castlelaw press (37 Ergebnisse)

First edition. 12 pp. Foxing along page edges, else very good plus in stapled wrappers. One of 250 (of 300) copies.

Soft cover. Zustand: Very Good. 1st Edition. Wrappers. Upper cover very slightly creased. Edition limited to 250 numbered copies. "I understand this music. / The heathen raged together. / They thought I had a trophy. / I thought it was the weather. // They thought it worked like gold; / I thought it worked like credit. / They thought it was a secret, / But I went out and said it: // 'This isle is full of voices, / Without your kind permission. / Hear how the watchdogs forecast / The death of superstition.'".

Soft cover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. Very good condition. Dust wrapper - Very good condition, light wear and marks.

Soft Card Covers. Zustand: Very Good Plus. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good Plus. New Edition. 1971. [ii], 32pp. Limited edition of 500 copies. 35 copies of this work were printed at Edinburgh, 4to in 1835. From a volume of Miscellaneous Poems in MAnuscript in the Library of the Faculty of Advocates, marked Jac. 5, 7, 26. The first deals with the character of Orkney, says little in its praise, and is dated 'From My caue the Otter's Hole in the third month of my banisment from Christendemo September, 1652.' The follows 'Orcadian Effigies, or The Isles of Orkney, delineated in their most especial outside; being most particularlie The Picture of Pomonia vulgarly called the Mainland, one of the said Islands.' Dated Orkney, 20th October 1652. The author, whose name is possibly J. Emerson, appears to write to some extent, if not to a large extent, from personal observation. Maidment calls the poem 'coarse but clever'. Booklet and dust jacket both in excellent condition with no inscriptions.

First edition, first printing thus. One of 500 copies. Fine single side reissue of a historic broadsheet contained in large folder.

Soft Card Covers. Zustand: Very Good Plus. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good Plus. New Edition. 1971. [ii], 32pp. Limited edition of 500 copies. 35 copies of this work were printed at Edinburgh, 4to in 1835. From a volume of Miscellaneous Poems in MAnuscript in the Library of the Faculty of Advocates, marked Jac. 5, 7, 26. The first deals with the character of Orkney, says little in its praise, and is dated 'From My caue the Otter's Hole in the third month of my banisment from Christendemo September, 1652.' The follows 'Orcadian Effigies, or The Isles of Orkney, delineated in their most especial outside; being most particularlie The Picture of Pomonia vulgarly called the Mainland, one of the said Islands.' Dated Orkney, 20th October 1652. The author, whose name is possibly J. Emerson, appears to write to some extent, if not to a large extent, from personal observation. Maidment calls the poem 'coarse but clever'. Booklet and dust jacket both in excellent condition with no inscriptions.

Soft Card Covers. Zustand: Very Good Plus. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good Plus. New Edition. 1971. [ii], 32pp. Limited edition of 500 copies. 35 copies of this work were printed at Edinburgh, 4to in 1835. From a volume of Miscellaneous Poems in MAnuscript in the Library of the Faculty of Advocates, marked Jac. 5, 7, 26. The first deals with the character of Orkney, says little in its praise, and is dated 'From My caue the Otter's Hole in the third month of my banisment from Christendemo September, 1652.' The follows 'Orcadian Effigies, or The Isles of Orkney, delineated in their most especial outside; being most particularlie The Picture of Pomonia vulgarly called the Mainland, one of the said Islands.' Dated Orkney, 20th October 1652. The author, whose name is possibly J. Emerson, appears to write to some extent, if not to a large extent, from personal observation. Maidment calls the poem 'coarse but clever'. Booklet and dust jacket both in excellent condition with no inscriptions.

Soft cover. Zustand: Good. 1st Edition. The Castlelaw Press, West Linton, 1970. Paperback/Pamphlet. First edition, first impression. Copy no. 172 of a limited edition of 250 copies printed on Elfin Antique Laid Paper. Edges of front cover somewhat discoloured. Light creasing to covers and pages. Light offsetting to bottom of title page. Overall, the pamphlet is in a good condition.

Soft cover. 8vo. pp 18, [2]. Red paper wraps lettered in black. Inscribed at title page by the author to artist David Band. Second edition, published in a limited run of 200.ISBN: 0902461117 Very good, rear cover has a small corner fold, and staples a little rusty.

Second edition, first printing. One of 200 copies. Fine slim ribbon paperback pamphlet.

Soft cover. Zustand: Very Good. 1st Edition. Single sheet, laid in olive-green printed green folder. Folder very mildly creased. Edition limited to 100 copies, handset by the author, an Edinburgh bookseller. "I mind fine, / Doon the breakwater / Richt oot tae sea / Wi' the wind / Howlin' and snatchin' / But we wer'nae fear'd / The heavin' waves / Rainin' up at us, / At Robbie and John / And wee Hughie and me, / Wi' the wind / Waupin' and weichin' / Oor yelps away / To God kens where . . .".

First printing. One of 400 copies (of 500) on Guard Bridge Trident paper hand-set in 12 point Baskerville & printed by Alex. M. Frizzell. A chapbook of mostly traditional poetry from this well-known Scottish poet. Very Good with light toning and creasing to the edges of the olive wrappers.

First edition, first printing. One of 150 copies. Fine large format paperback pamphlet.

Soft cover. Zustand: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Wrappers. Printed by the author. "The stolen voice, who would unsteal it? / As Descartes's dreams: he dreamed three vivid / Times, and when he dreamed the third / The flow split open like a pumpkin." The Castlelaw Press was the press of the antiquarian bookseller Alex M. Frizzell. "Jonathan Clarke is an American who has studied in Edinburgh," recorded Terry Risk. "This was his first work entirely set and printed by himself.".

Softback card cover. Zustand: Very Good. Limited Edition [47/100]. VG : in very good condition without dust jacket as issued. 210mm x 140mm (8" x 6"). 20pp. Signed without dedication at limitation page.

First edition, first printing. One of 125 copies. Fine large format single sheet contained in large folder.

First edition, first printing. One of 125 copies. Fine large format single sheet contained in large folder.

First edition, first printing. Fine small format pamphlet.

Soft cover. Zustand: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Small pamphlet in very good/nearfine condition. stapled with coloured paper covers. No signs of previous ownership. Includes The Loch Ness Monster's Song. Limited edition of 400 copies. (Book ref. 6763).

First edition, first printing thus. No. 112 from an edition of 250 copies. Fine six page reissue of a historic broadsheet contained in large folder.

Soft cover. Zustand: Very Good. 1st Edition. Wrappers. Edition limited to 150 copies. "Fatna smert young birkie, his hair a' clortit wi' uilzie / Doon i' the lythe o' the brier-buss thinks he's a gey knabb o' a chiellie / Wi' you in his oxter, Leeb, an' your hair knet up richt snod? / Peer breet! He'll fairly girn when your bonnie face you hod . . ." ("Quis multa gracilis? To Leebie"). John Birkbeck (of the Rathalpin Press, Dundee) had intended to print this himself, but died having set only a few pages.

Zustand: Fine. No Jacket. New edition. Limited edition of 500 coopies. Weight: 1 Language: English Paper covers, wrap-around flaps.

First Edition. 250 numbered copies printed on Elfin Antique Paper. Blue paper covers 7pp. Facsimile of original broadsheet. VG.

First Edition. 250 numbered copies printed on Elfin Antique Paper.Variant Salmon pink paper covers 7pp. Facsimile of original broadsheet. VG.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. First Edition. Hardback. 8vo. pp 32.Handsome handmade book of MorganÕs translations on sumptuous deckled paper and marbled boards. ORIGINAL PUBLISHER'S MARBLED BOARDS OVER GREEN CLOTH LETTERED GILT AT THE SPINE. This copy no. 97 of 150 and signed by Morgan to colophon. Original glassine wrapper has started to chip and split to top of spine, otherwise book in about fine state. ISBN 902461230. Signedes.

First edition. Single sheet folded once (8 x 5 inches, closed). Near fine. The single title poem. One of 25 numbered copies, the entire edition.

Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. First Edition. Wraps. 8vo. pp 14. Original publishers green stapled covers, lettered black. Poetry. With good signed handwritten letter from the author to Martin Bax, writer, doctor (paediatrician) and editor - he founded the Arts magazine Ambit in 1959. One hundred copies printed and signed by the author, this being no. 20. Slight fading to covers, otherwise very good. Signedes.

First edition, slim hardback in fine condition, no dustjacket. No 146 of limited numbered edition of 150. (Book ref 4427).

Soft cover. Zustand: Very Good. 1st Edition. Wrappers. Spine faded, covers rather creased. Edition limited to 500 copies, of which this is one of 100 numbered and signed by the author. Signed by Author(s).

Signed edition limited to 150 copies of which this is No. 142. The Castlelaw Press, West Linton. 1978. First edition thus. Hardback NO DW. Slim 8vo. Green and pink marbled-paper boards with green cloth backstrip, gilt type to spine. Numbered and signed by Edwin Morgan on the edition (last) page. Very clean and sound in original clear acetate dust-wrapper.