catalog 298.indd - Oak Knoll Books

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1. (Abbe, Elfriede) SEVEN IRISH TALES, WITH WOODCUTS BY ELF-
RIEDE ABBE and AE SOP ’S FABLE S. Two volumes, inserted in common
slipcase. Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press, (1957), 4to, cloth, fore-edge uncut;
paper boards, fore-edge uncut, slipcase built for two different sized books. (x),
44+(1); (vi), 70, (2) pages. $ 375.00
Two separate volumes. Limited edition of 275 and 500 numbered and signed copies respectively. Seven
Irish Tales with black and white woodcut illustrations by Elfriede Abbe. Abbe (1919–) is a scupltor and
wood engraver who has won numerous prizes for her work. Aesop’s Fables printed 1950 and illustrated
by Abbe. Both volumes designed, illustrated, hand-set, hand-printed, and signed by Abbe. Boards of
first volume scuffed at edges. Boards of second volume faded along fore-edge. [107228]
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2. (Abbey Collection) CATALOGUE OF VALUABLE PRINTED BOOKS
AND FINE BINDINGS FROM THE CELEBRATED COLLECTION,
THE PROPERTY OF MAJOR J.R. ABBEY. Eight (of eleven) volumes. London:
Sotheby & Co., 1965–1989, small 4to., paper-covered boards. $ 250.00
Lacking parts 9, 10, 11. Includes Abbey’s bindings and illuminated manuscripts. [60844]
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the complete set
3. (Abbey, J.R.) CATALOGUE OF VALUABLE PRINTED BOOKS AND
FINE BINDINGS FROM THE CELEBRATED COLLECTION, THE
PROPERTY OF MAJOR J.R. ABBEY. Eleven volumes, complete. London:
Sotheby & Co., 1965, 1966, 1967, 1967, 1970, 1970, 1970, small 4to., boards. variously
paginated. $ 450.00
The complete set of the auction sale catalogue of this very fine private library. Includes Abbey’s
bindings and illuminated manuscripts. The first eight parts are the illustrated versions in green paper
covered boards. Parts 9, 10, 11 are not the illustrated versions (part 11 has color plates). [106137]
4. Addison, Joseph, Richard Steele, et. al. THE SPECTATOR; WITH ILLUS-
TRATIVE NOTES. TO WHICH ARE PREFIXED, THE LIVES OF THE
AUTHORS. Eight volumes.London: H.D. Symonds, et al., 1801, 8vo., contemporary
full marbled calf, spine gilt with black leather spine labels. $ 550.00
Reprint of this famous periodical. “Comprending, Addison, Steele, Parnell, Hughes, Budgell, Eusden,
Tickell, and Pope. with Critical Remarks on their Respective Writings.” Minor wear at spine ends.
Bookplate. Well preserved set. [106738]
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5. (Aesop) Goldschmidt, Adolph. AN EARLY MANU-
SCRIPT OF THE AESOP FABLES OF AVIANUS
AND RELATED MANUSCRIPTS. Princeton, NJ:
Princeton Unversity Press, 1947, 4to., cloth. (x), 63 pages
followed by 32 full page plates.. $ 135.00
Studies in Manuscript Illumination, Number 1. Minor foxing.
[107469]
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6. (Allen Press) Tolstoy, Leo. WHAT MEN LIVE BY. Belvedere,
CA: L-D Allen Press, 1951, 8vo, quarter cloth, papercovered
boards, label on spine, top edge cut, others uncut.
unpaginated. $ 300.00
Limited edition of 150 (Allen Press Bibliography, No.10). Romanée type
face, hand-set; Hand-made Maidstone paper. Wood engravings in color by
Mallette Dean. Brief exhortative novel by Tolstoy. Publisher’s informative
statement laid in. Bottom of front board slightly soiled. Back board slightly
faded at top edge and along spine. [107074]
7. AMERICAN AGRICULTURALIST, FARM,
GARDEN, AND HOUSEHOLD. New York: Orange
Judd Company, 1875, 4to., later cloth with 12 issues
bound-in. 481 pages. $ 100.00
Volume XXXIV, No.1 to No.12, January to December, a complete
year. Filled with interesting advertisements and illustrations.
Cover of first issue is laid down on front cover and last page laid
down on back cover of later cloth. Inside front cover and last leaf
laid down on front and back pastedowns. Wear at beginning and
end. [107375]
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8. Anders, F. CODEX PERESIANUS (CODEX PARIS), BIBLIOTHÈQUE
NATIONALE PARIS. Introduction and Summary, F. Anders. Graz: Akademische
Druck-u. Verlagsanstalt, (1968), tall 8vo., stiff paper wrappers (text); foldout
stiff paper facsimile of codex in 22 pages. 41 pages; foldout facsimile. $ 200.00
Text in German with English summary accompanied by full color foldout facsimile of the codex. This
is one of three surviving Mayan codices from pre-Columbian times and exists as a fragment of the
original. Spot on spine of folding case. [107163]
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9. Apollinaire, Guillaume. L’ ENCHAN-
TEUR POURRISSANT. Paris: Éditions
de la Nouvelle Revue Française, 1921, 12mo,
modern limp vellum, sewn with two vellum
tapes, original paper wrappers bound-in,
clamshell box with leather spine label. 89,
(4) pages. $ 450.00
Text in French. Black and white woodcut illustrations
by André Durain. Rebound in 2006 as limp vellum
binding and new endpapers, sewn with two vellum
tapes. Original wrapper illustration transferred to
new binding. Purchase and rebinding invoices laid in.
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10. THE APPLIED ARTS BOOK. THE VOICE OF THE APPLIED
ARTS GUIDE WORCESTER MASS. volume 1–10 only. Worcester, MA: Applied
Arts Guild, 1901–1902, small 8vo, leather. various pagination. $ 225.00
Vol 1–10 only. September, 1901–June, 1902. School handbooks for introduction to applied arts. All
volumes bound in one. Some leather chippings. Beautiful text block. [105566]
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proof sheet
11. (Ashendene Press) Dante. Proof sheet from the Ashendene Press Divine
Comedy. (London: Ashendene Press, 1904), broadside (16 1/8 x 11 1/4 inches).
$ 750.00
See Bibliography of the Ashendene Press XX for the description of this book. It was produced in 150
copies on paper and 20 copies on vellum. This sheet, printed on only one side, bears the page number
“79” and contains a large woodcut by Charles M. Gere and an initial chapter lettering in red ink by
Graily Hewitt. Another copy of this proof page was sold at PBA Galleries in June 2009. [105924]
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12. AUTHOR’S PRINTING AND PUBLISHING ASSISTANT. London:
Saunders and Otley, n.d., 12mo., original cloth-covered boards with gilt lettering on
cover, edges gilt. (vi), 67, (36) pages plus 2 fold-out plates. $ 185.00
Fifth edition (Bigmore & Wyman I,24). Subtitle continues, “Comprising Explanations of the
Process of Printing, Preparation & Calculation of Manuscripts, Punctuation, Choice of Paper, Type,
Binding, Illustrations, Publishing, Advertising, &c, with an Exemplification and Description of the
Typographical Marks unused in the Correction of the Press.” One fold-out displays specimens and
names of the different sizes of type, the other shows a page properly annotated with corrections and
the revised version. Section at the back listing works published by Messrs. Saunders and Otley. Covers
blind stamped with border design. Front cover blind stamped with the words Mercantile Library
Company with so much force that the indentation is visible through the cover and the endpapers.
Library marks throughout. Spine missing, pages are loose, covers detached. Paper catalogue label on
lower left corner of front cover. Mercantile Library Company stamp less forceful on the rear cover.
Corners rubbed. Pages darkened. Front endpapers missing. [79400]
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13. (Baskerville, John) SELECT FABLES OF ESOP, AND OTHER FABU-
LISTS IN THREE BOOKS . Birmingham: John Baskervlle (sic), 1764, 12mo,
modern full calf, raised bands, slipcase. lxxvii, 186, (28) pages. $ 250.00
Second edition (Gaskell 27). Collection of the fables of Aesop and more modern fabulists. Preface, life
of Aesop by “Fabricius,” and an essay on the fable by R. Dodsley. Six engraved head and tail-pieces,
and fifteen full page plates bound in which are often lacking. These plates were printed from the
copperplates used in the 1761 first edition. Lacks the frontispiece. Bookseller’s description laid in.
Considerable foxing. Pages 41–42 torn and repaired. Marginal splits and tears to other pages. [107082]
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14. Baskin, Leonard. ARS ANATOMICA, A MEDICAL FANTASIA, THIR-
TEEN DRAWINGS. New York: Medicina Rara, (1972), tall folio, two sets of 13
suites enclosed in a leather backed boxed portfolio covered in a Bugra laid paper.
$ 450.00
First edition, limited to 2800 portfolios of which this is one of the 300 lettered copies which contain
double suites of the plates enclosed in the box and signed by Baskin. This series of illustrations by
Baskin were commissioned by Medicina Rara to show the anatomical man. Beautifully printed by the
Curwen Press. Shippping will be extra for this massive set. Very fine condition. [28455]
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15. (Beardsley, Aubrey) THE BIRTH
LIFE AND ACTS OF KING AR-
THUR OF HIS NOBLE KNIGHTS
OF THE ROUND TABLE THEIR
VARIOUS ENQUESTS AND
ADVENTURES THE ACHIEV-
ING OF THE SAN GREAL AND
IN THE END LE MORTE DAR-
THUR WITH THE DOLOUROUS
DEATH AND DEPARTING OUT
OF THE WORLD OF THEM ALL.
Two volumes. (Woodbridge, Suffolk,
England: Boydell Press, 1985), 4to,
cloth, gilt stamped, slipcase. (xxviii),
lxiv, 456; lxv-xc,457–990+(1) pages.
$ 200.00
Limited to 500 numbered copies. Text as written
by Thomas Malory and imprinted by William
Caxton in 1485. Introduction from 1893 edition by
John Rhys. Introduction to 1993 edition by Derek Brewer. Illustrations by Aubrey Beardsley. Gilt
floral design on spine and boards. Frontispieces in both volumes. [107126]
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16. Beath, Robert B. HISTORY OF THE GRAND ARMY OF THE REPUB-
LIC. With an Introduction by General Lucius Fairchild. New York: Bryan, Taylor &
Co., 1889, thick tall 8vo., original blue cloth stamped in black and gilt. xv, 702 pages.
$ 125.00
First edition. Filled with portraits, illustrations, and some separate plates. Minor rubbing along
front hinge and spine ends. Ink stamp name of former owner along top of introduction page. Well
preserved copy. [105974]
17. Bebr, Antonín. VITEZNÉ OBLOUKY A SLEPÉ ULICKY. Prague: Básne,
1930, 4to, quarter leather, marbled paper-covered boards, raised bands on spine, author
and title gilt-stamped on spine, top edge cut, other edges uncut. 99, (5) pages.
$ 650.00
Limited numbered edition of 25, the number handwritten and initialled by the illustrator. (Arno
Sánka, 2334). Text in Czech. Frontispiece. Triumphal Arches and an Impasse. Collection of poetry by
Antonin Bebr. Etchings and woodcut illustrations signed by artist Frantisek Kobliha. Handmade
paper. Bookseller’s description, in Czech, laid in. Slightly faded along edges. [108027]
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18. (Bewick, Thomas) Atkinson, George C. SKETCH OF THE LIFE AND
WORKS OF THE LATE THOMAS BEWICK . . . READ JUNE, 15, 1830.
[Drop-title:]. [Transactions of the Natural History Society of Northumberland]:
(1831), 4to., self paper wrappers, removed. pp. 132–159. $ 350.00
Engraved plate showing bust of Bewick by Bailey. Very scarce. The earliest posthumous account of
Bewick. Laid-down on the final leaf is a small broadside, with text noting the death of Bewick, his
place of burial, and his descendants, set between two Bewick funereal vignettes. Removed from larger
volume. [79946]
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19. (Bieler Press) Gilgun, John. EVERYTHING
THAT HAS BEEN SHALL BE AGAIN, THE
REINCARNATION FABLES OF.. With Nine
Wood Engravings by Michael McCurdy. St. Paul: The
Bieler Press, 1981, small 8vo., two-tone cloth, paper label
on spine, slipcase. 65, (3) pages. $ 175.00
Limited to 150 numbered copies, signed by artist and illustrator on
colophon. Nine fables: various beings find themselves reincarnated
into nine different animals, from worms to bears, and express
various attitudes towards life and the universe, from the standpoint
of the creature which they have become, or in rebellion against it.
With nine wood engravings (of the animals) as headpieces for each
fable. Cf. page 3 of the 1990 Bieler Press Catalogue. [52587]
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20. (Bird & Bull Press) McClure, Floyd Alonzo. CHINE SE BAMBOO PAPER-
MAKING. Newtown, PA: Bird & Bull Press, 2011, tall 8vo, quarter leather, cloth
covered boards. 92 pages, 24 illustrations. $ 360.00
One of 120 numbered copies. Floyd McClure (1897–1970) was considered the world’s leading authority
on bamboo. His manuscript for Chinese Handmade Papers, written in I928, laid dormant for 56 years,
along with trunks full of samples of papers for a book he hoped to publish. The manuscript and
samples were discovered by Elaine Koretsky in I984, and in I986 Bird & Bull Press published the
book, which remains one of Henry Morris’s favorites.
Hidden away in the huge carton of samples were 24 photographic color transparencies of I8thcentury
Chinese paintings depicting bamboo papermaking. The films were badly faded with an overall
bluish cast and were considered useless. These transparencies had been loaned to McClure by Dr.
W.B. Pettus, President of the California College in Peking. McClure greatly admired the paintings
and hoped a way could be found to reproduce them in his book. There was no information on the
origin of the transparencies except that they came from an unknown French collector.
When Henry Morris saw the album of 24 paintings of Chinese Bamboo Papermaking, published by
Akademie Verlag in I993, he realized the faded transparencies had been made from the same source.
Thanks to the advanced state of computer color technology these formerly-useless transparencies
have been restored and are shown here in a smaller size. McClure’s chapter “How the Chinese make
paper by hand” is included in an abridged form. It is limited to the portions of his text which illuminate
the scenes portrayed in the relevant paintings.
Chinese Bamboo Papermaking is composed in Dante types, printed letterpress on Zerkall mouldmade
paper and quarter-bound in African goatskin with leather spine label and Japanese cloth sides. Comes
with the prospectus. [107940]
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21. Blake, William. ILLUSTRATIONS TO YOUNG’S NIGHT THOUGHTS
DONE IN WATER-COLOUR BY WILLIAM BLAKE. Cambridge, MA:
Fogg Museum of Art, 1927, folio, cloth portfolio with fold-in flaps and ties. (20) pages
+ 30 plates. $ 250.00
Printed for the Fogg Art Museum by the Harvard University Press in an edition limited to 500
numbered copies (Bentley 395). Prefatory Note by Chester N. Greenough. Introductory Essay by
Geoffrey Keynes. Thirty plates, five in color, selected from the 537 original water-colors in the library
of William Augustus White. An excellent job of color facsimile, showing the glory of the original
water-colors. Portfolio is faded. [70129]
22. (Bonnard, Pierre) Gide, André. LE PROMÉTHÉE MAL ENCHAINÉ.
Paris: Éditions de la Nouvelle Revue Française, 1920, 8vo, stiff paper wrappers.
unpaginated. $ 400.00
Limited edition of 750 numbered copies. Text in French. André Gide’s Prometheus Ill-Chained
Illustrated with 30 drawings by Pierre Bonnard. Bonnard (1867–1947) was a noted French print maker
and illustrator who has been widely exhibited in France and in the United States. He illustrated many
of the French deluxe editions of the early 20th century and is highly collected. Unopened. [107098]
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23. BOOK & PAPER GROUP ANNUAL (THE). 26 volumes. (Washington,
DC: American Institute for Conservation of Historic and Artistic Works), 1983–,
4to., stiff paper wrappers. various pagination. $ 500.00
Very large run of the annuals issued by this conservation / preservation group. Includes Volume 2
(1983)—Volume 20 (2001), Volume 22 (2003)—Volume 25 (2006)- Volume 27 (2008)-Volume 29 (2010).
Missing 3 volumes of the first 29. [106795]
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one of 35 on japanese vellum
24. (Bookbinding) AMERICAN BOOKBINDINGS IN THE LIBRARY OF
HENRY WILLIAM POOR DESCRIBED BY HENRI PENE DU BOIS.
ILLUSTRATED IN GOLD LEAF AND COLORS BY EDWARD BIER-
STADT. Jamaica, NY: George D. Smith, 1903, 8vo., cloth. xvi, 77 pages and 39 well
printed plates. $ 650.00
First edition, limited to 238 numbered copies; this is one of 35 copies printed on Imperial Japan paper
by Frank Hopkins at the Marion Press. (S-K 1391; Mejer 1320; Larremore 61 for Marion Press). An
excellent source book on bindings at the turn of the century as Poor had commissioned many of
the finest contemporary binders to bind his books. Describes books bound by the Club Bindery,
Stikeman, R.W. Smith, and Toof. The 39 plates are brilliant full color with gold leaf reproductions
of these bindings. Poor’s collection was sold at auction in 1908–09 with Henry Huntington a major
buyer. With the leather bookplate of Henry William Poor. Presentation from the author on the free
endpaper has been mostly rubbed off. Booklabel of Huntington Library on back pastedown. Minor
cover rubbing at spine ends. [106510]
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25. (Bookbinding) BIBLIOTHÈQUE RAPHAËL ESMERIAN. RELIURES
DE QUELQUES ATELIERS DU XVIIe SIECLE, LIVRES EN DIVERS GENRES
DES XVIIe ET XVIIIe SIECLES, LIVERES. En DIVERS GENRES DES XVIIIe
SIÉCLES. Paris: Georges Blaizot and Claude Guerin, (1972–1974), 4to., cloth. (vi),
183+(1); (68) pages. Paris: Georges Blaizot and Claude Guerin, (1972–1974), 4to.,
cloth. (vi),183+(1); (68) pages.. $ 175.00
S-K 1260. Only part two with Supplement of this six volume set. Filled with color plates. [55763]
26. (Bookbinding) EXAMPLES OF MODERN BOOKBINDING, DE-
SIGNED AND EXECUTED BY ROBT. RIVIERE & SON. London: Bernard
Quaritch Ltd., 1919, 4to., later cloth. (ii) pages followed by 69 full page plates
including 8 in full color. $ 400.00
S-K 6587. Limited to only 200 copies. (Brenni no.915). The color plates are spectacular; some of the
other plates are tinted with the rest in black and white. An illustrative study of the work of this fine
English binder. Minor spotting of covers. Ownership inscription in pencil. [75400]
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one of 100 copies
27. (Bookbinding) Gerring, Charles. NOTE S ON BOOK BINDING. Nottingham:
The Nottingham Sette of Odde Volumes, February 1899, 12mo., original cloth.
22, (2) and plates. $ 200.00
S-K 5213. First edition, one of 100 numbered copies signed by the author, who has written out the
limitation statement in pen. Well printed booklet with numerous plates. Endpapers foxed. With the
Randeria bookplate. [38845]
28. (Bookbinding) Hannover, Emil. KUNSTFÆRDIGE GAMLE BOGBIND
INDTIL 1850. København: Lehmann & Stages Forlag, 1907, small 4to., half cloth
with paper-covered boards, leather label on spine. 162 pages. $ 200.00
First edition, limited to 500 copies (S-K 847). The Danish Museum of Decorative Arts mounted this
1906 exhibit of old bookbindings. A preface by Hannover provides an overview of the material that
follows. The catalog is divided into the old style and the new style. The former includes examples
from the 15th and 16th centuries, with numerous examples of bound Aldus publications. The later
includes examples from the 17th and 18th centuries. A section at the end is devoted to Danish and
Norwegian bindings. All 144 books are pictured in black-and-white. In Danish. Original stiff paper
wrappers bound in. Inscribed in ink on original front wrapper and on half-title. [71462]
29. (Bookbinding) LIVRES ANCIENS DE PROVENANCES HISTO-
RIQUES LIVRES AVEC ARMOIRIES DES ROIS, REINES, PRINCES,
PRINCESSES, FAVORITES ET BIBLIOPHILES CELEBRES. Paris: Librairie
Théophile Belin, 1910, 8vo., later cloth, leather spine label with original stiff
paper wrappers bound-in. (iv), 116 pages with additional plates of illustrations.
$ 185.00
A bookseller’s catalogue with text describing 716 books noted for the association value of the binding.
Each featured item has a historic and interesting provenance, which is relayed in the accompanying
catalogue. Many plates in black-and-white. With a bookplate indicating that this set came from the
reference library of H.P. Kraus. Covers show faint spotting; some plates loose. [71253]
30. (Bookbinding) Nixon, Howard M. SIXTEENTH-CENTURY GOLD-
TOOLED BOOKBINDINGS IN THE PIERPONT MORGAN LIBRARY.
New York: Pierpont Morgan Library, 1971, small 4to., cloth. xv, 263 pages. $ 250.00
First edition. (S-K 3707, Brenni no.240). Preface by Charles Ryskamp, followed by a two-page
introduction by Nixon. The sixty-six bindings are described in great detail and each is accompanied
by an illustration. Includes an index of binders, owners and authors. Important book. [13323]
31. (Bookbinding) Oldham, J. Basil. ENGLISH BLIND-STAMPED BIND-
INGS. Cambridge: University Press, 1952, folio, cloth, dust jacket. 73 pages followed
by 61 plates. $ 250.00
S-K 3513. First edition, limited to 750 copies. (Brenni no.825). One of the Sandars Lectures for 1949.
An excellent reference book. Very fine copy with original prospectus loosely inserted. [5874]
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32. (Bookbinding) Rudbeck, Gustaf. BRODERADE BOKBAND FRÅN ÄL-
DRE TID I SVENSKA SAMLINGAR. Stockholm: Föreningen för bokhantverk,
1925, folio, cloth with stiff paper wrappers bound-in, two leather spine labels.
110 pages. $ 175.00
First edition (Schmidt-Künsemüller 3639). A study in Swedish bookbinding and embroidery made
for book covers. Includes 39 plates, several in color. The plates and accompanying discussions are
organized by material, including sections on books bound with velvet, silk and animal skin. [71221]
33. (Bookbinding) Sonntag Jun., Carl. CATALOGUE XXI, LIVRE S DANS
DE RICHES RELIURES DES QUINZIÉME, SEIZIÉME, DIX-SEP-
TIEME, DIX-HUITIÉME ET DIX-NEUVIÉME SIÈCLES. Avec 52
Planches dont 9 en Coleurs. Leipzig: Librairie C.G. Boerner, n.d. (1912), 4to., later
cloth with front paper wrapper bound-in. xvi, 108 pages. $ 210.00
K-S 1461; Mejer no.1540; Brenni no.278. A superb catalogue with text in French and German, wellillustrated
and with prices given. “In Germany, Gustav Nebehay, partner of the firm of C. G. Boerner,
commissioned his father-in-law, the bookbinder Carl Sonntag, to compile a handsome binding
catalogue on the French model.”—Breslauer, The Uses of Bookbinding Literature, pp. 24–5. Total of 52
separately bound-in plates. With a bookplate indicating that this set came from the reference library
of H.P. Kraus. [75397]
34. (Bookbinding) Tidcombe, Marianne. THE BOOKBINDINGS OF T.J.
COBDEN-SANDERSON A STUDY OF HIS WORK, 1884–1893, BASED
ON HIS TIME BOOK. With a foreword by John Dreyfus. London: The British
Library, 1984, 4to., cloth, slipcase. xii, 407 pages. $ 250.00
First edition. An excellent analytical study of this founder of modern bookbinding. This work is based
on Cobden-Sanderson’s Time Book, in which he recorded the volumes he bound between 1884 and 1893.
However, it has been greatly expanded and updated to include full bibliographical descriptions of all
known bindings. There is also a biographical introduction and interesting chapters on the features
of Cobden-Sanderson’s bindings and his notes on bookbinding. The appendices contain drawings,
designs, a list of Cobden-Sanderson’s tools, and major exhibitions of his bindings. A very important
and magnificently produced book. Illustrated with 200 black-and-white photographs and a colored
frontispiece. Signed and dated by the author on the half-title. With the bookplate of Frederick B.
Adams, Jr. and also includes a clipped TLS review of the book, the prospectus and other material.
[1310]
35. (Bookplates) Lada, Josefa. KNIZNI ZNACKY: NARODNIHO UMELCE.
(Prague): n.p., (1955), 8vo, stiff paper wrappers, text and bookplate illustrations
loosely inserted. unpaginated. $ 126.00
Text in Czech. Introduction “For the Joy of Books” by J.A. Novotný. Catalogue of bookplates
designed from 1915 to 1949, by Czech artist/illustrator Josefa Lada (1887–1957). Lada was born in
Hrusice, Bohemia, and spent most of his career in Prague. Sixteen illustrations, in color and black
and white. Listing with date designed for each item. Wrappers very lightly soiled, small tear at top of
spine. [107545]
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complete set of this rare periodical
36. (Bookplates) Mota Miranda, Artur Mário da (editor). CONTEMPORARY
INTERNATIONAL EX-LIBRIS ARTISTS. 14 volumes. Portugal: privately
printed, 2002–2011, large 8vo, paper covered boards. each is 192 pages. $ 1,500.00
First edition, limited to 300 numbered copies (volumes 1–7) or 200 numbered copies (volume 8–14).
The most detailed reference to internationally acclaimed bookplate artists. The text is in English and
in various European languages. Each volume describes in detail each artist and provides black and
white and color illustrations of their work. Each volume also contains additional tipped-in examples
which are often signed by the artist.
Volume 1: Peter Augustovic, Manuel Cargaleiro, Alexander Durandin, Olga Keleinikova, Krzysztof
Kmiec, Nikolay Krachtchin, Alexey Litvinov, Vuokko Mattila, Tessa Morrison, Miroslav Ogorelica,
Juri Orlov, Vitali Parastyuk, Pere Pons, Ernesto Saracchi, Czeslaw Kazimierz Wos, Oleg Yakhnin.
Volume 2: Vladimir Bokan, Evgenij Bortnikov, Umberto Giovannini, Laurent Granier, Maija
Kumpulainen-Sokka, Jenny Markakis, Frederic Mauri, James McCready, Osmo Omppu Omenamaki,
Anuar Otegen-Tana, Sandra La Porta, Gerard Van Rooy, Leonid Schetnev, Har Siekman, Vlastimil
Sobota, Richard Wagener, Mamen Zaera, Marziya Zhaksygarina.
Volume 3: Josef Dudek, Andy English, Marco Foppoli, Vito Giovannelli, Patrick Hamm, Yoshiaki
Hara, Osvaldo Jalil, Tapani Kiippa, Sergey Kirnitsky, Jo Erich Kuhn, Yannis Kyriakidis, Barbara
Lechner, Yuri Nozdrin, Martín Oliete, Zbigniew Osenkowski, Marku Tanttu, Shigeki Tomura.
Volume 4: Derek B. Black, Joke van den Brandt, Boris Brankov, Raimo Huittinen, Pilar Jódar,
Jan Kavan, Peter Kokák, Eka Lainio, Marius Liugaila, Hristo Naidenov, Sergey Nesterchuck, Fritz
Overgaard, Edward Penkow, Valerii V. Pokatov, Mitsuko Tshuihiji, Bernard Vercruyce, Branko
Vujanovic, Anthony Wood.
Volume 5: Leo Bednarik, Marc Boix, Eduardo Campelo, Anita Christiaens, Gilles Erny, Vasil
Fenchak, Hayk Grigorian, Gisèle Jan-Simon, Julian Jordanov, Mauro Lisardi, Hideko Matsubara,
Antonio Paes Ferreira, Zdenka Pozaic, Bettina Rulf, Bohdan Rutkwiak, Arpad Salamon, Valeri
Tsagaraev, Ulla Vaajakallio, Cor van Vlijmen, Andrej Zakoretsky.
Volume 6: Valentinas Ajauskas, Giovanni Berio Ligustro, David Bonfils, Jaume Carbonell, Gennady
Grak, Juri Jakovenko, Yurko Koch, Dimo Kolibarov, Torill Elisabeth Larsen, Angela Lemaire, Erkki
Mattsson, Jin Neuwirt, Lluis Maria de Pont, Dainis Rozkalns, George Sergeev, Leonid Stroganov,
Laszlo Vincze, Volodimir Vyshnyak, Julieta Warman, Agnieszka Zawadzka.
Volume 7: Margherita Bongiovanni, Sylvie Chenet, José Colaço, Jaroslav Daic, Egbert Herfurth,
Onnik Karanfilian, Nina Kazimova, Marcela Miranda, Valery Mishin, Jerzy Napieracz, Archibald John
Peake, José Manuel Pedroso da Silva, Anna Tikhonova, Javier Cordero Torrón, Peter Velikov, Antoon
Vermeylen, Juhani Vikainen, Malou Oi Yee Hung.
Volume 8: Adolf, Spain; Ryszard Balon, Poland; Robert Baramov, Bulgaria; Hana Capova, Czech
Republic; Maria Casas Hierro, Spain; Wjacka Celess, Latvia; Dusan Grecner, Slovaka; George
Rembrandt Gütlich, Brazil; Ulpu Kavanti, Finland; Hristo Kerin, Bulgaria; François Maréchal, Spain;
Patrick Maugard, France; Akihisa Nakano, Japan; Jerzy Rozanski, Poland; Elena Sukhova, Russia;
Gabor Takacs, Romania; Giovanni Turria, Italy; Ruslan Vigovsky, Ukraine; Hans van Vroonhoven,
Netherlands; Josef Werner, Germany.
Volume 9: Natalija Cernetsova, Latvia; Frank-Ivo van Damme, Belgium; Danila Denti, Italy; Pawel
Drozd, Poland; Rosa Gabriel, Germany; Calisto Gritti, Italy; Olaf Gropp, Germany; Melissa Halley,
Netherlands; Innokenty Keleynikov, Russia; Sergey Kirnitsky, Ukraine; Petro Malyshko, Ukraine;
Martin Manojlín, Czech Republic; Valerio Mezzetti, Italy; Béa Nevoux, France; Andreas Raub,
Germany; Sergio Sánchez Santamaría, Mexico; Marina Terauds, USA; Erkki Tuominen, Finland; Irina
Yelagina, Russia; Karel Zeman, Czech Republic.
Volume 10: Ettore Antonini, Italy; Janusz Batura, Poland; Oliver Beijn, Netherlands; Harvey
Breverman, USA; Daniel de Bruin, Netherlands; Franciszek Bunsch, Poland; Erica Forneris, Italy;
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Annette Frizsch, Germany; Peter Michael Kirkillo, England; Mariaelisa Leboroni, Italy; Segismundo
Pinto, Portugal; Miquel Plana i Corcó, Spain; Giancarlo Pozzi, Italy; Renata Rea Simlikova, Czech
Republic; Jean-Claude Renaud, France; Denis Reutov, Russia; Ivan Rusachek, Belarus; Karl Franz
Stock, Austria; Aliona Vauchok, Belarus; Réjane Véron, France; Elena Vutova, Bulgaria; Dmitrij
Zinovjev, Latvia.
Volume 11: Serik Kulmeshkenov, Luigi Casalino, Max-Roger Gueguen, Vladislav Kvartalny, Gennady
Alexandrov, Patricia Nik Dad, Karoline Riha, Petr Minka, Evgeny Martyshev, Giorgio Birelli, Anatoly
Bondar, Daniel Paul Mitsui, Eva Aulmann, Hristo Tsatsinov, Sergey Parfionov, Lyubomir Naydenov,
Roberto Tonelli, Antje Veldstra, Plamena Doycheva, Jens Rusch, Lynn Paula Russell.
Volume 12: Sergey Hrapov, Yukiko Hayashi, Gordon Macpherson, Lukasz Cywicki, Eva Haskova,
Odile Lamusse, Maria Rosanna Cafolla, Konstantin Kalynovych, Philippe Migne, Giovanni Dapra,
Carlo Iacomucci, Jan Cernos, Ridha Ben Arab, Jose de Noronha Ozorio, Roberta Pancera, Bruno
Missieri, Eugenia Timoshenko, Z. Denise Gallup, Oleg Denysenko, Alexandr Grigoriev.
Volume 13: Gordon Collett, Kaloyan Iliev, Igor Cvacho, Muriel Frega, Federica Fiorenzani, Angela
Lemaire, Jochen Kublik, Vesco Vassilev, Marlene Neumann, Roberta Angiolani, Piotr Gojowy, Istvan
Damo, Ioannis Vlazakis, Seiji Kamachi, Carla Fusi, Alexei Bobrusov, Inka Grebner, David Frazer,
Roman Sustov, Ichibun Sugimoto.
Volume 14: Maria Maddalena Tuccelli, Irina Panaskova, Simon Brett, Andrew Levitsky, David
Afsah-Mohallatee, Falk Geissler, Francisco Quintanar, Nino Baudino, Zhivko Mutafchiev, Ortansa
Moraru, Marcos Varela, Dini Calderon, Ivo Mosele, Beatriz Gomez de Moreno Triz Go, Frederic
Voisin, Shigeki Kuroda, Concepcion Elvira Provenzal, Magda Vamvatira, David Bekker, Monika
Ritter, Liu Shuohai. [107366]
Volume 15: Ulyana Turchenko, Ukraine; Peter Ford, England; Ausra Capskyte, Lithuania; Nadia
Ménier, France; Ewa Kutylak, Poland; Anthony Russo, USA; Cristina Gladys Muñoz, Argentina;
Ella Tsyplyakova, Russia; Aleksandra Jagodzynska, Poland; Jaroslav Minár, Czech Republic; Florence
Burnouf, France; Marc Ollivier, France; Tanya Miller, Canada; Ryszard Balon, Poland; Stefano Ciaponi,
Italy; Peter Dietzsch, Germany; Joanna Budzynska, Poland; Jiri Brázda, Czech Republic; Katarzyna
Barszczak, Poland; Shen Yanxiang, China; Renáta Kaiserová, Czech Republic; Maria Regazzoni, Italy;
Miroslav Hlinka, Czech Republic; Hedwig Pauwels, Belgium.
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37. (Bouda, Cyril) Branald, Adolf. KOUZELNE ZRCADLO: VYPRAVENI O
CYRILU BOUDOVI,. Prague: Ceskoslovenskych Vytvarnych Umelcu, 1961, 4to,
cloth with design in black and red on front cover. 127+(1) pages. $ 125.00
Text in Czech. Magic Mirror: Narration about Cyril Bouda, features works of 20th century Czech
illustrator Cyril Bouda (1901–84). Frontispiece, portrait of Bouda. Introductory letter by Bouda. Black
and white illustrations throughout. Some illustrations in color. Pastedowns and endpapers illustrated
with Bouda’a works. List of illustrations. [107572]
Item 37
38. (Bouda, Cyril) Neruda, Jan. PROSTÉ MOTIVY
1879–1882. Prague: (Karel Jansky), 1923, 8vo, full
leather, gilt title on spine and decoration on front board,
top edge gilt, slipcase. 81, (7) pages. $ 125.00
Limited to 100 numbered copies (Arno Sáñka II, 1003). Text in Czech.
Poetry of Jan Neruda (1834–91), Plain Themes originally published in
1883. Divided into sections by the four seasons. Illustrations by Cyril
Bouda. Remarks and list of contents at end of book. Slipcase lightly
faded. [107523]
Item 38
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39. Bouland, Dr L. MARQUES DES LIVRES ANCIENNES ET MO-
DÉRNES, FRANÇAISES ET ÉTRANGÈRES. Paris: Librairie Henri Leclerc,
L. Giraud-Badin, 1925, 8vo., stiff paper wrappers. viii, 517 pages. $ 360.00
First edition. An important book describing the bookplates and special designs on books used by
collectors to denote ownership. Many illustrations and biographical descriptions of the collector.
Spine age darkened. Some chipping along hinges and at spine ends. [105948]
40. (Bowyer, William) Nichols, John. BIOGRAPHICAL AND LITERARY
ANECDOTES OF WILLIAM BOWYER. 1782 WITH TWO MEMOIRS
OF JOHN NICHOLS. New York: Garland Publishing, Inc., 1974, thick tall 8vo.,
cloth. (viii), viii, 666, 11, 16 pages. $ 250.00
Reprint of the 1782 first edition. (Bigmore & Wyman II,74). Written by his partner and successor,
John Nichols, this is a collection of anecdotes pertaining to the life and times of Bowyer, regarded as
one of England’s most learned 18th-century printers. Nichols was also an antiquarian who published
many articles on topics relating to history, and this often-plagiarized volume is an important anecdotal
record of its time, with many accounts of contemporary authors, printers and typefounders. Page 535
lists all printing-houses “in and about the Cities of London and Westminster,” and includes printers’
names, the newspapers they printed, and their location. [103064]
41. (Brewhouse Press) Graham, Rigby. EDMUND SPENSER’S CASTLE OF
KILCOLMAN. (Wymondham, England): Brewhouse Press, (1975), 8vo, cloth,
gilt-stamped illustration on front board. unpaginated. $ 120.00
Limited edition of 80. Produced by Trevor Hickman. Two-toned ink and black and white watercolor
illustrations. Map of the vicinity of Kilcolman Castle in text and on endpapers. [107259]
Item 41
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42. CA, THE JOURNAL OF THE COMMUNICATION ARTS. 124 issues.
Palo Alto, CA: Coyne & Blanchard, Inc., 1968–, 4to., stiff paper wrappers. various
pagination. $ 1,250.00
A huge run of this important magazine. Includes the following:
Volume X, No.1–6. (1968)
Volume XI, No.1–6. (1969)
Title changes to Communications Arts Magazine with volume XI, No.2.
Volume XII, No.1–6. (1970)
Volume XIII, No.1–6. (1971)
Volume XIV, No.1–6. (1972)
Volume XVI, No.3,4,5. (1974)
Volume XVII, No.2–6. (1975)
Volume XVIII, No.1–6. (1976)
Volume XIX, No.1–6. (1977)
Now switches to whole number issues. Volume XIX, No.6 (whole issue 129).
130–155, 165, 167–170, 172–175, 177, 179—188, 190–192, 194, 195, 200, 203, 205, 206, 214, 215, 220, 223–226,
228, 236, 256–259, 261, 263–266, 268 (1996). [105705]
43. (Cercle De La Librairie) CONGRES INTERNATIONAL DES EDIT-
EURS. PARIS JUIN 1896. On reverse: CERCLE DE LA LIBRARIE DE
L’IMPRIMERIE ET DE LA PAPETERIE. FONDES EN 1847. 49 mm in diameter
and struck in silver. $ 175.00
A token issued by this club of booksellers, printers and papermakers originally founded in 1847. “Its
chief aim is the promotion of friendly intercourse among the members of the trades, to have a really
representative body of the industries immediately connected with literature and art, and to form a
committee of defense against pirated editions.” [33377]
44. (Chamberlain Press) Artzybasheff, Boris
(translator). A SELECTION OF AESOP’S
FABLE S. (Portland, OR): Chamberlain
Press, 1984, 16mo, paper-covered boards, decorated,
leather spine label, top edge cut, other
edges uncut. unpaginated. $ 300.00
Limited edition of 150 numbered copies signed by the
printer, Sarah Chamberlain. Color woodcut illustrations
by Sarah Chamberlain. Garamond type, Rives paper.
Bound by Barbara Blumenthal. Prospectus loosely
inserted. [107270]
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45. (Chamberlain Press) Belloc, Hilaire. BEASTS
FROM BELLOC. (Portland, OR): Chamberlain Press,
1982, 16mo, paper-covered boards, leather spine label.
unpaginated. $ 275.00
Limited edition of 125 numbered copies signed by the printer, Sarah
Chamberlain. Color woodcut illustrations by Sarah Chamberlain.
Hand colored for book collector Arnold Liebowitz with handwritten
note to this effect on the colophon. Handset Garamond type on Rives
lightweight paper. Binding decorative paper three-colored woodcut.
Bound by Barbara Blumenthal. Publisher’s prospectus loosely inserted.
[107269]
Item 45
46. (Chamberlain Press) Kipling, Rudyard. HOW THE RHINOCEROS GOT
HIS WRINKLED SKIN. (Easthampton, MA): Chamberlain Press, 1976, 12mo,
marbled paper covered boards, leather spine label, top edge cut, other edges uncut.
unpaginated. $ 450.00
Limited edition of 75 numbered copies signed by the printer, Sarah Chamberlain. Binding by E.G.
Parrot II. Wood-engraved black and white, tipped-in illustrations. Goudy Oldstyle type, mulberry
paper. Rubbed at corners and bottom edge of boards. [107264]
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47. (Chamberlain Press) MOTHER GOOSE: A SELECTION OF RHYMES.
(Portland, OR): The Chamberlain Press, (1987), 4to, quarter cloth, designed papercovered
boards, blind embossed leather spine label, fore-edge uncut. unpaginated.
$ 300.00
Limited to 200 numbered and signed copies. Illustrated, designed and printed by Sarah Chamberlain,
bound by Barbara Blumenthal. Collection of nursery rhymes. Linoleum-cut color illustrations. Letter
from Ms. Chamberlain to a book collector commenting on the two bindings available. Also inserted
is the prospectus. [107128]
Item 47
48. (Chamberlain Press) THE THREE BEARS. (Portland, OR): Chamberlain
48, 1983, 16mo, decorated paper-covered boards, paper spine label, top edge cut,
other edges uncut. unpaginated. $ 200.00
Limited edition of 125 numbered copies signed by the printer, Sarah Chamberlain. Woodcut
illustrations by Sarah Chamberlain. Binding by Barbara Blumenthal. Bembo type, Japanese Etching
paper. Publisher’s prospectus loosely inserted. [107272]
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Item 48
49. (Circle Press) King, Ronald. AL-
PHABETA CONCERTINA. N.P.:
Circle Press, 1984, 16mo, paper-covered
boards. unpaginated. $ 250.00
Second edition, 1984, limited to 1000. Doublesided
concertina with 26 pop-up capital letters.
[107262]
Item 49
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50. Clark, Walter (editor). HISTORIES OF THE SEVERAL REGIMENTS
AND BATTALIONS FROM NORTH CAROLINA IN THE GREAT WAR
1861–65. WRITTEN BY MEMBERS OF THE RESPECTIVE COM-
MANDS. 5 volumes. Raleigh, NC: E.M. Uzzell, Printer and Binder, 1901, thick
8vo., gray cloth stamped in blue, red, white and lettered in gilt. 783; 807; 761; 772; 859
pages. $ 650.00
First edition (Nevins I, 70—“Regimental sketches vary in quality, but the work fully merits Douglas S.
Freeman’s classification as one of the most indispensable works for the Army of Northern Virginia.”
Filled with maps, plates and portraits. Presentation on front pastedown “To Adjutant Robert M.
Freeman, Historian of the 71st N.C. Regt. (2nd Ji Res), with compliments of Walter Clark.” Covers
rubbed with wear at spine ends. Inside hinges cracked with some signatures sprung. [105809]
51. (Codices Becker) Nowatny, Karl A. CODICE S BECKER I/II. Museum für
Völkerkunde Wien Inv. Nr. 60306 und 60307. Volume IV. Graz, Austria: Academische
Druck-u. Verlagsanstalt, 1961, folio, quarter leather, decorated cloth portfolio, stiff
paper wrappers, slipcase. 27 pages, three foldout facsimiles. $ 250.00
Text in German. Commentary on 11th century C.E. Meso-American codices, an account of a battle
between two rival kings. Brought to Darmstadt, Germany by Philip J. Becker, collector of Mexican
antiquities. Three foldout facsimiles included in portfolio. Two appendices. Summary of commentary
in English and bibliography included. Slipcase bumped and stained at one corner. [107283]
Item 51
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52. Colonna, Francesco. HYPNEROTOMACHIA POLIPHILI, THE
STRIFE OF LOVE IN A DREAM. The entire text translated for the first time
into English with an introduction by Joscelyn Godwin. with the Original Woodcut
Illustrations. (London): Thames & Hudson, thick 4to., cloth, dust jacket. xix, 494,
(2) pages. $ 125.00
Printed in the same size and with the woodcuts reproduced from the original 1499 edition printed by
Aldus Manutius. Some chipping around edges of jacket. [107503]
Item 52
53. Connor, R.D.W. NORTH CAROLINA, REBUILDING AN ANCIENT
COMMONWEALTH, 1584–1925. 4 volumes. Chicago and New York: American
Historical Society, Inc, 1929, 1928, 4to., simulated leather with embossed stamping,
all edges marbled. lxii,613; 698; 559; 630 pages. $ 275.00
First edition. Illustrated throughout. Rubbed at spine ends and along edges. [105940]
54. (Crannog Press) McCord, Margaret and Rigby Graham. TOWER HOUSE S
AND TEN POUND CASTLE S. (Belfast): The Crannog Press, (1970), 8vo, twotoned
cloth. unpaginated. $ 350.00
Limited edition of 100 numbered copies. Illustrations of castles built in Ireland pursuant to an act
of 1429 granting a £ 10 subsidy. Black and white illustrations throughout, One two-toned illustration,
one tipped in. Brief descriptions of each castle illustrated. [107273]
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55. (Cresset Press) THE APOCRYPHA. London: Cresset
Press, 1929, 4to, full vellum, leather label on spine. (viii), 406
pages. $ 375.00
Limited edition of 450 numbered copies on mould-made paper. Apocryphal
books of the Scriptures. Wood engravings by Blair Hughes-Stanton,
Gertrude Hermes, Leon Underwood, Stephen Gooden, René Ben Susan,
M.E. Groom, Eric Jones, Wladislaw Skoczylas, Hester Sainsbury, Frank
Medworth, Eric Ravilious, John Nash, and D. Galanis. Pamphlets on wood
engravings by Ravilious and photo-lithography by E. Harrington laid in.
Covers bowed a bit as usual. [107227]
Item 55
56. (Cresset Press) Painter, William. THE PALACE OF PLEASURE. Four volumes.
London: The Cresset Press, 1929, small 4to., quarter cloth with patterned
paper-covered boards, cloth spine label, top edge gilt, fore and bottom edges uncut.
xxx,196; x,244; x,254; viii,227 pages. $ 250.00
Printed in an edition limited to 530 numbered copies of which this is one of 500 numbered copies on
mould-made paper. (Ransom no.16). A collection of tales from various Greek, Latin, Italian, French,
and English authors. Volume one contains an introduction by Hamish Miles, followed by a table of
sources that Painter may have taken the stories from. Includes Painter’s original dedication from
1566. Spine labels slightly age darkened. Slipcase worn and tape-repaired. Well preserved set. [107033]
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57. (Dali, Salvador) Shakespeare, William. MACBETH. Garden City: Doubleday
& Company, Inc., 1946, 8vo., slipcase, papercover label, printed boards. 125 pages.
$ 225.00
First edition thus. Illustrated by Salvador Dali. Printed at the Country Life Press. Text from Professor
George Lyman Kittredge’s edition of the Complete Works of Shakespeare. Slipcase shows some minor
wear at the edges and corners. Some rubbing to the head and tail of the spine. [105798]
58. Davenport, Cyril. ENGLISH HERALDIC BOOK-STAMPS, FIGURED
AND DE SCRIBED. London: Archibald Constable & Co., 1909, small 4to., cloth,
top edge gilt. vii, 451 pages. $ 200.00
First edition. (Mejer no.294.) History of the appearance of coats of arms and crests on English
collectors’ books. With 39 pages of introductory text followed by discussions of the marks with each
accompanied by an illustration. Covers rubbed and faded. [19092]
59. DECORATIONS OF JAPAN. N.P.: Decoration Bureau, 1965, folio, cloth,
cardboard slipcase. 16, (2), 92 pages. $ 250.00
With illustrations, in color, full page prints of Japanese decorations; Japanese and English text; book
sections titles include: The History of Special Decorations and Awards in Japan; Orders, Medals of
Honor and Silver or Wooden Cups, Rules For Wearing; Description of Illustrations, List of Recipients.
Spine ends bumped. [107172]
60. (DePol, John) Wesely, Don. IRELAND: EIGHT WOOD ENGRAVINGS
BY JOHN DEPOL. New York: Pandick Press, 1977, small 4to., loose leaves contained
in a paper portfolio. 4 leaves. $ 125.00
The wood engravings were printed letterpress, in a limited edition, from the original blocks. This set
contains all eight of the broadsides. The cover is printed with a view of an alley in Limerick, as well.
The introduction by Don Wesely warns the reader to not expect the “brochure visions of a tourist’s
lush and emerald-colored green” landscape. Instead, “This is one artist’s vision of Ireland, primarily
urban . . . Perhaps depressed and melancholy. Perhaps somber, even dejected, gloomy and mourning.
But a very true part of Ireland nonetheless.” He invites us to “Consider the tragedy. Consider the
dark.” All plates are signed and identified by DePol below the print. [79424]
61. (Descamps-Scrive, René) BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE M. RÉNE DESCAMPS-
SCRIVE. Three volumes, complete. Paris: Leopold Carteret and Lille: Émile
Raoust-Leleu, 1925, 4to., stiff paper wrappers. (iv),vi,98,(4); (iv),203,(7); (iv), vi, 247,
(7) pages. $ 225.00
(Blogie Volume II, pp.299,300,301) The complete set of this important auction sale. Filled with tippedin
plates showing many of the fine bindings in the collection. The plates for volumes two and three are
loosely inserted in separate paper portfolios as issued. Wrappers worn; pages fine. Spine mostly missing
on volume one, but complete. Volume three, spine missing, covers detached, but complete. [25152]
62. Dias, Carlos Malheiro. HISTÓRIA DA COLONIZAÇÃO PORTUGUES
DO BRASIL. 3 volumes. Porto: Litografia Nacional, 1921, folio, original clothbacked
decorated paper covered boards. cllli,273+(1); viii,462; (viii),lxiii,(iii),395
pages. $ 750.00
First edition. Cartographic Director, Ernesto de Vasconcelos; Artistic Director, Rogue Gameiro.
Beautifully produced history of the colonization of Brazil by Portugal. Filled with color plates, tippedin
plates, facsimiles of older documents, etc. Wear along edges. Tear in cloth along front hinge of
volume two. Tear in cloth along back hinge of volume three. [105998]
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63. (Dighton, Richard) ABSOLUTE WISDOM OR QUEEN’S OWL TAKEN
FROM A WOOD. N.P.: n.p., n.d., broadside (14 7/8 x 10 5/8 inches). $ 200.00
According to Library of Congress, this etching in color was produced in England and drawn and
etched by Richd. Dighton (date unknown). A cut down version of this print appears on the National
Portrait Gallery’s website where they date it circa 1817–1825. [105923]
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64. Dillaye, F. LES NOUVEAUTÉS PHOTOGRAPHIQUES ANNÉE
1908. LA PHOTOGRAPHIE DES COULEURS PAR LES PLAQUES AU-
TOCHROME S. Bound with, F. Dillaye. Les nouveautés photographiques Année
1909. Le procédé à l’huile. Complément annuel a la théorie, la pratique et l’art en
photographie. Paris: Jules Tallandier, 1908, 8vo., modern cloth, leather spine label.
162 pages; [iv],ii,140 pages. $ 150.00
Color frontispiece for the first book. The second book has a black-and-white frontispiece. Text in
French. With the bookplate and pencil signature of Gavin Bridson. [98129]
65. du Mont, John S. AMERICAN ENGRAVED POWDER HORNS, THE
GOLDEN AGE, 1755/1783. Canaan, NH: Phoenix Publishing, (1978), small 4to.,
quarter cloth, pictorial paper covered boards. x, 107, (3) pages. $ 250.00
First edition, limited to 1500 numbered copies signed by the author. [107169]
Item 65
66. Dumas, Alexandre. THE THREE MUSKETEERS. Ttwo volumes. New
York: D. Appleton and Company, 1894, 4to, original two-toned cloth; front boards
and spine gilt stamped, top edge gilt. xxix,472; xi,462 pages. $ 200.00
Limited edition of 750 numbered copies. With 250 illustrations by Maurice Leloir engraved on wood
by J. Huyot. Translated from the French by William Robson. Includes letter from Alexandre Dumas
fils. List of illustrations. Boards scuffed and faded at edges and corners. Inside hinges of first volume
partially cracked. Owner’s name stamped on front endpaper. [107230]
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67. Dyer, Frederick H. COMPENDIUM OF THE WAR OF THE REBEL-
LION. 2 volumes. (Dayton, OH): Broadfoot Publishing Company, Morningside
Press, 1994, 4to., cloth. (iv),991; (ii),992–1796 pages. $ 150.00
Reprint of the 1908 first edition (Nevins I, 6—“Contains Union mortality tables and departmental
organization throughout the war, with constitutents’ units and commanders.”) New three page
introduction to this printing by Lee A. Wallace, Jr. First volume bumped along bottom of front cover.
[105900]
68. Eastlake, Charles Lock. Letter from Charles Lock Eastlake to J.C. Hall.
N.P.: n.p., 1844. $ 350.00
Two page A.L.s. from Sir Charles Eastlake to J.C. Hall, Esq., 6 January 1844, regarding payment for
advertisements in the Art-Union under sanction of the Fine Arts Commission. Eastlake (1793–1865)
was an artist and author known for producing the last portrait of Napoleon and “Christ Weeping
over Jerusalem” (DNB VI, 330–333). Refers to bills for advertisements for May-October 1844; thus,
the letter may have been written in January 1845, not 1844. The Art-Union, a monthly journal, began
publication in 1839 (The New Cambridge Bibliography of English Literature III, 1846). [107640]
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69. (Elston Press) Milton, John. L’ ALLEGRO AND IL PENSEROSO. (New
Rochelle): The Elston Press, 1903, small 8vo., cloth-backed boards, later slipcase.
28, (4) pages. $ 450.00
Limited to 160 copies printed in red and black on English hand-made paper watermarked with the
“cat.” (Johnson 23). Taken from the 1645 printing of Milton’s work. With highly decorative title page
and some initial letters and seventeen illustrations cut on wood from designs by H.M. O’Kane.
Bookplate. Small ink ownership stamp. Lacks spine label. [79879]
Item 69
70. (Faculty of Advocates Library) CATALOGUE OF THE PRINTED
BOOKS. Seven volumes. Edinburgh and London: William Blackwood and Sons,
1867, 4to., original cloth. (vi),822; (vi)786; (vi)833; (vi)815; (iv)874; vi,1017; (iv),468,(2)
pages. $ 200.00
First edition. A complete list of works acquired by the Library of the Faculty of Advocates up to
1871. Presented in alphabetical order by author; or by title, key words, and subject for anonymous
works. Includes a supplement containing those works published between 1860 and 1871, previously
left out. All boards detached with one lacking, with some prelims loose with marginal chipping, some
endpapers missing, and all spines lacking. Ninteenth cetury library markings. [56639]
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71. (Fitzgerald, Vincent & Co.) Kondoleon, Harry. THE COTE D’AZUR TRI-
ANGLE. New York: Vincent FitzGerald & Co., 1985, 12 x 14, cloth of vibrant yellow,
with title stamped in blue within a red triangle on front cover, housed in black clamshell
box by Charriere. Not paginated. $ 4,000.00
Signed, Limited Edition, one of 125 copies only on Rives BFK, all signed by the author and artist,
hand set in Janson, lithographs and etchings pulled by the Printmaking Workshop of Bob Blackburn.
Bound by Gerard Charriere. In this play by Harry Kondoleon, “A woman, her husband, and her
husband’s lover go up and down the Riviera only to be disappointed by the Riviera. The dullness of
the Cote D’Azur reveals to these Americans the dullness and impossibility of love . . . they tire of one
another and pursue sex partners at random until they are attacked and consumed by sea dragons.”
Mark Beard’s brilliant illustrations of these “two-dimensional and ironic” characters, in their bathing
suits and sunglasses, in saturated primary colors and his flat presentation, are overwhelming in their
impact of the characters’ vapidity. With such illustrations as Greek temple caryatids folding out to
reveal the Cote d’Azur and paper doll players, Beard’s art inexpressibly moves the viewer to realize
the inevitable crush of the dragon of these pitiable self-centered creatures. A brilliant mixture of wit
and irony with difficult and innovative printmaking techniques producing prints with highly unusual
textures, especially in the final fold out, which has an effect of great richness and mystery. [61433]
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72. Ganiaris, Andreas. GANIARIS BOOKBINDING. Athens: Adam Editions,
1997, 4to., paper covered boards, paper slipcase. 220, (4) pages. $ 150.00
First edition. With foreword by Alexis Dimaras. Presentation by Irene Orati. Limited to 2000 copies
of which this is one of 1250 in Greek and English. Beautifully illustrated in full color. Study of this
modern binder. Outer slipcase rubbed along edges. [105938]
73. Gergerès, J.-B. HISTOIRE ET DESCRIPTION DE LA BIBLIO-
THÈQUE PUBLIQUE DE LA VILLE DE BORDEAUX. et aperçu des principaux
ouvrages, soit imprimés, soit manuscrits, qu-elle renferme. Paris—Bordeaux:
Chez Derache—Chez Coderc, 1864, 8vo., original paper wrappers. 276, (2)
pages. $ 150.00
First edition. A history and description of the public libraries of Bordeaux and the important books
and manuscripts that they contain. Extract from the Congrès Scientifique de France. Loosely inserted
is an old photograph showing a bookman at his writing table with the photographer identified as
Gustave Macaire and a pencil note on the back stating that this photo is of Gergerès. Loose in covers
with front cover detached. [106254]
74. (Giacometti, Alberto) Larronde, Olivier. RIEN VOILA L’ORDRE. Décines,
France: L’Arbalète, (1959), 4to, paper-covered boards with illustration on front
board. 182, (8) pages. $ 350.00
First edition, limited to 1325 copies of which this is one of the 150 with “H.C.” on the limitation page.
Text in French. Poetry by Larronde, pencil drawings by Alberto Giacometti (1901–1966), the noted
sculptor, painter and illustrator. Spine and boards slightly soiled. Small scuff on back board. [107099]
Item 74
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75. Glass, John B. CATALOGO DE LA COLECCION DE CODICES. Mexico:
Museo Nacional de Antropologia, 1964, small 4to., cloth. 237, (3) pages followed
by 139 plates (some folding). $ 100.00
Catalogue of the codices held by the National Museum of Anthropology in Mexico. Includes an
extensive section of illustrations printed on glossy paper. A few black spots on front cover. [107165]
76. (Golden Cockerel Press) Bannet, Ivor. THE AMAZONS, A NOVEL. London:
Golden Cockerel Press, 1948, small 4to., half brown polished buckram with
marbled paper covered boards. 252, (2) pages. $ 250.00
Limited to 500 numbered copies. (Cockalorum no.181). Wood engravings by Clifford Webb. The
colophon has a wood engraving of the famous cockerel doing battle with an Amazon. Well preserved
copy. [44360]
Item 76
77. (Golden Cockerel Press) Flint, William Russell (editor). ONE HUNDRED
POEMS BY ROBERT HERRICK. N.P.: The Golden Cockerel Press, 1955, 4to,
quarter parchment, cloth stamped in gilt, top edge gilt, other edges uncut. 127+ (1)
pages. $ 150.00
Limited edition of 550 numbered copies (Cock-a-Hoop, 199). Illustrated edition of 100 poems by
Robert Herrick (1591–1674). Edited and designed by Sir William Russell Flint. Editor’s comments on
Herrick’s life along with biographical sketch. Two toned illustrations. Bookplate on front pastedown.
Spine slightly soiled. Lacks slipcase but containing the four page prospectus with three illustrations
by Flint. [107081]
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Item 77
78. (Golden Cockerel Press) THE GOLDEN
COCKEREL MABINOGION, A NEW
TRANSLATION FROM THE WHITE
BOOK OF RHYDDERCH AND THE RED
BOOK OF HERGEST BY GWYN JONES
AND THOMAS JONE S. with illustrations by
Dorothea Braby. London: Golden Cockerel Press,
1948, 4to., original orange leather spine and foreedges,
creme colored cloth covers, front cover
stamped in gilt, top edge gilt, later cloth clamshell
box with leather spine label. 266, (2) pages. $ 500.00
Limited to 550 numbered copies (Cave 176). Printed in
Caslon’s Old Face on mould-made paper. With large full page
wood engravings by Braby throughout. Binding by Sangorski
& Sutcliffe with their binder’s stamp along bottom edge of
front pastedown. Rubbed along edges. Wear along front
hinge at top and bottom. [107206]
Item 78
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79. (Grabhorn Press) Macaulay, Lord. “ ON THE DURABILITY OF AMERI-
CAN INSTITUTIONS,” A LETTER WRITTEN BY LORD MACAULAY.
San Francisco, CA: (Grabhorn Press), 1941, small 4to., cloth-backed blue paper covered
boards. (14) pages. $ 325.00
Limited to 50 copies printed on French handmade paper and one copy on vellum for Florence Walter;
this is one of the 50 on handmade paper. (Magee 346—who notes a vellum spine label). [105937]
80. (Grant, Duncan) Coleridge, Samuel Taylor. THE RIME OF THE AN-
CIENT MARINER. (Edinburgh: R. & R. Clark, Ltd.), 1945, 8vo, full blue leather,
front board stamped with gilt design, top edge gilt, other edges uncut. 35 pages.
$ 300.00
Limited edition of 700. Coleridge’s famed poem. Frontispiece and color illustrations (five total) by
Duncan Grant, (1885–1978), a painter and member of the Bloomsbury Group. The marginal notes are
printed in red alongside text of poem. The plates were made and printed by the Raynard Press on
Arnold hand-made paper. The binding was executed by Henderson and Bisset, Edinburgh; and the
medallion and lettering on the binding were designed by Percy Metcalfe, C.V.O. Spine faded; faint
stain along bottom of back cover. [107097]
81. (Greyweathers Press) Thompson, L. F. (foreword). GRAVEN IMAGE S: A
PORTFOLIO OF NINETEENTH CENTURY WOOD ENGRAVINGS
PRINTED FROM THE ORIGINAL BLOCKS. With a Foreword by L.F.
Thompson. Merrickville: Greyweathers Press, 2010, 4to, cloth-backed paper covered
boards, paper cover and spine labels. 6, 13 wood cuts, (2) pages. $ 160.00
First edition. One of 100 numbered copies. Wood engravers toiling away at their trade during
the last quarter of the nineteenth century could be forgiven for feeling a touch of despair. Since
the early 1800s, they had practiced a viable trade, with graver in hand over an endgrain block,
cutting illustrations for a healthy proportion of books, newspapers and periodicals. In the 1880s,
they witnessed the advent of photomechanical printing plates and, in direct competition, felt the
ominous rising tide of obsolescence. As this new technology became more efficient, less expensive
and generally accepted over the next twenty years, commercial wood engravers would begin to pack
up their blocks, wrap up their tools and seek other employment. It could well be this very occurrence
that lay behind the discovery, 130 years on, of a collection of nineteenth century engraved boxwood
blocks and, ultimately, the creation of this portfolio.
Beautiful privately printed book featuring thirteen wood engravings from Samuel Smith Kilburn,
Boston, George Matthews, Boston & Montreal F. Archibald. [105925]
82. (Grolier Club) HISTORY OF HELYAS, KNIGHT OF THE SWAN.
Translated by Robert Copeland from the French Version Published in 1504, a Literal
Reprint in the Types of Wynkin de Worde after the Unique Copy Printed by Him
upon Parchment in London MCCCCXII. New York: The Grolier Club, 1901, square
8vo., original full decorated leather, one (of two) metal clasps present. xviii followed
by the facsimile. $ 300.00
Limited to 328 copies. Beautifully printed by DeVinne on Whatman handmade paper. Skillfully
rebacked with original spine laid down on new leather. Spine age darkened. [35503]
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Item 82
83. (Gromme, Owen) Mentzer, Michael and Judith Redline Coopey. THE WORLD
OF OWEN GROMME. Madison, Wisconsin: Stanton & Lee, 1983, 4to., quarter
leather with cloth, slipcase. 240 pages. $ 350.00
First edition, one of 250 numbered and signed copies constituting the “Artist Proof” edition (of 2500
deluxe copies). Introduction by Roger Tory Peterson. Biography of noted nature artist Owen Gromme
is followed by 122 full color reproductions of his work, each with personal commentary. Index. [90868]
84. (Haybarn Editions) VOICE S TO SHARE. 2011, small 4to, cloth portfolio
binding, loose sheets. 32 pages. $ 195.00
First edition and limited to 100 copies. In a companion piece, following Gathering, the 50th anniversary
edition with poetry in 2010, Voices to Share is a portfolio of works of nine texts from French, Spanish,
German, Italian, Korean, Yiddish, and Native American poets. Works by Char, Celan, Gaspar, Jabes,
Neruda, Pane, Hyon-Jong, Sutzkever, and Wintu. This piece is offered as an expression of esteem and
appreciation for the international poets and the artist’s writer friends who have inspired the journey
of a half-century. Four loose illustrations inserted. [106755]
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Item 84
85. HEURES ROMAINES. Tours,
France: Alfred Mâme et Fils, (1874), 16mo,
full dark brown polished leather, raised
bands, all edges gilt, beautifully decorated
inside doublures in red leather heavily decorated
in gilt, loosely inserted in quarter
leather chemise, marbled boards, remnants
of slipcase. (xxiv), 516, 48 pages. $ 500.00
Text in French. Roman Catholic missal. Illustrated
by A. Queyroy (1830–1893), engravings by A. Gusman.
Printed in red and black on laid paper, each page with
a decorative wood-cut border. In a signed binding by
Auguste Petit. Well-preserved book. Remnants only of
slipcase. [107094]
Item 85
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86. (Heyeck Press) Rich, Adrienne. SOURCE S. Woodside, CA: The Heyeck Press,
1983, 8vo., quarter cloth, marbled paper-covered boards. 35, (5) pages. $ 200.00
One of an edition of 300 copies, numbered and signed by the author. A fine first edition of an
important work by a major American author, in which she discusses, for the first time, her Jewish
heritage and her husband’s suicide. Designed and printed by Robin Heyeck, using handmade Fabriano
paper with fore and foot edges uncut, and Centaur and Arrighi type. The frontispiece was created by
Carole Romans, the book bound by The Schuberth Bookbindery, with quarter cloth in navy blue, and
paper hand marbled by Robin Heyeck in cream and navy blue on a background of dark tan. [45856]
87. (Holbein, Hans) HOLBEIN’S DANCE OF DEATH, WITH AN HIS-
TORICAL AND LITERARY INTRODUTION. London: John Russell Smith,
1849, 12mo, full dark brown morocco, covers with gilt motifs and fillets, top edge
gilt, other edges uncut. iv, 146 pages. $ 450.00
Collection of engravings attributed to Hans Holbein. Introduction by Frederick W. Fairholt
(1814–1866), cf., British Museum catalogue. There are 53 woodcut engravings throughout. Leather
bound with raised bands. Gilt motifs on spine and boards, including symbols of death, the skull and
crossbones, and a winged hourglass. Facsimiles of earlier publications of Holbern’s works. A beautiful
signed binding by Zaehnsdorf. [107079]
Item 87
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88. Horne, Charles F. GREAT MEN AND FAMOUS WOMEN, A SERIES
OF PEN AND PENCIL SKETCHES OF THE LIVES OF MORE THAN
200 OF THE MOST PROMINENT PERSONAGES IN HISTORY. 4 volumes.
New York: Selmar Hess Publisher, 1894, 4to., contemporary half calf with red
pebbled cloth, Over 1500 pages. $ 150.00
First edition of this large set. Originally issued in 68 parts. Volume I covers soldiers and sailors;
Volume II: Statesmen and Sages; Volume III: Workmen and Heroes; Volume IV: British Authors.
Each volume is profusely illustrated. Leather covers rubbed and worn along edges. Volume I has a
crack along top of the front hinge and along the spine. Shaken with some pages loose. [105932]
89. HOW, IDEAS & TECHNIQUE IN GRAPHIC DESIGN. 42 issues.
New York: RC Publications, 1985–, 4to., stiff paper wrappers. $ 425.00
Have the following of this colorful periodical:
Volume 1, No.1–6. (1985–86)
Volume 2, No.1–6. (1986–87)
Volume 3, No.3. (1988)
Volume 4, No.1, 4–6. (1988–1990).
Volume 5, No.6. (1990).
Volume 6, No.3,5. (1991).
Volume 7, No.1,2,5,6. (1991/92)
Business Annual. 1993.
Volume 8, No.5. (1993)
Volume 9, No.2,4,5,6. (1994).
Volume 10, No.1,4. (1995)
Business Annual. 1997.
Volume 12, No.1 (1997).
Volume 13, No.1,2,5,6. (1998)
Volume 14, No.1,2,3. (1999). [105708]
Item 90
90. (Illuminated Manuscript)
LIVRE D’HEURES ROSS. 94.
Two volumes. (Fribourg): Éditions
Ebory, (1983), 12mo; 32mo, velvet
stiff wrappers; leather, raised bands,
gilt stamped, book box. 45+(1) pages;
240, (4) pages. $ 350.00
Text in French. Full-color facsimile of Book
of Hours, Ross. 94, of the Vatican Apostolic
Library, with a companion volume with
commentary by Marcel Thomas, former chief
conservator of manuscripts, Bibliotheque
Nationale, Paris. Facsimile produced by laserscanner
on paper identical to the original,
attested by Mgr. Alfons M. Stickler, Prefect.
Facsimile inserted in pocket in book box.
Companion volume in book box. [107120]
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91. (Illuminated Manuscripts) THE HASTINGS HOURS. A 15th Century
Flemish Book of Hours made for William, Lord Hastings, now in the British Library,
London. (London): Thames and Hudson, (1983), 12mo, cloth, gilt stamp, slipcase,
color cover label. 159 pages. $ 110.00
Preface and commentary by D.H. Turner. Includes biographical sketch of Lord Hastings, description of
the Hastings hours (times of prayer and praise not including the mass), and descriptive commentaries
on the plates. Description of the manuscript. With 78 pages of the Book of Hours reproduced in
color. [107118]
Item 91
92. (Illuminated Manuscripts) THE LORSCH GOSPELS. Two volumes. With
introduction by Wolfgang Braunfels. New York: George Braziller, n.d., folio, quarter
vellum over cloth and 4to., stiff paper wrappers both enclosed in a slipcase. Not paginated;
23 pages. $ 150.00
Limited to 1000 numbered copies. Facsimile of THE LORSCH GOSPELS, with separate introduction
and commentary. The first volume gives the fascinating history of the manuscript; the second volume
is the manuscript, which dates back to about the year 820, reproduced on special matt art paper in
both color and monochrome. Nicely reproduced. Some spotting of slipcase. [34316]
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Item 92
93. (Illuminated Manuscripts) THE RABBULA GOSPELS. Facsimile Edition
of the Miniatures of the Syriac Manuscript Plut. I, 56. Olten and Lausanne: URS
Graf-Verlag, 1959, folio, leather, decorated front board, slipcase. 93 pages. $ 600.00
No. 97 in a limited edition. Edited under the auspices of the International Ancient Book Society.
Introductory essays by Giuseppe Furlani, Mario Salmi, and Carlo Cecchelli. Manuscripts in the
Medicean-Laurentian Library, dating to 586 C.E. 20 black and white plates. 28 color facsimiles.
Further illustrations tipped in introductory text. Slipcase faded and rubbed at edges. Endpapers
tanned at edges. [107240]
94. (Illuminated Manuscripts) REPRODUCTIONS FROM ILLUMINATED
MANUSCRIPTS. 5 volumes. London: British Museum, 1907, 1907, 1908, 1928,
1965, 1st vol: 8vo, 2nd-5th vol: 4to, cloth-backed board wrapper enclosing text and
plates, slipcase, paper spine label. Each volume contains 16 preliminary pages and
50 full-page plates except the fourth volume which contains 38 pages of text.$ 200.00
Mixed editions. First edition of the first volume, third edition of the second and third volumes, first
edition of the fourth volume and first edition of the fifth volume. Obviously hard to gather as a set
because of the date of publication differences. Slipcases broken. [71814]
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Item 94
95. (Illuminated Manuscripts) Sazbö, Flöris and Elizabeth Soltész. THE BOOK
OF HOURS OF PANNONHALMA, TWO PAPERS ON THE CODEX
PRESERVED IN THE LIBRARY OF THE ABBEY OF PANNON-
HALMA. (Budapest): Corvina Kiadö, (1982), (1985), 4 1/8 x 3 inches, stiff paper
wrappers for text volume; red suede stamped in gilt for the facsimile of the illuminated
manuscript, wrap-around stiff paper box. 170, (6) pages; un-numbered pages
in facsimile. $ 125.00
Volume of text accompanied by the facsimile of this miniature illuminated manuscript printed on
glossy paper in full color. [107159]
Item 95
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96. (Illuminated Manuscripts) Tünde, Wehli. A FLAMAND HÓRÁSKÖNYV.
Kísérótanulmány az Országos Széchényi Könyvtárban Õrzött cod. Lat. 205–õs Jelzetú
Gent-Brüggei Kódex Hanonmás Kiadásához. N.P.: Helikon Kiado, (1986), 3 1/4
x 2 1/2 inches., stiff paper wrappers for text; full brown calf stamped in gilt for facsimile,
all enclosed in folding paper case. 74, (18) pages in text volume; 219 leaves of
facsimile with printed colophon. $ 135.00
Volume of text accompanied by facsimile of original illuminated manuscript. The facsimile of this
early Flemish Book of Hours is printed on glossy paper in full color. [107158]
Item 96
97. (Inanna Press) EVE’S DIARY. An Account
of Life in Eden “Translated from the Original
Manuscript” by Mark Twain. New York: Inanna
Press, 1992, 8vo, quarter cloth, paper-covered
boards, slipcase. 38, (3) pages. $ 200.00
Limited edition of 100 numbered copies signed by the
illustrator. Two-color illustrations by Maureen Cummins.
Text set in monotype Bembo, printed letterpress on Arches
Text Laid. Serpent decoration on spine; front board silverstamped.
Tree of life/knowledge motif on slip case. [107278]
Item 97
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98. (Incline Press) Cinamon, Gerald. E R WEISS: THE TYPOGRAPHY OF
AN ARTIST. Oldham: Incline Press, 2011, 4to, slipcase. $ 400.00
First edition. Lovers of beautiful books, elegant design, and clear typography will be thrilled with this
new volume about the book artist, Emil Rudolf Weiss.
Weiss stands high in the pantheon of great book artists that includes William Morris, Bruce Rogers
and Francis Meynell, among others, but because his work was mostly in Germany, he tends to be
less well known in the English speaking world; certainly not much has been written about him or his
work in English since the 1930s. Yet he was sufficiently regarded by Stanley Morison to be a guest
designer for an issue of The Fleuron; another issue of which included an essay by Morison about
Weiss ornaments. His Weiss-Antiqua typeface was particularly popular in the USA, mainly due to
the availability for slug casting through Intertype matrices, and the publicity work of the Bauer Type
Foundry office in New York. Today, most of us have, perhaps unknowingly, seen the digital version
of Weiss roman, if not the original metal version. It remains a popular typeface, particularly in book
work where one of its recent outings was on the dust-jacket of the US edition of The Da Vinci Code,
and the UK edition of Revenge of the Mooncake Vixen.
Jerry Cinamon studied graphic design at the Yale School of Art & Architecture, and first came
across Weiss Initials while working in New York in the early 1960s. He had a long and successful
career working at Penguin books, learning German after his retirement to produce his excellent
biography of Rudolf Koch (Oak Knoll, 2000). [106295]
chris burke illustrates charles dickens’ most beloved story
99. (Incline Press) Dickens, Charles. A CHRISTMAS CAROL. Oldham: Incline
Press, 2005, small 4to., cloth spine and decorated paper-covered boards, slipcase.
Not paginated. $ 160.00
Limited to an edition of 200 copies, each numbered, contains an original sketch made while planning
the illustrations, signed by Chris Burke. Burke is well-known for his covers for The Sunday Times
Books section, as well as many other special commissions and book jackets. This however, is his first
illustrated book. There are four full color plates and four more in black and white. The text of A
Christmas Carol is that of the first issue, published in 1843. [89147]
100. INK & GALL, A MARBLING JOURNAL. Taos, NM: Ink & Gall, 1987–
1993, 4to., stiff paper wrappers. various. $ 375.00
Volume One, No.1 to Volume Seven, No.1. The complete set of this periodical consists of 18 numbers
in 17 (one double issue); this set is lacking only the last issue (Volume Seven, No.2). Includes the special
double issue mostly devoted to the work of Christopher Weimann. Tipped-in specimens. Dexter Ing
and Polly Fox worked hard to produce this worthwhile journal until a forest fire destroyed their home
in the outskirts of Taos. [106772]
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Item 100
101. (Janus Press) GUE ST, AUTHOR
UNKNOWN, 17TH CENTURY
CHRIST CHURCH MANUSCRIPT
WITH WOOD CUTS BY HELEN
SIEGL. West Burke, VT: The Janus Press,
Christmas 1976, 8vo., cloth-backed decorated
paper covered boards, paper spine label;
stiff paper wrappers, both enclosed in a
slipcase. (16) pages. $ 300.00
Limited to 300 numbered copies signed by Siegl
of which this is one of 50 copies bound thus and
accompanied by an extra suite of the plates contained
in a paper portfolio. (Fine p.36). Printed on Frenchfolded
Hosho Special with woodcut illustrations
printed in blue with decorations in gold. Spine of
paper portfolio is faded. [107028]
Item 101
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102. (Janus Press) Lorca, Federico Garcia. ROMANCE DE LA GUARDIA
CIVIL E SPANOLA. Newark, VT: The Janus Press, (1974), 4to, cloth, paper spine
label. unpaginated, printed French fold. $ 150.00
Limited edition of 300 numbered and signed copies (Ruth Fine Lehrer, 1975, p. 42). Text in Spanish
and English. Second edition of the 1963 Janus Press publication. English translation by A.L. Lloyd.
Frontispiece. Woodcut illustrations by Jerome Kaplan. Typesetting by Nancy Boylen, binding by Jim
Bicknell. Unopened. Hand-printed publisher’s list of publications loosely inserted. [107275]
103. (Janus Press) Nyholm, Janet. FROM A HOUSEWIFE’S DIARY. West
Burke, VT: Janus Press, 1978, 4to, decorated cloth, paper spine label. unpaginated.
$ 175.00
Limited edition of 250 numbered copies (Ruth Fine, 1982, pp. 42–43). With 21 rubber eraser relief
prints by Jerome Kaplan. Hand colored by Victoira Fraser. “Dish towels bound” by James Bicknell.
Spine faded. [107277]
Item 103
104. Joly, Henri L. LEGEND IN JAPANE SE ART. A Description of Historical
Episodes, Legendary Characters, Folk-lore Myths, Religious Symbolism, Illustrated
in the Arts of Old Japan. London: John Lane, n.d., 4to., cloth, all edges gilt,
gilt engravings and borders on front and spine. xliv, (ii), 453 +(1) pages, 109 plates.
$ 450.00
This crucial reference guide to Japanese art describes legends, customs, and historical episodes of Old
Japan portrayed through different medias of visual arts. The design of cranes and pine embossed in
gilt on the cover is from a photograph of Fukusa and the figure on the spine representing Toto Tenjin
is adapted from an old Japanese picture. Sixteen full-page color plates and 94 half-tone plates. Several
notes in English and Japanese characters on margins of the book with significant underlining in the
early sections, all in pen and pencil. There is a one-inch by one-and-a-half-inch tear at the bottom of
the spine. Signature loose but binding holding. There is significant foxing on the first ten pages and
the last few pages and slight foxing throughout the rest of the book. [96498]
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105. Jones, Elias. NEW REVISED HISTORY OF DORCHESTER
COUNTY MARYLAND. Cambridge, MD: Tidewater Publishers, 1966, 8vo.,
cloth, dust jacket. (xi), 603 pages. $ 125.00
Revised history of Dorchester, Maryland, the largest county on the Eastern Shore with the longest
shoreline, despite its sparse population. Author Elias Jones, a school teacher and practicing physician,
began his extensive research on the area as a hobby. His first manuscript was published in 1902. This
edition includes an introduction by the author’s daughter, Mary Ruth Jones, as well as an inscription
on the front endpaper that is dated February 14, 1968, and reads: To Uncle David, from Dave, Jayne
and the children with thanks for the many kindnesses over the years.” The new owner, David Meirue
signed his name the next day in ink on the title page. “Donated by D.M. Abbott & family” is written
here, as well. Slight tanning to endpapers, and dust jacket is slightly torn and foxed at the edges and
spine. [105890]
106. (Jones, Owen) Lockhart, J. G. (translator). ANCIENT SPANISH BAL-
LADS; HISTORICAL AND ROMANTIC. London: John Murray, 1859, 4to,
full contemporary leather, gilt title and ornamentation on spine, raised bands, gilt
ornamentation on boards, all edges gilt. unpaginated. $ 250.00
Revised edition (Lewis p. 62 A reprint, “This may fairly be called the first of the illuminated books”;
McLean for many mentions; Ray no.225). Collection of Spanish ballads translated into English, with
notes, by John Gibson Lockhart. Frontispiece. Color printed borders and ornamental letters and
vignettes by Owen Jones. Scuffed at joints and rubbed at corners. Foxing. Inscription by previous
owner on front endpaper. [107251]
Item 106
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107. Josephus, Flavius. THE WHOLE WORKS OF FLAVIUS JOSEPHUS,
TRANSLATED INTO ENGLISYH BY SIR ROGER JL’ESTRANGE, KT.
Aberdeen: Printed and sold by J. Bruce and J. Boyle, 1768, 4to., full calf. 580, (6)
pages. $ 250.00
Seventh edition (ESTC T219011). Includes his autobiography, his book on the antiquities of the Jews,
His book against Apion, their wars with the Romans, the marytyrdom of the Maccabees, and Philo’s
embassy from the Jews of Alexandria to Caius Caligula. Covers heavily rubbed and worn along edges.
Old library bookplate of Farmers’ Library of London-Grove. Foxing and spotting. Last leaf is damaged
along inner hinge at bottom. Rebacked with newer leather spine sewn on. [107381]
108. Juvenal. DECII JUNII JUVENALIS AQUINATIS SATIRAE DE-
CEM ET SEX [ORNAMENT] AULI PERSII FLACCI SATIRA SEX.
London: n.p. (printed by C. Whittingham), 1845, small 4to., contemporary full calf,
boards ruled with foliat and double fillet roll motifs, rims of boards and turn-ins
with gilt roll pattern, all edges gilt, five raised bands, red spine label, gilt-tooled
spine panels. (198) pages. $ 175.00
Printed as an Eton prize book for 1845. Sixteen satires of Juvenal, and six by Persius. Printed by
Whittingham (whose device follows the text) at Chiswick. This book is a minor footnote in the
history of printing, as it was at one time regarded as the first use of Caslon old-face in the 19th century
(see Keynes’ Pickering bibliography, p.31), though that is no longer the case. Each page is printed
within a red border composed of ornaments within a frame of inner and outer single fillets; the title
page border differs from that of the other pages. First page is a printed presentation with the name
of “Alderson” filled in and the date altered by hand from 1841 to 1850. Bookplate of Livraria de Palha
on front pastedown. Front board detatched. Minor foxing confined to first and last leaves. [55179]
109. (Keene, Charles) Jerrold, Douglas. MRS. CAU-
DLE’S CURTAIN LECTURES. London: Bradbury,
Evans, & Co., 1866, 8vo, original full red cloth stamped
in black and gilt, beveled edges, all edges gilt. xx, 190,
(10) pages. $ 225.00
Glimpse into Victorian womanhood. Illustrated by Charles Keene,
and referred to by Forrest Reid as “Keene’s masterpiece in book
illustration.” Color frontispiece. With 60 illustrations in the text,
first illustrated edition. Bookseller’s description laid in. Bookplate
on front pastedown. Frontispiece stained and foxed. [107121]
Item 109
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110. (Klee, Paul) Voltaire. KANDIDE ODER DIE BE STE WELTE. Munich:
Kurt Wolff Verlag, (1920), 4to, quarter cloth, paper-covered boards, triple gilt band,
stamped gilt title. 89, (3) pages. $ 250.00
Text in German. Translation of Voltaire’s classic. With 26 pen and ink illustrations by Paul Klee. An
important book in German expressionism (Artist and the Book 143). Boards sunned at spine and
scuffed at corners. [107249]
Item 110
111. (Konupka, Jana) Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von. PAN-
DORA. Prague: (Arthur Novák), 1930, 8vo, full parchment
with parchment straps, top edge gilt, other edges uncut, slipcase.
76, (4) pages. $ 225.00
Limited to 150 numbered copies (Arno Sanka IV, 3183). Text in Czech.
Goethe’s play Pandora translated by Pavel Eisner. Brief commentary by the
translator. Etchings in red by Jana Konupka. Tissues laid in over etchings.
Slipcase lightly soiled. [107525]
Item 111
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112. (Konupka, Jana) Kipling, Rudyard. STAVITELE MOSTU. (Prague): Druzstevní
Práce, 1929, 8vo, half leather, decorated paper-covered boards, top edge cut,
other edges uncut. 49, (3) pages. $ 125.00
Limited to 400 numbered copies signed by the illustrator (Arno Sàñka III, 1615). Text in Czech.
Kipling’s The Bridge Builders translated into Czech by Frantisek Kolátor and Alfred Pflanzer.
Frontispiece and three etchings by Jana Konupka. Joints lightly scuffed. [107524]
Item 112
113. (Konupka, Jana) Komensky (Comenius), Jan Amos. KSAFT UMIRAJÍCÍ
MATKY JEDNOTY BRATRSKÉ. kterymz {v národu svém a obzvlástnosti své
dokonávající} sverené sobe nekdy of PÁNA BOHA poklady mezi syny a dcery a
dedice své rozdeluje J.A.K.. Prague: Vydal Jaroslav Picka, 1940, 12mo, leather, raised
bands, decorated front board, top edge gilt, other edges uncut, slipcase. 68, (4)
pages. $ 225.00
Limited to 80 numbered copies signed by the illustrator (Arno Sáñka IV, 3679). Text in Czech.
Engraved half-title, frontispiece and illustrations by Jana Konupka. Bound by A. Tvrdy and J. Rajmana.
Bequest of the Unity of Brethren originally published in 1650, Comenius (1592–1670) was a bishop of the
Bohemian Unity of Brethren (the Moravian Church), an Anabaptist sect. Comenius is also noted for
his advocacy of universal educaton. He was forced into exile during the Thirty Years War, dying in
Amsterdam in 1670. Tissues inserted opposite illustrations. [107517]
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114. Kovárna, Frantisek. ZIVÍ A MRTVÍ. (Prague): SFINX, (1926), 12mo,
leather, spine and front board decorated with stamped in blind, motifs author and
title gilt-stamped on both, slipcase. 156, (4) pages. $ 125.00
One of 50 numbered copies signed by the author (Kniznice Nové cile, nv. 186. Cesti beletristé: II.)
Text in Czech. Cover design by V. Kovárny. Kovárna (1905–52) was an art historian and critic, and a
professor at Charles University, Prague, who went into exile in 1948. Signed by the author on the title
page. Slipcase slightly worn at spine edges. [107541]
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Item 114
115. Lanciani, Rodolfo. ANCIENT ROME IN
THE LIGHT OF RECENT DISCOVERIES.
London: Macmillan & Company, 1889, 8vo, original
cloth, gold stamping to cover, top edge gilt.
xxix, 329 pages. $ 190.00
A study of ancient Rome, focusing on new discoveries based
on 19th century archaelogical research, including public
buildings and palaces. Frontispiece and 35 plates. Tissue paper
opposite plates. Illustrations in text. Spine and boards slightly
worn at edges. Bookplate on front pastedown. Slight foxing
on endpapers. Embossed stamp of instutition on title page.
Inner hinges weak. Pages tanned. [106497]
Item 115
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116. (Leaf Book) TREASURE ISLAND, A GALA DINNER AND AUC-
TION. Newark: The University of Delaware Library Associates, 1985, 8vo., cloth.
(ii), 92, (2) pages. $ 150.00
One of 135 numbered copies bound in cloth and containing an acutal leaf from Giorgio Vasari’s THE
LIVES OF THE MOST EXCELLENT PAINTERS, SCULPTORS AND ARCHITECTS (1568), the
first modern history of art. Auction catalogue of items to be sold to benefit the Library Associates,
history of the Associates and a history of Vasari’s book. The auction was co-chaired by Robert D.
Fleck and Gordon Pfeiffer. [66873]
117. (Limited Editions Club) Aesop. AE SOP ’S FABLE S, SAMUEL CROX-
ALL’S TRANSLATION WITH A BIBLIOGRAPHICAL NOTE BY VIC-
TOR SCHOLDERER AND NUMEROUS FACSIMILES OF FLOREN-
TINE WOODCUTS. New York: The Limited Editions Club, 1933, 8vo., quarter
vellum with marbled paper-covered boards, top edge gilt, slipcase. xx, 210, (2)
pages. $ 250.00
Limited to 1500 numbered copies signed by the designer, Bruce Rogers. Printed at the Oxford
University Press by John Johnson. Excellent example of Rogers’ work. Slipcase is worn along hinges
and is spotted. Book is fine. [24246]
Item 117
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118. (Limited Editions Club) Bradbury, Ray. FAHRENHEIT 451. New York:
Limited Editions Club, 1982, 4to, aluminum-covered boards, silver-gilt edges, slipcase.
xx, 152 pages. $ 365.00
Limited edition of 2000 numbered copies signed by the author and illustrator (Newman and Wiche,
527). Foreword and afterword by the author. Four color illustrations by Joseph Mugnaini, including
three foldouts. Bound in aluminum by Robert A. Burlen and Sons, Hingham, MA. August 1982 LEC
monthly newsletter and information about binding laid in. Slipcase rubbed at bottom edges. [107279]
Item 118
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119. (Limited Editions Club) Burton, Richard. ARABIAN NIGHTS ENTER-
TAINMENTS CONTAINING SIXTY-FIVE STORIES . . . Four volumes.
New York: Limited Editions Club, 1954, small 4to., cloth, slipcases. $ 275.00
Limited to 1500 numbered copies. Burton’s translation with addition of the notes prepared by Henry
Torrens, Edward Lane and John Payne. Contains 60 miniature paintings by Arthur Szyk. Other than
some wear along the edges of the slipcase, a well-preserved set. [16534]
Item 119
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Item 120
120. (Limited Editions Club) Maugham, W. Somerset. OF HUMAN BOND-
AGE. Two volumes. New York: The Limited Editions Club, 1938, tall 8vo., cloth,
leather spine labels, slipcase. xiv,406; (ii),407– 805, (2) pages. $ 350.00
Limited to 1500 numbered copies signed by John Sloan. Printed at Yale University Press under the
direction of Carl Purington Rollins. Contains sixteen etchings by Sloan. Spines sunned. [16570]
121. (Limited Editions Club) Poe, Edgar Allan. THE FALL OF THE HOUSE
OF USHER. Artists Tribute by Raphael Soyer. New York: Limited Editions Club,
1985, 4to., quarter Nigerian goat with hand-marbled paper sides, cloth-covered box.
32 pages. $ 300.00
Limited to 1,500 copies signed by Raphael Soyer. Illustrated with two lithographs, an etching, and two
relief plates by Alice Neel. Alice Neel was dying of cancer when she selected these works for printing
in this editions of Poe’s tale. While she was too weak to produce original works for this project, these
illustrations seem most appropriate. This copy is signed by Soyer only. [43960]
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Item 122
122. (Limited Editions Club) Steinbeck, John. THE GRAPE S OF WRATH.
Two volumes. With Lithographs by Thomas Hart Benton. New York: Limited Editions
Club, 1940, tall 8vo., quarter rawhide leather over burlap covered boards, later
slipcase. xxiv,284; (iv),285–559+(1) pages. $ 500.00
One of the special projects of the Club and not part of a regular series. Limited to 1146 numbered
copies signed by Benton. Designed by George Macy. Glue stain mark on verso of free endpaper from
where a bookplate once was placed in both volumes. [87465]
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123. Manarin, Louis H. NORTH CAROLINA TROOPS, 1861–1865, A ROS-
TER. 15 volumes. Raleigh, NC: State Division of Archives and History, 1988–2003.
$ 675.00
Second printing, with addenda, of first two volumes. A massive compilation of information. Volume
1—Artillery, Volume II—Cavalry, Volume III—Infantry 1st—3rd Regiments, Misc. Units, Volume
IV—Infantry 4th—8th Regiments, Volume V—Infantry 11th—15th Regiments, 13th Battalion.,
Volume VI—Infantry 16th-18th, 20th -21st Regiments, Volume VII—Infantry 22nd-26th Regiments,
Volume VIII—Infantry 27th-31st Regiments, Volume IX—Infantry 32nd-35th 37th Regiments,
Volume X—Infantry 38th-39th, 42nd-44th Regiments, Volume XI—Infantry 45th-48th Regiments,
Volume XII—Infantry 49th-52nd Regiments, Volume XIII—Infantry 53rd-56th Regiments, Volume
XIV—Infantry 57th, 58th & 60th-61st Regiments, Volume XV—Infantry 62nd, 64th, 66th, 67th, 68th
Regiments. Well preserved set. [105802]
124. (Maryland) Andrews, Matthew Page. TERCENTENARY HISTORY OF
MARYLAND. 4 volumes. Chicago-Baltimore: S.J. Clarke Publishing Company,
1925, thick small 4to., cloth, marbled edges. xvi,953; 1041; 1041; 919 pages. $ 300.00
First edition. Well illustrated history of the state in the first volume followed by three thick volumes
of biographies. [105920]
125. Masereel, Frans. DANSE MACABRE. New York: Pantheon Books, (1942),
folio, cloth, slipcase with label. unpaginated. $ 125.00
Limited edition of 500 numbered copies. With 26 full-page woodcuts. Slipcase worn and torn at top.
Foxing on endpapers and title page. Bookplate on front pastedown. [107232]
126. Mast, Greg. STATE TROOPS AND VOLUNTEERS, A PHOTO-
GRAPHIC RECORD OF NORTH CAROLINA’S CIVIL WAR SOL-
DIERS. Releigh: North Carolina Department of Cultural Affairs, 1995, 4to., cloth,
dust jacket. xvi, 381 pages. $ 200.00
First edition. Out of print. This volume states that it is “volume one” but no additional volumes have
been issued although the website states that a second volume will be issued in 2013. With various
indices to help the researcher find information. [105931]
127. (McClellan, George) THE PENINSULAR CAMPAIGN OF GENERAL
MCCLELLAN IN 1862. Papers read before the Military Historical Society of
Massachusetts in 1876, 1877, 1878, and 1880. Printed by the Society. Volume 1. Boston:
James R. Osgood and Company, 1881, 8vo., original cloth. xviii, (ii), 249 pages.
$ 250.00
First edition. Volume 1 of the Papers of the Military Historical Society of Massachusetts. Contains
three large foldout maps in the back. Contains six separate papers on various aspects of this campaign
by John C. Ropes, John C. Palfrey, Francis W. Palfrey (3 essays) and Charles A. Whittier. Inside hinges
cracked. [105980]
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Item 128
128. (Midnight Paper Sales) Goodman, Richard. THE BICYCLE DIARIE S;
ONE NEW YORKER’S JOURNEY THROUGH SEPTEMBER 11TH.
Stockholm, WI: Midnight Paper Sales, 2011, 8vo, cloth covered boards, paper cover
illustration in color by Schanilec, paper label on spine. 107 pages. $ 300.00
Limited to 250 numbered copies signed by the author and the illustrator/printer. Shortly after
September 11th, 2001, I began riding my bicycle down from my apartment on Upper West Side of
New York city to the World Trade Center disaster site—or as near as I could get to it. I rode down
almost every day, in all weather, for about four months. When I cam home, I wrote about what I saw.
—Richard Goodman
The book contains five full-page colored wood engravings by Gaylord Schanilec based on a bike
ride with the author down toward the disaster site some ten years later. the text is printed letterpress
from metal type, and the images from hand-cut end-grain maple blocks. [108200]
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129. (Midnight Paper Sales) Schanilec, Gaylord. REPORT FROM POOL
FOUR. (Stockholm, WI: Midnight Paper Sales, 2010), oblong 12mo, stiff handmade
paper wrappers, slipcase with paper spine edge label. (11) pages. $ 120.00
First edition. One of 200 numbered and signed copies. Gaylord Schanilec’s start to his major project
of poems. Includes a number of illustrations by Schanilec in color and a tipped in spine label titled
“Gaylor Shamway,” after a resident in Mr. Schanilec’s town who sometimes receives his mail. [105928]
130. (Miniature Books) THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF ROBERT HUTCH-
INGS GODDARD, FATHER OF THE SPACE AGE, EARLY YEARS TO
1927. Worcester: Achille J. St. Onge, 1966, miniature book (7.3 x 5.3cm.), full leather
stamped in gilt, all edges gilt. 85+(1) pages. $ 100.00
Limited to 1926 copies. Printed in Holland by Enschedé and bound by Proost en Brandt of Amsterdam.
Issued to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the launching of the first liquid-repellant rocket. Foreword
by Howard B. Jefferson. Contains a tipped-in eight cent postage stamp which was issued to honor
Goddard. [106045]
131. (Miniature Books) THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF ROBERT HUTCH-
INGS GODDARD, FATHER OF THE SPACE AGE, EARLY YEARS TO
1927. Worcester: Achille J. St. Onge, 1966, miniature book (7.3 x 5.3cm.), full leather
stamped in gilt, all edges gilt. 85+(1) pages. $ 145.00
Limited to 1926 copies. Printed in Holland by Enschedé and bound by Proost en Brandt of Amsterdam.
Issued to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the launching of the first liquid-repellant rocket. Foreword
by Howard B. Jefferson. Contains a tipped-in eight cent postage stamp which was issued to honor
Goddard. This copy has been signed and dated by Mrs. Goddard on the half-title. [106046]
132. (Miniature Books) Moody, Robert E. THE MAYFLOWER COMPACT.
Worcester: Achille J. St. Onge, 1970, miniature books (7.5 x 6.5 cm), full creme colored
calf with red leather cover design stamped in gilt with a picture of the Mayflower,
all edges gilt. 41, (3) pages. $ 100.00
Limited to 1000 copies. Issued to celebrate the 350th anniversary of the landing of the Pilgrims.
Printed from Lutetia type on Ingrs Bütten paper by Joh. Enschedé en Zonen, Haarlem, Holland, and
bound by Reliure du Centre S.A., Limoges, Frances. Designed by B. de Does. Includes two tipped-in
U.S. postage stamps issued to celebrate the event. [99550]
133. MIRABILIA ROMAE. Leipzig: Bibliothek des Borsenvereins der Deutchen
Buchhandler, n.d., 12mo., later cloth, leather spine label. Not paginated.
$ 100.00
Facsimile of this early block book taken from a copy in the Reichsdruckerei in Berlin. The text is
a guide book to Rome. This is #306 of the publications of this organization. Library stamp of the
Library of Congress (stamped withdrawn) on the back pastedown. Inside hinges cracked. Spot along
margin of back inner hinge. [107161]
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Item 133
134. Moat, Louis Shepheard (Editor). FRANK LE SLIE’S ILLUSTRATED
FAMOUS LEADERS AND BATTLE SCENES OF THE CIVIL WAR.
New York: Mrs. Frank Leslie, Publishers, (1896), folio, original pebbled cloth
stamped in blind and in gilt. xii, (13)-544 pages. $ 225.00
First edition (Nevins II, 22). Consists of a small amount of text and hundreds of B&W illustrations.
Covers show some rubbing with a worn spot at bottom of spine. Well preserved copy. [105994]
135. Moore, Clement C. A VISIT FROM SAINT NICHOLAS. New York, NY:
James G. Gregory, Publisher, 1862, 8vo, stiff paper wrappers. (8) pages. $ 850.00
First edition (Marshall, 17). This wonderful book holds what is considered the first use of the change
in the last line of the poem from Happy Christmas To All to Merry Christmas To All. Three staples on
spine with twine. Some foxing. Very minor damp stain to lower right edge. Minor tearing. An absolute
briliant copy. [106767]
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136. Morris, William. ART AND ITS PRODUCERS, AND THE ARTS &
CRAFTS OF TODAY; TWO ADDRESSES DELIVERED BEFORE THE
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF ART. (London:
Longmans & Co, 1901), small 8vo., original quarter cloth with paper-covered
boards. (ii), 47 pages. $ 200.00
A sample copy from the Chiswick Press and Longmans & Co of this William Morris address. This
volume contains the content of a speech given to the National Association for the Advancement of
the Art, a fitting setting for Morris to proselytize his beliefs in good design and quality craftsmanship.
Morris was at the forefront of the Arts and Crafts Movement, as well as a social reformer. A unique
copy, given its history as a pre-publication sample. Its cover retains the pencilled suggestions
concerning its appearance and the front and rear endpapers also bear inscriptions relating to technical
matters. Printed with the Golden type designed by William Morris for the Kelmscott Press. Covers
soiled. [71691]
137. (Moser, Barry) Twain, Mark. 1601, CONVERSATION, AS IT WAS BY
THE SOCIAL FIRESIDE, IN THE TIME OF THE TUDORS. Northampton:
(Taurus Books), 1978, 12mo., cloth. (vi), 25 pages. $ 250.00
Limited to 200 numbered copies (this is number 82). Lazarus Edition (McBride 69). Wood engraved
frontispiece by Barry Moser. Signed and inscribed by Moser on limitation page “for Arnold & Mimi,
B. Moser.” Assembled from newly discovered sheets of a 1920 privately printed edition on Old Town
Book paper. Laid in is a letter from Taurus Books (the publisher) about the book, and the Moser
woodcut. [104843]
138. Musper, H. Th. DIE URAUSGABEN DER HOLLÄNDISCHEN APO-
KALYPSE UND BIBLIO PAUPERUM. 3 volumes. München: Prestel-Verlag,
(1961), 4to., paper covered boards. 58,(2) pages; facsimile 50+(1); facsimile 40,(3)
pages. $ 350.00
First edition. Loosely inserted is a two page synopsis in English “The first-editions of the Dutch
Apocalypse and Biblia Pauperum.” The first volume contains the text and the second and third
volumes reproduce in facsimile these fifteenth-century woodblock books. [105997]
139. (Nash, John Henry) Harte, Bret. THE HEATHEN CHINEE, PLAIN
LANGUAGE FROM TRUTHFUL JAME S. San Francisco: John Henry Nash,
1934, folio, stiff blue wrappers, with decorative gold cord spine stitching, paper
front cover label with title in pseudo-Chinese script, orange slipcase. xli+(i) frenchfold
pages. $ 100.00
First trade edition. (Johnson,You Know These Lines!, pp. 71–75; Hart,Companion to California, p. 332;
Stewart, Argonaut and Exile, pp 178–81; O’Day, pp. 35–36). Using a game of euchre as the setting, this
comic ballad, first published in The Overland Monthly, satirized the then popular concept that America
was being ruined by Chinese cheap labor. Unfortunately, Harte’s attempt at satire backfired and the
poem, although a popular success, became a vehicle for fanning the flames of anti-Chinese sentiment
in California and elsewhere. Includes an Introduction by Ina Coolbrith and a Bibliography with Notes
by Robert Ernest Cowan, Librarian of the William Andrews Clark, Jr. Library. Coolbrith’s narrative
of her association with Harte on the Overland Monthlyincludes reminiscences of such rare spirits as
Charles Warren Stoddard and the relationship the three of them shared, She also details the chagrin
Harte felt at the recognition he received for this poem while his other, more worthy things, were less
honored. Frontispiece and other full-page black-and-white illustrations by Phil Little. Text of the
poem printed in black, with large decorative initial at beginning of each verse. Slipcase shows some
wear at ends. Spine of book is faded. [69950]
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Item 139
a complete set
140. Nash, Ray and Roderick D. Stinehour (editors). PRINTING & GRAPHIC
ARTS. 38 issues, the complete set, bound in eight volumes. Lunenburg, VT: The
Stinehour Press, 1953, 8vo., publisher’s cloth-backed decorated paper-covered
boards with original stiff paper wrappers bound-in. $ 350.00
Excellent articles on the history of early American typefounders, bibliographies of type specimen
books, early Canadian printing, earliest American color printing, etc. The first two volumes are bound
together in a facsimile of the original publisher’s binding. Volumes three to nine are in the publisher’s
binding and the two issues of volume 10 are in paper wrappers as issued. [103893]
141. (New Castle) THE WHIPPING-POST AND PILLORY AT NEW CAS-
TLE, DELAWARE—SKETCHED BY EARL SHINN. New York: Harper’s
Weekly, 1868, 14 3/4 x 9 inches image size, matted and framed behind glass.
$ 150.00
The front cover of Harper’s Weekly, Vol. XII, No.624, December 12, 1868 showing a man being whipped
in New Castle. The article on the whipping-post has been clipped out of the magazine, mounted on
paper, and loosely inserted in a plastic protective sleeve on the back of the framed picture. [106234]
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142. (North Carolina) Connor, R.D.W. HISTORY OF NORTH CAROLINA. 6
volumes. Chicago and New York: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1919, small 4to.,
green pebbled cloth with gilt seal of North Carolina on front covers, all edges marbled.
ix,519; viii,407; viii,434; (ii),386; (ii),400; (ii),405 pages. $ 225.00
First edition. Volume I: The Colonial and Revolutionary Periods, 1584—1783, by R.D.W. Connor.
Volume II: The Federal Period, 1783—1860 by William K. Boyd. Volume III: North Carolina Since
1860 by J.G. de Roulhac Hamilton. Volume IV: North Carolina Biography by Special Staff of Writers.
Volume V: North Carolina Biography by Special Staff of Writers. Volume VI: North Carolina
Biography by Specia Staff of Writers. Some foxing. Well preserved set. [105911]
143. (North Carolina) Lefler, Hugh T. HISTORY OF NORTH CAROLINA. 4
volumes. New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, Inc., (1956), small 4to.,
cloth. xx,466; (vi),457–883; (iv),450; (iv),451–854 pages. $ 650.00
First edition. Profusely illustrated history of this state. The third and fourth volumes contain hundreds
of biographical sketches. Minor cover wear only. [105913]
144. OFFICIAL AND PICTORIAL RECORD OF THE WAR WITH
SPAIN AND PHILIPPINE S. including the Life, Messages and Papers of President
McKinley with Fullest Information respecting Cuba, Puerto Rico, The Philippines
and Hawaii, Their Commerce, Climate and Productions. Embellished with
Fifteen Hundred original Illustrations by the great war artists, and with official pictures
take of actual scenes by its corps of correspondents and photographers sent to
the front for the purpose . . . and illuminated by a series of double-page colored war
maps of Cuba, Porto Rico, the Philippines and Hawaii, and Chromatic prints of flags
and seals of all nations, medal, signal, and insignia that represent all ranks of officers
in the Army and Navy. Washington: War Records Office, 1901, folio, original cloth,
gilt rules, decorations and lettering, all edges marbled. 631, (11) pages. $ 225.00
First edition (sold by subscription). Compiled and written directly from the Official Records at
Washington, with the endorsement of the President, of the Secretary of War, and of the Commanding
Officers of the Army and Navy. Covers rubbed and spotted. Well preserved for such a heavy book.
[105934]
145. Original wood blocks that had been used to illustrate 19th century
magazine articles in Harper’s Magazine. $ 2,250.00
Includes the following:
1. Written on back: Blind xxxxxx and His Daughter xxx out traps. Harpers. pg. 391. Aug. 1883. 5.5 3
4.5 inches. By A.B. Frost.
2. Written on back: A Chiswick Ramble, the Mall. The block has the following engraved into the
back “V.W. & Co., 18 Dutch St., N.Y.”
3. Written on back: Elk Hunting, Group of Elk, Photo full right and block print in middle. pg 857
Nov. 1889. By A.B. Frost
4. Written on back: The Old Version. [106372]
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146. (Overbrook Press) Prévost, L’Abbé. HISTOIRE DU CHEVALIER DE S
GRIEUX ET DE MANON LE SCAUT. Illustrations dessinées et imprimées
par T.M. Cleland. Stamford, CT: Overbrook Press, 1958, small 4to., full brown calf,
five raised bands, red leather spine label, slipcase. (vi), 204, (4) pages. $ 450.00
Limited to 200 copies (Cahoon p.82; A Century for the Century 58). Printed by hand in Caslon Old
Face on Hammer and Anvil paper. The illustrations and the decorations were printed in color using
a silk screen process. Loosely inserted is the four page “A Note on the Manner of its Design and
Printing.” Spine faded with some cracking along hinges. [107198]
Item 146
147. (Palemon Press) Crews, Harry. THE ENTHUSIAST. N.P.: Palemon Press
Limited, (1981), 8vo., marble paper covered boards, paper cover and spine labels.
(iv), 31+(1) pages. $ 450.00
Limited to 200 numbered and signed copies; this is one of the 50 lettered copies reserved for the
author and publisher. First appearance of “The Enthusiast.” Some wear to the boards, small chip to
the paper at the head of the spine on the rear board. Minor wear to the corners. [105804]
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148. (Paper Specimens) Warren. CAMEO AND LUSTRO RE SULTS. A Representative
Display from the Publishing and Advertising Fields, Indicative of the
Standards and Resources for Similar Work, and as a Demonstration of Results upon
Cameo and Lustro—Two of the Warren Standard Printing papers. Boston: The
Graphic Arts Company, n.d., 4tp, quarter cloth, paper covered boards, gold stamping
to cover, paper label on spine. Unpaginated. $ 225.00
Catalogue of printing and illustrating techniques on cameo and lustro printing papers. Compiled
for S.D. Warren & Co., Boston, to demonstrate advantages of cameo and lustro for advertising and
marketing. Color, black and white illustrations throughout. Paper label on spine worn and slightly
torn. Edges soiled. Endpapers faded. [106507]
Item 148
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149. Breitkopf, J.G.I. VERSUCH, DEN URSPRUNG DER SPIELKAR-
TEN, DIE EINFUHRUNG DES LEINENPAPIERES, UND DEN AN-
FANG DER HOLZSCHNEIDEKUNST IN EUROPA ZU ERFORSCHEN.
. Leipzig: J. G. I. Breitkopf, 1784, 1801, 8vo, vol 1: quarter calf, marbled paper covered
boards, five raised bands, gilt on spine; vol 2: loose unbound signatures. (iv), 136
pages, (v), vi-xxii,218 pages. $ 4,500.00
First edition (Bigmore-Wyman I, 81–82; Schlosser Exhibition Catalogue on papermaking, Boston
Public Library, 1969, #18 for the 2 volume paper history). One of the first books which systematically
deals with playing cards, their production including paper, use and card history. The first volume,
printed in 1784, contains panels of pictures of 21 tarot cards, German Piquet cards from the 15th and
17th century, patterns of German costumes, as well as examples of Chinese card and board games. The
second chapter is illustrated with pictures of a Japanese papermill, as well as a German watermark.
Isolated minimal foxing, binding cover scuffed around edges, some chipping along the edges of the
covers.
The very rare second volume of the interesting guide has a subtitle (translated into English from
the German) of “Review to a history of the art of writing . . . ” and was published by J.C.F. Roch. This
volume deals only with the art of writing, carving and illumination. It contains the “Research on the
origin of wood-engraving, papers from ‘Writing and Penmanship’, ‘Paintings in the Churches’, ‘Mosaic
Painting and their Use in the Churches’, and ‘Stained Glass and Painting in Manuscripts.’” The book
is housed in a leather clamshell box decorated with gilt lettering and tooling on spine. Some cracking
along the hinges of the clamshell box, as well as scuffs along the front and back hinges and covers.
Parts of the unbound book are uncut. Minor foxing throughout. [107050]
Item 149
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Item 149
150. (Papermaking) WARREN’S PAPER BUYERS GUIDE: PRACTICAL
DEMONSTRATIONS ON WARREN’S STANDARD PRINTING PA-
PERS FOR ALL PATRONS OF PRINTING. Boston: S. D. Warren Company,
1919, 4to, quarter cloth, paper covered boards, stamping on cover. 103, (5) pages.
$ 250.00
Catalogue of standard printing papers offered by S. D. Warren Company. Color, black and white
illustrations throughout with samples of stocks and finishes, and their suitability for different print
types. Some tanning. [106500]
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Item 150
151. PARENTHESIS 20: THE
JOURNAL OF THE FINE PRESS
BOOK ASSOCIATION. Vancouver/
Sheffield: FPBA, 2011, small 4to, cloth,
paper covered boards, slipcase. 64 pages,
seperate portfolio with paper samples.
$ 225.00
Issue 20. Deluxe edition. [106355]
Item 151
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152. Paso y Troncoso, Francisco del (editor). DE SCRIPCION, HISTORIA Y
EXPOSICION DEL CODICE BARBONICO (EDICION FACSIMI-
LAR). 2 volumes.(Mexico): Siglo Veintiuno, (1980), small 8vo. (text); folio, quarter
calf with cloth covered boards, cardboard slipcase. xlviii,498 pages; accordion fold
out pictorial of the codex. $ 400.00
Limited to 1000 copies. Reprint first published in 1898 of the Codex Borbonicus, a ritual calendar,
writen in preconquest or the early 16th century in Mexico. Commentary by E T Hamy. The original
was produced on native paper screenfold painted on one side. With 36 leaves. Slipcase damaged with
cardboard pockets torn. Bottom of leather spine of folio is stained. [107218]
153. Paton, Hugh. COLOUR ETCHING. A Practical Treatise. London: Simpkin,
Marshall, Hamilton, Kent & Co., Ltd., 1909, large 8vo., paper-covered boards. (ii),
ii, 23+(1) pages. $ 150.00
Two original etchings tipped-in and the methods of production throughly discussed. With the
bookplate and pencil signature of Gavin Bridson. Later cloth spine with paper spine lable. [98182]
154. (Pear Tree Press) Guthrie, Stuart (editor). A CHAPBOOK FOR LIT TLE
CHAPS. (Flansham, Sussex, England: Pear Tree Press, 1920), 8vo, paper-covered
boards, edges uncut. 25 pages. $ 300.00
Limited to 100 copies (Ransom 22). Items collected from nursery magazines by the editor. Printed by
hand. Wood block illustrations. Pieces of paper spine missing; wear at spine ends. [107124]
Item 154
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155. (Pear Tree Press) Pippet, Gabriel. A LIT TLE ROSARY. (Flansham, Sussex,
England): The Pear Tree Press, (1930), 16mo, paper-covered boards, paper cover label,
top edge cut, other edges uncut. unpaginated. $ 350.00
Number 90 of an limited edition. With 16 Woodcuts by Gabriel Pippet, illustrating the fifteen
mysteries of the Roman Catholic rosary. Handprinted. Reflective paper boards depicting saints.
Frontispiece. Unopened. Some wear at joints. [107083]
156. (Pear Tree Press) TE DEUM LAUDAMUS AND NUNC DIMITTIS
FROM THE BOOK OF COMMON PRAYER. Flansham: The Pear Tree Press,
1929, 12mo., silver paper-covered boards with woodcut in black, paper cover label.
(7) pages. $ 200.00
Limited to 150 copies. (Ridler no.23). Printed in red and black on hand-made paper. Woodcut
decorations by James Guthrie and design by John Guthrie. This is labeled as volume one in the Black
Letter Series. Slightly bumped at spine ends. [36678]
Item 156
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one of 100 copies
157. (Penmaen Press) Bartón, Paulé. THE WOE SHIRT. CARIBBEAN FOLK
TALES by Paulé Bartón as translated by Howard A. Norman with drawings by Norman
Laliberté. Lincoln, MA: Penmaen Press, (1980), 8vo, half cloth, decorated paper-covered
boards. x, 11–62+(1) pages. $ 125.00
Limited edition of 2000 copies of which this is one of the 100 copies bound thus and signed by both
the translator and the artist. Frontispiece, black and white illustrations. Presents thirteen folk tales
by the author. [107096]
158. PHOTO/ DESIGN FOR THE CREATIVE TEAM. 30 issues. New York:
Ziff-Davis Publishing Co., 1984–1992, small 4to., paper wrappers. $ 300.00
Thirty issues of this periodical devoted to the use of photography in design. Begins with the premier
issue No.1 and goes to issue 47 (1992). [105711]
159. (Picasso, Pablo) Gongora, Luis de y Argote. GONGORA. New York: George
Braziller, Inc., (1985), folio, cloth, dust jacket. unpaginated. $ 100.00
Collection of poetry by Luis de Gongora y Argote, translated from the Spanish by Alan S. Trueblood.
Introduction by John Russell. Black and white illustrations throughout by Pablo Picasso. Dust jacket
lightly soiled. [107234]
one of 45 special copies with tool
160. (Plough Press) Wakeman, Geoffrey. NINETEENTH CENTURY TRADE
BINDING. Two volumes. Oxford: The Plough Press, 1983, 4to., cloth, paper spine
labels, slipcase. 46, (2) pages in first volume; second is a cloth folder containing one
sheet with seven specimens of different types of leather pasted on, another sheet
with nine specimens of cloth pasted on, a four page section with 71 reproductions of
cloth rubbings being the Winterbottom designs and a specimen of brass type that
would be used by a bookbinder, and an actual hand stamp with wooden handle used
by a binder in decoration. $ 650.00
Limited to 152 numbered copies and out of print before publication, this is one of the 45 copies to
have the binder’s tool inserted in a larger box that the regular edition does not include. Another
fine Plough Press publication on a subject area which has become increasingly important. Wakeman
discusses the materials and machinery used in trade binding in both cloth and leather and has 27
illustrations from contemporary sources to aid the text. The book is hand-printed in two colors on
mould made paper. [38033]
161. Potter, Edward Tuckerman. WORLD PICTURE S IN CAPITALS. Philadelphia:
J.P. Lippincott, 1869, 4to, original embossed cloth stamped in gilt and in
blank, all edges gilt. 21 pages. $ 950.00
First and only edition. Potter (1831–1904) was a noted architect and author, Mark Twain hired him in
1871 to build his home in Hartford, CT, which still stands today. This book takes the reader around
the world by showing examples of decorated capitals of columns via photographic reproduction.
Descriptive legend by Henry Coppée. Eight-toned plates, each with five mounted photographs as
illustrations. Covers bumped at corners and scuffed. Free endpapers lacking. Foxing and a faint stain
in the outer margin of the text pages. [107119]
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one of the earliest examples of private press printing in america
162. (Press of Bizarre) Secundus, Joannes Nicolaius. THE EPITHALAMIUM;
OR, NUPTIAL SONG. Translated by Dr. John Nott. Philadelphia: The Press of
Bizarre, 1856, large 4to. (13.25 x 10 inches), original publisher’s paper boards with
later cloth spine, large paper cover label containing title and back cover label containing
limitation statement. 64 pages. $ 2,000.00
Printed in an edition limited to only 20 copies; this copy being one of an even fewer number of largepaper
copies (three of 20 copies are attributed to being large-paper). One of the earliest examples of
private press printing in America. (listed in OCLC and NUC, although not as large paper, but not
listed in the NYPL Catalogue of Special and Private Presses). The only book published by this press,
which briefly published a magazine called the Bizarre (1851–52 and 1852–55). Preface and sketch of
the life of Secundus by Hipponax Rosat. The translation of the poem is attributed to Dr. John Nott
(1751–1826); however, according to a February 14, 1866 article in Philadelphia’s Evening Bulletin, since
Nott’s translation as published by another press is completely different, this translation may be by
Rosat. The article also claims that “Hipponax Rosat” is an anagram for the name of “a gentleman
well-known in bibliographical circles.” The NUC identifies this as Joseph Ruppert Paxton, author
and member of the Philadelphia Bar. Library bookplate on which is noted in pencil. Information
on the limitation of this book. Also present is a newspaper article pasted onto front paste-down
(Evening Bulletin, Wednesday, February 14, 1866),which gives a history of the private press movement
and discusses this title. Covers rubbed and spotted. An exceptional book. [48759]
one of 12 copies
163. (Previous Parrot Press) Cook, Olive. TRYPHEMA PRUSS: THE GHOST
OF A GREAT LODGE. London: Previous Parrot Press, 1999, 8vo., decorative
paper-covered boards, slipcase. 32 Pages. $ 280.00
Published in a limited edition of 148 numbered copies, of which this is one of 12 that are fully handcolored.
Short story by Olive Cook with accompanying drawings by Walter Hoyle. Colophon signed
by author and illustrator. Includes an additional drawing signed by Hoyle and inserted in slipcase.
[76349]
164. PRINT, A QUARTERLY JOURNAL OF THE GRAPHIC ARTS. 154
issues. New Haven: William Edwin Rudge, 1940–, small 4to.., original paper wrappers,
publisher’s slipcase. $ 750.00
Volume I, No.1, to Volume III, No.4; Volume IV, No. 1 to No. 3; Volume V, No. 1 to No. 4; Volume
VI, No. 1, to No. 4; Volume VII, No. 1, to No. 6; Volume VIII, No.1, No. 2, No. 4, No. 6; Volume
IX, No. 1, No. 2; Volume XI, No. 6; Volume XXII, No. 2, No. 4, No. 5, No. 6; Volume XXIII, No.
1 to Volume XXIV, No. 3, No. 5, No. 6; Volume XXV, No. 1 to No. 6; Volume XXVII, No. 1, No. 3,
No. 4, No. 5, No. 6; Volume XXVIII, No. 1, to No. 5; Volume XXIX, No. 2, to Volume XXIX, No. 6;
Volume XXX, No. 1, to No. 3, No. 5, No. 6; Volume XXXI, No. 1, to Volume XXXIII, No. 2, No. 4,
No. 5, No. 6; Volume XXXIV, No. 1 Volume XXXV, No. 3, No. 5; Volume XL, No. 1, No. 3, No. 4, No.
5, No. 6; Volume XLI, No. 4; Volume XLII, No. 1, to No. 4, No. 6; Volume XLIII, No. 1 to Volume
XLIV No. 5; Volume XLV, No. 1, No. 3, No 5; Volume XLVI, No. 1, No. 4, No. 5; Volume XLVII, No.
1, No. 5, No. 6; Volume XLVIII, No. 1 to Volume XLIX, No. 1, No. 3, No. 4, No. 5, No. 6; Volume L,
No. 3, No. 5, No. 6. [93914]
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165. (Printing) PROGRE SS IN PRINTING. (New York: R. Hoe & Co.), n.d.,
folio, stiff paper wrapper portfolio containing loosely inserted broadsides. unpaginated.
$ 250.00
Booklet and loosely enclosed portfolio of twelve paintings commissioned for the Hoe collection
to show the history of printing. Historical survey of printing technology. Biographical sketches of
painters. Reproductions in color. Photographs of artists in black and white. Suggested display format
laid in. [107055]
Item 165
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166. (Rebecca Press) Wilde, Oscar and Hans Christian Andersen. THE NIGHT-
INGALE AND THE ROSE. With THE WILD SWAN. Two volumes.
(Hyattsville, MD): The Rebecca Press, (1985), two miniatures, in 8vo clamshell box,
miniatures two-toned paper-covered boards; box quarter cloth, paper-covered
boards. (iv),46 (3); (iv),92 pages. $ 350.00
LImited edition of 300. Two miniatures. Illustrated with wood engravings and drawings by Alan
James Robinson. Designed by Rebecca Saady Bingham. Signed by designer. Both volumes housed
in clamshell box with built in compartments for each book. Published in cooperation with the
Cheloniidae Press. [107136]
Item 166
167. RECORDS OF TRAVEL. Boston: Otis, Broaders, and Company, 1838,
12mo., original cloth-backed boards, paper spine label. 180 pages. $ 100.00
First edition (Shaw and Shoemaker 52596—no author given in S&S or in OCLC). Chapters on
Phosphorescent Illumination of the Ocean, Voyaging on the Mediterranean, From Naples to Palermo,
From Syracuse to Malt, From Messina to the Vulcanian Islands, Paestum and Napes, Burying Alive, and
the Suicide. Covers rubbed with chipping at spine ends. Back cover stained. Old bookplate from the
Odd-Fellows Library and Reading-Room Company. Pencil ownership inscription from Wilmington,
Delaware. Endpapers and preliminary pages foxed. [107376]
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168. Reichert, Josua. DER HAIDHOLZENER PSALTER. unter Mitwirkung
von Karl Neuwirth mit einer Einführung von Heinz Beier. München Berlin:
Deutscher Kunstverlag, 1988, small 4to., paper covered boards, paper spine and
cover labels, cardboard slipcase. 159+(1) pages. $ 150.00
Limited to 1500 copies of which this is one of 150 copies signed by Reichert. Printed in multiple colors
throughout. [107164]
Item 168
169. Robbins, Rev. Chandler. THE REGICIDES SHELTERED IN NEW
ENGLAND, A LECTURE OF A COURSE BY MEMBERS OF THE MAS-
SACHUSETTS HISTORICAL SOCIETY, DELIVERED BEFORE THE
LOWELL INSTITUTE, FEB. 5, 1869. Boston: Press of John Wilson and Son,
1869, 8vo., half green morocco with marbled paper covered boards, five raised bands,
top edge gilt. 36 pages plus extra plates. $ 450.00
First edition. Study of those English members of Parliment who condemmed Charles I to death and
had to flee the country upon the crowning of Charles II. This copy has been extra-illustrated with
46 extra plates and four extra text inserts, and then specially bound by Stikeman & Co. in half green
morocco. Some of the bound-in plates have pencil notes concerning their rarity. Spine faded. [105958]
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170. Rosenbach, A.S.W. THE ALL-EMBRACING DOCTOR FRANKLIN.
Philadelphia: Privately printed, 1932, tall 8vo., half-brown cloth over paper covered
boards with no printing. 47 pages. $ 150.00
First and only edition, limited to 198 numbered copies. Printed by Fred Anthoensen at his Southworth
Press. Dr. Rosenbach, in this Christmas book, reveals the more risque side of Dr. Franklin. This
was always one of Rosenbach’s favorite productions because of its off-color nature. One of the few
Rosenbach books actually written by Rosenbach. This appears to be a trial or variant issue of some
sort as the covers are different and there is a mounted picture of Franklin which is meant to be a title
page. The normal title page and frontispiece are not present and the endpapers are plain rather than
blue marbled paper. The pages are unopened. [107223]
171. (Roycrofters) Hubbard, Elbert. SELECTED WRITINGS OF ELBERT
HUBBARD. With LITTLE JOURNEYS TO THE HOMES OF THE
GREAT. THE MEMORIAL EDITION. 28 volumes. New York: Wm. H. Wise &
Co., (1916), (1922), 8vo., original blind stamped pictorial cloth, top edges gilt.
$ 650.00
The two complete sets in 14 volumes each of the works of Elbert Hubbard. Each volume has a special
printed page bound in that states that “THIS COPY OF The Memorial Edition . . . has been
specially prepared by the Roycrofters in their Shops—which are in—East Aurora—Erie County—
New York for MY WIFE, Rachel and daughter Joy, Einar H. Mettre, D.C.” where the last part is
printed in red ink. Of even more interest is the fact that the 28 volumes are contained in a specially
made 2-shelf wooden bookcase that appears to have come from the Roycroters and meant to house
this set. Some rubbing along hinges of the volumes. Volume One of the Selected Writings has a small
stain along the top of the preliminary pages. [107425]
172. Royere, Jean. LE MANUSCRIT AUTOGRAPHE, REVUE PARAIS-
SANT TOUS LE TROIS MOIS. 17 issues. Paris: Auguste Blaizot & Fils, 1931–,
4to., paper wrappers. Various pagination. $ 200.00
Numbers 25–41, 1931–1933. Internationally renowned contributions from manuscripts and typographies
in French and English. Numerous facsimile reproductions and illustrations. [55599]
173. (Schauberg) M. DU MONT SCHAUBERG KÖLNISCHE ZEITUNG,
1802–1902. With 1902–1906. Buchdruckerei, Steindruckerei. Köln: M. Du Mont
Schauberg, (1906), square 8vo., paper covered boards, slipcase with leather spine
label. 51 pages. $ 125.00
History of this printer and newspaper publisher. Includes a facsimile reproduction of an 1802 and
a 1814 newspaper page issued by the company. Filled with illustrations of printing equipment,
binding equipment, etc. Ornaments and decorations in red ink. Booklabel of Rudolf Mosse on front
pastedown. [105944]
174. Schonfield, Jeremy (editor). PEREK SHIRAH: AN EIGHTEENTH-
CENTURY ILLUMINATED HEBREW BOOK OF PRAISE. Two volumes.
London: Facsimile Editions Limited, 1996, 32mo, paper-covered boards; vellum,
leather spine, slipcase. 55; 16 pages. $ 450.00
Limited edition of 550. Text of manuscript in Hebrew, companion volume in English. Perek Shirah,
lit. “chapter of song,” Original Ms. 12983. British Museum. Collection of sayings in praise of divine
creation. Produced in early 18th century. [107122]
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Item 174
175. (Shakespeare Head Press) Brontë, Anne, Charlotte and Emily. THE SHAKE-
SPEARE HEAD BRONTË. 9 (of 19) volumes in the series. New York: Houghton
Mifflin, 1931, 8vo., quarter cloth with paper-covered boards, edges uncut. Variously
paginated. $ 250.00
Published in a limited edition of 1000 numbered copies, of which this is one of 500 copies of the
Large Paper Edition. (Ransom no.73). Part of the Shakespeare Head Brontë series (1931–38), the most
complete edition of the sisters’ work. The series was edited by T.J. Wise and J.A. Symington. The nine
volumes in this collection include: Emily Brontë, Wuthering Heights; Anne Brontë: Agnes Grey, The
Tenant of Wildfell Hall Vol. I–II; Charlotte Bronte: Shirley Vol I–II, Villette Vol. I–II, The Professional.
Bookplate on lower front pastedown of each volume. [76739]
176. Simrock, Karl. DER DEUTSCHEN VOLKSBUCHER. Gesammelt und
ihrer ursprünglichen Echtheit wiederhergestellt. 13 volumes. Frankfurt: Heinr.
Ludw. Brönner, 1845–1867, tall 12mo., contemporary green cloth. Over 5000 pages.
$ 450.00
First edition, the complete set of this work devoted to the German people and their literature. With
numerous illustrations and text wood engravings in the early volumtes. Ex library set with markings.
[107369]
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177. (Smith, Jessie Willcox) MacDonald, George. AT THE BACK OF THE
NORTH WIND. Illustrated by Jessie Willcox Smith. Philadelphia: David McKay,
Publisher, 1919, tall 8vo., cloth, dust jacket, top edge gilt. 342 pages. $ 225.00
First edition. With a full color title page and eight separate plates in color by Jessie Willcox Smith.
Well-preserved binding with the border on the front cover in gilt. With the front and back covers
of the color illustrated jacket present although worn along edges with tears and tape repair to front
cover. Unusual to find the jacket present. [105879]
178. Sotomayor, Dámaso. LA CONQUISTA DE MÉXICO EFFECTUADA
POR HERNÁN CORTÉS. Segun el Codice Jeroglifica Troano-Americano. Mexico
City: Oficina Impresora del Timbre, 1897, 4to, later red calf, raised bands, gilt
stamped, marbled endpapers with original paper wrappers bound-in. (vi), 40+(1)
pages. $ 150.00
Text in Spanish. Dedicated to Mexican President Porfirio Diaz. Essays on translation of the
hieroglyphs concerning the conquest of Mexico by Cortes. Illustration of the author following title
page. Black and white plates throughout. Foldout color illustration of the timetable of the conquest in
1519–1521 giving Aztec and Christian dates. Leather binding faded and rubbed. Original wrappers torn
and stained. Title page stained. Further staining to leaves near end of book. [107236]
179. Southward, John and F.J.F. Wilson. PRINCIPLE S AND PROGRE SS OF
PRINTING MACHINERY WITH AN ACCOUNT OF MODERN PRINT-
ING MACHINE S BY F.J.F. WILSON. London: E. Menken, n.d. (circa 1888),
small 8vo., original cloth. 156, (4) pages. $ 225.00
Second edition. (See Bridson & Wakeman A146 for first edition). Apparently the same as the first
edition except for the four pages of ads at the end. Many illustrations and separate plates (one folding)
of printing equipment. With the bookplate and pencil signature of Gavin Bridson. Also had the
booklabel of Ruari McLean and the LCC Central School of Arts & Crafts Libray. With ink stamp of
London Council on front front pastedown and on the title page. [2197]
180. (St. Teresa’s Press) PSALMS OF PRAISE. (Flemington, NJ: St. Teresa’s
Press, 1967), 4to, quarter Oasis Niger Goatskin, decorated Japanese Kinho papercovered
boards. (v), 30 pages. $ 600.00
Limited edition of 100. Twelve selections from the Book of Psalms. Hand painted initials throughout
the text and a hand-painted initial page showing a dove in flight. Handset Cancelleresca Bastarda type
printed on Strathmore Alexandra Japan. Spine, and edges of boards at spine, show minor sunning.
Tiny spot on front paper board. Small tape marks on pastedowns. [107137]
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Item 180
the binder’s own copy
181. (Stone House Press) Bertin, Charles. CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS.
Ros lyn, NY: The John Carter Brown Library, 1992, 8vo., quarter leather, cloth, inserted
in a clamshell case with separate porfolio containing six woodcuts on individual
plates. 85 pages. $ 850.00
Limited to 200 numbered copies signed by the the artist, the binder and the printer, this being one
of twenty of the deluxe edition. The prize winning play translated into English by William Jay Smith.
Preface by Norman Fiering. Designed, bound and signed by Deborah M. Evetts in quarter leather
with Thai silk sides. Portfolio contains six wood engravings printed and signed by John De Pol, and
prospectus. Text illustrated with the engravings by John Depol and six engravings from works in the
John Carter Brown Library. This copy comes from the library of Deborah Evetts, the binder, and
contains a pen and ink drawing of the design used on the front cover, a sample stamped in green
leather of this design, and various photographs of the covers. [106495]
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Item 181
182. Symons, Arthur. Letter from Arthur Symons to unknown recipient.
N.P.: n.p., 1914. $ 225.00
2 page A.L.s. from Arthur Symons (1865–1945), British poet, critic and editor. (The New Cambridge
Biography of English Literature III, 649–651; DNB 1941–1950, 858–9). Written, 1 September 1914, from
Island Cottage, Wittersham, Kent, which Symons had bought in 1906 and where he lived until his
death in 1945. Recipient’s name not given. Response to inquiry about selling books. Small tear at top
of second page. [107638]
183. (Tern Press) Griffiths, Bill (editor). THE POEMS ON LLYWARCH HEN.
N.P.: Tern Press, 1976, 8vo, quarter leather, marbled paper covered boards, top edge
cut, other edges uncut. unpaginated. $ 200.00
Limited edition of 100 numbered copies signed by the editor and engraver, Nicholas Parry. Translated
from Welsh. Poetry related to a Welsh folk hero. Printed in 20D Delphin on Maidstone handmade
paper. Black and white engravings throughout. Author’s note and bibliography. Pamphlet in Welsh
and invoice laid in. [107088]
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Item 183
184. (Tern Press) Abbs, Peter. SONGS
OF A NEW TALIESIN. (Market
Drayton, England): Tern Press, (1979),
oblong 8vo., floral cloth. unpaginated.
$ 120.00
Limited edition of 90 copies signed by the poet
and the illustrator. Wood, lino-cut illustrations by
Nicholas Parry. Marbled endpapers. [107260]
Item 184
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185. (Tern Press) Clare, John. VERSES FOR HIS CHILDREN, TALES &
OTHER TRIFLES IN VERSE FOR THE AMUSEMENT OF YOUNG
MINDS CHIEFLY WRITTEN FOR & RELATED TO THE AUTHOR’S
OWN CHILDREN WHEN UNDER TEN YEARS OLD. (Market Drayton):
Tern Press, (1993), small 4to., flowered cloth, paper cover label. (48) pages.
$ 295.00
Limited to an edition of 150 numbered copies signed by Nicholas and Mary Parry, the artist and
printers. Printed to celebrate Clare’s bicentenary, the poems, which were selected by Eric Robinson,
are delightful verses dealing with the travails and joys of such creatures as ladybugs, moths, frogs,
grasshoppers, birds and fairies. Illustrated with delicate hand colored relief printed etchings created
by Nicholas Parry. [64832]
186. (Tern Press) Radnóti, Miklós. THE WITNE SS. (Market Drayton, England):
Tern Press, (1977), 8vo, quarter leather, decorated paper-covered boards, top edge
cut, other edges uncut. unpaginated. $ 125.00
Limited edition of 90 numbered copies signed by the translator and illustrator. Translated from
Hungarian by Thomas Orszag-Land. Based on the poet’s experience as an Hungarian Jew during
World War II. Woodcut illustrations by Nicholas Parry. Bound by Nicholas and Mary Parry. Marbled
endpapers. Slightly faded along top edge of front cover. [107257]
Item 186
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187. (Tideline Press) Fraser, James H. EXLIBRIS DESIGNS FOR SPECIAL COL-
LECTIONS. Tideline Press, 2010, 8vo, cloth covered boards, paper spine, 4 leather
cords over spine. 53 pages. $ 800.00
One of 21 copies. Signed by Leonard Seastone. [108202]
Item 187
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188. Tomes, Robert. THE GREAT CIVIL WAR, A HISTORY OF THE
LATE REBELLION WITH BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES OF LEAD-
ING STATESMEN AND DISTINGUISHED NAVAL AND MILITARY
COMMANDERS, ETC. 3 volumes. New York: Virtue and Yorston, (1862), thick
small 4to., half calf with marbled paper covered boards. Engraved title page,(iv),664;
Engraved title page,680; Engraved title page,738 pages. $ 425.00
First edition (Not in Nevins). “Continued from the beginning of the year 1864 to the end of the War
by Benjamin G. Smith. Filled with illustrations (ten colored maps, 36 portraits, 22 views). Covers
rubbed along edges. Inside hinges partially cracked. Well preserved set. [105996]
189. (Trianon Press) Shahn, Ben. ECCLESIASTES OR, THE PREACHER.
Paris: Trianon Press, 1967, small folio, full morocco, slipcase. not paginated.
$ 600.00
Limited to 240 numbered copies, each with an original numbered lithograph bearing the artist’s
signature. Illustrated by illuminated, color plates. “The artist’s long preoccupation with Ecclesiastes
has resulted in this unique volume, in which the text of the Authorized Version of the Bible, lovingly
copied by hand, is accompanied by illuminated chapter headings from the Hebrew and eight full-page
color illustrations.” Ben Shahn (September 12, 1898–March 14, 1969) was a Lithuanian-born American
artist, muralist, social activist, photographer and teacher. He is best known for his works of social
realism, his leftist political views, and his series of lectures published as The Shape of Content. Spine
very faded. [107038]
Item 189
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Item 190
190. (Trovillion Private Press) KIPLING SPEAKS TO THE YOUNG MAN.
Herrin, IL: Trovillion Private Press, (1939), 12mo., cloth, glassine paper jacket with
various stars in different colors. (22) pages. $ 125.00
Limited to 167 numbered copies signed by the Trovillions. Printed by hand at this private press with
the use of red for some ornaments. Glassine jacket has small pieces of tape attaching it to pastedowns
(as issued?). [105975]
191. Truhlár, Antonin and Karel Hrdina (editors). RUKOVET HUMANIS-
TICKÉHO BÁSNICTVÍ CECHÁCH A NA MORAVE. five volumes. Prague:
Ceskoslovenske Akademie Ved, 1966, 8vo, cloth. 530,(2); 490,(2); 404,(4); 391+(1);
603,(3) pages. $ 450.00
Text in Czech and Latin. Handbook of Latin poetry written in Bohemia and Moravia, mostly 16th and
17th centuries. Detailed entries for all known poets giving personal information, works written and
published, and references. Preface, explanation of notes and epilogue. Editorial responsibilities later
assumed by Josef Hejnic and Jan Martinek. Black and white plates in all volumes. Boards and spines
lightly soiled. [107564]
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Item 191
192. UNWIN BROTHERS WILL BE PLEASED TO FORWARD ESTI-
MATES FOR PRICE LISTS, CATALOGUES AND PRINTING OF EV-
ERY DESCRIPTION. PRINTING IN OLD STYLE A SPECIALTY. ES-
TABLISHED 1826. THE GRESHAM PRESS . . . .(From front cover).
London: Gresham Press, n.d. (ca. 1890’s), oblong 4to., original front cover present
but worn; back cover lacking. (24) pages. $ 325.00
Comprises priced specimens of labels, both blank and filled, and reversed for transfer, along with
vignette specimens of pianos, piano stools, organs, musical cases, etc. Specimens printed in orange or
black. No other copy traced. Front cover detached and heavily chipped around edges, contents very
good. Back cover lacking. An incredible survival. [80255]
193. Urbánková, Emma (editor). KRONIKA TROJÁNSKÁ. Prague: Sumtibus
Pragopress, 1968, 8vo, full leather, title gilt stamped on spine, spine and boards decorated,
slip case. 386 pages. $ 250.00
(Frantisek Bubla V, 6340). Text in Czech. Introduction in Czech, English, French, German and
Russian. Facsimile edition of The Trojan Chronicle, one of the first books to be printed in Czech, c.
1468. The Czech version of the Latin work by Guido de Columna. Volume IV of the Editio Cimelia
Bohemica series. Reviewed by Drs. Mirjam Bohatcová and Jiri Danhelka. Introduction and publisher’s
advertisement laid in. Slipcase torn at edges and corners. [107540]
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Item 193
194. (Vassos, John) Wilde, Oscar. THE BAL-
LAD OF READING GAOL. Conceptions by
John Vassos. New York: E.P. Dutton & Co., 1930,
square 8vo., cloth-backed boards, dust jacket. 124
pages. $ 100.00
First edition. Sixteen full page illustrations by Vassos (1898–
1995), each protected by a tissue guard. Loosely inserted is
a two page mimeograph of “Explanation of the symbolic
content of Vassos illustrations” which explains each of
the illustrations. Also loosely inserted is a T.L.s. from H.F.
Daniels of E.P. Dutton & Co. referring the recipient to
the company that printed the Vassos plates, Offset Plate
Engraving of New York City. Only minor chipping of jacket
at spine ends. [107626]
Item 194
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195. Vervliet, Hendrik D.L. LIBER LIBRORUM, 5,000 JAHRE BUCH-
KUNST. Eine geschichtliche Übersicht. Geneva: Weber Verlag, 1973, square 4to.,
cloth, dust jacket, cloth-covered slipcase. 545, (3) pages. $ 250.00
German translation of this work, first published in 1972. Twenty-four contributions or chapters by
24 scholars and experts: P. Culot, K. Gardner, A. Gaur, R. McLean, H.D.L. Vervliet et al., with 264
illustrations, color or black-and-white. In four sections: early history of books and writing, books in
the orient, western manuscript books, and the printed western book (beginning with block books).
Much attention is paid to illumination and illustration, with due notice of binding. A useful general
work, particularly for the history of books before printing. Bibliographies at ends of chapters, list of
illustrations at end. Shaken, covers almost detached from block at back hinge. Jacket lightly chipped
at top and bottom edges. Slipcase somewhat soiled, lightly worn, bumped on three of the back
corners. [53854]
196. Vollard, Ambroise. LE PÈRE UBU. 4 volumes. Paris: Éditions Georges Crés,
1918–1920, small 8vo. for first three, 12mo. for fourth title., stiff paper wrappers,
modern clamshell box, leather cover label. 11; 16; 29,(3); 116 pages. $ 300.00
Four books in the series issued by Vollard all loosely inserted in a special clamshell box with a
structured container to hold the different sizes. Includes:
1. Le Père Ubu, a L’Hôpital. 1918. 5e mille. Illustrated by Paul Bonnard. Covers detached.
2. Le Père Ubu, a L’Aviation. 1918. 2e mille. Illustrated by Paul Bonnard. Covers faded along spine.
3. La Politique Coloniale du Père Ubu, 1919. 2e Edition. Illustrated by Georges Rouault. Covers
faded along spine.
4. Le Père Ubu à la Guerre. 1920. 1et mille. Limited to 500 numbered copies. Illustrations by Jean
Puy.
Price is for the boxed set. [107180]
Item 196
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197. (Wall, Bernardt) WALL’S ETCHED MONTHLY. New York: Bernhardt
Wall, 1921, 4to., original stiff paper wrappers with etched paper cover label.
$ 600.00
Berhardt Wall (1872–1956) was a book artist that took etching to a new level. In 192,1 he started a
journal that he claimed was the beginning of the first etched magazine. The periodical last twelve
issues and was distributed by the New York bookseller, James F. Drake (Weber. Following Barhardt
Wall, pp.53–54). It sold for the very high amount of $50 annually or $5 apiece and was done in only 125
copies. All of the issues are scarce. We have the following for sale:
Volume I, 3. March 1921. Sixteen etchings including an etching of James Drake and the etched text
of his “Why First Editions.”
Volume II, 1. May 1921. Seventeen etchings including a portrait of Joyce Kilmer and an etching of
The Grolier Club.
Volume II, 2. June 1921. Fifteen etchings including an etching of the New York Public Library.
The March issue is inscribed on the first blank leaf “To Mr. Wm. F. Gable, Copy No.10, March 1921,
Bernhardt Wall.” The Drake portrait is signed in pencil by Wall.
The May issue is inscribed on the first blank leaf “To Mr. Wm. F. Gable, this Copy No. 10, May 1921,
Very Sincerely Yours, Bernardt Wall” and has two of the etchings signed in pencil by Wall.
The June issue has the an etched limitation notice (Number 10) and is signed by Wall. It also has
a presentation “To Mr. Wm. F. Gable, 6, 27, 1921, BW.” One of the plates is signed in pencil by Wall.
Gable (1856–1921) was a well known Altoona, Pa collector whose books were sold at auction in
1923 by the American Art Association. Chipped around edges with tear along spine of the May issue.
[106179]
198. (Ward Ritchie Press) Hyde, Laurence. SOUTHERN CROSS: A NOVEL
OF THE SOUTH SEAS. Los Angeles: The Ward Ritchie Press, 1951, small 8vo.,
quarter cloth, paper-covered boards. (vi), 255, (2) pages. $ 150.00
First edition. This book is an anti-war novel of the South Seas told in wood engravings by Laurence
Hyde. It tells the story of a family forced to leave their island home due to nuclear bomb testing.
Includes a review of stories in pictures from earliest times. With an introduction by Rockwell Kent
and a note on the engravings by Hyde. Well preserved copy. [60678]
Item 198
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199. Ward, Lynd. MADMAN’S DRUM. New York: Jonathan Cape and Harrison
Smith, (1930), 8vo, quarter cloth, decorated paper-covered boards, top edge stained
black, other edges uncut. unpaginated. $ 150.00
First edition. A “book without words” where the illustrations by the author substitute for printed text.
Some rubbing of edges of boards. With the bookplate of Frances Rockwell Kent, the second wife of
Rockwell Kent. Rubbed along edges. Front endpaper tanned. [107243]
Item 199
200. Ward, Lynd. VERTIGO. New York: Random
House, 1937, 8vo, decorated cloth, dust jacket. unpaginated.
$ 500.00
First edition. A “book without words” where the illustrations
by the author substitute for printed text. Dust jacket torn near
edges. Boards scuffed at spine and edges. Endpapers tanned.
This is a very scarce book in jacket. [107252]
Item 200
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201. Weidenaar, Reynolds V. WEIDENAAR, OUR CHANGING LAND-
SCAPE. Cape Cod: Wake-Brook House, (1970), small 4to., red and white woven
cloth covers. 80 pages. $ 125.00
Number 238 of an unspecified limited edition. Preface by James Biddle, President, National Trust for
Historic Preservation. Beautifully reproduced architectural art of Weidenaar. Printed on heavy paper
with different colored paper dividers. Signed by Weidenaar on the free endpaper. [106250]
202. (Whittington Press) Anderson, Andrew. A VISION OF ORDER, 32 LIN-
OCUTS BY ANDREW ANDERSON. (Lower Marston Farm, Risbury): Whittington
Press, 2011, 22 x 15 inches, quarter buckram and paper covered boards, slipcase.
64 pages. $ 536.00
Andrew Andersons astonishing linocuts are an arresting mix of image, lettering and symbolism. The
images show strong influences of his background as an architect with a particular interest in mediaeval
architecture; the lettering brings Eric Gill to mind, but with an added fluency and versatility; and
much of the symbolism comes from his involvement with cathedral and church architecture. He has
written about his work in MATRIX 28, pp. 914.
He combines these three elements with immense skill and with a rare dedication, and yet his
images have an astonishing vibrance and magnetism. Little known or seen over the years, hampered
perhaps because of their size and the artists preoccupation with his architectural work, they appear
here for the first time in a readily accessible form, each with a note by the artist explaining its content
and symbolism.
The large format of A VISION OF ORDER allows most of the prints to be tipped in unfolded.
Like our Posters published in 1996, it will be a monumental volume in its own right, set in a large size
of the Caslon type for which the Press has become renowned. Tom Mayo, who will be doing much
of the printing of this large and unusual project, will be posting a blog giving an illustrated report of
its progress.
Available Summer 2011 [107015]
Item 202
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203. Wilkinson, W.T. PHOTO-ENGRAVING AND PHOTO-LITHOGRA-
PHY IN LINE AND IN HALF-TONE, ALSO COLLOTYPE AND HE-
LIOTYPE. London: England Bros., 1887, 8vo., original cloth. (vi), 193, (11) pages.
$ 185.00
Second edition, revised and enlarged. (Bridson & Wakeman E48; St. Bride p.973). With the bookplate
and pencil signature of Gavin Bridson. Illustrated. Minor cover rubbing. [97803]
204. Wilkinson, W.T. PHOTO-MECHANICAL PROCESSES. A PRACTI-
CAL GUIDE TO PHOTO-ZINCOGRAPHY, PHOTO-LITHOGRAPHY,
AND COLLOTYPE. London: England Bros., 1897, small 8vo., original cloth. (ii),
vi, 174, (6) pages. $ 185.00
Second edition, revised and enlarged. (Bridson & Wakeman E68). Illustrated and includes the
bookplate and pencil signature of Gavin Bridson. Well-preserved copy. [97804]
Item 204
205. Williams, Henry Smith. MANUSCRIPTS, INSCRIPTIONS AND MU-
NIMENTS, ORIENTAL, CLASSICAL, MEDIEVAL AND MODERN,
DESCRIBING, CLASSIFIED AND ARRANGED, COMPREHENDING
THE HISTORY OF THE ART OF WRITING. 4 volumes. London and New
York: Merrill & Baker, 1901–1902, folio, original half brown cloth with light brown
paper covered boards. $ 450.00
Complete with all 227 plates (numbered 1–203 with extras being “a” and “b” plates). The first volume
is the Oriental Series and includes Egyptian and Assyrian, other scripts of Asia and the ancient
Meximan writing of America; the second is the Classical Series and includes examples of the origin
and the development of the Greek and Latin scripts; the third is the Medieval Series and includes
illuminated books, Bible manuscripts, and historical documents; the fourth demonstrates illuminated
manuscripts of the Orient, and autograph writings of modern times. Each large volume has a number
of separate folders with text describing the contents loosely inserted. Each plate is accompanied by a
text page. Edges of pages chipped; foxed throughout. [105732]
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206. (Windover Press) ROBERT THE DEVIL.
Translated and introduced by W.S. Merwin from an
Anonymous French Play of the XIV Century. With woodengravings
by Roxanne Sexauer. Iowa City, IA: Windover
Press, 1981, 4to., cloth, paper spine label, deckled edges.
44, (2) pages. $ 125.00
Published in limited edition of 310 copies, of which this is one of a
series of 260 (A Century for a Century 85). Two-color frontispiece.
Handmade Windhover paper with Dante and Bembo italic type. Ink
ownership inscription on title page. [76041]
Item 206
207. (Windover Press) ROBERT THE
DEVIL. Translated and introduced by W.S. Merwin
from an Anonymous French Play of the XIV
Century. With wood-engravings by Roxanne Sexauer.
Iowa City, IA: Windover Press, 1981, 4to.,
cloth, paper spine label, deckled edges. 44, (2)
pages. $ 135.00
Published in limited edition of 310 copies, of which this is
one of a series of 260 (A Century for a Century 85). Twocolor
frontispiece. Handmade Windhover paper with Dante
and Bembo italic type. Small spot on spine. [107036]
Item 207
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208. (Wise, Thomas J.) Carter, John and Graham Pollard. AN ENQUIRY INTO
THE NATURE OF CERTAIN NINETEENTH CENTURY PAMPHLETS.
London: Constable & Co., 1934, 8vo., cloth, top edge gilt, dust jacket. xii, 400
pages. $ 450.00
First edition. A classic piece of literary detective work in which the authors expose Thomas J. Wise
as a forger by their work in type specimens, paper and study of the text of various 19th century
pamphlets. A landmark book in the history of literary forgery. This copy has been signed by both
authors on the half-title. This is the first copy that Oak Knoll has handled which has both signatures.
Bookplate of Rachel McMasters Miller Hunt (stamped HBL Withdrawn). Jacket is worn with piece
of front cover and top of spine missing. [105883]
209. (Wise, Thomas J.) Carter, John and Graham Pollard. WORKING PAPERS
FOR A SECOND EDITION OF AN ENQUIRY INTO THE NATURE OF
CERTAIN NINETEENTH CENTURY PAMPHLETS. Four volumes, the
complete set. Oxford: Privately printed, 1967, 1969, 1970, small 8vo., stiff paper
wrappers. (ii),21+(1); (ii),21; (ii),36 pages. $ 495.00
First editions of all parts. Includes two. THE FORGERIES OF TENNYSON’S PLAYS. (ii), 21
pages. Limited to 140 copies; 3. THE MYSTERY OF `THE DEATH OF BALDER’. (ii), 21 pages.
Limited to 200 copies; four. GORFIN’S STOCK. (ii), 36 pages. Limited to 400 copies. This set once
belonged to Wise’s bibliographer, William Todd. No. two contains a loosely inserted “Compliments”
card stating that it was “Sent at the request of John Carter.” No. three has Todd’s initials in the corner
of the cover, a loosely inserted photocopy of a review of this title written by Todd and has pencil notes
throughout. No. 4 is also initialed by Todd, has a loosely inserted photocopy of a review of this title
written by Todd and has pencil notes throughout. [106191]
210. (Wood, Anthony) Kiessling, Nicolas K. THE LIBRARY OF ANTHONY
WOOD. Oxford: Oxford Bibliographical Society, 2002, thick 8vo., cloth-backed
boards. lviii, 758 pages. $ 125.00
Wood (1632–1695) formed the largest collection of books and manuscripts in 17th century Oxford. His
library was given to the Ashmolean Museum in 1695 and transferred to the Bodleian in 1860. With a
biographical sketch and a history of the library, followed by descriptions of the 6758 items still present
accompanied by various appendices and indices. Plates. [106216]
211. (Yellow Barn Press) McChesney, Mary. BEACHCOMBING. Omaha: Yellow
Barn Press, 1981, 8vo., cloth-covered boards. (6), 32 pages. $ 200.00
Number 43 from limited edition of 150. (Walsdorf A2.) Presentation copy from Neil Shaver to Alan
Dietch, who sold Shaver the press used for the book. Printed during the press’s twelve month period
in Omaha. Minor spotting on front cover. [93845]
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Bibliography
212. Aude, A.-F. BIBLIOGRAPHIE CRITIQUE ET RAISONNÉE DES
ANA FRANÇAIS ET ÉTRANGERS. Paris: H. Daragon, 1910, 8vo, stiff paper
wrappers, uncut edges. xv, 122 pages. $ 125.00
Text in French. Limited edition of 500 numbered copies (Besterman I, 378). Engraved frontispiece.
First comprehensive bibliography of “ana”, those bibliographies which have the word “ana,” at the
end. Thus it describes the bibliography of “Cruikshaniana” published in 1835. Contains detailed
descriptions of a number of works. Light tanning. Bookplate on front endpaper of Gavin Bridson.
[107302]
Item 212
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213. Bohatta, Dr. Hanns. KATALOG DER IN DEN BIBLIOTHEKEN DER
REGIERENDEN LINIE DES FÜRSTLICHEN HAUSES VON UND ZU
LIECHTENSTEIN BEFINDLICHEN BÜCHER AUS DEM XVI.-XX.
JAHRHUNDERT. Wien: Fürstlich Liechtensteinische Gemälde-Galerie, 1931,
8vo., wrappers. (iiii),640; (ii),641–1465; (ii),1467–2177 pages with 48 plates.
$ 200.00
Text in German. Three volumes. Catalogue of books dating from the sixteenth to the twentieth
centuries held in the collection of the House of Prince Liechtenstein. Over 40,000 items listed.
Uniform tanning to the wrappers and pages. Bottom corner of front wrapper and bottom corner of
first several pages missing on volume one, does not affect text. Wear to the spines with some paper
loss to the head and tail of volume three. Front wrapper and first page partially detached on volume
three. [105985]
214. Bonet, Pierre. BIBLIOGRAPHIA ARANEORUM: ANALYSE MÉ-
THODIQUE DE TOUTE LA LITTÉRATURE ARANÉOLOGIQUE. Tome
I. Toulouse, France: Les Frères Douladoure, 1945, tall 8vo., cloth. xvii, 832 pages.
$ 250.00
Text in French. (Besterman I, 459). Araneology is the study of spiders and related creatures. Includes
introduction, history of araneology, rules of nomenclature, listings of books, journal articles and
bibliography organized by field of specialization. Black and white plates. Ex-library. Boards and spine
scuffed. Bookplate and signature of previous owner on front endpapers. Tanning. [107284]
Item 214
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215. (Bookbinding) CATALOGUE OF A SELECTED PORTION OF THE
FAMOUS LIBRARY PRINCIPALLY OF FINE BINDINGS, RARE EN-
GRAVINGS, ILLUSTRATED BOOKS, AND FRENCH LITERATURE
FORMED BY THE LATE MORTIMER SCHIFF, ESQ. OF NEW YORK
CITY. Three volumes. London: Sotheby & Co., 1938, 8vo., stiff green paper wrappers.
554, (12) pages. $ 350.00
Auction catalogues of the library of fine bindings and illustrated books from the library of Mortimer
Schiff (1877–1931), Sotheby, London, March, July, and December 1938 (Blogie III, 23–25; VII, 5–7; XII,
6–9), 2476 lots. Nothing comparable with these bindings had “been seen in London since the Holdford
Sale more than ten years earlier.” The real strength of the library is in the 18th century. Probably
never since the Hamilton Palace Sale have so many examples of the inlaid binding of the period been
offered for sale in London, culminating in Louis Douceur’s emblematically tooled binding on Daphnis
and Chloe and the amazing chinoiserie signed Monnier, the most elaborate binding of the period
known to us. The auction proved to be disastrous for the heirs. The only beneficiaries were collectors
like Lessing J. Rosenwald, who through Rosenbach, found it possible to obtain rare bindings and
illustrated folios for bargain prices (Dickinson, p.282). Each volume illustrated throughout in black
and white and color (121 plates). Front inside hinge broken of volume one and covers and spine loose
from binding; tear in title page with a piece detached. Ink stamp of B.F. Stevens & Brown Ltd. on
front covers of volume two and three [106129]
Item 215
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216. Caprotti, Erminio. L’ ILLUSTRAZIONE MALACOLOGICA DALLE
ORIGINI AL 1800 BIBLIOGRAFIA. With DAL 1800 AL 1968 BIBLIO-
GRAFIA. 2 volumes. N.P.: Edizioni Libreria Naturalistica Bolognese, n.d. (circa
1994), 8vo., stiff paper wrappers. 117; 165–300 pages. $ 125.00
Bibliography of the study of mollusks. Numerous plates including some in color in the back of each
volume. From the library of Gavin Bridson with his bookplate in each volume and his signature in
each volume. [105946]
217. THE CRYE S OF LONDON. (Cambridge, England): Old Hall Press, 1994,
4to, quarter leather, raised bands, gilt-stamped paper-covered boards. xxi, 81 full
page plates. $ 300.00
Limited edition of 425 numbered copies. Catalogue of items in the collection of the Pepys Library,
Magdalen College, Cambridge University. Illustrations of street vendors and various tradespeople.
Introduction by Richard Luckett, Pepys librarian. With 81 black and white plates, including three
gatefold four-page spreads. Text composed in 14 pt. Baskerville on van Gelder paper. Bottom edges of
slipcase cracked along edge. [107231]
Item 217
218. (Da Silva) ARCHIVO DO BIBLIOPHILO. LIVROS RAROS E CU-
RIOSOS DE HISTORIA E LITTERATURE, A VENDA NA LIVRARIA
PEREIRA DA SILVA & C. (Lisboa): Pereira da Silva & C., 1908–1912, thick 8vo.,
contemporary quarter green calf with marbled paper covered boards. 948 pages.
$ 250.00
This is a complete set of 58 consectutively numbered catalogues from number one to 58 issued by this
Spanish bookseller. [105945]
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219. (Earl of Crawford) BIBLIOTHECA LINDESIANA. CATALOGUE OF
THE LIBRARY OF THE RIGHT HON. THE EARL OF CRAWFORD. 6
volumes. (London): Sotheby, Wilkinson & Hodge, Sotheby & Co., 1887, 1889, 1947,
1948, 8vo., two volumes disbound, four volumes stiff paper wrappers. x,220,xxi;
vii,92,xi; 48; 49–88; 89–132; 133–164 pages. $ 850.00
From the collection of James Ludovic Lindsay 26th Earl of Crawford (1847–1913). Bibliophile,
philatelist, astronomer, and Conservative MP from 1874 until his elevation to the peerage upon his
father’s death in 1880. Preceded by his father Alexander, (1812–1880), 25th Earl. First portion with
2,148 lots. Second portion with 1,105 lots (Blogie III, 47–48), third portion with 640 lots, fourth
portion with lots 641–1171, fifth portion with lots 1172–1679, sixth portion with lots 1680–2014 (Blogie
III, 123, 127, 128). First two parts bound together, binding removed. Wrappers slightly soiled on the
remaining four parts. Pencil notations to the front wrappers of the third and fourth portions. The first
part has realized prices in pencil. [106457]
220. ENCYCLOPAEDIA BRITANNICA, A DICTIONARY. 32 volumes
bound in 16. Cambridge: At the University Press, 1926, small 4to., original half calf
with red cloth-covered boards, top edge gilt. $ 350.00
13th edition. Minor wear along hinges. [103923]
221. Ferrari, Luigi. ONOMASTICON, REPERTORIO BIOBIBLIOGRA-
FICO DEGLI SCRITTORI ITALIANI, DAL 1501 AL 1850. Milano: Ulrico
Hoepli, 1947, thick 8vo., later cloth. lxvi, 708 pages. $ 225.00
First edition, limited to 1000 numbered copies. A list of names of Italian authors from 1501 to 1850.
[105947]
222. Ford, Worthington Chauncey. THE ISLE OF PINE S. 1668, An Essay in
Bibliography. Boston: The Club of Odd Volumes, 1920, 8vo., cloth-backed, marbled
paper-covered boards. xii, 116, (2) pages, 15 plates of facsimiles. $ 175.00
Limited to 151 copies. A bibliography about the seventeenth century publication of The Isles of Pines by
Henry Neville which turned out to be a hoax. Bookplate of previous owner Francis Russell Hart on
front pastedown. Two letters from the author and the clipping of the catalogue entry from Goodspeed’s
Book Shop’s Americana Catalogue 391 are loosely laid-in. The first letter, dated October 28, 1918, is
typed and signed by Ford and thanks Hart for helping him research the naming of the island. The
second letter is dated December 4, 1918, and is handwritten by Ford with additional thanks. Hinge
cracking between third and fourth signatures. Marbled paper faded. Slight shelfwear. [97602]
223. (France) EN FRANÇAIS DANS LE TEXTE, DIX SIÈCLES DE LU-
MIÈRE S PAR LE LIVRE. (Paris): Bibliothèque Nationale, (1990), 4to., cloth,
dust jacket. 381, (3) pages. $ 125.00
Produced under the general direction of Fernand Percival. The French equivalent of Printing and the
Mind of Man. Beautifully produced in full color. Some bumping along bottom edge. [105939]
224. (Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von) Ruppert, Hans. GOETHE S BIBLIO-
THEK, KATALOG. Weimar: Arion Verlag, 1958, 8vo., full cloth, red morocco
spine label, mylar dustjacket. xvi, 825+(colophon) pages. $ 325.00
First edition. An important bibliography and extensive catalogue of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe’s
collection with 5424 entries. Catalogued alphabetically by subject matter. Includes an introduction by
the compiler Hans Ruppert. With index. All in German. [76064]
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225. (Harmsworth, R. Leicester) THE HARMSWORTH TRUST LIBRARY.
PART 1–35 (lacking no.14). With CATALOGUE OF BOOKS OMITTED
OR RETURNED FROM PREVIOUS SALES (1954). Forming part of the renowned
library of the late Sir R. Leicester Harmsworth, BT., LL. D. London: Sotheby
& Co., 1939–1954, 8vo, stiff paper wrappers. variously paginated. $ 500.00
(Blogie III, 116, 117, 118, 129, 130, 133). Auction of the library of Sir R. Leicester Harmsworth, 1939–1954.
Includes English literature, prayer books, a collection of John Bunyan’s works, and Americana. 10,260
lots. Some wrappers bent, lightly soiled or slightly torn. Catalogue for 14th part of auction missing.
Supplemental catalogue of books omitted or returned from previous sales with 104 lots included. Very
difficult to assemble as a set. [107449]
Item 225
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226. (Hawkins, J. Heywood) CATALOGUE OF A PORTION OF THE MAG-
NIFICENT COLLECTION OF ENGRAVINGS, THE PROPERTY OF A
DISTINGUISHED AMATEUR. COMPRISING THE WORKS OF THE
MOST EMINENT ENGRAVERS OF THE ANCIENT AND MODERN ITALIAN,
GERMAN, DUTCH, FLEMISH, FRENCH, AND ENGLISH SCHOOLS, THE
WHOLE BEING OF THE HIGHEST QUALITY, BOTH AS TO IMPRESSION
AND CONDITION. 2 parts bound in one. London: S. Leigh Sotheby $ Co., 1850,
8vo., contemporary half leather, five raised bands, two leather spine labels, top edge
gilt, marbled paper covered boards. 98; 55 pages. $ 250.00
Sale with two parts bound into one, 719 lots. Collection of J. Heywood Hawkins Esq. Completely
priced with buyer’s names. Edges and corners rubbed. Some wear to boards. Corners bumped.
[106449]
Item 226
227. (Huth, Henry) CATALOGUE OF THE FAMOUS LIBRARY OF
PRINTED BOOKS, ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPTS, AUTOGRAPH
LETTERS AND ENGRAVINGS COLLECTED BY HENRY HUTH, AND
SINCE MAINTAINED AND AUGMENTED BY HIS SON, ALFRED H.
HUTH . . . 9 volumes bound in 5 with one additional volume in paper wrappers.
London: Sotheby, Wilkinson & Hodge, 1911–1920, small 4to., 9 volumes bound in 5
blue cloth; paper wrappers for 1922 supplement. $ 950.00
Complete set of the Huth Catalogue.
I. Illustrated version with prices realized with names bound in after sale. (ii), 340, 14, (2) pages.
2. Illustrated version with prices realized with names bound in after sale. (ii), 357–756 pages.
3. Illustrated version with prices realized with names bound in after sale. (ii), 757–1147+(1) pages.
4. Illustrated version with prices realized with names bound in after sale. (ii), 1149–1324 pages.
5. Illustrated version with prices realized with names bound in after sale. (ii), 1317–1490 pages.
(pagination ignored numbered prices realized at the end of part 4).
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6. llustrated version with prices realized with names bound in after sale. (ii), 1491–1724 pages
7. llustrated version with prices realized with names bound in after sale. 1725–1988, (2) pages.
8. Illustrated version with prices realized with names bound in after sale. 1789–2164 pages.
9. llustrated version with prices realized with names bound in after sale. (ii), 2165–2299+(1) pages.
10. Huth Library. Catalogue of Books Unsold or Returned as Imperfect at the Sales of the Huth
Libray. 1922. 54 pages.
Front and back covers of original catalogues bound-in. Well preserved set. [106121]
228. (Kenney, C.E.) CATALOGUE OF THE CELEBRATED COLLEC-
TION THE PROPERTY OF C.E. KENNEY, ESQ., F.S.A., F.R.I.C.S.
Eight volumes. (Chelsea, U.K.): Carey & Claridge, Ltd., 1965–1968, 8vo, stiff paper
wrappers. 103,155,110,84,99,99,123,79 pages. $ 250.00
Eight volume catalogue of the auction sale of the collection of C.A.Kenney, 1965–1968. Black and
white plates and illustrations throughout.
Part 1–May 10–11, 1965, trade and economics, geography,
navigation and surveying, dictionaries and social history, lots
1 to 555 (Blogie, Vol. III, 202).
Part II-October 18–20, 1965, trade and economics,
geography, navigation, maps, surveying, and social history,
lots 556 to 1338 lots (Blogie, Vol. III, 205).
Part III–March 28–29, 1966, science and surveying, lots
1339 to 1908 (Blogie, Vol. III, 209)
Part IV–June 6, 1966, manuscripts, autograph letters,
documents and printed books, lots 1909 to 2311 (Blogie, Vol.
III, 211)
Part V–October 24–25, 1966, science and surveying, lots
2312 to 2876 (Blogie, Vol. III, 214)
Part VI–May 22–23, 1967, science and surveying, lots 2877
to 3438 (Blogie, Vol. III, 221)
Part VII–March 25–26, 1968, science and surveying, lots
3439 to 4061 (Blogie, Vol. III, 229)
Part VIII–October 21, 1968, science, surveying,
technology, lots 4062 to 4461 (Blogie, Vol. III, 235)
Top of spine torn on volumes I and II. Bottom of spine
torn on volumes III and V. Top corner of back wrapper
folded on volume III. [106501]
Item 228
229. (Kraus, H.P.) 100. THIRTY-FIVE MANUSCRIPTS. New York: H.P.
Kraus, 1963, folio, cloth. (x), 90 pages. 67 Supplementary plates with a 28 page folio
book in paper wrappers entitled 30 YEARS 1932–1962 laid in in a pocket in the rear.
$ 125.00
An extraordinary publication with many tipped-in plates in full color. Jacket chipped. Bookplate
removed from front pastedown. [6860]
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230. Lowndes, William Thomas. THE BIBLIOGRAPHER’S MANUAL OF
ENGLISH LITERATURE, CONTAINING AN ACCOUNT OF RARE,
CURIOUS, AND USEFUL BOOKS, PUBLISHED IN OR RELATING
TO GREAT BRITAIN & IRELAND . . . Four volumes bound in two. London:
William Pickering, 1834, 8vo., contemporary full calf with two leather spine labels,
five raised bands, all edges marbled. xii,530; (ii),531–1054; (ii),1055–1528; (ii),1529–
2002 pages. $ 185.00
First edition. (Folter and Breslauer, 2000 YEARS OF BIBLIOGRAPHY, no.125—“still the best
general bibliography of English literature from the book collector’s viewpoint,”) Lowndes found
himself financially ruined by the publication of this book. He went to work as a cataloger for H.G.
Bohn until his health broke and his mind became deranged. Bohn reissued the book with some
revisions and it quickly became a great success. The signed binding was executed by Clarke & Bedford.
Lacks half-titles. Leather spine labels partially chipped away. [97075]
231. (Morris, William) CATALOGUE OF A PORTION OF THE VALUABLE
COLLECTION OF MANUSCRIPTS, EARLY PRINTED BOOKS, &C.
OF THE LATE WILLIAM MORRIS. London: Sotheby, Wilkinson & Hodge,
1898, large 8vo., original paper wrappers. (iv), 118 pages. $ 200.00
Pollard p. 434. With a one page prefatory note to the catalogue by the auction house. Describes 1215
lots described. Front cover present but detached with a large piece missing along the top edge and
along spine. An important and scarce catalogue. [106210]
232. (Newton, A. Edward) RARE BOOKS, ORIGINAL DRAWINGS, AU-
TOGRAPH LETTERS AND MANUSCRIPTS COLLECTED BY THE
LATE A. EDWARD NEWTON. Four volumes. New York: Parke-Bernet Galleries,
1941, small 4to., blue boards, dust jackets except the prospectus volume which
was issued without jacket. 24; xviii,230; xii,276; x,178 pages. Profusely illustrated.
$ 100.00
Complete set of this important sale catalogue. The illustrations are excellent with one Blake
drawing in full color. Newton’s comments from his many books have been interlaced with the book
descriptions in the catalogue. The first volume is a prospectus with comments by Rosenbach, Morley
and a biography. Jackets rubbed and chipped. [38702]
233. (Newton, Isaac) CATALOGUE OF THE NEWTON PAPERS SOLD BY
THE ORDER OF THE VISCOUNT LYMINGTON. London: Sotheby & Co.,
1936, 8vo., later cloth with original stiff paper wrappers bound-in. 144 pages.
$ 125.00
Four page foreword. With 332 items unpriced. The illustrated version of the auction sale with sixteen
separate plates. Sir Isaac Newton’s papers. Bookplate from private book-collector’s club. [7271]
234. Norton, F.J. DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE OF PRINTING IN
SPAIN AND PORTUGAL 1501–1520. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press,
(1978), 4to., cloth, dust jacket. xxiii, 581 pages. $ 100.00
Describes 1368 items from Spain and 43 from Portugal in detail in this massive bibliography. [105721]
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235. (Phillipps, Sir Thomas) BIBLIOTHECA PHILLIPPICA, MEDIEVAL
MANUSCRIPTS, NEW SERIES. PARTS I–XI. London: Sotheby & Co.,
1965–1976, small 4to., boards. $ 250.00
The illustrated version of these catalogues, including many plates in full color. Some fading. [25352]
236. (Phillipps, Sir Thomas) BIBLIOTHECA PHILLIPPICA, NEW SE-
RIE S. 20 volumes. London: Sotheby Parke Bernet, 1966–1981, 4to., stiff paper
wrappers. $ 250.00
The illustrated version of these catalogues except for numbers 15 and 17 which are the unillustrated
version. Difficult to find as a set as Part V concerned the Americana and was issued in America.
[106138]
237. (Phillipps, Thomas) BIBLIOTHECA PHILLIPPICA. CATALOGUE
OF A FURTHER PORTION OF THE PRINTED BOOKS FROM THE
LIBRARY OF THE LATE SIR THOMAS PHILLIPPS, BT., F.R.S., &C.
London: Sotheby & Co., 1928–1950, 8vo, stiff paper wrappers. variously paginated.
$ 150.00
Not listed in Blogie III. Eleven auction catalogues, some with black and white illustrations, of the
library of Sir Thomas Phillipps. Sales of July 9th, 1928; June 24th, 1935; June 29th, 1936; June 27th, 1938;
July 1st, 1946; November 25th, 1946; November 11th, 1946; December 1st, 1947; March 21st, 1949;
February 13th, 1950; July 12th, 1950. Includes printed books, manuscripts, autographed letters, 414,
507, 512, 512, 363, 165, 131, 30, 283, 252, 287 lots. Some wrappers lightly soiled or slightly torn. Pencilled
notations on some. [107452]
Item 237
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238. (Prints) CATALOGUE OF THE VERY VALUABLE COLLECTION
OF ENGRAVINGS, FORMED BY WILLIAM MONCK MASON, ESQ.
DURING HIS RESIDENCE ON THE CONTINENT, CONSISTING OF NU-
MEROUS SPECIMENS OF THE VARIOUS MASTERS OF THE EARLY ITAL-
IAN, GERMAN, DUTCH, FLEMISH, AND FRENCH SCHOOLS. Four parts
bound in one. (London): Mr. Sotheby and Son, 1834, 8vo., later half leather, marble
paper covered boards. 67; 81; 82–181; 182–299 pages. $ 150.00
Four parts bound into one. With 4,058 lots. Mason (1775–1859) was a noted Irish author and collector.
Prints and etchings from all major European artists and schools. Some realized prices written in ink.
Wear to leather, corners and edges. Boards bowed, pages stained throughout. Bookplate of Baron
Northwick on front pastedown. [106444]
Item 238
239. (Ruggiero, Francesco Paolo) CATALOGO DI UNA SCELTA BIBLIO-
TECA DA VENDERE. Nella quale sone da notare molti esemplari di non comune
bellezza assai ben conservati. 2 volumes bound in 1. Napoli: Tipografia A. Thani,
1873, thick 8vo., later plain paper wrappers. (iv),292,xii,345,lxii pages. $ 250.00
Catalogue of the library of Francesco Paolo Ruggiero, formerly finance minister in the Kingdom
of Two Sicilies. Presented alphabetically by the name of the authors and including biographical
information. Last leaf has corner torn away with loss of text. Unopened copy. [105943]
[ 112 ]

Item 240
240. (Schwerdt) SCHWERDT COLLECTION, CATALOGUE OF THE
RENOWNED COLLECTION OF BOOKS MANUSCRIPTS, PRINTS &
DRAWINGS RELATING TO HUNTING, HAWKING & SHOOTING.
Six volumes. London: Sotheby & Co., 1939, 1939, 1939, 1939, 1946, 1946, 8vo., paper
wrappers. (ii), 396 pages. $ 350.00
The complete set of these auction sale catalogues of the famous Schwerdt collection. Difficult to find
as a set as they were issued before and after the war. The first, second, and fourth, sale catalogues
are the illustrated variants in green stiff paper wrappers. The third, fifth, and sixth, parts are not
illustrated. [106128]
241. (Science Fiction) Large collection of catalogues issued by L.W. Currey
on science fiction and fantasy. Elizabethtown, NY: L.W. Currey, 1971–1985,
8vo., paper wrappers. $ 100.00
Includes issues of Toad’s Corner and his regular catalogues, a total of 59 catalogues. Thousands of
items described and listed for sale. Many of the covers are marked with an arrival date. Price for the
lot. [107432]
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Item 241
242. (Sotheby & Co.) PRINTED BOOKS AND MANUSCRIPTS: PRICED
CATALOGUE S. 18 volumes. London: Sotheby & Co., 1930–1939, 4to., cloth with
original paper wrappers bound in. variously paginated. $ 1,800.00
Run of 241 priced Sothebys catalogues from 1930 to 1939. The first volume comprises Oct. 1930–April
1931 with 14 catalogues, the first catalogue is missing the price list. The second volume April–July with
17 catalogues including Pepys, Ruskin, and Bennett. Oct. 1931–April 1932 with 17 catalogues including
Cruikshank, Dickens and the property of Lord Hillingdon. April–July 1932. with 14 catalogues. Oct.
1932–April 1933 with 14 catalogues, 2 copies of Nov. 1932. May–Aug. 1933 with 14 catalogues including
angling, the Libraries of the Earl of Rosenberg and Marie Louise the Archduchess of Austria. Nov.
1933–Mar. 1934 with 12 catalogues including Hebraica, sporting books and the Library of the Comte De
Suzannet. Apr.–Aug 1934 with 14 catalogues. Nov. 1934–Apr. 1935 with 15 catalogues including letters
from Napoleon I. May–Aug. 1935 with 12 catalogues. Nov 1935–Apr. 1936 with 15 catalogues. May–July
1936 with 9 catalogues. Nov. 1936–April 1937 with 15 catalogues including the Aldenham Library. May–
July 1937 with 14 catalogues including the Clumber Library and a volume of the Gutenberg Bible.
Nov. 1937–Apr. 1938 with 14 catalogues including letters and manuscripts from Napoleon & Berthier.
May–July 1938 with 12 catalogues. Oct. 1938–May 1939 with 17 catalogues. June-Aug. 1939 with 13
catalogues including the Schwerdt Collection of hunting, hawking and shooting. Black-and-white and
color illustrations throughout. Rubbing to the cloth on all volumes Various volumes have staining,
especially Oct. 1938 with staining to the top portion of all the catalogues. Put together by a library
who meticulously put in the prices realized. [106235]
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243. (Tenschert) 48. BIBLIA SACRA, THE HOLY SCRIPTURE, 180
MANUSCRIPTS AND PRINTED EDITIONS FROM THE 13TH TO
THE 20TH CENTURIE S . . . (Ramsen): Heribert Tenschert, 2004, 4to., paper
covered boards in facsimile of a fine binding. 536 pages. $ 240.00
A beautiful bookseller’s catalogue (Number 48). Profusely illustrated in color. Two page essay by
Martin Walser. Price list loosely inserted. [105950]
244. (Vergerio, Pier Paolo) Hubert, Friedrich. VERGERIOS PUBLIZIST-
ISCHE THÄTIGKEIT NEBST EINER BIBLIOGRAPHISCHEN ÜBER-
SICHT. Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 1893, 8vo., contemporary half
leather, marbled paper covered boards, original wrappers bound in. xvi, 323+(1)
pages. $ 125.00
Text in German. Record of Vergerio’s writings with bibliography (171 items described). Vergerio (1498–
1565) was an Italian religious reformer. Dissertation. Boards and edges rubbed, corners bumped. Some
chipping to the marbled paper on the boards. Paper spine label missing. Front wrapper detached, rear
wrapper reattached to new leaf. Some pages uncut. [105966]
[ 115 ]

ook-jackets
Their T hisTory,
Forms, F and Use
by G. Thomas Tanselle
Book-jackets (or “dust-jackets,”
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regularly used by publishers in the
English-speaking world and some
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2011, hardcover, dust jacket, 6 x 9.25 inches, 324 pages
ISBN 9781883631130, Order No. 107173, $60.00
Distributed for the Bibliographical Society of Virginia

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2011, hardcover, dust jacket, 8.5 x 11 inches, 190 pages
ISBN 9781584562931, Order No. 105519, $49.95
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The Typographic
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by Theodore Rosendorf
A quick reference guide of typographic
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2011, paperback, 8.75 x 9.5 inches, 208 pages
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