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My Sister Life

My Sister Life

by Boris Pasternak

New York: The Limited Editions Club. Fine. 1990. Limited Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. My Sister Life was written in the summer before the 1917 October Revolution, it was very well received and established him as a genius of Russian poetry. The English translation was done by Mark Rudman. The acclaimed Russian born artist, Yuro Kuyper provides 6 etchings for the publication, printed on Hannemule paper in Paris. The paper used for the text was hand-made by H. M. P. Mill in Connecticut to... Read more about this item
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A$2,362.25
The autobiography of Benvenuto Cellini

The autobiography of Benvenuto Cellini

by Cellini, B

The Folio Society, 1966. Gilt decorated covers in slip case. Fine/Fine. Scarcely used in undamaged slip case.
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A$11.80
A CONNECTICUT YANKEE IN KING ARTHUR'S COURT

A CONNECTICUT YANKEE IN KING ARTHUR'S COURT

by Clemens, Samuel L

NY: Heritage Press, 1948. Book. Illus. by Honore Guilbeau. Fine. Hardcover. With and introduction by Carl Van Doren. Hard Cover. Fine in a Very Good+ slipcase, no dj as issued. Slipcase shows sun fading to edges. Priority and/or international shipping on this item will be extra and will be at actual shipping cost.
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A$39.50
Italian Cities - Venice, Florence, Rome

Italian Cities - Venice, Florence, Rome

by HIBBERT, Christopher

London, England: The Folio Society, 1997. 1st Edition 3rd Printing. Hardcover with Slipcase. Like New/Without Dust Wrapper (As Issued). 4to - 9.75 to 12" tall. Like New - First Folio Society edition, third printing 1999, complete in three volumes in one slipcase. VERY minor wear to the slipcase all three volumes look unread and Like New. Dark blue and black decorated slipcase with gold title on both sides, the three volumes are bound in artificial silk of different colours that represent the Italian... Read more about this item
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A$108.12
Nine Classic California Photographers

Nine Classic California Photographers

by [CALIFORNIA PHOTOGRAPHY] Hively, William (edited by)

Octavo (9 1/2 x 7 inches) Friends of the Bancroft Library, University of California, 1980. A keepsake of the Friends of the Bancroft Library printed by Lawton Kennedy. Stiff wrappers, good condition, 94 pages illustrated with captioned black and white photos.

The nine photographers discussed are Robert Vance, Carleton Watkins, Edweard Muybridge, Adam Clark Vroman, Arnold Genthe, Imogen Cunningham, Edward Weston, Dorothea Lange, and Ansel Adams with an example of each of their works.
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A$23.70
THE RIVALS.  A COMEDY

THE RIVALS. A COMEDY

by SHERIDAN, Richard Brinsley

London: Limited Editions Club, 1953. Hardcover. Near Fine in a Good slipcase with the backstrip partly detached. Rene ben Sussan. Large octavo (7" x 10-3/4") bound in yellow linen buckram. Designed by Oliver Simon and printed at the Curwen Press. Illustrated with ORIGINAL COPPER ETCHINGS by Rene ben Sussan hand-colored in Paris. Copy #1062 of 1500 SIGNED by the illustrator on the colophon page.
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A$79.01
RAMONA

RAMONA

by JACKSON, Helen H

Los Angeles: Limited Editions Club, 1959. hardcover. Bookplate on the front pastedown. Fine in a Fine slipcase. Everett Gee Jackson. Large octavo (7" x 10") bound in colorful full woven fabric with a printed paper spine label, 446 pages. An historical novel championing the rights of Native Americans, first published in 1884 and here printed by the Plantin Press with an introduction by J. Frank Dobie and with color illustrations by Everett Gee Jackson. Copy #39 of 1500 copies SIGNED by the illustrator... Read more about this item
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A$148.21
The Age Of Scandal An Excursion Through a Minor Period

The Age Of Scandal An Excursion Through a Minor Period

by White, T.H

London: The Folio Society. 1994. Octavo Size [approx 15.5 x 22.8cm]. Near Fine condition in a Very Good Slipcase. Decorated papered boards. Black & white plates. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 240 pages. Introduction by Reay Tannahill. An excursion into 18th century history which is outrageously partisan, appallingly opinionated, politically incorrect and highly entertaining from first to last. By the author of 'The Once and Future King'. . 2nd... Read more about this item
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A$18.00
The Chimes

The Chimes

by Dickens, Charles

London: Limited Editions Club, 1931. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Rackham, Arthur. A lovely early LEC edition of Dickens' second Christmas book, illustrated and signed by Arthur Rackham. Although popular when published, "The Chimes" has since been overshadowed by the "Christmas Carol". Contemporary critics were divided over the book's moral message, with some considering it dangerously radical. Slight wear to the slipcase, with an "8" (the number assigned to this copy on the limitation page)... Read more about this item
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A$809.01
STORY OF THE SPANISH MISSIONS OF THE MIDDLE SOUTHWEST

STORY OF THE SPANISH MISSIONS OF THE MIDDLE SOUTHWEST

by Lockwood, Frank C

Small quarto (9 3/4 X 6 1/2 inches) Santa Ana, California: The Fine Arts Press, 1934. First Edition. [i-xvi], i-vi, 1-[80] pages, 30 plates on 16 leaves, double map, index, one of 500 copies, hardcover, dark brown cloth with a quarter bound beige cloth spine, title stamped in gold on the backstrip, top and bottom edges trimmed, fore edges untrimmed.

According to "Thomas E. Williams & The Fine Arts Press" by Richard D. Curtiss, "The advance notice for this book indicates 500 copies printed, whereas a... Read more about this item
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A$47.40
Printing Digital Type on the Hand-Operated Flatbed Cylinder Press

Printing Digital Type on the Hand-Operated Flatbed Cylinder Press

by Lange, Gerald

Chatwin Books, 2018. Trade Paperback. New. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" New!
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A$37.92
Looking Out: 9 Loving Reversals

Looking Out: 9 Loving Reversals

by Gochberg, H[erbert] S

Madison: M[aralyn] L Dettmann, 1974. Poetry; Gochberg was a University of Wisconsin professor of French.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good. 7½" by 12¼".
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A$94.81
Robert Browning Dramatic Monologues

Robert Browning Dramatic Monologues

by Browning, Robert; Selected and Introduced by A.S. Byatt

London: The Folio Society. 1991. Octavo Size [approx 15.5 x 22.8cm]. Near Fine copy in Very Good Slipcase. Selected & introduced by A.S. Byatt. Illustrated by Richard Shirley Smith. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 310 pages. Includes Notes, Index of Titles and Index of First Lines. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. . 1st thus. Hardback.
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A$40.00
The Declaration of Independence

The Declaration of Independence

by Thomas Jefferson

Frontispiece photogravure by Robert Frank. Jon Goodman editioned the photogravure in his Massachusetts studio. Edition limited to 500 numbered copies. Each signed by Robert Frank and David Armitage. The book was bound by hand in a homespun dark blue fabric that also covers the hinged and lined box. One volume, 10-3/4 x 14-1/4 inches. As the publisher, we unconditionally guarantee that all books are authentic and the condition is As New (NOS).
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A$4,582.29
A DAY IN THE LIFE OF LON TINKLE

A DAY IN THE LIFE OF LON TINKLE

by [DALLAS] Sparkman, M.D., Robert S. editor

Dallas: Friends of the Dallas Public Library, 1981. First Edition. Hardcover. FINE. Limited edition of 500 copies of which this is copy number 442 SIGNED with editor's presentation. Designed and produced by Willaim R. Chiles, printed by off-set lithography on 80# Tweedweave Text, and printed recto. Tipped-in sepia portrait by Tom Lea, color photographs by the editor tipped-in. Folio crash linen boards and blue cloth spine. Proceeds to benefit the Dallas Public Library. Blue endpapers no names, clean... Read more about this item
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A$47.40
The Golden Hind A Quarterly Magazine of Art and Literature

The Golden Hind A Quarterly Magazine of Art and Literature

by Bax, Clifford; Spare, Austin Osman

Chapman & Hall, 1922. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Volume 1, no.1-4, of the literary magazine edited by Clifford Bax and Austin Osman Spare, bound the publisher's boards. While the boards show a century of wear, they have protected the interior wonderfully, including the original front wrappers of each number and the many lithographs. Bound with no. 4 is the prospectus for Volume 2, announcing the change to a smaller size ('Originally we chose the large page because we wished to give our... Read more about this item
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A$851.67
MAN AND SUPERMAN

MAN AND SUPERMAN

by Shaw, George Bernard

NY: Heritage Press, 1962. Book. Illus. by Charles Mozley. Near Fine. Hardcover. With an introduction by Lewis Casson. Includes the pamplet "The Revolutionist's Handbook and Pocket Companion." Hard Cover. Near Fine in a Very Good+ slipcase, no dj as issued. Book spine and parts of slipcase sun faded. Priority and/or international shipping on this item will be extra and will be at actual shipping cost..
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A$34.76
The War With Hannibal

The War With Hannibal

by Livy; Yardly, J.C.; Hoyos, Dexter; Barbero, Alessandro

The Folio Society, 2011. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine. An attractive Folio Society edition of Livy's THE WAR WITH HANNIBAL, translated by J.C. Yardley with an introduction and notes by Dexter Hoyos and a preface by Alessandro Barbero. Fine in slipcase, with gilt illustrations to spine and front cover, map endpapers, twenty glossy pages of illustrations. 762pp. 10 x 7.5". As a large, heavy book, this order will be packed carefully and may incur additional shipping charges.
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A$238.60
SAINT THOMAS AQUINAS. SELECTIONS FROM HIS WORKS

SAINT THOMAS AQUINAS. SELECTIONS FROM HIS WORKS

by AQUINAS, St. Thomas

Chatham, England: Limited Editions Club, 1969. Hardcover. Fine in a Fine slipcase. Reynolds Stone. Large quarto (8-1/2" x 11-3/4") in slate-gray pyroxylin-impregnated vellum cloth stamped in black pigment leaf with a checkerboard pattern of multiple crosses; 132 pages. Book designed by Will Carter. The translation of Father Thomas Gilby, selected and arranged by Dr. George N. Shuster who has also written the introduction. Copy #887 of 1500 copies illustrated with wood engravings by Reynolds Stone and... Read more about this item
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A$197.51
The Spear

The Spear

by Herbert, James

Lakewood, CO: Centipede Press, 2021. Prestige reprint of the classic thriller of an occult neo-Nazi conspiracy, with new illustrations by Gerberding, jacket art by David Ho, repros of paperback covers, discussion of the plagiarism lawsuit endured by the author and including one of the original chapter prologues which precipitated the charge of plagiarism, Afterword discussing the court case by author/editor/publisher Jo Fletcher. Number 289 of 300 copies printed, SIGNED by Ho, Gerberding, & Fletcher,... Read more about this item
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A$316.02
THE LYRICS OF FRANCOIS VILLON

THE LYRICS OF FRANCOIS VILLON

by VILLON, Francois

Croton Falls, NY: Limited Editions Club, 1933. Hardcover. Small remnant of bookplate on front endpaper, otherwise Fine in a Near Fine slipcase. Howard Simon. Quarto (7-1/2" x 11-1/2") bound in brown buckram, 136 pages. Done into English verse by Algernon Charles Swinburne, Dante Gabriel Rossetti, William Ernest Henley, John Payne and Leonie Adams. With an Introduction by Leonie Adams. Hand-set type and hand-printed by Joseph Blumenthal at the Spiral Press. Illustrated with thirty woodcuts in two colors... Read more about this item
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A$246.97
Short stories

Short stories

by Saki; Letts, J. (ed. & intro.)

The Folio Society, 1976. 1st edition thus. Pale green cloth cover with drawing by Osbert Lancaster. Fine/No slip case. As new.
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A$11.80
The Pickwick Papers: Some Bibliographical Remarks

The Pickwick Papers: Some Bibliographical Remarks

by Bay, J. Christian

Chicago: Caxton Club, 1938. "An address delivered before the Caxton Club, January Sixteenth, 1937", discussing the illustrator Robert Seymour's share of the credit for creating Pickwick, and various states of text & one illustration in early issues of the book. Hardcover, full red cloth, gilt titling, blind-stamped decoration. One of 250 copies printed by D.B. Updike at The Merrymount Press in Boston. Light wear to corners; previous owner's name in pencil on front end sheet;... Read more about this item
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A$79.01
CALIFORNIA'S PICTORIAL LETTER SHEETS 1849-1869

CALIFORNIA'S PICTORIAL LETTER SHEETS 1849-1869

by Baird, Joseph Armstrong, Jr

Large quarto (14 X 10 1/2 inches) San Francisco: David Magee, 1967. One of 475 copies printed by Robert Grabhorn & Andrew Hoyem. 171 pages printed on heavy wove paper, quarter bound brick red leather with title in gilt on the spine, patterned paper over boards, hardcover - very good condition (minor scuffing at head and tale of spine from shelf wear, not affecting contents).

Illustrated with 60 plates - full size reproductions showing examples of California Gold Rush letter sheets - one facsimile is in... Read more about this item
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A$150.11