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| Boxwood Books |
Private Press & Illustrated Books |
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Boxwood Books specialise in rare private press and illustrated books which feature the art of wood engraving. Our focus is on the 20s and 30s of the last century when British wood engraving enjoyed a “golden age”. The wood engravers and private presses of this period are well represented: Eric Gill, Robert Gibbings, John and Paul Nash, Gertrude Hermes, Golden Cockerel, Gregynog and Cressett Presses amongst them. As wood engraving continues to enhance the books of fine contemporary private presses, such as Whittington, Fleece, Gwasg Gregynog, you will find many entries for them as well.
Additionally, there is a selection of titles on Bibliography, Typography and the art of wood engraving.
Use the search engine to find the work of a specific artist or private press or browse through our entire online catalogue which is arranged alphabetically. |
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| ALLEN LANE:
Selected Bab Ballads. London: Allen Lane, Christmas 1955. By W.S. Gilbert. Introduction by Hesketh Pearson and a note on Gilbert as illustrator by Philip James. One of 1500 copies printed on pink Abbey Mills paper at Oxford University Press. 8vo. 120 pp + 11 pp. of plates. Black cloth with turquoise-blue panel blocked in gilt on upper cover after a design by the artist. Gilt title on spine. 70 drawings by Gilbert reproduced from collotype plates. Near fine. |
| £18.00 |
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| ALPHABET & IMAGE
Alphabet & Image No. 8. London: James Shand, 1948. Edited by Robert Harling. 9.75 X 7.75 ins. 100 pp. Includes T. Balston on Robert Gibbings River Books, paintings and plastics by Edward Wadsworth, James Thorpe on Charles Keane, etc. Near fine. |
| £10.00 |
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| ARDIZZONE, EDWARD
My Father and Edward Ardizzone: A Lasting Friendship. London: Patrick Hardy Books, 1983. By Edward Booth-Clibborn. First edition. 11.75 X 9 ins. 48 pp. Brown cloth with gilt spine titling. Illustrating 30 of the Christmas cards Edward and Catherine Ardizzone sent out annually to special friends and for which Edward did a special picture each year. One of their special friends was Augustin Booth, Father of the author. A fine copy in fine dust-jacket. |
| £20.00 |
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| ARDIZZONE, EDWARD:
Arcadian Ballads illustrated by Edward Ardizzone. Andoversford: the Whittington Press, 1977. By James Reeves. Number 177 of 200 copies set in 14 pt. Caslon type and printed in purple and black on Arches paper. Signed by the artist and author. 11 X 7.5 ins. 48 pp. Original cloth binding. T.E.G., others uncut. Paper title label on upper cover. 17 drawings by Edward Ardizzone. A fine copy in very slightly faded slip case. |
| £165.00 |
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| ARK PRESS:
Glory On The Earth. Marazion, Cornwall: Ark Press, 1960. By Donald Culross Peattie. Designed by Kim Taylor. Set in Monotype Bembo type and printed on Basingwerk Parchment. 1000 printed but only 500 bound at publication. Remainder published in 1972 with different binding. 9 X 5 ins. 47 pp. Black cloth with gilt spine title and gilt device designed by the artist on upper cover. 38 wood engravings by Otto Rohse - mostly printed from the wood. Fine copy in slightly soiled dust-jacket. Short inscription on front free endpaper. |
| £25.00 |
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| ASHENDENE PRESS
I Fioretti del glorioso Poverello di Christo S. Francesco di Assisi. Chelsea: Ashendene Press, 1922. One of 240 copies set in Subiaco type (designed by Emery Walker and Sidney Cockerell) and printed in black and red on Batchelor hand-made paper with Hammer and Anvil water-mark. Chapter initials designed by Graily Hewitt printed in blue or red. 9 X 6 ins. 240 pp. Limp vellum with yapp fore-edges and green silk ties. Gilt title on spine. Untrimmed. 53 illustrations by Charles M. Gere cut on wood by J.B. Swain. "...the red and blue Graily Hewitt initials are splendid and the pages laid out with gay confidence." ("The Private Presses" by Colin Franklin) An especially fine copy. |
| £875.00 |
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| ASHENDENE PRESS:
The Ashendene Press 1894-1935. San Francisco: Alan Wofsy Fine Arts, 1976. With the addition of a Foreword by the printer and an Afterword and Biographical Notes. One of 375 copies of an exact reproduction of the 1928 original with the format reduced by 8 percent. 12.25 X 8.75 ins. 172 pp. Blue cloth with gilt title on spine and gilt press device on upper cover. Spine dusty otherwise near fine. |
| £65.00 |
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| AUSTIN, ROBERT SARGENT:
The Ballad of the White Horse. London: Methuen & Co., Ltd., 1928. By G.K. Chesterton. Number 40 of 100 special copies signed by the author and artist. 9 X 6.25 ins. xvii, 173 pp. Buckram backed with paper covered boards. Title on paper spine label. T.E.G., others uncut. Copiously illustrated throughout. A very good copy with former owner's bookplate on front paste-down. |
| £75.00 |
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| BAWDEN, EDWARD:
Artists at the Fry. Saffron Walden: the Ruskin Press and the Fry Art Gallery, 2003. Original essays by Malcom Yorke and Olive Cook plus biographical notes on the 30 artists who comprise the Fry Art Gallery's North West Essex collection. With special attention to the artists of Great Bardfield including Edward Bawden, Eric Ravilious, Michael Rothenstein, John Aldridge and Kenneth Rowntree. 8.25 X 8.25 ins. 96 pp. Pictorial paper covers. The book recalls the famous "open days" of the 1950s and the strong connections with the Royal College of Art. Useful reference book illustrated throughout mainly with Bawden works in colour and black and white. |
| £17.00 |
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| BAWDEN, EDWARD:
A 75th Birthday Exhibition. London: the Fine Art Society, 1978. With an appreciation by Carel Weight. Number 528 of 800 copies printed at the Curwen Press. 7 X 5 ins. 14 pp. Card covers with paper wraps after a Bawden design. 2 colour title page and 5 photographs. As new. |
| £15.00 |
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