BOOK OF JONAH.

[Prospectus for] Clover Hill Edition of The Book of Jonah with Thirteen Wood Engravings by David Jones.. Printed by Will Carter at the Rampant Lions Press, Cambridge will be published in the Autumn of 1979 by Douglas Cleverdon. FINE COPY

Clover Hill Editions,, 1979. 4pp., 8vo., with title in green and black and illustration; single-fold, a fine copy.

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BRAYBROOKE Neville

Four Poems for Christmas. With Wood Engravings by Simon Brett. 200 COPIES WERE PRINTED; WITH A.L.s FROM THE PRINTER

Paulinus Press, Marlborough,, 1986. Roy. 8vo., First Edition, with 5 engraved illustrations in the text; printed wrappers, sewed as issued, uncut, a fine copy. EDITION LIMITED TO 200 NUMBERED COPIES SIGNED BY AUTHOR AND ARTIST (THIS COPY No. 245). LOOSELY INSERTED IN AN A.L.s. FROM THE PRINTER. An additional 50 copies were issued case-bound with proofs, and a further 26 copies in wrappers for presentation.

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BURNETT David

Vines. Poems. Wood Engravings by Richard Shirley Smith. [With additional signed prints in card wallets.] 50 COPIES WERE PRINTED

Rocket Press, [Abingdon],, [1984]. 2 vols., 8vo., First Edition, with engraved frontispiece, title in red and black, and engraved illustration in the text; marbled boards, upper board with printed paper label, brown buckram back with printed paper lebel, terracotta endpapers, additional prints in two card wallets, the whole housed in marbled board slip-case, a near fine copy. EDITION LIMITED TO 50 NUMBERED COPIES SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR WITH SIGNED COPIES OF THE ENGRAVINGS IN SEPARATE WALLETS (THIS COPY NO. 19). An additional 150 copies (without additional prints) were issued in wrappers. Spare label tipped-in at rear. Loosely inserted are two copies of the prospectus for Parker's Oxford College Armorials, forthcoming from the same press.

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BURTON, trans. Richard F.

The Fisherman and the Jinni. From the Arabian Nights 1885 Translation by Sir Richard F Burton. 100 COPIES WERE PRINTED

Crannog Press, [Belfast],, [1973]. 4to., First Edition thus, with 6 plates on coloured stock and numerous illustrations (a number full-page) in the text; original wrappers, sewed as issued, in turquoise hessian dustwrapper, upper cover with printed paper label, covers lightly sunned at edges else a near fine copy. EDITION LIMITED TO 100 NUMBERED COPIES (THIS COPY NO. 47).

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CHAMBERS, D.

Gogmagog. Morris Cox and the Gogmagog Press.

Private Libraries Association, Pinner,, 1991. Roy. 8vo., Sole Edition, with a portrait frontispiece, title-vignette and numerous coloured and monochrome illustrations (a number full-page) in the text; original decorative cloth, a near fine copy. EDITION LIMITED TO 1650 COPIES (550 FOR SALE). Includes a bibliography and a checklist.

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COPPARD A. E.

Hips & Haws. Poems. 500 COPIES WERE PRINTED

Golden Cockerel Press, Waltham Saint Lawrence,, 1922. 8vo., First Edition, on laid paper, endpapers mildly offset; original yellow boards, red cloth back, backstrip with paper label, uncut, one corner mildly bruised, boards very lightly age-soiled else a very good, bright, clean copy. EDITION LIMITED TO 500 NUMBERED COPIES (THIS COPY NO. 318). The author's first book of verse and the seventh book published at the Golden Cockerel Press. Chanticleer 7; Fabes, p.18; Schwartz p.42.

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EVELYN John

Kalendarium Hortense. The Gard'ners Almanac, directing what He is to do monthly throughout the Year and what Fruits and Flowers are in Prime. Edited and with a Foreword by Rosemary Verey. 350 COPIES WERE PRINTED; WITH A.L.s FROM THE PUBLISHER

Stourton Press,, 1983. 8vo., First Edition, title in blue and black, with illustration; green buckram, upper board blocked in blind, gilt back, a fine copy. EDITION LIMITED TO 350 COPIES (THIS COPY No. 86). WITH AN A.L.s FROM THE PUBLISHER AND RELEVANT CUTTING LOOSELY INSERTED.

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FIELDING Henry

The Adventures of Joseph Andrews. Edited with Introduction and Notes by J. Paul de Castro. 760 COPIES WERE PRINTED

Scholartis Press,, 1929. Roy. 8vo., First Edition, with frontispiece; blue cloth, gilt back, uncut, a very good, bright, clean, crisp copy. EDITION LIMITED TO 760 COPIES.

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FRANKLIN Colin

Poets of the Daniel Press. [First Paperback Edition]. NEAR FINE COPY

Rampant Lions Press, [Cambridge],, 1988. 8vo., First Edition thus; original printed wrappers, a fine copy. Includes Bridges, Watson Dixon, Mary Coleridge, Wedgwood, Buckton, Margaret Woods, Herbert Warren, Binyon, Bourdillon and Henry Patmore. Published simultaneously with the limited edition of 45 copies.

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FRENCH, ed. Philip

The Third Dimension. Voices from Radio 3. Edited by Philip French. [Special Edition.] 100 COPIES WERE PRINTED; WITH 2 x A.L.s FROM THE PUBLISHER

Stourton Press,, 1983. 8vo., First Edition, on laid paper; red cloth, red leather back ruled and lettered in gilt, ivory endpapers, a fine copy. EDITION LIMITED TO 100 COPIES [50 COPIES ONLY FOR SALE]. LOOSELY INSERTED ARE: A) PUBLISHER'S PROSPECTUS FOR THE WORK; B) SEPARATELY PRINTED ERRATUM SLIP; C) TWO A.L.s FROM THE PUBLISHER. An additional 1200 copies were issued in cloth.

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HERIZ Patrick de

La Belle O'Morphi. A Brief Biography. With Illustrations by Francois Boucher. [De Luxe edition bound by Sangorski & Sutcliffe.] 100 COPIES IN SANGORSKI BINDING

Golden Cockerel Press,, [1947]. 8vo., First Edition thus, with frontispiece, title-vignette, and illustrations (a number full-page) in the text; some light offsetting from front paste-down to front free endpaper; red buckram, boards blocked in gilt, blue crushed morocco lettered in gilt, gilt top, uncut, BY SANGORSKI & SUTCLIFFE, a near fine copy in publisher's board slip-case. EDITION LIMITED TO 100 NUMBERED COPIES SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR (THIS COPY NO. 95). With the morocco bookplate of G.E.G. Tooth mounted on front paste-down. A further 650 copies were issued in a standard binding. Cockolorum 173.

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JONES David

The Engravings of David Jones. A Survey by Douglas Cleverdon. 260 COPIES WERE PRINTED; PUBLISHER'S PROSPECTUS INCLUDED

Clover Hill Editions,, 1981. Roy. 4to., First Edition, on laid paper, with mounted portrait frontispiece, title in sepia and black, and 96 fine full-page reproductions in the text; terracotta buckram, upper board and backstrip with green leather labels blocked and lettered in gilt, terracotta top, uncut, fore-edge lightly spotted else a near fine copy. EDITION LIMITED TO 260 NUMBERED COPIES (THIS COPY No. 75). LOOSELY INSERTED IS A COPY OF THE PUBLISHER'S PROSPECTUS (PERSONAL BOOKPLATE ON FRONT COVER) TOGETHER WITH SEVERAL RELEVANT CUTTINGS.

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KEMPIS Thomas a

Meditations on Our Lady. Translated by W.H.F.S [Walter H. F. Shewring] from the Latin of Thomas a Kempis 500 COPIES WERE PRINTED; PRESENTATION COPY FROM THE TRANSLATOR

St. Dominic's Press, Ditchling,, 1929. Roy., 4to., First Edition thus, with illustrations in the text; grey boards, upper board with printed paper label, black cloth back, case a little shaken, boards mildly age-browned, backstrip rubbed and worn else a very good, bright, clean copy. EDITION LIMITED TO 500 COPIES. With the bookplate of St. Benet's Hall, Oxford, on front paste-down. A PRESENTATION COPY FROM SHEWRING WITH HIS SIGNED HOLOGRAPH INSCRIPTION ON FRONT FREE ENDPAPER. An additional 100 copies were issued on hand-made paper.

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KNOX Right Reverend Monsignor Ronald

A Selection from the occasional Sermons of the Right Reverend Monsignor Ronald Arbuthnott Knox. Edited by Evelyn Waugh [with Preface]. 550 COPIES WERE PRINTED; THIS COPY WITH SIGNED EPHEMERA AND P.C. WRITTEN BY EVELYN WAUGH

Dropmore Press,, 1949. 8vo., First Edition, on laid paper, with title in red and black; maroon buckram, upper board framed and lettered in gilt, gilt back, gilt top, uncut, backstrip lightly sunned (but all gilt wholly legible), a very good, bright, clean, crisp copy. EDITION LIMITED TO 550 NUMBERED COPIES (THIS COPY. NO. 185). WITH THE FOLLOWING ITEMS LOOSELY INSERTED: A) PAPER SLIP SIGNED BY KNOX MOUNTED ON LIMITATION; b) POSTCARD FROM EVELYN WAUGH'S RESIDENCE AT COMBE FLOREY HOUSE, TAUNTON WITH THE FOLLOWING IN WAUGH'S HAND: 'An Addition to the Knox collection'; C) PRINTED BOOKLET (1977) OF A WEDDING SERMON PREACHED BY KNOX IN TAUNTON AT THE MARRIAGE OF HUBERT HOWARD AND LELIA CAETANI, 1951; D) PRINTED CHRISTMAS CARD SIGNED BY ARCHBISHOP DEREK WORLOCK WITH HOLOGRAPH INSCRIPTION; E) FACSIMILE OF 2-PAGE LETTER TO KNOX FROM G.K. CHESTERTON; f) TWO RELEVANT CUTTINGS. Collects eleven sermons selected and edited by Waugh with lengthy Preface.

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LESLIE Shane

The Cuckoo Clock and other Poems. With Illustrations by Iris Leslie. 50 COPIES WERE PRINTED; THIS A SIGNED PRESENTATION COPY FROM THE ILLUSTRATOR

[Stanbrook Abbey Press, Worcester],, [1987]. Sm. folio, First Edition, with frontispiece, illustrated title, numerous illustrations in the text and portrait of the author mounted on front paste-down ALL FINELY COLOURED BY HAND; elegantly bound in full blue Chinese silk, bevelled boards blocked in gilt, blue leather back lettered in gilt, uncut, a fine copy. EDITION LIMITED TO 50 DE LUXE COPIES WITH HAND-TINTED ILLUSTRATIONS; THIS ONE A PRESENTATION COPY FROM THE ILLUSTRATOR WITH HER SIGNED HOLOGRAPH INSCRIPTION FACING HALF-TITLE. THE PUBLISHER'S SLIP-CASE IS NOT PRESENT WITH THIS COPY. An additional 150 ordinary copies were issued uncoloured in cloth.

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