763 Mackmurdo (Arthur Heygate; Horne, Herbert P. & Image, Selwyn, editors). The Century Guild Hobby Horse, volumes 1-7 in four, Kegan Paul & Chiswick Press, 1886-92, half-titles present, woodcut decorative title by Selwyn Image, plates and illustrations, woodcut decorations and initials by Mackmurdo and Horne, occasional minor spotting, top edge gilt, remainder untrimmed, contemporary quarter morocco, cloth sides, extremities slightly rubbed, 4to
765 McCall (Taylor, illustrator). Behind Us, Stockbridge, Hampshire: Bocaccio Books [sic], 1970, 104 pp., printed on rag paper, hand-painted illustrations throughout, fore and bottom edges untrimmed, original blue half morocco, spine sunned, slipcase, folio (29.7 x 20cm)
The Century Guild was founded in 1882 by the architect Arthur Heygate Mackmurdo to produce decorative work in every field of interior design including architecture, decorative painting, furniture, metalwork, ceramics and glass etc., with an emphasis on crafts and in particular, and the new style of Art Nouveau. The architect Herbert P. Horne and artist & writer Selwyn Image were co-editors, but many other artists were involved with the group. In 1884 they started The Century Guild Hobby Horse, concentrating on the visual arts but also including literature and social issues. The first issue was published in April 1884, with no others until 1886 when they started again with volume number 1. In 1893 it was renamed The Hobby Horse but only lasted for a further three issues until it ended in 1894. Printed on handmade paper, and illustrated with woodcuts, lithographs and photogravure reproductions, the typography and design was by Emery Walker and printed at the Chiswick Press. Contributors included Burne-Jones, William and May Morris, John Ruskin, Oscar Wilde, Simeon Solomon, Heywood Sumner, Ernest Ricketts, Ford Madox Brown, Laurence Binyon, Lionel Johnson, Christina Rossetti, William Michael Rossetti, and Wilfrid Scawen Blunt. The Century Guild influenced many members of the Arts and Crafts movement including C.F.A.Voysey and Charles Rennie Mackintosh. (4) £1,000 - £1,500
Number 36 of 300 copies only, signed by the illustrator on the limitation leaf. The work consists of eclectic literary quotations (including Donovan lyrics) accompanied by Taylor McCall’s vivid hand-coloured illustrations, many in an Art Nouveau style. Only half the edition was bound up at time of publication; the remaining sheets were placed in storage and most were lost or damaged, except for 20 sets which were rediscovered much later and published by the Strawberry Press in Witney, founded in 1989. (1) £150 - £200
764 Maillol (Aristide, illustrator). Daphnis and Chloe. A most sweet and pleasant pastorall romance for young ladies, translated out of the Greek of Longus by George Thornley, revised and augmented by Philippe Gonin on his hand-made press for A. Zwemmer, Paris, December 7th, 1937, woodcut illustrations by Aristide Maillol, a little minor spotting, original vellum, spine a little darkened, 8vo, together with a suite of 53 woodcut illustrations loosely contained in a separate vellumbacked portfolio, both housed in original slipcase (some soiling and splits), 8vo Limited edition 37/250, signed in pencil by the artist. (1)
£200 - £300
766 Old Stile Press. The Ballad of Judas Iscariot, by Robert Buchanan 1841-1901, The Old Stile Press, 1982, linocut illustrations by J. Martin Pitts, original cloth-backed boards, slipcase, 4to, limited edition 70/100, signed by the artist, together with Allen Press. Jealousy. Rhythmic Themes by Alain Robbe-Grillet, Allen Press, Kentfield, California, 1971, illustrations by Michèle Forgeois, original illustrated boards, one or two light marks, 4to, limited edition of 140, plus Enitharmon Press. Poems, by Harold Pinter, Enitharmon Press, 1968, errata slip loosely inserted, original morocco-backed boards, small 4to, limited signed edition 15/200, with other private press including Rampant Lion Press, Grabhorn Press etc (21)
£150 - £200
767 Peacock Press. An Animal Anthology. Poems chosen and illustrated by Pamela Scott, Peacock Press, 1981, hand-printed colour illustrations, original cloth, slipcase, 4to, limited edition of 100, together with Libanus Press. Messer Pietro Mio. Letters between Lucrezia Borgia & Pietro Bembo, Libanus Press, 1985, wood-engravings by Richard ShirleySmith, original morocco-backed boards, slipcase, small folio, limited signed edition 111/150, plus Tern Press. The Three Wayfarers, by Thomas Hardy. Dramatized from his story ‘The Three Strangers’, Tern Press, 1991, illustrations by Mary Parry, original decorative cloth, small 4to, limited signed edition 25/125, with others private press etc including Images from the Progress of the Seasons, by Edward Shanks, illustrated by Charles Berry, Dropmore Press, 1947, limited edition 85/450, with a presentation inscription from the illustrator, Mr Cobden-Sanderson’s Two-Handed Engine, by John R. Nash, Nine Elms Press, limited signed edition of 350, The Lover’s Song-Book, by W.H. Davies, Gregynog Press,1993, limited edition 61/350 and Hellenism, by Oscar Wilde, Tragara Press, 1979, limited edition 47/95 (50)
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£200 - £300