David Chambers

An homage to early 19th century children's boxed libraries produced by members of the PLA Society of Private Printers from Australia, England, Holland, Italy and the United States.

• Sold as a set of 31.
• Edited by David Chambers (English).
• Pictorial paper title illustrations by Pam G Rueter (English).
• London: The Cuckoo Hill Press, 1980.
• Volumes are bound in decorative wrappers and are illustrated with original woodcuts, block designs, etching, artwork or reproductions from earlier sources.
• The books are housed within a single wooden bookcase, as issued, the sliding front panel with a pictorial paper title label.

List of included titles, authors and signatures:

1. Animal Proverbs, Biscuit City Press, 1978: woodcuts by Fritz Eichenberg, signed by both illustrator and publisher.

2. Het Hondengevecht, Bonnefant, 1978.

3. Das Kleine Kinder ABC Buch, Brandywine Press [their first publication], 1979, original ink drawing as frontispiece.

4. The Maiden from the 9th Heaven, Cherub Press, 1978.

5. Words on Paper, Crabgrass Press, 1978.

6. Jim's Kite, Cracked Bell Press, 1976.

7. Castellorum Arenosorum, Cuckoo Hill Press, 1980, etched frontispiece.

8. My Mysterious Father, Gogmagog Press, 1978.

9. Life on the Farm, Press of the Golden Key, 1978.

10. Tiddler to Teens, Happy Dragons Press, 1978.

11. The Making of Matilda, Laurence Housman, Invicta Press, 1979.

12. Memories of a Welsh Childhood, Lady Osborn, Keepsake Press, 1978.

13. Eatum Peatum Penny Pie, Iain Bain at the Laverock Press, [n.d.].

14. I Spy With My Little Eye, Narbulla Agency, 1975.

15. Two Moral Tales in Verse [after Heinrich Hoffmann], Pardoe, 1979.

16. Three Little Ghostesses, Perdix Press, 1978.

17. A Printer's Insects, The Perhaps Press, 1978, with signed wood engravings by Jeremy Lee-Potter.

18. An Apple Pie, The Plough Press, [n.d.].

19. The Riddle, P'Nye Press, 1978.

20. Post Cards, Priapus Press, 1979.

21. The Midnight Tryst, Proverbial Press, 1978.

22. In Loco Pueri, The Pump Press, 1979.

23. Sarah the Snow Queen, Quarto Press, 1979.

24. A Bestiary for a Precocious Child, Scarlet Ibis Press, 1978.

25. Layla and Majnun, Septentrio, 1978, 3 colored linocuts.

26. Skool Rools, Susan Chambers at the Slow Camel Press, 1979.

27. A Wendy-House Rehearsal, Stilt Press, 1979.

28. London Cries, Peter Stockham, 1979.

29. Marigold's Dream, Insegna della Tarasca, 1978.

30. A Cradle Song by Thomas Dekker, Typographeum, 1978, music by Keith Kibler.