Recent Arrivals from SOPHIE SCHNEIDEMAN RARE BOOKS

Waltham Saint Lawrence: printed by Robert and Moira Gibbings at the Golden Cockerel Press, 1932. No. 179 of 307 copies, printed on handmade paper and signed by the author. Frontispiece, title-page and 8 wood engravings by Lynton Lamb. 8vo., original quarter red morocco by Sangorski & Sutcliffe with printed patterned cloth incorporating the initials of the Press and the… Read more about this item

1937. Original proof wood engraving, second state. Printed on laid paper, signed by the artist in ink and numbered by him 16/100, an edition of which only the first 25 were signed. Image size 8.7 x 11 cm. Framed and glazed.||Proof of a design, which in its first state had been used on the cover of Saint Bartholomew’s Hospital… Read more about this item

Waltham St. Lawrence: Printed by Robert Gibbings at the Golden Cockerel Press, 1925. No. 14 of only 30 special copies, with hand coloured engravings and signed by Eric Gill and Robert Gibbings, the artist and printer. 20 hand coloured wood engravings by Gill. Printed in Caslon in black and red. 26.2 x 19.8 cms, bound in full white buckram… Read more about this item

London: printed by Geo. W. Jones for the Aquila Press, 1929. One of 50 specially bound copies of a total edition of 850, this no. 30, signed by the author. 8vo., original black and natural tan niger with the title as a signature in black on spine and upper cover. Some spotting to the tan morocco and rubbing to… Read more about this item

Created in London: Otto, printed at Spike Island Printmakers, Bristol, 2007. No 36 of 100. 18pp. fully screen printed book by Otto the graphic artist and artists’ book maker, black whtie and metallic bronze screen printed wrappers. 24 x 29.5 cms. Sm. folio, bound by Kate Holland (signed with monogram on lower turn-in), black morocco spine with blue morocco… Read more about this item

1925. Original wood engraving in the first state, initialled by the artist, EG. Image size, 9.5 x 5 cms. Mounted. A very good, well-inked impression.||A gentle and tender image of the Madonna and Child. The second state is the only one that appears in Physick.|Physick 340 The very rare first state, not in Physick

Waltham St Lawrence: Golden Cockerel Press, 1933. 7 wood engravings by Robert Gibbings. No. 280 of 325 copies. 8vo., original red morocco backed patterned cloth covered boards, spine lettered in gilt, top edge gilt, others uncut. Spine faded, a little rubbing to extremities and slight bumping to corners, otherwise a very good copy. Booklabel of David & Nadia… Read more about this item

[Sherman Oaks, CA], 1989 . Cast paper statue. 21.5 x 14.5 cms. In the original mailing box, together with a tls to Edwards H. Metcalf, signed “Joe” [Joseph D’Ambrosio] dated Sept. 23, 1989.||Cast paper statue of Michelangelo’s David being a maquette for D’Ambrosio’s forthcoming book “D’Ambrosio’s David” which was issued in 1993. In his auto-biography ‘A Memoir of Book Design”,… Read more about this item

Paris: imprimerie et fonderie de Jules Didot l'Ainé,, 1833. Letterpress title-page and 24 leaves printed on rectos with 70 woodcuts, interleaved with blanks and tissue guards, the majority engraved by Laborde after his own designs and those of Jarvis, Sceffer, Arnoult, Adam, and Tellier, the other engravers include Thompson, Williams, Porret, Sophie, Sears, Branston and Slader. 8vo. [book 23… Read more about this item

London,: printed at Cambridge University Press for William Heinemann, 1935. 10 wood engravings by John Farleigh printed in red and black. Type format in red and black arranged by John Mason and printed by W. Lewis at Cambridge University Press. 4to., original quarter beige cloth, marbled paper covered sides, gilt titling on spine, lacking the dust jacket. Very mild… Read more about this item

London: Bain & Williams, 1991. One of 40 specials bound by Clare Skelton with an original print from the block on handmade Gampi paper printed by Graham Williams. Printed by Meriden-Stinehour press on Superfine Paper from the Mohawk Paper Mills. Text composed in Linotronic Galliard with title and chapter headings set in Golden Cockerel type by Rampant Lions Press.… Read more about this item

London: printed by Thomas Kell, published quarterly at Royalty Chambers, Dean Street, Soho, London W., November 1907 - August 1908. 4 issues, complete. The text is printed throughout in lithographic calligraphic printing after being written out by Graily Hewitt. With lithographs by Frank Brangwyn, Ernest Jackson, Spenser Pryse, Charles Shannon, Sickert, A.S. Hartrick, Joseph Pennell and others. 42 x… Read more about this item

Tallinn: published for the Estonian Designer Bookbinders by Trukikoda Folger Art , 2008. Pp. 189. One of 300 copies. Specially bound by Hannah Brown in 2010 (with binder’s label on the lower pastedown) in full black morocco with an embroidered map of Estonia over the entire binding and guitar strings to resemble music staves are laced onto front and… Read more about this item

Newtown: The Gregynog Press, 1928. No. 284 of 310 copies. Portrait frontispiece wood by R.A. Maynard after Augustus John. Printed in Baskervile type on Japanese vellum in with yellow title vignette and borders on every page. 8vo., original black buckram and marbled paper covered boards, largely unopened. With some mild rubbing to cloth, otherwise very good.||Simply but beautifully printed… Read more about this item

1926. Original proof copper engraving signed and numbered by Eric Gill in pencil, “EG” and 17/25. Image size 11.5 x 9.1 cms. Framed.||Proof for Procreant Hymn, published by The Golden Cockerel Press, being an alternative and more explicit design for the frontispiece of the book which was rejected in favour of a less obviously masculine image. Extremely… Read more about this item

Harrow: Raven Press, printed by Robert Ashwin Maynard & Horace Walter Bray, 1931. 5 full page wood engravings printed in black, grey and flesh colour by Horace Walter Bray plus title page vignette and hand coloured head-piece and numerous elaborate hand coloured initials by Bray. One of 275 copies, this no.48. 8vo., original quarter vellum, decorated with a gilt… Read more about this item

New York: Hammer Creek Press & Harbor Press, 1950-60s. The collection includes an evergreen leaf print (captioned in pencil by Fass and wood engravings, one being printed specially for a Mr Larmon. All beautifully printed and in very good condition and housed in an original envelope from Fass’s friend and dealer, Herman Cohen at The Chiswick Book Shop, New… Read more about this item

London: Golden Cockerel Press, 1946. Eleven wood engravings by John O’Connor. One of 750 copies. 8vo., original blue cloth backed, patterned paper covered boards with design by O’Connor, top edge gilt. Spine very mildly faded, corners bumped. and edges rubbed.||A celebration of the end of the War and the last book to be prepared by Rutter before he died.… Read more about this item

North Hills: printed by Henry Morris for Mel Kavin, 1994. Edited by David Pankow. One of 500 copies, this no.403, signed by all the participants - Bernard Middleton, author, Ward Ritchie, designer, Henry Morris, printer, Mel Kavin, publisher, Tini and Einen Miura, designer of the binding and the endpapers respectively, John de Pol, illustrator. A miniature book, 7 x… Read more about this item

1926. Original proof copper engraving signed and numbered by Eric Gill in pencil, “EG” and 6/25, however the numbering has been crossed out and the word “proof” added in pencil. Image size 115 x 91 mms. Small crease to the side of the image. Mounted and framed.||Proof of an alternative and more explicit design which was rejected… Read more about this item