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A LINE.
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An Alphabet in Praise of FROGS & TOADS. Written and drawn by John Norris Wood with a Foreword by Len Deighton and an Afterword by Olive Cook.
Church Hanborough: Inky Parrot Press, 2002. Number 23 of 36 copies, which have all the black and white illustrations hand-coloured by Sylvia Stokeld under the artist’s supervision, from a total edition of 360 copies signed by John Norris Wood. The book is typeset in Garamond by Charles Hall in Cornwall and printed litho by Adrian Lack at The Senecio Press in Charlbury on Arches Rivoli paper. Bound by The Fine Bindery in Wellingborough, in quarter red morocco over pictorial paper-covered boards; original cloth and paper slipcase. A fine copy with the original prospectus loosely laid in.
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AN ODE ON A FAVOURITE CAT DROWNED IN A TUB OF GOLDFISHES.
Oldham: Incline Press, 2001. Ken Ferguson made the lino-cut, which is signed. Of an edition of one hundred and fifty this is copy number 16. Original cloth-backed patterned paper-covered boards after a design by Edward Bawden from the Curwen Press. Loosely laid in a letter to subscribers signed by Kathy Whalen, and a broadside on raillery by Benjamin Franklin published in 2001 by Incline Press. A fine – as new – copy. [15877]
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Benedicite Omnia Opera. Alyson MacNeill cut the images. Nicolas MacDowall hand-set the Garamond types. The printing, on damped mould-made paper from St. Cuthbert’s Mill, was completed by Nicolas McDowall in July 1987.
Catchmays Court, Llandogo: The Old Stile Press, 1987. This is number 89 of an edition of 225 numbered copies, signed by the artist. A fine, as new, copy, in the original slipcase.
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HUMAN PASSIONS DELINEATED. An Exploration of the work of Tim Bobbin by Dian Donald & Brian Maidment.
Hanborough: Hanborough Parrot, 1990. An edition of 120 copies. This copy unnumbered, but signed by both Donald and Maidment. Pictorial paper-covered boards. No jacket. A fine copy.
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JULIUS CAESAR’S COMMENTARIES. A modern Rendering by Somerset De Chair. Engravings by Clifford Webb.
The Golden Cockerel Press, 1951. 312 pages. Frontispiece, title-page vignette, head and tailpiece illustrations, map endpapers. Number 148 from a limited edition of 320 copies. Original two-colour buckram gilt, with gilt medallion to the upper board. 288 x 205 mm. Fore-edges uncut. Slight rubbing to cloth, and slight browning at fore-edges; else a very good copy.
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Manchester Metropolitan University IMAGES OF HISTORY.
Oldham: Incline Press, 2005. 52 pages. Illustrated with a map, a coloured lithograph, and twenty-two mounted plates by. Blue quarter cloth silver gilt over marbled boards. 263 x 260 mm. One of sixty copies bound for subscribers from a total edition of hundred and seventy-five. Signed in pencil by Terry Wyke. A mint copy.
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MILK FOR THE CAT. Illustrated by Bert Eastman.
Oldham: Incline Press, 2003. Bert Eastman made the linocut, which is signed. Of an edition of one hundred and eighty this is copy number 40. Original cloth-backed decorative paper-covered boards. A fine – as new – copy.
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On the Visionary Work and Revolutionary Life of an Idle Idol: William Morris.
[Rochdale:]: Bracket Press, 2008. ONE OF 60 COPIES printed for Incline Press subscribers, printed on Zerkall mould-made paper in Golden type with frontispiece of Burne-Jones’s illustration for ‘A Dream of John Ball...’, with decorative border and initials, [ii], 14 pages. Original quarter grey linen and boards printed in black to upper board, edges untrimmed. Octavo. A facsimile of Morris letter laid in as issued; together with a bookmark. A fine – as new – copy.
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Robin Flower’s translation of PANGUR BAN. With lino-cuts by Philippa Threfall.
Oldham: Incline Press, 2010. In an edition of less than 200 copies of which this is number 20. Original cloth-backed paper-covered boards. A fine – as new – copy.
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SAMSON AGONISTES A Dramatic Poem by John Milton. With wood-engravings by Robert Ashwin Maynard.
Harrow Weald: Raven Press, 1931. xi, [1], 63 pages. Illustrated with ten wood-engravings protected by tissue guards. Original quarter vellum gilt over cloth. 300 x 211 mm. Number 122 of a limited edition of 275 copies. Contained in the original slipcase. The book is fine, but the slipcase is worn and split and lacks parts of one edge.
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THE ANIMAL ALPHABET.
Hanborough: Parrot Press, 1988. Number 122 of a limited edition of 125 copies. Illustrated through in black & white. Original paper-covered boards. 230 x 164 mm. A fine copy, though not signed. The Animal Alphabet was first published, in a somewhat different format, as an RCA Inkling book in 1983. A fine copy.
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THE DESCENT OF ISHTAR.
Hammersmith: The Eragny Press, 1903. 30, [2] pages. One of 226 copies. Wood-engraved frontispiece designed by Diana White and engraved by Esther Pissarro. The double border and initials letters were designed by Lucien Pissarro and engraved by him and Esther Pissarro. Original patterned and plain paper-covered boards with a small title label to the upper board. 165 x 110 mm. Some light browning to the free endpapers; else a fine copy.
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The First Wife a voice for Katherine of Aragon. Wood engraved illustrations by Alan Smith.
Oldham: Incline Press, 2003. Number 37 of an edition of 160 copies, signed by the author. Original cloth-backed boards. A fine – as new – copy.
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THE HIGHWAYMAN Written by Alfred Noyes and Newly Illustrated by Bridget Holdsworth.
Oldham: Incline Press, 1996. 18 pages. 15 illustrations by Brigid Holdsworth printed in brown, green and black. No. 17 of 200 copies, signed by the artist. Printed in Modern No.20, Bodoni and Thorogood Italic on Velin Arches. Original orange printed wrappers with an image by Brigid Holdsworth printed in red on upper cover. Octavo. A fine – as new – copy.
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THE RIME OF THE ANCIENT MARINER Illustrated by Mervyn Peake.
Marlborough: The Libanus Press, 2003. Number 43 of 50 special copies of the book with a set of prints in a solander box. ISBN 0 948021 55 1 Special. As new.
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THE RIME OF THE ANCIENT MARINER Illustrated by Mervyn Peake.
Marlborough: The Libanus Press, 2003. Number 57 of 80 copies bound in cloth numbered 51 to 130. ISBN 0 948021 50 0 Standard. As new.
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THE ST BRIDE NOTEBOOK. With wood engravings by Eric Ravilious Published to celebrate the centenary of his birth.
Olham: Incline Press, 2003. The illustrations in Dr Archer’s essay are printed from magnesium blocks made by the Block Shop, Manchester. The engravings in the Notebook are printed from the wood, except as noted previously. Original burgundy cloth gilt over flexible boards. A fine copy – a s new.
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The Tree House.
Oldham: Incline Press, 2001. This book was conceived and cut in lino by John Liddell. Two hundred copies were printed of which this number 25, signed by John Liddell, Graham Moss, and Kathy Whalen. Cloth-backed pictorial paper-covered boards; cloth slipcase. Original prospectus loosely laid in. A fine – as new – copy.
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URBAN BIRDS A Collection of Cuts by Jo Spaul. Illustrated with a selection of suitable verse.
Incline Press, 1999. Number 9 of 25 ‘special’ copies issued in a slipcase with a separate folder containing an original coloured woodcut, signed by Jo Spaul and numbered 9 of 30; together with a coloured linocut by Spaul illustrating a poem by Ralph Hodgson. A fine/as new copy.
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