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PEPLER, Douglas. GILL, Eric.
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The Devil’s Devices or Control versus Service.
Hammersmith, London
published at the Hampshire Hog Workshops, Hampshire Hog Lane,
1915
Seen as the precursor to the S. Dominic’s Press with its early Gill engraving and close collaboration between Gill and Pepler.
At the time this…More details Price: £280.00 -
HAMMER CREEK PRESS. FASS, John S.
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Type and Stick at The Hammer Creek Press.
New York
At the Sign of the Turtle, printed by John S. Fass at The Hammer Creek Press
1951
A spectacular display of Fass’s decorative designs, printer’s ornaments and gentle humour.
John Strobble Fass (1890-1973) was a graphic designer and printer of fine press books…More details Price: £700.00 -
HAMMER CREEK PRESS.
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The Work of the Hammer Creek Press 1950-1956.
New York
Hammer Creek Press
1956
The history of the Press with an engraving and bibliographic information on its publications between 1950 and 1956.
John Strobble Fass (1890-1973) was a graphic designer…More details Price: £600.00 -
HAMMER CREEK PRESS.
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The Song of Solomon.
Hammer Creek Press
1959
John Strobble Fass (1890-1973) was a graphic designer and printer of fine press books who designed books for the leading American publishers of limited edition…More details Price: £780.00
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BINDING SAMPLE BOOK FOR THE BIBLE.
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The Holy Bible. According to the Authorized Version, with the marginal readings and parallel references, printed at length and the Commentaries of Henry and Scott, condensed by the Rev. John McFalane LLD.
Glasgow, Edinburgh & London
William Collins, Sons & Company
c.1871
A remarkable survival and fascinating insight into the importance of choosing a family Bible and how the options were presented to the plentiful customers.More details Price: £3,600.00
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LOËVEN, Justin.
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Forget Me Not.
c.1870
Justin Loëven was known to be making these kind of printed illuminations in England in the second half of the 19th century. He produced valentines…More details Price: £50.00
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BLANCH, Lesley, illustrator. LUCIAN.
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The Dialogues of Lucian, translated from the Greek by William Tooke, edited with occasional notes and an introduction by N.M. Penzer.
London
Privately printed [for the Navarre Society]
1930
A finely illustrated edition of Lucian’s comic, tongue in cheek dialogues which parody Socratic dialogue.
Lesley Blanch was a noted author and travel writer but…More details Price: £220.00 -
STONE, Reynolds. CLARK, Kenneth.
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The Other Side of the Alde.
Litton Cheney
Warren Editions
1968
The first publication by Warren Editions. The booklet was reprinted by photolithography in 2009.More details Price: £200.00
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GILL, Eric. [DOUBLE CROWN CLUB]
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The Story of how Amnon ravished his sister Thamar for which Absalom Killed him as it is written in the Second Book of Kings.
Pigotts, nr Speen, Bucks
Rene Hague & Eric Gill
1930
This exquisite little booklet was never published, only a few copies being distributed to friends and then later as a keepsake at a Double Crown…More details Price: £280.00
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THE MORLAND PRESS. VERON, Jeanne. FAUCONNET, Guy-Pierre.
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Les Roses de Noel, Legende.
London, Ebury Street
The Morland Press
Christmas 1916
Signed by the author on the front free endpaper.
A small print run, being a French poem printed in French as a Christmas gift. Worldcat…More details Price: £80.00 -
ROGERS, Bruce.
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The Holy Bible containing the Old and New Testaments. Translated out of the Original Tongues and with the former Translations diligently compared and revised by His Majesty's Special Command.
Oxford
Printed at the University Press
1935
Bruce Rogers’s magnum opus. "The Oxford Lectern Bible represents the full flowering of Bruce Rogers's genius as a designer of books. In the grandeur of…More details Price: £13,500.00
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SHAKESPEARE HEAD PRESS.
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The Shakespeare Head Press Booklets I-VI. I. Ancient Carols. II. Festive Songs for Christmas. III. Shakespeare's Songs. IV. The Nutbrown Maiden. V. More Ancient Carols. VI. A Lover's Complaint & The Phoenix and the Turtle.
Stratford upon Avon
1906
The two copies in the British Library and the copy in Oxford also have ‘Second Edition’ on the title, the firsts appeared in 1905.More details Price: £400.00
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ROGERS, Bruce. BERNARD, Auguste.
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Geofroy Tory. Painter and Engraver. First Royal Printer. Reformer of Orthography and Typography under François I.
Cambridge
Riverside Press
1909
A fine example of Bruce Roger’s mastery of typography, design and illustration. For his design of Auguste Bernard’s important work on Geofroy Tory – the…More details Price: £240.00
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GERMAN PRINTING. ROHSE, Otto. MELVILLE, Herman.
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Cock-a-doodle-doo! Or the Crowing of the Noble Cock Beneventano.
Hamburg
Otto Rohse Press
1986
One of the best of German printers during the second half of the 20th century, Rohse illustrated his own remarkable fine press books with wood…More details Price: £250.00
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YOLLA BOLLY PRESS. MILLER, Joaquin. PEREZ, Vincent.
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True Bear Stories.
Covelo, California
Yolla Bolly Press
1985
Inserted loose are 2 original 4 pp illustrated prospectuses for the book, one with the original order form and envelope, and a small single sheet…More details Price: £150.00
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WHITTINGTON PRESS. CAVE, Roderick.
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Chinese Ceremonial Papers. An Illustrated Bibliography.
Risbury, Herefordshire
The Whittington Press
2002
Roderick Cave spent much of his working life in the Far East, spending many hours scouring Chinatowns for examples of traditional ceremonial papers, many of…More details Price: £150.00
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WEISS, E. R. BAUERSCHE GIESZEREI.
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Der Greif. Eine Geschichte des Buchdrucker-Wappentieres mit einem Kalender auf das Jahr 1939.
Frankfurt am Main
Bauersche Gieszerei
1938
More details Price: £30.00
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ROGERS, Bruce. Montaigne, Michel de.
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Essays of Lord Michael of Montaigne.
Boston
Houghton Mifflin & Company
1902-4
Rogers’s ‘Montaigne’ typeface was inspired by Nicholas Jenson’s 15th century alphabets.More details Price: £850.00
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ROGERS, Bruce. LIVINGSTON, Luther S.
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Franklin and His Press at Passy: An Account of the Books, Pamphlets and Leaflets Printed there, including the long-lost 'Bagatelles'.
New York
Grolier Club
1914
With the book label of Frederick Marquand Godwin.More details Price: £180.00
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ROGERS, Bruce. BENÉT, Stephen Vicent.
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The Ballad of William Sycamore 1790-1880.
New York
Edmond Byrne Hackett, The Brick Row Bookshop
1923
More details Price: £40.00