Private Press from Georg Schneebeli :: Rare Books & Prints

This speech illustrates Morris's life, craftsmanship and politics. Second edition, following the Doves Press edition of the previous year. Description: Bound in brown paper covered boards and vellum spine. William Morris printed vertically on the spine. Octavo: 22 × 15 cm; unpaginated, pp. [36]. Printed by the Chiswick Press on Batchelor's Anvil & Hammer handmade paper. Ref.: Walsdorf 201 Condition: Light toning… Read more about this item

One of the very few copies of this work. Complete with the handwritten addressed envelope. Limited edition of 111 copies, of which this is number xli. Description: Sewn as issued in original printed wrappers and original glassine jacket. Quarto: 31 × 21 cm; [14] ll. (unpaginated). Printed from 16 pt Astrée on hand-made paper, edges uncut. Enclosed: Original envelope with… Read more about this item

Rare edition by Officina Bodoni with songs by Robert Burns translated into Swiss German. Limited edition, number 69 of only 100 numbered copies. Dedication copy. Description: Publisher's pigskin, double-ruled border to boards in black, gilt spine label, in original slipcase. Octavo: 20 × 13 cm; pp. 119, [2] ll. Title page with coloured woodcut vignette. Top edge gilt. Bilingual text:… Read more about this item

Although published by Bondi, the half-title bears the Einhorn Press mark and is therefore considered to be Opus VI of the Einhorn Press prints. First edition. Description: Cloth backed over blue paper covered boards, white paper label with black lettering on the front board and along spine. Quarto: 27 × 20 cm; pp. 47 [1]. With ten vignettes printed in… Read more about this item

First edition with wood engravings by Frans Masereel. No. 115 of the limited edition of 250 on laid paper. Signed by Frans Masereel in the imprint. Description: Original half calf over marbled boards, gilt title to spine. Quarto: 28 × 18,5 cm; pp. 57, [4] ll. With 37 original woodcuts (of which 7 full-page, printed recto only) by Frans Masereel. Ref.: Ritter:… Read more about this item

First edition of Doves Press's second Catalogue Raisonné. Description: Linen spine and blue paper-covered boards. Titled on the upper cover THE DOVES PRESS. Octavo: 24 × 17 cm; pp. [1], 12. Printed from 'Doves' type on 'Doves' paper. Paragraph marks, section headings, etc., in red. Ref.: Cowan 96; Tidcombe 27 Notes: The second Catalogue Raisonné (the first Catalogue Raisonné was published in 1908)… Read more about this item

Designed by Melchior Lechter and privately printed in a total edition of 310 copies. No. 164 of the edition of 300 on Indian paper. Description: Japanese paper covered boards, front board printed in blue and panelled gilt to a geometric design. Octavo: 24 × 19.5 cm; unpag. [10] leaves. Printed in red and blue on Indian paper. Ref.: Raub: A 67;… Read more about this item

First edition. The careful decoration and the expressive design make "Die Fischer" a book-artistic gem from the time of the early Art Nouveau. Description: vellum spine with Art Nouveau decorated paper boards, upper board with paper lettering label printed in black. Endpapers in the same decor as the cover. In original light brown cardboard slipcase. Octavo: 18 × 12 cm;… Read more about this item

A handsomely produced book with three woodcuts by Heinz Keller (printed on rectos only). Limited edition of 500 copies, this being no. 193. Description: Quarter red cloth with paper covered boards, pp. 29.Text in German. Condition: Binding faintly bumped at edges. Endpapers and book block in pristine condition. A clean copy in very good condition. Please note: Due to the low weight,… Read more about this item

The prospectus announces "The life of William Blake", Blake's "Poetry and prose", Blake's "Pencil drawings", "The life and adventures of Peter Porcupine", "The New Testament", "The Temple", "The princess of Babylon", "The seasons", "A stitch in time", "The divine comedy", Vanbrugh's "Works", Pindar's "Pythian odes", and "The pilgrim's progress". Retrospectus of limited editions and a list of unlimited editions including… Read more about this item

The prospectus announces "Minnow among Tritons", "George Chapman" and "Pope's own miscellany". With a large Nonesuch device by E. McKnight Kauffer on front (reprinted from "The anatomy of melancholy", q.v.). Description: Sewn paper sheets. Octavo: 25 × 16 cm; pp. 7. printed in Monotype Goudy Modern and Garamond Bold italic on wove paper. Ref.: Dreyfus: P31 Condition: Showing some noticeable creases to corners.… Read more about this item

Announcing "Some recollections of Oscar Wilde", "Butleriana", Dryden's "Works", Evelyn's "Directions for the gardiner at Sayes Court", and Donne's "Sermon of valediction". Retrospectus of limited editions 1923-1931. With a large Nonesuch Press device by Stephen Gooden in centre of front cover. Description: Pink wrappers loosely glued over sewn endpapers. Quarto: 27 × 18 cm; pp. 15 [1]. Printed by Cambridge University… Read more about this item

The Nonesuch Press prospectus announcing "Alice", "Treasure Island", "At the back of the north wind" and "Fifty favourite fairy tales". Description: Single folded sheet. Octavo: 24 × 16 cm; pp. [4]. With 2 illustrations. Printed in Monotype Baskerville and Metropolis Shaded, with Monotype Joanna and Nonesuch Plantin. Ref.: Dreyfus: P86 Condition: The copy is slightly creased at the base and shows some minor… Read more about this item

The prospectus announces the Authorized Version or King James Bible of 1611, in three volumes and reproductions of the woodcuts of Bernard Salomon. Advertising, besides the Bible, a Retrospectus of 1953-62. Description: Stapled paper covers. Octavo: 24 × 15 cm; pp. 7, [1] + [4] pp. [insert from 'Genesis']. Illustrated with 4 woodcuts. Printed by the Stellar Press in Baskerville on… Read more about this item

The prospectus announces the Authorized Version or King James Bible of 1611, in three volumes and reproductions of the woodcuts of Bernard Salomon. Advertising, besides the Bible, a Retrospectus of 1953-62. Description: Stapled paper covers. Octavo: 24 × 15 cm; pp. 7, [1] + [4] pp. [insert from 'Genesis']. Illustrated with 4 woodcuts. Printed by the Stellar Press in Baskerville on… Read more about this item

Description: Broadside: 49 × 32 cm; folded twice, printed on recto only on wove cream paper. With the editor's note in the upper left corner on cyan paper. Condition: A few minor signs of age and use, but in very good order for such ephemeral production. Please note: Due to the low weight, the shipping costs may be lower than indicated. Please… Read more about this item

Issued by 26 November 1925, when it was advertised in "The Times Literary Supplement". Announcing for the winter of 1925: "Histories or tales of past times told by Mother Goose", Burton's "Anatomy of melancholy", "The collected works of John Wilmot, Earl of Rochester", "The tale of Mr Tootleoo", and for 1926: "The English poems of John Milton", "Ulick and Soracha",… Read more about this item

Contains a foreword (by FM, VM, DG) announcing the results of the voting on the 'outer wrappings of its books' invited in Bodkin permitting. The prospectus announces "Florio's Montaigne" (note by FM), Homer's "Iliad" (DG), Donne's "Courtier's library" (VM), "Selected essays of William Hazlitt" (G. L. Keynes), "A bihliography of William Hazlitt" (FM), "Love among the haystacks" (DG), "Astrophel &… Read more about this item