Private Press & Fine Printing

Limited edition, one of 350 examples on verge, from a total edition of 358; 8vo, (20.4 x 14 cm); woodcut frontispiece and initials after Edward Burne-Jones, printed in black and red; finely bound in green morocco by Leonard Mounteney, elaborate gilt tooling and red morocco flowers, spine in five parts with raised bands, corresponding flower design and title in gilt, rose-coloured watered silk doublures and flyleaves, top edge gilt, enclosed in patterned paper board slipcase, spine slightly faded, an excellent example.

Number 4 of 60 specially bound copies, with a duplicate set of the plates, from an overall edition limited to 360 copies, signed by the author and artist; tall quarto (320 x 200 mm); title printed in pink and green with vignette and decorative border, 7 collotype plates after aquatints by John Buckland-Wright, 9 additional aquatint plates loose in pocket at end (title and 8 plates, including the extra unused plate referred to on the colophon); publisher's grey and salmon morocco by Sangorski & Sutcliffe, upper cover with fighting cock design by Buckland-Wright blocked in gilt, spine gilt lettered and with cockerel motifs, top edge gilt, slight abrasions to 2 raised bands and a small, faimt mark to the upper board, blue cloth slipcase (slightly rubbed), otherwise near-fine copy.

Illustrated Benares edition, number 12 of 1000 sets; 17 vols, 8vo, (24.7 x 16.5 cm); numerous photogravure plates from etchings, drawings and paintings, with tissue-guards, titles in red and black, marbled endpapers, endpapers a little toned; contemporary half blue morocco, spines gilt in compartments, gilt lettering to spines, spines faded, top edges gilt, others uncut, boards slightly marked, corners a little rubbed, overall a very good set.

Limited to 450 copies, of which this number 262; 5 vols, 4to (298 x 210 mm, 11¾ x 8¼ in); 2 woodcut frontispieces, 3 woodcut title-page borders, woodcut dedication leaf, 48 full-page woodcut illustrations, paper with Shakespeare Head watermarks, light scattered spotting and browning at extremities; red half morocco, spines gilt-lettered, light spotting to boards, otherwise very good.

one of 200 copies on paper; small 4to ( 240 x 170 mm); printed in red & black, near-fine; original limp vellum by the Doves Bindery (stamp to rear endpaper), spine titled in gilt, uncut, mild spotting to fore-edges , vellum toned and warped (as usual), otherwise a very good copy of this rare edition.

Number XVI of XXV special copies with 4 additional prints and signed by the artist, Patrick Procktor, from an edition limited to 14; 4to (360 x 285 mm); aquatint portrait and 11 plates, some printed in colours, the additional aquatints all numbered & signed in pencil and loose in pocket at end, loose tissue-guards (as published); publisher's black morocco-backed blue-grey morocco, by Sangorski & Sutcliffe, upper cover blocked with gilt albatross and ship at sea, spine titled in gilt, uncut, very slight fading to spine, otherwise a fine copy, original marbled board slip-case.

Number 74 of 350 printed on Rives paper, of a total edition (for America) of 420; landscape 4to; six colour plates with lithographs by Laurencin, minute spotting; publisher's white wrappers lettered in red and black original glassine and tissue guards, pale pink chemise, and silver trimmed slipcase. Some light occasional and trivial spotting as usual, red pencil ownership signature (C. B. Judge) but a stunning copy in entirely original condition.

3 vols, 8vo; 105 reproductions of woodcuts after Bernard Salomon; original green cloth gilt with original clear wrappers, a fine set.

One of circa 300 copies; 8vo; 8 pages including conjugate blanck; unsewn as issued in original brown wrappers lettered in black, green cloth slipcase, a fine copy.

One of 200 copies on paper, presentation copy from Cobden-Sanderson; small 4to; printed in red & black; original limp vellum lettered in gilt to spine, a fine example.