London: Golden Cockerel Press, 1950. Wright, John Buckland. Hardcover. 40 pages. 23 x 15 cm. Limited edition, copy 337 of 500 in Bembo type with six copper engravings by John Buckland Wright. This, the tortured legend of Pasiphae who loved a bull. Stanford states the poetry here is worthy of..... More
London: Golden Cockerel Press, 1947. Boucher, Francois. Hardcover. 36 pages. 21.5 x 12.3 cm. Collotype reproductions of pictures by Francois Boucher. Limited edition, copy 618 of 750. COCKALORUM 173. "A biography of the Irish imp (Marie Louise O'Morphi [died 1814], mistress to the king) who fascinated Louis XV, and was..... More
Waltham Saint Lawrence: Golden Cockerel Press, 1932. Gibbings, Robert. Hardcover. 49 pages. 24 1/2 x 16 1/2 cm, engravings by A.E.Coppard and Robert Gibbings. Printed by Robert and Moira Gibbings. This being one of the "Unlimited Editions." CHANTICLEER:I 86. Fresh, very clean copy, owner inscription. More
Kentfield, CA: Allen Press, 1973. Hardcover. 168 pages. 37.5 x 25.5 cm. Limited edition, one of 137 copies. Illustrations respectively for the four titles: Blair Hughes Stanton, Michele Forgeois, Joseph Low and Paolo Carosone. Each story printed in a separate typeface and each on separate, distinctive papers in two colors..... More
Kentfield, CA: Allen Press, 1977. Hardcover. 108 pages. 33 x 22 cm. Limited edition, one of 140 copies in Goudy Thirty type on all rag St. Cuthberts mill paper, printed on an 1846 Columbian handpress. 15 illustrations printed in three colors, text with decorative Sanskrit running heads in color. Cloth..... More
London: Golden Cockerel Press, 1959. Hardcover. 264 pages. 31 x 19.5 cm. Limited edition, copy 93 of 200, an edition by Gwyn Jones with eleven collotype reproductions, mostly full-page. Printed in Caslon Old Face, a selection of the great folio verse translation by Dryden, Congreve, Addison, Pope, Gay et al...... More
London: Golden Cockerel Press, 1961. Carlile, Shrimati E, Hardcover. 146 pages. 31 x 20 cm. Six full page illustrations. Limited edition, copy 177 of 500. Fairy tales from Sanskirt, Pali, Hindi, Bengali and other Indian languages, some date from the Age of Buddha. The author hails from Burdwan, a town..... More
New York: Bernard Lamotte, 1950. First edition. Hardcover. Folio, 51 x 34 cm. Limited edition, copy 56 of 100 each signed and numbered in pencil by Lamotte. As a School of Paris romantic, Lamotte was known for his cityscapes. The copper plate etchings here represent that theme. Laid-in are two..... More
New York: William Helburn, 1928. First edition. Hardcover. Folio, 38 x 29 cm. Unpaginated, 185 photogravures including frontispiece of Mizner. KARPEL B1196. "This is an extraordinary collection of plates of Spanish Colonial houses of the Gilded Age as designed by the leading exemplar of the style. Includes an introduction by..... More
Wellingborough: Christopher Skelton, 1983. Gill, Eric. First edition. Hardcover. 572 pages. 35 x 27 cm. Limited edition, one of 1350 copies on Mohawk Superfine Text. Richly illustrated in black and white and color. List of Engravings Additional to the V&A Catalogue. Cross Reference List of Engraving Numbers. Selected Sources and..... More
Paris & London: Limited Editions Club, 1938. Hardcover. 71 pages. 29 x 20 cm. Five full-page pochoir plates illustrated by Derain on black paper (gouache drawings). Type designed by A.M. Cassandre, a new face, called Peignot and set by hand. Limited edition, copy 426 of 1500 signed by Derain. NEWMAN..... More
Waltham Saint Lawrence: Golden Cockerel Press, 1931. Gill, Eric. First edition. Hardcover. 20 pages. 23 x 11.5. Four wood engravings on wood by Gill. Limited edition, copy 204 of 500. 12 pt. Caslon O.F. type. CHANTICLEER 75. "The first of the `Saddle-back' Cockerels. The page is twice as high as..... More
Greenbrae, California: Allen Press, 1987. DePol, John. Hardcover. 112 pages. 27.5 x 18.5 cm. Limited edition, one of 145 copies in Van Dijck types designed, and printed by hand by Lewis and Dorothy Allen on an 1882 Albion handpress. Wood engravings, one each for all four stories by John DePol..... More
Greenbrae, California: Allen Press, 1992. DePol, John. Hardcover. 71 pages. 28 x 19.5 cm. Limited edition, one of 115 copies in Italian Old Style typeface designed by Frederic Goudy on Whatman paper, and printed by hand by Lewis and Dorothy Allen on an 1882 Albion handpress. Wood engravings by John..... More
Berlin: Erich Reiss, 1924. Hardcover. 110 pages. 16 1/2 x 12 1/2 cm. Wood engravings throughout by Masereel. Introduction by Kasimir Edshmidt. Prints are bright and fresh. More
Munich: Kurt Wolff, 1927. First trade edition. Boards. 21 pages in text. 16 x 12 cm. Introductory essay by Max Brod. Sixty full-page wood-cuts by Masereel. Laid-in a Kurt Wolff Verlag price list of three pages for Masereel titles and original woodcuts. More
Paris: Bordas, 1947. Malliol, Aristide. First edition. Stiff Wraps. 61 pages. 32.5 x 29 cm. Limited edition, copy 458 of 720 on Rives a la cuve B.F.K. paper, signed by the publisher, Bordas. Introduction by Valery. Seven full page drawings, printed recto only, lithographs in black and white and sepia..... More
Np: Np, [1935]. Hardcover. 12 leaves. Small folio, 31 x 23 cm. Limited edition, one of 100 privately printed in New York. The original letter cannot be traced but the greater part of this epistle was first published in 1536 and established in all the biographies of More. Text in..... More
London: Peter Davies, 1929. First edition. Hardcover. Akwardly paginated, approx. 50 leaves. 30 x 23 cm. Limited edition, copy 280 of 450 printed on Batchelor hand made paper on the presses of Joh. Enschede en Zonen at Harlem in Holland. Antigone type designed by J. Van Krimpen, Text in Greek..... More
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1906. Hardcover. 155 pages. 28 x 18.5 cm. Limited edition, copy 167 of 280. Famously popular in romantic literature it appeared in more than 300 editions, and purportedly during the Italian campaign Napoleon constantly slept with a copy under his pillow. The 1789 edition had four copper..... More
Boston: Riverside Press, 1904. Rogers, Bruce. Hardcover. 110 pages. 23.5 x 15.5 cm. Limited edition, copy 61 of 330. Bookplate of Louis V. Ledoux, prominent American author and poet. Wide text margins, bright, very fresh copy. WARDE 50. More
Cambridge: Harvard College Library, 1969. First edition. 64 pages. 25 x 18 cm. Illustrated. Index. Copy 79 of 500 printed by the Stinehour Press. More
New York: Japan Society, 1933. First edition. Hardcover. 35 (3) pages. 32 x 21 cm. 1000 copies printed for the Japan Society. Tipped in and full page plates in color, printed in red and black. An attempt to introduce No Plays to a Western audience. Very bright, fresh copy. More
