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ADULTS ALPHABETS: examples of English press alphabet books from the last hundred years with an alphabetical description, copious illustrations and a checklist of press alphabet books
Edition: First Edition
Hanborough, Oxford, England: Hanborough Parrot Press, 1990. Colour printed cloth with spine and cover labels. pp 45, [3]. Well illustrated in black and white. #90 of 170 copies, this is one of 85 uncoloured copies. Only 25 copies were fully coloured & 60 partly coloured. David Jones, Enid Marx, Edward Burra, Leadenhall Press, William Nicholson, others. 56 books in the checklist. Front cover a bit (seasonally?) splayed, else fine.; Folio; Signed by Author
Book ID: 48496More details Price: USD $175.00 USD $157.50 -
DEDICATORY PROGRAM. Baker Memorial Methodist Episcopal Church, East Aurora, New York, September 2nd to 7th, 1918
Edition: First Edition
East Aurora, New York: 1918. Quarto, pp 32, string tied in tan card covers printed in green and red. Numerous photos (one in colour), vingette illustrations in light green in lower margins. Light foxing to first and last page; crease to upper outer corner throughout; VG clean & uworn copy otherwise. Though not stated, this was clearly printed by The Roycrofters. Scarce.
Book ID: 41748More details Price: USD $50.00 USD $45.00 -
EM LITERARY III/IV
Book ID: 46475More details Price: USD $35.00 USD $31.50
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MANIPULATIONS ON GREEK THEMES: poems. Wood engravings by Oswald Turner
Edition: First Edition
Toronto: Roger Ascham Press, 1986. Orange quarter morocco and orange and white batik illustrated cloth, brown endpapers and fly leaves, colour decorations. pp (12), (97). #43 of 120 numbered copies. A fine copy, lacking the slipcase."This book is printed by letter-press on damp hand made paper from Ferdinando Amatruda's Mill in Amalfi Italy. Wood engravings are hand cut on box wood and printed from the original blocks. The type face is Bruce Rogers' Centaur, handset for optical even spacing; The text is 12 on 15 points. The poem titles in 14 pt Arrighi Italic. Endpapers are Swedish Ingres, The binding is Oasis Goatskin with linen batik by Muriel McDonagh using traditional Greek motifs. Design, hand-printing and binding by George McDonagh."; Narrow quarto 0919038042
Book ID: 49813More details Price: USD $350.00 USD $315.00 -
POEMS. Leaves are falling on the rivers, fruits are falling in the garden. [by] David A. Donnell
Edition: First printing
Book ID: 45630More details Price: USD $195.00 USD $175.50 -
POEMS OF 1922 OR NOT LONG AFTER
Edition: First Edition
Kingston, ON: Heinrich Heine Press, 1972. Octavo, black typgraphical cloth printed in red, orange, yellow, and pink, without jacket, as issued. Text printed on four hot colours of paper, with lime and purple endpapers. A fine copy. Total edition of 150 numbered copies signed by the author and publisher, Peter Dorn, this is no. 147. Poetry by the distinguished Canadian German scholar and painter. ; Octavo; [64] pages
Book ID: 55666More details Price: USD $95.00 USD $85.50 -
RETALIATION: a poem by Dr. Goldsmith, including epitaphs on the most distinguished wits of this metropolis
Westport, Connecticut: Richard W. Ellis, The Georgian Press, 1929. Quarto, tan boards with paper spine label. pp (4), (25), [3]. Fore and bottom edges rough trimmed. Bit of wear to spine ends, sticker scar in corner of front cover, slight wear to outer corners; VG externally, internally fine. #333 of an edition of 435 copies. The poem was first published London, 1774.
Book ID: 41843More details Price: USD $34.95 USD $31.46 -
THE LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT OF SILVERDENE EMBLEM O'NEILL (BLEMIE'S WILL)
Edition: First of this edition
Toronto: David B. Kotin / The Nightshade Press, 1988. 24 x 14.5 cm, pp (16), sewn, in blue textured card covers. Fine copy, with prospectus leaf laid in. #62 of an edition of 100 copies, issued to mark the centenary of O'Neill's birth. Designed, typeset, and printed by Glenn Goluska at The Nightshade Press. Blemie was the O'Neills' beloved Dalmatian, who died of old age in Dec., 1940. O'Neill wrote the piece to comfort his grieving wife.
Book ID: 50422More details Price: USD $100.00 USD $90.00 -
THE SEASON OF THE ROSES: eighteen minnesongs selected and translated by Willem Campschreur
Edition: First Edition
Book ID: 49271More details Price: USD $275.00 USD $247.50 -
TRAVELS WITH A DONKEY: with a prefatory letter from the author, an introduction by André Chamson, and illustrations by Roger Duvoisin
New York: Limited Editions Club, 1957. Pale green basket-weave linen with a paper label on the front cover and spine; Colour endpaper maps. pp (xxii), (156), [2]. Colour and b&w vignette illustrations in text. Spne a bit sunned, pencil signature of author Leon Rooke, else fine. Green card slipcase is sunned to the spine and other edges, slight rubbing, VG generally. #820 of an edition of 1500 copies, signed by Duvoisin. ; Tall octavo; Signed by Illustrator
Book ID: 53942More details Price: USD $50.00 USD $45.00