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(Private Press of the Indiana Kid) Weygand, James Lamar THE DEVOUT TIGHTWAD AND THE ISFAHAN COLUMBIAN.
N.P. Private Press of the Indiana Kid 1975 4to paper-covered boards, paper spine label, illustration on top board not paginated
Limited to an edition of about 30 copies. Illustrated with two drawings and a linocut. ( Bibliography, The Private Press of the Indiana Kid, #38 , variant A1) The colophon states about 30 copies, but the bibliography calls for about 38 in several variants. This is an account of the printer's three-week journey through Iran, Afghanistan, Syria, Lebanon. It includes an encounter with a previously-unrecorded Columbia handpress.
Price: $ 160.00 other currencies Order nr. 93953

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(Private Press of The Indiana Kid) Weygand, James Lamar THE TIGHTWADS GUIDE TO GOLD STAMPING.
Nappanee, IN Private Press of the Indiana Kidd 1972 8vo. quarter cloth, decorated paper over boards. 22, (2) pages.
Limited to about 150 copies and an additional 10 copies printed on Grapes paper handmade by the author/printer; this is one of those copies with the grape watermarked paper (Bibliography, The Private Press of the Indiana Kid 1944-1994 #32). Describes how Weygand went about gold stamping, without spending a great deal of money on expensive equipment. He also gives a list of suppliers for materials needed.
Price: $ 150.00 other currencies Order nr. 35835

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(Quadqpress) Young, Gary. THE. GEOGRAPHY OF HOME.
Santa Cruz, CA Quadqpress (1987) oblong 8vo. gray handmade paper over boards housed in a redwood box with protective lining. (v), 92 pages.
Limited to 60 numbered copies, signed by the author, artist, and designer. 40 original prints were produced using a variety of relief methods at each press. The cover and end sheets were handmade by La Papeterie St-Armand in Montreal. Includes prospectus, illustrated notecard invitation to an exhibition of the prints in the Santa Cruz Art Center, and an original presentation letter and sketch to Muir and Glen Dawson, signed by the publisher, Gene Holtan.
Price: $ 900.00 other currencies Order nr. 62124

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(Rampant Lions Press) Carter, Sebastian MISCELLANY 2. A NEW COLLECTION OF WORK COMPLETED OR PROJECTED, OR DONE TO DISPLAY TYPES AND PICTURES, PRINTED AT THE RAMPANT LIONS PRESS.
Cambridge Rampant Lions Press 1998 large 8vo. quarter cloth with paste paper covered boards by Victoria Hall, paper spine label, slipcase. (100) pages.
Limited to 225 numbered copies of which this is one of the 20 lettered copies bound thus and with the Clare Melinsky and Simon Brett illustrations signed by the artists, and the printer's Swan House drawing coloured by hand and signed. A beautifully executed private press miscellany issued a decade after their initial Miscellany. It presents samples of completed, projected, and at times purely whimsical work by the press with a strong emphasis on experimental typography. Many items are printed in various colors on a variety of papers. Includes a check-list of the work of this press operated by Will and Sebastian Carter that supplements the list published in the first miscellany.
Price: $ 400.00 other currencies Order nr. 109633

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(Rampant Lions Press) Carter, Sebastian MISCELLANY 2. A NEW COLLECTION OF WORK COMPLETED OR PROJECTED, OR DONE TO DISPLAY TYPES AND PICTURES, PRINTED AT THE RAMPANT LIONS PRESS.
Cambridge Rampant Lions Press 1998 large 8vo. cloth-backed decorated paper-covered boards, paper spine label. (100) pages.
Limited to 225 numbered copies. A beautifully executed private press miscellany issued a decade after their initial miscellany. It presents samples of completed, projected, and at times purely whimsical work by the press with a strong emphasis on experimental typography. Many items are printed in various colors on a variety of papers. Includes a check-list of the work of this press operated by Will and Sebastian Carter that supplements the list published in the first miscellany.
Price: $ 160.00 other currencies Order nr. 54222

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(Rampant Lions Press) IN THE BEGINNING, IN THE BEGINNING, IN THE BEGINNING.
(Cambridge, England Rampant Lions Press 2006) folio stiff paper wrappers, text loose, top edge cut, other edges uncut; clamshell box, label with title on front and spine; in wooden case unpaginated
Limited, numbered edition of 25, with three lettered hors commerce copies. Text is the biblical account of the seven days of the creation of the world, from the Authorized (King James) version of the Bible. Text handset in Hunt Roman on J. Green mould-made paper. Hand cut screen-printed images by Sebastian Carter on Canson Mi-Teintes and J. Green papers at the St. Barnabas Studio. Colophon page hand-numbered and signed by Carter.
Price: $ 2,500.00 other currencies Order nr. 109777

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One of 115 Special Copies

(Rampant Lions Press) THE RAMPANT LIONS PRESS, A PRINTING WORKSHOP THROUGH FIVE DECADES.
Cambridge The Rampant Lions Press (1982) small 4to. cloth. 96 pages followed by 8 plates.
First edition, one of 115 copies bound thus and containing 8 plates printed in two colors on handmade paper. Catalogue of the books produced by Will and Sebastian Carter at their press. Illustrated, with some in color. The best bibliographical guide to the work of this English private press.
Price: $ 225.00 other currencies Order nr. 33994

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(Rampant Lions Press) THE RAMPANT LIONS PRESS MISCELLANY.
Cambridge Rampant Lions Press 1988 tall 8vo. cloth-backed decorated paper-covered boards, paper spine label. (108) pages.
Limited to 185 numbered copies. A beautifully executed private press miscellany with sections on title pages, jobbing printing, Carter's italic, invitations, book labels, etc. Includes a check-list of the work to date of this press operated by Will and Sebastian Carter.
Price: $ 250.00 other currencies Order nr. 22029

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(Rebecca Press) Wilde, Oscar and Hans Christian Andersen THE NIGHTINGALE AND THE ROSE. With THE WILD SWAN.
2 volumes. (Hyattsville, MD) The Rebecca Press (1985) two miniatures, in 8vo clamshell box miniatures two-toned paper-covered boards; box quarter cloth, paper-covered boards (iv),46 (3); (iv),92 pages
LImited edition of 300. Two miniatures. Illustrated with wood engravings and drawings by Alan James Robinson. Designed by Rebecca Saady Bingham. Signed by designer. Both volumes housed in clamshell box with built in compartments for each book. Published in cooperation with the Cheloniidae Press.
Price: $ 350.00 other currencies Order nr. 107136

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(Red Howler Press) Moyer, David INSECTUM LINGUA.
Lebanon, PA Red Howler Press 1994 4to. stiff paper wrappers, bound in the Japanese fashion. (30) pages.
Printed in an edition limited to only 50 signed and numbered copies. Includes six original engravings made from Swiss pear or maple blocks by David Moyer. Introduction by Gretchen Heinze. A collection of six images of insects each paired with a Latin infinitive.
Price: $ 150.00 other currencies Order nr. 42741

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(Riccardi Press) London, O.R. THE KING WHO KNEW NOT FEAR, A TALE OF OTHER DAYS.
London Philip Lee Warner, Publisher to the Medici Society 1912 8vo. half-cloth over boards, dust jacket. 30, (6) pages.
Limited to 530 numbered copies. The first book printed in Riccardi 11-point face. (Tompkinson p.150). The Riccardi Press Booklets, No.1. Jacket is sunned with some chipping around the edges.
Price: $ 150.00 other currencies Order nr. 10121

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(Rocket Press) Brough, Robert THE VACANT FRAME Illustrated with Linocuts by John R. Smith.
Stevenson The Rocket Press 1983 loose leaves inserted in a cloth folder. Inserted in a wooden case in the shape of a compositor's case with four compartments one holding the book, two holding metal types and a fourth holding a miniature cloth bound book called Walker's Book.
Limited to 80 numbered copies. This poem was first printed in Tips for Typos, 1890, by Robert Brough, a Glasgow compositor.
Price: $ 450.00 other currencies Order nr. 2500

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seven signed wood engravings and a watercolor by John O'Connor

(Rocket Press) O'Connor, John ARIEL AND MIRANDA, SEVEN WOOD ENGRAVINGS BY...INSPIRED BY SHAKESPEARE'S "THE TEMPEST."
Blewbury, Oxfordshire Rocket Press n.d.(1992) folio clamshell case with paper labels, folded sheet, sheets mounted in stiff board folders. (4) pages, 8 folders.
Printed in an edition limited to 65 numbered sets, this is one of 20 which includes an original watercolor. John S. O'Connor (1913-2004) was a student of Eric Ravilious, John Nash and others at the Royal Academy of Art in the mid-30s. His own works began to appear in the late 30's, in the publications of the Golden Cockerell Press. Since that time, Mr. O'Connor has produced paintings, watercolors, lithographs, and engravings in various media. Peppin and Micklethwait (Dictionary of British Book Illustrators, 1983, p.218) describe his wood engravings as "strikingly decorative in the tradition of Eric Ravilious, with tonal and textural contrast achieved through a wide variety of tooling." Hamilton (c1890-1990, 1994, p.150) characterizes O'Connor's landscape work as containing "strong edges, deep shadows and dramatic contrasts of light and dark" which gives "a sense of rhythm and pattern to the image." Garrett (History of British Wood Engraving, 1978, p.222) regards O'Connor's engraving style as in the "Ravilious manner," which he has aptly described (p.221) as "illustrative, decorative and dominated by intricate pattern and texture." In his introduction to this set, Mr. O'Connor discusses his interest in Shakespeare's The Tempest and provides the rationale for these engravings: "I like to consider the years previous to the brief action of the play. The "sprite" close to his master and to Miranda the child: and I suggest the boy and girl would have enjoyed each other's company in the manner of brother and sister. He would be a little wild; she enclosed in that strangely mature innocence that is written into Miranda. Shy at first, the two children would play in streams, collect herbs..." etc. There are nine illustrations: the seven signed and numbered (with regard to copy) engravings, a similarly signed watercolor on the same theme but not precisely copying any of the engravings, and a small (3x4 in.) unsigned engraving affixed to the front of the clamshell case. Figures (Ariel and Miranda, or Ariel alone) are variously posed, each partially outlined by a pure white area roughly approximating their forms. Two prints are in black, yellow, and white; the rest are black-and-white. Sizes (other than the case illustration) are roughly 4x6 or 6x8 inches. Cutouts in the fronts of the folders frame the pictures when the folders are closed. Accompanied by a folded folio sheet with title and Mr. O'Connor's introduction and signed by the artist (verso of the title page), with the annotation "92," presumably the date of publication. The interior lining of the clamshell case is printed with a repeated motif taken from one of the engravings. Printed at the Rocket Press.
Price: $ 1,200.00 other currencies Order nr. 51990

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(Rogers, Bruce) THE SONG OF ROLAND.
Cambridge Riverside Press (1906) folio quarter vellum with fleur-de-lis patterned paste paper-covered boards, vellum tips. (ii), 35 pages.
Finely printed in an edition limited to 220 copies. (Blumenthal Printed Book in America, p.65; Warde 71). One of Bruce Rogers' favorite books, and justifiably so--it is a superb example of Rogers' elusive style. The type fonts are a lettre batarde and Civilite types imported from France. The title page is printed in red and black, with a panel design of thistles with the name of the Press displayed on a banner hand painted in blues and yellows. The text is printed in two columns, adorned with illustrations by Rogers patterned after stained glass windows, and hand-colored in the same vein. The initial letter of the text is stamped in gold and surrounds an heraldic eagle with a crown over its head. Page numbers and chapter headings are printed in red, shoulder notes in olive. Minor cover wear.
Price: $ 4,500.00 other currencies Order nr. 46758

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(Rounce & Coffin) Powell, Lawrence Clark and Jake Zeitlin, Ward Ritchie, Tyrus G. Harmsen R & C GOLDEN JUBILEE
Los Angeles Rounce & Coffin Club 1981 folio stiff paper wrappers 16 pages
Limited to an edition of 135 copies printed as a keepsake for the members of the Rounce & Coffin Club in Oct. 1981 by Richard J. Hoffman. Contains essays by Powell, Zeitlin, and Ritchie with a chronology of meetings by Harmsen. A few light creases at the upper edge of wrapper and a small spot at the lower edge of the title page.
Price: $ 150.00 other currencies Order nr. 96299

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(Rupprecht Press) Hamsun, Knut PAN. AUS LEUTNANT THOMAS GLAHNS PAPIEREN. [BERECHTIGTE ÜBERTRAGUNG VON J. SANDMEIER].
(München Rupprecht-Presse 1924) 4to. yellow and black patterned paper over boards, printed spine label, uncut edges (i), 133+(2) pages.
Limited to an edition of 250 copies printed by hand under the supervision of F.H. Emcke. The twenty-eighth publication of the Rupprecht-Presse of Munich, this beautiful copy of Nobel laureate Hamsun's masterpiece features a hand-gilded initial by Anna Simons. In the Festschrift dedicated to her published by the Corona Press in 1938, Emcke recalled that it was Simons who taught him the methods of Edward Johnston in 1905, and that it was "above all the manner in which she communicated this knowledge that she exercised such a profound influence upon my work." Johnston wrote of her, "Anna Simons was one of the best Students (perhaps, in some things the best Student) I have ever taught. She had a natural aptitude for the Work and a sincerity and directness of outlook which enabled her to master the essential elements very rapidly, and later, to develop it into her own practical and beautiful Work." Initial and terminal gatherings open, linen tapes firm, else fine.
Price: $ 850.00 other currencies Order nr. 69743

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(Russell Maret) THE BOOK OF JONAH.
(New York Russell Maret 2012) oblong 4to. quarter cloth, decorated paper-covered boards unpaginated
Limited to 80 numbered copies, signed by Maret. The Old Testament Book of Jonah, King James translation, set in the 24pt Nicolas typeface, designed by Maret, in "migrating shades of blue ink," printed on Twinrocker hand-made paper. Bound by Nancy Loeber. A four page prospectus laid in offers a summary of the book of Jonah with Maret's opinion of its meaning. The prospectus also includes a tipped-in sample of the text.
Price: $ 400.00 other currencies Order nr. 114373

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(Russell Maret) Gehl, Paul F. A MEDITATION IN ROME.
New York Russell Maret 2012 folio quarter cloth, decorated paper-covered boards 27, (5) pages
Limited to 110 numbered copies of which ten are proofs. Comprises the script from which the author read his address "How Can Type History Be Good History?" to the plenary session of ATypI Roma on September 20, 2002. An exploration of historical honesty in typographic revivalism. Frontispiece foldout color photograph of the Pantheon in Rome. Color illustrations tipped in throughout text. Printed on Hahnemühle Biblio paper by Maret and Nancy Loeber in the digital versions of Rusell's Gremolata and Cancellaresca Milanese typefaces. Covers feature a paper printed from a new metal type ornament designed by Maret, engraved and cast for this book by Micah Currier. Listing of the author's references and credits. Prospectus and card from the publisher laid in.
Price: $ 250.00 other currencies Order nr. 114370

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(Ruzicka, Rudolph) Eaton, Walter Prichard. NEWARK, A SERIES OF ENGRAVINGS ON WOOD BY RUDOLPH RUZICKA WITH AN APPRECIATION OF THE PICTORIAL ASPECTS OF THE TOWN.
Newark The Carteret Book Club 1917 4to. quarter cloth with marbled paper-covered boards, original cardboard slipcase. xv, (i), 52, (2) pages, with 5 additional pages of illustrations each with their own half title page.
Printed in an edition limited to 200 numbered copies for the Carteret Book Club of Newark, New Jersey by D.B. Updike of the Merrymount Press. (Smith no.460). Finely illustrated with 17 wood-engravings by Rudolph Ruzicka. Five of these are large color wood-engravings which have been specially printed by Ruzicka and which bear his signature in pencil. Accompanied by an appreciation of the pictorial aspects of Newark, New Jersey by Walter Eaton. This book was named one of the 100 most beautiful books produced in the 20th century and shown at the Grolier Club for their exhibition entitled A Century for the Century. Some age darkening of spine. Cardboard slipcase is broken along hinges and faded in places.
Price: $ 1,500.00 other currencies Order nr. 109098

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(Ruzicka, Rudolph) Eaton, Walter Prichard. NEWARK, A SERIES OF ENGRAVINGS ON WOOD BY RUDOLPH RUZICKA WITH AN APPRECIATION OF THE PICTORIAL ASPECTS OF THE TOWN.
Newark The Carteret Book Club 1917 4to. quarter cloth with marbled paper-covered boards, original cardboard slipcase. xv, (i), 52, (2) pages, with 5 additional pages of illustrations each with their own half title page.
Printed in an edition limited to 200 numbered copies for the Carteret Book Club of Newark, New Jersey, by D.B. Updike of the Merrymount Press. (Smith no.460). Finely illustrated with 17 wood-engravings by Rudolph Ruzicka. Five of these are large color wood-engravings which have been specially printed by Ruzicka and which bear his signature in pencil. Accompanied by an appreciation of the pictorial aspects of Newark, New Jersey, by Walter Eaton. This book was named one of the 100 most beautiful books produced in the 20th century and shown at the Grolier Club for their exhibition entitled A Century for the Century. Bookplate. Light wear to slipcase; book is well preserved.
Price: $ 1,750.00 other currencies Order nr. 57722

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(Saint Nicolas Press) Cornford, Frances ON A CALM SHORE, POEMS BY FRANCES CORNFORD.
Designs by Christopher Cornfield. Cambridge (Saint Nicolas Press 1960) small 8vo. vellum spine with felt covers and a design in vellum mounted on the front cover. 95+(1) pages.
Limited to 150 numbered copies printed by hand at this private press. This is one of the few bound thus and is numbered "2" and has been inscribed on the front endpaper "To Mary Hyde from Johanna & Nicolas Barker, A memorial of a very happy evening, vii. 1. 67." With a preface by Frances C. Cornford in which he thanks Nicolas Barker for seeing this book through production. Illustrated throughout in color. Plastic wrapper missing a piece at the top of the front cover.
Price: $ 150.00 other currencies Order nr. 104257

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(Seastone, Leonard) THE BOOK AS ART.
New Rochelle Wildcliff Craft Center Fall 1979. Landscape folio (240 x 387 mm) red and black cloth lettered on front cover 10 leaves
Limited to only 35 numbered copies signed by Kathleen Dinan, Leonard Seastone and Alexandra Soteriou. 10 leaves printed rectos only by Leonard Seastone in red and black on rough-edged all cotton, handmade paper by Kathleen Dinan, Wildcliff Paper Studio, joined concertina-style by white cotton tape, woodcut over title by Leonard Seastone. Binding by Alexandra Soteriou. A limited edition catalogue for the eponymous exhibition held at the Wildcliff Craft Center, Fall, 1979. Laid-in is a note regarding the binding "pages were glued to strips by binder on a ladder which she fell from and got a broken leg".
Price: $ 250.00 other currencies Order nr. 80847

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Limited Edition Fine Press Book with Tipped-in Specimens

(Seymour, Edward) Berger, Sidney E. EDWARD SEYMOUR AND THE FANCY PAPER COMPANY: THE STORY OF A BRITISH MARBLED PAPER MANUFACTURER
New Castle, Delaware Oak Knoll Press 2006 6 x 9 inches hardcover, quarter leather binding w/ slipcase 104 pages
This book, limited to an edition of 300 copies, tells the story of Edward Seymour and his firm, The Fancy Paper Company. This British company manufactured marbled and other decorated (fancy) papers for the book binding and related industries from about 1919 to 1971. With eighteen illustrations showing their methods and copies of correspondence, and twenty tipped-in, original examples of their many fancy papers, this work is a well-researched text about one of the last English marbled paper manufacturing firms.
Dr. Berger shares with his readers the vicissitudes of the company's fortunes, the personal lives of its owners, and the often touching correspondence he found among its business records. The author also informs us of the salaries, costs of doing business, and the unique demands of bookbinders for the company's products. The work ends with Edward Seymour's valiant efforts to keep the company afloat in the early 1970's.
This edition is published in the best tradition of the fine press book. It was typeset in hot metal, hand printed on 120 gpm, archival paper, and bound in quarter leather with a marbled slipcase by Manoutios Press of Athens, Greece.
Loosely inserted in this copy is a T.L.s. from the author.
Price: $ 165.00 other currencies Order nr. 93520

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Limited Edition Fine Press Book with Tipped-in Specimens

(Seymour, Edward) Berger, Sidney E. EDWARD SEYMOUR AND THE FANCY PAPER COMPANY: THE STORY OF A BRITISH MARBLED PAPER MANUFACTURER
New Castle, Delaware Oak Knoll Press 2006 6 x 9 inches hardcover, quarter leather binding w/ slipcase 104 pages
This book, limited to an edition of 300 copies, tells the story of Edward Seymour and his firm, The Fancy Paper Company. This British company manufactured marbled and other decorated (fancy) papers for the bookbinding and related industries from about 1919 to 1971. With eighteen illustrations showing their methods and copies of correspondence, and twenty tipped-in, original examples of their many fancy papers, this work is a well-researched text about one of the last English marbled paper manufacturing firms.

Dr. Berger shares with his readers the vicissitudes of the company's fortunes, the personal lives of its owners, and the often touching correspondence he found among its business records. The author also informs us of the salaries, costs of doing business, and the unique demands of bookbinders for the company's products. The work ends with Edward Seymour's valiant efforts to keep the company afloat in the early 1970s.

This edition is published in the best tradition of the fine press book. It was typeset in hot metal, hand printed on 120 gpm, archival paper, and bound in quarter leather with slipcase by Manoutios Press of Athens, Greece.
Price: $ 150.00 other currencies Order nr. 90944

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(Shakespeare Head Press) Shakespeare, William THE TRAGEDIE OF CYMBELINE., NEWLY PRINTED FROM THE FIRST FOLIO OF 1623.
London (Ernest Benn Ltd.) 1923 4to. quarter cloth with paper-covered boards, dust jacket. lvii, (iii). 134, (2) pages, 6 leaves of black and white plates, 5 leaves of color plates with descriptive letterpress.
Published in a limited edition of 450 numbered copies on pure rag paper; this copy is out of series. (Thomkinson p. 230). Part of the Players Shakespeare Seriesfrom Shakespeare Head Press. Edition based on the First Folio of 1623 with modernized typography. Edited with an introduction by Harley Granville-Barker. Illustrations by Albert Rutherson, line blocks by Emery Walker . Jacket shows minor chipping and foxing. Name and date at top of free endpaper.
Price: $ 225.00 other currencies Order nr. 93489

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