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1983 Stanley Morison and Eric Gill 1925-1933Not Stated: Douglas CleverdonA very scarce limited edition of this privately-printed illustrated title, featuring a signed letter by the author. -
c.1962 Cock-a-hoop Bibliography of the Golden Cockerel PressLondon: c.1962A charming, illustrated bibliography of publications released by the Golden Cockerel Press, illustrated throughout. -
1936 Temples and TopeesNew York: 1936A scarce limited first edition of this privately printed collection of travel letters, richly illustrated with photographs, exploring temples and cultures across Asia by financier and traveller William Hale Harkness. -
1927 The SeasonsLondon: 1927A charming Nonesuch Press edition of this notable quartet, The Seasons, illustrated with charming watercolours by Jacquier. -
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1929 The Pact of Honor and Other Poems Grave and GayNew York: 1929A very smart first edition, signed, day-of-publication presentation copy of Johnson’s later poetry collection, warmly inscribed to a lifelong friend. -
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1923 VersesNone Stated: 1923An exceptionally scarce privately printed first edition of L.R.J.’s inscribed poetry collection, recounting the experiences and observations of a vivacious upper-class American woman in the early 1920s, issued only for the author’s circle. -
1935-1952 5Vol The History of the Times (1785-1948)London: 1935-1952A nice five volume set of the first edition of The Times' The History of the Times, each volume with tipped-in plate frontispieces and further illustrations throughout. -
c1917 Battlefield StoriesNone Stated: c1917An exceptionally scarce booklet of verses written on active service by Gunner Arthur Pallant of the R.G.A, with no copies held institutionally. -
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1922 Poems of the AftermathBoston: 1922An exceptionally scarce privately printed first edition of Richardson’s post-WWI poetry cycle, inscribed by the author. -
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1916 Poems 1914-1916None Stated: 1916A vanishingly scarce privately printed First Edition of Leonard’s withdrawn WWI poetry cycle, inscribed by the author and issued only in a small handful of copies for private distribution. -
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1919-1920 2vol Set From the Twilight The Giant's PlaythingBath: 1919-1920An incredibly scarce set of poetic works, privately printed locally in Bath, including a letter from the author to the owners.. -
1919 Ode on Our FamilyNone Stated: 1919An exceptionally scarce copy of this privately-printed family elegy by Arthur Stanley Leedam, reflecting on childhood, memory and loss. -
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1917 The Dream SplendidLondon: 1917A scarce Pelican Press first edition, written during Langdon-Davies’s undergraduate years at Oxford and published in the shadow of his conscientious objection during the Great War. -
1916 Deutsche Verwaltung für LitauenKowno: 1916An exceptionally scarce limited signed German First World War satire, privately printed in Kowno for the occupying administration in Lithuania, containing humorous verses and portraits of officers, not intended for public circulation. -
1963 Without Prejudice One Hundred Letters From Frederick William Rolfe Baron Corvo to John LaneLondon : 1963A limited edition of this collection of letters from Frederick Rolfe to John Lane, with facsimile plates of the letters. -
1863 Papers, Letters and Journals of William PearsonLondon: 1863A smartly rebound copy of the very scarce first edition of William Pearson’s papers and journals, offering a rare glimpse into his early-19th-century life and intellectual circle, privately printed. -
1928 For Jeremy GaigeNone Stated: 1928A charming and exceptionally scarce private press item, there are no copies held institutionally as one of only ten copies printed for the infant Jeremy Gaige in 1928, featuring Stevenson’s poem “My Bed is a Boat”. -
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1930 Alexander PopeLondon: 1930A limited edition of this critical study, re-evaluating the form and precision of Alexander Pope's poetry, signed by the author, Edith Sitwell. -
1902 Songs and Verses Selected from the Works of Edmund WallerSussex: 1902A charming limited Pear Tree Press edition of Edmund Waller’s Songs and Verses, elegantly produced with decorations by Pickford Waller. -
1924 A Bibliography of the First Editions of Books by William Butler YeatsLondon: 1924A limited edition bibliography of W. B. Yeats’s first editions, compiled by A. J. A. Symons, offering detailed records of Yeats’s publications up to the 1920s. -
2006 Talk About ByzantiumCharingworth: 2006A limited edition printing of this letter sent from Anthony Powell regarding a BBC production of 'A Dance to the Music of Time'. -
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1926 StendhalLondon: 1926A limited edition translation of Anatole France's biographical study of Stendhal. Privately printed for Holbrook Jackson at The Curwen Press. -
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1969 The Agamemnon of AeschylusCambridge: 1969A private press, limited edition of The Agamemnon of Aeschylus, signed by translator Raymond Postgate, offering a refined modern rendering of the Greek tragic masterpiece. -
1932 Words for Music Perhaps and Other PoemsDublin: 1932A very smart limited edition collection of W. B. Yeats' poems, published under Elizabeth Yeats' private press, Cuala Press. -
1930 Patchwork Quilt: Poems by Decimus Magnus AusoniusLondon: 1930A smart limited edition anthology of Decimus Magnus Ausonius' poems, from the Fanfrolico Press. Decorated by Edward Bawden. -
1899 The Pilgrim's ProgressLondon: 1899A fantastic limited edition of John Bunyan's renowned Christian allegory, printed by the Essex House private press and bound in full vellum. -
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1982 PoemsHalesworth : 1982A very scarce privately printed collection of poems from Peter Wells, founder of The One Time Press. -
1960 A Song to DavidLondon: 1960A lovely, first limited edition of this poem of ecstatic devotion, A Song to David is Christopher Smart’s lyrical masterpiece. -
1924-7 5Vols The Holy Bible Reprinted According to the Authorised Version 1611, and The ApocryphaLondon: 1924-7A limited edition of the Holy Bible and the Apocrypha, published by the Nonesuch Press and adorned with copper engravings by Stephen Gooden. -
1926 Benito CerenoLondon: 1926A beautifully illustrated limited edition copy of Herman Melville's novella about a Spanish slave ship, with hand coloured illustrations by Edward McKnight Kauffer. -
1957 The First Christmas Tree and The Story of the Other Wise ManAlhambra, California: 1957A limited edition collection of Henry Van Dyke's two Christmas stories, bound in crushed half morocco. -
1928 Select Poems Divine and HumaneBloomsbury: 1928A limited edition of a selection of verse by Thomas Beedome, with original slipcase. -
1928 Select Poems Divine and HumaneBloomsbury: 1928A charming limited edition of a selection of verse by Thomas Beedome, with original slipcase. -
1963 The Little Monasteries: Poems Translated From the IrishDublin: 1963A limited edition of this elegantly translated copy of Irish poems, with the original slipcase. -
1925 The Death of Christopher MarloweLondon: 1925A fascinating exploration of the death of Christopher Marlowe by Leslie Hotson.