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CIRCLE PRESS. DAVISON, Nigel.
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Pagina Tertia de Deluvio Noe [Noah’s Flood]. The Waterleaders & Drawers in Dee.
Guildford
Circle Press
1986
Using the text of the Chester Play of ‘Noah’s Flood’, Davison has ‘captured the rough but devotional spirit of the live performance characteristic of the…More details Price: £150.00
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BIRKENRUTH, Johanna.
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Pair of leather bookends.
London
89 Cromwell Road
c.1897
Johanna Birkenruth (1853-1929), began binding around 1888 and was a fascinating example of an enterprising, independent woman of the time who made a living out…More details Price: £1,000.00
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GOLDBLATT, David.
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Particulars.
Johannesburg
Goodman Gallery Editions
2003
Goldblatt’s strong book contains close-ups of parts of bodies and dreives from the time when he worked for his father who was a men’s outfitter…More details Price: £600.00
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NICKY OLIVER, designer bookbinder. BUCKLAND WRIGHT, John. GOLDEN COCKEREL PRESS.
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Pasiphae.
London
Golden Cockerel Press
1950
Nicky Oliver’s design notes read: Pasiphae: the immortal daughter of the sun god Helios, wife of King Minos of Crete. Legend has it that her…More details Price: £3,500.00
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LANSTON MONOTYPE CORPORATION. [OFFICINA BODONI]. MARDERSTEIG, Hans.
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Pastonchi. A Specimen of a New Letter for Use on the 'Monotype'.
London
printed at the Officina Bodoni for the Lanston Monotype Corporation
1928
More details Price: £70.00
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HUGHES-STANTON, Blair. H.H.M [Herbert Marks]. GEMINI PRESS.
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Pastoral or Virtue Requited by H.H.M.
Higham, Colchester
Gemini Press
1935
With a simple ink inscription on the front pastedown by Stephen Spender: “Best wishes from Stephen Jan ‘55”. I am afraid history doesn’t relate to…More details Price: £400.00
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WHITTINGTON PRESS. PISSARRO, Lucien.
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Pastorale.
Whittington
Ashmolean Museum, Whittington Press & The Morgan Library
2011
More details Price: £1,600.00
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PRESS OF THE WOOLLY WHALE. ANGELL, Norman.
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Patriotism and Welfare.
New York
Press of the Woolly Whale
1932
More details Price: £25.00
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BRUNELLESCHI, Umberto. SAINT-PIERRE, Bernadin de.
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Paul et Virginie.
Paris
F. Guillot
1943
A tale of two childhood friends set on the Ile de France (Mauritius) which was published in 1788 and supported the philosophy of Rousseau. Although…More details Price: £2,000.00
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GOLDEN COCKEREL PRESS. GIBBINGS, Robert. COPPARD, A.E.
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Pelagea & Other Poems.
Waltham St. Lawrence
Golden Cockerel Press
1926
More details Price: £80.00
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GWASG GREGYNOG. GRAHAM, Rigby. PENNANT, Thomas.
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Pennant and his Welsh Landscapes. Selected readings from A Tour in Wales (1778-1784).
Newtown, Wales
Gwasg Gregynog
2006
The text is taken from Thomas Pennant’s famous eighteenth century work ‘A Tour in Wales’ and is here edited with an introduction by Gwyn Walters…More details Price: £950.00
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BREMER PRESSE. PASCAL, Blaise.
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Pensées.
Munich
Bremer Presse
1930
The great mathematician and physicists Pascal’s last thoughts which form his defence of the Christian religion - a book which he intended to publish but…More details Price: £500.00
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ROGERS, Bruce. MOORE, George.
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Peronnik the Fool.
New York
William Edwin Rudge
1926
More details Price: £30.00
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GOODEN, Stephen. MOORE, George.
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Peronnik the Fool.
London
George G. Harrap & Co
1933
Moore’s adaptation of the Breton folk tale, originally written for inclusion in the author’s ‘Heloise and Abelard’.
Stephen Gooden (1892-1955) was one of the finest line…More details Price: £180.00 -
ST. DOMINIC’S PRESS. [PEPLER, H.D.C.] GILL, Eric. JONES, David.
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Pertinent and Impertinent, an assortment of verse.
Ditchling
S. Dominic’s Press
1926
Notes at the beginning suggest that “Stock-taking’ might have been a more appropriate title as the material was collected from racks and gallies in the…More details Price: £250.00
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PELICAN PRESS. POSTGATE, R.W.
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Pervigilium Veneris incerti auctoris carmen de vere / The Eve of Venus in Latin and English.
London
Grant Richards Ltd.
1924
The great Latin poem supposedly written for the Festival of Venus: ‘Cras amet qui numquam amavit; quique amavit cas amet’ - in Postgate’s translation ‘Tomorrow…More details Price: £50.00
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GOLDEN COCKEREL PRESS. BUCKLAND WRIGHT, JOHN.
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Pervigilium Veneris. The Vigil of Venus.
London
Golden Cockerel Press
1939
A beautiful and very limited edition. The process used gives an intensity to Buckland Wright’s gently erotic engravings. The text with its superbly balanced refrain…More details Price: £4,200.00
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TARDIEU, Jean. CORTOT, Jean.
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Petit Bestiaire de la Dévoration.
Paris
Maeght Editeur
1991
Four poems by Jean Tardieu (1903-95) are printed elegantly by l’Imprimerie Arte and dramatically illustrated with lithographs combined with silk screen printing by the artist…More details Price: £1,200.00
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HUME, David.
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Philosophical Essays concerning Human Understanding, by the author of the Essays Moral and Political.
London
A. Millar
1748
These Philosphical Essays by the great sceptic of the Scottish Enlightenment were intended to update Volume I of his Treatise of Human Nature (1739-40) which,…More details Price: £6,800.00
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ALLEN PRESS. DICKENS, Charles.
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Pictures from Italy.
Greenbrae, California
Allen Press
1982
Original prospectus inserted loose.
A classic of travel literature, Dickens wrote 'Pictures from Italy' at the age of only 32 when he was already famous for…More details Price: £400.00