of Apuleius (often known as 'The Golden Ass') was edited by C.J...... More
London, Printed by William Morris at the Kelmscott Press, 1894 (second Kelmscott edition)/ 1891. One of only 250 copies on paper (a further seven copies were printed on vellum). This is the second edition, and the first to contain the illustrations by Walter Crane. 'When he was planning the first..... More
London, The Mallinson Publishing Company, Ltd., 1933. A collection of eighteen short stories dedicated to bookseller and anarchist Charles Lahr. This is number 56 of 95 copies signed by all 18 contributors, of which only 85 copies were for sale. The contributors are: John Arrow, H.E. Bates, Oswell Blakeston, Alec..... More
Bloomsbury, The Nonesuch Press, 1934. Number 319 of 700 copies on Van Gelder paper. The work comprises a lengthy essay on George Chapman by Havelock Ellis, and 26 excerpts from Chapman's works. More
Chelsfield, The Stanton Press, 1924. Number 126 of 200 copies on Kelmscott hand-made paper; a further five copies on vellum were also produced. More
Carlton, Queensberry Hill Press, 1985. Mounted on the front pastedown is the bookplate of Peter Marsh, of Queensberry Hill Press and Dove Bindery, with the pencilled notation, '185 copies in cloth'. This copy is Number 214 of a total of 350 copies (and one of only 185 in cloth), signed..... More
London, Golden Cockerel Press, 1937. Number 8 of 150 copies signed by the author; an unsigned, unlimited edition was also produced. 'When we received the manuscript of this book we all felt that it was one of the most enchanting love-stories of its kind we had ever read: it had..... More
London, Golden Cockerel Press, 1944. Number 338 of 500 copies (the first 50 being a deluxe issue in full morocco). Cockalorum 163. More
London, Golden Cockerel Press, 1934. Number 125 of 250 copies signed by the author. The ninth book in the Golden Cockerel series of first editions by contemporary authors. Chanticleer 99. More
London, Leonard & Virginia Woolf at the Hogarth Press, 1927 (second edition)/ 1924. The first reprint of the third title in the Hogarth Essay series. Cover design by Vanessa Bell. More
Oxford, Basil Blackwell, 1950. Loosely inserted is a copy of the 4-page prospectus (a little marked and tanned) and an order form (both folded twice). [3 items]. More
London, Golden Cockerel Press, 1934. Number 143 of 250 copies signed by the author. The eighth book in the Golden Cockerel series of first editions by contemporary authors. Chanticleer 96. More
