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  • 14 Stations by sailorBOYpress. Title-page spread
    Jeffrey Morin
    14 Stations, 2008
    Stevens Point, WI: sailorBOYpress
    One of forty-five copies.
    $ 1,750.00 Sold
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  • A Children's ABC and Other Miscellany by Colin Johnstone. Box and three volumes
    Colin Johnstone
    A Children's ABC and Other Miscellany, 2000
    Orkney Islands
    Unique. Signed by the artist on the inside of the box lid.
    $ 2,350.00 Sold
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  • Nancy Leavitt, A Road Alphabet, (1993)
    Nancy Leavitt
    A Road Alphabet, (1993)
    (Stillwater, Maine)
    One of twenty-six copies signed by Leavitt.
    $ 300.00 Sold
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  • Nancy Leavitt, A Road with Alphabet (1 and 2), 1991
    Nancy Leavitt
    A Road with Alphabet (1 and 2), 1991
    Stillwater, ME
    Unique calligraphic manuscripts.
    $ 400.00 Sold
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  • Scott McCarney, A Selection of Works by Scott McCarney, 1997
    Scott McCarney
    A Selection of Works by Scott McCarney, 1997
    Rochester, NY: Smart Books
    $ 350.00 Sold
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  • Marion Bataille, ABC3D, 2008
    Marion Bataille
    ABC3D, 2008
    NY: Roaring Brook Press
    $ 50.00
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  • Adverntures in the Burning Bush by David Rathman. Title page.
    David Rathman
    Adverntures in the Burning Bush, 1987
    Minneapolis, MN: Vermilion Editions
    One of thirty-five copies. Signed by the artist.
    $ 1,850.00 Sold
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  • Agitprops by Jack Hirshman. All prints.
    Jack Hirschman
    Agitprops, 2021
    San Francisco: Sore Dove Press
    One of eight copies. All prints signed on the verso by the artist.
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  • Algae Paper from FinisteÌ€re. Front cover
    Julien Villaret
    Algae Paper from Finistère, 2024
    Berlin: J. Villaret
    One of ten copies, signed by the artist.
    $ 575.00 Sold
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  • Aligning the Univers and All Sorts of Types, published by Scripps College Press. Title-page spread
    Aligning the Univers and All Sorts of Types, 1994
    Claremont, CA: Scripps College Press
    One of fifty copies. Signed by all contributors at the colophon.
    $ 450.00 Sold
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  • Alpha Beta by John Gerard. Front cover.
    John Gerard
    Alpha Beta, 2005
    Rheinbach, Germany: John Gerard
    One of 20 copies, signed by the artist.
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  • American Progression. Binding
    Thomas Parker Williams and Mary Agnes Williams
    American Progression, 2024
    Philadelphia: Luminice Press
    One of twelve copies. Signed by the artists.
    $ 1,200.00 Sold
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  • Saul Bellow, An Excerpt from The Dean's December, 2003
    Saul Bellow
    An Excerpt from The Dean's December, 2003
    (Winnetka, IL): Vixen Press
    One of six copies. Signed by Bellow and by the artist, Caryl Seidenberg.
    $ 2,250.00 Sold
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  • Arctic Trilogy by Mary Heebner. Interior page with image of icy ocean.
    Mary Heebner
    Arctic Trilogy, 2024
    Santa Barbara, CA: Simplemente Maria Press
    One of fifteen copies, signed by Heebner.
    $ 6,000.00 Sold
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  • Bound to Make Books: An Exhibition of Limited Edition Books by Angela Lorenz. Front cover board and slipcase.
    Angela Lorenz
    Bound to Make Books: An Exhibition of Limited Edition Books by Angela Lorenz, 1994
    (Cambridge, MA): Houghton Library
    One of 500 copies. Warmly inscribed by Lorenz to Anne & David Bromer.
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  • Boxes with Respect by Kimiko Hahn. Text spread
    Kimiko Hahn
    Boxes with Respect, 2011
    NY: Center for the Book Arts
    One of 100 copies. Signed by the artists, Ana Paula Cordeiro and Brigid Ellen Ewald, who together designed, printed, and bound the book.
    $ 400.00
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  • Ellie Ga (Ellieanne Galligano), Classification of a Spit Stain, 2008
    Ellie Ga (Ellieanne Galligano)
    Classification of a Spit Stain, 2008
    NY: Ugly Duckling Presse
    Second edition. One of 1,000 copies.
    $ 65.00 Sold
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  • Damon Runyon; William Wagner (illus.), Dancing Dan's Christmas, 1984
    Damon Runyon; William Wagner (illus.)
    Dancing Dan's Christmas, 1984
    (Short Hills, NJ): Gianettino & Meredith Advertising
    One of 200 copies. Signed by the photographer.
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  • Das Antlitz der Stadte [The Face of the Cities] by Armin T. Wegner, illustrated by Felix M. Furtwangler. Color woodblock.
    Armin T. Wegner; Felix M. Furtwrangler (illus.)
    Das Antlitz der Stadte [The Face of the Cities], 1989
    Berlin: Tyslander Pres
    One of forty deluxe copies issued with a separate color woodblock print, signed by the artist, Felix M. Furtwangler, both on the colophon and on the print.
    $ 650.00 Sold
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    Armin T. Wegner; Felix M. Furtwrangler (illus.), Das Antlitz der Stadte [The Face of the Cities], 1989
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  • David Pelham, Dimensional Mazes, 1989
    David Pelham
    Dimensional Mazes, 1989
    New York: Viking
    $ 35.00 Sold
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  • Dinge by Gustav Wolf. Print with bird creature.
    Gustav Wolf
    Dinge, (c. 1930)
    (Germany)
    All prints signed by Wolf.
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  • Efsun Çiçegi (Enchanting Beauty Flowers) by Hikmet Barutçugil. Flowers on marbled paper.
    Hikmet Barutçugil
    Efsun Çiçegi (Enchanting Beauty Flowers), 2003
    (Istanbul): Ebristan Yayinlari
    Signed and dated by the artist.
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  • Eight Bostonians of the 1960s by Marian Parry. Man with briefcase.
    Marian Parry
    Eight Bostonians of the 1960s, (1977)
    Cambridge, MA: Runcible Books
    One of forty copies, signed by Parry on the colophon card.
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  • Empty Space by Dongjoo Seo. Interior page, basketball court.
    Dongjoo Seo
    Empty Space, 2011
    Seoul, South Korea: Datz Press
    One of thirty copies, signed by the artist at the colophon.
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  • Finding Parkinson's. Doing Battle with My Brain by C. David Thomas. Illustration and front of box
    C. David Thomas
    Finding Parkinson's. Doing Battle with My Brain, 2024
    Wellesley, MA: C. David Thomas
    One of twenty copies. Signed by the artist and all contributors.
    $ 1,800.00 Sold
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  • Flash Card Word Clouds by Kara Lack. Box and chemise
    Kara Lack
    Flash Card Word Clouds, 2015
    London: Zittern Press
    One of nineteen copies.
    $ 650.00 Sold
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  • Joseph D'Ambrosio, Four plates from Al Aaraaf, (1995)
    Joseph D'Ambrosio
    Four plates from Al Aaraaf, (1995)
    (Phoenix): Livre d'Art by D'Ambrosio
    Each plate signed on the verso by D'Ambrosio.
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  • Suzanne Moore, Fragile Perfection, 1996
    Suzanne Moore
    Fragile Perfection, 1996
    (N.p.)
    One of twenty-six manuscript copies, signed by Moore.
    $ 750.00 Sold
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  • Ghazals by Dave Wood. Front cover
    Dave Wood
    Ghazals, 2010
    Pomona, Qld., Australia: D. J. Harwood & Associates
    One of fifty copies.
    $ 650.00 Sold
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  • Graphik Vergleichs-Sammlung by Alfons Fiedler. Etching and print.
    Alfons Fiedler
    Graphik Vergleichs-Sammlung, 1978
    Vienna: (N.p.)
    Second enlarged edition.
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  • István Orosz: Etchings and Posters by István Orosz. Interior page.
    István Orosz
    István Orosz: Etchings and Posters, 2000
    Kansas City: Grafik Archive
    One of 300 copies.
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  • Emily Martin, Juror #13, 2001
    Emily Martin
    Juror #13, 2001
    Iowa City, IA: Naughty Dog Press
    One of 150 copies, signed by Martin.
    $ 150.00 Sold
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  • Alain Briand, Lego en Faîte. La Cabine de Gouville, 2023
    Alain Briand
    Lego en Faîte. La Cabine de Gouville, 2023
    (France)
    Unique, limitation and titling written by the artist.
    $ 1,500.00 Sold
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  • Pablo Picasso, Les Chants des Morts by Pierre Reverdy, 1948
    Pablo Picasso
    Les Chants des Morts by Pierre Reverdy, 1948
    Paris: Tériade for Éditions Verve
    One of 250 copies. Signed by Picasso and Reverdy.
    $ 30,000.00 Sold
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  • Angela Lorenz, Libri Insospetatti, 1992
    Angela Lorenz
    Libri Insospetatti, 1992
    Siena, Italy: Arte & LIbri
    One of 250 copies. Signed by Lorenz.
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  • Los Fusilamientos [The Shootings] by Ildefonso Manuel Gil, illustrated by William Roberts. Interior page, poem.
    Ildefenso Manuel Gil; William Roberts (illus.)
    Los Fusilamientos [The Shootings], 2003 (but 2014)
    Aurora, NY: Wells College Press
    One of thirty copies, signed by the author, Ildefonso Manuel Gil, before his passing in 2003. Each lithograph titled, numbered, signed, and dated by the artist as well.
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  • Yaron Livay, Miniature version of an etching from The Lecture, 1991
    Yaron Livay
    Miniature version of an etching from The Lecture, 1991
    (N.p.)
    Signed and dated by the artist, and inscribed with title at foot.
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  • Neuer Schmuck by Maurice Dufrène, illustrated by A. Calavas. Interior page, jewelry design.
    Maurice Dufrène; A. Calavas (illus.)
    Neuer Schmuck, (1905)
    Stuttgart, Germany: Julius Hoffman
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  • Obwohl nichts wagte ist nichts gewonnen [Although nothing ventured nothing is won] by Peter Malutzki. Interior page collage image.
    Peter Malutzki
    Obwohl nichts wagte ist nichts gewonnen [Although nothing ventured nothing is won], 2014
    Flörsheim: Peter Malutzki
    One of twenty copies. Signed by the artist.
    $ 600.00 Sold
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  • Old Women by Frantisek Halas, translated by Ivan Ruzicka, illustrated by Robert Marx. Interior illustration.
    Frantisek Halas; Ivan Ruzicka (trans.); Robert Marx (illus.)
    Old Woman, 1966
    Prague, Czechoslovakia and Vestal, NY: Robert Marx and Ivan Ruzicka
    One of twenty-five copies, signed by the artist, Robert Marx, and the translator and binder, Ivan Ruzicka, below the colophon, and initialed by Marx on the title page.
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  • Kenneth Patchen, Panels for the Walls of Heaven, 1946
    Kenneth Patchen
    Panels for the Walls of Heaven, 1946
    Berkeley: Bern Porter
    One of 150 copies. With covers hand-painted by Patchen.
    $ 1,750.00 Sold
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  • Julie Chen, Personal Paradigms. A Game of Human Experience, 2003
    Julie Chen
    Personal Paradigms. A Game of Human Experience, 2003
    Berkeley, CA: Flying Fish Press
    One of 100 copies. Signed by the artist.
    $ 5,500.00 Sold
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  • Pizza from Scratch by David Esslemont. Interior page, image of fire.
    David Esslemont
    Pizza from Scratch, 2017
    Decorah, IA: Solmentes Press
    From an edition of forty copies, this is one of five deluxe copies. Signed by artist at colophon.
    $ 3,000.00 Sold
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  • Power Trip, 2015
    Power Trip, 2015
    Claremont, CA: Scripps College Press
    One of 102 copies, signed by all contributors.
    $ 200.00 Sold
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  • Maureen Cummins, ReCategorized, 2021
    Maureen Cummins
    ReCategorized, 2021
    NY
    One of twenty copies. Signed by the artist.
    $ 1,200.00 Sold
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  • Remarks illustrated by Peter Paone. Title page and lithograph.
    Peter Paone
    Remarks, 1970
    NY: Spiral Press
    One of 100 copies. Each lithograph is signed and numbered by Paone.
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  • Rememberance by Robert Colvin, illustrated by Peter Lyssiotis and Theo Strasser. Interior page.
    Robert Colvin; Peter Lyssiotis and Theo Stasser (illus.)
    Rememberance, 2009
    (Melbourne): Masterthief
    One of ten copies, signed by the artists, Peter Lyssiotis and Theo Strasser.
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  • Salle Wener Vaughn, secrets, 1989
    Salle Wener Vaughn
    secrets, 1989
    Houston, TX: Parkerson Gallery
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  • Silhouetten und Verse: Der Liebe und Freundschaft Gewidmet. Interior page with silhouette.
    Silhouetten und Verse: Der Liebe und Freundschaft Gewidmet, 1930
    Offenbach am Main: Klingspor
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  • Solitude by Veronika Schäpers. Title page,
    Veronika Schäpers
    Solitude, 2021
    Karlsruhe and Tokyo: Veronika Schäpers
    One of fifty copies, signed by the artist.
    $ 1,900.00 Sold
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  • Spirit-Land by Edgar Allan Poe. Title page
    Edgar Allan Poe
    Spirit-Land, 2024
    Brussles: Bartleby & Co.
    One of nineteen copies. Signed by the publisher, Thorsten Baensch.
    $ 400.00 Sold
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  • Stainless Metal Foils. Interior page with foil samples.
    Stainless Metal Foils, 1939
    NY: Keller-Dorian Paper Co., Inc.
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  • The Airmen's Alphabet text by W.H. Auden, illustrated by Robert Andrew Parker. Page for Z and illustration of woman and airman in a car.
    W. H. Auden; Robert Andrew Parker (illus.)
    The Airman's Alphabet, 1996
    West Cornwall, CT: Spikes Press
    One of seven copies, signed by the artist.
    $ 2,750.00 Sold
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    W. H. Auden; Robert Andrew Parker (illus.), The Airman's Alphabet, 1996
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  • Leslie Scalapino; Kiki Smith (illus.), The Animal Is in the World Like Water in Water, 2010
    Leslie Scalapino; Kiki Smith (illus.)
    The Animal Is in the World Like Water in Water, 2010
    NY: Granary Books
    One of 45 copies, signed by both Scalapino and Smith.
    $ 3,500.00 Sold
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    Leslie Scalapino; Kiki Smith (illus.), The Animal Is in the World Like Water in Water, 2010
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  • The Lost Wings of Summer by Tracey Bush. Title-page spread
    Tracey Bush
    The Lost Wings of Summer, 2024
    (Gosport, UK)
    One of thirty copies, signed by the artist at final leaf.
    $ 550.00 Sold
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  • The Tail That Wagged the Dog illustrated by Sue Coe. Engraving of woman and dog on a bench.
    Sue Coe
    The Tail That Wagged the Dog, 1990
    (N.p.): Murray
    One of 60 copies, signed by Coe.
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  • Mary Heebner, The Tragic History of Hamlet. An Artist's Interpretation of the Classic Text by William Shakespeare, 2008
    Mary Heebner
    The Tragic History of Hamlet. An Artist's Interpretation of the Classic Text by William Shakespeare, 2008
    Santa Barbara, Simplemente Maria Press
    One of twenty copies.
    $ 3,500.00 Sold
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    Mary Heebner, The Tragic History of Hamlet. An Artist's Interpretation of the Classic Text by William Shakespeare, 2008
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  • The Writer by Richard Wilber, illustrated by Charles Hoban. Front covers of both volumes.
    Richard Wilbur; Charles Hobson (illus.)
    The Writer, 2004
    San Francisco: Pacific Edition
    One of 54 copies, signed by the printer/designer/artist, Charles Hobson, at the colophon.
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  • Thirteen original lettering designs by Reginald Knowles.
    Reginald Knowles
    Thirteen original lettering designs, c. 1925
    (United Kingdom): n.p.
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  • Herman Melville, Richard Kostelanetz, Thrice, 2009
    Herman Melville, Richard Kostelanetz
    Thrice, 2009
    Brussels: Bartleby & Co.
    One of forty-four copies. Signed by Kostelanetz at his contribution.
    $ 375.00 Sold
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    Herman Melville, Richard Kostelanetz, Thrice, 2009
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  • To Open by Laura Davidson. Front cover with key.
    Laura Davidson
    To Open, 1991
    Boston: Laura Davidson
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  • Tribal Alphabet by Mary McCarthy. Interior page letter G.
    Mary McCarthy
    Tribal Alphabet, 1998
    Boston: Mary McCarthy
    One of twenty-six copies, signed by the artist.
    $ 450.00 Sold
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  • Uncovering White Privilege: A Primer illustrated by Rachel Laser and Kerry McAleer-Keeler. Interior page with word graphic.
    Rachel Laser; Kerry McAleer-Keeler (illus.)
    Uncovering White Privilege: A Primer, 2019
    Kensington, CA and Washington, D. C.: Liminal Press + Bindery
    One of three A. P. copies or a limited edition of fifty-three. Signed by Laser and by Camden M. Richards, who designed and produced the project.
    $ 350.00 Sold
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    Rachel Laser; Kerry McAleer-Keeler (illus.), Uncovering White Privilege: A Primer, 2019
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  • David Moyer, Utopia, 2016-17
    David Moyer
    Utopia, 2016-17
    Muncy, PA: Red Howler Press
    One of twenty copies, signed by Moyer.
    $ 400.00 Sold
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  • Variations on the Theme of Twenty-Six Letters by David Kindersley. Front cover and box
    David Kindersley
    Variations on the Theme of Twenty-Six Letters, 1969
    Wellingborough, UK: Skelton's Press
    One of 550 copies.
    $ 40.00 Sold
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  • Venus Unbound. Illustrated spread
    Jane Sherry
    Venus Unbound, 1993
    NY: Granary Books
    One of thirty numbered copies, signed by the artist.
    $ 1,500.00 Sold
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  • War Is Trauma print
    War Is Trauma, 2011
    (Pittsburgh): Justseeds Artists' Cooperative and Iraq Veterans Against the War
    One of 130 copies. All prints signed.
    $ 1,350.00 Sold
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