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2000004862Seattle WA: The Poll Game LLC 2000. No Binding. Very Good. 660 poll questions on 220 cards game guide board assorted pieces. Based on newlywed TV game. 810711000011 <br/> <br/> The Poll Game LLC unknown
1909biblio820<p>This copy retains its intrinsic Larry Chittenden/Old Bermuda flavor despite its episode with a wet washcloth a hundred years ago. It has survived a long time here and so is priced to move.</p><p>Photos on request.</p> G Putnam's Sons hardcover
1908002451Thomas Y. Crowell Publishers New York. 1908 The early 20th century decorative leather book is a translation that Jewett undertook a version of the complex Middle English poem The Pearl in the original meter and selected lyrics such as a "Nativity Song" adapted from the work of Jacopone da Todi. The "Pearl Poet" or the "Gawain Poet" is the name given to the author of Pearl an alliterative poem written in 14th-century Middle English known from a single surviving manuscript the British Library holding Cotton Nero A.x. This body of work includes some of the greatest poetry written in Middle English. The Pearl Poet remains unidentified. Some scholarship has argued to assign the poem to one John Massey a member of the landed gentry from Cheshire. This attribution of the poems of Cotton Nero A.x is not widely accepted however reflected in the ongoing use of the labels "Pearl Poet" or "Gawain Poet." Title: The Pearl A Middle English Poem A Modern Version in the Metre of the Original Author: "Pearl Poet" Sophie Jewett Translator Associate Professor of English Literature in Wellesley College. Publisher: Thomas Y. Crowell Publishers New York. Edition: Copyright 1908; Published September 1908. Third Thousand. Binding/description: Finely rebound circa 1920 3/4 burgundy leather over marble paper boards gilt decorated spine with five raised bands matching marble endpapers upper gilt leaf edge. Author Note: Jewett initially published poetry under the pseudonym Ellen Burroughs borrowed from her mother's name. Fellow poet Richard Watson Gilder called her a true poet with a golden gift. Miss Jewett was said to be shy and self-critical about her poetry and disliked the process of offering her books up for publication and she was said to possess a sharp wit and was skilled at repartee. Sophie Jewett was a writer of faith and vision. Dimensions: 0.5 W × 5 D × 6.75 H inches. Condition Notes: Fine; light to be expected wear with age and use strong square spine light age-toned text pages. A beautiful copy. Hardcover. Fine/No Jacket. Thomas Y. Crowell Publishers, New York. hardcover
19790010610New York: Limited Editions Club 1979. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Fine/poor. Quarto 121 pages quarter sheepskin cloth; glassine dust jacket lacks the spine; in publisher's slipcase scuffed. <br/><br/>Copy no. 881 of 2000. Illustrated with 11 watercolors by Chaim Gross. Introduction by Franklin H. Littell. Signed by both Chaim Gross and Littell. Handsomely printed with large type by A. Colish. Limited Editions Club hardcover
1992DEMO006065IStatesboro GA: The Boxwood Press 1992. First Limited edition. Hardcover. Fine. In a mahogany and copper scroll case with vertical slot and hidden crank handle; with a protective velvet cloth <br/><br/>Only 16cc.Remarkable bilingual presentation / re-interpretation of this Biblical work placing it in the the Reagan / Bush era. Illustrated with 16 color etchings by Bernard Solomon the translator and etcher. He realized there were remarkable parallels between the Biblical story of Esther and that of Anita Hill Clarence Thomas and the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee. This interpretation unfolds sequentially as each leaf is unrolled from the 33 in. high scroll holder. The body of the scroll holder is one of the original copper plates used for the etchings which is why it is limited to an edition of only 16. The top and bottom of the handcrafted minaret-style case is finely shaped and polished mahogany by Anthony V. Mann. Designed with a hidden crank to rewind the scroll into the case. Altogether remarkable! The Boxwood Press hardcover
19742021569Franklin Center PA: The Franklin Mint 1974 1975. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine. Quarto 1480 pages sculpted sterling silver covers in velvet chemise in publisher's clamshell paper box scuffed with its quarto Prospectus octavo Supplementary Notes typed letter from the Mint Suggestions for the Care of Your Franklin Mint Family Bible and a special leather bookmark but lacking the silver polishing cloth. Calligrapher's inked name for the original purchaser in the Family Records preceding the Bible. Note: WorldCat cites only one copy of this. <br /><br />This is the very special deluxe edition of the King James Version of the Bible in English in a very special binding containing 12 ounces of sterling silver with a cross on top and bottom on the top are the sculpted images of the Four Evangelists: Mark Matthew Luke and John. The design was done by Barcelona silversmith Oriol Sunyer. The illustrations are reproduced - for the first time in a printed book - from the priceless original manuscript in the British Library which was executed in the mid-14th century. "As the most extensively illustrated of all surviving medieval psalters the Queen Mary Psalter is a unique treasure. . The Queen Mary style is one of the three main styles of English painting in the Middle Gothic period which encompasses the years 1280 - 1380. . Of particular interest in the development of the Queen Mary style is the fact that it can be traced to a single artist the Master of the Queen Mary Psalter." The Franklin Mint hardcover
1930253119San Francisco: Printed by Edwin & Robert Grabhorn for John Howell at the Sign of the Open Book 1930. From an edition limited to 580 copies this is one of 515 copies in the "Colonial Edition. Inserted leaf from the Bible printed by Robert Aitken Philadelphia 1782 from Deuteronomy; and 8 illustrations. 34 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Original half leather and paper boards spine gilt. Bottom corners and head and foot of spine rubbed. Bookplate on front pastedown. Very good. From an edition limited to 580 copies this is one of 515 copies in the "Colonial Edition" Inserted leaf from the Bible printed by Robert Aitken Philadelphia 1782 from Deuteronomy; and 8 illustrations. 34 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. From an edition limited to 580 copies this is one of 515 copies in the "Colonial Edition" printed for John Howell Books by the Grabhorn Press and containing an essay by Edwin Grabhorn on typography in America in 1776. This volume contains an original leaf from a copy of the Aitken Bible one of the most celebrated American bibles being the first complete English Bible printed in America. During the colonial era the monopoly on printing English bibles belonged to the Royal Printer and the colonies were supplied entirely with bibles printed in England. The only Bible printed in the British colonies in America was the famous Eliot Indian Bible in Algonquian issued in Cambridge in 1661-63 and reprinted in 1680-85. With the Revolution this monopoly naturally ended and the embargo on goods from England acted to create a shortage. Aitken a Philadelphia printer undertook the task producing the New Testament in 1781 and the Old Testament in 1782. On completion he petitioned the Continental Congress for their endorsement and received it in September 1782. Because of this official endorsement and the reasons behind its production the Aitken Bible is often referred to as "The Bible of the Revolution" Grabhorn Bibliography 131 Printed by Edwin & Robert Grabhorn for John Howell at the Sign of the Open Book unknown
192923537London: The Haymarket Press 1929. Limited edition. Hardcover. Very good. Illustrated with four color plates by W Russell Flint. Thin 4to. 47pp. One of 100 copies; this is number 8. Limp vellum spine and upper board with title in gilt. General light soil to the vellum and ties else a very good copy.<br /> <p><br /> The extra suite of plates has been mounted on blank pages leaving a small adhesive discoloration on the margin of the plates and on the supporting page.<br /> <p>. The Haymarket Press hardcover
1924371052London: Nonesuch Press 1924. Deluxe edition one of 75 copies on Arnold unbleached rag paper no. XXXIV. First vol. printed ad hominem for H. Malcom Hubbard with ink note below "Transferred to Ion Buchanan Pritchard F. Meynell. Each volume with an engraved title page head piece and tail piece by Stephen Gooden. 5 vols. Folio. Full brown crushed niger by Best with gilt rule borders and spine relatively unadorned raised bands a.e.g. on the rough. Book ticket of Philip Duschnes. Ex-library with labels from General Theological Seminary Rare Book Room to front paste-downs of each volume. Faintest traces of rubbing to board edges spines of vols. I & 3 slightly darkened from smoke interior fine. GOODEN Stephen. Deluxe edition one of 75 copies on Arnold unbleached rag paper no. XXXIV. First vol. printed ad hominem for H. Malcom Hubbard with ink note below "Transferred to Ion Buchanan Pritchard F. Meynell". Each volume with an engraved title page head piece and tail piece by Stephen Gooden. 5 vols. Folio. One of the great early books of the Nonesuch Press and Stephen Gooden's second book commission after the Nonesuch Anacreon of 1923.<br /> The copies on fine paper were offered at 5 guineas bound in full niger or full vellum. The name of the subscriber was printed in the first volume; this copy printed for railway magnate H. Malcolm Hubbard bears a note from Francis Meynell recording the transfer to Ion Buchanan Pritchard another railway executive.<br /> Uncommon and attractive. Dreyfus 21 and 20. The Nonesuch Century 21 and 20. Ransom Selective Check Lists pp. 163-164 nos. 20 and 21. Rumball-Petre 125 "a beautiful work of a famous press". Tomkinson p. 136 nos. 19 and 19a Nonesuch Press unknown
1926ST20084Waltham St. Lawrence: Golden Cockerel Press 1926. No. 48 OF CLXXV COPIES. 258 x 195 mm. 10 1/4 x 7 3/4". 15 3 pp. <br/> Understated black crushed morocco by J. Franklin Mowery stamp-signed "JFM 94" on rear turn-in wraparound design of blind-stamped L-shaped panels of intersecting lines smooth spine with vertical gilt lettering leather hinges edges untrimmed. Original illustrated upper cover of dust jacket repaired at one corner bound in at rear. In a matching morocco-lipped slipcase. Title page with large woodcut of the risen Christ four large vignettes in the text four pictorial half borders and four full-page woodcuts all by David Jones printer's device in colophon. Front pastedown with bookplate of Jan van der Marck. Chanticleer 40. A pristine copy.<br/> <br/> This is a wonderfully--if understatedly--bound copy of one of the most strictly limited Golden Cockerel Press productions. The binding is the work of J. Franklin Mowery retired Head of Conservation at the Folger Shakespeare Library and past president of the Guild of Book Workers. Mowery studied bookbinding under Professor Kurt Londenberg at the Staatliche Hochschule für bildende Künste Academy of Art in Hamburg and trained as a paper conservator under Otto Wächter in Vienna before returning to the U.S. to work at the Huntington Library. According to his article "A Binder's Training" Guild of Book Workers' Journal XX 1981-82 the blind-stamping technique seen here was "particularly favored by Professor Londenberg" and often employed by Mowery for the range of design possibilities it offers. The method uses dies to stamp the patterns: "a photographic process can transfer any black and white image onto zinc plates that are deeply etched and mounted onto type-high metal blocks for heated impressions or onto wood for cold embossing." Mowery stated that lines of the design here represent the driving rain of the storm that struck Jonah's ship. Founded in 1920 with the intention to print fine editions of important well-known books as well as new literary works of merit from young authors the Golden Cockerel Press was purchased in 1924 by the illustrator and wood-engraver Robert Gibbings. "Under his direction" says Cave the Press was "transformed into the principal vehicle for the renaissance of wood-engraved book illustration that took place in the years between the wars." In addition to doing wood engravings himself Gibbings employed a stable of eminent artists including among others Eric Gill Blair Hughes-Stanton John Nash John Farleigh Eric Ravilious and David Jones. The memorable woodcuts are the work of Jones 1895-1974 who had a brief but impressive career as an illustrator before eye strain forced him to abandon engraving in 1930. In his published study of Jones' work Douglas Cleverdon says that in the short time Jones was engraving "he produced a remarkable amount of work of great variety; some witty some mystical; some boldly cut some delicately shaded; some simple to print some virtually impossible. Although he never attained . . . the greatest technical mastery in the conventional sense his prints are nearly always distinguished by their excellence of design personal commitment and absolute individuality." Our binding was commissioned by collector and self-described "radical" museum administrator Jan van der Marck 1929-2010 who championed artists that pushed boundaries--often to the consternation of the museum boards who employed him. Golden Cockerel Press unknown
1903ST19464Boston: Privately Printed by Nathan Haskell Dole 1903-05. No. 2 OF 26 COPIES OF THE HELLENIC EDITION printed on Royal Japanese vellum. 230 x 165 mm. 9 x 6 1/2". 10 volumes. <br/> SUPERB CONTEMPORARY INDIGO CRUSHED MOROCCO GILT AND INLAID covers with gilt rule border central panel framed by 20 inlaid lighter blue morocco tulips interspersed with tiny gilt stars raised bands spine with three panels inlaid with sprays of dark red and citron morocco tulips and lilies accented with small tools two panels with gilt titling SKY BLUE MOROCCO DOUBLURES featuring an indigo morocco frame inlaid with red morocco lilies at corners central panel inlaid with eight teal morocco tulips and a large red morocco lily on graceful gilt stems a sprinkling of gilt stars above them ivory watered silk free endleaves all edges gilt. LAVISHLY ILLUSTRATED by artists including A. G. Learned and E. F. Bems with decorative frame on limitations and title pages NINE FRONTISPIECES 97 HEADPIECE VIGNETTES 95 DECORATIVE TAILPIECES AND 269 THREE-QUARTER FRAMES ALL HAND COLORED and 675 black & white three-quarter frames. With engraved bookplate of George Clinton Ward on front flyleaf most now loose. Spines with just a hint of dulling a whisper of shelfwear to a couple of volumes isolated small marginal smudges from the printing process but A VERY FINE SET WITH VIRTUALLY NO SIGNS OF USE.<br/> <br/> This superb set features English translations of important Classical texts handsomely printed on Japanese vellum extravagantly illustrated and sumptuously bound. It contains "The Wisdom of Marcus Aurelius" "The Eclogues of Vergil" "Sayings of Epictetus" "Selections from Gesta Romanorum" "Odes of Anacreon Anacreontics and Other Selections from the Greek Anthology" "The Satires of Horace" "The Story of Odysseus in the Land of the Phacians Being the Sixth and a Part of the Seventh Book of the Odyssey" "Selections from Aristophanes and Lucian" "The Olympic and Pythian Odes of Pindar" and selections from the Koran translated by George Sale. The project was undertaken by writer translator and editor Nathan Haskell Dole a popular member of the Boston literary set. Educated at Philips Andover and Harvard he was much influenced by family friends like Henry Wadsworth Longfellow and Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr. He showed an early facility for languages teaching himself to read French German Greek and Latin. Our set was designed by Dole to be the crown jewel of a library combining beauty and luxury with Classical erudition. The bindings here are unsigned but are very similar to those on a copy of this work in the Phoebe Boyle sale bound by the Adams Bindery. Ralph Randolph Adams was along with Henry Stikeman and a handful or others one of the great American art bookbinders of his era. His workshop produced bindings of notable beauty and craftsmanship. The New York Times 11 October 1902 described an Adams binding as "so exquisite in design and execution that those long skeptical of the ability of Americans to bind artistically should now be convinced of their error. . . . It is to be hoped that all American binders will be encouraged to strive toward producing designs like Adams' that are in a measure original and which show more of the individual touch of the artist.". Privately Printed by Nathan Haskell Dole unknown
191733890London: June 7th 1917. 1917. Good. - Single-spaced typed letter written from the Hippodrome London and filling one side of the event letterhead10-1/4 inches high by 8 inches wide for "George Robey's Concert in aid of The Metropolitan and City Police Orphanage at the Palladium". Signed "Yours sincerely / George Robey". The edges of the letterhead are chipped & slightly darkened. There are some crosses in the left margin emphasizing one paragraph of the letter made by either Robey or the recipient. Good. <p>George Robey writes to novelist Hall Caine profusely thanking him for sending him the manuscript of an Address to be read at the charity event and for having it bound for auction. "I have asked Mr. Sutcliffe to be kind enough to let you have it first in order that you may put your signature on the title page.I will get Miss Vanbrugh who is to read the address to sign it on Sunday and also put my own name and any other people connected with the concert who may be of interest.I feel sure that in addition to helping the collection that night your generous gift will realise a large sum on its own account."<p>George Robey 1869-1954 English comedian singer and actor in musical comedy is regarded as one of the greatest music hall performers of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Hall Caine 1853-1931 was a Manx author best known as a novelist and playwright. In his day he was extremely popular and his novels outsold those of his contemporaries. His works were mainly romances but also addressed some of the more serious political and social issues of his time. London: June 7th 1917. unknown
1948AG-10068<p>Shanghai: Published by The English Monthly Publishing House printed by Kaiming Bookstore. This monthly was mainly for high school English teachers and English learners to improve their English abilities. Edited by professors at universities the first issue was published in 1945 this group comprises 10 issues: 1948: No. 31-38; 1949: No. 43 45. 12mo 71 pp; paper wrappers with a few small repairs slight tears but overall very good condition. This includes English texts selected from the writings of Pearl Buck Carl Sandberg A A Milne &c.<br /></p><p><b>è‹±è¯æœˆåˆŠ</b></p><p>ã€Šè‹±è¯æœˆåˆŠã€‹æ‚å¿—ç”±è‹±è¯æœˆåˆŠç¤¾å‡ºç‰ˆï¼Œå¼€æ˜Žä¹¦åº—å°è¡Œå°åˆ·ã€‚æ‚志创刊于1945å¹´ä¸Šæµ·ï¼Œç”±å¤§å¦æ•™æŽˆç¼–写,旨在æé«˜å›½å†…è‹±è¯æ•™å¸ˆå’Œé«˜ä¸ä»¥ä¸Šå¦ç”Ÿçš„英è¯èƒ½åŠ›ã€‚æœ¬ç»„å…±10期,13×17.5cm,有两本书皮ç¨å¾®ç ´æŸç¼ºå¤±ï¼Œå…¶ä»–å“相éžå¸¸å¥½ã€‚</p> The English Monthly Publishing House paperback
1937AG-10069<p>Translation by Examples with Exercises by Su Zhaolong. Shanghai: Published by Shanghai Ching Wen Book Company 1937 second edition. English has been realized to be an important language for the Chinese at that time this book was written mainly for high school students English language workers researchers and advanced English learners to study as a reference book they got the contribution from professors of China. It illustrated technics of translating from both English to Chinese and Chinese to English. v 165 3 pp. 12mo <i>minor loss to the left top corner of front cover and small loss from paper flaw at pp 123/4 spine and back cover partly defective right top corner of front cover creased.</i></p><p>本书于1937年由上海竞文出版社出版,è‹å…†é¾™ç¼–辑,第二版。本书为了æé«˜è‹±è¯å¦ä¹ è€…ã€æ•™å¸ˆç‰äººçš„è‹±è¯æ°´å¹³ï¼Œç”±ä¸å›½å„åœ°çš„å¤§å¦æ•™æŽˆæŠ•稿编辑而æˆã€‚本书共有164页,尺寸13.5×17cm,å°é¢å’Œè£…订处ã€å°åº•凿œ‰å°‘许缺失,其他å“相很好。</p> Shanghai Ching Wen Book Company paperback
191333208London: G. Bell 1913. First edition. With 16 colour plates by Mrs. Dudley Forsyth Miss Janet Leveson-Gower and the Arts Co. Derby and 63 Illustrations from Photographs. 201 pp. 1 vols. Large 4to. Original green cloth. Fine. Bookplate of James Boone. First edition. With 16 colour plates by Mrs. Dudley Forsyth Miss Janet Leveson-Gower and the Arts Co. Derby and 63 Illustrations from Photographs. 201 pp. 1 vols. Large 4to. <br/><br/> G. Bell hardcover
19912111902154611670Nikko Planning 1991. Soft Cover. Fine. The book is in fine condition. Nikko Planning paperback
19842092902141201435commercial stamp office 1984. Soft Cover. Fine. The book is in fine condition. commercial stamp office paperback
19892092902141205432Gansu Education Publishing House 1989. Soft Cover. Fine. Volume: 1 Gansu Education Publishing House paperback
19612092902141203541Chinese book office 1961. Soft Cover. Fine. Number of books: 2 Chinese book office paperback
19942081402109301363Obunsha 1994. Soft Cover. Fine. Number of books: 1 textbook 1 cassette case C90 x 2 volumes Obunsha paperback
1910315907New York: American Art Association Press of the Lent & Graff Co. 1910. Illustrated with photographs. 404 items. 435 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Contemporary half leather. Some traces of rubbing short split at head of upper joint. Sound. Very good. Owner signature of Leigh Keno 1990. Illustrated with photographs. 404 items. 435 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Substantial and well illustrated auction catalogue. Tiffany published a catalogue of the collection in 1907. <br/><br/> American Art Association [Press of the Lent & Graff Co.] hardcover
1931ST20201Waltham St. Lawrence: Golden Cockerel Press 1931. No. 352 OF 500 COPIES the first 12 on vellum. 343 x 241 mm. 13 1/2 x 9 1/2". 1 p.l. 268 2 pp 1 leaf colophon. <br/> Original white half pigskin and buckram sides by Sangorski & Sutcliffe stamp-signed on front pastedown raised bands top edge gilt other edges untrimmed. ILLUSTRATED THROUGHOUT with four large wood engravings on section titles and scores of striking large and small woodcut illustrations decorative elements and initials BY ERIC GILL. Printed on Batchelor handmade paper. The front pastedown with the engraved armorial bookplate of Albert and Constance Ramsay-Cohn the bookplate of Louis W. Black and the bookplate of "Downsland Court Ditchling Sussex." Chanticleer 78; A Century for the Century 26. Buckram boards somewhat freckled as usual very faint printer's smudges in one margin otherwise A VERY FINE COPY the pigskin--almost always found soiled and/or damaged--quite clean and pleasing and virtually pristine internally.<br/> <br/> This is an especially appealing copy of the chief work produced by one of the foremost English private presses. One of Eric Gill's outstanding achievements as an illustrator and one of the Golden Cockerel Press' great books the "Four Gospels" has been called by Franklin the finest of all private press books printed between the wars. The success of the work has much to do with Gill's ability to create a harmonious integration of woodcut illustration and typography his Golden Cockerel typeface one of the most important ever cut specifically for private use is introduced here. At the same time that the work achieves an aesthetic balance it also takes risks with the emotional nature of the woodcuts and with its unjustified page layout. As Franklin observes Gill's "pictures beautifully explain their letters as leaves spring from branches. This work is a wonderful extension of typography." Founded in 1920 with the intention to print fine editions of important well-known books as well as new literary works of merit from young authors the Golden Cockerel Press was purchased in 1924 by the illustrator and wood-engraver Robert Gibbings. "Under his direction" says Cave the Press was "transformed into the principal vehicle for the renaissance of wood-engraved book illustration" up until the beginning of World War II. In addition to doing wood engravings himself Gibbings employed a stable of eminent artists including among others Gill John Nash John Farleigh David Jones Eric Ravilious and Blair Hughes-Stanton. Our copy has been owned by two notable collectors and scholars of illustrated books. An early owner was British art historian Albert Mayer Cohn who wrote the catalogue raisonné of George Cruikshank's work. Later the volume passed into the hands of Boston collector Louis W. Black whose Aldine-related bookplate was designed by celebrated wood-engraver Leonard Baskin 1922-2000. Regarding the other bookplate here we have been unable to trace exactly who resided at Downsland Court in Ditchling but it is worth noting that Gill's Sussex artist's community was centered in Ditchling where he lived from 1907-24; it is certainly possible that our copy belonged to someone associated with this group. Golden Cockerel Press unknown
1933ST15997Montgomeryshire Wales: Gregynog Press 1933. No. 37 OF 250 COPIES one of 110 in this binding accompanied by three additional plates on Japon EACH ONE OF 12 SIGNED BY THE ARTIST. 390 x 255 mm. 15 1/4 x 10". 15 leaves. <br/> Fine original dark slate blue Oasis morocco device in blind on front cover blind titling on front cover and spine. In the original paper slipcase somewhat worn and browned but sound. Wood engraved title with device and 21 wood engravings in the text five of them full-page chapter openings by Blair Hughes-Stanton and WITH THREE ORIGINAL SIGNED WOOD ENGRAVINGS ON JAPANESE VELLUM--"The Man Mourns I" 5/12 "The Man Mourns II" 4/12 and "Destruction" 5/12--attractively matted. Printed in blue and black on Japanese vellum; with an additional half-page engraving from chapter I laid in. Harrop 29; De Zilverdistel Cat. II 29; Hughes-Stanton 21. ◆A breath of fading to the spine negligible signs of wear to the binding but a fine copy with only trivial condition issues and the additional engravings pristine.<br/> <br/> This is in Harrop's words "one of the most spectacular books to come from this or any other press" our copy with the bonus of three limited edition wood engravings from the work signed by the artist. "Lamentations" was designed and illustrated by Blair Hughes-Stanton 1902-81 who studied at the school of Leon Underwood at Hammersmith and had a long and productive career producing sophisticated woodcuts as an avant-garde artist. Although he was encouraged to make his expressive sometimes even savage images look more like those of Eric Gill he resisted and successfully established his unique personal style as an illustrator. The three extra engravings here are excellent examples of his dramatic emotional technique; "The Man Mourns I and II" effectively convey overwhelming grief while "Destruction" inspires a feeling of impending doom. From 1930 through 1933 Hughes-Stanton worked for the Gregynog Press in Wales helping to design text layout providing woodcut illustrations and designing bindings. The press was founded in 1922 by two spinster sisters Gwendoline 1882-1951 and Margaret 1884-1963 Davies using a substantial inheritance from their industrialist grandfather; it produced 42 works between 1923 and 1942 eight of them in Welsh. Cave says that the books printed by the Gregynog Press "more than bear comparison with the work of any other private press" and "in the design and execution of bindings the Gregynog Press was far superior to any the Doves Press included.". Gregynog Press unknown
192654824Paris et Bruxelles: G. van Oest 1926. First edition in French. Color frontispiece and 100 full-page plates reproducing 164 miniatures. x 162 pp. 1 vols. Folio. Three quarter polished tan mottled calf and marbled paper boards gilt-lettered spine raised bands t.e.g.; with the original blue printed wrappers bound in. Fine. First edition in French. Color frontispiece and 100 full-page plates reproducing 164 miniatures. x 162 pp. 1 vols. Folio. G. van Oest unknown
192854668Paris et Bruxelles: G. van Oest 1928. First edition in French. Color frontispiece and 100 full-page plates reproducing 159 miniatures. x 113 pp. 1 vols. Folio. Three quarter brown morocco and marbled paper boards gilt-lettered spine raised bands t.e.g.; with the original blue printed wrappers bound in. Fine. First edition in French. Color frontispiece and 100 full-page plates reproducing 159 miniatures. x 113 pp. 1 vols. Folio. G. van Oest unknown