Zog by Donaldson, Julia & Scheffler, Alex (Illus.) - 2010

The sole UK printing published by Beauly in 2012. The BOOK is in near Fine condition. Number '33' of only 45 copies issued. Purple stiff card covers with just a little fading of colouring to the edges. Free from inscriptions and erasures. Printed paper label to the front cover as issued. Tipped in publisher's slip to the limitation page : 'This obituary first appeared in the English Review (June 1925)'. Protected in a removable Mylar archival cover. Edward Thomas' obituary of his fellow poet Rupert Brooke. Scarce. Ashton Rare Books welcomes direct contact.

The Sole UK printing published by The Rocket Press, Blewbury, Oxfordshire in 1991 (nd). One of only 40 copies issued. This copy not numbered but an artist's proof set, marked 'AP' and signed by the artist to the limitation page. 23 x 16cm. 24 loose wood engravings by O'Connor printed from the original blocks by Jonathan Stephenson at The Rocket Press, on hand made Zerkel paper, in blue, brick red , brown and green. Each engraving is either signed or initialled by John O'Connor in pencil below the image. The title and colophon page, and 24 loose sheets are housed in a green paper chemise within a beige buckram covered portfolio folder with a printed wood engraving mounted to the front cover. The portfolio is in near Fine condition with just a hint of spotting to the top of the front panel. The 24 engravings are all in Fine condition. The engravings were originally commissioned by Hal Cheetham for his privately printed volume 'La Vida Breve', which was issued in 1991. A very handsome production. More… Read More

The Sole UK printing published by W.H. Allen, London in 1942. The BOOK is in Very Good++ or better condition. Wraps format with illustrated paper covers. Light creasing and rubbing to the covers in places. A little age related markings to the rear cover. The pages are toned due to the cheap quality of paper stock used. Free from inscriptions. An interview between Nancy Cunard and George Padmore on the colonial question in which she articulates her own liberal views on the race question. A very scarce publication in collectible condition. Ashton Rare Books welcomes direct contact.

The First UK printing Tangerine Press, London, 2016. The BOOK is in Fine unread condition. One of only 126 numbered hardback copies signed by the author to the limitation page. There was also an unsigned wrappered edition issued at the same time. The book is protected in a removable Mylar archival cover. Collects 20 Essays by Sinclair, including 'Our Unknown Everywhere', on Arthur Machen. Other authors covered include Peter Ackroyd, J.G. Ballard, Alexander Baron, Roland Camberton, Angela Carter, B. Catling, Joseph Conrad, Arthur Conan Doyle, Patrick Hamilton, John Healy, Thomas Holmes, Jack Kerouac, Michael Moorcock, & Robert Westerby. Numerous coloured portraits by McKean. An increasingly elusive title to find with such attributes. More images available on request. Ashton Rare Books welcomes direct contact.

The First UK printing published by Editions Alecto, London in 1967. Elephant Folio. With frontis and fourteen mask images, each are titled and initialed by the artist in pencil printed silk screen and letter-press in 24 pt Plantin. Number 65' of an edition of only 125 signed copies. The 15 proofs (50 x 37cm) were issued as 15 unbound, four page sections on Barcham Green rag-made housed within a paper wraparound folder. The whole housed within a blue cloth folder with silver titling and the original publisher s canvas slip-case. (There were also separate editions of 50 plus 5 proofs made of all the images except Friar & Franklin ). All the screen-prints are present and in excellent condition. The spine of the portfolio is faded. The slipcase is very good condition. The Prologue is held in important public and private collections world-wide. There was also a later (second) edition, published 11years later by The Circle Press. The first edition of 1967 was begun by Editions Alecto, but following… Read More

The sole UK printing published by Beauly in 2012. The BOOK is in near Fine condition. Number '33' of only 45 copies issued. Purple stiff card covers with just a little fading of colouring to the edges. Free from inscriptions and erasures. Printed paper label to the front cover as issued. Tipped in publisher's slip to the limitation page : 'This obituary first appeared in the English Review (June 1925)'. Protected in a removable Mylar archival cover. Edward Thomas' obituary of his fellow poet Rupert Brooke. Scarce. Ashton Rare Books welcomes direct contact.

The Sole UK printing published by The Rocket Press, Blewbury, Oxfordshire in 1991 (nd). One of only 40 copies issued. This copy not numbered but an artist's proof set, marked 'AP' and signed by the artist to the limitation page. 23 x 16cm. 24 loose wood engravings by O'Connor printed from the original blocks by Jonathan Stephenson at The Rocket Press, on hand made Zerkel paper, in blue, brick red , brown and green. Each engraving is either signed or initialled by John O'Connor in pencil below the image. The title and colophon page, and 24 loose sheets are housed in a green paper chemise within a beige buckram covered portfolio folder with a printed wood engraving mounted to the front cover. The portfolio is in near Fine condition with just a hint of spotting to the top of the front panel. The 24 engravings are all in Fine condition. The engravings were originally commissioned by Hal Cheetham for his privately printed volume 'La Vida Breve', which was issued in 1991. A very handsome production. More… Read More

The Sole UK printing published by W.H. Allen, London in 1942. The BOOK is in Very Good++ or better condition. Wraps format with illustrated paper covers. Light creasing and rubbing to the covers in places. A little age related markings to the rear cover. The pages are toned due to the cheap quality of paper stock used. Free from inscriptions. An interview between Nancy Cunard and George Padmore on the colonial question in which she articulates her own liberal views on the race question. A very scarce publication in collectible condition. Ashton Rare Books welcomes direct contact.

The First UK printing Tangerine Press, London, 2016. The BOOK is in Fine unread condition. One of only 126 numbered hardback copies signed by the author to the limitation page. There was also an unsigned wrappered edition issued at the same time. The book is protected in a removable Mylar archival cover. Collects 20 Essays by Sinclair, including 'Our Unknown Everywhere', on Arthur Machen. Other authors covered include Peter Ackroyd, J.G. Ballard, Alexander Baron, Roland Camberton, Angela Carter, B. Catling, Joseph Conrad, Arthur Conan Doyle, Patrick Hamilton, John Healy, Thomas Holmes, Jack Kerouac, Michael Moorcock, & Robert Westerby. Numerous coloured portraits by McKean. An increasingly elusive title to find with such attributes. More images available on request. Ashton Rare Books welcomes direct contact.

The First UK printing published by Editions Alecto, London in 1967. Elephant Folio. With frontis and fourteen mask images, each are titled and initialed by the artist in pencil printed silk screen and letter-press in 24 pt Plantin. Number 65' of an edition of only 125 signed copies. The 15 proofs (50 x 37cm) were issued as 15 unbound, four page sections on Barcham Green rag-made housed within a paper wraparound folder. The whole housed within a blue cloth folder with silver titling and the original publisher s canvas slip-case. (There were also separate editions of 50 plus 5 proofs made of all the images except Friar & Franklin ). All the screen-prints are present and in excellent condition. The spine of the portfolio is faded. The slipcase is very good condition. The Prologue is held in important public and private collections world-wide. There was also a later (second) edition, published 11years later by The Circle Press. The first edition of 1967 was begun by Editions Alecto, but following… Read More