Chapbook rare (3 risultati)

Soft cover. Condizione: New. Limited Edition. An intriguing and most attractive limited edition from this enterprising publisher.This is a letterpress printed edition on hand made rag paper. It is not just untrimmed; it is entirely and roughly torn on all the edges, probably by the hand that printed the sheets. It is one short story, printed within a narrow margin. The result is unusually aesthetic. Printed in two colours, red and black.…

16pp., numbered. 9 x 5.6 cm. Original printed paper wrappers 16 pp. (including self wrappers). 15 half-page woodcut illustrations. Pages uncut to top edge (i.e. single sheet intact, unopened). A remarkable survival, very rare. Slightly toned, several leaves chipped to edges. WorldCat list three copies only.…

16mo. 10.6 x 5.5 cm, resewn into protective wrappers. Fabulous original printed wrappers with woodcut of Jack and Jill holding a pail of water, and with printed publisher and poem at bottom. 16 numbered pages (except for front cover, which is [1]. 16 wonderful half-page woodcut illustrations (one on every page). This appears to be the earliest copy of this title we can locate, with others a bit late published by Evans as well, but curiously with the imprint ìJ. Evans.î Our copy with ìT. Evans.î The discrepancy perhaps a relation within the publishers? Extremely scarce thus. Printed on very fragile paper which has seen some toning over the years and some spotting, untrimmed, edges frayed. Osborne p.97, listing a slight variation, ëPd by T. Evansí to front wrapper. In protective decorative paper folder. Only two copies found in WorldCat.…