The Soul and the Bridegroom.
1928. Engraved print by Eric Gill illustrating a celebratory Christmas card for 1928. Affixed to cardstock. Fine. (Printed sheet measures 5 1/2 by 3 3/8; 141x86mm). More
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1928. Engraved print by Eric Gill illustrating a celebratory Christmas card for 1928. Affixed to cardstock. Fine. (Printed sheet measures 5 1/2 by 3 3/8; 141x86mm). More
(Pigotts: Rene Hague & Eric Gill, 1930). 24mo. (8)pp. One of 225 copies. The first piece of letterpress printing produced by René Hague and Eric Gill, copies of this booklet were distributed privately. The tale of Amnon's rape of his half-sister Tamar actually appeared in the Second Book of Samuel..... More
London: Jonathan Cape, 1931. Octavo. viii, 200pp. Illustrated with ten wood engravings by Eric Gill: three full-page, five half-page, and an ornamental device. Spine faded, else very good in green cloth. Laid in is a silhouette woodcut, signed by Gill, titled "Dumb-Driven Cattle." First produced in 1915, the woodcut was..... More
Ditchling, Sussex: Douglas Pepler, 1917. Fifteen sheets with multiple diagrams in pencil, ranging in size from 5 1/2 by 4 1/2 to 11 by 7 1/4 inches; eight sheets of pencil tracings on tracing paper, one of which is clipped to a woodcut proof; and one diagram rendered in blue..... More
Stamford, CT: Glad Hand Press, 1992. Oblong 16mo. (12)pp. One of forty-five copies. Illustrations printed from the original wood-engraved blocks in the collection at the Press. A humorous collection of odd signs in public establishments, which Jones calls "excessibly instructional clarifiers." Fine in white wrappers. More
London: Gogmagog Press, (1965-66). Four small octavo volumes, each (26)pp. One of 100 copies printed on Hosho paper, signed by the artist/printer Morris Cox. Each volume contains a colorful panorama of nature printed from heavily textured blocks, which give the offset prints an embossed effect. The changing seasons appear in..... More
Pinner: Private Libraries Association, 1991. Two octavo volumes. 184pp; (26)ff. From an edition of 1650 copies, this is one of three special copies printed for the authors, signed by Morris Cox and with a second volume of twenty-six specimen leaves. Inscribed by Colin Franklin. Contains a selection of the writings..... More
London: Gogmagog Press, 1967. Small octavo. (28)pp., frenchfold. From an edition of 100 copies, this is one of 40 bound in Hana-asa paper, reserved for members of The Society of Private Printers. Signed by Cox and printed on Japanese handmade paper. Fourteen spare three-line poems, illustrated with three offset prints..... More
(London): Gogmagog Press, 1968. Octavo. (43)pp., frenchfold. One of twenty-six copies printed and signed by Morris Cox. Contains thirty-four "nature prints," actually made with plastic and gesso, with results resembling the vein patterns of leaves, which Chambers refers to as "a notable modern exploration of nature-printing." The title is printed..... More
(London): Gogmagog Press, 1962. Octavo. (24)pp., frenchfold. One of fifty copies printed and signed by Morris Cox. Contains fifteen black and white satirical prints illustrating awkward moments, with captions in red. Near fine in linen-covered boards with printed spine label. (Chambers 8). More
London: Gogmagog Press, (1975). Thin octavo. (viii), (24)pp. One of twenty-four copies signed by Morris Cox. A collection of Cox's more melancholy poetry, accompanied by four reverse/direct offset illustrations printed across double pages on gray, scarlet, gray-green, and blue papers. A scarce Gogmagog title, no copies of which were for..... More
London: Gogmagog Press, (1960). Octavo. (36)pp., frenchfold. One of fifty copies printed in various colors and signed by Morris Cox. Illustrated with four double-page color prints that accompany poetry by Cox, which he calls "a poem in three parts, being the apotheosis of an unknown woman victim of a war,"..... More
London: Gogmagog Press, 1978. Quarto. (13)pp., + (24)ff. plates. From an edition of 75 copies signed by the author and the artist/printer, this is one of thirty copies with a signed original drawing as a frontispiece. The plates are reproductions in intaglio plates of images drawn by Cox with his..... More
Berkeley, CA: Pacific Film Archive, 1973. Broadside measuring 24 by 18 1/4 inches. One of 500 copies. Designed by California artist David Lance Goines and printed in 10 colors, this advertisement for a film series at the Pacific Film Archive features an image of Veronica, daughter of Solome, who took..... More
Oakland, CA: Karl Kardel Co., 1974. Broadside measuring 24 by 18 1/4 inches. One of 1,850 copies. Designed by California artist David Lance Goines and printed in 8 colors, this advertisement for Karl Kardel Co. features a bumblebee over an ochre background. The design was inspired by an unknown philosopher's..... More
(London): Golden Cockerel Press, 1943. Quarto. 23pp. One of 247 copies. Illustrated with sixteen wood engravings by Blair Hughes-Stanton. This was the one hundredth book of the Press, and the press work is judged to be "almost perfect" in Chanticleer. Printed in Eric Gill's gorgeous Golden Cockerel type with beautifully..... More
Waltham St. Lawrence: Golden Cockerel Press, 1925. Small quarto. 42pp. One of 750 numbered copies. Illustrated with seventeen wood engravings by Eric Gill. Several initials in red. This is bibliographer and book historian John Carter's copy, with his booklabel on lower front pastedown. A fine copy in white cloth, gilt..... More
Berkshire: Golden Cockerel Press, 1926. Small quarto. v, (i), 94, 1pp. A collection of Aesop's much-celebrated and much-cited fables, some illustrated with bold wood engravings by Celia M. Fiennes. In keeping with the Golden Cockerel Press's tradition of creating limited editions of classic masterworks, this representation was reprinted from Sir..... More
(London): Golden Cockerel Press, 1934. Tall octavo. (16)pp. One of 500 numbered copies. Illustrated with one full-page wood engraving and a four-line initial capital by Gill. This edition of Gill's "sermon," reflecting on the 136th Psalm, marks the first use of Gill's Perpetua Roman and Felicity Italic typefaces. Bound in..... More
(N.p.): Press of the Woolly Whale, 1934. 32mo. 18pp. Signed and dated by the author. A short treatise on the essentials of book design. Bound in blue paper over boards with title stamped in black. Some toning to spine, else near fine. More
Berlin: Tyslander Pres, 1989. Octavo. (60)pp. One of forty deluxe copies issued with a separate color woodblock print, signed by the artist, Felix M. Furtwangler, both on the colophon and on the print. Furtwangler's disturbing woodcuts, brash in their direct confrontation with violence and raw in their emotion, underscore the..... More
Syndey, Australia: Impediment Press, 2015. Folio. (28)pp. One of twenty-five copies, signed by both artists at the colophon. Printed letterpress with enormous sugarlift and aquatint etchings and leaves in a variety of formats. Bound in black kangaroo over boards, with inlaid sugarlift etchings of riotous silhouettes to both covers. Fine..... More
Octon, France: Verdigris, 2005. Oblong quarto. (15)ff. From an edition of fifty copies, this is one of ten deluxe copies, which include an original copper plate and an additional mezzotint. Signed by the artist and by the printer, Mark Lintott, at the colophon. Rothchild's illustrations-two mezzotints, one of which has..... More
(Portland, OR): Scantron Press, 1995. Octavo. (56)pp. One of twenty-six copies. Printed letterpress with linocut illustrations throughout, interleaved with mylar reminiscent of overhead projector transparencies. Taking the form of an examination booklet, Knowledgeable asks the reader not only to answer multiple-choice questions but also to answer for biases, assumptions, and..... More
(Iowa City): Naughty Dog Press, 2002. 16mo. One of fifty copies, signed and numbered. Five folding wallets, each of which uses a Jacob's ladder format that allows it to open either from the left or right side. On the internal panels of each wallet Emily Martin has printed opposing statements-"I..... More