Kickshaws.- Queneau (Raymond) One Hundred Million Million Poems, first English edition, one of 500 copies, [Paris], 1983 & others from the press (c.115)

Kickshaws.- Queneau (Raymond) One Hundred Million Million Poems, translated by John Crombie, first English edition, one of 500 copies, each page cut into strips between each line to enable different combinations of pages/poems, original wrappers sewn with cord in Japanese style, [Paris], 1983 § Beckett (Samuel) Lessness, one of 100 copies, ring-bound at each edge to unfold and refold in different order, slip-case, 2002 § Crombie (John) Cette Galère, one of 115 copies, colour illustrations, loose as issued in original pictorial wrappers, slip-case, 1991 § Crombie (John) & Sheila Bourne. Stitches in Time, one of 190 copies signed by the author & printer, colour illustrations, loose as issued in original wrappers, original cloth drop-back box, 1985; Tutti Frutti, one of 65 copies signed by the author & printer, colour illustrations, original ring-bound pictorial wrappers, slip-case, 1987; Kickshaws 1980-2004: A (First) Quarter Century of Innovative Bookmaking, one of 50 copies, signed presentation copy from the authors/printers inscribed "For Simon and Gill, with much appreciation for your collecting stamina..." on half-title, loose as issued in original printed wrappers, slip-case, 2004, Paris, Kickshaws; and a large collection of others from the press comprising c.85 books and c.25 small books ring-bound at each edge and 4 hanging mobiles of small ring-bound pages (2 still folded in boxes), v.s. (c.115)

⁂ A comprehensive collection of books produced by this unusual press with its innovative typography and eccentric formats.

The illustration shows a selection only of those included in the lot.