Date: 1937 / Period: 20th century / Work Type: private press books (publishing)

1. The illustrations of William Blake for Thornton's Virgil : with the first Eclogue and the Imitation by Ambrose Philips / the introduction by Geoffrey Keynes.

Creator:: Blake, William, 1757–1827
Date:: 1937
Physical Description:: 38, [14] pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

2. The first fleet : the record of the foundation of Australia from its conception to the settlement of Sydney cove / compiled from the original documents in the Public Record office, with extracts from the log-books of H.M.S. Sirius and an introduction and notes, by Owen Rutter ; forward by the Hon. B.S.B. Stevens, M.L.A., Premier of New South Wales ; five engravings by Peter Barker-Mill.

Date:: 1937
Physical Description:: 149, [3] pages, [4] pages of plates : illustrations ; 33 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

3. A croppe of kisses : selected lyrics of Ben Jonson / chosen, with an appreciation, by John Wallis.

Creator:: Jonson, Ben, 1573?-1637
Date:: 1937
Physical Description:: 48, [4] pages ; 31 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

4. Paradise lost : a poem / by John Milton ; the text of the first edition prepared for press by J. Isaacs.

Creator:: Milton, John, 1608–1674
Date:: MCMCCCVII [1937]
Physical Description:: [2], 378, [2] pages : illustrations ; 35 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

5. Roses of Sharon : poems chosen from the flower of ancient Hebrew literature / with an introduction, by W.O.E. Oesterley, D.D. ; 12 wood-engravings by Mary Groom.

Date:: 1937
Physical Description:: [2], 58, [2] pages : illustrations ; 27 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

6. The personal history of David Copperfield.

Creator:: Dickens, Charles, 1812–1870
Date:: 1937
Physical Description:: [4], vii-xxii, 871, [3] pages, [42] leaves of plates : illustrations ; 26 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

7. Collected papers.

Creator:: Dickens, Charles, 1812–1870
Date:: 1937
Physical Description:: 2 volumes ; 27 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

8. Goat Green, or, The better gift / by Theodore Francis Powys ; engravings by Gwenda Morgan.

Creator:: Powys, Theodore Francis, 1875–1953
Date:: 1937
Physical Description:: 61, [1] pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

9. Christmas books.

Creator:: Dickens, Charles, 1812–1870
Date:: 1937
Physical Description:: xv, [3], 482, [2] pages, [8] leaves of plates : illustrations ; 26 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

10. The book of days of Llewelyn Powys : thoughts from his philosophy / selected by John Wallis ; printed, with an introduction by Llewelyn Powys and twelve etchings by Elizabeth Corsellis, at the Golden Cockerel Press.

Creator:: Powys, Llewelyn, 1884–1939
Date:: 1937
Physical Description:: [4], 7-85, [3] pages : illustrations ; 34 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

11. The mystery of Edwin Drood : Christmas stories.

Creator:: Dickens, Charles, 1812–1870
Date:: 1937
Physical Description:: [4], vii-xix, [3], 874, [2] pages, [3] leaves of plates : illustrations ; 26 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

12. The mask of Comus : the poem, originally called 'A mask presented at Ludlow castle, 1634, &c.' / edited by E.H. Visiak ; the airs of the five songs reprinted from the composer's autograph manuscript edited by Hubert J. Foss ; with a foreword by the Earl of Ellesmere ; ornamented by M.R.H. Farrar.

Creator:: Milton, John, 1608–1674
Date:: 1937
Physical Description:: xxiv, 44, [2] pages : color illustrations, music ; 40 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

13. Barnaby Rudge.

Creator:: Dickens, Charles, 1812–1870
Date:: 1937
Physical Description:: xix, [3], 685, [3] pages, [2] leaves of plates : illustrations ; 26 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

14. A tale of two cities.

Creator:: Dickens, Charles, 1812–1870
Date:: 1937
Physical Description:: xiv, 363, [3] pages, [17] leaves of plates : illustrations ; 26 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

15. The Pickwick papers.

Creator:: Dickens, Charles, 1812–1870
Date:: 1937
Physical Description:: [4], vii-xxxiv, [2], 798, [2] pages, [48] leaves of plates : illustrations ; 26 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

16. Retrospectus and prospectus : The Nonesuch Dickens.

Creator:: Nonesuch Press
Date:: 1937
Physical Description:: 130, [2] pages, [2] leaves of plates : illustrations, facsimiles ; 26 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

17. Great expectations : Hard times.

Creator:: Dickens, Charles, 1812–1870.
Date:: 1937
Physical Description:: xv, [1], 765, [3] pages : illustrations ; 26 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

18. Martin Chuzzlewit.

Creator:: Dickens, Charles, 1812–1870
Date:: 1937
Physical Description:: xxiv, [2], 844, [2] pages, [44] leaves of plates : illustrations ; 26 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

19. Oliver Twist.

Creator:: Dickens, Charles, 1812–1870
Date:: 1937
Physical Description:: xxviii, 418, [2] pages, [25] leaves of plates : illustrations ; 26 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

20. Mr. Chambers and Persephone : a tale / by Christopher Whitfield ; printed with wood-engravings by Dorothea Braby.

Creator:: Whitfield, Christopher, 1902–1967
Date:: 1937
Physical Description:: 62, [2] pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

21. The Golden Cockerel Greek anthology : a selection of the poems / edited, with translations into English verse and an introduction, by F.L. Lucas, Fellow of King's College, Cambridge ; line engravings on zinc by Lettice Sandford.

Date:: 1937
Physical Description:: 81, [1] pages : illustrations ; 35 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

22. Bligh's voyage in the Resource : from Coupang to Batavia : together with the log of his subsequent passage to England in the Dutch packet Vlydt and his remarks on Morrison's journal : all printed for the first time from the manuscripts in the Mitchell Library of New South Wales / with an introduction and notes by Owen Rutter, & engravings on wood by Peter Barker-Mill.

Creator:: Bligh, William, 1754–1817
Date:: 1937
Physical Description:: 159, [3] pages : illustrations, map, facsimiles ; 32 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

23. Ana the runner : a treatise for princes & generals attributed to Prince Mahmoud Abdul / by Patrick Miller ; engravings by Clifford Webb.

Creator:: Miller, Patrick, 1885–1949
Date:: 1937
Physical Description:: 108, [2] pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

24. Little Dorrit.

Creator:: Dickens, Charles, 1812–1870
Date:: 1937
Physical Description:: xx, 852 pages, [42] leaves of plates : illustrations ; 26 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

25. Dombey and Son.

Creator:: Dickens, Charles, 1812–1870
Date:: 1937
Physical Description:: xx, [2], 880, [2] pages, [42] leaves of plates : illustrations ; 26 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

26. The old curiosity shop.

Creator:: Dickens, Charles, 1812–1870
Date:: 1937
Physical Description:: xiii, [3], 593, [3] pages, [2] leaves of plates : illustrations ; 26 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

27. The log of the Bounty : being Lieutenant William Bligh's log of the proceedings of His Majesty's armed vessel Bounty in a voyage to the South Seas, to take the breadfruit from the Society Islands to the West Indies : now published for the first time from the manuscript in the Admiralty records / with an introduction and notes by Owen Rutter ; comments on Bligh's navigation by Rear-Admiral J.A. Edgell, O.B.E., hydrographer of the Navy ; and four engravings on wood by Lynton Lamb.

Creator:: Bligh, William, 1754–1817
Date:: 1937
Physical Description:: 2 volumes : illustrations ; 33 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

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1. The illustrations of William Blake for Thornton's Virgil : with the first Eclogue and the Imitation by Ambrose Philips / the introduction by Geoffrey Keynes.

3. A croppe of kisses : selected lyrics of Ben Jonson / chosen, with an appreciation, by John Wallis.

4. Paradise lost : a poem / by John Milton ; the text of the first edition prepared for press by J. Isaacs.

5. Roses of Sharon : poems chosen from the flower of ancient Hebrew literature / with an introduction, by W.O.E. Oesterley, D.D. ; 12 wood-engravings by Mary Groom.

6. The personal history of David Copperfield.

7. Collected papers.

8. Goat Green, or, The better gift / by Theodore Francis Powys ; engravings by Gwenda Morgan.

9. Christmas books.

10. The book of days of Llewelyn Powys : thoughts from his philosophy / selected by John Wallis ; printed, with an introduction by Llewelyn Powys and twelve etchings by Elizabeth Corsellis, at the Golden Cockerel Press.

11. The mystery of Edwin Drood : Christmas stories.

13. Barnaby Rudge.

14. A tale of two cities.

15. The Pickwick papers.

16. Retrospectus and prospectus : The Nonesuch Dickens.

17. Great expectations : Hard times.

18. Martin Chuzzlewit.

19. Oliver Twist.

20. Mr. Chambers and Persephone : a tale / by Christopher Whitfield ; printed with wood-engravings by Dorothea Braby.

21. The Golden Cockerel Greek anthology : a selection of the poems / edited, with translations into English verse and an introduction, by F.L. Lucas, Fellow of King's College, Cambridge ; line engravings on zinc by Lettice Sandford.

23. Ana the runner : a treatise for princes & generals attributed to Prince Mahmoud Abdul / by Patrick Miller ; engravings by Clifford Webb.

24. Little Dorrit.

25. Dombey and Son.

26. The old curiosity shop.