Fassam Thomas (24 results)

Condition: Good. - Small octavo, gray cloth (slightly bumped; cloth slightly bubbled) titled in red, in dw (heavily spotted). xiii, [i] & 92 pages. Good in fair dw. First edition.

Soft cover. Condition: Fine. private press. 36-56pp. Grey wrappers. Stapled binding [rusty].

Softcover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. 33-56pp. Printed light card covers, stapled. Covers have some shelf wear, minor fold to front bottom corner. Mild foxing; especially to rear cover. Staples oxidising. Internally neat, clean, bright and tight. 12mo. The Poems in Pamphlet series was intended to publish the work of a poet whose poetry had not appeared in book form before in Britain.

paperback. Condition: Very Good. Totalling 8 X phmaplets 1952- Vols 1,2,3,4,5, 8, 9, 10.

Softcover. Condition: Fine. First edition. 12mo. Stapled printed wrappers. Slightest age-toning, else fine.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Pages 33-56. Beige thin card covers with black and gilt lettering. Part of publisher's monthly series of Poems in Pamphlet. Light foxing to rear cover near spine. Clean inside pages. No inscriptions. Touch of rust to staples.

Condition: Near Fine. First edition (softcover). 12mo (18cm by 12cm), pp33-56. Original printed card wrappers. Light spotting of the front cover, else this copy is in very good condition. Signed by the author on the title page.

Soft cover. Condition: Good. [iv], 22, [2] pages. Numbered 79 of the 285 copies printed. Page edges untrimmed. In the original paper covers which are soiled. Creasing to the front cover. Small ink mark to the half title page.

24pp in thin card cover, printed by the Ditchling Press/Staples a little rusted otherwise VG Used - Good. Good stapled paperback.

Hardcover. Condition: Good +. No Jacket. 1st Edition. 92pp + xiii prelims. G++/no jacket. Grey coloured cloth with faded gilt lettering on spine. Small blisters to cloth on boards. Slight rubbing to top and tail of spine. Foxing to front and rear end papers. Clean inside pages, tightly bound with no inscriptions. Series of 70+ poems written from 1927 to 1948. Rare to find a copy in UK.

1st edition. Gift inscription (dated Dec.1949) on front free end paper; pages clean in tight binding; dust jacket not price-clipped, but worn at edges with short tear & minor loss, with some discolouration; dj protected in removable clear film Used - Good. VG hardback in Good dust jacket Used - Good. VG hardback in Good dust jacket.

Unbound. Condition: Near Fine. First edition. Two unbound signatures. 12mos. xvi; P.387-390. A touch of toning and one small spot on front wrap, near fine. Containing only the Editor's notes and the contents pages listing the contributors to this issue which are Jocelyn Brooke, Jon Manchip White, Hal Summers, Frederick Vanson, Ursula Wood, R.L. Cook, Thomas Fassam, Michael Hamburger, R.H. Ward, Juanita Peirse, F. Pratt Green, A.J. Bull, and Alan Barnsley, along with the author's biographical notes. No poems.

The Hand and Flower Press, 1950. Hardback, d/j, 8vo, xiii,92pp. Cloth slightly spotted, d/j faded and soiled, missing foot of spine. A fair copy.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. With dj though this is very 'spotted' with some tearing/rubbing to same (price unclipped). Some foxing to internal pages also. NO scribbles/inscriptions. Binding tight.

iv + 22pp. Limited to 285 copies printed on hand made paper. Wraps, browned and very soiled. Edges of pages browned. Name on half title. 21x15cms.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Betty Shaw-Lawrence (illustrator). Limited Edition. Signed Limited Edition of 260 copies this copy no.197. Slim 4to, pp92 plus bibliography and limitation page signed by Thomas Fassam, complete with 20 full page b/w etchings by Betty Shaw-Lawrence signed by artist in pencil (5 remain unsigned)l with the original plates of the etchings having already been destroyed . Bound by Sangorski & Sutcliffe of London in half brown calf over grey paper covered boards with 5 raised bands and gilt titles to spine in near fine condition. Inside previous owners bookplate to front paste down with all rough cut pages and plates with top edge gilt in lovely near fine condition. An excellent copy. Signed by Author(s).

First edition hard back binding in publisher's original fawn cloth covers, red title and author lettering to the spine. 8vo. 7½'' x 5ĵ''. Contains 92 printed pages of text. Mottling of the cloth to the front and rear gutters. Very Good condition book in Very Good condition dust wrapper with tiny nicks to the spine ends, curling to the upper edges, not price clipped. SIGNED by the Author to the front free end paper ' Benedicta benedicatur. With love from Uncle Thom. Thomas Fassam, February 1977'. Dust wrapper supplied in archive acetate film protection, this preserves and prolongs the life of the paper, it is not adhered to the book or to the dust wrapper. Member of the P.B.F.A. POETRY, VERSE & RHYMES.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Half morocco gilt with grey paper-covered boards signed by Sangorski and Sutcliffe, small 4to., 90, (4) pages, twenty full-page etchings by Betty Shaw-Lawrence each signed in pencil by the artist. One of 260 numbered copies printed at the Ditchling Press on handmade Barcham Green paper and signed by the author. Title engraved by Alfred Richard Lane. Attractive bookplate of Marcus Crahan. A clean, near fine copy but for slight wear to the extremities and a hairline crack in the upper joint. In archival mylar.

Half-Leather. Condition: Very Good. Betty Shaw-Lawrence (illustrator). First Edition. Illustrated with twenty delightful etched plates, each one signed in pencil by Betty Shaw-Lawrence, small quarto, pp 90, (2), a decorated title page engraved by Alfred Richard Lane, top edge gilt, the other edges untrimmed, half-morocco and boards, a slight fading to the spine, otherwise a very good copy. Limited edition of 260 copies numbered and signed, printed at the Ditchling Press - this one being number 12. [From the library of the Kew botanist Vicki Matthews. with her bookplate in her married name - Victoria and Brinsley Burbidge. Also with the earlier bookplate of Rae Wilson, designed by J. Younger.].

First Edition. Being a book of common herbs with etchings by Betty Shaw Lawrence together with curious notes on their histories and uses for the furtherance of loveliness and love by Thomas Fassam. Edition of 260 numbered copies signed by Thomas Fassam. Small quarto, half brown morocco by Sangorski & Sutcliffe with spine in raised bands with gilt lettering, top-edge gilt and others uncut, engraved title-page by Alfred Richard Lane, twenty full page etchings signed by Betty Shaw-Lawrence; a fine copy.

Quarto. . [92] pp., including twenty full-page etching, each signed in pencil by the artist. Title-page engraving by Alfred Richard Lane. With bibliography. Half brown crushed morocco by Sangorski and Sutcliffe over gray boards. Gilt spine with raised bands. Top edge gilt, others uncut. A fine copy. One of 260 copies printed on handmade paper by the Ditchling Press, Sussex, signed by the author. A charming production.

260 x 200 mm. (10 1/4 x 7 3/4"). 6 p.l., 13-90 pp, [4] leaves, including two blanks at either end. Original half deep brown morocco over gray boards by Sangorski & Sutcliffe (signed in gilt on the front pastedown), raised bands, spine lettered in gilt, top edge gilt, others untrimmed. Engraved title by Alfred Richard Lane, with 20 etched plates by Betty Shaw-Lawrence, all pencil signed by the illustrator. The spine very slightly sunned, otherwise fine. This attractively illustrated and well-made private press book is a love letter to the traditional English herbal. Poet Thomas Fassam (fl. 1940-1952) draws on works from the 16th to 19th centuries to provide the "principal lore" of everyday herbs. These descriptive vignettes are accompanied by the etchings of Betty (Bettina) Shaw-Lawrence (1921-2018), which balance a graceful, loose modernity with a black and white certitude calling to mind the striking woodcuts from historical herbals. Printed by Ditchling Press in Sussex on handmade paper, and in a pleasing but unpretentious binding, this volume is a quiet delight inside and out. FIRST EDITION. No. 58 OF 260 COPIES. Signed by the author on the limitation page.

Engraved title-page by Alfred Richard Lane and etched plates by Betty Shaw-Lawrence, most signed by her in pencil One of 260 copies 4to Spine just a little sunned, but a very nice copy Original brown quarter morocco, spine with raised bands lettered in gilt, top edge gilt, others uncut.

London: The Hand & Flower Press 1949. Sm. 4to. Orig. hf. oasis (by Sangorski & Sutcliffe). Spine gilt with raised bands. T.e.g. other edges uncut. (94pp.). With dec. title-page and full-page mostly signed etchings. Edition limited to 260 numbered copies. Fine.