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Gregynog Press

[Private Press founded by Gwendoline & Margaret Davies in 1922 at Gregynog Hall, Montgomeryshire.
They inherited a fortune from their grandfather
(David Davies 1818-1890 who had made his wealth
from construction, building railways and coal mines) and collected Post-Impressionist paintings
and were benefactors of literature, Education and Arts & Crafts. They intended to turn Gregynog
into a centre for fine pottery, weaving, furniture-making and printing, but only the book production
part got developed.
It functioned until 1940 and 42 works were printed.
It has been revived recently]
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READING
Thomas Jones : The Gregynog Press - A Paper Read to the Double Crown Club on 7 April, 1954
(1954 OUP) - 750
J M Davies : The Private Press at Gregynog
(1959 Leicester College of Art) - Rigby Graham
Dorothy A Harrop : A History of the Gregynog Press
(1980 Private Libraries Assoc)
- 2500 of which 100 signed

1923-1924
George HERBERT : Poems
(1923 Gregynog Press) - 300.
[ The 1st Book from this Private Press]
(Ed) Poems by Henry Vaughan (1924 Gregynog Press) - R A Maynard & H W Bray
470 copies + de luxe ed 30 copies
Offered in 1991 for £200

1925-1926
T G JONES : Caneuon Detholiad
(1925 Gregynog Press) - H W Bray with R A Maynard
(Ed) E P RHYS : Chosen Essays by Edward Thomas (1926 Gregynog Press)
- wood engravings by R A Maynard & H W Bray. 317 copies + de luxe ed 33 copies

1927-1928
(Ed) E P RHYS : The Life of Saint David (1927 Gregynog Press)
- wood engravings by R A Maynard & H W Bray
150 copies + 25 de luxe copies
Llyfr y Pregeth-Wr
(Ecclesiastes) (1927 Gregynog Press) - David Jones
Thomas Love PEACOCK : The Misfortunes of Elphin
(1928 Gregynog Press) - 250. Horace Bray
Offered in 1998 for £220
E L H CHERBURY : The Autobiography
(1928 Gregynog Press)
- engravings by Horace Walter Bray. 300
W H DAVIES : Selected Poems
(1928 Gregynog Press, Newtown) - 310. Augustus John frontis
Penillion Omar Khayyam
(1928 Gregynog Press) - H W Bray with R A Maynard

1929-1930
E L JONES : Arnold House
(1929 Gregynog Press, Newtown) - R A Maynard
Christina ROSSETTI : Poems - Chosen by Walter de la Mare
(1930 Gregynog Press)
- 275. - R A Maynard
Offered in 1998 for £220
The Stealing of the Mare
(1930 Gregynog Press) - H W Bray with R A Maynard

1931-1932
John MILTON : Comus : A Mask
(1931 Gregynog Press) - 250. Blair Hughes-Stanton
+ 25 bound by George Fisher
Offered in 1998 for £2500
EURIPIDES : Plays
(1931 Gregynog Press) - H W Bray with R A Maynard
Charles LAMB : Elia & The Last Essays of Elia
(1931 Gregynog Press) - 2 vols. - H W Bray
W J GRUFFYD : Caniadau
(1932 Gergynog Press) - Blair Hughes-Stanton
Samuel BUTLER : Erewhon
(1932 Gregynog Press) - 300. Blair Hughes-Stanton
The Revelation of St John the Divine
(1932 Gregynog Press) - 250. Blair Hughes-Stanton
AESOP : The Fables
(1932 Gregynog Press) - 250. Agnes Miller Parker
Robert VANSITTART : The Singing Caravan : A Sufi Tale
(1932 Gregynog Press)
- 250. William McCance

1933-1934
The Lamentations of Jeremiah
(1933 Gregynog Press) - 250. Blair Hughes-Stanton
XXI Welsh Gypsy Folk Tales : Collected by John Sampson
(1933 Gregynog Press) - 250. Agnes Miller Parker
Thomas JONES : A Theme with Variations
(1933 Gregynog Press) - 175
W H DAVIES : The Lovers' Song-Book
(1933 Gregynog Press) - 250
John MILTON : Four Poems
(1933 Gregynog Press) - 250. Blair Hughes-Stanton
Offered in 1999 for £500
Lloyd HABERLY : Anne Boleyn & Other Poems
(1934 Gregynog Press) - 300
Offered in 1995 for £300
Salvador de MADARIAGA : Don Quixote : An Introductory Essay in Psychology
(1934 Gregynog Press, Newtown) - 250

1935-1936
Robert BRIDGES : Eros & Psyche : A Poem in XII Measures
(1935 Gregynog Press, Newtown) - 285
- Lloyd Haberly & John Beedham
Offered at £750 in 1998
Sir John FORTESCUE : The Story of a Red Deer
(1935 Gregynog Press) - 250. Dorothy Burroughes
Henry THOMAS : The Star of Seville : A Drama in 3 Acts
(1935 Gregynog Press) - 175
Helen WADDELL : New York City
(1935 Gregynog Press) - S Mrozewski
Lord BROOKE : Caelica
(Ed by Una Ellis-Fermor) (1936 Gregynog Press) - Ltd Ed 225
XENOPHON : Cyrupaedia - The Institution and Life of Cyrus
(1936 Gregynog Press, Newtown) - 135

1937-1938
John MILTON : On the Morning of Christ's Nativity
(1937 Gregynog Press) - Alison McKenzie
John Lord of JOINVILLE : The History of Saint Louis
(1937 Gregynog Press) - 200
Offered in 1995 for £1500
Antonia de GUEVARA : The Praise and Happinesse of the Countrie-Life
(1938 Gregynog Press) - 400. Reynolds Stone
J G HARTZENBUSCH : The Lovers of Teruel
(1938 Gregynog Press) - 175
Offered in 1999 for £240

1939-1940
G B SHAW : Shaw Gives Himself Away : An Autobiographical Miscellany
(1939 Gregynog Press, Newtown) - 300
Offered in 1995 for £750

Related Writers

Aesop
Rigby Graham
David Jones
Omar Khayyam
Charles Lamb
John Milton


See also

Robert Seymour Bridges
William Henry Davies
Ernest Percival Rhys
Christina Georgina Rossetti
George Bernard Shaw
Philip Edward Thomas
Dylan Marlais Thomas