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RICHARD ZAUFT. BASHO, Matsuo.
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Enso. Four Haiku for the Seasons.
Massachusetts
Richard Zauft Editions.
2023
Matsuo Basho (1644-1694) is considered by many Japanese to be their country’s greatest poet, almost single handedly being responsible for the raising the esteem of…More details Price: £700.00 -
GREGYNOG PRESS. WYNNE, Ellis.
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Visions of the Sleeping Bard. Gweledigaetheu y Bardd Cwsc.
Newtown
Gregynog Press
1940
The penultimate book printed at the Gregynog Press with, as Harrop remarks, “one of the most pleasing...bindings”
Ellis Wynne (1671-1734) was a Welsh cleric whose Visions…More details Price: £400.00 -
FORE-EDGE PAINTING. BALFOUR, Clara L, editor.
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A Whisper to a Newly Married Pair from a Widowed Wife.
London
printed for Houlston and Stoneman
1850
The fore-edge painting was probably done in the second half of the 20th century and compliments the subject matter of the book perfectly, if rather…More details Price: £950.00
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DUBOUCHET, Prof. G.
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L'Art de L'Etain grave, repousse, modele, cisele, mosaique et patine
Paris
Bourgeois Aine
[1912]
The box is illustrated on p.19 of the booklet where it is advertised for sale at 16 francs. Our box includes a set square which…More details Price: £1,200.00 -
SANGORSKI & SUTCLIFFE.
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The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam.
London & Glasgow
Collins
1900
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DÉZÉ, Louis. LOUYS, Pierre.
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Sanguines.
Paris
Philippe Renouard for Eugene Fasquelle
1903
An excellent signed example of Dézé’s accomplished, if not always tasteful, moulded leatehr bindings on the first edition of Pierre Louy’s first collection of stories.
Louis…More details Price: £2,200.00 -
SMITH, Sally Lou.
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Four Lectures by T.J. Cobden Sanderson.
San Francisco
The Book Club of California
1974
Together with a signed, handwritten letter by Sally Lou Smith from her home in London and dated 18 November 1996 describing the book’s provenance to…More details Price: £5,800.00 -
CALLIGRAPHIC MANUSCRIPT. LAO TZU. GILES, Lionel.
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Sayings of Lao Tzu.
[London
c.1995].
The calligrapher notes that help has been given with the Chinese characters from Clive Clunas at the V & A Museum.
Lao Tzu was the first…More details Price: £850.00 -
![The Inscriptions at Tor House and Hawk Tower. by STUART, Gloria. RITCHIE, Ward. [JEFFERS, Robinson and Una]](https://images.vialibri.net/production/28/12107---200.jpg?v=1761567194)
STUART, Gloria. RITCHIE, Ward. [JEFFERS, Robinson and Una]
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The Inscriptions at Tor House and Hawk Tower.
[Los Angeles]
Imprenta Glorias
1988
The imprint of Gloria Stuart, possibly best known for her role as the elderly Rose in the film Titanic. She began printing late in life,…More details Price: £1,200.00 -
![Rabelais. by [MEYER] EDGAR-FAURE, Lucie, bookbinder. FRANCE, Anatole.](https://images.vialibri.net/production/28/12264---200.jpg?v=1761567397)
[MEYER] EDGAR-FAURE, Lucie, bookbinder. FRANCE, Anatole.
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Rabelais.
Paris
Calmann-Lévy
1929
Lucie Meyer, later Edgar-Faure, (1908-1977) was from Alsace. On the guidance of her uncle, Julien Cain, she studied History of Art at the Sorbonne and…More details Price: £1,200.00 -
LÉVY, Lucette H., bookbinder. NODIER, Charles.
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Écrin d’un Conteur, Choix de Contes.
Paris
G. Charpentier
1887
In the 1920s many women were drawn to the medium of bookbinding, perhaps influenced by the new modernist designs forged by Pierre Legrain. The women…More details Price: £1,600.00 -
LÉVY, Lucette H., bookbinder. MAUROIS, Andre. BRULLER, Jean.
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Deux Fragments D’Une Histoire Universelle, 1992.
Paris
Paul Hartmann
1929
An important work of speculative fiction by Maurois, whose real name was Emile Salomon Wilhelm Herzog. Lévy has responded to it splendidly, producing an unusual…More details Price: £1,800.00 -
LÉVY, Lucette H., bookbinder. KESSEL, Joseph. LE BRETON, Constant.
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L’Équipage.
Paris
Librairie Gallimard
1925
A WWI novel by Joseph Kessel focussed on a the crew of a two-man reconnaissance plane, inscribed in memory of the author it would seem…More details Price: £1,700.00 -
LÉVY, Lucette H., bookbinder. FLAUBERT, Gustave.
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Madame Bovary.
Paris
Henri Cyral
1927
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![Le Chateau des Brouillards. by [LÉVY, Lucette H., bookbinder]. DORGELÈS, Roland.](https://images.vialibri.net/production/28/12371---200.jpg?v=1761567229)
[LÉVY, Lucette H., bookbinder]. DORGELÈS, Roland.
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Le Chateau des Brouillards.
Paris
Albin Michel
1932
Although this book is not signed, it came with the others in the group and by its style and accuracy of tooling must have been…More details Price: £1,500.00 -
LÉVY, Lucette H., bookbinder. COLETTE.
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La Maison de Claudine.
Paris
Arabesque, Édition Rouffé
1927
Andre Deslignières’ colour woodcuts are extremely charming and set off this printing perfectly. Levy has responded to them with an masterful reproduction of one of…More details Price: £1,700.00 -
DE LÉOTARD, Geneviève, bookbinder. COLETTE.
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Sept Dialogues de Bêtes.
Paris
Les Arts et le livre
1927
Geneviève de Léotard 1899 was a precocious book artist. She began studying bookbinding at the Ecole des Arts Décoratifs in Paris in 1912 when she…More details Price: £2,500.00 -
KIEFFER, René, bookbinder. LOUŸS, Pierre. CALBET, Antoine.
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Aphrodite Moeurs Antique.
Paris
Albin Michel, Les Grands Livres du XXe Siecle
n.d. [1923]
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DOVEY, Gaven. BASKIN, Leonard. HECHT, Anthony.
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The Gehenna Florilegium.
Maine
Gehenna Press
1998
A remarkably fine binding by Gavin Dovey who, after training the UK, set up shop in the US in 2004 and now works as a…More details Price: £8,500.00 -
STEPHEN CONWAY, designer bookbinder. DUNNING, John & POE, Edgar Allan.
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The Bookman's Wake; with the Raven.
New York & London
Scribner & Folio Society
1995
The Bookman’s Wake is a murder mystery set in the world of Private Presses and printers. The story revolves around the search for a very…More details Price: £2,800.00
![The Inscriptions at Tor House and Hawk Tower. by STUART, Gloria. RITCHIE, Ward. [JEFFERS, Robinson and Una]](https://images.vialibri.net/production/28/12107---800.jpg?v=1761567194)
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![Another image of The Inscriptions at Tor House and Hawk Tower. by STUART, Gloria. RITCHIE, Ward. [JEFFERS, Robinson and Una]](https://images.vialibri.net/production/28/12107_6---800.jpg?v=1761566445)
![Another image of The Inscriptions at Tor House and Hawk Tower. by STUART, Gloria. RITCHIE, Ward. [JEFFERS, Robinson and Una]](https://images.vialibri.net/production/28/12107_7---800.jpg?v=1761566446)
![Rabelais. by [MEYER] EDGAR-FAURE, Lucie, bookbinder. FRANCE, Anatole.](https://images.vialibri.net/production/28/12264---800.jpg?v=1761567397)
![Another image of Rabelais. by [MEYER] EDGAR-FAURE, Lucie, bookbinder. FRANCE, Anatole.](https://images.vialibri.net/production/28/12264_2---800.jpg?v=1761567227)
![Another image of Rabelais. by [MEYER] EDGAR-FAURE, Lucie, bookbinder. FRANCE, Anatole.](https://images.vialibri.net/production/28/12264_3---800.jpg?v=1761567535)
![Another image of Rabelais. by [MEYER] EDGAR-FAURE, Lucie, bookbinder. FRANCE, Anatole.](https://images.vialibri.net/production/28/12264_4---800.jpg?v=1761566844)
![Le Chateau des Brouillards. by [LÉVY, Lucette H., bookbinder]. DORGELÈS, Roland.](https://images.vialibri.net/production/28/12371---800.jpg?v=1761567229)
