Risbury, Herefordshire: The Whittington Press, (1992). Limited Edition. Leather. One of 17 bound in inlaid Oasis leather, folio size, 227 pp., signed by David Butcher and Dame Joanna Jamieson. This work serves the dual purpose of being a bibliography of the work produced by the Stanbrook Abbey Press for over..... More
London: Cadenza Press, 1987. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Sixmo size, 20 pp., in a design binding by David Sellars. Design binding by David Sellars, Designer Bookbinder (1949-2015), based out of Great Britain. David was awarded a Fellowship of Designer Bookbinders in the mid seventies and served as President of the society..... More
London: Chapman & Hall, Ltd., ca. 1910. Scott, Sep E. Leather bound. "Burlington Library" edition, duodecimo size, 396 pp., in a custom binding by Riviere. Charles Dickens (1812-1870) needs no introduction. "A Tale of Two Cities" is known and loved by many of us, with the famous opening paragraph which..... More
![Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam [Susan Allix etchings and binding]. Edward Fitzgerald](/pictures/thumb/CNJL504_1.JPG?v=1592862690)
London: Lewis Rouse Jones (Typography) / Susan Allix (Binding), 1973. Allix, Susan. Limited Edition. Leather. One of 25 copies specially bound by Susan Allix, quarto size, 45 pp., and inscribed by Susan Allix. The "Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam", translated by Edward Fitzgerald according to his first edition. The Rubaiyat captured..... More
London: Printed for the Company of Stationers and Sold by John Wilkie, at their Hall in Ludgate-Street, 1785. First Edition. Hardcover. Eight volumes bound in one, sixteenmo size, [384] pp. A collection of almanacs from the year 1785, with a lovely scenic fore-edge painting which shows a road leading to..... More
[Monmouthshire]: [The Old Stile Press], 1997. Pitts, J. Martin. Limited Edition. Leather. No. IX of X specially bound copies, folio size, [27] pp., signed by J. Martin Pitts and Paul Delrue, with prospectus. Paul Delrue (b. 1944) bound his first book at the age of fifteen in 1959, and knew..... More
New York: A Studio Book, The Viking Press, c. 1959. Picasso, Pablo. Hardcover. Octavo size, 143 pp., in a custom binding. A handsome, austere custom binding of half leather, with the backstrip and fore-edges of leather over black paper boards. Pablo Ruiz Picasso (1881-1973) was not only an extremely prolific..... More
London: Printed for T. Cadell et al, 1830. First Edition. Leather bound. First illustrated edition, in a custom Riviere binding, octavo size, 292 pp. Samuel Rogers (1763-1855) was a well-known poet is his day, although, sadly not much read today. His poetry, although dated, was highly regarded by contemporaries, with..... More
London: Macmillan and Co., 1862. First Edition. Leather bound. First printing, duodecimo size, 216 pp., in a custom Riviere binding, from the collection of Natalie Knowlton Blair. Christina Georgina Rossetti (1830-1894), sister of Dante Gabriel Rossetti, poet, member of the Pre-Raphaelites, was hailed at the death of Elizabeth Barrett Browning..... More
![Waverley Novels [Victoria Edition]. Sir Walter Scott](/pictures/thumb/CNSZ06_1.JPG?v=1591053965)
London: Adam & Charles Black, 1897. Hardcover. The "Victoria Edition", twenty-five volumes (complete), duodecimo size, approx. 11,800 pp. Sir Walter Scott (1771-1832) was an amazingly talented man, serving daily in the law profession and politics while at the same time writing a large body of work. In addition to the..... More
![Lens of Crystal [Number VIII of X in a special binding]. Robin Skelton, Sara Philpott, Artist](/pictures/thumb/CNJL1232_1.JPG?v=1531186423)
[Monmouthshire]: The Old Stile Press, 1996. Philpott, Sara. Limited Edition. Leather bound. Number VIII of X copies in a special binding designed and executed by Peter R. Jones (from a total edition of 250), quarto size, [80] pp., signed by Robin Skelton, Sara Philpott and Peter R. Jones, with extra..... More
London and Philadelphia: Gibbings & Company / J.B. Lippincott Company [Morrison and Gibb, Printers, Edinburgh], 1895. Richards, Frank; Bedford, F.D. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Twelve volumes (complete), octavo size, total pp. approximately 3100, one of 150 copies on hand-made paper. Tobias George Smollett (ca.1721-1771), a Scottish author, was known for his..... More
London: J. Mulvy Ouseley & Son / Ye Olde Royaltie Booke Publishers, 1913. Oldfield, Zoffany. Leather. Octavo size, 150 pp. Written in the form of comic/satirical verse, a collection of 23 "essays" remarking upon hypocrisy seen in England of the day - many, if not most or all, of which..... More
![Taliesin and the Mockers [DESIGN BINDING - Paul Delrue]. Vernon Watkins, Gwen Watkins, Glenys...](/pictures/thumb/CNPD01_1.JPG?v=1515028755)
[Monmouthshire]: The Old Stile Press, [2004]. Cour, Glenys. Limited Edition. Leather. No. 195 of 225 copies, folio size, 56 pp., signed by Gwen Watkins, Glenys Cour, and Paul Delrue. This copy in a custom binding done in 2014 by Paul Delrue (b. 1944). Paul bound his first book at the..... More
London: The Folio Society, 1994. Wormell, Chris. Hardcover. Octavo size, 400 pp., in a custom binding. A lovely custom binding of quarter leather with linen boards, dried flowers recessed into each board, in a custom clamshell box. "The Natural History and Antiquities of Selborne" was first published in 1789 and..... More