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Enitharmon Press.- Pinter (Harold) The Disappeared and other poems, number 108 of 125 regular copies signed by the author and artist, from an edition limited to 245, tipped-in colour illustrations by Tony Bevan, original cloth with colour illustration mounted on upper cover, uncut, 2002 § Halliwell (Stephen) Alan Clodd and the Enitharmon Press: A checklist..., number 120 of 250 copies, tipped-in illustrations, original cloth, 1998; and 2 others from the press, 4to & 8vo (4)

Gregynog Press.- Haberly (Loyd) Anne Boleyn and other poems, number 289 of 300 copies, printed in red, green & black, original brown morocco, Boleyn crest of crowned falcon in gilt to upper cover, t.e.g., others uncut, [Harrop 31], Newtown, Gregynog Press, 1934; and 3 others printed by or about Loyd Haberly and the Gregynog Press, 4to & 8vo (4)

Whittington Press.- McKitterick (David) A New Specimen Book of Curwen Pattern Papers, number XXVI of 85 specially-bound copies with an additional suite of papers, from an edition limited to 335, text with illustrations and tipped-in specimens, original morocco-backed patterned-paper boards, t.e.g., others uncut, 5 folded sheets of pattern papers in pocket in original patterned-paper board folder, spines a little faded or browned, together in board slip-case, 4to, Andoversford, Whittington Press, 1987.

Scottish Presses.- Freebairn (James) The Death of Mary Queen of Scots, one of c.100 copies, printed in red & black, original parchment, Greenock, Signet Press, 1960 § Riddell (Maria) Robert Burns, one of 100 copies signed by the printer, original vellum-backed veneer boards, slip-case, Greenock, Signet Press, 1966 § Wilson (L.M.) The Old Book Seller, one of 75 copies, original elephant-backed marbled boards, Greenock, Black Pennell Press, 1989 § William Wordsworth in Scotland, one of 85 copies, prospectus loosely inserted, original boards, Greenock, Black Pennell Press, 1987 § Burnett (David) Snowfalls, out-of-series "press copy" from an edition limited to 100,wood-engraved frontispiece by Ian Stephens, original vellum-backed cloth, Edinburgh, Black Cygnet Press, 2010, some illustrations, uncut, all but the last printed by Thomas Rae; and 24 others, most Signet or Black Pennell presses, 8vo (29)

Doves Press.- Cobden-Sanderson (T.J.) Catalogue Raisonné of Books Printed & Published at the Doves Press 1900-1916, one of 150 copies on paper, printed in red and black, tipped-in portrait frontispiece, George Parker Winship's copy with his signature and 2pp. A.L.s. from the author tipped to front free endpaper, pencil notes to rear free endpaper and Doves Press invoice made out to Winship tipped to rear pastedown, stain to fore-edge of front endpapers, original vellum-backed boards by the Doves Bindery, spine titled in gilt, uncut, a little rubbed, slight wear to corners, [Tidcombe DP40], 4to, Doves Press, 1916.⁂ The final book issued by the press, containing Cobden-Sanderson's farewell Salve aeternum aeternumque vale at beginning and his famous Consecratio at end: "To the bed of the River Thames, the River on whose banks I have printed all my printed Books, I, the Doves Press bequeath The Doves Press Fount of Type...". In his letter to Winship Cobden-Sanderson refers to the end of the Press, "...The Press has now vanished, but to keep up old [?]associations I retain the house for this enchanting old place in which my wife & I are now settled for what I presume will be the remainder of our lives...The Bindery...is still in existence, tho' reduced to one room, & I am ever engaged in finishing old commissions & binding unsold...copies of the Press. Ultimately it also will be closed, & then there will be 'release' indeed...T.J.Cobden-Sanderson".George Parker Winship (1871-1952), American author and librarian at the John Carter Brown Library in Providence, Rhode Island and later the Harry Elkins Widener Memorial Library at Harvard.

NO RESERVE Typography.- Motif: A Journal of the Visual Arts, edited by Ruari McLean, 13 vol. [a complete run], illustrations, some colour, original pictorial boards or wrappers by Charles Mozley, Alan Davie, William Scott, Edward Bawden, Peter Blake, Eduardo Paolozzi, Ceri Richards and others, very slightly rubbed but a good set, published by James Shand at the Shenval Press, 1958-67 § Simon (Oliver, editor) The Fleuron: A Journal of Typography, 7 vol. in 5, reprint, plates and illustrations, some colour, some tipped in, original cloth, Westport, Ct., 1970; and c.45 others, printing periodicals, 4to & 8vo (c.60)

Nash (John & Paul).- Nash (John) Twenty One Wood Engravings, one of 100 copies, from an edition limited to 112, original vellum-backed boards, uncut, original cloth drop-back box, Wakefield, Fleece Press, 1993 § Greenwood (Jeremy) The Wood-Engravings of John Nash, one of 811 copies, Liverpool, Wood Lea Press, 1987; The Wood-Engravings of Paul Nash, one of 550 copies, Woodbridge, Wood Lea Press, 1997 § Blythe (Ronald) First Friends: Paul and Bunty, John and Christine - and Carrington, one of 300 copies, Denby Dale, Fleece Press, 1997 § Boulton (Janet, editor) Dear Mercia: Paul Nash letters to Mercia Oakley, 1909-18, one of 300 copies, folding colour plate in pocket at end, Wakefield, Fleece Press, 1991, plates or illustrations, some colour, some tipped in, all but the first original cloth-backed patterned-paper boards with slip-cases; and 3 others on John or Paul Nash, folio & 4to (8)

Shanty Bay Press.- Circus: The Artist as Saltimbanque, number 29 of 60 copies signed by the artist and printer, colour linocut and pochoir title, plates and tail-piece by Walter Bachinski, original cloth-backed pictorial boards, uncut, cloth slip-case, folio, Ontario, Shanty Bay Press, 2010.⁂ Delightful work with magnificent striking pochoir plates.

Midnight Paper Sales.- Esslemont (David) & Gaylord Schanilec. Ink on the Elbow: Conversations between David Esslemont and Gaylord Schanilec, number 26 of 200 copies signed by the authors, colour wood-engravings by Schanilec including large folding panorama, colour linocuts by Esslemont, original patterned cloth, uncut, Stockholm, Wi., Midnight Paper Sales, and Newtown, Powys, Solmentes Press, 2003 § Emerson G.Wulling: Printer for Pleasure, number 67 of 140 copies signed by Schanilec, original cloth-backed patterned-paper boards, uncut, 2000 § Ernest Morgan: Printer of Principle, number 31 of 200 copies signed by Schanilec, original cloth-backed boards, 2001, plates and illustrations, some colour wood-engravings by Schanilec, a few folding, some tipped in, all with slip-cases, Stockholm, Midnight Paper Sales; and an envelope of ephemera including a signed colour wood-engraving of Schanilec by David Esslemont from the first item (one of 50 copies), folio (4)

Whittington Press.- Thomas (Myfanwy) Letters from Myfanwy...to Masatsugu Ohtake, one of only 15 specially-bound copies with an additional suite of engravings, from an edition limited to 100, printed on Japon, wood-engravings by Hellmuth Weissenborn, original citron morocco, marbled endpapers, uncut, additional suite loose in wrappers, together in slip-case, privately printed by the Whittington Press, 2009 § Clare (John) The Shepherd's Calendar, number 199 of 500 copies signed by the artist and printer, mounted wood-engravings by John Lawrence, original cloth-backed boards, printed at the Whittington Press, 1978 § Milton (John) & William Blake. On the Morning of Christ's Nativity, number 196 of 350 copies, tipped-in colour illustrations, original vellum-backed cloth, 1981 § [Dodgson (C.L.)], "Lewis Carroll". The Hunting of the Snark, number 293 of 750 copies signed by the artist, illustrations by Harold Jones, original cloth, gilt, 1975, all uncut, with slip-cases, Risbury or Andoversford, Whittington Press; and c.20 others from the press, v.s. (c.25)

Whittington Press.- O'Connor (John) The English Scene, number 57 of 200 copies, 2004; Knipton: a Leicestershire village, number 70 of 200 copies, 1996; The Wood-engravings..., number 243 of 350 copies, 1989; People & Places, number 72 of 375 copies, 1999, the first two signed or initialled by the artist, all with wood-engravings by John O'Connor, some colour, original half cloth or cloth-backed pictorial boards, the first three uncut with slip-cases (a couple slightly scuffed), Risbury or Andoversford, Whittington Press; and 7 others illustrated by O'Connor and 9 loose wood-engravings (2 signed artists' proofs 320 x 255mm. and 9 initialled prints 225 x 155mm.), v.s. (20)

Whittington Press.- Craig (John) Britten's Aldeburgh, number 212 of 440 copies signed by the author/artist, original half cloth, slip-case, 1997; The Locks of the Oxford Canal, number 151 of 350 copies, original cloth, 1984 § Smith (Edwin) A View of the Cotswolds: Photographs, number 99 of 350 copies, original half cloth, slip-case, 2005 § Allen (Peter) Travels in the Cévennes, number 81 of 150 copies signed by the author, pochoir illustrations by the author, original pictorial boards with wrap-around title, slip-case, 1998 § Pringle (Roger) Portrait of a Stratford Year, number 184 of 350 copies, illustrations by Arthur Keene, Sylvia Stokeld's copy inscribed to her by the author and hand-coloured by her (like the first 30 copies) with note from the author thanking her "...I was very pleased with the hand-colouring...", original cloth-backed marbled boards, 1985, illustrations, the first two with wood-engravings by John Craig, some uncut, Risbury or Andoversford, Whittington Press; and 7 others from the press, v.s. (12)

St. Dominic's Press.- Taylor (Michael) & Brocard Sewell. Saint Dominic's Press: A Bibliography 1916-1937, number 9 of 100 special copies with portfolio of additional material and signed by the authors, from an edition limited to 400, text printed in yellow and black, tipped-in samples, illustrations, some folding, original morocco-backed pictorial boards, uncut, portfolio and facsimile in original cloth-backed boards, together in slip-case, Risbury, Whittington Press, 1995 § Pepler (Hilary Douglas) Plays for Puppets, number 74 of 450 copies initialled by the author on title, wood-engraved illustrations by Mary Dudley Short, original linen-backed pictorial boards, uncut, rubbed, staining to upper cover, Ditchling, St.Dominic's Press, 1929; and another on the press, 4to & 12mo (3)⁂ The portfolio of the first contains a specimen page from Horae Beatae Virginis and another from Lectiones ad Matutinam (present with only about half the portfolios) featuring 2 wood-engravings of the stations of the cross by Eric Gill; and with a facsimile copy of Daisy and Marguerite illustrated by David Jones.

Isherwood (Christopher) Sally Bowles, signed by the author on title with score through his printed name, book-label to pastedown, modern crushed navy morocco, spine lettered in gilt, drop-back box, [Westby and Brown p.6; Woolmer 411], 8vo, Hogarth Press, 1937.⁂ Rare signed. The first appearance of Isherwood's most famous character; part inspiration, along with I am a Camera, for the musical and film Cabaret.

Old School Press.- Kirkup (James) Tokonoma: Twenty Haiku and Tanka, number 5 of 105 copies on Japon signed by the author, artist and printers, colour woodcuts by Naoko Matsubara, loose as issued in original cloth box with perspex lid, cloth slip-case, 1999 § Burnett (David) Twelve Poems, number 30 of 135 copies signed by the author and artist, wood-engravings by Sister Margaret Tournour, original cloth, illustration mounted on upper cover, 1994, Hinton Charterhouse, Old School Press; and 14 others, mostly poetry, and a small quantity of ephemera from the press, v.s. (a bundle)

Officina Bodoni.- Mardersteig (Giovanni) The Officina Bodoni: An Account of the Work of a Hand Press 1923-1977, edited and translated by Hans Schmoller, number 55 of 125 specially-bound copies with a second volume of tipped-in original leaves from hand-printed books of the Officina Bodoni (different in each copy), from an edition limited to 1500, frontispiece, illustrations, original morocco-backed cloth, gilt, t.e.g., together with prospectus in cloth slip-case, 4to, Verona, 1975; and 2 pamphlets on Mardersteig and the press (3)⁂ This copy contains an illustrated leaf from The Holy Gospel, one from The little Passion by Albrecht Dürer, and a colour illustration from The Fables of Aesop.

Shanty Bay Press.- Virgilius Maro (Publius) Georgics, translated by Robert Wells, number 28 of 67 copies signed by the artist and printer, woodcut plates on Japanese paper and pochoir title, plates, initials and tail-piece by Walter Bachinski, prospectus loosely inserted, original half cloth over boards with woodcut to upper cover, uncut, cloth slip-case, folio, Ontario, Shanty Bay Press, 2007.⁂ Handsome example of the great classical work with superb woodcuts and illustrations.

Gwasg Gregynog.- Dowd (Anthony) & James Brockman. The Special Bindings of Gwasg Gregynog: An Illustrated Catalogue...1977-2002, number 56 of 215 copies, title in blue and black, original blue morocco, device in gilt to upper cover, slip-case, 2004 § Esslemont (David) & Glyn Tegai Hughes. Gwasg Gregynog: A Descriptive Catalogue of Printing at Gregynog 1970-1990, one of 100 copies bound by Alan Wood at Gregynog, from an edition limited to 900, original morocco-backed boards, slip-case, 1990, plates and illustrations, some colour, a few folding, some tipped in, Newtown, Gwasg Gregynog; and 2 others relating to the press, small folio & 8vo (4)

Parrot Presses & Artists' Choice Editions.- Blamires (David) Adults Alphabets, number LXII of LXXXV partly hand-coloured copies from an edition limited to 170, signed by the author, original patterned cloth with hand-coloured label to upper cover, uncut, slip-case, Church Hanborough, 1990 § Cartwright (Julia) Three Weddings attended by Beatrice d'Este Duchess of Milan 1475-1497, number X of XXIV special copies hand-coloured by Anne Cathcart, from an edition limited to 110, 2006 § Stokeld (Sylvia) Some Dolls, number 32 of 65 copies signed by the artist,1982; Aqueduct to Urinal: A Shorter Water Alphabet, [one of 46 hand-coloured copies] signed by the artist, folding concertina style, slight adhesions to one page, [1998], all with hand-coloured illustrations by Sylvia Stokeld, alll but the first original pictorial boards, most Church Hanborough; and 4 others from the press illustrated by Stokeld, some hand-coloured, 4to & 8vo (8)

Partick Press.- Hamilton (David, editor) Game at Golf: William Black's Poem of 1791, one of only 70 copies, Glasgow, 1997; The South-Sea Brithers, one of 150 specially-bound copies from an edition limited to 300, wood-engraved title-vignette by John O'Connor, 1992; Golf: Scotland's Game, one of 350 specially-bound copies, with facsimile map and leather bookmark in pocket at end, 1998; The Thorn Tree Clique: a new analysis of Mathieson's poem The Goff, one of 280 copies, wood-engravings by Kathleen Lindsley, 2001; Precious Gum: the Story of the Gutta Percha Golf Ball, one of 450 copies, with 3 replicas of gutta percha balls in original cloth drop-back box, 2004, all signed by the author, plates and illustrations, some colour, original morocco-backed boards or cloth, the third and fourth with slip-cases, all but the first Kilmacolm, Partick Press; and 5 others on golf in Scotland from the press, 8vo & 4to (10)

Whittington Press.- Wong (Judy Ling) Harlequinade: Mezzotints & Text, number 18 of only 20 copies, signed by the author/artist, 8 mezzotint plates and a tail-piece, each printed in a different colour and numbered and signed in pencil, bound in red goatskin, by Paul Collet and David Sellars, upper cover inset with panel of viridian suede onlaid with dancing figure in black goatskin, lower cover with diamond made up of 4 smaller inlaid diamonds of black, citron, dark purple and green goatskin, viridian suede doublures, t.e.g., others uncut, together with the prospectus in original felt-lined black cloth drop-back box (very slight rubbing to corners), folio, Andoversford, 1979.⁂ A truly limited edition of a superb production in a suitably dramatic binding, each one to a unique design by the artist. One of the scarcest and most sought after books issued by the press, we have been unable to trace any copies having appeared at auction.

Redlake Press.- Freeman (Luke) The Beautiful Plump Little Boy, number 9 of 80 copies, colour linocut by John Woodcock, original wrappers sewn with raffia cord, uncut, slip-case, Clun, 2004 § Cooke (Eleanor) December, number 67 of 150 copies signed by the author and artist, wood-engravings by Peter Reddick, original cloth-backed boards, 2003 § Hadfield (Jen) The Printer's Devil & The Little Bear, number 12 of only 30 copies signed by the author, illustrations, some colour, loose as issued in original cloth portfolio with toggles, 2006, Clun, Redlake Press; and 10 others from the press, 4to & 8vo (13)

Parrot Presses & Artists' Choice Editions.- Rossetti (Christina) Goblin Market, number 50 of 240 copies signed by the artist, wood-engravings by Hilary Paynter, original pictorial boards, uncut, Church Hanborough, 2003 § Evans (George Ewart) Ask the Fellows who Cut the Hay, number 78 of 280 copies, wood-engravings by Harry Brockway, David Gentleman, Miriam Macgregor & others, original cloth-backed patterned-paper boards, 1999 § Harrison (Michael) A Handful of Hares, number 54 of 125 copies signed by the author and artist, wood-engravings by Anne Cathcart, with prospectus, original limp boards, 2009 § Fothergill (John) An Innkeeper's Diary, number 28 of 300 copies signed by the artist, illustrations by Annie Newnham, original pictorial boards, slip-case, 1987, Church Hanborough; and c.15 others from the press, v.s. (c.20)

[Hornby (C.H.St.John)] A Hand-list of the Books Printed at the Ashendene Press MDCCCXCV-MCMXXV, [one of c.400 copies], printed in red & black, one correction by Hornby in red ink, original printed blue wrappers, uncut, slightly browned at edges, Ashendene Press, 1925 § Ashbee (C.R.) American Sheaves & English Seed Corn, number 286 of 300 copies, printed in red and black, erratum slip tipped in at beginning, list of press books loosely inserted, original vellum, yapp edges, uncut and unopened, Essex House Press, 1901 § Wm: Caxton's Prologues and Epilogues, one of 300 copies, bookplate of Hugh Lyle, original vellum lettered in red ink, uncut, a little soiled, printed by Vyvyan Richards, 1927; and 7 others, mostly pamphlets printed by Bristol or Birmingham schools of printing, 8vo & 4to (10)

Barbarian Press.- Shakespeare (William) The Play of Pericles Prince of Tyre, edited by Crispin Elsted, 2 vol. including 'Reading Pericles: Essays by Simon Brett & Crispin Ested', number 23 of 100 copies signed by the artist, editor and printer, from an edition limited to 116, printed in black and colours, wood-engravings by Simon Brett, calligraphy by Andrea Taylor, play in original purple morocco, upper cover with inlaid vellum panel titled in gilt, gilt-stamped vellum label to spine, accompanying essays in original purple morocco-backed printed boards, vellum spine label, both by the Rasmussen Bindery of North Vancouver, uncut, together in original white linen chemise and purple silk slip-case, small folio, Mission, B.C., 2010.⁂ Stunning production of one of Shakespeare's rarest performed plays.Winner, First Prize (Limited Editions) 2011 Alcuin Society Awards for Excellence in Book Design in Canada.

Kickshaws.- Queneau (Raymond) One Hundred Million Million Poems, translated by John Crombie, first English edition, one of 500 copies, each page cut into strips between each line to enable different combinations of pages/poems, original wrappers sewn with cord in Japanese style, [Paris], 1983 § Beckett (Samuel) Lessness, one of 100 copies, ring-bound at each edge to unfold and refold in different order, slip-case, 2002 § Crombie (John) Cette Galère, one of 115 copies, colour illustrations, loose as issued in original pictorial wrappers, slip-case, 1991 § Crombie (John) & Sheila Bourne. Stitches in Time, one of 190 copies signed by the author & printer, colour illustrations, loose as issued in original wrappers, original cloth drop-back box, 1985; Tutti Frutti, one of 65 copies signed by the author & printer, colour illustrations, original ring-bound pictorial wrappers, slip-case, 1987; Kickshaws 1980-2004: A (First) Quarter Century of Innovative Bookmaking, one of 50 copies, signed presentation copy from the authors/printers inscribed "For Simon and Gill, with much appreciation for your collecting stamina..." on half-title, loose as issued in original printed wrappers, slip-case, 2004, Paris, Kickshaws; and a large collection of others from the press comprising c.85 books and c.25 small books ring-bound at each edge and 4 hanging mobiles of small ring-bound pages (2 still folded in boxes), v.s. (c.115)⁂ A comprehensive collection of books produced by this unusual press with its innovative typography and eccentric formats.The illustration shows a selection only of those included in the lot.

Parrot Presses & Artists' Choice Editions.- Dodgson [(Charles Lutwidge), "Lewis Carroll". The Hunting of the Snark: An Agony in Eight Fits, illustrations by John Vernon Lord, original pictorial boards, uncut, Artists' Choice Editions with Goodacre (Selwyn) All the Snarks: The Illustrated Editions..., original patterned cloth, dust-jacket, Inky Parrot Press, together 2 vol., number 65 of 220 copies signed by the artist or author, together in slip-case, 2006; Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, number 178 of 348 copies signed by the artist, illustrations by John Vernon Lord, with prospectus, original cloth-backed pictorial boards, Artists' Choice Editions, 2009; Through the Looking Glass and what Alice Found There, number 86 of 420 copies signed by Jasia Reichardt and Graham Ovenden, printed in black, red & blue, illustrations by Franciszka Themerson, original pictorial boards, rubbed, Inky Parrot Press, 2001, illustrations, many colour, Church Hanborough; and another copy of the first, small folio & 8vo (6)

Whittington Press.- Llywelyn (Robin) Portmeirion, number XXII of 125 special copies with an additional suite of prints including one extra & a poster and signed by the author & artist, from an edition limited to 350, 7 double-page colour plates by Leslie Gerry, folding concertina style in original pictorial boards, 8 additional prints signed in pencil and loose in paper folder, together with large folded poster and prospectus in original decorative board drop-back box, oblong folio, Risbury, Whittington Press, 2008.⁂ A new departure for the press with the plates produced digitally, but with spectacularly vibrant results. The special copies were to be limited to 60 but a label affixed to the colophon states that "the edition now consists of 125 special and 225 regular copies".

Whittington Press.- Macgregor (Miriam) New Castle: a Brief Encounter, number 7 of "100 possible copies" signed by the author/artist, 11 pochoir illustrations and initial by Miriam Macgregor, many full-page, one double-page, original patterned boards, 1998 § Dowson (Ernest) A Bouquet, chosen by Desmond Flower, number 8 of 95 copies signed by the editor and artist, pochoir illustrations by Macgregor, original morocco-backed boards, spine slightly faded, 1991 § Turner (Jim) Lost Days: poems, number 15 of 100 special copies signed by the author and artist, from an edition limited to 500, hand-coloured wood-engravings by Macgregor, original patterned cloth, 1981, all uncut, slip-cases, Risbury or Andoversford, Whittington Press; and 10 others from the press by or illustrated by Macgregor, some pamphlets, 4to & 8vo (13)

*** Please note, the description of this lot has changed ***Wilde (Oscar) Echoes. Tales originally related by Oscar Wilde, to Gabrielle Enthoven, and afterwards recorded by her, press clipping laid down to rear pastedown, original wrappers, upper cover with book label lower corner 'Hallam Fordham', upper cover worn through at staples, [c.1948]; and a photograph of Gabrielle Enthoven, corners stuck down onto board, loosely inserted, v.s. (2)⁂ 'The Poet'; 'The Actress'; 'Simon of Cyrene' and 'Jezabel'. Gabrielle Enthoven (1868-1950) knew Oscar Wilde, visiting him as a young girl, after which she purportedly would return home and copy down the stories he had told her. At some point she had a few copies (c.5 or 6) printed, giving one to the British Library in 1948. This present copy is known to be 3cm longer than that in the BL and in wrappers of a different colour. The same stories, however, also appeared in 'The Mask: A Quarterly Journal of the Art of the Theatre' (1912), and were reported as recounted to Aimée Lowther, also a young friend of Wilde's, who similarly recorded them for posterity. It is possible the same stories were told to both young women.

Whittington Press.- O'Connor (John) The Wood-engravings...with a commentary by Jeannie O'Connor, 2 vol., number XXIX of 50 specially-bound copies with additional proofs and signed by the artist and editor, from an edition limited to 350, wood-engravings by John O'Connor, some printed in colours, text in original morocco-backed pictorial boards, uncut, additional engravings all signed or initialled in pencil and loose in original board folder, together in slip-case, folio, Andoversford, Whittington Press, 1989.

Grisham (John) A Time to Kill, first edition, signed presentation inscription from the author dated 9-1-89 to title, ink ownership inscription of recipient to endpaper, original cloth-backed boards, light bumping to spine ends, dust-jacket, a few small neat repairs to spine ends, light creasing to extremities, an excellent example overall, 8vo, New York, Wyndwood Press, 1989.⁂ The author's scarce first novel. Personally published by the author via a small publisher in the south east United States, the author was apparently subsequently reduced to selling them from the boot of his car until word of mouth took effect.

Fine (Ruth E.) & others. Printers' Choice: A Selection of American Press Books, 1968-1978. Catalogue of an Exhibition held at the Grolier Club, New York, one of 325 copies, original cloth, Austin, 1983 § Rogers (Bruce) Selected Letters 1915-1918, one of 190 copies, original calf-backed boards, Caliban Press, 1988 § Lieberman (J.Ben) The Liberty Bell on the Kelmscott Goudy Press, one of 215 copies, original cloth-backed boards, Council Bluffs, Ia.,Yellow Barn Press, 1996 § Brown (Philip S.) & others. Grant Dahlstrom: Master Printer, one of 300 copies, original cloth-backed boards, Los Angeles, New Ampersand Press, 1977 § Newton (A.Edward) Thomas Hardy: Novelist or Poet?, limited edition, original cloth-backed boards, glacine wrapper, original box with lid (lacking one flap), Philadelphia, 1929, plates and illustrations, most uncut; and 35 others on American presses, printing, typography etc., including large prospectuses for the Bruce Rogers Lectern and World Bibles, v.s. (c.40)

Keynes (Geoffrey) & the Keynes Press.- Keynes (Geoffrey) A Bibliography of the Writings of William Harvey, M.D., Cambridge, 1928; Bibliography of the Works of Dr John Donne, Cambridge, 1914; The Portraiture of William Harvey, 1985 § Osler (Sir William) Aequanimitas..., 1984 § Ryle (John A.) The Natural History of Disease, 1988 § Marks (Urban) A Varied Life: Memoirs of a Swansea GP, signed colour frontispiece by Paul Cox, 1984, each one of 300 or 400 copies, plates and illustrations, original cloth or cloth-backed boards, the first a little damp-stained, the last four all from the Keynes Press; and c.35 others, mostly medical, on or by Sir Geoffrey Keynes or from the Keynes Press, and Parker's Monograph on the...Shoulder-Girdle and Sternum for the Ray Society 1868, v.s. (c.40)

Whittington Press.- Nicholson (William) An Alphabet, number 54 of 150 sets, 38 plates including 2 versions of E & T and some unused designs, all but four printed from the original woodblocks, 1978; An Almanac of Twelve Sports [and] London Types, number 70 of 150 sets, 34 plates including 4 unused versions, 1980, together 2 vol., each with separate introduction by Edward Craig (one of 300 & 225 signed copies respectively, original wrappers), loose as issued in original cloth drop-back boxes, illustration mounted on upper cover (the first hand-coloured), folio, Andoversford, Whittington Press (2)

Barbarian Press.- [The Seasons: Four Bagatelles], one of 60 sets of 4 pamphlets with an additional sheet of haiku, each set in original wrappers sewn with cord, uncut, together with sheet of haiku and 3pp. A.L.s. from the printers to Gill McMinn loose in original cloth drop-back box, upper cover inlaid with 4 strips of marbled paper by Ann Muir, 2013 § Elsted (Crispin) A Natural History of Surprise, one of 125 copies signed by the author, wood-engraved frontispiece by Peter Lazarov, original pictorial boards, uncut, 2002, Mission, B.C., Barbarian Press; and 7 others, poetry, from the press, v.s. (9)

Midnight Paper Sales.- Schanilec (Gaylord) High Bridge: Ten Wood Engravings of Demolition with Nine Stories of Construction, number 117 of 200 copies signed by the artist with his chop mark, 10 colour wood-engravings by Schanilec, one double-page, original cloth, paper label to upper cover, small 4to, St. Paul, Mn., Midnight Paper Sales Press, 1987.⁂ The artist's first use of colour wood-engravings, using up to 6 or 7 different colours and 3 to 5 blocks for each design. This book established him as one of America's master printers and book artists.

Dickens (Charles) Great Expectations, 3 vol., first edition, fifth impression, without half-titles or advertisements, occasional light marginal soiling, front free endpapers and title with portion excised at head, ink ownership inscription to endpapers, original blind-stamped cloth, spines darkened, spine ends and corners bumped with chipping to spine ends, vol. 1 with split to lower joint, light rubbing and marking to covers, Eckel, pp. 91-93; Smith II,:14; Great Expectations (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1993, Appendix D)], 8vo, Chapman and Hall, 1861.

Workshop Press.- Arman (Mark) Seventeen 18th & 19th Century Boxwood Blocks, number 60 of 80 copies, with an additional folder of 12 prints printed from the blocks on thin card, together in slip-case, 1983; Patterns in Print, number 56 of 85 copies, 1984; A Diary of Engravings and Linocuts, number 25 of 160 copies, with A.Ls.s. etc. from the author/printer loosely inserted, 1986; Fleurons, number 11 of 170 copies, 1988, all signed by the author/printer, illustrations, some by the author, some printed in colours, a few folding, original cloth-backed boards, Thaxted, Workshop Press; and 10 others, similar, from the press, 8vo & 4to (14)⁂ The first item is not always found with the folder of additional prints.

Gregynog Press.- Lamentations of Jeremiah (The), number 49 of 250 copies on Japanese vellum, printed in blue and black, wood-engraved title, initials and illustrations by Blair Hughes-Stanton, 5 full-page, some light spotting and soiling, mostly marginal, original dark blue calf, title and device in blind on upper cover, rubbed and scuffed, [Harrop 29], folio, Newtown, Gregynog Press, 1933.

DePol (John).- Fraser (J.H.) & Eleanor Friedl. John DePol: A Catalogue Raisonné of his Graphic Work 1935-1998, one of 400 copies, San Francisco, Book Club of California, 2001 § Boltin (C.) A Practical Guide to Light Refreshment: a collection of nineteenth-century recipes, one of 200 copies signed by the author and artist, wood-engravings by John DePol, New York, 1996 § Brody (C.T.) John DePol and the Typophiles..., one of 500 copies, illustrations, New York, 1998 § Not Barn Again: Four Wood Engravings by John DePol, one of 150 copies, original wrappers, uncut, Council Bluffs, Ia., Yellow Barn Press, 1997 § Saxe (Stephen O.) American Iron Hand Presses, wood-engravings by John DePol, original cloth, dust-jacket, New Castle, De., 1992, the first three all original cloth-backed patterned-paper boards, the first with slip-case; and 3 Benjamin Franklin keepsakes, 4to & 8vo (8)

Old School Press.- Ould (Martyn) & Martyn Thomas. The Fell Revival describing the casting of the Fell Types at the University Press, Oxford..., 2000 § Morison (Stanley) and Harry Carter. John Fell, the University Press and the 'Fell' Types, 2003 § Thomas (Martyn) & others. Harry Carter Typographer, 2005 § Ould (M.) Oxford's Ornaments, number 11 of 123 copies signed by the author, this copy for Simon McMinn, 2007, all deluxe copies signed by the authors, the first three each one of 50 from editions limited to 350, 240 & 240 respectively and with a portfolio of samples, all with plates and illustrations, some tipped in, original morocco-backed marbled boards, specimens loosely inserted in original cloth folders, together in slip-cases, Hinton Charterhouse, Old School Press; and 4 others on printing from the press, 4to & 8vo (8)

Esslemont (David).- Wordsworth (William) The Prelude, number 98 of 200 copies signed by the artist, colour plates by David Esslemont, original cloth, uncut, slipcase, Grasmere, The Wordsworth Trust, 2007 § Gentleman (David) The Wood Engravings..., number 47 of 350 copies, with additional loose colophon leaf signed by the author "for Simon McMinn", original cloth, slip-case, Montgomery, 2000 § Esslemont (D.) The Printer's Flowers: Wood Engravings and Linocuts, number 37 of 75 copies, original boards, uncut, Montgomery, 1999; Inside the Book, number 19 of 250 copies signed by the author/printer, original cloth, slip-case, Newtown, Solmentes Press, 2002 § Sandford (Lettice) A Wood Engraving...[for Hero and Leander], one of 115 copies, on Japanese vellum, loose in original wrappers with printed note by Carol P.Grossman, Montgomery, 1997, all printed by David Esslemont; and 5 others printed by Esslemont, v.s. (10)

Fleece Press.- Lawrence (Simon) S.T.E.Lawrence: Boxwood blockmaker, Wood engravings collected in honour of his eightieth birthday, number 167 of 250 copies,1980; 45 Wood-engravers, number 136 of 350 copies, small ink library stamp to verso of colophon, 1982; Tales from Bleeding Heart Yard: Stories about Stanley Lawrence, one of 200 copies with an engraving by Barry Moser, from an edition limited to 310, original cloth-backed wood veneer boards, Denby Dale, Fleece Press, 2000, plates and illustrations, many wood-engraved, some colour, some tipped in, uncut, the first two original cloth-backed marbled boards with slip-cases and printed at the Whittington Press, Wakefield, 4to (3)

Caliban Press.- McMurray (Mark) Type Specimens of Caliban Press, number 78 of 100 copies signed by the author/printer, specimens, some folding, original sprinkled wrappers, uncut, Montclair, NJ, 1991; Leçons de livre pour Calyban or Prosper's Parisian Printing Parade, number 26 of "almost 114" copies initialled by the author/printer, illustrations, specimens & collages, original wrappers, uncut, slip-case, Quebec [Canton, NY], Cat's Head Press [Caliban Press], 2008; and 2 others from the Caliban Press, 4to & 8vo (4)

Gill (Eric).- Four Gospels of the Lord Jesus Christ (The)..., one of 480 copies from an edition limited to 600, facsimile reprint of the Golden Cockerel Press edition of 1931, illustrations by Eric Gill, original cloth, pigskin label to spine, t.e.g., cloth slip-case, Wellingborough, Christopher Skelton, 1988 § Gill (Eric) The Engravings, edited by Christopher Skelton, illustrations, 1990 § Pepler (Douglas) The Devil's Devices..., woodcuts by Eric Gill, bookplate of Simon Lawrence, original cloth-backed printed red boards, a little rubbed, Hampshire House Workshops, 1915; and 16 others, Gill and related, v.s. (19)

Whittington Press.- Omar Khayyám. [Rubaiyat] The Mirror & the Eye, translated by Iftikhar Azmi, number 9 of 126 copies, original vellum-backed marbled boards, 1984 § Azmi (Iftikhar, translator) The Garden of the Night, number 55 of 240 copies, original cloth-backed boards, 1979 § Song of Songs (The), translated by Keith Bosley, number 47 of 206 copies, original pictorial cloth, gilt, spine lightly soiled, 1976, all signed by the translator and artist, illustrations by Richard Kennedy, uncut, slip-cases, Andoversford, Whittington Press; and 5 others, illustrated by Kennedy for the Press, folio & 4to (8)

Gregynog Press.- Shaw (George Bernard) Shaw Gives Himself Away: An Autobiographical Miscellany, number 299 of 300 copies on pale green handmade paper, wood-engraved frontispiece portrait by John Farleigh, original dark green morocco with abstract design of author's initials onlaid in orange morocco, by the Gregynog Press Bindery and designed by Paul Nash, spine with raised band & onlay and lettered in orange, uncut, spine only slightly faded, [Harrop 40], 4to, Newtown, Gregynog Press, 1939.

Dickens (Charles) Great Expectations, 3 vol., first edition, [second impression], without half-titles or advertisements, edition statements neatly erased from titles, occasional light foxing or finger-soiling, later half calf, gilt, spines gilt with red and green morocco labels, a little rubbed and scuffed, g.e., [Eckel, pp. 91-93; Smith II,:14; Great Expectations (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1993, Appendix D)], 8vo, Chapman and Hall, 1861.⁂ With the text agreeing in all particulars with those identified by Cardwell in her appendix to Great Expectations.

Hawking (Stephen) A Brief History of Time. From the Big Bang to Black Holes, reprint, with the author's thumbprint and signed presentation inscription from Jane Hawking "Dear Mary, much love from us all - Jane & Stephen" to title, colour photograph of Stephen and Jane Hawking with their children laid onto facing page, illustrations, original boards, dust-jacket, very light creasing to head and foot, else fine, 8vo, Bantam Press, 1988.

Weather Bird Press.- Owen (Wilfred) Selected War Poems, one of 125 copies signed by the artist, colour linocuts by Dale Barnhart, original rexine-backed cloth, Pasadena, 1983 § Richardson (C.L.) Selected Shore Plants of Southern California, one of 100 copies, colour linocuts by Vance Gerry, 1992 § June & Jupy: The Heavenly Couple. A Myth, one of 50 copies, pochoir illustrations, 1997 § Kronfeld (Marion) Designs cut for Plantin Press Calendars 1941-1946, one of 100 copies signed by the artist, 1980 § Migraine (Dickie) I, the Scurvy, one of 50 copies, signed by the printer and binder, pochoir illustrations, c.75 x 65mm., 2001 § Gerry (Vance) San Pasqual Press, one of 150 copies, Supplement loosely inserted, 1986-89; Twenty-Five Years of the Weather Bird Press, one of 100 copies, 1993, plates and illustrations, some colour, all but the first original cloth-backed boards, most uncut, all with dust-jackets, the fifth also with perspex box, Fallbrook or Pasadena, Ca., Weather Bird Press; and c.55 others from the press or Vance Gerry including many pamphlets, newsletters etc., v.s. (c.60)

India.- The Gazetteer of Sikhim. Edited in the Bengal Government Secretariat, Introduction by H. H. Risley, first edition, [one of 500 copies], 21 plates, many folding, 2 folding maps in pocket at front (1 in facsimile), label removed from front pastedown, original cloth, spines a covers a little darkened, spine ends and corners a little bumped, 4to, Calcutta, Printed at the Bengal Secretariat Press, 1894.⁂ Scarce and authoritative account of Sikhim, India

Garland (Hamlin) The Return of a Private, one of 150 copies, wood-engravings by Gaylord Schanilec, Council Bluffs, Ia., Yellow Barn Press, 1998 § Everson (William) & others. Out of the West, one of 350 copies signed by the authors, Northridge, Ca., Lord John Press, 1979 § On the Folly and Wickedness of War, one of 100 copies, printed in red & black, linocuts, Minneapolis, Solmentes Press, 2004 § Ryan (Frank) In the Light from Stained Glass: Poems on Growing Up Catholic, one of 118 copies, original wrappers, Raleigh, NC, Horse & Buggy Press, 1998 § McClanahan (Ed) Fondelle or: The Whore with the Heart of Gold, one of 700 copies, wood-engravings by Wesley Bates, original cloth, dust-jacket, Monterey, Ky., Larkspur Press, 2002, plates and illustrations, some colour, the first three original cloth-backed boards, uncut; and c.25 others from modern American presses, some pamphlets, 4to & 8vo (c.30)

Lydgate (John) Stans puer ad mensam: Table Manners for Children, First printed in 1476 by William Caxton, number 5 of 15 specially-bound copies, from an edition limited to 265, original limp vellum, gilt, uncut, slip-case, Salisbury, Perdix Press, 1989 § Walton (Isaac) Life of George Herbert, number 8 of 10 specially-bound copies, from an edition limited to 210, signed wood-engraved frontispiece by Howard Phipps, original scarlet morocco, gilt, slip-case, Salisbury, Perdix Press, 1988 § Brown (George Mackay) The Rose Tree, number 101 of 165 copies signed by the artist, wood-engravings in red by Rosemary Roberts, original cloth-backed boards, uncut, Lastingham, Celtic Cross Press, 2001 § Burrett (Edward) My Wartime Caricatures, number 99 of 100 copies signed by the author/artist, tipped-in colour plates, original cloth, Esher, 1992 § Sisson (Marjorie) The Cave, one of 200 copies, wood-engravings by Frank Martin, with prospectus, original pictorial cloth, gilt, uncut, glacine wrapper, Hemingford Grey, Vine Press, 1957 § Ferguson (Ken) The Bookshop, number 11 of 60 hand-coloured copies signed by the author/artist, from an edition limited to 200, hand-coloured linocuts, original cloth-backed boards, uncut, Cramlington, 2000; and a small quantity of others from modern presses, mostly British, including 3 boxed sets of Prospero Poets, many pamphlets, v.s. (c.100)

Gwasg Gregynog.- Eschenbach (Wolfram von) The Romance of Parzifal and the Holy Grail, number 60 of 210 copies, wood-engravings by Stefan Mrozewski, prospectus loosely inserted, 1990 § Rowland (David) The Pleasant History of Lazarillo de Tormes, number XX of 80 specially-bound copies, from an edition limited to 300, wood-engravings by Frank Martin, some colour, 1991 § Lewis (Alun) Inwards where the battle is...Writings from India, number XXXII of 300 copies signed by the artist, illustrations by David Gentleman, 1997 § Crane (Stephen) The Red Badge of Courage, number 55 of 140 copies, photographic plates, original cloth, printed at Gwasg Gregynog for the Land Press, 1988, all but the last original morocco-backed boards or cloth, uncut, the last four with slip-cases, Newtown, Gwasg Gregynog; and 3 others from the press, v.s. (7)

Fleece Press.- Rogerson (Ian) Barnett Freedman: The Graphic Art, one of 500 copies, DVD in pocket at end, prospectus and other ephemera loosely inserted, 2006; Tone, texture, light and shade: a Barnett Freedman Picture Album, one of 340 copies, 2011 § Yorke (Malcolm) To War with Paper & Brush: Captain Edward Ardizzone, Official War Artist, one of 700 copies, 2007; Today I worked well - the picture fell off the brush: The Artistry of Leslie Cole, one of 500 copies, 2010, plates and illustrations, many colour, some folding, some tipped in, original cloth or cloth-backed boards, all but the second with slip-case, Upper Denby, Fleece Press (4)

Fleece Press.- Woolnough (C. W.) A Pretty Mysterious Art, one of 300 copies, tipped-in marbled paper samples by Ann Muir, original cloth-backed marbled boards, original cloth drop-back box, 8vo, Denby Dale, 1996 § Swarbrick (John) List of Wharfedale Flies, one of 260 copies, with original fly mounted on inside front & rear covers, wood-engravings by Joan Hassall, tipped-in folding colour plates, original marbled boards, uncut, slip-case, c.65 x 70mm., Upper Denby, 2009 § James (Angela) The Art of Binding Books, one of 200 copies, ilustrations by Anthony Christmas, original patterned cloth, 52 x 75mm., Wakefield, 1991, Fleece Press; and 5 other small or miniature books and a small bundle of pamphlets and ephemera from the press, v.s. (sm. qty)

Barbarian Press.- Elsted (Crispin) Founts & Circumstance: A Typographical Portfolio of Display & Titling Faces in Grand Isolation & in Company, one of 58 copies signed by the author & printer, text booklet in original wrappers sewn with string in Japanese style, uncut, broadside specimens loose as issued, some folding, some colour, title with mounted signed photographic print by David Evans, together in original cloth drop-back box with 72 point Bembo letter 'm' fixed in lower right corner, 2001 § Under Strange Sail: Translations & Improvisations from many hands, one of 115 sets of broadsides, loose as issued in original wrapper portfolio, 2007, folio, Mission, B.C., Barbarian Press (2)

Gwasg Gregynog.- Thomas (R.S.) Laboratories of the Spirit, number 146 of 215 copies, 1976 § Ormond (John) Cathedral Builders and other poems, number IV of 50 specially-bound copies, from an edition limited to 250, illustrations by the author, 1991 § Owen (Wilfred) Mapping Golgotha...Letters & Poems, number 85 of 200 copies, illustrations by Harry Brockway, 2007 § Herbert (George) Sundrie Pieces, number 14 of 215 copies, wood-engravings by Sarah van Niekerk, 2003 § Vaughan (Henry & Thomas) The Texture of the Universe, number 31 of 90 copies, wood-engravings by Hilary Paynter, 2010, original calf- or morocco-backed cloth or boards, some pictorial, some uncut, the last three with slip-cases, Newtown, Gwasg Gregynog; and 9 others, poetry, from the press, some pamphlets, v.s. (14)

Gregynog Press.- Butler (Samuel) Erewhon, number 226 of 250 copies, wood-engraved illustrations by Blair Hughes-Stanton, original sheepskin, rubbed and scuffed, spine faded, 1932 § Herbert (George) Poems, number 232 of 300 copies, original cloth-backed pastepaper boards, 1923 § Vaughan (Henry) Poems, number 349 of 500 copies, original cloth-backed patterned-paper boards, 1924 § Greville (Fulke, Lord Brooke) Caelica, edited by Una Ellis-Fermor, number 187 of 225 copies, original morocco-backed boards, gilt, spine very slightly rubbed at edges, 1936, some printed in red & black, some with wood-engraved illustrations, all uncut, [Harrop 23, 1, 2, 36], Newtown, Gregynog Press; and another from the press (Harrop 9), 8vo (5)