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Printed in an edition limited to 200 numbered copies, signed by Schanilec on the colophon page. (My Colorful Career, pp.30-36). Four double-page color wood engravings and an additional two-color engraving on the title page. The text consists of a series of interviews of his farming neighbors by Schanilec, and the beautiful color wood engravings depict various aspects of their farms.
The proofs are in a heavy paper portfolio with a color image of a pickup truck, contained in a solander box, cloth covered with a black leather spine label. The title page is printed with two stages of the pick up truck. There are four images plus the title page truck, each 4 to six plates (except 2 for the truck) This is copy 12 of 15, signed in pencil with Schanilec's chop mark and "92." Quarter to Midnight, A.90 and A.109.

3 fold-out illustrations and a separate suite of color prints in a portfolio, all enclosed in a slipcase. Quarter morocco with sides based on a fine decorated paper in the Parkes Collection. Schmoller has accompanied the history with reprints of both the Parkes report and Kaempfer's description of Japanese papermaking, the first such report. Also reproduced are 20 full size color reproductions of Japanese watercolors depicting papermaking. Each copy of this book also has an extra suite of these plates in a separate portfolio. Bound by Gray Parrot. Number 421 of an edition limited to 500 copies. Fine condition.Thirty Years of Bird & Bull #A38.

Llandogo, Monmouthshire: Old Stile Press, 2001. new.. Designed and printed by Nicolas McDowall. Many woodcut images by Keith Bayliss were printed from the wood, including several printed in red on the cover of the book and two black images of medieval ships on the fabric covered slipcase. The layout of the book is unconventional, with the information normally on the title page zig-zagged across the front endpapers, and the rest of the information on the book likewise printed on the rear endpapers, but printed conventionally! The unconventional design as well as the exceptionally cut slipcase emphasize the symbolism of this tale of the thirteenth century Children's Crusade. Signed on the back free endpaper by the translator Malcolm Parr and the artist. Number 8 of 200 copies. Fine

The editorial matter is set in Ehrhardt types, the contributors' list in Goudy Old Style & the poems in the attractive Hyperion, designed by Berthold Wolpe. Bound in black cloth with a bird blind embossed on front cover, title in silver on front and spine. 10 1/4 x 7 inches. Unpaginated. Number 70 of an edition limited to 180 numbered copies. A collection of 22 woodblock prints on a single theme, "illustrated" by poems of various authors. Spaul's images are taken from life in our urban surroundings. For, like the fox, there are few birds which are not urban. The creators of the book wished to accompany Spaul's images with poetry written by authors who tried to write about birds as birds, rather than just using them as vehicles to carry human characteristics. Fine.

San Francisco: Book Club of California, 1968. Keepsake Number 34 for 1970. Introduction also by Samuel Stark, with the texts of the remaining nine sections by various authors. Stark provided all of the post cards reproduced in the series from his own collection. Consists of ten folders, each folder consisting of either four or six pages, with one or two color-printed reproductions of post cards tipped in. Designed and printed by Adrian Wilson at his Press in Tuscany Alley. Post cards reproduced by George Waters Color Productions, Inc. Set in Spectrum types by Mackenzie & Harris, Inc. Unpaginated. 10 x 8 1/2 inches. Limited to 1350 copies. Fine.