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Doctor Franklin & Spain: The Unknown History

by Chávez, Thomas E

Santa Fé: The Press at the Palace of the Governors, 2016. Limited edition. Hardcover. Fine. 4to. 59pp. plus colophon. One of 80 numbered copies. Printed letterpress at the Palace Press by Tom Leech and James Bourland on handmade wove Spanish paper from the Garza Paper Mill. The typeface is digital Bodoni Old Face; Franklin himself praised Bodoni's' Essay on Type as "one of the most beautiful..." Frontispiece portrait of Franklin based on a painting of Franklin by his French neighbor, Anne-Rosalie... Read more about this item

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£488.34

Heroes & Kings

by Williams, Charles

London: Sylvan Press, 1930. Limited edition. Very good. With Wood Engravings by Norman Janes.. Folio. Unpaginated. Finely printed on Barcham Green hand-made paper. Bound in coarsely woven red cloth blocked in gilt with a design by the illustrator on both the upper an lower boards. Top edge gilt. Contains twelve of William's poems followed by all seven of his Arthurian poetry: Tristam's Song to Iseult; Palomides' Song of Iseult; Lamoracke's Song to Blanchefleur; A Song of Palomides; Taliessin's Song... Read more about this item

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£2,034.75

Printers on Morris

by Walsdorf, John J

Beaverton, Oregon: Beaverdam Press, 1981. First edition. Hardcover. Fine. Woodcut Frontispiece by Barry Moser.. Miniature Book, 2¼ by 3 inches. From of total edition of 326 copies, this is one of 26 lettered copies finely printed letterpress on handmade paper and bound in full leather. Morris designed "Brother Rabbit" endpapers. It is signed by the editor, printer, and artist, and is accompanied by an extra copy of the frontispiece signed by Moser. This is letter M. A fine copy. .

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£325.56

ODES AND EPODES OF HORACE [9 OF 10 SLIPCASED VOLUMES]

by Horace. Horatius Flaccus (Quintus) Howard Pyle

The Bibliophile Society Printed By H O Houghton. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1901 [1902]. 1st Thus. Hardcover. B&W Illustrations; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; Laid in publisher's letter and distribution list. 467 sets, Elegant set designed with the assistance of Howard Pyle. The etched frontispieces, with one state of each signed by the artist, are by W. H. W. Bicknell (3) , James Fagan, Edmund H. Garrett and Howard Pyle.. Volumes covered in brown and white paper, NF. Double slip cases... Read more about this item

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£398.77

Pryderi

by Griffith, Llywelyn Wyn

Newtown, Powys: Gwasg Gregynog, 1998. Limited edition. Hardcover. Fine. Illustrated by Kyffin Williams. Folio. (40)pp finely printed on Velin Arches mould-made paper in Baskerville type. Linen cloth printed in black on the spine and with an illustration by Williams on the upper board. Illustrated with eight full page 2 color linocuts by Kyffin Williams, who also designed the book. One of 350 numbered copies signed by the illustrator; this is copy No. 285. A fine copy. Pryderi is the only character to... Read more about this item

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£488.34

Tesoros Musicales de la Nueva España: Siglo XVI

by Grañén Porrúa, María Isabel; Juan Pascoe

Tacámboro de Codallos: Taller Martín Pescador, 2018. Limited edition. Hardcover. Fine. Small 4to. 46,(2)pp. Green cloth spine, board in bright yellow paper, the upper board printed letterpress with the title and ornaments, and with a printed paper title label on the spine. Illustrated with illustrations taken from the work of 16th century printers in New Spain. Two large folding pages, facsimiles of the work of Espinosa. One is from the Graduale dominicale of 1576, the other from the Graduale... Read more about this item

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£406.95

Alan Houser: Book Illustrations

by Foss, Nelson; Anna Marie Houser

Santa Fé: The Press at the Palace of the Governors, 2004. First edition. Hardcover. Fine. Folio. Ten illustrations housed in a portfolio of cloth spine, decorative paper boards, facsimile of Houser's signature inset on the upper board, tape ties. The colophon is likewise on a folio-sized sheet. The illustrations are selected from four books: "Cochise" (1953), "Blue Canyon Horse", (1954), "The Cave" (1958) and "Desert People" (1962). The illustrations are printed letterpress by the Palace Press on... Read more about this item

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£813.90

Chinese Handmade Paper

by McClure, Floyd Alonzo

Newtown, PA: Bird & Bull Press, 1986. Limited edition. Hardcover. Fine. 4to. Black morocco spine, red leather lettering label, gilt, printed paper boards. One of 325 numbered copies printed by Henry Morris on mouldmade Hahnemüle paper. Preface by Elaine Koretsky. With 40 large samples of Chinese paper and their descriptions. Laid-in is a facsimile of a 1932 South China Morning Post as an example of the old Hong Kong newspapers McClure used to his parcels of paper. A fine copy. This copy unnumbered... Read more about this item

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£406.95

The Noble & Joyous Boke Entytled le Morte Darthur..

by Malory, Syr Thomas

Oxford: Shakespeare Head Press and published by the Press for Basil Blackwell, 1934. Limited edition. Fine. Hardcover. 4to. Two volumes. (4),xxviii,316;(4)273,(3)pp. One of 370 copies on handmade paper (of which 350 are for sale), this being copy number 268. One of the few copies bound in full brick-red morocco. Printed in red and black throughout in Caslon type, with 22 woodcuts reproduced from Wynkyn de Worde's folio edition of 1498. The text is a careful reprint from de Worde's folio of 1498 from... Read more about this item

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£1,424.32

Santa Fé Poet Laureate Arthur Sze (Signed)

by Sze, Arthur

Santa Fé: The Press at the Palace of the Governors, 2008. Limited edition. Hardcover. Fine. Elephant folio. Five finely printed broadsides in a portfolio. The portfolio has a blue cloth spine, brown paper over boards,title printed on marbled paper and inset onto the upper board, linen ties. The broadsides are printed by Tom Leech at the Palace Press on Arches Test which was first marbled by Leech in his studio. Each broadside has been signed by the poet. One poem was printed in an edition of 75... Read more about this item

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£813.90

Contemplations, Being Several Short Essays, Helpful Sermonettes, Epigrams and Graphic Sayings Selected from the Writings of Elbert Hubbard (Signed )

by Hubbard, Elbert; Heloise Hubbard, ed

East Aurora: Roycrofters, 1902. Limited edition. Hardcover. Very good. Folio. (10),120,(2)pp. Finely bound by the Roycrofters in half morocco. Spine in six compartments with raised bands, intricately gilt. Top edge gilt. Marbled paper boards and endpapers. Frontispiece portrait. Printed in red and black throughout. One of 100 signed numbered copies printed on Japan Vellum. Signed by Hubbard on the limitation page. Only a trace of wear at the corners and edges; a few spots on the upper board else a very... Read more about this item

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£813.90

Herbescent Cordials: A Collection of Herbal Tisanes for the Sick, Stressed, Stinky, and Love Sick

by Busby, Michael

Walla Walla, WA: Artist, 1995. First printing. (12) pp., 6.75 x 10.75 inches. Printed by hand from foundry type, original linoleum engravings, and plant materials at the Whitman College Book Arts Lab, in an edition of twenty-five signed and numbered copies. Unbound sheets in stiff card folder with printed cover label. As new. Five linoleum engravings of common herbs (chives, rosemary, oregano, mint, basil), printed over pressure prints of plants, each contained in a glassine wrapper printed with a... Read more about this item

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£93.60

Miniature Literature. The Stanley Marcus Collection of Miniature Books at Bridwell Library. 26 February - 27 May 1995. Curated by David J. Lawrence.

by Lawrence (David J.) -Curator. (Stanley Marcus Collection)

Dallas: Bridwell Library, 1995. First edition.. Small patterned boards, printed paper label on front cover. Eight Illustrations. Size is 3 x 3 inches. A fine copy, as-new, the original plain paper wrapper is present. One of 500 numbered copies, signed by the curator.

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£73.25

Moral Maxims by the Duke de la Rochefoucault

by Rochefoucault

Berkshire: The Golden Cockerel Press, 1924. Limited edition. Hardcover. Very good. 8vo. Vellum spine, paper over boards. One of 325 copies of which this is No. 239. Vellum a little rough in places, paper worn at corners and a small chip on the reverse, else this is a very good copy. The finely printed textblock is fine and bright.

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£203.48

O'Keeffe Stories

by Wood, Margaret

Santa Fé: The Press at the Palace of the Governors, 2012. First edition. Hardcover. Fine. 8vo. 53,(3)pp. Black cloth spine, black lettering label printed in silver, decorated paper boards printed with the title on the upper board. One of 110 numbered copies, this being copy no, 74, finely printed at the Palace Press by Tom Leech and James Bourland, With Barry Moser's woodcut of O'Keeffe. Signed by the author, Margaret Wood, who has written of her time with Georgia O'Keeffe. A fine copy. Issued without... Read more about this item

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£488.34

Directions for the Gardiner at Says-Court But Which May Be of Use for Other Gardens

by Evelyn, John

London: Nonesuch Press, 1932. Limited edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Thin 8vo. 109, (3)pp. Bound in marbled paper with a green leather lettering label, gilt. Top edge gilt in the rough. Bookplate of Kenneth Garth Huston, A fine copy. The orange dustwrapper is present and is in fine condition as well, One of 800 copies finely printed by the Fanfare press on Van Gelder paper. This is number 1266. Nonesuch Bibliography, 82. .

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£244.17

Troubadour

by Wiggen, Elaine

Seattle: Montford Press, n.d.. Broadside. Fine. Single sheet 7½ by 13 inches, finely printed in red and black on heavy stock by Carl Montford on an iron handpress. The poem is set in an uncial-style type, headed by the title in red and captioned with an original woodblock print by Montford depicting a mockingbird, the troubadour of the poem. One of 60 numbered copies, this being No,. 22. Signed by C. Montford at the end, next to the device of the iron press. In fine condition.

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£81.39

Planet Prilgrim, Nanao Sakaki

by Brandi, John

Santa Fé: The Press at the Palace of the Governor, 2017. Limited edition. Wraps. Fine. 8vo. (28)pp. One of 140 numbered copies. FInely printed on J. Whatman paper with handmade covers and endpapers made in Kathmandu. A fine copy. .

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£61.04

I Left My Grandfather's House

by Welch, Denton

London: Lion and Unicorn Press, 1958. First edition. Hardcover. Near fine. Illustrated by Leslie Jones. Folio. Unpaginated. Suede spine, cover of offset printing on linen after a watercolor by Denton Welch, with gilt title. Pictorial endpapers .Illustrations in both black and white and color. Frontispiece portrait. One of 200 numbered copies of which this is No. 113. Light foxing to the foredge and first two pages else near fine.In publisher's double slipcase (light abrasion from removal of a sticker... Read more about this item

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£203.48

The Wedding of Sir Gawain

by Madden, Frederick, transcriber; James J. Owens, modern English rendering; Dmitry Sayenko, artist, illustrator

St. Petersburg: Dmitry Sayenko; Nikodim, 2018. Limited edition. Hardcover. Fine. Two volumes, folio. Slipcased. One of 20 copies signed by Owens and Sayenko in the colophon. Prospectus laid in. The volumes are in fine, as new condition; the slipcase has a tiny bump on one corner else is fine. The main volume, 56pp, hardcover is in full grey linen with a linocut paste-on and brass corners. Tan endpapers. All pages of handmade paper and uncut, replete with linocuts taken directly from the blocks and in... Read more about this item

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£2,238.22

Advice to a Traveler to Cuba

by Gregorio, Remée

Santa Fé: The Press at the Panace of the Governors, 2016. First edition. Wraps. Fine. Oblong 8vo. Unpaginated. (16pp.) Finely printed on handmade Fabriano Umbria by Tom Leech, James Bourland and Caleb Orega. Cover paper came form Saint-Armand in Montreal. Decorated endpapers. Frontispiece based on a mural in Old Havana. A fine copy. One of 105 numbered copies, signed by the poet on the title p[age.

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£36.63

El Acueducto del Padre Tembleque

by Gomez Arriola, Nacho

Guadalajara: Grafica de Comala, 2017. Limited edition. Stiff card wraps. Fine. 4½ by 7 inches. (18)pp. Card wraps covered with bright yellow paper nicely printed in black and red by letterpress. Printed letterpress on handmade paper. The fonts are Garamond and Intertype. Illustrated with full page and in text art by Gomez taken directly from the linocut blocks. A fine copy. One of 50 copies signed and numbered by the author. This is copy No. 44. This is the story of the famed Aqueduct of Padre... Read more about this item

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£122.08

Tales of the Mountain Men

by Barbour, Barton H., compiler and editor

Santa Fé: Press of the Palace of the Governors, 1984. Limited edition. Hardcover. Fine. Illustrations by Andrew Burns.. Oblong 4to. 77,(1)pp. Finely printed by hand on Rives paper by Pamela Smith. Introduction by David J. Weber. Bound by Priscilla Spitler in maroon Centennial book cloth, with spine title in silver and a hand-printed paper vignette on the upper board. One of 150 numbered copies in cloth, from a total edition of 165 copies. This is copy number 28, and is signed by the printer, the... Read more about this item

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£203.48

A Christmas Sermon

by Stevenson, Robert Louis

San Francisco: John Henry Nash, 1928. Limited edition. Stiff card. Fine. One large sheet folded to make four pages, folio. Title printed on obverse of page one, the text of the Sermon on the inner two-page spread, and the final page blank. Beautifully printed letterpress in a Gothic font. Each of the four sections of Stevenson's work is introduced by an illuminated capital with hand-colored foliage. The title runs across the top of both pages in gilt with more flowers lightly colored in pink, blue,... Read more about this item

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£610.42

For Now

by Plimpton, Sarah

[New York, 2008. Artist's book, one of 15 copies, all on Fabriano Tiepolo paper, each copy signed and numbered by the poet / artist / printer, Sarah Plimpton. Page size: 8-3/4 x 11-3/4 inches; 20pp. Bound: loose as issued, in cinnamon-colored wrappers, black label title printed in gold on spine housed in brick-colored cloth custom-made clamshell box, black leather label with title and author in gold gilt on spine, made by Claudia Cohen. Ms. Plimpton's poem reads, "one eye / drawing circles / with... Read more about this item