Tern Press
Collection of limited editions
£555
Rare Books, Manuscripts, Maps & Photographs
Auction: 19 June 2024 from 10:00 BST
Description
Market Drayton, Shropshire, 1975-2000. Comprising:
Bardsey. A Fortnight's Journal translated from the Original Welsh by the Author. R. Gerallt Jones. Printed by Nicholas Parry, 1976. One of 50 copies signed by both author and illustrator, 4to, original quarter morocco;
Winter. Translated from Early Welsh by Billy Griffiths, 2000. One of 45 copies signed by the printer, original black quarter morocco, cork-collage boards;
Randolph Ellis. The Disasters of War. Prints, Nicholas Parry, 1975. 2 copies, each one of 50 copies signed by both author and illustrator, 4to, one copy in original black morocco with grey morocco label to front cover, bookseller catalogues and correspondence laid in, one copy in original black calf with incised decoration and gilt title direct to front cover;
Beowulf. Translated by John Potter, 1984. One of 300 copies signed by both translator and printer, 8vo, original quarter suede, cork-covered boards;
The Poets of the Princes Volume 1. Guto'r Glyn. Edited and translated by R. Gerallt Jones, 1976. One of 100 copies signed by both printer and translator, large 8vo, original cloth-backed cork-covered boards, spine sunned;
The Ruin. Edited and translated by John Porter. Woodprints by Nicholas Parry, 1977. One of 100 copies signed by the printer, small 4to, original black morocco-backed cork-covered boards;
The Witness. Selected Poems by Miklos Radnoti. Translated from the Hungarian by Thomas Orszag-Land. Woodcuts by Nicholas Parry, 1977. One of 90 copies signed by both translator and illustrator/printer;
Verses from the Psalms Book I, Engravings by Nicholas Parry, 1983. One of 175 copies signed by the illustrator/printer, small 4to, original sheep-backed printed boards, spine sunned;
Verses from the Psalms Book II, Engravings by Nicholas Parry, 1986. One of 175 copies signed by the illustrator/printer, small 4to, original cloth-backed printed boards;
The Chinese Lion by Mary Webb, 1989. One of 100 copies signed by the printer, original decorative boards;
Susan Summers, A Crown of Flowers, Illustrated by Mary Parry, 1997. One of 150 copies signed by the printers, this copy additionally inscribed by the author/illustrator, small oblong 4to, original printed cloth;
Semper Dowlant semper dolens, 1983. One of 175 copies signed by the printer, small 4to, original decorative boards;
The Water Colley. Richard Jefferies, [no date]. One of 90 copies signed by the printer, small 4to, original decorative boards (14)