Scolar Press (17 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. No Jacket. Fine condition soft cover book. Five little booklets of children's tales in a small slipcase. Slipcase is in Very Good condition with some bumping and slight tearing. Booklets have minimal wear to rear covers and spine ends, no tears. All books are individually inspected and described. Never X-Library unless specifically described as such.

First Edition. Fine copy in the original stiff-card wrappers. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Physical description; 29 pages. Subjects; Scolar Press. Catalogue. British Art. Printmaking. Art History. Art of the Book. Architecture and Design. 1 Kg.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. No Jacket. Fine condition soft cover book. Five little booklets of children's tales in a small slipcase. Slipcase is in Near Fine condition with minimal smudging and bumping. Booklets have minimal wear to rear covers and spine ends, no tears. All books are individually inspected and described. Never X-Library unless specifically described as such.

First Edition. Fine copy in the original stiff-card wrappers. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Physical description; 29 pages. Subjects; Scolar Press. Catalogue. British Art. Printmaking. Art History. Art of the Book. Architecture and Design. 1 Kg.

Soft cover. Condition: Good. Catalogue. Octavo, 39 pages.

First Edition. Very good copy in the original stiff-card wrappers; edges somewhat nicked and dust-dulled as with age. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Physical Description; 16 pages : illustrations ; 18 cm. Subjects; English language Punctuation. English language Punctuation Juvenile literature. Facsimile (reproduction) children's books. Illustrated wrappers (book covers). Didactic books, grammar. 3 Kg.

Condition: Good. Picture Shown is For Illustration Purposes Only : CONDITION : GOOD : HARDBACK - grub/wear/marks to jacket, grub to fore edges, pages in good condition, shipped from the UK.

Condition: Good. Original wraps and dust-jacket. Dust-jacket spine faded, else fine. xv, 175 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 21.5 x 35 cm.OCLC Number9111296.Written and published in conjunction with an exhibition at the Lowie Museum of Anthropology, University of California, Berkeley, October 30, 1982 through December 31, 1983. Essays: The anthropology of world's fairs / Burton BenedictA twenty-five-million-dollar mirage / Marjorie M. DobkinSailing to Byzantium / Gray BrechinHercules and the muses / Elizabeth N. ArmstrongTruth unveiled / George Starr.

First Edition. Very good copy in the original stiff-card wrappers; edges somewhat nicked and dust-dulled as with age. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Physical Description; 16 pages : illustrations ; 18 cm. Subjects; English language Punctuation. English language Punctuation Juvenile literature. Facsimile (reproduction) children's books. Illustrated wrappers (book covers). Didactic books, grammar. 1 Kg.

Condition: Very Good. Facsimile Reprint. Paperback. 5 vols. 48mos. Each 24-32 pages. Light wear otherwise near very good indeed in a slightly used and edge rubbed, very good printed slip-case. Includes: The Death and Burial of Cock Robin; The History of Little King Pippin; The Picture Alphabet; A Short History of Birds and Beasts; The Moving Market or Cries of London. Facsimile reprints of Victorian miniatures.

Stapled Booklet. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Facsimile. Two lovely little facsimile copies of Victorian books for Children. Cinderella, first published in 1828, facsimile published in 1977. Little Rhymes first published in1823, facsimile undated. No Dust Jackets. Covers: white card with coloured images and black lettering to fronts and black lettering to rears; very clean and bright, few if any signs of shelf wear. Internally: very clean and tightly staple bound; no marks, inscriptions or book plates; overall in very good condition for 40+ year old paper backs. Both profusely illustrated in colour throughout, 16 pp each,

Softcover. Condition: Very Good ood. A very presentable copy with minimal wear. Cover shows faint signs of use, but is unmarked and undamaged. Internally, clean and fresh, with unmarked and uncreased pages. 230 pp. Shipped Weight: Under 500 grams. Category: Poetry; Lycidas (Milton, John); ISBN: 0854172157. ISBN/EAN: 9780854172153. Add. Inventory No: 260121ROSH004407.

Condition: Good. 8vo. 16 pp. Very Good+. Soft cover. Illustrated paper wraps. Staple binding. B&W plates. Extremely Scarce.

QUARTO, BOUND IN BLACK RING-BINDING. RATHER LIKE A TRADE CATALOGUE. NO DATE BUT AROUND 1969 - REFERENCE TO BOOKS TO BE PUBLISHED IN 1970. COVERS CURRENT AND FORTHCOMING TITLES IN PROSE, POETRY AND DRAMA. VERY GOOD.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1975. A generally very well-presented copy, with some minor rubbing around the outer corners and along the edges of the covers from normal handling and shelving, but binding firm and secure with no major wear. Contents have some light pencil annotations to the margins but remains largely clean throughout. Dust jacket is a little worn, with nicks at the corners repaired and reinforced with conservation tape, some visible creasing but still generally presentable with illustration and text remaining clear. Why do most sellers not describe their actual item? Buy with confidence, support a genuine Independent Bricks & Mortar Real Bookshop and help to preserve our High Streets as interesting places to shop. We are Maynard & Bradley CAMBO & PBFA (now lapsed) members here in Leicester City Centre, UK Size: 315 x 415 mm. 160. Item Type: Book. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 1-2 kilos. Category: Reference; Britain/UK; 1970s; ISBN: 0859671852. ISBN/EAN: 9780859671859. Inventory No: 53813.

FIRST EDITION, 116/265 COPIES (from an edition of 300 copies), facsimile done to a high standard of reproduction, with the printed transcription on facing pages, pp. 81, folio, original quarter black morocco with green marbled boards, backstrip lettered in gilt, device to upper board stamped in gilt on a black leather label, edges untrimmed, bookplate to front pastedown and original prospectus laid in at front, cloth and marbled board slipcase (a few spots of discolouration to cloth), fine. Mary's papers came onto the market quite unexpectedly in July 1977, and were bought by the Trustees of Dove Cottage as the result of a successful public appeal the following March. The poet and his wife are shown in an entirely new light, and their love-letters bear comparison in their vivid quality with any in the language.

An important archive of print history ephemera with provenance to the estate of Derek Law, the General Manager of the Scolar Press, Ilkley which was founded in 1965 by Robin Alston, lecturer in English Language and Medieval English Literature at the University of Leeds. Inspired by his belief that undergraduates should read set texts in their original editions The Scolar Press began by printing inexpensive facsimiles of importance to the history of the English language and later became renowned for publishing important academic and scholarly books by established authors, building up a reputation as a press which contributed to the long tradition of combining fine printing with scholarly publishing. Included in the archive are: 1 The Scolar Newsletter numbered 1, 2, 3,4 and 11 (dated between Jan 1972 and May 1977). 2 Scolar Press Catalogues dated 1968, 1971, 1977, 1977-1978, 1978 -1979, 1979 - 1980 and 1980 -1981. 3 Elephant Folio solander drop back box containing printed ephemera including a bi folium facsimile reproduction of a section of EM Forster's handwritten manuscript 'Commonplace Book' and a facsimile printed verso and recto from William Morris's 'Canterbury Tales'. 4 Promotional material and order forms for facsimile editions printed and bound by The Scolar Press including 3 x William Adam's Vitruvius Scoticus ; 3 x Vues du Rhin; 5 x Medieval Romance Literature in Early Texts; 1 x Renaissance Literature in Early Texts; several British Birds part 1 by CLE Perrott. 5 2 x prospectus and proposal documents created for the acquisition of The Scolar Press, Ilkley from Bemrose Uk Ltd dated June 1980 (Scolar had merged with The Bemrose Corporation in 1972). Both sets boxed in green hardback folders with Derek Law bookplates to interiors. Each contains a hard backed proposal outlining the company's history and profile, structure, profit and loss, cash flow etc and a glossy promotional prospectus containing the story of The Scolar Press and circa 15 examples of work including colour imprints of early illustrations, letters and documents. Several additional stand alone copies of the promotional prospectus are also included. All in excellent condition. 6 The Scolar Press promotional folder offering Screenless Lithography for the Facsimile Reproduction of Manuscripts and other Similar Types of Original Material. Dated September 1979. Includes 8 pp. facsimile reproduction of the Bannatyne Manuscript from the National,Library of Scotland. (Robin Alston had invented the Prismascope to enable photography of fragile books for facsimile reproduction). 7 'An almanac of twelve sports by William Nicholson' a calendar printed at The Scolar Press. In excellent condition. 8 Bemrose Corporation prospectus with diagram of company structure including The Scolar Press. Gold wrappers, in excellent condition. 9 2 x promotional booklets for Cavendish Press and Lonsdale & Bartholomew. 10 2 x b/w photographs of the team at The Scolar Press Ltd. circa 1973. 11 A copy of 'Typematter' dated Winter 1979 with a hand written note for the attention of 'DL' to top. 12 An auction catalogue by order of the receiver for lots at The Scolar Press, 'lithographic printing origination and book finishing plant' dated Wednesday May 5th 1982. 13 Red 'Ideal' hardbacked and lined notebook owned and compiled by Derek Law in the '90s. Titled 'Folio Books in the Watersmeet House Library' with an index of 1 - 61 titled volumes of Folio Society books. Individual eaves throughout contain detailed hand written descriptions and pasted in colour descriptions pulled from catalogues for each volume. Includes a compliment slip from the Folio Society enclosing 2 leaves from a copy of A Midsummer Night's Dream. In 1986, Ashgate Publishing acquired Scolar Press, incorporating its lists and The Scolar Press imprint was used by Ashgate for its humanities publishing program until 1996, when the imprint was retired. Original facsimiles, such as the 1976 Caxton series, are now considered very collectible items. Please contact Christian White Rare Books Ltd for more information or images of this item.