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The Green Pastures. A fable suggested by Roark Bradford’s Sourthern Sketches, Ol’ Man Adam...
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The Green Pastures. A fable suggested by Roark Bradford’s Sourthern Sketches, Ol’ Man Adam an’ His Chillun’

by LAKESIDE PRESS. EDMOND JONES, Robert. CONNELLY, Marc.

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New York: printed at the Lakeside Press for Farrar & Rinehart, 1930. Large Paper Editions. One of 550 numbered copies signed by the author and artist. Pochoir frontispiece, black and white illustrations throughout by Robert Edmond Jones. 4to., original gilt decorated green paper covered boards, in the original slipcase, edges a little rubbed, otherwise very good. |||
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Pages from Books.

by LANSTON MONOTYPE. MEYNELL, Gerard T.

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London: Lanston Monotype Corporation, 1927. Special edition on handmade paper and in a special binding. 92 illustrations of pages printed using ‘Monotype’. Includes specimens of Baskerville, Bodoni, Fournier, Plantin and Poliphilus, among others, together with several decorative borders and ornaments. Printed at the Westminster Press. First edition. Pp. 94. 4to., original half vellum over blue buckram boards, decorative design and titles in gilt to upper cover and spine, t.e.g, in the original blue dust jacket. Housed in the original worn and darkened blue patterned slipcase. Jacket is faded and worn at spine, otherwise a very good copy.||On the dust jacket is the publisher’s note: “The pages appearing in this volume have been chosen almost entirely by the publishers of the books themselves. All the leading publishers were asked to send what they considered the best produced books they had issued in recent years. A choice was then made, leaving out pages that were too similar for our purpose...|
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Pastonchi. A Specimen of a New Letter for Use on the 'Monotype'.
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Pastonchi. A Specimen of a New Letter for Use on the 'Monotype'.

by LANSTON MONOTYPE CORPORATION. [OFFICINA BODONI]. MARDERSTEIG, Hans.

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London: printed at the Officina Bodoni for the Lanston Monotype Corporation, 1928. The English specimen of a new typeface designed by Eduardo Cotti under the direction of Francesco Pastonchi and with an introduction by Hans Mardersteig. Trade Edition. 14 specimens of Pastonchi types in varying sizes, mostly tipped in and 2 tipped in plates. 4to., original brown cloth, gilt lettering to upper cover and spine. Cloth slightly rubbed, starting a little, otherwise a good copy.|||
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The English Grammar Made by Ben Jonson for the Benefit of All Strangers Out of His Observations...
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The English Grammar Made by Ben Jonson for the Benefit of All Strangers Out of His Observations of the English Language Now Spoken and in Use.

by LANSTON MONOTYPE. JONSON, Ben.

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London: Lanston Monotype, 1928. With a prefatory note by Strickland Gibson of the Bodleian Library. Folding type specimen. Small 8vo., original blind-stamped paper covers, titles in black to spine, yapp edges, glassine jacket, largely unopened, original marbled slipcase. Slipcase very slightly rubbed, otherwise very good.||A lovely copy of this verbatim reprint of the 1640 edition of Jonson’s ‘The English Grammar’, with the fold-out specimen [19.5 x 32 cms] of Poliphilus and Blado types tipped in at rear.| With folding type specimen
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The Iliad or the Poem of Force.
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The Iliad or the Poem of Force.

by LAPIS PRESS. WEIL, Simone.

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Emeryville, California: The Lapis Press, 1991. Translated by Mary McCarthy. One of 350 copies. Set in Monotype Van Dijck and Univers and printed by Les Ferriss at The Lapis Press Studio in brown and black. Pp. 35. Tall 8vo., original blue cloth, printed title label to spine. Some fading to spine and along edges of boards, a little bowed.||Weil completed the essay in the autumn of 1940, following the fall of France. It discusses Homer’s epic poem and includes reflections on the nature of force in human affairs, yet it may also be seen as a commentary on the tragedy of WWII. | One of Simone Weil’s most celebrated works beautifully printed
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Bibliographical Notes on T.E. Lawrence's Seven Pillars of Wisdom and Revolt in the Desert.

by [LAWRENCE, T.E.]. GERMAN-REED, T. NASH, Paul.

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London: W.& G. Foyle Ltd, 1928. No. 314 of 350 copies. Wood engraved decoration by Paul Nash on title page and dust wrapper. Pp. [vi], 18. 12mo., original brown cloth with title printed in gilt on upper cover, in the original dust wrapper. Wrapper a little chipped at head and tail of spine and with some rubbing to spine, otherwise a very good copy.||Ownership inscription of AM Campbell, Los Angeles in 1938 on front free endpaper.|O’Brien, E043
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The Seven Pillars of Wisdom. A Triumph.
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The Seven Pillars of Wisdom. A Triumph.

by LAWRENCE, T.E.

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[London: Privately Printed for the author by Manning Pike and H.J. Hodgson], 1926. Subscribers’ or ‘Cranwell’ edition being one of only 170 complete copies, inscribed ‘Complete copy 1.XII.26, TES’ by Lawrence in ink on p. xix, together with his ink correction of the artist for ‘The gad-fly’ plate from Roberts to ‘K’[ennington]. Frontispiece portrait of King Feysal, 66 plates (mostly colour) & text illustrations after Roberts, Eric Kennington, Paul Nash, Blair Hughes-Stanton, Nicholson and others, decorative initials by Edward Wadsworth, endpapers by Kennington, 4 linen backed folding maps. Here is included the ‘Prickly Pear’ plate not called for in the list of illustrations but, as usual, doesn’t have the Nash line drawings as called for in the list on pp.92 and 208. Printed in red and black. In this copy page xv is mispaginated as viii.4to., in a handsome contemporary full scarlet morocco binding with gilt fillets across each spine band reaching points on each side with… Read More
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Funfzehn [15] Limericks von Edward Lear.

Funfzehn [15] Limericks von Edward Lear.

by LEAR, Edward.

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Mainz & Lahnstein: Flugblatt-Presse, 1982. 15 linocuts printed on folded sheets by H. Hübner-Prochotta, Manfred Prochotta and Peter Malutzki and signed by them in pencil on the colophon. One of 150 copies. Translated into German from Lear’s ‘Complete Nonsense’ by Hans Magnus Enzensberger. 8vo., original black card covers with printed turquoise jacket. An excellent copy.||| Linocuts by Hübner-Prochotta, Manfred Prochotta and Peter Malutzki
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Gestes et Dires du Bon Roi René.

Gestes et Dires du Bon Roi René.

by LECLERC, Marc, binder. CARANTEC, Guillaume.

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Paris: George Crès & Cie, 1914. Etched frontispiece by Charles Jouas, woodcuts throughout by R.-N Raimbault d’Hauterive. Pp. 262 plus errata leaf. 8vo., in a signed binding by Marc Leclerc with his monogram at the foot of the spine, full parchment covered boards hand painted by the binder on both sides and the spine with thistles, cowslips, olives and vine leaves, spine in compartments with raised bands and three panels with black lettering on a blue background and the others with a thistle, a cowslip, an olive and a vine leaf, special patterned endleaves of blue with stencilled vine leaves and grapes in darker blue and brown by the binder, green silk marker.Some marking but generally a very handsome volume. ||The binder has inscribed the verso of of the front endleaf “Reliure et Papiers de Garde spécialement composée et executée pour a volume par Marc Leclerc”.| With remarkable special stencil-patterned endpapers by the binder
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Barges.

Barges.

by LEIGHTON, Clare (1895-1980)

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1924. Original wood engraving. One of 100, signed, titled and numbered in pencil. 155 x 130 mms. Mounted.||With the original label from the Redfern Gallery dated Dec. 27 1929 and naming the purchaser as Dr R. Robison.|
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The Musical Box.

The Musical Box.

by LEIGHTON, Clare.

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London: printed by the Fanfare Press for Gollancz, [1936]. First UK edition, the first US edition was uncoloured. 32 pages of printed manuscript text and coloured wood cut illustrations by Clare Leighton. Oblong 4to., original full parchment paper covered boards with colour illustration by Clare Leighton on upper cover. Bump to bottom corners, otherwise very good.|||
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Eight Christmas Cards all with original wood engravings, mostly signed.

by LEIGHTON, Clare.

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London: 37 Belsize Park Gardens, c. 1922-29. 8 Christmas Cards each with a small wood engraving by Clare Leighton pasted onto the front, 6 of which are signed by the artist in pencil. 3 are on a single card, two with short Christmas inscriptions written and signed by Leighton in ink, 5 are 4pp greetings cards with printed greetings and Leighton’s address on the inside, 2 of which have handwritten notes, one with a signature. ||The handwritten note for 1928 states “I go to America on Sat 22nd for 2 or 3 months...” - the second is inscribed “to you and Jock. We’re both down with influenza at the moment & go to the cottage for Christmas to recuperate....I hope this is worthy of joining your little army of my prints...”|
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The Farmer’s Year. A Calendar of English Husbandry.

by LEIGHTON, Clare.

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London: Collins, 1933. Written with 31 wood engravings by Clare Leighton. First edition. Oblong folio, original green cloth with lettering and image by Leighton in gilt on upper cover, in the original Leighton designed dust jacket which matches the endpapers. Cloth faded at the very edges, unclipped jacket chipped at head and tail of spine and with a few small spots but generally a very good copy. ||In words and spectacular large wood engravings, Leighton gives a monthly account of rural agricultural life in 1930s England from the perspective of farm workers. A remarkable and radical production in a time when farm labourers were in a period of low wages and depression. Leighton lived among the workers in Buckinghamshire in order to get as close as possible to their lives and present it the wider world in this impressive way.In Gollancz’s publicity for this work, Gill is quoted as writing “Bewick and Raverat have done little engravings that are big in spirit, but no one in our time has succeeded… Read More
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Mark F. Severin en zun Werk.

Mark F. Severin en zun Werk.

by LEYTENS, Fr.

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Amsterdam: Werelbibliotheek, 1954. Pp. 72.41 pages of illustrations, ex-libris etc by Severin, 19 illustrations in the text by Severin and a portrait of the artist. 8vo., original red printed paper covered boards with the original dust jacket. A few small tears the the edges of the jacket and light fading to the edges of the boards, otherwise good.|||
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Theodore and Honoria.

Theodore and Honoria.

by LIBANUS PRESS. WALKIN, Carol. DRYDEN, John.

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Marlborough: Libanus Press, 1985. No. 35 of 50 deluxe copies. 6 wood engravings printed in black, green and red by Carol Walkin. Printed in Gill Perpetua type on Velin Arches rag paper. Pp. [24]. Tall 4to., original quarter green morocco, marbled paper boards, gilt border and lettering to spine, fore and lower edges uncut. Spine very slightly faded, otherwise a very good copy.||A free rendering into heroic verse by Dryden of the story found in Boccaccio’s ‘Decameron’, which was first published in 1700 as a section from John Dryden’s ‘Fables Ancient and Modern’.| One of 50 deluxe copies
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For Shop Use Only – Curwen & Dent Stock Blocks and Devices.
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For Shop Use Only – Curwen & Dent Stock Blocks and Devices.

by LIBANUS PRESS. RAVILIOUS, Eric.

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Devizes, Wiltshire: Printed at the Libanus Press for Garton & Co., 1993. No. 136 of 425 copies. With an original tipped in wood engraving and 31 device designs by Eric Ravilious. Printed in Perpetua on Zerkall mould-made paper. Pp. 48. 8vo., original blue cloth-backed spine over red and white patterned paper boards. Slight darkening along the edge of upper cover near spine, otherwise fine.||With contributions by John Lewis, Enid Marx and Robert Harling. Eric Ravilious’s decorative wood engravings created for the Curwen Press and the Dent ‘Everyman’ series. The tipped in wood engraving was printed from the block engraved by Ravilious for the title page of the ‘Travel’ category for the Dent ‘Everyman’ library.| Wood engravings by Ravilious for the Curwen Press and the Dent ‘Everyman’ series
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A Portrait of Lady Hester

A Portrait of Lady Hester

by LIBANUS PRESS. GIBBINGS, Robert. KINGLAKE, Alexander William.

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Marlborough: Libanus Press, 1987. No. 39 of 300 copies, this being one of 50 deluxe copies. 10 wood engravings with an extra loose suite of 8 of the wood engravings by Robert Gibbings printed on japanese paper. Printed in Monotype Bodoni italic on BFK Rives rag paper. Pp. 31 [1]. Tall 8vo., bound by Smith Settle in quarter black morocco, patterned paper covered boards, silver lettering to spine, lower edge uncut, housed in the original black card slipcase with the prints in black paper chemise. Fine.||Alexander William Kinglake’s portrait of Lady Hester Stanhope, originally published as a chapter in ‘Eothen’. Lady Hester went to the Middle East in 1810, where she lead an archaeological expedition to Ashkelon in 1815, the first modern excavation in the history of Holy Land archaeology. She died a recluse, residing in a ruined monastery in Djoun, Lebanon.With Gibbings superb wood engravings which were originally created for a Kynoch Press publication in the 1940s.|Kirkus, Robert Gibbings… Read More
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The Testament of Charlotte B.
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The Testament of Charlotte B.

by LIBANUS PRESS. SMITH, Richard Shirley.

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Marlborough: Libanus Press, 1988. Edited and introduced by Marius Kociejowski. No. 69 of 220 copies. 7 illustrations and cover design by Richard Shirley Smith. Illustrated by Richard Shirley Smith. Printed in Monotype Garamond on thick handmade Amatruda paper. 8vo., bound by Smith Settle in original quarter grey cloth over illustrated paper boards, spine lettered in silver, lower edge uncut, in the original mauve thin card slipcase (slightly faded with tiny tear). Slight fading to spine, otherwise very good.||The fascinating 18th century letters of Charlotte Biggs, in which she relates stories of love, intrigue, abduction and rape.|
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Quis Desiderio..?
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Quis Desiderio..?

by LIBANUS PRESS. GILI, Phillida. BUTLER, Samuel.

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Marlborough: Libanus Press, 1987. One of 475 copies. 3 wood engravings by Phillida Gili printed in sanguine. Printed in Monotype Bell on Amatruda paper, the cover paper is Fabriano Roma. Pp. [20]. Small 8vo., [13.5 x 20.5 cms], russet paper wrappers, black titles to upper cover, lower edge uncut. Slightly creased at edges, touch of fading to spine, otherwise fine.||Samuel Butler’s digressive and eccentric essay recounting his visits to the British Museum and its lack of sloping desks – upon which he needs in order to write – and his subsequent use of a book as the required support.|
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Candide, or Optimism.
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Candide, or Optimism.

by LIBANUS PRESS. BARRETT, Angela. VOLTAIRE.

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Marlborough: Libanus Press, 1996. No. 52 of 125 copies. 14 full page illustrations, numerous decorative chapter headings and vignettes by Angela Barrett printed in black and cream. Text in French and English. Translated by Christopher Thacker. Printed in Fournier Monotype on Lana Royal paper. Sm. folio, bound in original vellum-backed spine over cream paper boards, title design in blue and brown to upper cover, gilt titles to spine, t.e.g. Housed in original brown paper and cloth slipcase. A fine copy.||A beautifully produced edition of Voltaire’s magnum opus being satirical tales involving political, literary, religious and philosophical matters in 18th century Western Europe, ‘an awesome summary of the multitudinous horrors Voltaire had experienced and learnt about in his lifetime’ (from Christopher Thacker’s introduction). With Angela Barrett’s richly allusive and witty illustrations.|
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