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Sacramento : Rara Avis Gallery , 1982. Stapled decorated paper wrappers, . Fine. . Oblong 4to. 14 pp. Detailed price list of posters for sale. more information

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Paris: Librairie Grund, 1947.. Stiff pictorial wrappers. Fine.. 8vo. 32 pp. Profusely illustrated in color. more information

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London: Petersburg Press, 1974. . Edition A for Europe, No. 11 of CL copies. . Edition A consists of 150 impressions of the book, bound in red linen, each signed by the artist and numbered in roman numerals and accompanied by 4 loose lithographs signed and numbered by Moore housed in a separate red linen covered portfolio. The titles of the 4 lithographs are: Split-stone, Lullaby: Sleeping Head, Garsdale and Cavern. . Mint as issued. . Folio, 36 pp. Handmade made paper with the watermarks of the artist, the poet and the Press. Page size of the book and its accompanying lithographs is 16 x 13 inches (40 x 33 cm). Included as separate publications are the 6 page prospectus issued by the publisher and the following exhibition catalog: Auden poems / Moore lithographs, An exhibition of a book dedicated by Henry Moore to WH Auden with related drawings. Exhibition: 24 April to 30 June 1974. Essay by John Russell. Square 8vo. 44 pp. illus. Pictorial wrappers. This work was initiated in 1972 by Vera Lindsay, who devised and edited the publication. Nikos Stangos selected the poems in consultation with W.H. Auden. The watermarks for both Auden, Moore and the Press were designed by Henry Moore, who dedicated his work to the poet's memory on hearing of his death in Austria on 29 September 1973". more information

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Wien-Munchen: Verlag Jugend und Volk, 1972. Ausgabe B mit 6 signierten Originalgrafiken in einer Kassette von Haimo Lauth. Auflage: 99 Exemplare. Dieses Exemplare tragt die Nummer 85. Orignal prints by Rudolf Schonwald, Radierungen, 1972, No.85 of 99, signed; Bernhard Jager, Farbilithographie, 1972, No. 85 of 99, signed, Adolf Frohner, Bindungen, 1972, No. 85 of 99, signed; K.R. H. Sonderborg, Radierung, 1972, No. 85 of 99, signed. In der Luxusausgabe sind die Originalgrafiken signiert, numeriert und erganzt durch die Blatter: Horst E. Kalinowski, Besace, 1972, No. 85 0f 99, signed, Alfred Hrdlicka, Die Gefangenen, 1970, No. 85 of 99, signed. Pictorial paper covers, The book sits on a raised platform. All is housed in a box with a heavy metal grate cover with cardboard sides. The cardboard sides have been repaired as the metal grate was too heavy for the sides. internally fine. 4to. 123 pp. 6 original prints, numbered and signed, all No. 85 of 99. profusely illustrated in color and b/w. more information

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New York: Heritage Press, 1947. Cloth. Bookplate on front free endpaper. Fine in worn slipcase. 4to. 44 pp. 8 full page tipped in color plates by Arthur Szyk. The newsletter Sandglass is present. more information

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New York: A. Dredge Ruling Pen Co., 1911. Cloth. fine. 8vo. 90 pp. illus. in b/w. Chart of Ledger and Record Paper sizes, colors and prices of the Byron Weston Co. Makers of Highest Premium Ledger and Record Papers. more information

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London. Sotheby Parke Bernet & Co. Kidell Gallery.: Catalogue word " Biruni, 1982. Paperback. Front cover has initials of former owner and a small abrasion. Internally fine. Tall 8vo. 140 pp. 9 full page color plates, 56 full page b/w. plates. Prices realised loosely laid in. Some of the color plates are: an illuminated Ottoman Qur'an 16th century. Al-Biruni's treatise on the Astrolabe, Seljuk, Sivas, dated 1231. An illuminated Armenian Bible dated 1651 and/or 1661. A Fifteenth-Century Genealogical Scroll tracing the descent of the Family Zein Al-Din through the Prophet and Adam, Arabic manuscript on paper, Jerusalem c. 1486. A fourteenth Century Mamluk Qur'an. more information

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New York: Sotheby Parke Bernet Inc. York Avenue Galleries, 1981. Pictorial paper covers. previous owner's initials on inside front cover otherwise fine. 8vo. 114 pp. 12 full page color plates of which 6 are of Iznik wares of the 16th and 17th centuries. 117 b/w. plates. Prices realised loosely laid in. more information

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London: Sotheby & Co. Paperback. Small abrasion to front cover which has the initials of the previous owner. Internallyfine. Tall 8vo. 79 pp. 2 color plates. 56 b/w. plates. Prices realised list loosely laid in. In addition the entries have been annotated with the name of successful bidder and price in pencil. 1 color plate illustrates lot 52 ; An illustration To The Gita Govinda, Aurangabad, c. 1650-60. The other color plate illustrates lot 172 : A Kotah Hunting Scene. In this auction there were also Amharic, Armenian, Sanskrit, Syriac, Arabic and Persian manuscripts. more information

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London: Sotheby & Co. Paperback. Small abrasion to front cover. Previous private owner's catalog no. on front cover. Internally fine. tall 8vo. 102 pp. 3 color plates, 42 b/w. plates. Offered are Persian and Turkish Miniatures of the 15th to 19th century including Eleven miniatures From A Shahnama Written for Sultan Mirza Ali of Gilan, c. 1480-90. Also offered are Persian, Arabic, Armenian, Ethiopic and Sanskrit manuscripts. Prices realised loosely laid in. Each entry has price realised written in. more information

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London: Sotheby's. Prices realised list loosely laid in. The last lot has the price realised written in. Stiff pictorial paper covers. inside front cover has previous private owner's catalog number written in otherwise fine. 4to. 316 pp. 44 full page color plates, 136 full page b/w. plates, bibliography. T. Falk and Julian Raby provide a three page introduction to the seven illustrated leaves of Murad III's Siyar-i-Nabi followed by full page color plates of the leaves. this auction catalog also includes Qur'ans from the 12th to the 20th century, calligraphy and illumination from the 9th to 20th centuries, Persian and Turkish miniatures from the 15th to 20th centuries etc. more information

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London: Sotheby & Co. Paperback. Front cover has a small abrasion and previous private owner's catalog no. internally very good +. Tall 8vo. 77 pp. 2 color plates. 44 b/w. plates. Including Mughal, Deccani and Rajasthani Miniatures of the 16th to 19th century, Persian Miniatures of the 15th to 19th century and Amharic, Arabic, Sanskrit, Prakrit and Persian Manuscripts. Prices realised list loosely laid in. Each entry as well has price realised in pencil. more information

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London: Sotheby & Co. Paperback. very good+. Tall 8vo. 30 pp. 24 pp. of b/w. plates. 3 folding b/w. plates, 21 full page b/w. plates. This auction offered manuscripts by Firdausi, Sa'di, Nizami and Jami. more information

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Berkeley: University of California Press, 1980. Cloth. fine. No dj. 4to. xxviii, 303 pp. 34 b/w. drawings by Barry Moser. more information

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New York: The Century Co., 1930. First printing. Cloth. fine. 8vo. 206 pp. illus. in b/w. more information

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Philadelphia: David McKay Company, 1932. First edition. Silver and black cloth. Silver lettering on spine. Pictorial inset of an illustration by Willy Pogany on front cover. Near mint in a near mint publisher's box. 4to. xvi, 182 pp. 12 full page black and white illustrations by Willy Pogany. The excellence of the condition of both the book and the box is hard to believe. more information

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Philadelphia: David McKay Company, 1934. Silver and black cloth. Silver lettering on spine. Pictorial inset of an illustration by Willy Pogany on front cover. Near mint in a near mint publisher's box. 4to. xii, 135 pp. 18 full page black and white illustrations by Willy Pogany. The excellence of the condition of both the book and the box is hard to believe. more information

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Avon, Ct.: The Limited Editions Club, 1976. No. 193 of 2000 copies. Signed by the artist. Designed by Frank Lieberman. Printed at the Press of A. Colish for the members of The Limited Editions Club. Stain resistant cotton printed with an all over Indian pattern. The Titling was stamped in gold leaf on a shelf back label of dark green leather. Fine in original glassine and slip case.. Monthly news letter is present. folio, xiii, 193 pp. 8 full page water colors, 8, 2 color line drawings, 8 part pageb/w illus. more information

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London: The British Library, 1988. Stiff pictorial paper wrappers. Fine. 4to. 32 pp. 15 color plates, 12 black and white illustrations. Bibliography. more information

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Paris: Editions Athena, 1950. No. 330 of 500 copies. Original pictorial paper wrappers. Very good +. 8vo. 312 pp. 10 full page pochoirs, 6 black and white illustrations, bistre decorations on top and bottom of each page. more information

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Paris: Editions Mornay, 1931. No. 774 of 900 copies on Papier de Rives.. Original pictorial wrappers. Fine in fine glassine. 8vo. 261 pp. 53 pochoir illustrations. more information

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Avon, Ct.: Limited Editions Club, 1975. No. 193 of 2000 copies. Signed by the illustrator Geoffrey C. Ingleton & by the designer Douglas A. Dunstan. Printed at The Griffin Press in Adelaide, South Australia, for the members of The Limited Editions Club. decorated cloth, fine in slightly torn glassine, a small smudge on label of slipcase ow fine. Monthly newsletter is present. folio, 150 pp. illus. in color. more information

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New York: Knopf, 1965. First American edition. Cloth. fine in price clipped dj. 8vo. 385 pp. illus. in b/w. more information

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Hamburg: Hoffmann Und Campe, [1922].. Ausgabe A. No. 9 of 100 copies signed by the author. 2 etchings signed and numbered by Hermann Struck. . Full vellum ruled in gilt with gilt lettering on spine. Binding and contents are fine. 4to. 130 pp. Two original etchings signed and numbered by the artist, 1 b/w facsimile letter, 1 folding b/w plate, 1 tipped in b/w plate of Amalie Heine, 1 tipped in b/w plate of Therese Heine. more information

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New York: Heritage Reprints, 1938. Decorated cloth. fine in very good + dj. 4to. 50 pp. illus. in color. more information

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Avon, Ct.: The Limited Editions Club, 1975. No. 193 of 2000 copies. Signed by the artist. Designed by Roderick D. Stinehour and printed at The Stinehour Press in Lunenburg, Vermont for the members of The Limited Editions Club. Schumacher cloth printed with an allover multicolor Colonial pattern, with the titling stamped in gold leaf on a dark brown leather label. Fine in original glassine and slipcase. Monthly news letter is present. 4to. xxix, 268, 12 full page two color wood engravings, 6 roundels for the sectional title pages and 8 scutiform tailpiece decorations. more information

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Philadelphia: David McKay Company, 1931. First edition. Silver and black cloth. Silver lettering on the spine. Pictorial inset of a Willy Pogany illustration on front cover. Near mint in a near mint publisher's box. 4to. xv, [1], 129 pp. 12 fukk page black and white plates by Willy Pogany. The excellence of the condition of both the book and the box is hard to believe. more information

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London: British Library, 2007. Pictorial and printed paper wrappers. Mint i.e. new.. 4to. 176 pp. Profusely illustrated in color and black and white. Bibliography, chronology. more information

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London: British Library, 2007. Cloth. Mint in mint dj. i.e. new. 4to. 176 pp. Profusely illustrated in color and black and white. Bibliography, chronology. more information

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New York: Abbeville, 1981. cloth. fine in dj. folio, 148pp. 68 color plates, bibliography. more information

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London: National Art Library, 1994. Pictorial paper wrappers. Mint as issued. 8vo. 17 pp. Erratum slip laid in. In 1993 the National Art Library was given the entire output of the Gogmagog Press, approximately eighty books and prints. The display celebrates this gift, and the life of Morris Cox (born 1903), illustrator, binder, printer, and author of nearly all the items on display". more information

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Avon, Ct.: Limited Editions Club, 1973. No.193 of 2000 copies. Signed by the artist. Designed by Bert Clarke and printed at the Press of A. Colish, Inc. for the members of The Limited Editions Club. Damask cloth with leather spine label. fine in glassine and slip case. Monthly news letter is present. 4to. 315 pp. illus. in color & b/w. more information

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Avon, Ct.: The Limited Editions Club, 1975. No. 193 of 2000 copies. Signed by the illustrator. Designed by John O. C. McCrillis. Printed by The Stinehour Press, Lunenburg, Vermont for members of The Limited Editions Club. The linen binding is printed with an allover design adapted by John McCrillis from a batik pattern. The titling is stamped in gold on a leather shelfback label. Fine in original glassine and slip case. Monthly news letter is present. folio, xix, 212 pp. 12 full page color plates. Farrell 714. more information

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London: Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1954. The first book of Morris Cox and his last book published by a major trade publisher. Cloth. Fine in very slightly chipped dj. Price on dj. has not been clipped.. 8vo. 88 pp. Dust jacket illustrated by Morris Cox. Gogmagog Bibliography, Number d, p.120. Colin Franklin has written about collecting Morris Cox in this bibliography and relates the events leading up to his publishing the first book of Morris Cox and the only book published by a trade publisher. Getting this book published and trying to get others published was so discouraging that he decided to publish his own books. more information

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London: The Gogmagog Private Press., 1977. Number 40 of 90 copies. Signed by Morris Cox. Prospectus laid in. . Red-brown Mingei boards, printed in white and black on front, back and spine with title and designs by Morris Cox. Red-brown Japanese Mingei endpapers. Acetate dust jacket.. Small book plate of previous owner on rear paste down otherwise mint as issued.. 8vo. 30 leaves ( joined at the fore-edges). Frontispiece and 3 double page plates. The plates are reverse/direct offset prints. This group of precise " Poems on Victorian Themes with Psychological Implications" is illustrated with 3 double page linocuts finely composed and printed with a modulation of colours which suit their Victorian death themes. Another, embematic, appears as frontispiece and spreads towards the title. They achieve effects of dim snow among the mourners, for example, and sea to which the sailor tumbles from his yard-arm. A fifth block was used to good effect on the paper boards. Text set in Bodoni and Bodoni Ultra Bold Italic, title page in French Antique ( metal and wood letter), Figaro, and Rockwell Bold. 90 copies printed in black (the title page in black and turquoise blue; the press mark in brown; the prints in various colors on Hodgkinson's and Japanese Mingei handmade papers. Text printed by John Craig at the Ten Bells Press on a Phoenix treadle platen press; the prints at the Gogmagog press on an adapted office copying press. Gogmagog Press Bibliography Number 29, p.155. more information

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London: The Gogmagog Private Press, 1967.. Number 61 of 100 copies. Signed by Morris Cox. Prospectus laid in. Copies Nos. 1-40 bound in Japanese-asa paper, are reserved for members of The Society of Private Printers. Nos. 41-100, bound in Rakusuki paper boards, are for sale. . Orange-brown paper boards, covered in Japanese Rakusuki (white lace) paper. Mint as issued.. 8vo. 28 leaves ( joined at the fore-edges). 3 full page prints. Text set in Madura, title in Jefferson Gothic, the prelims and other display in Gill Sans Medium Condensed. 100 copies printed in black on dampened Japanese handmade Hososhi ( the illustrations on blue Mingei). Gogmagog Press bibliography, Number 18, pp. 145-146. more information

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[Oxford]: Previous Parrot Press, 1995. First published in an edition of eight copies, Gogmagog Photocopy Library, 1986. Gogmagog Bibliography, No. 58. p. 171. Second impression from the original art work, using laser printing, printed by Carbon Colour Co and published by the previous Parrot Press in an edition of 47 copies, 1995. This is No. 36 of 47 copies.. Decorated boards by Morris Cox.. Book plate on front paste down of Vance Gerry of The Weather Bird Press. Very good +. Tall 8vo. 59 leaves (joined at the fore-edges). 51 black and white collages. This witty mixture of new drawing and Victorian cut-out is offered with captions but no comment; various inventions, an entertainment slightly recalling one Gogmagog Press book, Conversations Pieces. Subjects range from " Pantomine Cow" to a plant-and -snake invention called " Weed-Eaters" and " Van Gogh in Brittany" ". more information

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Avon, Ct.: The Limited Editions Club, 1974. No. 193 of 2000 copies. Signed by the artist. Designed by Abe Lerner. Printed at the Press of A. Colish for the members of The Limited Editions Club. Homespun buckram printed with a stripe pattern in dark grey, and the shelfback is glazed black goatskin. The title is stamped in pure gold leaf. Fine in original glassine and slip case. 4to. 105 pp. 7 full page b/w etchings. more information

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Paris: Marcelle Lesage, 1928. No. 997 of 1950 copies. 3/4 leather and marbled boards. 4 raised bands. Gilt lettering on spine. original paper covers bound in. Fine. 8vo. 92 pp. Frontispiece pochoir colored by Saude. 6 black and white illustrations. more information

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Avon, Ct: The Limited Editions Club, 1974. No. 193 of 2000 copies. Signed by Fritz Eichenberg. Designed by Martino Mardersteig. Printed by letterpress in Verona at The Stamperia Valdonega by Martino Mardersteig for the members of The Limited Editions Club. Fine textured gray-green cloth with a silk finish. The spines are stamped in pure gold leaf on dark green panels. Fine in original glassines and slip cases. monthly news letter is present. folio, xviii, 264 pp. x, 249 pp. 2 vols. 18 full page wood engravings. more information

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New York: Heron Press., 1929. cloth. fine in glassine and slightly worn slipcase. 4to. 56 pp. 37 b/w illus. This edition of Epitaph is set in Nicholas Cochin and printed at the press of August Gauthier. No. 700 of 1100 copies of which this is 1 of 700 printed on handmade Keijyo Kami." Signed by Theodore Dreiser and Robert Fawcett. more information

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New York: Horace Liveright, 1930. cloth backed boards covered with silver and gold, gilt lettering on cloth of front cover. fine in glassine and slightly worn slipcase. folio, 52 pp. 20 full page b/w plates signed in the plate. This edition of the Symbolic Drawings of Hubert Davis has been hand set by Paul J. Wienes and printed at the Press of August Gauthier. This edition is limited to 525 numbered copies, signed by the artist with the foreword signed by Mr. Dreiser". This is copy 31. more information

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[Lexington]: University of Kentucky Press, 1959. Presentation copy from the editors to Mary Ross & Bullitt dated 5 December 1959. Cloth. fine in chipped dj. 8vo. xxi, 226 pp. Frontispiece portrait. more information

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London & New York: Studio Publications, 1951. Cloth. fine in chipped dj. 4to. 214 pp. 215 color & b/w illus. more information

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Helsinki: Helsinki University Library, 2005. Printed paper wrappers. Fine. 4to. 88 pp. 7 b/w. illustrations. more information

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San Francisco: The Porpoise Bookshop, 1954. Pictorial paper wrappers. fine. 8vo. 16 pp. illus. in b/w. more information

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Scotland: Wild Hawthorn Press, nd. Ô Of An Edition of 300 copies Printed For The Wild Hawthorn Press This Is Copy Number 132". Signed by Ian Hamilton Finlay. Stiff paper covers. Mint in mint pictorial dust jacket. 12 mo. [12pp.]. 4 color plates. more information

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Racine: Charles A. Wustum Musuem of Fine Arts, 1993. Paperback. fine. 4to. 40 pp. illus. in b/w. more information

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Racine: Charles A. Wustum Museum of Fine Arts, 1991. 1 of 3000. Includes the 4 page separately published checklist of the exhibition. Paperback. fine. 4to. 24 pp. 2 pieces. illus. in color & b/w. Bibliography, biography. more information

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Katonah, NY: Katonah Museum of Art, 2000. Stiff pictorial wrappers in a dos a- dos binding. Mint. 4to. 32 pp. The Mechanical Puzzles section has 32 color figures in the text. The Jigsaw Puzzles section has 24 color figures in the text. bibliography. more information

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