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The Tragedy of Cymbeline
by Shakespeare, William ; Charles Ricketts
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- Used - Very Good-
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- First Edition Thus
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- 1901
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- Hardcover
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Washington, District of Columbia, USA
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$49.94
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London: Ballantyne Press /Vale Press. Very Good-. 1901. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. 90 pages; Limited edition - one of 310 copies (unstated). Contents clean and secure in original green cloth binding; superficial damp damage - cloth binding rippled at outer edge/corners; still a decent example of this letterpress edition. Thin 8vo, light green cloth, stamped… Read more about this item Item Price
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As You Like It - A Comedy
by Shakespeare, William ; Charles Ricketts
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- Used - Good+
- Edition
- First Edition Thus
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- 1902
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- Hardcover
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Washington, District of Columbia, USA
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London: Ballantyne Press /Vale Press. Good+. 1902. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. 116 pages; Limited edition - one of 310 copies (unstated). Contents clean and secure in original green cloth binding; damp damage - cloth binding rippled at lower outer corner of rear board, faint tide mark at lower corner of text block; still a decent example… Read more about this item Item Price
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Measure For Measure in A Comedy
by Shakespeare, William ; Charles Ricketts
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- Used - Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition Thus
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- 1902
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- Hardcover
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Washington, District of Columbia, USA
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$99.94
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London: Ballantyne Press /Vale Press. Very Good. 1902. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. 98 pages; Limited edition - one of 310 copies (unstated). Original owner's engraved heraldic bookplate - J.G.F. Lund- "Viltus est Index Animi". Contents clean and secure in original green cloth binding; lower outer corners mildly bumped; a very nice example of this beautiful… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Tragedy of Anthony and Cleopatra
by Shakespeare, William ; Charles Ricketts
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- Used - Good+
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- First Edition Thus
- Published
- 1900
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- Hardcover
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Washington, District of Columbia, USA
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$34.94
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London: Ballantyne Press /Vale Press. Good+. 1900. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. 122 pages; Limited edition - one of 310 copies (unstated). Contents clean and secure in original green cloth binding; damp damage - cloth binding rippled at lower outer corners; still a decent example of this letterpress edition. Priced accordingly. Thin 8vo, light green… Read more about this item Item Price
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THE LIFE OF KING HENRY V
by Shakespeare, William ; Charles Ricketts
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- Used - Good
- Edition
- First Edition Thus
- Published
- 1903
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- Hardcover
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Washington, District of Columbia, USA
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$29.94
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London: Ballantyne Press /Vale Press. Good. 1903. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. 102 pages; Limited edition - one of 310 copies (unstated). Contents clean and secure in original green cloth binding; damp damage - cloth binding rippled, faint tide marks the last couple leaves; short split (1/2") in cloth at rear spine; still a decent example of… Read more about this item Item Price
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All's Well that Ends Well - A Comedy
by Shakespeare, William ; Charles Ricketts
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- Used - Very Good-
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- First Edition Thus
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- 1901
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- Hardcover
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Washington, District of Columbia, USA
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$49.94
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London: Ballantyne Press /Vale Press. Very Good-. 1901. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. 122 pages; Limited edition - one of 310 copies (unstated). Contents clean and secure in original green cloth binding; superficial damp damage - cloth binding rippled at outer corners; still a decent example of this letterpress edition. Thin 8vo, light green cloth, stamped… Read more about this item Item Price
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Kirk Douglas Writes to Gary Cooper a Letter - May 4, 1961
by Douglas, Kirk ; Santa Teresa Press
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- Used - Near Fine
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1992
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- Paperback
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Washington, District of Columbia, USA
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$14.94
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Santa Barbara: Santa Teresa Press. Near Fine. 1992. First Edition. Paperback. 16 pages; Booklet is is Fine condition as issued in original envelope (toned). Limited to 500 Copies. softcover. Christmas book for the friends of Kirk Douglas and Pepper & Stern - Rare Books, Inc. It publishes a long letter that Douglas wrote to Cooper… Read more about this item Item Price
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Floor Plan of a Legend
by Simpson, Herbert W. ; W. A. Dwiggins
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- Used - Near Fine
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1942
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- Booklet
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Washington, District of Columbia, USA
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$19.94
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Evansville / New York: Typophiles / Printed for Carl Norwood. Near Fine. 1942. First Edition. Booklet. Typophiles Monograph No. 6; 12 pages; Printed for the Typophiles, Christmas 1943. From the Further Papers of the Inland Calligrapher. Evansville, June, 1942. Decorative wrappers printed in red and black. Nicely printed Errata slip laid-in. Decorated initial by W.A.… Read more about this item Item Price
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THIS LAST DEVOTION
by Western, Hugh ; [pseudonym of Alfred E. Hamill] ; Nicolas (Nicolai) Remisoff (Illustrator)
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- Used - Near Fine
- Edition
- First Edition Thus
- Published
- 1941
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- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Washington, District of Columbia, USA
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$24.94
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Chicago: Pocahontas Press. Near Fine. 1941. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. 34 pages; Limited edition of only 200 copies designed by Suzette Hamill printed for Pocahontas Press by The Monastery Hill Press, Chicago 1941. Clean and secure in original binding of glossy black boards with hand coloured illustration mounted to front board,and additional decorations by Nicolas… Read more about this item Item Price
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William Blackstone and the Oxford University Press
by Philip, I. G. ; Paul Sagsoorian (illustrator) ; John Begg (Designer)
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- Used - Very Good+
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- First Edition
- Published
- 1967
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- Paperback
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Washington, District of Columbia, USA
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$6.94
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Oxford: Oxford University Press. Very Good+. 1967. First Edition. Paperback. Typophiles Monograph No. 87; 32 pages; Clean and secure in original printed wrappers. One 360 copies printed for the Typophiles. Designed by John Begg and illustrated by Paul Sagsoorian. . Item Price
$6.94

The Letters of Sir Walter Scott in the Norton Downs Collection
by Bell, Alan ; Sir Walter Scott
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- Used - Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1979
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- Paperback
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Hartford: Trinity College Library Associates. Very Good. 1979. First Edition. Paperback. 14 pages; Clean and secure in original off-white paper wrappers, printed in brown, with image of a thistle. OCLC 606008269. An address given on the occasion of the dedication of the Medieval Studies Room, Trinity College, Hartford, Connecticut, November 9, 1979. . Item Price
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Neither Rhyme nor Reason
by Catto ; Jessica H. ; Paintings Isa Catto Shaw
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- Used - Near Fine
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- First Edition
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- Softcover
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- 1
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Washington, District of Columbia, USA
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San Antonio. Near Fine. First Edition. Softcover. 56, (4) pages; Clean and secure in original pictorial wrappers. Brilliantly illustrated with Mixed Media Paintings by Isa Catto Shaw created at the Southwest School of Art & Craft in San Antonio, Texas, 2009. Limited edition, hand numbered 39/60 copies issued. 56 numbered pages 10" x… Read more about this item Item Price
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90 HAIKU AND 10 SENRYU
by Eulert, Don ; (Signed) ; Emil Chendea (illustrator)
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- Used - Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1973
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- Paperback
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Editura Minerva. Very Good. 1973. First Edition. Paperback. Autograph; 76 pages; Beautifully printed on textured illustrated paper in printed card wrappers with French flaps. Warmly inscribed and SIGNED by the author on first blank -- "April 6, 1973 / For Stefan Munsing with / thanks & for remembrance of / 'Funen Island' -- of your open… Read more about this item Item Price
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![The Adoration of the Magi [Durer's Manger Scene - Folio Size Christmas Card]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/939/860/1404860939.0.m.jpg)
The Adoration of the Magi [Durer's Manger Scene - Folio Size Christmas Card]
by McMurtrie, Douglas C. ; Albrecht Durer
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- Used - Near Fine
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1941
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- Brochure
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Washington, District of Columbia, USA
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$34.94
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Evanston: Douglas C. McMurtrie. Near Fine. 1941. First Edition. Brochure. 4 pages; Large four page brochure designed and printed by Douglas McMurtrie for presentation to his friends for Christmas 1941. The front cover is a reproduction of the fabulous manger scene by Albrecht Durer dated 1511, the interior bears McMurtrie's printed Christmas salutations, the rear… Read more about this item Item Price
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Stories of Red Hanrahan
by Yeats, William Butler
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- Used - Very Good-
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1904
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- Hardcover
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Washington, District of Columbia, USA
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$159.94
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Dundrum: The Dun Emer Press. Very Good-. 1904. First Edition. Hardcover. An attractive example of this limited edition (500 copies) fine press edition of this Yeats' work. Contents bright and fresh impression. Original owner's brief inscription on ffep "Hal, with love / Sept 1904" Binding - linen-backed light blue boards with printed paper title and… Read more about this item Item Price
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Les Privileges Du Cocuage, Ouvrage Utile et Necessaire tant aux Cornards Actuels, qu'aux Cocus eu Herbe A Vicon, chez Jean Cornichon, à l'enseigne du Coucou, 1682
by Anonymous; [attributed variously to Eustache Le Noble ; Samuel Chappuzeau ; P. L. Jacob]
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- Used - Near Fine
- Edition
- Limited Edition
- Published
- 1860
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- Paperback
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Washington, District of Columbia, USA
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$149.99
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(Bruxelles): (J. Gay). Near Fine. 1860. Limited Edition. Paperback. 139 pages; Réimpression faite à Bruxelles, par J. Gay, 1860, avec une notice bibliographique de P. Lacroix. [Catalogue de la bibliothèque de M. Emile Desmazières] Reimpression faite a 200 exemplaires sur papier de Hollande. No. 63 [of 200] Original plain blue-green wrappers in… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Poems of St. John the Cross. Spanish Text with a Translation by Roy Campbell Inscribed by Helen Cutting, with an ALS from her laid-in
by Cambell, Roy ; (translator); St. John of the Cross ; Helen Cutting (paper-maker); M.C. D'Arcy, S.J. (preface)
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- Used - Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket
- Edition
- Limited Edition
- Published
- [1960]
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Washington, District of Columbia, USA
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$399.99
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Newark, New Jersey: Olsen Press, Newark. Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket. [1960]. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Autograph; 189 pages; Original maroon boards backed with gilt-stamped pigskin spine -- top edges trimmed, fore and bottom edges left rough -- "bound by Master Bookbinding Company, Inc., New York" [colophon]. Privately printed at the Olsen Press, Newark. The… Read more about this item Item Price
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![George Psychoundakis : A Letter To C. A. Trypanis [with a manuscript letter from Dr. John Leatham to Richard Hubbard Howland]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/065/847/1245847065.0.m.jpg)
George Psychoundakis : A Letter To C. A. Trypanis [with a manuscript letter from Dr. John Leatham to Richard Hubbard Howland]
by Fermor, Patrick Leigh ; [Inscribed and Signed by Dr. John Leatham]
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- Used - Very Good+
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- Limited Edition
- Published
- 1999
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- Paperback
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Washington, District of Columbia, USA
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$74.94
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Athens: American College of Greece. Very Good+. 1999. Limited Edition. Paperback. Limited Edition printed in October 1999.One of 940 copies in sewn printed cream wrappers (of 1250 total). ix, (2), 12-45, (2) A letter from Fermor to Oxford professor Trypanis in English and Greek about the contemporary Cretan poet who translated both the Illiad and… Read more about this item Item Price
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Les Bonnes & Comment Jouer Les Bonnes
by Genet, Jean
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- Used - Very Good+
- Edition
- First Edition Thus
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- 1963
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- Paperback
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Paris: L'Arbalete. Very Good+. 1963. First Edition Thus. Paperback. 95 pages; Clean and tight in original printed wrappers, pages unopened. Les Bonnes (The Maids), this play by the French dramatist Jean Genet, was made into a 1974 film directed by Christopher Miles. The film starred Glenda Jackson as Solange, Susannah York as Claire, Vivien Merchant as… Read more about this item Item Price
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INTERVALS OF SUN
by Fletcher, Forrest ; Elizabeth J. Hodges (printer) ; [SIGNED]
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- Used - Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1974
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- Paperback
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Washington, District of Columbia, USA
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Cambridge, MA: Lowell Street Press. Very Good. 1974. First Edition. Paperback. Autograph; 28 pages; Clean and secure in original bright yellow stiff wrappers. Set and printed by hand. Signed by the Printer/Publisher Elizabeth J. Hodges. ; Signed by Editor . Item Price
$14.94