Nicolas Mcdowall (37 results)

Stapled Booklet. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. 24 pages, b/w illustrations. Laid in is Supplement, a folded broadside. Minor wear, unmarked. [720] Size: 155mm. x 220mm.

Soft cover. Condition: Fine. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Thirteen leaflets produced by The Old Stile Press to help promote their publications and exhibitions. Includes details about A Wall In Wales (Limited edition binding by Andrew Cotton) and a Book List of publications due in Autumn 2004. Together with three colour photographs and an undated hand-written note from publisher, Frances McDowall. All enclosed within a green/black decorated paper folder. Will adjust overseas shipping costs to reflect weight and size of these items. Signed by Publisher and Illust.…

Stapled Booklet. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. 32 pages, b/w illustrations. Laid in is a glossy colour card prospectus. Minor wear, unmarked. [720] Size: 150mm. x 210mm.

Soft cover. Condition: Fine. No Jacket. 1st Edition. 24pp booklet printed on cream paper with black lettering and numerous b/w illustrations and engravings from the Press' publications. Contains details of publications from The Old Stile Press covering period 1992 to 1993. Staple bound within red card covers. Landscape format. Laid in is a Supplement leaflet for 1992-3. All in fine condiiton.…

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. No Jacket. 1st Edition. 32pp booklet printed on green paper with black lettering. Staple bound. Illustrated 4pp colour wrapper. Contains details of publications from The Old Stile Press recently published and earlier titles still in print, as at Autumn 2001. Staple bound. Portrait format. Four margin tick marks. Laid in is some promotional material for The Waternymph and the Boy. Will adjust overseas shipping costs to reflect weight and size of this booklet.…

Soft cover. Condition: Fine. No Jacket. 1st Edition. 32pp booklet printed on grey paper with black lettering and numerous b/w illustrations and engravings. Contains details of publications from The Old Stile Press covering period 1989 to 1998. Staple bound. Landscape format. Appears unread.

Stapled Booklet. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. 32 pages, b/w illustrations. Minor wear, unmarked. [720] Size: 22omm. x 155mm.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Limited Edition. One of the 250 numbered copies, this being #26, with a hand printed "If" (3 x 4.25 in) and a list of books listed that were at the time of printing still available for purchase, laid in loose. 8.5 x 11.25 in. 136pp., with b/w reproductions and photos throughout, and an 8 page section of color photos. Cover image specifically painted for this book by Clive Hicks-Jenkins. A Fine copy in the original acetate jacket.…

Various. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Folded broadside announcing the move from Blackheath to Llandogo, together with 4 other items. Minor wear, creasing. [720] Size: 210mm. x 150mm.

Softcover. Limited Edition #148/1000. Quarto, 135 pages. In Very Good condition. Bound in illustrated covers with white lettering to spine. Mild general shelf wear. Textblock clean. With a print and a pamphlet laid in. Errata sticker adhered to inside of rear cover. Shelved in Books on Books. 1415503. Shelved Dupont Bookstore. …

Soft cover. Condition: Fine. No Jacket. 1st Edition. 32pp booklet printed on grey paper with black lettering and numerous b/w illustrations and engravings. Contains details of publications from The Old Stile Press covering period 1985 to 1998. Staple bound. Landscape format. Appears unread.

No Binding. Condition: Fine. 21x15cm, 4pp. Single sheet folded to 4pp. An announcement of 'Gymnopaediae', a complete list to 1989 of the press's publications, and some details of forthcoming books, with nine loose postcard-size photographic reproductions of various books, with details on the versos, described in the text as 'descriptive colour cards of titles still available'. The sheet is not printed letterpress, but the cards are a very attractive record of Old Stile Press books. Fine. …

Card Folder. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Card folder containing 3 prospectuses, and an order form. Undated [1983?]. Minor wear. [720] Size: 220mm. x 155mm.

1st edition. This copy is Number 19 of 125; limited and signed by the author. Near fine cloth copy in a good if somewhat edge-torn (with some loss) and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description; 38 unnumbered pages : all illustrations ; 22 cm. Notes; "Paper mould-made at St. Cuthbert's Mill. Two-colour title page. 36 full-page images printed as line blocks"--Books from the Old Stile Press, 1992-3. Llandogo : Old Stile Press, [1993], p. [7]. "This book was conceived, photographed, designed & printed by Nicolas McDowall at the Old Stile Press, Catchmays Court, Llandogo, Near Monmouth, Gwent, NP5 4TN, Great Britain."--Colophon. Artist's book illustrated with black and white images of an ancient wall in Tintern Forest above the River Wye. The images are positioned as if they were blocks of text. Subjects; Walls Wales. Prints Special subjects Structures. Illustrations. Illustrations - Wales. 1 Kg.…

Stapled Booklet. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. 24 pages, b/w illustrations. Laid in are 5 glossy colour card prospectuses, a promotional leaflet and an order form. Minor wear, small stain to cover, otherwise unmarked. [720] Size: 155mm. x 220mm.

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. No Jacket. 1st Edition. 32pp booklet printed on grey/green paper with black lettering and numerous b/w illustrations and engravings. Contains details of publications from The Old Stile Press covering period 1988 to 1989. Contains an Order Form with some amended prices. Staple bound. Publishers' new telephone number sticker on rear cover. Shelf wear to overhanging covers. Appears unread. Now protected in clear archival envelope.…

1st edition. This copy is Number 19 of 125; limited and signed by the author. Near fine cloth copy in a good if somewhat edge-torn (with some loss) and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description; 38 unnumbered pages : all illustrations ; 22 cm. Notes; "Paper mould-made at St. Cuthbert's Mill. Two-colour title page. 36 full-page images printed as line blocks"--Books from the Old Stile Press, 1992-3. Llandogo : Old Stile Press, [1993], p. [7]. "This book was conceived, photographed, designed & printed by Nicolas McDowall at the Old Stile Press, Catchmays Court, Llandogo, Near Monmouth, Gwent, NP5 4TN, Great Britain."--Colophon. Artist's book illustrated with black and white images of an ancient wall in Tintern Forest above the River Wye. The images are positioned as if they were blocks of text. Subjects; Walls Wales. Prints Special subjects Structures. Illustrations. Illustrations - Wales. 1 Kg.…

Hardcover. dj. 9/150. Large Octavo, unpaginated. In Very Good condition with a Very Good minus dust jacket. Glassine wrapper to the jacket. Exterior has slight plus wear including moderate sunning to the spine with cream lettering to the lightly sunned pink pictorial front. Boards have very slight wear including minor edge wear and slight cocking to the spine. Text block has very slight wear with head edge colored black and deckled fore edge. Frontispiece. Illustrated. Related material laid in. Number 9 of 150 numbered, limited and signed copies. Signed by Nicolas McDowall and Chris Newitt. NOTE: Shelved in Locked Annex, Column CC. 1411673. FP New Rockville Stock. Signed.…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Former library book; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Softcover. Condition: Very Good+. First Edition, Limited. First edition, trade paperback with French flaps, and marked as limited no. 191/1000 with the Gavin Douglas print laid in at the back. The book has a slight skew to the binding, a subtle bow to the bookblock, very light shelf wear to the spine ends and cover corners, and mild rubbing to the covers. Overall, this is a solid, tight and clean, Very Good+ copy, and the print has light creasing to its lower left corner.…

, 27 pages, illustrated with 23 black and white images of varying size (including frontispiece), bound by The Fine Bindery, this edition is limited to 150 copies of which this is no. 40, numbered and SIGNED by the Nicolas McDowall First Edition , small mark on rear, an excellent copy in very good condition , blue card, titles and decoration on front , 35 x 21.5 cms Paperback SIGNED by author ISBN: 907664474.…

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Limited Edition. 26 unnumbered pages : illustrations. 67 x 59 mm. An alphabet book that showcases exceptional letterpress skill, wit, and typographic experimentation. It is a 32-panel, accordion-fold book produced in a limited edition of 240 copies. Each letter of the alphabet is somehow engaging in the word associated with it. The book features 26 imaginative unions of letters, decorative type, and images where Bodoni type "acts out" specific words or charades. McDowall utilizes the specific characteristics of the Bodoni typeface to create visual puns, such as lowercase 'g' descenders that appear to hang off the edge of the page, a lowercase 'i' with a dot that looks like a dripping icicle, and a lowercase 'j' that shares its jester's cap bobble with an uppercase 'J'. M, for example, is mountaineering and a small printed lowercase M is placed on a large printed uppercase M, offering the appearance that the small M is climbing over the peaks of the large M. In H, hanging, an uppercase H seemingly hangs from an upside down lowercase H. The 32-panel accordion is attached to the front and back covers in a way that discourages stretching it out fully, encouraging the reader to turn the pages codex-style to savor the jokes two at a time. It is considered a demonstration of high-quality letterpress, showing the tactile and visual precision of the Old Stile Press, which often blends traditional techniques with modern, inventive design. The book is a notable example of a "typographic conceit" by Nicolas McDowall, a respected figure in private press publishing known for his focus on the relationship between words and images. Signed by Nicolas McDowell and numbered by him 9/240. "Conceived in the early 70's, forgotten in a drawer for 20 years, designed, made & printed in 1995 by Nicolar McDowall by way of recreations and diversion from work on more weighty volumes (in every sense)." OCLC Number / Unique Identifier: 34850784. WorldCat records 18 copies worldwide, 5 of them in the UK. Signed by Author(s).…

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. LIMITED EDITION : NO : 301 /1000 copies: This book was designed, set in Joanna type and assembled by Nicolas McDowall at the Old Stile Press . It was printed . by Premiere Press Ltd of Cheltenham and bound by Woolnough Bookbinding Ltd of Irthlingborough . The edition is limited to 1000 numbered copies. 135, [1] pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some colour) ; 28 cm; Includes bibliographical references and index. CONTENTS: The Old Stile Press / Dorothy A. Harrop -- Inspirations / Nicolas McDowall -- The art of the book / Peter Wakelin -- Bindings & colour work / Nicolas McDowall -- The bibliography / Dorothy A. Harrop & Nicolas McDowall -- The other half / Frances McDowall -- A glance back and a peep into the future / Nicolas McDowall. Very nice example in the like and original Acetate dust cover.…

Soft cover. Condition: New. Limited Edition. The text of this somewhat unusual book is taken verbatim from the tape-recorded recollection of a single night of extraordinary dream or vision or hallucination while under the benign influence of morphine -- given in hospital, a number of years ago, to relieve post-operative pain. The images came originally from photographic sources but were captured, simplified and developed by the author/printer to give some approximation to the visual aspects of that ecstatic experience. Unexpected developments, after the book had been planned, designed and indeed printed, gave rise to the need for some 'Afterwords' -- so an additional four-page leaflet is loosely inserted into each copy. McDowall, Nicolas (illustrator). Signed by Author(s).…

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. First Edition. Hardback. Dust Jacket. Large 8vo. Circa 80 unnumbered pages. Original publisher's orange cloth, lettered gilt on spine and on front cover. Copiously illustrated in various colours and black and white throughout. Limited edition of 150 copies, this being no. 109 and signed by Chris Newett and Nicolas McDowall. J. Martin Pitts had died in February 2002. ISBN: 090766461X Fine in fine illustrated translucent dust jacket. Signedes. …

Paperback. Condition: Fine. First Edition. Wraps. 4to. pp [16]. Wraps. Original publisher's illustrated burgundy covers, lettered black. Copiously illustrated in colour and black and white throughout. Limited edition of 75 numbered copies, this number 37 signed in pencil by Mcdowall. A set of prints dedicated to the last Romanov heir - a haemophiliac 'attended by Rasputin' who died by assassination at 14. One page of text. Fine. Signedes.…

Illustr, 14 x 8.5, wraps, unpag, minor dent at bottom of front cover else vg. LIMITED TO 150 NUMBERED COPIES, SIGNED BY AUTHOR.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Black and white decorated paper-covered boards gilt, DW, 4to., 135, (1) pages, profusely illustrated in color and monochrome. Of 1,000 copies printed, this is no. 193 of 250 copies with an inserted four-page, French-folded "jeu d'esprit" hand-printed by Nicolas McDowall on paper handmade by Frances McDowall. Available titles list, small printed broadside "If", two catalogues for 1986-1987 and 1988-1989, and a TLS from Frances McDowall laid in. A fine copy in the fine original clear DW. Signed by Author(s).…

Sm. 4to. (21.5 x 29.5 cms). 135pp. + [i] limitation leaf. Port. frontis., profusely illus. throughout, 8 pages in colour. Very good in gilt lettered b/w. pictorial boards, clear plastic d/w. No. 95 of a Limited Edition of 1000 Copies (this being one of 250 Copies with a loose insert).With hand printe "jeu d'esprit" and "Two Hymns to Pan" loosely inserted. ISBN 907664490 US$67.…

Copy number '46' of an edition limited to 125 copies SIGNED by the author. Paper covered boards, the paper being handmade by Frances McDowall, with a recessed line block illustration on the front panel and recessed lettered label to the spine, brown endpapers. Bound by The Fine Bindery. Tissue wrappers. 8¾" x 5¾", pp. [48] with thirty-six illustrations. Prospectus laid in. A book in Fine condition, now in a clear, archival quality, protective display pocket.…