London: T. Richards for the Percy Society, 1843. An attractive volume of Percy Society tracts bound together. Half leather with black label and gilt titles. Marbled boards. Contains; Edward F. Rimbault (Editor). Cock Lorrell's Bote: A Satirical Poem. From an unique copy printed by Winkyn de Worde. No 30 of the Percy Society's publications. Feb. 1843. Original paper cover (quite darkened and stained). The rest is in very good condition. 15 pages. James Orchard Halliwell (Editor). Westward for Smelts, an early Collection of Stories. Number 78 of the Percy Society's publications. September 1848. Cover, half title, title, list of Percy Society patrons, preface, original title, introduction, 63 pages. A little darkening but overall in very good condition. Edward F. Rimbault. A knight's Conjuring: Done in earnest, discovered in Jest by Thomas Dekker from the original tract printed in 1607. Percy Society publication number 21. May 1842. Original paper covers, half title, title, list of Percy Society patrons, preface, original title, introduction, xvi, vi, 100 pages. A little darkening to the title, otherwise in very good condition. 200 x 130 mm (7¾ x 5 inches).
The Percy Society was a short lived British text publication society. It was founded in 1840 and collapsed in 1852. The Society was a scholarly collective, aimed at publishing limited-edition books of rare poems and songs. The president was Lady Braybrooke, and the twelve founding members of the committee included John Payne Collier, Thomas Crofton Croker, Thomas Wright, James Orchard Halliwell (treasurer), Charles Mackay, Edward Francis Rimbault (secretary) and William Chappell. Later members included William Sandys, and Robert Bell.

London and New York: Oxford University Press, 1929. First Edition. In original dust jacket. Signed dedication to front from author to William C. Carroll. Hardback in blue cloth with gilt decoration and titles to spine. Limited to 500 copies. Dust jacket has loss to the top and bottom of the spine, and moderate darkening. In archival protection. Book itself has a little rubbing to top and base of spine. Internally, generally very clean, but has some smoke damage to the top edge of the initial pages, and to the bottom closed page edge. Overall a very useable copy, enhanced by the author's signature. Profuse facsimiles and illustrations throughout. Perhaps most important of the three volumes as it includes the text of many letters not previously reproduced. 280 x 210 mm (11 x 8¼ inches).

. Première édition. En jaquette d'origine. Dédicace signée au recto par l'auteur à William C. Carroll. Livre relié en toile bleue avec décoration et titres dorés au dos. Limité à 500 exemplaires. La jaquette présente une perte en haut et en bas du dos, ainsi qu'un assombrissement modéré. Elle est protégée par un film d'archivage. Le livre lui-même présente quelques frottements en haut et à la base du dos. L'intérieur est généralement très propre, mais le bord supérieur des premières pages et le bord inférieur de la page fermée sont endommagés par la fumée. Dans l'ensemble, il s'agit d'un exemplaire très utilisable, rehaussé par la signature de l'auteur. Nombreux fac-similés et illustrations tout au long de l'ouvrage. Peut-être le plus important des trois volumes, car il contient le texte de nombreuses lettres qui n'avaient pas été reproduites auparavant. 280 x 210 mm

New York: Thornwillow Press, 1992. Large black envelope, with brass clasp, containing a black folder with gilt and black label. Inside are two items: a black catalogue with gilt titles (190 x 145 mm) 14 pages. With two colour photo-illustrations: frontispiece, and a photo of a number of Thornwillow Press books on display. Sewn. Lists seven publications from 1985 to 1992; authors include: Barbara England, William L. Shirer, Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr., Walter Cronkite, Helmut Kohl, Hugh Sidey, Neal Zaslaw. Alongside this is a red, untitled "Press Pack" (290 x 225cm) containing: (1) a folded leaflet for Arthur Rimbaud "Le Bateau Ivre" with illustration by Thierry W. Despont; (2)two black and white silver gelatin photographs (175 x 125cm) of Luke Pontifell; (3) a printed sheet giving 9 short, critical notices of the Press, from various sources (1988-91); and (4) 10 photocopied articles regarding Luke Pontifell and the Thornwillow Press. (those mentioned in the printed sheet). An interesting snapshot of a modern American Fine Press.
All of the items are in fine condition. The outer envelope only has a little edge wear. 300 x 240 mm (11¾ x 9½ inches).

London: Longman Hurst Rees Orme Brown and Green, 1824. First edition. Two volumes. Nineteenth century cream vellum with gilt decorative tooling. Burgundy label. Marbled end papers. title-page in a border of printer's flowers. Bookplate of G.S. Hinds ("et Gilbert filius ejus" added in manuscript) on paste-downs. Lovely set of a printer's classic. The first volume is devoted to the history of printing and includes biographies, adorned with bibliographical notes, of famous British printers such as Caxton and Wynkyn the Worde. The second volume describes type, composition, letter cases, imposition (including rather unusual formats such as 72mo, 96mo and even "one hundred and twenty-eights"!), exotic alphabets, rules to be observed in a printing house, the construction of a printing press, warehouse work, wages, steam machines, etc. X, [14], xii, 609, [11]; [8], iv, 663, [17] pp. 125 x 75 mm (5 x 3 inches). First leaves with some light foxing, otherwise in excellent condition. Bigmore & Wyman I, pp. 371-373.

Toronto: The Musson Book Company Limited - Chatto & Windus, 1917. Scarce printing. Dated by owner's name and date to front endpaper. Attractive dark green leather binding, with gilt RLS initials to front board, and titles to spine. Binder's label to rear states T.C. Allen, Halifax, Canada. Stevenson's whimsical musings. OCLC Number / Unique Identifier: 61589351. In good shape, apart from mark to front board. vii, 193 pp. 160 x 105 mm (6¼ x 4¼ inches).

. Impression rare. Le nom du propriétaire et la date figurent sur le premier feuillet de la fin de l'ouvrage. Jolie reliure en cuir vert foncé, avec les initiales dorées de RLS sur le premier plat et les titres au dos. L'étiquette du relieur au dos indique T.C. Allen, Halifax, Canada. Les réflexions fantaisistes de Stevenson. Numéro OCLC / Identificateur unique : 61589351. En bon état, à l'exception d'une marque sur la planche avant. vii, 193 pp. 160 x 105 mm