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Date produced 02 Sep 2011

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The condition of a book is classified as follows: Mint; Fine; Very Good; Good; Poor A book in 'Mint' condition is 'as new', while one described as 'Poor' is a working copy only. p/b is a paperback; c/w is a cardwrap book; p/w is paper wraps. Unless otherwise stated books are hardback.

557287 8.00 GB pounds
PROSPECTUS AND RETROSPECTUS 1927 1927 VG/C/w Cream card wraps. Title published by the Nonesuch Press. Published by: The Nonesuch Press
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557926 10.00 GB pounds
THE JOURNAL OF WILLIAMS MORRIS STUDIES VOLUME XV No. 4 2004 Fine/C/w Blue card wraps. Special Issue. Morris and the Book Arts. Including the Kelmscott Press. Published by: William Morris Society
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631463 Ill. by Robbins, Nina 8.00 GB pounds
TWO BROTHERS 1st ed 1974 VG/None An Old Victorian Tale. Limited edition was privately printed for the friends of Tapley Rutter. Colour illustrations. Corners worn.
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226550 Boccaccio, Giovanni Ill. by Chalon, Louis 35.00 GB pounds
THE DECAMERON 1st ed 1921 VG/VG Faithfully translated by J.M. Rigg. Two volumes. 15 tissue-guarded photogravure plates in total. Cream buckram, gilt titles and decoration. Top edges gilt. Privately printed. Bookplate to front pastedown. Wrappers slightly edge-torn with very slight loss. Published by: The Navarre Society Limited
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900315 Bridges, Robert Ill. by Burne-Jones, Edward 900.00 GB pounds
EROS AND PSYCHE 1st ed 1935 Fine/None Eros and Psyche [wood engraving] A poem in XII measures by Robert Bridges: with wood-cuts from designs by Edward Burne-Jones Gregynog MCMXXXV. [8] 141 [3] pp. Published 29 October 1935. Gregynog type on Batchelorhand-made paper. Designs prepared for engraving by Dorothy Hawksley, 5 of which were cut on wood by Loyd Haberly and the remaining 19 by R. John Beedham. Initial letter designs by Graily Hewitt and printed in green. Text printed in red and black. 280x212 mm. 285 copies bound in white pigskin, blocked in gilt on uppercover with a circular design which incorporates hand tooling. Gilt ties to imitation spine bands. Gilt spine titling. Silk headbands to tone. Top edge gilt, fore-edge and tail uncut. Unsigned. Price 5 guineas. One of just two books published in 1935. A truly Superb copy in orginal book box and slip case. The inside of the book box is foxed and the slipcase is slightly unevenly faded. Foxing to lower edge of a couple of pages. Rear cover is lightly browned. Published by: Gregynog Press
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821857 Cornford, Frances Ill. by Cornford, Christopher 35.00 GB pounds
ON A CALM SHORE 1st ed 1960 Nr F/VG Green pictorial boards, gilt title to spine. Six double-page and one single-page colour design and 22 smaller decorations that have been printed by hand under the artist's supervision on the private press in Cambridge of Nicolas Barker who also set by hand and printed the text. Includes a typed, signed letter from Nicolas Barker, the printer. In original glassine wrapper. Published by: The Cresset Press
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213659 Cowie, Donald 10.00 GB pounds
THE COLLECTED POETICAL WORKS OF DONALD COWIE VOLUME ONE 1st ed 1946 VG/VG Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Pages unopened. Published by: The Tantivy Press
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562457 Cowie, Donald 20.00 GB pounds
THE COLLECTED POETICAL WORKS OF DONALD COWIE VOLUME ONE 1st ed 1946 VG/VG SIGNED by author. Wrapper spine browned. Published by: The Tantivy Press
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45164 Howard, E.J.H.S. 5.00 GB pounds
IN MEMORIAM E.J.H.S.H. 1926 VG/None Light blue cloth spine, grey paper boards. Esme Joseph Henry Sigismund Howard, born in Rome, 17 Oct. 1903, Died in London, 27 Nov. 1926, Buried at Arundel, 30 Nov. 1926. Prayers and Meditations in the Note Book of E.J.H.S.H. Boards lightly browned. Contents clean. Published by: The Medici Society Ltd
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817061 Jones, T. Gwynn 90.00 GB pounds
DETHOLIAD O GANIADAU 1st ed 1926 VG/None Detholiad o ganiadau gan T. Gwynn Jones [in grey Device No. 4] Gwasg Gregynog MCMXXVI xiii [3] 169 pp. Kennerley type on Dutch hand-made paper. Text in Welsh. 9 head- and tail-pieces engraved on wood by . A. Maynard. Compositor: John Hugh Jones; Pressmen: H. W. Bray and Idris Jones; Completed 7 May 1926 (colophon). 210 x 142 mm. 474 copies bound in peacock blue buckram with gilt spine titling. Unsigned. Price 15s. Copy no. 60. Pages uncut. Spine faded. Published by: Gregynog Press
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986308 Lindsay, Philip & Lindsay, Jack Ill. by Lindsay, Raymond 75.00 GB pounds
MORGAN IN JAMAICA 1st ed 1930 Nr F/None Typography by J. Lindsay. Handset in Weiss Antiqua. Reproductions by Collographic method. The fourth book printed by the Fanfrolico Press. Limited edition of 450 copies. Original blue cloth with gilt lettering. 4 b/w illustrations Copy no. 161. Corners slightly bumped. Published by: The Fanfrolico Press
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821865 Louys, Pierre & Duveen, Phillis & Leslie, Shane Ill. by Beaton, Cecil 30.00 GB pounds
THE TWILIGHT OF THE NYMPHS 1st ed 1928 VG/None Brown cloth, gilt title to spine. Limited edition of 1200 copies. Translated by Duveen with an introduction by Leslie. Printed on unbleached handmade paper. Book: book plate to front pastedown. Copy no. 198. Spine darkened. Published by: The Fortune Press
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815214 Maylam, Percy 330.00 GB pounds
THE HOODEN HORSE 1st ed 1909 VG/None An East Kent Christmas Custom. Dark blue cloth, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. xv and 124 pages. Covers lightly scuffed. Top and tail of spine a little worn. Inscription in coloured pencil to front endpaper. One or two margin marks but generally a nice copy.
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688511 Moore, George 20.00 GB pounds
A COMMUNICATION TO MY FRIENDS 1st ed 1933 VG/None Brown leather spine with gilt title. Grey paperboards. Limited to 1000 copies. Copy no. 333. Boards lightly marked. Published by: The Nonesuch Press
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679336 Pearse, John Ill. by Staniforth, Marlene 20.00 GB pounds
FLOPPY THE JUJIBURRA 1st ed 1970 VG/None Grey boards, blue title label to front. Printed on hand-made paper with simple colour illustrations to top margins. Limited Edition of 170 signed copies of which 130 were for sale. A nice copy. Published by: Offcut Press
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200584 Pickering, Lydia M. Ill. by Sutton, Minnie 5.25 GB pounds
THE STORY OF LOOPY & LOO 1st ed 1945 VG/C/w Especially written for children of all ages. Blue pictorial cardwraps. 8 unpaginated pages including title page. Two tone illustrations. Binding thread just starting to unravel. A nice copy of an unusual item. Published by: Tunbridge Wells School of Arts & Crafts
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821867 Rowland, David & Davies, Gareth Alban Ill. by Martin, Frank 100.00 GB pounds
THE PLEASANT HISTORY OF LAZARILLO DE TORMES 1st ed 1991 Mint/None Designed by David Esslemont and printed by him at Gregynog with the assistance of Hugh Wilmer. The typeface is Monotype Garamond, machine-set by the Mouldtype Foundry and put through the stick by David Vickers with the assistance of Eric Franklin and Michael Reed. The paper is Zerkall mould-made. The woodcuts and wood engravings by Frank Martin are printed from the original blocks. This edition is limited to 300 copies bound by Alan Wood at Gregynog with the assistance of Rhian Ticehurst. Brown cloth spine with gilt title. B/w pictorial boards. Two-tone illustrations. Published by: Gregynog Press
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987204 Squire, J.C. 40.00 GB pounds
THE LONDON MERCURY VOLUME XXV No. 145 1931 VG/C/w Pages: xxii, 128. Original black card wraps. Illustrated throughout. Including short biography of the Golden Cockerel Press. Contents near fine. Top and bottom of spine chipped. Published by: Mercury Press
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821861 Stewart, Cecil Ill. by Mill, Peter Barker 110.00 GB pounds
TOPIARY 1st ed 1954 Fine/None Produced and published by Christopher Sandford at the Golden Cockerel Press, London, in Pastonchi type on hand-made paper. Composition and presswork by John Roberts Press London. The edition limited to 500 copies. Orange cloth spine and edges with grey and green topiary design onlay. Colour illustrations. Copy no. 396. Published by: The Golden Cockerel Press
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631464 Stockton, Frank R. Ill. by Kincaide, Nancy 8.00 GB pounds
A POOR COUNT'S CHRISTMAS 1st ed 1980 VG/None Lithography by Fenn & Fenn Inc. Limited edition was privately printed for the friends of Tapley Rutter. Gilt titles and decoration to front cover. Spine faded.
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212273 Straynge, Michael 5.00 GB pounds
HEY, DIDDLE DIDDLE! 1st ed 1945 VG/G+ Poetry. Red cloth boards, gilt title to spine. Text block a little dusty. Contents are clean. Deckled edges. Pictorial wrapper is edge-worn with loss and grubby. Published by: The Fortune Press
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589181 The Benedictines Of Stanbrook 30.00 GB pounds
THE STANBROOK ABBEY PRESS 1976 Fine/None 92 years of the history of the press. Brown cloth, gilt titles. B/w illustrations. Limited edition of 100 copies in this binding. Published by: Stanbrook Abbey Press
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214296 Thomson, James Ill. by Jacquier, 22.50 GB pounds
THE SEASONS 1st ed 1927 VG/None Marble patterned cloth. Edges lightly rubbed, covers clean. Contents fine. Published by: The Nonesuch Press
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