Woodbridge Rare Books (456 results)

No Binding. Condition: Fine. 28x22cm, 1pp. Single sheet with horizontal fold, printed in black. Handsome single-sheet announcement Fine.

Seller Inventory # W0943

No Binding. Condition: Fine. Anthony Christmas (illustrator). 15x10cm, 4pp. A single sheet folded to 4pp, printed in red and black with a wood-engraving by Anthony Christmas to the front. Fine.

Seller Inventory # W0924

No Binding. Condition: Near Fine. 26x17cm, 4pp. Single sheet of Zerkall Silurian paper folded to 4pp. Printed in black with woodcut to p3 and ornamental titling to the front in blue, loose note on prices laid-in. Also laid in is a single sheet 'Additions to and deletions from our 1982 list' Near Fine (some faint creasing).

Seller Inventory # W0945

No Binding. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: New. 15x22cm, 4pp. Single sheet french-folded to 4pp. Loose order form on pink paper laid-in. Covering the first two books from Christopher Skelton's September Press: 'Alexander's Feast' and 'Hoodoo McFiggin's Christmas'. Also laid-in are two copies of a letter of ?1990 concerning Skelton's retirement. Fine.

Seller Inventory # W0946

No Binding. Condition: Fine. 28x15cm, 1pp. A single sheet folded horizontally, with vignette printed in green, separate order form laid-in. Fine.

Seller Inventory # W0931

No Binding. Condition: Very Good. 24x17cm, 4pp. Single sheet folded to 4pp, printed in black and maroon, with specimen plate on p3 and another woodcut to the front. Laid-in are two copies of the Merrion Press 'Complete List to 1977'. Very Good (creasing to foredge).

Seller Inventory # W0942

Soft cover. Condition: Fine. 22x15cm, 8pp. With a tipped-in sample of marbled paper. Sewn into mauve paper covers, press device to the front, order form and photographic postcard laid-in. A useful record of Claire Bolton's Alembic Press books, divided into 'New titles for 1992', 'Current titles' and 'Earlier publications'. Fine.

Seller Inventory # W0954

No Binding. Condition: Fine. 20x14cm, 4pp. Single sheet folded to 4pp, with loose order form laid-in. Fine.

Seller Inventory # W0975

No Binding. Condition: Fine. 22x14cm, 4pp. Single sheet folded to 4pp. Reproduced image printed in brown to the front, and sticker with revised pricing applied to p4. Fine.

Seller Inventory # W0965

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. 17x12cm, 9pp. With monochrome photographic reproductions of pages from facsimile books. Stapled into gloss card covers with illustration in brown to the front, ink inscription '23 Jan 1965' to the back, with the compliments slip of Bertram Rota Ltd laid-in. A useful reference for five of the facsimiles of famous antiquarian editions published by Eugrammia, these being the Hypnerotomachia Poliphili, L'apocalypse figuree (Jean Duvet), Apocalypse (Durer), The Trinity Apocalypse and Modeles des caracteres (Pierre Simon Fournier). Notwithstanding the TLS quote ('The Eugrammia Press have revived what appeared to be a dying practice, at least in this country, of publishing good facsimile editions which would adorn a gentleman's library .') this class of book rarely seems to have found much favour in the UK. Near Fine (old crease to the back of the wrapper).

Seller Inventory # W0976

No Binding. Condition: Fine. 15x11cm, 4pp. Single sheet folded to 4pp. Small announcement for Prof. Haseloff's book, printed in Paris by the Pegasus Press and obtainable from Maggs Bros, London. Fine.

Seller Inventory # W1000

No Binding. Condition: Near Fine. 24x15cm, 6pp. Single sheet folded to 6pp. Decorative border printed in green to the front. Covers five published and forthcoming books from the publishing firm established by Iain Bain and Graham Williams: 'Eric Gill for Father Desmond', 'A Typographical Masterpiece' (an account of the Golden Cockerel Press 'Four Gospels'), 'William Bulmer 1757-1830', 'Beilby and Bewick Bookplates' and 'Hints on Decorative Printing'. Near Fine (a little creasing at the edges).

Seller Inventory # W0991

No Binding. Condition: Very Good. Rex Whistler (illustrator). 15x10cm, 4pp. Single sheet folded to 4pp, printed in black and green, reproduction of a Rex Whistler line drawing to the front. A list of five of Beverley Nichols' now largely forgotten books centered on his English gardens, homes and village life, with extracts from press reviews. ND, but probably 1950s given the inclusion of 'Merry Hall' (1951). Very Good (a little wrinkling to the foredge).

Seller Inventory # W1001

No Binding. Condition: Fine. Edmund Dulac (illustrator). 21x16, 2pp. Single sheet of gloss card with colour reproduction of an Edmund Dulac illustration to the front. An announcement of an exhibition of British Illustrators held by Chris Beetles Ltd of Ryder Street, St James, London in 1998/99. Fine.

Seller Inventory # W0987

No Binding. Condition: Fine. 24x17cm, 4pp. Single sheet of cream paper folded to 4pp, title in red, reproduction of woodcut to the front. Fine.

Seller Inventory # W0997

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 22x14cm, 47pp. Stapled into card covers with printed decorative border in grey and pink, several monochrome plates. Errata slip tipped-on to title page, and slip with additional entry tipped-on to p47. Catalogue for the Wedgwood Bicentenary Exhibition held at the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, from 23 June to 30 August 1959. 318 entries. Very Good (light foxing spots to cover, date inscription in ink to inside front cover).

Seller Inventory # W1008

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. 21x15 cm. Stapled into brown card covers. 652 items listed, no date. Near Fine (slight bend adjacent to spine).

Seller Inventory # W1081

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 24x17cm, 179pp. Glued into beige printed covers. 3407 items. With a long introduction by Nicholas Barker, and a comprehensive checklist of books by members of the Garnett family. A valuable reference for the Garnett scholar. Very Good (waviness from spine to foredge, slight bends to corners).

Seller Inventory # W1080

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. 121x14cm, 156pp. Glued into green card covers. 815 items. A useful bibliography of bibliographies, in short-form. No date. Near Fine (a little crinkling at the spine).

Seller Inventory # W1076

Soft cover. Condition: Fine. 22x14cm. Stapled into beige printed card covers. 410 items, many Private Press / fine printing / typography. Fine.

Seller Inventory # W1075

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 21x15cm. Stapled into red card covers. 387 entries, mostly first editions. Very Good (some minor indentations to the covers).

Seller Inventory # W1088

No Binding. Condition: Fine. Jane Lydbury (illustrator). 24x15cm. Single sheet printed in blue and black to recto only. Fine.

Seller Inventory # W1100

Soft cover. Condition: Fine. 11x15cm, [8pp]. Stapled into grey card covers. Lists five books from James Dodds' Jardine Press. Fine.

Seller Inventory # W1102

No Binding. Condition: Near Fine. 21x26cm, 4pp. Single sheet folded to 4pp, woodcut illustration by John Hunter to the front. Near Fine (slight crease to the foot at the fold).

Seller Inventory # W1101

No Binding. Condition: Very Good. 15x10cm. Single sheet of grey paper printed to recto only. Modest prospectus for a book designed and printed by Sebastian Carter at the Rampant Lions Press. Very Good (creasing and small liquid stain to top corner).

Seller Inventory # W1113

No Binding. Condition: Fine. Richard Shirley Smith (illustrator). 21x10cm,[6pp]. Single sheet of green card Z-folded to 6pp. The prospectus for one of the best books of the Libanus Press. Fine.

Seller Inventory # W1103

No Binding. Condition: Near Fine. Christopher Brown (illustrator). 32x21cm, 4pp. Single sheet folded to 4pp, with linocut illustrations printed in black. An amusing modern take on the traditional alphabet book. Near Fine (faint residue of old crease to the top corner).

Seller Inventory # W1107

Soft cover. Condition: Fine. 21x15cm, 28pp. With eight monochrome photographic plates, stapled into a pale green printed card cover. The programme for the 1987 Festival of the picturesque village of Blewbury, Oxfordshire. The cover was printed at The Rocket Press, which was based in the village, and the overall design was supervised by Jonathan Stephenson of the Press. Fine.

Seller Inventory # W1118

No Binding. Condition: Fine. 15x10cm, 4pp. Card folded to 4pp, with reproductions of monochrome illustrations. The invitation to the opening of the Royal Festival Hall exhibition of 'A China Scrapbook', a 'paint and video scrapbook' by the four artists which was the subject of a BBC television programme in 1988, Fine.

Seller Inventory # W1119

No Binding. Condition: Very Good. Aligi Sassu (illustrator). 22x16cm. Single sheet of cream gloss paper folded to 4pp, with monochrome photographic images from the book. Prospectus for a scarce livre d'artiste, with fifteen poems by Irving Layton and fifteen images by Aligi Sassu. Very Good (some darkening and a crease near the foredge).

Seller Inventory # W1144