Search Results: PRIVATE PRESS from Addyman Books

The Gamecock Press. Rugby. Warwickshire. 1986. The Gamecock Press. 1986. Limited edition of 500 copies only, this being number 147. Presentation copy, "For Oliver Carey with happy memories of Guatemala. February 1989. Gaston." Hardback in glassine DW. Anhinga illustration to upper board. A fine copy.

Theodore Brun. London/The Collector's Book Club. 1949. Theodore Brun. In conjunction with The Collector's Book Club. 1949. This Limited De Luxe Edition appeared simultaneously with Martin Secker's first edition. LIMITED TO 120 COPIES ONLY, Signed by Oliver Lawson Dick. This is copy number 13. Bound in full black morocco gilt, top edge of pages gilt. Marbled endpapers. Illustrated. Tape marks to inner top and bottom corners of boards and of endpapers. Pages browned otherwise a clean and sound copy.

The Gregynog Press. Newtown, Powys. 1928. First Edition. Limited Edition of 300 copies of which this is 210. 4to. Brown buckram, gilt armorial shield to upper board. 93pp. Illustrated with some text in red and blue. Some wear to lower edge, tail of spine frayed with sl. loss with indentation to lower margin. Bookplate to front pastedown. Owner dated inscription to front free endpaper. Very occasional light foxing o/w a very handsome volume. VG+ in slipcase.

Theodore Brun. London/The Collector's Book Club. 1949. Theodore Brun. In conjunction with The Collector's Book Club. 1949. This Limited De Luxe Edition appeared simultaneously with Methuen's first edition. LIMITED TO 750 COPIES ONLY, SIGNED BY BUCK on open page after the half-title page. This is copy number 152. Bound in full black morocco gilt, top edge of pages gilt. Marbled endpapers. Boards slightly marked. Inner hinge very slightly visible by signature page otherwise a clean and sound copy.

Gregynog Press. Montgomeryshire, Wales. 1933. Limited edition of 450 copies, this being number 161. 4 full page engravings by Blair Hughes-Stanton. Pages printed in red and black and still unopened. Beige buckram spine, mottled red bds. Spine partially faded o/w a fine copy.

Gwasg Gregynog. Newtown, Powys. 1932.. Limited edition of 450 copies, this being No. 385. Khaki buckram backstrip with gilt to spine and upper, mottled reddish paper-covered boards, bevelled edges. 102pp. 4 ills. by Hughes-Stanton. Text printed in black and tan. Extremties sl. rubbed. VG

Gwasg Gregynog. Newtown, Powys. 1980. Limited edition of 200, this being number 72. Bound by Sangorski and Sutcliffe in quarter olive goatskin, green cloth boards. Text in olive, red and black. Illustrated with woodcuts. 4to. Contains signed presentation letter from Eric Gee, the controller of Gwasg Gregynog, to a Librarian. There are three neat cancellation stamps to front blank endpapers o/w no other sign of library or any other use. Fine.

Gregynog Press. Montgomeryshire, Wales. 1933. Limited edition of 450 copies, this one no.97. 8vo. Frontis. + 7 engraved head pieces to each chapter. Bound in full light tan goatskin, decorated in brown, v. sl. foxed. Outer edges foxed, contents clean and fresh. Near fine in torn remains of original glassine wrapper. A charming copy.

Tern Press. Market Drayton. 1997. Tern Press. 1997. SIGNED LIMITED EDITION of 150 copies, this being No. 28 and is SIGNED by Mary and Nicholas Parry. Small square 8vo. Original printed woodgrain fabric covered boards. 26 floral illustrations in colour - one for each letter of the alphabet. Spine area slightly faded otherwise clean and sound.

Gwasg Gregynog Ltd. Newtown. 2002. Gwasg Gregynog Ltd. 2002. Limited edition of 295, this being number 37. SIGNED IN PENCIL BY KYFFIN WILLIAMS to first page of text. Landscape 4to hardback, quarter bound in black morocco gilt. Maroon boards with woodcut of buzzard to upper board. A fine copy in matching slipcase.

Gwasg Gregynog. Newtown. Powys. 1984. Gwasg Gregynog. 1984. First edition thus. LIMITED TO 268 COPIES ONLY, this being number 80. Tall slim 4to. Bound in striped blue and grey fabric boards with a dark green goatskin spine, lettered in gold. xiv, 61 pages. Frontis. and 7 double page watercolours by John Piper, beautifully printed by screenless offset lithography. A fine copy housed in an olive cloth slipcase which has a couple of light marks. Loosely inserted is a hand printed acknowledgement slip from the publishers and a hand-written and signed letter from David Vickers, the controller of the press. The letter talks about finding a buyer for this book and its value. It is on headed paper and dated December '05.

The Riverside Press. Cambridge, MA. 1892. The Riverside Press. 1892. First edition thus. In four volumes. A prose translation. Each volume limited to 250 numbered copies only. Handsomely bound in half tan morocco gilt, joints rubbed, a few nicks to spines. Marbled boards and endpapers. Top edge of pages gilt. Engraved bookplate of Mabel Slade to each volume. A near fine set.

1927. Leonard & Virginia Woolf at The Hogarth Press, London. 1927. SIGNED Limited edition of 400 copies, this being number 120 and signed by Herbert Palmer. Hardback with wrapper. Bound in quarter vellum with red patterned boards. Top edge gilt. Pages untrimmed. The spine is a little browned. The contents are lovely and clean with no ownership inscriptions. The wrapper is NOT price clipped, it is slightly soiled and the spine is browned and slightly rubbed and also lacks large portion from tail. SCARCE,

Theodore Brun. London/The Collector's Book Club. 1950. Theodore Brun. In conjunction with The Collector's Book Club. 1949. This Limited De Luxe Edition appeared simultaneously with George Allen & Unwins first edition. LIMITED TO 150 COPIES ONLY. Unusually this copy is SIGNED BY HEYERDAHL on open page previous to the half-title page. This is copy number 40. Bound in full red morocco gilt, top edge of pages gilt. Marbled endpapers. Pages browned otherwise a clean and sound copy.

Gwasg Gregynog, Newtown, Powys. 2007. Gwasg Gregynog. 2007. First edition, thus. Limited to 360 copies, this being number 44. Hardback with slipcase. Quarter bound in black leather, turquoise boards. Illustrated with woodcuts by Williams throughout. Loosely inserted is a hand-written and signed large postcard with a work in colour by Williams to front. "Dear John, So glad you like my 'drawings' book. Very interesting that you knew Evan Roberts. I am glad you have one of my Patagonian drawings. Yes, I too am grateful to the Winston Churchill Trust. Yours Kyffin." A fine copy in matching slipcase.

Nonesuch Press. London. 1923. Limited edition of 850 copies, of which 825 are for sale, this being number 176. Printed on hand-made Italian paper with Nonesuch watermark. Quarto. 27 x 18cm. Gilt stamped dec. bds. Plate to frontis. Upper bds. v. sl. warped. Spine ends bumped with small section missing from head. Some browning and foxing to eps. and extremities. Internally a very clean copy.

Gwas Gregynog Ltd, Newtown, Powys. 1987 . Gwas Gregynog. 1987. First edition thus. 4to hardback in Slipcase. 255 copies in quarter illustrated vellum. This copy is number 170 of 255. Illustrated with 8 mounted coloured plates, produced by offset-lithography. Top edge gilt. Very slight creasing to a couple of pages of the prelims otherwise a stunning copy in very slightly worn slipcase.

Gregynog Press. Newtown. 1939. First edition. Slim 4to pamphlet. Original limp grey bds. Printed in black with two red crosses to upper bd. Decorated with red crosses inside. Rear bd. sl. creased. Some occ. light foxing. Near fine.

The Inky Parrot Press. Church hanborough. 2009. The Inky Parrot Press. 2009. Limp boards. Limited edition, signed by both Harrison and Richards. Number 41/140. Red printed endpapers. other illustrations in b/w. Printed on just one side of paper and unopened. Slight rubbing to upper joint otherwise a clean and sound copy.

[1939]. Stephenson Blake & Co. Limited. The Caslon Letter Foundry. Sheffield. No date, [1939]. 4to. Hand-sewn 16 page booklet in limp orange boards printed in black and blue. Small ownership signature to top corner of front cover. Light staining to rear cover, outer edge of front cover has been badly cropped - probably during production. Contents include examples of the typeface and pieces of work that have been engraved by the printers including some in green and black.