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A Bibliography of
The High House Press, 1924 – 1939
This bibliography is not complete; it is based on books
which have passed through my hands over the years. All books are printed in Shaftesbury,
unless otherwise stated.
1. 1924 Twenty Four Sonnets by
William Joseph Ibbett. 29pp (165 copies).
2. 1924 The Eve of Venus by
W.J. Ibbett. 16pp (115 copies).
3. 1924 Rocky Valley and Other Poems by N. C. Raad. 24pp (250 copies).
4. 1925 A Greek Garland of Amorous Trifles trans. W.J. Ibbett. 25pp (140
copies).
5. 1925 A Ballade Upon a Wedding by
Sir John Suckling. 15pp (150 copies).
6. 1925 The Shepheard's Holy Day. 11 pp (170 copies).
7. 1925 Young Folk and Old by
Eleanor Farjeon. 23pp (220 copies).
8. 1925 Poems by Lewis W.
Townsend. 21pp (158 copies).
9. 1925 Twilight Corners by D.
G. Hutton. (165 copies).
10. 1926 Some Sonnets and
Songs of the Divine Poet M. Francesco Petrarca.
(Petrarch) trans. W.J. Ibbett. 30pp (105 copies). HB.
11. 1926 (February) The Gossips, From a Manuscript of the Fifteenth Century. (100 copies), first 25 copies for
presentation.
12. 1926 Mildred, Twelve essays by
friends in memory of Mildred Olivier, by various hands, including Edith Olivier. (112 copies).
(Mildred Olivier was the sister of Edith Olivier), illustrated by Rex Whistler
13. 1926 Twenty Songs of William Shenstone. (192 copies). Illustrated by Philip
Ainsworth.
14. 1926 Songs and Verses from Edmund Waller. 24pp (150 copies). 12
decorations by Pickford Waller. First 25 presentation copies.
15. 1927 (May) Rymes of the Minstrels (selected
from a manuscript of the Fifteenth Century). 32pp (230 copies). Copies 1 – 30 on hand-made paper.
16. 1927 The Vigil Of Venus: A Rendering
Of The Pervigilium Veneris
Into English Verse trans.
Thomas Parnell. 12pp (200 copies). HB first 30 on hand-made paper.
17. 1927 The Room and Other Poems 1921 – 1926 by Eric Walter White. 24pp (180
copies, first 30 on hand-made paper).
18. 1927 (December) The First Three Odes of Anacreon Done Into English by Ambrose
Phillips. 10pp (100 copies). First 25 copies on hand-made paper for
presentation.
19. 1928 (March) A Pastoral Ballad in four Parts by William Shenstone. 16pp
(120 numbered copies), Arnold hand-made paper.
20. 1928 A Proper New Boke of the Armonye of Byrdes. (The Harmony of Birds), attributed to John Skelton, printer
John Wight, c. 1555 32pp (170 copies). HB. Hand made paper. 160
copies for sale.
21. 1928 The Reckoning and other poems by E. M. Martin. 27pp (150 copies). HB, patterned paper
covered boards. First 25 copies on
hand-made paper.
22. 1928 Good Wine a Fifteenth century drinking song. (90 copies).
22. 1929 Hylas the XlIIth Idyll of Theokritos, trans.
S. Matthewman. 8pp (200 copies). 3 vignette
designs by Albert Wainwright. HB first 65 presentation copies.
23. 1929 Twenty-six Sonnets of Peterarch trans. W.J.Ibbett.
30pp (165 copies).
24. 1929 Anatomie
of the World Wherein By occasion of the Untimely death of Mistris Elizabeth Drury the Frailtie
and the decay of This Whole World is Represented by John Donne. 32pp (170 copies).
25. 1930 Twelve Songs From the Plays of John Lyly.
18pp (160 copies).
26. 1930 (December) Arcades by John Milton.
8pp (100 for sale). Arnold hand made paper.
26a. 1930 (December) Arcades by John Milton. 8pp (50 copies, not for sale). Arnold hand
made paper. Without the final colophon and with a different imprint on
the title-page.
27. 1930 The Poem of Amriolkais trans. Sir William Jones. 27pp
(200 copies).
28. 1930 The High House Press, a short history by S. Matthewman. 8pp (500 copies).
29. 1931 A Medley, some verses by
William J. Ibbett. 15pp (180 copies). First
30 presentation copies.
30. 1931 One Hundred Facets of Winter and Spring by W.j. Ibbett.
38pp plus 4pp intro (loose) by Paul Beaujon
(Beatrice Warde). With wood engravings by J. R.
Biggs and John Masters. (110
copies)
31. 1932 (November) Shaftesbury: The Shaston
of Thomas Hardy by J. R.
Masters. viiipp+24 leaves printed one side only,
unlimited edition on Basingwerk parchment, 12
wood engravings by John R. Biggs and J.E. Masters.
31a 1932 Shaftesbury: The Shaston
of Thomas Hardy by J. R.
Masters. viiipp+24 leaves printed one side
only, 12 wood engravings by John R. Biggs and J.E. Masters. Signed limited edition on hand made
paper (60 copies). Signed by artists. Slightly larger format than the
unlimited edition.
31b Shaftesbury: The Shaston
of Thomas Hardy by J. R.
Masters. Reprint of no. 31, by
the Book in Hand, Shaftesbury.
1983 ISBN 0-9508868-0-7, with an extra woodcut of Bell Street,
introduction by J.R. Biggs, and bibliography.
32. 1932 Faust Goethe, trans. Shelley.
33. 1933 Pannychis by Eleanor Farjeon. 14pp (225
copies). woodcuts by Claire Leighton
34. 1933 Christmas by George
Wither. (50 copies).
35. 1933 How a Merchant Did Betray His Wife, a 15th century ballad.
23pp (100 copies).
36. 1935 Three Hundred & Sixty-Five
Short Quotations From Horace, With Modern Titles And Varied Metrical
Versions In English, trans. H.
Darnley Naylor. vii +92pp (215 copies). HB,
first 15 copies signed.
37. 1936
A Marriage Triumphe by Thomas Heywood. 31 pp (65 copies).
38. 1936 Hero and Leander trans.
George Chapman. (75 copies, 60 for sale). Demy 4to, Arnold hand-made
paper.
39. 1937 (Bristol) Romany Joter by Dorothy Una Ratcliffe.
16pp (115 copies).
40. 1937 (Bristol) Old English Wines and Cordials compiled by J. E. Masters, with wood engravings by Reynolds
Stone. (215 copies) first 25 copies specially bound and signed by
artist and printer.
41. (Bristol) The Art of Making Fine Prints. (undated)
42. (Bristol)
1938 (Bristol) Six Poems by N. L. Bright. (250
numbered copes), grey wrappers.
43. (Bristol) 1939 Patient Grizelda.
1930 New Year's Greeting. A woodcut by Masters, wrappers.
1939 This Greeting With Our Good Wishes for the New Year. Signed wood engraving by James E. Masters
4pp.
There were many other similar
Christmas/New Year Greetings printed.
© 2006 Peter Shouler.
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