A HISTORY OF THE GREGYNOG PRESS.
Pinner, Middlesex: Private Libraries Association, 1980. First edition. Quarto. xv, 266p. Illustrated. Includes bibliography, handlist of ephemera, &c. Publisher's gilt-titled brown cloth. More
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YORKSHIRE DALES, A further selection.
West Yorkshire: Smith Settle. Printed at the Fleece Press, 1991. No. 222 of 268 copies signed by the artist. Quarto. Unpaged. Two pages on text. Illustrated by Marie Hartley with 61 wood engravings printed from the original blocks on Velin Arches mouldmade paper. Bound in gilt-titled quarter green buckram over..... More
DINOSAUR DAYS.
Andoversford: Whittington Press, (1975). Bibliography calls for 800 copies, this numbered 29/100 with the cat device on the upper wrapper with complimentary note from the press laid in. 15p in sewn wrappers. Illustrated with six drawings by Peter MacKarell, one repeated in the cover in red. More
THE MAYPOLE OF MERRYMOUNT FROM TWICE-TOLD TALES.
Boston: Friends of the Merrymouint Press, 1947. vi, 29p. Cord tied binding in stiff wrappers. Cover with titles and design in red. Printed in red and black. More
IT'S A SMALL WORLD. Number 30, 1984.
Alliance, OH: Private Press of Matilda S. and William F. Haywood, 1984. 12mo. Unpaged. Contains contributions from various small presses. Bound in printed paper wrappers with yellow tape spine - as issued. More
THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF EDWARD LORD HERBERT OF CHERBURY.
Montgomeryshire: Gregynog Press, 1978. No. 273 of 300 copies. Folio. xv (iii), 94p, colophon. Introduction by C.H.Herford. Illustrated by H. W. Bray with nine rather large and amazingly detailed and vivid wood engravings. Wood engraved shield on the title page hand colored in blue, red and grey and a large..... More
A PRINTER'S A B C'S.
West Sudbury, CT: The Cellar Press, 1972. No. 200 of 350 copies. 12mo. 12p. Illustrated with linoleum cuts by the author. In string-tiled printed wrappers. More
THE DIARY OF A STORY-MAKER, PART I.
Essex [Ditchling]: [St. Dominic's Press.] Published at The Sign of the Willow, 1928. (ii), 12p. Wood engraved device on title page. Bound in quarter tan cloth over patterned paper boards with paper cover label (probable later binding). Taylor and Sewell, A163. More
THE DIARY OF A STORY-MAKER, PART I.
Essex [Ditchling]: [St. Dominic's Press.] Published at The Sign of the Willow, 1928. (ii), 12p. Wood engraved device on title page. Bound into boards with red cloth spine and paper cover label. Taylor and Sewell, A163. More
THE MAN WITH THE LEATHER PATCH AND FIVE OTHER TALES. Being Parts I, II & III of The Diary of a Story Maker.
Ditchling: Saint Dominic's Press, 1928. Published at The Sign of the Willow, Stanford Le Hope. Essex. (viii), 41p. Illustrated with six full-page wood engravings by Rosa Hobhouse. Bound in sewn printed wrappers. Quite scarce. Ridler 5. More
THE ILIAD.
London: The Nonesuch Press, 1931. Limited to 925 copies for England and 525 for the U.S. (this no. 1281). Quarto. 925p. Bound in full niger morocco with marbled endpapers and cloth reinforced inner joints, gilt spine titles and double rules around the covers, t.e.g., bottom and fore-edge untrimmed. Printed by..... More
THE LONDON BOOKBINDERS 1780-1806.
London: The Dropmore Press, 1950. No. 121 of 250 copies. (viii), ii, 182p. Illustrated by Gwendolen Raverat with wood-engraved frontispiece and chapter head pieces. Bound in tan cloth with black leather spine label gilt. More
ABC&, A BILL JACKSON CALLIGRAPHIC AUTOBIOGRAPHY.
Wichita, KS: Four Ducks Press, 1976. Limited to 50 copies, this the Artists Proof copy signed by Bill Jackson. Unpaged. 10 leaves in sewn wrapper, the upper cover with window exposing the title beneath. Jackson describes his interactions with seven designers with a color lithographic portrait of each facing the..... More
BILL JACKSON IS A UNIVERSITY DESIGNER.
[Wichita]: Four Ducks Press, (1978). Folio sized string tied booklet (17 3/4" tall). Eight single-fold pages with text and samples of Jackson's work in various sizes and colors of linoleum blocks prints, stiff paper wrappers with color print on upper cover. A laid in sheet in the center with color..... More
THE GRECIAN ENCHANTED.
London: Golden Cockerel Press, 1952. No. 298 of 360 copies. Folio. (ii), 80p. Printed in black, gray, pink, and blue on mould-made paper. Illustrated by John Buckland-Wright with eight dramatic full-page aquatints. Bound in half pink with blue cloth, t.e.g., the spine with gilt titles and with large design in..... More
A BOYHOOD IN IOWA.
Council Bluffs, IA: The Yellow Barn Press, 1986. No. 14 of 125 copies. Inscribed and signed by Neil Shaver, printer. Errate slip also signed by Shaver. 34p. Illustrated with wood engravings by John DePol. Bound in quarter sage green cloth over pattern paper boards, paper spine label. More
THE LIBERTY BELL ON THE KELMSCOTT GOUDY PRESS.
Council Bluffs, IA: The Yellow Barn Press, (1996). No. 41 of 215 copies. vii, 22 p. Illustrated with wood engravings by John DePol. Introduction by Jack Walsdorf, and an afterword by Jethro K. Lieberman, And the Story of the John DePol Wood Engravings of this Famous Press. Title page in..... More
MY TWO OXFORDS.
Council Bluffs, IA: The Yellow Barn Press, (1992). No. 62 of 210 copies Signd by Willie Morris and John DePol. (vi) 20p. Illustrated with wood engravings by John DePol. Bound in quarter black cloth over blue paste papers boards, paper spine label. More
THE OLD PRINTING OFFICE.
Council Bluffs, IA: The Yellow Barn Press, 1985. No. 32 of 125 copies. Unpaged. 10 leaves. Illustrated with wood engravings by John DePol. Bound in quarter cloth over pattern paper boards designed by John DePol. More
LATE VERSES AND EARLIER.
Council Bluffs, IA: The Yellow Barn Press, (1988). No. 41 of 150 copies. 24p. Illustrated with wood engravings by John DePol. Bound in quarter black cloth over Curwen Press Paper-covered boards, paper spine label. Prospectus laid in. More
THE NEW LONDON LETTER WRITER, CONTAINING THE COMPLEAT ART OF CORRESPONDING WITH EASE, ELEGANCE, AND PERSPICUITY AS IS NOW PRACTICED BY ALL PERSONS OF RESTECTABILITY.
London: The Golden Cockerel Press, 1948. No. 290 of 500 copies. 63p. With a foreword and illustrations by Averil MacKenzie-Grieve. Bound in gilt-titled quarter maroon cloth with marbled paper sides, t.e.g., other edges stained green. More
THE MILL BOOK.
Ditchling: Saint Dominic's Press, Douglas Pepler, 1917. Second printing. 12mo. (iv), 21p, (iii). Illustrated with 8 woodcuts by Ronald Seal and 2 by David Pepler after Priscilla Johnston's drawings. In original sewn brown wrapper with illustrated title on upper cover. More
GWYDDAU YNG NGREGYNOG. GEESE AT GREGYNOG.
Powys, Wales: Gwas Gregynog, 2000. No. 91 of 250 copies. Unpaged. 11 pages including title and colophon. Translated by Joseph P. Clancy. Text in Welsh and English. Illustrated with three wood engravings by Colin See-Paynton, one double page, printed from the original blocks. Bound in hand-sewn wrappers of marbled paper..... More
THE INTERIOR CASTLE.
Worcester: 1968. Limited to 310 copies in Japanese wood veneer. (vi), 13p., colophon. Beautifully printed with 3 colored initials hand-lettered by Margaret Alexander. Quarter bound in blue silk with gilt-titled Japanese wood veneer covers. More
LETTERS FROM A PORTUGUESE NUN.
Gloucestershire: The Whitington Press, (1986). No. 29 of 235 copies signed by Olive Kennedy and Richard Kennedy. Tall 4to. iv, 36p. Illustrated by Richard Kennedy with 11 line drawings, all but one full page. Case bound in pinkish paper covered boards with line drawing on the upper cover. Whittington Press..... More