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Wisconsin: Midnight Paper Sales, 1999. No. 55 of of 99 copies, signed by the artist. 10 wood engravings printed by Schanilec. Printed on Vergatona Buff and Mohawk Superfine paper. 8vo., [18 x 26 cms], original black cloth backed Curwen Press patterned paper covered boards, printed paper spine label. A fine copy.|||Quarter to Midnight, Bibliography of Midnight Paper Sales A187 One of only 99 copies

Boston, Massachusetts: Seaver-Howland Press, 1908. Illustrated with numerous amusing woodcuts, the verses and illustrations enclosed in decorative borders. 32mo, original brown paper covered boards, illustrated title label to upper cover. A few lines of one verse underlined in blue ink, otherwise a good copy.|||

London & Boston: Elkin Mathews & John Lane & Copeland & Day, April 1894 to April 1897. Thirteen volumes, all published. Numerous illustrations and covers by Aubrey Beardsley, William Rothenstein, Walter Sickert, Housman 8vo., original yellow publisher’s pictorial cloth embossed in black. A remarkably good set with only slight bumping to the headcaps and corners and occasional mild darkening. ||A complete set of the most famous periodical of the 1890s. It became infamous when it was rumoured that Oscar Wilde was reading it when he was arrested (he was in fact reading Pierre Louys’ Aphrodite). It began as an avant garde publication with new departures in literature and art especially with Beardsley’s graphic contributions. However it became more conservative and mainstream after Wilde’s arrest. It remained very popular and was widely owned and read with contributions by Henry James, Max Beerbohm, Yeats, Le Gallienne, Charles Conder, Baron Corvo, Kenneth Grahame, etal.| A complete set

Pennsylvania: Press of Appletree Alley, 1997. Dramatic two-colour wood cut by Colleen Shannon. No. 62 of 100 copies, signed by the poet. Set in Centaur and Arrighi types and printed by Barnard Taylor and Juanita Bishop on Somerset paper. 8vo., bound by Don Rash in original brown sewn Fabriano paper wrappers printed in black. A fine copy.||With the original folded 4 pp prospectus inserted loose.| Chapbook 1 from the press

North Hills: printed by Henry Morris for Mel Kavin, 1994. Edited by David Pankow. One of 500 copies, this no.403, signed by all the participants - Bernard Middleton, author, Ward Ritchie, designer, Henry Morris, printer, Mel Kavin, publisher, Tini and Einen Miura, designer of the binding and the endpapers respectively, John de Pol, illustrator. A miniature book, 7 x 6.1 cms, bound to a design by Tini Miura at the Kater-Crafts Bookbinders in full black morocco with red, blue and gilt inlays and onlays, tooled with green and blue dots, marbled endpapers by Einen Miura, housed in the original black cloth box with black morocco spine and red morocco spine label lettered in gilt. In fine condition.||A charming publication with Bernard Middleton’s text about book binding accompanied with de Pol’s charming illustrations, beautifully designed by Ward Ritchie and printed by Henry Morris with Tini Miura’s designed binding. Thoughtfully the publisher has given some excellent little biographies of all the… Read More

San Francisco: Book Club of California, 1965. Illustrated with numerous reproductions of woodcuts and engravings, many of which originated in the French magazine, ‘Le Tour de Monde’. One of 450 copies. Introduction and bibliographical note by John Seelye. Handset in Bulmer and Tuscan Ombree types and printed by Adrian Wilson at his Press in Tuscany Alley. 8vo., bound by The Schuberth Bookbindery in original quarter linen over brown illustrated paper covered boards, printed title label to spine. A bright, very good copy.||Booklabel of Kenneth Auchincloss.|