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New York: Harper & Row, 1984. First edition, 8vo, pp. xxi, [1], 836, [1]; fine in original black cloth stamped in gilt, dust-wrapper. Inscribed by Ginsberg on the title page, "For Mark Mutchler Allen Ginsberg May 24, 1986 AH New Orleans."
Sylvae: fifty specimens printed directly from the wood with historical anecdotes and observations by Schanilec, Gaylord & Ben Verhoeven - 2008
by Schanilec, Gaylord & Ben Verhoeven
Sylvae: fifty specimens printed directly from the wood with historical anecdotes and observations
by Schanilec, Gaylord & Ben Verhoeven
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[Stockholm]: Midnight Paper Sales, n.d., 2008. Edition limited to 120 numbered copies (this copy no. 12), small folio (30.2 cm), numbered and signed by Ben Verhoeven and Gaylord Schanilec on the colophon, 50 wood specimens printed by Schanilec, 24 of them folding, and 1 double-page and folding, showing 25 end grain specimens, and a corresponding 25 long grain specimens, folding map, plus a large folding wood engraving; errata slip tipped in after the colophon; the text was cast by Michael and Winifred Bixler in Monotype Bembo, and printed on Zerkall 8888; original white pigskin-backed boards by Craig Jensen and Gary McLerran, woodwork by Dick Sorenson, blue linen slipcase. Laid in, as issued, is printed slip announcing this as the "Winner of the Gregynog Prize at the 2007 Oxford Book Fair." This limited edition is an entirely different setting of type than that of the special edition (of 26 lettered copies), and is, according to the printer, "a far better book." The 25 specimens, as well as the wood for the binding were all cut on Schanilec's farm in Stockholm, Wisconsin where they were also milled. The book was the winner of the Gregynog Prize in 2007. Quarter to Midnight A.261.b, and A.262; also see Quarter to Midnight A.259.
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- Keywords Wood , Nature Printing , Trees ,
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Collected poems
by GINSBERG, ALLEN
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Memoirs of the life of the Right Honourable Richard Brinsley Sheridan
by Moore, Thomas
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London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, Brown, and Green, 1825. Third edition, 2 volumes, 8vo, pp. viii, 543, [1]; iv, 492; engraved portrait frontispiece in vol. I, folding facsimile frontispiece in vol. II; full recent gilt-ruled cat's paw calf by Bayntun, red and green gilt morocco spine labels, new endpapers; ex-Duluth Library with usual interior markings, recent owner has taped bookseller's description and magazine cutting to Vol. I front free endpaper and frontispiece verso, his ballpoint notes on front flyleaves; else a very good, nicely bound set. NCBEL III 266.
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Farmers. Wood engravings - Interviews
by [Schanilec, Gaylord.]
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Stockholm: Midnight Paper Sales Press, 1989. Edition limited to 200 copies, this one of 26 lettered copies (letter 'U') signed by Schanilec on the colophon with his chop mark; 8vo, pp. [3]-56, [4]; vignette wood engraving on title page, 4 double-page colored wood engravings, plus an extra suite of the engravings in a tan paper chemise with a printed paper label on the front; full natural goatskin by the Campbell-Logan Bindery, embossed in the lower outer corner with Schanilec's chop mark; beige cloth clamshell box, leather label on spine. The whole designed and hand-printed by Schanilec. The text is derived from recorded interviews with farmers in the wake of the farm crisis in the mid 1980s, conducted by Schanilec near his home in Stockholm, Wisconsin, and edited by his brother, Clayton. Quarter to Midnight A.90.a.
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A rustic tea: being a compilation of traditional recipes for afternoon delectation...presented in the artistic style by Bowne & Co., stationers
by Boltin, Caroll
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New York: South Street Seaport Museum, 1994. Edition limited to 200 copies (this, no. 102), 8vo, pp. [30]; decorative title page and and each text page printed with a unique color-printed border "set from foundry type and electrotypes in a style popular during the last quarter of the nineteenth century," original green cloth-backed mauve paper-covered boards, printed decorative title on upper cover, mauve printed label on spine; fine. Printed by Barbara Henry. 1995 Xmas card printed by Barbara Henry laid in.
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The life of Samuel Johnson. LL.D. comprehending an account of his studies and numerous works in chronological order; a series of his epistolary correspondence and conversations with many eminent persons; and various original pieces of his composition never before published. The whole exhibiting a view of literature and literary men in Great Britain..
by Boswell, James
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London: Henry Baldwin for Charles Dilly, 1791. First edition, the so-called second state with "give" reading on p. 135 in vol. I, 2 volumes, 4to, pp. xii, [16], 516; [2], 588; engraved portrait frontispiece by Heath after Joshua Reynolds, and with the Round Robin plate, and the plate showing facsimile signatures of Johnson; nice copy in contemporary full calf neatly and pleasingly rebacked sometime in the 20th century, preserving the old red and black morocco labels on spine; all the standard cancels are present, per Pottle. Regarding the "give" (versus "gve") reading, Pottle notes that the "booksellers have given this rather uninteresting 'point' more attention than it deserves." Celebrated for its intimacy and vividness, Boswell's Life of Johnson "is one of the best books in the world. It is assuredly a great, very great work. Homer is not more decidedly the first of the heroic poets, Shakespeare is not more decidedly the first of the dramatists, Demosthenes is not more decidedly the first of the…
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The works ... in three volumes. Consisting of his poems and plays
by Congreve, William
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Birmingham: John Baskerville for J. & R. Tonson, 1761. 3 volumes, 8vo, portrait frontispiece, 5 engraved plates; contemporary polished calf, red and green leather labels on gilt-decorated spines, marbled endpapers; spine toned, else a near fine copy in a fine set of red morocco slipcases. Gaskell 16.
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Farmers. Wood engravings - Interviews
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Stockholm: Midnight Paper Sales Press, 1989. Edition limited to 200 copies, this one of 26 lettered copies (letter 'U') signed by Schanilec on the colophon with his chop mark; 8vo, pp. [3]-56, [4]; vignette wood engraving on title page, 4 double-page colored wood engravings, plus an extra suite of the engravings in a tan paper chemise with a printed paper label on the front; full natural goatskin by the Campbell-Logan Bindery, embossed in the lower outer corner with Schanilec's chop mark; beige cloth clamshell box, leather label on spine. The whole designed and hand-printed by Schanilec. The text is derived from recorded interviews with farmers in the wake of the farm crisis in the mid 1980s, conducted by Schanilec near his home in Stockholm, Wisconsin, and edited by his brother, Clayton. Quarter to Midnight A.90.a.
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The locks of the Oxford canal. A journey from Oxford to Coventry. With fifty wood engravings by John Craig
by Craig, John
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[Andoversford, Gloucestershire]: Whittington Press, 1984. Edition limited to 350 copies signed by Craig (this, no. 274), 8vo, pp. [12], x, [54]; title page printed in red and black, 50 wood engravings, one folding plate; pictorial endpapers; original full linen boards, spine and front cover paper labels, fine. Contact card for the press laid in.
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The life of Samuel Johnson. LL.D. comprehending an account of his studies and numerous works in chronological order; a series of his epistolary correspondence and conversations with many eminent persons; and various original pieces of his composition never before published. The whole exhibiting a view of literature and literary men in Great Britain..
by Boswell, James
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London: Henry Baldwin for Charles Dilly, 1791. First edition, the so-called second state with "give" reading on p. 135 in vol. I, 2 volumes, 4to, pp. xii, [16], 516; [2], 588; engraved portrait frontispiece by Heath after Joshua Reynolds, and with the Round Robin plate, and the plate showing facsimile signatures of Johnson; nice copy in contemporary full calf neatly and pleasingly rebacked sometime in the 20th century, preserving the old red and black morocco labels on spine; all the standard cancels are present, per Pottle. Regarding the "give" (versus "gve") reading, Pottle notes that the "booksellers have given this rather uninteresting 'point' more attention than it deserves." Celebrated for its intimacy and vividness, Boswell's Life of Johnson "is one of the best books in the world. It is assuredly a great, very great work. Homer is not more decidedly the first of the heroic poets, Shakespeare is not more decidedly the first of the dramatists, Demosthenes is not more decidedly the first of the…
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![[Excerpt from:] Peter Pan](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/266/771/1278771266.0.m.jpg)
[Excerpt from:] Peter Pan
by Barrie, J. M.
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[Minneapolis]: Coffee House Press, 1992. 11" x 15" prose broadside excerpt from Peter Pan accompanied by a relief print, artist unknown.
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