nicolas mcdowall (20 Ergebnisse)

No Binding. Zustand: Fine. 21x15cm, 4pp. Single sheet folded to 4pp. An announcement of 'Gymnopaediae', a complete list to 1989 of the press's publications, and some details of forthcoming books, with nine loose postcard-size photographic reproductions of various books, with details on the versos, described in the text as 'descriptive colour cards of titles still available'. The sheet is not printed letterpress, but the cards are a very attractive record of Old Stile Press books. Fine.

Stapled Booklet. Zustand: Very Good. First Edition. 24 pages, b/w illustrations. Laid in is Supplement, a folded broadside. Minor wear, unmarked. [720] Size: 155mm. x 220mm. Book.

Various. Zustand: Very Good. First Edition. Folded broadside announcing the move from Blackheath to Llandogo, together with 4 other items. Minor wear, creasing. [720] Size: 210mm. x 150mm. Book.

Stapled Booklet. Zustand: Very Good. First Edition. 32 pages, b/w illustrations. Laid in is a glossy colour card prospectus. Minor wear, unmarked. [720] Size: 150mm. x 210mm. Book.

Card Folder. Zustand: Very Good. First Edition. Card folder containing 3 prospectuses, and an order form. Undated [1983?]. Minor wear. [720] Size: 220mm. x 155mm. Book.

1st edition. This copy is Number 19 of 125; limited and signed by the author. Near fine cloth copy in a good if somewhat edge-torn (with some loss) and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description; 38 unnumbered pages : all illustrations ; 22 cm. Notes; "Paper mould-made at St. Cuthbert's Mill. Two-colour title page. 36 full-page images printed as line blocks"--Books from the Old Stile Press, 1992-3. Llandogo : Old Stile Press, [1993], p. [7]. "This book was conceived, photographed, designed & printed by Nicolas McDowall at the Old Stile Press, Catchmays Court, Llandogo, Near Monmouth, Gwent, NP5 4TN, Great Britain."--Colophon. Artist's book illustrated with black and white images of an ancient wall in Tintern Forest above the River Wye. The images are positioned as if they were blocks of text. Subjects; Walls Wales. Prints Special subjects Structures. Illustrations. Illustrations - Wales. 1 Kg.

Stapled Booklet. Zustand: Very Good. First Edition. 32 pages, b/w illustrations. Minor wear, unmarked. [720] Size: 22omm. x 155mm. Book.

, 27 pages, illustrated with 23 black and white images of varying size (including frontispiece), bound by The Fine Bindery, this edition is limited to 150 copies of which this is no. 40, numbered and SIGNED by the Nicolas McDowall First Edition , small mark on rear, an excellent copy in very good condition , blue card, titles and decoration on front , 35 x 21.5 cms Paperback SIGNED by author ISBN: 907664474.

Stapled Booklet. Zustand: Very Good. First Edition. 24 pages, b/w illustrations. Laid in are 5 glossy colour card prospectuses, a promotional leaflet and an order form. Minor wear, small stain to cover, otherwise unmarked. [720] Size: 155mm. x 220mm. Book.

Hardcover. Zustand: Fine. First Edition. Hardback. Dust Jacket. Large 8vo. Circa 80 unnumbered pages. Original publisher's orange cloth, lettered gilt on spine and on front cover. Copiously illustrated in various colours and black and white throughout. Limited edition of 150 copies, this being no. 109 and signed by Chris Newett and Nicolas McDowall. J. Martin Pitts had died in February 2002. ISBN: 090766461X Fine in fine illustrated translucent dust jacket. Signedes.

Paperback. Zustand: Fine. First Edition. Wraps. 4to. pp [16]. Wraps. Original publisher's illustrated burgundy covers, lettered black. Copiously illustrated in colour and black and white throughout. Limited edition of 75 numbered copies, this number 37 signed in pencil by Mcdowall. A set of prints dedicated to the last Romanov heir - a haemophiliac 'attended by Rasputin' who died by assassination at 14. One page of text. Fine. Signedes.

Illustr, 14 x 8.5, wraps, unpag, minor dent at bottom of front cover else vg. LIMITED TO 150 NUMBERED COPIES, SIGNED BY AUTHOR.

Copy number '46' of an edition limited to 125 copies SIGNED by the author. Paper covered boards, the paper being handmade by Frances McDowall, with a recessed line block illustration on the front panel and recessed lettered label to the spine, brown endpapers. Bound by The Fine Bindery. Tissue wrappers. 8¾" x 5¾", pp. [48] with thirty-six illustrations. Prospectus laid in. A book in Fine condition, now in a clear, archival quality, protective display pocket.

First edition in fine condition, limited to 1000 copies, this is number 435. No dustjacket, original glassine wrapper. Pictorial printed boards. heavily illustrated. (Book ref 4500).

2.25 x 2.5, boards, accordion style with alphabet having letter per panel, vg. ONE OF 240 NUMBERED COPIES, SIGNED BY MCDOWALL. Bound by Habib Dinglek, the first book he did for this press.

A collection of images and transcripts of journals by the noted English artist, who specialized in portrayals of young men. Fine in boards, as issued. One of 150 signed copies.

Hardcover. Zustand: Fine. Abell, John (illustrator). Limited Edition. Special Edition, number II of XII, of a total edition of 150, oblong elephant folio, [64] unnumbered pp., signed by John Abell, with a separate suite of prints and an actual linocut block. The only book published by English author and war poet Arthur Graeme West (1891-1917), with the first edition published by George Allen & Unwin Ltd., and printed at the Pelican Press in 1919. Being the grim journey of a young Balliol scholar who enthusiastically enlists in the army in 1914, who becomes quickly disillusioned when faced with the horrors of war, eventually losing his faith in both the army and God. The illustrations are by Welsh artist John Abell, a young artist who lives and works in Cardiff and Bristol; he was Wales Artist of the Year runner-up in 2013 and the recipient of the Curwen Studio Residency awarded by the Josef Herman Foundation Cymru in 2012. His illustrations for this book evoke the overwhelming, gruesome intensity of the story in the form of intricate linocuts that fill the pages; these are made extremely tactile in this Special Edition with its actual linocut block. ___DESCRIPTION: Quarter natural linen stamped with red lettering on both boards and backstrip, the boards covered with paper printed with linocut images by the artist, top-edge speckled with black, fore- and tail-edges uncut, blood red endpapers, half-title text in grey with small illustration of a grinning skull, frontispiece a full-page illustration, title page text in red and navy green, text pages all in navy green, numerous linocut illustrations throughout, some interspersed with the text and others full-page; Bodoni type, Vélin Arches paper, oblong elephant folio size (11 1/8" by 15 3/8"), [64] unnumbered pp., Special Edition, this number II of XII, signed by artist John Abell. Housed in a fall-down-back box of green cloth, with a spine label of matching linen cloth stamped with red lettering, lined with red 'velvet', together with a portfolio of heavy green paper containing nine prints which do not appear in the book, signed and numbered in pencil by the artist; placed into a compartment at the base of the box is an actual lino block used in the printing of the book, for the illustration on page 46. ___CONDITION: A fine copy; the binding clean and without wear, the corners straight and unrubbed, the binding tight with solid hinges, the interior clean and bright, and free of prior owner markings; clean, crisp, as new. The separate suite of prints, and the portfolio containing them, also fine, clean and without wear; the box also fine, strong and sturdy and without wear. A stunning example of art that has arisen out of the ashes of "the Great War". ___POSTAGE: Please note that this is an extremely large and heavy book, and therefore additional postage will apply. We are happy to ship at cost to both domestic and international customers, please inquire for details. ___Swan's Fine Books is pleased to be a member of the ABAA, ILAB, and IOBA and we stand behind every book we sell. Please contact us with any questions you may have, we are here to help.

Hardbacks in slipcase. Zustand: Near fine. First Edition. 24 x 32cm. Two volumes in slipcase: 'Original Version' and its variant 'Alternative Version'. Both unpaginated, [each approx. 30pp]. Page edges rough cut. An intensely personal work by Eric Gill originally published by Robert Gibbings at the Golden Cockerel Press in 1926 as a limited run. This lavish new edition - faithful to the original - is a similarly limited edition, is hand-numbered as No. 10 hors commerce (of 15, outside of the run of 60 copies made available for general sale). Nicolas McDowall designed this publication, typesetting and printing in Gill's Aries typeface at Catchmays Court, Llandogo, Monmouthshire. The intaglio printing (all direct from Eric Gill's copper plates - five fine copper engravings) is by Martyn Grimmer, masterprinter at Spike Island in Bristol. Preface by Frances and Nicolas McDowall. Slight discolouration to upper front panel of slipcase, otherwise near fine condition.

Folio. Zustand: Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: as new. Abell, John; d'Arbeloff, Natalie; Brockway, Harry; Hicks-Jenkins, Clive; Kiggell, Ralph; Lemaire, Angela; Macdonald, Robert (illustrator). Limited Edition. Number 11 of 25, folio size, unpaginated, 14 folded leaves and 14 relief prints, each print is signed and numbered by the respective artist, signed at the colophon by Nicolas and Frances McDowell. A severely limited production of only 25 copies, of which "one [is reserved] for The Old Stile Press, one for each of the contributors and the remaining copies available for purchase". "Be Still .the response of friends," is an artistic response to a miniature book written by Nicolas McDowall and published in 2000, "Be Still, twelve haiku from the valley of the Wye." A friend of the McDowalls, Bill Garnett (Director/Curator, Pomegranate Fine Art) was especially fond of that book and felt it demanded to be re-visited with illustration. Garnett charged the McDowalls with the retro-realization, and the plan was quickly developed. The twelve haiku "months" were chosen by the respective artists with a maximum image dimension decided upon. Upon completion the blocks were presented to the McDowalls for printing, the result being this work, done to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the press; of the 25 copies printed, one was reserved for each contributor and one for the Press, leaving very few available to be sold. ___DESCRIPTION: Blue paper portfolio houses 14 loose folded leaves, within 13 of those leaves is a signed and numbered print (one by Harry Brockway entitled "Be Still", the other twelve for each of the twelve months), with the 14th print inlaid to the recessed upper board (also signed and numbered); text printed in black and blue, the paper for the text is Somerset Book White 175 gsm, the images are all printed on Rives Blanc Natural 120 gsm, folio size (approximately 13.25" by 10"), unpaginated, 14 folded leaves and 14 relief prints, each print is signed and numbered by the respective artist, signed at the colophon by Nicolas and Francis McDowell; limited edition of 25, this number 11. All are housed in a blue cloth fall-down-back box lined in suede, with the 14th print inlaid on the front as recounted above. ___CONDITION: Fine, in a fine box; like new. ___POSTAGE: International customers please note that additional postage may apply, please inquire for details. ___Swan's Fine Books is pleased to be a member of the ABAA, ILAB and IOBA and we stand behind every book we sell. Please contact us with any questions you may have, we are here to help.

No binding. Zustand: Fine. Lemaire, Angela (illustrator). Limited Edition. No. 3 of 25 copies for sale, folio size, 52 pp. The story begins: "I was present during the Great Plague of 1665, It took away my life," he said. Per the artist, this work, originally produced by her in 1967, is "about a man who is killed by the plague in London in 1665; I have brought him to life again, so that he can tell his story." The story unfolds as a series of nine eerily wonderful etchings by Angela Lemaire, which were inspired by the sufferings of the plague victims. Each enclosed in a separate leaf and introduced with a quotation from scripture also dealing with suffering, with each plate numbered and signed by her. Ms. Lemaire's Afterword tells the story of her inspiration for the work, and the essay by Anthony Dyson discusses the making and proofing of the plates which is a story worthy on its own merits. ___DESCRIPTION: Unbound folio sheets, each with letterpress printing on the first and last pages, inserted between the plates, the images from zinc plates with each plate signed and numbered by the artist in pencil. The eight intaglio plates (images 2 through 9) are each tissue-guarded; Image 1 and the original Title page are both woodcuts. Folio size, the signatures being just under 15" tall, the work is unpaginated containing 52 pages (excluding cuts and images); type Baskerville, paper Somerset soft white satin; limited edition of 25 copies for sale (plus 3 NFS), this no. 3, signed by the artist on the colophon page. The unsewn sections are held loosely in a folded portfolio of smokey blue Roma paper handmade by Fabriano in Italy, which is then laid into a clamshell box covered with blue cloth, paper label on the front with olive green lettering, lined with aubergine velvet. ___CONDITION: Signatures are fine; clean, straight, with no folds or edgewear. All tissue guards over the zinc etchings present. The portfolio is fine, as is the clamshell box. ___POSTAGE: International customers, please note that due to the size of this work additional postage may apply, please inquire for details. ___Swan's Fine Books is pleased to be a member of the ABAA, ILAB and IOBA and we stand behind every book we sell. Please contact us with any questions, we are here to help.