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GOLDEN COCKEREL PRESS. GEDDES, Elizabeth.
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Animal Antics.
London
Golden Cockerel Press
1937
A rather lovely little book printed for Christmas and dedicated by the author to Robert Gibbings.
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STONE, Reynolds
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Another Self.
2009
Jacket illustration by Reynolds Stone for James Lees Milne’s ‘Another Self’ published in 1970.
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With two original pen and ink drawings signed by Hans Erni
ERNI, Hans. SOPHOCLES.
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Antigone.
Lausanne
Andre Gonin
1949
Hans Erni was an important Swiss artist well known for his posters, murals, designs for stamps, ceramics and theatre sets as well as his elegant…
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KIEFFER, René, bookbinder. LOUŸS, Pierre. CALBET, Antoine.
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Aphrodite Moeurs Antique.
Paris
Albin Michel, Les Grands Livres du XXe Siecle
n.d. [1923]
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KING, Ron, b. 1932
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Apparition.
1970
One of of an important series of 10 silk screen mask prints of characters in Macbeth, created by Ron King for his great Circle Press…
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Collection of 28 wood engravings, most signed and inscribed by New York engraver John DePol
DePOL, John.
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Archive of John DePol wood engravings, prospectuses, Christmas cards and keepsakes.
1940-1990
John DePol (1913-2004) was a New York wood engraver. He was inspired by his city and was well known for his work with John Fass…
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A large and attractive archive of plate and pottery designs by the designer for Poole Potteries in the 1970s and 1980s
WILLIAMSON, Elaine.
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Archive of pottery designs for Crown Staffordshire, Coalport and Poole Pottery amongst others.
1970s-1990s
Elaine Williamson studied at Manchester College of Art and then went on to post-graduate study at Stoke-on-Trent, the centre of the English ceramic industry. Her…
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RICHARDSON, Sir John.
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Arctic Searching Expedition: A Journal of a Boat Voyage Through Rupert's Land and the Arctic Sea, in Search of the Discovery Ships under command of Sir John Franklin
London
1851
First edition of this account of a voyage to the Arctic regions, in search Sir John Franklin's expedition, by Sir John Richardson (1787-1865). Richardson studied…
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Proof copy
GILL, Eric.
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Art and a changing civilisation.
London
John Lane and Bodley Head
1934
From The Twentieth Century Library series edited by Krishna Menon.
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One of only 60 copies signed by Gill
GILL, Eric.
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Art and Manufacture.
London
Printed by the Fanfare Press for the New Handworkers’ Gallery
1929
Here are Gill’s thoughts, eloquently put, on what is Art and what it is for. “The artist is a man who makes things - that…
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Inscribed by Gill, probably to Leonard Woolf
GILL, Eric.
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Art and Prudence.
1930
Engraving for ‘Clothes’ by Eric Gill, published by Jonathan Cape in 1931.
Rather charmingly the engraving depicts a sculptor with a strong resemblance to Gill. L.W.…
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A fine example of 1930s Arts and Crafts in Birmingham
![Art. Revealing the Emotions and the Soul; The Head of Christ by Leonardo Da Vinci. From the ‘Ministry of Art’ by J.G. [John Gibbins]. by ADAMS, Cuthbert Harry. [DA VINCI, Leonardo].](https://images.vialibri.net/production/28/12714---200.jpg?v=1766143481)
ADAMS, Cuthbert Harry. [DA VINCI, Leonardo].
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Art. Revealing the Emotions and the Soul; The Head of Christ by Leonardo Da Vinci. From the ‘Ministry of Art’ by J.G. [John Gibbins].
1932
A fine piece of work by the Birmingham illuminator and artist Harry Cuthbert Adams (1894-1974) reproducing Da Vinci’s work is a spectacular manner alongside an…
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STONE, Reynolds. (1909-1979)
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At the Edge of the Woods, Ashley Chase.
2009
Previously unpublished, this engraving draws the viewer into a beautiful piece of ancient woodland, assumed by the family to be Ashley Chase in Dorset which…
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A utopian vision with some gold leaf text
![Aurifodina or, Adventures in the Gold Region, a fantastical ‘49er novel written by Cantell A. Bigley [G.W. Peck]. by HOYEM, Andrew.](https://images.vialibri.net/production/28/6279---200.jpg?v=1740500322)
HOYEM, Andrew.
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Aurifodina or, Adventures in the Gold Region, a fantastical ‘49er novel written by Cantell A. Bigley [G.W. Peck].
San Francisco
printed at the press of Andrew Hoyem for the Book Club of California
1974
A reprint of the first novel written by an American to be set in California. Aurifodina is a fantasy utopian country inhabited by a race…
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EHMCKE, F.H. POPP, Dr. J.
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Ausstellung F.H. Ehmcke.
Munich
Bucherstube am Siegestor Horst Stobbe
1917
Includes a dated bibliography of works up to 1917 by Fritz Helmuth Ehmcke (1878-1965), the German graphic artist, type designer, illustrator and book designer who…
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STONE, Reynolds. (1909-1979)
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Autumn Trees.
2009
One of Stone’s engravings for Tit for Tat, poems by Walter de la Mare, set to music by Benjamin Britten, published by Faber Music in…
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SCHANILEC, Gaylord, b.1955.
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B. Flavistriga.
2005
Also known as the Dark Blue-Winged Olive, engraved for Mayflies of the Driftless Region, written and hand printed by the artist in 2005.
“’Dry Fly Entomology’…
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![B.H. Newdigate Scholar–Printer 1869-1944. by [SHAKESPEARE HEAD PRESS]. THORP, Joseph.](https://images.vialibri.net/production/28/8403---200.jpg?v=1740498257)
[SHAKESPEARE HEAD PRESS]. THORP, Joseph.
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B.H. Newdigate Scholar–Printer 1869-1944.
Oxford
Basil Blackwell
1950
With the book label of D.G. Bridson.
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![Back to Methuselah [A Metabiological Pentateuch]. by FARLEIGH, John. SHAW, [George] Bernard.](https://images.vialibri.net/production/28/11769---200.jpg?v=1761566631)
FARLEIGH, John. SHAW, [George] Bernard.
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Back to Methuselah [A Metabiological Pentateuch].
New York
Limited Editions Club
1939
With the advertising card for this publication, The Monthly Letter of the Limited Editions Club from July, 1939, Number 119. with the title “If there…
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SCHANILEC, Gaylord. MIDNIGHT PAPER SALES. HAUTMAN, Pete.
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Bad Beat with Joe Crow’s Rules for Poker and Life.
[Stockholm]
Midnight Paper Sales
1998
With the original prospectus inserted loose.
Novelist Pete Hautman is a player. Early one morning the rest of us were moving as quickly as we could…
![Art. Revealing the Emotions and the Soul; The Head of Christ by Leonardo Da Vinci. From the ‘Ministry of Art’ by J.G. [John Gibbins]. by ADAMS, Cuthbert Harry. [DA VINCI, Leonardo].](https://images.vialibri.net/production/28/12714---800.jpg?v=1766143481)
![Aurifodina or, Adventures in the Gold Region, a fantastical ‘49er novel written by Cantell A. Bigley [G.W. Peck]. by HOYEM, Andrew.](https://images.vialibri.net/production/28/6279---800.jpg?v=1740500322)
![Another image of Aurifodina or, Adventures in the Gold Region, a fantastical ‘49er novel written by Cantell A. Bigley [G.W. Peck]. by HOYEM, Andrew.](https://images.vialibri.net/production/28/6279_2---800.jpg?v=1740500360)
![B.H. Newdigate Scholar–Printer 1869-1944. by [SHAKESPEARE HEAD PRESS]. THORP, Joseph.](https://images.vialibri.net/production/28/8403---800.jpg?v=1740498257)
![Another image of B.H. Newdigate Scholar–Printer 1869-1944. by [SHAKESPEARE HEAD PRESS]. THORP, Joseph.](https://images.vialibri.net/production/28/8403_2---800.jpg?v=1740498764)
![Back to Methuselah [A Metabiological Pentateuch]. by FARLEIGH, John. SHAW, [George] Bernard.](https://images.vialibri.net/production/28/11769---800.jpg?v=1761566631)
![Another image of Back to Methuselah [A Metabiological Pentateuch]. by FARLEIGH, John. SHAW, [George] Bernard.](https://images.vialibri.net/production/28/11769_2---800.jpg?v=1761566794)
