20309 ABBINK, Michael. FONTFOCUS KIEVIT. [A digital typeface specimen]. [N.P.:] Fontshop International, 2008. Tall narrow folio, (295x155), [24]p. illustrations and letter samples. A fine copy in original stiff wrappers. A typeface that began in a design school lettering class and became a humanistic sans serif typeface of simple but elegant design offering maximum legibility. £10.00

20315 AM VARITYER. DIGITAL TYPE. VARITYER TYPE SYNOPSIS. Salford: AM Varityper, [1984]. Folio, (320x222mm), [26]ff. of introductory matter and type specimens loosely contained in a card folder, covers slightly soiled. A prefactory notes states that 'AM digital typesetting features the unique Purdy & McIntosh Spirascan system, whose ability to generate smooth curves is denied to many rivals.' A nice example of faces available to a typesetting system than was rapidly superceded £15.00

20717 BAKER, Ernest E. (Editor.) A CALENDAR OF THE SHAKESPEAREAN RARITIES, drawings & engravings, formerly preserved at Hollingbury Copse, newa Brighton. Second edition, enlarged. London: Longmans, Green, 1891. 8vo, (234x150mm), xviii,170p. +24p. publisher's adverts. Publisher's presentation bind stamp in the centre of the title which has caused the paper to split, and the rubber discard stamp of the Folger Shakespeare Library on the final leaf. Original blue diamond-grain cloth, gilt lettered on the backstrip and in the centre of the front cover within a blind-blocked ornamental frame which is repeated on the lover cover, some spotting and the corner tips rubbed; bookseller's ticket of The Burrows Brothers of Cleveland, Ohio on the rear pastedown endleaf. The first edition of this title was edited by J.O.Halliwell-Phillipps and his preface is retained in this edition. £25.00

14925 BARBER, Ray. ITC NEW TEXT [Farmington?]: International Typeface Corporation, 1977. Tall narrow 4to, (304x152mm), 35p. A good copy in original wrappers. £5.00

20439 BARROW, Geoffrey B. THE GENEALOGIST'S GUIDE. An index to printed british pedigrees and family histories, 1950-1975. Being a supplement to G.W. Marshall's Genealogit's guide and J.B. Whitemore's Generalogical guide. London: Research Publishing Co., 1977. 8vo, (224x140mm),xvi,205p. +3p publisher's adverts. Original black cloth, gilt lettered, dustjacket; bookseller's ticket of Henry Sotheran of London on the front pastedown endleaf. £30.00

14845 BEADLE, Clayton. CHAPTERS ON PAPERMAKING. 5 volumes, vols 1 & 2 second edition, London: Crosby Lockwood. 1907-8. 8vo, (186x122mm), illustrations and diagrams. A clean ex-library set bye-and-large marred only by rubber-stamps on the title-pages, in original cloth, slightly soiled. Covers all aspects of papermaking at the turn of the century. £65.00

14923 BENGUIT Ed. ITC CASLON No. 224. [Farmington?]: International Typeface Corporation, 1983. Tall narrow 4to, (304x152mm), 35p. A good copy in original wrappers. £8.00

13429 BERTIERI, Raffaello. L'ARTE DE GIAMBATTISTA BODONI. Con una notizia biografica a cura di Giuseppe Fumagalli. Milano: Bertieri e Vanzetti, [1913.] 4to, (325x250mm), 175p. 25 plates (with captions and notes on the facing versos) & 66 text illustrations. Untrimmed in modern binders' quarter canvas, repeat pattern decorated paper boards. £135.00

20080 BIGGS, John R. AN APPROACH TO TYPE. Second Edition. London: Blandford Press, 1961. Sm.4to, (254x190mm), 152p. numerous illustrations including full alphabet and single-line type specimens. A good copy in original cloth, dustjacket, bookplate. £12.00

20972 BLACK, Michael. LEARNING TO BE A PUBLISHER. Cambridge University Press 1951-1987: personal reminiscences. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2011. 8vo, (228x152mm), viii,250p. A fine copy in original paperback. The Cambridge University Press which Michael Black joined in 1951 as Assistant Secretary to the Syndics was tiny, traditional, gentlemanly and almost unchanged since the Second World War. He had to invent the jobs he was doing, first as Education Secretary in charge of school book publishing, travelling extensively in Africa and Asia to explore new markets and discover new authors. He was appointed to the new title of Chief Editor in 1965 and was responsible for creating a team of bright young professionals, including women, whom he trained in editorial roles. New subject lists were created. In the USA a whole editorial department had to be developed, to produce a major flow of books and journals. The pattern became a model for other territories. Michael Black reflects on his personal interest in the subjects that meant most to him - especially literature, including his warm relationship with F.R. Leavis and his development of the Cambridge Edition of the works of D.H. Lawrence - up to his retirement from the post of University Publisher in 1987. The narrative is informal, personal, and has its lighter moments. £12.99

20216 BLACKWELL, Lewis (Editor). CREATIVE REVIEW SOURCE. London: Centaur Communications, 1992. 4to, (257x250mm), 246p. profusely illustrated - mainly in colour. A good copy in original laminated hardback boards. A classified directory of the creative industries which provides a comprehensive survey of contemporary practitioners and suppliers. £12.00

20212 BOOKWORM. THE BOOKWORM. An illustrated treasury of old-time literature. London: Elliot Stock, 1888. 8vo, (232x150mm), [4],420,xiiip. illustrations. A very good ex-library copy, marred only by the usual ephemera on the front end-leaves, in contemporary (?publisher's) quarter crushed morocco, cloth sides, edges lightly rubbed; the original front wrapper to Part 1 and an advertising subscription form bound in. The first volume of a monthly serial containing numerous articles on several aspects of print culture and book collecting including several on 'famous libraries.' £20.00

20062 BOOTH-CLIBBORN, Edward & Daniele BARONI. THE LANGUAGE OF GRAPHICS. New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1980. 4to, (282x220mm), 320p. over 1000 illustrations (530 in colour). A very good copy in original cloth, dustjacket. A huge collection of graphic design for books, advertising, packaging and the environment, mainly drawn from work of the early 1970s. £15.00

20408 BROWNE (Christopher). GETTING THE MESSAGE; the Story of the British Post Office. Stroud: Alan Sutton, 1993. 8vo, (240x160mm), xiv,201p. 108 illustrations. An excellent copy in original red hardback boards, gilt lettered on the backstrip, dustjacket. A general history of the British postal services which, certainly in the 18th century, played a not insignificant role in the distribution of print. £6.00

19744 CAINES, W.S. ABCD CAINES TYPE FACES. Type Specimen Book. Second post-war edition London: W.S. Caines, Andover House, Broadway, Plaistow, 1950. Sm.4to, (255x182mm), 90p. An ex-library copy, with a rubber and pin-hole stamps on the title. Original comb-bound stiff wrappers. £8.00

14801 [CASTLE, Peter (Editor)] BERTHOLD WOLPE A RETROSPECTIVE SURVEY. With an introduction by A.S. Osley. London: Victoria & Albert Museum and Faber & Faber, 1980. Sm.4to, (246x186mm), [102]p. 8 colour plates and 91 monochrome text illustrations. Original paperback, the spine very slightly faded. £10.00

20469 COCHRANE, J.A. Dr. JOHNSON'S PRINTER. The life of William Strahan. London: Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1964. 8vo, (220x145mm), xiv,225p. 4 plates. Original cloth, rebacked preserving the original backstrip.. £6.00

14854 COMMUNICATION ARTS. ADVERTISING ANNUAL 36. Paolo Alto: Communication Arts, 1995. 4to, (276x217mm), 306p. profusely illustrated in colour & monochrome. Original paperback. £10.00

20098 CRAIG, James. PHOTO TYPE SETTING: A DESIGN MANUAL. New York: Watson Guptill, 1978. 4to, (285x225mm), 224p. numerous illustrations, type samples and lay-out specimens. A good copy in original cloth, dustjacket frayed at the extreme edges, bookplate. A manual for the use of a short-lived, although during that period the most widely used, method of setting type. £15.00

20121 CROISET van UCHELEN, A. R. A. (Editor). HELLINGA FESTSCHRIFT. Forty-three studies in bibliography presented to Prof. Dr. Wytze Hellinga on the occasion of his retirement from the chair of Neophilology in the University of Amsterdam at the end of the year 1978. Amsterdam: Nico Israel, 1980. 8vo, (245x168mm), xxviii,578p. illustrations. A fine copy in original cloth. Letterhead with the editorr's gift inscription loosely inserted. The contributions are in German, French, Dutch or England, and of the latter (19) there are papers by Nicolas Barker, T.A. Birrell, Mirjam Foot, David McKitterick, Paul Needham, G.W. Ovink, Dennis Rhodes, David Shaw, &c. £70.00

20090 De MARÉ, Eric. THE VICTORIAN WOODBLOCK ILLUSTRATORS. London: Gordon Fraser, 1980. Oblong 4to, (230x250mm), 200p. 12 coloured & 244 monochrome illustrations. A very good copy in original quarter cloth, repeat-pattern decorated paper sides carrying architectural motifs designed and cut on vinyl by John Lawrence, dustjacket slightly discoloured at the edges. (Bridson & Wakeman, Printmaking and picture printing C195). This book traces the development of the craft of engraving on the end-grain of boxwood, the chief method of producing illustrations for books and periodicals in the Victorian era. £50.00

20100 DODGSON, Campbell. FRANCIS UNWIN ETCHER AND DRAUGHTSMAN. With a memoir. Edited by John Nash. London: The Fleuron, 1928. Sm.4to, (266x198mm), 11p +17 collotype plates. A good copy in original quarter cloth, dustjacket dust-soiled and frayed at the edges. £25.00

7859 DONCASTER, Susan. SOME NOTES ON BEWICK'S TRADE BLOCKS. Newcastle upon Tyne: Newcastle Imprint Club and the History of the Book Trade in the North, 1980. 8vo, (210x145mm), [6],26p. 24 illustrations. An excellent copy in original printed wrappers. £5.00

20313 DUNCAN, C.J. COMPUTER COMPOSING. Final report for the period September 1965 - February 1970. London: Her Majesty's Stationery Office, 1971. Sm.folio, (298x210mm), 41p. 10 illustrations. Original stiff wrappers, very slightly soiled. A pioneering research project into computer typesetting carried out at the University of Newcastle upon Tyne for the Department of Trade and Industry from the early 1960s. £20.00

20747 EISENSTEIN, Elizabeth. THE PRINTING PRESS AS AN AGENT OF CHANGE. Communications and cultural transformations in early modern Europe. Volume 2 only. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1979. 8vo, (235x155mm), [6], 453-794p. Small rubber-stamp letter on the title page otherwise a good copy in original cloth. Contains chapters 5-8 covering: Problems of periodization, Technical literature goes to press, Resetting the stage for the Copernican revolution, Sponsorship and censorship of scientific publication; and Conclusion: scripture and nature transformed. £25.00

20435 ELLIOT, D.C.R. (Curator). THOMAS BEWICK 1753-1828. [Catalogue of an exhibition], Hexham: Hexham Abbey Festival, October, 1965. Sm.4to, (196x165mm), [18]p. An excellent copy in original stiff wrappers. The catalogue of a travelling exhibition. £10.00

20724 EMANUEL, Frank L. ETCHING AND ETCHINGS. A guide to technique and to print collecting. With a foreword by W Russell Flint. London: Isaac Pitman, 1930. 4to, (275x215mm), xx,280p. +8p trade & publisher's adverts. 238 illustrations. An ex-library copy, with rubber-stamps on the title and several plate versos, in original black cloth, rebacked, lettered in red, blind ownership stamp on the front cover. £30.00

20361 ENGEN, Rodney RANDOLPH CALDECOTT LORD OF THE NURSERY. London: Oresko Books, 1976. 4to, (290x215mm), 104p. 9 colour and 103 monochrome illustrations. A good copy in original hardback boards, dustjacket worn. £8.00

20141 ENSCHEDÉ, Charles. TYPEFOUNDRIES IN THE NETHERLANDS from the Fifteenth to the Nineteenth centuries. A history based mainly on materia; in the collection of Joh. Enschedé en Zonen at Haarlem first published in French in 1908. An English translation with revisions and notes by Harry Carter with the assistance to Netty Hoeflake. Edited by Lotte Hellinga. Haarlen: Stitching Museum Enschedé, 1978. 1,500 numbered copies, folio, (387x270mm), xxviii,478p.519 woodcuts, types and ornaments cast from the original matrices. A fine copy in original quarter leather, the facsimile of a Sixteenth century type specimen by Jan van Hout issued to subscribers loosely inserted as also is a copy of the original prospectus. The magisterial history of the house of Enschedé and of Dutch typefounding and typography, several of the type samples included in the illustrative material was printed from the original standing type used to print a type specimen of 1768. £265.00

20102 FU, Shen C.U. TRACES OF THE BOOK. Studies in Chinese calligraphy. New Haven & London: Yale University Press, 1977. 4to, (296x222mm), xii,314p. numerous illustrations. Original cloth, backstrip very slightly faded. The major catalogue of an exhibition held at Yale University Art Gallery and University Art Museum, Berkeley in summer and autumn 1977. £25.00

20719 GASCOIGNE, Bamber. HOW TO IDENTIFY PRINTS. A complete guide to mechanical processes from wood-cut to ink-jet. Second, revised edition, second impression, London: Thames & Hudson, 2011. Sm.4to, (250x220mm), 208p. 40 colour & 232 monochrome illustrations. A fine copy in original laminated paperback (NEW BOOK). Since its first publication in 1986, this comprehensive guide has established itself as the essential reference book for print and book collectors, dealers in prints and illustrated books, art librarians, art professors and students, and everyone interested in graphic art. This book simplifies accurate identification of any printed image. Included are manual methods, as well as the mechanical processes that constitute the vast majority of printed images around us. In all, some ninety different techniques are described, both monochrome and colour. Of particular value are the many details of various techniques under strong magnification. The one great change during the last twenty years has been the high-quality inkjet and laser prints that are now part of everyday life. How can one tell whether an attractive image is valuable in its own right or merely an appealing reproduction? As cheap printing processes become more sophisticated, it inevitably becomes harder to identify correctly an image of this kind. Bamber Gascoigne’s new observations in this area, added for this revised edition, will prove invaluable. £19.95

13592 GERRING, Charles. NOTES ON PRINTERS AND BOOKSELLERS. With a chapter on chap books. [Nottingham printed] London: Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent & Co.; Nottingham: Frank Murray, 1900. 8vo, (225x140mm), xii,119p. 56 illustrations with rubber stamps in the margins. An ex-library copy in half morocco, cloth sides, joints and corner tips very lightly rubbed. Printed in Nottingham by W.B.Cooke: the Thoroton Press. £75.00

20104 GRAVELL, Thomas L. & George MILLER. A CATALOGUE OF AMERICAN WATERMARKS 1690-1835. New York & London: Garland Publishing, 1979. 4to, (286x220mm), xxiv,230p. 734 illustrations reproduced from b-rads. A good copy in original cloth. £35.00

18375 GREENHILL, Peter & Brian REYNOLDS. THE WAY OF THE SUN. The story of Sun Engraving and Sun Printers. Claremont: True to Type Books, 2010. 8vo, (237x170mm), xiv,370p. Colour and monochrome illustrations. A fine copy in original hardback boards, dustjacket. A history of the Sun Engraving Company and its successor, Sun Printers, of Watford for the century of its existence. This however, is far more than just a commemorative history of a printing house for the Sun Engraving Company was the originator of many of the most significant developments in gravure printing history. At it height the company printed the bulk of Britain's weekly magazines, including the most notable and most popular titles and the company's success made Watford both prosperous and famous as a printing town. The company was a printing powerhouse during several decades of existence; and then things began to go wrong. The authors chart in detail the course of Sun's story from its birth in London in the 1890s through to the closure of the once-famous Watford works in 2004. (NEW BOOK). £22.00

13584 HACK, Bertold. KONRAD F. BAUER. Eine Gedenkschrift zu Seinem Siebzigsten Geburstag am 9 Dezember 1973... und einer bibliographie seiner Schriften von Sofie-Charlotte und Michael Bauer. Mainz: Gutenberg-Gesellschaft, 1973. 8vo, (245x153mm), 83p. 15 illustrations and several two-line type samples. A fine copy in original hardback boards, bookplate. Kleiner druck der Gutenberg-Gessellschaft 96. £10.00

20106 HERDEG, Walter (Editor). ART IN THE WATERMARK. Kunst im Wasserzeichen, L'Art du Filigrane. Introduced by Armin Renker. Zurich: Amstutz & Herdeg, Graphis Press, 1952. Sm.4to, (240x200mm), [2],104p. 363 watermarks reproduced. A good copy in original canvas, front cover blocked in black. £40.00

20311 HUGHES, Rian. A POSTER OF GRAPHICS AND TYPEFACES DESIGNED BY RIAN HUGHES. London: Fontworks, 1997. Single Sheet (545x410mm), folded into four (as issued) and printed on both sides with on the obverse a number of colour-printed images of graphics by Rian Hughes, and on the reverse samples of a number of his typeface designs. A fine copy. £20.00

20211 IMAGINATIVE BOOK ILLUSTRATION SOCIETY. IMAGINATIVE BOOK ILLUSTRATION SOCIETY NEWSLETTER. A short broken run containing number 16, 20, 21, 23, 24, 25, 26, 28, 29, 30, 31/2 (double number), 11 parts in all. London: Imaginative Book Illustration Society, Winter 2000 - Spring 2006 8vo, (210x148mm), various pagination, illustrations. A good collection in original wrappers. Included in this run are articles on and/or bibliographies of books illustrated by Helen Allingham, Ronald E Balfour, Harry Furniss, Wyndham Pyne, Astrid Walford, Alice Helena Watson, and John Dawson Watson. £45.00

20293 INSTITUTE OF PAPER CONSERVATION. CONFERENCE NOTES: 10TH ANNIVERSARY CONFERENCE. New directions in paper conservation, 14-18 April. Oxford. Compiled and designed by Alan Howell. Leigh: Institute of Paper Conservation, 1986. 4to, (320x265mm), 268p. illustrations. Original spring-backed rexine covered folder, previous owner's rubber stamp on the title.. The 'starter pack; given to all delegates with information on the programme, speakers, trade fair, &c and 139 pages of abstracts from the papers presented. £15.00

191 ISAAC, P.C.G. WILLIAM DAVISON'S SPECIMEN OF CAST-METAL ORNAMENTS AND WOOD TYPES; With an account of his activities as pharmacist and printer in Alnwick 1781-1858 [including a detailed checklist of his printed books]. London: Printing Historical Society, 1990. 4to, (270x215mm), 176p including 130 pages in facsimile carrying numerous illustrations. A fine copy in original cloth, dustjacket. A facsimile edition, with an authoritative introduction, of a rare early nineteenth century priced specimen book of the large collection of stock blocks and ornaments (many engraved by Bewick and his workshop) from which Davison provided stereotypes to printers throughout northern England and elsewhere. £5.00

19184 JAMMES, André PAPIERS DOMINOTÉS. TRAIT D'UNION ENTRE L'IMAGERIE POPULAIRE ET LES PAPIERS PEINTS (FRANCE 1750-1820) Paris: Éditions des Cendres 2010. 999 copies, 4to, (250x250mm), 564p. 350 full-page colour illustrations. A fine copy in original decorated hardback boards. An extensive work devoted to a collection of splendid illustrations of decorated papers for the covers which were originally used in the 18th century to protect books before their delivery to bookbinders. Printed images of such well-known themes such as The world turned upside down, The wandering Jew, and The prodigal son were, often crudely, engraved and brightly stencil-coloured and were produced in the 18th century at Chartres, Orleans, Le Mans and other French provincial centres; today they offer the modern viewer an outstanding panorama of contemporary popular arts and traditions. Such images have often survived due to the actions of enlightened enthusiasts and museum curators and they have been the subject of scholarly research and often lavishly illustrated publications and exhibitions. The men and women who produced these images belonged to a body of craftsmen who engraved and printed both decorated papers and wallpaper that also served as box-linings and book coverings. This book recognises the merging of the various uses for decorated papers, if not necessarily in their origins then at least in their use. However, in general it is to the sheets of geometric designs or repeated ornament that the term papier dominotés is now generally given. What has been lacking heretofore is a specific study of these sheets of decorated paper and the uses to which they were put in embellishing and protecting printed material - such a study is the object of this volume. (NEW BOOK) £185.00

20359 KAUTZSCH, Rudolf. WANDERLUNGEN IN DER SCHRIFT UND IN DER KUNST. Mainz: Gutenberg-Gesellschaft, 1929. 8vo, (228x151mm), 42p.10 plates & 15 text illustrations. Original stiff wrappers, printed front label, covers partly slightly discoloured. £10.00

20112 KOOY, John. ONZE EEUW GERHARD LOEBER 1846-1946. Utrecht: W. dde Haan, 1946. 4to, (272x193mm), 156p. rotogravure illustrations from photographs. Original cloth, gilt lettered, backstrip slightly discoloured. £20.00

20984 KOPYLOV, Christiane F. PAPIERS DORÉS D'ALLEMAGNE AU SIÈCLE DES LUMIÈRES suivis de quelques autres papiers décorés (Bilderbogen, Kattunpapier & Herrnhutpapiere) 1680-1830. Paris: Éditions des Cendres, 2012. 999 copies, 4to, (250x250mm), 445p. 198 full-page and many other smaller colour illustrations. A fine copy in original decorated paper boards, lettered in silver gilt. A worthy companion to Andre Jamme's Papiers dominotés (2010), and in this instance presents a wonderful collection of German decorated papers of the long eighteenth century; including examples of block-printed, so-called 'Dutch-gilt' and Herrnhut paste decorated papers. Most, if not all, of the papers illustrated here are simply stunning and each of the illustrated examples is supported by notes with the whole preceded by a lengthy introductory essay. £135.00

20985 KOPYLOV, Marc. PAPIERS DOMINOTÉS FRANÇAIS ou l'art de revêtir d'éphémères couvertures colorées livres & brochures entre 1750 et 1820. Paris: Éditions des Cendres, 2012. 999 copies, 4to, (250x250mm), 407p. 203 full-page and other smaller colour illustrations. A fine copy in original decorated paper boards, lettered in silver gilt. A worthy companion to Andre Jamme's Papiers dominotés (2010), and in this instance presents a wonderful collection of French block-printed decorated papers, mainly polychrome, of the long eighteenth century. Most, if not all, of the papers illustrated here are simply stunning and each of the illustrated examples is supported by notes with the whole preceded by a lengthy introductory essay. £135.00

20986 KOPYLOV, Marc. PAPIERS DOMINOTÉS ITALIENS un univers de coleurs, de fantaisie er d'invention 1750-1850. Paris: Éditions des Cendres, 2012. 999 copies, 4to, (250x250mm), 405p. 2693 colour illustrations, many full-page. A fine copy in original decorated paper boards, lettered in silver gilt. A worthy companion to Andre Jamme's Papiers dominotés (2010), and in this instance presents a wonderful collection of Italian block-printed decorated papers, mainly polychrome, produced from the middle of the eighteen to the middle of the nineteenth century and includes reproductions of all the pages of a contemporary sample book. Most, if not all, of the papers illustrated here are simply stunning and each of the illustrated examples is supported by notes with the whole preceded by a lengthy introductory essay. £135.00

20301 LIBRARIUM. LIBRARIUM. Zeitschrift der Schweizerischen Bibliophilen Gesellschaft. Revue de la Societe Suisse des Bibliophiles. 1 Jahr, heft 1-3. Zurisch: Schweizerischen Bibliophilen-Gesellschaft, April-Dec, 1958. 750 copies, 8vo, (235x157mm), 64;64;64p. illustrations. Original printed wrappers. £20.00

20317 LIBRARIUM. LIBRARIUM. Zeitschrift der Schweizerischen Bibliophilen Gesellschaft. Revue de la Societe Suisse des Bibliophiles. 2 Jahr, heft 1-3. Zurisch: Schweizerischen Bibliophilen-Gesellschaft, Mai-Dez, 1959. 750 copies, 8vo, (235x157mm), 201p. illustrations. Original printed wrappers. Contents include Rudolf Hostettler, Stanley Morison 70 jahrig (Appleton, The writings of Stanley Morison 339) £20.00

7186 LINOTYPE. SPECIMENS OF FACES LINOTYPE MATRIX INFORMATION. London: Linotype and Machinery Ltd, 1953. 4to, (284x220mm), viii,133p. numerous faces shown in paragraphs and alphabet settings in all sizes, together with the range of special characters available. Original quarter cloth, joints and corner tips lightly rubbed. £15.00

15136 LONDON GAZETTE. FORMS FOR NOTICES & ADVERTISEMENTS IN THE LONDON GAZETTE with notes of requirements as to authentication, &c. London: Harrison & Sons, the London Gazette Advertisement Agency, 1902. 8vo, (212x138mm), 16p. some spotting, original wrappers, slightly soiled, a faint rubber-stamp of J. Whitehead [booksellers and newsagents of Appleby] on the front cover. £15.00

3820 LOSTY, J.P. INDIAN BOOK PAINTING. London: British Library, 1986. Sm.4to, (234x174mm) 80p. 38 colour and 32 monochrome illustrations. A very good copy in original paperback. £8.00

20341 LUKER, Lesle G. BEGINNERS GUIDE TO PAPER, INK AND ROLLERS. Twickenham: Adana, 1973. Sm.4to, (215x147mm); 81p. 2 colour plates & 7 double-leaf paper samples. An internally good ex-library copy in original hardback boards, some slight damage to the covers at the tail of the backstrip and adjacent area. £10.00

13364 MACKAY, W. & J. TYPE FOR BOOKS. Revised Edition. Chatham: Mackays, 1965. 8vo, (255x158mm), x,310p. numerous alphabet specimens from upper and lower case, figures and points for the wide variety of faces held in stock by the printer. An ex-library copy in original quarter cloth, decorated paper sides, corner tips rubbed. £10.00

20084 MACKAY, W. & J. (Printers). TYPE FOR BOOKS. A designer's manual. New Edition. London: Bodley Head for Mackays, 1976. 8vo, (247x155mm), xx,280p. numerous alphabet specimens from upper and lower case, figures and points for the wide variety of faces held in stock by the printer. A good original quarter cloth, decorated paper sides, dustjacket. £15.00

14899 [MARREN, Mike & Peter HUGHES. YESTERYEARS. A HISTORY OF DEANPRINT LIMITED. Stockport: Deanprint, 1990. 4to, (306x210mm), 61p. profuse illustrations, some in colour. A very good copy in original morocco effect cloth, dustjacket. A centenary history of a northern provincial printing house which began as a travel agent, issued for private circulation in a limited edition of an unspecified number of copies. £25.00

20085 MORAN, James. FIT TO BE STYLED A TYPOGRAPHER. A sistory of the Society of Typographic Designers 1928-1978. London: Eva Svensson Westerham Press, 1978 4to, (266x190mm), [6],66p, 141 illustrations. A good copy in original wrappers, dustjacket. £12.00

20092 MORAN, James. WYNKYN DE WORDE. Father of Fleet Street. Second edition, reprinted, London: Wynkyn de Worde Society, 1987 8vo, (202x152mm), [10],56p. folding map drawn by Anna Farr and 8 plates. A good copy in original wrappers. £10.00

20061 MORTIMER, Ian (Compiler). CATALOGUE OF AN EXHIBITION OF BOOKS AND PRINTED EPHEMERA FROM TWENTY-EIGHT CONTEMPORARY PRIVATE PRESSES. London: Swiss Cottage Library, 1977. Sm.folio, (298x197mm), [24]p, several illustrations - mainly of press-marks. Original printed wrappers, rear cover partly soiled. £5.00

20189 PAPER CATALOG. THE PAPER CATALOG. A directory of watermarks and brands of writing and printing papers. Metropolitan New York Edition, Oradell, N.J.: Walden, Sons and Mott, Volume 60 No.1, 1967. 8vo, (228x152mm), 58,16,84,12pp. interspersed with adverts. Original paperback, covers worn at the head of the backstrip. £15.00

20322 (PAPER TRADE DIRECTORY 1986). PHILLIPS' PAPER TRADE DIRECTORY EUROPE. MILLS OF THE WORLD. 1986. London: Benn Brothers 1986. 4to, (296x210mm), viii,512p. trade advertisements interspersed throughout the text, sewn-in printed bookmarker present. A ex-library copy in original stiff wrappers. £30.00

20197 PENGUIN BOOKS. CLASSIFIED LIST: Spring 1953, April 1954, July 1955, May 1956, May 1957; together 5 volumes. Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1953-7. 8vo, (181x110mm), various paginations between 56 & 96p. Original wrappers, a little dust-soiled, another booklet: Spring Selection from Penguin Books, 1953, also present. The first volume overprinted on the front cover with the address of the Students Bookshop, Newcastle-on-Tyne. £30.00

20196 PENGUIN BOOKS. TEN YEARS OF PENGUINS 1935-1945. Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1945. 8vo, (182x114mm), 23p. Original stiff wrappers, covers very slight soiled. £10.00

20060 ROGERSON, Ian. (Fleece Press) BOOKS FROM THE FLEECE PRESS DISPLAYED at six Hereford & Worcester Libraries. Denby Dale, Fleece Press, 1995. 600 copies, tall 8vo, (273x160mm), [11]p. A fine copy in original printed stiff wrappers carrying a wood-engraving by Joan Hassall on the front cover. £15.00

11328 RYDER, John. THE CASE FOR LEGIBILITY. London: Bodley Head, 1979. Cr.8vo, (195x120mm), 78p. 48 illustrations. A good copy in original cloth, dustjacket. A great designer's personal statement which makes a plea for legibility and elegance to go together as the central principle of book design. £10.00

20114 RYDER, John. THE STUDY BOOK OF PRINTING. Third impression, London: Bodley Head, 1970. Sm4to, (202x170mm), 48p. two-colour illustrations from drawings by Heather Copley and Christopher Chamberlain. A good copy in original illustrated hardback boards, dustjacket, bookplate. John Ryder's charming introduction for young readers to the history and technique of printing, these days it is an uncommon book that retains both its charm and authority. £25.00

20465 SAYERS, A.G. & Joseph STUART. THE COMPOSING DEPARTMENT. The compositor and his work; guides to typesetting, bookwork, imposition, typographic display; mechanical composition, with description and illustration of the various machines in general use. London: Isaac Pitman, 1932. 8vo, (190x128mm), xii,285p. 131 illustrations. A good copy in original green cloth, gilt lettered, bookplate. Volume 1 of The Art and Practice of Printing series issued under the general editorship of William Atkins. £20.00

13618 SCHNEIDER, Arnold. BASLE AND THE PRINTER'S CRAFT FROM THE MIDDLE AGES TO THE PRESENT DAY. Basel:Typefoundry Haas, 1980. Tall narrow 8vo, (210x115mm), 57p. Parallel text in German, English & French. A good copy in original paperback. A short address delivered on the fourth centenary of the Haas Typefoundry. £10.00

20131 SEWELL, Brocard. THREE PRIVATE PRESSES. Saint Dominic's Press, The Press of Edward Walters, Saint Albert's Press. An account. Wellingborough: Christopher Skelton, 1979. 250 copies signed by the author (this copy out of series), sm.4to, (260x185mm), 55p. 9 full-page illustrations. A fine copy in original cloth, front cover lettered in gilt and printed in colours, endleaves carrying 2 wood-engravings by Edward Walters printed from the original blocks, prospectus loosely inserted. A review copy with a T.L.s. from Christopher Skelton loosely inserted and being a review copy this one, alas, lacks the reprint of a Ditchling Press poster that should be loosely inserted in a pocket inside the rear cover. £25.00

17847 SHORTER, Alfred H. PAPERMAKING IN THE BRITISH ISLES. An historical and geographical survey. Newton Abbot: David and Charles, 1971. 8vo, (224x140mm), 272p. 16 plates & 32 text illustrations and distribution maps. A good copy in original hardback boards, dustjacket. £15.00

14947 SKILLIN, Marjorie E. & Robert M. GAY. WORDS INTO TYPE. Third, completely revised, edition, Englewood Cliffs: Prentice-Hall, 1974. 8vo, (235x160mm), xxii,585p. A good copy in original cloth, dustjacket frayed. A guide in the preparation of manuscripts; for writers, editors, proofreaders and printers £10.00

20308 SPIEKERMANN, Erik. FONTFOCUS META [A digital typeface specimen]. [N.P.:] Fontshop International, 2008. Tall narrow folio, (295x155), [28]p. illustrations and letter samples. A fine copy in original stiff wrappers. A booklet showing the various weights and characteristics of the typeface which has been called 'the most influential sans serif of the digital revolution.' This specimen includes the then recently introduced serif version of the face and includes correspondence between Spiekermann and Christian Schwartz about its creation. £10.00

509 STEPHENSON, S. & C. A SPECIMEN OF PRINTING TYPES & ORNAMENTS 1796. Reproduced together with the sale catalogue of the British Letter-Foundry 1797. With an introduction by James Mosley. London: Printing Historical Society, 1990. 8vo, (210x144mm), 12p +61 facsimile leaves (1 folding). A very good copy in original wrappers. A facsimile of the final specimen of the British Foundry (created by John Bell), together with the sale catalogue. £15.00

18315 STUDLEY. Vance. THE ART AND CRAFT OF HANDMADE PAPER. London: Studio Vista, 1978. 4to, (278x205mm), 112p. 59 illustrations. A good copy in original hardback, dustjacket spine slightly faded. £15.00

7499 THORP, Joseph (Editor). DESIGN IN MODERN PRINTING. The year book of the Design & Industries Association 1927-28. With an introduction by Lawrence Weaver. London: Ernest Benn, [1927.] 8vo, (222x1245mm), xii,159p. +49p adverts, mainly for printing firms, paper wholesalers, &c. An ex-library copy in original cloth, slightly soiled. A seminal work in its time which sort to bring to the notice of industry in particular, the importance of good design in the printed promotional material. £15.00

13239 TRATTNERN, Johan Thomas. ABDRUCK VON DENJENIGEN ROSLEIN IN ZIERRATHEN, welche sich in der K. K. Hoffchristgiesserey... Nebst einer Probe wie solche sowohl zu Anfangbuchstaben, also Leisten und Finalien zusammengesetzt werden konnen. Wien 1760. (Facsimile), Wien: Fur die Bibliotheca Typograhica in Wien gedruckt von Jaboda & Siegel, 1927. 200 copies, 8vo, (260x184mm), [60]p printed recto only. An internally clean ex-library with no stamps, in original boards; some discolouring and the backstrip faded, a small piece lacking from the head of the backstrip has been neatly replaced and coloured to match, the original printed back-label preserved. Bookplate with discard stamp. A well-produced facsimile of a rare specimen of beautifully wrought ornamental typographic decoration, done under the supervision of Herbert Reichner on Renker's Zerkall paper. £45.00

20339 TRITTON, Kelvin. COLOUR CONTROL IN LITHOGRAPHY. Leatherhead: Pira International, 1993. 8vo, (215x150mm), xvi,239p. tables & diagrams. A very good copy in original laminated hardback boards. One of the 'Guide' series from the independent research centre for the paper, packing, printing and publishing industries. £10.00

20213 UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE. THEORY AND PRACTICE OF LITHOGRAPHY. Washington: United States Government Printing Office, 1964. 8vo, (237x150mm), vi,109p. A very clean ex-library copy, marred only by the bookplate of the British Master Printer's Federation, in original illustrated cloth. One of the series of technical manuals issued under the office's training scheme and containing a lengthy glossary of terms. £5.00

20195 VOORN, Hendricus. CATALOGUS VAN DE PAPIERHISTORISCHE BIBLIOTHEEK VAN H. VOORN TE HAARLEM. [No place or imprint but perhaps s'Gravenhage: Koninklijkes Bibliotheek, 1972?] 8vo, (240x152mm), 96p. Internally a fine copy in plain card wrappers (very slightly dust-soiled) with a printed label laid down on the front cover. Although the text of this proposed work is printed there is no title page or other supporting pre-lims with only a drop-title as noted above. The work only lists 1,374 titles from A to Frisch and so clearly the work was never completed, while only a few copies are likely to have been privately circulated. A tipped in ms note, signed in pencil by Bé van Ginneken, states: This is a catalogue Mr Voorn started to compile of his own collection (now at the Koninkÿke Bibliotheek/Royal Library, The Hague). Though he never finished it, and descriptions are all in Dutch, it may be of some use to you.' £45.00

17682 WAKEMAN, Geoffrey & Gavin D.R. BRIDSON. A GUIDE TO NINETEENTH CENTURY COLOUR PRINTERS. Loughborough: Plough Press, 1975. 8vo, (216x148mm) xii,127p. 11 illustrations. Original hardback boards, covers slightly faded. An excellent dictionary of colour printers with historical notes on the various forms, printing methods employed and major publications. £30.00

20123 WHITE, Jan V. GRAPHIC IDEAS NOTEBOOK. Inventive techniques for designing printed pages. New York: Watson-Guptill, 1950. 4to, (285x212mm), 192p. profusely illustrated. A good copy in original hardback boards, dustjacket slightly discoloured, bookplate. £5.00

20125 WOZENCROFT, Jon. THE GRAPHIC LANGUAGE OF NEVILLE BRODY. London: Thames & Hudson, 1988. 4to, (302x250mm), 160p. 101 colour & 373 monochrome illustrations. A good copy in original paperback. Includes many illustrations of the designer's work for Fetish Records, The Face, and City Limits magazines, &c. £10.00

20304 [ANON.] THE FIRST CHRISTMAS TREE. Translated from the French. Edinburgh: Oliphant Anderson & Ferrier. [1889?]. 16mo, (150x105mm), 62p. wood-engraved frontispiece, stapled binding with some slight rust-staining of the gutter margin. Original illustrated yellow cloth, printed in green and brown, corner tops slightly rubbed, free endleaves browned. Dating is based on a prize inscription on the front free end-leaf. £15.00

20288 [ANON.] A WEEK'S PREPARATION. TOWARDS A WORTHY RECEIVING OF THE LORD'S SUPPER, after the warning of the church for the celebration of the Holy Communion... Fifty second edition, London: printed by assignment, from Sam Keeble for Bathurst, Beecroft, Dod, Rivington,... 1764. 12mo, (155x89mm), [2],viii,168p. engraved frontispiece and title, small piece torn from the tail margin of C3 & 4 with some loss of the catchword. Modern full calf bound by Warner & Son of Winchester with their ticket on the front free pastedown, a very small area of leather missing from the head of the backstrip, the front joint slightly rubbed and a little faded at the head of the rear cover, backstrip tooled in gilt and the sides framed with a bind roll. (ESTC 79478). ETSC locates only the British and Bodleian Library copies of this the final edition of a fundamental work of private devotion in preparation for receiving the Eucharist. First published in 1679, it rapidly became a standard work of the period then passing through fifty-two editions. The work contains a number of meditations and prayers aimed at assisting those preparing for Holy Communion to do so worthily and was superceded by the New week's preparation... which continued in use until well into the Nineteenth century. £125.00

12741 BALLAD. THE BEWILDER'D MAID, OR SLOW BROKE THE LIGHT. [with] Cherry Ripe. Sung by Madame Vestris, in Paul Pry; The Grand Hunting Chorus in Der Frieschotz. Those endearing young charms. London: J. Phair, printer, 77 Great Peter St. Westminster, [1840?] 4to single sheet, (205x165mm), printed on blue paper in two columns. Trimmed closely and with some slight soiling. An example of a catchpenny slipsong with the printer's imprint at the head of both columns to facilitate dividing the sheet and selling the two parts separately if the would-be buyer so wished - and the vendor concurred! £25.00

20766 BALLAD. MURDER OF MARIA MARTEN, BY WILLIAM CORDER. [With] Villikins and his Dinah. [London:] E. Hodges, printer, Wholesale Toy and Marble Warehouse, 26, Grafton Street, Soho [185?] Single 4to sheet, (262x182mm), the two songs printed side-by-side and divided by a thin rule, the imprint at the head of the first column, below the title of the song. Unfortunately there is some loss of text from the end of most lines of 'Villikins.' A less than common example of a double slip song from the short-lived press of the woman printer Elizabeth Mary Ann Hodges who Brown (London publishers and printers, 1982) records as operating between 1855 and 1861. The Red Barn murder is one of the most famous such outrages to remain imbedded in English popular culture and theatrical performances of the tale are still being written and produced, furthermore we have seen nineteenth century pottery with images of the murder. Corder, who committed the foul deed, holds a unique place in bookbinding history as a copy of the account of his trial was bound in his skin, an aspect of anthopodermic bibliopegy that alas passes unmentioned in this ballad. £30.00

20762 BALLAD (Songster Sheet.) THE BUDGET OF MIRTH. [Containing:] The blue bonnets over the border. Herrings, fresh. The goddess Diana. Three strings to my bow. Roy's wife. Battle of the Nile. He's all the world to me. [London:] Pitts printer Toy and marble wharehouse[sic], 6 Great St. Andrew St. seven dials, [1820s.] Single 4to sheet, (250x180mm), printed in three columns, slightly dust-soiled at the edges and with a small hole (without loss of text) in the head margin. (Shepard, John Pitts ballad printer of Seven Dials..., p139). A typical songster sheet of the period with seven popular contemporary songs. Herring's fresh is a street-sellers cry while the inherent conservatism of much of the audience for these ephemeral artefacts of the time is perhaps reflected in a late example of the use of the long s in the title of The goddess Diana. These songster sheets had titles not unlike those found on chapbook garlands and Shepard (p55) states that it seems likely that Pitts invented the famous 'yard of songs', immortalized by the illustration in Henry Mayhew's London labour and London poor, which was an enlarged version of these songster sheets. Printed with less than scrupulous attention to the niceties of presswork, in a small typeface on cheap thin paper, the survival of sheets such as this, which could be held as archaeological artefacts of a semi-literate society, is little short of miraculous. £60.00

20763 BALLAD (Songster Sheet) THE COWSLIP. Being a collection of the newest songs now singing. [Containing:] Deep as the fountain. Woodland Mary. Lubin is away. Banks of Allan Water. Charlie is my darling. We're a noddin. The highland lad. Tune,-Woodland Mary [Highland Katy]. [London:] Printed at J. Pitts Wholesale Toy Warehouse 6 Great st. Andrew Street, 7 Dials, [1820s.] Single 4to sheet (255x188mm), printed in three columns with a woodcut of a small girl child picking a flower. Browned. (Shepard, John Pitts ballad printer of Seven Dials..., p139). A typical songster sheet of the period with seven popular contemporary songs. These songster sheets had titles not unlike those found on chapbook garlands and Shepard (p55) states that it seems likely that Pitts invented the famous 'yard of songs', immortalized by the illustration in Henry Mayhew's London labour and London poor, which was an enlarged version of these songster sheets. Printed with less than scrupulous attention to the niceties of presswork, in a small typeface on cheap thin paper, the survival of sheets such as this, which could be held as archaeological artefacts of a semi-literate society, is little short of miraculous. £60.00

20764 BALLAD (Songster Sheet.) CUPID'S DELIGHT. [Containing:] My heart and lute.The happy shepherd. Helen the fair a new song. The shady bowers. The Margate Hoy. [London:] PittsPrinter[sic], Wholesale Toy and Ma[blank] Ware-house Gret st, Andrew street dials, [1820s.] Single 4to sheet, (247x179mm), printed in three columns on grey-green paper, edges dust-soiled. (Shepard, John Pitts ballad printer of Seven Dials..., p139). A typical songster sheet of the period with five popular contemporary songs. These songster sheets had titles not unlike those found on chapbook garlands and Shepard (p55) states that it seems likely that Pitts invented the famous 'yard of songs', immortalized by the illustration in Henry Mayhew's London labour and London poor, which was an enlarged version of these songster sheets. Printed with less than scrupulous attention to the niceties of presswork, in a small typeface on cheap thin paper, the survival of sheets such as this, which could be held as archaeological artefacts of a semi-literate society, is little short of miraculous. This example of Pitts' work displays a fine disregard for accepted typographic niceties with a small cap mixed with upper and lowers case letters in the title of one song, an outrageous orphan at the head of one column, and a couple of instances of unwonted italics mixed with Roman type including one with a wrong font apostrophe. £60.00

20765 BALLAD (Songster Sheet.) THE VULTURE. Being a choice collection, newest songs now singing. [Containing:] The lad with his carrotty Poll. Highland Mary. The good days of old Adam and Eve. See the conquering hero comes. Pretty Polly Hopkins. Sweet Mary of the dale. [London:] Pitts, Printer, Wholesale Toy & Marble warehouse, 6, Greta st Andrew-street 7 dials, [1820s.] Single 4to sheet (270x187mm), printed in three columns on grey paper with a small woodcut of a bird and floral device that has clearly been cut from an earlier engraved headpiece. Edges dust-soiled and a little creased. A typical songster sheet of the period with six popular contemporary songs. These songster sheets had titles not unlike those found on chapbook garlands and Shepard (p55) states that it seems likely that Pitts invented the famous 'yard of songs', immortalized by the illustration in Henry Mayhew's London labour and London poor, which was an enlarged version of these songster sheets. Printed with less than scrupulous attention to the niceties of presswork, in a small typeface on cheap thin paper, the survival of sheets such as this, which could be held as archaeological artefacts of a semi-literate society, is little short of miraculous. This title is unrecorded in the list given in Shepard, John Pitts ballad printer of Seven Dials..., p139-40. £60.00

14870 BOXALL, William. A FEMALE FIGURE IN CLASSICAL DRAPERY. [1830s?] Pencil drawing on paper (206x159mm). A fine worked study of a female model in classical drapery. Sir William Boxall (1800-1879) initially intended to become an historical painter but later turned to the more lucrative genre of portraiture. £100.00

20306 CARPENTER, W. Boyd. THE DISTRICT VISITORS COMPANION: a handbook of instruction, help, and encouragement for those engaged in district visiting. London: Elliot Stock, [1881]. Cr.8vo, (136x93mm), [4],75p. +1p. publisher's adverts. Original brown cloth, lettered and blocked in gilt and black, several very small instances of staining to the cover, near-contemporary owner's inscription on the title-page. Written by the onetime Bishop of Ripon with chapters on How to avoid giving offence, The sick; What to read to the sick and sorrowing and Suggestions for bedside readings, &c. COPAC locates only four copies of this uncommon little book for those bent on good deeds. £15.00

20276 CHURCHMAN'S MONTHLY. (Manchester binding) THE CHURCHMAN'S MONTHLY PENNY MAGAZINE, and guide to Christian truth. Volume 2, June, 18847 - May 1848. [Edited by E. Boys], London: B. Wertheim, 1847-8. 8vo, (175x106mm), [4],332p. Full-page wood-engraved frontispiece by G.R. Nicholls shewing Bishop Jewel preaching at Paul's Cross. Contemporary half calf, edges slightly rubbed, marbled paper sides a little worn, backstrip banded and lettered in gilt; bound by John Stones(fl.1828-48 ?>) of Bayley's Court, Manchester with his ticket on the front pastedown endleaf. £25.00

14312 COLMAN, George. BROAD GRINS. Comprising, with new additional tales in verse, those formerly published under the title of 'My night-gown and slippers.' Sixth edition, London: printed by J. M'Creery, for T.Cadell and W. Davies, 1815. 8vo, (175x110mm), viii,128p. added engraved vignette title and 15 engraved vignettes in the text, some slight spotting. Original boards, rather soiled and worn at the edges, rebacked. £25.00

20425 COMMON PRAYER (1834) THE BOOK OF COMMON PRAYER, and administration of the sacrements, and other rites and ceremonies of the church... together with the Psalter of Psalms of David... [together with] A COMPANION TO THE ALTAR... [and] A NEW VERSION OF THE PSALMS OF DAVID... by N. tate and N. Brady. Oxford: Printed at the University Press by Samuel Collingwood..., 1834. Pica 8vo [sic], (215x139mm), 414,[2]; 48; 94,[2]p. some slight spotting. Contemporary full calf, blocked in blind to a floral design with the device of the Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge within an oval indie an ornamental lozenge on the front and rear covers, joints and corner tips worn and a short split at the head and tail of the front joint. Bound in September 1835 by John Bord of Hatton Garden, London, with his printed device in the centre of the verso of the front free endleaf. (Griffiths, Bibliography of the Book of Common Prayer 1834.10) The Companion to the alter, which is bound between the BCP and the New version of the Psalms carries the imprint: London: printed for J.G. & F. Rivington... 1834; while the New version of the Psalms carries the imprint: Oxford: printed at the University Press,.. 1833. £20.00

20331 CRAWHALL, Joseph. A JUBILEE THOUGHT. Imagined & adorn'd. Newcastle-on-Tyne: Mawson, Swan, & Morgan, 1887. Sm.4to, (193x155mm), 77p. profusely illustrated with text ornaments and cuts from woodcuts by Joseph Cawhall. An extremely fragile copy, printed on an acidic papers which is lightly browned throughout and frayed at the edges, and the stitching is broken. Original grey wrappers, worn and with a piece lacking from the corners of the front cover. Due to the extreme fragility of the book no restoration work can be undertaken and it is preserved in a custom-made solander box. A splendid, and not exactly common, example of Crawhall's idiosyncratic style of illustration which drew heavily on the imagery and style of the cuts that adorned earlier chapbooks. Why any artist allowed his work to be produced on such rubbish paper defies understanding; it probably seemed a good idea at the time. £150.00

20277 D, A.E. VANITY AND VEXATION. By the author of 'The Colston Grange ghost'. London: Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, [1899]. 8vo, (187x125mm), 158p. +[2],32p publisher's adverts. Illustrations by Ernest Prater. Original green cloth lettered and illustration in red and blue in a Art Nouveau influenced design, printed decorated endleaves. Ms prize inscription from Kirkland (Kendal, Westmorland) Sunday School, dated 1899. The illustrator's main claim to fame is perhaps that he also acted as a special artist for Black and White at the Sino-Japanese War of 1894. £15.00

14230 DAVISON, William (Printer). LETTERPRESS BILLHEAD OF WILLIAM DAVISON apothecary, chemist, and druggist, copper-plate and letterpress printer. Alnwick: William Davison, Bondgate Street, 12 December, 1840. Single leaf, (102x168mm), sometime folded, a small hole slightly (due to `spiking') in the centre, with some slight loss from the printed area. An invoice from Davison to John Proctor a Hartlepool printer and bookseller, listing memoranda books, almanacks and ink. It is interesting that Davison, by the date of this invoice well-established as one of the foremost and energetic printers in the North of England, still styles himself primarily as a chemist. A further point of interest, to historians of the economics of the book trade, is that at the head Davison notes that `all running accounts to be settled at Christmas and Midsummer' while at the tail that `Newspaper accounts to be settled every three months, as the London agents will not continue the newspapers to those who allow them to remain longer unsettled.' £12.00

14232 DAVISON, William (Printer). LETTERPRESS BILLHEAD OF WILLIAM DAVISON apothecary, chemist, and druggist, copper-plate and letterpress printer. Alnwick: William Davison, Bondgate Street, 29 March, 1841. Single leaf, (138x170mm), sometime folded, a small piece torn from the head marghin with part loss of the date, a fragment torn from the other head corner and a small hole slightly (due to `spiking') in the centre, with some slight loss from the handwritten area. An invoice from Davison to John Proctor a Hartlepool printer and bookseller, listing polishing paste `Tom Thumbs' (100 at 9s.6d.) and `Markham's Spelling' (25 at 15s.). It is interesting that Davison, by the date of this invoice well-established as one of the foremost and energetic printers in the North of England, still styles himself primarily as a chemist. A further point of interest, to historians of the economics of the book trade, is that at the head Davison notes that `all running accounts to be settled at Christmas and Midsummer' while at the tail that `Newspaper accounts to be settled every three months, as the London agents will not continue the newspapers to those who allow them to remain longer unsettled.' £15.00

14233 DAVISON, William (Printer). LETTERPRESS BILLHEAD OF WILLIAM DAVISON apothecary, chemist, and druggist, copper-plate and letterpress printer. Alnwick: William Davison, Bondgate Street, 14 June, [1841.] Single leaf, (140x168mm), sometime folded, a small piece torn from the head marghin with part loss of the year, and a small hole slightly (due to `spiking') in the centre. An invoice from Davison to John Proctor a Hartlepool printer and bookseller, listing inks. It is interesting that Davison, by the date of this invoice well-established as one of the foremost and energetic printers in the North of England, still styles himself primarily as a chemist. A further point of interest, to historians of the economics of the book trade, is that at the head Davison notes that `all running accounts to be settled at Christmas and Midsummer' while at the tail that `Newspaper accounts to be settled every three months, as the London agents will not continue the newspapers to those who allow them to remain longer unsettled.' £15.00

20239 DICKENS, Charles. HARD TIMES FOR THESE HARD TIMES. London: Walter Scott, [1898.] 8vo, (190x125mm), [2],286p. +[16]p publisher's adverts, together with a tipped-in leaf of volumes in the publisher's 'Brotherhood Library,' of which this is number 151. Original green cloth, backstrip lettered and blocked in gilt, free endleaves browned. (Turner, The Walter Scott Publishing Co 692a) Printed at the company's office in Felling, Newcastle upon Tyne. £20.00

20261 FORDYCE, David. DIALOGUES CONCERNING EDUCATION. London: printed in the year 1745. [Volume one of two] Glasgow: reprinted in the year, 1768. 12mo, (162x100mm), 394p. The main elements of the title page laid down on early paper. Contemporary sprinkled calf, joints and edges rubbed, the front joint repaired with stained Japanese paper. (ESTC N3329) ESTC locates a total of nine copies, 2 in the UK - in Scotland to be precise, and 7 in North America. Originally published anonymously in 1745-8 with later editions published in Belfast and Cork before this first Glasgow printing. A Ms. inscription on the flyleaf of one of the copies of the second London edition records : 'These dialogues were revisd [sic] enlarged & corrected for the press by my father, who took under his protection from the time they came from Scotland to London - David Fordyce the author & his brother Revd. James Fordyce.' Signed: Edmund Calamy. Fordyce held the chair of Moral Philosophy at Marischal College, Aberdeen from 1742 until his early death by drowning in 1751. His approach to education is an archetype of enlightenment, with a strong awareness of and emphasis on civic duty and the academic values and virtues. £120.00

15076 GIFFORD, William. Editor.. THE QUARTERLY REVIEW. Volumes 1 & 2 (numbers 1-4) London: Printed by C. Roworth... for John Murray...; Hatchard...; and John Ballantine, Edinburgh [vol 2 adds M.N. Mahon, Dublin], 1809. 8vo, (208x130mm), [4],472; [4],488p. the titles of both vols somewhat soiled and both carrying the rubber stamp of the Chester Mechanics' Institution and a later signature. Modern quarter red crushed morocco, Cockerell marbled paper sides. The first year of Murray's influential review which includes lengthy articles on Cromek's Reliques of Robert Burns, Walpole's Anecdotes of Painters, Poyer's History of Barbadoes, Maria Edgeworth's Tales of a fashionable life and many others. £75.00

20681 GILFILLAN, George (Editor.) THE POETICAL WORKS OF HENRY KIRKE WHITE AND JAMES GRAHAME. With memoirs, critical dissertations, and explanatory notes. Edinburgh: James Nichol, 1856. Roy.8vo, (228x145mm), xxiv,326p. Head edge largely unopened in original blue-grey diagonal wave-grain cloth, gilt lettered on the backstrip, the sides with a blind-blocked frame with large floral corner ornaments, covers faded. £10.00

20262 GREEN, Thomas. MEMOIRS OF HER LATE ROYAL HIGHNESS CHARLOTTE-AUGUSTA of Wales and of Saxe-Cobourg; containing an account of her juvenile years, education, marriage with Prince Leopold, accouchement, death and funeral. To which is prefixed, a concise history of the illustrious House of Brunswick, brought down to the present time... Liverpool: Caxton Press, Printed by Nuttall, Fisher, and Dixon, [1818.] 8vo, (218x140mm), 576p. engraved illustrated title and 10 engraved plates, browned throughout, the illustrated title lightly stained. Contemporary marbled calf, corner tips worn, rebacked preserving most of the original backstrip. Issued in parts, as was not unusual with books from this provincial and publishing house, the restoration of this volume also revealed that the original parts were stab-sewn. £35.00

20492 GUTHRIE, William. A NEW GEOGRAPHICAL, HISTORICAL, AND COMMERCIAL GRAMMAR; and present state of the several kingdoms of the world.... Twentieth edition, London: Printed for J. Walker [& 9 other named London booksellers] and Mawman, and Wilson and Spence, York, 1805. 8vo, (215x138mm), xii,[4],1036p. 1 engraved plate but lacking the maps. Contemporary calf, front joint repaired with stained Japanese paper, head of the backstrip worn, contemporary owner's inscription on the front free endleaf. £50.00

19635 HAMPSTEAD. LITHOGRAPHIC PRINT: VIEW OF THE PUMP ROOM AT HAMPSTEAD 1720. No place or imprint but c.1819. Single print, (image size 134x134mm on paper 278x187mm), a lithograph printed in dark sepia on paper watermarked 'Smith & Allnutt 1819.' The image shows a distant view of the pump room with trees and a couple with a dog in open landscape in the foreground, this within a circular border and surrounded and lettered as above within a scalloped edge. The paper very lightly browned at the extreme tail edge and with some very minor handling tears and a small ink stain at the head. We rather tend to think this may be a design for a dining plate or commemorative plaque. £75.00

20646 HOLDSWORTH, J. THE BASKET OF FLOWERS; or, the triumph of innocence and piety. A tale for youth, adapted and translated from the French. Thirty-second thousand, London: Webb, Millington, and Co., [1850?] 12mo, (122x80mm), [6],166p. wood-engraved frontispiece by a Leeds engraver (his name too indistinct to read), several wood-engraved tail-pieces, some slight soiling. Original dark purple bead-grain cloth sprinkled in red, backstrip lettered and blocked in gilt with a gilt floral ornament blocked in gilt within a blind-blocked frame on the upper cover, repeated with a different motif in blind on the rear cover; some slight damage to the cloth surface on the front cover. Early owner's signature of Agnes Gillespy with several annotations on the endleaves. Printed in Otley by Webb and Millington. COPAC locates only thee copies of this title from this printer/publisher; none of this edition. £50.00

19511 HONE, William. ANCIENT MYSTERIES DESCRIBED, Especially the English miracle plays, founded on the Apocryphal New Testament story, ... including notices of ecclesiastical shows, the festivals of fools and asses, the English boy-bishop, the descent into hell, the Lord Mayor's show, the Guildhall giants, Christmas carols, &c. London: Printed for William Hone, 1823 [sic]. 8vo, (225x145mm), [2], [2],x,13-299p, the contents leaf bound before the preface. 13 engraved illustrations (one large folding) and including four woodcuts from earlier Christmas Carol sheets. Original printed cloth, slightly soiled, the rear cover carrying adverts for other Hone publications, rebacked preserving most of the original backstrip. Dating editions of Hone's Ancient Mysteries is, like battling at cricket: 'a simple art fraught with difficulty.' The title page of this edition carries the date, 1823, of the first edition; however, it is printed entirely in black as opposed to red and black and there is no imprint of the printer, John M'Creery, on the recto of leaf 2O4, indeed the sections are not lettered at all, but are numbered. We suspect that this edition which has been reset and is clearly not a remainder issue bound up from sheets of the earlier edition, was printed for and published by Reeves and Turner, and Richard Griffin in circa 1860 and whose imprints appear at the foot of the rear cover adverts. Given the style of the binding we suggest this was clearly produced in facsimile of the original edition. £40.00

11701 JOHNSTON, Thomas. GENERAL VIEW OF THE AGRICULTURE OF THE COUNTY OF TWEEDALE, with observations on the means of its improvement, Drawn up for the consideration of the Board of Agriculture and Internal Improvement. London: printed by W. Bulmer, 1794. 4to, (264x210mm), 42p. the half-title present though rather soiled, faint but noticeable stain in the fore-margin of 4 leaves, two instances of slightly scathing maginal annotation in ink. 20th century cloth, fore-edge lightly damp-spotted. (Isaac C53) £95.00

20679 JONSON, Ben. POETICAL WORKS. Edited by Robert Bell. London: John W. Parker, 1856. 8vo, (173x117mm), 288p. Original dark purple morocco-grain cloth, rebacked preserving the original backstrip, new printed back-label in facsimile of the original. £15.00

20300 [KEBLE, John]. THE CHRISTIAN YEAR: thoughts in verse for the Sundays and Holydays throughout the year. Eightieth edition, Oxford: John Henry and James Parker, 1864. 8vo, (167x114mm), viii,381p. outer margins of several leaves slightly discoloured, front fly-leaf removed. Contemporary full brown calf bound by Rivere, backstrip in six compartments with raised bands and lettered and tooled in blind, the front and rear covers with a large arabesque blind ornament in the centre within a blind two-line double frame with a vine leaf tool in each intersection, marbled endleaves, joints and edges lightly rubbed. Printed by Parkers in Oxford. 'Keble's best known work, The Christian Year, was probably the widest selling book of poetry in the nineteenth century. Its diverse readership went well beyond the high-church element within the Church of England, and well beyond the Church of England itself. Published anonymously in July 1827, when Keble was in his thirty-fifth year, a first edition of 500 was soon followed by a second edition in November. Six additional poems were added to the third edition in 1828. By 1837 there had been sixteen editions and by Keble's death there were ninety-five. When copyright expired in 1873 there were 158 editions and copyright sales stood at 379,000.' (DNB). £20.00

20274 [L.B.] MARIA ICH MEINE MUTTER! ICH BIN IHR KIND! A manuscript book in German. Blumenthal, 1872. 8vo, (190x118mm), title, verso blank, and 16 leaves of manuscript written in blue ink on of a highly glazed paper, each page within a ruled frame of the same colour. The title-page, written in red and black within a red and brown ruled frame, carries the words: 'Maria' and 'Blumenthal. 1872.' with floriated initial letters. The text concludes with thick and thin ruled lines thereafter the remaining 67 leaves are unused. Contemporary brown morocco, all edges gilt, lettered in gilt: B L. in the centre of the front cover and within a blind frame, spine and head of the covers very slightly faded, the endleaves (of a porcelain glazed paper) are somewhat oxidised. £75.00

20666 MACAULAY, Thomas Babington. WARREN HASTINGS. London: Longman, Brown, Green, Longmans, & Roberts, 1857. 8vo, (180x125mm), 94p. +2p. publisher's adverts. original brown morocco-grain cloth, lettered in gilt on the backstrip and in blind: 'Traveller's Library' in the centre of the front cover, brown paper endleaves with adverts on the pastedowns; backstrip and edges faded and the covers generally a little soiled. Gift inscription to William Palmer of Lane End, dated 1858, on the verso of the front free endleaf. An uncommon edition totally unrecorded on COPAC. £25.00

20480 [MACKAY, Alxina.] A.M. MACKAY, pioneer missionary of the Church Missionary Society to Uganda. Seventh thousand, London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1890. 8vo, (207x139mm), viii,488p. Etched frontispiece portrait by H. Manesse, and a colour-printed folded map. Original blue cloth, gilt lettered on the backstrip and with an ornamental motif in gilt in the centre of the front cover. £15.00

20305 M'CRIE, Thomas. LIFE OF ANDREW MELVILLE containing illustrations of the ecclesiastical and literary history of Scotland during the latter part of the sixteenth and beginning of the seventeenth century. With an appendix of original papers. A new edition edited by his son. Edinburgh: William Blackwood and Sons, 1856. 8vo, (197x130mm), xvi,508p. folding frontispiece; extra-illustrated with 6 portrait engravings of figures from contemporary Scottish history one of which has the border ornament trimmed to fit the volume. Original brown rib-grain cloth, lettered in gilt, some slight wear to the head and tail of the backstrip. £40.00

13470 MURRAY, Lindley. ENGLISH GRAMMAR, adapted to the different classes of learners. With an appendix, containing rules and observations, for assisting the more advanced students to write with perspicuity and accuracy. Thirty-second edition, York: printed by Thomas Wilson & Sons for Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown and for Darton and Harvey, London: Wilson and Sons, York, 1819. 8vo, (180x105mm), 348p. some spotting. Modern binders' quarter buckram. (Darton, The Dartons G678(31)) Rare, Darton recorded that he had been unable to locate a copy of this edition, a statement supported by a search of COPAC which records four UK locations, but all for an microfilm copies of American editions of the same year. Given that Murray was the most important grammarian writing at the time and that his books were reprinted more or less annually until the middle of the century, the survival rate of copies is remarkable small. £50.00

20493 PANORAMA. O PANORAMA. Jornal litterario e instructivo da Sociedade Propagadora dos Conhecimentos. Volume primeiro, numbers 1-35, Lisboa: na imprensa da Sociedade Propagadora dos Conhecimentos uteis, Maio a Dezembro, 1837. 4to, (282x182mm), [4],280p. 90 wood-engravings, several near full-page. Contemporary quarter red sheep, marbled paper sides, backstrip lettered and banded in gilt, joints lightly rubbed and the backstrip somewhat faded. The articles contained in this volume include Origens da typographia Portugueze. £35.00

20494 PANORAMA. O PANORAMA. Jornal litterario e instructivo da Sociedade Propagadora dos Conhecimentos. Volume segundo, numbers 36-87, Lisboa: na imprensa da Sociedade Propagadora dos Conhecimentos uteis, Maio a Dezembro, 1838. 4to, (282x182mm), [6],416p. 95 wood-engravings, several near full-page. Contemporary quarter red sheep, marbled paper sides, backstrip lettered and banded in gilt, joints lightly rubbed, the backstrip somewhat faded and the tail-fore corners tips worn; bookplate. Among the large wood-engravings are views of Albi Cathedral, Amsterdam, the Interior of St George's Chapel Windsor, Strasburg Cathedral, the Wreck of the Medusa (in mirror image to the painting), and York Minster; together with a smaller engraving of the walls of the Cité at Carcassonne which, given the date of issue of the serial, predates Viollet-le-Duc's restoration. £35.00

20496 PANORAMA. O PANORAMA. Jornal litterario e instructivo da Sociedade Propagadora dos Conhecimentos. Volume Quinto, numbers 192-243, Lisboa: na typographia da Sociedade, Janeiro a Dezembro, 1841. 4to, (282x182mm), [6],8,[2],9-416p.97 wood-engravings. Contemporary dark blue calf, marbled paper sides, backstrip lettered and banded in gilt, joints lightly rubbed, the backstrip somewhat faded and the tail-fore corners tips worn; bookplate. The serial dispenses with its usual master-head from number 193 onwards. The wood-engravings include Amiens Cathedral, Louvain Cathedral, The Tower of London (with a split clean across the entire block), the 'Grand Northern Railroad Post Office' railway carriage between London and Birmingham, the Sir Walter Scott memorial (with accompanying article), and Jack Sheppard manacled in his cell. £35.00

20477 PATER, Walter. MARIUS THE EPICUREAN. His sensations and ideas. Second edition, 2 volumes (the second volume carrying the impression note: third thousand, on the verso of the title-page), London: Macmillan, 1885. 8vo, (213x130mm), 239; 218p. printed on handmade paper. Untrimmed in original quarter buff cloth, grey-blue cloth sides, printed back-labels, the backstrips discoloured; signature of C.J. Holmes, dated 1889, on the front free endleaf of volume one. Pater's only completed full-length fiction; an historical and philosophical account that explores the intellectual development of a young Roman. £30.00

14866 PERELLE, Gabriel. A UTOPIAN LANDSCAPE WITH TREES AND A CHATEAU AND BRIDGE. Paris: Pierre Mariette, [1660?] Circular print (202mm diameter on paper 210x210mm), original etching, slightly soiled and trimmed very close to the etched surface on one side, laid down on later 19th century paper. A handsome print by this eminent French designer and engraver, Gabriel Perelle (1604-1677) engraved work after other masters as well as engraving his own designs as in this instance. He frequently embellished his compositions with imaginary ruins and other objects and thus presented the viewer with utopian landscapes of the mind. £350.00

14867 PERELLE, Gabriel. A UTOPIAN LANDSCAPE WITH TREES AND TRAVELLERS. Paris: Pierre Mariette, [1660?] Circular print (204mm diameter on paper 210x210mm), original etching, slightly soiled, laid down on later 19th century blue paper. A handsome print by this eminent French designer and engraver, Gabriel Perelle (1604-1677) engraved work after other masters as well as engraving his own designs as in this instance. He frequently embellished his compositions with imaginary ruins and other objects and thus presented the viewer with utopian landscapes of the mind. £350.00

14868 PERELLE, Gabriel. A UTOPIAN LANDSCAPE WITH TREES, A WINDMILL AND FIGURES. Paris: Pierre Mariette, [1660?] Circular print (204mm diameter on paper 210x210mm), original etching, slightly soiled, some fragmentary loss from two corners with slight loss from the imprint in one, laid down on later 19th century blue paper. A handsome print by this eminent French designer and engraver, Gabriel Perelle (1604-1677) engraved work after other masters as well as engraving his own designs as in this instance. He frequently embellished his compositions with imaginary ruins and other objects and thus presented the viewer with utopian landscapes of the mind. £325.00

13417 POLITICAL MERRIMENT. POLITICAL MERRIMENT: OR, TRUTHS TOLD TO SOME TUNE. London: printed for A. Boulter, without Temple Bar, 1715. 12mo, (158x97mm), [4],56p. some spotting. Modern binders' paper covered hardback boards, Mentmore Library stamp on the title. The first half only of part 3 with the separate title page present. ESTC records a number of copies most of which are incomplete to a greater or lesser degree. A collection of political ballads including a 'new song' on The South-Sea Trade, a satire against the joint-stock companies whose fraudulent practises led, a few years later, to the South Sea Bubble. £50.00

14328 ROYAL KALENDAR. THE ROYAL KALENDAR or complete and correct annual register for England, Scotland, Ireland, and America, for the year 1786 London: printed for J. Debrett,... 1786. 12mo, (138x80mm), [2],6,[24],(iii-)vi,288p. Modern quarter cloth, bookplate Includes Cardanus Rider's Sheet Almanack printed on only side of the leaf only, and with the month pages in red and black. £80.00

20653 SEAFORTH, E. THE MODERN, POLITE, AND FASHIONABLE LETTER WRITER; consisting of select and original letters, in elegant and choice language, on all important subjects in life: including examples from eminent and literary individuals. Rules for self-instruction in writing: directions to attain in epistolary correspondence a fluent and pleasing style; cards, petitions, wills, &c. &c. London: Webb, Milington [sic], & Co.,... also Leeds and Otley, [1854?] 12mo, (150x95mm), 180p. hand-coloured engraved frontispiece; very slightly spotted. Original green morocco-grain cloth, gilt lettered on the backstrip, with an arabesque ornaments within an ornamental frame blocked in blind on the front and rear covers, slightly spotted and a little faded, the endleaves split along the front joint. Formerly the copy of Elizabeth Threlfell of Seascale Hall, Cumberland, with her signature, dated 1854, on the front free endleaf and her rendition of the famous inscription: '...is my name And england is my nation... I hope the Lord will of me [sic] when I am quite forgotten' on the recto on the frontispiece. A rare copy of a letter-writer, COPAC locating only the British Library copy; printed in Otley by Webb and Millington. £100.00

14074 [SPILLING, James.] GILES'S TRIP TO LONDON: a farm labourer's first peep at the world. Edited by The Village Schoolmaster. Reprinted from the "Eastern Daily Press," with additions and notes as in the "Ipswich and Colchester Times." Twenty-fifth edition, Norwich: Printed at the offices of the "Daily Press," and sold for the author by Jarrold and Sons,... London, [1870?] 12mo, (156x102mm), 103p. very lightly browned throughout. Modern quarter binders' cloth, previous owner's signature, dated 1872, at the head of the title. An immensely popular local dialect work which had reached a 58th edition (239 thousand) by 1903 and was still going strong in 1919. That said, we can locate only a handful of copies on COPAC and none earlier than the 28th edition, which is dated [1872]. £25.00

14333 STAUNTON, George Thomas. MISCELLANEOUS NOTICES RELATING TO CHINA, and our commercial intercourse with that country, including a few translations from the Chinese language. Second edition, revised in 1822, and accompanied in 1850, by introductory observations on the events which have affected our Chinese commerce during that revival. [Havant printed] London: John Murray, 1850. 8vo, (215x138mm), 50,[ix-]x,432p. +16p. publisher's adverts dated April 1849. 2 folding tables present, lightly browned throughout and some slight soiling in the head margin of 2 pages. Modern buckram library binding. Originally published in 1822, we rather suspect that the edition we offer consists of the sheets of that edition, printed in Havant by Henry Skelton - whom BBTI does not record as operating after 1828 - with a lengthy introduction added by an unnamed editor in 1850. The book contains a number of pieces on various aspects of Chinese history and culture followed by a great deal of information on trade and the East India Company in the period before about 1820. £200.00

20296 WIDDRINGTON, Thoman. Sr. THo. WIDDRINGTONS SPEECH AT A CONFERENCE betweene both Houses, on Tuesday the 20 of July, 1641. At the transmission of the impeachment against Matthew Wren Doctor in Divinity, late Bishop of Norwich, and now Bishop of Ely. London: printed by E.G. [Edward Griffin] for R.Best, 1641. 4to, (200x140mm), [8]p. some worm activity with resultant loss of text. Modern hardback boards. (ESTC R8408). Widdrington, onetime Speaker of the House of Commons, drew up the articles of impeachment against Bishop Wren, he presented them to the Lords on 20 July 1641, with a ‘smart, aggravating speech’ in which he accused Wren of suspending ‘painful ministers’ and of introducing ‘dead and venomous ceremonies.’ (DNB). £75.00

14623 BEISNER, Monika. ABC. London Ell Pie, 1979. 12mo, (102x80mm), 26 leaves in a concertina [accordion] fold-out, printed in colours with a different alphabet and images on the obverse and reverse sides. Contained in the original colour-printed box which is a little worn. An attractive alphabet book. £35.00

20852 BOCCACCIO, Giovanni. MINERVA, MANTONE AND CIRCES. Extracted from his De Mulieribus Claris edited & with an introduction by Rhiannon Daniels & Guyda Armstrong. Oldham: Incline Press, 2013. 'less than' 240 copies, 8vo, (215x140mm), [2],25p. decorated initials by Charlotte Whittingham and Mary Byfield and 6 other cuts. Original quarter cloth, repeat pattern decorated paper sides, dustjacket. Beautifully produced and letterpress printed by hand to commemorate Boccaccio's 700th anniversay in 2013, this edition contains the three lives noted in the title together with the dedication to Henry VIII; taking the text from the first English translation. £36.00

20853 BOCCACCIO, Giovanni. MINERVA, MANTONE AND CIRCES. Extracted from his De Mulieribus Claris edited & with an introduction by Rhiannon Daniels & Guyda Armstrong. Oldham: Incline Press, 2013. 'less than' 240 copies, 8vo, (215x140mm), [2],25p. decorated initials after Charlotte Whittingham & Mary Byfield and 6 other cuts. Original jacketed wrappers. Beautifully produced and letterpress printed by hand to commemorate Boccaccio's 700th anniversay in 2013, this edition contains the three lives noted in the title together with the dedication to Henry VIII; taking the text from the first English translation. £18.00

20217 CCA STATIONERY. SERENADE: AN EXQUISITE COLLECTION OF ROMANTIC WEDDING STATIONERY FOR THE DISCERNING BRIDE. [Leyland]: CCA Stationery, [1991]. Large folio, (400x360mm), [3],22ff. 126 mounted samples. Contained in the original spring-backed, laminated and decorated plastic covered album, some very slight soiling. A collection of examples of invitations, orders of service, cake boxes, match books, place markers, serviettes, &c. Many of the examples included carry a printed date of 1995 however, the price list inserted in the front of the album is dated January 1993, and there is a manuscript date of April [19]91 on the first leaf. £35.00

20680 CLARENDON PRESS CARTOGRAPHIC DEPARTMENT. A PLASTIC COLOURED-PRINTED CONTOUR RELIEF MOULDED MAP OF BIRMINGHAM AND THE POTTERIES. Oxford: Clarendon Press in Association with Barclays Bank, 1964. Single sheet, (495x336mm), A raised plastic coloured relief map at a scale of 6 miles to the inch, centred on Birmingham and showing central England including from Stockport, Sheffield and part of the Peak District in the north to Stow-on-the-Wold and Chipping Norton in the south, and from Altrincham, Crewe, and Much Wenlock in the west to Nottingham and Leicester in the east. A fine example. Oxford Plastic Relief Maps, Series 4. Map 1, showing A & B class roads, railways (and their volume of traffic based on figures from Winter 1958-9), canals, airports, and land use (rough pasture, farmland, woodland and built up areas). These maps, produced to a very high standard at the O.U.P's cartographic department are greatly superior, both in the topographic evidence and the manner of its presentation, and the quality of production, to later more 'touristy' productions on a similar theme. £75.00

20696 CLARENDON PRESS CARTOGRAPHIC DEPARTMENT. A PLASTIC COLOURED-PRINTED CONTOUR RELIEF MOULDED MAP OF CORNWALL. Part of Devon and the Isles of Scilly. Oxford: Clarendon Press in Association with Barclays Bank, 1965. Single sheet, (350x475mm), A raised plastic coloured relief map at a scale of 6 miles to the inch of Cornwall and part of Devon with an insert of the Isles of Scilly and showing an area from the Scilly Isles and Land's End in the west to Start Point and part of Start Bay in the east, and from Sharpnose Point in the north to Lizard Point in the south. A fine example. Oxford Plastic Relief Maps, Series 4. Map 9, showing A & B class roads, railways (and their volume of traffic based on figures from Winter 1958-9), canals, airports, and land use (rough pasture, farmland, woodland and built up areas). These maps, produced to a very high standard at the O.U.P's cartographic department are greatly superior, both in the topographic evidence and the manner of its presentation, and the quality of production, to later more 'touristy' productions on a similar theme. £75.00

20697 CLARENDON PRESS CARTOGRAPHIC DEPARTMENT. A PLASTIC COLOURED-PRINTED CONTOUR RELIEF MOULDED MAP OF DEVON with parts of Cornwall, Dorset and Somerset. Oxford: Clarendon Press in Association with Barclays Bank, 1965. Single sheet, (350x475mm), A raised plastic coloured relief map at a scale of 6 miles to the inch of Devon and including parts of Cornwall, Dorset and Somerset and showing an area from Bodmin Moor in the west to Lyme Bay and Lyme Regis in the east, and from Bridgewater Bay in the north to Start Point and Prawle Point in the south. A fine example. Oxford Plastic Relief Maps, Series 4. Map 8, showing A & B class roads, railways (and their volume of traffic based on figures from Winter 1958-9), canals, airports, and land use (rough pasture, farmland, woodland and built up areas). These maps, produced to a very high standard at the O.U.P's cartographic department are greatly superior, both in the topographic evidence and the manner of its presentation, and the quality of production, to later more 'touristy' productions on a similar theme. £75.00

20218 COLLINSONS. MATCHMAKER MATCHING WEDDING STATIONERY. [Shipley], Collinsons, [1991]. Large folio, (355x355mm), [2],50pp. 113 mounted samples, the cover removed from one example. Contained in the original spring-backed, laminated and decorated plastic covered album, some slight soiling. A collection of examples of invitations, orders of service, cake boxes, match books, place markers, serviettes, &c. The price list inserted in the front of the album is dated February 1992, and there is a manuscript date of June [19]91 on the first leaf. £30.00

20224 COLLINSONS. ROMANTIQUE MATCHING WEDDING STATIONERY. [Shipley], Collinsons, [1992]. Large folio, (360x355mm), [2],46pp. 106 mounted samples. Contained in the original spring-backed, laminated and decorated plastic covered album, some slight soiling. A collection of examples of invitations, orders of service, cake boxes, match books, place markers, serviettes, &c. The price list inserted in the front of the album is dated February 1992. £35.00

20888 COYSH, Victor. AFOOT IN ALDERNEY. St. Peter Port: Toucan Press, 1969. Cr.8vo, (190x122mm), 51p. 5 illustrations. Original illustrated stiff wrappers, slightly soiled; previous owner's signature obliterated on the recto of the frontispiece. Guernsey Historical Monographs No.7. £15.00

20228 DEGENHART, B. PISANELLO. Torino: Chiantore, 1941. 4to, (292x212mm), [4],87p +8 colour & 162 monochrome plates. Original hardback boards, dustjacket. £20.00

20248 DICKENS, Charles. MR PICKWICK. Illustrated in colour by Frank Reynolds. London: Hodder & Stoughton, [1910.] 4to, (285x220mm), xvi,175p. 25 tipped-in colour plates by Frank Reynolds with captions on the facing tissue-guards. Original red cloth, lettered and blocked in gilt, black and white, endleaves slightly dust spotted and the covers very slightly soiled. The text was printed by Constable in Edinburgh while the colour plates with printed by Henry Stone in Banbury, one of the finest of England's colour-printers of the period. £20.00

20749 DICKENS, Charles. THE OLD CURIOSITY SHOP. Introduction by Christopher Hibbert. London: Folio Society, 1987. Roy.8vo, (242x170mm), xxii,528p. Full-page frontispiece & 36 text illustrations from drawings by Charles Keeping. A fine copy in recent quarter dark tan morocco, Mark Walmsley paste paper sides, contained in a custom made solander box. (Nash, Folio 50 599). An attractively bound copy. £150.00

20524 DUNDERDALE, J.W. KENDAL BROWN. The history of Kendal's tobacco and snuff industry. Edited by Anne Bonney. Kendal: Helm Press, 2003. Sm.4to, (240x165mm), 173p. +1p. publisher's adverts. illustrations. Original laminated paperback, corner tips slightly dog-eared. £25.00

20226 FARRER, Reginald. ON THE EAVES OF THE WORLD. Second impression, London: Edward Arnold, 1926. 8vo, (228x148mm), xii,311; viii,328p. folding map and 64 plates. A good set in original cloth. 'From April 1914 Farrer spent two years with William Purdom, a Kew-trained gardener, in Kangsu, north-west China, and in Tibet, collecting specimens and seeds, despite the lawlessness of the area. He had a narrow escape from drowning after a 20 ft fall from a rickety bridge. Arguably the most exciting of their finds were Gentiana farreri, 'which burned in the alpine turf like an incandescent turquoise', and the winter-flowering guelder-rose, Viburnum farreri; but others, like Geranium farreri, Aster farreri, and Clematis macropetala, can also be found today in specialist nurseries. On his return Farrer described his expedition in the flamboyant On the Eaves of the World.' (DNB) £90.00

13632 FISHENDEN, R.B. CRAFTSMANSHIP & THE PRINTER. Birmingham: Birmingham School of Printing, 1950. 8vo, (222x155mm), 15p. colour printed initial letter. Original stiff wrappers, edges slightly dust-soiled. Printed on the direction of Leonard Jay, an address by Fishenden at the college's annual prize-giving ceremony. £10.00

20240 GAUGUIN, Paul. THE INTIMATE JOURNALS OF PAUL GAUGUIN. Translated by Van Wyck Brooks. Preface by Emile Gauguin. London: William Heinemann, 1923. 530 numbered copies, sm.4to, (268x202mm), xii,138p. 25 plates. Original buff cloth, lettered and blocked in gilt, slightly discoloured. Printed at the Chiswick Press on hand-made paper for subscribers. £30.00

20330 GLYNDEBOURNE. GYLNDEBOURNE FESTIVAL OPERA 1957 PROGRAMME BOOK. 11 June - 13 August London: Gylndebourne Festival Opera, 1957. Large 4to, (310x245mm), 84p. colour and monochrome illustrations. Original illustrated wrappers printed in colour (by Eaton Press, Liverpool) after a painting by Peter Rice, extremities of the cover frayed. £10.00

20307 GOLDSMITH, Oliver. THE VICAR OF WAKEFIELD. London: Folio Society, 1952. 8vo, (210x140mm), viii,176p. 8 two-colour lithography by Margaret Wetherbee. A good copy in original decorated cloth, dustjacket slightly frayed at the edges. (Nash, Folio 50, 43) A reasonably early Folio title, printed at the Chiswick Press and bound by James Burns & Co. £10.00

20133 HAUSER, Frank. DINOSAUR DAYS. Poems. First edition, subscriber's issue. Andoversford: Whittington Press, 1975. 800 copies, 8vo, (235x164mm), [16]p. 6 line illustrations by Peter Mackarell. A fine copy in original printed wrappers. (Butcher, Whittington Press bibliography 14) Produced for Heals, however this copy in one of the 100 numbered copies reserved for subscribers to the press. £25.00

20227 HAZLITT, William. SELECTED ESSAYS OF WILLIAM HAZLITT 1778 : 1830. Edited by Geoffrey Keynes. London: Nonesuch Press, 1941. 8vo, (195x123mm), xxiv,807p. Original green buckram, backstrip slightly faded and the covers a little soiled. £15.00

20698 HICKS, Christopher Lawrence (Compiler & Printer) FRAGMENTS OF JADE. Verses from the Chinese. Oxford: Leaning Chimney Press, 1968. 150 numbered copies, 16mo, (110x72mm), [21]p. title-page ornament and 2 wood-engravings (1 double-page). Original red cloth, printed front-label, dustjacket very slightly soiled. (Private Press Books 1968, 68.74) Handset, printed, illustrated and bound by Chris Hicks, the first book from his private press. £25.00

20323 HOPE, James (Designer). [POSTER:] IXth BRITISH COMMONWEALTH GAMES EDINBURGH SCOTLAND 16-25 JULY 1970. [No place but ?London]: Published by British Travel on behalf of the Scottish Tourist Board, [1970]. Broadside, (1020x640mm) A stunning image by James Hope, printed in colours by Petyt and shewing three sprinters exploding from their starting blocks, with a stylized Edinburgh Castle in the background and the flags of the member nations of the Commonwealth. This is a part-printed copy as other versions of this image have railway train services or other details printed at the tail of the sheet while this copy in not so over-printed. Some very slight creasing of the edges and a very small tear in the head edge but otherwise a very good example of this iconic piece of graphic design. £250.00

13755 IBBETT, William J. ) CHOSEN POEMS. London & Stratford-upon-Avon: A.H. Bullen, 1915. 8vo, (197x120mm), [6],44p. Original quarter cloth, a slight stain at the tail of the from cover, bookplate. Printed in Stratford-upon-Avon at the Shakespeare Head Press. £15.00

20249 LE CORBUSIER (pseud: Charles Edouard Jeanneret-Gris). TOWARDS A NEW ARCHITECTURE. Translated from the thirteenth French edition by Frederick Etchells. Second to fourth thousand, New York: Brewer, Warren & Putnam, [1928.] 4to, (252x190mm), xx,289p. +1p. adverts, profusely illustrated. Original brown cloth, backstrip lettered in gilt, endleaves slightly dust-soiled. The American edition bound up from the English sheets. £60.00

19926 LOGAN, John. THE HOUSE THAT JACK BUILT. Or a portrait of the artist as a sad sensualist. Omaha: Abattoir Editions, 1974. 300 copies, roy.8vo, (245x170mm), 75p. 35 illustrations (several printed in black and red) from drawings by James Brunot. A very good copy in original cloth, printed label, Japanese tissue dustjacket present but worn. (Private Press Books 74.3) Printed by, or under the direction of, Harry Duncan at the University of Nebraska. £50.00

20135 MACKARELL, Peter. FLIGHTS OF FANCY. A concise history of air travel. Andoversford: Whittington Press, 1976. 800 copies, 8vo, (253x164mm), [16]p. 14 line drawings by the author. A fine copy in original printed wrappers, small initialed gift inscription at the head of the inside of the front cover. (Butcher, Whittington Press bibliography 19) Printed by offset lithography for sale by Heals. £15.00

14655 MORISON, Samuel Eliot. THE SCHOLAR IN AMERICA. Past, present, and future. New York: Oxford University Press, 1961. 12mo, (155x114mm), 32p. chapter head decorations by Aldren Watson. Original wrappers, edges very lightly rubbed. Designed by John Begg, OUP NY's Christmas keepsake for 1961 with a seasonal compliments slip loosely inserted. £8.00

20310 OSBORN, F.J. TOWN AND COUNTRY PLANNING. A reader's guide. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press for the National Book League, 1947. 8vo, (215x136mm), 12p, very slight damp-cockled in original wrappers, the front and rear covers carrying scraperboard designs common to the series with a wood-engraving unique to the title also on the front cover and another on the title-page. Previous owner's rubber-stamp on the inside front cover. (Chambers, Joan Hassall engravings and drawings 23) £12.00

20436 PEARSON, William. LETTERS, PAPERS AND JOURNALS OF WILLIAM PEARSON. Edited by his widow. (1863). With a preface by Jennifer Forsyth. Kirby Stephen: Hayloft, 2005. 8vo, (215x140mm), [6],338p. 15 illustrations. A very good copy in original paperback. A facsimile reprint of this rare book which is believed to have been issued originally in an edition of 50 copies for private circulation. Pearson, of Crosthwaite, Westmorland left his native township to work, successfully, in banking in Manchester before retiring back to his native hearth. This first part of this book contains a lengthy memoir by his widow and includes much of Pearson's correspondence with member of the Wordsworth family. The second part reprints his collected papers and articles on various aspects of Lake District natural history, life, superstitions, &c. £25.00

20234 POPE-HENNESSY, John. SASSETTA. London: Chatto & Windus, 1939. 4to, (260x190mm), xiv,239p. 32 plates. Original quarter buckram, backstrop faded, board sides a little rubbed. £35.00

20302 RENWICK, George. LUXEMBOURG: THE GRAND DUCHY AND ITS PEOPLE. London: T. Fisher Unwin, 1913. 8vo, (226x148mm), 320p. folding map and 34 photographic plates, some very slight spotting of some text leaves. Original blue cloth, gilt lettered, blind-stamped: Presentation copy at the tail of the title. £20.00

20251 [ROLFE, Frederick.] I WALKED BY NIGHT. Being the life & history of the king of Norfolk poachers written by himself. Edited by Lilias Rider Haggard. Reprinted, third impression, Ipswich: Boydell Press, 1976. 8vo, (228x152mm), xvi,182p. 12 full-page plates and a number of text illustrations from drawings by Edward Seago. Original illustrated boards, slightly dust-soiled. A volume in the Norfolk Library and including several ballads, songs and rhymes in the text. £10.00

20229 ROSTAND, Edmond. CYRANO DE BERGERAC. Comédie héroique en cinq actes en verse représentée à Paris, sur le Théâtre de la Porte-Saint-Martin, le 28 Décembre 1897. Paris: Pierre Lafitte, 1910. 4to, (300x220mm), [4],268p. colour and monochrome illustrations after François Flameng, Albert Besnard, and Paul-Albert Laurens. Original cloth, lettered and blocked in gilt and blind, corner tips slightly worn. £60.00

19923 SIMON, Oliver & Harold CHILD (Editors). THE BIBLIOPHILES ALMANACK FOR 1928. London: The Fleuron, [1927]. 8vo, (195x130mm), 88p +13p. adverts. Original quarter linen, colour-printed paper-covered sides, slightly soiled, bookplate. Printed at the Curwen Press and containing Harold Williams Book Clubs and Printing Societies, Herbert Read, The Seven Pillars of Wisdom, and Lascelles Abercrombie Bothwell's End. £12.00

20207 SPARKE, Penny. DESIGN IN CONTEXT. London: Bloomsbury, 1987. 4to, (260x265mm), 256p. profusely illustrated in colour & monochrome. Original cloth, boards slightly soiled and the dustjacket a little torn at the edges. A well-illustrated survey of design since the mid-eighteenth century to the 1980s focusing primarily on the role played by product design on shaping consumerism. £10.00

20335 VINKENOOG, Simon. [POSTER/FOLDER:] PAPER IS SILENCE PAPER IS SOUND. One of the 'Paper In Action' series, edited by Herbert Spencer. Manchester & London: Star Paper Mills, [1965.] Broadsheet, (840x593mm), The obverse printed in colour with a photograph by Jack Jacobs overprinted with a poem 'Paper is silence paper is sound...' by Simon Vinkenoog; the reverse, printed in black, carrying poems by George Andrews 'Paper explodes' and Ts'ang Kie 'Sad songs for Wou Ki-tseu.' This folder/poster was issued folded and so carries the inevitable creases but is nonetheless a fine copy. Printed by Lund Humphries on Star Paper Mills offset litho paper, this is one or a series of publicity pieces edited by Herbert Spencer and issued at half-yearly intervals by the papermakers. The main poem, by the Dutch Poet Laureate, is printed over a moody soft-focus image from a photograph by Jack Jacobs and the whole was designed by Wim Crouwel and Bruno Wissing at TD [Total Design] Amsterdam. £50.00

20426 WILDE Oscar. IMPRESSIONS OF AMERICA. Edited with an introduction by Stuart Mason. Sunderland: Keystone Press, 1906. 50 copies on hand-made paper (this copy out-of-series), 8vo, (210x135mm), 40p, Original printed, pulp-decorated paper wrappers, slightly damaged at the tail of the front cover; preserved in a modern quarter cloth envelope chemise. Number one of the Oscar Wilde Bibelots. £50.00

20245 WYNDHAM LEWIS, Dominic Bevan. RONSARD. Third impression, London: Sheed & Ward, 1946. 8vo, (220x144mm), xii,340p. 7 plates. Original tan cloth, backstrip lettered in gilt and slightly faded. Tinged with Wyndham Lewis' admitted Francophilia, it is generally accepted that his biographies of several figures from French history were written with a verve rarely found in biographies of this sort of subject. £30.00