Lot 444
Various Private Presses
25 volumes, including
Rare Books, Manuscripts, Maps & Photographs
Auction: 19 February 2020 at 10:00 GMT
Description
Battye, Christie. The Brewhouse Private Press 1963-83. 1984., 4to, original cloth; Frostic, Gwen. A Walk with Me. Benzonia Michigan, 1958. 8vo, original cloth-backed boards; Lowbury, Edward. Flowering Cypress. Pointing Finger Press, 1986. 8vo, number 34 of 50 copies signed by poet and artist, Kenneth Lindley, original red morocco-backed decorated boards; Gray, Thomas. Elegy written in a Country Churchyard. The Heritage Press, 1951. illustrations by Agnes Miller Parker, original blue cloth gilt; Griffiths, Bill, editor. The Nine Herbs Charm. Tern Press, 1981. 4to, number 23 of 100 copies signed by author and artist, Mary Parry, original brown boards; Scott, Thea. Fingal's Cave. Pandora Press, 1961. 4to, limited to 150 copies, out of series copy, coloured plates by Rigby Graham, original cloth; Mason, John. Paper Making as an Artistic Craft. Leicester: Twelve by Eight, 1963, 8vo, original wrappers; Mayes, Frances. The Arts of Fire. Woodside, California: The Heyeck Press, 1982. 4to, number 98 of 100 copies signed by the author, original red morocco-backed decorated boards; Holt, P. and E. Thorpe. Gold & Books. Brewhouse Press, 1969, 8vo, limited to 250 copies, original gilt boards; Thomas, Roger. The Fort. Brewhouse Private Press, 1979, 8vo, number 7 of 80 copies, original brown cloth; Swift, Jonathan. Directions to Servants. Utrecht, 1972. 8vo, number 137 of 175 copies, original red cloth; A Song in Favour of Bundling. The Orpheus Press for the Twelve by Eight, 1963, 2 copies, folio, number 43 and 173 of 200 copies, original vellum-backed marbled boards, uncut; Kirkland, Samuel. The Journal. Clinton, New York: The Alexander Hamilton Private Press, 1966, 8vo, limited to 150 copies, this copy unnumbered for presentation, original brown cloth, uncut; Tucker, Alan. In line, poems.. to eight collages by Morris Cox. Stroud: The Stilt Press, 1988, number 10 of 50 copies signed by author and artist, 2 volumes, original green cloth, slipcase; The Two Horse Press. Spring Poetry. 1960, 4to, number 15 of 50 copies, signed "from the two Colts", illustrations by Roland Stone, original parchment backed boards; Chambers, David & others. Morris Cox & The Gogmagog Press. Pinner, 1991, 8vo, original orange cloth; and 8 smaller volumes in wrappers (25)