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“the climax of Nash’s representational wood engravings”
NASH, Paul. GOLDEN COCKEREL PRESS.
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Abd-Er-Rhaman in Paradise by Jules Tellier.
Waltham St. Lawrence
Golden Cockerel Press
1928
The first translation into English from the original French of Jules Tellier’s ‘Les Deux Paradis’.
Nash’s wood-engravings are fine examples of his work, Clare Colvin in…
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“the climax of Nash’s representational wood engravings”
NASH, Paul. GOLDEN COCKEREL PRESS.
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Abd-Er-Rhaman in Paradise by Jules Tellier.
Waltham St. Lawrence
Golden Cockerel Press
1928
The first translation into English from the original French of Jules Tellier’s ‘Les Deux Paradis’.
Nash’s wood-engravings are fine examples of his work, Clare Colvin in…
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A charming joyfully erotic alphabet with pochoir illustrations by Jules Pascin
[MAC ORLAN, Pierre. PASCIN, Jules]
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Abécédaire des Filles et de L'Enfant Chéri.
[Paris
Éditions Henri Jonquières
1935]
Pascin’s charming and rather sweetly erotic alphabet accompanies Pierre Mac Orlan’s short verses in this second, more elaborately illustrated of Henri Jonquières’ Abecedaire. The first…
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MERRYMOUNT PRESS. UPDIKE, D.B. MARTIN, Edward Sandford.
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Abroad with Jane.
Boston
Privately Printed
1918
American journalist Martin’s sprightly travel book chronicling his journey to England and Europe.
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GRABHORN PRESS. MILLER, Henry.
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Account of a Tour of the California Missions, 1856. The Journal & Drawings of Henry Miller.
San Francisco
printed at The Grabhorn Press for The Book Club of California
1952
Includes 19 early images of missions including Santa Clara, Santa Cruz, Santa Barbara etc.
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A sumptuous hand-illuminated communion mass made as a first communion gift
ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPT c. 1880.
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Actes et Prières pour la Communion.
[Paris]
c.1880
An elaborate first communion book which were sold with the text and elementary borders of each page lithographically printed. Subsequently the plain, printed pages were…
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By the founder of the Boston Symphony Orchestra
MERRYMOUNT PRESS. UPDIKE, D.B. HIGGINSON, Henry Lee.
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Addresses by Henry Lee Higginson on the Occasion of Presenting the Soldiers' Field and the Harvard Union to Harvard University.
Boston
The Merrymount Press
1902
Alumnus and Civil War veteran Higginson’s address upon gifting 31 acres of land to Harvard College. Higginson founded the Boston Symphony Orchestra in 1881.
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One of 100 copies, designed by Jerry Kelly.
KELLY WINTERTON PRESS. VIRGIL.
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Aeneas in the World of the Dead.
Jamaica
The Kelly Winterton Press
1990
With the original prospectus inserted loose.
Translated from the Latin by Sir G.K. Richards. This section from Virgil’s masterpiece, the ‘Aeneid’, deals with Aeneas’ encounters important…
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PETER JONES, designer bookbinder. PETER PAUPER PRESS.
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Aesop's Fables for modern readers.
New York
Peter Pauper Press
1955
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WINDHOVER PRESS. TRUEBLOOD, Ernest V.
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Afternoon of a Cow. A Pseudonymous Story by William Faulkner.
Iowa City
Windhover Press The University of Iowa
1991
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FLEECE PRESS. MILLER PARKER, Agnes. ROGERSON, Ian.
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Agnes Miller Parker, wood-engraver and book illustrator, 1895-1980 with recollections of the artist by John Dreyfus.
Wakefield
Fleece Press
1990
Born in Scotland, Agnes Miller Parker attended the Glasgow School of Art where she met, and later married, the artist William McCance. They lived in…
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Book-embellishment in the 1960s with original hand-painted ornamentation, illustrations and binding by the artist Powilewicz
NIETZSCHE, Frederic. POWILEWICZ, A.K.
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Ainsi parlait Zarathoustra.
Paris
Georges Cres et Cie
1919
On the verso of his hand-painted and written colophon Powilewicz writes in ink that the designs have been inspired by Persian miniatures and rugs from…
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One of 200 copies
[BEWICK, Thomas]. THOMPSON, Lawrence.
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Alexander Anderson. His Tribute to the Wood-Engraving of Thomas Bewick.
Princeton
Princeton University Press
1940
Alexander Anderson was the first to spread Bewick’s techniques in America after seeing Bewick’s History of Quadrapeds in 1795 at a bookstore in New York.…
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One of 50 special signed copies on mould-made paper
NASH, John. PUDNEY, John.
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Almanack of Hope, Sonnets.
London
John Lane, The Bodley Head
1944
A really fine example of John Nash’s charm and superb illustrative skills showing his place in the British Pastoral tradition.
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SCHANILEC, Gaylord, b.1955
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Along The Hudson.
2011
Original wood engraving for ‘The Bicycle Diaries; One New Yorker’s Journey through September 11th’ by Richard Goodman, which was illustrated and printed by Gaylord Schanilec…
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[PRINTING]. DIRINGER, David.
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Alphabet Exhibition.
London
Staples Press
1953
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KING, Ron. CIRCLE PRESS.
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alphabeta concertina minuscule.
Bosham
Circle Press
2007
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COLT PRESS. WALKER, Franklin.
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Ambrose Bierce, the Wickedest Man in San Francisco.
San Francisco
The Colt Press
1941
An overview of Ambrose Bierce’s journalistic experiences in San Francisco including one of his book reviews - “The covers of this book are too far…
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DWIGGINS, W.A. WALDMAN, Milton.
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America Conquers Death.
New York
William Edwin Rudge
1928
Waldman’s essay on the seeming indifference to death in America, beautifully presented due to the collaboration between Dwiggins and Rudge.
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A tour in America to promote the National Trust, leading to the formation of the US version in Washington
ESSEX HOUSE PRESS. ASHBEE, C.R.
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American Sheaves & English Seed Corn: being a series of addresses mainly delivered in the United States, 1900-1901.
London
printed at the Essex House Press in Bow, published by Edward Arnold and Samuel Buckley in New York
1901
With the decorative booklabel of R.T. Gibbon and one of the noted collector John Lewis. Ashbee served on the council of the National Trust between…