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Jerusalem. The Emanation of the Giant Albion

by [TRIANON PRESS]; BLAKE, William; KEYNES, Geoffrey

Clairvaux, Jura, France: Published by The Trianon Press for The William Blake Trust, London, 1974. With Plates from the Lord Cunliffe Copy And Four Facsimile Proofs of Four Prints Not Found in the Earlier Trianon Edition. [TRIANON PRESS, The]. BLAKE, William. Jerusalem. The Emanation of the Giant Albion. London: The Trianon Press for The William Blake Trust, 1974. One of 500 numbered copies (this copy being No. 326), out of a total edition of 558 copies. Folio (14 7/16 x 10 1/4 in; 365 x 260 mm).... Read more about this item

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£364.28

THE DIVINE COMEDY OF DANTE ALIGHIERI

by DANTE, Alighieri

New York: Limited Editions Club, 1932. Hardcover. Fine in a soiled, Very Good slipcase with some splitting but intact. Folio (8" x 12-3/4") bound in full cloth specially woven in rose and buff by Fortuny of Venice with a gold- stamped linen spine label. Translated and annotated by Melville Best Anderson with an introduction by Arthur Livingston. Designed, printed on rag mould-made paper, and bound by Hans Mardersteig at the Officina Bodoni in Verona, Italy. Copy #623 of 1500 SIGNED by the designer on... Read more about this item

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£278.31

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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£485.70

Favole di Giovanni Gherardo De Rossi

by DE ROSSI, Giovanni Gherardo

Rome: Stamperia Pagliarini, 1788. First edition of this collection of verse fables. Octavo (7 3/4 x 5 3/8 inches; 196 x 135 mm). viii, [2], 180 pp. Printed on light blue paper, one of a few like this which are presumed to have been printed for presentation. With half-title. With engraved vignette title-page printed on thick cream-color paper. Engraved vignette title-page with scene of animals. Title-page is inserted but part of the pagination. Comprised of 70 fables. A second edition was printed in... Read more about this item

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£1,011.88

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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£809.50

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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£809.50

Midsummer-Night's Dream, A.

by RACKHAM, Arthur; SHAKESPEARE, William

New York: The Limited Editions Club, 1939. The Final Book Published During Rackham's Lifetime [RACKHAM, Arthur, illustrator]. SHAKESPEARE, William. A Midsummer-Night's Dream. The Text of the First Folio, with Quarto Insertions, Edited and Amended Where Obscure by Herbert Farjeon. Illustrated from Water-colors by Arthur Rackham. New York: The Limited Editions Club, 1939. Deluxe edition limited to 1,950 copies of which this is no. 1306. Folio (12 7/8 x 8 3/4 inches; 328 x 223 mm.). Six color... Read more about this item

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£1,011.88

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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£72.86

Les Coupains

by DUHAYON, Henri; ROMAINS, Jules; BOFA, Gus [RAYON d'OR/LIBRAIRIE GALLIMARD]

Paris: Le Rayon d'Or/Librairie Gallimard, 1952. A Spectacular Copy in a Stunning Binding Signed by the Author with an ALs by the Artist [DUHAYON, Henri, binder]. [BOFA, Gus, illustrator]. ROMAINS, Jules. Les Coupains. Avec douze aquarelles par Gus Bofa. N.p. [Paris]: Le Rayon d'Or, (1952). First edition illustrated by Bofa, limited to 3500 numbered copies sur vélin blanc des Papeteries de Lana, this being copy 3152. Octavo (8 1/4 x 6 1/8 in; 208 x 153 mm). 200, [1], [1, blank], [3, table], [1,... Read more about this item

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£2,630.88

Green Branches

by STEPHENS, James

New York: The Macmillan Company, 1916. 'JS' Bound by 'AS' [BINDING]. STEPHENS, James. Green Branches. New York: The Macmillan Company, 1916. First American Edition. Limited to 500 copies. Octavo (8 3/16 x 5 11/16 inches; 208 x 145 mm.). 32 unnumbered leaves printed on one side only. Bound in 1922, stamp-signed "A - S 1922" in gilt on rear turn-in. Full dark green levant morocco, covers decoratively tooled in gilt with a framework of flowers and stems surrounding a gilt ruled border which in turn... Read more about this item

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£1,011.88

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

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£607.12

Quatre Fois Son Portrait dans les Etats-Unis d'Amerique. Four Portraits of Him in the United States. Bi-lingual edition with English translation by Joshua Watsky. Poem by James Sacre. Original Painting by Julius Baltazar

by Curry, Coleen (Binder). Sacre, James

Stonington, CT: Wequetequock Cove Editions, 2012. Artist's book, poetry by James Sacre in English and French, in a unique binding by Coleen Curry, one of 30 copies with text printed on Velin d'Arche, the original watercolor that is the frontispiece is on Sekishu Japan paper, as are the four copperplate engravings, all copies signed by the artist, the author, and his translator, Joshua Watsky, who is also the publisher. Page size: 12.8 x 9.8 x 1/2 inches; 32pp. Bound by Coleen Curry: full goat cerulean... Read more about this item

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£7,690.25

Colombine

by McCRAE, Hugh

Sydney: Angus and Robertson, 1920. LINDSAY, Norman. A beautiful example of a collaborative effort between the artist, Norman Lindsay, and the poet, Hugh McCrae: 'I watch her fingers while they prance Like little naked women. tango-mad, Along the keys, a cup-shot dance -- Music, who'll say, more joyous or more sad?' -ENIGMA. Edition limited to 1000 copies, bound in original illustrated paper boards with cloth spine, 190 mm x 250 mm, XI illustrations tipped-in; a near fine copy.

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£256.61

BLUE CHICORY

by NIEDECKER, Lorine

New Rochelle: The Elizabeth Press, (1976). First Edition. boards. Hint of sunning to spine. Fine, lacking the slipcase. Green printed boards. One of 400 copies printed by Martino Mardersteig at the Stamperia Valdonega in Italy of this posthumous collection of poems.

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£202.38

Toilers of the Sea, The

by HUGO, Victor; LIMITED EDITIONS CLUB; OFFICINA BODONI; MARANGONI, Tranquillo

Verona: Printed for the members of The Limited Editions Club, 1960. Dedicated to the Island of Guernsey HUGO, Victor. The Toilers of the Sea. In the translation by Isabel F. Hapgood and with an introduction by Matthew Josephson. Illustrated with wood-engravings by Tranquillo Marangoni. Verona: Printed for the members of The Limited Editions Club, 1960. Limited to 1,500 copies signed by Giovanni Mardersteig and Tranquillo Marangoni, this being no. 1201. Large octavo (10 5/16 x 7 1/8 inches; 262 x 181... Read more about this item

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£161.90

LEAVES OF GRASS Comprising all the Poems written by Walt Whitman following the Arrangement of the Edition of 1891-'2

by WHITMAN, Walt

New York: Random House, Inc., 1930. Hardcover. About ten pages with a small, dark stain at the very top margin, far from the text; light rubbing to the raised bands at the edge of the spine which is a bit sunned. Near Fine. Valenti Angelo. Folio (9-3/4" x 14-1/2") in original red half-morocco and bevel-edged Philippine mahogany boards with the publisher's device engraved on the front board, five raised bands on the spine where the title is stamped in black. Illustrated with 37 woodcuts by Valenti... Read more about this item

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£3,035.62

Stitch in Time; or Pride Prevents a Fall, A.

by [NONESUCH PRESS]; Laver, James

London: Printed for the Nonesuch Press by Richard Clay & Sons, Ltd., Bungay, 1927. James Lever's "Stitch in Time" [NONESUCH PRESS]. LAVER, James. A Stitch in Time; or Pride Prevents a Fall. London: Printed for the Nonesuch Press by Richard Clay & Sons, Ltd., Bungay, 1927. First edition. Limited to 1,525 copies. Small folio (11 1/2 x 7 1/2 inches; 292 x 191 mm). 27, [1 colophon], [1 blank] pp. Printed on Arches cream laid paper in 18pt Caslon. Sewn into semi-stiff boards loosely covered with... Read more about this item

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£121.42

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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£93.09

Pilgrim's Progress, The

by BUNYAN, John; Bayntun

London: Arthur L. Humphreys, 1906. An Elegantly Printed Edition of One of the Most Significant Works of Religious English Literature BUNYAN, John. The Pilgrim's Progress. [The Royal Library Chef D'Oeuvre Series]. London, Arthur L. Humphreys, 1906. Octavo. (9 1/8 x 6 5/8 inches; 233 x 166 mm). [4], 327, [1 blank] pp. Title-page printed in red and black. Bound by Bayntun in early twentieth-century three-quarter dark blue polished calf ruled in gilt over blue cloth boards. Spine with five raised bands... Read more about this item

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£222.61

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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£1,416.62

All Religions Are One

by [TRIANON PRESS]; BLAKE, William; KEYNES, Geoffrey

London: Published by The Trianon Press for The William Blake Trust, London, 1970. All Religions Are One [TRIANON PRESS, The]. BLAKE, William. All Religions Are One. London: Published by The Trianon Press for The William Blake Trust, 1970. One of 600 numbered copies (this copy being No. 9), out of a total edition of 662 copies. Quarto (11 3/4 x 9 in; 298 x 230 mm). (28) pp. Ten color plates. Original quarter green morocco over marbled boards. Fine. In the original marbled board slipcase. The plates... Read more about this item

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£283.32

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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£809.50

Gogmagog

by [GOGMAGOG PRESS]; CHAMBERS, David; FRANKLIN, Colin; TUCKER, Alan

Pinner: Private Libraries Association, 1991. [GOGMAGOG PRESS]. CHAMBERS, David. FRANKLIN, Colin. TUCKER, Alan. Gogmagog. Morris Cox & the Gogmagog Press. Pinner: Private Libraries Association, 1991. First edition. Octavo (10 11/16 x 7 1/8 inches; 271 x 181 mm.). 184 pp. Illustrated throughout in color and black & white. Publisher's orange cloth with black stripes. A fine copy.

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£64.76

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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£80.95

Fifty Books Of The Year.

by Roxburghe Club of San Francisco; Hartley Everett Jackson; Carroll T. Harris

San Francisco, CA: Roxburghe Club, 1950.. Folio. Letterpress on French-Fold Sheet, Black Ink Printed on Cream Wove Paper with Deckled Edge. Very Good+. Decorative title bracket in red ink. Signed at end: Carroll T. Harris, Master of the Press, Roxburghe Club. Watermarked: Alexandra Japan.