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Dan Williford

The Centaur. The Bacchante. Vale Press

The Centaur. The Bacchante. Translated from the French. by T. S. Moore.VALE PRESS. GUÉRIN, Maurice de. Published by printed at the Ballantyne Press, published by Hacon & Ricketts, 1889]., [London, 1889 First edition, one of 150 unnumbered copies on Arnold’s hand-made paper (of which 140 were for sale). All the woodblocks and vellum copies were burnt […]

Poems of Alfred Lord Tennyson, Vale Press

Poems of Alfred Lord Tennyson. [Tennyson Lyric Poems (cover title)] [Vale Press]. TENNYSON, Alfred, Lord Published by Printed at the Ballantyne Press for Hacon & Ricketts [Vale Press], London, 1900 London, Printed at the Ballantyne Press for Hacon & Ricketts [Vale Press], 1900. Octavo, cxvi, [ii] (limitation and colophon) pages with wood-engraved border and initials. White […]

The Life of Benvenuto Cellini, Vale Press

[Vale Press] THE LIFE OF BENVENUTO CELLINI (2 Volumes, Complete) by [Private Press] Cellini, Benvenuto | translated by John Addington Symonds; decorations by Charles Ricketts – 1900 by [Private Press] Cellini, Benvenuto | translated by John Addington Symonds; decorations by Charles Ricketts London: Vale Press | Hacon and Ricketts, 1900. Hard Cover. Good+ binding. Imperial […]

De Cupidinis et Psyches, Vale Press

[Vale Press]. APULEIUS, Lucius De Cupidinis et Psyches Amoribus Fabula Anilis [London, Printed at the Ballantyne Press for Hacon & Ricketts, London, and John Lane, New York] [Vale Press], 1901. Imperial octavo, xxx, 1 pages, printed in Vale type on handmade watermarked paper (two wreaths about an engraving tool), with a foliate border and a […]

The Poems of Percy Bysshe Shelley, Vale Press

The Poems of Percy Bysshe Shelley. 3 Volumes[Vale Press] Shelley, Percy BysshePublished by Vale Press, London, 1902 Ricketts, Charles. Hardcover. One of 310 copies, of which 187 copies were for sale in England and 100 in America. A beautiful representative production from the important Vale Press of Charles Ricketts. Volumes I and II were published […]

A Catalogue of Mr. Shannon’s Lithographs, Vale Press

A Catalogue of Mr. Shannon’s Lithographs, with Prefatory Note by Charles Ricketts, and a Portrait engraved by Charles Ricketts after a Medal by Alphonse Legros.SHANNON, CHARLES. RICKETTS, CHARLES.Published by E J Wisselingh at the Dutch Gallery., London, 1902 8vo. pp. 31 (1). Portrait engraving by Ricketts. Bound by Zaehnsdorf in full brown morocco with gilt […]

Poems from Wordsworth, Vale Press

Poems from Wordsworth WORDSWORTH, WILLIAM / MOORE, T. STURGE (ED) Published by Printed at the Ballantyne Press and Sold by Hacon & Ricketts, The Vale Press, London and John Lane, New York, 1902 – First Vale Press edition, first impression, one of 310 copies – Illustrated by woodcuts designed and engraved by T. Sturge Moore a\nd […]

Ecclesiastes; Or, The Preacher, And The Song of Solomon, Vale Press

Ecclesiastes; Or, The Preacher, And The Song of SolomonRicketts, Charles (Illustrator)Published by Vale Press, London, 1902 17 pages. 29.5 x 20 cm. Printed at the Ballantyne Press for Hacon & Ricketts in red and black under the supervision of Charles Ricketts in the King’s fount. Roderick Cave in “The Private Press,” notes, his (Ricketts) practice […]

The Amber Witch, Vale Press

Lady Guff-Gordon (1821-1869) [translation] [Vale Press, Charles Ricketts] The Amber Witch, The most interesting trial for witchcraft ever known. ….. London: Vale Press at the Ballantyne Press, 1903. Designs by Charles Ricketts. Limited Edition. London: Ballantyne Press, [Feb] 1903Limited to 300 copies [with 10 on Vellum]Typography: Vale type with the Avon fount used for the author’s marginalia on heavy paper, […]