Fine Printing and Private Press

Puckle, James. The Club; in a Dialogue between Father and Son. London: J. Johnson, 1817. 8vo, engraved portrait and title, Imperial Edition, one of 200 copies on china paper, contemporary red diced morocco gilt; joints worn. 3 bibliographical letters laid in.— Coleridge, Samuel Taylor. The Rime of the Ancient Mariner. Bristol: Cleverdon, 1929. 4to, 10 engraved illustrations by David Jones, publisher's cream half cloth, number 95 of 400 copies. — Catullus, Gaius Valerius. The complete poetry ... translated by Jack Lindsay with decorations engraved on wood by Lionel Ellis. London: Fanfrolico Press, [1929]. 8vo, original russet morocco, in a black peacock decorated slipcase, no. 8, signed by Jack Lindsay. — Ovid. Ovid's Elegies translated by Christopher Marlowe. London: Frederick Etchells & Hugh Macdonald, 1925. 8vo, wood-engravings by John Nash, that on frontispiece signed in pencil, no. xxvii of 35 on hand-made paper, of a total edition of 660. — C.A. Wilkinson. A Book of Wood-cuts. London: Methuen, 1922, 4to, 10 woodcut plates, publisher's cream half-cloth, printed title label on upper cover, no. 72 of 100, signed by the author in pencil. — [Nonesuch Press]. Anacreon done into English. Soho: Nonesuch Press, 1923. 8vo, engraved title and plates by Stephen Gooden, publisher's vellum, gilt-stamped title on spine, no. 16 of 25 "proof" copies signed by the publisher and artist. Bookplate and signature of Geoffrey Keynes, dated May 1938. — Apuleius. Cupid & Psyche. London: Privately printed by J.H. Mason, 1935. 4to, woodcut illustrations by Vivien Gribble, publisher's vellum gilt-stamped emblem on upper cover and title on spine, in a white boards box. — The Way of the Cross. Ditchling, Sussex: Douglas Pepler, 1917. 8vo, title printed in red and black, wood-engraved text illustrations, publisher's black flexible boards with silver cross and title on upper cover, bookplate of Charles Lambert Rutherston. — plus 12 others. In all, 22 volumes.

generally fine condition
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