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1971019660Clover Hill Editions Chilmark Press 1971. Book. Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Limited edition #130 of 270 numbered copies printed in Palatino on Barcham Green hand-made paper by Will & Sebastian Carter at the Rampant Lions Press. A beautiful copy in like slipcase. Clover Hill Editions, Chilmark Press Hardcover
1971071688London / New York: Clover Hill Editions / Chilmark Press 1971. 2 Volumes quarter brown leather and cloth gilt top edge gilt in clean bright condition slightly sunned on the spines housed in the matching slipcase number III from an edition of 135 complete with an additional set of the 8 etchings all signed by Gross in a custom built folder matching leather spine and marbled boards. Bearing the library bookplate of Sebastian and Penelope Carter. Signed By The Artist. Hardcover. Very Good. Illus. by Gross Anthony. Small Folio. Clover Hill Editions / Chilmark Press Hardcover
19713707New York: Clover Hill Editions and Chilmark Press 1971 1971. Limited edition. XXI of 135 copies numbered I-CXXXV signed by Anthony Gross and containing a set of signed prints in final state. 330x240mm. pp. xv 3 54 2. Illustrated with eight etchings by Anthony Gross. Designed and printed by Will and Sebastian Carter at the Rampant Lion's Press Cambridge. Brown quarter morocco beige cloth. Line drawing of a bull's head in gilt to upper cover spine lettered in gilt top edge gilt. Issued loose in a separate box is another signed set of these etchings. Box is brown quarter morocco with marbled paper. Both volumes are housed in a slipcase covered with brown paper and head and foot with brown buckram. The whole is in superb condition throughout. Loosely inserted is the Clover Hill Prospectus for The Story of Cupid and Psyche and a manuscript letter from Douglas Cleverdon to the previous owner of this copy of the Theocritus. Cleverdon established Clover Hill Editions with Will Carter. Before this he was a bookseller in Bristol and a producer for the BBC where he made programmes with Stevie Smith Ted Hughes Sylvia Plath and most famously Dylan Thomas producing the premier of Under Milk Wood. A beautiful copy of this 1971 reissue of the 1588 edition of Sixe Idillia printed in Oxford. Anthony Gross 1905-1984 was a painter and printmaker. He is "best known for his etchings which are characterised by dense decorative line and texture often achieved by the use of unconventional printmaking tools". V&A website. This style is perfectly suited to the heated and claustrophobic Arcadian world of Theocritus's Idylls with its tortured lovers wild animals and wilder monsters. New York: Clover Hill Editions and Chilmark Press 1971 hardcover
197184375Chilmark Press 1971-01-01. Hardcover. Like New. New York: Chilmark Press 1971. First edition thus. Quarter maroon cloth over marbled boards. Fine in a fine cloth and paper-covered board slipcase. xv 54 pp. "This is the sixth of the Clover Hill editions of the Chilmark Press." No. 113 of 270 copies. Reprint of the ed. printed at Oxford in 1588. oversized and overweight. Please email for photos. Chilmark Press, hardcover
197141936Chilmark Press Clover Hill Editions 1971. Hardcover. Like New. Clover Hill Chilmark Press New York Large 4to xv iii 54 vi pp. Original brown ¼ buckram with marbled boards printed on paper made by J. Barcham Green. Limited edition No. 127 of 270 copies. An as new copy in matching original slipcase Oversized and Overweight Please email for photos. Chilmark Press, Clover Hill Editions hardcover
1971261704New York: Designed and printed by Will and Sebastian Carter at the Rampant Lions Press for Clover Hill Editions Chilmark Press 1971. 107 of 270 copies total edition of 417. 8 etchings by Anthony Gross. 54 1 pp. 1 vols. 4to. Quarter crimson buckram and marbled boards. Fine in slipcase. Gross Anthony. 107 of 270 copies total edition of 417. 8 etchings by Anthony Gross. 54 1 pp. 1 vols. 4to. Designed and printed by Will and Sebastian Carter at the Rampant Lions Press, for Clover Hill Editions, Chilmark Press unknown
1971158321NY: Chilmark Press Clover Hill Editions 1971. Hardcover. #50 of edition of 270 4to Bound in quarter buckram and marbled boards with slipcase. Minor discoloration to spine else fine condition / slipcase lightly rubbed and beginning to separate at the back edge. Chilmark Press, Clover Hill Editions hardcover
192224013London: Medici Society 1922. First edition thus. Hardcover. First volume lacking front free endpaper moderate wear to covers wear to jackets. fading to jacket spines previous owner's small exlibris label to first leaf. 2 volumes quarto blue boards with natural linen spines illustrations by William Russell Flint <br/><br/>Limited edition of 500 copies this #255 Medici Society hardcover
1929175155London: Fanfrolico Press 1929. Translated by Jack Lindsay with wood cuts by Lionel Ellis and an Introduction by Edward Hutton. Pp. xxiv164last blank frontispiece plus 19 plates most with tissue guard notes; impl. 8vo; green vellum lettered and decorated in gilt lightly mottled edges of boards lightly and spine heavily faded small red stain to lower board; t.e.g. others uncut; a few tiny spots of foxing; The Fanfrolico Press London n.d.1929. One of 500 numbered copies thus total edition 530. Arnold 32. Fanfrolico Press unknown
1906000358<p><strong>A beautifully made edition of Theocritus exemplary designed by the distinguished American book designer Bruce Rogers. The <em>Idylls</em> are accompanied by wood-engravings by M. Lamont Brown some after drawings by Bruce Rogers and some after antique gems and seals. Limited to 330 copies of which this is No. 99. </strong></p><p><strong>Description:</strong> Decorated brown paper covered boards. Octavo: 25 × 16 cm; pp. 172 2. Printed from 'Brimmer Italic' today better known as 'Bell' type on hand-made paper at the Riverside Press. Edges uncut pages partly unopened.</p><p><strong>Ref.:</strong> Kelly 32; Warde 69.</p><p><strong>Condition:</strong> Boards showing very minor abrasions and marks of usage internally near fine with just light age yellowing binding is tight. A very attractive well illustrated and nicely bound edition of this classic.</p> Houghton Mifflin and Company hardcover
1913300881London : Rivingtons 1913. Third Edition. Hardcover. Signed by the author. Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Spine bands and panel edges somewhat dulled and rubbed as with age. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Physical description: xvi161p. ; 22cm. Subjects: Greek poetry ; Translations into English. London : Rivingtons hardcover
1989Q-0140445234Penguin Classics 1989-06-06. Paperback. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! Penguin Classics paperback
1906270539Houghton Mifflin and Company Boston and New York 1906. First Edition Limited Edition. Cloth. Good . Half-title: The Idylls of Theocritus. Contains 54 poems and poetic excerpts including fragments of the 3rd century BCE Greek pastoral poet in modern English verse forms. Notable also for the decorations taken from various designs on antique gems. One of 330 copies the entire edition; this is number 143 printed at the Riverside Press Cambridge Massachusetts October 1906; designed by Bruce Rogers utilizing his Brimmer Italic typefaces. Warde #69. Illustrated by Few b/w Decorations including Title Page & headpieces Calverley's 1831-1884 sensitive translation was first published in 1869 reissued here in one of Bruce Rogers' finest productions. Houghton Mifflin and Company, Boston and New York hardcover
1905D14572Boston: The Bibliophile Society 1905. Hardcover. Near Fine. Edited by Henry Aiken Metcalf. Three volumes. lix 195; xxv 229; xv 248 pp. 8vo. bound in publisher's paper-covered boards in cardboard slipcases. A beautifully printed edition of Theocritus and two of his fellow Greek poets. The texts are printed in Greek with the English translation on the facing page. This edition was limited to 477 sets for members only printed at the De Vinne Press on specially made hand-made paper. Light wear only. A near fine set. <br/><br/> The Bibliophile Society hardcover
19051801250023The Bibliophile Society 1905-01-01. Hardcover. Good. 0x0x0. One of 477 copies. 3 volume set. Original boards. Good binding and cover. Minor rubbing. Marginal foxing. This is an oversized or heavy book which requires additional postage for international delivery outside the US. The Bibliophile Society hardcover
1925197231London Dasanova Society 1925. 1925. 4to. Translated with three page introduction by R.C. Trevelyan. Original 1/2 gilt stamped vellum over blue boards uncut and unopened. Dust jacket unclipped; spine a bit darkened. Very good. #46/750 numbered copies. Hardcover. London, Dasanova Society, 1925. hardcover
192518113New York: Albert & Charles Boni 1925. Edition ltd. to 750 copies small 4to pp. xv 1 105; title within decorative rule; orig. linen-backed marble-grained paper-covered boards printed paper label on spine spine and label darkened light wear to extremities a few untrimmed fore-edges browning and curling else very good. Albert & Charles Boni unknown
190674341Boston: Houghton Mifflin 1906. Limited. hardcover. near fine. Translated into English Verse by Calverley. Designed by Bruce Rogers. Numerous headpieces and vignettes. 172pp. Tall 8vo original decorative brown boards; partly uncut. Boston & New York: Houghton Mifflin 1906. Fine.<br/> <br/> One of 330 numbered copies.<br/> <br/> Houghton Mifflin unknown