Bibliography from Ariadne Books

London: Batsford, 1987. First published in 1954, this is a reprint from 1987. Hardback. [i - iv], v - vii, 1 - 424pp. Dust jacket in a protective sleeve.. The books illustrated by coloured plates and published in England between 1790 and 1860 are some of the most beautiful of their kind. The late R. V. Tooley has made… Read more about this item

London: The Bodley Head, 1979. Hardback. 192pp. Publisher's original blue cloth with gilt to spine. Dust jacket in a protective sleeve. Edward Ardizzone's work has many facets. His watercolours of contemporary life are bought & exhibited throughout the world. His illustrations and his children's books are legendary. Ardizzone was also an official War Artist during the Second World War.… Read more about this item

The Golden Cockerel Press, 1948. This is from the unlimited edition (neither signed not numbered). Publisher's original maroon cloth with gilt to upper board and spine. Dust jacket in a protective sleeve. Foreword and notes by Christopher Sandford with illustrations from the books. Artists whose engravings are reproduced in the book: Peter Barker-Mill, Dorothea Braby, John Buckland-Wright, Robert Gibbings,… Read more about this item

Pinner: Private Libraries Association, 1961. This copy is from the unlimited edition. Hardback. 126pp. Publiusher's original blue cloth binding with titles printed in light blue to upper board and spine. Top edge tinted blue. Dust jacket in a protective sleeve. Foreword by Christopher Sandford and Introduction by David Chambers. Artists whose engravings are reproduced in this book: Peter Barker-Mill,… Read more about this item

London: Derek Verschoyle, 1954. First published in 1890. Reprint from 1954. Hardback. [i - vii], viii - ix, [x - xi], xii - xviii, 1 - 966pp plus errata at end. No jacket. Introduction in English by Andre L. Simon. Text in French. Book in very good condition. Slight mottling to boards and gilt to spine somewhat faded.… Read more about this item

Boston: The Horn Book Inc. , 1961. This important volume was first published in 1947, This is a reprint from 1961. Hardback. {i - viii], ix - x, [xi - xii], xiii - xvi, [1 - 4], 5 - 527pp. Dust jacket in a protective sleeve. The book contains ten chapters on the history and development of illustrations… Read more about this item

London: The Holland Press Ltd, 1981. Undated but c1981. Copy number 447 of 500. Hardback. [i - vi], vii -xiii, 718pp. Limited edition facsimile of the 1939 San Francisco original. Green cloth boards with contrasting red panels and gilt to spine. No jacket. Bitting's comprehensive bibliography of about 6,000 works from the 15th to 20th centuries. Text arranged in… Read more about this item

Swavesey: Silent Books, 1994. Soft cover. No jacket (as issued). Illustrated. Beautifully produced little book on Lucien Pissarro, his wood engravings and the wonderful Eragny Press. Includes a very helpful chronological list of Eragny Press books. Book in fine condition.

London: Methuen, 1989. Hardback. Unpaginated. Dust jacket in a protective sleeve. Illustrated. Algernon Methuen Stedman, founder in June 1889 of the Methuen List, was a schoolmaster and an author of educational textbooks. The first book he published, however, was a novel by Edna Lyall, a campaigner for women's emancipation and other progressive causes - and Methuen's early success was… Read more about this item

London: Primrose Hill Press Ltd, 2002. First edition. Hardback. 475pp. Dust jacket in a protective sleeve. Simon Brett, a British wood engraver, spent two years putting together this anthology. It is a comprehensive survey of the state of wood engraving as it entered the twenty first century, showing the work of over two hundred artists from twenty three… Read more about this item

Oxford: Phaedon Press Ltd, 1977. Hardback. 208pp. Lacking jacket. Black & white and colour plates. Based upon a series of lectures given at Leighton House in 1972, this is a selection of ten outstanding watercolourists:- Paul Sandby, Thomas Rowlandson, William Blake, John Robert Cozens, John Constable, Richard Parkes Bonington, John Frederick Lewis and J M W Turner. The book… Read more about this item

Bath: Ross Press, 1994. Hardback. [i - v], vi - xvii, [xviii - xix], xx, 1 - 245, plus unpaginated index section and an ad for The Arthur Rackham society. Publisher's original blue cloth binding with gilt design to upper board and gilt titles to spine. Clear archival film cover. An essential reference book for anyone interested in Rackham.… Read more about this item

London: Studio Vista, 1969. Hardback. 240pp. Dust jacket in a protective sleeve. This book offers an account of the English Private Press Movement which tells an intriguing story of the search for perfection. The works range from the monumental Kelmscott books of William Morris, through the austerities of Cobden Sanderson and Emery Walker at the Doves Press, to the… Read more about this item

London: The British Library, 1991. Hardback. [i - vi], vii - xiv, 1 - 490pp. Publisher's original cloth binding with gilt to spine. No jacket. Marianne Tidcombe's superb study of the work of T. J. Cobden-Sanderson and the Doves Bindery, which he founded in 1893. The author focuses on the broad range of Cobden-Sanderson's ability and his gift for… Read more about this item

London: The British Library, 2004. Hardback. [i - viii], ix, [x], xi, [xii0, xiii - xix, [xx], xxi - xxiv, [1 - 2], 3 - 266pp. Publisher's original brown cloth binding, gilt to spine. Dust jacket. As a typographer, publisher and wood engraver, Charles Ricketts (1866 - 1931) was a versatile and innovative practitioner who executed a powerful influence… Read more about this item

London: The British Library, 2002. Hardback. [i - v], vi - xi, [xii], 1 - 279pp. Dust jacket in a protective sleeve. The Golden Cockerel Press was one of the most important and productive of the English private presses which started work in the 1920s. Originally a co-operative venture set up as a "proving ground for literature", under Robert… Read more about this item

Newton, Powys: Gwasg Gregynog, 1990. Limited edition of 900 copies, of which 755 in stiff card covers. This being copy number 157. [i - vi], vii - xii, [1], 2 - 74pp. This is a complete list of books and booklets, smaller published works, commissions and ephemera printed at Gregynog since 1970. With a foreword by Lord Kenyon, Chairman… Read more about this item

Pinner: Private Libraries Association, 1980. Dedication and signature of the author to front free endpaper ("For Gert With admiration & love, Dorothy". Hardback. [i - viii], ix - xv, [xvi], 1 - 266pp. Publisher's original cloth binding with gilt to spine and blind-stamped device to upper board. No jacket. Unlike many private presses, the owners of Gregynog (Gwendoline and… Read more about this item

Hitchin, Herts.: Wheldon & Lesley, 1986. Hardback. [i - vi], vii - ix, [x], xi - xiii, [xiv], xv -xx, 1 - 691pp. Green cloth binding with gilt to spine. No jacket. Originally published in 1917, this good quality facsimile was published in 1986. With something in the region of 5000 entries it still represents a key Bibliographical work… Read more about this item

Andesite Press. Hardback. No jacket (as issued). Facsimile of Westwood & Satchell's groundbreaking work. As this is a facsimile please bear in mind the publisher's warning that the work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks etc Fine and appears unread.