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  • Lloyd Jonnes; John Ross (illus.), Birds of Manhattan, 1998
    Lloyd Jonnes; John Ross (illus.)
    Birds of Manhattan, 1998
    (East Hampton, NY): High Tide Press
    One of forty copies, signed by the artist.
    $ 1,500.00 Sold
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    Lloyd Jonnes; John Ross (illus.), Birds of Manhattan, 1998
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    $ 1,500.00
  • Complete Instructions, from the Preface to Leaves of Grass by Walt Whitman. Binding
    Walt Whitman; Donald Glaister (artist)
    Complete Instructions, from the Preface to Leaves of Grass, 2022
    (Tucson: Fool's Gold Studio)
    One of fifteen copies, signed by Glaister.
    $ 3,750.00 Sold
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    Walt Whitman; Donald Glaister (artist), Complete Instructions, from the Preface to Leaves of Grass, 2022
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    $ 3,750.00
  • Blair Hughes-Stanton, Ecclesiastes, or the Preacher, 1943
    Blair Hughes-Stanton
    Ecclesiastes, or the Preacher, 1943
    (London): Golden Cockerel Press
    One of 247 copies.
    $ 1,750.00 Sold
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    Blair Hughes-Stanton, Ecclesiastes, or the Preacher, 1943
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    $ 1,750.00
  • Dante Alighieri; Barry Moser (illus.), La Piedra Amada, 2021
    Dante Alighieri; Barry Moser (illus.)
    La Piedra Amada, 2021
    Tacámbaro, Mexico: Taller Martín Pescador
    One of fifteen deluxe copies. Signed by the illustrator and by the translator.
    $ 575.00 Sold
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    Dante Alighieri; Barry Moser (illus.), La Piedra Amada, 2021
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    $ 575.00
  • Microclima. Front cover
    Narcís Comadira
    Microclima, 2016
    Barcelona: Elies Plana
    One of 112 copies, with title signed by the artist at the colophon.
    $ 300.00 Sold
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    Narcís Comadira, Microclima, 2016
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  • Novum Psalterium Pii XII. An Unfinished Folio Edition by Brother Antoninus, O.P. Binding
    William Everson
    Novum Psalterium Pii XII. An Unfinished Folio Edition by Brother Antoninus, O.P. , 1955
    Los Angeles
    One of forty-eight copies; this copy out-of-series.
    $ 13,500.00 Sold
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    William Everson, Novum Psalterium Pii XII. An Unfinished Folio Edition by Brother Antoninus, O.P. , 1955
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    $ 13,500.00
  • Julia Wightman binding on the Kelmscott Press Amis and Amile
    William Morris
    Of the Friendship of Amis and Amile, 1894
    Hammersmith: Kelmscott Press
    One of 500 copies. Bound by Julia Wightman.
    $ 5,500.00 Sold
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    William Morris, Of the Friendship of Amis and Amile, 1894
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  • Dard Hunter, Papermaking in Southern Siam, 1936
    Dard Hunter
    Papermaking in Southern Siam, 1936
    (Chillicothe, Mountain House Press)
    One of 115 copies signed by Hunter.
    $ 5,500.00 Sold
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  • Dard Hunter, Papermaking Pilgrimage to Japan, Korea, and China, 1936
    Dard Hunter
    Papermaking Pilgrimage to Japan, Korea, and China, 1936
    New York: Pynson Printers
    One of 370 copies printed on Shogun paper and signed by Hunter and the printer, Elmer Adler.
    $ 2,850.00 Sold
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    Dard Hunter, Papermaking Pilgrimage to Japan, Korea, and China, 1936
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    $ 2,850.00
  • Charles Ricketts, Poetical Sketches by William Blake, 1899
    Charles Ricketts
    Poetical Sketches by William Blake, 1899
    (London: Hacon & Ricketts)
    One of 210 copies.
    $ 850.00 Sold
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    Charles Ricketts, Poetical Sketches by William Blake, 1899
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    $ 850.00
  • Self-Portrait in a Convex Mirror. Record
    John Ashbery; Willem de Kooning, Richard Avedon, Jim Dine, et al.
    Self-Portrait in a Convex Mirror, 1984
    San Francisco: Arion Press
    One of 150 copies, signed by the poet, John Ashbery, and the printer, Andrew Hoyem.
    $ 8,500.00 Sold
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    John Ashbery; Willem de Kooning, Richard Avedon, Jim Dine, et al., Self-Portrait in a Convex Mirror, 1984
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    $ 8,500.00
  • Eberhard Koenig, The 1462 Fust & Schoeffer Bible, 1993
    Eberhard Koenig
    The 1462 Fust & Schoeffer Bible, 1993
    Akron & Evanston: Bruce Ferrini /Hamill & Barker
    One of 166 copies.
    $ 8,750.00 Sold
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    Eberhard Koenig, The 1462 Fust & Schoeffer Bible, 1993
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    $ 8,750.00
  • Valenti Angelo, The Begynning of the Book of the Subtyl Historyes and Fables of Esop, 1929
    Valenti Angelo
    The Begynning of the Book of the Subtyl Historyes and Fables of Esop, 1929
    San Francisco: Grabhorn Press
    One of 30 copies printed by the members of the Roxburghe Club, "with as much care as due cheer permitted."
    $ 1,850.00 Sold
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    Valenti Angelo, The Begynning of the Book of the Subtyl Historyes and Fables of Esop, 1929
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    $ 1,850.00
  • The Chester Play of the Deluge illustrated by David Jones. Front cover and interior page.
    David Jones (illus.)
    The Chester Play of the Deluge, 1977
    London, Clover Hill Editions
    One of 80 copies.
    $ 2,000.00 Sold
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    David Jones (illus.), The Chester Play of the Deluge, 1977
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    $ 2,000.00
  • Diana White, The Descent of Ishtar, 1903
    Diana White
    The Descent of Ishtar, 1903
    (London): Eragny Press
    One of 226 copies. Inscribed by Lucien Pissarro on front endpaper.
    $ 1,500.00 Sold
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    Diana White, The Descent of Ishtar, 1903
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  • Nikolai Gogol; Mikhail Magaril (illus.), The Diary of a Madman, 1998
    Nikolai Gogol; Mikhail Magaril (illus.)
    The Diary of a Madman, 1998
    NY: Summer Garden Editions
    One of fifty copies, signed by the illustrator.
    $ 1,500.00 Sold
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    Nikolai Gogol; Mikhail Magaril (illus.), The Diary of a Madman, 1998
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    $ 1,500.00
  • John Eliot, The First American Bible ; A Leaf From a Copy of the Bible Translated into the Indian Language by John Eliot and Printed at Cambridge in New England in the Year 1663, 1929
    John Eliot
    The First American Bible ; A Leaf From a Copy of the Bible Translated into the Indian Language by John Eliot and Printed at Cambridge in New England in the Year 1663, 1929
    Boston, Merrymount Press for George Goodspeed
    One of 157 copies.
    $ 2,000.00 Sold
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    John Eliot, The First American Bible ; A Leaf From a Copy of the Bible Translated into the Indian Language by John Eliot and Printed at Cambridge in New England in the Year 1663, 1929
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    $ 2,000.00
  • Patrick Miller; Eric Gill (illus.), The Green Ship, 1936
    Patrick Miller; Eric Gill (illus.)
    The Green Ship, 1936
    Waltham St. Lawrence: Golden Cockerel Press
    One of 200 copies.
    $ 600.00 Sold
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    Patrick Miller; Eric Gill (illus.), The Green Ship, 1936
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    $ 600.00
  • Lord John of Joinville, The History of Saint Louis, 1937
    Lord John of Joinville
    The History of Saint Louis, 1937
    (Newtown, Montgomeryshire): Gregynog Press
    One of 200 copies.
    $ 2,350.00 Sold
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    Lord John of Joinville, The History of Saint Louis, 1937
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    $ 2,350.00
  • Robert Browning, The Last Ride, 1900
    Robert Browning
    The Last Ride, 1900
    East Aurora, NY, The Roycroft Shop
    One of 940 copies signed by Elbert Hubbard, and the illuminator, Emma Johnson.
    $ 750.00 Sold
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    Robert Browning, The Last Ride, 1900
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  • The Story of Cupid and Psyche. Bindings
    William Morris
    The Story of Cupid and Psyche, 1974
    London & Cambridge: Clover Hill Editions
    One of 270 copies signed by Will and Sebastian Carter.
    $ 1,000.00 Sold
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    William Morris, The Story of Cupid and Psyche, 1974
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    $ 1,000.00
  • The XI Bookes of the Golden Asse Containing the Metamorphosie of Lucius Apuleius Interlaced with Sundry Pleasant and Delectable Tales: with an Excellent Narration of the Wedding of Cupid and Psyches. Translated out of Latine into English, by William Adlington. Binding
    Lucius Apuleius
    The XI Bookes of the Golden Asse Containing the Metamorphosie of Lucius Apuleius Interlaced with Sundry Pleasant and Delectable Tales: with an Excellent Narration of the Wedding of Cupid and Psyches. Translated out of Latine into English, by William Adlin, 1924
    Chelsea: Ashendene Press
    One of 165 copies on paper.
    $ 5,500.00 Sold
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    Lucius Apuleius, The XI Bookes of the Golden Asse Containing the Metamorphosie of Lucius Apuleius Interlaced with Sundry Pleasant and Delectable Tales: with an Excellent Narration of the Wedding of Cupid and Psyches. Translated out of Latine into English, by William Adlington, 1924
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    $ 5,500.00
  • Rollin Milroy, This Monkey's Gone to Heaven. Checklist Ultimo: Heavenly Monkey & HM Editions, 2000-2020, 2022
    Rollin Milroy
    This Monkey's Gone to Heaven. Checklist Ultimo: Heavenly Monkey & HM Editions, 2000-2020, 2022
    Vancouver: Heavenly Monkey
    One of forty copies. Signed by the collaborators, Rollin Milroy, Claudia Cohen, and Barbara Hodgson.
    $ 1,800.00 Sold
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    Rollin Milroy, This Monkey's Gone to Heaven. Checklist Ultimo: Heavenly Monkey & HM Editions, 2000-2020, 2022
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    $ 1,800.00
  • Robert Louis Stevenson, Virginibus Puerisque, 1903
    Robert Louis Stevenson
    Virginibus Puerisque, 1903
    East Aurora, NY: Roycrofters
    One of 100 copies on Japan vellum, signed by Elbert Hubbard. In a unique binding.
    $ 2,500.00 Sold
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    Robert Louis Stevenson, Virginibus Puerisque, 1903
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    $ 2,500.00

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