PRIVATE PRESSES from First Folio

Newark, VT: The Janus Press, 1972. Limited to 200 copies signed by Helen Siegl, this no. 27. Fine. Limited to 200 copies signed by Helen Siegl, this no. 27. A portfolio of twelve large broadsides (13 1/8" tall), printed on Mohawk Superfine Vellum paper each with a verse typeset in different colors, and each with an original wood-engraving… Read more about this item

New York: Watson-Guptill, 1971. First American edition. Fine in d.j. with one small closed tear. First American edition. 376p. Illustrated. Large 8vo. Gilt-titled tan cloth. Illustrated. Extensive bibliography. A very readable survey and standard reference.

England: Nonesuch Press, 1935. Limited to 39 copies, this no. 318. Endpapers wrinkled less than normal but not cracked, vellum covers fine and bright as new without any fading. Preliminaries foxed, text clean with just a few minor spots. Bookplate. Quite rare with the covers in this condition. Limited to 39 copies, this no. 318. Tall quarto. [viii],… Read more about this item

Oldham, England: Incline Press, 2003. No. 64 of 250 copies signed by Barry McKay. Fine. No. 64 of 250 copies signed by Barry McKay. 8vo. 37p, colophon. Illustrated, including many tipped-in line block reproductions of original material. A rear pocket contains two facsimiles and a hand-made string-tied chapbook, the cover woodcut hand colored. Bound i quarter white cloth… Read more about this item

Oxford: Private Press of H. Daniel, 1902. No. 47 of 130 copies. Fine. No. 47 of 130 copies. 12mo. (iv) 68p. (viii). In the original blue-gray wrappers and bound by Zaehnsdorf in full red crushed morocco with silk endpapers, t.e.g., the spine with vertical gilt titles, the covers with double-ruled borders and large panels of densely gilt roses… Read more about this item

Sunderland, England: Ceolfrith Press, 1980. Limited to 100 copies, this copy out of series. Minor wear, VG. Limited to 100 copies, this copy out of series. Square 8vo. (ii), 64p. Illustrated with drawings by Hella Basu, each letter printed in color. Bound in tan cloth with gilt cover title. A humorous, yeah twisted, take on Greek mythology. … Read more about this item

Long Crendon, Bucks: The Seven Acres Press, 1932. No. 74 of 155 copies signed by Loyd Haberly. The spine just a bit darkened, else quite fine. No. 74 of 155 copies signed by Loyd Haberly. (ix), 18p. colophon. Illustrated by Haberly with hand-colored woodcuts, one as frontispiece, and every text page with hand-colored vignette at the foot. Bound… Read more about this item

London: The Beaumont Press, Cyril W. Beaumont, n.d.. No. 34 of 60 copies on handmade paper and signed by Wyndham Payne and Cyrli Beaumont (total editon 310). Spine gilt a bit faded, minor wear ro board edges, evidence of removal of a small label on front paste down, contents fine. No. 34 of 60 copies on handmade paper… Read more about this item

Oakland: Okeanos Press, 1989. No. 40 of 200 copies signed by Stephen Mitchell. Trifling spot at preface and colophon else quite fine. No. 40 of 200 copies signed by Stephen Mitchell. Slim quarto. vii (ii), 68p, colophon. Printed in German and English enface. Bound in full blue cloth with paper labels on spine and upper cover.

London: The Primrose Academy, 1995. No. 17 of 135 copies signed by the artist and the author of the Introduction. Fine. No. 17 of 135 copies signed by the artist and the author of the Introduction. Tall 8vo. (xiv) with 24 excellent wood engravings by Anatolii Ivanovich Kalashnikov, on the rectos of single sheets, 2 in color. Introduction… Read more about this item

Cambridge: Privately Printed, 1957. Limited to 500 copies. Fine with minor spotting to paste-downs. Limited to 500 copies. viii, 16p, 11 leaves of plates, 39-50p. (ii). Edited with a supplement by Alan Fern. Illustrated with Eragny Press woodcut logo device on title page, wood engraving by Gilbert Polliot and the prints on the 11 leaves from the originals,… Read more about this item

East Aurora New York: The Roycrofters, 1898. No. 449 of 720 copies. Suede with a bit of wear (as expected), else very good, the contents fine, uncut and unopened. No. 449 of 720 copies. 142p. colophon. Printed in red and black on handmade Kelmscott paper. Bound in quarter tan suede over green boards with gilt-title on the cover… Read more about this item

London: The Cresset Press, 1928. Limited to 195 copies (copy no167) on Batchelor's Kelmscott hand-made paper. Spots of color loss to the dyed vellum covers, which is common for this book. Contents are brilliant and fresh as new. Limited to 195 copies (copy no167) on Batchelor's Kelmscott hand-made paper. Two volumes. Folio. (viii), 174p, colophon; (viii), 162p, colophon.… Read more about this item

Lexington, KY: The Anvil Press, 1986. No. 19 of 100 copies. Fine in d.j.. No. 19 of 100 copies. Quarto. 10, (ii), 51p, colophon. Illustrated plates not included in the pagination. Printed throughout in red and black in Victor Hammer's American & Andromaque uncial types, the tableaux printed at the Windell Press. Foreword by Desmond Flower. Bound in… Read more about this item

Ditchling: St. Dominic's Press, 1932. Limited to 200 copies - this copy not numbered. Near fine but for repaired tear to lower corner of the first calendar sheet and corresponding loss to the tipped-in sheet. Limited to 200 copies - this copy not numbered. Twelve leaves.7 1/2 X 5". Printed in red and black on heavy hand-made paper… Read more about this item

[London]: The Nonesuch Press, 1928. Limited to 1475 copies, this no. 1174. A brilliant copy with absolutely none of the usual spine fading and no warping. Just a hint of soiling to cover, a bit of spotting to edge of front flyleaf. Limited to 1475 copies, this no. 1174. 324p. Illustrated with 42 double-page plates after Sandro Botticelli.… Read more about this item

London, 2022. No. 51 of 95 copies. As new. No. 51 of 95 copies. Octavo (in size). ix (i), 30p, colophon. Color portrait frontispiece. Small blue ornaments separate the quatrains. Printed on Twinrocker handmade paper. Bound in gilt-titled quarter vellum over linen boards with endpapers of repeating patterns of peacock feathers. Housed in blue cloth slipcase. Small bi-fold… Read more about this item

Chelsea: The Ashendene Press, 1921. Limited to 236 copies. Normal light ageing to covers, text fresh - quite a nice copy. Limited to 236 copies. Half-sheet octavo. xvi, (iv), 95p (i). Four-page facsimile of the original manuscript of 1496 precedes the text. Printed in Subiaco type with red side-notes, headings and paragraphs, first initial in blue. Bound in… Read more about this item

Weimar: The Cranach Press, 1927. No. 105 of 225 copies (Nos. 201 to 225 were not for sale). There was also a German edition and a French edition. Occasional light spotting to the text, else fine with slight bumps to outer corners. No. 105 of 225 copies (Nos. 201 to 225 were not for sale). There was also… Read more about this item

London: Philip Lee Warner, Publisher to the Medici Society, 1913. Limited to 500 copies on hand-made Riccardi paper, this no. 265. About fine with a bit of spotting to spine of Vol. I, and minor fading to board edges, contents clean and bright, all plates fine. Limited to 500 copies on hand-made Riccardi paper, this no. 265. Three… Read more about this item