London: Perpetua Books, 1955. Royal 8vo. First edition, second impression (before publication). Original black cloth, gilt. Illustrated in black and white throughout. Unclipped d/w is slightly tanned on the spine and with just a hint of rubbing to the extremities. Fine in near fine d/w. A lovely, fresh copy.
London: News Chronicle, 1953. Royal 8vo. First edition. Original beige rexine covers in d/w. Illustrated in black and white throughout. Neat ink ownership on fly. Unclipped d/w is rubbed along the edges, with tiny loss to the spine ends and corner tips, has a small ink mark to the front.....
London: The Saturn Press, 1950. Royal 8vo. First edition. Original royal blue cloth, gilt Illustrated in black and white throughout. Spine ends just a little rubbed. Neat ink presentation to front pastedown mostly hidden under the front flap. Unclipped d/w is tanned on the spine, with small loss to the.....
London: Perpetua Books, 1959. Royal 8vo. First edition. Original black cloth, gilt. Illustrated in black and white throughout. Unclipped d/w is slightly tanned on the spine and with a nick to the foot. Fine in near fine d/w. 'The horror story with a 'U' certificate'! A lovely copy.
Denby Dale: The Fleece Press, 1996. Large 4to. Limited edition of 300 copies. This is one of 260 copies bound in ochre quarter cloth with marbled paper made by Ann Muir on the boards. Paper label on spine. In cloth and paper-covered slipcase as issued. Tissue-guarded colour self portrait and.....
Harmondsworth: Penguin Books Ltd, [1947]. Landscape 8vo. First edition. Original printed paper boards. Map endpapers. Printed at The Curwen Press. Illustrated by Edward Bawden with two double page colour spreads and numerous colour and black and white illustrations. Covers a bit faded, rubbed and marked. Small loss to spine. Very.....
Bicester: The Primrose Academy, 2004. Small 4to. Limited edition. #38 of 135 copies designed and printed by Sebastian Carter at the Rampant Lions press for The Primrose Academy Ltd. Signed by the artist in ink on the colophon. Original quarter brown cloth with paper-covered boards illustrated with 'Foxglove and Bee'.....
Pinner: Private Libraries Association, 1986. 8vo. First edition. One of 1000 copies (400 for PLA and 600 for The Book Club of California). Original red cloth, gilt. Illustrated throughout in black and white. Nick to the bottom edge of the front panel of the d/w. Fine in near fine d/w.....
Pinner: Private Libraries Association, 1986. 8vo. First edition. One of 1000 copies (400 for PLA and 600 for The Book Club of California). Original red cloth, gilt. Illustrated throughout in black and white. Fine in fine d/w. A collection of reproductions of all fifty-three bookplates in their actual size engraved.....
Wellingborough: Christopher Skelton, 1983. 4to. 2 volumes with portfolio, set. Limited edition. #52 of 85 special copies printed on St. Cuthbert's Mill archival rag paper and bound in quarter leather, gilt, with cloth boards by Desmond Shaw of Cambridge. The cloth portfolio contains 8 prints taken from the original wood-blocks.....
Woolley, Wakefield: The Fleece Press, 1988. 4to. Limited edition. One of 225 copies (of which 160 were for sale). Original quarter beige cloth with patterned paper boards printed with a repeat wood engraving by Edwina Ellis. Housed in a cloth-covered slipcase. Forty-four wood engravings printed by Simon Lawrence from the.....
London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd, 1920. 8vo. First edition. Original green cloth, gilt. Sixteen tissue-guarded colour illustrations, and black and white illustrations throughout the text, by Arthur Rackham. The Leading edge of the front cover and the flyleaf are dampstained. Spine dulled. Corners gently pushed. Ink presentation, 'Alan With love.....
London: The Folio Society, 1948. 8vo. First Folio Society edition. Quarter maroon cloth over marbled paper boards. D/w and illustrations by Edward Bawden. Slightly rubbed d/w has a large curved tear to the front panel (neatly repaired), a chip to the foot of the spine with a repair on the.....
Cambridge: The University Press, Cambridge, for The Limited Editions Club, 1951. 8vo. 2 volumes, set. #747 of a Limited Edition of 1500 copies. Decorative cloth boards. Top edges gilt. In original plain d/ws. Slipcase with paper label. Illustrated with auto-lithographs by Barnett Freedman on 225 separate stones printed at The.....
Dublin: Guinness, 1953. 8vo. 12 page stapled pamphlet. Illustrated by Ronald Ferns. Faint creasing to the bottom corner of the front cover and first page. Staples a bit rusty as usual. Very good +. The eleventh Christmas booklet produced by Guinness and sent 'to entertain their friends in the medical.....
Dublin: Guinness, 1954. 8vo. 12 page stapled pamphlet. Illustrated by Antony Groves-Raines. Fine. The twelfth Christmas booklet produced by Guinness and sent 'to entertain their friends in the medical profession'. Twenty-four pamphlets were produced between 1933 and 1966.
London & New Castle: The British Library & Oak Knoll Press, 2013. 4to. First edition. Original green hardcovers, gilt. Illustrated in colour throughout. Fine in fine d/w. 'Michael Twyman has spent a lifetime studying aspects of printing, and is the first to consider chromolithography from a global standpoint. In particular.....
Dublin: Guinness, 1937. 4to. Pamphlet. 24 pages. Decorations by Antony Groves-Raines, with additional illustrations by H.M. Bateman, John Gilroy, Rex Whistler, Fougasse, Linley Sambourne and Phiz. Slight rumpling to the cover edges where they extend beyond the contents. Staples a bit rusty. Near fine. Featuring quotes from literary sources and.....
London: Pavilion Books, 1996. 4to. First UK edition (first published in America in 1994). Original laminated illustrated boards. Illustrated in colour throughout. Fine.
London: Penguin, 1960. 8vo. First edition. Original printed wraps. Illustrated throughout by Ronald Searle. Fine.
London: B. T. Batsford Ltd for the Curtain Press Ltd, 1950. 12mo. First edition. Original green cloth spine with printed paper boards (to a Whistler design) Illustrated throughout in colour and black and white. Corners and spine ends a little rubbed. Near fine.
London & New York: The Curtain Press & Transatlantic Arts, 1950. 8vo. First edition in book form. Originally issued in 9 pamphlets as 'The Masque' (1946-9). Original blue grey cloth with printed paper labels to the spine and front board. Nick to the cloth on the fore edge of the.....
London: Rothmans of Pall Mall, 1950. 4to. Portfolio of six drawings by Rex Whistler (from 30 originals in commissioned by Rothmans). Six drawings with a printed sheet describing them, in the original pale blue card portfolio. WITH the cover for 'Radio Times' December 18th 1931 and 'Souvenir of Laurence Housman's.....
London: The Arts Council, 1960. 8vo. First edition. Original stapled pamphlet. Black and white plate section. Covers a bit foxed and faded. Bottom corner slightly bumped. Very good +. Published to accompany the exhibition held at the Victoria & Albert Museum in the autumn of 1960, proposed and arranged by.....
London: London Transport, 1936-80. 12mo. 39 volumes. A collection. Paperback originals. Cover and headpiece engravings by Eric Ravilious (unacknowledged until 1966). Photographic plates, including some by Eric Hosking. Line drawn route maps for each walk. Most volumes are a little rubbed, with some splits and small loss to the wrappers.....