Books for Sale or Trade

I've got a few private press books looking for new homes. Especially interested in trades but happy to sell as well. Shoot me a message either way!

1. "For Sale: Baby Shoes, Never Worn" from Foolscap Press. As new. A terrific book from a terrific press – maybe even among their best – but it's a folio that literally doesn't fit on my shelves. My shelves are pretty small, and so I simply have no way of storing it properly. Wondering if another collector would do better by the book than I. The premise is great: Hemingway penned literature's shortest story: "For Sale: Baby Shoes, Never Worn". In this edition, six writers expand upon that short-short story and write short stories of their own. All are great reads, and comparing among them is especially interesting. The binding is well-executed and inventive, too.

2. "An Unknown Masterpiece" by Honoré de Balzac from Rampant Lions Press. Fine condition. Beautifully executed book, I simply have two copies and don't need both.

3. "The Presidency" (full leather with solander case) from Thornwillow Press. Fine condition. TWP's fifth book, and its first full-length publication. Gorgeous full Morocco with brilliantly executed gold tooling. Mouldmade paper (Arches I think) and beautifully reproduced photographic portraits of the mid-century presidents. Personally, I think this edition is a must for any TWP collector. Cloth copies are usually easy to find, but the full-leathers are a scarcer.

>2 NathanOv: Yes, please do!

I've got a few small titles to add to the trade list as well:

"The Yellow Wall-Paper" from Clinker Press
"Nature" from Clinker Press
"Remembering the Moon" from Thornwillow Press
"The Pact" from Aralia Press

I've got a few FS/FT as well:

1. Grabhorn Press "Othello" -- I'd call it VG condition, with scuffs/scrapes to the edges of the spine (significant at tail), otherwise NF.
2. Grabhorn Press "Henry IV Part I" -- Also VG, with moderate bowing to the boards, otherwise Fine.
3. Grabhorn Press "The Silverado Squatters" -- Fine in VG slipcase.
4. Allen Press "La Porte de Maletroit" -- Only G condition: Book ex-lib with stamp and pocket removal marks on front blank leaves, otherwise NF; slipcase and chemise present, but beaten to death.

Some LEC titles as well, all in VG condition: The Prince, 3 Tales of the Sea by Conrad, Essays of Francis Bacon, Arthur Gordon Pym, Trial & Death of Socrates, Notorious Jumping Frog, A Connecticut Yankee, The Bridge

I'd be interested in something from the Golden Cockerel Press, Grabhorn Press, Allen Press, maybe from the Vale Press Shakespeare, some modern private presses, any interesting Shakespeare editions, etc. (my collection is eclectic).

This is a bit of a long shot, but I am looking for two Barbarian Press publications:

1. Founts & Circumstance (2001)

2. Under Strange Sail (2007)

I have a number of interesting high-end private press books for potential trade from the likes of the Arion Press, Gregynog Press, Yolla Bolly Press, etc. Send a PM if you are willing to part with either of these two titles.

>2 NathanOv: do you still have inferno? If so, which version?

>7 Roccosem: yes, I will send you a message!

I'm adding a few more books to my in search of list

1-2. Grapho Editions (Paul Kershaw): The Amphibious Place and Running Rings
3. Lone Oak Press: Mimpish Squinnies
4-5. Nawakum Press: "The Sea Fogs" and "Outside"
6-7. Midnight Paper Sales: Lac Des Pleurs
8. Ascensius Press: "The Maine Woods"
9. Quail Press: "Walls."
10-11. Red Angel Press: "Aesop" and "To You, Walt Whitman"
12-13. Gaspereau Press: "Walking" and "Man is Altogether Too Much insisted on"

Might anyone have for trade the Hand and Eye edition of Jekyll and Hyde? Thanks!

I’m going to throw this out here without much hope: if anyone has a copy of Temporary Culture’s The Man with the Knives, by Ellen Kushner, I’d love to talk.

I ended up with a duplicate copy of Pegana Press's "The Age of Whelming" by Clarke Ashton Smith. A really beautiful book, and great example of this press.

Originally purchased at the publisher's price of $425, but then I got a great deal on a matching set, so I'm willing to trade for something more in the $250-300 range, or would also sell this one outright.

Traded!

>6 NathanOv: are you looking specifically for a trade or would you be interested in selling your Death and Honey?

>13 propofol22: Definitely not selling Death & Honey - the ones I might be open to selling would be the available to trade list in my comment >9 NathanOv:, but the ones in >6 NathanOv: I would only trade for books on my search lists.

>9 NathanOv: Sir Gawain & The Green Night

my_ocd: You miss a “K” :)

>15 bacchus.: Good catch - as much as I read, I should be better at proofing myself but alas.

Happy to trade The Tale pf the Wandering Monk published by the LEC (reviewed here: https://booksandvines.com/2012/03/23/the-tale-of-the-wandering-monk-kyoka-izumi-... in fine condition, small exlibris of Yehudi Menuhin, no ML

Looking for
Persian Stories of the Arabian Nights, Allen Press
A Sphinx's Guide to Questionable Answers, Double Elephant Press
Closing Time; Iskandariya, Heavenly Monkey
but open to suggestions!

>17 SebRinelli: 'A Sphinx's Guide to Questionable Answers'

WHAT.IS.THAT? WOW (Yes, I googled a little).

> Haha. Yes, my collecting interests have developed a bit outside of the ordinary.

>20 LBShoreBook: I think North of Boston is still available new from the Ascensius Press.
https://www.ascensiuspress.com/letterpress#/north-of-boston

I'm offering up my Old Stile Press "The Dream Song of Olaf Asteson" (1995), the Main Edition in quarter leather with pine boards. More details here: https://www.oldstilepress.com/osp_book/the-dream-song-of-olaf-asteson/

For the sake of trade comparison, I'd guess at $500-600 for the value. There might be some light scuffing to the boards, though I'm not suer how polished the original finish was.

I'm particularly interested in trading for any out of print volumes from Deep Woods Press or Paul Kershaw's Grapho Editions, though would also be thrilled with anything from my ISO lists above.

I am interested in trading for Venice Visited by Thomas Coryat from the Old School Press (1999). I have a wide range of high-end private press books available that can be tailored to a particular collecting interest.

Looking to trade my Thornwillow half-leather Dante for the half-clothe Dante + either the half-clothe Poe, Song of Solomon or Death On The Nile. Unread, but just a little shelf-wear to the clamshell.

All my other vols. for trade in this thread are still available.

I have three Aralia Press titles for sale:

'A Conversation,' Harrison & Kooser, in wrapper.
'Bone Key & Other Poems,' Richard Wilbur, in boards.
'Planting a Sequoia.' Gioia, handmade flax cover.

PM for discussion.

In search for a regular copy of Phisicke Against Fortune (Foolscap Press).

>17 SebRinelli: It's been a while, but just curious: Did you ever find a copy of A Sphinx's Guide? I don't know if Kuch himself has any for sale (although he does seem to keep an updated list of his OOP titles on his website). R. Michelson has several Double Elephant books for sale, in addition to original artwork by Kuch. Or at least he did when I got one of Kuch's books several years ago.

There's also the deluxe edition that the Veatchs have for sale. I find the regular edition sufficiently cool on its own.

Hope this helps!

>28 DenimDan: Yes, I’ve purchased the standard edition from Veatchs and couldn’t be happier with it. One of my favourite artist books!

I still have the LEC Wandering Monk on offer (and a couple of others I‘ll add when I am back in April).

Searching for a copy of Duino Elegies from Petrarch Press. If anyone has a copy to sell or trade, please shoot me a message.

Hi everyone, I'm selling my 1942 LEC Leaves of Grass. Photos available here: https://ibb.co/album/7NfL53

Message me if interested.

I’m hoping to pass on my copy of Pages From Presses II C Edition, very gently read and otherwise in pristine condition.

Open to trading, or selling at a slight discount off of the publishers current price.

Wish I hadn't bought a copy a month ago. This is a great price for Nonesuch Dante which is in pretty nice condition. No affiliation.

https://www.rarebooklink.com/pages/books/22-1705/dante-alighieri/la-divina-comme...

Edit: the seller added more photos and edited the description - there's warping to the covers.

>33 Lukas1990: The spine is not faded!

>33 Lukas1990:
Is it in italics all the way through, pray?

>34 kdweber: Sooo tempting! I just don't want to spend my time selling my copy...

>35 GusLogan: Yes.

>33 Lukas1990: Nice copy, good price, for certain. However, I would like to note that it is bound in orange VELLUM, not orange leather. Sheesh.

A few more for sale or trade, but preferably trade:

Suntup: "Animal Farm" by George Orwell (Artist State)
Arion: "The Alienist" by Joaquim Maria Machado de Assis
Arion: "The Price" by Arthur Miller

Hi folks! I am moving cross-country (TX to NC) and have a few small press limited edition items looking for a new home:

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And Now We Are Going to Have a Party: Line Notes to a Writer's Early Life by Nicola Griffith

From the publisher's description: The box also contains a facsimile of Nicola’s first book (created age 4), a CD of songs by Nicola and her early-’80s punk band, Janes Plane, as well as three scratch-n-sniff cards, a fold-out poster, a letterpressed preface by Dorothy Allison, and a numbered signing sheet. This is a limited edition of 450 signed and numbered box sets.

The copy I'm trying to re-home is still sealed with everything intact.

ETA: Published by Payseur & Schmidt, 2007

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SOLD -- Melinda by Neil Gaiman

This is the signed, numbered limited first edition of "Melinda", written by Neil Gaimain and illustrated by Dagmara Matuszak. There are black and white illustrations printed on the pages with colored illustrations affixed to the pages by the publisher. The edition is limited to 1,500 copies; 400 were reserved for the author, 100 were reserved for the artist, and the remaining 1,000 were numbered. This is number 599. Book has been safely stored in its original envelope in a non-smoking home. The outer gray envelope is slightly scuffed with bumped corners and one arm of the metal closure clasp has come off, but the book is pristine.

ETA: Published by Hill House, 2004

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Please message me if you would like photos or have questions about either. I will have a few more things available shortly. Thank you!

>39 amysisson: Folks are going to want to know who published those two items. And when.

>40 Glacierman: Gotcha! Will edit my post. Thanks!

I have the following book for sale:

With the River Hogs by Fred Willard Bennet. No. 24 of 65 copies from Gardyloo Press, 1978.
See this thread for more info and photos: https://www.librarything.com/topic/316136

I'm offering it here first at a discount. DM me for price. If it remains unsold, it will go to e-Bay at a higher price.

This is a rare bird, for sure. They don't come onto the market often, if at all.

Thanks, guys!

I have two small items from Jim Rimmer's Pie Tree Press for sale. Jim's stuff is essentially impossible to find. Both are shown here: https://www.librarything.com/topic/318463

DM me for details and pricing.

Well, how embarrassing! I have to re-locate these two as they were not where I assumed they were. I now know where they are, but it will take me a while to get to them, so until I actually have them in hand, this offer is on hold. I forgot i had moved them. Lesson learned: make sure you can put your hand on something before you offer it for sale! Call me red-faced.

UPDATE: Located, in hand and SOLD already.

If anybody is interested I have the following books available for trade:
Folio Society, Count of Monte Cristo LE
Thornwillow Press, Inferno, Half-Cloth

Edit: I strongly prefer to only trade in the EU.

Fall Cleaning:

The following books are for sale. Unless otherwise noted, all books and slipcases are in fine condition. All items are priced at or below the lowest current prices on Abebooks for items in comparable condition. Send a PM if interested or if you need further information regarding condition.

1. Wrenching Times by Walt Whitman - Gwasg Gregynog.

2. Babette's Feast by Isak Dinesen - Yolla Bolly Press

3. The Coat Without A Seam - Gehenna Press. Sixty poems from Stanley Kunitz 1930 - 1972. Superb letterpress printing by Harold McGrath on Italian Amatruda paper. Inexpensive.

4. The Ingoldsby Legends - J.M. Dent & Co. (1907). Limited edition illustrated and signed by Arthur Rackham.
Custom 3/4 navy blue morocco and gilt binding by Bayntun of Bath.

5. The Book of Psalms - Joh. Enschede en Zonen/Stichting de Roos. Notable typography by Jan van Krimpen. A
Century for the Century No. 47.

6. Comus, A Mask by John Milton. One of the Great Poets Series by Essex House Press (1901), printed on vellum pages with hand-illumination. 1/4 red morocco & cloth binding, NOT the original full vellum binding.

7. The Light of the Duchess by Robert Browning, Essex House Press, 1905. Printed on vellum pages with hand-colored frontispiece and illumined & hand-colored initial letters. As above, one of the little books in the Essex House 'Great Poems' series.

>45 dlphcoracl: I might be interested in the Welsh Gypsy Folk tales. Will send a PM.

For Sale:

1. The Wind in the Willows - Limited Editions Club (1940). The final book illustrated by Arthur Rackham. Designed and signed by Bruce Rogers.

2. The Holy Gospel - Officina Bodoni (OB). English language edition. A major OB book with medieval woodcuts recarved by Bruno Bramanti, then printed directly from the blocks. See link below.

https://www.librarything.com/topic/318834

For Sale:

Two different private press editions of Dante, both with the famous Sandro Botticelli silver point drawings/illustrations:

1. The Divine Comedy of Dante Alighieri, published by Bruce Rogers & The Press of A. Colish, 1955. With the prose translation of Charles Eliot Norton, former Dexter Professor of Sacred Literature at Harvard University in the mid-19th century. The last major book design by Bruce Rogers at 85 y.o. - SOLD.

2. La Divina Commedia by Dante Alighieri, Nonesuch Press, 1928. The famous edition with the first appearance of the Botticelli illustrations, beautifully reproduced by the Atelier Jacoumet in Paris. The original orange vellum binding has been replaced with a deluxe, stamped maroon full morocco & gilt binding by Sangorski & Sutcliffe with matching slipcase.

>50 PBB: Message sent

>50 PBB: Looking for: Limited Editions Club 1930 The Odyssey, VG internally, as long as binding is not falling apart I'll take it. Do not need slipcase or Monthly Letter.

https://www.rarecollections.co.za/pages/books/3577
Ask for 30% discount :)

>52 mr.philistine: must’ve had my search on USA only. That’ll do! Thanks

For Sale:

The Noble & Joyous Boke Entytled Le Morte DArthur by Sir Thomas Malory, Shakespeare Head Press, 1934. 2 volumes. One of the few copies bound in full brick-red leather. Custom marbled paper slipcase. SOLD.

The downsizing continues......

Books for Sale:

1. Fine Papers at the Oxford University Press (standard edition) - Whittington Press

2. A Miscellany of Type (standard edition) - Whittington Press

3. Portraits of Presses (standard edition) - Whittington Press

4. Sonnets from the Portuguese by Elizabeth Browning, Officina Bodoni, 1925. A very early OB edition.

>55 dlphcoracl: Sent you a message!

Offering two rarities, preferably for trade for items off my ISO list (>9 NathanOv: ), but also open to purchase offers:

Still Avalable:

Yolla Bolly: My First Summer in the Sierra by John Muir (1988), standard edition with light fading / fraying to the cloth spine, but otherwise pristine text-block.

Gone:

Chester River / Deep Woods Press: The Chesapeake Voyages of Captain John Smith (2007), near-perfect condition

Some books for sale:

1. Words of Fire by Neil Gaiman, Areté Editions, 2022. Roman Edition publisher’s copy. Of the three states of Words of Fire, the Roman has the smallest limitation at 30 copies. Of these, 20 are numbered and 10 are publisher’s copies. This is one of just 10 publisher’s copies, marked “P.C.” It is printed on Bockingford watercolour paper on a Heidelberg cylinder press at Hand & Eye Editions and is quarter-bound in black Colorado book cloth and hand marbled paper commissioned from Freya Scott at Paperwilds. The book is foil blocked on the front board with a design by Bill Sienkiewicz and there is a digital reproduction of his silkscreen print for the portfolio inside the book. It measures 255 x 165 mm and has 36 pages. Signed by Neil Gaiman and Bill Sienkiewicz.

2. Coherence Through the Eyes of Mary: A Christmas Sermon by Noel Perry-Gore, Paulinus Press, 1985. Designs by the author rendered as wood engravings by Simon Brett and a foreword by Alan Webster. Number 3 of 50 specials (from a total limitation of 250) hardbound with cloth over boards housed in a clothbound slipcase with a portfolio containing four signed proofs of Brett’s engravings. Signed by author and engraver.

3. Edward Seymour & The Fancy Paper Company: The Story of a British Marbled Paper Manufacturer by Sidney Berger. Oak Knoll Press, 2006. Limited edition of 300 copies. Typeset by hand, printed on 120 gpm archival paper, and bound in quarter leather with slipcase by the Manoutios Press of Athens, Greece. Includes 20 beautiful, tipped-in paper samples. The book tells the story of Edward Seymour and his firm, The Fancy Paper Company. This British company manufactured marbled and other decorated (fancy) papers for the bookbinding and related industries from about 1919 to 1971.

4. The Same Sea in Us All by Jaan Kaplinski, Barbarian Press (1985). Translated from the Estonian by Kaplinski and Sam Hamill. No. 83 of 200 copies (though only 142 survived the bindery). Handset in Krimpen’s Spectrum on Mohawk Letterpress. Bound in quarter cloth with printed paper over boards. A rare early book from the great Barbarian Press. Dust jacket slightly sunned.

5. Rumour of a Shark: Poems by John Carroll, Barbarian Press (1999). One of 125 copies, signed by the poet, sewn and set into card covers with a wrapper of Obonai handmade paper. Hand set in Garamont with Optima for display. Title page illustration from a design by Janet Downey.

I've just completed my annual fall studio re-organization & cull. A list of books that were found or didn't pass the keep test can be found on this page (scroll down to Part 2). Some might appeal to this group.

For Sale:

Hamlet by Wm. Shakespeare, published by Dr. Julius Schröder, Munich, 1920. Illustrated with 35 original etchings by Sepp Frank in a distinctive German Expressionist style, a perfect fit for Hamlet. Deluxe edition with thick vellum and elaborate gilt binding.

SOLD

>61 ChampagneSVP: Hi, I’m interested in the Barbarian Press Endgrain Editions 1. Will send a PM.

Two more books for sale:

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Books for sale:

1. Bibliography of the Grabhorn Press, 1940-1956; With a check-list, 1916-1940. Limited edition of 225 copies.

2. Bibliography of the Grabhorn Press, 1957-1966. Limited edition of 225 copies.

3. The Book of Psalms, Joh. Enschedé en Zonen for Stichting de Roos, 1947. One of 175 numbered copies designed and signed by Jan van Krimpen using his Romanee typeface. A typographical masterpiece included in the Grolier Club 'A Century for the Century, 1900-1999'.

Update:
The Tale of the Wandering Monk by Izumi Kyoka, LEC, fine in very good clamshell with fine newsletter, small exlibris by star violinist Yehudi and his wife.

King Lear by Shakespeare, Folio Society Letterpress Shakespeare, fine

The Golden Ass by Apuleius, Folio Society Limited Edition, fine, signed by Blake

König Ödipus by Sophokles, Bremer Presse, fine with light wear on the marbled sides

Possibly:
The Odyssey of Homer, William Morris (tr.), Longmans and Green, in Bayntun dark blue full leather and gilt binding, fine

The Aeneids of Virgil, William Morris (tr.), Longmans and Green, in Sangorski and Sutcliffe dark blue full leather and gilt binding, fine

In search of:

The History of Herodotus of Halicarnassus, The Nonesuch Press, 1935 - holding out for a near fine / fine copy.

The Histories of Herodotus, Limited Editions club, 1958 - fine.

Already posted in the “A long shot, but…” thread, but for increased visibility I’m searching for:

Travels of Sir John Mandeville by Foolscap Press

If anyone is willing to part with theirs and happy to make a profit, let me know!

Offering my red book edition of Closer than Breathing by R. I. Sutton from the Harebrained Press. Wonderful handmade book, lightly read and still fine, just a bit outside my interests.

I'll offer a good deal in trade or sale for this or any previous books I've posted since I'm doing some shelf clearing.

Something Old, Something New.

Later this week I will repost my Books for Sale that were previously listed above - a consolidation to reflect books that have been sold and are no longer available. A few of particular interest and/or importance will contain brief descriptions or links to extensive articles with photos on the now dormant Books and Vines website of Chris Adamson.

The following are NEW offerings. If interested in any of them, send a PM for a more detailed description

1. Spitsticks and Multiples, Fleece Press, 2022. Two volumes. This is the Special Edition with 22 tipped-in wood engravings expertly printed by Simon Lawrence directly from the original wooden blocks. The History of the Society of Wood Engravers in the U.K. from 1920-1946 with biographies and selected wood engravings from over 300 British wood engravers. The magnum opus of the Fleece Press's forty-year history. SOLD

2. Giraldus Cambrensis : Itinerary Through Wales, Gwasg Gregynog Press, 1989. A 12th century travel book of sorts written by Gerald of Wales, illustrated with 30 wood engravings by Colin Paynton. The magnum opus of the GG's early years.

3. The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam, A Personal Selection from the Five Editions of Edward Fitzgerald by Cecile E. MacTaggart, Curwen Press, 1980. Two volumes. A brilliant idea. MacTaggart placed each quartet from all of the five versions/revisions by Edward Fitzgerald, selected the best (in her opinion) of the five, then assembled a 'new' version of the Rubaiyat incorporating the 'best of the best'- her Personal Selection. The text was written in calligraphy with border decorations by Margery O. Erickson, then printed letterpress by Curwen Press and illustrated with flawless reproductions of selected illustrations from Edmund Dulac and Willy Pogany, using the originals as a template. In Volume Two, MacTaggart places all six versions of the Rubaiyat - her Personal Selection and the five Fitzgerald versions - side by side, highlights the differences from one version to the next in red ink text, and lets YOU decide which quartet is the best. This is the most enjoyable edition of the Rubaiyat to read and ponder, proof that there was a 'method to MacTaggart's madness.' Unique.

4. The Sonnets of William Shakespeare, the Swallow Press, 1975. Large quarto size 13.75 x 10 inches. Illustrated with 40 abstract geometric drawings by Clarke Hutton on various tinted papers. Text of the sonnets printed letterpress, one sonnet to a page, on Glastonbury antique laid paper made specially for this edition. Fine binding in tan full Niger morocco by Sangorski & Sutcliffe with abstract 'shining eye' design in gilt on the front cover. A large deluxe edition of the sonnets.

Books for Sale

1. Lysistrata, Fanfrolico Press, 1926. Small folio size (13.5 x 10 inches ) with semi-erotic illustrations by Norman Lindsay. Printed by the Chiswick Press on Batchelor's handmade paper.

https://booksandvines.com/2012/01/31/lysistrata-by-aristophanes-fanfrolico-press...

FOR SALE:

BIBLIA, Das ist: Die Gantze Heilige Schrifft - Deudsch. von D. Martin Luther.
Bremer Presse, Munich, 1926-1928. Hardcover. Five volumes. One of only 365 sets. This is a masterpiece of the famed Bremer Presse of Germany which published books from 1911 to 1939, interrupted only by World War I. Like England's Doves Press, Bremmer Presse rejected ornament except for splendid initials drawn by Anna Simons and relied upon carefully chosen types and painstaking presswork to produce its limited edition hand-printed books. This edition was printed to commemorate the 400 year anniversary of the publication of Martin Luther's German bible. Each of the five volumes is numbered differently. Measures 10 x 14 inches. Printed by hand-presses on Zanders handmade paper with a typeface specially cut by Louis Hoell, numerous initials designed by Anna Simons.

Photos of the set:

Books For Sale

This list has two components:

1. A consolidated relisting of books previously offered for sale, omitting those books which have been sold.

2. A list of new titles offered for sale.

Brief comments will follow several of these books listed, highlighting important features.

SOMETHING OLD:

1. Wrenching Times by Walt Whitman - Gwasg Gregynog. Illustrated with full-page color woodcuts by Gaylord Schanilec.

2. Babette's Feast by Isak Dinesen - Yolla Bolly Press. Illustrated with color woodcuts by Karin Wikstrom.

3. The Coat Without A Seam by Stanley Kunitz - Gehenna Press. A collection of sixty poems by a former Poet Laureate (twice!) of the United States (1930-1972). Superb letterpress printing by Harold McGrath on Amatruda, an Italian handmade paper. Inexpensive - a steal.

4. The Ingoldsby Legends - J. M. Dent & Co. (1907). Limited edition illustrated and signed by Arthur Rackham. Fine binding: Custom 3/4 navy blue morocco and gilt binding by Bayntun of Bath.

5. The Book of Psalms - Joh. Enschede en Zonen/Stichting de Roos. Notable for its book design and typography by Jan van Krimpen. Selected as part of the Grolier Club 'A Century for the Century' exhibition.

6. Comus by John Milton, Essex House Press. One of the Great Poets Series by Essex House (1901), printed on vellum pages with hand-illumination. 1/4 red morocco & cloth binding, NOT the original stiff full vellum binding.

7. The Holy Gospel - Officina Bodoni (OB). English language edition. Expertly printed by Giovanni Mardersteig on the handpress, illustrated with numerous medieval woodcuts recarved by Bruno Bramanti, then printed directly from the wooden blocks. A major Officina Bodoni edition.

8 . La Divina Commedia by Dante Alighieri, Nonesuch Press, 1928. The famous edition with the first appearance of the Sandro Botticelli illustrations, beautifully reproduced as double-page spreads by the Atelier Jacoumet in Paris. Fine binding: the original orange vellum binding has been replaced with a deluxe, stamped maroon full morocco & gilt binding by Sangorski & Sutcliffe with matching slipcase.

9. Fine Papers at the Oxford University (standard edition) - Whittington Press.
10 . A Miscellany of Type (standard edition) - Whittington Press.
11. Portraits of Presses (standard edition) - Whittington Press.

12. The Flight of the Duchess by Robert Browning, Essex House Press. One of the small volumes from the Great Poets Series, printed on vellum pages with vellum binding, hand-colored frontispiece and hand illumination.

13. Bibliography of the Grabhorn Press, 1957-1966. Three volumes. Limited edition of 225 copies. Numerous tip-ins and inclusions from the Grabhorn Press bibliography.

14. Spitsticks & Multiples, Fleece Press, 2022. Two volumes. This is the Special Edition with 22 tipped-in wood engravings from many of the finest 20th century wood engravers, all expertly printed by Simon Lawrence directly from the original wooden blocks. The Magnum Opus of the Fleece Press's forty-year history.

15. Giraldus Cambrensis: Itinerary Through Wales, Gwasg Gregynog Press, 1989. A 12th century travel book of sorts written by Gerald of Wales, illustrated with 30 miniature wood engravings by Colin Paynton. The magnum opus of the GG's early years.

16. The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam, A Personal Selection from the Five Editions of Edward Fitzgerald by Cecile E. MacTaggart, Curwen Press, 1980. Two volume. See extensisve description in post # 72 (March 3, 2024) . A one-of-a-kind book and an inspired idea, beautifully realized. SOLD

17. The Sonnets of William Shakespeare, Swallow Press, 1975. Again, see description in post #72.

18. Lysistrata, Fanfrolico Press, 1926. Illustrated with semi-erotic drawings by Norman Lindsay. Printed by the Chiswick Press on Batchelor's handmade paper.

SOMETHING NEW:

1. The Engravings of David Jones edited by Douglas Cleverdon, Rampant Lions Press for Clover Hill Editions, 1981. Deluxe two-volume set. Expertly printed on both Barcham Green handmade paper and on japon vellum paper.

2. A Season in Hell by Arthur Rimbaud, Limited Editions Club (Sidney Shiff), 1986. Illustrated with photogravures by Robert Mapplethorpe

3. Nohow On by Samuel Beckett, Limited Editions Club (Sidney Shiff), 1989. A livre d'artiste book illustrated with six minimalist aquatint etchings by Robert Ryman.

4. Vowels by Arthur Rimbaud, Limited Editions Club (Sidney Shiff), 1996. Livre d'artiste edition with three watercolor woodblock prints by Henri Cartier-Bresson.

5. Le Bateau Ivre by Arthur Rimbaud, Thornwillow Press, 1992. Illustrated with twenty-eight drawings by Thierry W. Despont reproduced by offset lithography (note: text is printed letterpress, of course). One of the most impressive editions of the early Thornwillow days.

6. The Waste Land by T. S. Eliot, Officina Bodoni for Faber & Faber, 1961. Printed by Giovanni Mardersteig with the handpress on handmade paper. Signed by T. S. Eliot.

7. The Recuyell of the Historyes of Troye by Raoul Lefevre, translated into English by William Caxton, Kelmscott Press, 1892. Two large quarto volumes. A major Kelmscott Press edition, as were all of the Kelmscott Press editions of works translated by William Caxton. A personal favorite of William Morris.

More to follow (probably) over the next week or two.

Would anyone be interested in assuming my orders of the No Reply "Big Three," The Death of Ivan Ilyich, The Wasteland and The Ethics of Ambiguity at the original pre-publication cost?

I believe remaining copies of the first volume are set to sell at twice the original price upon publication, with the other two also expected to cost significantly more.

I would forward Ilyich upon receipt, and then update the address so you can receive the others directly from the press.

Would anyone be interested in a fine / unread copy of the Mad Parrot Press Wind in the Willows? I’m based in the UK, but am also often in Europe, so could easily ship from there too.

Edit: including a slipcase.

For Trade or sale: Siena by Henry James, Red Angel Press, 2000 - some wear due to age, but otherwise in fine condition.

This book really showcases Keller's creativity with bindings, and mixes three of Red Angel Press's signatures: Ron Keller's excellent colored woodcuts, paper bas-relief on the cover, and three-dimensional manipulation of the book and art to create a display of the city of Siena's central campo.

EDIT: Trade pending

>78 NathanOv:

Sent a PM.

dlphcoracl

Rampant Lion’s Book of Psalms, good as new, willing to sell slightly below publication price

Foolscap Thomas Paine. PM me with an offer (cash or trade) if interested.

http://www.foolscappress.com/thomaspaine.php

Superb printing, as usual, but I guess I just find Thomas Paine boring.

>74 Lukas1990: Bremer Presse Biblia is still available.

>84 abysswalker: Unfortunately I'm looking for the other Henries and the other Richard!

I am looking to thin the shelves a bit and refocus on my core areas of interest. Before moving to eBay, I thought I'd post here to see if any trades are possible. To start, I have:

- Arion Press The Nose

- Folio Society LE The Door in the Wall
- Folio Society LE Madame Bovary

- Lyra's Books half-cloth in blue Stardust

- Thornwillow Press half-leather Pride and Prejudice
- Thornwillow Press half-leather Sherlock Holmes Hexalogy
- Thornwillow Press half-cloth Edgar Allan Poe
- Thornwillow Press half-cloth Inferno

I am looking to trade for books along three main collecting themes:

1) Books about Asia, especially Japan, including literature, poetry, Buddhism, art, etc.
2) Books about travel
3) Latin American literature in translation

Some examples of books that I'd be keen to trade for include the LEC editions of Hiroshima or Ficciones or the Barbarian Press's The Blue Roofs of Japan. There are a lot of books out there I am not aware of though, so if you'd like to trade and have something in my collecting themes, please send me a message to see if it works out. I am willing to let go of multiple books for one depending on what's being traded.

I also have a large number of regular Folio Society editions I'll be putting up for trade on that forum, once I get around to taking stock of the ones I'm willing to let go of...

Finally, I am in Japan, so any trade will involve international shipping unless by miracle you're also here. Please PM if you'd like more details about any of the above.

For sale, I have the History Press edition of The 007 Diaries by Roger Moore - one of the 10 copies with the signed bookplate. I am located in the UK but can post worldwide.

I also have the Suntup Press edition of The Handmaid’s Tale (numbered edition).

Also adding to my For Sale/Trade list:

Centipede Press:
- The Long Walk (Stephen King), one of the 40 leatherbound versions signed by the contributors (but not King)

Suntup Press:
- Dark Matter (purple numbered edition)

Additional books for sale:

In addition to the list of books for sale posted in entry no. 75 on June 6, 2024, the following books are added to the 'For Sale' list:

Arion Press

1. Venus and Adonis (with sources from Ovid's Metamorphoses translated by Arthur Golding) by Wm. Shakespeare
2. Biotherm (for Bill Berkson). Illustrated with 42 lithographs by Jim Dine. Giant folio (22 x 15 inches)
3. Bouvard & Pecuchet by Gustave Flaubert
4. Shaped Poetry. 30 "shaped" poems, each printed on separate leaves with different types on a wide variety of
handmade papers from around the world. Includes the (rare) plexiglass display stand, often lacking.
5. Trout Fishing in America by Richard Brautigan. Does NOT include the separate Wayne Thiebaud signed lithograph
6. The Structure of Rime by Robert Duncan. Includes signed etching with aquatint by Frank Lobdell.

Limited Editions Club (Sidney Shiff editions)

1. Vowels by Arthur Rimbaud. Illustrated by Henri Cartier-Bresson.
2. Nohow On by Samuel Beckett. With six original white-on-white aquatint etchings by Robert Ryman.
3. The Black Swan by Thomas Mann
4. A Season in Hell by Arthur Rimbaud. Illustrated with photographs by Robert Mapplethorpe

Officina Bodoni (for Faber & Faber)

1. The Waste Land by T. S. Eliot. Signed by T. S. Eliot
2. Four Quartets by T. S. Eliot. Signed by T. S. Eliot.

More books for sale:

1. The Prelude by William Wordsworth, Doves Press, 1915

2. A Fairy Garland: Being Fairy Tales from Old French, Cassell & Co., Ltd., 1928. Illustrated and signed by Edmund Dulac. Limited edition from the Golden Age of Illustration.

3. The Sleeping Beauty and Other Fairy Tales, Hodder & Stoughton, 1910. Illustrated and signed by Edmund Dulac. Limited edition from the Golden Age of Illustration.

I have quite a few books available for sale or trade (for books on my ISO list in >9 NathanOv:).

Press of Robert Lomascolo:
1. The Ocean Wave, Ambrose Bierce
2. The Winter Race on Lake Cayuga

Steel Brothers: Walden, Henry David Thoreau

Cheap street:
1. Matters End, Gregory Banford, slipcased w/ dust jacket
2. Red Noise, John Sladek, slipcased
3. Quicks Around The Zodiac, Fritz Lieber, slipcased
4. Blood and Gingerbread, John Sladek clamshell edition

Angel bomb:
1. Beast in The Cave, HP Lovecraft
2. The Airship
3. American Manifesto
4. Who Goes There, John W. Campbell, Standard edition

Century Press:
1. The Great Gatsby, F Scott Fitzgerald, some marking to the soft leather cover
2. The Sun Also Rises, Ernest Hemingway

Yolla Bolly:True bear stories, Joaquin Miller (some scuffing on the limp leather cover)

Alpenhouse Apparitions: The Decorations, Ramsey Campbell

No Reply Press:Magnetic Storms

Suntup: The Island of Doctor Moreau, HG Wells, Numbered edition

Nomad Letterpress: The Hill, Max porter & Hilary Paynter

Ascensius Press:Once My Brush Engaged Those Auras, Du Fu translated by David Lattimore

Andrew Moorhouse: Takk, Michael Symmons Robert’s

All fine unless otherwise noted, though photos are available on request. For ease of pricing, I’ll take 20% off list price for anything still in print and match most recent secondary sale prices or accept reasonable offers.

A miscellany of press, printing & type books that need new homes can be found on this page of the HM site.

I am selling my copy of The Salvage Press’s “A Modest Proposal”, if anyone has had that on their wants list. Do DM me. Many thanks.

Additional books for sale:

1. The Song of Songs, Golden Cockerel Press, 1925. Eric Gill wood engraved illustrations.

2. Essays of Montaigne 5 volume set, Navarre Society, 1923. Deluxe large paper edition printed on Arnold's handmade paper, with full vellum bindings. A modern translation.

3. Alfred Lord Tennyson 2 volume set: (1) Lyric Poems; (2) In Memoriam, 1900. Printed letterpress at the Ballantyne Press for Hacon & Ricketts (Vale Press). Wood engraved border designs and initial letters in Kelmscott style by C. S. Ricketts.
Fine bindings: Vintage full morocco and elaborate gilt bindings by Chambolle-Duru (Paris).

>96 dlphcoracl:

I already have your #2 but I highly recommend it to anyone. Arnold's handmade paper is fantastic.

More books for sale:

1. Assembling: Mapping the Cosmos - the Codex Foundation (2017). A livres d'artiste collection of cosmological meditations from thirty-three contributors, all of whom had previously exhibited at Codex. All 33 individual works are loose, then held in a large clamshell box. Designed and printed by Peter Koch.

2. Endgrain: Contemporary Wood Engraving in North America, Barbarian Press (1994). A major Barbarian Press edition.

3. Coffeehouse Days by Ismail Kadare, Peter Koch Editions for Rainmaker Editions, 2004. A short story loosely based on Kadare's reminiscences of life in a deeply isolated Stalinist Albania, written in 1967. Illustrated with photomontages of Albania by Koch. Unique book design by Peter Koch with a thick riveted and hinged galvanized steel clamshell box as the binding.

4. Les Petite Heures du Duc de Berry - facsimile edition, Faksimile-Verlag Luzern (Switzerland), 1988/1999. One of the most famous and beautiful of the medieval Books of Hours, written between 1375-1390, printed and published by one of the finest publishers of important medieval facsimiles. Issued with a detailed Commentary book in the French language.

5. Pedro Paramo , Arion Press (2106)

6. The Amazons by Ivor Bannet, Golden Cockerel Press (1948). One of 80 specially bound copies in full dark brown morocco by Sangorski & Sutcliffe.

7. Matthew Flinders' Narrative of his Voyage in the Schooner Francis, Golden Cockerel Press (1946)

8. The Journal of James Morrison, edited by Owen Rutter, Golden Cockerel Press (1935).

9. Peer Gynt by Henrik Ibsen, George G. Harrap & Co. (1936). Illustrated and signed by Arthur Rackham. Limited edition of 460 copies in vellum binding with gilt ornamentation. From the Golden Age of Illustration.

10. David Copperfield by Charles Dickens, Bradbury & Evans (1850). First edition in book form, early issue. 38 engraved illustrations by Hablot K. Browne ('Phiz'). Fine binding: rebound in half black morocco with marbled paper boards, all edges of text block gilt.

Have updated my list:

Lyra’s Press:
- Stardust (one of the 100 leather/numbered copies)

Centipede Press:
- The Long Walk (Stephen King), one of the 40 leatherbound versions signed by the contributors (but not King)

Suntup Editions:
- The Handmaid’s Tale (numbered)
- Rosemary’s Baby (numbered)

History Press:
- The 007 Diaries by Roger Moore - one of the 10 copies with the signed bookplate

>99 willraven: have messaged you about Stardust.

It's been a while since I've been able to acquire anything from my ISO list, so let's see if I can change that:

PENDING For trade: Nawakum Press's The Republic of Dreams by Bruno Schulz with phenomenal etchings by Thomas Wood, one of their most lavish editions which was printed and bound by Foolscap press. Pristine condition.

Only available to trade for books listed in >9 NathanOv:, but would consider trade + cash for some of the smaller books.

>101 NathanOv: I'll paraphrase Russell Maret about this edition, "Sylvae is a high point of 21st Century book arts"

A feast for your eyes:

https://www.midnightpapersales.com/sylvae.html

I'd love to see pictures of Sylvae, it looks incredibly unique! Also, it looks to be a book about making books?

Sold I am selling my pre-order of Consensus Press The Tale of Sinuhe for $310, which is the publication price. I’ll absorb the $15 processing fee and the $35 shipping fee that I also paid. I’ll email to ask for the shipping address on the order to be changed to the buyer. EDITED TO ADD: I won’t be asking to have the address changed, see >109 CTPress-Tony:

Details on the edition can be found here: https://www.librarything.com/ngroups/23779/Consensus-Press

>106 CTPress-Tony: I’ll email to ask for the shipping address on the order to be changed to the buyer.

The same thing CTP couldn't do when I was negotiating with a rights-holder's to pick up their pass title? How nice.

>107 Shadekeep: You’re right, that could create all the sorts of complications I try to avoid as a publisher myself. Thanks for reminding me. I’ll receive the book and then reship it.

I have some freebies that are not fine press (so forgive me for the post here) but ARE fine press adjacent and may interest members of this forum. Please just cover postage if you are interested (I'm in the US). I figured best to offer here before popping in the local little free library.

Baskin: Sculpture Drawings Prints (Brazier 1970), shows age, toning, mild foxing
Creatures of Darkness by Esther Baskin, illustrated by Leonard Baskin - wear, toning, water marks
Figures of Dead Men by Leonard Baskin - shows age, DJ tears, toning, mild rippling from what appears to be past water
Obsessions and Confessions of a Book Life by Colin Franklin (Oak Knoll Press) -- read once, bumped corner, VG+
A Factotum in the Book Trade by Marcius Kociejowski - paperback, read once, shows associated wear

Please DM me if you'd like any of these.

Books For Sale:

Prior books listed for sale over the past year have been updated. Books still available can be seen in posts: 75, 90, 91, 96 and 98.

New books for sale:

1. Atalanta in Calydon by Algernon C. Swinburne, Kelmscott Press.

2. Shakespeare's Sonnets, Thornwillow Press. Half morocco and paste paper over boards binding, limited edition of 100 copies.

3. Vita di Santa Chiara Vergine - Ashendene Press (Italian language).

4. Un Mazzetto Scelto di Fioretti, Saint Francis of Assisi - Ashendene Press (Italian language).

5. Antlitz Der Zeit by August Sander, 1929. A landmark photography book that redefined portraiture for the remainder of the twentieth century. This book ran afoul of the National Socialist Party (Nazi) censors and was aggressively confiscated and banned, explaining its relative scarcity today.

6. The Parable of the Sower by Octavia Butler, Thornwillow Press. Half morocco and paste paper binding. Limited edition of 75 copies.

7. Two Kitchens in Provence by M. F. K. Fisher, Yolla Bolly Press.

8. The Ship That Sailed to Mars by Wiliam Timlin, 1923. 1st edition with rare dustwrapper. A science fiction book with unique illustrations. One of the most sought after editions from the Golden Age of Illustration.

9. The Bricks of Venice by Peter Ellis - The Old School Press (2005)

10. Slow Ride to India by John Randle, Whittington Press. Deluxe edition of 45 copies in half morocco binding with separate portfolio of ten large photographs from John Randle's personal collection. Rare.

11. Arranging Furniture by Jason Dewinetz, Greenboathouse Press 2021.

12. The Journal of James Morrison, Golden Cockerel Press 1935.

>112 jbrnewman: Random aside to help you downsize, I believe "A Shape of Water" can still be purchased directly from the Press on Scroll Road: https://www.thepressonscrollroad.com/a-shape-of-water. I've seen it at the Boston Athenaeum - very handsome book.

>113 921Jack: Thank you very much for letting me know. When I last spoke with Mr Baris in June he did not have any copies that he could find. I'll inquire again, because it's certainly worth a second effort.

>113 921Jack: >114 jbrnewman: For what it's worth, last time I reached out about titles listed on the website, the availability was pretty out of date - I don't think they had any of the titles I inquired about.

>114 jbrnewman: Definitely worth asking. I was able to pick up Culinary Herbs recently. And when the first copy went missing in the post he sent a quick replacement.

Looking for a copy of Arion's Winnie the Pooh if anybody is subscribed to the press but wants to trade this one away. I can send a list of what I've got to trade with if so.

Book for trade:
No Reply’s (PC) the Death of Ivan Ilyich
No Reply’s (Standard) Enūma Eliš
Lyra’s (Numbered) Portrait of Dorian Gray
Hand & Eye’s (Artist Edition) The Wind in the Willows
CTP’s Faun (Lettered, PC)
Arion Press’s (Fine Press) Kindred
Black Tudor Press’s (Standard) Arden of Faversham

In search of:
Hand & Eye’s (Numbered or Lettered) The Wind in the Willows
Chester River’s Heart of Darkness
Thornwillow’s (Half-Leather or Full-Leather) Ulysses
Suntup’s (Numbered): The Handmaid’s Tale, Slaughterhouse Five, The Blood Meridian
Pegana’s Dark Dreamlands II
Centipede Press’s Robert W. Chambers
Lyra’s (Numbered) Wizard of Oz

German/Latin/Spanish fine presses, bilingual or otherwise. Particularly Goethe/Virgil/Cervantes.

>121 Ragnaroekk: Quite a few very important ones in the past and one or two notable contemporary presses.

Here are two examples of which the Cranach Press‘ Hamlet is considered by some as one of the most beautiful books of the 20th century.

https://booksandvines.com/2016/07/05/great-illustrated-private-press-books-part-...

https://booksandvines.com/2011/12/08/faust-by-johann-wolfgang-von-goethe-from-ju...

Search for German presses on this forum and you will find more names and examples.

>123 Ragnaroekk:
Edition Schwarze Seite (Scheer, Germany) www.froeschlin-edition.de
The Fork and Broom Press (Stemwede-Oppenwehe, Germany) www.forkandbroompress.net
Annegret Frauenlob (Essen, Germany) www.annegretfrauenlob.de
Hirundo Press (Hamburg, Germany) www.hirundo.eu
Zagava Press (Düsseldorf, Germany) www.zagava.de
TOC Publishing (Berlin, Germany) www.toc.berlin

>124 ChampagneSVP: to add on this list, the Bear Press, who makes gorgeous copies, although I believe they only do short stories.
https://www.thebearpress.de/

>126 Ragnaroekk: No, not really. Lyra‘s, Suntup, etc. are a relatively new facet of fine press publishing mixing new and old technologies like digitally printed art or letterpress printing with photopolymer plates.

The Bear Press „Pressendrucke“ are in terms of craftsmanship a few ticks above the previously mentioned publishers. The text is hand-set foundry type, the illustrations original art printed from the blocks/plates/stone, all on mouldmade paper. I have their Rose und Blau as well as their Urfaust in the Vorzugsausgabe and they are top-notch.

Another press you might be interested in is
https://www.pegasus-presse.de/#issue/Pegasus_Presse_Bibliophile_Unikate/landscap...

>127 SebRinelli: Unfortunately, their web design doesn't support my browser, so whatever they have to offer will remain unseen and I shan't be supporting them. I won't change browsers for just one web site.

>129 Glacierman: quite a few German private presses don’t seem to care much about their web presence.

The Widukind Presse, which has done some nice but more niche books, is another example: http://widukind-presse.blogspot.com/

I guess that is one of the reasons why they are not really known even among Germans. I only learned about them on book fairs.

>130 SebRinelli: Thanks for sharing. I love the artwork!

https://widukind-presse.blogspot.com/p/nietzsche-zarathustra-grafikbuch.html

>127 SebRinelli: The Pegasus Presse edition of Poe's Rue Morgue looks very nice. But why the heck is nearly all the text on the website done as images? I'm guessing whoever put it together didn't know how to style the text through CSS, or just wanted to make sure it looked exactly the same everywhere. Needless to say, it's a terrible approach for usability and searchability (and makes updating the site a pain). You know the business expression "this meeting would have been better as an email"? Well, this website would have been better as a PDF.

>127 SebRinelli: I’ve been thinking about getting Urfaust, which edition do you have and what’s your opinion on the book?

>133 Ragnaroekk: Perhaps you can help me - is "in privatbesitz" a way of saying out-of-print?

I was looking at the Pegasus EA Poe title, which says "signed and numbered" but then "privately owned" as if it were a one-off. I assume I must be mistranslating.

135-136: Considering that all titles marked as "In Privatbesitz" have the word "Unikateinband" (unique binding) in the title, it is obvious that the single copy is now in someone else's library and, for this reason, no longer available.

>134 CenSur: it‘s the Vorzugsausgabe in full leather and it’s a really handsome book. Perhaps one could open a topic for German Private and Fine Presses since we‘re getting off topic and this discussion might be of interest to others who do not bother to click a Books for Sale or Trade thread. I am happy to post some pictures of some of the books I got from German presses at some point.

>136 Ragnaroekk:

They bind those special editions for specific buyers, the price will certainly be a lot higher than for the regular edition and they just show examples of such private bindings on the website.

>138 SebRinelli: yes, I’d be happy to! https://www.librarything.com/topic/364860

SOLD

I have available one of the sold-out Deluxe edition Flowers for Algernon from Conversation Tree Press. (I accidentally bought the book in two states and need only one!) Please PM if interested, and thank you.

TALLONE EDITORE
Hamlet
Shakespeare's Sonnets
Emily Dickinson Poems
Le Physiologie du Gout

CALIBAN PRESS
The Tempest
American Haikus (Jack Kerouac)

NONESUCH PRESS
Shakespeare (7 vol)
John Milton Poems & Paradise Lost (2 vol)
The Works of George Farquhar (2 vol) part of the special limitation of 100 copies in vellum

PENNYROYAL PRESS
Timing Devices
The Wizard of Oz
California Deluxe Edition of Alice in Wonderland (offset duo-folio set with signed print)
California Deluxe Edition of Through the Looking Glass (offset duo-folio set with signed print)

>144 ChampagneSVP: PM’d!

I'm selling the following books (to U.S. buyers only, sorry!). Plenty of pics available, send me a PM with any questions. Unless otherwise noted these are all new books.

LEC

-One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez (foxing to the page edges and scuffing to the leather spine; includes the monthly letter)

-A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens (No slipcase or monthly letter; there is a slightly torn page and the pages are all uncut)

LYRA'S BOOKS

-Stardust by Neil Gaiman (#63, mustard spine)

FOLIO

-Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson (newer edition)

SUBTERRANEAN PRESS

-Burning Chrome by William Gibson (#242; signed by William Gibson)

CENTIPEDE PRESS

-The Sheep Look Up by John Brunner (#54)

-Stand on Zanzibar by John Brunner (#100; signed by John Brunner; sticker damage to cover)

-The Anubis Gates by Tim Powers (unsigned/ unnumbered copy; the lock design on the slipcase doesn't match up perfectly but that's about the only flaw)

-Stefan Grabinski Masters of the Weird Tale (roman numeral copy XX)

-After Such Knowledge quartet by James Blish (set of 4 books, all #115)

-Where the Summer Ends / Walk on the Wild Side by Karl Edward Wagner (set of 2 books)

-The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson (unsigned/ unnumbered standard edition)

-Our Lady of Pain by John Blackburn

Fairly new member of LibraryThing but a long time reader/follower of Fine Press Forum. I am downsizing my library and have the following books for sale.

War and Peace (LEC)
Anna Karenina (LEC)
The Brothers Karamazov (LEC)
Crime and Punishment (LEC)
The Possessed (LEC)
Les Miserables (LEC)
The Count of Monte Cristo (LEC)

Wind in the Willows (Hand & Eye Editions, lettered copy)

Heart of Darkness (Chester River Press, quarter leather)

Please PM me if you are interested. I am open to international buyers but prefer US buyers.

>147 splashbros: You should get a lot of interest for that copy of the Chester River Press Heart of Darkness.

>147 splashbros: >148 kdweber: Wish I hadn’t done all of my year end spending already! I hope one of the others on this forum who’s been searching for a copy for years ends up with this one.

>147 splashbros: PM’d

End of the year shelf cleaning! I am offloading a few books that do not fit my collection interests anymore as well as some duplicates. PM if you’re interested. I am located in Germany.

Walpole, The Castle of Otranto, LEC, fine
Wilde, Salome, 2 vol (French + Englsih), LEC, offsetting of the pochoir illustrations as usual, very good, slipcase only good
Sophocles, Ödipus der Tyrann, Bremer Presse, very good
Apuleius, The Golden Ass, Folio Society LE, fine

Happy holidays!

Adding a few books to the list:
Kennedy, Light & Char, Greenboathouse Press, fine
Boccaccio, Minerva, Mantone and Circes, Incline Press, fine
Shakespeare, King Lear, Folio Society Letterpress Shakespeare, fine
Sassoon, Memoirs of a Fox-Hunting Man, LEC, fine
Izumi, The Tale of the Wandering Monk, LEC, very good

Books For Sale 2025

This post is divided into two parts. The first part will be a relisting and consolidation of books previously listed in 2024, to update the list with books still available and put them conveniently in one place. The second part will be a list of new books for sale in 2025.

Première Partie:

1. Wrenching Times by Walt Whitman - Gwasg Gergynog
2. Babette's Feast by Isak Dinesen - Yolla Bolly Press. SOLD
3. The Coat Without A Seam - Gehenna Press. Sixty poems by Stanley Kunitz. SOLD

4. The Book of Psalms - Joh. Enschede en Zonen/Stichting de Roos. A Century for the Century. A typographical masterpiece.

5. The Ingoldsby Legends - J. M. Dent & Co. (1907). Signed, limited edition by Arthur Rackham in a fine binding of 3/4 navy blue morocco and gilt by Bayntun of Bath.

6. Comus, A Mask by John Milton - Essex House (1901). The Great Poets Series. Printed on vellum with hand-illumination. Rebound in 1/4 red morocco and cloth binding.

7. The Flight of the Duchess by Robert Browning - Essex House (1905). As above, part of the Great Poets Series, printed on vellum with hand-illumination. SOLD

8. The Holy Gospel - Officina Bodoni. English language edition.
9. Fine Papers at the Oxford University Press (standard edition) - Whittington Press.
10. A Miscellany of Type (standard edition) - Whittington Press.
11. Portraits of Presses (standard edition) - Whittington Press.
12. Sonnets from the Portuguese by Elizabeth Browning, Officina Bodoni (1925).
13. Bibliography of the Grabhorn Press, 1940-1956. Volume 2 of a three volume set. SOLD
14. Bibliography of the Grabhorn Press, 1957-1966. Volume 3 of a three volume set. SOLD

15. Spitsticks and Multiples, Fleece Press (2022). Two volumes. This is the Special Edition with 22 tipped-in wood engravings expertly printed by Simon Lawrence directly from the original wooden blocks. SOLD

16. The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam, A Personal Selection from the Five Editions of Edward Fitzgerald by Cecile E. McTaggart, Curwen Press, 1980. Two volumes. A brilliant idea, taking the best (in her opinion) quatrain from each of the five editions, then assembling a 'new' version of the Rubaiyat incorporating the 'Best of the Best'. The text is written in calligraphy with border decorations by Margery O. Erickson, then illustrated with flawless reproductions (a Curwen Press specialty) of selected illustrations from Edmund Dulac and Willy Pogany. Surprisingly, it works!!

17. The Sonnets of William Shakespeare, Swallow Press, 1975. Illustrated with 40 abstract geometric drawings by Clarke Hutton on various tinted papers. Fine binding: tan full Niger morocco by Sangorski & Sutcliffe.

18. Lysistrata, Fanfrolico Press, 1926. Illustrated with semi-erotic drawings by Normal Lindsay. Printed letterpress by the Chiswick Press on Batchelor's handmade paper, i.e. Kelmscott Press paper.

19. Giraldus Cambrensis: Itinerary Through Wales, Gwasg Gregynog, 1989.

20. The Engravings of David Jones, Rampant Lions Press for Clover Hill Editions, 1981. Deluxe two-volume set with full (separate) portfolio of wood engravings expertly printed on both Barcham Green handmade and japon vellum papers.

21. Nohow On by Samuel Beckett, Limited Editions Club (Sidney Shiff), 1996.
22. La Bateau Ivre by Arthur Rimbaud, Thornwillow Press, 1992.
23. The Waste Land by T. S. Eliot, Officina Bodoni for Faber & Faber, 1961. Signed by T. S. Eliot.
24. The Four Quartets by T. S. Eliot, Officina Bodoni for Faber & Faber, 1960. Signed by T. S. Eliot
25. The Recuyell of the Historyes of Troye, Kelmscott Press (2 vols.). 1892.

Arion Press

26. Venus and Adonis
27. Biotherm by Frank O'hara
28. Bouvard & Pecuchet by Gustave Flaubert. SOLD
29. Shaped Poetry
30. Trout Fishing in America by Richard Brautigan
31. The Structure of Rime by Robert Duncan. Includes the signed etching with aquatint by Frank Lobdell.
32. Pedro Paramo by Juan Rulfo. SOLD

33. The Black Swan by Thomas Mann, Limited Editions Club (Sidney Shiff), 1990.
34. The Prelude by William Wordsworth, Doves Press, 1915.
35. A Fairy Garland: Being Fairy Tales from the Old French, 1928. Illustrated and signed limited edition by Edmund Dulac. From the Golden Age of Illustration.

36. The Sleeping Beauty and Other Fairy Tales, 1910. Illustrated and signed limited edition by Edmund Dulac. The Golden Age of Illustration.

37. The Song of Songs, Golden Cockerel Press. Eric Gill wood engravings. A major Eric Gill GCP edition
38. Essays of Montaigne, 5 volume set, Navarre Society, 1923. Deluxe large paper edition printed on Arnold's handmade paper with full vellum bindings. A modern translation.

39. Alfred Lord Tennyson 2 volume set: (1) Lyric Poems; (2) In Memoriam, 1900. Ballantyne Press for Hacon & Ricketts (Vale Press). Wood engraved border designs and initial letters in Kelmscott style by C. S. Ricketts. Fine bindings: vintage full morocco & gilt by Chambolle-Duru (Paris). SOLD

40. Assembling: Mapping the Cosmos, the Codex Foundation, 2017. A livres d'artiste collection of cosmological meditations from 33 contributors, all of whom had previously exhibited at Codex.

https://www.codexfoundation.org/store?prod=483

41. Endgrain: Contemporary Wood Engraving in North American, Barbarian Press, 1994.

42. Coffeehouse Days by Ismail Kadare, Peter Koch Editions for Rainmaker Editions, 2004. Kadare's reminiscences of life in a deeply isolated Stalinist Albania. Illustrated with photomontages of Albania by Peter Koch. Unique book design with a thick, riveted and hinged galvanized steel clamshell box as the binding.

https://www.peterkochprinters.com/portfolio3.php?show=61

43. The Amazons by Ivor Bannet, Golden Cockerel Press, 1948. One of 80 special editions bound in full dark brown morocco by Sangorski & Sutcliffe. SOLD

44. Matthew Flinders' Narrative of his Voyage in the Schooner Francis, Golden Cockerel Press, 1946.

45. The Journal of James Morrison, edited by Owen Rutter, Golden Cockerel Press, 1935. SOLD
46. Peer Gynt. Illustrated and signed ltd. ed. by Arthur Rackham, 1936. Golden Age of Illustration.

47. David Copperfield, Bradbury & Evans, 1850. First edition in book form, early issue. 38 copper-engraved ilustrations by Hablot K. Browne ('Phiz'). Fine binding: half black morocco with marbled paper boards, all edges of text block gilt.

48. Atalanta in Calydon by Algernon C. Swinburne, Kelmscott Press.
49. Shakespeare's Sonnets, Thornwillow Press. Deluxe half morocco and paste paper binding.
50. Vita di Santa Chiara Vergine, Ashendene Press (Italian language).
51. Un Mazzetto Scelto di Fioretti, Saint Francis of Assisi, Ashendene Press (Italian language).

52. The Parable of the Sower by Octavia Butler, Thornwillow Press. Deluxe half morocco and paste paper binding. SOLD

53. Two Kitchens in Provence by M. F. K. Fisher, Yolla Bolly Press.
54. Slow Ride to India by John Randle, Whittington Press. Deluxe edition. SOLD.
55. Arranging Furniture by Jason Dewinetz, Greenboathouse Press.

56. The Ship That Sailed to Mars by William Timlin, 1923. 1st edition with rare dustwrapper. An early science fiction book with unique illustrations. One of the most sought after books from the Golden Age of Illustration. SOLD

57. The History of Godefrey of Boloyne, Kelmscott Press, 1893.
58. Vowels by Arthur Rimbaud, LEC (Sidney Shiff).

Deuxième Partie - New books for sale.

1, The Holy Bible, 5 volumes, Nonesuch Press. Four volumes are the deluxe large paper edition printed on Arnold unbleached rag paper with full niger morocco bindings. The fifth volume (the New Testament) is the standard copy printed on japon and bound in the original gilt stamped parchment paper over boards binding. SOLD

2. Canticum Canticorum Salomonis, Cranach Press, 1931. Eric Gill wood engravings. Latin text. One of the three great Cranach Press editions.

3. The Canterbury Tales, 3 volumes, Riccardi Press for the Medici Society. Illustrated with 36 mounted color plates (12 per volume) by Sir Wm. Russell Flint. Full limp vellum bindings.

4. In Fairyland by William Allingham, Longmans, Green. 1870. Color illustrations by Richard Doyle. An edition considered a 19th century landmark in the evolution of reproducing color illustrations. The binding has been extensively repaired and restored by Scott K. Kellar (Chicago) to eliminate the loose pages seen in this edition because of the original gutta percha (natural rubber) binding technique.

5. Froissart's Chronicles, 2 vols., Routledge and Sons, 1868. Deluxe illustrated edition with 116 woodcut illustrations and over 70 illuminated color plates taken from the Bibliotheque Royale and the British Museum. Vintage full maroon morocco bindings with gilt decoration. The text is the Thomas Johnes translation, a modern translation that is the finest 19th century English translation.

6. Bleak House by Charles Dickens, Bradbury & Evans, 1853. First edition in book form. First edition, first issue. Illustrated with 40 copper engravings by Hablot K. Browne ('Phiz'). Fine binding: full green morocco by Bayntun-Riviere with their gilt stamp. SOLD

7. Les Petite Heures du Duc de Berry, Faksimile Verlag 1988. Limited edition. Facsimile edition of one of the most famous and beautiful illuminated medieval Books of Hours.

8. Tiresias by Alfred Lord Tennyson, Gehenna Press.

9. The Victoria Psalter by Owen Jones, Day & Son (London), 1861. A landmark in 19th century reproduction of color illustration which helped to pioneer chromolithography. SOLD

https://booksandvines.com/2015/05/18/the-victoria-psalter-designed-and-illuminat...

10. Auden (W.H.) Selections from Poems. Lithographs by Henry Moore. Petersburg Press, 1974. Livres d'artiste book by Henry Moore.

11. Ulysses by James Joyce, Arion Press, 1988.

12. Gulliver's Travels by Jonathan Swift, Cresset Press, 1930. Famous Rex Whistler color illustrations. Fine bindings: rebound in matching (to the original binding) green quarter Oasis morocco with Claire Guillot hand-marbled paper over boards. SOLD

13. La Ballade du Soldat by Georges Ribemont-Dessaignes, published by Pierre Chave/Kenneth Nahan, 1972. English language edition. A livres d'artiste book illustrated by surrealist Max Ernst.

https://booksandvines.com/?s=ballade+du+soldat

14. The Lulu Plays by Frank Wedekind, Arion Press, 2015. A livres d'artiste book illustrated with 67 drawings by William Kentridge. Text printed in red and black. The last great Arion Press edition by Andrew Hoyem

https://booksandvines.com/2015/10/05/the-lulu-plays-by-frank-wedekind-illustrati...

15. Wilhelm Tell by Friedrich Schiller, Dr. Julius Schröder 'Meisterwerke der Weltliteratur' series, 1922. Illustrated with original drawings by Bruno Goldschmitt. Deluxe edition in full vellum and gilt binding with illustration on front cover. German language text.

16. Letters from the 15th Century: On the Origins of the Kelmscott Chaucer Typeface by Phillip Pirages. A leaf book featuring a leaf from the Kelmscott Chaucer and four leaves from different 15th century German incunabular editions, all printed in the 1470's. This is the intermediate edition with binding in William Morris designed patterned floral cloth.

https://www.pirages.com/pages/books/ST15039bB/leaf-book-kelmscott-press-and-prin...

17. The City of Carcassonne by Eugene Violette-le-Duc, 1988, Elfriede Abbe.
18. The Chester Play of the Deluge, Rampant Lions Press for Clover Hill Editions, 1977. Illustrated with David Jones wood engravings.
19. Diary of a Country Priest by George Bernanos, Limited Editions Club (Sidney Shiff), 1986.
20. Down by the Riverside by Richard Wright, Limited Editions Club, Limited Editions Club (Sidney Shiff), 2001.
21. Hard High Country Poems by Michelangelo Buonarroti Simoni, Peter Koch Editions, 2015. SOLD

https://www.peterkochprinters.com/portfolio3.php?show=87

22. The Toilers of the Sea by Victor Hugo, Folio Society Limited Edition, 2014
23. Poems, 1591-1674 by Robert Herrick, Kelmscott Press, 1895. Fine binding: full tan leather with elaborately embossed floral and shield design on front cover by Gruel Relieure (Paris).

24. Psalmi Penitentiales, Kelmscott Press, 1894. Printed in red and black ink. Fine binding: the original holland binding was replaced with a limp red leather binding with black leather spine to complement the red and black text.

If interested in any of these titles, please send a PM. Many of these books are also listed on eBay and I can direct you to the eBay listing with full detailed description of book condition and numerous photographs.

dlphcoracl

>153 dlphcoracl:
You seem to be totally gutting your library!

>154 wcarter:

Not even close.

I have too many books and have become severely space constrained. I am doing a bit of judicious pruning. In several instances, I have numerous private press editions of the same work, e.g., the Rubaiyat, Shakespeare's sonnets, etc. and this is overkill. In a few other instances they are a duplicate (second) copy. Others are books I probably will never get around to reading and are of lesser importance. Finally, the sales are being used as a source of funds for books in 2025, e.g., The Beauty of Byrne from Saint James Park Press, etc., albeit far fewer books than I have collected in past years.

Something's gotta give! 😀

>155 dlphcoracl: I think such judicious pruning is a very worthwhile thing to do. I have done it myself and I know my library is the better for it. And it sure does free up space, which I am in short supply of!

>156 ChestnutPress:

"And it sure does free up space, which I am in short supply of!"

You are preaching to the choir.

I’m selling my deluxe copy of Barbarian Press’s Sudden Immobility and would love to be able to give someone on this forum a good deal on it.

It’s a stunning book that I much enjoyed reading once, but just don’t see myself spending all that much more time with.

Additional books for sale:

1. Flowers for Algernon, Conversation Tree Press (Deluxe Edition)
2. Sherlock Holmes, Amaranthine Press (Detective/Numbered Edition)
3. Rime of the Ancient Mariner & Other Poems (Folio Society, Limited Edition)
4. Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam (Folio Society, Limited Edition)
5. Alice in Wonderland (Folio Society, Limited Edition)
6. Wind in the Willows (Folio Society, Limited Edition)

All are in as-new condition. Please PM me if you are interested.

>144 ChampagneSVP: is hamlet still available

Here is my updated list of books for sale:

Arêté editions:
Frozen hell (numbered)

Conversation Tree Press:
Faun (deluxe)

Hand and Eye:
Wind in the willows (standard edition with slipcase)

Suntup editions (all numbered editions):
Charlie and the chocolate factory
Horns and cube (matching number)
Stepford wives
I am legend
Slaughterhouse five
Hannibal (Thomas Harris) books (not matching number)
The Godfather + mezzotint

I hope everyone is well! As for my seasonal notice:

I am deeply interested in acquiring both the Barbarian Press's The Play of Pericles and St. James Park Press's Nineteen Eighty-Four. If you are in a position to convey either into the possession of a loving home, I would be very glad to hear from you.

I have a damaged copy of CTP’s “The paper menagerie” which I’m happy to give away to someone on the forum – would only ask to cover postage. The damage is a small indentation in most pages of the book, about 1-2cm.

Edit: gone.

>164 BorisG: Sent you a message!

I have a copy of the Ashendene Press Thucydides for sale. The spine has some darkening and there is a small partial thickness tear to the upper spine not affecting the spine integrity at all. Has a small bookplate of a prior owner. The rest of the leather is supple and clean as is the interior.

Would anyone happen to have a copy of Hand and Eye letterpress’ Deluxe Christmas Carol?

>168 jbrnewman:

I’m assuming you means Treasure Island from CTP, not Pirates of the Caribbean 😂

>169 Nightcrawl:

I was all: There's a book called 'Pirates of the Caribbean' from Conversation Tree Press?! lol

>169 Nightcrawl: Oof. It was been a long weekend. Thank you, edited for clarity.

>169 Nightcrawl: It is signed by Johnny Depp

>172 ultrarightist:

I was hoping for Jack Sparrow. ;-)

My current sale/trade list:

- Godfather (Suntup, numbered)
- Exorcist (Suntup, numbered)
- Let The Right One In (Suntup, numbered)
- Horns (Suntup, numbered, plus matching cube)
- Slaughterhouse-Five (Suntup, numbered)
- Stepford Wives (Suntup, numbered)
- I Am Legend (Suntup, numbered, has some damage to the front of the book. Will send photos if interested)
- Replay (Suntup, numbered)

Looking for the artist editions of Horns, Exorcist, LTROI, Replay, Stepford Wives, Godfather, Last Unicorn, but would like sell or trade their corresponding numbered editions first.

Looking for the Folio Society Alice in Wonderland LE, Lyra’s Wizard of Oz (numbered) and Benjamin Button from Arêté (numbered).

>174 willraven: You can purchase the numbered edition of Benjamin Button directly from Arete.

>175 kdweber: Do they take trades? ;)

>175 kdweber: thank you - just wanted to see if anyone purchased theirs recently and perhaps wanted to trade

Might as well add mine to the sale list:

Nineteen Eighty-Four (Suntup, numbered)
Stardust (Lyra's, standard/mustard)
Madame Bovary (Folio Society LE, scuffs to spine, willing to let this one go quite cheap)

PM me if any of these excite your interest

Currently for sale, PM me if interested. UK-only preferred. All in excellent condition, can provide more detailed condition report or photos on request.

Folio Society
- London and New York (LE)
- Hansel and Gretel (LE)
- Disasters of War (LE)
- The Door in The Wall (LE)

Fleece Press:
- Today I Worked Well - The Picture Fell Off The Brush: The Artistry of Leslie Cole
- Eric Ravilious: Landscape, Letters and Design
- Edward Walters: Printer & Engraver
- Gargoyles and Tattie-Bogles: The Lives and Work of Douglas Percy Bliss and Phyllis Dodd
- Long Live Great Bardfield, & Love to You All: The Autobiography of Tirzah Garwood
- Surreal Times: The Abstract Engravings of John Buckland Wright (1/4 vellum binding)
- The Inward Laugh: Edward Bawden and His Circle

Whittington Press:
- Fine Papers at The Oxford University Press
- Chinese Ceremonial Papers: An Illustrated Bibliography
- British Private Press Prospectuses, 1891-2001
- A History Of The Marlborough College Press

Incline Press:
- The Charm of Magpies
- Poetry and Prose for the Midsummer Feast
- When in Doubt, Wash!
- E R Weiss: Typography of an Artist ** SOLD **
- Parvus
- The Book Decorations of Thomas Lowinksy
- Layers of Concord: Creating The Landscape Garden of Le Bercau

Miscellanous:
- The Notebooks of Malte Laurids Brigge (LEC)
- The Captive Mind (LEC)
- A Country Alphabet (full vellum binding) (The Old Stile Press)
- Me, Myself and the Monkeyface Eel (Prototype Press)
- Four Tales of The Clyde (Black Pennell Press)
- Printing House Rules (Black Pennell Press)
- Four Quartets (Officina Bodoni, signed by T S Eliot)
- Verses (Rampant Lions Press)

Seeking: The Bacchae (Allen Press); and Sir Gawain and the Green Knight (Taller Martin Pescador).

Please PM if you might be able to part with either. Thank you so much!

>180 P.Casimir: will PM re Green Knight

Happy Friday! I have some new books for sale, even ones I thought I’d never part with, as we’re in counters on a house purchase (!!) and so the funds and the space and the not-packing-and-moving-them will be useful. I’m posting here first before listing on Facebook and eBay.

Officina Bodoni:
The Waste Land

Bruce McAllister:
California Hills and other engravings from the original blocks (Paul Landacre)

Bruce Rogers & The Press of A. Colish
Dante’s Divine Comedy

St. James Park Press:
An Albion in the Antarctic (facsimile)
Animal Farm
King Arthur (deluxe)

Grabhorn:
Leaves of Grass
Joan the Maid of Orleans
The Encantadas
The Pearl
The Story of the Fisherman

Bowler Press:
The Importance of Being Earnest

Riverside Press:
The Song of Roland (Bruce Rogers)

Barbarian Press:
Endgrain Editions One: Gerard Brender a Brandis
Table Talk of Ian Hamilton Finlay

Janus Press / Plowboy Press:
Phaenomena of Aratus

Arion Press:
100 Wood Engravings by Barry Moser for the Arion Press Edition of Moby-Dick (Set 14 of 30. Curiously, contains only 37 of the promised 100 engravings and priced accordingly)
Moby-Dick (Not actually Arion Press but the California Deluxe facsimile. Barry Moser’s own copy with his bookplate)
Thomas Jefferson’s Paris Walks
A Stone From Delphi
Tristram Shandy
Don Quixote
The Silverado Squatters
Melville Poems
Rudolf Koch Typefoundry in Silhouette
The Captivity Narrative of Hannah Duston
Tartuffe
Eugene Onegin
Godot
The Odes of Horace
Venus & Adonis

Foolscap Press:
Despatches
Thomas Paine in His Own Words
Brief Loves that Live Forever
The Travels of Sir John Mandeville Beyond the Holy Land

La Ginestra:
Diary of the Delphic Oracle (https://www.librarything.com/topic/348023#8048054)

Old Stile Press:
The Dream Song of Olaf Asteson (https://www.librarything.com/topic/334467#7579859)
Trans Siberian Prosody (https://www.librarything.com/topic/334467#7579859)
Latin Memories

Poet & Printer:
Crow Wakes (Ted Hughes)

Plantin Press:
Prologue to the Canterbury Tales

Old School Press:
Venice Approached

Real Lead Saloon / Peter Koch:
Where Has My California Gone (An Homage to Joan Didion) (one of an edition of ten portfolios)

Allen Press:
A Venetian Story
The Noble Knight Paris and the Fair Vienne
Life of Dante
Pictures of Italy
Sonnets of Michelangelo
The Splendid Idle Forties
Christopher Columbus

Fine Press Poetry (Andrew Moorhouse):
Buile Suibhne (fine)
In Memory of Water (deluxe full leather), Hillary Paynter engravings (fine)

Yolla Bolly Press:
Cawdor

Cheloniidae Press
The Raven

Chester River Press:
Heart of Darkness
The Chesapeake Voyages of John Smith

Belmont Hall:
The First Century of Meditations (see https://www.librarything.com/topic/302418#6703336)
The Second Century of Meditations
The Third Century of Meditations

Salvage Press:
The Works of Master Poldy
After Easter

Gwasg Gregynog:
Mapping Golgotha (quarter leather special binding/rebind) (fine)

Fleece Press
Spitsticks and Multiples (fine)
All Around the Block (fine)
Gargoyles and Tattie Bogles (fine)
Yvonne Sargon (fine)

Stone House Press
Songs of Childhood (John DePol engravings)

Tallone:
Hamlet (fine)
Shakespeare’s Sonnets (fine)
Summary (Neruda) (fine)
Physiologie du Goût (near fine)

>182 ChampagneSVP: pMing

>182 ChampagneSVP: Sounds serious. I will PM you!

I've also PM'd.

I've also PMed

>186 PulseOfEarth: If anyone has not received a message from me and wants a faster one, please PM me your email. Apparently LibraryThing limits the number of messages one can send in an (unspecified) time period and I have been unable to send anything new for several hours now! If you send me an email, I will contact you there! Otherwise, I am hopeful the limit will begin anew tomorrow.

>187 ChampagneSVP: Sent, Thanks!

Also just sent a PM

>182 ChampagneSVP: Just PM’d.

We're packing for a long-distance move—help me thin some shelves! Most are in new/fine condition. Prefer to sell, but open to trades.

—Arion Press
Paradise Lost
Merman Melville Selected Poems
South of Heaven
The Sundial

—Limited Editions Club
Dubliners
The Old Man and the Sea
The White Spider
The Man Who Planted Trees
A Portrait of Shunkin

—Other
Metamorphoses - Shanty Bay Press
Thomas Paine In His Own Words - Foolscap Press
Ham on Rye - Prototype Press
Dark Dreamlands 1, 2 and 3 (signed) - Pegana Press
The Golden Key - Pagana Press
Grimoire (presentation) - Fine Press Poetry
Doctor Faustus (standard) - Tudor Black Press
2020 Vision - Nomad Letterpress
Ulrich Daubeny - The Last Press
Certain of Ovid’s Elegies (special) - Corvus Works
The Decorations - Sutton Hoo Press
Washi Memories - Old School Press
The Gospel According to Philip (numbered) - Petrarch Press
Poe (letterpress w/ remarque) - Nepenthe Press

—Centipede Press
Robert W. Chambers MotWT
The Best of Weird Tales
John Metcalf MotWT
We Have Always Lived in the Castle
Son of the Endless Night
Dark Carnival
Salem’s Lot (2nd edition)
Night Train

>191 zachp: Sent you a message!

Would like to sell or trade my copy of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight from Taller Martin Pescador. This is one of ten artist copies purchased directly from Artemio Rodriguez, and bound in brown boards. It’s an absolutely superb edition in terms of typography and printing, but having recently read the Simon Armitage translation, I kind of feel no other can compare…

Couple of early-printing leaf books for sale here. I'll be updating/adding items to this page as things fall off my shelves...

Looking for a copy of the recent Folio Society LE of Mythago Wood by Robert Holdstock, preferably with someone in the United States. Send a PM if you have a copy available for trade. Not interested in an outright purchase.

P.S. Already purchased a copy.

Looking for a copy of the Subterranean Press Murderbot Diaries. PM me if interested!

>196 RRCBS: Yours for a mere 1.5 k - https://www.abebooks.com/signed-first-edition/Murderbot-Diaries-Network-Effect-S... . That’s brutal pricing, wish you the best w/ finding something approaching reasonable. The Amazon show is probably not helping matters with regards to price for the next few years.

>197 ensuen: I saw that! Have another lead on a Murderbot diaries that comes with network effect…but already have Network Effect and the cost is over a psychological threshold for me. Wisdom has taught me that it never pays to buy something at a really high price when you can wait!

ISO: Enuma Elis from No Reply Press, vellum edition. Thanks!

The Waste Land by T.S. Eliot, Folio Society, 2022. Limited edition of 350 copies. Signed by artist Tom Phillips. Printed letterpress on Zerkall mould-made paper by Hand & Eye Letterpress. Hand bound by Ludlow Bookbinders in half vellum blocked in 22-carat gold and cloth sides printed with a design by Tom Phillips. 11 tipped in color plates giclée printed. Cloth-covered clamshell box lined with soft, napped purple fabric.

Coherence Through the Eyes of Mary: A Christmas Sermon by Noel Perry-Gore, Paulinus Press, 1985. Designs by the author rendered as wood engravings by Simon Brett and a foreword by Alan Webster. Number 3 of 50 specials (from a total limitation of 250) hardbound with cloth over boards housed in a clothbound slipcase with a portfolio containing four signed proofs of Brett’s engravings. Signed by author and engraver.

Rumour of a Shark: Poems by John Carroll, Barbarian Press (1999). One of 125 copies, signed by the poet, sewn and set into card covers with a wrapper of Obonai handmade paper. Hand set in Garamont with Optima for display. Title page illustration from a design by Janet Downey.

Words of Fire by Neil Gaiman, Areté Editions, 2022. Roman Edition publisher’s copy. Of the three states of Words of Fire, the Roman has the smallest limitation at 30 copies. Of these, 20 are numbered and 10 are publisher’s copies. This is one of just 10 publisher’s copies, marked “P.C.” It is printed on Bockingford watercolour paper on a Heidelberg cylinder press at Hand & Eye Editions and is quarter-bound in black Colorado book cloth and hand marbled paper commissioned from Freya Scott at Paperwilds. The book is foil blocked on the front board with a design by Bill Sienkiewicz and there is a digital reproduction of his silkscreen print for the portfolio inside the book. It measures 255 x 165 mm and has 36 pages. Signed by Neil Gaiman and Bill Sienkiewicz.

Edward Seymour & The Fancy Paper Company: The Story of a British Marbled Paper Manufacturer by Sidney Berger. Oak Knoll Press, 2006. Limited edition of 300 copies. Typeset by hand, printed on 120 gpm archival paper, and bound in quarter leather with slipcase by the Manoutios Press of Athens, Greece. Includes 20 beautiful, tipped-in paper samples. The book tells the story of Edward Seymour and his firm, The Fancy Paper Company. This British company manufactured marbled and other decorated (fancy) papers for bookbinding and related industries from about 1919 to 1971.

The Abstract Garden, a three-way collaboration of the words (the poet’s—Philip Gross) and the image (the engraver’s—Peter Reddick) and the space between (the printer/designer—Nicolas McDowall). Old Stile Press, 2006. One of only 10 Special Editions (this is X/X) housed in a cloth-covered drop-back box with a cloth portfolio. This, in turn, contains a packet of four engravings from the book (together with one that does not appear in the book), printed by the artist on Japanese paper, titled and signed by him. A second packet houses three poems (with, again, another not included in the book) handwritten on fine paper by the poet and signed by him.

The Four Seasons by Antonio Vivaldi, translated by W.D. Snodgrass. Targ Editions, 1984. 150 copies; signed by Snodgrass. Designed and printed at the Grenfell Press in Chelsea, NY on a cotton rag sheet made by J. Barcham Greene. Set in Centaur and Arrighi by Michael Bixler and bound by Claudia Cohen in Cockerell marbled papers. A real gem of a book.

In view of upcoming house purchase closing, I'm interested in re-homing my recently received Collector's edition of Conversation Tree Press "Solaris" by Stanislaw Lem. Please PM me if interested. Thank you!

Sold, thank you!

Also, is there anyone who missed the Conversation Tree "short stops" who would be interested in a set of all 3? Please PM me if so. They are:

The Paper Menagerie by Ken Liu
There Will Come Soft Rains by Ray Bradbury
Gibbet Hill by Bram Stoker

>182 ChampagneSVP: Hi, I sent you a PM regarding a book in your 24 June list. Many thanks.

>201 amysisson: Hi , I sent you a PM regarding solaris, thanks!

ISO Treasure Island from Conversation Tree Press, Standard State

Anyone who preordered Suntup’s lettered Gormenghast willing to sell? Please PM, thanks!

Looking to trade Conversation Tree Press's Deluxe "House on The Borderland" for a standard edition + the original price difference of $310.

I also have Ramsey Campbell's deluxe edition on order if anyone would like to include it + future Weird. rights in the deal, I've just decided to stick with the standards for this long series.

This is a little delayed for the Incline Press Reading day, but if anyone US based is interested in a copy of "Gifts of the Magi" I have a spare copy I would be happy to send along for free*.

*If in the future you no longer desire it, please gift it to a friend or try to sell it online for something close to market price to help keep it in the hands of interested collectors.

Edit: Claimed

IN SEARCH OF: Any and all fine editions of the Duino Elegies. Even if you don't have one to trade/sell, would appreciate info on what's out there!

>210 grifgon: You just need the Petrarch Press edition, Griffin.

>210 grifgon:

The Cranach Press (printed for the Hogarth Press).

>211 ChestnutPress: yep

>211 ChestnutPress: Been looking for this one myself for a couple years now.

>214 Nightcrawl: depending on what you are willing to pay, I found a copy for sale with ease

>215 ChestnutPress: That’s very fortunate! I’ve only seen one copy come up for sale since I started looking, but there was (light) damage to the spine so I decided to pass. I really hate being OCD 😅

>74 Lukas1990: still for sale!

I’ll bump mine as well - I am still in search of:

1. Midnight Paper Sales: Lac Des Pleurs
2. Lone Oak Press: Mimpish Squinnies
3-4. Grapho Editions (Paul Kershaw): Running Rings and The Amphibious Place

And willing to offer in trade some of my rarest volumes just for the above books, including but not limited to:
- Nawakum’s The Indigo Bunting and / or Norfolk Island and The Chola Widow ,
- Foolscap’s Other Worlds: Journey to The Moon,
- Peter Koch’s Speculum Mundi
- or for more current collectors any of my deluxe Conversation Tree Press books and individual series rights including The Weird.

>218 NathanOv: Lone Oak Press: Mimpish Squinnies

That's one of my hunt list titles as well. Would love to acquire it some day.

>219 Shadekeep: Lone Oak’s other Farrer book, The King of The Alps is utterly delightful and also just an exemplary private press production, so Mimpish Squinnies is a must-find for me.

>220 NathanOv: Aye, I wouldn't pass that one up either if I got a chance. Sadly I've neither yet.

>218 NathanOv: I've just "completed" my Grapho Editions collection. Good luck on your quest, amigo! Paul's work is like no other.

>222 grifgon: Congrats! If you don't mind me asking, what were your latest finds?

In search of (for trade):

Venice Visited by Thomas Coryat, The Old School Press, 1999.

Numerous high-end private press books in my collection available for trade.

I don't see much Bird & Bull on the forums – perhaps it's not collected or not desired? But anyways, I have three from Henry Morris that may be of interest for those more non-fictionally inclined:

1. The Bird & Bull Press Commemorative 100 Coronas (The First Fine Silver Coinage of San Serriffe)
2. Three Lions and the Cross of Lorraine – Wynkyn de Worde leaf book
3. Indian Peace Medals

>225 yikou: I think it's just a function of demographics and timing. Sent a DM though.

(If anyone else has any other B&B titles, feel free to reach out)

I have a new never read copy of the numbered Jade City that I’ve decided to part with, along with rights for the next book, which is currently up for preorder. I’m located in Canada. Anyone interested can send me a PM.

Looking to buy books or other ephemera by:
- Tideline Press
- Leonard Seastone (proprietor of Tideline Press, but some work is under his own name)

If you have anything matching that description, please reach out via DM.

>229 jbrnewman: sent a PM

>229 jbrnewman: I have sent a message to you

Oak Knoll annual 20-50% off has started.

>233 ensuen: Thank you!

>233 ensuen: This really belongs in the 'Enablement' thread and I stress I have no commercial interest in it whatsoever, but I really must draw attention to Rob's copy of the German edition of the magnificent Officina Bodoni Andria, a stonking bargain for German speakers (or non-German speakers who don't mind not being able to read their fine press books).

>233 ensuen: Top 3:

1. Essays of Francis Bacon (Bremer Presse)
2. The Divine Comedy 3-volume set (Edizioni Valdonega)
2. Hippolytos (Gehenna Press)

>233 ensuen:

Re: Oak Knoll Press book sale

The History of Lucian the Samosatenian, Golden Cockerel Press (1927) is on sale for $1,080. This is an excellent price for one of the major GCP titles and it is in very collectible condition.

>236 Lukas1990: I am on a Gehenna acquisition spree, nabbed Hippolytus. I recently purchased Anthony Hecht's Florilegium for a pretty hefty sum (relative to my budget anyway) so not taking any other Gehenna off the table in this sale.

>235 BillWoodbridge: enabled, thanks! I read German, and I’m a classical musician, so the fact it was translated by Felix Mendelssohn makes it extra appealing :)

Books for Sale:

1. The Poetic Edda, Folio Society Ltd. Edition (2016).

2. The Works of Shakespeare 7 Volumes, Nonesuch Press (1929-1933). Full niger morocco bindings with gilt trim.

3. The Fables of Aesop 2 Volumes, Officina Bodoni (1973). This is the English edition with Latin and Italian translation in Volume 1 and the Wm. Caxton English translation in Volume 2. The famous 68 hand-colored woodcuts (recut by Anna Bramanti from the original 1479 woodcuts by Liberale da Verona) appear in Volume 1.

Also, previous Books for Sale still available for purchase are in Post No. 153 above.

>235 BillWoodbridge: Didn’t get it in the end – the shop messaged to say someone had bought it just before me. I’m not horribly disappointed, which maybe means it wasn’t an indispensable purchase!

>241 BorisG: Oh no! It wasn't me I hasten to add! Commiserations anyway.

I got the Stanbrook Abbey Press Patriarch Tree with the Bernard Middleton binding - a book I've been tracking through one auction and two dealers for almost 10 years now. With Rob offering 50% for the first time ever, I was braced for a similar experience to you but the gods of bibliophilia were smiling on this occasion.

>242 BillWoodbridge: I owned that copy for a few years (2018-2023). The Bromers offered to let me pay it off over several months, which made my owning it feasible. It was easily the most expensive book I had bought for several years. Sold it to Rob to buy a Gabberjabb. Middleton's binding is breathtaking.
Glad you were able to acquire it! It's in better hands now than mine!

>233 ensuen: Thanks for posting this, just picked up six books for basically the original price of one of them. Feels like a bargain indeed.

>243 DenimDan: Ooh – thanks so much for sharing, as they say! How interesting. I had always assumed that the Bromers had sold it direct to Rob, for some reason I couldn’t really guess at and which didn’t account for its absence from the market for a few years, so it wasn’t a very sensible assumption all in all. Would you mind sharing the price the Bromers listed it at please, if you still have it, as I lost my record of that? Quite understand if you’d rather not.

I don’t know if you did any research on the book, but I’d dearly love to know what became of the Ivor Robinson-bound copy of the same book, which was the original commission for the V&A exhibit listed in the catalogue and which Alan Segal wanted, but somehow missed out on due to Dame Hildelith’s unspecified ‘blunder’ (according to the accompanying ALS, the contents of which Rob kindly shared with me quite a while ago). Reserved for another customer? Already sold by Ivor Robinson himself but exhibited nevertheless? It’s not the first time I’ve seen SHC have to apologise for misallocating copies of books! So in one sense it was a consolation prize for Segal, but on the other hand it was clearly worthy of also taking its place in the exhibition, in SHC’s opinion, which makes it Stanbrook Abbey Press royalty. And curiously all this must have played out, and the binding completed, before the exhibition started, since it’s listed in the catalogue alongside the Robinson binding.

So I’m looking forward to my fourth copy of Patriarch Tree to go with my copies of the ‘ordinary’ binding, plus one of the later 50 ordinaries with black slipcase, plus one of the 20 full morocco specials plus one of the sets of sheets for binding (bound in green leather identically to a copy that’s been on ABE for many years now). Unfortunately the Middleton copy isn’t one of the sets of sheets, so the completist in me says I must retain that one too! Thanks again.

>245 BillWoodbridge: Stunning binding! Congrats!

>245 BillWoodbridge: I bought it from the Bromers for $3000 (no interest for 6 months!). If I remember correctly, they got it at auction a few years before. It may have been in one of their catalogues that I saw it illustrated. I don't think I still have any of the documentation about the book, apart from maybe pictures of the ALS and V&A catalogue. It's been a while, but I think I remember trying to track down the fate of the Robinson binding and coming up empty-handed. I know I asked Anne/Phil if they had any info when I bought it; I may even have bothered Oliver across the pond for info, too.

I admire your dedication to collecting SAP. I used to own quite a few of their books and pamphlets. I still have a copy of Unless the Grain Die printed on John Mason's silurian paper bound in full leather, one of 20 such. This was part of my effort to acquire everything on Mason's paper from every press. I got pretty close to a comprehensive collection of his work, though I sold off several of his rarer paper portfolios (ones put out by Basilisk after his death). I'd still like to pick up a few of the pamphlets from Penmiel Press on his papers, but they're pretty scarce.

>246 Lukas1990: Thanks!

>247 DenimDan: Thanks again, that information much appreciated. The book arrived today (excellent service from Rob as usual, just a week door-to-door across the Atlantic in what must have been a very busy sale). A wonderful thing, as expected – although I thought the slipcase didn’t really match the prestige of the binding and I might in time ask James Brockman for a solander box to house it in the grand manner.

The auction was Bonhams, Pasadena, 14 Feburary 2016 (Lot 57), price including premium was $2000. Alan Segal died in 2011 so I imagine it was consigned direct from his estate.

Unless the Grain Die, on all-Silurian and in full leather is a rare bird – fantastic! An annoying book for completists, since Dame Hildelith ticked the box for every combination: your variant (the best), all-Silurian / quarter leather, part-Silurian / full leather, part-Silurian / quarter leather (the one seen most often of course – 160 copies). My copy of the third on this list has the backstrip title printed bottom-to-top, unlike the others – a slight annoyance. I keep it upside-down so they all look nice together on the shelf! Something you might expect from a binding done by the nuns themselves, which was the case for several of the early books, but not from George Percival and Rigby Graham who bound the entire edition, according to David Butcher.

I didn’t realise that Basilisk Press were associated with more than one Mason paper portfolio? On that subject, in the wonderful More Papers Hand Made by John Mason there is the Stanbrook-printed sheet of The Magnificat of course – but have / did you ever come across the reprints that Mason gave permission for Dame Hildelith to issue for sale on Millbourn Lexpar paper, in a folder (Butcher D5)? The number issued isn’t recorded, but I’ve been looking for one for thirty years now (this one is the British Library’s copy, unfortunately).

Perhaps this could count as the official declaration of a desideratum, so I might be excused for rambling on about Stanbrook on the Books for Sale or Trade thread?

Selling my copy of the deluxe CTP Foundation. It’s unread and as new, and will ship in the original CTP packaging.

It’s unfortunately too late to do a transfer of rights, but Tony told me that if I sell it, and the buyer also gets Foundation and Empire at the public pre-order tomorrow, Tony will match the numbers.

Edit: sold.

Looking to sell or trade a very low (sub-10) and matching numbered edition of Wool, Shift and Dust released by Subterranean Press in 2014.

At x outta 750 editions these books are oversized 7x10, fully cloth-bound with sewn bindings.They've also got some beatiful dustjackets. Interestingly the artist wrote a case study on his work with the jacket. Quick read: https://jgbookdesign.com/case-study-the-silo-series

These books are quite a sight to be seen on the bookshelf.

>70 Nightcrawl:
A reciprocal "long shot" --
I have a copy of "Travels" which I purchased from Foolscap. It's in excellent condition. 9lee SOLD

>251 9lee: if it doesn’t work out with Nightcrawl, I’d be interested!

>251 9lee: Messaged you. Thanks!

>252 BorisG: Still available if interested. SOLD

At some time in the near future, I will likely be putting up for sale all but the most recent of the main books from Paul Kershaw’s Grapho Editions: all of which are in very fine condition. I just wanted to gauge what interest there might be first.

>257 ChestnutPress: ME ME ME ME ME ME ME ME ME!

Must check to see if I'm missing any, but if I am and you've got them, I'm your man!

>258 grifgon: I have replied to your email, Griffin. ‘Wings Take Us’ is yours.

>257 ChestnutPress:

Sent a PM.

>257 ChestnutPress: I'd be interested in picking up a particular one from you depending on what you have available.

>257 ChestnutPress: messaged you!

Hi again everyone.

Thank you all for your interest and for reaching out to me. All of them have been provisionally earmarked now, subject to the details of cost, post and actual purchase. Should any fall through I will put them up here again. There are a couple of other items that will likely be offered here shortly too.

Best wishes,

Mark

As a follow-up to the previous "long shot", I am currently on the lookout for any edition/state of the following 3 books:
2020 Vision - Nomad Letterpress
New Borders. The Working Life of Elizabeth Friedlander - Incline Press
Ornata - Evergreen Press

Kindly let me know in case you are willing to part with yours!

>264 AdPacem:

Your taste in private press books is 'spot on'. Those are three outstanding editions and the latter two are not especially well known by private press book collectors.

>265 dlphcoracl: Thank you! And you can definitely consider yourself guilty of putting me on the chase for New Borders haha

>265 dlphcoracl: I beg to differ: Ornata is very well known among fine press collectors! With good reason it is extremely sought after and all-but impossible to get hold of. I wish AdPacem good luck in tracking done that fine trio.

>265 dlphcoracl: I remember learning about Ornate from one of your older posts actually, so many thanks for your past recommendations.

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If by any chance there are two copies of Ornata floating around on the forum, please feel free to reach out.

I would have sworn a copy of this was for sale at the Oxford book fair earlier this year. It caught my eye. That's why it's valuable to pop along to these events.

>269 LT79-1: I believe you are right. First time a copy had popped up for a good while.

>270 ChestnutPress: all I can say is the members of this forum have good taste because there was something quite elegant about it, otherwise I wouldn't have remembered it.

>269 LT79-1: I can't decide whether it's a blessing or a curse that I don't live in the UK. I suspect every spare moment would vanish into book fairs and various other forms of book hunting. On an unrelated note, I also suspect my marriage would vanish in short order.

>267 ChestnutPress:

Hi, Mark.

Ornata may be well known on THIS forum and amongst this group of collectors but across a wide range of modern private press collectors (1890 - present day) I think it is not on many radar screens. Of course, I share your enthusiasm for it and consider John Grice to be one of the finest printers in the United Kingdom.

>269 LT79-1:

Remarkably, it WAS at one of the U.K. book fairs over the past year and I am near-certain someone sent a PM to me inquiring about whether it was fairly or favorably priced. I replied that he should purchase it ASAP at the price offered and not give it a 2nd thought. Subsequently, it was immediately purchased.

>272 AdPacem: funnily enough I feel the same way about the US. Always seems to be a lot going on there and the presses seem so friendly.

>274 dlphcoracl: that must have been the chap I saw fondling it. I was looking over his shoulder at one point. I have a fairly good memory and I think it was in the ballpark of £400-£600 so I'd imagine it's not cheap now.

>275 LT79-1:

You are correct. I vaguely remember that the asking price was about $700 - $800 US dollars and I told the PM-er not to procrastinate with regard to purchasing it.

>276 dlphcoracl: certain books sparkle in the flesh. Great advice!

>277 LT79-1:

With additional thought, I think I recommended it to Bill Woodbridge - our LibraryThing resident expert on all things Stanbrook Abbey Press and Whittington Press. If I am incorrect, Bill, please feel free to post a correction.

The irony in all of this talk with regard to Ornata is that it languished on John Grice's shelves for many years before it gained the attention it richly deserves. In this regard, it is similar to the Chester River Press 'Heart of Darkness' and the Foolscap Press 'The Travels of Sir John Mandeville'.

I honestly think there are many books you need to see in person >278 dlphcoracl:. Then it clicks. You are a very experienced collector so you are probably adept at seeing potential even in lack of/bad pictures.

>273 dlphcoracl: My comment is not based on whether people on this forum know it. It is a well regarded title out in the real world — certainly in the UK. I would say better known than the other two titles. Also, to talk about it in relation to book collecting since the late 1800s is somewhat irrelevant for a book that is only about a decade old.

>278 dlphcoracl: It really didn’t languish on John’s shelves for many years. It was quickly sold out!

Ornata is reviewed at https://www.librarything.com/topic/351121

>281 ChestnutPress:

My bad. I thought it took quite a while to go OOP. Perhaps that is because I thought this book was available far longer than I had anticipated.

>278 dlphcoracl: I think you have mentioned Ornata to me in the past, but not as I recall with reference to that particular copy (forgive me if that wasn't quite the question, I got a bit lost in following the thread backwards).

That copy was being offered at Oxford in May this year by Veronica Watts, and my recollection of the price is similar to that of others here, at around £600 I think. Prior to that (November 2024) I sold another copy myself. (I hasten to add that my opinion of the book is as high as yours, but one can't run a business on the basis of 100% overlap between collecting and dealing!). Copies are certainly like hen's teeth.

You're too kind again, especially in the case of Whittington Press where I would (and do, in case of thorny queries) always defer to tim_rylance of this parish. On Stanbrook I defer to David Butcher (who also 'wrote the book' on Whittington of course, among many others) but as far as I know he's not a contributor here (sadly).

Finally, a Christmas quiz to neatly link the above. What is the connection between John Grice's Evergreen Press and the Stanbrook Abbey Press?

Answer to be published tomorrow, assuming no-one chips in before that ...

>284 BillWoodbridge: John Grice inherited much of the Stanbrook Abbey type, some of their papers, and even printed what I believe was their last letterpress booklet, ‘Cadentine Rites’.

>285 ChestnutPress: You're too quick - congratulations!

As a footnote, I was delighted that he also (in 2016) printed my business cards, in ex-Stanbrook Cancelleresca Bastarda on an ex-Stanbrook press.

>287 LT79-1: Fiver? 🤞

>289 LT79-1: Well it was worth a try lol

There's a Standard on ebay right now, $500 or best offer. I have no connection to the seller whatsoever --
https://www.ebay.com/itm/187837362157

Selling my Lyra’s Press Alchemist numbered. (As new / unopened). SOLD

Also still have Sir Gawain and the Green Knight from Taller Martin Pescador.

Would love to find new homes for these before the end of the year!

Hi, I am looking to declutter my library and have the following books for sale. All are in fine condition.

The House on the Borderland - Conversation Tree Press, Numbered Edition
Faun - Conversation Tree Press, Numbered Edition
Wind in the Willows - Books Illustrated, Deluxe Edition
Sherlock Holmes Hexalogy - Thornwillow Press, Half Leather
Edgar Allan Poe - Thornwillow Press, Half Leather
Death on the Nile - Thornwillow Press, Half Cloth
Sherlock Holmes Adventures - Amaranthine Press, Numbered Edition
Unquiet Slumbers - Nepenthe Press, Deluxe Slipcased & Numbered
Wind in the Willows - Hand & Eye Letterpress, Standard Edition
Candide - Folio Society, Limited Edition
Sharpe's Tiger - Folio Society, Limited Edition

Please PM me if you are interested in any of these titles and I can send you pictures of the book(s).

>210 grifgon: Kelly-Winterton Press published Duino Elegies. Print run was only 99 but wasn’t very expensive (~$100). If it helps you can have my copy.

There’s a funny typo in the colophon…

I have a couple books for sale, unless anyone happens to have copies of Lone Oak's "Mimpish Squinnies" or Grapho's "Running Rings" or "The Amphibious Place" to trade:

Conversation Tree Press: Foundation, standard edition (Foundation & Empire preorder w/ rights still available), asking original cost

Heavenly Monkey Press: The Dunwich Horror, slipcase edition, asking publication price PENDING

Foolscap Press Herakles - open to offers below pub price as it's still in print

Pegana Press The King In Yellow, unsigned - open to offers below pub price as it's still in print

>296 NathanOv: Great deals! especially on the Dunwich Horror -- definitely you're asking below market value -- hope someone snags that beauty :)

>296 NathanOv: PMed!

>296 NathanOv: PM

>296 NathanOv: “Dunwich” is so nice I’d almost want a second copy just to get a different set of illustrations!

Anyone have a St James Park Press Animal Farm for sale? Looking on behalf of someone, at an offer in the ballpark of $1200. But happy to pass along your price to potential buyer in case they can swing a higher price point.

>301 Yngwie_Mcadingding: PM'd

Hi all,

After the sale of the Grapho Editions books, I am now looking at the last of the remaining volumes that need new homes. Items for sale are:

Corvus Works’s book on Claude Garamond, fine condition, £100 +p&p.

La Ginestra’s dual-language edition of ‘Diary of a Delphic Oracle’ by Christopher Millis. An impeccably printed book by master printer Linda Samson Talleur, in fine condition, £180 +p&p.

Andrew Moorhouse’s 10th Anniversary Portfolio Edition of ‘In Memory of Water’ by Simon Armitage. A purely typographic reissue with all the poems reset and printed by Evergreen Press as separate broadsheets held in a folder. This is one of a handful of out-of-series copies that were printed on a different, unidentified paper. Fine condition, £60 +p&p.

Barbarian Press’s ‘An Avian Alphabet’. Fine condition, £200 +p&p.

Please DM to discuss if interested.

Kind regards,

Mark

Somebody needs to snarf up that La Ginestra book pronto!

>306 ChestnutPress:

Message sent

>307 Glacierman: Agreed!

>306 ChestnutPress: PM’d!

Looking to move on a few titles for space:

Deluxe edition of Wrenching Times, Gwasg Gregynog (1991); full-leather binding, suite of 11 additional prints
Speaking of Accidents, Sutton Hoo Press (2003)
Deluxe edition of Tom Chadwick and the Grosvenor School of Modern Art, Fleece Press (2012)

>311 LBShoreBook: Sent you a PM, thanks.

>314 LT79-1: Damn I'm too late :( Sign me up for your free book subscription please lol

>316 LT79-1: Much appreciated, though I'd never expect it :)

What was the reason for giving it away, if I may?

Hi all — I’m selling a few books to help finance a long‑awaited purchase. All are in fine condition unless noted otherwise. Some gems offered he for quick cash:

Virgil, The Aeneids of Virgil, Longmans & Green. Full leather binding by Sangorski and Sutcliffe.
Homer, The Odyssey of Homer, Longmans & Green. Full leather binding by Bayntun.

sMarcus Aurelius, The Second Meditation, No Reply Press. Directly available from the Publisher./s
Emily Dickinson, Death, No Reply Press
Kate Chopin, The Story of an Hour, No Reply Press

Borges + Calvino + Lightman, Allochronologies, Sarah Hulsey Studio.

Phil Madden, Wings Take Us, Grapho Editions.

Eschenbach, Parzival, Officina Serpentis. In the full vellum binding of the deluxe edition. Slipcase only in good condition but structurally fully intact.

Dialogues of Creatures Moralised, Allen Press.
Nathaniel Hawthore, Rappaccini‘s Daughter, Allen Press. The spine label is slightly loose.

Seamus Heaney (translator), Beowulf, Folio Society. The famed fine edition.
Thomas Edward, Selected Poems, Folio Society Limited Edition. One copy of the Great War Poets series.
Shakespeare, King Lear, Folio Society Limited Edition. From the Letterpress Shakespeare series.

And last but not least:
Izumi, The Tale of the Wandering Monk, Limited Editions Club. With a simple exlibris sticker of famous violinist Menuhin.

Available for sale or trade: Numbered copy of Suntup 'Rebecca' (never opened, in original shipping box)

If trading, open to discussing a swap (plus/minus difference in issue price) for another upcoming letterpress numbered Suntup (e.g. Native Son/Outlander/Hellbound Heart/etc.), or something from Allen/Barbarian/Greenboathouse/Grapho/Shiff-era LEC/the like. PM me with any offers.

Edit: Pending trade

Hello All!

Book available for trade:
Solaris Deluxe - Conversation Tree Press (Unread)

The books I’m looking for are not necessarily fine press. Though I’m certainly open to fine press propositions, my want list is as follows:

S/N Farseer Trilogy - Subterranean Press

S/N Memory Sorrow & Thorn set - Grim Oak

Also the following specific proposition for anyone who might be interested:

My aforementioned Solaris + my Suntup numbered Haunting of Hill House for your Suntup Lettered Haunting of Hill House.

Only looking for Fine condition. Please message me if interested. Thank you!

I have the numbered and lettered editions of Catch-22 from Amaranthine Books. I would sell them or trade them for a bunch of LEC/Folio books.

>325 Zoopa: what are your thoughts on those Amaranthine editions?

Have a few books for sale or trade as I'm trying to free up some shelf space. All are in excellent condition, once read.

Lyras Books: Coraline (Numbered Edition)
Curious King: Legend (Numbered)
Suntup: Boy's Life (Numbered)

Trade interest: Holloway by Robert Macfarlane (Quive Smith limited edition), Gilgamesh (Arion Press), Heart of Darkness (Chester River Press), Colours of Rome (Old School Press)

>327 Izdubar: Both excellent, the standard edition is a much more manageable size for reading. The paper on the Mission edition is exquisite but the book itself is so thick that it becomes difficult to open.

I am looking for a new lucky owner of this stunning book:

La Ginestra’s dual-language edition of ‘Diary of a Delphic Oracle’ by Christopher Mills. By master printer Linda Samson Talleur, in fine condition.

>330 7om: Somebody had best jump on this opportunity!!!

Message sent.

I will be looking for a copy of Conversation Tree Press Tigana (standard or deluxe) once it ships.
I am also interested in buying a copy of the Suntup Divine Comedy numbered edition.

>333 Zoopa: There are a couple of copies of the Numbered Suntup Divine Comedy on ebay right now for $1250 -- I haven't seen them for less on the second-hand market.

>334 astropi: There's a scratch and dent numbered edition on Suntup FB page listed for $700 and description is no discernible damage.

>335 LBShoreBook: Wow! sounds like a heck of a deal, below original price. Curious is it signed and numbered as well?

>335 LBShoreBook: That sounds like a great price, I would probably buy. For some reason, the Suntup FB group does not like to let people join. I think that I have requested to join three times over a few months but never got in. And now I get accepted thirty seconds after requesting, well.

I've seen a copy sell for $800 on the fine press FB group, so I was hoping to find something close to that price.

>337 Zoopa: Good luck, I've never seen a price that low. As I said, the lowest price I could find the past few months is $1250.

>338 astropi: I'm currently buying a PC copy for $700, are they really worth that much less? It has no visible damage. Nearly half price?

>338 astropi: That's a bit of a tough call. I'm honestly not sure how much less a PC copy is worth than an actual numbered. I know some people say it's "not that much of a difference" and others say "I won't purchase a PC copy" but ultimately, as long as your happy that's what matters. And again, I've never seen a copy sold for that low of a price, so congrats!

I don't mind PC copies at all and have several. But there is a tendency for them to go at a considerably lower price than numbered editions. It's a bit of a mystery to me since they're the exact same book, just not numbered. To each their own.

>339 Zoopa: The FB page has has several sales of numbered in the $750-$850 range in the past year or so (whenever it was released). I would not take a buy it now Ebay price that is unsold as "market" for the book or for assessing how much of a discount this book is relative to that market. Lots of overpriced books sit on Ebay for a long time. My $.02.

>342 LBShoreBook: Makes more sense, thanks. I only knew about the one $800 sale.

>342 LBShoreBook: This is exactly right.

>342 LBShoreBook: Sure, you can always wait. Sometimes it pays, other times it does not. More than once I've waited on a book and copies dried up and then when a new copy did go for sale on the second-hand market it was far higher than before. Not saying this is the case right now with the Numbered Divine Comedy, but that absolutely does happen. For what it's worth, it looks like a copy sold for $1100 a few weeks ago --
https://www.ebay.com/itm/157698855344
Again, $700 for a copy seems like a steal to me!

A copy also sold for $800 on eBay.

>345 astropi: I think we are saying something similar but with different angles. My point is $700 is probably not as steep a discount from real market as the OP feared, which suggests the discount for an AC copy is not 50%-ish. Either way, I agree if OP wants this book, $700 with no flaws is a no brainer.

>347 LBShoreBook: I agree, the drop in price for the AC seems to be around 30% or so, at least for this edition at this time. But again, if the actual number doesn't bother you this is definitely the best value for your money.

>340 astropi: I’ve had mixed results from suntup PCs, one looked fine and one had half the pages miss-cut.

I’m wary buying second hand too as people constantly omit the fact it came from a dinged sale, and I don’t trust either the seller or myself to spot all structural issues and I assume it’s called dinged for a reason.

It’s annoying they mark them PC

>349 greenwald1: Yikes, that sounds terrible. I've never purchased a book from a "dinged" sale, although I've heard from many people that it's "just like new" or "just has a tiny blemish" but clearly that's not always the case.

>53 PBB: Looks like no. 240 is on the market again! ;)
https://www.ebay.com/itm/287222692254

>351 mr.philistine: well that’s a no-brainer for $40!

I am looking for a copy of Curious King The Martian (Deluxe edition).
Feel free to DM me if you have a copy you're interested in selling. Thank you!

>351 mr.philistine: looks like a great candidate for a design binding!

*updated with more titles (4/15/26)

IN SEARCH OF (via purchase or trade):
* Emily Dickinson Sampler, Arion Press
* Thomas Paine in His Own Words, Foolscap
* Preludes 2nd edition, NRP
* The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock, NRP
* The Most Efficient Language, NRP
* Above All Else Do Not Lie, NRP
* A Scandal in Bohemia, NRP
* Emily: Opposites Attract, Horse Whisper Press
* I Felt a Funeral in My Brain, Red Angel Press
* In the Penal Colony, Deep Woods Press

FOR TRADE:
* Fire to Fire (Sutton Hoo Press)
* The Great Polyglot Bibles (Allen Press)
* Seneca (Aralia Press)
* Structure of Rime (Arion Press)
* Satyricon: Fragments (Rampant Lions)
* Arden of Feversham (Tudor Black)
* Herbal: The Dialogues of Creatures Moralized (Janus Press)
* Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, 1/50 copies specially bound in cream vellum paper (Golden Cockerel)
* Thomas Bewick & The Fables of Aesop (Book Club of California)
* Jealousy (Allen Press) note small dings
* The Transposed Heads (Allen Press) note sunning to spine
* Herbert Hodgson (Fleece Press)

FOR SALE OR TRADE:
* HP Lovecraft LE with custom leather clamshell (Folio Society)
* Omar Khayyam (Rampant Lions)
* Theodore & Honoria, 1/50 quarter leather bound copies (Libanus Press), note scuffing
* The Faery Handbag with custom slipcase (Conversation Tree)
* Faithful John, the Brothers Grimm (Old Stile)
* Colorless, Odorless, Tasteless (Sutton Hoo)
* The Grand Inquisitor (Clinker Press)

FOR SALE OR TRADE (all LEC titles):
* Lucretius: Of the Nature of Things (Fine in NF slipcase)
* One Hundred Years of Solitude (Fine in NF slipcase)
* Seamus Heaney: Poems and a Memoir (Fine in NF slipcase)
* Life of Po, Ezra Pound (Fine book, sunning to slipcase spine)
* Dubliners (some sunning to spine)
* Sonnets of Petrarch (Fine book, NF slipcase, small tear to bottom of white dust jacket)
* Steppenwolf (Fine in NF slipcase)
* The Prince (Fine in NF- slipcase)
* Poetry set (8 books), books are Fine/NF+, slipcases more NF + or - territory

For sale:

Artist edition of Suntup's Carrion Comfort by Dan Simmons, two volumes, unread, to be shipped in original box.
Artist edition of Suntup's Swan Song by Robert McCammon, unread

ISO

Hi all! I’m currently looking to buy the Conversation Tree Press deluxe editions of Treasure Island and Flowers for Algernon.

If anyone here owns a copy (or knows someone who might be willing to sell), please feel free to reach out. I’d really appreciate any leads. Thanks so much!

>358 DeviousMouse: sent PM

Hello everyone,

Updated 5/7/2026

I'm culling the library to get a little more focused on my collecting interests. Here are a few fine press and fine press adjacent books for sale. I'll be putting these on eBay at some point this week.

I also listed the Centipede Press titles in the Centipede Press forum.

For the books still available from the publisher, I'm happy to negotiate a discount.

Arion Press
-The Holy Bible, leather binding, illuminated version, fine with the exception of what looks like a few tiny white pinpricks on the spine of Volume II above the title. I'm more than happy to provide as many photos as needed for anyone serious about purchasing the book.
-Fables of Aesop, as new.

Thornwillow Press
-Ulysses Dedalus Full Leather Edition, as new
-Frankenstein half cloth edition, as new

Folio Society
-The Hereford World Map: Mappa Mundi with companion volumes, map=fine, books=fine with light scuffing to the slipcases

Subterranean Press
-A Stitch in Time lettered, as new
-A Twist of Fate, lettered, as new

Suntup Editions, all as new/fine
-1984
-Animal Farm
-Guests
-Hell House
-Kin
-Legion
-The Auctioneer
-The Exorcist

Centipede Press

-American Psycho
-Alice in Wonderland
-Children of the Kingdom
-Elizabeth
-Ender's Way
-Frankenstein: Bernie Wrightson Illustrations
-Hellstone
-Nightwings
-Ringworld
-Rough Justice
-Speaker for the Dead
-The Best of Weird: The 1920s
-The Book of the Kranzedan
-The Spirit of the Place and Other Strange Tales
-Things Seen and Unseen
-Weird Fiction Review #9
-Weird Fiction Review #10
-Weird Fiction Review #11
-Weird Fiction Review #12
-Weird Fiction Review #13

Limited Editions Club
-The Bible 5 Volume set from the late 1930s, interior=fine, bindings=very good? I'm not sure how to grade them and will send pictures. The slipcases are beat up.

Before I return them, I got a decent deal on 2 Limited Editions Club/Mardersteig books, Quo Vadis and Last Day of Pompeii but I was disappointed by a couple omitted flaws by the seller but they are not in terrible shape. I'd prefer to pass them along to someone on here before returning. USA only please. Paypal/Venmo.

Hello all,

I am on the lookout for this book for a friend:

ENCLOSURES: TIMES AND PLACES - Andrew Anderson (Evergreen Press, 2009)

Either the Standard edition or the Deluxe edition. Please inquire if you have a copy you would be interested in parting with.

>362 7om: The standard seems still available on the publishers website.

>363 tkellici: Thank you for looking out, but John has not updated his website in a while and he is sold out.

See updated list below.

I still have a copy of CTP Solaris deluxe edition available for trade if anyone is interested.

Recommendation for LT FPF-ers:

The First Book of Moses called Genesis with Cayley Robinson illustrations in the full limp vellum binding from the Riccardi Press being offered in >365 jbrnewman: is an absolute gem. Give this one strong consideration.

dlphcoracl

Offering a couple of Conversation Tree Press books for sale at my original cost:

1. Treasure Island, Deluxe Edition
2. Solaris, Deluxe Edition Sale pending

>368 NathanOv: PM sent

>368 NathanOv: also PMed!

I am looking to acquire a copy of Lyra’s Classics A Christmas Carol (2022), illustrated by Gary Gianni.

I've made quite a number of trades since first posting my list here and this iteration has a few updates based on further acquisitions, sales, and trades, but there are also new books and information here.

BOOKS AVAILABLE FOR TRADE or SALE

The First Book of Moses called Genesis with the Cayley Robinson illustrations, bound in limp vellum from the Riccardi Press (and in the best condition that I have seen available on the secondary market)

Cheloniidae deluxe edition bound in quarter leather with the cast of a sea turtle on the cover and the suit of hand-colored illustrations from Cheloniidae Press

The Waste Land limited edition from The Folio Society

Virgil's The Georgics (near fine, with the dust wrapper and the slipcase) from Limited Editions Club

Genesis with illustrations (woodcuts) by Helen Siegl, printed by Harold Berliner

Paper bound editions (all fine) of Dante's Inferno, Gates's Frederick Douglass, and Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby from Thornwillow Press (I intend to offer these at a discount as they are still available from the press)

IN SEARCH OF

Birds and Flowers by Michael Longley published by Andrew Moorhouse's Fine Press Poetry

The Farm by Wendell Berry from Larkspur Press (one of the 70 special editions)

The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock from No Reply Press

I also have a few more for Sale with titles offered at my original cost, or below if they are still in-print:

Conversation Tree Press Short stops:
- The Paper Menagerie
- Beyond the Aquila Rift
- There Will Come Soft Rains
- Locke Lamora & The Bottled Serpent?

TOC Berlin - Everything is Illuminated, unopened in original packaging

Caliban Press - A Ghost Story of Christmas, some minor shelf wear

Nepethe Press - The Music of Erich Zahn, Limited Edition in blue

Foolscap Press - Herakles

>373 NathanOv: interested in the Caliban Press, will PM.

>373 NathanOv:

Interested in paper menagerie

>372 jbrnewman: interested in there will come short rains - messaged you

I am making space and preparing for a big purchase and am therefore looking for new owners for these beauties -

In de Bonnefant - John Donne - The Five Satyres

One of 36 copies printed by Hans van Eijk. This one is bound in beatiful quarter blue vellum and housed in a white slipcase with the press logo gilted on.

In de Bonnefant - John Donne - How Weak are my Performances

One of 26 copies handset and printed by Hans van Eijk. This is one of N-Z copies printed on Queen Anne pale wove hand-made paper. This one is bound in quarter dark red leather and dark red Fabriano Roma paper with a narrow red leather strip along the fore-edges. This one also housed in a beatiful white paper slipcase with the press logo gilted on.

Nepenthe Press - H. P. Lovecraft - The Music of Eric Zahn

Printed letterpress, hot metal monotype at Nomad Letterpress on Zerkall mould made paper. Bound in Mi-Teintes Indigo blue paper and Brillianta cloth in Blue with illustrated labels printed letterpress and pale blue, Hahnemuhle bugra butten endpapers.