London: Gaberbocchus Press, 1961. First edition. Limited edition, one of 200 copies signed by the author. 8vo, 174 pp, bound in white boards titled in gilt at the spine. One of the more mysterious books published by the press. Héafod was a pseudonym for Osias Bain, a mysterious figure who..... More
London: Gaberbocchus Press, 1976. First English language edition. 8vo, 40 pp, printed wraps. With a compliments slip from the press laid in. First English language edition of this experimental novel, which had first appeared in French under the OU imprint in 1966. A simple yet gorgeous book, typographically adventurous and..... More
London: Gaberbocchus Press, 1953. First edition. 8vo, unpaginated, bound in red cloth titled in green at the spine. Illustrated with 28 drawings by Franciszka Themerson. With two folding promotional card prospectuses for the book laid in. An abecedary by the philosopher and logician, illustrated with drawings by Franciszka Themerson -..... More
London: Gaberbocchus Press, 1953. First edition. 8vo, 25 pp, bound in full black cloth titled in gilt at the spine. In the original dust jacket. With the rare publisher's belly band intact. Inscribed by the author at the half title page: "Charles / from / Stefan / with Love /..... More
London: Editions Poetry London, 1949. First edition. 8vo, 92 pp, bound in the publisher's original black cloth titled in gilt, and in the original dust jacket illustrated by Franciszka Themerson. The rare first edition of Themerson's first novel, the story of a three legged man on a roller skate, and..... More
London: Editions Poetry London Limited, 1950. First edition. 12mo, 12 pp, bound in illustrated boards. A remarkable children's story about Peddy Bottom, who "knew that he was Peddy Bottom, but men all thought that there was something doggy about him, while dogs all thought that there was something human about..... More
Amsterdam: Gaberbocchus Press / Turret Press / De Harmonie, 1988. 8vo, unpaginated, illustrated wraps. A reprint of the book originally published by Themerson's own Gaberbocchus Press in 1954. Themerson's superb illustrations to quotes by an eclectic group of writers, from Bertrand Russell to Gaston Bachelard to Kierkegaard to Wittgenstein. Near..... More
London: Gaberbocchus Press, 1974. First edition. 8vo, 202 [6] pp, printed wraps. "Perhaps central to all these essays is the theme of the inevitable civilogical evolution towards a non-historical definition of 'neighbor.'" Spine a bit rolled, with some staining to the wraps, a solid and very good reading copy. More
London: Gaberbocchus Press, 1965. First edition. 8vo, 149 pp, bound in beige cloth decorated and titled in gilt at the spine. Printed dust jacket, typographically designed in red and black. The second installment of Buchanan's autobiography, describing his work for a Belfast newspaper during the troubles and reminiscences of Fleet..... More
London: Gaberbocchus Press, 1958. First English language edition. 8vo, 198 pp, bound in the publisher's original yellow cloth titled in red at the spine. Photographically illustrated dust jacket. The first English language edition, translated into English and with a preface by Barbara Wright. A gorgeously designed book, one of the..... More
London: Gaberbocchus Press, 1953. First edition. 8vo, 142 pp, bound in publisher's original full black cloth titled in blue at the spine. A satirical novel involving the misadventures of three Englishmen in the mountains of Central Asia. 'Mr. Sisson hasused an elaborate fantasy to to help make his point that..... More
London: Gaberbocchus Press, 1952. First edition. 8vo, 62 pp, bound in brown cloth with embossed maroon titles to spine. A prose poem which grew out of an earlier text published in Adam International Review entitled 'Letter to an Unwritten Poem." "This wortk can be likened to a prose poem in..... More
London: Gaberbocchus Press, 1967. 8vo, 65 pp, bound in white wraps printed in two colors, and illustrated by Franciszka Themerson. A reprint of the novel first published in a hardcover edition by Gaberbocchus in 1951. Near fine with some faint scratches to wraps and a single small spot of soiling..... More
London: Gaberbocchus Press, 1960. First edition, wrappered issue. Oblong 8vo, 112 pp, illustrated wraps. Illustrated and designed by Franciszka Themerson. The book form of this play originally presented for radio in 1956 on the BBC Third Programme. An exuberant work lampooning many familiar figures in literature and cinema. Very good..... More
London: Gaberbocchus Press, 1966. Third edition. 12mo, unpaginated, bound in illustrated wraps. Translated from the French by Barbara Wright. Illustrated with 204 drawings by Franciszka Themerson "doodled on litho plates and printed in black on yellow paper." The third Gaberbocchus edition, which first appeared in 1951 - an early publication..... More
London: Gaberbocchus Press, 1961. First edition. 8vo, 45 pp, bound in pale green boards titled in black at the spine. A collection of poems followed by prose commentary. Very good, with a very slight roll and hint of fading to boards at spine, in a very good dust jacket which..... More
London: Gaberbocchus Press, 1975. First edition, wrappered issue. 8vo, 127 [1] pp, bound in white wraps titled in red. Inscribed by Themerson at the half title; "For David & Nancy / with best wishes / Stefan." Illustrated with drawings by Franciszka Themerson. Wraps a little toned and slightly grubby, a...... More
London: Gaberbocchus Press, 1967. First edition. First edition, wrappered issue. 8vo, unpaginated, bound in white card wraps printed in red. With publisher's prospectus laid in. An unusual work, consisting of 100 numbered fragments of text followed by 100 numbered, terse poems, all inspired by the work of Christopher Marlowe. "In..... More
London: Gaberbocchus, 1959. First edition. 12mo, 124 pp, bound in green boards titled in gilt at the spine; photographically illustrated dust jacket. Buchanan's memoir of his Ulster childhood, dedicated to Forrest Reid, 'who read an early draft'. Another beautiful book from Stefan and Francizka Themerson's Gaberbocchus Press. A touch of..... More
Anvers: Complexe, c. 1968. Oblong 8vo, 70 pp, side-stapled and backed with black cloth tape. Illustrated in black and white. Text in French. Debut issue of this student little magazine of art and literature edited by a young André Versaille, who would later take the name - based upon the..... More