Allen, Peter.
An ABC tour of Wales. Newtown, Powys, Wales : Gwasg Gregynog, 1994.
Linocuts hand-colored by Peter Allen; designed and printed by David Esslemont. One of 300 copies.

Bible. O.T. Ecclesiastes.
The Book of Ecclesiastes. Lugansk,Ukraine, 1997.
Designed, written, etched and bound by Konstantin Kalinovitch. Hand bound in 3/4 linen cloth, 1/4 beige pigskin. In solander box of grey buckram and quarter vellum lined in red silk. A broken watch face and a copper plate bearing the title are mounted on the book's front cover. Copy is unique.

Bible. O.T. Jonah. Welsh.
Llyfr Ionas. Powys : Gwasg Gregynog, 1988.
From the William Morgan translation of 1588; introduction by R. Geraint Gruffydd; illustrated by Jonas Jones; engraved by Colin Paynton. Copy no. 194.

Bible. O.T. Psalms. English. Coverdale. 1977.
The psalms of David. Folkestone : Dawson, 1977.
Designed and printed by Sebastian Carter at the Rampant Lions Press, Cambridge, Eng. Copy no. 248 of 315.

Bible. O.T. Song of Solomon. English. Today's English. 1994.
The song of songs : the most beautiful of songs. [England?], 1994.
The illustrations are watercolors with gilt accents by Konstantine Kalinovitch, who also did the binding and calligraphy. Bound in three quarter silk brocade and maroon leather with a low-relief wooden apple with ivory inset mounted on cover; in vellum-covered presentation box. Copy is unique.

Bible O.T. Song of Solomon. Selections. Latin. 1931.
Canticum canticorum Salomonis : quod Hebraice dicitur Sir Hasirim. Weimar : Cranach Press, 1931.
Designed and illustrated by Eric Gill. One of 200 copies on hand-made Maillol-Kessler paper, bound in quarter vellum, lettered in gilt on the spine; lacking slipcase. Copy no. 118.

Blake, William, 1757-1827.
William Blake's water-colour designs for the poems of Thomas Gray. Boissia, Clairvaux, France : Trianon Press for the William Blake Trust ; London : distributed by B. Quaritch, 1972.
Introduction and commentary by Geoffrey Keynes, kt. One of 36 copies, unbound in the French style, in a full morocco portfolio, with an additional portfolio containing technical material. Copy no. 25.

Browning, Elizabeth Barrett, 1806-1861.
Sonnets from the Portuguese, with a note. Venice : S. Rosen, 1906.
A miniature book, painted on vellum, creating a charming edition of this famous work.

Carter, Sebastian.
A printer's dozen : eleven spreads from unrealised books. Cambridge, England: Rampant Lions, 1993.
Designed and printed at the Rampant Lions Press by Sebastian Carter. Copy no. 135 of 211.

Dallimore, William, 1871-
Poisonous plants, deadly, dangerous and suspect. London : F. Etchells & H. Macdonald, 1927.
Engraved on wood and with an introduction by John Nash; edited by Dr. A.W. Hill; printed on Renker's Ingres paper at the Curwen Press. Copy no. 208 of 350.

Davey, Richard.
Mark Cazalet : a new sacred art. Blewbury, Eng. : Rocket Press, 1994.
Printed on the occasion of an exhibit during Holy Week 1994 organized by Jonathan & David Stephenson at The Gallery in Cork Street in London. One of 875 copies, signed by Cazalet.

Eliot, T. S., 1888-1965.
Four quartets. Cambridge : Rampant Lions Press in association with Faber and Faber, 1996.
Designed and printed by Sebastian Carter. Copy no. 119 of 226; with prospectus.

Emery, Jack.
The Putney debates. Cambridge, England : Rampant Lions Press, 1983.
Lino-cuts by Clare Melinsky. Designed and printed by Sebastian Carter. Copy no. 194 of 500 copies.

Esslemont, David.
Gwasg Gregynog : a descriptive catalogue of printing at Gregynog 1970-1990. Newtown, Powys, Wales : Gwasg Gregynog, 1990.
Compiled by David Esslemont and Glyn Tegai Hughes. Copy no. 767.

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Frink, Elizabeth, 1930-
Etchings illustrating Chaucer's Canterbury tales. London : Leslie Waddington Prints Ltd., 1972.
Introduction and translation by Nevill Coghill. Cased. Copy no. A-31 of 50, signed by the artist.

Gardiner, Stephen.
Frink : the official biography of Elisabeth Frink. London : HarperCollins, 1998.
Trade edition, purchased to accompany her Etchings illustrating Chaucer's Canterbury tales.

Giraldus, Cambrensis, 1146?-1223?
Itinerary through Wales. Newtown, Powys, Wales : Gwasg Gregynog, 1989.
Rev. ed. of Richard Colt Hoare's translation of: Itinerarium Cambriae. Edited by Brynley F. Roberts; illustrated with wood engravings by Colin Paynton. Designed and printed at Gregynog by David Esslemont. Copy no. 203 of an edition of 300 bound in quarter-leather numbered.

Grassby, Percy.
William Blake as printer and engraver. Mittineague, Mass. : Worthy Paper Co. Association.
One of a series of inserts to numbers of The American printer published between 1924 and 1926, it exemplifies their Aurelian, dull finish, 80 lb. paper.

Grasset, Eugène, 1841-1917.
Plants and their application to ornament, in twelve monthly parts. London : Chapman and Hall, 1896.
Part 1 only; accompanied by slightly reduced color photocopies of the plates.

Gray, Thomas, 1716-1771.
An elegy written in a country church-yard. San Francisco : Printed for W.A. Clark, Jr. by John Henry Nash, 1925.
Introduction by James Southall Wilson; foreword by William Andrews Clark, Jr.; frontispiece by William H. Wilke. Copy no. 74 of 200.

Gross, Anthony, 1905-
The very rich hours of Le Boulvé. Cambridge, England : Rampant Lions Press, 1980.
Written and illustrated with twenty-six etchings and engravings on copper by Anthony Gross; with a foreword by David Garnett; designed and printed by Will and Sebastian Carter. Copy no. 94 of 135.

Gwasg Gregynog.
Gwasg Gregynog ephemera. Newton, Wales : The Press, 1974-
A selection of advertisements, Christmas greetings and miscellaneous minor works printed by the press.

H. P. Kraus, Inc.
Illustration : books and manuscripts from the fifteenth to the twentieth century illustrated with woodcuts, engraving, etchings, lithographs, color plates, watercolors or pen-and-ink drawings. Catalogue 179. (New York)
Part of the Ross Collection ephemera.

H. P. Kraus, Inc.
Incunabula : works from ninety-eight presses in Germany, Italy, Switzerland, France, Holland, Belgium, Spain, & England, arranged in Proctor order. Catalogue 182. New York, 1990.
Part of the Ross Collection ephemera.

Hymns to Aphrodite. San Francisco : Grabhorn Press, 1927.
Selected from the volume of Homeric hymns translated into English prose by John Edgar ... and first published in Edinburgh in 1891 by James Thin. One of 200 copies, with prospectus.

Howard-Jones, Ray.
Heart of the rock : poems 1973 to 1992. Blewbury, Eng. : Rocket Press, 1993.
Selected and edited by David Stephenson; printed by Jonathan Stephenson. Copy no. 80 of 300.

James, Merlin, & David Stephenson.
Ray Howard-Jones. Blewbury, Eng. : Rocket Press, 1993.
Printed by Jonathan Stephenson on the occasion of a retrospective exhibit in July 1993 organized by Jonathan & David Stephenson at The Gallery in Cork Street in London. One of 750 copies.

John O'Connor : Rocket Contemporary Art. Blewbury, Eng. : Rocket Press, 1992.
Printed by Jonathan Stephenson on the occasion of an exhibit in July 1992 organized by Jonathan & David Stephenson at Rocket Contemporary Art. One of 700 copies, signed by O'Connor.

Johnson, Samuel, 1709-1784.
The vanity of human wishes : the tenth satire of Juvenal imitated by Samuel Johnson. London : Rampant Lions, 1984.
Eight etchings by Dennis Tegetmeier; edited and with an introduction by Matthew Hodgart; designed and printed by Will Carter. Copy no. 118 of 200.

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Kochno, Boris.
Le ballet en France du quinzième siècle à nos jours. Paris : Hachette, 1954.
Written by Kochno with the collaboration of Maria Luz, it features an original lithograph by Picasso for the frontispiece. The binding is by Maison Diguet-Deny with a design after Matisse. René Ben Sussan did the layout, and the printing was done at Georges Lang's press. In original plastic dustjacket.

Kuch, Michael.
Apocalypse clocks. [Massachusetts] : Double Elephant Press, 2000.
Michael Kuch drew, bit & printed the copper plates & composed the poetry. Art Larson printed the text letterpress. The sixteen point van Dijck was cast by M & H Type. The paper was made by hand for this undertaking at Papeterie St-Armand in Montreal. Shoshannah Wineburg bound the edition in a timely fashion. Copy no. 27 of 60; with poster advertising the work (from R. Michaelson Galleries).

Kuch, Michael.
A plague on your house : a eulogy & necrological etchings of the frog. [Massachusetts] : Double Elephant Press, 1994.
Binding by Shoshannah Wineberg; letterpress by Arthur Larson. Copy no. 56 of 60.

The pleasant history of Lazarillo de Tormes. Newtown, Powys : Gwasg Gregynog, 1991.
From the 16th century translation by David Rowland; edited by Gareth Alban Davies; illustrated with wood engravings by Frank Martin. Copy no. LXIX with additional suite of plates.

Lubbock, Joseph Guy.
Landscapes of the spirit. London : Bertram Rota, c1994.
The design and printing of the text is by Sebastian Carter at the Rampant Lions Press; binding by George Percival. Copy 49 of 65. Also included is a brochure from the 1996 Victoria and Albert Museum exhibition of Lubbock's work.

Makower, Frances and Mark Cazalet.
The path to Calvary. Blewbury, Eng. : Rocket Press, 1994.
Engravings by Cazalet; printed by Jonathan Stephenson. Cased. Copy no. 46, signed by the artist.

Maslow, Jonathan Evan.
Skulls / poems by Johathan Maslow; etchings & woodcuts by Leonard Baskin. Leeds, Mass. : Gehenna Press, 2003.
Printed by Michael Kuch and Sarah Horowitz at the Double Elephant Press. Edition limeted to 34 copies, numbered and signed by the poet and Lisa Baskin. Bound in full leather with onlays; includes additional suite of the etchings and woodcuts, as well as a manuscript of one of the poems.

Milton, John, 1608-1674.
Paradise lost : a poem in twelve books. London : Cresset Press, 1931.
Illustrated by D. E. Galanis; printed by the Shakespeare Head Press (Bernard H. Newdigate printer, Anna Simons typographer). Issued in a uniform edition with Milton's Paradise regain'd. Copy no. 149 of 195.

Milton, John, 1608-1674.
Paradise regain'd : a poem in four books. London : Cresset Press, 1931.
Illustrated by D. E. Galanis; printed by the Shakespeare Head Press (Bernard H. Newdigate printer, Anna Simons typographer). Issued in a uniform edition with Milton's Paradise lost. Copy no. 149 or 195.

Morris, Jan.
A Machynlleth triad. Newtown, Powys, Wales : Gwasg Gregynog, 1993.
Illustrations by Brenda Berman; designed by John Ryder, printed by David Esslemont; bound by Alan Wood. Copy no. 91 of 350.

Nash, John Henry, 1871-1947.
Cobden-Sanderson and the Doves Press : the history of the Press. San Francisco : John Henry Nash, 1929.
Essays by John Henry Nash, T. J. Cobden-Sanderson, Alfred W. Pollard, and Edward Johnston. Cased. Copy no. 179 of 339, with prospectus.

Pouchée, Louis John.
Ornamented types : twenty-three alphabets from the foundry of Louis John Pouchée. London : I. M. Imprimit ; in association with the St. Bride Printing Library, 1993.
Introduction by James Mosley; printed by Julia Horsfall and Ian Mortimer; bound by The Fine Bindery. 2 vols., cased. Set no. 91 of 200.

Repton, Humphry, 1752-1818.
The red books of Humphry Repton. London : Basilisk Press, 1976.
Facsimile of his landscape plans for Sherringham in Norfolk, Antony House in Cornwall and Attingham in Shropshire; with an explanatory volume by Edward Malins. Slipcased. One of 515 copies.

Rieke, Robert.
An azure sunset. Charlotte, N.D. : Providence Press, 1994.
Printed by William Loftin at Heritage Printers. Cased. Copy no. 9 of 200, signed by the author.

Rocket Press ephemera. Oxfordshire, Eng. : Rocket Press, 1985-1994.
Printed by Jonathan Stephenson at The Rocket Press. Slipcased. One of 85 copies.

Rogerson, Ian.
Agnes Miller Parker, wood engravings from The fables of Esope : the story of a remarkable book. Newtown, Powys, Wales : Gwasg Gregynog, 1996.
Printed by David Esslemont and David Vickers; bound by Alan Wood. Copy no. 14 of 185 in quarter cloth.

Rimbaud, Arthur.
Le bateau ivre. [England], 1996.
Mounted etchings, calligraphy, and binding by Konstantine Kalinovitch. Bound in 1/2 black leather, 1/2 red-and-black brocade, with small brass plate engraved with Rimbaud's signature mounted on leather. Copy is unique.

Rudkin, David.
Will's way. Shipston-on-Stour, Eng. : Celandine Press, 1993.
Printed by Jonathan Stephenson at The Rocket Press. Cased. Copy no. 17 of 150.

Ryder, John.
Intimate leaves from a designer's notebook. Newtown, Powys, Wales : Gwasg Gregynog, 1993.
With a foreword by Jan Morris; designed by John Ryder; printed by David Esslemont; bound by Alan Wood. Review copy.

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Sontag, Susan.
The way we live now. London : Karsten Schubert, 1991.
Pictures and endspapers are original etchings by Howard Hodgkin, hand painted in tempera by Jack Shirreff. The dustjacket is also hand painted in tempera; bound by Dieter Schulke. Copy no. II of VI presentation copies, signed by author & artist, but without any presentation inscription.

Stephenson, Alan M. G.
The Victorian archibishops of Canterbury. Blewbury, Eng. : Rocket Press, 1991.
Preface by Robert Cantuar (i.e, Robert Runcie); printed by Jonathan Stephenson; bound by The Fine Bindery in purple leather. Cased. Copy no. 20 of 525.

Tacq, Christine.
The monkey's dream. Blewbury, Eng. : Rocket Press, 1991.
Bound in traditional oriental style, with a screen-printed linen canvas cover designed by the artist, who was responsible for both the story and the etchings. Printed by Jonathan Stephenson.

Tacq, Christine.
Sample book. Thame, Oxfordshire : p's & q's Press, 2002.
"Inspired by free samples from comics and magazines aimed at young women today and from an almanac from La Belle Jardinière in Paris from 1900". The total edition is 25 copies, bound ledger-style; library has no. 2 of 5 issued in a colour-relief-printed rip-stop nylon folder with 4 additional etchings.

Tacq, Christine.
Sleep walking through trees : intaglio prints and folded books for those born later. Thame, England, 1999.
The letterpress, intaglio prints from collagraphs & etchings, and cast-paper lining for box by Christine Tacq; box by The Fine Bindery. Copy no. 2 of 5 boxed copies.

Tacq, Christine.
Vindication : escape from the endless sleepover. Thame, Oxfordshire, England : p's & q's Press, 2002.
Inspired by young Jane Fawcet's sampler (ca. 1790) at Woodstock Museum, it explores the intersection between traditional images of women's work from the sampler and the words of Mary Wollstonecraft. The collography images were reproduced using the chine collé technique. Copy no. 2 of 25, in hand-stitched envelope as issued.

Tenniel, John.
Sir John Tenniel's illustrations to Lewis Carroll's Alice's adventures in Wonderland & Through the looking-glass : ninety-one prints from the original wood blocks engraved by the Brothers Dalziel from drawings by Sir John Tenniel & one print from an electrotype. London : Macmillan, 1988.
Printed by Jonathan Stephenson at the Rocket Press. Boxed by The Fine Bindery in quarter maroon leather and gray linen. Includes vol. of text titled: A Study of Sir John Tenniel's wood-engraved illustration to Alice's adventures in Wonderland & Through the looking-glass written by Leo John De Freitas. Copy no. 244 of 250.

Wakefield, D. R.
The diary and observations of a tench fisher. Tiverton, Devon : Chevington Press, 1981.
Engravings by D. R. Wakefield. Copy no. 31 of 50, signed by the artist.

Wakefield, Bob and Solange.
I Solange. Goole, East Yorkshire : Chevington Press, 2001.
Color engravings by D. R. Wakefield (i.e., Bob Wakefield). The plates consist of portraits of Solange and crab shells. Copy is one of 6 copies with additional set of signed working proofs of the plates.

Wakefield, D. R.
Some trout : poetry on trout and angling. Wiveliscombe, Somersetshire : Chevington Press, [1987].
Etchings by D.R. Wakefield, some of which have been aquatinted. Bound in quarter forest green morocco and marbled paper boards by Robert Hadrill; marbled paper made by Katherine Davis. Copy no. 20 of 75.

Wakefield, D. R.
The Sporting fishes of the British Isles : an anthology. Tiverton, Devon : Chevington Press, 1985.
Compiled and etched by D.R. Wakefield; some of the etchings have been aquatinted. Copy no. 64 of 100.

Whiston, William.
A vindication of the Sibylline oracles. To which are added the genuine oracles themselves; with the ancient citations from them; in their originals, and in English: and a few brief notes. London, Printed for the author, 1715.
Rebound in 2001 by Maltbys & Son, Oxford, England.

Whitman, Walt.
Wrenching times : poems from Drum-taps. Newtown, Powys, Wales : Gwasg Gregynog, 1991.
Selected by M. Wynn Thomas ; wood engravings by Gaylord Schanilec; binding designed by Rhian Ticehurst and Alan Wood; printed by David Esslemont. In decorative leather binding by Alan Wood & solander box. Copy with extra suites of plates (15/100).

Whittington Press.
A miscellany of type. Andoversford, Eng. : Whittington Press, 1990.
Quarter bound in buckram. Cased. Copy no. of 530.

Wiseman, Caroline.
Elisabeth Frink : original prints : catalogue raisonné. London : Art Books International, 1998.
Trade edition, purchased to accompany her Etchings illustrating Chaucer's Canterbury tales.

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