Lot 235
Fleece Press
Collection of limited editions
Auction: Other Properties | Wed 25 February from 10am | Lots 63 to 255
Description
Buckland Wright, John. Baigneuses, 1995. One of 204 copies bound in quarter vellum and Compton marbled paper from a limited edition of 240, folio (36.5 x 25.5cm), 25 wood engravings with titles verso, 9 tipped-in plates, gilt title to spine, fine cloth solander box with spotting to upper edge and scuff lower right of cover;
Ibid. Bathers and Dancers, 1993. One of 180 copies bound in quarter vellum and Japanese wood veneer paper from a limited edition of 206, tall 8vo, 5 tipped-in illustrations, 42 wood engravings, with publisher's note, original orange card slipcase;
Nash, John. Twenty One Wood Engravings, 1993. One of 100 copies bound in quarter vellum and dandelion paper from a limited edition of 112, folio (30 x 21.5cm), 21 wood engravings, gilt title to spine, fine cloth solander box;
Harvey, Michael. Reynolds Stone: Engraved Lettering in Wood, 1992. One of 270 copies bound in yellow quarter cloth and patterned paste paper, 4to, one tipped-in plate, wood engraving illustrations, original grey card and yellow cloth slipcase;
Selborne, Joanna, & Lindsay Newman. Gwen Raverat, Wood Engraver, 1996. One of 260 copies bound in orange quarter cloth and marbled paper from a limited edition of 300, folio, 7 tipped-in illustrations, black wood engravings, original green card slipcase;
Rogerson, Ian. Agnes Miller Parker, wood engraver and book illustrator, 1895-1980, 1990. One of 241 copies bound in quarter blue cloth and paste paper from a limited edition of 300, oblong 4to, 5 tipped-in illustrations, black and white wood engravings, with publisher's note, original orange card slipcase;
Lawrence, T. E. Cats and Landladies' Husbands. T.E. Lawrence in Bridlington, 1995. Introduction by Richard Knowles, note by Phil Clabburn, tall 8vo, 10 tipped-in illustrations, 4 further black and white illustrations, paste-down title to spine;
Woolnough, C. W. A Pretty Mysterious Art. A Lecture by C.W. Woolnough. Introduced by Barry McKay, 1996. One of 270 copies bound in yellow quarter cloth with marbled paper from a limited edition of 300, 8vo, 11 tipped-in marbled paper samples, original red cloth solander box;
Garnett, David. Never Be A Bookseller, with a postscript by Richard Garnett and engraving by Howard Phipps, 1995. One of four hundred limited edition copies with marble wrappers, 12.5 x 14.5cm, paper cover;
Lee, Brian North. Bookplates by Simon Brett, 1989. One of 220 copies bound in quarter cloth and illustrated paper from a limited edition of 260, illustrated within the text with black and white reproductions of Brett's bookplate designs;
Lawrence, John. The Four Seasons. Four wood engravings made in 1982 to illustrate The Magic Apple Tree, by Susan Hill, 1997. ‘Spring’, ‘Summer’, ‘Autumn’ and ‘Winter’. Each engraving numbered 38 from the edition of 120, 31.5 x 22cm, each signed by the artist in pencil to margin, contained in original printed green folder with some sunning;
Lawrence, S. T. E. Boxwood Blockmaker. Simon Lawrence, 1980. One of 250 copies bound in quarter cloth with marbled paper, 4to, illustrated using Lawrence's wood blocks for artists including Agnes Miller Parker, Gertrude Hermes, David Gentleman and Joan Hassall, gilt title to spine, t.e.g., original card slipcase;
Sims, Wing Commander R.G. The Sayings and Doings of T.E. Lawrence, 1994. One of 270 copies bound in blue cloth from a limited edition of 300, tall 8vo, 11 tipped-in illustrations and 3 further illustrations;
Bacon, Francis, & Betty Pennell (illustrator). Of Gardens, 1993. One of 220 copies bound in quarter cloth and decorative paper, folio;
together with 5 miniature books, each between 6.5 x 5cm and 7.5 x 6cm, 3 by The Fleece Press, 2 with original slipcases, and Fleece Press ephemera including notes from Simon Lawrence to John Morris, printed and autograph, publication catalogues, and a small ink illustration on fine veneer (19+)
Provenance
From the collection of the late John Morris (1934-2006), Assistant Keeper of Rare Books, National Library of Scotland.