Hammersmith: The Doves Press [Printed by T.J. Cobden-Sanderson & Emery Walker], 1902. Limited Edition. Vellum. One of 300 copies, large octavo size, 388 pp. The Doves Press publication of this well-known work by John Milton (1608-1674), which has remained a perennial favourite since its first publication in 1667. The Doves..... More
Ditchling, Sussex: S. Dominic's Press, 1922. Gill, Eric. Wraps. Sixmo size, 22 pp. Per the St. Dominic's Press bibliography, "[a]n eloquent exposition (compared by Fr. Vincent McNabb to Cobbett) of the spiritual needs of rural-dwelling Catholics in England" (p. 69). ___DESCRIPTION: Stiff brown wrappers printed in black, Eric Gill's engraving..... More
Ditchling Common: St Dominic's Press, [1929]. Limited Edition. Hardcover. No. 16 of 100 copies, twenty-fourmo size, 68 pp., initialled and numbered by Hilary Pepler. The Saint Dominic's Press, founded by Harry (Hilary) Douglas Clarke Pepler, flourished at Ditchling, Sussex, from 1916 to 1936. The first home of the Press was..... More
Ditchling Sussex: S. Dominic's Press, 1924. Fourth Edition. Wraps. Duodecimo size, 100 pp. The Saint Dominic's Press, founded by Harry (Hilary) Douglas Clarke Pepler, flourished at Ditchling, Sussex, from 1916 to 1936. The first home of the Press was "a disused stable", with a hundred-year-old Stanhope hand-press which supposedly had..... More
Ditchling: St Dominic's Press, 1929. Short, Mary Dudley. First and Limited Edition. Hardcover. No. 431 of 450 copies, twenty-fourmo size, [58] pp., numbered and initialled by HDCP. The Saint Dominic's Press, founded by Harry (Hilary) Douglas Clarke Pepler, flourished at Ditchling, Sussex, from 1916 to 1936. The first home of..... More
[Covelo]: The Yolla Bolly Press, [1992]. Baskin, Leonard. Limited Edition. Hardcover. No. 52 of 130 copies, folio size, 107 pp., signed by Leonard Baskin and John Fowles, with prospectus and "The Making of the Book" David Herbert Lawrence (1885-1930) was extremely controversial for his day due to works such as..... More
San Francisco: The Press of Grabhorn Hoyem, 1973. Limited Edition. Stitched Binding. One of 300 copies, quarto size, 61 pp., signed by Eugenio Montale and Lawrence Kart. Eugenio Montale (1896-1981) was the recipient of the 1975 Nobel Prize for Literature and is widely considered to be the greatest Italian lyric..... More
Kirkwood: The Printery [Kay Michael Kramer, printer], 1974. Limited Edition. Hardcover. One of 120 copies, oblong sixmo, 45 pp., signed by Charles Guenther, with prospectus. Written by the existentialist philosopher and French poet Jean Andre Wahl (1888-1974) during his time in La Sante prison under the German occupation during WWII..... More
Iowa City: The Windhover Press at the University of Iowa, 1981. Limited Edition. Hardcover. No. 117 of 220 copies, sixmo size, [46] pp. Printed with the Italian on the verso and the translation on the recto of each page; per the bibliography, "the translations are superb." A wonderful publication by..... More
(Wakefield, West Yorkshire): Fleece Press (Simon Lawrence), (1985). Reddick, Peter. Limited Edition. Hardcover. One of 250 copies, twelvemo size, 29 pp. Per the "Publisher's Note", "Vyvyan Richards' essay was first printed in 1937 and is the personal story of his friendship with T.E. Lawrence, with whom he planned to set..... More
Austin: W. Thomas Taylor [Designed and Printed by David Holman at the Wind River Press], 1983. Limited Edition. Hardcover. One of 325 copies, folio size, 100 pp. A catalogue published in connection with an exhibition held at the Grolier Club to explore and celebrate the then-current state of fine press..... More