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(Ashbee, C.R.)
AN ENDEAVOUR TOWARDS THE TEACHING OF JOHN RUSKIN AND WILLIAM MORRIS. (Being an Account of the Work and Aims of the Guild of Handicraft).
Essex House Press, 1901. Stereotype Ed. [iv] + 52pp. Frontis. and historiated initial letters by George Thomson. Front f.e.p. and pp.36-37 sm. tears to heads of leaves, browned, upper leading corner sl. creased, text together detached, original black lettered brown wrapps., chipped and soiled with loss to backstrip.
¶ Also issued in a Limited Edition of 350 Copies.
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Book number: 282658
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Austin, William.
THE POEMS. Edited with an Introduction by Anne Ridler.
Perpetua Press, Oxford, 1983. Slim Royal 8vo. [xvi] + 32pp. Decorations. Original gilt lettered green cloth backed boards with dec. gilt initials to upper board, in sl. faded card slipcase.
¶ No. 55 of a Limited Edition of150 Copies. Signed by the editor Anne Ridler and the printer Vivian Ridler.
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Book number: 278638
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Breton, Nicholas.
A MAD WORLD MY MASTERS. And other Prose Works. Edited by Ursula Kentish-Wright.
Cresset Press, 1929. 2 vols. [xxxii] + 28pp. + [viii] + 249pp. + [i]. Ex.-libris Manley Anselm Power, ownership signature, later blind embossed ownership stamp, e.ps. and flyleaves lightly browned, lightly soiled and rubbed green cloth with rubbed gilt lettered leather title label to spines, t.e.g. rest uncut.
¶ One of a Limited Edition of 500 Copies.
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Book number: 280280
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Browne, Sir Thomas.
RELIGIO MEDICI, URN BURIAL, CHRISTIAN MORALS, AND OTHER ESSAYS. Edited by C.J. Holmes.
Printed at the Ballantyne Press, 1902. 4to. [xii] blank + cxcviii + [ii] colophon + [xii] blank. Decorated by C.S. Ricketts. Ex.-libris Frederick H. Comstock, f.e.ps. browned, prelims. spotted, sporadic marginal spotting, original beige cloth backed blue boards with browned and sl. chipped paper title label to upper board and spine, boards lightly soiled and spotted, extremities rubbed with some wear to corners, spine lightly browned and bumped at head sm. nick to upper joint with sl. wear, fore and lower edge uncut.
¶ One of a Limited Edition of 300 Copies (10 were printed on vellum).
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Book number: 280047
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Byrne, M. St. Clare.
THE ELIZABETHAN ZOO. A Book of Beasts both Fabulous and Authentic. Introduction by ...
Frederick Etchells & Hugh MacDonald, 1926. Sm. 4to. xiv + 171pp. + [i]. 26 ills., folding map. From the Library of Dr James Bynon, e.ps. browned and spotted, gilt lettered blue cloth backed dec. boards, some very minor fading, corners very sl. rubbed, some minor browning to spine, fore and lower edge uncut.
¶ The Haslewood Books. No. 106 of a Limited Edition of 525 Copies.
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Carroll, Lewis.
ALICE’S ADVENTURES IN WONDERLAND. With the original illustrations by John Tenniel.
London: Philip Lee Warner, Publisher to the Medici Society ..., 1914. Large 8vo. xi + [i] + 131pp. + [iv]. Profusely ills. Some very light browning, very light water stain to flyleaf, marbled e.ps., ex.-libris Paul Latcham, full gilt lettered vellum over boards, minor marking and warping, minor surface loss mainly to tail of upper joint, t.e.g.
¶ No. 428 of a Limited Edition of 1000 Copies of a larger Limitation of 1012 Copies.
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Cervantes Saavedra, Miguel de.
ADVENTURES OF DON QUIXOTE De la Mancha. Translated from the Spanish of ... by Charles Jarvis.
George Routledge and Sons, 1885. George Cruikshank Ed. Large 8vo. xii + 531pp. + [i]. 15 etchings on steel by George Cruikshank. Some sporadic light spotting, t.p. lightly browned, e.ps. spotted, soiled and spotted grey cloth lightly browned and sl. chipped paper title label to lightly browned spine sl. bumped at head and tail, fore and lower edge uncut.
¶ No. 18 of a Limited Edition of 400 Copies.
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Book number: 283177
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City of Birmingham School of Printing.
CHRIST’S SERMON ON THE MOUNT. Being the Fifth, Sixth and Seventh Chapters of the Gospel according to St. Matthew.
..., College of Arts and Crafts, 1948. Tall Slim 4to. 14pp. Frontis., rubricated dec. initial letters designed by Olga Garner. Fore and lower edge uncut, original pale grey boards with paper title label to upper board, lightly soiled and rubbed, edges lightly browned and sl. spotted, corners sl. bumped, lower joint tender, head and tail of spine sl. bumped.
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Book number: 279314
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Cobbett, William.
RURAL RIDES In the Southern, Western and Eastern Countries of England, Together With Tours in Scotland and in the Northern and Midland Counties of England, and Letters From Ireland. The Whole, Including many Rides and Tours Never before Reprinted, Edited With an Introduction, Notes, A Biographical Record of Upwards of Nine Hundred Persons Mentioned, An Index of Places, and a Bibliographical Note by G.D.H. and Margaret Cole.
London: Peter Davies , 1930. 3 vols. Large 8vo. With Numerous vignettes by John Nash, and a map of Cobbett's Country by A.E. Taylor. E.p. maps, fore-edge of leaves sl. spotted, original gilt lettered beige cloth backed marbled boards with black title patch to spines, boards rubbed moreso to edges, head and tail of spines sl. bumped.
¶ One of a Limited Edition of 1000 Copies (unnumbered).
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Book number: 285157
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(Cole). Yorke, Malcolm.
THE ARTISTRY OF LESLIE COLE. Today I worked well - the picture fell off the brush. Told for the first time by .. With a note on the interesting life of Brenda Cole.
Fleece Press, 2010. Landscape 4to. 199pp. + [i]. 132 ills. mainly cold. Quarter cloth with marbled paper covered boards by Louise Brockman, paper title label to spine.
¶ One of a Limited Edition of 500 Copies. Presentation copy, inscribed to front free end paper ‘For Betty + Ron with kind regards, Simon 24.8.10.’ [Simon Lawrence, the designer of the book].
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Crockett, S.R.
THE STICKIT MINISTER And Some Common Men. With a Prefactory Poem by Robert Louis Stevenson.
T. Fisher Unwin, 1894. 8th and Illustrated Ed. Royal 8vo. xxiv + 290pp. Numerous ills. including many full page. Some very light browning, e.ps. spotted, ex.-libris John W. Hill, original gilt lettered cloth with gilt dec. title to upper board, some sl. marking, t.e.g.
¶ One of a Limited Edition of 350 Copies of which 250 are for sale and signed by the Author.
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Book number: 207799
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Donne, John.
PARADOXES AND PROBLEMES. With two Characters and an Essay of Valour. Now for the first time reprinted from the editions of 1633 and 1652 with one additional Probleme.
Nonesuch Press, 1923. Slim 8vo. viii + 80pp. Dec. border to t.p., dec. initial letters and headpieces. F.e.ps. browned, blind embossed ownership stamp to upper leading corner of front f.e.p., fore and lower edge uncut, original dec. boards, some minor rubbing, browned paper title label to borwned spine sl. chipped at head and tail.
¶ One of an ‘out of series for review’ copy of a Limited Edition of 645 Copies.
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Book number: 278439
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Drayton, Michael.
NYMPHIDIA: The Court of Fairy.
Shakespeare Head Press, Stratford-upon-Avon, 1908. Sm. Slim 8vo. 34pp. + [ii]. Red & black lettering to title page, dec. border to title page and chapter heading. Handmade paper. Blind embossed ownership stamp to front f.e.p., original dark green cloth backed boards with dec. gilt title to upper board, some minor rubbing.
¶ No. 176 of a Limited Edition of 250 Copies.
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Book number: 280156
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Earle, John.
MICRO-COSMOGRAPHIE OR A PIECE OF THE WORLD DISCOVERED IN ESSAYES AND CHARACTERS. Edited by Gwendolen Murphy.
Golden Cockerel Press, 1928. Sm. Slim 4to. [viii] + 74pp. + [ii] limitation leaf. Original gilt lettered cloth sl. faded to spine, in sl. chipped d/w. faded to spine, fore and lower edge uncut.
¶ No. 40 of a Limited Edition of 400 Copies.
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Book number: 278767
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Elwyn, John. (Illustrator).
THE TWELVE. Y DEUDDEG. With commentary by Glyn Tegai Hughes
Gwasg Gregynog, Newtown, 2000. Slim 8vo. viii + 34pp. + [ii] limitation leaf. Wood engravings by John Elwyn. Text in English and Welsh. Very good in original purple lettered yellow cloth backed decorative boards.
¶ No. 142 of a Limited Edition of 250 Copies.
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