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ASHENDENE PRESS. BERNERS, Dame Juliana.
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A Treatyse of Fysshynge wyth an Angle.
Chelsea
Ashendene Press
1903
This charming book is taken from the Boke of St. Albans printed by Wynkyn de Worde in 1496. This was the first printed book on…More details Price: £1,600.00
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DREYFUS, John. GILL, Eric. Bound by CLARE SKELTON.
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A Typographical Masterpiece. An Account by John Dreyfus of Eric Gill's collaboration with Robert Gibbings in producing the Golden Cockerel Press edition of The Four Gospels in 1931.
London
Bain & Williams
1991
This handsome study considers in detail the process behind the design and printing of the great Golden Cockerel Press Four Gospels. Dreyfus writes about the…More details Price: £550.00
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RAVEN PRESS. SOUTHEY, Robert. BYRON, Lord.
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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
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NASH, Paul. GOLDEN COCKEREL PRESS.
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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.
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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 -
NASH, Paul. GOLDEN COCKEREL PRESS.
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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: £150.00 -
MERRYMOUNT PRESS. UPDIKE, D.B. MARTIN, Edward Sandford.
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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
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GRABHORN PRESS. MILLER, Henry.
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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
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MERRYMOUNT PRESS. UPDIKE, D.B. HIGGINSON, Henry Lee.
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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
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WINDHOVER PRESS. TRUEBLOOD, Ernest V.
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Afternoon of a Cow. A Pseudonymous Story by William Faulkner.
Iowa City
Windhover Press The University of Iowa
1991
More details Price: £30.00
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GWASG GREGYNOG. MILLER PARKER, Agnes. ROGERSON, Ian.
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Agnes Miller Parker: Wood Engravings from XXI Welsh Gypsy Folk-tales.
Newtown
Gwasg Gregynog
1997
A superb reprinting of the wood engravings executed by Miller Parker for the Gregynog XXI Welsh Gypsy Folk-Tales of 1933 which was printed in only…More details Price: £800.00
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COLT PRESS. WALKER, Franklin.
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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
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ESSEX HOUSE PRESS. ASHBEE, C.R.
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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
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TALLONE. TASSO, Torquato.
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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.
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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
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GOLDEN COCKEREL PRESS.
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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
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GOLDEN COCKEREL PRESS. FIELDING, Henry.
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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
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PRESS OF THE WOOLLY WHALE. BLADES, William. REED, Philip G.
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An Extract from Enemies of Books.
New York
Press of the Woolly Whale
[n.d. circa 1934]
Blades’s 19th century diatribe on biblioclasts and book preservation, this extract on the perils of women and children in the library.More details Price: £30.00
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GOLDEN COCKEREL PRESS. MILLER, Patrick. WEBB, Clifford.
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Ana the Runner, A Treatise for Princes & Generals attributed to Prince Mahmoud Abdul.
Waltham Saint Lawrence
Golden Cockerel Press
1937
Sandford wrote of printing this work: “To print a new manuscript with which one has falled in love is to deck the beloved. When one…More details Price: £250.00
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GOLDEN COCKEREL PRESS. GEDDES, Elizabeth.
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Animal Antics.
London
Golden Cockerel Press
1937
A rather lovely little book printed for Christmas and dedicated by the author to Robert Gibbings.More details Price: £20.00