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1930rif. 21073007Ditchling Sussex: St Dominic's Press 1930. First and Limited Edition. Hardcover. Very good. Derrick Thomas. No. 49 of 480 copies octavo size 45 pp. The Saint Dominic's Press founded by Harry Hilary Douglas Clarke Pepler flourished at Ditchling Sussex from 1916 to 1936. The first home of the Press was "a disused stable" with a hundred-year-old Stanhope hand-press which supposedly had belonged to William Morris. Pepler endeavored to do everything possible by hand believing that such would both produce the best results and also be a "more individual or 'humane'.product". He therefore "preferred the handpress to the machine handmade to machine-made paper and handset founder's type to the products of typesetting machines." Pepler met Edward Johnston and Eric Gill while living in Hammersmith; Pepler and his family would eventually move to Ditchling to join Gill who was one of the most important artists to provide illustrations for the St. Dominic's Press. Other artists who provided illustrations included David Jones Desmond Chute Philip Hagreen and Thomas Derrick among others. This a fascinating association copy: inscribed in the year of publication by Bede Jarrett OP "an English Dominican friar and Catholic priest who was a noted historian and author.who formally reinstated the Dominican order at the University of Oxford for the first time since the dissolution of the monasteries under King Henry VIII." Fr. Jarrett inscribed the volume in the front free endpaper: "For Mother Prioress O.P. / on / Sept. 8: 1930 her silver / Jubilee / from / F. Bede Jarrett O.P.". The Mother Prioress according to an inked notation next to the inscripton is Sr. M. Hyacinth Graham O.P. of whom alas we were unable to find any additional information. ___DESCRIPTION: Bound in quarter black cloth over paper covered boards title in gilt on the spine Ex-Libris of the Dominican Nuns St. Dominic's Priory Carisbrooke Isle of Wight on the front pastedown to which order presumably Sr. Graham belonged inscription on the front free endpaper as described above black and white reproduction of a portrait of Fr. McNabb by Kenneth Green on blue paper as the frontispiece title page with the press device of Eric Gill three wood engraved illustrations by Thomas Derrick throughout St. Dominic p. 4; Mary as Queen of Heaven p. 12; and Christ Crucified p. 37; octavo size 8 3/4" by 6" pagination: i-vi 1-39. ___CONDITION: Very good with clean boards the top corners lightly bumped the bottom corners straight all without rubbing a strong square text block with solid hinges the interior is clean and bright the sole prior owner markings we see the Ex-Libris and inscription both as described above; we had a professional name available upon request repair a split joint and the head and tail of spine very slight indentation to the top of both boards light residue at the tail of the spine presumably from a former library label; please note this copy is missing the tipped-in errata slip called for in the bibliography. ___CITATION: Saint Dominic's Press Bibliography no. A188. ___POSTAGE: International customers please note that additional postage may apply as the standard 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 every book we sell. Please contact us with any questions you may have we are here to help. St Dominic's Press hardcover books
1930rif. 20691New York: Coward-McCann Inc 1930. First Edition. Hardcover. Cloth spine. Paper pastedown on boards. Very Good. John Held Jr. A Prohibition Era paean to the bibulous lifestyle with many apercus and interspersed among these short pieces over 60 cocktail recipes and of course the inimitable woodcuts of John Held who made something of a specialty as an illustrator of cocktail literature. With a short inscription by compiler editor writer Hunt who was Librarian at Yale and who also had been a publishing executive. 8vo. 22.5 by 17 cm. xiv 2 95 1 pp. The short inscription was to a woman living on Christopher Street back when it was the backdrop for "My Sister Eileen". Cover stained. Hinge somewhat loose. Leaves fairly heavily age toned but generally clean otherwise. Coward-McCann, Inc hardcover books
rif. 372Lithographic transfer. c. 1900. Image: 10½ x 7¼. Margins: 14¾ x 11½. unknown books
rif. 449Lithograph from Views of Paris. c. 1840. Lithographs with hand-coloring. With stamp of publishers Goupil & Cie. editeurs. Image: 6¾ x 10¾. Margins: 11 x 16¾. unknown books
rif. 446Lithograph from Views of Paris. c. 1840. Lithographs with hand-coloring. With stamp of publishers Goupil & Cie. editeurs. Image: 6¾ x 10¾. Margins: 11 x 16¾. unknown books
rif. 444Lithograph from Views of Paris. c. 1840. Lithographs with hand-coloring. With stamp of publishers Goupil & Cie. editeurs. Image: 6¾ x 10¾. Margins: 11 x 16¾. unknown books
rif. 442Lithograph from Views of Paris. c. 1840. Lithographs with hand-coloring. With stamp of publishers Goupil & Cie. editeurs. Image: 6¾ x 10¾. Margins: 11 x 16¾. unknown books
rif. 440Lithograph from Views of Paris. c. 1840. Lithographs with hand-coloring. With stamp of publishers Goupil & Cie. editeurs. Image: 6¾ x 10¾. Margins: 11 x 16¾. unknown books
rif. 441Lithograph from Views of Paris. c. 1840. Lithographs with hand-coloring. With stamp of publishers Goupil & Cie. editeurs. Image: 6¾ x 10¾. Margins: 11 x 16¾. unknown books
rif. 443Lithograph from Views of Paris. c. 1840. Lithographs with hand-coloring. With stamp of publishers Goupil & Cie. editeurs. Image: 6¾ x 10¾. Margins: 11 x 16¾. unknown books
rif. 447Lithograph from Views of Paris. c. 1840. Lithographs with hand-coloring. With stamp of publishers Goupil & Cie. editeurs. Image: 6¾ x 10¾. Margins: 11 x 16¾. unknown books
rif. 448Lithograph from Views of Paris. c. 1840. Lithographs with hand-coloring. With stamp of publishers Goupil & Cie. editeurs. Image: 6¾ x 10¾. Margins: 11 x 16¾. unknown books
rif. 445Lithograph from Views of Paris. c. 1840. Lithographs with hand-coloring. With stamp of publishers Goupil & Cie. editeurs. Image: 6¾ x 10¾. Margins: 11 x 16¾. unknown books
rif. 439Lithograph from Views of Paris. c. 1840. Lithographs with hand-coloring. With stamp of publishers Goupil & Cie. editeurs. Image: 6¾ x 10¾. Margins: 11 x 16¾. unknown books
1729rif. 44168London: Printed for J. Tonson 1729. First edition. Hardcover. vg. Duodecimo. 1 plate 24pp. 1 plate 348pp. 11 plates with tissue guards. 19th century three-quarter calf with gilt lettering on black label of spine over marbled boards with guilt ruling; raised bands protected by modern mylar. Gilt top edge. Marbled endpapers. Frontispiece engraving. Historiated and decorative head and endpieces. Decorative initials. Content: Sapho to Phaon; The Fame wholly translated by Mr. Pope; Canace to Macareus Edward Poley; The same by Ed. Floyd; Hypermnestra to Linus; Ariadne to Theseus; Hermione to Orestes; Leander to Hero; Hero to Leander; Laodamia to Protesilaus; O Enone to Paris; A Paraphrase on O Enone to Paris; Paris to Helen; Helen to Paris; Penelope to Ulysses; The Fame by Mrs. Wharton; Hypsipyle to Jason; Medea to Jason; Phaedra to Hippolytus; Dido to Aeneas; The fame by another hand; Briseis to Achilles; Dejanira to Herculus; The fame by another hand; Acontius to Cydippe; Cydippe to Acontius; Ulysses to Penelope; Demophoon to Phillis; Paris to E Enone; Ovid's Amours. In Three Books. Illustrated with thirteen steel plate engravings with tissue guards. Binding with some scuffing along edges. Block somewhat age toned. Binding and interior in overall very good condition. Printed for J. Tonson hardcover books
1912rif. 20639Paris: Librairie Damascène Morgand Eduoard Rahir Succr 1912. First Edition #262 of350 copies signed. 1 vols. Thick 4to. Boiund in 3/4 green morocco marbled boards te.g. Some waterstaining bottom edge of last 100 pages minor else Very Nice. First Edition #262 of350 copies signed. 1 vols. Thick 4to. Librairie Damascène Morgand, Eduoard Rahir, Succr unknown books
1937rif. 37606London: Golden Cockerell Press 1937. Hardcover. Very Good. Hardcover. Number 82 of 150 signed copies. There was also an unlimited edition. This is an interesting and pretty book from the Golden Cockerell Press published early in this noted press's history. It is stunningly illustrated with six black and white engravings by Clifford Webb 1895 - 1972 the English artist and engraver. Quarter bound in brown Niger leather with gilt titling to spine and cream cloth covers. Some foxing to front cover and light sunning to top of spine. Printed in Caslon's Old Face type on Arnold's handmade paper. A nice copy in very good condition. Measures 6 x 9 inches. 109 pages plus colophon. PRI/111324. Golden Cockerell Press hardcover books
1977rif. 36980Paris: A Parole Donnee 1977. Fine/Fine. Paris: "A Parole Donnée" 1977. First Edition Limited to 10 copies including original engraving printed on both Arches and Japon papers of which this is no. 1. Small square quarto 16.5cm; loose as issued in original pale grey printed dust jacket housed in original emerald green cloth chemise and slipcase; 16pp.; two color engravings signed with limitation by the artist. A Fine example. Additionally signed by the poet Bohbot on colophon in rear. Issued as the third volume in the poet's "A Parole Donnée" series. The plates were signed by Bryen shortly before his death in May of 1977. The book was released posthumously in September. No copies in OCLC as of October 2025. A Parole Donnee unknown books
1829rif. 8060London: Jones 1829. Hardcover. Fine. Rebound in maroon cloth with black paper spine labels stamped in gilt. Fine condition. Minor foxing otherwise fine condition. 70 pages of text and 38 pages of steel engravings two illustrations per page in the first title. 52 pages of descriptive text and 40 pages of steel engravings two illustrations per page in the second title. Altogether 156 steel engravings on 78 pages. Jones hardcover books
1841rif. 008974London: Longman Orme Brown Green and Longman 1841. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. SCARCE in contemporary fine binding two volumes in polished calf the backs with black and red morocco labels and intricate gilt tooling marbled end papers and edges the bookplates of Walmer Castle and a later 20th c. owner front end papers prior owner inscriptions in pencil and ink concerning Walmer Castle and Cattermole's engravings "considered to be some of his finest". Very Good the calf rubbed and soiled. Both volumes with frontis engravings and engraved title pages Vol. I with 7 engravings in text Vol. II with 13 in text. The title pages call for 15 in Vol. I and 13 in Vol. II leaving the possibility of 4 missing engravings however no evidence of removal. Longman, Orme, Brown, Green, and Longman Hardcover books
1945rif. 33330952Waltham Saint Lawrence: The Golden Cockerel Press 1945. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Very good. Webb Clifford. One of 500 copies folio size pp. The Golden Cockerel Press came together in autumn of 1920 at a time when post-World War I society was ushering in a renaissance of creative minds including another renaissance of the printing press as the artist's tool similar to that of William Morris and the arts and crafts printers of the previous century. The press worked with many notable artists including Eric Gill Blair Hughes-Stanton Robert Gibbings and the artist for this work Clifford Webb. Clifford Cyril Webb 1895-1972 studied art and is best known today for his wood engravings. He was a founder-member of the Society of Wood Engravers and "was a prominent figure in the group of engravers whobrought about the revival of wood engraving in the 1920s and benefited from the encouragement of Robert Gibbings and the Golden Cockerel Press" n.b. quote from Webb's entry in Horne "The Dictionary of 20th Century British Book Illustrators" p. 437. Per the bibliographical entry for this work "it is surprising that no complete translation of this unique eye-witness account of the First Crusade had ever been published in England before. What the pilgrims did in their fervour of blind fanaticism 'to the glory of God' makes astonishing reading!" ___DESCRIPTION: Bound by Sangorski & Sutcliffe in half vellum with orange buckram boards gilt vignette on the front board of crusaders on horseback by Clifford Webb top edge gilt frontis one of five full-page wood-engravings bound in throughout small title page wood-engraving also of crusaders on horseback wood-engraving of a cockerel holding a crusader pennant in its beak on p. 9; Poliphilus type on hand-made paper folio size 12 3/8" by 7 3/8" pagination: 1-4 5-92 1 colophon. ___CONDITION: A solid very good copy with clean boards the vellum smooth and without wear a strong square text block with solid hinges the interior is clean and bright and entirely free of prior owner markings; a small mark on the vellum on the back board light overall edgewear the corners bumped but not rubbed. ___CITATION: Cockalorum 168. ___POSTAGE: International customers please note that additional postage may apply as the standard 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 every book we sell. Please contact us with any questions you may have we are here to help. The Golden Cockerel Press hardcover books
1827rif. 20738London: Printed by W. Nicol Cleveland Row; and sold by Payne and Foss.Colnaghi and Co. Pall Mall East 1827. First Edition Large Paper Copy. Frontispiece Portrait engraved by T. Woolnoth from a miniature by Branwhite; Four folding Plates of Monograms 7c. following the Contents leaf. vii i 536 4pp. 1 vols. Thick 4to 9-3/4 x 7-7/8/inches. Bound in 3/4 orange pebbled morocco t.e.g. marbled boards. Fine. First Edition Large Paper Copy. Frontispiece Portrait engraved by T. Woolnoth from a miniature by Branwhite; Four folding Plates of Monograms 7c. following the Contents leaf. vii i 536 4pp. 1 vols. Thick 4to 9-3/4 x 7-7/8/inches. Printed by W. Nicol, Cleveland Row; and sold by Payne and Foss...Colnaghi and Co., Pall Mall East unknown books
1962rif. 36263San Francisco: Printed for the Book Club of California 1962. One of 400 copies printed by the Grabhorn Press with the prints culled from the private collection of Edwin and Marjorie Grabhorn. The Grabhorns produced three such books the first focusing on figure prints and the second on landscape. This final volume in the trilogy centers around portrait prints or prints with people as their main subject. Folio. Original half cloth and patterned paper boards paper label. Fine. In a plain red dust jacket slightly faded. GRABHORN BIBLIOGRAPHY 638. hardcover books
1934rif. 6048381934. "Eric Gill" in black fountain pen ink Jerusalem June 13 1934. 8" x 10". 1 page recto only. Very good. To Mr. Sutcliffe: In full: "Many thanks for your letter of June 4. I shall be back home in July & will come and see you about the matter as soon as possible. . ." Probably the London book binder George Sutcliffe. unknown books
1877rif. 0054381877. Good. Depicting the Satsuma Rebellion. Each volume 17.5 by 11.5. Together 32 pp. 31 of which have woodblock prints. The Satsuma Rebellion was the last major uprising of Samurai against the newly formed Meiji government. The rebellion was the subject of the Tom Cruise movie "The Last Samurai". Covers with brightly colored woodblock prints. unknown books
