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	[APULEIUS, LUCIUS]. The Marriage of Cupid and Psyche. "Retold" by Walter Pater, illustrated by Edmund Dulac. New York, Huxley House for the Limited Editions Club, 1951. 4to (29 cm); 64 pages including six full-page illustrations by Dulac. Full vellum binding titled in gilt. Vellum-covered slipcase. Edition limited to 1500 copies signed by Edmund Dulac. About fine. USD 125.00 [Appr.: EURO 83 \| £UK 75.5 \| JP¥ 10749] Book number: 1841 Click here to order or inquire at Rodger Friedman Rare Book Studio.
	ARNOLD, MATTHEW. Empedocles on Etna. A Dramatic Poem. Portland, Thomas B. Mosher, 1900. 23 cm; 52 pages, [1] leaf. Printed in red and black, with elaborate wood-cut border on title page and extra wood cut title. One of 450 copies. Bound in later cloth. Bookplate of Canadian bibliophile Lawrence Lande. USD 75.00 [Appr.: EURO 49.75 \| £UK 45.25 \| JP¥ 6450] Book number: 1996 Click here to order or inquire at Rodger Friedman Rare Book Studio.
	BRECHT, BERTHOLT. The Threepenny Opera Trans. Desmond Vesey; with an introduction by Eric Bentley. New York, The Limited Editions Club, 1982. 4to; 155 p. Illustrated, with an original lithograph on Rives, by Jack Levine. Signed on colophon by artist, Jack Levine, and author of introduction, Eric Bentley. Black cloth in slipcase; VG+. Slip case dusty. One of 2000 copies. USD 60.00 [Appr.: EURO 40 \| £UK 36.25 \| JP¥ 5160] Book number: 452 Click here to order or inquire at Rodger Friedman Rare Book Studio.
	COBDEN-SANDERSON, T.J. (DOVES PRESS). London. A Paper Read at a Meeting of the Art Workers Guild, March 6, 1891. Hammersmith, The Doves Press, 1906, First Edition. 4to (24 cm); 7, [1] p. Printed in black and red ink. Original full vellum titled in gilt on spine by the Doves Bindery. Bookplates of American arts-and-crafts jewelry designer Laurence B. Dixon and Stanley Howard Levine. A fine copy. One of 300 copies, printed on hand-made paper with type that Cobden-Sanderson destroyed in 1916, when he threw it into the Thames. USD 250.00 [Appr.: EURO 166 \| £UK 151 \| JP¥ 21499] Book number: 565 Click here to order or inquire at Rodger Friedman Rare Book Studio.
	HUBBARD, ELBERT. So Here Then Are the Preachments Entitled the City of Tagaste, and a Dream and a Prophecy by Fra Elbertus. East Aurora, Roycroft, 1900. 4to (27 cm); 4 preliminary leaves, 21, [3] pages, last blank. Photoengraved portrait of Hubbard on tissue paper tipped to verso of first leaf. Bound in half suede over paper-covered boards. Leather label on spine. Minor wear. One of 940 hand-illumined copies, signed by Hubbard and by the illuminator, Minnie Gardner. USD 200.00 [Appr.: EURO 132.75 \| £UK 120.75 \| JP¥ 17199] Book number: 1881 Click here to order or inquire at Rodger Friedman Rare Book Studio.
	MASON, JOHN. Papermaking as an artistic craft. With a foreword by Dr. Dard Hunter. Illustrated by Rigby Graham. Leicester, Twelve by Eight, 1963. 8vo (22 cm); 95 pages and 6 leaves tipped in, including printed and plain examples of hand-made paper, a half-tone photo of the author pumping a vat, and leaf from a plant embedded in a leaf of paper. 87 drawings by Rigby Graham. Bound in vellum, gilt. USD 75.00 [Appr.: EURO 49.75 \| £UK 45.25 \| JP¥ 6450] Book number: 1775 Click here to order or inquire at Rodger Friedman Rare Book Studio.
	MORRIS, HENRY. Omnibus. Instructions for amateur papermakers with notes and observations on private presses, book printing... North Hills, The Bird & Bull, 1967. 8vo (25 cm); 121 pages, including a variety of paper samples. A sample of paper from the 17th-century De Schoolmeester mill is laid in. Bound in quarter morocco over paper-covered boards by Sangorski & Sutcliffe. Fine condition. Edition limited to 500 copies. USD 275.00 [Appr.: EURO 182.5 \| £UK 166 \| JP¥ 23648] Book number: 1774 Click here to order or inquire at Rodger Friedman Rare Book Studio.
	SHAKESPEARE HEAD PRESS. The Shakespeare Head Press Booklets. No I [-VI]. Stratford-upon-Avon, [Shakespeare Head Press] 1906.. 14 cm. Six vols. in one. Vellum with raised bands and a hand-lettered spine label, with ties (the work of an amateur bookbinder). Early owner's name (Molly Hamerton) on front free endpaper. Ransom [Selective Check Lists of Press Books. I, 9] ìThis item is known only from a set bound together; no other specimens or records have been found.î Each booklet comprises 32pp., including self covers, which feature a 17th century style typographical border. Rare. USD 150.00 [Appr.: EURO 99.5 \| £UK 90.5 \| JP¥ 12899] Book number: 1944 Click here to order or inquire at Rodger Friedman Rare Book Studio.
	SINGER, ISAAC BASHEVIS. Satan in Goray. Illustrated with copperplate engravings by Ira Moskowitz. New York, Sweetwater Editions, 1981. Folio (32 cm); Frontispiece and ten full-page copperplate etchings, each signed in pencil by Ira Moskowitz. Extra suite of 10 etchings in separate portfolio. Bound in 1/4 Chieftain morocco over Dutch cloth (in spite of statement in colophon that binding is "half Chieftain morocco"). Slipcase. Fine condition, with few scuffs on slipcase. One of 75 copies signed after the colophon by Singer and Moskowitz. This copy bears a warm personal inscription on the copyright page from Singer to the Canadian bibliophile Lawrence Lande and his wife. Singer won the Nobel Prize for literature in 1978. USD 600.00 [Appr.: EURO 398 \| £UK 362 \| JP¥ 51597] Book number: 1898 Click here to order or inquire at Rodger Friedman Rare Book Studio.
	TRYPANIS, C. A. The Elegies of a Glass Adonis. With a typographical note by Will Carter. New York, The Chilmark Press, 1967. 4to (29 cm tall); 31 p. Original prospectus laid in. Original gray paper boards with "Roma" watermark, protected in mylar and slipcase. Without defects. One of only 450 copies, signed by the author. Printed by Will Carter at the Rampant Lions Press. USD 30.00 [Appr.: EURO 20 \| £UK 18.25 \| JP¥ 2580] Book number: 1588 Click here to order or inquire at Rodger Friedman Rare Book Studio.

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	[APULEIUS, LUCIUS]. The Marriage of Cupid and Psyche. "Retold" by Walter Pater, illustrated by Edmund Dulac. New York, Huxley House for the Limited Editions Club, 1951. 4to (29 cm); 64 pages including six full-page illustrations by Dulac. Full vellum binding titled in gilt. Vellum-covered slipcase. Edition limited to 1500 copies signed by Edmund Dulac. About fine. USD 125.00 [Appr.: EURO 83 \| £UK 75.5 \| JP¥ 10749] Book number: 1841 Click here to order or inquire at Rodger Friedman Rare Book Studio.
	ARNOLD, MATTHEW. Empedocles on Etna. A Dramatic Poem. Portland, Thomas B. Mosher, 1900. 23 cm; 52 pages, [1] leaf. Printed in red and black, with elaborate wood-cut border on title page and extra wood cut title. One of 450 copies. Bound in later cloth. Bookplate of Canadian bibliophile Lawrence Lande. USD 75.00 [Appr.: EURO 49.75 \| £UK 45.25 \| JP¥ 6450] Book number: 1996 Click here to order or inquire at Rodger Friedman Rare Book Studio.
	BRECHT, BERTHOLT. The Threepenny Opera Trans. Desmond Vesey; with an introduction by Eric Bentley. New York, The Limited Editions Club, 1982. 4to; 155 p. Illustrated, with an original lithograph on Rives, by Jack Levine. Signed on colophon by artist, Jack Levine, and author of introduction, Eric Bentley. Black cloth in slipcase; VG+. Slip case dusty. One of 2000 copies. USD 60.00 [Appr.: EURO 40 \| £UK 36.25 \| JP¥ 5160] Book number: 452 Click here to order or inquire at Rodger Friedman Rare Book Studio.
	COBDEN-SANDERSON, T.J. (DOVES PRESS). London. A Paper Read at a Meeting of the Art Workers Guild, March 6, 1891. Hammersmith, The Doves Press, 1906, First Edition. 4to (24 cm); 7, [1] p. Printed in black and red ink. Original full vellum titled in gilt on spine by the Doves Bindery. Bookplates of American arts-and-crafts jewelry designer Laurence B. Dixon and Stanley Howard Levine. A fine copy. One of 300 copies, printed on hand-made paper with type that Cobden-Sanderson destroyed in 1916, when he threw it into the Thames. USD 250.00 [Appr.: EURO 166 \| £UK 151 \| JP¥ 21499] Book number: 565 Click here to order or inquire at Rodger Friedman Rare Book Studio.
	HUBBARD, ELBERT. So Here Then Are the Preachments Entitled the City of Tagaste, and a Dream and a Prophecy by Fra Elbertus. East Aurora, Roycroft, 1900. 4to (27 cm); 4 preliminary leaves, 21, [3] pages, last blank. Photoengraved portrait of Hubbard on tissue paper tipped to verso of first leaf. Bound in half suede over paper-covered boards. Leather label on spine. Minor wear. One of 940 hand-illumined copies, signed by Hubbard and by the illuminator, Minnie Gardner. USD 200.00 [Appr.: EURO 132.75 \| £UK 120.75 \| JP¥ 17199] Book number: 1881 Click here to order or inquire at Rodger Friedman Rare Book Studio.
	MASON, JOHN. Papermaking as an artistic craft. With a foreword by Dr. Dard Hunter. Illustrated by Rigby Graham. Leicester, Twelve by Eight, 1963. 8vo (22 cm); 95 pages and 6 leaves tipped in, including printed and plain examples of hand-made paper, a half-tone photo of the author pumping a vat, and leaf from a plant embedded in a leaf of paper. 87 drawings by Rigby Graham. Bound in vellum, gilt. USD 75.00 [Appr.: EURO 49.75 \| £UK 45.25 \| JP¥ 6450] Book number: 1775 Click here to order or inquire at Rodger Friedman Rare Book Studio.
	MORRIS, HENRY. Omnibus. Instructions for amateur papermakers with notes and observations on private presses, book printing... North Hills, The Bird & Bull, 1967. 8vo (25 cm); 121 pages, including a variety of paper samples. A sample of paper from the 17th-century De Schoolmeester mill is laid in. Bound in quarter morocco over paper-covered boards by Sangorski & Sutcliffe. Fine condition. Edition limited to 500 copies. USD 275.00 [Appr.: EURO 182.5 \| £UK 166 \| JP¥ 23648] Book number: 1774 Click here to order or inquire at Rodger Friedman Rare Book Studio.
	SHAKESPEARE HEAD PRESS. The Shakespeare Head Press Booklets. No I [-VI]. Stratford-upon-Avon, [Shakespeare Head Press] 1906.. 14 cm. Six vols. in one. Vellum with raised bands and a hand-lettered spine label, with ties (the work of an amateur bookbinder). Early owner's name (Molly Hamerton) on front free endpaper. Ransom [Selective Check Lists of Press Books. I, 9] ìThis item is known only from a set bound together; no other specimens or records have been found.î Each booklet comprises 32pp., including self covers, which feature a 17th century style typographical border. Rare. USD 150.00 [Appr.: EURO 99.5 \| £UK 90.5 \| JP¥ 12899] Book number: 1944 Click here to order or inquire at Rodger Friedman Rare Book Studio.
	SINGER, ISAAC BASHEVIS. Satan in Goray. Illustrated with copperplate engravings by Ira Moskowitz. New York, Sweetwater Editions, 1981. Folio (32 cm); Frontispiece and ten full-page copperplate etchings, each signed in pencil by Ira Moskowitz. Extra suite of 10 etchings in separate portfolio. Bound in 1/4 Chieftain morocco over Dutch cloth (in spite of statement in colophon that binding is "half Chieftain morocco"). Slipcase. Fine condition, with few scuffs on slipcase. One of 75 copies signed after the colophon by Singer and Moskowitz. This copy bears a warm personal inscription on the copyright page from Singer to the Canadian bibliophile Lawrence Lande and his wife. Singer won the Nobel Prize for literature in 1978. USD 600.00 [Appr.: EURO 398 \| £UK 362 \| JP¥ 51597] Book number: 1898 Click here to order or inquire at Rodger Friedman Rare Book Studio.
	TRYPANIS, C. A. The Elegies of a Glass Adonis. With a typographical note by Will Carter. New York, The Chilmark Press, 1967. 4to (29 cm tall); 31 p. Original prospectus laid in. Original gray paper boards with "Roma" watermark, protected in mylar and slipcase. Without defects. One of only 450 copies, signed by the author. Printed by Will Carter at the Rampant Lions Press. USD 30.00 [Appr.: EURO 20 \| £UK 18.25 \| JP¥ 2580] Book number: 1588 Click here to order or inquire at Rodger Friedman Rare Book Studio.