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(Kat Ran Press) SIXTEEN SMALL PORTRAITS OF KATHERINE MADE BY HER FRIENDS & COLLEAGUES.
(Florence, Massachusetts) Kat Ran Press 2003 8vo. paper-covered pasteboard, paper spine and cover labels not paginated
First edition, limited to 15 lettered and 135 numbered copies, of which this is one of the trade copies. Assembled by the Kat Ran Press in honor of "Katherine Russem's recent recovery from a near-death experience involving a corncob & her small intestine." Katherine Russem is the printer Michael Russem's dog, after whom his press is named. Among the contributors are artists and authors of previous Kat Ran Press books, such as Jennifer Schmidtman (Crow Calls) and Jennifer Hill (Overpass). Types cast by Michael and Winifred Bixler. Binding by Claudia Cohen.
Price: $ 125.00 other currencies Order nr. 77668

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(Kat Ran Press) SOME THIRTEEN BOOKS CAREFULLY DESIGNED: KAT RAN PRESS BOOK DESIGN.
(Cambridge, MA Kat Ran Press) n.d. square 8vo. stiff paper wrappers unpaginated
Thirteen examples of books designed by the Kat Ran Press. Illustrations, some in color.
Price: $ 25.00 other currencies Order nr. 115060

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(Katydid Press) Lehman, Barbara Shaw TEN POEMS.
Bainbridge, PA Katydid Press 1957 small 8vo. paper-covered boards, dust jacket is integral part of cover. Unpaginated.
Limited to 28 copies. Some color work as illustrations.
Price: $ 65.00 other currencies Order nr. 116574

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(Katydid Press) Lehman, John. ANDROCLES AND THE LION, A NEW VERSION OF AN OLD STORY.
Bainbridge, PA Privately printed 1957 small 8vo. paper-covered boards, dust jacket is integral part of cover. Unpaginated.
Limited to 45 copies. A retelling of the old tale, with a surprise ending. Hand-set and printed by John Lehman on Fabriano paper, using Garamond types with Cleland decorations. Illustrations in brown and green, printed from hand-made plates. Tongue-in-cheek erratum loosely inserted.
Price: $ 55.00 other currencies Order nr. 48340

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(Katydid Press) Lehman, John OLD THINGS FROM COUNTRY AUCTIONS
(Bainbridge, Pa.) The Katydid Press 1959 small 8vo. stiff boards with paper covering, paper cover label. (24) pages.
First edition, limited to 75 copies. On buying at country auctions. Designed by John Ryder.
Price: $ 45.00 other currencies Order nr. 13614

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(Katydid Press) Lehman, John. THE WILD APPLE TREE.
Bainbridge, PA Privately printed 1963 small 8vo. paper-covered boards, dust jacket integral part of cover. Unpaginated.
Limited to 60 copies. Printed by John Lehman on Rives paper using Garamond type. Interior and wrapper illustrations from handmade plates using various materials.With compliments card loosely inserted.
Price: $ 50.00 other currencies Order nr. 48342

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(Kelly-Winterton Press) IN CELEBRATION OF THE UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER'S TWO MILLIONTH VOLUME
Rochester, NY University of Rochester Libraries 1982 8vo. stiff paper wrappers not paginated.
Limited to 300 copies. A compilation of information about the two millionth through the two millionth and fifth volumes of the library.Tipped-in are black-and-white plates of the covers of the first two of those volumes. Laid-in is a small card with the compliments of Catherine D. Hayes of the Friends of the University of Rochester Libraries.
Price: $ 25.00 other currencies Order nr. 100892

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(Kelly-Winterton Press) Pope, Alexander. THE PUZZLING OF THE GRAMMARIAN.
New Rochelle, NY James L. Weil Publisher 2000 large 12mo. quarter cloth with decorated paper-covered boards, paper spine label. (14) pages.
Printed in an edition limited to 60 copies (Buff 66). This text is based on the 1743 edition of The Iliad of Homer translated by Alexander Pope, and was printed to celebrate the 205th birthday of John Keats.
Price: $ 125.00 other currencies Order nr. 60877

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(Kelly-Winterton Press) Shakespeare, William THE PASSIONATE PILGRIM.
New York Kelly-Winterton Press 2012 8vo. stiff paper wrappers, cord-tied 11, (3) pages
Limited to 133 copies. Poetry, first published in 1599, commonly attributed to Shakespeare. Introductory note states that a number of the poems were actually written by others, including Barnfield, Griffin, Marlowe and Raleigh, although Shakespeare's authorship the five in this volume has been verified. Printed in the digitized version of Zapf Civilité with permission of Hermann Zapf. An exquisite booklet.
Price: $ 16.00 other currencies Order nr. 114253

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(Kelly-Winterton Press) Sider, Sandra (translator) and David (editor) SAPPHO
Pomona Kelly-Winterton Press 2008 8vo. cloth 41, (3) pages
Limited to 150 copies. Text in English and Greek. Poetry of the ancient Greek erotic poetess Sappho, in the original Greek with English translations. A "Note on the Text" explains the difficulty of finding works attributed to Sappho and efforts to modify her Aeolic dialect by scholars of Alexandria. Translations are not literal but form an attempt to "convey something of the original tone and charm of Sappho's artfully artless poetry." Index and listing of texts.
Price: $ 125.00 other currencies Order nr. 114252

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(Kelly-Winterton Press) Stillinger, Jack WORDSWORTH'S SHAGGY DOG.
New Rochelle James L. Weil 2001 small 8vo. paper-covered boards, paper spine label (ii), 9, (3) pages
Limited to an edition of 60 copies (Buff 67). Exploring the evolution of the relationship between the poet and the reader, the text was prepared for the occasion by Stillinger from his article "Wordsworth, Coleridge, and the Shaggy Dog: The Novelty of Lyrical Ballads (1798)," which was originally published in The Wordsworth Circle Spring, 2000. Printed at the Kelly-Winterton Press in black from Caslon type with red ornaments and shoulder notes added by the publisher.
Price: $ 48.00 other currencies Order nr. 64672

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(Kelly Winterton Press) CALLIGRAPHER LODOVICO ARRIGHI & ANTONIO BLADO, PRINTER
New York Kelly Winterton Press (1980) 16mo. stiff paper wrappers, cord-tied. (8) pages.
Limited to 100 copies. A keepsake with text on these two 16th century bookmen. Three other well printed pieces of press ephemera loosely inserted.
Price: $ 30.00 other currencies Order nr. 105604

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(Kelly Winterton Press) MALAMUD: THREE ELEGIES
20 April 1986 (New York) Glenn Horowitz 1986 16mo. cloth, paper cover label, paper spine label (ii), 27+(1) pages
Limited to 150 copies, printed by the Kelly Winterton Press.. Elegies delivered by Robert Giroux, David Stern and Cynthia Ozick at the 92nd street YMHA in New York City. Signed on the colophon by Giroux, Stern and Ozick. Small stain to bottom corner front board.
Price: $ 80.00 other currencies Order nr. 105582

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Kemble, John. SPECIMEN OF AN ETYMOLOGICAL DICTIONARY ATTRIBUTED TO JOHN MITCHELL KEMBLE
St Paul Rulon-Miller Books 1990 8vo. cloth, paper spine label, slipcase. 61 pages.
Limited to 100 copies. Kemble was the foremost philologist of his day, and this text is taken from the recently discovered eight-page manuscript which was dated 1830, three years before his edition of Beowulf. No trace of the actual dictionary itself is known, but this specimen is a fitting tribute to Kemble's work in etymology. Printed by hand under the direction of Gerald Lange in two colors on handmade Umbria Bianco paper by Emily Mason Strayer of the Kutenai Press. Photographic facsimile of the original text tipped in. An example of fine American book production.
Price: $ 450.00 other currencies Order nr. 34666

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(Kennedy, Lawton and Alfred) England, Robert B. NOAH
N.P. n.p. 1976 small 8vo. leatherette (xii). 42 pages. (12) pages
Text of the Seventy-First Grove Play of the Bohemia Club of California. Presented July 30, 1976. Includes director's comments and music notes. Printed by Lawton and Alfred Kannedy.
Price: $ 15.00 other currencies Order nr. 75976

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(Kennedy, Lawton) McCloskey, Joseph J. and Hermann J. Sharmann CHRISTMAS IN THE GOLD FIELDS, 1849.
San Francisco California Historical Society (1959) large 12mo. illustrated cloth, dust jacket. 33, (3) pages
Designed and printed by Lawton Kennedy (1900-1980) as the 1959 California Historical Society Christmas keepsake. Two veterans of the Goldrush recall the hardships and humor of an 1849 holiday in this reprint of personal interviews from The San Francisco CallDecember 19, 1909. Illustrated throughout with lithographed "Letter Sheets" from the Society's collection, which served as the illustrated post cards of the day.
Price: $ 17.50 other currencies Order nr. 70855

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Kerkow, Herbert DUNLAP AND CLAYPOOLE, PRINTERS TO GEORGE WASHINGTON AND THE AMERICAN CONGRESS.
Milwaukee, WI The ABCDarium of Clifford L. Helbert 1987 16mo. stiff paper wrappers. (16) pages.
A "limited" edition with 50 copies reserved for the Typocrafters visit to Pittsburgh. Text from an article that had appeared in The Inland Printer, 1-4, 1928). Illustrated.
Price: $ 25.00 other currencies Order nr. 105600

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(Kindle Press) Scott, Walter THE TWO DROVERS, A SHORT STORY.
Westwood, NJ The Kindle Press 1971 8vo. half cloth over boards, slipcase. (vi), x, 35+(1) pages.
Limited to 680 numbered copies signed by Coleman Parsons. Printed on handmade paper by Meriden Gravure. A reprint of the best known Scott short story. Spine faded.
Price: $ 15.00 other currencies Order nr. 18013

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(King and Queen Press) Rago, Henry PRAISE OF COMEDY: A DISCOURSE.
The Phi Beta Kappa Poem, 1962. Williamsburg, VA (King and Queen Press) 1963 12mo. stiff paper wrappers. (8) pages.
Limited to 200 numbered copies. Printed in read and black.
Price: $ 15.00 other currencies Order nr. 107327

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(Kirgate Press) Havens, Munson Aldrich HORACE WALPOLE AND THE STRAWBERRY HILL PRESS 1757-1789.
Canton, Pa. The Kirgate Press (of Lewis Buddy 3rd) 1901 8vo. cloth-backed boards. (ii), 86 pages.
First edition, limited to 300 copies. Illustrations of Walpole and Kirgate; facsimiles of eight title pages. Lacks the spine label. Corners bumped.
Price: $ 40.00 other currencies Order nr. 114676

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(Kirgate Press) Hawthorne, Nathaniel MAIN-STREET
With a Preface by Julian Hawthorne. Canton, PA The Kirgate Press 1901 8vo. contemporary full green morocco by The Adams Bindery, all edges gilt, gilt design on spine. 61 pages.
Limited to 950 copies. (Ransom no.2). Hinges cracked with covers close to becoming detached.
Price: $ 65.00 other currencies Order nr. 74451

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Kirk, Richard R. FIRST EDITIONS
Glen Rock Walter Klinefelter 1933 16mo. marbled paper wrappers. (36) pages.
First edition, limited to 220 copies printed by Edmund B. Thompson at Hawthorn House. A collection of verse about books.
Price: $ 15.00 other currencies Order nr. 9308

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(Koch, Peter) PETER KOCH, PRINTER.
New York The New York Public Library 1995 large 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 70 pages.
An exhibition catalogue from the joint exhibition held at The New York Public Library and the San Francisco Library of Peter Koch's books and broadsides. Illustrated and indexed.
Price: $ 13.00 other currencies Order nr. 56743

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(Koch Press) Brodsky, Joseph WATERMARK
Berkeley Peter Koch, Printer 2008 folio half leather with paper-covered boards, clamshell box (iv), (58), (2) pages.
One of only 35 copies for sale (out of an edition of 50). This beautifully produced edition of Watermark was letterpress printed and designed by Peter Rutledge Koch. The paper is Twinrocker Da Vinci, hand-made especially for this edition, with its own watermark designed by Christopher Stinehour & Susan Filter. Robert Morgan's photographs were digitally re-configured by Donald Farnsworth. The photogravure printing plates were made by Unai San Martin and were printed at Magnolia Editions under Donald Farnsworth's supervision. Once printed, the sheets were shipped to Venice, Italy, where the text was printed at the Scuola Internazionale di Grafica di Venezia from Monotype Dante types cast at the Monotipia Olivieri in Milan. The press used was brought to Venice "on loan" from the Tipoteca Italiana Fondazione printing museum in Cornuda. Following the printing, the paper was shipped to the Berkeley studio where the book was bound in papers specially made for this edition by Cave Papers.

First published as Fondamenta Degli Ingurabili, Iosif Brodskij. Translated into the Italian by Ilberto Forty and published by Consortia Venezia Nova, Venezia 1989. Reprinted by arrangement with Farrar, Straus & Giroux, LLC. Copyright 1992 by Joseph Brodsky. All rights reserved.
Price: $ 6,000.00 other currencies Order nr. 101239

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(Konglamerati Press) KONGLAMERATI.
Gulfport, FL Konglomerati Press 1978 8vo. stiff paper wrappers laid in folder variously paginated
Volume V, Number 2. A mixed media serial with five broadsheets handset in Goudy 'Thirty' and poems printed on dampened Ragston paper, combining handcraft book arts with contemporary literature. Illustrations by Ann Jones; magazine cover block by Steve Smith. Poets include George A. Freek, Emilie Glen, Stephen Kessler, R.D. Larkin, with notes by Richard Matthews. Wrappers tanned, bent at edges.
Price: $ 25.00 other currencies Order nr. 115466

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