Original Leaf from the Kleine Print Bybel c. 1750.

Los Angeles: Dawson's Book Shop, 1991. 0. Hardcover. Miniature book. 20, [ii]pp. Limited to sixty copies, printed by Pall Bohne for Dawson's Book Shop. With a half-title. 2 1/2 by 1 7/8 inches/64x48mm). Quarter red calf over patterned boards by Pall Bohne. With an illustrated leaf from the 'Kleine print Bybel ofte 170 geschiedenissen des O. en N. Testaments konstig afgebeeld .' printed by Daniel Langeweg around 1750-1760. Bradley 89. Very fine copy. Very Good.

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Book number: 1875

Catalogue: Illustrated Books, Private Press/Fine Printing, Fine Bindings

Keywords: Miniature Book; Leaf Book

Buffon, Georges Louis Leclerc, Comte de.

Histoires Naturelles. Textes choisis. Illustrés de lithographies originales par Hans Erni.

A Lausanne: André Gonin, 1954, 0. Hardcover. Folio. [iv], 140, 1, [iii]pp. On Rives wove paper. Sheets loose as issued. Copy number XX of an edition limited to 250 copies, signed by Erni and Gonin on the justification page. Very Good.

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Book number: 2255

Catalogue: Artbooks, Illustrated Books, Private Press/Fine Printing

Burns, Robert.

Songs By Burns.

Edinburgh: Printed By George Robb and Company for Otto Schultze and Company, November 1901. 0. Hardcover. Octavo. 99, [v] pages. Limited to 500 copies. With a very attractive matching frontispiece and title-page. Vellum over boards. A very good copy. Good.

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Book number: 517

Catalogue: Private Press/Fine Printing

Keywords: Fine Printing

Cabell, James Branch.

Joseph Hergesheimer: an Essay in Interpretation.

Chicago: The Bookfellows, 1921. 0. Soft cover. Octavo. 27 pages. Wrappers. Part of lower cover chipped and missing a small part. Limited to 1,000 regular, and 99 large-paper copies. This is one of the regular issue copies. Fair.

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Book number: 1517

Catalogue: Private Press/Fine Printing

Caxton, William.

The Lyf of Saynt George.

New Fairfield, Conn: Bruce Rogers, 1957. 0. Hardcover. Octavo. Edition limited to 300 copies. Black cloth, stamped in blind and colors and gold, with the arms of the Saint in color. Binding and book designed by Bruce Rogers. Illustrated with a large rondel of Saint George by Valenti Angelo in red and gold, and the arms of Bruce Rogers in color on the bastard title (from the Prospectus). Prospectus and order form from P. Duschnes laid in. Good.

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Book number: 410

Catalogue: First Editions, Illustrated Books, Private Press/Fine Printing

Keywords: FINE PRINTING, BRUCE ROGERS First Editions

Cibber, Colley.

An Apology for the Life of Colley Cibber, Comedian, and Late Patentee of the Theatre-Royal.

N.p. [Waltham St. Lawrence]: Golden Cockerel Press, 1925. 0. Hardcover. Octavo. Two volumes. I: [xii], 160 pages; II: [i], 163, [i] pages. Limited to 450 copies; this is No. 56. Cloth spine over boards. Fine. With initial letters by Eric Gill. Upper cover of first volume marked with a circular sun stain and someone must have inserted a sharp object on the lower cover piercing through the cover and leaving a pinprick on the free endpaper. Good.

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Book number: 510

Catalogue: Private Press/Fine Printing, Theater

Keywords: Fine Printing, Golden Cockerel Press

Cicci, Maria Luisa.

Poesie.

Parma: Co' Tipi Bodoniani, 1796. 0. Hardcover. Octavo. xxxii, 108pp. []2, a4-d4, 14-124, 132, 13. 4. Contemporary calf, repaired. Brooks 627. From the library of Anne Jane Abercorn, with her bookplate. Good.

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Book number: 1947

Catalogue: Eighteenth Century Books, Private Press/Fine Printing

Current Company, The. Collection of 17 The Current Company Catalogues. Catalogues: Chapter & Verse 1, 3-5, 7-10, 19, 27, 29, 31-34; and 65. There is also a duplicate of Catalogue 32.

Catalogue 1: A Catalogue of Rare Books (Octavo); Catalogue 3: A Catalogue of Rare Books (Octavo); Catalogue 4: A Catalogue of Rare Books (Octavo); Catalogue 5: A Catalogue of Rare Books (Octavo); Catalogue 7: A Catalogue of Rare Books (Octavo); Catalogue 8: A Catalogue of Rare Books (Octavo); Catalogue 9: A Catalogue of Rare Books (Octavo); Catalogue 10: A Catalogue of Rare Books (Octavo); Catalogue 19: A Catalogue of Rare Books (Octavo); Catalogue 27: Better or Worse (Octavo); Catalogue 29: A Catalogue of Rare Books (Octavo); Catalogue 31: Books on the Sea (Octavo); Catalogue 32: A Catalogue of Rare Books (Octavo); Catalogue 33: To the Sea (Octavo); Catalogue 34: Printed Books. Autograph Letters. Graphics (Octavo); Catalogue 65: Better or

Bristol, Rhode Island: The Current Company, various dates. 0. Soft cover. Octavo. Various pagination. Stiff paper wrappers. Some illustrated. Very Good.

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Book number: 1095

Catalogue: Private Press/Fine Printing

Devaines, Jean.

Recueil de quelques articles tirés de différents ouvrages périodiques.

n.p. [Chateau de Dampierre]: n.p. [Guyonne-Elisabeth-Josèphe de Montmorency, comtesse d'Albert, duchesse de Luynes], an VII [1799]. 0. Hardcover. Quarto. 220pp. A4-Z4, Aa4-Cc4. Limited to 14 copies. Contemporary half calf over marbled boards. According to Peignot, Répertoire des bibliographies spéciales, p. 49, and Quérard, La France littéraire II, columns 541-542, 'the edition was limited to 14 copies.' On the press, see Van der Haeghen, "L'Imprimerie ducale de Dampierre," in " Le Livre, bibliographie rétrospective ", 1885, p. 289-291. Very Good.

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Book number: 1957

Catalogue: Eighteenth Century Books, Private Press/Fine Printing

Ellis, Havelock.

Sonnets with Folk Songs from the Spanish.

Waltham St. Lawrence: Golden Cockerel Press. 1925. 0. Hardcover. Octavo. xiv, [i], 81, [i] pages. Limited to 500 copies; this is No. 468. Linen spine over boards. Fine. Good.

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Book number: 688

Catalogue: Private Press/Fine Printing

Keywords: Fine Printing, Golden Cockerel Press

Field, Eugene.

The Symbol and the Saint.

New York: Christmas, 1924. 0. Hardcover. Octavo. 18pp. Edition limited to 225 copies, printed William E. Rudge for George A. Nelson. In the publisher's batik-design paper boards. Spine missing. Designed by Bruce Rogers, with a beautiful title-page by him. Fair.

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Book number: 1434

Catalogue: First Editions, Private Press/Fine Printing

Keywords: AMERICAN LITERATURE, MODERN FIRSTS First Editions

Field, Eugene.

The Symbol and the Saint.

New York: William E. Rudge, [1924]. 0. Hardcover. Duodecimo. 18pp. One of 225 copies privately printed for George A. Nelson. Original patterned boards with printed label, spine missing. Poor.

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Book number: 2497

Catalogue: First Editions, Private Press/Fine Printing

France, Anatole.

Amycus et Celestin.

New York: Museum Press, 1916. 0. Soft cover. Octavo. Edition limited to 203 copies, designed by Bryson Burroughs. In yellow wrappers, with a title label on upper cover. With two woodcuts by Timothy Cole. Good.

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Book number: 105

Catalogue: First Editions, Illustrated Books, Private Press/Fine Printing

Keywords: FRENCH L:ITERATURE, FINE PRINTING, MODERN PRESSES First Editions

George, Stefan & Karl Wolfskehl.

Deutsche Dichtung. Das Jahrhundert Goethes, hrsg. und eingeleitet von Stefan George und Karl Wolfskehl.

Berlin: Blätter für die Kunst, 1902. 0. Hardcover. Octavo. 182 pages. First edition. Limited to 303 copies, three of which are on imperial Japanese paper. Printed in blue and black, with blue borders on all pages. Cloth, with title-page in different colors repeated on upper cover. Label somewhat soiled. Corners slightly bumped. Illustrated with a full-page woodcut as frontispiece, and two additional pages with arabesque designs (one in blue) by Melchior Lechter. An exquisite book. A very good copy. With a dedication inscription by Lechter: "Fuer Dr. Leo Salinger, in verehrung und dank barkeit zu weihnachten 1902. melchior Lechter." Good.

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Book number: 1435

Catalogue: Illustrated Books, Private Press/Fine Printing

Hewlett, Maurice.

A Masque of Dead Florentines.

London: J.M. Dent & Co. 1895. 0. Hardcover. Oblong quarto. 51pp. First edition, second issue binding. Title-page in two colors. Original gilt-stamped white cloth, top edge unstained. The first state is bound in coarse brown cloth with black titles, the second is bound in white cloth with gilt titles. Illustrated with four plates and many smaller black & white illustrations in art nouveau style by J. D. Batten. Good.

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Book number: 1441

Catalogue: Nineteenth Century Books, Illustrated Books, Private Press/Fine Printing