Landfall. [Handwritten text and illustrations in colour from the artist's original watercolour paintings. by LUBBOCK, J.G

London: National Art Library, Victoria & Albert Museum. Small Qto., 12 pages, illustrated with one double page colour plate. A New copy. . New. Paperback. 1996.

Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co., 1929. New Ed.. pp.xix, 377 with 4 colour plates, and b/w. illus. 8vo. Address label, name and address to ffep. Nr. fine hardback in good dw.

London: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trübner, 1929. xx, 377, 4 col + 2 b/w plates, 31 text figs. . HB. 8vo, orig cloth, spine faded. Good.. New edition, based on the 17th, edited and annotated by J.G. Meyers, with his Introduction (Lubbock as an Entomologist and Comparative Psychologist) and deatiled annotations extending to 118 pages. New colour plates in this edition are by A.J.E. Terzi..

London: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trübner, 1929. xx, 377, 4 col + 2 b/w plates, 31 text figs. . HB. 8vo, orig cloth; some spotting to fore edge, occasional light foxing. Vg. From the library of the British hymenopterist, Robin Edwards, with his bookplate.. New edition, based on the 17th, edited and annotated by J.G. Meyers, with his Introduction (Lubbock as an Entomologist and Comparative Psychologist) and deatiled annotations extending to 118 pages. New colour plates in this edition are by A.J.E. Terzi..

Leicester: Bertram Rota, 1977. Full green oasis niger gilt, original publisher's acetate dustjacket, Cockerell marbled paper-covered slipcase. large 4to. Full green oasis niger gilt, original publisher's acetate dustjacket, Cockerell marbled paper-covered slipcase. (4), 20 pages, eleven etchings, of which six are double-page. Printed in an edition limited to 70 numbered copies signed by the author/artist. Butcher 5. Livre d'artiste Private Press. A fine copy in near-fine slipcase. The engravings are hand-made by the artist from copper-plates worked by engraving, etching, aquatint & soft-ground etching. The colours are applied from intaglio & relief, and additional colours are added by hand. Typography & printing by Will & Sebastian Carter at the Rampant Lions Press on hand-made paper. In 1967 J.G.Lubbock retired to work on his wonderful books of engravings inspired by the spiritual nature of the landscape and the sea. They are full of atmosphere and depth of feeling and deserve their place in the… Read More

Bertram Rota, London., 1986. First edition. Folio. 26 pages. 4 triple fold-out coloured prints by the artist. Designed and printed by Will Carter at the Rampant Lions Press, Cambridge. Printed on hand-made paper. Original binding by George Percival of blue morocco-backed gilt decorated cloth. Top edge gilt. The prints are hand-made from copperplates worked by etching and aquatint. The colours are applied in intaglio and relief, and additional colour is applied to some pages by hand. Text by the artist.One of 95 numbered copies signed by the artist.Fine in fine patterned paper slipcase.

Twelve by Eight Press, Leicester., 1969. First edition. Quarto. 37 pages. Eight single-page and four double-page illustrations, with original loose tissue guards. Original binding of full blue morocco stamped in gilt, hand-bound by George Percival at Leicester. Top edge gilt. Designed and printed by Will and Sebastian Carter at the Rampant Lions Press, Cambridge. Printed on hand-made paper at the Richard de Bas mill at Ambert in the French Auvergne."The illustrations in this volume are hand-printed by the artist from copper plates worked by engraving, etching, aquatint, drilling and grinding; the colours are printed in both intaglio and relief, and some additional colour is finally applied by hand. The themes of the prints include aspects of nature to which science has drawn the artist's thoughts, such as the designs formed by atoms in minerals and living organisms, and the formations of stars in their galaxies. The accompanying notes consider some concepts of art relevant to the prints and… Read More

Leicester: Bertram Rota, 1990. quarter red oasis niger over red cloth boards, gilt on cover and spine, original publisher's acetate dustjacket, decorated paper-covered slipcase. large 4to. quarter red oasis niger over red cloth boards, gilt on cover and spine, original publisher's acetate dustjacket, decorated paper-covered slipcase. 55 pages, eleven color prints, of which five are double-page and six are full page. Printed in an edition limited to 95 numbered copies signed by the author/artist. A fine copy in near-fine slipcase. The engravings are hand-made by the artist from copper-plates worked by engraving, etching, aquatint & soft-ground etching. The colours are applied from intaglio & relief, and additional colours are added by hand. Typography & printing by Will Carter at the Rampant Lions Press on hand-made paper. Some of Joe Lubbock's finest work with several plates approaching abstraction from figurative inspiration found in the natural world from the author's native Suffolk to the… Read More

Leicester: Bertram Rota, 1974. Full blue oasis niger gilt, Cockerell marbled paper-covered slipcase. large 4to. Full blue oasis niger gilt, Cockerell marbled paper-covered slipcase. 30 pages, 17 etchings. Printed in an edition limited to 70 numbered copies signed by the author/artist. Large four-page prospectus loosely inserted. Lacking the publisher's acetate dust jacket. A fine copy in near-fine slipcase. There is a note by John Mason tipped printed on handmade paper loosely inserted. Handset in Palatino and printed in black (title-page in black and orange; prints in many colours) on Richard le Bas paper by Will and Sebastian Carter at the Rampant Lions Press, Cambridge; plates printed by the artist. Bound by George Percival in dark red niger morocco, blocked in gold on the spine, design of orchis and dragonfly by Lubbock on upper cover. The plates were worked by engraved, aquatint, etching and soft ground etching. Their themes are drawn from landscapes and the life within them from Southern… Read More

Covent Garden, London: Bertram Rota, 2005. quarter green oasis niger over yellow cloth boards, gilt on cover and spine, quarter leather over marbled boards folding case with handmade paper linings incorporating flowers into the paper, original publisher's acetate dustjacket, decorated paper-covered slipcase. large 4to. quarter green oasis niger over yellow cloth boards, gilt on cover and spine, quarter leather over marbled boards folding case with handmade paper linings incorporating flowers into the paper, original publisher's acetate dustjacket, decorated paper-covered slipcase. 43, (1) pages, nine color prints, of which three are double-page and six are full page. Printed in an edition limited to 48 numbered copies signed by the author/artist, of which this is one of 10 special copies with a separate portfolio containing an original drawing used in the preparation of the prints, and two signed prints, one a duplicate of one in the book, the other an illustration not used in it. Prospectus loosely… Read More