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THE APPLE.
‘The Apple (Of Beauty and Discord) No.4 Vol. 1.
1920 Fourth Quarter. A short-lived arts magazine of the 1920’s with illustrations
by Edward Blampied (3) Philip Hagreen, Martin Hardy, Laura Knight, Haldane
Macfall, and 5 wooduts by Ludovic Rodo and others. A very good copy in
lightly chipped illustrated paper covers.
13.5x10.5
£45.00
ARDIZZONE.Edward,
‘The Listener’ May 26th 1955. Black &
white cover illustration depicting a polling station and people voting.
(May26th was election day) A very good copy.
12x10 £14.00
ARIEL POEM.
‘The Nativity’ by Roy Campbell. One full page colour
plates, black and white title page and 1 other black and white illustration
by James Sellars. 1954 1st ed.thus. 2nd series Ariel Poem. Faber &
Faber. A near fine copy.
8.5x5.5 £20.00
BAWDEN.Edward,
‘Folded Blank Message Card’ with a decorated geometric design
in 2 colours on the fron cover by the artist. 1989 Fine Arts Society. Fine
and rather scarce.
5.5x3.5 £24.00
BAX. Clifford and SPARE Austin O.
‘The Golden Hind’ A Quarterly Magazine of Art and
Letters. Edited by Clifford Bax and Austin O. Spare. Literary contributions
are by H.J. Birstingl; Rabindranath Tagore; Clfford Bax; Richard Church;
E.L. Grant Watson; F.S. Flint; Peter Renny; and others. Illustrations are
by John Austen; E.A. Cox; Roberts Gibbings; Henry W. Keen; Haydn Mackey;
John Nash; Austin O. Spare; Allan Odle, Jack Yeats and others. January
1923, published by Chapman & Hall. A very good copy in lightly soiled
pictorial card covers.
14.5x11 40 pp. £80.00
BELLOC.Hilaire,
‘The Chanty of The ‘Nona’
A poem by Hilaire Belloc. Ariel Poem No.9. Faber & Gwyer. Full page
black and white illustration and further one on front cover by the author.
A near fine copy in pink paper wraps.
7x4.5
£27.00
BETJEMAN.John,
‘Ode’ On the Marriage of H.R.H.Prince Charles to
the Lady Diana Spencer in St.Paul’s Cathedral July 29th 1981. A single
sheet with verse surrounded by colour decorations. Designed by Jonathan
and Phillida Gili. 1081 Limited ed. of 125 copies, signed by John Betjeman
and Phillida Gili. Published by Warren Editions and printed by Skelton’s
Press. Fine item.
16x11 £200.00
BOOKPLATE.
Bookplate by Mark Severin for Phaon Reid, showing a boy on a dolphin,
holding an olive
branch, with mountains in the background. Fine.
3x2 £25 00.
BOOKPLATE.
‘A Bookplate’ with the National Book League initials printed
in white on a brown ground. Fine.
3.75x3 £7.50
CAVE. Roderick,
‘The Private Press’ Second Edition revised
and enlarged by Roderick Cave. While retaining the character and
considerable scope of the original work, the author incorporates in the
new edition significant information that has come to light over the intervening
13 years. This selective history spans the private press movement from
the origin of printing to the most contemporary private presses. Many illustrations
mostly depicting pages from private press books. 1983. R.R.Bowker, New
York and London. A very fine copy bound in red cloth titled in gold, in
illustrated dust wrapper.
11x8.5 389 pp. £55.00
CRICKET.
‘Cricket, The Magazine For Children’ Vol 4 No. 8.
April 1977. Numerous short stories by such authors as; Ivor Cutler; Robert
Culp; Barbara Bruno; Barbara K Walker; Robert Graves and others with illustrations
by Helen Oxenbury; Gareth Floyd; Fritz Wegner; Shirley Hughes; Donald
Carrick and others. A very good copy of this popular magazine for young
readers. Bound in lightly spotted card covers with colour illustrations
by Michael Hague.
8.5x6 98 pp. £7.00
CURWEN PRESS.
‘The Imprint Number One’ Reprinted For the Members
of The Wynkyn De Worde Society. A facsimile copy printed by The Curwen
Press in 1972, the original edition being printed in 1913. There are numerous
black and white illustrations including printer’s devices and work by such
artists as Thomas Bewick, William Blake, Delacroix, Phil May, Edward Burne-Jones,
Frank Brangwyn etc. A fine copy in printed paper wraps.
11x8.5 80 pp. £15.00
DAVIES.R.A.
‘Jane Barston 1719-1746’ by Edith Sitwell. An Ariel
Poem No.36. One full page colour plate by R.A.Davies. Faber & Faber.
A very good copy in paper covers with black and white drawing. Some
light soiling to cover.
7x4.5 £15.00
.EMETT.Rowland,
‘Make Your Own Scotch Whisky’ An Unabridged Do-It-Yourself
Guide. Original text by a great-grandson of the Founder of Teachers Whisky.
Humorous colour illustrations by Emett. 1995 reprint. Argyll Publishing.
A fine copy in red paperboards and illustrated dust wrapper.
8x5.5 14 pp. £10.00
EPSTEIN.Jacob,
‘Epstein’ An exhibition catalogue, Edinburgh Festival
Memorial Exhibition. No date. 23 black and white photographs and a very
detailed description of each exhibit. A near fine copy in pictorial card
covers.
9.5x7 £10.00
ERAGNY PRESS.
‘Exhibition of Designs and Engravings For The Eragny Press 1894-1914’
with a 4 page introduction by Philip James. One circular black and
white drawing of ‘La Gardeuse d’Oies’ and cover illustration from
‘The Queen of The Fishes’ Contains a list of drawings, engravings and books
of the Eragny Press work. Printed at the Curwen Press. No date. The
Arts Council of Great Britain. A fine copy in beige paper covers.
7x4.5 16 pp. £15 00.
ERNI.Hans,
‘Hans Erni at the Goldmark Gallery’ by Rigby Graham.
An exhibition catalogue held at Goldmark Gallery in 1988. 10 full page
black and white illustrations and 3 photographs. A fine copy in glazed
card covers.
10x7 17 pps. of text. £13.00
EXHIBITION CATALOGUE.
‘Twentieth Century British Prints’ From Edward Wadsworth
to Gary Hume. 1999 Autsin/Desmon94 illustrations in colour and black and
white by Edward Bawden, Eric Ravilious, David Jones, Edward Ardizzone,
Paul Nash, Graham Sutherland, Eric Gill and many others. A fine copy in
illustrated card covers.
7.5x6 34 pp. £12.00
FLEECE PRESS.
'Simon Lawrence and The Fleece Press 1980-1995'
A Bibliography of The Printed Books by Ian Rogerson. 13 engravings by Leo
Wyatt, Agnes Miller Parker, Howard Phipps, Reynolds Stone, Jane Lydbury,
John Nash etc. together with descriptions and details of 39 books. 1996
1st ed. The Manchester Metropolitan University A mint copy in white pictorial
card covers with illustration by Agnes Miller Parker.
8x8 12 pp. £13.00
FOLIO SOCIETY.
‘Folio’ The Quarterly Magazine of The Folio Society.
Six copies from 1986 - 1987 containing numerous illustrations and
photographs from Folio Society publications, with cover illustrations by
Alyson MacNeill, Peter Brooks; Raymond Hawthorn; Dodie Masterman; Peter
Reddick and Joan Hassall. Fine in paper wraps.
8x5 £6.00
FORSTER.Peter,
‘HM. BRIT. MAJ.’ A wood engraved caricature of Queen Elizabeth II.
Printed on a folded
card. Fine condition,
Image size 1.25"x1.5" £5.00
FRASER.Claude Lovat,
‘Claude Lovat Fraser’ with a 20 page foreword by Grace Lovat
Fraser. An exhibition
catalogue from The Victoria & Albert Museum in 1969. Tipped-in
colour frontispiece and 40 full page
black and white illustrations. A fine copy in very lightly rubbed,
illustrated card covers.
9.5x7 £16.00
FREEDMAN.Barnett,
‘Book Token’ A book token designed by the artist in red, yellow
and black in the form of two scrolls revealing an open book with a piece
of foliage and two stars. Undated. Fine.
5x6 folded £20.00
Another with different colours. £20.00
GARWOOD.Tirzah,
‘Tirzah Garwood Memorial Exhibition Catalogue’ Towner Art Gallery
1952. Ther is one small wood engraving of a dog repeated on the covers.
A fine copy in paper covers.
8.5x5.5 8 pps. £10.00
GENTLEMAN.David,
‘In Trust For The Nation’ The Whitbread Calendar
for 1972 with an introduction by Kenneth Clark. 12 attractive colour illustrations
of National trust properties each measuring 9.5”x11.5”. There is
a description of each property with illustrations in black and white by
the artist. A fine copy, spiral bound.
14.5x11.5 £20.00
GOLDEN COCKEREL PRESS.
‘Prospectus for Llyfr Ruth’ Full page illustration
by Anna Ravenscroft. 2003. Fine.
12x9 4 pp. £15.00
PROSPECTUS.
‘Golden Cockerel Press, Spring 1955’ There are 23
books described with illustrations by William Russell Flint; Clifford Webb;
Derrick Harris; Peter Barker Mill; Mark Severin; Geoffrey Wales; John Petts;
Lettice Sandford; Dorothea Braby and John Buckland Wright. A fine copy
stitched into yellow paper covers, order form laid in.
7x5 36 pp. £8.00
GREGYNOG PRESS.
‘A Selection of Weather Signs’ made for the county
of Montgomeryshire in the late 1870s by the folklorist Revd Elias Owen
and now reprinted at Gwasg Gregynog in 1989. 4 page fold-out printed in
black and red. Cover wood engraving. In fine condition.
5x4 £18.00
GUINNESS BOOKLETS.
‘Happy New Lear’ A Parody on Edward Lear! Beautifully illustrated
throughout in colour by John Nash. Designed for Guinness by S.H.Benson
and printed by W.S.Cowell, Ipswich. 1959 1st ed. One of the more
rare Guinness Booklets. This copy also has the Guinness complement card
laid-in. A fine copy in pictorial card covers.
9x6.5 £80.00
GUINNESS BOOKLETS.
‘My Goodness! My Gilbert and Sullivan! Numerous
illustrations by Antony Groves Raines, with verses by Stanley Penn. A fine
copy in illustrated card covers.
9x6 £50.00
GUINNESS BOOKLETS.
‘The Guinness Legends and Other Verses’ Every
page illustrated in colour by J.Gilroy. An internally fine copy in lightly
soiled illustrated card covers.
9x6 £70.00
GUINNESS BOOKLETS.
‘Songs of Our Grandfathers’ Reset in Guinness
Time. Beautiful colour illustrations on every page by Rex Whistler. 1936
1st ed. Dublin. A near fine copy of one of the rare Guinness books in illustrated
card covers.
9x6 £70.00
GUINNESS ADVERTISEMENT.
‘A Guinness Page for Coronation Year’ A full page
advertisement from ‘The Sphere June 6th 1953’ with 8 colour illustrations.
Fine in mount.
13x9 £12.00
GUINNESS ADVERTISEMENT.
‘Here’s How’ from the Alice in Posterland series, with colour illustration
of a man carrying
a girder by John Gilroy. 1949. Fine in mount.
13x9 £11.00
GUINNESS ADVERTISEMENT.
‘Catch as Catch Can’t’ from the Alice in Posterland series, with colour
illustration of a lion
chasing a zoo-keeper by John Gilroy. 1949. Fine in mount.
13x9 £11.00
GWASG GREGYNOG.
‘Pennant and His Welsh Landscapes’ Prospectus. One
large coloured illustration of Guilla Basana and Hot Air Balloons over
Powys Mountain by RIGBY GRAHAM. 2006. Fine.
13.5x9 4 pp. £15.00
GWASG GREGYNOG.
'Floriated Initials' Designed and Engraved by Loyd
Haberly. 6 examples on a folded sheet, in black and white. These
were used by Loyd Haberly as the only form of decoration in the Gregynog
Press limited ed. of 'Cyrupaedia' and these 6 letters appeared in
the last volume. The initials which were cut on boxwood have an open look,
for in the book each one was coloured by hand. Fine in paper wraps.
5x3 £18 00.
HASSALL.Joan,
'The Marriage of Robin Redbreast and The Wren' Saltire
Chapbook No.4. Chosen by George Scott-Moncrieff. 6 wood engravings by Hassall
and title page decoration. Printed in 12-point Scotch Roman. 1951 reprint.
The Saltire Society, Edinburgh. Fine in colour illustrated paper covers.
5.5x3.5 8 pp. £28.00
HASSALL.Joan,
‘The Siller Gun or The Dumfries Trades’ by John
Mayne, designed by Elizabeth Odling. Saltire Chapbook No.13. 6 illustrations.
No date. Fine in colour illustrated paper covers.
5.5x3.5 13pp. £28.00
HASSALL.Joan,
‘Rashie Coat’ designed by Joan hassall. Saltire
Chapbook No. 12. 8 illustrations by Hassall. 1951. Internally fine
with some small spots to colour illustrated paper cover.
5.5x3.5 8 pp. £25.00
HASSALL.Joan,
‘Wood Engraving’ Red Squirrel’ Titled and signed
by Joan Hassall in pencil. One of 20 prints. Fine.
Image size 3.5x2.5 £60.00
HILDER.Rowland,
‘Four Christmas Cards’ with black and white illustrations.
Titled ‘ The Old Barn’, ‘The Stone Bridge’, ‘The Lake Side’ and ‘The Distant
Hills’ They were produced by the Ward gallery. No date, but we would think
they are late 40’s - early 50’s period. Fine condition.
5x6 £16.00
HILDER.Rowland,
‘Four Christmas Cards’ with black and white illustrations
and added turquoise. Titled ‘The Seashore’, ‘Winter In The Mountains’,
‘Snow In The Fields’ and ‘Winter Morning’ They were produced by the Ward
gallery. No date, but we would think they are late 40’s - early 50’s period.
Fine condition.
5.5x6.5 £16.00
HILDER.Rowland,
‘Four Christmas Cards, with colour illustrations.
Titled ‘Crossing The Bridge’, ‘The Post-House’, ‘A Fine Stretch’ and ‘A
Christmas Journey’. They were produced by the Ward Gallery. No date, but
we would think they are late 40’s - early 50’s period. Fine condition.
4.5x6 £16.00
HILDER.Rowland,
‘Four Christmas Cards‘, with water colour illustrations.
Titled ‘Thames Barge In A Squall’, ‘Medway Barge Race’ and ‘Grain
Ship At Falmouth’ They were produced by the Ward gallery. No date, but
we would think they are late 40’s - early 50’s period. Very good condition.
6.5x5 £12.00
HILDER.Rowland,
‘Three Christmas Cards’, with water colour illustrations.
Titled ‘Snow In Moonlight’, ‘Snow In The Lane’ and ’The Fram In The Snow’
They were produced by the Ward gallery. No date, but we would think they
are late 40’s - early 50’s period. Fine condition.
4.5x5.5 £12.00
HILDER.Rowland,
‘Christmas Card’ with a water colour illustration
of a farm cart in a country lane, titled ‘Homeward’. Produced by the Ward
gallery. No date, but we would think it is late 40’s - early 50’s period.
Very good condition.
6x7.5 £10.00
JAQUES.Faith,
‘Little Grey Rabit’s House’ A Model House to Make and Play
With Complete with Moveable Furniture and Cutouts and a story by Alison
Uttley, devised and painted by Faith jaques.
10 pages of colourful cutouts. 1982. Heinemann. A fine copy in
glazed, pictorial card covers.
12.5x10 (House 9.5x8.5x5.5) £20.00
JONES.Barbara,
‘The Listener’ June 9th 1955. Summer Book Number.
Black and white cover illustration depicting people flying kites
in the form of books. Very good condition.
12x9.5 £12.00
JONES.Barbara,
‘The Listener’ October 11th 1956. Autumn Book
Number. Black and white cover illustration depicting squirrels storing
books in a tree. Very good condition.
12x9.5 £12.00
JONES.Barbara,
‘Britain In Brussels’ A booklet giving some
impressions of Britain : the Britain of traditions and pageantry; the Britain
where parliamentary democracy was born; the Britain of great men of science
etc. In the British Section at the Brussels Exhibition can be seen the
royal regalia, Dounreay atomic power station and a vast array of
the latest products of British industry, etc. 18 pages of colour illustrations
and endpaper maps of the exhibition. No date. Prepared by The Central Office
of Information. A fine copy in colour illustrated paper wraps.
8x5 20 pp. £24.00
10x7.5 140;139 pp. £600.00
JONES.David,
‘The Cultivation of Christmas Trees’ by T.S.eliot.
Ariel Poem 1954 in the new series. Full page colour plate and decorated
lettering in black and white. A very good copy in blue paper covers.
8.5x5.5 £25.00
JONES.David,
‘The Gum Trees’ by Roy Campbell. Ariel Poem No.59.
Full page colour plate and further black and white illustration on front
cover by David Jones. 1930 1st ed. Faber & Faber. A fine copy in red
paper wraps.
7.5x5 £32.00
KAUFFER.McKnight E,
‘Londres’ A guide book of London with numerous photographs
in black and white. Text in French. Front and rear covers have a stylized
portrait of a guardsman in red and black by McKnight Kauffer. 1937.
The Travel & Industrial Development Association. Very good in card
covers.
7x4.5 64 pp. £10.00
KNIGHT.David,
‘Financial Statement For The Year Ended 30th June
1964’ Proctor & Gamble Ltd. 6 attractive colour plates by David Knight.
A nicely illustrated commercial production in blue card covers with silver
medallion of the company logo on the front.
11x8.5 16 pp. £15.00
LANCASTER.Osbert,
‘Osbert’ A Portrait of Osbert Lancaster by Richard Boston. This
biography written in the spirit of its highly individual subject,
is a fresh and warm-hearted celebration of an exceptionally gifted man.
Numerous drawings and photographs throughout. 1989 1st ed. Collins. A fine
copy in maroon paperboards and dust wrapper.
9x6 256 pp. £16.00
LEIGHTON.Clare,
'Clare Leighton - The Artist and Her Work' An exhibition
catalogue ‘American Sheaves, English Seed Corn’ with an introduction by
William Dolan Fletcher. An exhibition held at the Boston Public Library,
not dated. 9 examples of the artist's work. Contains a bibliography. A
fine copy in pictorial card covers.
10x7 28 pp. £30 00.
LILLIPUT.
‘Lilliput Magazine’ December/January 1952. This
popular little publication of the period contains many articles by well
known, and some not so well known writers of the day, with many fine photographs,
mostly in black and white but some in colour. There are also cartoons and
illustrations by artists whose work is now collected. This issue contains
work by ALGERNON BLACKWOOD; MAURICE CRANSTON; PHILIP WILLS; EDWARD
ARDIZZONE; WALTER GOETZ; NICHOLAS BENTLEY; RONALD SEARLE; SPROD; DAVID
LANGDON; MERVYN PEAKE. In very good condition with a colour illustrated
cover by Donald Brun.
7.5x5.5 £10.00
MORGAN.Gwenda,
‘Wood Engraving’ Ex Libris for Helen Austin,
depicting a house reflected in a lake with a wooded hill in the distance.
Fine, signed in pencil by the artist.
Image size 3 ¾in x 3 1/4in £80.00
MORGAN. Gwenda,
‘Wood Engraving’ Titled ‘Summer Kaleidoscope’
depicting a swirling pattern of flowers and country scenes. Titled, numbered
(1/50) and signed by the artist in pencil. Fine.
Image size 2 3/4in x 3 1/4in £80.00
NASH.Paul,
‘Nativity’ by Siegfried Sassoon. One full page colour
illustration. No.7 in the Ariel Poems series. Faber & Gwyer. A near
fine copy in paper covers with further illustration in black.
7x5 £35.00
NASH.John,
'The Early Whistler' by Wilfred Gibson. Full page colour plate.
Ariel Poem No.6 . Faber & Gwyer. A fine copy in paper covers with illustration
by John Nash in black.
7x4.5 4 pp. £35.00
NICHOLSON.William,
‘ Moss And Feather' by W.H.Davies. One full page
colour plate by William Nicholson and illustration of a bird in yellow
on front cover. Faber & Gwyer. A fine copy in paper wraps.
8.5x5.5 10 pp. £26.00
POSTERS.
Publisher’s Poster For ‘The Ship’s Cat’ by Richard Adams, with colour
illustration by Alan
Aldridge. The poster measures 23" x 17" folded twice. Very good.
£14.00
POWERS.Alan,
‘Christmas Card’ An attractive colour illustration on back and front
of card. (Used) Issued
by The London Library. Fine.
7x5 £15.00
PRIVATE LIBRARY.
‘Private Library - Spring 1984’ Contains ‘Margaret
of York’ by Muriel J.Hughes; ‘Christopher Skelton’ by F.E.Pardoe
with 6 illustrations; etc. A fine copy in card covers.
8.5x5.5 £6.00
PRIVATE LIBRARY.
‘The Private Library - Spring 1979’ Contains ‘Stanislaw
Gliwa: Private Printer’ by R.T. Risk and ‘Potholes in the Primrose Path’
by Vera M. Macpherson. Fine copy in card covers.
8.5x5.5 £6.00
PRIVATE LIBRARY.
‘The Private Library - Summer 1979’ Contains ‘Elliot
Stock and Some Old Book-Collecting Magazines’ by Claude A. Prance, and
‘Mobiles In Books’ by Sten Lindberg. Several black and white illustrations.
Fine in card covers.
8.5x5.5 £6.00
PRIVATE LIBRARY.
‘Private Library - Winter 1984’ Contains ‘The
Book Illustrations of Faith Jaques’ by Douglas Martin with 11 illustrations;
‘The London Bookselling Tradition’ by John Maggs; ‘The Cheney Brothers’
by R.burns Ross, etc. Fine card covers.
8.5x5.5 £6.00
PRIVATE LIBRARY.
‘The Private Library, Spring 1975’ Contains ‘The
Beaumont Press’ by B.T.Jackson with 11 illustrations; ‘Come All Ye’ An
exhibition in Glasgow by Rigby Graham with 12 illustrations. Fine in card
covers.
8.5x5.5 £8.00
PRIVATE LIBRARY.
‘The Private Library- Summer 1976’ Contains ‘Ten
British Poets For The Limited Editions Club’ by John Dreyfus with 15 illustrations;
etc. Fine in card covers.
8.5x5.5 £8 00.
PRIVATE LIBRARY.
‘The Private Library, Spring 1985’ Contains
‘Boar’s head and Golden Hours’ by David Chambers with 11 illustrations;
‘Golden Cockerel Press Prospectuses’ by David Chambers with 2 illustrations.
Fine in card covers.
8.5x5.5 £8.00
PRIVATE LIBRARY.
‘The Private Library, Autumn 1985’ Contains
‘Jonathan Stephenson and the Rocket Press’ by John R. Smith, and ‘Letters
of Stanley Morison to William NcCance at Gregynog’ by Kathleen Ladizesky.
Fine in card covers.
8.5x5.5 £5.00
PRIVATE LIBRARY.
‘The Private Library, Winter 1985’ Contains ‘Alain
Anseeuw: Printer, Publisher, Poet, Painter. by Wilfried Onzea, and ‘Patience
Cockerell, Bookbinder’ by Frank Broomhead, with numerous illustrations
of her work and a check list. Fine in card covers.
8.5x5.5 £5.00
PRIVATE LIBRARY.
‘The Private Library - Winter 1979’ Contains ‘Collecting
Golden Head’ by Cynthia M. Morris with black and white illustrations and
a checklist, ‘Will Carter’s Booklabels’ by David Chambers with 13 examples
and a checklist. And Sir Richard Burton and His Books by Claude A. Prance.
Fine in card covers
8.5x5.5 £6.00
PRIVATE LIBRARY.
‘Private Library - Winter 1973’ Includes ‘The Raven
Press’ by James A.Dearden with 10 title pages and 5 illustrations; etc.
8.5x5. £6 00.
PRIVATE LIBRARY.
‘The Private Library, Winter 1985’ Contains ‘Alain
Anseeuw: Printer, Publisher, Poet, Painter. by Wilfried Onzea, and ‘Patience
Cockerell, Bookbinder’ by Frank Broomhead, with numerous illustrations
of her work and a check list.
Fine in card covers.
8.5x5.5 £5.00
PRIVATE LIBRARY.
'The Private Library Spring 1988’ Articles include
‘John Van Voorst’ by R.B.Williams, ‘The Pseudonym Library’ by George Jefferson,
and ‘Cockerels and Amazons’ by Roderick Cave. Fine in card covers.
8.5x5.5 £5.00
PRIVATE LIBRARY.
‘'The Private Library Spring 1993’ Articles include
‘Mark Severin’s Bookplates’ by David Chambers; ‘The Charles Lamb Society’
by D.E.Wickham, etc. Fine in card covers.
8.5x5.5 £5.00
PRIVATE LIBRARY.
‘'The Private Library Summer 1993’ Articles include
‘Fine Bookmaking’ by Peter Thomas; ‘The Pathology of Book Collecting’ by
Geoffrey Bindman, etc. Fine in card covers.
8.5x5.5 £5.00
PRIVATE LIBRARY.
‘'The Private Library Winter 1993’ Articles include
‘The Dropmore Press Winchester Bible’ by Paul W.Nash; T.E.Lawrence’s Diary
MCMXI’ by Paul W.Nash, etc. Fine in card covers.
8.5x5.5 £5.00
PRIVATE LIBRARY.
‘'The Private Library Spring 1992’ Articles include
‘Roy Fuller’ by Steven E.Smith; ‘Hans Van Eijk’s In De Bonnefant Press’
by Peter Boreas and Rigby Graham, etc. Fine in card covers.
8.5x5.5 £5.00
PRIVATE LIBRARY.
‘'The Private Library Autumn 1992’ Articles include
‘Rachel Daniel’s The Lamb’ by David Chambers; ‘The Dropmore & Queen
Anne Presses’ by Paul W.Nash, etc. Fine in card covers.
8.5x5.5 £5.00
PRIVATE LIBRARY.
‘'The Private Library Winter 1992’ Articles include
‘Staples’ by Graham Moss; ‘An Ex-Libris Library in Japan’ by Cliff Parfit,
etc. Fine in card covers.
8.5x5.5 £5.00
PRIVATE LIBRARY.
‘'The Private Library Autumn 1991’ Articles include
‘French Bibliophile Society Menus’ by W.J.Strachan; ‘Frederick Locker’
by D.E.Wickham, etc. Fine in card covers.
8.5x5.5 £5.00
PRIVATE LIBRARY.
‘'The Private Library Winter 1991’ Articles include
‘Charles Hulbert’ by David Chambers; ‘Cuir Cisele’ by John Allison, etc.
Fine in card covers.
8.5x5.5 £5.00
PRIVATE LIBRARY.
‘'The Private Library Spring 1990’ Articles include
‘Collecting Detective Fiction’ by B.A.Pike; ‘Talwain Morris Checklist’
by Gerald Cinamon, etc. Fine in card covers.
8.5x5.5 £5.00
PRIVATE LIBRARY.
‘'The Private Library Winter 1990’ Article included
‘Conan’s Songs From Exile’ The Limited Edition Publications of Lawrence
Durrell’ by Peter Baldwin. Fine in card covers.
8.5x5.5 £5.00
PRIVATE LIBRARY.
‘'The Private Library Spring 1995’ Articles include
‘Toni Savage’ by Rigby Graham; Pandora et al’ by David Chambers; Guido
Morris’ by Brian Alderson etc. Fine in card covers.
8.5x5.5 £5.00
PRIVATE LIBRARY.
‘'The Private Library Autumn 1995’ Articles include
‘Bob Jones & The Glad Hand Press’; by David Chambers, etc. Fine in
card covers.
8.5x5.5 £5.00
PRIVATE LIBRARY.
‘The Private Library Summer 1999’ Articles include
‘Will Carter’s Booklabels’ by David Chambers with 17 examples; ‘Thomas
& James Craig Annan of Glasgow’ photographers and Publishers, by George
Fairfull Smith. A fine copy in card covers.
8.5x5.5 £5.00
PRIVATE LIBRARY.
‘The Privale Library Winter 1999’ Articles include
‘John De Pol, Wood Engraver’ by David Chambers with 13 wood engravings;
‘The British Library Old and New’ by B.C.Bloomfield; and ‘Design in British
Publishing’ by Colin Banks with 4 illustrations. Fine in card covers.
8.5x5.5 £5.00
PRIVATE LIBRARY.
‘The Private Library Spring 1995’ containing ‘Toni
Savage’ by Rigby Graham with full page illustrations , ‘Pandora et al’
by David Chambers. Fine in yellow paper covers.
8.5 x 5.5 £5.00
PRIVATE LIBRARY.
‘'The Private Library Winter 1995’ Articles include
‘Collecting Baring’ by W.G.Simpson; ‘Serendipity in The Saleroom’ by Frank
Herrmann, etc. Fine in card covers.
8.5x5.5 £5.00
PRIVATE LIBRARY.
‘'The Private Library Spring 2002’ Contains ‘An
Illustrator’ & ‘The Genius of Place’ Rigby Graham at Seventy by Alan
Tucker, with 8 full page black and white illustrations and unusually,
8 full page colour plates by Rigby Graham. Also ‘St Sepulchre’s Press 1964-1984’
by Paul Pollard.
8.5x5.5
PRIVATE LIBRARY.
‘‘The Private Library Summer 1994’ Contains ‘Science
Fiction and Fantasy’ by Stephen Cape; Society For the Art of The Book in
Sweden’ by Thorsten Sjolin; etc. . Fine in card covers.
8.5x5.5 £5.00
PRIVATE LIBRARY.
‘The Private Library Spring 1996’ Contains
‘Nineteenth-Century Publisher’s Bindings 1820-1900’ by Robin De Beaumont,
with several illustrations of fine bindings. A fine copy in card covers.
8.5x5.5 £5.00
PRIVATE LIBRARY.
‘‘The Private Library Summer 1996’ Contains ‘Kim
Taylor: Book Designer’ by Michael Adam; The Genesis of Book-Collecting
Interest’ by Frank Broomhead, etc. A fine copy in card covers.
8.5x5.5 £5.00
PRIVATE LIBRARY.
‘The Private Library Spring 1997’ Contains Peter
Fleming’ by John Collins; ‘Book Art on Hungary’ by Charlotte Franklin,
etc. A fine copy in card covers.
8.5x5.5 £5.00
PRIVATE LIBRARY.
‘The Private Library Spring 1980’ Contains
‘Tom Thumb’s Pretty Song Book’ by Brian Alderson; On Selling Children’s
Books’ by Peter Stockham; ‘History’s Other Half’ by Maurice Rickards, etc.
Fine in card covers,
8.5x5.5 £5.00
PRIVATE LIBRARY.
‘The Private Library - Autumn 1982’. Contains
‘Vivien Gribble, 1882-1932’ by Judith Butler with ten wood-engravings
and a checklist, ‘The Whittington Press- The First Decade’ by David Butcher,
with illustrations, photographs and a checklist. Fine in card covers.
8.5x5.5 £8.00
PRIVATE LIBRARY.
‘The Private Library - Summer 1983’. Contains, ‘Nineteenth-Century
Science and Technology’ by Stanlry Shoop, ‘Odd Volumes’ by Clade A. Prance,
‘Facsimiles of Medieval Illuminated Books’ by J.G. Lubbock. Fine in card
covers.
8.5x5.5 £6.00
PRIVATE LIBRARY.
‘The Private Library - Autumn 1983’. Contains, ’The
Guild of Women Binders’ by Ainslie C. Waller and ’The Book lover’s Library’
by Claude A Prance. Fine in card covers.
8.5x5.5 £6.00
PRIVATE LIBRARY.
‘The Private Library, Summer 1985’ Contains ‘Limited
Editions Club -The Macy Years 1929-1956’ by Pamela Petro with 7 illustrations;
‘The Furnival Books’ by George Jefferson’ with several illustrations. .
Fine in card covers.
8.5x5.5 £8.00
PRIVATE LIBRARY.
‘The Private Library Summer 1997’ Contains ‘Book
Illustrators of the German Democratic Republic’ by Douglas Martin;
Joseph Swan by George Fairfull Smith, etc. Fine in card covers.
8.5x5.5 £5.00
PRIVATE LIBRARY.
‘The Private Library Autumn 1997’ Contains ‘Bob
Forster’ by David Chambers; The Waygoose Press’ by Richard Brown; ‘The
Folio Society’ by frank Broonhead, etc. Fine in card covers.
8.5x5.5 £5.00
PRIVATE LIBRARY.
‘The Private Library Winter 1997’ Contains
‘Collecting private Press Books’ by Paul W.Nash; ‘Bookselling by
Paul Minet, etc. Fine in card covers.
8.5x5.5 £5.00
PRIVATE LIBRARY.
‘The Private Library Summer 1998’ Contains
‘Collecting With a Purpose’ by Iain Bain; ‘The Herculaneum Press’
by Paul W.Nash. etc. Fine in card covers.
8.5x5.5 £5.00
PRIVATE LIBRARY.
‘The Private Library Autumn 1998’ Contains
the Poet and The printer Press’ by Alan Tarling; ‘Enid Marx’ by Colin Banks;
‘Buckland Wright & M.B.B.Nijerk’ by David Chambers, etc. Fine in card
covers.
8.5x5.5 £5.00
PRIVATE LIBRARY.
‘The Private Library Winter 1998’ Contains ‘Modern
design in British Bookbinding’ by Marianne Tidcombe; ‘Butterfly, Abstraction
or Flower?’ by Paul van Calelleveen. Fine in card covers.
8.5x5.5 £5.00
PRIVATE LIBRARY.
‘The Private Library Spring 1999’ Contains ‘The
Children’s Library’ by george Jefferson; ‘Kickshaws, Paris’ by David Chambers,
etc. Fine in card covers.
8.5x5.5 £5.00
PROSPECTUS.
'From The Third Programme' with 2 illustrations by Biro. 1956. Nonesuch
Press.
£2 .00
PROSPECTUS.
‘Sundry Pieces’ A New Selection of George Herbert’s
Poetry with one wood engraving by Sarah Van Niekerk for publication in
2003 by Gwasg Gregynog.
11.5x7 4 pp. £5.00
PROSPECTUS.
‘Haslewood Books’ by Peter Tucker, published by
Hanborough Parrot Press in 1990. Two illustrations by Thomas Lowinsky,
1 by Edward Wadsworth and 2 by John Nash.. Fine, in 2 folded sheets.
8x5.5 £5.00
PROSPECTUS.
‘The Labyrinth of The World and The Paradise
of The Heart’ by John Amos Komensky. One full page and a smaller
drawing by Dorothea Braby. For publication April 1951 by the Golden Cockerel
Press. Fine copy in paper covers.
10x6.5 4 pp. £10.00
PROSPECTUS.
‘Per Ardua Ad Victoriam’ A folder containg 6 prospectuses of books
published by the
Golden Cockerel Press in 1944. ‘The Ninety First Psalm; ‘A Voyage Round
The World; ‘Shelley at
Oxford’; ‘Harriet and Mary’; ‘The Athenians’ and ‘Napoleon’s Memoirs’.
There are various wood
engravings, including one on the cover of the folder by John Buckland
Wright. A little spotting to front
of cover, else a very good set.
12x7.5 £35.00
PROSPECTUS.
‘Margaret Pilkington 1891-1974’ The Hermit Press 1995. Wood engraving
on front cover.
Very good.
7x7 4 pp. £3.00
PROSPECTUS.
‘Harvesting Colour’ by Ann Muir. Incline Press 1999. Tipped-in marble
paper sample.
Fine.
8.5x5.5 £3.00
PROSPECTUS.
‘New Borders’ The Life and Work of Elizabeth Friedlander by Pauline
Paucker. One
tipped-in Curwen Press paper sample. A selection of linotype borders
in black and white and one
illustration printed in red. For publication in 1997. Incline Press.
Mint.
10.5x7.5 4 pp. £5.00
PROSPECTUS.
‘Incline Press’ Books Ready and Work in Hand 1997 Catalogue. 7 illustrations
and one
tipped-in paper sample, and one tipped-in facsimile bookplate by Enid
Marx. Mint.
8x5 12 pp. £5.00
PROSPECTUS.
‘The Amazons’ by Ivor Bannet, with a full page wood engraving by Clifford
Webb. For
publication in 1948, by The Golden Cockerel Press.
10.5x7.5 4 pp. £12.00
PROSPECTUS.
'Euphormio's Satyrican' by John Barclay, with a full page wood engraving
by Derrick
Harris for publication in 1954 by The Golden Cockerel Press.
4 pp. £5.00
PROSPECTUS.
'Symposium of Plato' 2 wood engravings by Peter Forster, for publication
in 1986 by
Libanus Press. Paper wraps.
11x7 4 pp. £5.00
PROSPECTUS.
'The British School at Athens' One colour illustration. For publication
in 1988 by
Camberwell Press.
9.5x7 4 pp. £3.00
PROSPECTUS.
'English Country House Poems' with a wood engraving by Jane Lydbury.
No date. the
camberwell Press.
9.5x7 4 pp. £3 00.
PROSPECTUS.
'LLyfr Ionas' (The Book of Jonas) Wood engraving by Colin Paynton,
for publication in
1988 by Gwasg Gregynog.
13x8 4 pp. £5.00
PROSPECTUS.
'Zastrozzi' with a wood engraving by Cecil Keeling, for publication
in 1955 by The Golden
Cockerel Press.
9x6 4 pp. £5.00
PROSPECTUS.
'Two Books From the September Press' Alexander's Feast by John Dryden
and Hoodoo
McFiggin's Christmas by Stephen Leacock. Christopher Skelton's first
publications from the September
Press, with one illustration by Peter Campbell and one by Phillida
Gili.
6x8.5 4 pp. £3.00
PROSPECTUS.
'The Glory of The Garden' by Rudyard Kipling, for publication in July
1989 by the
Whittington Press. Full page colour lin-cut by Judith Verity.
11.5x9.5 4 pp. £5.00
PROSPECTUS.
'Benedicte Omnia Opera' for publication by The Old Stile Press. Double
page wood
engraving by Alyson Mac neil.
12x8 4 pp. £4.00
PROSPECTUS.
'Thinking About Mr Person' for publication by The Chimera Press in
1980, with one
illustration by Bartolomeu dos Santos.
3x4 4 pp. £2.00
PROSPECTUS.
'The Battle of the Frogs and Mice' One illustration by Fiona MacVicar.
Libanus Press. No
date.
10.5x6.5 Single sheet. £3.00
PROSPECTUS.
'The Testament of Charlotte B' One illustration by Richard Shirley
Smith for publication in
1988 by Libanus Press.
10.5x6.5 Single sheet. £3.00
RAMPANT LIONS PRESS.
‘Portfolio Three’ A Further Collection of Resettings, Specimen Settings
and Display
Settings Printed by Will and Sebastian Carter at The Rampant Lions
Press, Cambridge, England 1982.
Consists of 22 sheets of work done by these two fine typographers -
Booklabels, title pages,
letterheadings, portfolio of 4 photographs of engravings by Will Carter,
etc. 1982 Limited ed. of 500
copies. A fine set in green card folder.
11x8.5 £51.00
RAVILIOUS.Eric,
‘Eric Ravilious Watercolours 1940-1942’ Exhibition catalogue
imperial war Museum. A 4 page fold-out with a monochrome illustration on
front cover. Fine.
8x4 (folded) £5.00
RUTHERSTON.Albert,
‘Inscription On a Fountain-Head’
A poem by Peter Quennell. Full page colour plate. 1929. No. 24 of the Ariel
Poems series. Faber & Faber. A fine copy in green paper wraps with
black illustration on front cover.
7x4.5
£20.00
SCULLARD.Sue,
‘A Christmas Card’ unused. Wood engraving of Bethlehem
by Sue Scullard. Pub. by The Society of Wood Engravers. Fine.
5x6.5 £6.00
SHELL POSTER.
‘Shell Guide to June - Trees’ Lanes’ With
a large colour illustration of a wooded landscape by S.R.Badmin.
There is a smaller black and white key drawing. No date (1950’s)
Very good with original metal edges, with closed tear to bottom corner,
printed on glazed paper.
29”x20” £15.00
SMAIL.Elizabeth,
‘Original Watercolour’ of the Mountain Pansy (Viola Lutea) by Elizabeth
Smail. Signed
and titled in pencil. A charming painting by this fine artist in delicate
colours.
Image size 4.5x4.5 £20.00
SPERO. Simon, and SANDON. John
‘Worcester Porcelain’ 1751 - 1790 The Zorensky
Collection. The Zorensky collection of 18th Century Worcester is
undoubtedly the largest and most comprehensive still in private ownership
anywhere in the world. The book is divided into sixteen chapters corresponding
to period and styles of decoration, the collection embraces every facet
of the factory’s production during its initial forty years.
700 pieces are illustrated in sumptuous colour photographs. There are detailed
commentaries on each piece and informative introductions to the chapters.
There are also two essays by the authors. 1996 1st. Edition, Antique Collectors
Club. A very fine copy bound in blue cloth titled in gold in an illustrated
dust wrapper.
11x8 526 pp. £50.00
STEADMAN.Ralph,
‘Oddbins Ephemera’ Four items of wine lists from the wine company ‘Oddbins’
All with
colour illustrations in typical Steadman style, some being full page.
1980’s - 1990’s. All in fine
condition.
£10.00
STONE.Reynolds,
‘A Poster’ An Exhibition of Wood Engravings by the Artist at The Maltings,
Snape June
1978, with a reproduced wood engraving of a boat on a foreshore with
houses in the background. Image
size 15.5x7. Text printed in blue at The Senecio Press. Fine.
16"x20" £30.00
TUNNICLIFFE.C.F.
‘Forestry Commission Booklet No.15’ Know Your Conifers. Cover illustration
in colour
by Tunnicliffe. Numerous photographs and botanical illustrations. 1976
reprint. Very good in card
covers.
10.5x8.5 65 pp. £7.50
TUNNICLIFFE.C.F.
‘Charles F. Tunnicliffe R.A.- The Composition Drawings’ An exhibiton
catalogue 1986,
with an introduction by Robert Gillmor. Many illustrations in black
and white and colour. A fine copy in
glazed card covers.
7.75x8 73 pp £15.00
VARIOUS.
‘London Transport Posters’ 124 colour plates by such artists as Edward
Bawden, Frank
Brangwyn, Barnet Freedman, David Gentleman, E.McKnight Kauffer and
many others. 1963 1st ed.
The London Transport Board. Printed at The Curwen Press. A fine copy
in dark green buckram and
dust wrapper.
9x6.5 £65.00
VARIOUS.
'British Book Illustration 1935-1945' An exhibition
held by The National Book League in 1946. 11 black and white ilustrations
by Eric Gill, John Nash, Clare Leighton, Edward Ardizzone, Barnet Freedman,
Joan Hassall, Robert Gibbings, Agnes Miller Parker and Eric Ravilious.
A very good copy in illustrated paper wraps.
6x4.5 40 pp. £14.00
VARIOUS.
‘Picture Post Idols’ by Jon Savage. The stars of the Forties and Fifties,
seen through the
lenses of some of the greatest photojournalists and portrait photographers
of all time. 143 pages of black
and white photographs. 1992 1st ed. Collins & Brown, London. A
very good copy in glazed pictorial
card covers.
12x8.5 144 pp. £10.00
VARIOUS ARTISTS.
‘Modern British Bookplates’ by W.E.& D.J.Butler.
This book explains how bookplates are conceived and used, how they are
commissioned, and opportunities for collecting them. There are many examples
illustrated by such artists as Richard Shirley Smith, Reynolds Stone, leo
Wyatt, Dorothea Braby, Dian Bloomfield, George Mackley, David Gentleman,
Frank Martin, Hilary Paynter and others, all well reproduced actual size
on good quality paper. 1990 1st ed. Silent Books.
8x5 £16.00
VARIOUS.
‘The Art of Radio Times’ An exhibition catalogue with original
illustrations from 1923 to the present day. Illustrations by John Goodall,
Nicholas Bentley, Eric Fraser, Mervyn Peake, H.M.Bateman and others. 1981
1st ed. Published by European Illustration. Fine copy in paper covers.
6x4 32 pp. £10.00
WHITE.Gwen,
‘A Christmas Card’ with colour illustration of a
robin, trees and houses by White .No date. (Late 40’s-early 50’s) Fine.
6x5 £10.00
WHITTINGTON PRESS.
‘Books from the Whittington Press 1985’ 7 books
described. Illustrations include a linocut by Judith Verity; wood engraving
by Howard Phipps; 2 wood engravings by Miriam Macgregor and 2 wood
engravings by Gwenda Morgan.. Fine in grey card covers.
10.5x7.5 12 pp. £10.00
WHITTINGTON PRESS.
‘What’s Going on At Whittington?’ 2003-2004.
6 books described. Illustrations by John O’Connor, Howard
Phipps and Brian Hanscomb.
9.5x6.5 £7.00
WHITTINGTON PRESS.
‘Books Coming From the Whittington Press 1986-7’
11 books described. One full page illustration by Richard Kennedy from
‘Letters to a Portuguese Nun’ ; 2 engravings by Miriam Macgregor; 1 by
John Lawrence, 1 by Peter Forster, and one by Helmuth Weissenborn
in red ; 1 by Barbara Crowe and 1 by Howard Phipps. Fine in pink paper
covers with illustration by Barbara Crowe.
11x7.5 16 pp. £10.00
WHITTINGTON PRESS.
‘Books From The Whittington Press 1983-1984. 13
books described. Illustrations by Miriam Macgregor, Hellmuth Weissenborn.
Richard Kennedy, Kathleen Lindsley, John Craig and Howard Phipps.
Fine.
7.5x5.516 pp. £10.00
WHITTINGTON PRESS.
‘Books From The Whittington Press 1983-1984. 13
books described. Illustrations by Miriam Macgregor, Hellmuth Weissenborn.
Richard Kennedy, Kathleen Lindsley, John Craig and Howard Phipps.
Fine.
7.5x5.516 pp. £10.00
WHITTINGTON PRESS.
‘Printing at The Whittington Press 1972-1994’ This
booklet was published to accompany an exhibition at The Grolier Club,
New York, September -November 1994, with essays by John Randle, John Dreyfus
and Mark Batty. There is a bibliography with several illustrations including
a tipped-in wood engraving. By Miriam Macgregor. 1994 Limited ed. of 250
copies. International Type Face Corporation. A fine copy in card
covers and illustrated paper wraps.
9x6 64 pp.
£15.00
WILLOUGHBY.Althea,
‘The Outcast’ by James Stephens. One full
page colour illustration and one black and white frontispiece. No.22 in
the Ariel Poems series. 1929. Faber & Faber. A very good copy in green
paper wraps.
8.5x5.5 £30.00
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