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Order Nr. 138148 POSTPRINTS (title for 1st volume) then THE BOOK & PAPER GROUP ANNUAL VOLUMES 2-32

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(American Institute for Conservation of Historic and Artistic Works).

POSTPRINTS (title for 1st volume) then THE BOOK & PAPER GROUP ANNUAL VOLUMES 2-32.

32 volumes.
(Washington, DC: American Institute for Conservation of Historic and Artistic Works), 1982-2013. 4to. stiff paper wrappers. various pagination. 32 volumes. Complete run of the annuals issued by this conservation/preservation group through 2013. The first volume has a different title than the subsequent volumes. A scarce set. READ MORE about POSTPRINTS (title for 1st volume) then THE BOOK & PAPER GROUP ANNUAL VOLUMES 2-32

Price: $250.00 Order nr. 138148

Order Nr. 137916 SEVEN POEMS. Dylan Thomas

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(Art School Press). Thomas, Dylan.

SEVEN POEMS.

Calligraphy by Keith Holmes. Part of the Camberwell School of Arts and Crafts, Peckham Rd, S.E.5
London: Art School Press, 1974. small folio. In limp vellum with silk ties. 8 leaves. Calligraphy by Keith Holmes. Part of the Camberwell School of Arts and Crafts, Peckham Rd, S.E.5. Printed in a limited edition of 75 numbered copies signed by the artist. A fine copy with all silk ties present. A very scarce book. Cut in linoleum by Keith Holmes and printed Offset Lithography of Medway hand-made paper from Barcham Green and Company..... READ MORE about SEVEN POEMS

Price: $385.00 Order nr. 137916

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(Black Sparrow Press).

A collection of Black Sparrow Press publications.

Los Angeles & Santa Barbara, CA: Black Sparrow Press. A collection of thirty-six (36) Black Sparrow Press publications, four New Year's Greeting cards, and a nearly complete set of Sparrow, the monthly newsletter of the Black Sparrow Press from October 1972 to September 1978. All volumes are signed and/or the hardcover editions. A complete list of items are below. Black Sparrow Press was founded in 1966 by John Martin as a way to help promote..... READ MORE about A collection of Black Sparrow Press publications

Price: $400.00 Order nr. 138293

Order Nr. 138042 ASPECTS OF BRITISH BOOK ARTS TODAY

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(Bookbinding).

ASPECTS OF BRITISH BOOK ARTS TODAY.

Geneva, Ohio: Saturdays' Book Arts Gallery, 1988. oblong 8vo. half-cloth over marbled paper covered boards, with the original paper wrappers loosely inserted. (28) pages. A catalogue for the exhibition which featured British book arts of today. This copy is one of 40 numbered copies signed by Jan Sobota, who also executed the binding. Signed by Philip Smith. Furthermore, Bookbinders, Trevor Jones, Sarah Firmin, Angela James, and David Sellars were among the exhibitors. Illustrated. READ MORE about ASPECTS OF BRITISH BOOK ARTS TODAY

Price: $100.00 Order nr. 138042

Order Nr. 138044 ORATIONE DE LE LODI DI FRANCESCO MEDICI GRAN DVCA DI TOSCANA. Lorenzo Giacomini...

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Giacomini Tebalducci Malespini, Lorenzo.

ORATIONE DE LE LODI DI FRANCESCO MEDICI GRAN DVCA DI TOSCANA.

Fatta per ordine de l'Academia Fiorentina nel Tempio di S. Lorenzo, nel Consolato di B. Valori.
Fiorenza: Ne le case de' Sermartelli, 1587. 8vo. Rebound in marbled boards. 4, 36 pages. Fatta per ordine de l'Academia Fiorentina nel Tempio di S. Lorenzo, nel Consolato di B. Valori. Coat of arms of the Medici family on the title page. A near fine copy. Giacomini was a well-respected academic from Florence. The book is dedicated to Ferdinando, Grand Duke, and is praised by G. B. Strozzi and L. Salviati. Moreni, Bibliography of Tuscany..... READ MORE about ORATIONE DE LE LODI DI FRANCESCO MEDICI GRAN DVCA DI TOSCANA

Price: $250.00 Order nr. 138044

Order Nr. 137967 DICTIONARY OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE: IN WHICH THE WORDS ARE DEDUCED FROM THEIR...

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Johnson, Samuel.

DICTIONARY OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE: IN WHICH THE WORDS ARE DEDUCED FROM THEIR ORIGINALS, AND ILLUSTRATED IN THEIR DIFFERENT SIGNFIFICATIONS BY EXAMPLES FROM THE BEST WRITERS, TO WHICH ARE PREFIXED, A HISTORY OF THE LANGUAGE, AND AN ENGLISH GRAMMAR.

Two volumes.
London: Printed by John Jarvis, and sold by John Fielding... 1786. 4to. Bound in contemporary half-leather with publisher's marbled boards, red leather spine label, spine title gilt. [74] plus unpaginated lexicon in triple column; [2] & unpaginated lexicon; bound with the half-title in vol. I. Two volumes. No edition stated, possibly the sixth edition. Only the slightest rubbing to the marbled paper boards and soiling to preliminary pages, else a tight, bright, and unmarred copy..... READ MORE about DICTIONARY OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE: IN WHICH THE WORDS ARE DEDUCED FROM THEIR ORIGINALS, AND...

Price: $1,750.00 Order nr. 137967

Order Nr. 137915 LETTERS TO AND FROM THE LATE SAMUEL JOHNSON, LL.D., TO WHICH ARE ADDED SOME...

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Johnson, Samuel.

LETTERS TO AND FROM THE LATE SAMUEL JOHNSON, LL.D., TO WHICH ARE ADDED SOME POEMS NEVER BEFORE PRINTED. PUB. FROM THE ORIGINAL MSS. IN HER POSSESSION.

London: Printed for A. Strahan and T. Cadell, 1788. 8vo. Bound in leather-backed speckled tree calf leather boards, gilt spine label, top edge stained black. (ii), xv, (1), 397; xi, (1), 424 pages. First edition of Hester Thrale Piozzi's significant selection of Dr. Johnson's erudite and entertaining letters - "the first publication and canonization of a large body of his correspondence". Courtney, p.168. In a lovely rebinding with the preliminary blank in volume one. Ownership..... READ MORE about LETTERS TO AND FROM THE LATE SAMUEL JOHNSON, LL.D., TO WHICH ARE ADDED SOME POEMS NEVER BEFORE...

Price: $450.00 Order nr. 137915

Order Nr. 137941 DEATH HAS LOST ITS CHARM FOR ME. Ray Bradbury

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(Lord John Press). Bradbury, Ray.

DEATH HAS LOST ITS CHARM FOR ME.

Northridge, CA: Lord John Press, 1987. large 8vo. decorated paper-covered boards. 38 pages. First edition. A fine copy. Printed on Gainsborough Frost White Text paper and the type is Bauhaus Medium and Light. Designed by Robert Schneider and printed by Carl Bennitt of Pace Lithographers, Inc. Binding by Marianna Blau. READ MORE about DEATH HAS LOST ITS CHARM FOR ME

Price: $200.00 Order nr. 137941

Order Nr. 138026 HENRY MOORE, BIBLIOGRAPHY AND REPRODUCTIONS INDEX

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(Moore, Henry).

HENRY MOORE, BIBLIOGRAPHY AND REPRODUCTIONS INDEX.

Photographed and Edited by John Hedgecoe. Words by Henry Moore.
New York: Simon & Schuster, 1968. 8vo. cloth. v, (i), 165+(1) and 11 pages of plates. Photographed and Edited by John Hedgecoe. Words by Henry Moore. First edition. With a signed presentation inscription from the artist on the dedication page, "For Cecile and I.A. with best wishes from / Henry Moore / Dallas April 15th/76." Near fine in near fine slipcase. Over the last fifteen years John Hedgecoe has taken many thousands of photographs of..... READ MORE about HENRY MOORE, BIBLIOGRAPHY AND REPRODUCTIONS INDEX

Price: $700.00 Order nr. 138026

Order Nr. 138159 TEKHNICHESKOYE OFORMLENIYE GAZETY [i.e.TECHNICAL DESIGN OF A NEWSPAPER]. Urlaub...

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(Newspapers). Vyazemskiy B.A., Urlaub M.K.

TEKHNICHESKOYE OFORMLENIYE GAZETY [i.e.TECHNICAL DESIGN OF A NEWSPAPER].

Moscow; Leningrad: Gizlegprom, 1933. 25.4 x 17.5 cm. in original illustrated publisher's wrappers. 216 pages, 1 table. First edition. Illustrated. Wrappers slightly age-toned, a couple of tears of the spine, otherwise a very good, clean cop of this rare book. Written by the Soviet art critics Boris Viazemsky (1899-?) and M. Urlaub, this manual provides detailed information ont he technical design of the newspaper. The book is grounded on the concept that the newspaper design..... READ MORE about TEKHNICHESKOYE OFORMLENIYE GAZETY [i.e.TECHNICAL DESIGN OF A NEWSPAPER

Price: $900.00 Order nr. 138159

Order Nr. 137917 PAVLOV. Richard Neugebauer

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(Rarach Press). Neugebauer, Richard.

PAVLOV.

Kalamazoo, MI: Rarach Press, 1986. small folio. marbled paper covered boards, leather spine label, slipcase. 14 pages. Printed in a limited edition of 22 numbered and signed copies. Fine in fine slipcase. Bound by Jan Sobota and illustrated / printed by Ladislav Hanka. READ MORE about PAVLOV

Price: $1,200.00 Order nr. 137917

Order Nr. 138024 ROWFANT CLUB PHOTOGRAPHS. Jenny Jones

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(Rowfant Club). Jones, Jenny.

ROWFANT CLUB PHOTOGRAPHS.

Introduction by Anthony W. C. Phelps.
Cleveland: Rowfant Club, 2000. folio. loose matted photographs, clamshell box. (4) pages, followed by 15 photographs. Introduction by Anthony W. C. Phelps. Limited to 25 numbered copies, of which this copy is unnumbered. A fine copy in fine clamshell box bound by Esper Bindery.. Portfolio of 15 color photographs, matted, with guard sheets. With 4 p. of printed description. READ MORE about ROWFANT CLUB PHOTOGRAPHS

Price: $1,000.00 Order nr. 138024

Order Nr. 137924 FABS 2014 : THE FELLOWSHIP OF AMERICAN BIBLIOPHILIC SOCIETIES, SPONSORED BY THE...

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(Rowfant Club). Shokey, Terry and Philip Anderson.

FABS 2014 : THE FELLOWSHIP OF AMERICAN BIBLIOPHILIC SOCIETIES, SPONSORED BY THE ROWFANT CLUB, CLEVELAND, OHIO.

Cleveland, OH: The Rowfant Club, 2014. oblong folio. hardcover, dust jacket. unpaginated. Condition: Excellent. Mostly illustrated. A comemorative book honoring the Fellowship of American Bibliophilic Societies' yearly seminar. Fully illustrated in color. Beautiful photographs throughout. READ MORE about FABS 2014 : THE FELLOWSHIP OF AMERICAN BIBLIOPHILIC SOCIETIES, SPONSORED BY THE ROWFANT CLUB,...

Price: $100.00 Order nr. 137924

Order Nr. 137912 THE LIBERATORS, BEING ADVENTURES IN THE CITY OF FINE MINDS. Elbert Hubbard

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(Roycrofters). Hubbard, Elbert.

THE LIBERATORS, BEING ADVENTURES IN THE CITY OF FINE MINDS.

East Aurora: The Roycrofters, 1915. 4to. half pigskin over paper covered boards, embossed decorative borders and text along spine, four raised bands, top edge gilt, deckle edged paper. 312 pages. First edition limited to 378 numbered copies signed by the author / printer, of which this copy is not numbered or signed. McKenna 230. With bookplate, "Dorothy Farewell one of her books." A tight, bright, and unmarred copy. Frontispiece with tissue guard. Illustrated throughout. Printed..... READ MORE about THE LIBERATORS, BEING ADVENTURES IN THE CITY OF FINE MINDS

Price: $300.00 Order nr. 137912

Order Nr. 138013 UNTO THIS LAST. John Ruskin

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Ruskin, John.

UNTO THIS LAST.

London: George Allen, 1902. 8vo. vellum boards, gitl on covers and spine, four silk ties. 120 pages. Limited to 411 copies of which this is one of 400 printed on paper. One silk tie lacking, else a tight, bright, and unmarred copy. A beautiful book printed in black and red by the Ballantyne Press. READ MORE about UNTO THIS LAST

Price: $100.00 Order nr. 138013

Order Nr. 138036 A SOUL CAKE. Faith Ashford

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(St. Dominic's Press). Ashford, Faith.

A SOUL CAKE.

Ditchling: Printed and Published by Douglas Pepler, S. Dominic's Press, 1919. 8vo. Bound in 3/4 red leather, marbled boards, In clamshell box. (viii), 53, (3) pages. First edition limited to 240 copies. Taylor & Sewell, Saint Dominic's Press: A Bibliography A47. Rebound in an unsigned binding by Jan Sobota. A fine copy in fine clamshell. Original wrappers bound in at rear. Gill's press device in red on title-page. There are 42 religious verses by Faith..... READ MORE about A SOUL CAKE

Price: $250.00 Order nr. 138036

Order Nr. 138302 THE LAST MAGICIAN. Stephen Corey

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(Water Mark Press). Corey, Stephen.

THE LAST MAGICIAN.

Illustrated by Coco Gordon.
(Huntington, NY): Water Mark Press, 1981. 8vo. half cloth, paper-covered boards. 61, (3) pages. Illustrated by Coco Gordon. First edition. Limited to 562 copies of which this is one of 50 copies with two additional wood engravings (signed A.P. 2) on handmade paper, bound thus. Bound by Alexandra Soteriou, offset printed on manila hemp and cotton handmade paper. Illustrations in text by Gordon. Signed by the author and Gordon on colophon. Acknowledgments, table of contents..... READ MORE about THE LAST MAGICIAN

Price: $125.00 Order nr. 138302

Order Nr. 138008 AN ACCOUNT OF RUSSIA AS IT WAS IN THE YEAR 1710. Baron Charles Whitworth

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Whitworth, Baron Charles.

AN ACCOUNT OF RUSSIA AS IT WAS IN THE YEAR 1710.

[Twickenham, Surrey]: Printed at Strawberry-Hill, 1758. 8vo. full vellum, black leather spine label, marbled pastedowns and endpapers, all edges gilt. xxiv, 158 pages 1 errata leaf at rear. First Edition, of which 700 copies were printed. Boards slightly bowed. Vellum very lightly rubbed and soiled, else a fine copy. With bookplate, "John A. Spoor." With bookplate, "Blanche Harvey." The prefatory advertisement was written by Horace Walpole. The noted English diplomat served as envoy-extraordinary to Russia..... READ MORE about AN ACCOUNT OF RUSSIA AS IT WAS IN THE YEAR 1710

Price: $800.00 Order nr. 138008

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