Ephemera, Periodicals from Georg Schneebeli :: Rare Books & Prints

First edition of the first published lecture by William Morris. Scarce in this exemplary state. Description: Sewn as issued in publisher's printed light blue paper wrappers. Duodecimo: 18 × 12 cm; pp. 32. Condition: Light age toning to edges of covers. Internally clean and free of marks. According to its age a near fine copy. Notes: In 'The Decorative Arts' Morris first… Read more about this item

One of a rare pre-publication copy of the elaborately produced edition of "De la terre à la lune", published by de Tartas in 1970. These "handmade" editions were given in a few copies to selected collectors and dealers to promote the printed edition. Description: Cardboard portfolio, wrapped in an original colour lithograph. Folio: 38 × 28 cm; 8 folded leaves… Read more about this item

Very fine copy of this influential noughties magazine. Description: Softcover. Quarto: 27 × 22 cm; pp.: 192. Condition: Slight shelf wear to edges, internally clean and well preserved. Notes: soDA magazine, based in Zurich, was a highly influential publication in the noughties, particularly in the fields of avant-garde graphic design, fashion, and photography. In 2002, issue #18 was awarded the Art Directors Club… Read more about this item

Very fine copy of this influential noughties magazine. Description: Softcover, housed in the original white cardboard portfolio. Quarto: 27 × 22 cm; pp.: 128. With several loose inserts, a map (broadside 48 × 60 cm) and 9 stickers (complete as issued). Condition: In very fine condition. Notes: soDA magazine, based in Zurich, was a highly influential publication in the noughties, particularly in the… Read more about this item

Very good copy of this influential noughties magazine. Description: Softcover. Quarto: 27 × 22 cm; pp.: 136. Condition: Slight shelf wear to edges, light finger-marking and occasional minor staining to covers. Internally clean and well preserved. Notes: soDA magazine, based in Zurich, was a highly influential publication in the noughties, particularly in the fields of avant-garde graphic design, fashion, and photography. In 2002,… Read more about this item

Very fine copy of this influential noughties magazine. Description: Stitched in original yellow plastic sleeve. Quarto: 27 × 22 cm; pp.: 43, [1]. With 8 folded broadsheets (53 × 86 cm) , 1 stitched booklet, 16 p. Condition: A very fine, crisp and clean copy. Complete, with the bradsheets and the carte 'blanche' booklet by Matthias Schweizer. Slight shelf wear to edges,… Read more about this item

Very fine copy of this influential noughties magazine. Description: Softcover. Quarto: 27 × 22 cm; pp.: 184, [16]. Condition: Complete, with the poster (52 × 38 cm) inserted. Slight shelf wear to edges, internally clean and well preserved. Notes: soDA magazine, based in Zurich, was a highly influential publication in the noughties, particularly in the fields of avant-garde graphic design, fashion, and… Read more about this item

Very fine copy of this influential noughties magazine. Description: Softcover with flaps. Quarto: 28 × 23 cm; pp.: 175, [9]. Condition: Slight shelf wear to edges, internally clean and well preserved. Notes: soDA magazine, based in Zurich, was a highly influential publication in the noughties, particularly in the fields of avant-garde graphic design, fashion, and photography. Issue #17, titled Luxus (sic!), was notable… Read more about this item

The prospectus announces "The life of William Blake", Blake's "Poetry and prose", Blake's "Pencil drawings", "The life and adventures of Peter Porcupine", "The New Testament", "The Temple", "The princess of Babylon", "The seasons", "A stitch in time", "The divine comedy", Vanbrugh's "Works", Pindar's "Pythian odes", and "The pilgrim's progress". Retrospectus of limited editions and a list of unlimited editions including… Read more about this item

The prospectus announces "Minnow among Tritons", "George Chapman" and "Pope's own miscellany". With a large Nonesuch device by E. McKnight Kauffer on front (reprinted from "The anatomy of melancholy", q.v.). Description: Sewn paper sheets. Octavo: 25 × 16 cm; pp. 7. printed in Monotype Goudy Modern and Garamond Bold italic on wove paper. Ref.: Dreyfus: P31 Condition: Showing some noticeable creases to corners.… Read more about this item

Announcing "Some recollections of Oscar Wilde", "Butleriana", Dryden's "Works", Evelyn's "Directions for the gardiner at Sayes Court", and Donne's "Sermon of valediction". Retrospectus of limited editions 1923-1931. With a large Nonesuch Press device by Stephen Gooden in centre of front cover. Description: Pink wrappers loosely glued over sewn endpapers. Quarto: 27 × 18 cm; pp. 15 [1]. Printed by Cambridge University… Read more about this item

The Nonesuch Press prospectus announcing "Alice", "Treasure Island", "At the back of the north wind" and "Fifty favourite fairy tales". Description: Single folded sheet. Octavo: 24 × 16 cm; pp. [4]. With 2 illustrations. Printed in Monotype Baskerville and Metropolis Shaded, with Monotype Joanna and Nonesuch Plantin. Ref.: Dreyfus: P86 Condition: The copy is slightly creased at the base and shows some minor… Read more about this item

The prospectus announces the Authorized Version or King James Bible of 1611, in three volumes and reproductions of the woodcuts of Bernard Salomon. Advertising, besides the Bible, a Retrospectus of 1953-62. Description: Stapled paper covers. Octavo: 24 × 15 cm; pp. 7, [1] + [4] pp. [insert from 'Genesis']. Illustrated with 4 woodcuts. Printed by the Stellar Press in Baskerville on… Read more about this item

The prospectus announces the Authorized Version or King James Bible of 1611, in three volumes and reproductions of the woodcuts of Bernard Salomon. Advertising, besides the Bible, a Retrospectus of 1953-62. Description: Stapled paper covers. Octavo: 24 × 15 cm; pp. 7, [1] + [4] pp. [insert from 'Genesis']. Illustrated with 4 woodcuts. Printed by the Stellar Press in Baskerville on… Read more about this item

Description: Broadside: 49 × 32 cm; folded twice, printed on recto only on wove cream paper. With the editor's note in the upper left corner on cyan paper. Condition: A few minor signs of age and use, but in very good order for such ephemeral production. Please note: Due to the low weight, the shipping costs may be lower than indicated. Please… Read more about this item

Issued by 26 November 1925, when it was advertised in "The Times Literary Supplement". Announcing for the winter of 1925: "Histories or tales of past times told by Mother Goose", Burton's "Anatomy of melancholy", "The collected works of John Wilmot, Earl of Rochester", "The tale of Mr Tootleoo", and for 1926: "The English poems of John Milton", "Ulick and Soracha",… Read more about this item

Contains a foreword (by FM, VM, DG) announcing the results of the voting on the 'outer wrappings of its books' invited in Bodkin permitting. The prospectus announces "Florio's Montaigne" (note by FM), Homer's "Iliad" (DG), Donne's "Courtier's library" (VM), "Selected essays of William Hazlitt" (G. L. Keynes), "A bihliography of William Hazlitt" (FM), "Love among the haystacks" (DG), "Astrophel &… Read more about this item