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Private Press & Artists' Books

From our early days we have established a leading reputation as a dealer in private press books. Our first catalogue, entirely devoted to The Art of the Printer, appeared in 1949 and contained 850 books. Today, our stock ranges from the press-work of the 1880s to creations by contemporary artists and printers.

As well as works from the major houses such as The Golden Cockerel, Kelmscott, Nonesuch and Eragny Presses, and Officina Bodoni, we deal in works by contemporary British printers such as Parvenu Press and Whittington Press. We also are proud to offer productions from presses of international renown such as Barbarian Press in Canada, and The Perishable Press in the United States. We offer an extensive selection of titles concerning typography, bookbinding, and other areas of bibliographic interest. The visitor to our shop is sure to find our shelves well-stocked with old favourites and unusual novelties. Enquiries from collectors seeking specific rarities are always welcome.

Book of the month:

Daniel Press. Keats (John). Odes, Sonnets & Lyrics of John Keats
  

Photogravure portrait of Keats mounted on the preliminary leaf, reproduced from the original drawing by Joseph Severn, a friend of Keats, published here for the first time. Oxford, . [December] 1895. One of 250 numbered copies. Bound by Bickers and Son in full brown pigskin, blind-tooled with an intertwining spray of leaves and flowers, neatly rebacked, preserving most of the spine which is titled in blind, with original printed greenish-grey wrappers bound in (reproducing the title and the border, without imprint, and on the back the Misit mark), top edge gilt. Binding slightly darkened and rubbed, slight spotting, front free end-paper splitting at edge but still a nice copy; bookplate. A centennial selection of twenty-five poems, made by Dr. Daniel under the inspiration of Robert Bridge’s “Critical Essay”, “the object which the printer had in view was to get together the very best of Keats’ shorter pieces” (see preface). The prospectus states that the selection was made by Mr. Bridges, the type was set by Mrs. Daniel. The Daniel Press. Memorials of C.H.O. Daniel with a Bibliography of the Daniel Press, 1845-1919, 36

  
  

£900