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ST. DOMINIC’S PRESS. BAKER, Fr. Augustin.
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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.
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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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PRESS OF THE INDIANA KID. WEYGAND, James Lamar.
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A Third Book of Pressmarks Gathered from America's Private Presses and from Others Not so Private.
Nappanee
Private Press of the Indiana Kid
1963
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ASHENDENE PRESS. BERNERS, Dame Juliana.
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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.
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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 -
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 -
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 -
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 -
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
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MERRYMOUNT PRESS. UPDIKE, D.B. STARRETT, Vincent.
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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 -
HAMMER CREEK PRESS. DE POL, John.
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Along the Hammer Creek and the Hammer Creek Press with some data.
New York
printed by John S. Fass at The Hammer Creek Press
1952
All the data on the Hughes & Kimber press used by John Fass at the Hammer Creek Press which had previously been used by Bruce…More details Price: £200.00 -
SLOW LORIS PRESS.
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Alphabets and Others.
Fairhope, Alabama
Slow Loris Press
1988
A very attractive and fun specimen book printed on several presses - an R. Hoe Washington super royal handpress (1853) a 12 x 15 Bobcat…More details Price: £320.00 -
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 -
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 -
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 -
RAVEN PRESS.
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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 -
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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RAMPANT LIONS PRESS. MILTON, John.
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Areopagitica. A Speech of Mr John Milton for the Liberty of Unlicensed Printing to the Parliament of England.
Cambridge
Deighton, Bell & Company
1973
The most widely read of Milton’s prose works, his famous defence of the freedom of the press, written in opposition to the parliamentary order that…More details Price: £350.00
