Boar's Head Press

Sandford, C. and L. The Magic Forest. 1931, number 53 of 100 copies, illustrations by Christopher and Lettice Sandford; Sandford, C. and L. Clervis & Belamie. 1932, number 7 of 100 copies, illustrations by Christopher and Lettice Sandford, Christmas card from December 1931 loosely inserted--Spencer, E. Thalamos. 1932, number 2 of 200 copies, illustrations by Lettice Sandford, presentation copy signed by Christopher Sandford--Ubsdell, A.R. East & West. 1932, number 20 of 255 copies, signed by the author together with prospectus, and autograph letters signed by Vita Sackville-West, Thomas Moult, Edward Thompson (2) and Eden Phillpotts--transl. Cox, E.M. Sappho. 1932, number 137 of 250, illustrations by Lettice Sandford--Nerval, G. de. Dreams & Life. 1933, number 8 of 450 copies, illustrations by Lettice Sandford, presentation copy signed by the translator Vyvyan Holland--Sandford, C. Primeval Gods. [1934], number 96 of 150 copies, illustrations by Blair Hughes-Stanton, signed by the author--together with 11 others, all 8vo or small 4to, original bindings (18)

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Roderick Cave in The Private Press (London, 1971) notes of Christopher Sandford that "in 1930 he started the Boar's Head Press at Manaton in Devon, from which until 1936 he issued a number of books, mainly by contemporary authors and many of them with wood-engravings by his wife Lettice."

THE 11 OTHER BOOKS NOT LISTED IN THE PRINTED CATALOGUE:

Bingley, B. The Painted Cup, ill. L. Sandford, 1935, 1/200, decorated boards, some slight wear; Tales of the Turquoise, ill. L. Sandford, 1933, no.72/150 copies--Spenser, E. Thalamos, no.133 of 200 copies--Ubsdell, A.R. East & West Poems, 1932, no.37/255 copies--Nerval, G. de. Dreams & Life. 1933, no. 445/450 copies, illustrations by Lettice Sandford--Haworth-Booth, D. Kleinias, 1932, 1/200 (out of series copy)--Younger, W.A. Madonna and other Poems, 1935, 1/100 copies--Bersan, H. Fifty-five Sonnets, 1932, no.12/150 copies--Lyle, M. The Virgin. A Tale of Woe. 1932, ill. L. Sandford, no.27/200 copies,  slight soiling, wear to binding--Morland, N. & Peggy Barwell. Salome before the Head of Saint Joan. 1933, reprinted from 'Cachexia', green wrappers, slightly sunned--and one prospectus, wrappers;decorated boards unless otherwise stated, occasional slight wear to bindings at extremities