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RAMPANT LIONS PRESS. LAMB, Lynton. SMART, Christopher. ~ A Song to David. Cambridge Rampant Lions Press / Distributed by the Bodley Head 1960
Inserted loose is a 1970 prospectus for books designed and printed at the Rampant Lions Press.More details Price: £30.00 -
ST. DOMINIC’S PRESS. BAKER, Fr. Augustin. ~ A Spirituall Life in a Secular State, being an addition to ‘The Abridgment of a Spirituall Life’ by Father Augustin Baker, Religious of the hold order of St. Bennit. Taken from a manuscript at St. Gregory’s Abbey, Downside. Ditchling St. Dominic's Press 1927
Taken from the 17th century manuscript at Downside.
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NONESUCH PRESS. LAVER, James. ~ A Stitch in Time; or, Pride Prevents a Fall. London Nonesuch Press 1927
Laver’s pastiche of Pope’s ‘Rape of the Lock’, ‘transposed into modern times’.
James Laver (1899-1975) was the Keeper of Prints and Drawings at the V…More details Price: £50.00 -
PRESS OF THE WOOLLY WHALE. DWIGGINS. W.A.
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A Technique for Dealing with Artists.
New York
Press of the Woolly Whale
1941
More details Price: £30.00
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ASHENDENE PRESS. BERNERS, Dame Juliana. ~ A Treatyse of Fysshynge wyth an Angle. Chelsea Ashendene Press 1903
Inscribed by C.H. StJohn Hornby, the printer and owner of the Ashendene Press to W. Faux in May 1904 on the front free endpaper.
This charming…More details Price: £1,400.00 -
RAVEN PRESS. SOUTHEY, Robert. BYRON, Lord. ~ A Vision of Judgement by Robert Southey and The Vision of Judgement by Lord Byron. Harrow Weald Raven Press 1932
With the original prospectus inserted loose.More details Price: £150.00 -
NASH, Paul. GOLDEN COCKEREL PRESS. ~ Abd-Er-Rhaman in Paradise by Jules Tellier. Waltham St. Lawrence Golden Cockerel Press 1928
The first translation into English from the original French of Jules Tellier’s ‘Les Deux Paradis’.
Nash’s wood-engravings are fine examples of his work, Clare Colvin in…More details Price: £450.00 -
NASH, Paul. GOLDEN COCKEREL PRESS. ~ Abd-Er-Rhaman in Paradise by Jules Tellier. Waltham St. Lawrence Golden Cockerel Press 1928
The first translation into English from the original French of Jules Tellier’s ‘Les Deux Paradis’.
Nash’s wood-engravings are fine examples of his work, Clare Colvin in…More details Price: £180.00 -
MERRYMOUNT PRESS. UPDIKE, D.B. MARTIN, Edward Sandford. ~ Abroad with Jane. Boston Privately Printed 1918
American journalist Martin’s sprightly travel book chronicling his journey to England and Europe.More details Price: £30.00 -
GRABHORN PRESS. MILLER, Henry. ~ Account of a Tour of the California Missions, 1856. The Journal & Drawings of Henry Miller. San Francisco printed at The Grabhorn Press for The Book Club of California 1952
Includes 19 early images of missions including Santa Clara, Santa Cruz, Santa Barbara etc.More details Price: £100.00 -
MERRYMOUNT PRESS. UPDIKE, D.B. HIGGINSON, Henry Lee. ~ Addresses by Henry Lee Higginson on the Occasion of Presenting the Soldiers' Field and the Harvard Union to Harvard University. Boston The Merrymount Press 1902
Alumnus and Civil War veteran Higginson’s address upon gifting 31 acres of land to Harvard College. Higginson founded the Boston Symphony Orchestra in 1881.More details Price: £20.00 -
WINDHOVER PRESS. TRUEBLOOD, Ernest V. ~ Afternoon of a Cow. A Pseudonymous Story by William Faulkner. Iowa City Windhover Press The University of Iowa 1991
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MERRYMOUNT PRESS. UPDIKE, D.B. STARRETT, Vincent. ~ All About Mother Goose. The Appellicon Press 1930
With The Merrymount Press label and ‘The Updike Collection of Books on Printing’ book label to front endpapers. A history of Mother Goose and her…More details Price: £40.00 -
COLT PRESS. WALKER, Franklin. ~ Ambrose Bierce, the Wickedest Man in San Francisco. San Francisco The Colt Press 1941
An overview of Ambrose Bierce’s journalistic experiences in San Francisco including one of his book reviews - “The covers of this book are too far…More details Price: £50.00 -
ESSEX HOUSE PRESS. ASHBEE, C.R. ~ American Sheaves & English Seed Corn: being a series of addresses mainly delivered in the United States, 1900-1901. London printed at the Essex House Press in Bow, published by Edward Arnold and Samuel Buckley in New York 1901
With the decorative booklabel of R.T. Gibbon and one of the noted collector John Lewis. Ashbee served on the council of the National Trust between…More details Price: £300.00 -
TALLONE. TASSO, Torquato. ~ Aminta. Favola Boschereccia. Alpignano Alberto Tallone 1967
Italian 16th century poet Tasso’s pastoral play, the story of Aminta’s unrequited love for the beautiful nymph Sylvia.
With the booklabel of Robert Wayne Stilwell.More details Price: £80.00 -
MERRYMOUNT PRESS. UPDIKE, D.B. ~ An Account of the Dedication of The West Window of St. John's Church, Beverly Farms, Whitsunday, May 31st 1925. Boston The Merrymount Press 1925
The dedication of the west window of St. John’s Church, finely printed by Updike, and with a plate, diagram and explanation of the symbolism of…More details Price: £180.00 -
RAVEN PRESS. ~ An Announcement and A First List of Three Books Designed and Printed by Robert Ashwin Maynard and Horace Walter Bray at The Raven Press in Harrow Weald Middlesex. Middlesex Raven Press 1931
With the original order form inserted loose.More details Price: £25.00 -
GOLDEN COCKEREL PRESS. ~ An Apology for the Life of Colley Cibber, Comedian, and late patentee of the Theatre-Royal, written by Himself. Waltham Saint Lawrence Golden Cockerel Press 1925
The 1740 colourful memoir of the British actor-manager, playwright and Poet Laureate Colley Cibber (1671-1757). He had great comical success but was considered brash and…More details Price: £120.00 -
GOLDEN COCKEREL PRESS. FIELDING, Henry. ~ An Apology for the Life of Mrs Shamela Andrews by Mr Conny Keyber [Henry Fielding]. Waltham Saint Lawrence printed by Robert Gibbings at the Godlen Cockerel Press 1926
Edited and with an introcution by R. Brimley Johnson.More details Price: £35.00