London: Faber and Faber, 1958. 4to. First edition. Original orange cloth, gilt. Price-clipped d/w has several large tears which have been repaired with tape. Contents clean. Fine in good dust-wrapper.
London: The Nonesuch Press, 1981. 4to. Limited edition. #365 of 950 copies. Original maroon cloth, gilt. Illustrated throughout. Fine in fine dust-wrapper. The complete history of The Nonesuch Press with a very useful bibliographic catalogue.
Westerham: Westerham Press for Eva Svensson, 1978. 8vo. Second, revised edition. First published in 1976. Original paperback in printed wraps. Illustrated throughout in colour and black and white. Slightly faded on the spine which has a little wear at the foot. Near fine.
Denby Dale: The Fleece Press, 2000. 4to. Limited edition. One of 200 copies (from an edition of 310, of which 270 were for sale) with an extra engraved illustration by Barry Moser. Original quarter terracotta cloth with wood veneer paper boards. Paper label to spine and gilt device to front.....
London: HarperCollins, 1995. 8vo. First edition. Paperback issue (simultaneous with the hardcover edition). Illustrated throughout in colour and black and white. Small faint stain to fore edge and half title. Bottom corner of the back cover slightly creased. In non-adhesive clear covering. Near fine. 'The New Naturalists reveals for the.....
London: The Nonesuch Press, 1923-68. Folio, 4to. & 8vo. A collection of 30 prospectuses, retrospectuses and other ephemera produced by The Nonesuch Press. 'Completion of the 1923 programme' and the '1931 Prospectus' are quite foxed. Other pieces have some light foxing, creasing or pencil marks, but are generally in very.....
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1986. 8vo. 2 volumes, set. First editions. Original navy cloth, gilt. Top edges stained blue. Jackets designed by Michael Harvey. Fine in fine d/ws.
Sparham: The Mainstone Press, 2008. 4to. Limited edition of 750 copies. Navy cloth lettered in silver with a printed paper label to the upper board. In navy card slipcase as issued. Illustrated throughout in colour and black and white. As new. 'High Street' is one of the most collectable artist's.....
Devizes: Garton & Co, 1993. 8vo. Limited edition. Number 16 of 425 numbered copies. Cloth backed patterned paper boards with paper label to spine. With the prospectus and order form loosely inserted. One wood engraving tipped in. Thirty-one wood engravings by Eric Ravilious printed on Zerkall mould-made paper at the.....
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.....
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.....