Bloomsbury Auctions

547. Parry (Idris) St r e a m & ro C K, n u m b e r xi o f xx S p e C i a l lyb
o u n d C o p i e S S i g n e d b y t h e a u t h o r, p r i n t e r a n d a rt i S t, from an
edition limited to 100, 3 etched plates by Islwyn Watkins, t h i S C o p y
w i t h a n a lt e r n at i v e v e r S i o n o f t h e e t C h e d frontiSpieCe loosely
inserted (titled, numbered, signed and dated in pencil by the artist
and printed in different colours), original grey morocco with title
and author in blind on upper cover, by Sangorski & Sutcliffe, uncut,
spine very slightly browned, board slip-case, Leicester, Black
Knight Press, 1973 § Omar Khayyam. The Rubaiyat, translated by
Edward Fitzgerald, number 46 of 100 copies signed by the printer,
from an edition limited to 250, colour illustrations by Steven
Morris, contemporary blue morocco, gilt, spine and edges lightly
faded, dust-jacket (faded), Leicester, Black Knight Pres, 1970 §
Roebuck (Jim) The Poppy’s Song, out-of-series copy signed by
the author and artist and initialled by the printer, from an edition
limited to 100, single pull-out folded sheet, colour illustrations by
Deidre Carr, original wrappers, Bath, 1965, all printed by Duine
Campbell; and a small quantity of others, most printed by Campbell
and/or Toni Savage at the Black Knight, Offcut or New Broom
presses, and a file of prospectuses, keepsakes etc. for other presses,
v.s. (a box) £200 - £300
548. Piech (Paul Peter) de pr o f u n d i S: Sayings of Christ in
Words and Graphics, number 44 of 500 copies designed, printed
and illustrated by Piech with linocuts in several colours, cloth
with title printed in red on white cloth mounted on upper cover,
Buchey Heath, Taurus Press, [1972] § Christmas Lyrics, Fifteenth
Century, reprint, printed in red and black with large initial in gold
by Margaret Adams and others in red, blue and green, all supplied
by hand, original limp vellum with red silk thongs, uncut, glacine
wrapper (torn) , board slip-case, Worcester, Stanbrook Abbey Press,
1957; and 3 others and a bundle of Stanbrook Abbey prospectuses
and ephemera, v.s. (a bundle) £80 - £120
549. Pitts (J.Martin) tw e n t y-fo u r nu d e S, n u m b e r 7 o f 85 C o p i e S
S i g n e d b y t h e a rt i S t, Old Stile Press, 1985; Painting the Clouds,
number 44 of 150 copies, Old Stile Press, 2002 § Stefani (Mario)
No Other Gods: 55 Poems translated by Anthony Reid, one of
215 copies signed by the author and artist, Kouros Press, 1982 §
D’Arch Smith (Timothy, editor) The Book Catalogues of Michael
deHartington 1972-1974, facsimile reprint, number 201 of 300
copies with facsimile catalogue on English Homosexual Poetry in
pocket at end, North Pomfret, VA, 1998 § Cooper (Emmanuel)
The Sexual Perspective: Homosexuality and Art in the last 100
Years in the West, inscribed by the author on front free endpaper,
1986 § Clarke (John R.) Looking at Lovemaking: Constructions of
Sexuality in Roman Art 100B.C. - A.D. 250, Berkeley etc., 1998,
most with illustrations, the first three with linocuts etc. by J.Martin
Pitts, original cloth, boards or cloth-backed boards, the first with
slip-case, the third and last two with dust-jackets; and 8 others,
some pamphlets, 4to & 8vo (14) £120 - £180
Lot 550
550. Rampant Lions Press.- Ch e S t e r pl ay o f t h e de l u g e (th e), 2
vol., n u m b e r xv o f 80 C o p i e S w i t h a n e x t r a S u i t e o f t h e p l at e S o n
J a p o n, from an edition limited to 337, printed in orange and black,
wood-engraved plates by David Jones, original morocco-backed
marbled boards, gilt-stamped morocco label on upper cover, t.e.g.,
others uncut, 10 additional wood-engravings loose as issued in
original cloth portfolio, together in cloth slip-case, 4to, printed at
the Rampant Lions Press of Cambridge for Clover Hill Editions,
1977. £700 - £900
551. Robinson (Heath) be h i n d t h e SC e n e S at mo S S br o S,
illustrations by Robinson, disbound in original pictorial wrappers,
light surface soiling, a little rubbed at extremities, oblong 4to,
[c.1930]. £100 - £150
Lot 552
552. Searle (Ronald) an at o m y o f a n an t i q u a r i a n bo o K S e l l e r,
colour offset lithograph, one of 50 copies printed on handmade
paper and signed and dated in pencil by the artist, framed and
glazed, c.710 x 520mm., 1976. £200 - £300
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