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72. DOVES PRESS. COBDEN-SANDERSON, T.J. Towards an Empire of Science. Doves Press. 1916.
£498
A single sheet folded once to form 4 pages; loosely inserted in plain brown wrappers with manuscript title and date in Cobden Sanderson’s hand; one small marginal tear, otherwise a very nice copy.
One of about 300 copies. A scarce piece of Doves Press ephemera. This copy is from the library of Radclyffe Hall, author of The Well of Loneliness, and her partner, the sculptor Una Troubridge, with their joint bookplate pasted inside the brown paper wrapper.
73.DROPMORE PRESS. SHANKS, Edward. The Universal War and The Universal State. The Dropmore Press 1946.
£98 74
4to., original half vellum with dust wrapper. Vellum with some natural discoloration, spine of wrapper a little darkened, otherwise a very good copy.
Limited edition of 25 specially bound copies signed by the author. A treatise on the necessity of war to the preservation of the state that predates by two years the similar idea of permanent conflict outlined by Orwell in 1984.
74. DROPMORE PRESS. CUBBIN, Thomas. The Wreck of the Serica, a Narrative of 1868. The Dropmore Press. 1950.
£78
Royal 8vo. Original blue cloth, gilt title and design of the ship’s bell on upper cover, spine lettered in gilt, dust-jacket; pp. x + 105; coloured wood- engravings by John Worsley; a very nice copy.
One of 300 numbered copies. A true story of the harrowing experiences of a Master Mariner of Liverpool, with an Introduction by H.M. Tomlinson.
75. DROPMORE PRESS. HASSALL, W.O. The Holkham Picture Book. The Dropmore Press, 1954.
£550 75
Folio (348 x 240 mm). One of 100 numbered copies specially bound by W.H. Smith & Son Ltd. In full crimson crushed morocco gilt, the upper board blocked in black with a design of a Gothic doorway, the rear board similarly blocked with a dove carrying seaweed in its beak, morocco turn- ins, top edges gilt, printed on Arnold & Foster hand-made vellum paper, uncut; pp. vii, [1], 1f.+ pp.191, [1], + 1f. colophon, 84 facsimile plates, of which 8 are printed in colour; a near fine copy.
This copy numbered 13 and signed by W.O. Hassal to the verso of the titlepage.
76. EMBERS HANDPRESS. CELAN, Paul. Thirty-Two Poems. Newly translated by Michael Hamburger. Norwich. Embers Handpress.. 1985.
£98
8vo., original cloth backed paper covered boards lettered in gilt on spine. With an original etching by Gisele Celan-Lestrange. A fine copy in slipcase.
First edition of these translations, limited edition of 100 numbered copies signed by the translator and the artist.
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