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- Keyword = Fine Bookbinding
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FISHER, George. GREGYNOG PRESS. PEACOCK, Thomas Love. ~ The Misfortunes of Elphin. Newtown, Montgomeryshire Gregynog Press 1928
First published in 1829, Peacock’s Misfortunes of Elphin is an Arthurian based fantasy, incorporating many Welsh legends.
Bray’s joyous wood engravings give, as Harrop suggests, “an…More details Price: £4,500.00 -
HAEIN SONG, designer bookbinder. CAMUS, Albert. ~ The Myth of Sisyphus and Other Essays. London Hamish Hamilton 1971
Camus' philosophical essay compares the absurdity of man's life with the Sisyphus, a figure of Greek mythology, who was condemned to repeat forever the same…More details Price: £1,700.00 -
PETER JONES, designer bookbinder. DINE, Jim. APOLLINAIRE, Guillaume. ~ The Poet Assassinated. London Rupert Hart-Davies 1968
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[DOVES BINDERY]. RUSKIN, John. ~ The Seven Lamps of Architecture. Sunnyside, Orpington George Allen 1898
Reputedly the copy belonging to Cobden-Sanderson’s son Richard hence why it is in an unsigned Doves binding.More details Price: £900.00 -
SMYTH, Dorothy Carlton. GLASGOW SCHOOL OF ART. CHIVERS OF BATH. ~ The Sundering Flood by William Morris. London Longmans, Green & Co. 1898
Dorothy “Dodo” Carlton Smyth (1880-1933), born in Glasgow, trained under Walter Crane at the Manchester School of Art between 1893 and 1897 and then went…More details Price: £6,800.00 -
ESSLEMONT, David. GENTLEMAN, David. ~ The Wood Engravings of David Gentleman. Montgomery David Esslemont 2000
With an introduction by Fiona Maccarthy.
Inserted loose is a letter from David Esslemont presenting this first special copy which describes his binding process:
“My design is…More details Price: £2,500.00 -
ERI FUNAZAKI & DANNY FLYNN, book artists. ~ Theatre Dog. ff [Flynn & Funazaki] 2013
The text is an excerpt from a play involving two dogs having a heated conversation about their daily life (ie waiting to be told where…More details Price: £1,200.00 -
CAPON, Lester. MILLER-PARKER, Agnes. BATES H.E. ~ Through the Woods. London Victor Gollancz 1936
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GERALDY, Paul. LEPAPE, Georges. Bound by H. BERTHAUX. ~ Toi et Moi [You and Me]. Paris Editions de l’Ile de France 1947
Paul Geraldy’s beautiful, ‘naive’ poems following the course of a love affair first appeared in 1912.More details Price: £950.00 -
SUSAN ALLIX ~ Trees. A short and random collection of words on trees; with prints. London Susan Allix 2000
The text includes thoughts on the cherry by A.E. Housman from ‘A Shropshire Lad’, Browning's ‘Home-thoughts from Abroad’ about the elm - "O to be…More details Price: £2,800.00 -
WHITTINGTON PRESS. CRAIG, John. ~ Venice. Risbury Whittington Press 2015
A real magnum opus, John Craig explores with his burin the alleys and hidden places of Venice depicting it as “an innocent holiday maker wandering…More details Price: £2,000.00 -
HICKS, Chris. GWASG GREGYNOG. SCHANILEC, Gaylord. WHITMAN, Walt. ~ Wrenching Times. Newtown Gwasg Gregynog 1991
Whitman’s remarkable Civil War poems complimented perfectly by Hick’s dramatic binding, Schanilec’s remarkable colour wood engravings and immaculate printing.More details Price: £1,400.00