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1953rif. 9695New York: Hammer Creek Press 1953. Unbound. Near Fine binding. Portfolio. 6.5" x 4.25." 4 folded leaves. Limited edition number of copies unknown. As issued 4 bifolium leaves laid into portfolio. Only light rubbing to the portfolio; leaves are fine. Comprises as title page with printing on the recto of the first page only; and three engraving on three bifolium with title of engravings in red on the recto of the first leaf and the engraving occupying the recto of the second leaf. Engravings are of "The Hell-Box Press" "The Hammer Creek Press" and "Along the Hammer Creek." An additional pressmark by DePol on the title page. Cohen 24; DePol Catalogue Raisonne p. 41. Hammer Creek Press unknown
rif. MA12F-00007The Golden Cockerel Press. Collectible - Good. London: The Golden Cockerel Press 1949. Limited edition. First thus first with these illustrations. Sm 4to Hardcover 349pp. B/W illustrations. No. 370 of 500 copies. Good Book. Corners slightly bumped. Spine rubbed. Quarter leather. Red boards with gilt spine lettering and design on front cover. Top edge gilt. In polypropylene bag. From the collection of Charles Edward Roberts owner and founder of Wonder Book & Video. With his signature on his personalized bookplate on front pastedown. middle ages historical fiction fantasy fiction allegories Inquire if you need further information. The Golden Cockerel Press hardcover
1840rif. 177838circa 1840-1850s. Pair of hand-coloured lithographs highlighted with gum arabic 32.2 x 25.1 cm trimmed spotting to the upper corners affecting the sky only paper adhesions on the verso but the images in very good bright condition. Two finely coloured lithographs one of a Turkish Sultan in military costume with the skyline of Constantinople in the background and another of lower rank perhaps issued in the period of the Crimean War. Trimmed and possibly from an album or scrapbook. . unknown
1979rif. 007446Edinburgh : A. Bell and C. Macfarquhar 1771 c1979 1979. Hardcover. Fine/No Jacket. 3 volumes :160 plates including facsimiles maps music; some folded ; 27 cm ; by a society of gentlemen in Scotland.; LC: AE5.E3631771 ; OCLC: 277954529 ; 5 raised bands spine labels in red and black leather with decorations and lettering in gold rubric textblock ; an exact facsimile of a 3-volume set of the 1st edition of the Encyclopedia Britannica reproducing the plates with foxing ; "For three years sections of the encyclopaedia were issued periodically. The first two numbers came in December 1768 . The first volume 'Aa' to 'Bzo' was completed and bound in 1769 the second 'Caaba' to 'Lythrum' a year later and the third 'Macao' to 'Zyglophyllum' in 1771"--Herman Kogan The great EB./ Edited by William Smellie who was employed by Colin Macfarquhar publisher and Andrew Bell engraver./ "In order to give some idea of the materials of which this dictionary is composed we shall conclude the preface with a list of the principal authors made use of in the compilation."--Preface.; thick heavy volumes ; FINE Edinburgh : A. Bell and C. Macfarquhar, 1771, c1979 hardcover
1956rif. BOOKS071031IKyoto: Red Lantern Shop 1956. HC. good paper covered boards accordian fold-out hardcover. B&W and color illustrations. Published to display the art of Japanese color woodblock printing and how it is done in a progressive series of fold-out pages on one continuous sheet. Shows how each of the nine colors is added one at a time and concludes with the finished plate. Full detail on our website - ask for the link. UNCOMMON. Red Lantern Shop unknown
1823rif. 002813London: John and Arthur Arch 1823. Hardcover. Very Good . Published for the Author by John and Arthur Arch . . . R. Triphook . . . and J. Major . . . ." 8 15 1 p. 53 leaves of plates 1 leaf with copper-engraved dedication to Lavinia Countess Spencer signed Hewitt 52 leaves of mounted plates numbered 1-60 drawn and engraved by G.R. Lewis; 29 cm. Contemporary half red morocco with marbled paper over boards. Six spine compartments between gilt-rules and raised bands with gilt-tooled decoration. Black morocco spine label in second compartment with gilt-tooled title "Lewis's Etchings. Red morocco label on front board with double gilt-ruled border gilt corner rosettes and title "Etchings of the Physiognomy Manners & Character of the People of France & Germany." All page edges marbled to match boards and endpapers. Remains of a small circular label on front fixed endpaper reading "Abbey" along lower edge. The plates were issued for insertion in T.F. Dibdin's Bibliographical Antiquarian and Picturesque Tour in France and Germany 1821. Included are directions for placing the plates in Dibdin's work. Lewis made hundreds of drawings while accompanying Thomas Frognall Dibdin on his tour of France and Germany some of which were used to illustrate Dibdin's book. A disagreement about how much Dibdin owed Lewis for the drawings developed after the tour and the additional plates presented here were undoubtedly published by Lewis to generate some extra income from his work. In Very Good Condition: leather and boards are rubbed most heavily at head of spine and corners; corner of title page lightly soiled; light foxing primarily affecting the leaves on which the plates are mounted rather than the plates themselves; plates are clean and crisp. John and Arthur Arch hardcover
1825rif. 007775London: H. Berthoud 1825. Hardcover. Good . 72 p. frontispiece and 19 leaves of plates; 36 cm. Contemporary black leather spine with plain grey paper over boards. The publisher intended the plate of Mrs. Siddons to be bound as the frontispiece but here the plate of Mr. Kean was bound as the frontispiece and that of Siddons before the text about her. Contains 20 engraved portraits by R. Cooper of famous contemporary actors and dancers including Sarah Siddons as Lady Macbeth Edmund Kean as Richard III Samuel Simmonds as Baron Munchausen dancers Lisa Noblet Felicite Hullin and Etienne Le Blond opera singer Giuseppe de Begnis and Henry Gattie Maria Theresa Bland Sarah Booth Frances Copeland and Charles Young. The plates have not been hand-colored. In Good Condition: front board and frontispiece are detached but present; lacking leather over spine; foxing primarily in margins of plates; otherwise clean and solid. H. Berthoud hardcover
1931rif. 17082110London: Jonathan Cape Printed by Walter Lewis at the University Press Cambridge 1931. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Near fine. Gill Eric. No. 129 of 160 octavo size 206 pp. signed by Eric Gill. Clothing has long been an integral part of society and can be used to reflect diverse religious and cultural identities. In this essay Eric Gill 1882-1940 discusses the significance of clothes in society and argues for a more egalitarian approach to clothing; for example Gill advocates the suitability of men's clothing trousers for women as a way to liberate the sexes and create a more equal society. Gill provides wood engravings for the book illustrating his concepts and showcasing his masterful rendering of the technique; his illustrations have a slightly satirical slant while evoking the pathos of his arguments. ___DESCRIPTION: Quarter brown pigskin with marbled paper boards gilt rules and lettering on the spine top edge gilt fore- and bottom edges uncut illustrations include title page device "Woman Dancing" P712; "Art and Prudence" P714; "Clothes as Houses" P715; "Clothes as Workshops" P716; "Clothes as Churches and Town Halls" P717; "Clothes for Special Parts" P718; "The Tyranny of Tailors" P719; "Nature and Nakedness" P720; "Trousers" P21; and a tailpiece of "Trousers and Spats" P722; octavo 7.5" by 5.25" pagination: i-vii 1-2 3-196 197-198 1 colophon one of 160 copies this number 129 signed "Eric G" on the colophon. ___CONDITION: Volume is near fine with clean boards straight corners a strong square text block with solid hinges the interior is clean and bright and entirely free of prior owner markings; some slight rubbing to the bottom edges of the boards and to the corners a faint stain to the gutter of Contents page and very slight cracking to the gutter at pages 128 and 129 but hinges are still tight. ___CITATION: Gill 22. ___POSTAGE: International customers please note that additional postage may apply as the standard shipping charge does not always cover costs; please inquire for details. ___Swan's Fine Books is pleased to be a member of the ABAA ILAB and IOBA and we stand behind book we sell. Please contact us with any questions you may have we are here to help. Jonathan Cape [Printed by Walter Lewis at the University Press, Cambridge] hardcover
rif. 027280Chicago: Dunlap School of Finger Prints. Stapled. Good. Eight pamphlet collection. Publisher dates noted on two books: 1921 & 1922. With pencil notation top right corner of title page. Pamphlets in good or better condition half missing covers 8-64 pages most under 10. Lecture Nine has 7 lines of ink writing on title page. Secret Service: Lecture One Two Nine Ten. The Science of Finger Prints: Lesson Three Four Five and Lecture Five. Dunlap School of Finger Prints unknown
rif. BN370214Pietro Sarto. Catalogue Raisonné des gravures et lithographiesLes Estampes 1947-1992 Album Album Pietro Sarto. Catalogue Raisonné des gravures et lithographiesLes Estampes 1947-1992 Album Album Pietro Sarto. Catalogue Raisonné des gravures et lithographiesLes Estampes 1947-1992 Album Album unknown
rif. 522031887. . Salamon AUT 69. - Unten links SIGNIERT. - Blick von der östlichen Straßenseite des stark belebten Neuen Walls auf das gegenüberliegende beflaggte Stadthaus u. benachbarte Häuser mit der Turmhaube der Michaeliskirche im Hintergrund. - Zu dem Hamburger Lithographen Christian Ludwig Wilhelm Heuer 1813-1890 siehe Der Neue Rump S. 188. - Schwach gebräunt. [ 1887]. unknown
1843rif. 88170New York: Burton 1843. First Edition. Original steel engraving on heavy art paper; 13-1/2" x 11-1/4" plate; ca. 20" x 15" sheet. Marked "Proof" in type below title. Margins of sheet once folded for framing now unfolded; some soil mended tears and foxing to extremities much fainter within plate marks; printed area remains clean and unfaded; Very Good. A finely engraved bust portrait of Jackson; a portion of the image was later re-used for the famous "Black Jack" 2-cent postage stamp of 1863. Burton unknown
rif. 17494New York: Edmond Jones & Co. Hardcover. Very good overall. The color plates in fabulous condition providing an intimate look at this great city during the Civil War. Particularly beautiful plates include the color engraved frontispiece the US Ironclad Steam Ship the Metropolitan Police Headquarters at Mulberry St. the Old Bowery Theatre 1860 the Clendening Mansion the Interior of the Somerindyke House Greenwich Street below Thames Street the Theological Seminary the Ladies Union Aid Society Part of the House where Talleyrand lived Somerindyke Estate the Jackson Ferry Old Storehouses Corner Pearl and Chatham View of Harlaem from Morisania Residence of Late Mayor Tieman's Father View of Baxter late Orange St. between Hester and Grand and the Junction of Canal and Walker Street near Centre St. Thick 8vo xii 852pp three folding maps at frontis. With many color plates some folding and duotones. Spine ends rubbed top of hinge at spine w short split. Internally very good the plates are immaculate. Edmond Jones & Co hardcover
1865rif. 17495New York: Edmond Jones & Co 1865. Hardcover. Very good overall. The color plates in fabulous condition providing an intimate look at this great city during the Civil War. Particularly beautiful plates include the color engraved frontispiece and many color engraved street views including: Christian Gunther Esq Father of the Present Mayor; Old Frame House Peck Slip; the Audubon Estate detached; Harlem Lane from Central Park to Manhattanville; Stewart's House 54th Betw Broadway and 7th Ave.; Old Dutch Farmhouse 7th Ave & 50th St.; Grocery & Tea Store Cor. Spring & Crosby St 1826; North Moore St 1865; Twin Frame Houses 33rd & Lexington; Oldest House Foot of Murray Hill 3rd Ave & 34th St.; Old Residence Cor. Madison & 40th; Keyser Estate Cor. 4th Ave & 40th St.; Cargle Estate 60th St & 10th Ave.; Caster Estate betw. 35th and 36th & Lexington Ave.; and Tammany Hall 1830. Many b&w engravings. Small 8vo folding map 879pp. Green gilt stamped cloth. Spine ends rubbed top of hinge at spine w short split. Internally folding map of New York detached short split at one fold; small prev owner bookplate Louis B. Tiemann o/w very good; the color plates are immaculate. Edmond Jones & Co hardcover
rif. 16-606618th Century. 4 colour aquatints on rag paper. Sheet size 41.5 x 34.5 cm. Hamilton pinx. Gabrieli & Bonato sculp. William Hamilton RA 1751 - 1801:RA Collection: People and Organisations.Born in Chelsea West London in 1751 Hamilton spent time studying in Italy before entering the Royal Academy Schools in 1769. Although he had previously studied architectural draughtsmanship he chose to pursue painting at this time. He exhibited four paintings at the Royal Academy in 1774 and by 1789 was elected as a Royal Academician. In the early part of his career Hamilton focused on portraitur but he later began to paint subjects from poetry history and the Bible.Hamilton was also employed by print galleries to illustrate popular themes and literature. His representations of Shakespearean scenes were not well-received but his rural scenes were fashionable. Perhaps the most popular of these were his illustrations to James Thomson’s The Seasons 1730. This poem describes rural Britain and reflects on the role nature plays as an intermediary between Heaven and Earth. Hamilton’s illustrations such as The Monarch Swain were published in 1797 engraved by Francesco Bartolozzi RA and P.W. Tomkins. There is a copy of the book in the Royal Academy Library. 18th Century unknown
1946rif. 002383Paris: Edition de la Galerie Charpentier 1946. Limited First Edition. Folio with slipcase. Near Fine. Exemplaire imprime pour Madame Fernand Leval and thus presumably among the small number of copies reserved for collaborateurs of the work. Folio 33 by 26 cm. 98 1 pp. Evocative charcoal drawings by Ayme. Clean with minor wear and some sunning to the perimeter of the slipcase. Edition de la Galerie Charpentier unknown
1805rif. SKU1033764James Wallis 1805-01-01. Leather Bound. Very Good. 0x0x0. James Wallis; city not noted 1805. Hardcover. Later Printing. Complete 2 Volume Set. A Very Good full leather binding with gilt decorative design on boards and spine gilt lettering on spine 5 raised hubs 6 compartments AEG with some blemished gilt dentelles edges gilt ruled binding sturdy and intact some age spotting/discoloration to boards ribbon marker some rubbing to board/spine edges and joints some wear to board corners small abrasions to spine edges age toning to pages bit of age spotting throughout small abrasions to board corners. A nice clean and unmarked set. 8vooctavo or approx. 6 x 9 inches. Vol.1 368pp. Vol.2 432pp. b&w illustrations. We pack securely and ship daily with delivery confirmation on every book. The picture on the listing page is of the actual book for sale. Additional Scans are available for any item please inquire. James Wallis hardcover
rif. 139758Hardcover. Book Condition: Very Good. Jacket Condition: No Jacket. Harrison Smith and Robert Haas New York NY 1934. First Thus. 259 pages. White cloth binding black and blue pastedown of a man standing with raised hands spine has label with black lettering. Nice Firm Clean copy ! Spine sunned brown. Has bookplate. Does not have slipcase. Size: 8vo. Fiction Antique Fiction Modern::Horror 5923 hardcover
1695rif. 43155Amstelaedami Amsterdam: Apud Johannem Wolters 1695. Second edition. Hardcover. g to vg. Octavo 7 3/4 x 6 1/4". 58 859 49pp. Original full blind-stamped parchment with handwritten lettering to spine. Raised bands. Additional engraved title by Dutch Golden Age painter and engraver Gerard Hoet. Title page in red and black lettering. Title vignette. Decorative head- tailpieces and initials. Originally published in 1692 this work is the second edition of Hermann Witsius' compendium of religious works. It includes eight full-page engravings by Jan van den Aveelen including four double-page. Six of these appear in the text on Jewish law and ritual "de Tabernaculi Levitici mysteriis" and one includes an overflap showing the Ark of the Covenant. At the end of the Preface has been added a large engraved portrait of the author by Pieter van Gunst after a painting by Gerard Hoet. The portrait is dated 1700 and comes from a later edition of Witsius' "Miscellaneorum Sacrorum" published in Amsterdam and Utrecht in 1700 by Francisci Halmae François Halma. Also includes an extensive Index at rear. Minor foxing and darkening to binding. Ex-library bookplate on inside of front cover. Minor and sporadic clear water-staining at upper lower or outer margin of pages never affecting lettering. Slight rippling to pages due to damp exposure. Otherwise pages are extremely clean and white. Text in Latin with some Hebrew and Greek. Binding in overall good to very good interior in good to very good condition. About the author: Hermann Witsius 1636-1708 was "Professor of Divinity in the Universities of Franeker Utrecht and Leyden. A brilliant and devout student he was fluent in Latin Greek and Hebrew by the age of 15 when he entered the University of Utrecht. He was ordained at 21 and served in several pastorates filling both the pulpit and the academic chair over the course of his life" Encyclopedia Britannica. Apud Johannem Wolters hardcover
2024rif. 15944San Francisco: The Book Club of California 2024. First Edition. As new. Hardcover 27.5 x 18.5cm : pp. 10 86 2 colophon : nine boxwood engravings : letterpress on mold made paper : silk spine over paper covered boards with paper label to spine : matching silk covered slip case : signed by the poet and the engraver. From California is the 243rd publication of then Book Club of California. This the standard edition of which 225 copies were made. A further twenty five de-luxe edition copies were bound with an extra signed holograph poem and an extra signed print. The Book Club of California unknown
2007rif. 062607London Great Britain: The Folio Society 2007. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. 2 Volume Set. Includes original Solander Box. Limited Edition of 2750 numbered copies. This is copy no.1466. Facsimile Edition of the Golden Cockerel Press edition published in 1931. Bound by G. Lachenmaier in full goatskin leather with Fabriano Tiziano endleaves. Also includes laid-in a sample page of the Engravings by Eric Gill Folio Society newsletter. Minor shelfwear. Both volumes are tightly bound no marks. Set is in Near Fine condition. The Folio Society Hardcover
1877rif. biblio358London: Vanity Fair june 9 1877. Fine. Chromolithography 265x395mm original proof impression Like new a small tear of 2 cm in the lower margin “The second versions of the Vanity Fair caricatures are the proof prints or proofs before lettering First versions are the original watercolors; third versions are the widely available weekly/album prints Produced to verify the colours and lines of the lithograph no more than twenty copies were printed Not true many more than that These prints have no captions or dates or other descriptive type and the magazine bound them in numbered albums in green leather with gilt tooling They were offered for sale and also awarded as prizes in the magazine’s acrostic contests At the front of each volume is a printed note from Vanity Fair giving the number of the proof volume and the numbered volume in the series However these volumes were "broken" to sell individually and one never sees the complete volume The quality of the colours in the proof prints their clarity of line and detail and their scarcity make them of considerable interest to the collector” Roy T Matthews and Peter Mellini In “Vanity Fair” Berkeley: University of California Press 1982 203 Vanity Fair hardcover
2013rif. 1670Istanbul: Demirören 2013. Hardover. New. 31x41 cm. In English. Cloth bdg. In publisher's special slip case. B/w and colour ills. Linen binding on cardboard with gold foil logo printing; color printing on fancy paper; magnetic fancy paper tassel box on cardboard; special plush ribbon and bag additions. Limited edition. Thomas Allom'un 1838'de Londra'da yayınlanan eşsiz eserinin tıpkıbasımı gerçekleştirildi. Kitap elle renklendirilmiş 97 adet Türkiye gravürü ve İstanbul'un çeşitli görünümlerini içeriyor. Ayrıca Bursa Manisa İzmir Efes Bergama ve Pamukkale gibi tarihi antik kentlerin gravürlerine de yer veriliyor. Kitabın sayfalarını çevirirken binalar manzaralar ve dönemin sosyal hayatına dair kesitler göreceksiniz. Bu kitap 19. yüzyıl seyahat edebiyatının temel örneklerinden biri olarak kabul edilirken Osmanlı tarihçileri toplum bilimcileri ve şarkiyatçılar için önemli bir kaynak ve çalışma alanı sunuyor. Demirören hardcover
1910rif. 7915Print has a few very small faint soil spots but overall quite clean and in very good condition. Print size 10" x 17". Frame size 16" x 23". One of christy's scarcer prints. .; Cover . c. 1910. unknown
1985rif. 59810Great Barrington MA: Penmaen Busyhaus Publications 1985. Limited Edition "Out of Series" Print Set not numbered not in linen slipcase/box. Prints. Near Fine. Folio 39 cm Two suites of loose prints the suites are issued in two states. 13 prints printed on white paper 12 of which are signed; 13 prints printed on cream-colored paper 12 of which are signed. The images on the cream-colored paper are the same as the images on the white paper the only difference being the paper. The 13th print in each suite is by Lynd Ward which are not signed as he passed away in June of 1985 just before the project was completed. Does not contain the introduction by Leonard Baskin or the descriptive letterpress text. With signed self-portraits by the following artists: -Fred Becker 1913-2004. Born in Oakland California and active in St. Louis Missouri and New England. -Jack Coughlin b. 1932. Born in Greenwich Connecticut. He studied at the Rhode Island School of Design in Providence and the Art Students League of New York. He is most known for his portrait wood engravings etchings and lithographs of literary figures and musicians. Information obtained from Brier Hill Gallery Boston MA. -John DePol 1913-2004. A New York printmaker and wood engraver. His press was Endgrain Press. -Fritz Eichenberg 1901-1990. A German/American artist. Considered a master of wood engraving. Eichenberg's first big commissions came with Crime and Punishment and Gulliver's Travels for the Limited Editions Club. His images often depict suffering and poverty. His positions included director of Graphic Arts Center in Brooklyn and a teacher of Graphics at New York's Pratt Institute. Westmont Ridley-Tree Museum of Art -Raymond Gloeckler 1928-2022. Born in Portage Wisconsin. While still a student he taught art via a government program in rural schools. Later he was employed as a professor at UW-Madison between 1961-1993. "Gloeckler is known for his highly detailed caricatures and bold expressive satire and commentary. His prints and paintings comment on humanity's follies and foibles in a unique light-hearted style defying art world trends." - Gallery of Wisconsin Art -James Grashow b. 1942. An American sculptor and woodcut artist. "James Grashow was born in Brooklyn in 1942 and has been creating works that address themes of man nature and mortality since the 1960's" "The scale of his work ranges from large environmental installations through which the viewer traverses to the delicate and contained world of his houseplants where homes and buildings replace flowers and buds in intricately constructed bouquets." - The artist's website -Judith Jaidinger b. 1941. One of the two female artists represented here. Born in Chicago Illinois. "Judith Jaidinger's obsession with cutting began in her 1960s student days at the School of the Art Institute and is linked to her equally long frankly sensuous relationship with boxwood. She was introduced to both in an engraving class taught by British-born print-master Adrian Troy. "At the same time printing industry technology had moved on supplanting woodblock engravings with line drawings and photography. 'A dying art' Jaidinger says. It was also a seriously slumping industry. But in the 1960s in Chicago hub of an enormous catalog business there were still a few commercial wood-engraving establishments turning out the precise detailed images more typical of the previous century. One of them Sander Wood Engraving on Dearborn Street was where Professor Troy a committed modernist sent his students to buy the best material: rare English-grown boxwood blocks. "'He warned us' Jaidinger recalls 'If you go to Sander and buy your wood from them don't look at what those engravers are doing. I don't want you to be influenced by them.' "That made it irresistible." - Reader- Chicago's alternative nonprofit newsroom -Stefan Martin 1936-1994. Born in Elgin Illinois and a graduate of the Art Institute of Chicago. He was also active in Roosevelt New Jersey. His work is held in private museums and collections throughout the world including the Metropolitan Museum and the Smithsonian Institution. -Michael McCurdy 1942-2016. American author illustrator and publisher. Born in New York City. McCurdy served as an instructor at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts at Concord Academy and at the Book Arts Laboratory of the Wellesley College Library. He founded Penmaen Press 1968-1985. Information obtained from Brier Hill Gallery Boston MA. -Barry Moser b. 1940. The owner and operator of The Pennyroyal Press and the illustrator of over 250 books including Moby Dick The Divine Comedy and a highly regarded edition of The Bible. "Barry Moser is probably the most important book illustrator working in America today." - Nicholas Basbanes -Gillian Tyler b. 1935. Born in Baltimore Maryland. She is an illustrator that works primarily in children's books. -Herbert Ogdon Waters 1903-1996. Born in China. Waters came to the United States and studied at the Pennsylvania Museum School of Industrial Art in Philadelphia the Art Institute of Chicago and Harvard University. He was a public school art instructor under the auspices of the Works Progress Administration's Federal Arts Project. He later taught art at the University of New Hampshire at Durham and at the Holderness School in Plymouth New Hampshire. Information obtained from Brier Hill Gallery Boston MA. -Lynd Ward 1905-1985. The 13th print in each suite is by Lynd Ward which are not signed as he passed away in June of 1985 just before the project was completed. Originally issued in an edition of 250 boxed sets. Penmaen Busyhaus Publications unknown
