West Sussex, England: The Keridwen Press / The Bookplate Society, 1988. First trade edition. Softcover. Small octavo. [vi] + 36pp. B/w frontis. & illustrations. Plain cream card wrappers with printed dust jacket. Standard edition, limited to 330 numbered copies. Robert Ansell's beautifully-illustrated study of Spare's bookplate designs. Dust jacket lightly..... More
West Sussex, England: The Keridwen Press / The Bookplate Society, 1988. Special Edition. Hardcover. Octavo. [vi] + 36pp. B/w frontis. & illustrations. Bound in quarter morocco, papered boards, spine lettered in gilt. Cloth slip-case. The "special" edition, limited to 30 numbered copies, signed by the author and with an original..... More
London: Fulgur Ltd., 2012. First Edition - Edition Deluxe. Hardcover. Octavo. 300 + pages with eighty colour plates. B&w frontisportrait. Full black leather in cloth slip case with colour dustwrapper. Illustrated endpapers. Edition deluxe, limited to 96 numbered copies signed by the editor and bound in full black morocco leather..... More
Thame: IHO, 2007. First Edition. Softcover. Small octavo. 162pp. Original black printed dark green wrappers. Black and white and color illustrations. Foreword and introductory notes by Clive Harper. Edition limited to 125 numbered copies, only 90 of which were for sale. Oswell Blakeston (1907 - 1985), was a writer and..... More
London: Mandrake Press Ltd., Privately printed, 1996 - 2005. A group of items related to Harper's bibliographical work on Austin Spare, all from the collection of the late Robert (Taylor) Agasucci (aka Stafford Stone), artist, graphic designer, book illustrator and aficionado of the work of Austin Osman Spare. Comprises 1)..... More
London: The Artwork Publishing Co. Ltd., 1925. First Edition. Softcover. Large quarto. 68pp + viii adverts. Original green printed wrappers. B&W Illustrations throughout. A luxuriously produced art magazine which includes an essay by Spare's fellow artist and colleague Grace Rogers entitled "Symbology in Aesthetics in Relation to the Art of..... More
London: Fulgur Limited, 2004. First edition - Limited. Hardcover. Octavo. 12pp, b/w illustrations. Vellum spine over black papered boards, black dust jacket printed in white. Black clothbound slipcase, with white design by Spare. Black and white frontis. Deluxe edition limited to 55 hardcover copies, numbered and signed by the author..... More
London: Fulgur Limited, 2004. First edition - Limited. Softcover. Octavo. 12pp. Thick black wrappers printed in white with title and author, Black and white frontis and illustrations. This being one of an edition of 441 copies in wrappers (there was also a limited edition of 55 hardcover copies). A study..... More
London: Fulgur Ltd., 1995. First edition. Hardcover. Octavo. 52pp, Original brown cloth, with gilt titling etc. to spine. Stiff printed paper dustjacket and plain paper-covered slipcase. Eight pages of colour photographs of artwork by Spare, along with numerous black and white photographs and reproductions of his pictures. This issue of..... More
London: Fulgur Ltd., 1995. First edition. Softcover. Octavo. 52pp. Brown card covers with stiff paper dustjacket. Eight pages of colour photographs of artwork by Spare, along with numerous black and white photographs and reproductions his pictures. Edition limited to 600 copies thus (there were also 80 hardbound copies). 'A personal..... More
NP [ Italy ]: Roberto Migliussi, 2003. First Edition Thus. Softcover. Octavo. xii + 64pp. Colour illustrated card covers, frontisportrait and b&w illustrations, list of illustrations at rear. An Italian edition of this 'personal and lucid view of Spare's systems of sorcery, and the most authoritative critical work in recent..... More
London: John Lane, 1916 & 1917. First Edition. Softcovers. 2 Issues. Folios. Issue No. 1: Folio (18 x 11.5 inches) 58pp, Issue No. 2: Folio. (17.5 x 11.25 inches) 48pp. Original decorative printed wrappers. Colour, b&w and duo-tone illustrations. A sumptuous literary and artistic journal, edited by Austin Osman Spare..... More
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London: Catalpa Press, 1972 [ 1973 ]. Limited edition. Hardcover. Folio. Brown quarter leather with tan cloth boards, gilt design and titling to front board. Marbled endpapers. 20 leaves (40pp) on hand-made cream wove paper. Decorated title & contents pages & marbled endpages. The edition deluxe, bound in quarter leather..... More
London: Smith Elder & Co., 1909. First Edition. Hardcover. Small Octavo (6.5ins x 5ins) 80pp. Original dark green cloth with gilt titling to spine and front board. Beautifully printed on a thick rag paper by the Chiswick Press (a printer much favoured by Aleister Crowley, who was an associate of..... More
London: Strange Attractor Press, 2011. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo. 324pp. Black composite boards with gilt titling to spine and device to front cover. B&W and colour illustrations. Phil Baker's wide-ranging biography of artist and occultist Austin Osman Spare. Still in original publisher's shrink-wrap - thus an unused copy - Fine..... More
London: Chapman & Hall, 1923-1924. First Edition. Hardcover. Large Quarto (15inches x 11 inches) iv + 48pp, iv + 40pp, 40pp, 40pp. Original publisher's binding: tan paper-covered boards, with dark- brown title on the front cover, with a dark-yellow / tan cloth spine with gilt lettering. Front wrappers (only) bound..... More
London: Chapman & Hall, October 1922 - July 1923. First edition - bound. Hardcover. Folio (15 x 11 inches) iv + 48 pp, iv + 40 pp, 40 pp, 40 pp. Original publisher's quarter beige buckram with tan paper-covered boards, with dark- brown title on the front cover, gilt lettering..... More
Thame: IHO, 2006, First Edition. Softcover, Large Quarto (12" x 9"), 96pp. Card covers in glassine wrapper. Approx. twenty-two color reproductions of works by Spare, and numerous monochromes, photographs, vignettes etc. A remarkable work created as a tribute to Spare. The book was not commercially available: copies were presented to..... More
London: Beskin Press, 1987. First edition. Softcover. Quarto. 36pp. Stiff pictorial colored wrappers. Color & black and white plates & text vignettes. A beautifully-produced and illustrated "appreciation" of Austin Osman Spare, published to accompany the exhibition of his art held at the Morley Gallery, London, in September 1987. It includes..... More
London: Beskin Press, 1999. First edition. Softcover. Quarto. 70pp. Pictorial colored wrappers. Color & black and white plates & text vignettes. A beautifully-produced catalogue to accompany the exhibition of Spare's art at Marx House, Clerkenwell, London, 9-22 August 1999. The catalogue reproduces 54 of Spare's artworks, with sixteen pages in..... More
London: Fulgur Ltd., 1998. First edition. Hardcover. Quarto. 296pp. Original fine black cloth, silver lettering to spine, silver sigil to upper board, printed endpapers. Tipped in colour frontispiece, generously illustrated, mostly in black and white, but some magnificent color plates. A detailed account of Austin Osman Spare and his relationship..... More
London: Hulton Press, 1950. First Edition. Softcover. Small octavo. 132pp. Wrappers. The first issue of this interesting periodical devoted to macabre fiction and articles. As well as publishing some excellent dark fiction, this small magazine also featured the work of many leading English illustrators. This issue includes the short stories..... More
London: Fulgur Limited, 2013. Deluxe edition. Hardcover. Small folio. Eccentrically paginated, 128pp. Vellum backed cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine. Colour and b&w plates. This deluxe edition limited to 88 hand-numbered copies, signed by the editor. ' "The Focus of Life: The Mutterings of Aãos", is arguably the most biographically..... More
London: The Morland Press, 1921. First Edition. Hardcover. Large Quarto. xii + 44pp (plus 11 plates). Original buff colored buckram boards with white vellum (actually parchment) spine, with title lettered in gilt up spine. Eleven full page black and white illustrations. Harper A4a - according to Harper there were only..... More
London: Martin Secker, 1917. First Edition. Hardcover. Large octavo. [vi] + 90pp. Original green cloth with gilt title on upper board and spine. Top-edge-gilt. Fore & bottom edges untrimmed. Decorated title page. Edition limited to 500 copies. A selection of prose works by J. C. Squire, most of which had..... More
