1. [F1372] Anon.. Elckerlijc. Utrecht, Stichting De roos,
1951, 64pp., The colophon states: . Deze uitgave van Elckerlijc"
wird in het voorjaar van 1951 volgens de tekstaanwijzingen van
Prof. J. van Mierlo, S.J. gezet uit de Baskerville en gedrukt
door G.J. van Amerongen te Amesfoort op papier van G.H. Bührmann.
De houtgravures zij van St. Mrozewsky, de typografische
verzorging was in handen van Susanne Heynemann. Het bindwerk wird
verzorgd door J. Brandt en Zoon te Amsterdam. De oplage van 175
genummerde exemplaren is bestemd voor de leden van de Stchting De
Roos" te Utrecht. Dit exemplaar is nummer 54. The full title is
printed on the page following the title: Den spieghel der
Salicheit van Elckerlijc; hoe dat elckerlijc mensche werd
ghedaecht Gode rekeninghe te doen. Fine copy printed in black and
red. ? ** Elckerlijc appeared in print in the late fifteenth
century. Everyman is a translation and adaptation from
Elckerlijc, a work which is regarded in the Low Countries as an
important part of Dutch literary heritage with notable
productions being mount?ed well into the modern age, The
foundation De Roos was started in 1945 and they produce fine
editions limited to 175 copies, the number of the member
bibliophiles.[ST] £95.00
2. [F2107SM] Appel, Rolf. Das Richtehaus. Eine
gleichnishafte Erzählung. 1967. Mit 5 Originalradierungen von Ute
Schreiber. 250 x 215 mm. in blockbook binding [Hamburg
1967].27pp., One of an edition of just 15 copies 5 original
etchings by Ute Schreiber.On the halftitle: . Max Tau, "dem
Baumeister einer brüderlichen Welt" zum 70. Geburtstag gewidmet.
This copy is signed by 9 contributors (?) like Kurt Lehmann, Rolf
Appel and Max Tau and his wife Tove.Max Tau dated this copy below
the signatures Oslo 18. Januar 1967. Cover sl. spotted and
darkened, the text towards the edges. Obviously extremely rare. ¶
Max Tau was a German-Norwegian writer, editor, and publisher
noted for his contribution to promoting literary exchange between
Germany and Norway, especially in the context of reconciliation
after World War II. He was the first person who was awarded the
peace prize of the German Booksellers Association in 1950
£175.00
3. [F0030] Azimi, Iftikhar [ translated by ] illustrated by
Richard Kennedy. The Garden of the Night - a selection of 26 Sufi
Poems. The Whittington Press , 1979, approximately 70 unnumbered
pages illustrated with numerous line drawings Limited Edition of
240 copies of which this is number XXVI of the 35 copies full
bound in Nigerian goatskin by Weatherby Woolnough, with
Whittington marbled endpapers. Accompanied by a loosely inserted
signed etching by Richard Kennedy. (2 edges of this sl. browned)
The edition is signed by Kennedy and Azimi. Hand-set in 24-point
Caslon and printed at the press by John and Rosaliond Randle and
Miriam Macgregor on B.F.K. mouldmade paper. The calligraphy is
drawn by Noor Shafiqi and Faizal Hasan Deobandi, and the
calligraphy and illustrations printed at the Senecio press. The
front board has a Kennedy design embossed and the spine has the
title in gilt lettering. A splendid book, the leather of the
spine slightly discoloured and the edges of the loose etching a
bit browned. In slip-case. Now very rare. £350.00
4. [011811] BAMPFYLDE, James,. The Poems of James
Bampfylde.. {Being the slim output of a minor 18th century
poet.].Edited and introduced by R.Lonsdale.No 32 of 300
copies.Signed by the editor.The Perpetua Press, Oxford
1988.80pp.;bound in publ.beige cl.with gilt initials on fr.bd.and
titles on spine;plain paper d.w.;features in frontis -piece
painting by J.Reynolds of the poet and friend.Full intro and
notes £14.50
5. [091727-1] BEERBOHM, Max.,. Zulika Dobson. With a
foreword and illustrations (on fine colour plates) by Osbert
Lancaster. Oxford, The Shakespeare Head Press, 1975, Designed by
Ruari McLean, printed at the Oxford University Press, xvi,187pp.,
Quarter dark blue crushed morocco over turquoise & white striped
bds., gilt-ruled, gilt lettering & decoration on spine. 12
attractive double spread colour plates by OSBERT LANCASTER.
Printed in Monotype Garamond on Abbey Mills Book White and Smooth
Processed Papers. Text printed in magenta and black.. Fine in
illust. heavy cardboard slip-case No. 346. of 750 copies signed
"Osbert Lancaster" fine copy. [ DL ] £135.00
6. [F3103] BENN Gottfried, . Aus dem Oratorium Das
Unaufhorliche. Holzstiche von Otto Rohse. . Hamburg ,
Maximilian-Gesellschaft, 1971. With 12 orig. wood-engravings. 14
unn. leaves. Large 4to. Original black boards, blind-stamped
(Christian Zwang). (Hamburg ), Maximilian-Gesellschaft, 1971. One
of 1300 copies, signed in the colophone by Otto Rohse. Printed
with Schneider-Mediaeval of the Bauer type foundry on Zerkall
laid paper for the members of the Maximilian-Gesellschaft as gift
for the year1970. / Auf Zerkall-Bütten gedruckt. Mit Signatur des
Illustrators. Von Otto Rohse im Impressum handsigniert. See: -
Spindler 49/15. Katalog Zwang 28.. Fine copy £35.00
7. [WO120] Bracken Vloedt, Jan van den (= Johannes Weiland).
Gevlekte sater. . [ Utrecht ] De Bezige Bij, 1944. Paperback, ,
ills.,goed ex., rug licht verbleekt, Ingenaaid, 52 pp.
12,5x16,5x0,5 cm. Met illustraties in zwart-wit. Clandestiene
uitgave. Nummer 198 van een gelimiteerde oplage van 225 [Met
illustraties van de dichter. Utrecht], De Bezige Bij [(Ch.E. van
Blommestein en G. Lubberhuizen). 1944]. 8o. 52 blz. Colophon.
Gevlekte Sater, gedichten door Jan van den Bracken Vloedt, werd
in den zomer van het jaar 1944 gezet uit de Egmontletter van S.H.
de Roos en in het verborgene gedrukt op Simili Japon papier in
een oplage van 225 genummerde exemplaren. Het is een uitgave van
De Bezige Bij. Aantekening. Gedrukt door de Utrechtsche
Typografen Associatie te Utrecht. see/zie De Jong 112 £8.50
8. [091840-9] CARR, J.L., .. The First Saturday in May;. An
echo of a Shropshire Lad. 1993. Black and white wood engravings
from drawings and photographs taken at various villages on the
first Saturday in May, 1993, by Nicholas Parry. White and green
pictorial paper over boards. Title in red on front cover and
spine. An edition of 140 copies, signed by Nicholas and Mary
Parry. A charming book on cricket. Inserted is a letter from Mary
Parry confirming thst only 16 copies were left in September 2004.
We then bought all 16. [ DR - 1 ] £48.00
9. [F3066] de Beauclair , Gotthard. Laudate Dominum. Laudes
matutinae et vespertinae. Psalmen und Lobgesänge.
Lateinisch-deutsche Ausgabe. . Frankfurt am Main, Ars librorum,
1963, Signed by Gotthard de Beauclair below the colophon. Printed
in red , green and black by the Trajanus-Presse. - Translated by
the monks of the Beuron abbey.. gilt embossed cloth binding, the
3rd Ars Librorum title. See: . Spindler 40.23. - Isphording 34.
Very good copy. Number 114/950. £24.50
10. [091994] DE BURY, RICHARD. Philobiblon. the text and
translation of E.C. Thomas, sometime scholor of Trinity college.
Edited with a foreword by Michael MacLagan Fellow of Trinity
College. Oxford, Shakespeare Head Press / Basil Blackwell. 1960,
Limited/Numbered. Half Morocco, 4to - over 9?" - 12" tall. 191
pp, cloth has a hardly noticeable dent to front board. Very Good/
copy . this is number 230, the edition was prepared in honour of
the 70th birthday, on 29 May 1959, of Sir Basil Blackwell by his
sons and colleagues. Book design by Ruari McLean and printed by
Vivian Ridler at the Oxford University Press. With 2 coloured
coats of arms on title pages (Latin/English on opposite pages as
is the text. Text sl. darkened [ DR 4 ] £85.00
11. [F1923] Döblin, Alfred,. Doktor Doeblin.
Selbstbiographie. Published in a limited edition of 400 copies
and printed on hand-made Romana paper by the friedenauer Presse
in Berlin, 1970, 12pp. in printed wrappers. Edges of wrappers
slightly sunned. £9.50
12. [092849] Drayton, Michael (1563 - 1631 ). Nimphidia: The
Court of Fayrie. Circa 1625. Illustrated by Nicholas Parry.
Nimphidia: The Court of Fayrie. Circa 1625. Illustrated by
Nicholas Parry. Tern Press, Market Drayton. 2004, Sixteen
watercolours. 52(2)p. 13" x 9.25". Original watercolours scanned
and printed digitally by North Shropshire Printers. Text in
Caslon on Magnani. Grey cloth spine , leaf-print pattern in brown
and tan paper over boards. One of a limited edition of 50 copies.
Nimphidia is a narrative poem (published in 1627) about fairies,
with King Oberon having many adventures when he sets off in
pursuit of his queen. Michael Drayton (1563-1631). was born at
Hartshill in Warwickshire in 1563 and as a youth became page to
Sir Henry Goodeere of Polesworth. Goodeere is to be credited for
Drayton's education. Drayton fell in love with Sir Henry's
daughter, Anne, who served as an inspiration for 'Idea'.
Drayton's career as a poet was long: from his first published
work in 1591 to his last in 1630. He died in comparative poverty,
but was buried in Westminster Abbey. He was an extremely prolific
writer, producing historical, topographical, and religious verse,
as well as odes, sonnets, and satires. His The Ballad of
Agincourt opens with the famous lines: "fayre stood the winde for
France When we our sailes advaunce ". This, Drayton's most
popular work. Nymphidia is a mock-heroic series of fairy poems,
or 'Nimphalls'1, much influenced by Shakespeare's A Midsummer
Night's Dream. Drayton died in London on December 2, 1631. He was
buried in Westminster Abbey under a monument with an epitaph by
Ben Jonson commissioned by the Countess of Dorset. [ DR - 3 ]
£150.00
13. [F1100] Esslemont, D.,. NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE: A Short
Account of Its Foundation. Esslemont, ISBN: 090701402X.
Newcastle, David Esslemont, 1980 14pp., 32mo., A small pamphlet
published by Esslemont upon the 900th anniversary of the founding
of Newcastle: a short account of that history,With Woodcuts . In
teh original envelope. [ DL 1/3 ] £8.95
14. [F1924] Fernau, Rudolf,. Uraufführung von Bert Brecht
>Baal Berlin, Friedenauer Presse, 1971, 12pp., Printed on fine
Romana-Bütten,(hand-made paper) One of an edition of 400 copies.
in yellow printed wrappers, ¶ ¶ Ein Kapitel aus dem
Lebenstagebuch eines Schauspielers "Als Lied begann's" von Rudolf
Fernau. Erstmalig veröffentliche im März 1971 bei der Friedenauer
Presse im Verlag der Wolff's Bücherei. Andreas Wolff,
Berlin-Friedenau. Auflage 400 Exemplare; gesetzt in Korpus
Garamond Antiqua, gedruckt auf Romana-Bütten bei Klaus Fruck,
Berlin-Schöneberg. Auf dem Umschlag ist der Originaltheaterzettel
des Leipziger Schauspielhauses abgedruckt. £8.50
15. [092557] Fischart, Johann. Das Glückhafft Schiff von
Zürich : ein Lobspruch vonn der Glücklichen und Wolfertigen
Schiffart, einer Burgerlichen Gesellschafft auß Zürich, auff das
außgeschriben Schiessen gen Straßburg den 21. Junij, des 76.
jars, nicht vil erhörter weis vollbracht.. Muenchen: Rupprecht
Presse, 1927. Dazu eines Neidigen Verunglimpfers schantlicher
Schmachspruch, von gedachtem Glückschiff . Samt desselbigen
Notwendigem Kehrab ist gethan worden. ( Buch der Rupprecht-Presse
, 38 ) München : Rupprecht-Presse, 1927, small 4to., full vellum.
83 [1] pp. Number 19 of an edition of 150 numbered copies
hand-printed on Bedenk paper. *** A example of fine printing by
the most profoundly German private press of the early 20th
century. Founded in 1914 in Munich by typographer Fritz Helmut
Ehmcke, the Rupprecht Presse published over a span of 20 years
some 57 books, of which this No. 38. Drawing mainly on German
literature for his sources, Ehmcke printed in artistic form a
number of works by philosophers, and this poem composed by
pro-Reformation satirist Johann Fischart (1546 - 1590) was
typical of his choices. One of the most prominent writers of his
time, Fischart first saw his poem published in 1576, and it was
regarded as one of the most distinguished works of the last
quarter of the 16th century. As in all Rupprecht Presse
offerings, Ehmcke designed the covers, endpapers and typefaces
for this work. Text is in Ehmcke-Schwabacher, designed in 1920;
headings in Ehmcke-Fraktur, designed in 1909 and cut by noted
typographer Louis Hoell. Hoell also worked with the renowned
Bremer Presse of Munich, as did calligrapher Anna Simon, who
created the handwritten initials in red for this volume. Finely
printed with wide margins on Bedenk hand-made paper with deckled
edges. T.e. gilt. £275.00
16. [030813] FLEECE PRESS - Lawrence, Simon. Untitled
Pamphlet opening "Books to Grace Your Shelves". .., And with four
other short monographs, "...Baskerville", "Baigneuses", "Gwen
Raveret", "Albion Pres...". Wakefield, Fleece Press, 1994; tall
8vo; 8pp (sewn); bound in marbled wrappers; one of 970 copies;
Prospectus and sales catalogue illustrated with wood engraving by
John Buckland Wright from "Baigneuses" wrappers by Compton
Marbling. 9.5" X 5" near-fine. £14.50
17. [031707] FORSYTH, Frederick. The Negotiator. The Bantam
Press, London, 1989 (1st ed); 448pp; specially bound in blue
quarter cloth with marbled paper on boards; near-fine. *LIMITED
EDITION: No.21 of 150 copies of the first edition. SIGNED by the
author.[ dr m ] £45.00
18. [091672-2] Gallico, Paul. A Miracle in Wilderness. A
Story for Christmas.. .., ISBN: 0904845001. Illustrated by Jane &
Anne Grahame-Johnstone. Oxford, Mouette Press, 1975. Printed by
the Whittington Press, in a limited edition of 250 numbered
copies signed by Paul Gallico. This is one of the 50 copies which
were numbered M1 - M50. Printed on an 1848 Columbian press, on
mould made paper from St Cuthbert's Mill. embossed cloth binding
in protective white plain d/j. gilt top edge. Fine copy. £25.00
19. [F0119] Gant, Roland. Steps to the River. Poems. With
eight wood-engravings by Howard Phipps. [Introduction by John
Randle & Preface by Roland Gant.] Whittington Press, 1995, Royal
8vo, [40]pp. Number VI of 40 (200) of the special edition of the
40 special copies numbered I to XL. Containing an extra set of
artist's proofs of the engravings in a separate folder, signed by
the author and artist. Set in Romulus and printed in light green
and black on Zerkall paper. Colour frontispiece and 7 other
wood-engravings in black-and-white by Howard Phipps. Quarter
green canvas with a printed label on the spine, in wood-engraved
decorative paper-covered sides, top edge tinted green , together
in green slipcase. A splendid copy. £195.00
20. [030636] GERITS, Anton. Het Land Van Windegang. 0,
Mouette Press, Oxford, 1977; tall format: 11 x 6.8in; in publ.
paper wrappers;*Edition limited to 226 copies £3.00
21. [F3098] GOETHE , Johann Wolfgang Von . Maximen und
Reflexionen. Textauswahl von Bertold Hack. Mit einem Nachwort von
Annette Hack. Hbg., Otto Rohse Presse 1995. 4°. Mit 6
-Kupferstichen auf Tafeln von Otto Rohse. 33 S., 1 Bl. Opbd. in
Opp.-Schuber. 48. Druck der Otto Rohse Presse. Unser Exemplar von
Otto Rohse im Impressum mit Bleistift signiert und handnumeriert:
78/XC. Eins von nur 90 Exemplaren für Annette Hack (Gesamtauflage
190)., Text auf Japanbütten von Zanders, die Kupferstiche auf
Bütten.. - Die Kupferstiche wurden jeweils in einer anderen
Farbe, teils mit zarter Tonplatte, gedruckt.Kupferstiche bei Till
Verclas. - Tadelloses Ex. .Nicht mehr bei Hack/Schwarz,
Isphording II, 805. Inliegend ein Begleitschreiben der Tochter
Annette Hack zu ihrem Geburtstag im November 1995 signiert. (
Geschenk war fuer den Hamburger Verleger Friedrich Wittig aus
dessen Bibliothek dieses Exemplar stammt ) £395.00
22. [F2108SM] Goethe, J. W. Illustrated by Max Pfeiffer
Watenphuhl,. Goethes Buch Suleika Gefolgt vom Schenkenbuch. Dem
Westöstlischen Divan entliehen und mit vierzehn auf den Stein
gezeichneten Farblithographien versehen von Max Pfeiffer
Watenphul . No. 233 of 370 signed and hand-numbered copies. With
14 lithographs by Max Pfeiffer signed in the stone. Frankfurt am
Main, Verlag Ars Librorum, Gotthard de Beauclair 1966. folio (410
mm. x 280 mm.) loose sheets held in publisher's orange
vellum-backed linen cloth binding with spine lettered in gilt and
one of the coloured lithographs pasted to the front board. In
dark reddish brown quarter goat's leather slip case with gilt
lettering on the spine. A dust jacket was not issued. A fine
copy. Printed on "velin d'Arches" and uncut. Five of the 14
coloured lithographs are full-page. Signed in the colophon by Max
Pfeiffer Watenphul and Gotthard de Beauclair. 37pp. + colophon.
Typeface used is Dante-Antiqua. Ars Librorum print no. 14. The
first book ilustrated by the German artist Max Pfeiffer
Watenphul(1896-1976). Inserted are the special lge 8-vo leaflet
the publisher issued for this book with three of the
illustrations reproduced in a smaller size and the publisher's
catalogue of editions with original graphics., £750.00
23. [F2069] GOETHE, J.W. Von. Marienbader Elegie.
Sesampresse, 1923, [20] pp., sewn, but pages now detached. number
45 of 100 numbered copies, in buff grey (discoloured edges)
wrappers with the title printed on a silk-like paper label pasted
to front. ( Text printed on hand-made paper. Drucke der
Sesam-Presse, 2 ) BVB-Number: BV009872820 [ST] £45.00
24. [091928] GOETHE, Johann Wolfgang von. Poems.. Edited and
introduced by T.J. Reed ( Professor of German at Oxford
University ) Tregynon, Newton, Powys, Gwasg Gregynog, 2000. 4to.,
quarter leather, paper covered boards, slipcase. viii, (ii),
51+(3) pages. Printed in an edition limited to 200 numbered
copies of which this one is one of the fifty copies specially
bound in quarter leather. Included is the 4-page prospectus for
the edition and a letter from the publisher to Dr. F.D. Luke
thanking him for granting the publisher to use his translations.
This book was published by Gwasg Gregynog to celebrate the 600th
anniversary of the birth of Johann Gutenberg and the 250th of
Johann Wolfgang Goethe. This collection of some forty recent
English translations of Goethe's poetry represents the breadth of
the artistic and intellectual interests of Goethe as they
developed throughout his lifetime. Illustrated with a title-page
silhouette of Goethe and typographical decoration to some of the
poems by Neil Holland. this silhouette is repeated on the front
cover (colophon states 2 but loose erratum slip corrects this )
Set in Monotype Ehrhardt and printed in two colours on mouldmade
paper from the Hahnemuhle mill at Dassel. £195.00
25. [091928-B] GOETHE, Johann Wolfgang von. Poems.. Edited
and introduced by T.J. Reed ( Professor of German at Oxford
University ) Tregynon, Newton, Powys, Gwasg Gregynog, 2000. 4to.
One of the copies of the edition of 150 copies bound in quarter
cloth in a sl. soiled slipcase. with sl. bumped corners .. .
Published by Gwasg Gregynog to celebrate the 600th anniversary of
the birth of Johann Gutenberg and the 250th of Johann Wolfgang
Goethe. This collection of some forty recent English translations
of Goethe's poetry represents the breadth of the artistic and
intellectual interests of Goethe as they developed throughout his
lifetime. Illustrated with a title-page silhouette of Goethe and
typographical decoration to some of the poems by Neil Holland.
Set in Monotype Ehrhardt and printed in two colours on mouldmade
paper from the Hahnemuhle mill at Dassel. Included is the 4-page
prospectus for the edition £75.00
26. [F3109] GOETHE, Johann Wolfgang Von. Briefe aus Venedig.
Kupferstiche von Otto Rohse. Hamburg , Otto Rohse Presse,
1963-1964. Mit 28 ,10 einseitigen und 9 doppelseitigen
Original-Kupferstichen.60 nn. Seiten. Flexibler
Originalpergamentband mit Rückenvergoldung (leicht flecking,
wahrscheinlich vom Schuber ) , als Blockbuch gebunden(Einband von
Christian Zwang, Hamburg). Im Originalschuber mit gestochenem
Signet der Presse (Entwurf: Hermann Bunz).Erster Druck der Otto
Rohse Presse. - Exemplar 50 von 300, von denen wohl nur die
ersten 200 nummeriert und gebunden wurden. Daneben erschienen 50
Mappenausgaben. - Im Druckvermerk vom Künstler signiert. -
Handsatz aus der Garamond der Stempel AG. - Auf
Hahnemühle-Bütten. -Der 1925 in Insterburg geborene Künstler
studierte an der Landeskunstschule Hamburg bei Richard von
Sichowsky und übernahm 1961 ein Lehramt an der Werkkunstschule
Offenbach. 1962 gründete er seine eigene Presse in Hamburg.27,3 :
23,4 cm.Spindler 44.6. - Hack/Schwarz 1.01. - Tiessen II, 14
£395.00
27. [004669-2] GOETZ, B.,. Das ist alles, was ich ueber Freud
zu erzaehlen habe.. Erinnerungen an Sigmund Freud. Berlin,
Friedenauer Presse, 1969, 12PP., wrappers. (One of 400 copies).
£4.95
28. [F0083] GRASWINCKEL, D. (Introduced and edited by G.
Gossaert). De Vierlingen van den Heer van Pybrac uit het Frans in
het Nederlands en in het Latijn vertaald door. Mr. D.
Graswinckel.. Utrecht, Stichting De Roos, 1955, XLVIII, 136, (4)
p., text edges untrimmed, (these edges are very sl. spotted) .
--- Set in Lutetia, Open-Kapitelen en Romanee by J. van Krimpen.
Printed in red and black on Eenhoorn Propatria Antiek paper..
Typogr. en cover design by Aldert Witte. Printed for members of
the Dutch bibliophile society Stichting 'De Roos'.Number 173 of
an edition of 175 numbered copies. in red cloth with gilt titling
and decorative border on boards, fine Texts in French, Latin and
Dutch. An early translation of the Quatrains by Guy du Faur
seigneur de Pibrac. £12.00
29. [092647-1] GRIFFITHS, Bill (ed.).,. The Rune Poem.
Printed on Roma Del Sarto paper with etched lino prints by
Nicholas Parry. Quarter bound in cloth and cork by Mary Parry.
Title printed on paper attached to spine. An edition of 125
copies signed by Nicholas and Mary Parry. £35.00
30. [F3108] Hack. Bertold Und Herta Schwarz, (Hrsg. / Eds.).
Otto Rohse und seine Presse. Mit Beilage: Signierter, datierter
Original - Holzstich von Otto Rohse "Gruß vom Klotzenmoor"..
Hamburg, Maximilian - Gesellschaft, 1992,4to.,, 199 S. mit
Abbildungen und 10 direkt von den Holzstöcken gedruckten
Holzstichen. OLwd., Eins von1600 Exemplaren. - Beilage: Ein
signierter, datierter Original - Holzstich von Otto Rohse "Gruß
vom Klotzenmoor" datiert 6.12.92. Dazu einladung zur Aausstellung
Otto Rohses Graophik Februar-Maerz 1993 in der Galerie Chr.
Zwang, Hamburg. £45.00
31. [F2787-B] Jennings, Elizabeth. A Dream of Spring.. Poems
by Elizabeth Jennings.. With Illustrations by Anthony Rossiter.
Stratford-upon-Avon , The Celandine Press 1980, (Printed by The
Whittington Press),, ] First Edition Tall octavo, green cloth
spine (with publisher's printed spine label), Whittington marbled
paper-covered boards, (32) pages, illustrated (with five,
tipped-in, sepia plates by Anthony Rossiter). A sequence of
seventeen new poems by Elizabeth Jennings Signed by Elizabeth
Jennings, and artist Anthony Rossiter, on the limitation page (as
issued). Printed for The Celandine Press, at The Whittington
Press, on Zerkall mould-made paper, hand set in Bell type. Issued
without printed dust jacket). First edition, limited to 150
numbered copies of which this is number 146. Immaculate copy
£95.00
32. [F2787] Jennings, Elizabeth. A Dream of Spring.. Poems by
Elizabeth Jennings.. With Illustrations by Anthony Rossiter.
Stratford-upon-Avon , The Celandine Press 1980, (Printed by The
Whittington Press),, ] First Edition Tall octavo, green cloth
spine (with publisher's printed spine label), Whittington marbled
paper-covered boards, (32) pages, illustrated (with five,
tipped-in, sepia plates by Anthony Rossiter). A sequence of
seventeen new poems by Elizabeth Jennings Signed by Elizabeth
Jennings, and artist Anthony Rossiter, on the limitation page (as
issued). Printed for The Celandine Press, at The Whittington
Press, on Zerkall mould-made paper, hand set in Bell type. Issued
without printed dust jacket). First edition, limited to 150
numbered copies of which this is number 44, Prestine copy.
Offered here together with the press' green A-4 publication
announcement and a postcard by the poet written to her parents in
October 1955 from Rome with 15 lines of text. £195.00
33. [090355] Kalashnikov, Anatolii Ivanovich. Syuita o
Dostoevskom/ The Dostoevsky Suite. 10 ksilografii Anatoliya
Ivanovicha Kalashnikova, Pochetnyi chlen Korolevskogo obshchestva
khudozhnikov-grafikov Velikobritanii. Vstupitel'naya stat'ya
U.E.Batler. London, Akademiya "Primroz", 1994./Ten Wood
Engravings by Anatolii Ivanovich Kalashnikov RE (Hon.). With an
introduction by W. E. Butler. London: The Primrose Academy, 1994.
One of a limited edition of 135 copies, signed by both
Kalashnikov and Butler. 10 1/2 x 7 1/2 in. 7 pp. of text followed
by 10 spectacular colour woodcuts, gilt lettering on spine. Fine
in lightly rubbed slipcase. 135 copies designed and printed by
Sebastian Carter at the Rampant Lions Press for The Primrose
Academy on Zerkall wove paper, typeset by Speedspools, binding by
The Fine Bindery. Ten wood engravings, each in three colours,
from the original blocks on Zerkall paper, an eleventh in black
and white. The introduction is published in both the English and
Russian languages. Bound in patterned boards with buckram spines.
. First Limited edition. [ DR 6 ] £195.00
34. [F0805] Kalashnikov, Anatolii( Ivanovich, ( 1930-2007 ).
Voi'na i mir : seriia ksilografii po motivam roman L?va Tolstogo
/ R. I. Kalashnikova / War and peace : a suite of wood engravings
based on the book by Leo Tolstoy by Anatolii I. Kalashnikov.
ISBN: 0948021292. Vvedenie W. E. Batlera / introduced by W. E.
Butler. Society of Wood Engravers, 1991, 64pp., folio, Signed
limited edition of 300 copies printed by the Libanus Press. text
set in Plantin, bound in red cloth by Smith Settle. Parallel
English and Russian text. [ 0948021292 9780948021299 ] binding
sl. soiled [ RL] £165.00
35. [F355-C] La Chambre, Pierre De, . Verscheyden brieven
Bequaem in de Scholen te ghebruycken. . Haarlem, Tuinwijkpers,
1968, (23)p., woodcut printer's mark in red, printed in 48 numb.
Copies of which this is number 20, orig. blue wrappers with
mounted title printed in black and red on front cover, oblong,
12mo. £25.00
36. [031723] LAVER, James. Love's Progress, or, the Education
of Araminta. The Nonesuch Press, Bloomsbury, 1929; 32pp; publ.
card with marbled paper wrappers; fr. wrapper sunned, extremities
worn spine cracked, interior well preserved. *LIMITED EDITION:
No. 1412 of 1525 copies. [ DR 3 ] £4.50
37. [030915] LEDERER, Wolfgang. African Figures. ..,
"Drawings by Wolfgang Lederer printed by Havilah Press". Havilah
Press, Emeryville, 2000; 20pp (unpaginated); in publ. neat paper
wrappers; 18pp of line illustrations; fine. *SIGNED by author.
LIMITED EDITION: this copy numbered 68 of 150 copies. [DR-M]
£4.50
38. [F1253] Leibniz, Gottfried Wilhelm. Zwei Briefe über das
binäre Zahlensystem und die chinesische Philosophie. Aus dem
Urtext neu editiert, übersetzt und kommentiert von Renate Loosen
und Franz Vonessen. Mit einem Nachwort von Jean Gebser..
Stuttgart, Belser-Presse 1968, 158 [2] pp., with one mounted
copper engraving (portrait) as frontispiece, 2 illustrations and
2 facsimiles. Bound in handmade paper covered boards with leather
title label on the spine in slipcase First title of the
Belser-Presse. The 'Abhandlung über die chinesische Philosophie'
was translated into German in 1966 for the first time and this
edition is bi-lingual in German and French. Number 265 of an
edition of 900 numberd copies. Spine of book sl. Faded, slip case
dusty and with sl. Faded edges. Overall a very fine copy however
[ DL 2/4] £75.00
39. [F1918] LISTER, Raymond [1919 - 2001 ]. Tao. [Cambridge,
Golden Head Press, 1965. First edition. Written and designed by
Raymond Lister with 6 halftone illustrations by the author. Plain
protective dust jacket. Yellow cloth binding. Very good.
Unpaginated. this is number 18 of 34 numbered copies, signed by
Raymond Lister and printed on blue Natsume paper ( 40 copies
printed in total). Signed by Author(s). 1st Edition. ¶ ** A
complete set of the publications of Raymond Lister's Golden Head
Press, 1952-1970, comprising 57 items in all is held by Reading
university library.The Press published not only Lister’s own
work, including some coloured miniatures in the spirit of Blake,
but also poems by Francis Warner, Edmund Blunden and Siegfried
Sassoon, as well as work on Leon Bakst. [st ] £17.50
40. [F0776] LOWBURY, Edward.. New Poems. The Keepsake Press,
1965. First Edition. 8vo. Wrappers. Unpaginated. mumber 129 of
180 numbered copies signed by Lowbury. Handset and printed by Roy
Lewis at the Keepsake press. wrappers sl. discoloured at the
spine and edges [ DR-M ] £3.50
41. [F0199] Masefield, John. August 1914 & Reynard the Fox;
or The Ghost Heath Run 1918. Illustrations by Nicholas Parry
Number 19 of a limited edition of forty copies 4to.Tern Press,
2005, Cloth-covered boards with printed label . Set in caslon by
Brian Russell , printed on Magnani paper with pencil
illustrations . signed by Nicholas and Mary Perry. Fine copy [ DR
2 ] £195.00
42. [F3081] Melville Herman:. KIKERIKI [oder Das Krähen des
edlen Hahnes Beneventano]; Holzstiche von Otto Rohse. -
Limitierte und vom Künstler signierte Ausgabe. [kikerikii, mit
Holzstichen .; signiertes Exemplar]. 40 Seiten mit einigen
schwarz-weiß-Abbildungen nach Holzstichen, eines von 1000 von
Otto Rohse handsignierten Exemplaren, Erschienen als Jahresgabe
für die Mitglieder der Maximilian-Gesellschaft im Jahre
1959.farbig illustr. Orig.-Pappband - guter Zustand . In
Schuber.. Schuber teilw. verblichen. £18.00
43. [F0893] MESSEL, Saul Van, [PS. of Jaap (Jakob). Strelen
om De Stam. Een Bundel Priapeeën.. Haarlem, De Tuinwijkpers,
1968, 24pp., One of a limited editon of 66 copies of which this
is number 50, set in Van Krimpen's 16 point Cancelleresca
Bastarda, printed by hand. in buff paper wrappers, fine copy, the
spine sl. faded, printed title label on front of wrapper. The
author wrote historical works about the Jews under his own name
Meier. Fine private press edition £55.00
44. [F1170] Müller-Krumbach, Renate:. Harry Graf Kessler und
die Cranach-Presse in Weimar. Mit einem Beitrag von John Dreyfus
und einem Verzeichnis der Drucke der Cranach-Presse.. Hamburg,
Maximilian-Gesellschaft, 1969. 184pp., sm-folio, Black and white
illustrations on plates on the pages 121 - 170 . this is the
history of the famous private press founded in 1913. 57 editions
till 1931 are described/listed and additionally 8 planned titles
which were never issued, all shown on the plates. Annual gift of
the German bibliophile society the Maximilian-Gesellschaft for
1967 in an edition of 1600 copies. Design by Richard von
Sichowsky. Black cloth binding, slightly faded to the spine and
edges of the front board, blind embossed design on front
board.[DL 3/5] £29.50
45. [031570] NICOLAS, Yvon. The Belief in Personal
Immorality. 0, Printed & published by Philip Sainsbury at The
Cayme Press, Kensington, 1925; 48pp; pictoral colophon; publ.
boards plus title label; spine worn away, otherwise well
preserved. *With a dedication by the AUTHOR. [ DR - M 3 acht ]
£4.50
46. [PAM2538] Nonesuch Press. Prospectus & Retrospectus of
the Nonesuch Press 1932. 16 pp., After the foreword sigmed F.M,
V.M. D.G. [ Francis Meynell, his wife Vera Mendel, and David
Garnett ] the prospectus announces an exhibition of engravings by
Stephen Gooden at the Ulysses bookshop and the following new
titles: Some recollections of Oscar wilde by Charles Ricketts and
J.P. Raymond; Butleriana; John dryden: the complete dramatic
works; John Donne: the sermon of Valediction at his going into
Germany pp. 1 - 8 and is followed by the retrospectus of the
limited editions of the press 1923 - 1932 pp. 9-12; List of the
unlimited editions pp. 13 - 16. Text set in Monotype Plantin on
grey laid paper watermarked 'NONESUCH'; pink wrappers loosely
glued over endpapers, printed in black, printed at the University
press, Cambridge, partly unopened. vertical crease trhoughout and
wrps a bit soiled. J.Thornton & son's date stamp June 8 1932 on
front cover, Cr8vo., £13.50
47. [F3092] NYPELS, CHARLES. Bij tijd en wijle moet u eens
komen kijken. Maastricht in zeven prentbriefkaarten.. Met een
voorwoord van C. van Dijk. Haarlem, De Tuinwijkpers, 1968.
Oblong. 9,5 x 14,3 cm. Ingenaaid. Samen met een mapje met zeven
prentbriefkaarten en een facsimile van het handschrift van Nypels
gestoken in een foedraal. Met de hand gezet uit de Romanée en
gedrukt in rood en zwart in een oplage van 120 genummerde
exemplaren. ¶ In het boekje zijn teksten opgenomen die Charles
Nypels zond aan S.H. De Roos, in het mapje zijn facsimiles van de
beeldzijde van de prentbriefkaarten opgenomen en éen facsimile
van het handschrift. Exemplaar 50 £40.00
48. [F2992] Piech, Paul Peter. Christ: 12 Original Woodcuts .
Number 131 of 200 copies, signed by the artist and hand numbered
by him. Designed, printed and published by his Taurus Press of
Willow Dene in September 1969, black cover, measuring 385 x 245
mm holds the 12 woodcuts each titled by hand by the artist. this
section measures 295 x 230 mm. On the first page 4 lines printed
from a letter to Piech by Coretta Scott King.. bottom of wrappers
sl. creased. VERY RARE . Added are loose 4 linocuts printed on
the occasion of the exhibition THE GRAPHIC WORLD OF PAUL PETER
PIECH, London college of printing, January-February 1974. £65.00
49. [F1307] PRIESTLEY, J.B.. Different Inside. .., The
Kit-kat Press, Moreton in the Marsh; 8vo; 14pp (heavy paper);
publisher's card wrappers with blue free endpapers; frontispiece;
rear board has small surface crease & a few tiny marks, otherwise
fine. *LIMITED EDITION reprint of an essay from "Self-selected
Essays", of which this is no 141 of 200 copies.[ST] £4.50
50. [WO058-B] RAINE, K.,. What is Man?. ..,
Ipswich,Golgonooza Press, 1980; 24pp.; orig. pr. wrps; One of of
the 50 signed copies of the limited edition of 500 numbered
copies .. First edition. Octavo. 24 pages. Wrappers. An essay
originally contributed to a Conference on Education at Dartington
Hall in 1979.. this is number 9. Fine copy £15.00
51. [F2442KI] Ramsay, A. A. W. (Collected & Introduced by).
The Wee Apollo. Surrey, The Samson Press, 1931., 1931. In
publisher's quarter white cloth with paper covered boards with
designs in orange. , paper label to spine. Edges uncut. Number 17
of a limited edition of 100 copies ,printed on handmade paper.
tiny brown spot to edges of 2 leaves, tiny tear in spine label,
very good to fine copy £45.00
52. [F0650] Shakespeare, William. Venus and Adonis. Paris,
Harrison of Paris,. 1930.. This is the unauthorized facsimile
reprint of number 307 of the 440 copies printed on Arches vellum
paper of the limited edition of 475 copies of which the original
was signed by the designer Monroe Wheeler and printed by Ducros &
Colas. This copy is a reprint produced in the USA, but without
any further details of the "pirate" printer. Yale university's
Beinecke room, where the press' papers are held do mention this
reprint. [ Harrison of Paris, YCAL MSS 148 ] In 1979 Horace Hart
wrote an article on this unauthorized reprint. Paper wrappers,
the edges of the text are very sl. darkened. . [DR 2 ] £4.50
53. [IS00901] Shakespeare, William. Sonette. 0, 1913.
übertragen von Eduard Saenger. Leipzig, Insel-Verlag, 1913;
unnumbered pages; publisher's mock-vellum backed printed boards;
spine a little worn, boards partially darkened and a trifle
bumped, minimal spots to last leaf.. * The second edition of this
"Jubiläums-Ausgabe", a production of the Ernst-Ludwig-Presse in
Darmstadt. The title-page is printed in red and black, the sonnet
numbers in red, and the press's emblem in colophon in red. A
beautiful book, with a pencil note on the front free endpaper
"from Prof. L.C.Knights library" £18.00
54. [F0034] Shakespeare, William - Whittington Press.
Sonnets. Illustrated with wood engravings by Hellmuth
Weissenborn. in three-quarter red morocco. The Acorn Press, 1982
One of an edition of 350 copies printed at the Whittington Press.
Each sonnet is preceded by one of Weissenborn's fine coloured
wood engravings. Weissenborn, a German-born artist, immigrated to
England in 1939 and illustrated fifteen books for the Whittington
Press. An exquisite edition The press printed this volume on
loose sheets for the Acorn press and these were bound into full
red leather by special order only at the time. . £375.00
55. [F1319] Shakespeare, William,. Sonnets. 0, Leipzig, Ernst
Rowohlt,1910,IV,154pp., [1] The 6th volume of the Drugulin
Drucke, lge 8vo., full vellum binding, gilt title on front board
and spine, text darkened, vellum binding very sl. soiled. Rare in
this edition sonnets in English £45.00
56. [F3093] Stacpoole, Alberic J. (interpreter). Towards the
Twilight of Life - ad Deum qui laetificat juventutem Meam.
Worcester : Stanbrook Abbey Press, 1970. 4 lvs. ; 15 x 18
cm.paper bound, marble wrappers, initial by Margaret Adams, one
of 120 copies on handmade paper £45.00
57. [F1259] STEVENSON, Robert Louis.,. Prayers Written at
Vailima. .., Pacific Palisades, The Melville Press, 1999, The
design of this edition from The Melville Press reflects the
beauty and simplicity of R.L.Stevenson's prayers. Catherine
Kanner began her design with linoleum cut illustrations of Mrs.
R.L. Stevenson's introduction. These images carry the reader to
the island of Vailima and up to the Stevenson home where the
prayers were read by the family and their Samoan friends. Each of
the prayers is accompanied by a picture which reflects
Stevenson's deep appreciation of his island home. The images were
printed letterpress from Ms Kanner's original cuts. The cover of
the book is brick red silk, blind stamped with a double orchid.
This orchid is repeated on the dust jacket . Thai red endpapers
with mango leaves suggest the forest floor. Bonnie Thompson
Norman of The Windowpane Press printed letterpress on handmade
Hiromi Sansui rice paper. The paper was selected for its
lightness and softness, as a prayer offered up to heaven. The
type face is Bembo. Allwyn O'Mara has French folded the
signatures, binding within each fold an inter-leaving paper to
promote opacity. The signatures were sewn with a 13th century
technique which allows the pages to fall open completely. A
ribbon is included for marking the prayers. Ms Kanner has created
a book which feels as though it might have been made on the
island; one which celebrates the power of Stevenson's prayers.
The book has been designed with a Polynesian motif, and includes
21 original linoleum cut illustrations by award winning artist
Catherine Kanner. The text was the last of Stevenson's work,
written in Samoa. The book includes an introduction by Mrs. R.L.
Stevenson on the origin of the prayers. Signed by the
illustrator. A very fine private press edition [ WB 2 2 x]
£125.00
58. [F2955] TAYLOR, Micheal & Brocard SEWELL. Saint Dominic's
Press. A bibliography 1916-1937. With a memoir by Susan Falkner,
an introduction by Brocard Sewell, a preface by Michael Taylor,
and an appendix by Adrian Cunningham. . Lower Marston, Risbury,
Whittington Press, 1995, Small quarto. [VIII]180 pp. With 24
plates./facsimiles. (mostly tipped-in). Indexes. the total
edition was 400 copies, this is number 48 of the 100 copies bound
in quarter Oasis and brown paper covered printed boards..27x20cm,
The tipped-in facsimile specimen pages are from St Dominic's
press items, plus colour and b/w photographic plates, and an
introduction by Susan Falkner, Hilary Pepler's daughter., with a
printed device on the front cover and gilt title to spine, with a
separate portfolio of specimen pages from St Dominic's press
books in quarter bound in russet cloth with brown paper over
boards, plus a separate facsimile copy of 'Daisy and Marguerite'
in quarter bound in grey cloth and grey paper covered boards i,
all in a brown paper-covered slipcase with cloth to top and
bottom edges. Taylor and Sewell's most comprehensive bibliography
of the St Dominic's Press, with a generous provision of specimen
pages together with copious additional material in this lavish
special edition as noted above. The specimen pages in the book
are facsimiles, however they are letterpress rather than
photolitho reproductions, printed with type reset by the
Whittington Press. In contrast, the portofolio specimen pages are
original leaves printed at St Dominic's Press. This copy contains
two items in the Portfolio: four pages from 'Horae Beatae
Virginis' and a leaf from 'Lectiones ad Matutinam' - a label
inside the front cover of the portfolio notes that only 'about
half' of the special edition copies contain the latter item. A
wonderful immaculate cop in slipcase £450.00
59. [013089-3] Vandeloo, Jos. Schilfers hebben scherpe
Kanten. ill. Masereel. Met een originele houtsnede door Frans
Masereel en acht linoleumsneden door Paul Peter Piech. Oxford,
Mouette press, 1974. 16pp., Printed on the handpress of the
Oficyna Stanislaw Gliwa in October 1973. Total edition limited to
126 copies. The printer Gliwa , a graphic artist in his own
right, re-cut the 2nd design by Masereel, not accepted by the
publisher (Wim Meeuws) into linoleum, this is featured at the
back of this private press edition. ( there was also an edition
of 26 copies on Auvergne paper, marked A- Z ) This is one of the
100 copies numbered 1 - 100 on Basingwerk Parchment paper,
Vorms/Gabelentz , Mercatorfonds-Verlag 1975 in chapter E -lists
the Dutch edition under number 82 . Paul Ritter, Frans Masereel,
Eine Annotierte Bibliographie, Saur-Verlag 1992, page. 385,
chapter Cb lists both German and Ddutch editions under the
numbers 100 and 101. £8.50
60. [020285-3] Vandeloo, Jos. Splitter haben Scharfe Kanten.
ill. Masereel. Mit einem Originalholzschnitt von Frans Masereel
und 8 Linolschnitten von Paul Peter Piech. Limitierte Auflage von
126 Exemplare, dies ist eins der Exemplare auf Basingwerk
Parchmentpapier. Gedruckt auf der Handpresse von Stanislaw Gliwa
derOficyna Stanislawa Gliwy. 16 Seiten. Oxford, Mouette press,
1974. 16pp., Printed on the handpress of the Oficyna Stanislaw
Gliwa in October 1973. Total edition limited to 126 copies. The
printer Gliwa , a graphic artist in his own right, re-cut the 2nd
design by Masereel, not accepted by the publisher (Wim Meeuws)
into linoleum, this is featured at the back of this private press
edition. this is one of the 100 copies numbered 1 - 100 on
Basingwerk Parchment paper, *** = Vorms/Gabelentz ,
Mercatorfonds-Verlag 1975 in chapter E -lists the Dutch edition
under number 82 . Paul Ritter, Frans Masereel, Eine Annotierte
Bibliographie, Saur-Verlag 1992, page. 385, chapter Cb lists both
German and Ddutch editions under the numbers 100 and 101. £8.50
61. [F0100] VILLIERS DE L'ISLE-ADAM.. Trois contes cruels..
With 15 etchings by Jean-Paul Vroom. Utrecht, De Roos, 1951, 62 +
Xpp., 2 parts in double slip case consisting of text volume in
loose sheets with the etchings in slip case and a second folder
containing another loose set of the etchings each signed by Vroom
and an original pencil drawing of the etching opposite page 40 by
Vroom signed by him and dedicated as follows: A Monsieur Pierre
Klein avec toute la sympathie. The inner folders/slip cases are
very good with only some minor wear to top and bottom of spine,
the outer slip case has wworn corners and the bottom has torn
edges. A few etcchings in the main volume have sl. discoloured
the opposite text pages. text printed in black and red, the
edition consisted on 175 numbered copies for the members of the
Dutch bibliophile foundation De Roos, this is a unique copy not
numbered, probably a one-off special or one of the copies printed
for Vroom numberd I to VI although this copy has no number.
£75.00
62. [F2277] VILLON, Francois,. Le débat du cueur et du corps
de Villon en forme de ballade. The dispute of the heart and body
of François Villon. English translation by Algernon Charles
Swinburne. With lino cuts by Paul Peter Piech. Oxford, Mouette
Press and Frankfurt, Johannes Alt, 1970, 10 pages. Set in
Garamond Roman for the French text and Italic for the English
translation. This is number 2 one of the 3 copies numbered 1 to 3
of a total limited edition of 226 copies [the colophon states
that there were only 2 copies numberd 1 and 2 ] bound in
protected full red leather and printed on Japanese Hosho paper,
contain and extra copy of the frontispiece on Natsume paper,
signed by the artist. The title page and text pages contain
illuminated decorations in colour and gold by Margaret Adams who
signed these 3 copies below the colophon. The frontispiece was
also embossed in the leather front board. In slip case with
leather edges. Unique book, very fine. WITH the copy Margaret
Adams sent to the publisher with her suggestions for the
illuminations partly indicated/drawn in pencil and partly already
with the gold illuminations and with her handwritten letter dated
26 July 1972 to the publisher, signed. £350.00
63. [F1511] WARDE, Beatrice. Stanley Morison, Man of Letters.
ISBN: 0948375167. Wakefield, The Fleece Press [1988].] One of a
limited edition of 240 copies, 16mo - the covers measurin 66 x 50
mm, pages not numbered ( 38 pp. ) 12 typefaces are used for in
the text. Bound in yellow and white striped cloth, with as paper
label on the front cover, in blue slipcase, fine this is a
reprint of an obituary which appeared in the Sunday Times in 1967
[miniature book] £18.00
64. [093121] WARNER, Francis,. Nightingales: poems 1985-1996.
ISBN: 0861404025. Colin Smythe, 1997, [12],105,[3] pp; No. 7 of
500 copies, signed by the author. This edition marked the
publisher Colin Smythe's twenty years as Francis Warner's
publisher, years which include his publication of thirteen books
by him (as well as a number of books about his work), This book
also marked the poet's sixtieth birthday, containing poems
written since those published in Collected Poems 1960-1984,
together with lyrics from recent plays. This fine edition was
designed by Michael Mitchell, set in Lutetia Italic type, and
printed in three colours throughout and embellished with real
gold-leaf motifs in a limited edition of 500 signed and numbered
copies on mould-made Velin Arches rag paper by the Libanus Press,
Marlborough. It was bound by Brian Settle of Smith Settle, Otley,
in quarter vellum with boards covered by paste paper made by
Victoria Hall of Norwich. [ dr M ] £35.00
65. [F1641] Wessels, Dick. Een 1/2 tuinhuis.. Met
illustraties van Dick Wessels. Maastricht, Het gonst, 1989, one
of 55 copies, signed by Wessels. Het boek, eigenlijk vijf
gevouwen bladen in een omslag -- je kunt elk vel apart bekijken,
uiteenvouwen?, schrijft Dick Wessels in het colofon -- kan
gelezen worden als een afscheidssaluut aan kindertheatergroep de
Blauwe Zebra. De teksten die Wessels selecteerde, hebben alles te
maken met de onbevangenheid en de speelsheid van het tegen het
verkennende kind. Maar voor wie de drukker/vormgever/uitgever
beter kent, valt er ook een persoonlijk statement in te lezen.
Waar ligt de grens van droom en werkelijkheid, op welk punt
vloeien ze in elkaar over, wat neem ik mee uit het ene dat ik in
het andere achterlaat? 6 katernen : ill. ; 20x27 cm Toegevoegd
een gedicht van Hans Berghuis t.g.v. het afscheid van de groep.
£29.50
66. [F2396] Wessels, Dick.. Zuilig. [Maastricht]: Het Gonst,
1989. 19pp.with colour illustrations 335 x 138 mm. Number 32 of a
limited edition of 55 numberd copies set in Garamond and printed
on fine Velin d'Arches paper. Very fine copy. With a handwritten
letter in Ddutch by Wessels dateds 30-10-'90. in which he talks
about future titles. £50.00
67. [F1166] WOLFF, Andreas. Een boekverkoper in St Petersburg
omstreeks 1860 : over mijn grootvader.. [ =Translated from the
German into Dutch by Wim A Meeuws ] Oxford, Mouette Press, 1969,
20pp., stiff wrappers . one of a limited edition of 376 copies,
this is number 258 £4.95
68. [090002] Woolf, Virginia and Susanne Melchert (iilustr.).
Feste Gegenstände (German Transl. Of Solid Objects). .., and
Susanne Melchert: Aus dem Haushaltsbuch / Orientalische Karten.
Short story by Virginia Woolf and 2 stories in pictures by
Susanne Melchert. 2001, 40pp., Bibliophile numbered edition
limited to 140 copies only, format: 276 x 190 mm. signed by the
artist, boards covered in coloured paper, 21 coloured and 5
monochrome illustrations with one original added print in 5
colours. £45.00
69. [F0170] WYCLIFFE, John (translater),. Saint Matheu..
Tern, St.Matthew's Gospel as translated into Middle English by
John Wycliffe, 1380. Transcribed, printed, illustrated & bound by
N. and M. Parry. The Tern Press, 1988; slim quarto (11.5 x 8i n);
123pp; with 24 hand-printed colour illustrations, and decorative
capitals, printed on T.H.Saunders paper, and bound in white woven
linen; fine copy. *Number 47 of a numbered edition limited to 150
copies, signed by Nicholas & Mary Parry. This beautifuly printed
& illustrated private press volume is an interpretation of
Bodleian MS 183, and leaves the punctuation & spelling
unregularised. £125.00
70. [031706] YOUNG, Andrew. Winter Harvest. .., The Nonesuch
Press, London, 1933; 52pp; bound in publ. red quarter buckram;
boards v.sl.sunned, corners sl.worn, fine bookplate, prelims sl.
spotted, otherwise very good.[DL 1/5] £6.00
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