Search Results: Authors starting with C from Voewood Rare Books

London and New York: The Studio Ltd. and William Edwin Rudge (New York) 1932, 1932. First edition. 252x321mm. pp12 with twelve plates on card protected by tissue paper on which the details of the etching are printed. Original blue papered boards with label in centre of upper cover. Original and rare cream coloured illustrated dust jacket lettered in red. Very slight chipping to the dust jacket but overall in very good condition. The book itself is in fine condition throughout and the plates are superb. This is number 30 of 32 in a series published by The Studio highlighting the work of etchers from Rembrandt to the 20th century. Brangwyn was an enormously inventive and productive artist, working across a vast range of media. Although largely self taught, he did have some training with William Morris. The etchings selected here show Brangwyn's humanity as an artist, his understanding of darkness and suffering captured with a fluid beauty of line and shade.

New York: Farrar, Straus and Young 1953, 1953. First edition. 187x130mm. pp. [xvi], 175. Red and beige cloth, bumping to corners and slight rubbing to head and foot and spine. Original illustrated dust jacket (protected by plastic cover). Some chipping to dust jacket at top and bottom edges but overall very good. Internally very good although a little toned. A nice copy of this collection of one of the most popular and influential comic strips of 20th century America which had a huge following which is why the publishers of this edition were able to call on Steinbeck and Charlie Chaplin to provide the introduction and foreword.

London: Macmillan and Co. 1869. Sixteenth thousand. 8vo in 4s. 183x120mm. pp. [10], 192. Crimson half morocco, red cloth covered boards. Spine with five raised bands, compartments decorated with gilt geometric pattern and lettered in gilt. All edges gilt. One area of wear and scuffing to upper cover. Very slight fading to spine and to top part of lower cover. A little foxed and slight toning to edges but overall a very nice copy.

Stockholm/London Zephyr Books, The Continental Book Company, 1946. First Mervyn Peake illustrated edition. 186x120mm. pp. 347 [1bl], [2]. Original illustrated wrappers with original illustrated dustjacket. Very slight chipping and a small closed tear to head of spine of dust jacket and slight fading to spine but otherwise in very good condition throughout. Peake's illustrations play on the dark surrealism of Alice suggesting a wild fantastical humour. These were Alice illustrations for the mid-twentieth century. This Stockholm edition of 1946 predates by eight years the first publication of Peake's Alice drawings in England.

Cuba: Political Editions 1974, 1974. First edition. 190x140mm. pp. 48. Red paper wrappers decorated on upper cover with the flags of Cuba and East Germany. Lettered in black on upper cover. In excellent condition throughout. This short work contains the transcript of two speeches by Castro and Honecker on 23rd February 1974. It also contains a "Declaration on strengthening of friendship and deepening of collaboration between the Republic of Cuba and German Democratic Republic". There is a photograph of Castro and one of Honecker, each placed before their speech. The photographs show the glorious leaders in full oratorical flow. The speeches contain much mutual congratulation, much delusion and much tedium. The best bits are the reactions of the crowd, faithfully recorded for posterity. At the beginning of his speech Castro says "Comrade Honecker and I will strive to be brief". (SHOUTS OF "NO! NO!") An interesting and rare item, a must for all Corbynistas.

Ulyssipone [Lisbon]: Michaelem Manescal da costa 1764, 1764. Folio in 6s. 293x210mm. pp.[60], 658 [i.e.672], cxliv, [4]. Missæ Propriæ Sanctorum: pp. [10], 58. Missæ Sanctorum novæ: pp. 40. Missæ Speciales pro Patriarchatu Lisbonensi: pp. 8. Engraved plates of the Annunciation, Crucifixion and the Resurrection. Beautifully printed in red and black. Contemporary red morocco, gilt. Both covers with richly tooled borders framing a further central border with ornate cornerpieces inside which is a lozenge formed of drawer-handle tooling and leaf motifs and small circles. Spine with five raised bands, compartments decorated in gilt with fleurons. Marbled endpapers, all edges gilt and gauffered. Brass clasps. Corners bumped and bottom edges worn and some small wormholes on upper cover, otherwise in very good condition given that this missal was clearly used daily at the altar. Internally, there is some marginal damage to leaves Aaiii, iv (closed tear), v and to Bb iv (no loss of text) which are part of… Read More

Paris: Morizot, Libraire-Editeur.� n.d. [1860s], 1860. Small 8vo. 140x90mm. pp. [iv], 668. Chromolithography frontispiece and twelve engraved plates. Beautifully bound by Charles Francois Capé in blue morocco, lavishly decorated in gilt with the monogram "A.M." at each corner of the covers, spine with five raised bands, compartments richly decorated and second compartment lettered in gilt, cream silk endpapers, all edges gilt. On front free endpaper is stamped in gilt "M.J.F. 27 Juin 1861". The following leaf has the inscription "A Madlle (i.e. mademoiselle). Marie Fontaine, Souvenir de relieur, Capé 31 December 1859". Bound in before the title page is an exquisite Gothic Revival illuminated manuscript on vellum recording the marriage of Marie Rose Jean-Fontaine to Ludovic Haverna on 11 May 1869. This is written in red and black with decoration drawn in blue and red highlights in thickly applied gold leaf. A gorgeous little prayer book and missal in immaculate condition. Capé (1806-1867) began… Read More

London R.H. Porter 1906, 1906. FIRST EDITION. 8vo. xxx, 590pp. Frontispiece and 55 photographic plates and 68 further illustrations throughout the text. A comprehensive guide to both fresh and salt water birds, their plumage, food, flight, voice and nests and their geographical distribution. Original olive green cloth, top edge gilt. Lower hinge split but holding, otherwise a fine copy.

New York: The Architectural Book Publishing Co 1913, 1913. The 1925 reprint. Folio. pp. x, 183. A volume consisting of plans and photographs of the houses, gardens and fountains Platt designed. Original brown cloth, dust-jacket, foxed and torn with slight loss, price-clipped.

London: Wyllyam Bonham n.d. [1550], 1550. Third collected edition, ESTC describes it as one of four variants of this date with different publisher's names in the colophon. The text is the version edited by William Thynne. Folio. 295x197mm. ff. [8], cxciii, cxciii-cc, ccii-ccvii, ccx-cclxxi, cclxxiii-cclxxvii, cclxxix-ccclv. Lacking final blank leaf. Printed in double columns, woodcut initials and woodcuts of the Knight and the Squire. The Romaunt of the Rose has a separate title. Full brown sheep, single fillet border to covers, with corners decorated with crowned garlands framing dolphins. Spine with five raised bands, compartments decorated in gilt. Red edges. Front pastedown has armorial bookplate of Mr Baron Maule and Kenneth Rapoport. Front free endpaper has armorial bookplate of Newton Hall, Cambridge and ownership inscription of Jo. Maule. Head and foot of spine chipped with loss. Hinges strengthened. Some damp-staining to first gathering which is also a little loose. A very nice copy in a… Read More

London: London: Printed for J. Dodsley. 1774, 1774. Two volumes. First edition, second printing ("qui auroit" correctly printed on p55 of volume 1). 4to. 295x235mm. pp. Vol.1: [4], vii [1], 568; Vol.2: [4], 606,[2]. Contemporary calf: volume 1 joint with upper cover recently repaired, wear to joint with lower cover. Some rubbing and bumping to extremities of both volumes and slight scuffing to boards. Chipping to head and foot of spine of volume 2. Spine has five raised bands, contrasting morocco labels, lettered in gilt. The text block of both volumes is very good, in clean, crisp condition. Both volumes have the armorial bookplate of Kennet of the Dene on the front pastedown. A nice copy, with contents in particularly good condition, of one of the seminal works of the eighteenth century.

Lugano and Como: Published by the editors 1985:, 1985. Limited edition, number four of one hundred. Signed by Carlo Chiesa and Ernesto Guffanti. Issued to mark the death of Gianni Mantero in 1985. Housed in a beige linen covered wooden folder with a cardboard pouch to hold the contents. Gianni Mantero's signature is printed in black on the upper cover. The contents are a booklet and collection of Ex Libris bookplates. The booklet is formed of eighteen leaves of cream paper folded in two and tied with a silk and wool thread. The text is printed on the recto of each folded sheet. Three leaves have book plates pasted onto them, one of which is a self portrait by Gianni Mantero himself. The text includes a brief note on about Mantero's life and brief recollections from seven of the artists who made bookplates for this In Memoriam collection. There is a list of the artists represented. Issued with a portfolio of sixty Ex Libris bookplates designed by sixty artists and printed in memory of Gianni… Read More

London: Printed by The Aquarium, Woburn Walk 2004, 2004. First edition. 232x155mm. pp. [viii], ii, [2], 235. Green cloth with illustration (by Childish) stamped in black to upper cover. Pictorial dustjacket with same portrait illustration in white, black and brown on upper cover. Endpapers decorated with a repeated sea-horse design. Some marking to dustjacket and a small stain to foot of spine but overall in very good condition and internally it is immaculate. Billy Childish is a genuinely counter-cultural figure. A writer, artist and musician he made his name as part of the Medway Poets, a punk performance poetry group based around Maidstone where he was at art college in the late 1970s. As a painter, he was a founder of the Stuckists and his disturbing style owes much to early twentieth century German Expressionism. His father was a convicted drug smuggler and Childish (who is dyslexic) was sexually abused as a child by a family friend and this trauma forms the point of departure of this dark… Read More

Knokke-Zoute Guy Pieters Gallery 1989, 1989. First edition. Signed in brown pastel crayon by Christo with his distinctive signature. From the introduction, Masahiko Yanagi describes this work as follows: "In December 1984, amidst final preparations for The Pont Neuf Unwrapped, Paris, 1975-1985, Christo created several drawings of imagined umbrellas set in an anonymous landscape. Thus began The Umbrellas, Joint Project for Japan and USA, in which the artist is endeavouring to temporarily install 3,000 giant octagonal umbrellas, simultaneously in two sites one in Ibaraki, Japan, and the other in California, USA. If we try to locate The Umbrellas within the spectrum of Christos's creative efforts, it can be considered as rural rather than urban and among his constructed rather than wrapped temporary works of art". This is in very good condition with some slight tears to the bottom of the front cover. A rare copy and very scarce signed by Christo.

Fair Oak, near Kingsclere: Privately published by the author 1931. Limited edition. Number two of thirty copies, this is one of the twenty four uncoloured copies, printed on Hollingworth paper, the first page printed in red. 385x275mm. pp. [10], 16, [8]. Seven full-page lithographed plates and other illustrations in the text. Original tan half morocco, cloth covered boards. Upper cover stamped in gilt with a figure of nude boy and lettered in gilt. Spine lettered in gilt. Rubbing to head and foot of spine and to joints. Slight marking to covers and some rubbing to the cloth on the lower board but otherwise a very good copy and internally near fine save for some minor toning to edges. Ralph Chubb (1892-1960) "was both a prophet and paiderast" (Oliver Drummond, International Journal of Greek Love, 1965). After service in WWI, he studied at the Slade. During the early 1920s, he had some success as an artist and produced three hand-printed books linked by their treatment of sexuality and the male body.… Read More

London: Printed for William Turner 1703, 1703. First edition. 4to. (218x153mm). pp. [8], 74, [1, 1bl]. "Bound by Riviere & Son from designs by J.H.Stonehouse" stamped at foot of front turn in. Tan full morocco, upper cover decorated with lavish gilt frame at the centre of which is an art nouveau design. Below this frame is a smaller oblong panel with borders tooled in gilt, inside which is the title in gilt. Lower cover is simply decorated with a gilt double fillet with leaf motif cornerpieces. Spine with five raised bands, compartments richly decorated in gilt, second and third compartments lettered in gilt. Silk endpapers, all edges gilt. Housed in a slip case (also by Riviere) covered in dark green morocco. About two inches of this covering is missing from the top edge. The spine is lettered in gilt and indicates that this is a "Cosway Binding". In fact, what has happened is that the "Cosway" portrait has been removed from the upper cover and replaced with the flowing art nouveau pattern. It is… Read More

1971, 1971. Eight telegrams from Curt Claudio in America to John Lennon at Tittenhurst Park, Ascot. The telegrams are pasted as a group onto red card and framed. Most are in good condition although two are water stained and two others have some staining to the edges but all eight are clear and legible. They are part of a strange and fascinating story. � In May 1971, a young man from California was found in the grounds of John Lennon's house, Tittenhurst Park, Ascot. His name was Curt Claudio and he had been sleeping in the garden for a few days. Before flying to England, he had sent numerous letters and telegrams to Lennon. He felt that he had a special connection to Lennon and the Beatles and that Lennon's songs were intentionally directed at him. He was obsessed with Lennon. These telegrams sent in the weeks and months before Claudio's appearance in Ascot are addressed variously to Tittenhurst, Tippenhurst and Pittenhurst and Claudio's address is given as 300 Coelho St,… Read More

London: Printed for Cobbett and Morgan. 1801. First edition of Cobbett's Peter Porcupine writings. Twelve volumes. 8vo. 225x140mm. pp. 400: [4], 472; [4], 440: [4], 444: [4], 432: [4], 432: [4], 430: [4], 480: [4], 412: [4], 449, [3]: [4], 434: [4], 252, [Index 84pp]. Uncut in the original boards with original printed orange labels on the spine. Six volumes have the ticket of "Booth. Bookseller, Binder and Stationer. Duke Street, Portland Place, London". The occasional bit of foxing, slight marginal staining to a few leaves in volume VII, and a little soiling and marking to the boards but overall a very attractive set in excellent condition and in as close to its original state as one could wish. Many pages unopened, including almost all of the index. It is thought that William Cobbett (1763-1835) wrote around thirty million words during a forty year career as a journalist. The 5000 pages in these twelve volumes, published by Cobbett shortly after his return to England in 1800 following eight years in… Read More

Roma: Tesi di Laurea in Lingue e Letterature straniere 1957, 1957. Presentation copy: 'To George H.W. Rylands with my best gratitude Rodolfo Colapaoli 10th. 7. '57.' 4to. pp. 678. Purple type-written text, recto only. The author's business card inscribed with 'Many greetings from yours sincerely' followed by his printed name with the Dott. crossed out and a new telephone number written below the crossed out printed one. Three 8pp. pamphlets with the same title as the book are loosely inserted with underlining in blue where there are references to George H.W. Rylands who was otherwise known as Dadie Rylands. He directed the Marlowe Dramatic Society's productions between 1929 and the 1960s, acting himself in numerous productions. It was with the Marlowe Society that he did his most notable productions and influenced greatly the speaking of Shakespearian verse in English theatre. The author, an Italian researcher, presents his thesis which is a history of the Marlowe Society.… Read More

London: Printed for Taylor and Hessey, 93 Fleet-Street; and 13, Waterloo Place, Pall Mall 1825, 1825. First Edition. 8vo. pp. xii, [iv], 404. 4pp. undated advertisements. Printed by Thomas Davison, Whitefriars on verso of the title-page. Nineteenth-century half yellow morocco, raised bands, marbled boards, spine decorated and lettered in gilt, top edge gilt, marbled endpapers. Bound by J.B.Hawes, Cambridge. � Fine Aids to Reflection is a collection of moral and religious aphorisms, with commentaries. Coleridge's purpose in this, his last major work of theology and philosophy, is to address his thought to the unspiritual but reflecting reader who is led from worldly-mindedness to the acceptance of spiritual religion. An excellent copy of this important if difficult work. �