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The New Colophon: A Book Collectors' Quarterly: Volume II, Part 6, June 1949
by Various Authors
Bristol: Hildreth Press , 1949. Hardback, pictorial front board. 27.5cm x 20cm. Pp. 107-189. Illus. A little wear to binding. A very pleasing copy. (bs35a). Hard Cover. Very Good.
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A$27.16
A Life of Merlin
by Gohorry, John
San Francisco: Bullnettle Press, 1998. Limited private press edition. First edition. Ephemera. Fine copy. Two poems: "The Orchard" and "Guitar Music." Printed on card stock and laid in a folded prospectus. "Very few" on this were available. 11 x 7 inches. Evidently these poems, which were numbered v and vi, were included in a book printed in an edition of 95 copies. The book was hand-set and printed letterpress by Asa Peavy. The prospectus has an Author's Note.
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A$77.52
The Days Before Rock 'n' Roll
by Waarsenburg, Hans van de
Banholt: In de Bonnefant, 2001. Limited private press edition. First edition. Paperback. Fine copy. 4 leaves sewn into wrappers, cut flush. About 9 x 6 inches. Signed by the poet and printer (Hans van Eijk). Laid in a two leaf translation of the poem into English by Peter Boreas.
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A$38.76
Seven Pillars of Wisdom, The Complete 1922 "Oxford" Text. Full Cloth, Limited, Numbered Edition.
by Lawrence, T. E
Fordingbridge: Castle Hill Press /J & N Wilson, 2003. Book. Fine. Hardcover. Limited Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A fine, as new copy of this one volume edition of the original text of T. E. Lawrence's acclaimed account of his part in the First World War. Published in an accessible and attractive numbered, limited edition, this copy being number 399. Bound in original brown cloth with top edge gilt. Retains the original tissue dust-wrapper in good condition and...
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A$479.18
![The Derrydale Game Cook Book. [3 page Introduction to the New Edition by M.F.K. Fisher.]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/387/107/1493107387.0.b.jpg)
The Derrydale Game Cook Book. [3 page Introduction to the New Edition by M.F.K. Fisher.]
by De Gouy, Master Chef Louis P
New York: Greenberg Publisher, 1950. New Edition. [Second Edition]. xxii, 308 pp. 8vo. Orange cloth. Fine. New Edition. [Second Edition]. xxii, 308 pp. 8vo. 'Its prose is not deathless. There are many better written books on both theory and practice of gastronomy, but." from Fisher's Introduction We have never seen this edition before. Siegel 114; Frazier D-2-a
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A$387.62
The Man Versus the State
by Spencer,Herbert
New York: Classics of Liberty Library, 1996. Special Edition. Hardcover. nf. Octavo. 9 1/6" x 6". Red leather spine over red boards. 113pp.
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A$46.52
Feeding Friends
by Sekers, Simone
London: Warren Editions, 1972. Limited Edition. GIli, Phillida. The mutual obligations of hospitality, 'For each person, find a silvery-brown Manx kipper. This is not always easy but is always worth it. Grill these gently. For extra-greedy friends, add a lump of unsalted butter to melt slowly over each kipper...' followed by recipes for each meal of the day divided between the seasons of winter and summer. Limited edition of 200 copies for private distribution, with two illustrations by Phillida Gili....
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A$200.00
A List of Books, Booklets, Hand Coloured Prints and Ballad Sheets
by Cuala Press
Dublin: The Cuala Press, 1979. First edition. Ephemera. Fine copy. 4 leaves stapled into wrappers. About 8 1/2 x 5 5/8 inches. Laid in a printed colder with a hand-colored pressmark on the front. One price corrected in ink. The pressmark on the folder, "Lone tree in Irish landscape", was drawn by Elizabeth Corbet Yeats and first used in 1925. The pressmark on the booklet, "Lady Emer and tree", was engraved by Elinor Monsell and first used in 1907.
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A$69.77
An Introduction to Léon Daudet, With Selections From His Memoirs
by Daudet, Léon and Alister Kershaw
Francestown: Typographeum, 1988. Limited private press edition. First edition. Hardcover. New. Frontispiece portrait by Couneus. 8vo. Blue cloth. Printed label on back-strip (spare label tipped in). 76 pp. 210 copies hand-set, printed letterpress and bound by R. T. Risk. Issued without a dust-jacket. Frontispiece portrait by Couneus. Léon Daudet (1867-1942) was a polymath writer whose work was respected even by those who disliked his right-wing views. This book contains a number of his provocative essays.
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A$93.03
The Beginning and the End, Collected Poems
by Kershaw, Alister
Francestown: Typographeum, 1983. Limited private press edition. First edition. Hardcover. Fine. Illustrated by Anthony Palliser and Alannah Coleman. 8vo. Burgundy cloth. Printed label on back-strip (spare label tipped in). 96 pp. Illus. 100 numbered copies hand-set, printed letterpress and bound by R. T. Risk. Issued without a dust-jacket. Illustrated by Anthony Palliser and Alannah Coleman. Alister Kershaw was already regarded, at seventeen, as one of Australia's most interesting poets. However his...
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A$100.78
The Writing of Rebecca West
by Mosley, Diana
Francestown: Typographeum, 1986. Limited private press edition. First edition thus. Hardcover. Fine copy. 8vo. Cloth. Pp. 48. With a new Afterword. 150 copies hand-set, printed letterpress and bound by R. T. Risk. Issued without a dust-jacket. From 1953 to 1959 Diana Mosley edited a magazine called "The European" advocating the adherence of England to Europe. It included a series of articles, by various authors, on literature and politics. One of these articles, by Diana Mosley herself, was on the...
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A$100.78
The Flyin' Machine
by Benkovitz, Miriam J
[Saratoga Springs]: Privately Printed, N.d.. First edition. Wrappers. Fine copy. 4 leaves stapled. 9 x 6 inches. Inscribed by the author.
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A$15.50
Bibliophiles at Oxford, A celebration of fifty years of the Oxford University Society of Bibliophiles, 1951-2000 with descriptive notes on the term cards
by Nash, Paul W. and Justin Howes
Witney: Oxford University Society of Bibliophiles, 2006. First edition. Hardcover. Fine copy/fine. Small 8vo. Cloth. Pp. 224. Illustrated: including a fold-out frontispiece in color. Index of Printer and Designers. Index of Talks and Visits. Index of Officers. Foreword" by Paul W. Nash. "Beginnings" by Bent Juel-Jensen. "Memories of Meetings" by Giles G. Barber. "Bibliophilic Excursions" by Paul Morgan. 300 copies. Dust-jacket printed letterpress by Paul W. Nash. The...
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A$100.78
The Golden Reign: the Story of My Friendship with Lawrence of Arabia, with a New Introduction By Malcolm Brown, Newly Illustrated By Vintage Photographs
by Smith, Clare, Sydney
Denby Dale: The Fleece Press, 2004. Book. Fine. Hardcover. Fourth Edition, First Thus. Landscape. A fine new copy, a superb private press reissue with new material and illustrations of the book first published in 1940. This account tells in a moving manner of the friendship of T.E. Lawrence with the wife of the commander of the RAF station where he was in the late 1920s early 1930s. It shows a rather different aspect to the character of T.E. than the popular image. If you are interested in T.E. and have...
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A$147.44
A Folio Anthology of Poetry
by Duffy, Carol Ann - introduction
London: Folio Society, 2009. Hard Cover. near fine/vg. Bound in full blue cloth with gilt design and lettering to covers and spne. A beautiful coyp in slipcase.
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A$116.29
A First List of books printed and published by The Banyan Press
by (Banyan Press), Claude Fredericks and Milton Saul
(New York): Banyan Press, 1948. First edition. Ephemera. Fine copy. 8 unnumbered leaves sewn into paper wrappers. 4 3/8 x 6 5/8 inches. One of 2000 copies printed letterpress accouncing the publication of new books by Stephen Spender, Gertrude Stein and others. Also, includes a later prospectus.
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A$77.52
The Book of Common Praryer; and Administration of the Sacraments and Other Rites and Ceremonies of thbe Church according to the use of the United Church of England and Ireland Together with the Psalter or Psalms of David Pointed as they are to be sung of said in churches
by Sir Patrick Cormack, foreword
London: The Folio Society, 2004. Hardcover. near fine/fine. Marbled boards with green leather spine. Gilt lettering and design to spine.Woodcuts by Hans Holben, Durer and others. Ties. Lovely copy in slipcase.
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A$93.03
Empty Rooms
by Kershaw, Alister
Francestown: Typographeum, 1990. Limited private press edition. First edition. Hardcover. Fine. 8vo. Olive cloth with printed label on back-strip (spare label tipped in). 32 unnumbered pages. 75 copies hand-set, printed letterpress and bound by R. T. Risk. Issued without a dust-jacket. This volume includes 16 poems written many years earlier but here published for the first time.
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A$65.12
The Corvinus Press: A History and Bibliography
by Nash, Paul W; Flavell, A. J
Scolar Press, 1994. Hardback with dust-wrapper. 24 x 16cm. 245pp. Illustrated. Inscribed by A. J. [Jack] Flavell to the title page. Slight wear to d/w only. An excellent copy. . Inscribed By Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good.
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A$194.00
Hermes & Magdalen 43, Poems and Etchings
by Moat, John
Francestown: Typographeum, 2004. Limited private press edition. First edition. Hardcover. Fine copy. 8vo. Cloth. Pp. 92. Illustrated: frontispiece and 19 plates tipped in. Hand-set and printed letterpress by R. T. Risk. The main edition was of 150 copies hand-bound by the printer, but there was an additional 13 copies, of which this is number 3 of 10 signed by the poet, with one original etching, specially bound and preserved in a slip-case. The slip-case is about 15 3/4 x 11 1/2 inches.
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A$2,868.42
Precious Caskets: The Friendship Between T.E. Lawrence & William McCance
by Knowles, Richard Signed by the printer and author
Denby Dale: The Fleece Press, 2001. Book. Illus. by Parker, Agnes, Miller. Fine. Hardback. Signed by the Author. First Limited Edition. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. A fine as new copy, signed on the colophon page by Simon Lawrence of the Fleece Press and the author. This is the intriguing story of the friendship between the wood-engraver, painter and typographer William McCance and the celebrated T.E. Lawrence. The book details the involvement of McCance in the choice of binders for the subscribers'...
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A$405.46
Zuidwal/South Wall
by Waarsenburg, Hans van de
Banholt: In de Bonnefant, 1993. Limited private press edition. First edition. Paperback. Fine copy. 6 unnumbered leaves sewn into wrappers, cut flus. 20 cm square. 250 copies printed letterpress. Inscribed and signed by the principals. Illustrated by Jan van den Berg.
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A$69.77
St. Jerome's prologue to the New Testament
[ Cheltenham ]: [ Middle Hill Press ], 1870 Book. Good. Disbound. Single sheet measuring 17 x 21.5cm printed on one side. Text in Latin. Lower 0.5cm has been folded over to bind the loose sheet into a volume, now disbound. Some spotting. Holzenberg 356, dated from proofs..
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A$29.10
Sonnets and Verses
by Enid Clay
Waltham St. Lawrence, Berkshire: The Golden Cockerel Press, 1925. 1st Edition. Very Good. Eric Gill. With eight engravings by Eric Gill. In original blue boards with cloth spine. Paper label solidly attached to spine with title and author. General wear to boards and some ageing and soiling to cloth spine. Complete with multiple endpapers at front and back. This book is number 218 of 450. No signatures. Sticker from old (maybe original) bookstore it was sold at. Interior is clean and clear with rough...
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A$569.81
