dropmore (37 resultados)

Ca early 1950s. Unpaginated, though 8 pages. Retrospectus: 1 small sheet folded twice to form 4 pages. Illustrated. 11 x 7.5 in. Prospectus: 5-5/8" x 4-1/8" VG+ (creasing at extremities/two horizontal fold-lines/light soil). Self wrappers, sewn. Now housed in a clear archival mylar sleeve.

Paperback. Condición: G+. First Thus. 4to. A good copy, sewn binding pulling apart at top edge. Soiling to front cover. undated but ca 1950 unpaginated 6pp + covers. Publisher's list + selected engravings and title pages. Immediate despatch from the UK. Book.

Soft cover. Condición: Very Good. 48 pages. Illustrated. Neil Ritchie "The Lungarno Series". Barbara McCrimmon "Dr Richard Garnett". Stephen H Cape "J Allen St John 1872 - 1957". Paul W Nash "T E Lawrence's Diary MCMXI". Paul W Nash "The Dropmore Press Winchester Bible".

Limited edition of 550 numbered copies. Cloth, gilt cover-device, dentelles, 4to, 27 cm, 64, [3] pp. The second of 'The Dropmore Essays'. Copy No. 545. Covers slightly marked, spine-ends slightly bumped, otherwise Good.

Limited edition of 450 copies printed on handmade paper. Quarter-green morocco and buckram, printed in red and black, 8vo, 23 cm, unpaginated, [48] pp, colour ills. Printed in Caslon Old Face on Barcham green handmade paper. Very Good in browned and slightly chipped dustwrapper, which has tape-repairs on its inner face.

single sheet, folded once. Dropmore Press Ilustrador. 8vo. single sheet, folded once. (4) pages. Illustrated by Stuart Boyle. NOTE: THIS IS FOR THE PROSPECTUS ONLY. A fine copy. Originally limited to 450 numbered copies. One of de Quincey's few excursions into historical writing. Relates the epic of the Tartars' return to China after 150 years of living under Russian rule.

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Very Good. 1st Edition. Number 119 of 525 (550) copies on Portals hand-made paper. Full blue linen staped and ettered in gilt, edges uncut. Printed dust-jacjet. Slight;y chipped at head. Neat ownership signature.

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. 1st Edition. Set in Monotype Plantin and printed in black (the illustrations in reddish-brown) on Millbourn handmade paper. One of 300 copies.Wood engravings by Kenneth Hunter. Green buckram gilt with leather spine label. Ownership signature removed from front endpaper. A very good copy.

550 copies, sm.4to, (257mm), [8],86p. Uncut in original blue cloth, backstrip slightly discoloured, gilt lettered with a gilt device on the front cover and gilt dentelles on the cover turn-ins, slightly dust-soiled. Printed in 14pt Bembo on Portals handmade paper.

Illustrated throughout, list of prices and buyers names, orig. wrappers, upper joint split, 1044 lots.

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Very Good. Set in Poliphilus. One of 400 (450) copies printed on hand-made paper. Title-page vignette, 8 full-page, 6 smaller line drawings and pictorial endpapers. Wide mororocco spine stamped in gold, orange cloth sides, gilt top. Pictorial dust-jacket slightly spotted with some loss head of spine. A very good copy.

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. Full dark red morocco gilt, 4to., (iv), 96, (2) pages, illustrated by Stuart Boyle. Of 450 copies printed, this is one of 50 numbered copies specially bound and signed by the illustrator. Printed on a hand press at the Dropmore Press from Poliphilus type on Hodgkinson handmade paper. Bound by Evans of Croydon. Small stamp to the title-page, moderate edgewear and rubbing, still a very good copy. Signed by Illustrator(s).

FIRST EDITION, folio; pp.xii,116; 8 colour plates with captioned tissue guards & 32 monochrome plates; a very good copy of this deluxe production in original cloth & slightly soiled dust-wrapper. Crown Jewels Regalia Heraldry Royalty Jewellery.

London, Sotheby, March 1969, in-8, br., pp. 185. Con una cartina, veduta dall'esterno della proprieta risalente al 1792, 42 tavole in b.n. (fra cui una della Long Gallery, fatta costruire nel 1818 da Lord Grenville per ospitare la biblioteca). 1044 lotti, di cui 301 dedicati ai libri. Dorso difettoso.

Hardcover. Condición: Fine. 1st Edition. Number 46 of 75 (81) copies set in Caslon Old Face, printed in red and black on Barcham Green handmade paper, and signed by the author. Quarter vellum with gilt spine titling, silver linen-covered boards stamped in red. Fine copy. (Nash & Flavell D6). Signed by Author(s).

FIRST EDITION, no.47 of 81 copies, signed by the author; sm.4to., pp.(32); printed in red & black on Barcham Green handmade paper; very good in original vellum-backed printed cloth, top edge gilt, others uncut; copper-engraved bookplate of John Raymond Danson. Nash D6 notes that the paper was from old Corvinus Press stock. Poetry Private Press.

No Binding. Condición: Fine. 1st Edition. Number 22 of 100 copies handset in Centaur, printed in red and black on red `Thistlebloom' paper and signed by the author. A fine copy. The Dropmore Poems 1. "This series of short verses was probably instituted in order to make some use of Carlow's foundry type and his remaining stock of paper. This six delicate folds of paper in the series are among the most delightful Dropmore Press publications." (Nash & Flavell D2). Signed by Author(s).

Pp. 8, 3 tinted illustrations; 23 cm. x 14 cm.; cream paper wrappers, printed in brown & black, stapled, lightly marked; uncut; The Dropmore Press, London, 1950. *Lists three publications; with loosely inserted 'Retrospectus', listing eighteen titles (first two out of print); single sheet, folded to 8 pages, printed on recto; and a printed post card order form.

Pp. [12], including self-wrappers, stapled; 24.5 x 18.5 cm.; printed in black, pale blue, & green; Contents: gives details of three books, with four full page illustrations; upper and lower wrapper browned, other leaves lightly browned; The Dropmore Press, London, 1952. *With loosely inserted order form.

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Number 404 of 525 (550) copies on Hodgkinson handmade paper. Illustrated with 9 wood engravings by John O'Connor, 5 full-page. Blue linen, stamped and lettered in gilt, edges uncut. Lacking dust-jacket. A very good bright copy. (Nash & Flavell D14).

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. No Jacket. Illustrated Edition. Number 179 of 270 (300) copies set in Bembo and printed on Hodgkinson cream wove paper. Illustrated with 7 wood-engravings in colour, 3 being full-page. Full blue buckram, titled and stamped in gilt. A very good copy. Originally published as: The hurricane wreck of the ship "Serica", Simpkin Marshall, 1870.

Pp. [16], including self-wrappers, sewn, title printed in blue & black, illustrated; uncut and unopened; 22 cm. x 15.5 cm.; upper wrapper slightly rubbed and marked; The Dropmore Press, London, 1948. Limited to 750 numbered copies printed by hand on Cream Wove paper.

One of 550 numbered copies. Large 8vo, bound in blue cloth with gilt Dropmore Press emblem on upper cover, gilt lettering on spine, gilt patterned turn-ins, in slipcase. [vi], 84. A fine copy. A series of miscellaneous essays originally published in the "London Illustrated News." The Dropmore Press was established by Lord Kemsley in 1945 and was the successor to the Corvinus Press of Lord Carlow. Though Dropmore books did not attain the crisp perfection and beauty of the Nonesuch or Golden Cockerel Presses, they do possess a modest charm perhaps born of the more-than-modest post-war circumstances in which they were produced.

FIRST EDITION, no.16 of 25 specially bound copies, signed by the author, (total edition of 550); 4to., pp.(6)84 + colophon; printed in red & black on Portals handmade paper; a very good uncut copy in deluxe half natural vellum, buckram sides blocked in gold, card slip-case (worn). Twelve essays on a delightful variety of topics: Cows in Wartime, Hunter's Moon, My Cat Sammy, The Bells, &c. 'One of the many advantages of growing old is that one has to have one's hair cut less frequently.' Nash D8. History Signed Limited Edition Private Press.

Dropmore Press Ilustrador. small 4to. full leather, gilt on cover and spine, five raised bands. (x), iv, 108, (3) pages, unopened. Printed in an edition limited to 300 numbered copies, of which this is one of 53 copies bound thus. A fine copy. A biographical and critical study of the life and works of Sir Alfred Gilbert, a British sculptor during the late 1800's and early 1900's. Illustrated with photographs of his works and includes a commentary on plates. Indexed. full leather, gilt on cover and spine, five raised bands.

4pp., 4to. Bifolium. In very good condition. Covering the whole of the front page is a beautiful coloured illustration of the Imperial State Crown, with no text. The following three pages are printed in black and purple, with the second page carrying the publication details; the third page a full-page note from the editor; and the last page an advertisement for Sir John Wilson's 'Royal Philatelic Collection'. No copies of this item traced on either COPAC or OCLC WorldCat.

Hardcover. Condición: Fine. 1st Edition. Set in Garamond and printed on Hodgkinson handmade paper. One of 300 copies. Engraved title-page, 2 full-page and 13 smaller wood-engravings, Dark brown half morocco with gilt spine titling, cream canvas sides stamped in gilt. Cardboard slipcase distressed, otherwise a fine copy.

Limited edition of 550 numbered copies. Cloth, gilt cover-title in frame, top edge gilt, others uncut, 4to, 26 cm, 102 pp. Printed in Perpetua type and Gill Floriated Initials on Hodgkinson handmade paper. Includes a preface by Evelyn Waugh and the following selection of sermons by Knox: Success; Homage; Greatness; Truth; Light; Zeal; A.M.D.G; Individuality; Life; Permanence; Heroism. From Waugh's preface: "Mgr. Knox's message . survives entire in black and white, as compelling in print as in his quiet, scholar's voice. His ideas, complex and seemingly incongruous, come together, fuse, and become simple, permanent and luminous. That, rather than his abounding verbal felicity, is what makes his art notable." Copy No. 538. Edges a little browned, spine slightly faded, covers slightly rubbed, otherwise Good.

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. First Edition. Publisher's morocco-backed marbled boards. In slip case, (with top flap missing). 107 leaves ; 31 cm. Minor rubbing to a few spots on spine. Title and introduction designed by Bruce Rogers. A catalog produced by more than 150 designers, printers, papermakers and other participants in ten countries, showing 107 specimens of fine papers on about 200 sheets. All kinds and colors of paper from the best paper mills in the world are shown and in addition, the specimens were designed and printed by the most gifted and distinguished of present day artists. "Probably the most varied sample book of handmade and mould-made papers ever done, this book contains the work of more than 150 designers, printers and papermakers of ten countries. Papers of both the West and the Orient are included." - Schlosser 59. This is an oversized or heavy book, which requires additional postage for international delivery outside the US.

Hardcover. Condición: Good. Dust Jacket Included. 4to . Limited edition of 450, this copy number 20 of 50 special copies signed by the artist and bound in full dark red morocco with teg and gilt design on upper board and gilt lettering to spine. Cover design, dw, end papers and illustrations by Stuart Boyle. A fine copy although dw very discoloured and torn in two pieces. (ac12). Signed by Author(s).