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Kikuwansha no hanashi [Talking about Locomotives].

HARA (Hiromu)] designer. & NATORI (Yonosuke)] photographer.

Kikuwansha no hanashi [Talking about Locomotives], 1944.

Original linocut design for the cover of James Hogg's Confessions of a Justified Sinner, OUP.

BAWDEN (Edward)

Original linocut design for the cover of James… 1970.

Original linocut design The Man of Feeling, published by the OUP.

BAWDEN (Edward)

Original linocut design The Man of Feeling, published by… 1970.

Ooshu fuzoku taikan - The Collection of European Manners.

YAMAGUCHI (Seitaro).

Ooshu fuzoku taikan - The Collection of European… 1929.

Shonen shojo [Boys and Girls].

KAWAKAMI (Sumio).

Shonen shojo [Boys and Girls], 1952.

Reflecting on childhood and the passing of time

Nursery Rhymes

Nursery Rhymes, 1993.

One of 50 signed copies

English Marbled Papers, A Documentary History

PLOUGH PRESS & WAKEMAN (Geoffrey)

English Marbled Papers, A Documentary History, 1985.

THE SPECIAL EDITION WITH 7 ADDITIONAL SAMPLES

Pages on Art.

MACLAGAN (Philip Douglas) & RICKETTS (Charles)

Pages on Art, 1913.

Post Early in Christmas Week

FREEDMAN (Barnett)

Post Early in Christmas Week, 1937.

Ima wa mukashi [Once upon a time].

KAWAKAMI (Sumio).

Ima wa mukashi [Once upon a time], 1967.

Bound with a reverse glass painting

Akka buraku [Akka Village].

ISHIDA (Hirokazu).

Akka buraku [Akka Village], 1973.

The Beast in the Jungle.

ALLEN PRESS, JAMES (Henry) & HUGHES-STANTON (Blair)

The Beast in the Jungle, 1963.

'A PRIVATE PRESS IS IN A POSITION TO EXPERIMENT'

The Prologue from the Canterbury Tales, text based mainly on the Ellesmere MS.

CHAUCER (Geoffrey), KING (Ronald), EDITIONS ALECTO & [CIRCLE PRESS]

The Prologue from the Canterbury Tales, text based… 1967.

RON KING'S FIRST BOOK

I want to spend the rest of my life everywhere, with everyone, one to one, always, forever, now.

HIRST (Damien).

I want to spend the rest of my… 1997.

Bunsen Gafu. [Bunsen's Album].

Bunsen Gafu. [Bunsen's Album], 1848.

Tosa Washi

[KOCHI PREFECTURE HANDMADE WASHI ASSOCIATION].

Tosa Washi, 1990.

Introducing paper-making in Tosa

Ai ori to ishizara [Indigo dye and Stoneware pottery].

MIYASHITA (Kozo). & SERIZAWA (Keisuke). illus.

Ai ori to ishizara [Indigo dye and Stoneware… 1984.

Bound with a ceramic plate

Le Pecheur de Lune.

DUGUET HUGUIER (Andrhee), PAUTOT (Marcel) & SAINT-EXUPERY (Marie de)

Le Pecheur de Lune, 1950.

HAND COLOURED GYPSOGRAPHS

Fig.

ROTHCHILD (Judith). & VERDIGRIS.

Fig, 2001.

SPECIAL COPY WITH AN ADDITIONAL MEZZOTINT

Kami suki mura tabi nikki [Diary of a Journey to Paper-making Villages]

SERIZAWA (Keisuke), Illustrator., JUGAKU (Bunsho). & JUGAKU (Shizuko).

Kami suki mura tabi nikki [Diary of a… 1945.

Adventures in paper-making illustrated by Serizawa

Original watercolour of The Royal Aquarium Westminster

STANILAND, C. J.

Original watercolour of The Royal Aquarium Westminster, 1894.

Annie Luker and her great dive at the Royal Aquarium Westminster

Hida yuki [Travels in Hida].

SEKINO (Junichiro).

Hida yuki [Travels in Hida], 1951.

With two original Sekino woodblock printed postcards, signed

Surreal Times

BUCKLAND WRIGHT (John)

Surreal Times, 2000.

Poems 1970 - 1971.

Poems 1970 - 1971, 1972.

Beggars Bridge

ATKIN (Michael) & BRACKEN PRESS

Beggars Bridge, 1977.

Japanese Fair Tale Series No. 21 – Three Reflections Told in English by Mrs. T. H. James

Japanese Fair Tale Series No. 21 – Three… 1925.

A FINE COPY OF THE LARGER FORMAT EDITION

Selected Early Poems [The Whirligig]

Selected Early Poems [The Whirligig], 1954.

Manshu Shashincho - The Photographic Album of Manchuria.

SOUTH MANCHURIA RAILWAY COMPANY.

Manshu Shashincho - The Photographic Album of Manchuria, 1932.

Nippon 28.

DOMON (Ken) photographer., KAMEKURA (Yusaku), designer. & NATORI (Yonosuke) editor.

Nippon 28, 1941.

Toki to ningyo to [Time and dolls]

KAMISAKI (Sunao).

Toki to ningyo to [Time and dolls], 1986.

Clockmakers and contemplations on time

Kosetsu shiki [The Story of the Blind Man from the Records of the Grand Historian]

SEKINO (Junichiro).

Kosetsu shiki [The Story of the Blind Man… 1975.

The hand-coloured edition

Conversation Pieces, Humorous Situations revealed in Fragments of Dialogue.

COX (Morris) & GOGMAGOG PRESS

Conversation Pieces, Humorous Situations revealed in Fragments of… 1962.

Sketches made on the Lithography Night 14 April 1905

ART WORKERS' GUILD.

Sketches made on the Lithography Night 14 April… 1905.

War in a Cock's Egg.

War in a Cock's Egg, 1960.

From the Cradle to the Grave. Selected Drawings.

HIRST (Damien).

From the Cradle to the Grave. Selected Drawings, 2004.

Signed by Damien Hirst

Lectures on the Rise of Art in Tuscany.

CONWAY (William Martin, First Baron Conway of Allington).

Lectures on the Rise of Art in Tuscany, 1883.

Kvetna Nedele.

JIROUT (A.L.) & MAJEROVA (Maria).

Kvetna Nedele, 1936.

Czech fine binding by A.L. Jirout

Of the Decorative Illustration of Books Old and New.

CRANE (Walter). & WHITE [Ed.] (Gleeson)

Of the Decorative Illustration of Books Old and… 1896.

THE SCARCE JAPANESE VELLUM ISSUE

Nippon seihin zusetsu: zasshu kaiso [Illustrated Products of Japan: Hybrid Seaweeds].

KOUEI (Ippen). & [MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS]

Nippon seihin zusetsu: zasshu kaiso [Illustrated Products of… 1899.

Seaweed: vibrantly printed in woodblock

[Original Walter Tiemann lettering for Das Dekameron]

BOCCACCIO (Giovanni) & TIEMANN (Walter).

[Original Walter Tiemann lettering for Das Dekameron], 1906.

With Tiemann's original designs

Autograph Letter Signed (

BEERBOHM, Max (1872-1956). Author and Caricaturist.

Autograph Letter Signed ("Max") to "My dear Mrs…

“excuse bad writing and confused thinking" - an amicable relic of an 1890s friendship

Hakurai kaju yoran [Handbook of Foreign Fruits].

TAKENAKA (Takuro).

Hakurai kaju yoran [Handbook of Foreign Fruits], 1884.

MAKING WINE IN JAPAN