Recent Arrivals from Ariadne Books

Bretenoux, France.: Braad Press, 1979. Limited edition (185/450). Signed by the illustrator to the colophon page. Cream card covers with stitched binding. Drawings by John Furnival. Near fine condition.

Lunenburg, Vermont.: The Stinehour Press., 1956. Stapled pamphlet. Paginated from p86 - p106. Article on the Chiaroscuro woodcuts of John Baptist Jackson. This is followed by an article entitled "A Series of Modern German Calligraphic Manuscripts for Children" by Philip Hoffer. Both articles illustrated in black & white. Pamphlet in very good condition.

London: Outposts Publications, 1964. First edition. Signed by the author on the inside of the front cover. Cream coloured card covers with stapled binding. 24pp. Contains 22 poems by T. R. Glover. Very good condition. Some light spotting to covers. Clean and unmarked internally

Tregarne, Manaccan: Cargo Press, 1997. Limited edition (193/250). Signed by the author. White card covers. 18pages. Images by Robert McNab. Ian Hamilton has written many books, including biographies of Robert Lowell and J. D. Salinger, several critical works and volumes of poetry. He also edited 'The Oxford Companion to Twentieth Century Poetry in English'. Near fine condition.… Read more about this item

Newbury: Libanus Press, 1978. Limited edition (numbered T85 of 200 copies). Soft cover with stitched binding. This collection of poems was first circulated in typescript by Sir Peter Pears at the Aldeburgh Festival in 1977. The author was approached for permission to print them in their present form and this was granted shortly before her death in May, 1978.… Read more about this item

London: Horizon, 1948. Soft covers. No. 106 paginated from p225 - p296. No. 107 paginated from p297 - p368. Includes an article "Freud or Jung" by Edward Glover which is spread across the two numbers. Also included are contributions from Antonia White, Alan Ross, W. H. Auden, Gigi Richter etc together with articles on Le Corbusier and some… Read more about this item

Bretenoux, France.: Braad Press, 1979. Limited edition (208/450). Signed by the illustrator to the colophon page. Cream card covers with stitched binding. Drawings by John Furnival. Near fine.

Lunenburg, Vermont.: The Stinehour Press., 1956. Stapled pamphlet. Paginated from p86 - p106. Article on the Chiaroscuro woodcuts of John Baptist Jackson. This is followed by an article entitled "A Series of Modern German Calligraphic Manuscripts for Children" by Philip Hoffer. Both articles illustrated in black & white. Pamphlet in good condition. Rust stains to final two pages… Read more about this item

Cambridge: Fitzwilliam Museum, 1976. Soft cover exhibition catalogue. Small stapled pamphlet. 20pp (unpaginated). Illustrated. Very good condition. Clean and unmarked internally.

Chicago: Poetry, Chicaho, Illinois. , 1937. Soft cover. Paginated from p179 - p238 plus 2 pages of ads at end. Cover design by Eric Gill. This edition includes contributions from W. H Auden, Dylan Thomas, Stephen Spender, Graham Hough, Ronald Buttral, William Empson, T. W. Eason, Michael Roberts, James Reeves, Charles Madge, C. Day Lewis, Roger etc. … Read more about this item

UK: The Society of Bookbinders., 1998. Card covered exhibition catalogue covering the 80 exhibits shown at the Biblioteca Wittockiana in Brussells. There is an introduction by John Mitchell in English with parallel translations in French and Walloon. All 80 exhibits are described in English with an accompanying colour photograph. Near fine condition.

Pinner: The Private Libraries Association, 1988. Paperback. Paginated from p49 t0 p100. Original yellow card covers. Signed by the author on the front cover with a dedication to Pat Jaffe (art historian and wood engraver), dated 1/6/90. There is also a ms letter enclosed written by the author to Pat Jaffe. Very good condition. Very minor soiling to… Read more about this item

London: Transatlantic Arts, 1945. Chiang Yee. Transatlantic Arts Ltd, London, 1945. Second edition. This is the story of a Chinese boy and his beloved water-buffalo, an idyll of Chinese peasant life which gives an intimate picture of the national character and customs. The illustrations include four delicately drawn plates in colour and many drawings by the artist in… Read more about this item

Salisbury: Compton Press, 1969. First and limited edition (number 75 of 100 signed copies). Signed by both the author and the illustrator. Illustrated card covers with original thick tissue wrap. 12 pages unpaginated. Boldly & attractively illustrated. Book in fine condition. Tissue wrap has three very small marks to upper edge of front.

Washington: Smithsonian Institution, 1995. Paperback catalogue. 24 pages with black & white illustrations. Includes a list of the works exhibited and introductory text. The booklet is from the library of Pat Jaffe (art historian and wood engraver) and contains a loosely inserted postcard written by the person who sent the catalogue to Pat Jaffe and dated as received on… Read more about this item

London: Agnew's, 2007. Paperback exhibition catalogue November 28th - December 21st, 2007. 225mm, pp 10 with loosely inserted price list for 30 of Piper's works. Nine colour illustrations (including front cover). Introduction by David Fraser Jenkins Card covers lightly creased at lower corners. Overall in very good condition.

London: Faber & Faber, 1941. Stapled papaerback with pale blue card wrapper [1 - 6], 7 - 15 pp. Good condition. The staples have rusted away leaving some staining to the surrounding areas. Covers generally subbed and lightly soiled. Free of spotting.

London & Edinburgh: T. Nelson & Sons.. Stiff card covers, stitched binding. 4 pages of text (one with an inset steel engraving in b&w). Illustrated covers plus 4 full-page, full colour illustrations. The book is undated but appears to be late Victorian and the artist is unknown. Fair condition. Covers generally rubbed and soiled, with some creasing to… Read more about this item

London: The Fine Art Society London., 1978. Limited to 800 copies, this being number 528. Small stitched pamphlet covered with one of Bawden's paper designs for Curwen Press, who printed the pamphlet. 16 pages (unpaginated) with the 4 centre pages containing b&w photographs. Decorated title page. Contains an Appreciation of Edward Bawden by Carel Weight and a list of… Read more about this item

Zwickau: F. Ullmann, 1913. Paperback with grey card covers. Unpaginated. Introduction by Otto Clemen follwoed by pages of designs. Introduction in German. Very good condition. Some wear and rubbing to covers. Many of the pages unopened.