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[Mt. Vernon]: Limited Editions Club, 1971. Hardcover. Fine in a Fine slipcase of this charming book. A wonderful Valentine's Day present. Eric Fraser. Octavo (6-1/4" x 9") bound in full imported natural vellum over heavy beveled boards with Cupid stamped in pure gold leaf on both covers and lettered in gold leaf on the spine; 152 pages. Translation, introduction, and notes by B. P. Moore. Illustrated with 20 black-and-white part-page and 10 two-color full-page pen-and-ink drawings by Eric Fraser. Copy #1087 of 1500 SIGNED by the artist on the colophon page. Monthly Letter laid in.
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THE ART OF LOVE
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THE ART OF LOVE
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[Mt. Vernon]: Limited Editions Club, 1971. Hardcover. Bookplate on the front pastedown. About Fine in a Fine slipcase of this charming book. A wonderful Valentine's Day present. Eric Fraser. Octavo (6-1/4" x 9") bound in full imported natural vellum over heavy beveled boards with Cupid stamped in pure gold leaf on both covers and lettered in gold leaf on the spine; 152 pages. Translation, introduction, and notes by B. P. Moore. Illustrated with 20 black-and-white part-page and 10 two-color full-page pen-and-ink drawings by Eric Fraser. Copy #39 of 1500 SIGNED by the artist on the colophon page.
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THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF BENJAMIN FRANKLIN
by FRANKLIN, Benjamin
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San Francisco: Limited Editions Club, 1931. Hardcover. Some mottling and chipping of the vellum on the spine with a brief tear at the head. Very Good, lacking the slipcase. Folio (9" x 13-1/4") bound in medieval half vellum with French marbled paper sides. Introduction and marginal glosses by Edward O'Day. Illustrated with an etched portrait of Franklin and line borders by William Wilke. Copy #1302 of 1500 designed, printed, and bound by John Henry Nash and SIGNED by him on the colophon page. A beautifully printed book.
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BEL-AMI
by MAUPASSANT, Guy de
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New York: Limited Editions Club, 1968. Hardcover. Fine in glassine and a lightly soiled, Near Fine slipcase. Bernard LaMotte. Quarto (8-1/4" x 11-1/4") bound in dark blue cloth stamped in gilt and white, 280 pages. Designed by Adrian Wilson and printed at the press of A. Colish. Introduction by Alec Waugh. Illustrations are fine full-page reproductions of watercolors by Bernard LaMotte, perhaps best known as the illustrator of Saint-Exupery's aviation books. Copy #970 of 1500 numbered copies SIGNED by the artist on the colophon page. Monthly Letter laid in.
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BEL-AMI
by MAUPASSANT, Guy de
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New York: Limited Editions Club, 1968. Hardcover. Bookplate on the front pastedown. Fine in a lightly soiled, Near Fine slipcase. Bernard LaMotte. Quarto (8-1/4" x 11-1/4") bound in dark blue cloth stamped in gilt and white, 280 pages. Designed by Adrian Wilson and printed at the press of A. Colish. Introduction by Alec Waugh. Illustrations are fine full-page reproductions of watercolors by Bernard LaMotte, perhaps best known as the illustrator of Saint-Exupery's aviation books. Copy #39 of 1500 numbered copies SIGNED by the artist on the colophon page.
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BEL-AMI
by MAUPASSANT, Guy de
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New York: Limited Editions Club, 1968. Hardcover. Fine in a Near Fine slipcase. Bernard LaMotte. Quarto (8-1/4" x 11-1/4") bound in dark blue cloth stamped in gilt and white, 280 pages. Designed by Adrian Wilson and printed at the press of A. Colish. Introduction by Alec Waugh. Illustrations are fine full-page reproductions of watercolors by Bernard LaMotte, perhaps best known as the illustrator of Saint-Exupery's aviation books. Copy #887 of 1500 numbered copies SIGNED by the artist on the colophon page.
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THE BIRD AND BULL COMMONPLACE BOOK
by MORRIS, Henry et. al
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North Hills: Bird & Bull Press, 1971. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine in a Fine slipcase. Quarto (9-1/4" x 12"), 65 (6) pages. Bound in cloth-backed marbled boards. One of 255 copies with numerous samples of paper made by hand from such substances as junk mail and wasp nests. With brass cathouse token in small pocket inside rear cover, as issued. Delightful book!
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THE BOOK OF BALLADS. The Artist's Copy
by [KREDEL, Fritz]
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New York: Limited Editions Club, 1967. Cloth-backed boards. Some foxing to gutters. About Fine in lightly worn glassine and a lightly soiled, Near Fine slipcase. Fritz Kredel. Tall octavo (6-3/4" x 10-3/4") bound in quarter blue buckram and decorated boards, 240 pages. A collection of 87 classic ballads from all over the world, but primarily from England and America, selected and edited by MacEdward Leach. Illustrated with 36 hand-colored woodcuts by Fritz Kredel. Of a total of 1500 numbered copies SIGNED by the artist on the colophon page, this is one of only 15 Presentation Copies with the publisher's blindstamp on the colophon page and initialed "F.K." instead of numbered, indicating that it is the artist's own copy of the book. Monthly Letter laid in.
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BOOK OF COMMON PRAYER
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Boston: Printed for The Commission (by D. B. Updike at The Merrymount Press), 1928 (1930). First Edition. Hardcover. A title notorious for wear and weak hinges, this is a tight, Near Fine copy with light edgewear and minor marks to the spine and front cover. Thick folio (9-3/4" x 13-3/4") in publisher's oxblood pigskin leather stamped in black, top edge gilt; xli, 611 pages. Beautifully printed in black and red on English hand-made rag paper by D. B. Updike in an edition of 500 copies of which only 250 were for sale at the cost of one hundred and fifty dollars in 1930. Updike's magnum opus and one of the most beautifully designed American books of the twentieth century. Printed for the Joint Commission on the Revision and Enrichment of THE BOOK OF COMMON PRAYER and financed by the banker J.P.Morgan, Updike was well-suited to printing the work being a staunch Episcopalian and familiar with the text; it took two years to produce. This copy was presented to the Archbishop of Nova Scotia with a partly…
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THE CAPTAIN'S DAUGHTER & OTHER STORIES
by PUSHKIN, ALexander
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[Westerham, Kent]: Limited Editions Club, 1971. Hardcover. Bookplate on the verso of the front free endpaper. About Fine in a Very Good slipcase with wear and staining along the backstrip. Charles Mozley. Tall quarto (8-3/8" x 12-1/2") bound in green buckram and linen. Designed by Charles Mozley and printed by the Westerham Press in Kent.Introduction by Kathryn Feuer. Illustrated with lithographs in color and monochrome by Charles Mozley. Copy #39 of 1500 numbered copies SIGNED by the artist on the colophon page.
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THE CAPTAIN'S DAUGHTER & OTHER STORIES
by PUSHKIN, Alexander
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[New York]: Limited Editions Club, 1971. Hardcover. Fine in glassine and a Fine slipcase. Charles Mozley. Large quarto (8-3/8" x 12-1/2") bound in two tones of green cloth with pure gold-leaf stamping. Printed at the Westerham Press in England on superb handmade paper and illustrated with 14 full-page color lithographs and 57 monochrome drawings, 19 of which are full-page, by Charles Mozley. Copy #1087 of 1500 SIGNED by the illustrator on the colophon page. Monthly Letter laid in.
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CHRISTMAS WITH THE CRATCHITS
by PRITCHETT, V. S
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(Berkeley): Hart Press, (1964). First Edition. Printed wraps. Near Fine. Victor Anderson. Chapbook in red printed wraps; illustrated by Victor Anderson. One of 155 copies (limitation not stated) printed as a Christmas greeting with slip from the Harts laid in.
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THE CHRONICLES OF ENGLAND, FRANCE, SPAIN AND OTHER PLACES ADJOINING
by FROISSART, Sir John
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New York: Limited Editions Club, 1959. Hardcover. Spine a little sunned. Close to Fine in a Fine slipcase. Henry C. Pitz. Large octavo (7-1/4" x 11") bound in buckram with the side-strips bearing an all-over pattern of escutcheons, the center strip stamped in gold with a large escutcheon quartered in red and blue containing the title, and flanked by groups of lances; 748 pages. Translation of Lord Berners edited by G. C. Macaulay with an introduction by Dr. Sidney Painter of this account of the first half of The Hundred Years War. Two-page spread illustrations by Henry C. Pitz hand-colored through stencils at the Walter Fischer Studio. Copy #39 of 1500 SIGNED by the artist on the colophon page. Handsome edition of this classic.
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CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE
by THOREAU, Henry David
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Boston: David R. Godine, 1969. Hardcover. Darkening at the head and heel of gutters from binder's glue with slight effect on a few pages. Just about Fine. Copy #XIV of only 50 numbered copies bound by hand in morocco-backed marbled boards of a total edition of 650 printed in red and black by The Gehenna Press.
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COMPENDIOSA BIBLIOGRAFIA DE EDIZIONI BODONIANE
by BROOKS, H. C.
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(Mansfield): M. Martino, [1994]. Reprint. Cloth. Fine. Quarto (8-1/4" x 11"); light orange cloth; , ix, 357 pages. First published in 1927. With detailed collations for 1417 fine press books produced from the two presses with which Bodoni was associated throughout his life. Numerous facsimiles of typefaces, title pages, and other aspects of Bodoni's work are provided.
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COUNT STEFAN
by COPPARD, A. E
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[Waltham Saint Lawrence]: The Golden Cockerel Press, 1928. First Edition. hardcover. Spine slightly darkened. Near Fine, lacking the dustwrapper. Robert Gibbings. Cloth-backed marbled boards. Illustrated with four wood engravings by Robert Gibbings. Copy #532 of 600 copies printed by Robert Gibbings.
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THE DECAMERON
by BOCCACCIO, Giovanni
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New York: Limited Editions Club, (1940). Hardcover. Near Fine, lacking the slipcase. Fritz Kredel. Two large octavo (7-1/4" x 10-1/4") volumes bound in half black calf and decorated linen boards. The first English translation of 1620, plus two tales there omitted. Copy #452 of only 530 copies, one of the scarcest publications of the press, illustrated with woodcuts by Fritz Kredel and SIGNED by the artist on the colophon page.
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THE DECAMERON
by BOCCACCIO, Giovanni
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New York: Limited Editions Club, (1940). Hardcover. Mild rubbing to spine tips. Close to Fine in a Near Fine slipcase with some spotting. Fritz Kredel. Two large octavo (7-1/4" x 10-1/4") volumes bound in half black calf and decorated linen boards. The first English translation of 1620, plus two tales there omitted. Illustrated with woodcuts by Fritz Kredel. One of the scarcest publications of the press with only 530 copies printed. Of that total edition of 530 copies SIGNED by the illustrator on the colophon page, this is one of only 15 Presentation Copies with the publisher's blindstamp attesting to such on the colophon page where the printed number "476" is struck through and the initials "G.M." are handwritten. Acquired directly from the publisher's files, and most likely the publisher George Macy's very own copy.
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A DISCOURSE UTTER'D IN PART AT AMMAUSKEEG-FALLS IN THE FISHING SEASON 1739
by SECCOMBE, Joseph
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Barre, MA: Barre Publishers, 1971. Leather-backed boards. Near Fine in glassine and slipcase. Makes a lovely gift. Michael McCurdy. Quarto (7-1/2" x 10-3/4") bound in morocco-backed decorated boards. Illustrated with wood engravings by Michael McCurdy. One of 1000 copies SIGNED by the artist of this fine edition of what is generally recognized as the first American book on fishing, first published in the eighteenth century. This copy is unnumbered, out of series.
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THE DIVINE COMEDY OF DANTE ALIGHIERI
by DANTE, Alighieri
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New York: Limited Editions Club, 1932. Hardcover. Fine in a soiled, Very Good slipcase with some splitting but intact. Folio (8" x 12-3/4") bound in full cloth specially woven in rose and buff by Fortuny of Venice with a gold- stamped linen spine label. Translated and annotated by Melville Best Anderson with an introduction by Arthur Livingston. Designed, printed on rag mould-made paper, and bound by Hans Mardersteig at the Officina Bodoni in Verona, Italy. Copy #623 of 1500 SIGNED by the designer on the colophon page. Handsome book, beautifully printed.
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