COCK-A-HOOP. nd. Edition limited to 300 numbered copies, signed by the Editors, D CHAMBERS & C SANDFORD. A Sequel to Chanticleer, Pertelote & Cockalorum, being a bibliography of the Golden Cockerel Press Sept 1949-Dec 1961;
with a list of Prospectuses 1920-62 & illustrations from the books.
Decorated boards. Top edge gilt. Illustrated. £120.00
JOSEPH DELTEIL . ESSAYS IN TRIBUTE. St. Albert's Press. 1962.
Contributors include Eugene L Julien, Jacques Madaule, Henry Miller,
Henry de Montherlant, Fr Brocard Sewell & F-J Temple.
Near mint copy in original unprinted wax paper dw.
One of 150 special copies signed by both Delteil & Miller,
reprinted from the Aylesford Review. £365.00
EDITOR'S CHOICE . Ed. S O'SULLIVAN. 1944. Dublin . A Little Anthology of Poems selected from The Dublin Magazine. Covers unevenly faded otherwise very good. Many first book-form poems by T H White, A E, P Colum, P Fallon. M Gooden,
F Ledwidge, Alun Lewis, R McFadden, Austin Clarke, R N Currey, F R Higgins,
P MacDonogh, H McDiarmid, S Wingfield, etc. £18.00
THE HOUSE OF ENSCHEDE. 1703-1953. 1953. J Enschede en Zonen.
Seven Generations of printers & typefounders together with a Sixth-Century
Anthology of the Types. Illustrated both with portraits & facsimiles.
Presentation copy inscribed by a member of the "8th" generation.
Slight edge wear at head of spine in original red & fold paper covered boards
with paper labels otherwise very good. £100.00
FABLIAUX OR TALES OF THE TWELVETH & THIRTEENTH CENTURIES. 1796. Translated into English verse by M LE GRAND .
Head & tail pieces by Thomas & John BEWICK .
Part of spine defective but titling label present otherwise excellent copy, largely unopened. Glossary & notes. 80 pages. £200.00
PROEMS . 1938. Fortune Press. Dw soiled & chipped & defective along the spine
but scarce. Inscription on front end paper. Contributors include
L Durrell, R Todd,
P Evans, E Foxall , O Blakeston, & R Heppenstall. £80.00
IN AUTUMN'S SICKLE . Ed. N GRAHAM SMITH. 1925.
Original verse & prose with tipped in illustrations. Large 4to.
Contributors include F Brangwyn, H Belloc, E Phillpotts , M Hewlett,
W W Gibson,
H Nevinson, H M Tomlinson, J C Squire, etc. £40.00
LIKES & DISLIKES . Ed. GEORGE SIMS. 1981. Tragara Press.
A Private Anthology. Contributions by J Betjeman, C Connolly, R Fuller,
A Gregory, V Holland,
W Plomer, A Powell, J C Powys, M Secker, J Symons,
S Townsend Warner,
L Whistler, R Hague, J Symons, W Carter,
R Gathorne-Hardy, D Tegetmeir,
F Swinnerton, R Fuller, S J Perelman, etc.
Edition limited to 100 numbered copies.
Original wraps in excellent condition. £60.00
POEMS BY FOUR AUTHORS. 1923. (J R Ackerley - his first book appearance,
A Y Campbell, E L Davison & F H Kendon.). £40.00
LA GUIRLANDE DES ANNEES . Images D'hier et Pages D'aujourd'hui. 1947. France . Original decorated boards. Each contributor writes on one of the "Seasons".
25 full page illustrations with decorated chapter headings. Spine a little worn.
Leather stays. Unnumbered copy of an edition of 500.
(Gide-Printemps, Romains-Ete, Colette -Autumne, Mauriac-Hiver. ) £36.00
L'ALMANACH DE COCAGNE POUR L'AN 1920. 1920. Paris .
Dedie aux vrais Gourmands et aux Francs Buveurs.
Includes previously unpublished work. Illustrated by Dufy, S Lewitzka,
A L'hote,
Dumoyer de Segonjac, J E Laboureur, J Marchand with new recipies by E Nignon . Original paper wraps a little soiled & torn beneath cellophane dw.
(E Satie, J Cocteau, M Jacob, L Tailhade, A Mary, P Lafette,
R Du Fresny.) £60.00
LINWEAVE LIMITED EDITIONS . Foreword by F A WILLIAMS. 1931.
Introduced by Wilbur LEWIS . A fine non-comercial production of ten editions feauturing a striking & comprehensive collection of present-day American printing
at it's best. Each contribution is illustrated in colour & has its individual title page.
(W Blake-The Tiger; S T Coleridge, R Southey, L Hunt, E A Poe, V Lindsay.) £18.00
POEMS FOR ALAN HANCOX. 1993. Whittington Press. Introduced by Melvyn Bragg. One of 50 copies (of 350) signed by all the poets.
Specially bound with proofs of the illustrations. Includes Heaney's "A Sofa in the Forties" & poems by D Enright, R Fanthorpe, Ted Hughes, Joseph Lee, P Levi,
B Patten,
J Silkin, J Stalworthy etc. Signed by Melvyn Bragg & Michael Foot,
both of whom contribute essays. Original quarter morocco, top edge gilt.
Demi 4to. A very good copy indeed in the original slip case. £450.00
THE TWELFTH MAN . 1971. A Book of original contributions compiled by
The Lord's Taverners in honour of the Duke of Edinburgh's 50th birthday.
Foreword by The Prince of Wales. Illustrated both in colour & b/w.
(J Betjeman, P Gallico, G Durrell, N Bentley, D Langdon, J Arlott, D Bader,
N Cardus ,
D du Maurier, H Williamson. Antigoni, Gilroy , Jak, E Seago , Ronald Searle, Giles, etc. ) £10.00
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