Cuckoo Hill Press (10 results)

Condition: Very Good. 5 pages. An authentic standalone article, extracted from a larger volume. Not a reprint or reproduction, but an original work in its own right. Preserved in a modern card cover, prepared for practicality - an unassuming but serviceable presentation that favours function over finery. Size: 14 x 22 cms. Category: The Private Library; Cosmo Books : 29 years on ABE, 47 years taking care of customers. A bookseller you can rely on. Softcover (Booklet - Unbound Pages).…

No Binding. Condition: Fine. One sheet of Barcham Green paper, folded twice to form 4 pages, 12mo. Printed for the Typophiles, with compliments slip from David Chambers. Fine copy.

Soft cover. Condition: Fine. Sewn creme printed wrappers, 12mo., (8) pages, three wood-engravings by Joan Hassall. One of 125 copies, with a further 125 copies for the Society of Private Printers. The engravings were cut for the Limited Editions Club Burns, but were not used; their only appearance was in the special edition of "Engravings & Drawings" and a celebratory leaflet. Laid in is a TLS from David Chambers, and a single sheet prospectus for the Cuckoo Hill "Wood Engravings" of Richard Shirley Smith. A fine copy in archival mylar. Signed by the Printer.…

No Binding. Condition: Near Fine. Sewn French-folded blue Fabriano wrappers, 12mo., 4 French-folded pages. Twice-sized line for line reprint. One of 270 copies printed by David Chambers at his Cuckoo Hill Press to honor the memory of Paul Bennett. Slight spotting, else a near fine copy.

Sm.4to, (168mm), [2]ff. French folded, letterpress printed in black on grey paper with a device in red on the front cover/title, and signed in ink on the inside.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Brown buckram gilt, DW, 24 mo., 52 pages printed on rectos only. Facsimile of the type specimen with a note and translation by David Chambers. One of 200 copies printed from Fournier types on dampened Barcham Green Dover handmade paper by the Cuckoo Hill Press for the Printing Historical Society. Small bookplate of the H. P. Kraus reference library, no other marks. A fine copy in a clear DW.…

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Gray paper-covered printed boards bound accordian style comprising 14 page surfaces with 12 mounted and labeled Japanese paper samples. Printed in an edition of 41 copies by David Chambers at his Cuckoo Hill Press from Monotype Blado and Poliphilus types on a Alexandra hand-press. All papers were supplied by T. N. Lawrence & Son of Bleeding Heart Yard. Produced for the members of the P.L.A. Society of Private Printers and not for sale. Text offers a succinct description of how the papers were made with the advice from and credit to Dard Hunter. This very attractive specimen book is rarely if ever offered on the market, It comes from David Chambers own collection, and is in fine condition.…

Condition: Good. 12mo. French-Fold Sheet [4 pp.]. Illustration, Letterpress on Watermarked Laid Paper with Deckled Edge. Very Good. Scarce First Edition.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Copy number '91' of an edition limited to 150 copies printed from the wood. Signed by the author. Quarter black leather over red cloth covered boards, gilt lettering to the spine, with the bookplate of Sebastian Carter attached to the front pastedown. 240 x 155 mm, pp. [12] plus 10 leaves with a woodcut on the recto of each. A book in Fine condition, now in a clear, archival quality, protective display pocket. Signed by Author(s). …

ONE OF 150 COPIES signed by Kalashnikov and with 10 full-page wood-engravings by him, this copy unnumbered, small crease to corner of half-title, pp. [xii] + Plates, crown 8vo, original quarter black morocco, red cloth sides, backstrip lettered in gilt, fine. Prompted by the Oxford Congress of the Bookplate Society in 1982, the engraver embarked on this series illustrating Anglo-Russian relations, 'with particular reference to links involving Oxford'.…