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See More... (Abattoir Editions) Stanford, Donald E. SELECTED POEMS OF S. FOSTER DAMON.
Omaha Abattoir Editions 1974 small 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 79 pages.
Limited to 475 numbered copies. Printed on Wookey Hole paper. Illustrated with engravings by Keith Achepohl. Spine faded.
Price: $ 25.00 other currencies Order nr. 35884

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See More... (Abbe, Elfriede) Anderson, Hans Christian. THE WIND'S TALE.
Manchester Centre, VT Elfriede Abbe n.d. (1996) 4to quarter cloth, decorated marbled paper-covered boards, marbled spine labels, top edge cut, other edges uncut unpaginated
Limited to 200 numbered and signed copies. Illustrated, designed, and produced by Elfriede Abbe. Abbe (1919-) is a scupltor and wood engraver who has won numerous prizes for her work. Printed on Linweave hand-made paper. Printed on a Chandler and Price platen press, manually operated. Loosely inserted is an A.L.S. from Abbe dated 1996 in which she talks about this book and even enclosed a marbled paper sample to show the color of the binding and a sample page of the text with an illustration. The letter must have worked as the collector bought the book.
Price: $ 650.00 other currencies Order nr. 107129

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Presentation to his Mother

(Abbe. Elfriede) Irving, Washington RIP VAN WINKLE: A LEGEND OF THE KAATSKILL MOUNTAINS
Ithaca, NY (Elfriede Abbe) 1951 4to quarter cloth, paper covered boards, gilt emblem on front board, fore-edge uncut, slipcase (viii), 34 +(1) pages
Limited edition of 275 numbered and signed copies. Abbe (1919-) is a scupltor and wood engraver who has won numerous prizes for her work. This is copy # 1 presented to Abbe's mother on Christmas 1951. Woodcut engravings by Elfriede Abbe. Text printed from handset type. Invoice for slipcase laid in. Onlaid xerox of one illustration onlayed on slipcase.
Price: $ 650.00 other currencies Order nr. 107229

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See More... (Alternative Press) McCaig, Snee LAST POEMS.
Grindstone City, MI Alternative Press (1978) 12mo. stiff paper wrappers. (36) pages.
Limited to 726 copies of which this is one of the 600 in paper wrappers. Signed on the first blank page by Ann Mikolowski who designed and illustrated the book.
Price: $ 25.00 other currencies Order nr. 107406

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See More... Angel, Marie BEASTS IN HERALDRY
Brattleboro VT Stephen Greene Press (1974) square 8vo paper-covered boards, paper-covered clamshell box with pictorial front pastedown not paginated
First edition, one of 100 numbered and signed copies. Laid-in, in original folder with waxed seal, is a print of an eagle with printed initials M. A. Loose page noting contents and limitation also laid-in. A very attractive book relating the charming pictures of Miss Angel to the creatures of heraldry. Twenty animals represented. The protective clamshell box is stained.
Price: $ 200.00 other currencies Order nr. 107031

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See More... Arago, J[acques Etienne Victor] NARRATIVE OF A VOYAGE AROUND THE WORLD
in the Uranie and Physicienne Corvettes, commanded by Captain Freycinet, during the years 1817. 1818, 1819, and 1820; on a scientific expedition undertaken by order of the French government, in a Series of Letters to a Friend London Treuttel, and Wurtz, Treuttel, Jr. and Richter 1823 4to 20th century half leather, raised bands, marbled paper-covered boards xxxi, 297, (2) pages
First edition in English (Ferguson 885; Hill, page 10).Translated from French. Arago was draftsman to the expedition. Frontispiece map of the world showing route of voyage. Report to the Academy of Sciences on the General Results of the Expediton prefixed. With 26 full-page plates by the author. Table of three appendices include study of vocabularies of native people encountered, list of officers of the Uranie, and weather observations in ports visited. Bookseller's advertisement and invoice laid in. Pencil notations and bookseller's ticket on front pastedown. Map and two plates folded at the bottom to fit. Light foxing and small tears to a couple of the plates. Text and illustrations clean.
Price: $ 8,500.00 other currencies Order nr. 107111

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See More... (Ashendene Press) Malory, Sir Thomas THE NOBLE AND JOYOUS BOOK ENTYTLED LE MORTE D'ARTHUR.
Chelsea Ashendene Press 1913 folio full brown leather, five raised bands, titling in gilt, cloth clamshell box with leather spine label. xxii, (ii), 300, (2) pages.
Limited to 145 copies printed on hand-made paper and 8 on vellum; this is one of the paper copies (Descriptive Bibliography, no.XXVI; Franklin 102). Printed by hand by St. John Hornby. All but three of the illustrations were drawn by Charles M. Gere; the other three were drawn by Margaret Gere. Cut on wood by W.H. Hooper and J.B. Swain. The text was taken from Southey's reprint of 1817 of Caxton's edition. Reprints Caxton's foreword. "In this, for the first time, blue was used alternately with red for the large initials. The chapter-headings are all printed in red. For this book Graily Hewitt designed two or three alphabets of fine initials." Colin Franklin calls this "a marvellous achievement, a glorious book." Faintly written in the back is the name Leonard Baskin. As typical with this book, the original Brown cowhide binding has been recreated by a later binder (WB) with part of the original spine (lettering) inlaid on spine. Some rubbing along edges; minor fading of covers. Foxing along edges of free endpapers from turn-ins.The later clamshell box is faded.
Price: $ 7,500.00 other currencies Order nr. 107188

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See More... (Beardsley, Aubrey) Gillion, Edmund V. Jr. BEARDSLEY'S ILLUSTRATIONS FOR LE MORTE D'ARTHUR
New York Dover Publications, Inc. (1972) 4to. stiff paper wrappers ix, (iii), 171 pages
580 illustrations from Aubrey Beardsley's Dent edition of 1893-4. Some wear to wrappers and soiling of edges.
Price: $ 8.00 other currencies Order nr. 106299

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See More... (Bird & Bull Press) Fraser, Claud Lovat A BOOK OF SIMPLE TOYS, A FACSIMILE WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY SEYMOUR ADELMAN.
Bryn Mawr Bryn Mawr College Library 1982 square 8vo. cloth, paper cover label. 15 pages followed by the reproduction of this book produced in 1917.
Limited to 1000 copies and designed and printed by Henry Morris at his Bird & Bull Press. Filled with full color illustrations of toys drawn by Fraser. Spine slightly faded.
Price: $ 15.00 other currencies Order nr. 21153

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Presentation to Dard Hunter Jr.

(Bird & Bull Press) THREE ERFURT TALES, 1497-1498
Translated into English by Dr. Arnold H Price, with an introduction by Lessing J. Rosenwald. North Hills, PA Bird & Bull Press 1962 small 8vo. cloth. viii, 62, iv pages.
Limited to 310 numbered copies. (Taylor A3). Rosenwald provided the original edition of the book, a series of three tales written for the common man of Erfurt, Germany. Illustrated with woodblock cuts throughout. Printed and bound by Morris and using handmade "Bird & Bull" paper. One of the earliest Bird & Bull Press books. Presentation on colophon page "For Dard Hunter Jr - as an example of how not to bind a book. Henry 9/18/68."
Price: $ 450.00 other currencies Order nr. 25122

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See More... Blake, William ILLUSTRATIONS TO YOUNG'S NIGHT THOUGHTS DONE IN WATER-COLOUR BY WILLIAM BLAKE.
Cambridge, MA Fogg Museum of Art 1927 folio cloth portfolio with fold-in flaps and ties. (20) pages + 30 plates.
Printed for the Fogg Art Museum by the Harvard University Press in an edition limited to 500 numbered copies (Bentley 395). Prefatory Note by Chester N. Greenough. Introductory Essay by Geoffrey Keynes. Thirty plates, five in color, selected from the 537 original water-colors in the library of William Augustus White. An excellent job of color facsimile, showing the glory of the original water-colors. Portfolio is faded.
Price: $ 250.00 other currencies Order nr. 70129

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See More... (Blake, William) WILLIAM BLAKE'S WATER-COLOURS ILLUSTRATING THE POEMS OF THOMAS GRAY. With an Introduction and Commentary by Sir Geoffrey Keynes.
Chicago J. Philip O'Hara Inc. 1972 4to. cloth, dust jacket. xx, 72 pages followed by 30 pages of plates.
First edition (A Century for a Century 77). Published in association with the Trianon Press. Reproduces a number of the plates in full color and many more in black and white. Minor chipping of jacket. Slightly bumped corners.
Price: $ 35.00 other currencies Order nr. 499

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See More... (Brewhouse Press) Graham, Rigby EDMUND SPENSER'S CASTLE OF KILCOLMAN
(Wymondham, England) Brewhouse Press (1975) 8vo cloth, gilt-stamped illustration on front board unpaginated
Limited edition of 80. Produced by Trevor Hickman. Two-toned ink and black and white watercolor illustrations. Map of the vicinity of Kilcolman Castle in text and on endpapers.
Price: $ 120.00 other currencies Order nr. 107259

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See More... (Caradox Press) THE OLD BALLAD OF THE BOY AND THE MANTLE.
Bedford Park Caradoc Press 1900 12mo. original cloth-backed paper-covered boards, paper cover label. (ii), 17, (2) pages.
Limited to 300 copies, being the second book of the press. (Ransom p.225). This private press was founded by Mr. and Mrs. H.G. Webb in 1899. The decorative pages are somewhat reminiscent of Morris' work. Covers lightly soiled. Foxing of pastedowns and endpapers
Price: $ 75.00 other currencies Order nr. 1142

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See More... (Chamberlain Press) Jones, Kenneth STONE SOUP
Portland, OR Chamberlain Press 1985 16mo marbled paper-covered boards, paper spine label, top edge cut, other edges uncut unpaginated
Limited editon of 150 numbered copies signed by the printer, Sarah Chamberlain. Woodcut illustrations by Sarah Chamberlain. Binding by Barbara Blumenthal and printing assisted by Bill De Armond. Garamond type and Rives paper.
Price: $ 150.00 other currencies Order nr. 107271

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See More... (Chamberlain Press) MOTHER GOOSE: A SELECTION OF RHYMES
(Portland, OR) The Chamberlain Press (1987) 4to quarter cloth, designed paper-covered boards, blind embossed leather spine label, fore-edge uncut unpaginated
Limited to 200 numbered and signed copies. Illustrated, designed and printed by Sarah Chamberlain, bound by Barbara Blumenthal. Collection of nursery rhymes. Linoleum-cut color illustrations. Letter from Ms. Chamberlain to a book collector commenting on the two bindings available. Also inserted is the prospectus.
Price: $ 300.00 other currencies Order nr. 107128

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See More... (Chamberlain Press) THE THREE BEARS.
(Portland, OR) Chamberlain Press 1983 16mo decorated paper-covered boards, paper spine label, top edge cut, other edges uncut unpaginated
Limited edition of 125 numbered copies signed by the printer, Sarah Chamberlain. Woodcut illustrations by Sarah Chamberlain. Binding by Barbara Blumenthal. Bembo type, Japanese Etching paper. Publisher's prospectus loosely inserted.
Price: $ 200.00 other currencies Order nr. 107272

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See More... (Crannog Press) McCord, Margaret and Rigby Graham TOWER HOUSES AND TEN POUND CASTLES
(Belfast) The Crannog Press (1970) 8vo two-toned cloth unpaginated
Limited edition of 100 numbered copies. Illustrations of castles built in Ireland pursuant to an act of 1429 granting a £ 10 subsidy. Black and white illustrations throughout, One two-toned illustration, one tipped in. Brief descriptions of each castle illustrated.
Price: $ 350.00 other currencies Order nr. 107273

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See More... (Cresset Press) Painter, William. THE PALACE OF PLEASURE.
4 volumes. London The Cresset Press 1929 small 4to. quarter cloth with patterned paper-covered boards, cloth spine label, top edge gilt, fore and bottom edges uncut. xxx,196; x,244; x,254; viii,227 pages.
Printed in an edition limited to 530 numbered copies of which this is one of 500 numbered copies on mould-made paper. (Ransom no.16). A collection of tales from various Greek, Latin, Italian, French, and English authors. Volume one contains an introduction by Hamish Miles, followed by a table of sources that Painter may have taken the stories from. Includes Painter's original dedication from 1566. Spine labels slightly age darkened. Slipcase worn and tape-repaired. Well preserved set.
Price: $ 250.00 other currencies Order nr. 107033

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See More... (Cuala Press) BROADSIDES: A COLLECTION OF NEW IRISH AND ENGLISH SONGS
Dublin Cuala Press 1937 4to quarter cloth, paper-covered boards, paper label on front board unpaginated
The broadsides are limited to 300 copies; this is one of 150 bound sets, signed at the end of their prefatory essay by Yeats and Wellesley (Miller, p. 115). . Songs by W.B. Yeats, W.J. Turner, Oliver Gogarty, Hilaire Belloc, Dorothy Wellesley, James Stephens, Edith Sitwell, Frank O'Connor, Gordon Bottomley, F.R. Higgins, Padraic Colum, Walter de la Mare. Illustrations by Jack B. Yeats, Victor Brown, Harry Kernoff, Maurice McGonigal. Music by W.J. Turner, Arthur Duff, Edmund Dulac, Frank Liebich, Hilda Matheson, Art O'Murnaghan, Hilaire Belloc. Twenty-five hand-colored woodcut illustrations. Errata sheet laid in. Leather bookplate on front pastedown. Spine and boards slightly soiled. Boards bumped at corners.
Price: $ 4,500.00 other currencies Order nr. 107274

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See More... Derys, Gaston MON DOCTEUR LE VIN (MY DOCTOR, WINE).
Watercolors by Raoul Dufy. New Haven Yale University Press for the Henry McBride Charitable Trust (2003) small 4to. decorated paper covered boards, dust jacket. xvi, 45, (3) pages.
First edition in English. Translated by Bejamin Ivry. Introduction by Paul Lukacs. Filled with beautiful full color illustrations.
Price: $ 12.00 other currencies Order nr. 107625

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See More... (Elston Press) Milton, John L' ALLEGRO AND IL PENSEROSO.
(New Rochelle) Elston Press 1903 small 8vo. cloth-backed boards, later slipcase. 28, (4) pages
Limited to 160 copies printed in red and black on English hand-made paper watermarked with the "cat." (Johnson 23). Taken from the 1645 printing of Milton's work. With highly decorative title page and some initial letters and seventeen illustrations cut on wood from designs by H.M. O'Kane. Bookplate. Small ink ownership stamp. Lacks spine label.
Price: $ 450.00 other currencies Order nr. 79879

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See More... Farnsworth, Sidney ILLUMINATION, AND ITS DEVELOPMENT IN THE PRESENT DAY
London Hutchinson & Co. n.d. (circa 1920s) 8vo. cloth. 267 pages and 15 plates.
First edition. Illustrated with drawings and diagrams by the author including 75 illustrations in the text. Covers rubbed. Foxed. Prize award bookplate.
Price: $ 20.00 other currencies Order nr. 7994

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Fore-edge Painting of Castle

(Fore-edge Painting) THE NEW TESTAMENT OF OUR LORD AND SAVIOR JESUS CHRIST.
London Longman, Green, Longman, Roberts, and Green 1864 4to contemporary morocco, gilt designs, gilt edges xvi, 540 pages
Herbert 1951. Engravings on wood from designs of Fra Angelico, Pitro Perugino, Francesco Francia, Lorenzo di Credi, Fra Bartolommeo, Titian, Raphael, Gaudenzio, Ferrari, Daniel di Volterra, and others. Frontispiece. Historated borders on text pages. Other decorations by Henry Shaw. This copy has a large painting of a castle scene beneath the gilt on the fore-edge. Spine scuffed, rear inside hinge shows minor cracking. Foxing on endpapers; very slight foxing in text. Bookplate of Frederick W. Longman on front pastedown.
Price: $ 1,250.00 other currencies Order nr. 107106

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See More... (Franklin, Benjamin) Miller, C. William BENJAMIN FRANKLIN'S PHILADELPHIA PRINTING, 1728-1766 A DESCRIPTIVE BIBLIOGRAPHY.
Philadelphia American Philosophical Society 1974 4to. cloth, dust jacket. xc, 583 pages.
First edition. With many facsimile title pages. An excellent reference book. With information on American papermaking (Bidwell no.76). Some minor spotting of jacket.
Price: $ 60.00 other currencies Order nr. 86967

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