Libanus (40 Ergebnisse)

First Edition. Near fine copy, with faint dust-dulling to wrapper edges. Internally bright and clean; remains well-preserved overall. Physical description; [4] pages (2 sheets) ; 22 cm. Notes; Publisher's catalogue. Includes an order form. Subjects; Libanus Press - Catalogs, Fine books - Catalogs, Private presses - England - Wil…

First Edition. Near fine copy, with faint dust-dulling to wrapper edges. Internally bright and clean; remains well-preserved overall. Physical description; [4] pages (2 sheets) ; 22 cm. Notes; Publisher's catalogue. Includes an order form. Subjects; Libanus Press - Catalogs, Fine books - Catalogs, Private presses - England - Wil…

Hard Cover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. The dust jacket has light shelf wear and a clipped inside flap. The edges of the book have minor tanning and spotting. The first blank page has a pen inscription. 539 pages. Books listed here are not stored at the shop. Please contact us if you want to pick…

Soft cover. Zustand: Fine. 1st Edition. One of 475 copies set in Bell type and printed in black (the engravings in reddish-brown) on Amatruda paper. Sewn into overlapping Fabriano paper wrappers printed in black on the front. A near fine copy. The first edition of an entertaining essay about books: not the reading, writing, or c…

Hard Cover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. Volume 1 only. The dust jacket has light shelf wear and a clipped inside flap. The edges of the book have light tanning and spotting. The first blank page has a pen inscription. 528 pages. Books listed here are not stored at the shop. Please contact us if yo…

Dark mustard wrappers with two small Cat wood engravings. Sm.8vo, c.pp12, neat little booklabel on endpaper, fine copy. 'Second Impression' : set in a tiny size of Monotype Joanna. Typically elegant jewel-like piece from the Libanus Press. **** To confirm availability before ordering, please click the link Ask Bookseller A Quest…

Striking dark plum-coloured wrappers titled in black. Narrow 8vo, c.pp20, neat little owner's booklabel on endpaper, a fine copy. With 3 wood engravings printed in dark plum by Phillida Gili. Very attractive. Edition Limited to 475 copies printed on ivory Amatruda paper. **** To confirm availability before ordering, please click…

Sole Edition. Publisher's printed card wrappers with flaps, white lettering to spine and upper cover. Inscribed by the author on on page 63 "For Roger | with my best wishes | from David | Christmas, 2013." Octavo, pp. 64. TOGETHER with a handwritten card from the author to 'Roger' dated 24th December 2013, a Christmas Card print…

One of 475 copies. 3 wood engravings by Phillida Gili printed in sanguine. Printed in Monotype Bell on Amatruda paper, the cover paper is Fabriano Roma. Pp. [20]. Small 8vo., [13.5 x 20.5 cms], russet paper wrappers, black titles to upper cover, lower edge uncut. Slightly creased at edges, touch of fading to spine, otherwise fin…

One of an edition limited to 250 copies typeset at Libanus Press, printed by Hampton Printing Ltd using Rialto type on mould-made Zerkall paper, and bound by Ludlow Bookbinders. A presentation copy, inscribed on the first blank page 'With all best wishes | John White | 2-12-15'. Quarter oatmeal cloth over red paper-covered board…

No.60 of 220 copies, pp.68 + erratum/colophon leaf; vignette decorations in grey throughout; a fine uncut copy in original cloth-backed decorated boards & stiff paper slip-case. The picaresque 18th century low-life autobiography of Charlotte Biggs, who 'since the printing of this edition it has been discovered. died in a Versail…

175/170 COPIES (from an overall edition of 200), printed in dark green, title-page with Lawrence Phoenix device, pp. [ii], 8, [ii], 8vo, original cream card wrappers, olive green dustwrapper with printed label, near fine. An intriguing edition, with Sagar's illuminating introduction preceding the third version of the Foreword, p…

No Binding. Zustand: Near Fine. Solander box with cover and spine labels containing 26 colored card sheets upon which are mounted 55 pieces of ephemera, 4to., with index sheet. Samples of ephemeral printing taken from commercial runs mainly done to deadlines. One of 75 copies. Many different typefaces on a wide variety of papers…

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. 1st Edition. Set in Monotype Garamond. Number 102 of 170 (220) copies printed in black (the illustrations in grey) on Amatruda paper. 7 illustrations and cover design by Richard Shirley Smith. Quarter silver cloth with silver spine titling, decorative paper-covered boards. Slipcase. Spine a little…

ONE OF 200 COPIES, this marked 'Out of Series' and 'Printer's copy', tipped-in photographic frontispiece portrait, small hand-coloured tailpiece, pp. [74], crown 8vo, original quarter natural linen with salmon pink boards, faint foxing to top edge with tail edge untrimmed, a couple of light marks, spare label tipped in at rear,…

No.74 of 300 copies on Velin Arches rag paper; pp.40; full-page & smaller illustrations & decorations, hand-coloured through stencils; a very good copy in original grey silk-backed decorated boards. Illustrated launch exhibition invite laid in. Based on her extensive collection of jelly moulds: '.surrounded by these wondrous and…

No.43 of 250 copies on Velin Arches rag paper; pp.62; full-page & smaller illustrations & decorations in colour; a beautiful production in original green silk-backed decorated boards, paper label. DCC menu for Dinner 348, 10.12.98, incorporating 'The True Story of Poor Jack Trueheart', with talk by Ian Beck, laid in. Illustrated…

Quarter linen lettered in gilt over patterned boards. Tall 8vo, c.pp40 uncut, owner's neat label on endpaper, a fine copy. With 20 drawings [8 full-page] by Ian Beck, all hand-coloured through stencils.300 copies printed on Velin d'Arches rag paper. Serious and elegant book, set off with a series of wittily surreal illustrations…

One of an edition limited to 385 copies, of which 325 were for sale. Printed on Velin Arches rag paper with Joanna Type, save for letters K, R, T, V & Z which were printed offset litho. Each letter is illustrated by a full-page drawing and decorative initial, and all fifty-eight illustrations were water-coloured by hand by the h…

Edited and introduced by Marius Kociejowski. No. 69 of 220 copies. 7 illustrations and cover design by Richard Shirley Smith. Illustrated by Richard Shirley Smith. Printed in Monotype Garamond on thick handmade Amatruda paper. 8vo., bound by Smith Settle in original quarter grey cloth over illustrated paper boards, spine lettere…