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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.More details Price: £40.00
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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…More details Price: £300.00
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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.More details Price: £80.00 -
[ROGERS, Bruce]. FRANCE, Anatole.
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Amycus et Célestin.
New York
Museum Press
1916
More details Price: £50.00
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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…More details Price: £180.00
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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…More details Price: £120.00
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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.More details Price: £35.00
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[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…More details Price: £2,500.00
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PENTAGRAM PRESS. TARACHOW, Michael. DOSTALE, Mercedes.
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An Exploration of the Granjon Arabesques.
Minneapolis
Pentagram Press
1990
More details Price: £50.00
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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.More details Price: £30.00
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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…More details Price: £1,900.00
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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…More details Price: £80.00
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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…More details Price: £250.00
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CIRCLE PRESS. KING, Ron. FISHER, Roy.
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Anansi Company.
London
Circle Press
1992
The seventh collaboration of artist and poet with thirteen screen printed removable wire and card puppets. The content of the book is based on material…More details Price: £4,000.00
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HAMMER, Victor. KREDEL, Fritz. ANVIL PRESS. RACINE.
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Andromache: A Tragedy as it [was] acted in the Duke’s Theatre, 1675, Freely translated into English in 1674 from Jean Racine's Andromaque by a Young Gentleman & John Crowne.
Lexington, Kentucky
Anvil Press
1986
More details Price: £580.00
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GOLDEN COCKEREL PRESS. GEDDES, Elizabeth.
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Animal Antics.
London
Golden Cockerel Press
1937
A rather lovely little book printed for Christmas and dedicated by the author to Robert Gibbings.More details Price: £20.00
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ERNI, Hans. SOPHOCLES.
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Antigone.
Lausanne
Andre Gonin
1949
Hans Erni was an important Swiss artist well known for his posters, murals, designs for stamps, ceramics and theatre sets as well as his elegant…More details Price: £1,000.00
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HILL, W. Henry, Arthur F. & Alfred E.
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Antonio Stradivari, His Life and Work (1644-1737).
London
William E. Hill & Sons, Violin Makers, New Bond St.
1902
More details Price: £340.00
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DePOL, John.
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Archive of John DePol wood engravings, prospectuses, Christmas cards and keepsakes.
1940-1990
John DePol (1913-2004) was a New York wood engraver. He was inspired by his city and was well known for his work with John Fass…More details Price: £750.00
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RICHARDSON, Sir John.
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Arctic Searching Expedition: A Journal of a Boat Voyage Through Rupert's Land and the Arctic Sea, in Search of the Discovery Ships under command of Sir John Franklin
London
1851
First edition of this account of a voyage to the Arctic regions, in search Sir John Franklin's expedition, by Sir John Richardson (1787-1865). Richardson studied…More details Price: £3,200.00