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Oxford University Press

The Rime of the Ancient Mariner [by] Samuel Taylor Coleridge. Designed by Bruce Rogers, using O.U.P's seventeenth century Fell Types (Fell English, and Fell Long Primer italic). One of 750 copies printed in 1930 by John Johnson, Printer to the University. Original dustwrapper. This is the book seen in the illustration at the top of this web page. Very good. £105.00

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Whittington Press

The Chessplayer [by] Edward Thomas. with two wood-engravings by Hellmuth Weissenborn. Whittington Press 1981. Royal Octavo. Printed on Heritage laid paper and quarter bound in black buckram with gilt rules and spine titling. Fine. Whittington marbled paper-covered boards. One of 350 copies Butcher 53. £45.00

Mountains in the Mind [by] Roland Gant, with six wood-engravings by Howard Phipps. Whittington Press 1987. Imperial OctavoHand-set in 12-point Romulus and bound in coloured canvas by Woolnough & Co. Signed by the author and also by the engraver. Fine. One of 160 copies thus. Butcher 90. £65.00

Early Poems [by] Enid Bagnold, with an introduction by R.P.Lister and a wood-engraving by Miriam Macgregor. Whittington Press 1987. Imperial Octavo. Hand-set in Bell italic and roman. Printed on Zerkall and quarter-bound in lilac flax canvas, with a pink spine label. Whittinton paper-covered boards. Fine. One of 175 copies thus. Butcher 89. £45.00

Matrix 2. a copy of the scarce First Edition of this indispensible journal, "a review for the printer and bibliophile", limited to only 450 copies. Whittington Press 1982. Imperial Octavo. 129pp + 4pp plates. Stiff paper covers, slightly bumped as usual, otherwise Fine. Nineteen articles, illustrated with many tip-ins, and engravings. Includes an insert printed in 18-point Golden Cockerel Roman designed by Eric Gill. Butcher 64. £380.00

Other Presses

Oscar Wilde and the Grave of Shelley [with an introduction and notes by] Jeremy Mason. Octavo. pp. [xxvii]. First edition, one of 140 copies. Original marbled wrappers. Includes the text of Wilde's poem and three hand-coloured illustrations by Jeremy Mason. Hand-set in Bembo and privately printed at the Tragara Press on Ingres d'Arches paper. A mint copy bound in marbled wrappers. £45.00

A Stranger in Venice. [by] Max Beerbohm, 36, [4] pp. Illustrated with a frontispiece portrait of Beerbohm after William Rothenstein. 8vo., bound in yellow and brown decorated paper over boards, uncut. London: The Winged Lion, 1993. Printed by Martino Mardersteig at the Stamperia Valdonega in a limited edition of 780 copies. Numbered and initialled by the publisher, Robert Booth. A mint copy. £35.00