Auction No 442, Tag: Private Press
7 Lots (displaying 1 - 7)
"Parenthesis: The Journal of the Fine Press Book Association" 1998- 2003 comprising issue Nos.1, 2, 4, 5, 6 and 8, No.8 being the Special Edition
"Parenthesis: The Journal of the Fine Press Book Association" 1998- 2003 comprising issue Nos.1, 2, 4, 5, 6 and 8, No.8 being the Special Edition
Lot 7
Lot: 7
- Auction Date: Wed 29th Apr 2026 12:00 BST
- Est: £40 - £50
Parenthesis: The Journal of the Fine Press Book Association 1998-2003 comprising issue Nos.1, 2, 4, 5, 6 and 8, No.8 being the Special Edition in 2 vols, in slipcase, with two signed limited edition prints and other items.
Limited Edition printings, mainly Cambridge University Press including Susannah Whatman "Her Housekeeping Book" 1952,
Limited Edition printings, mainly Cambridge University Press including Susannah Whatman "Her Housekeeping Book" 1952,
Lot 12
Lot: 12
- Auction Date: Wed 29th Apr 2026 12:00 BST
- Est: £50 - £70
Limited Edition printings, mainly Cambridge University Press including Susannah Whatman Her Housekeeping Book 1952, Report on the Typography of the Cambridge University Press 1950, and Crutchley Two Men: Walter Lewis and Stanley Morison at Cambridge 1968. Includes two Greyfrairs Book Club titles bound in leather. Five in slipcases. VG/VF. (14)
"Pages of Books Printed at the Shakespeare Head Press" St. Aldates Oxford 1932, comprising 16 fine items in original rather worn wrapper,
"Pages of Books Printed at the Shakespeare Head Press" St. Aldates Oxford 1932, comprising 16 fine items in original rather worn wrapper,
Lot 13
Lot: 13
- Auction Date: Wed 29th Apr 2026 12:00 BST
- Est: £70 - £100
Pages of Books Printed at the Shakespeare Head Press St Aldates Oxford 1932, comprising 16 fine items in original rather worn wrapper, including letter head, Works of Edmund Spenser and Geoffrey Chaucer, etc.
"Boxwood & Graver: A Miscellany of Blocks", privately printed 1958, quarter-vellum, gilt, glassine wrapper, a Christmas card signed by Allen Lane
"Boxwood & Graver: A Miscellany of Blocks", privately printed 1958, quarter-vellum, gilt, glassine wrapper, a Christmas card signed by Allen Lane
Lot 14
Lot: 14
- Auction Date: Wed 29th Apr 2026 12:00 BST
- Est: £50 - £70
Boxwood & Graver: A Miscellany of Blocks, privately printed 1958, quarter-vellum, gilt, glassine wrapper, a Christmas card signed by Allen Lane loosely inserted, Robert Louis Stevenson A Christmas Sermon 1928, privately printed for George Nelson; John Julius Norwich A Christmas Cracker 1980 (set of six pamphlets); and four other items
Christmas publications, mostly Private Press, 1940s/1960s, British & American, comprising pamphlets (16) and greetings cards (18),
Christmas publications, mostly Private Press, 1940s/1960s, British & American, comprising pamphlets (16) and greetings cards (18),
Lot 16
Lot: 16
- Auction Date: Wed 29th Apr 2026 12:00 BST
- Est: £80 - £120
Christmas publications, mostly Private Press, 1940s/1960s, British & American, comprising pamphlets (16) and greetings cards (18), Includes Marie Mauron Santons of Provence 1959; [Swinburne] Christmas Antiphones In Church 1950 and Phillips Brooks A Christmas Carol 1958, both published by George Arents; and some items signed by the printers/publishers. Mostly fine. (34).
Oxford University Press (New York) Christmas pamphlets 1945-1963, four by William Crawford, one with John Begg signed greetings card loosely inserted
Oxford University Press (New York) Christmas pamphlets 1945-1963, four by William Crawford, one with John Begg signed greetings card loosely inserted
Lot 21
Lot: 21
- Auction Date: Wed 29th Apr 2026 12:00 BST
- Est: £30 - £50
Oxford University Press (New York) Christmas pamphlets 1945-1963, four by William Crawford, one with John Begg signed greetings card loosely inserted; together with Gilbert Highet The Old Gentleman 1952 from same publisher. Most are pre-1958. (10)
Small books & pamphlets, many private press, UK & American, including Shakespeare Head Press (4), The Society of Wood Engravers (2) Curwen Press
Small books & pamphlets, many private press, UK & American, including Shakespeare Head Press (4), The Society of Wood Engravers (2) Curwen Press
Lot 22
Lot: 22
- Auction Date: Wed 29th Apr 2026 12:00 BST
- Est: £100 - £150
Small books & pamphlets, many private press, UK & American, including Shakespeare Head Press (4), The Society of Wood Engravers (2), Curwen Press, Whitehead & Alliger, William E. Rudge's Sons, E. Grabhorn (San Francisco), Rampant Lions Press, James & Beatrice Masters, De la More Press (3), etc. Also two greetings cards and a menu. 1900s to modern, all periods represented. Good to VF (34 items)