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1) Thirty Books and Manuscripts from the Albert M. Bender Collection of Mills College
Potter, Elizabeth Gray

Oakland: The Bibliophile Society of Mills College, 1937. Number 21 of the 250 copies designed and printed by the Eucalyptus Press as the fourth in a series of volumes assembled in honor of the 85th Anniversary of Mills College. Decorated paper over boards. a partially unopened copy. Very good +. 8vo. 50 pp. illus. in b/w. more information

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2) Dieter Roth. exhibition dates: February 18 - April 1, 1984
Preface by Mary Jane Jacob. Essay by Ann Goldstein

Chicago: Museum of Contemporary Art, 1984. Pictorial paper covers. fine. 4to. 31 pp. 19 b/w. illus. bibliography. more information

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3) The Graphic Art Of Charles Schulz. exhibition dates: May 19, 1985 to Auigust 31, 1985
Preface by Christina Orr-Cahall, Chief Curator of Art. Introduction by Bill Mauldin. Essays by Joan Roebuck, M. Thomas Inge, Elliott Oring, Umberto Eco ( translated by William Weaver) and SNOOPY

Oakland, California: The Oakland Museum, 1985. Pictorial paper covers. Mint. 4to. 128 pp. Profusely illustrated in b/w. bibliography. more information

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4) Paper Pushers Catalogue design by Joseph del Pesco. Exhibition: Davis, California. University of California, Davis. Richard L. Nelson Gallery, September 29 - December 11, 2005 (Quantity available: 4)
Pritikin, Renny

Accordion style pagination. Stiff pictorial paper wrappers. Mint as issued. 8vo. 20 pp. Profusely illustrated in color. Biographies of the artists. Paper Pushers includes artists who work exclusively with paper, others who do frequently and some who use it only in this instance to solve a specific problem". more information

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5) thw world of Jean De Bosschere. With a letter of Paul Valery
Putnam, Samuel

London: The Fortune Press, nd. No. 690 of 1000 copies. Cloth. very good+. 8vo. xvi, 153 pp. illus. in b/w. bibliography. more information

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6) Carminum Libri Quatuor. Epodon Liber. Sermonum Libri Duo. Epistalorum Libri Duo. Ars Poetica Epistola Ad Pisones
Quintus Horatius Flaccus

Birmingham: Joannis Baskerville, 1777. Internally fine. Binding shows a little wear plus a small piece of leather is missing at the head of the spine. 12 mo 300 pp. Full brown calf. Double gilt ruling on front and back cover. 2 red leather labels on spine. Gilt deopration on the spine. more information

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7) The Lapis (Quantity available: 3)
Rice Pereira, Irene

Washington, D.C.: Corcoran Gallery Of Art, 1970. Second printing. 1 of 1000 copies. Black paper with gilt lettering. fine. Folio, 37 pp. 11 color plates, 4 color illus. in the text. more information

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8) The Book Ilustrations of Rigby Graham, An Exhibition Catalogue and Guide to the Collection by Ian Rogerson With an introduction by Alan Tucker
Rogerson, Ian

Manchester: Manchester Metropolitan University Library, 2001. Pictorial paper wrappers. Fine. Sq. 8vo. 12 pp. 13 black and white illustrations. more information

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9) The King Of The Golden River Or Black Brothers, A Legend Of Stiria. Illustrated by Richard Doyle
Ruskin, John

London: Smith, Elder & Co., 1863. Fifth edition. Orange cloth with gilt design and lettering on front panel and spine. Half title shows some foxing as does the guard sheet. Binding shows some fading. Very good +. 8vo. [ii], 64 pp. Profusely iilus. in b/w. more information

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10) art since 1950 american and international Exhibition: Seattle World's Fair. April 21-October 21, 1962 (Quantity available: 2)
Sam Hunter and Willem Sandberg

Seattle: Seattle World's Fair, 1962. stiff paper covers with a bold multi-color abstract designby the noted Dutch graphic artist Dick Elffers. sq. lg. 8vo. profusely illus. in color & b/w. Willem Sandberg invariably wrote a poem as his text for an exhibition. For this exhibition he was the curator of the international art section and true to form he introduced his selections by a long poem on the state of European art since World War II. An exquisite, important exhibition catalog showing the influence and work of Dutch graphic design and Willem Sandberg. more information

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11) hendrik nicolass werkman, 1882 - 1945. Essay: Two Dutchies by Richard L. Press (Quantity available: 2)
sandberg, willem

sacramento: star thistle press, 2004. 1 of 100 copies. colophon: 126 copies have been printed at Poltroon Press, Berkeley, for The Star Thistle Press, Sacramento. The Monotype Gill Sans was composed by Patrick Reagh of Sebastopol, California. Papers employed are Nideggen Sand, Cromatica Extra White and Frankfurt Cream. Typography and hot printing by Alastair Johnston. Bound by Arnold Martinez. Twenty-six copies are hors commerce and include the recipient's name in calligraphy by Georgianna Greenwood. Cloth and boards. New. 4to. 38 pp. illus. in color. more information

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12) Alphabets, an introductory treatise on written and printed letter forms for the use of students
Scarfe, Laurence

London: Batsford, 1954. First edition. cloth. fine in dj. 4to. 192 pp. illus. in b/w. printed on a variety of colored papers. more information

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13) Saulsaye Eglogue, De la Vie Solitaire Note: Maurice Seve ou Sceve, presume descendant de l'ancienne Maison des Marquis de Sceva, qui vint du Piemont s'etablie a Lyon, dans le seizieme siecle, est autuer de la Saulsaye, piece lyonnoise tres-rare, que j'ai
Sceve, Maurice

Aix,: De L'Imprimerie De Pontier Fils Aine, 16 Mars 1829.. 1 of 87 copies. Full blue moire silk binding with leather spine label. Fine. . 8vo. 32 pp. One black and white engraving. Il n'a tire de cette reimpression figuree d'un opuscule tres - rare, que 50 exemplaires sur papier couronne ordinaire - 20 sur beau papier velin d'Annonay - 8 sur papier rose - 8 sur papier bleu, et 1 sur peau de velin tres-blanc. Elle sera suivie immediatement de la reimpression Du Myrouer des Enfants ingrats, moralite, sans date, a 18 personnages, ornee de 16 figures gravees sur bois" No copy of this edition in OCLC. No copy for sale on the NET more information

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14) La Faim. Traduit pour la premiere fois du russe en francais par Brice Parain. Illustre de 7 dessins rehausses de couleurs au pochoir par Robert-Raphael Haardt
Semenov, Serge

Paris: Editions Montaigne, [1927].. no. 567 of 2950 copies. Original printed paper wrappers. Binding shows a little wear otherwise fine. . 8vo. 220 pp. 7 full page illustrations of which 6 have been colored by pochoir. One full page illustration is in black and white and was never colored. more information

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15) As You Like It. With Twelve Illustrations by Emile Bayard. With an introduction by Edward Dowden LL.D. series: The International Shakespere
Shakespeare, William

London: Cassell & Co., 1887. Cloth over thick bevelled boards. blue-green background of binding shows a little discoloration, elaborate design and gilt lettering fresh and bright. Internally fine. folio, xxiv, 44p. 12 b/w plates, numerous head and tail pieces. Loose 4 page folio prospectus laid in. more information

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16) Maskros. Dikter. Text in Swedish
Siogren, Arthur

Stockholm: A.B. Ljus Forlag, 1900. No. 140 of 500 copies. Pictorial boards. Fine. 4to. 92 pp. Profusely illustrated in color in the Swedish art nouveau style. 'Dikterna aro skrifna aren 1890 - 1898.' The title page has the date 1900. The last page of the book has the date 1903. No copy for sale on the NET. No copy in OCLC. more information

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17) Looking at an Early Map. Unuversity Of Kansas Publications: Library Series 17
Skelton, R.A

Lawrence, Kansas: University of Kansas Libraries , 1965.. Pictorial paper wrappers. . Fine. . 8vo. 32 pp. 9 black and white illustrations. more information

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18) Boys And Girls Of Bookland. Pictures by Jesse Wilcox Smith
Smith, Nora Archibald

New York: Cosmopolitan Book Corporation, 1923. Green cloth with gilt letterring . Front cover has an inset color plate of The Lame Little Prince. Binding shows a little wear otherwise Very good +. folio, 100 pp. 11 full page color plates. more information

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19) Les Rimes Ironiques, Poesies Nouvelles par Josephin Soulary Avec Dessins D'Eugene Froment. Text in French
Soulary, Josephin

Lyon: Imprimerie Alf. Louis Perrin Et Marinet,, 1877.. 1 of 500 copies. 3/4 cloth and marbled boards. Original printed wrappers bound in. Leather spine label with gilt lettering. On the front paste down is a most charming bookplate of Paul Bellon showing an open book with 4 mice engaged in either reading or eating . Fine. 8vo. xii, 187 pp. Charming frontispiece of a bare breasted angel overseeing 4 putti roasting hearts. Many similar romantic head and tail pieces throughout. more information

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20) Men of Letters Of The British Isles, Portrait Medallions From The Life. With critical essays by Stuart P. Sherman and a preface by G.F. Hill
Spicer-Simson, Theodore

New York: William Edwin Rudge, 1924. No. 508 of 520 copies. Designed by Bruce Rogers. Cloth and boards with gilt lettering. Fine inprotective cover and slipcase. 4to. 133 pp. 29 full page plates with tissue guards. more information

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21) New Arabian Nights. Introduction by Norman H. Strouse. Illustrations by Clarke Hutton
Stevenson, Robert Louis

Avon, Ct.: Limited Editions Club, 1976. No. 193 of 2000 copies. Signed by the illustrator. Made at the Garamond Press, Baltimore, Md. for the members of the Limited Edtions Club. Decorated cloth. fine in glassine, Slipcase shows a little wear. Monthly newsletter is present. 4to. 246 pp. 12 color plates, 16 b/w illus. more information

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22) The Book of the Knight of La Tour Landry. With an introduction by D. B. Wyndham Lewis
Taylor, G. S. editor

London: The Verona Society, 1930. Number 431 Of Five Hundred Copies Of This Edition Have Been Printed By H. P. R. Finberg At The Alcuin Press, Chipping Campden, Gloucestershire. Cloth. a partially unopened copy. Cream color cloth slightly soiled. Fine. 4to. xii, 171 pp. Decorated initials throughout. Printed in red and black. more information

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23) The Poems of Alfred, Lord Tennyson. Selected and Introduced by John D. Rosenberg. With wood engravings by Reynolds Stone
Tennyson, Alfred Lord

Avon. Ct.: The Limited Editions Club, 1974. No. 193 of 2000 copies. Signed by the illustrator. Designed by John Dreyfus and printed at the University Printing Office in Cambridge by Brooke Crutchley, Printer ot the University for the members of The Limited Editions Club. Binding is in three-piece style: The shelfback is an imported maroon goatskin, hand boarded with the titling stamped in pure gold leaf on a black panel; the sides are covered in terra-cotta linen. the portrait of Tennyson in low relief in the front cover is from an engraving by Reynolds Stone that he based on a photograph by Julia Margaret Cameron in his own collection, and the die for the portrait was made at the Baddeley Brothers London Studio. Fine in original glassine and slip case. Monthly news letter is present. 4to. xv, 285 pp. 25 b/w wood engravings. more information

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24) Two decades of Hamady & The Perishable Press Limited. exhibition dates: 3 October 1984 to 4 November 1984 (Quantity available: 2)
Text by Walter Hamady

St: Louis. University of Missouri- Louis. Gallery 210, 1984. Pictorial paper covers. Mint in publisher's shrink wrap. 4to. 122 pp. Profusely illus. in b/w. Bibliography, chronology, Illustrator index. Binder index. Calligrapher index. Author index. Title index. Another title: Hamady's Perishable Press: A Twentieth Anniversary Sampling of Hand Crafted Books. The most comprehensive catalog of the Perishable Press. It describes and has illustrations of the first 20 years of the Perishable Press. more information

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25) A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers. With an introduction by Charles R. Anderson and illustrations by R. J. Holden
Thoreau, Henry David

Avon, Ct.: The Limited Editions Club, 1975. No. 193 of 2000 copies. Signed by the illustrator. Designed by Robert L. Dothard and printed at The Stinehour Pres in Lunenberg, Vermont for members of The Limited Editions Club. Cloth and marbled boards. fine in original glassine and slip case. Monthly news letter is present. 4to. xv, 327 pp. 40 illus. printed in green ink. more information

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26) Hot And Sour Soup
Ting, Walasse

[San Francisco] ?: The Sam Francis Foundation California, [1969]. No. 68 of 1050 copies "This book is numbered 68, 4 november 1968 n.y.c. Walasse Ting". This colophon is boldly written in ink on blank last page. The title page bears the inscription in a bold hand ; " to Merle Schipper With Best Wishes Walasseting, 1978 January 20. . Pictorial stiff paper wrappers depicting Madame de Pompadour by Boucher modified by Walasse Ting. Loose folded sheets within the pictorial wrappers all housed in a printed slipcase. Pictorial paper wrappers had a small closed tear which has been expertly repaired. Contents fine. The printed slip case is very good +. folio, 64 pp. 22 original color lithographs illustrating 50 poems. Printed in Denmark by Bjorn Rosengreen Copenhagen". more information

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27) Tisky 15. Veku O Jednom Listu Na Uzemi Ceskoslovenske Republiky. Sebral a v puvodni velikosti rucne kolorovane vydal, Dr. Zdenek V. Tobolka
Tobolka, Zdenek V

Prague: V Komisi Taussig & Taussig, 1928. Complete set. 5 printed portfolios housed in a solander box. fine. folio, 12 pp. of text + 60 tipped in color plates each mounted on a separate numbered stiff page of paper. OCLC locates 3 copies in Midwestern university libraries. No copy for sale on the NET. more information

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28) Maps and Map-Makers
Tooley, R.V

New York: Crown, 1982. Revised edition, 1970, 6th edition, reprinted 1982. cloth. fine in dj. 4to. 140 pp. 104 illus. bibliography. more information

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29) The Narrow Boat. With a frontispiece by Morris Cox
Tucker, Alan

Stroud: The Stilt Press, 1969. 100 copies printed by the author at The Stilt Press, Stroud, Gloucestershire between April 1966 & April 1969. The frontispiece printed by Morris Cox at his Gogmagog Press in 1966. The first 40 copies of this edition are reserved for members of the Society of Private Printers & carry my apologies for the long delay in the production of this exchange piece".. Paper wrappers. Mint as issued.. 8vo. 10 pp. Tipped in color and embossed frontispiece by Morris Cox. Not in the Gogmagog Press bibliography more information

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30) In Line. Poems by Alan Tucker to eight collages by Morris Cox
Tucker, Alan and Morris Cox

Stroud, Gloucestershire and London: The Stilt Press and the Gogmagog Press., 1988. No. 47 of 50 copies. Signed by Alan Tucker and Morris Cox. Green cloth bindings with labels. The labels read Morris Cox, In Line, The Collages and Alan Tucker, In Line, The Poems. The 2 volumes are housed in a slip case with a label In Line on front board of the slipcase with a pasted label on the spine of the slip case reading Cox/ Tucker: IN LINE.. Mint as issued. . 2 volumes.Tall 8vo's. 24 pp. 22 pp. 1 volume is the text of Alan Tucker's poems inspired by the collages of Morris Cox so there is text by Alan Tucker with illustrations by Morris Cox. The other volume is 8 double page collages by Morris Cox of which the first double page is signed by Morris Cox. This version of In Line is not in The Gogmagog Press bibliography more information

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31) Pudd'nhead Wilson. With an Introduction by Edward Wagenknecht. Illustrated by John Groth
Twain, Mark

Avon, Ct.: The Limited Editions Club, 1974. No. 193 of 2000 copies. Signed by the illustrator. Designed by Roderick Stinehour. Printed at The Stinehour Press, Lunenburg, Vermont for Members of The Limited Edtions Club. Heavy buckram lithographed in sepia with an overall illustration by John Groth. The title is stamped on the shelfback in pure gold leaf. Fine in original glassine and slip case. Monthly news letter is present. 4 to, 12 mo. xiii, 164 pp. 6 full page color plates, 1 double page color plate, 9 b/w illus. the Calendar is 32 pp. with 12 b/w illus. It is bound separately and housed in its own compartment within the same slipcase housing the main volume. Farrell 654. more information

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32) Letters, Fourth International Exhibition Of Contemporary Calligraphy. Exhibition: Brugge, In Een Vijtiende - Eeuws Herenhuis: 15 augustus - 13 september, 1992. Text in Flemish, English, French and German
Van Der Hoeven, Jan

Brugge (Bruges)., 1992. Printed paper wrappers. Fine in printed dust jacket. 4to. 48 pp. 43 black and white illustrations. more information

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33) Le grant testament villon/ et le petit. Son codicille. Le iargon & les balades
Villon, Francois

Paris: Editions Des Quatre Chemins, 1924. No. 488 of 500 copies. Facsimile edition of the oldest printed text of Francois Villon: Paris, Pierre Levet, 1489. Vellum. discrete ex-library stamp on front frre end paper. Fine. 8vo. 115 pp. 13 b/w illus. Inserted is a separate pamphlet: La plus Ancienne Edition De Francois Villon; Notice par Pierre Champion. 11 pp. of text. more information

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34) Bonne-Fille. Illustrations de Dignimont. Text in French. Series; La Collection Originale 14
Viollis, Jean

Paris: Editions Mornay, 1926. No. 340 of 490 copies sur rives.. Pictorial paper wrappers. Internally fine with the colors in stencil as bright as the day they were stencilled. Head of spine has a small chip otherwise fine. . 4to. 229 pp. 89 pochoirs of which 13 are full page. A wonderful art deco pochoir illustrated book of the period. more information

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35) Le Theatre DE La Chrysalide. Orne de six dessins de l'auteur
Weingarten, Romain

Paris: Jean Aubier, 1950. No. 66 of 125 copies. Signed by the author-artist. Thick paper covers. Unopened copy. Fine. 4to. 85 pp. 6 b/w. illus. more information

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36) Wenzel Hagelstams Forlag 1891 - 1903. Historik och Utstallningskatalog. Foreword by Tage Jarolf
Wessberg, Siw

Helsinki: Sallskapet Bokvannerna I Finland, 2003. Signed by Tage Jarolf, Curator of the exhibtion. Paperback. fine. 4to. 88 pp. 35 color illus. Wenzel Hagelstam founded the pre-eminent antiquarian bookselling firm of Helsinki which is quite active until today. He was also a publisher of illustrated books and the art periodical Ateneum. This exhibition catalog is about this publishing venture. Copies are avaialable in Swedish or Finnish. more information

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37) The Age Of Innonence. With an introduction by R.W.B. Lewis. Illustrations by Lawrence Beall Smith
Wharton, Edith

Avon, Ct.: The Limited Editions Club, 1973. No. 193 of 2000 copies. Signed by the illustrator. Designed by Philip Grushkin. Printed at The Press of the Archer for members of The Limited Editions Club. Binding is in three-piece style, the overlapping shelfback being of red-brown buckram stamped in gold leaf, and the sides being covered in a 100 % American cotton, woven in an allover floral pattern. Fine in original glassine and slip case. monthly news letter is present. 4to. xii, 311 pp. 12 color plates, 12 b/w in text drawings. more information

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38) Sonnets
Wild, Peter

San Francisco: Cranium Press, 1967. Hand set in Eric Gill's Perpetua types and printed on Curtis papers by Clifford Burke. Edition limited to 475 copies. Printed paper covers. fine in glassine wrapper. 4to. 24 pp. more information

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39) The Silent Shout: Frans Masreel, Lynd Ward, and the Novel in Woodcuts
Willett, Perry

Bloomington: Indiana University Libraries, 1997. Paperback. fine in spiral bound covers. 4to. iv, 51 pp. illus. in b/w. Exhibition: IU Fine Arts Library, February 1-28, 1997. IU Main library Lobby, March 1-31, 1997. more information

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40) In Our Time
Wolfe, Tom

New York: Farrar Straus Giroux, 1980. First edition, second printing. Signed by the author. Cloth and boards. fine in finedj. 4to. 119 pp. illus. in b/w. more information

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