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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Sonstige Stichworte: private press, stanbrook abbey press, shane leslie, iris leslie

LUCIE-SMITH Edward

Beasts with Bad Morals. With Drawings by Leonard Baskin. 475 COPIES WERE PRINTED

[Skelton Press[ [for] Leinster Fine Books,, 1984. 8vo., First Edition thus, with title in red and black, and illustrations in the text; green boards, green cloth back lettered in black, a fine copy in publisher's glassine dustwrapper, the whole housed in publisher's card slip-case. 475 NUMBERED COPIES WERE PRINTED (THIS COPY No.428). An additional 25 copies were issued in half-morocco signed by author and artist.

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NEWMAN John Henry

Tract One. Thoughts on the Ministerial Commission, respectfully addressed to the Clergy. With an Introduction by Rev. Dr. Alan Stephenson. [Illustrations by John R. Smith.] 515 COPIES WERE PRINTED

Rocket Press, [Abingdon],, [1985]. 8vo., First Edition, with tipped-in portrait frontispiece; pictorial grey boards, upper board and backstrip lettered in red, red endpapers, a fine copy. EDITION LIMITED TO 515 NUMBERED COPIES (THIS COPY No. 116). The frontispiece reproduces the Maria Giberne lithograph of Newman, circa 1842. An additional ten copies were issued in full leather with slip-case.

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Sonstige Stichworte: private press, rocket press, newman, john henry newman, cardinal newman, oxford movement, tract one

of HIPPO St. Augustine

Unless the Grain Die. [Decorations by Margaret Adams]. 160 COPIES WERE PRINTED

Stanbrook Abbey Press, Worcester,, 1961. Roy. 8vo., First Edition thus, on hand-made paper, title in red and black heightened in gilt, volume titles in red and blue stock, text in red and black with blue initials; paper boards blocked and lettered in gilt, red leather back lettered in gilt, blue endpapers, uncut, a fine copy. EDITION LIMITED TO 160 NUMBERED COPIES (THIS COPY NO. 70). Decorations by Margaret Adams, bound by George Percival and Rigby Graham.

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Sonstige Stichworte: augustine, ignatius, stanbrook abbey press, margaret adams, st. augustine of hippo, private press, unless, the, grain, die

POWYS T.F.

Goat Green or The Better Gift. Engravings by Gwenda Morgan. NEAR FINE COPY IN DUSTWRAPPER

Golden Cockerel Press,, 1937. 4to. First Edition with a frontispiece and 4 full-page engravings in the text title lightly spotted at outer edge; original green cloth gilt back a very good bright clean copy in dustwrapper the latter lightly frayed at edges. Pertelote 128.

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POWYS Theodore Francis

When Thou wast Naked. A Story by T.F.Powys. With Engravings by John Nash. 500 COPIES WERE PRINTED

Golden Cockerel Press, Waltham St.Lawrence,, 1931. 8vo., First Edition, on laid paper, with engraved title, and engravings in the text; patterned boards, blue calf back lettered in gilt, gilt top, uncut, backstrip just a trifle rubbed at head else a near fine copy. EDITION LIMITED TO 500 COPIES SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR (THIS COPY NO.219). With personal red leather bookplate on front paste-down.

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Sonstige Stichworte: modern first editions, modern firsts, powys, t f powys, theodore francis powys, john nash, private press, golden cockerel press

PUSHKIN Alexander

An Amateur Peasant Girl. [Illustrations by James O'Connor. Tailpieces by Simon Peers.] 30 COPIES WERE PRINTED

Ampleforth Press, Ampleforth,, 1973. 8vo., First Edition, with title in red and black, with 3 full-page engravings and several tailpieces in the text; full red leather, upper board blocked in gilt, gilt back, uncut, a near fine copy. EDITION LIMITED TO 30 NUMBERED COPIES FOR PRESENTATION (THIS COPY. NO. V). An additional 270 copies were produced for sale. LOOSELY INSERTED IS A PRINTED RE-LIMITATION SLIP CONFIRMING THAT THE ORIGINAL RUN OF 500 COPIES (450 FOR SALE) WAS REDUCED TO 300 COPIES (270 FOR SALE); TOGETHER WITH A RELEVANT CUTTING.

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Sonstige Stichworte: private press, ampleforth press, pushkin, alexander pushkin, james o'connor, simon peers, james stourton

ROSSETTI Christina

Poems chosen by Walter de la Mare. 300 COPIES WERE PRINTED

Gregynog Press, [Newtown],, 1930. 8vo., First Edition, text in red and black; marbled boards, vellum back ruled and lettered in gilt, backstrip very slightly browned as often else a very good, bright, clean, crisp copy. EDITION LIMITED TO 300 NUMBERED COPIES (THIS COPY NO. 73].

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RYLANDS George

Quoth the Raven 'Nevermore' or, Much Ado About Nothing. An Anthology of Negation. Compiled by George Rylands. 400 COPIES WERE PRINTED; WITH A.L.s FROM THE PUBLISHER

Stourton Press, Hackney,, 1984. 8vo., First Edition; patterned boards, red cloth back lettered in gilt, ivory endpapers, a near fine copy. EDITION LIMITED TO 400 NUMBERED COPIES (THIS COPY NO. 171). An additional fifty copies were issued for presentation. LOOSELY INSERTED IS AN A.L.s FROM THE PUBLISHER RELATING TO THIS TITLE.

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SPENSER Edmund

Daphnaida and other Poems. [An Elizabethan Gallery]. Edited [with Commentary and Notes] by W.L. Renwick. ONE OF NINETY-FIVE COPIES

Scholartis Press,, 1929. 8vo., First Edition thus, on hand-made laid paper; tan full crushed morocco, boards framed in blind, gilt back, gilt top, marbled endpapers, brown silk marker, a near fine copy. EDITION LIMITED TO 95 NUMBERED COPIES (THIS COPY NO. 12) SIGNED BY THE EDITOR.

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SPENSER Edmund

Daphnaida and other Poems. Edited [with Commentary and Bibliographical Notes] by W.L. Renwick. 1660 COPIES WERE PRINTED

Scholartis Press,, 1929. 8vo., First Edition thus, on hand-made laid paper, neat contemporary signature on front free endpaper; rose buckram, gilt back, red top, uncut, a very good, bright, clean copy. EDITION LIMITED TO 1660 COPIES.

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SWIFT Jonathan

Resolutions when I come to be old. 1699. FINE COPY IN WRAPPERS

[C. Eric McNally, Dartington],, [c.2005]. 8vo., First Edition thus, with title in red; original wrappers, upper cover lettered in gilt, yapped edges, a fine copy. Beautifully printed in 14 point Bembo AND EVIDENTLY ISSUED IN A LIMITED RUN. VERY SCARCE.

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WEEKS Donald

Frederick William Rolfe, Christchurch, and the Artist. 120 COPIES WERE PRINTED

Tragara Press, Edinburgh,, 1980. 8vo., First Edition, on laid paper; original red cloth wrappers, upper wrapper with printed paper label, a near fine copy. EDITION LIMTED TO 120 NUMBERED COPIES (THIS COPY NO. 71). Reprints the only three known theatrical reviews by Rolfe.

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WHISTLER Laurence

Way. Two Affirmations by Laurence Whistler: in Glass and Verse. 275 COPIES WERE PRINTED; SIGNED BY THE ARTIST

[Golden Head Press, Cambridge],, [1969]. 8vo., First Edition, with full-page photograph; original pictorial wrappers, wire-stitched as issued, a fine copy.. EDITION LIMITED TO 275 COPIES; THIS COPY SIGNED BY THE ARTIST ON HALF-TITLE.

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Sonstige Stichworte: fine art, ceramics, glass, whistler, laurence whistler