Click on any of the images below to open a slideshow of all the images in the corresponding series. For information on each of the series and other items shown below, see the discussions from Thomas Bird Mosher and the Art of the Book.
The Bibelot (1895-1915)
Front blue wrapper for the monthly issue of February 1911.
Paper spine & front cover of yearly bound volume.
Full blue library buckram found on some sets.
Special publisher’s binding of 3/4 red levant.
Japan vellum cover on Japan vellum yearly volume.
Sample of occasional pictorial insert in some monthly issues.
The Bibelot Series (1893-1897)
D. G. Rossetti’s “The Blessed Damozel.”
D. G. Rossetti’s “The Blessed Damozel” title page.
Books Privately Printed (1892-1923)
“Autumn Leaves from Maple Cottage” cover.
“Fragments” by Cave (volume 1), design by Birger Elwing. Cover.
Robert Burns’ “Tam O’Shanter — A Tale” in Japanese “San ban” paper covers. Cover.
Richard Le Gallienne’s “Thomas Bird Mosher — An Appreciation.” Cover.
Edwin Bolles’ “Collectors and Collecting” cover.
“Carlyle Calendar — Weekly Visits to the Sage of Chelsa” cover.
Lloyd Mifflin’s “Ode to Gertrude on her Sixth Birthday” cover.
William Butler Yeats’ “The Land of Heart’s Desire” title page.
Brocade Series (1895-1905)
Japan vellum cover with decorative initial, on Walter Pater’s “Emerald Uthwart.”
William Morris’ “The Tale of King Florus and the Fair Jehane” title page.
Catalogues (1893/94-1923)
1898: “A List of Books Issued as Limited Editions” with Lucian Pissarro design from “The Book of Ruth and The Book of Esther” (London: Vale Press, 1896). Cover.
1902 “The Mosher Books” with Charles Ricketts design from “The Poems of Sir John Suckling” (London: Vale Press, 1896). Cover.
1906: “The Mosher Books” with Charles Ricketts design from Silverpoints (London, Bodley Head, 1893). Cover.
1912: “The Mosher Books”. Cover.
“The Mosher Books” with Renaissance styled design. Cover.
1919: “The Mosher Books” with Frederick Goudy border design. Cover.
“The Mosher Books” with biographical, symbolic title page designed by e.a.c. (Elizabeth Alden Curtis). Title page.
The English Reprint Series (1891-1904)
George Meredith’s “Modern Love,” Mosher’s first book. Cover.
Meredith’s “Modern Love.” Title page.
Golden Text Series (1908-1911)
Solid green wrapper and marbled paper version of Matthew Arnold’s “Thyris” with Charles Ricketts design. Covers.
George Meredith’s “Love in the Valley.” Title page.
Ideal Series of Little Masterpieces (1906-1909)
From the regular green and the Japan velum wrappers. The designs are from a binding pictured in Anstruther’s “The Bindings of Tomorrow — A Record of the Work of the Guild of Women-Binders and the Hampstead Bindery” (London, 1902, entry #6). Covers.
D. G. Rossetti’s “Hand and Soul.” Title page.
Lyra Americana Series (1915-1920)
Thomas Jones’ “The Rose Jar” bound in heart designed Italian hand made paper. Cover.
Lizette Woodworth Reese’s “A Branch of May.” Title page.
Lyric Garland Series (1903-1913)
Grey boards with lables on Gordon Bottomley’s “The Riding to Lithend.” Cover.
Lizette Woodworth Reese’s “A Branch of May” title page.
Miscellaneous Series (1895-1923)
Richard Garnett’s “De Flagello Myrteo” in marbled boards. Cover.
James Russell Lowell’s “The Present Crisis,” red Toyogami paper wraps. Cover.
Robert Buchanan’s “The Story of David Gray,” designer unknown. Cover.
“The Book of Ecclesiastes” with Eragny Press design by Lucien Pissarro. Cover.
“From the Upanishads,” designer unknown. Cover.
Marcel Schwob’s “Mimes” with design by Earl Stetson Crawford. Cover.
Virgil’s “The Eclogues” with design by Charles M. Jenckes. Cover.
Robert Burns’ “The Jolly Beggars.” Cover.
Wicksteed, trans. “Our Lady’s Tumbler” with Chiswick border design. Cover.
Macleod’s “The House of Usna” with Chiswick border and circular Celtic device. Cover.
Keats’ “Odes, Sonnets & Lyrics” with George Auriol design. Cover.
Douglas’ “Magic in Kensington Gardens” with Lucian Pissarro design. Cover.
“Poetical Works of Oscar Wilde” with Wilde’s plum blossom design. Cover.
Fiona Macleod’s “Runes of Woman” with Aubrey Beadsley design. Cover.
Axel Munthe’s “For Those Who Love Music and other Vagaries.” Cover.
Bertrand Russell’s “A Free Man’s Worship.” Cover.
“Memories of President Lincoln” by Walt Whitman. Title page.
“Hand & Soul” by Dante Gabriel Rossetti. Title page.
“The Blessed Damozel” by Dante Gabriel Rossetti. Title page.
“Sirenica” by W. Compton Leith with an introduction by William Marion Reidy. Title page.
“Poems by Francis Thompson.” Title page.
“Homeward Songs by the Way” by A.E. Title page.
“The Present Crisis” by James Russel Lowell. Title page.
Title opening from Arnold’s “Empedocles on Etna” using Kelmscott border.
Old World Series (1895-1909)
Marian Mead, trans. “The Pearl,” with cover design by Thomas Maitland Cleland. Fiona Macleod’s “Divine Adventure” also with Cleland cover design.
Andrew Lang, trans. “Aucassin & Nicolete.” Title page.
The Quarto Series (1899-1904)
White spine and printed front cover with Rossetti designs on A.C. Swinburne’s “Songs before Sunrise” (reproduced at 70%). Cover.
D. G. Rossetti’s “Ballads & Sonnets” (reproduced at 70%).
Reprints from The Bibelot Series (1897-1902)
William Morris’ “The Story of the Unknown Church.” Cover.
R.L. Stevenson’s “Father Damien.” Title page.
Reprints of Privately Printed Books Series (1897-1902)
“Wine Women and Song” tran. by John Addington Symonds with Charles Richetts design. Cover.
D.G. Rossetti, et. al, “The Germ” with Charles Ricketts design. Cover.
Mary E. Coleridge’s “Fancy’s Following” with design by Isadore B. Paine. Cover.
Symonds’ “Fragilia Labilia” with design by Isadore B. Paine. Cover.
“Primavera” with design by Isadore B. Paine. Cover.
Mary E. Coleridge’s “Fancy’s Following” by Anodos [pseud.]. Title page.
D. G. Rossetti, et. al. “The Germ” with design by Edward B. Edwards. Title page.
A. C. Swinburne’s “The Heptalogia.” Title page.
Venetian Series (1910-1913)
A. Mary Robinson’s “Songs from an Italian Garden” and Oscar Wilde’s “The Sphinx.” Covers.
Sample papers, some of which were used by the Mosher Press.
Sample papers, some of which were used by the Mosher Press.
Wilde’s “The Sphinx.” Title page.
Vest Pocket Series (1899-1913)
“The Pageant of Summer,” and three different samples of “In Praise of Old Gardens.” Covers.
Shelly’s “A Defence of Poetry.”
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