The shakespeare head press (5 risultati)

Paperback. Condizione: Very Good. First Edition Thus. Wraps. 24mo. pp 32. Beige card wraps with black lettering. Carols printed from "Joshua Sylvester's Christmas Carols" (1861). Covers very lightly creased and edgeworn, a little faded, else content clean. VG.

Hard Cover with Slipcase. Condizione: Fine. No Jacket. Limited Edition. Oversize hardcover with black cloth spine with gilt lettering; boards covered in marbled paper; top edge gilt; limited edition 1393/1520; signed by Newdigate and Zhenta; dramatic b&w illustrations. Book in fine condition: top back corner is slightly bumped and a small stain near it, otherwise excellent. Slipcase in good minus condition with scuffing, edge wear, a couple splits starting. Will require extra for international shipping. Size: Folio - over 12 - 15" tall. Signed by Illustrator(s). Book.…

Brown hardback leather cover. Condizione: Good. Second Edition. G : in good condition without dust jacket. Cover rubbed and edge-worn. Rebound with new endpapers. Water damage to cover. 140mm x 100mm (6" x 4"). 30pp; 30pp; 30pp; 32pp; 30pp; 31pp.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. 1. - X sermons preached by the that learned and and Rev. Divine John Donne Doctor in Divinity once Dean of the Cathedral Church of Saint Paul's. Chosen from the whole body of the Donne's Sermons by Geoffrey Keynes and published MDCCCCXXIII by the Nonesuch Press 30 Gerrard Street Soho. Bifolium. ( 289mm. ) Uncut. Printed in red and black. 2. - A specimen Broadside of a Linotype face for text composition. The type, a recutting of a design by Eric Gill, is named Pilgrim. Quarto uncut opening out to folio. Printed in red and black. 3. - To be published by subscription, Edition limited to 375 copies, printed on Batchelor's Kelmscott hand - made paper, . Ovyde Hys Booke of Methamorphose [ Books X - XV ] Translated by William Caxton 1480 . . Oxford : Basil Blackwell Publisher to the Shakespeare Head Press . 1923. Bifolium. ( 294mm. ). Printed in red and black. 4. - The list of books to be published by Messr. Hacon and Ricketts, at the sign of the Dial, LII Warwick Street, Regent Street. [ The Vale Press ]. Pp. [1] ii - iv. Uncut. A hand written note in ink at the foot of page iv states - ' Example of Vale Press Type from the Vale Press. ' Tiny remains of adhesive in the corners of page iv.5. - Salome. Single sheet cut into two halves ( 208mm x122mm ). Printed in red and black. Delightful woodcut border enclosing an illustration of Salome and text. ' Vale Type ' written ink at the foot of the recto. Tiny spots of adhesive paper in the corners of the verso 's. 6. - Certificate of Artisan Art Scholarship Award from the London County Council Technical Education Board. Single sheet 203m. Text enclosed by wood cut floral border. Probably printed by the Vale Press. 7- The fleuron A Journal Of Typography Eited by Oliver Simon. No.2. London at the Office of the Fleuron, . . 1924. 4to. (276mm. ) Pp. [4].…

Cloth. Condizione: Near Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Good. First edition. A brilliant limited edition biography on the life and work of the noted English furniture design and architect Ernest Gimson, signed and previously owned by Ambrose Heal, with the scarce original dust wrapper and advertisement. The limited edition, being number 361 out of five hundred copies.Previously owned by Ambrose Heal with his signature to the front pastedown. Heal was an English furniture designer, best known for being the chairman of Heal's (Heal & Son), the British furniture company.Illustrated with monochrome vignettes and sixty monochrome collotype plates. Collated, complete.Also includes the very scarce original advertisement for this work.A detailed study on the life and work of Ernest Gimson, a noted English furniture designer and architect. The work is written by a selection of Gimson's friends and fellow workers, celebrating his life after his death in 1919.In the publisher's original cloth, with the scarce original dust wrapper. In the publisher's original unclipped dust wrapper. Externally excellent with only a slight lean. The wrap is adhered to a protective backing, with loss to the spine, and edge wear. The odd spot and light offsetting, with 'Ambrose Heal' signature to the front free endpaper. Internally firmly bound with bright and clean pages. Near Fine. None stated (illustratore). signed by author. book.…