(Kentfield, Calif.): Allen Press, 1963. Oblong folio. (44)ff. One of 150 copies. Illustrated with reproductions of eighteenth-century engraved views of Venice from the collection of Philip Hofer. Introduction by Eleanor M. Garvey and Philip Hofer. Unbound as issued in a cloth chemise and dropback box, which shows some spotting to..... More
Northampton, MA: Gehenna Press, 1970. Small octavo. (28)pp. One of fifty copies, signed by the artist, Leonard Baskin. Illustrated with a frontispiece etched portrait of Alfred, Lord Tennyson, by Baskin and four additional etchings that accompany Tennyson's poem. The title is cut in wood and printed in red from the..... More
(Newtown, Montgomeryshire): Gregynog Press, 1937. Quarto. 157, (8)pp. One of 200 copies. Translated from the French text by Joan Evans. Printed in red and black, with four- and five-line initials throughout in red and pale blue, designed by Alfred J. Fairbank. The first text page, starting with three sizes of..... More
(Hammersmith): Kelmscott Press, 1894-95. Bifolium sheet printed on both sides.(4)pp. One of 250 copies. The initial full-page woodcut illustration by Edward Burne-Jones first appeared in John Ruskin's The Dream of John Ball, and depicts, with suitable romance and foreboding, Adam and Eve after their expulsion from Eden. Both clothed in..... More
London: 1913. Quarto. 34ff., + 3ff. at both front and back. Signed by Alberto Sangorski. A unique manuscript on vellum, designed, illuminated, and hand-lettered by Sangorski. A triumph of early twentieth-century British book craftsmanship and artistry, this seminal work boasts a robust, complete artistic vision. Begun in or around 1912..... More
London: 1911. Octavo. 8ff., + 8 blank leaves. A unique illuminated manuscript by Alberto Sangorski, who applies his signature to the certification at the colophon. At the outset is a delightful miniature exhibiting an impressive depth of field: at center is Lady Godiva depicted, as legend and artistic convention usually..... More
