Illustrated

Clandestine printing in Nazi Netherlands, here producing a poem by an important gay Dutch poet

15 remarkable blocks, ready for engraving for a publication, all drawn by the artist and noted Victorian antiquary John Green Waller

A triumphant presentation of “the only important contribution in this country” to the art of the pattern paper (Paul Nash)

One of the masterpieces of British pochoir with superb Nash illustrations and binding

Paul Nash wood engravings and patterned paper - designed, printed and bound by Cyril Beaumont

The spread of Morris’s revival of fine printing - De Roos’s beautifully printed book signalling the development of the Arts and Crafts book in Holland - one of 50 deluxe copies

One of the very limited Zwemmer editions in English, with a presentation note from Maillol

Pickering’s exquisite complete plays of Shakespeare, sumptuously bound by the founder of the great 19th century bookbinding family, Lortic

“All the world’s a stage, And all the men and women merely players...” - the seven ages of man in early photography

A delightful set of picture books of stencil-printed images and text depicting Western thinkers, places and cultural objects, in which he included ‘a kiss’

A spectacular showpiece of decorative printing in an elaborate papier maché binding - Victoriana and the celebration of the machine age writ large

‘A thing of beauty is a joy forever’ - beautifully bound in imitation of the special copies by Sangorski & Sutcliffe

The Christmas story designed and illustrated by the great Noel Rooke

One of only 60 copies signed by Gill

Erotic fore-edge painting - clearly a tip for newly weds

Pewter engraver and embosser’s box of tools with the ownership inscription of a woman - together with a guide to the art by a Parisian professor of the subject