Mr. & Mrs. Havelock Ellis
A Prospectus. Stories And Essays, by Mrs. Havelock Ellis. Berkeley Heights, N.J.: Free Spirit Press. 1924.
Cromwell and Packard types; three drawings by Maurice Duvalet; printed in two colors on woodcut paper; 4A x 8 inches; 4 p.
Stories And Essays, by Mrs. Havelock Ellis. 2 vols. Berkeley Heights, N.J.: Free Spirit Press. 1924. Copy no. 289.
Cromwell type; portraits, drawings and initials by Maurice Duvalet; printed in black and blue on book paper; limited to 305 copies; boards with cloth spine. Two volumes; 4 x 8 inches; xviii, 88, 86 p. Volume I: Stories with a preface by Charles Marriott, Reminescences by Mrs. Clifford Bax; a Note by Havelock Ellis.
Edith Mary Oldham (Lees) Ellis (1861- 1916), the wife of Havelock Ellis, was an author in her own right. The two volumes here published by Ishill (volume 1 on display) clearly demonstrate her proficiency as a writer. This is one of the few publications which Ishill offered for sale. Most of his work was distributed privately to friends and others whom he knew would appreciate the contents of his publications.
Personal Impressions Of Edward Carpenter, by Mrs. Havelock Ellis. Berkeley Heights, N.J.: Free Spirit Press, 1922.
Cromwell type; woodcuts by Maurice Duvalet; printed in black and yellow; 200 copies; wrappers; 5.5 x 7 inches; 16 p.
For the first time in this volume we see the imprint of "The Free Spirit Press," no doubt influenced by the magazine of the same name. Edward Carpenter, the "English Tolstoy," was a British pacifist anarchist, a pioneering freethinker and sexual anthropologist. This essay by Mrs. Havelock Ellis, published posthumously, was a previously unpublished lecture.
An Open Letter To Biographers, by Havelock Ellis. Introductory Note by Joseph Ishill. Berkeley Heights, N.J.: Oriole Press, 1931. Copy no. 44.
Garamond type; printed in black and orange; 108 copies on Strathmore Artlaid paper; boards with vellum spine; 4.75 x 7.75 inches; v, 25 p.
Ishill had intended to publish this essay, written by Ellis about 1896, in his tribute to Ellis, however, the overwhelming response to his call for contributions forced him to leave it out. Nevertheless, Ishill desired to publish An Open Letter, and did so in this slim volume.
Kanga Creek: An Australian Idyll, by Havelock Ellis, with a special introduction by the author. Berkeley Heights, N.J.: Oriole Press, 1938. Copy no. 89.
Garamond type; wood-engravings by Bernard Sleigh and Ivy Anne Ellis; printed in three colors; 250 copies on ash-white Arak paper; boards with buckram spine; 5.25 x 8.25 inches; x, 114 p.
Inscription: "for - my dear Agnes with the sincere regards from your friend - Joseph, Feb. 1944"
This was the only novel which Ellis ever published. It is based on his real life experiences with the beauty of the Australian country.
The Unpublished Letters Of Havelock Ellis To Joseph Ishill. Including Prefatory Note by Joseph Ishill, Poem by Rose Freeman-Ishill, Introductory Essay by Joseph Ishill and Bibliographical Notes. Berkeley Heights, N.J.: Oriole Press, 1954. Copy no. 71.
Kennerley types; printed in three colors; 125 copies on Ivory Superfine Text paper; light blue cloth boards with linen spine and printed labels; 5.5 x 8.25 inches; xxviii, 234 p.
Published in 1954, this edition of previously unpublished letters was Ishill's last major publishing undertaking with the Oriole Press. These letters largely concern Ellis and his wife's stories and essays that Ishill published, as well as other Oriole Press publications which Ishill sent to Ellis. This particular letter, in which he speaks of his Open Letter to Biographers, the then-forthcoming Soul of Japan, and of the world-wide depression, is representative of Ellis' letters.
Havelock Ellis: In Appreciation, compiled and edited by Joseph Ishill. Berkeley Heights, N.J.: Oriole Press, 1929.
Garamond type; frontispiece portrait from a crayon drawing and a drypoint by Walter Tittle, a woodcut by Maurcie Duvalet, decorations by Louis Moreau, and a number of photographic reproductions of Havelock Ellis from various stages of his life; facsimiles of letters by Romain Rolland & Remy de Gourmont; printed in three colors; 450 copies on book paper; boards with buckram spine; 6.25 x 8.25 inches; xliv, 300 p.
Comments On Havelock Ellis: In Appreciation, compiled and edited by Joseph Ishill. Berkeley Heights, N.J.: Oriole Press, 1929.
Garamond and Eve types; two decorations by Louis Moreau; printed in black and orange on Strathmore Alexandra Japan vellum paper; Fabriano wrappers; 5.5 x 7.5 inches; 12 p.
Published for the occasion of Ellis' seventieth birthday, Ishill's "appreciation" is a tribute to the pioneering author of the seven volume Studies in the Psychology of Sex. It is a part of a tradition which Ishill would continue, of publishing tributes to those he considered great thinkers. Like the Kropotkin and Reclus tributes that preceded this one, it is a compilation of many essays and tributes by some of the great literary figures of the time.
