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Auction archive: Lot number 220

English Private Presses, etc.

Estimate
£1,000 - £1,500
ca. US$1,555 - US$2,333
Price realised:
£1,375
ca. US$2,139
Auction archive: Lot number 220

English Private Presses, etc.

Estimate
£1,000 - £1,500
ca. US$1,555 - US$2,333
Price realised:
£1,375
ca. US$2,139
Beschreibung:

English Private Presses, etc. COLLECTION OF 31 VOLUMES FROM THE LATE TWENTIETH-CENTURY mostly limited signed or illustrated editions, including texts by Simon Armitage, Padraic Colum, Wendy Cope, U.A. Fanthorpe, Roger McGough, William Morris Craig Raine, Sacheverell Sitwell, Stephen Spender, etc.; illustrations by Edward Burne-Jones John Farleigh David Hockney Blair Hughes-Stanton, Henry Moore Colin Paynton, Eric Ravilious, Gerald Woods, etc. and with presses including Basilisk Press, Clarion Publishing, Clover Hill Editions, Eugrammia Press, The Fairfax Press, The Fleece Press, Gwasg Gregynog, Gresham Books, Rampant Lions Press, Snake River Press, The Tragara Press, etc.; all various sizes, original bindings, occasional minor wear (31) FURTHER DETAILS AS FOLLOWS: CLARION PUBLISHING—PROSPERO POETS. Collection of material by Simon Armitage, Wendy Cope, Roger McGough, Craig Raine, Matthew Sweeney and U.A. Fanthorpe, Alton: Clarion Publishing, 1994-1995, 6 vol. and other related material, collector’s box CLOVER HILL EDITIONS—MORRIS, WILLIAM. The Story of Cupid and Psyche. London: Clover Hill Editions, 1974, 2 volumes, number 258 of 270 copies, illustrations after Edward Burne-Jones slipcase DOLMEN PRESS—COLUM, PADRAIC. Moytura. Dublin: Dolmen Press, 1963, one of 750 copies, dust-jacket EUGRAMMIA PRESS—DUVET, JEAN. Lapocalypse figure. London: Eugrammia Press, 1962, number 729 of 735 copies FABER AND FABER—SPENDER, STEPHEN. Hockney’s Alphabet. London: Faber and Faber, 1991, signed by Spender and Hockney, illustrations by David Hockney slipcase FAIRFAX PRESS—SITWELL, SACHEVERELL. Valse des Fleurs. York: Fairfax Press, 1980, number XVII of 400 copies of which this is one of 60 copies bound in quarter leather, signed by the author and Henry Moore slipcase, collector’s box, lacking lithograph by Moore FLEECE PRESS—ed. LAWRENCE, SIMON. Tales from Bleeding Heart Yard. Huddersfield: Fleece Press, 1987, one of 310 copies GEMINI PRESS—GRAVES, IDA. Epithalamion. London: Basilisk Press / Colchester: Gemini Press, 1934 [London: Basilisk Press, 1980], 2 vol., number 281 of 330 copies, illustrations by Blair Hughes-Stanton, prospectus loosely inserted, slipcase GRESHAM BOOKS—POOLE, MONICA. The Wood Engravings of John Farleigh Henley-on-Thames: Gresham Books, 1985, number 27 of 110 copies, illustrations by John Farleigh, additional engraving loosely inserted, slipcase GWASG GREGYNOG—ed. ROBERTS, BRYNLEY F. Giraldus Cambrensis. Newtown: Gwasg Gregynog, 1989, number 26 of 280 copies, illustrations by Colin Paynton, slipcase LA CONCHIGLIA—PEYREFITTE, ROGER. Amori et Dolori Sacrum. Capri: La Conchiglia, 1990, LION AND UNICORN PRESS—RICHARDS, J.M. The wood engravings of Eric Ravilious. London: Lion and Unicorn Press, 1972, number II 66 [of 500 copies?], illustrations by Eric Ravilious NINE ELMS PRESS—GERARD, DAVID. John Ruskin & William Morris London: Nine Elms Press, 1988, number 285 of 350 copies PRIVATE LIBRARIES ASSOCIATION—HUGHES-STANTON, PENELOPE. The Wood-Engravings of Blair Hughes-Stanton. Pinner: Private Libraries Association, 1991, number 69 of 112 copies with eight additional engravings, illustrations by Blair Hughes-Stanton, slipcase RAMPANT LIONS PRESS—SMART, CHRISTOPHER. A Song to David. Cambridge: Rampant Lions Press, 1960, number 466 of 600 copies, dust-jacket SIEMER, [HAN]. Nagelaten Grafisch en Beeldend Oeuvre. Tilburg: MSC, [n.d.], loose sheets within portfolio [SNAKE RIVER PRESS]—VERLAINE, PAUL. Beaute des femmes. [Hove: Snake River Press], 1978, number 11 [of 15 copies], illustrations by Gerald Woods TRAGARA PRESS—ADLARD, JOHN. One Evening of Light Mist in London. Edinburgh: Tragara Press, 1980, number 18 of 145 copies TRAGARA PRESS—BAUDELAIRE—VERLAINE. From the Nineties. Edinburgh: Tragara Press, 1982, number 13 of 95 copies of which this is one of 20 on Zerkall paper, together with four gatherings of proofs TRAGARA PRESS—GRAY, JOHN. Aubrey Beardsley. Edinburgh: Tragara Press, 1980, number 16 of 95 copies TRAGARA PRESS—

Auction archive: Lot number 220
Auction:
Datum:
14 Jul 2015
Auction house:
Sotheby's
London
Beschreibung:

English Private Presses, etc. COLLECTION OF 31 VOLUMES FROM THE LATE TWENTIETH-CENTURY mostly limited signed or illustrated editions, including texts by Simon Armitage, Padraic Colum, Wendy Cope, U.A. Fanthorpe, Roger McGough, William Morris Craig Raine, Sacheverell Sitwell, Stephen Spender, etc.; illustrations by Edward Burne-Jones John Farleigh David Hockney Blair Hughes-Stanton, Henry Moore Colin Paynton, Eric Ravilious, Gerald Woods, etc. and with presses including Basilisk Press, Clarion Publishing, Clover Hill Editions, Eugrammia Press, The Fairfax Press, The Fleece Press, Gwasg Gregynog, Gresham Books, Rampant Lions Press, Snake River Press, The Tragara Press, etc.; all various sizes, original bindings, occasional minor wear (31) FURTHER DETAILS AS FOLLOWS: CLARION PUBLISHING—PROSPERO POETS. Collection of material by Simon Armitage, Wendy Cope, Roger McGough, Craig Raine, Matthew Sweeney and U.A. Fanthorpe, Alton: Clarion Publishing, 1994-1995, 6 vol. and other related material, collector’s box CLOVER HILL EDITIONS—MORRIS, WILLIAM. The Story of Cupid and Psyche. London: Clover Hill Editions, 1974, 2 volumes, number 258 of 270 copies, illustrations after Edward Burne-Jones slipcase DOLMEN PRESS—COLUM, PADRAIC. Moytura. Dublin: Dolmen Press, 1963, one of 750 copies, dust-jacket EUGRAMMIA PRESS—DUVET, JEAN. Lapocalypse figure. London: Eugrammia Press, 1962, number 729 of 735 copies FABER AND FABER—SPENDER, STEPHEN. Hockney’s Alphabet. London: Faber and Faber, 1991, signed by Spender and Hockney, illustrations by David Hockney slipcase FAIRFAX PRESS—SITWELL, SACHEVERELL. Valse des Fleurs. York: Fairfax Press, 1980, number XVII of 400 copies of which this is one of 60 copies bound in quarter leather, signed by the author and Henry Moore slipcase, collector’s box, lacking lithograph by Moore FLEECE PRESS—ed. LAWRENCE, SIMON. Tales from Bleeding Heart Yard. Huddersfield: Fleece Press, 1987, one of 310 copies GEMINI PRESS—GRAVES, IDA. Epithalamion. London: Basilisk Press / Colchester: Gemini Press, 1934 [London: Basilisk Press, 1980], 2 vol., number 281 of 330 copies, illustrations by Blair Hughes-Stanton, prospectus loosely inserted, slipcase GRESHAM BOOKS—POOLE, MONICA. The Wood Engravings of John Farleigh Henley-on-Thames: Gresham Books, 1985, number 27 of 110 copies, illustrations by John Farleigh, additional engraving loosely inserted, slipcase GWASG GREGYNOG—ed. ROBERTS, BRYNLEY F. Giraldus Cambrensis. Newtown: Gwasg Gregynog, 1989, number 26 of 280 copies, illustrations by Colin Paynton, slipcase LA CONCHIGLIA—PEYREFITTE, ROGER. Amori et Dolori Sacrum. Capri: La Conchiglia, 1990, LION AND UNICORN PRESS—RICHARDS, J.M. The wood engravings of Eric Ravilious. London: Lion and Unicorn Press, 1972, number II 66 [of 500 copies?], illustrations by Eric Ravilious NINE ELMS PRESS—GERARD, DAVID. John Ruskin & William Morris London: Nine Elms Press, 1988, number 285 of 350 copies PRIVATE LIBRARIES ASSOCIATION—HUGHES-STANTON, PENELOPE. The Wood-Engravings of Blair Hughes-Stanton. Pinner: Private Libraries Association, 1991, number 69 of 112 copies with eight additional engravings, illustrations by Blair Hughes-Stanton, slipcase RAMPANT LIONS PRESS—SMART, CHRISTOPHER. A Song to David. Cambridge: Rampant Lions Press, 1960, number 466 of 600 copies, dust-jacket SIEMER, [HAN]. Nagelaten Grafisch en Beeldend Oeuvre. Tilburg: MSC, [n.d.], loose sheets within portfolio [SNAKE RIVER PRESS]—VERLAINE, PAUL. Beaute des femmes. [Hove: Snake River Press], 1978, number 11 [of 15 copies], illustrations by Gerald Woods TRAGARA PRESS—ADLARD, JOHN. One Evening of Light Mist in London. Edinburgh: Tragara Press, 1980, number 18 of 145 copies TRAGARA PRESS—BAUDELAIRE—VERLAINE. From the Nineties. Edinburgh: Tragara Press, 1982, number 13 of 95 copies of which this is one of 20 on Zerkall paper, together with four gatherings of proofs TRAGARA PRESS—GRAY, JOHN. Aubrey Beardsley. Edinburgh: Tragara Press, 1980, number 16 of 95 copies TRAGARA PRESS—

Auction archive: Lot number 220
Auction:
Datum:
14 Jul 2015
Auction house:
Sotheby's
London
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