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Decatur: Wisteria Press (1996). 1st ed., 1996. 1-250 numbered and SIGNED by Butler and Moser. 8vo. 41 pp. Three short stories and an introduction by the Pulitzer Prize winning author, with three original engravings by Barry Moser. Printed letterpress on mouldmade Zerkall Book by Dwight Agner at The Press of the Nightowl in three colors and handbound in brown and rust colored linnen cloth. Very fine in the clear acetate DJ.. Signed by Author(s). 1st Edition. Hardcover. New/No Jacket.

Decatur: Wisteria Press (1996). 1st ed., 1996. 1-250 numbered and SIGNED by Butler and Moser. 8vo. 41 pp. Three short stories and an introduction by the Pulitzer Prize winning author, with three original engravings by Barry Moser. Printed letterpress on mouldmade Zerkall Book by Dwight Agner at The Press of the Nightowl in three colors and handbound in brown and rust colored linnen cloth. Very fine in the clear acetate DJ.. Signed by Author(s). 1st Edition. Hardcover. As New.

London: The Nonesuch Press, 1932., 1932. First printing. #186 of 750 copies printed by John Johnson on Auvergne hand-made paper. 4to. 80 pp. Bound in white paper over boards, yapp fore edge, blind-stamped front cover pattern. Some spinal and perimeter age toning else tight, very good plus without the glassine.. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good.

(NY: The Grenfell Press, 1985)., 1985. Copy VI of 15 Roman-numeraled copies SIGNED by Hawkes and the artist, T. L. Solien. Letterpress printed. 4to. Color frontispiece illustration by Solien. 64 pp. Bound in full tan morocco with red and black hand-colored illustration done by Solien on the front cover. Laid in is the book's prospects. This is a fine book in a cracked clear plexiglass publisher's slipcase.. Signed by Author(s). 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine.

[London] The Nonesuch Press, 1928., 1928. First printing. Limited edition: 1-1475 numbered copies, this being number 242. Folio. 325 pp. Illustrated by Sandro Botticelli. Bound in gilt-stamped orange vellum. Top edge gilt. Printed by the Westminster Press on Van Gelder paper; illustrations printed by Daniel Jacomet. Spine sunned and covers with some typical bowing, vellum on front and rear covers bright with light soil. This is a tight, very good book.. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good.

Soho: The Nonesuch Press, 1923., 1923. First printing. #230 of 1250 copies printed on Vidalon hand-made paper. 8vo. Frontispiece portrait. xxiii, 91 pp. Half-bound in vellum with decorative papers over boards. Light bumping and wear at tips, small leather owner's label front pastedown and name second free endpaper, else this is a tight, very good plus book; spinal vellum quite nice.. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good.

London: The Nonesuch Press, 1926., 1926. First printing. #695 of 1050 copies. 8vo. xx, 213 pp. Original brown cloth binding on beveled boards. Gilt stamped leather spinal label. Spine darkened, some scattered wear to cloth surface on front cover, free endpapers with browning, else very good minus.. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good.

Canton: Wisteria Press (1999). 1st ed., 1999. 1-250 numbered copies SIGNED by Soyinka and by Barry Moser. We are honored to announce the publication of the first fine press limited edition by Wole Soyinka, winner of the 1986 Nobel Prize for Literature. Wisteria Press fourth book is a volume of powerful original poetry: Soyinkas first since the widely acclaimed collection, Mandelas Earth (1988). Wole Soyinka has lived in exile from Nigeria since 1994 under a threat of death (which was only recently rescinded). He reflects in these seven poems written during this period on his own alienation in the presence of tyranny; the effects of the despotism in Nigeria on its children; the virus of loss,creativity and dispossession. The 36 page book is letterpress printed in three colors by Dwight Agner of The Press of the Nightowl and is illustrated with an original engraved frontispiece portrait of Soyinka by Barry Moser. Dr. Rudolph Byrd, chairman of the African-American Studies Program at Emory University,… Read More

London: The Nonesuch Press, 1928., 1928. First printing. . #1074 of 1600 copies printed by the Kynoch Press on Arches paper. 8vo. Frontispiece illustration. x, 450 pp. Illustrated with wood-cuts by Karl Michel. Original decorative marbled cloth binding with gilt-stamped vellum spinal label. Spine slightly darkened, else tight, very good plus or better.. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good.

London, The Nonesuch Press, 1926., 1926. First printing. Two volumes (complete). Limited edition: 1-1450 numbered copies, this being number 745. 4to. 283 pp.; 359 pp. Illustrated. Original half-vellum with patterned cloth over boards. Text edited by Canon Beeching. Pictures chosen and titled by Geoffrey Keynes. Printed on Van Gelder Rag paper. Pages largely uncut. Both spines darkened with scattered foxing. Small chip top of spine of Paradise Lost volume. Tips bumped. Very good set.. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good.

London: The Nonesuch Press, 1927., 1927. First printing. Printed from the manuscript in the Bodleian Library. 878 of 1500 copies. 8vo. Frontispiece engraved portrait of Herbert. x, 213 pp. Original decorative red and tan cloth binding. Spine slightly darkened with some cloth wear at top of spine, typical offsetting from engraving onto title page, else tight, very good.. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good.

Athens, GA: Privately Printed {Sacrum Press), 1993. 1st ed., 1993. Limited to fifteen copies printed by Sacrum Press. 8vo. 72 pp. Original quarter blue cloth with patterned boards, printed paper spinal label. Very fine.. 1st Edition. Hardcover. As New.

Newark, VT: The Janus Press (For Charles Seluzicki), 1978., 1978. Decorations cut by Dorian McGowan. Limited to 300 numbered copies SIGNED by Snodgrass, this being #143. 4to. Unpaginated. Bound in stiff decorated grey wrappers. Printed by Claire van Vliet and Victoria Fraser at the Janus Press. Very fine.. Signed by Author(s). 1st Edition. Soft cover. As New.