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London/Hammersmith: Kelmscott Press, 1895. Limited First Edition. hardcover. Near Fine. 6 1/16" × 4 1/16" × 1" (15.4 × 10.3 × 2.5 cm) . First Printing. Printed by and sold by William Morris. 16mo. Bound in publisher's original hardcover quarter Holland-backed blue paper boards, with white linen spine and paper title label. One of 600 [at fifteen shillings] paper copies (plus 12 [at four guineas] on vellum). Printed on fine, hand-made, Batchelor (with the first and second versions of the Primrose watermark) paper. Uncut, deckled edges. Colophon in red. [viii], 1 (title), [ii], 256, [ii]; [iv], 1 (title) [i], 238, 1 (colophon), [iii] pp. Printed in black and red throughout in the Chaucer type designed by Morris for his press. Head-title, shoulder-notes, and colophon in red. Numerous 7- and 3-line woodblock initial capitals all designed by Morris, engraved by William Harcourt Hooper. Woodcut title. The borders (15a and 15) designed by Morris for this book were only used once again, in HAND AND…
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Gothic Architecture: A Lecture for the Arts and Crafts Exhibition Society
by Morris, William (1834-1896)
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London/Hammersmith: Kelmscott Press, 1893. Limited First Edition. hardcover. Very Good+. 5 13/16 4 1/16 3/8. Gothic Architecture: A Lecture for the Arts and Crafts Exhibition Society; by Morris, William (1834-1896). London/Hammersmith: Kelmscott Press. Printed by and sold by William Morris. 1893. Limited First Edition. First State. 16mo: 5 13/16" x 4 1/16" x 3/8" (14.8 x 10.3 x 1 cm). Bound in publisher's original hardcover quarter Holland-backed blue paper boards, with white linen spine and black titles to cover. One of 500 [of a total run of 1,500, at two shillings and sixpence] paper copies (plus 45 [at ten and fifteen shillings] on vellum). Printed on fine, hand-made, Batchelor (with the second version of the Primrose watermark) paper. Uncut. Colophon. [ii], 1, [i] 68, [viii] pp. Printed in black and red throughout in the Golden type designed by Morris. Head-title and shoulder-notes in red. Numerous 6- and 4-line woodblock initial capitals designed by Morris for his press, engraved by William Harcourt Hooper. Morris used his four-line initials for this first time with this, his first book printed in the 16mo format. This lecture was setup at Hammersmith and printed at the New Gallery during the Arts and Crafts Exhibition in October & November, 1893. The first copies were ready on October 21, and the book was twice reprinted before the Exhibition closed. It was the first book printed in 16mo. The 4-line initials used in it appear here for the first time. The vellum copies were sold during the Exhibition at ten shillings, and the price was subsequently raised to fifteen shillings. From the colophon on page 68: "This paper, first spoken as a lecture at the New Gallery, for the Arts & Crafts Exhibition Society, in the year 1889, was first printed by the Kelmscott Press during the Arts and Crafts Exhibition at the New Gallery, Regent Street, London, 1893. Sold by William Morris, Kelmscott Press, Upper Mall, Hammersmith." [LeMire 176; Peterson A18; Sparling 18; Forman 146]. This copy is one with the first-issue typo on page 45 "Van Eyk" (instead of "Van Eyck") and "Gilds" in red (instead of "Guilds") on page 41. There were three issues of 500 each, for a total run of 1,500. The first was printed in public demonstrations during the 1893 Arts and Crafts Exhibition held in the New Gallery and was one of the most popular attractions at the exposition. Binding tight and clean. Extremities slightly rubbed and a little spotting and foxing to front cover; top rear corner bumped, else a very good+ copy. Condition overall: Very Good+.
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Child Christopher and Goldilind the Fair: (two-volume set)
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London/Hammersmith: Kelmscott Press, 1897. Limited First Edition. hardcover. Very Good. 8 5/16" × 5 5/8" × 1/2" (21.1 × 14.3 × 1.3 cm) . Sir Edward Coley Burne-Jones. First Printing. Edited by Frederick Startridge Ellis, after the edition printed by J.O. Halliwell, from the Cambridge manuscript, with some additions and variations from the THORNTON ROMANCES manuscript, in the Library of Lincoln Cathedral. Illustrated by Sir Edward Coley Burne-Jones. Printed by and sold by William Morris. 8vo. Bound in publisher's original hardcover quarter Holland-backed blue paper boards, with white linen spine and black titles to cover. One of 350 [at fifteen shillings] paper copies (plus 8 [at four guineas] on vellum). Printed on fine, hand-made, Batchelor (with the second version of the Primrose watermark) paper. Uncut, deckled edges. Colophon and the smaller, rectangular printer's device designed by Morris (no. 1). 81 [1] pp. Printed in black and red throughout in the Chaucer type designed by Morris for…
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The Floure and the Leafe; and the Boke of Cupide, God of Love, or the Cuckow and the Nightingale
by Clanvowe, Sir Thomas
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London/Hammersmith: Kelmscott Press, 1896. Limited First Edition. hardcover. Near Fine. 9 7/16" × 6 7/16" × 5/16" (24 × 16.4 × .8 cm) . First Printing. Edited by Frederick Startridge Ellis. Printed by and sold by William Morris. Medium 4to. Bound in publisher's original hardcover quarter Holland-backed blue paper boards, with white linen spine and black titles to cover. One of 300 [at ten shillings] paper copies (plus 10 [at two guineas] on vellum). Printed on fine, hand-made, Batchelor (with the Apple watermark) paper. Uncut, deckled edges. Colophon and the smaller, rectangular printer's device designed by Morris (no. 1). [viii], 1 (title), [ii], 47, [iii] pp. Printed in black and red throughout in the Troy type, with the “Note" and "Colophon" in the Chaucer type, both types designed by Morris for his press. The two stories opening with title printed in red and 15-line elaborate foliate woodblock initial words designed by Morris for his WORKS OF CHAUCER and engraved by William Harcourt…
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The Tale of the Emperor Coustans; and Of Over Sea: Done out of Ancient French by William Morris
by Morris, William (1834–1896) (translator)
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London/Hammersmith: Kelmscott Press, 1894. Limited First Edition. hardcover. Very Good+. 5 13/16" × 4 1/8" × 3/4" (14.8 × 10.5 × 1.9 cm) . First Printing. Printed by and sold by William Morris. 16mo. Bound in publisher's original hardcover quarter Holland-backed blue paper boards, with white linen spine and black titles to cover. One of 525 [at seven shillings and sixpence] paper copies (plus 20 [at two guineas] on vellum). Printed on fine, hand-made, Batchelor (with the Perch watermark) paper. Uncut, deckled edges. Colophon. [iv], 130 pp. Printed in black and red throughout in the Chaucer type designed by Morris for his press. Woodcut frontispiece title within a floral border, and facing page with full woodcut floral page-border (borders 11a and 11). Numerous 7, 6-, and 3-line woodblock initial capitals all designed by Morris, engraved by William Harcourt Hooper. Shoulder notes and some lines (including colophon) in red. A medieval French tale translated by Morris. THE TALE OF EMPEROR…
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Gothic Architecture: A Lecture for the Arts and Crafts Exhibition Society
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London/Hammersmith: Kelmscott Press, 1893. Limited First Edition. hardcover. Very Good. 5 13/16" × 4 1/16" × 3/8" (14.8 × 10.3 × 1 cm) . First State. Printed by and sold by William Morris. 16mo. Bound in publisher's original hardcover quarter Holland-backed blue paper boards, with white linen spine and black titles to cover. One of 500 [of a total run of 1,500, at two shillings and sixpence] paper copies (plus 45 [at ten and fifteen shillings] on vellum). Printed on fine, hand-made, Batchelor (with the second version of the Primrose watermark) paper. Uncut, deckled edges. Colophon. [ii], 1 (title), [i], 68, [viii] pp. Printed in black and red throughout in the Golden type designed by Morris for his press. Head-title and shoulder-notes in red. Numerous 6- and 4-line woodblock initial capitals all designed by Morris, engraved by William Harcourt Hooper. Morris used his four-line initials for this first time with this, his first book printed in the 16mo format. This lecture was setup at…
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Child Christopher and Goldilind the Fair: (two-volume set)
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London/Hammersmith: Kelmscott Press, 1895. Limited First Edition. hardcover. Near Fine. 6 1/16" × 4 1/16" × 1" (15.4 × 10.3 × 2.5 cm) . First Printing. Printed by and sold by William Morris. 16mo. Bound in publisher's original hardcover quarter Holland-backed blue paper boards, with white linen spine and paper title label. One of 600 [at fifteen shillings] paper copies (plus 12 [at four guineas] on vellum). Printed on fine, hand-made, Batchelor (with the first and second versions of the Primrose watermark) paper. Uncut, deckled edges. Colophon in red. [viii], 1 (title), [ii], 256, [ii]; [iv], 1 (title) [i], 238, 1 (colophon), [iii] pp. Printed in black and red throughout in the Chaucer type designed by Morris for his press. Head-title, shoulder-notes, and colophon in red. Numerous 7- and 3-line woodblock initial capitals all designed by Morris, engraved by William Harcourt Hooper. Woodcut title. The borders (15a and 15) designed by Morris for this book were only used once again, in HAND AND…
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Sire Degrevaunt
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London/Hammersmith: Kelmscott Press, 1897. Limited First Edition. hardcover. Very Good. 8 5/16" × 5 5/8" × 1/2" (21.1 × 14.3 × 1.3 cm) . Sir Edward Coley Burne-Jones. First Printing. Edited by Frederick Startridge Ellis, after the edition printed by J.O. Halliwell, from the Cambridge manuscript, with some additions and variations from the THORNTON ROMANCES manuscript, in the Library of Lincoln Cathedral. Illustrated by Sir Edward Coley Burne-Jones. Printed by and sold by William Morris. 8vo. Bound in publisher's original hardcover quarter Holland-backed blue paper boards, with white linen spine and black titles to cover. One of 350 [at fifteen shillings] paper copies (plus 8 [at four guineas] on vellum). Printed on fine, hand-made, Batchelor (with the second version of the Primrose watermark) paper. Uncut, deckled edges. Colophon and the smaller, rectangular printer's device designed by Morris (no. 1). 81 [1] pp. Printed in black and red throughout in the Chaucer type designed by Morris for…
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The Floure and the Leafe; and the Boke of Cupide, God of Love, or the Cuckow and the Nightingale
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London/Hammersmith: Kelmscott Press, 1896. Limited First Edition. hardcover. Near Fine. 9 7/16" × 6 7/16" × 5/16" (24 × 16.4 × .8 cm) . First Printing. Edited by Frederick Startridge Ellis. Printed by and sold by William Morris. Medium 4to. Bound in publisher's original hardcover quarter Holland-backed blue paper boards, with white linen spine and black titles to cover. One of 300 [at ten shillings] paper copies (plus 10 [at two guineas] on vellum). Printed on fine, hand-made, Batchelor (with the Apple watermark) paper. Uncut, deckled edges. Colophon and the smaller, rectangular printer's device designed by Morris (no. 1). [viii], 1 (title), [ii], 47, [iii] pp. Printed in black and red throughout in the Troy type, with the “Note" and "Colophon" in the Chaucer type, both types designed by Morris for his press. The two stories opening with title printed in red and 15-line elaborate foliate woodblock initial words designed by Morris for his WORKS OF CHAUCER and engraved by William Harcourt…
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The Tale of the Emperor Coustans; and Of Over Sea: Done out of Ancient French by William Morris
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London/Hammersmith: Kelmscott Press, 1894. Limited First Edition. hardcover. Very Good+. 5 13/16" × 4 1/8" × 3/4" (14.8 × 10.5 × 1.9 cm) . First Printing. Printed by and sold by William Morris. 16mo. Bound in publisher's original hardcover quarter Holland-backed blue paper boards, with white linen spine and black titles to cover. One of 525 [at seven shillings and sixpence] paper copies (plus 20 [at two guineas] on vellum). Printed on fine, hand-made, Batchelor (with the Perch watermark) paper. Uncut, deckled edges. Colophon. [iv], 130 pp. Printed in black and red throughout in the Chaucer type designed by Morris for his press. Woodcut frontispiece title within a floral border, and facing page with full woodcut floral page-border (borders 11a and 11). Numerous 7, 6-, and 3-line woodblock initial capitals all designed by Morris, engraved by William Harcourt Hooper. Shoulder notes and some lines (including colophon) in red. A medieval French tale translated by Morris. THE TALE OF EMPEROR…
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Gothic Architecture: A Lecture for the Arts and Crafts Exhibition Society
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London/Hammersmith: Kelmscott Press, 1893. Limited First Edition. hardcover. Very Good. 5 13/16" × 4 1/16" × 3/8" (14.8 × 10.3 × 1 cm) . First State. Printed by and sold by William Morris. 16mo. Bound in publisher's original hardcover quarter Holland-backed blue paper boards, with white linen spine and black titles to cover. One of 500 [of a total run of 1,500, at two shillings and sixpence] paper copies (plus 45 [at ten and fifteen shillings] on vellum). Printed on fine, hand-made, Batchelor (with the second version of the Primrose watermark) paper. Uncut, deckled edges. Colophon. [ii], 1 (title), [i], 68, [viii] pp. Printed in black and red throughout in the Golden type designed by Morris for his press. Head-title and shoulder-notes in red. Numerous 6- and 4-line woodblock initial capitals all designed by Morris, engraved by William Harcourt Hooper. Morris used his four-line initials for this first time with this, his first book printed in the 16mo format. This lecture was setup at…
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London/Hammersmith: Kelmscott Press, 1893. Limited First Edition. hardcover. Very Good. 5 13/16" × 4 1/16" × 3/8" (14.8 × 10.3 × 1 cm) . First State. Printed by and sold by William Morris. 16mo. Bound in publisher's original hardcover quarter Holland-backed blue paper boards, with white linen spine and black titles to cover. One of 500 [of a total run of 1,500, at two shillings and sixpence] paper copies (plus 45 [at ten and fifteen shillings] on vellum). Printed on fine, hand-made, Batchelor (with the second version of the Primrose watermark) paper. Uncut, deckled edges. Colophon. [ii], 1 (title), [i], 68, [viii] pp. Printed in black and red throughout in the Golden type designed by Morris for his press. Head-title and shoulder-notes in red. Numerous 6- and 4-line woodblock initial capitals all designed by Morris, engraved by William Harcourt Hooper. Morris used his four-line initials for this first time with this, his first book printed in the 16mo format. This lecture was setup at…
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Gothic Architecture : A Lecture for the Arts and Crafts Exhibition Society
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Hammersmith: Kelmscott Press, 1893. Hardcover. Clean pages, black and red typog. Gothic Architecture : A Lecture for the Arts and Crafts Exhibition Society by William Morris. Published by the Kelmscott Press in Hammersmith 1893. Second printing with corrections to pages 41 and 45.Clean pages, black and red typography crisp, binding tight, cloth boards with fox spot and small toning mark, darkening to spine
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GOTHIC ARCHITECTURE: A LECTURE FOR THE ARTS AND CRAFTS EXHIBITION SOCIETY
by William Morris
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First edition of 1500 printed in three impressions of 500 each, this from the second or third with the spelling corrections on pages 41 and 45. 16mo in publisher's holland-backed boards, in a three panel cloth case and a gilt-ruled full morocco case with gilt titles to spine. 68 pp. VG. Very light foxing to boards; faint stain to rear. Corners lightly worn. Binding is sound. Bookplate of Judge Willis Vickery, a noted late-19th, early 20th century collector on the front pastedown. A very few scattered spots of foxing in the margins. The leather case has moderate wear and rubbing to the spine and very minor edge wear. A nicely preserved copy. Ships wrapped in bubble wrap and packed with care in a box.
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Gothic Architecture: A Lecture for the Arts and Crafts Exhibition Society
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London/Hammersmith: Kelmscott Press, 1893. Limited First Edition. hardcover. Good+. 5 13/16" × 4 1/16" × 3/8" (14.8 × 10.3 × 1 cm) . Second State. Printed by and sold by William Morris. 16mo. Bound in publisher's original hardcover quarter Holland-backed blue paper boards, with white linen spine and black titles to cover. One of 500 [of a total run of 1,500, at two shillings and sixpence] paper copies (plus 45 [at ten and fifteen shillings] on vellum). Printed on fine, hand-made, Batchelor (with the second version of the Primrose watermark) paper. Uncut, deckled edges. Colophon. [ii], 1 (title), [i], 68, [viii] pp. Printed in black and red throughout in the Golden type designed by Morris for his press. Head-title and shoulder-notes in red. Numerous 6- and 4-line woodblock initial capitals all designed by Morris, engraved by William Harcourt Hooper. Morris used his four-line initials for this first time with this, his first book printed in the 16mo format. This lecture was setup at Hammersmith…
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Gothic Architecture: A Lecture for the Arts and Crafts Exhibition Society
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London/Hammersmith: Kelmscott Press, 1893. Limited First Edition. hardcover. Near Fine. 5 13/16" × 4 1/16" × 3/8" (14.8 × 10.3 × 1 cm) . Second State. Printed by and sold by William Morris. 16mo. Bound in publisher's original hardcover quarter Holland-backed blue paper boards, with white linen spine and black titles to cover. One of 500 [of a total run of 1,500, at two shillings and sixpence] paper copies (plus 45 [at ten and fifteen shillings] on vellum). Printed on fine, hand-made, Batchelor (with the second version of the Primrose watermark) paper. Uncut, deckled edges. Colophon. [ii], 1 (title), [i], 68, [viii] pp. Printed in black and red throughout in the Golden type designed by Morris for his press. Head-title and shoulder-notes in red. Numerous 6- and 4-line woodblock initial capitals all designed by Morris, engraved by William Harcourt Hooper. Morris used his four-line initials for this first time with this, his first book printed in the 16mo format. This lecture was setup at…
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Printing Digital Type on the Hand-Operated Flatbed Cylinder Press
by Lange, Gerald
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Chatwin Books, 2018. Trade Paperback. New. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" New!
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PRIVATE PRESS.|THE
by Cave, Roderick
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New York: Watson - Guptill, 1971. cloth, dust jacket. 4to. cloth, dust jacket. 376 pages. First U.S. edition. Jacket lightly soiled, else a fine copy. Traces the development of the private press over the last 500 years. 83 figures in the text and 72 plates. Better printed than the second edition and containing some material not present in the first edition and thus still desirable.
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The Eye of Heaven: a Narrative Poem
by Efird, Susan
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Abattoir Editions, 1982. First Edition. Trade Paperback. Very Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. One of 150 numbered copies printed by Harry Duncan; this being #84. 9.25 X 12 inches. 40pp., bound in tan wraps with mounted cream printed paper label wrapping around the spine and front cover. Letterpress printed on Japanese Etching paper, from Poliphilus, Blado, and Fournier Ornate types; with 2 woodblock prints by Michael McCurdy. Faint dampstaining to the text margins of the fore-edge, else Very Good.
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Nomi no Kai
by Minegishi, Shinsuke
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Wessel & Lieberman Booksellers, 2006. Limited Edition. Wraps. Fine. [4]pp. Black & white frontispiece by Shinuske Minegishi, reproduced from the original engraving. One of 75 copies (from an edition of 100, signed and numbered by Minegishi). Designed by Rollin Milroy and printed by David Clifford at his Black Stone Press. Sewn into a Canson paper wraps. A Fine copy. // A previously unpublished essay by the artist, paying homage to a group of six Japanese wood engravers 'who were responsible for reviving the art form in that country'. Published to accompany the artist's first solo exhibition in the United States, at Wessel & Lieberman Booksellers, November 2006.
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The First Ten: A Penmaen Press Bibliography
by Peich, Michael; Michael McCurdy
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Lincoln: Penmaen Press, 1978. First Edition, one of 500 copies printed. This copy SIGNED by McCurdy twice, at Title and Afterword. Woodcuts by McCurdy. Bibliographically describes all Penmaen Press books, broadsides and ephemera 1968-1978, with additional items. Includes 16 pp. of photographs of contributors: Peich, McCurdy, Lynd Ward, Allen Ginsberg and others. A demonstrable work of love. 9½ x 6½.. Near Fine original blue cloth-covered boards blind stamped with gilt lettering to spine in like dust jacket.
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Germinal
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The Easton Press, The Collector's Library of Famous Editions, 1992 (1942). First Thus; Collector's Edition. Translated by Havelock Ellis. Illustrated by Berthold Mahn. Hardcover. Issued without dust jacket. Used - Fine, "Like New" condition. Appears unopened / unread. Binding and text block are tight, bright, and clean with no ownership markings or bookplates. Bound in full (genuine) leather with hubbed spine. All edges gilt. Embossed in 22kt gold on the spine and front and back covers. Heavy duty binding boards. Printed on acid-neutral, archival paper. Smyth sewn with concealed muslin joints, silk moire fabric end leaves, and permanent satin ribbon marker. Notes From The Archives sheet laid in. Photo is of the copy we have at Barbed Wire Books. A gorgeous copy.
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The Orchard Book of Nursery Rhymes (Signed, Limited Edition in Slipcase)
by Faith Jaques; Zena Sutherland
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- 9781852132736 / 1852132736
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London: Orchard Books, September 1990. Hardcover. Signed Limited Edition. Quarter-bound in dark grey cloth with dove grey sides. Silver titles and top edge. Silver silk ribbon marker. Illustrated endpapers. Dove grey slipcase. Presentation copy of a Limited Edition of 250 copies. Flat-signed by illustrator Faith Jaques, the noted children's book author, illustrator, artist, and advocate. Fine book in a Near Fine slipcase. Not from a library. 88 pages. Profusely illustrated.
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Baudin in Australian Waters: The Artwork of the French Voyage of Discovery to the Southern Lands, 1800-1804: With a complete descriptive catalogue of drawings and paintings of Australian subjects by C.-A. Lesueur and N.-M. Petit from the Lesueur Collection at the Museum d'Histoire Naturelle, Le Havre, France
by Charles-Alexandre Lesueur; Nicolas-Martin Petit; Jacqueline Bonnemains (ed); Elliott Forsyth (ed); Bernard Smith (ed)
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- 9780195547870 / 019554787X
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Melbourne: Oxford University Press Australia, October 1988. Hardcover. First Edition. Near Fine book in a Very Good jacket. Interior pristine. Spine straight and tight. Upper corners lightly bumped. Jacket lightly rubbed with a single one inch tear to front bottom edge. Not from a library. No remainder mark. Not clipped. xiii + 347 pages. Over 300 illustrations. Heavy book: extra charges for expedited or international shipping. Captain Nicolas Baudin's early 19th-century voyage of scientific discovery to Australia is a little-known event in French and Australian history. Yet that voyage played an important part in the history of Australian and Pacific colonization, and in the long story of worldwide scientific exploration. Departing Le Havre in 1800, Baudin's expedition comprised two ships--the Naturaliste and the Géographe--and 238 men, including 22 scientists. For most of the next three-and-a half years they travelled along the western and southern coasts of Australia, charting the coastline and…
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Catalogue of the Private Collection of Paintings Belonging to Peter A. Schemm Philadelphia, PA
by [SCHEMM, Peter A.]
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Philadelphia: [privately printed] Beck Engraving Company, 1901. First Edition. Hardcover. Near fine. Small quarto, unpaginated. Hundreds of black and white halftone plates, depicting the various paintings. On the opposite leaves, printed in red ink, are the painting titles and artists. A front blank contains a tipped-in photograph of Schemm, surrounded by his bounty of paintings. A crisp, clean copy in the publisher's red cloth, stamped in gilt. Very minor dust-soiling to the cloth, and an owner's name on the front free endpaper, else a rather crisp, sharp example; near fine. A very nice production.
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A Song About Major Eatherly
by Wain, John
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Iowa City, Iowa: Qara Press, 1961. Hardcover. Near Fine -. Baasch, Norman. [16] p.: 2 linoleum cuts; 27 cm. Original light blue paper over boards with white paper label on front board, printed in black. "Printed by Gerald M. Stevenson, Jr. on Curtis Rag paper with linoleum cuts by Norman Baasch. Of an edition limited to 190 cpies, this is copy 25." -- colophon. This poem first appeared in The Listener on Aug. 6, 1959. Major Claude R. Eatherly was one of the pilots involved in the atomic bombing of Japan in World War II. In Near Fine- Condition: cover lightly soiled; pages are clean and crisp.
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