1. [Gibbings, Robert] Empson, Patience / Balston, Thomas.

The Wood Engravings of Robert Gibbings with some recollections by the Artist [Also included is some rare Ephemera: The Six-Page Original Advertising and Order-Leaflet for this publication].

First Edition. London, J.M.Dent & Sons, 1959. Quarto (213 cm wide x 28 cm high) Pagination: Colour-frontispiece on Japanese paper, XLIV, 355 pages [with over 1000 wood engravings by Robert Gibbings and 16 pages of “Recollections by the Artist”]. Original Hardcover (Buckram) with the original publisher’s clear jacket with Red Lettering. A stunning, must-have publication in very good condition with only minor signs of wear.

2. [Ravilious, Eric / Golden Cockerel Press] Suckling, John.

A Ballad Upon A Wedding. With Engravings by Eric Ravilious.

First Edition. Waltham Saint Lawrence (Berkshire), Golden Cockerel Press, 1927. Octavo (13.7 cm wide x 20.3 cm high). 13 pages with eight original woodcuts. Original Hardcover (Quarter cream cloth with artist-paper-covered boards) with original, illustrated dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. The jacket with stronger loss in upper corner and some fraying but now protected in mylar. The Volume itself in wonderful,near fine or better condition with only very minor signs of wear.

3. [Ravilious, Eric] Shakespeare, William.

“Twelfth Night or, What You Will” by William Shakespeare – With Engravings by Eric Ravilious. With 29 wood-engravings by Eric Ravilious, printed in Grey and Maroon.

No.47 of a limited Edition of 275 copies on Batchelor Paper. Waltham Saint Lawrence, Berkshire, The Golden Cockerel Press, 1932. Folio (24.3 cm wide x 34 cm high). Pagination: Endpaper, (2), 41 leaves, (1), Endpaper. With 29 wood-engravings throughout. Hardcover / Original half-leateher, bound by Sangorski & Sutcliffe, with their bindery-stamp to pastedown. Binding wonderfully firm and cloth only slightly rubbed, else an excellent copy pf a very scarce book from the beloved Golden Cockerel Press.