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![Albrecht Durers Zeichnungen. by [PAINTED VELLUM BINDING]. DURER, Albrecht. FRANKE, Willibald.](https://images.vialibri.net/production/28/11925---200.jpg?v=1761567448)
[PAINTED VELLUM BINDING]. DURER, Albrecht. FRANKE, Willibald.
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Albrecht Durers Zeichnungen.
Liepzig-Berlin
Verlag Grethlein & Co
WWII booklabel of L. Jiranek.
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One of 200 copies
![Alexander Anderson. His Tribute to the Wood-Engraving of Thomas Bewick. by [BEWICK, Thomas]. THOMPSON, Lawrence.](https://images.vialibri.net/production/28/8573---200.jpg?v=1740498231)
[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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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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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…
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TALLONE. TASSO, Torquato.
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Aminta. Favola Boschereccia.
Alpignano
Alberto Tallone
1967
Italian 16th century poet Tasso’s pastoral play, the story of Aminta’s unrequited love for the beautiful nymph Sylvia.
With the booklabel of Robert Wayne Stilwell.
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![Amycus et Célestin. by [ROGERS, Bruce]. FRANCE, Anatole.](https://images.vialibri.net/production/28/9034---200.jpg?v=1740497965)
[ROGERS, Bruce]. FRANCE, Anatole.
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Amycus et Célestin.
New York
Museum Press
1916
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Printer’s copy, with The Merrymount Press booklabel and in a very handsome red morocco binding
MERRYMOUNT PRESS. UPDIKE, D.B.
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An Account of the Dedication of The West Window of St. John's Church, Beverly Farms, Whitsunday, May 31st 1925.
Boston
The Merrymount Press
1925
The dedication of the west window of St. John’s Church, finely printed by Updike, and with a plate, diagram and explanation of the symbolism of…
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MARTIN, Frank (1921-2005)
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An Affair of Honour.
1977
Professor of Engraving and Etching at Camberwell School for Art, Frank Martin was taught etching by John Buckland Wright and was inspired by his friend…
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GOLDEN COCKEREL PRESS.
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An Apology for the Life of Colley Cibber, Comedian, and late patentee of the Theatre-Royal, written by Himself.
Waltham Saint Lawrence
Golden Cockerel Press
1925
The 1740 colourful memoir of the British actor-manager, playwright and Poet Laureate Colley Cibber (1671-1757). He had great comical success but was considered brash and…
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![An Apology for the Life of Mrs Shamela Andrews by Mr Conny Keyber [Henry Fielding]. by GOLDEN COCKEREL PRESS. FIELDING, Henry.](https://images.vialibri.net/production/28/11075---200.jpg?v=1761566244)
GOLDEN COCKEREL PRESS. FIELDING, Henry.
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An Apology for the Life of Mrs Shamela Andrews by Mr Conny Keyber [Henry Fielding].
Waltham Saint Lawrence
printed by Robert Gibbings at the Godlen Cockerel Press
1926
Edited and with an introcution by R. Brimley Johnson.
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![An Enquiry into the Causes of the Miscarriage of the Scots Colony at Darien. or an Answer to a Libel entitled A Defence of the Scots Abdicating Darien. Submitted to the consideration of the Good People of England. by [RIDPATH, George].](https://images.vialibri.net/production/28/9948---200.jpg?v=1740499230)
[RIDPATH, George].
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An Enquiry into the Causes of the Miscarriage of the Scots Colony at Darien. or an Answer to a Libel entitled A Defence of the Scots Abdicating Darien. Submitted to the consideration of the Good People of England.
Glasgow
1700
One of the most important of the few existing Darien tracts being a detailed explanation of why the Colony failed and a defence of the…
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PENTAGRAM PRESS. TARACHOW, Michael. DOSTALE, Mercedes.
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An Exploration of the Granjon Arabesques.
Minneapolis
Pentagram Press
1990
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The perils of women and children in the library!
PRESS OF THE WOOLLY WHALE. BLADES, William. REED, Philip G.
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An Extract from Enemies of Books.
New York
Press of the Woolly Whale
[n.d. circa 1934]
Blades’s 19th century diatribe on biblioclasts and book preservation, this extract on the perils of women and children in the library.
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FERGUSON, James.
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An Introduction to Electricity. In six sections.
London
W. Strahan & T. Cadell
1770
Elihu Thomson’s copy with his signature and bookplate of the Elihu Thomson Collection of the Franklin Institute Library, deaccessioned. Initially Ferguson’s lectures dealt mainly with…
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NEW YORK CHAPPEL.
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An Uncommonplace Book; The Second Uncommonplace Book.
New York
The New York Chappel
1960; 1961
Volume 1 was the first book printed by the New York Chappel, and has the book label and signature of Joseph Francis Weiler (formerly of…
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GOLDEN COCKEREL PRESS. MILLER, Patrick. WEBB, Clifford.
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Ana the Runner, A Treatise for Princes & Generals attributed to Prince Mahmoud Abdul.
Waltham Saint Lawrence
Golden Cockerel Press
1937
Sandford wrote of printing this work: “To print a new manuscript with which one has falled in love is to deck the beloved. When one…
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![‘ANCIENT & MODERN STATUES’ - two LATE 18TH CENTURY DECOUPAGE ALBUMS CONTAINING CUT-TO-SHAPE ENGRAVINGS TAKEN FROM RACCOLTA DI STATUE ANTICHE E MODERNE’ by [ROSSI, Domenico de].](https://images.vialibri.net/production/28/12242---200.jpg?v=1761567256)
[ROSSI, Domenico de].
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‘ANCIENT & MODERN STATUES’ - two LATE 18TH CENTURY DECOUPAGE ALBUMS CONTAINING CUT-TO-SHAPE ENGRAVINGS TAKEN FROM RACCOLTA DI STATUE ANTICHE E MODERNE’
[Rome
Gaetano Zenobi
c.1704]
An unusual pair of late 18th century albums containing 150 engravings largely taken from Domenico de Rossi’s celebrated collection of classical, Renaissance and Baroque sculpture.…
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An exquisitly illuminated calligraphic manuscript describing a walk across the Sussex South Downs
‘DG’. ILLUMINATED CALLIGRAPHIC MANUSCRIPT
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Andante.
[Worthing, Sussex]
1948
The text, apparently by the scribe, is in effect a guide to walks on the South Downs in Sussex around Worthing. The routes are very…
![Albrecht Durers Zeichnungen. by [PAINTED VELLUM BINDING]. DURER, Albrecht. FRANKE, Willibald.](https://images.vialibri.net/production/28/11925---800.jpg?v=1761567448)
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![Another image of Alexander Anderson. His Tribute to the Wood-Engraving of Thomas Bewick. by [BEWICK, Thomas]. THOMPSON, Lawrence.](https://images.vialibri.net/production/28/8573_2---800.jpg?v=1740497487)
![Amycus et Célestin. by [ROGERS, Bruce]. FRANCE, Anatole.](https://images.vialibri.net/production/28/9034---800.jpg?v=1740497965)
![Another image of Amycus et Célestin. by [ROGERS, Bruce]. FRANCE, Anatole.](https://images.vialibri.net/production/28/9034_2---800.jpg?v=1740498250)
![An Apology for the Life of Mrs Shamela Andrews by Mr Conny Keyber [Henry Fielding]. by GOLDEN COCKEREL PRESS. FIELDING, Henry.](https://images.vialibri.net/production/28/11075---800.jpg?v=1761566244)
![An Enquiry into the Causes of the Miscarriage of the Scots Colony at Darien. or an Answer to a Libel entitled A Defence of the Scots Abdicating Darien. Submitted to the consideration of the Good People of England. by [RIDPATH, George].](https://images.vialibri.net/production/28/9948---800.jpg?v=1740499230)
![Another image of An Enquiry into the Causes of the Miscarriage of the Scots Colony at Darien. or an Answer to a Libel entitled A Defence of the Scots Abdicating Darien. Submitted to the consideration of the Good People of England. by [RIDPATH, George].](https://images.vialibri.net/production/28/9948_2---800.jpg?v=1740499972)
![‘ANCIENT & MODERN STATUES’ - two LATE 18TH CENTURY DECOUPAGE ALBUMS CONTAINING CUT-TO-SHAPE ENGRAVINGS TAKEN FROM RACCOLTA DI STATUE ANTICHE E MODERNE’ by [ROSSI, Domenico de].](https://images.vialibri.net/production/28/12242---800.jpg?v=1761567256)
![Another image of ‘ANCIENT & MODERN STATUES’ - two LATE 18TH CENTURY DECOUPAGE ALBUMS CONTAINING CUT-TO-SHAPE ENGRAVINGS TAKEN FROM RACCOLTA DI STATUE ANTICHE E MODERNE’ by [ROSSI, Domenico de].](https://images.vialibri.net/production/28/12242_2---800.jpg?v=1761567205)
![Another image of ‘ANCIENT & MODERN STATUES’ - two LATE 18TH CENTURY DECOUPAGE ALBUMS CONTAINING CUT-TO-SHAPE ENGRAVINGS TAKEN FROM RACCOLTA DI STATUE ANTICHE E MODERNE’ by [ROSSI, Domenico de].](https://images.vialibri.net/production/28/12242_3---800.jpg?v=1761566465)
