Roger Ascham Press (20 results)

Unknown_Binding. Condition: Very Good. No Dust Jacket. First Printing. Library stamps/marks/labels/pocket/slip, otherwise light wear. Solid hardcover.; Limited, first edition, #73 of 120 copies. Addenda slip tipped in. Bill Jardine graphics. ; Ex-Library; 0 pages. Illustrated by Bill Jardine graphics (illustrator).…

First Edition. Publisher's fine-press printing marketing brochure; near fine and saddle-stapled; edges slightly dulled. Well-preserved overall; tight, bright and clean. Physical description; [3] pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. Notes; Graphics by Bill Jardine. Subjects; Short stories, Canadian 20th century. Canadian literature. Illustrated. 1 Kg.…

First Edition. Publisher's fine-press printing marketing brochure; near fine and saddle-stapled; edges slightly dulled. Well-preserved overall; tight, bright and clean. Physical description; [3] pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. Notes; Graphics by Bill Jardine. Subjects; Short stories, Canadian 20th century. Canadian literature. Illustrated. 1 Kg.…

One Quarter Leather. Condition: Fine. Limited Edition. Green quarter goatskin over decorative hand dyed linen boards; gilt to spine. Green endpapers. Pages individually printed on dampened hand-made paper. Side and bottom edges uncut. Hand bound. Limited to 110 copies; of 100 numbered copies this copy is # 20. Tall 4to. Housed in a sturdy brown flecked natural buckram slipcase with spine flap and gilt paper label to lid. Includes descriptive booklet detailing editorial and production values. Book and case fine.…

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. Bound in blue and white Ingres covers and limited to 120 numbered copies. The original press announcement is present, as is the fully enclosed creme buckram slipcase, all in nice condition. From the collection of American books by Norman J. Sondheim, with his bookplate affixed.…

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. 133 p. 26 cm. Quarter cream paper with blue paper boards. Wrapped in clear mylar and in original shipment box. First edition of 120 copies, this being no. 39.

First edition. [150 pp]. Very good plus in printed paper-covered boards. No dust jacket, as issued. Illustrations by Kenneth Lochhead. One of 125 numbered copies.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Clear Plastic Protective Wrap. First Edition of 120 Copies. This copy is one of 20 copies bound in blue linen hand dyed by Muriel McDonagh --grey boards, protected by clear plastic wrapper. This is numbered copy 9. Lightly rubbed at tail of spine, else fine. Bill Jardine (graphics) (illustrator).…

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. 133 p. 26 cm. Quarter cream paper with blue paper boards. Wrapped in clear mylar (removed for photo). First edition of 120 copies, this being no. 28.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. 133 p. 26 cm. Quarter cream paper with blue paper boards. Wrapped in clear mylar and in original shipment box. First edition of 120 copies, this being no. 37.

96, [1] pp. 8vo. First edition. First edition. 96, [1] pp. 8vo. Grey paper over boards, small loss at inner back outer joint, else fine.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. 8vo. Light coloured paper spine over blue linen boards with dyed illustration to front cover. Blue spine lettering. With graphics by Bill Jardine. First edition. Limited to 120 copies, this is copy "C". The hand dyed linen covers are only on copies 1 to 20, and are the creation of Muriel McDonagh. Nice copy. There is no mention of a lettered edition for this publication, but I have had copies of this before, the one of 20, and this is of the earliest state in the dyed linen boards. The prospectus (included with this copy) also makes no mention of lettered copies. The "C" could have been added later and this was simply and extra or out of series. Fine copy, with prospectus in the original shipping box.…

Hardcover (Quarter Leather). Condition: Fine Condition. First Edition. A fine copy in 1/4 black morocco over cloth boards in a matching slipcase. Number 67 of 160 copies printed in Centaur and Arrighi on BFK Rives. Fine block prints by Aba Bayefsky.Ex-libris of Norman Sndheim inside front cover. Size: Quarto (4to). Illustrator: Aba Bayefsky. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Poetry; Art & Design. Inventory No: 049894. Aba Bayefsky (illustrator). …

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Tall-format perfect-bound limited edition of 125 copies, this being no. 5. SIGNED by both Lochheads on title-page. Quarter white-paper over black paper boards with white print to front. Mild rubbing and toning to covers. Binding is somewhat delicate but all leaves are holding. Otherwise clean and unmarked. Very neat -- a sound and handsome copy. Size: 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Signed by Author(s). Book.…

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. 8vo. Wood engravings by Oswald Turner. Quarter red goatskin over dyed linen boards. Designed, hand-printed and bound by George McDonagh. Edition of 120 numbered copies, this copy number 19. As new, fine in a light coloured linen slipcase.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. 8vo. Wood engravings by Oswald Turner. Quarter green goatskin over dyed linen boards. Designed, hand-printed and bound by George McDonagh. Edition of 120 numbered copies, this copy number 129. As new, fine in a light coloured linen slipcase.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. 4to. Quarter brown Oasis Goatskin with gilt spine lettering over patterned linen boards. Printed on fine dampened hand-made paper made by Ferdinando Amatruda. Edition of 100 numbered copies, this is number 79. Housed in a light coloured tray case with title mounted to the lid. Includes two copies of the prospectus.…

Hardcover. Condition: Near fine. 95 p. 28 cm. 14 wood engravings by Turner. Quarter leather with decorative cloth. Slipcase in beige cloth with paper "ribbon" which is a bit crumpled. Poetry on the Parthenon in moonlight, Atantis, the Aegean, the bull-leapers' fresco at Knossos, etc. 120 numbered copies of which this is no. 48.…

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Limited edition of 120 numbered copies, ours #59. " This book is printed by letter-press on damp hand made paper from Ferdinando Amatruda's Mill in Amalfi Italy. Wood engravings are hand cut on box wood and printed from the original blocks. The type face isd Bruce Rogers' VCentaur, handset for opticalk even spacing; The text is 12 on 15 points. The poem titles in 14 pt Arrighi Italic. Endpapers are Swedish Ingres, The binding is Oasis Goatskin with linen batik by Muriel McDonagh using traditional Greek motifs. ." In a splipcase. Digital photo upon request.…

Hardcover (Quarter Leather). Condition: Fine Condition. First Edition. A fine copy bound in quarter red morocco over dyed cloth boards. Copy 1 of 120 copies with four of pieces of correspondence giving updates and descriptions of the progress and problems of printing the book and the this special copy 1. With a leather label on the cover reading Norman J. Sondheim Copy Number 1. A lovely example and a nice connection to the process of fine printing and the relationship between printer and patron. Along with the correspondence is a prospectus, an extra suite of engravings, the original invoice ($400 in 1988) and a single engraving in a separate envelope. Norman Sondheim ex-libris inside cover. Size: Quarto (4to). Illustrator: Oswald Turner. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Myths, Legends & Folklore; Inventory No: 049895. Oswald Turner (illustrator).…