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Whittington Press

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Randle, John and Rose (editors)
TYPE & TYPOGRAPHY, HIGHLIGHTS FROM MATRIX, THE REVIEW FOR PRINTERS AND BIBLIOPHILES
$550
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Vaughan, W.E.
AUTOBIOGRAPHICA, WITH A GOSSIP ON THE ART OF PRINTING IN COLOURS
$450

D.B. Updike

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Morison, Stanley and Rudolph Ruzicka
RECOLLECTIONS OF DANIEL BERKELEY UPDIKE, With an Introduction by M.A. De Wolfe Howe.
$125

Special Copy

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Taylor, Tom
WRITTEN IN A TROPICAL GLOW, Books, Prints and Manuscripts Describing the Biological Exploration of the New World Tropics.
$200

Wonderful Abecedary Biblio Print

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$100 or less
Forney, B. Zook
B is for Bookbinder Serigraph 6/100
SOLD

Third Really Nice Abecedary Biblio Print

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$100 or less
Forney, B
C is for Collector Serigraph 19/20
SOLD

Another Wonderful Abecedary Biblio Print

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$100 or less
Zook
A is for Antiquarian Bookseller Serigraph 9/50
SOLD

No. 149 of only 200 hand-numbered copies

Aesop
The Subtyl Historyes and Fables of Esope. - (Grabhorn 1930, 1/ 200 copies), Translated out of Frensshe in to Englysshe by William Caxton
SOLD

FIRST TITLE FROM PETRARCH PRESS

The Gospel According to Thomas
$450

'Kelt, Briton, Roman, Saxon, Dane and Scot'

$100 or less
(Various Poets and Artists)
A Crazy Knot
$45

Puget Sound Herald Office, Washington Territory

Constitution, By-laws, and Rules and Orders of the Steilacoom Library Association, Washington Territory Organized in March, 1858
SOLD

Printed by Giovanni Mardersteig at Officina Bodoni

Translated by Henry Cary.
Plato. Crito. A Socratic Dialogue. (1926)
$225

no 79 of an edition of 105, signed by illustrator

$100 or less
O. Henry
The Gift of the Magi - signed, limited edition of 105, signed and illustrated by Stephen Gooden, no 79 of an edition of only 105
$100
John Milton
PARADISE LOST (1795) with fore-edge painting 'Expulsion of Adam and Eve', Nicely bound 1795 edition
$575

Designed by Bruce Rogers

Bernard, Auguste
GEOFROY TORY, PAINTER AND ENGRAVER: FIRST ROYAL PRINTER, REFORMER OF ORTHOGRAPHY AND TYPOGRAPHY UNDER FRANCOIS I., AN ACCOUNT OF HIS LIFE AND WORKS.
$350

Papermaking

$100 or less
Hunter, Dard
PAPERMAKING THROUGH EIGHTEEN CENTURIES
$100

Oriole Press

McCoy, Samuel Duff
SCRIPTOR IGNOTUS, TO HIS PRINTER
$150

Oriole Press

De Quincey, Thomas
EXECUTION OF JOAN OF ARC (FRAGMENT), [CONTAINS BRIEF SELECTION FROM THE WRITINGS OF ERNEST RENAN]
$125
$100 or less
Niri, Maria Maira
LA TIPOGRAFIA A GENOVA E IN LIGURIA NEL XVII SECOLO
$85

John Henry Nash

Alighieri, Dante
THE DIVINE COMEDY...A LINE-FOR-LINE TRANSLATION IN THE RIME-FORM OF THE ORIGINAL BY MELVILLE BEST ANDERSON, 4 volumes.
$4850
Martini, Giuseppe
CATALOGO DELLA LIBRERIA DI G. MARTINI COMPILATO DAL POSSESSORE, Da servire come saggio per una nuova bibliografia di storia e letteratura italiana. Prefazione di Achille Pellizzari. Parte prima. Incunabili. Prefazione del Prof. Achile Pellizzari.
$150

Limited Editions Club

THE DOLPHIN, A JOURNAL OF THE MAKING OF BOOKS
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Libanus Press

$100 or less
Kinglake, Alexander William
A PORTRAIT OF LADY HESTER, Engraved by Robert Gibbings.
$90

Fernand Leger

Saphire, Lawrence
FERNAND LEGER THE COMPLETE GRAPHIC WORK.
$125
$100 or less
Kelly, Jerry
ONE HUNDRED BOOKS FAMOUS IN TYPOGRAPHY
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$100 or less
Jury, David and Peter Rutledge Koch
BOOK ART OBJECT 2, SECOND CATALOGUE OF THE CODEX FOUNDATION BIENNIAL INTERNATIONAL BOOK EXHIBITION AND SYMPOSIUM
$90
$100 or less
Harris, Elizabeth and Clinton Sisson
THE COMMON PRESS, BEING A RECORD DESCRIPTION & DELINEATION OF THE EARLY EIGHTEENTH-CENTURY HANDPRESS IN THE SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION, Two volumes.
$95

Charlotte Guillard

Jimenes, Rémi
CHARLOTTE GUILLARD. UNE FEMME IMPRIMEUR À LA RENAISSANCE.
$175

Grey Spider Press

Green, Samuel
COMMUNION
$125

Foulis

$100 or less
Murray, David
ROBERT & ANDREW FOULIS AND THE GLASGOW PRESS, WITH SOME ACCOUNT OF THE GLASGOW ACADEMY OF THE FINE ARTS
$100
Fine, Ruth E. and William Matheson
PRINTERS' CHOICE, CATALOGUE OF AN EXHIBITION HELD AT THE GROLIER CLUB NEW YORK, DECEMBER 19, 1978 - FEBRUARY 3, 1979. A SELECTION OF AMERICAN PRESS BOOKS, 1968-1978., Bibliographical Descriptions and Notes by W. Thomas Taylor.
$175

Albrecht Dürer

Strauss, Walter L.(editor)
THE WOODCUTS AND WOOD BLOCKS OF ALBRECHT DÜRER
$250
Davis, Bruce
GERMAN EXPRESSIONIST PRINTS AND DRAWINGS. THE ROBERT GORE RIFKIND CENTER OF GERMAN EXPRESSIONIST STUDIES., Volume 1: Essays. - Volume 2: Catalogue of the Collection.
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Clinker Press

Cary, Elisabeth Luther
WILLIAM MORRIS IN THE MAKING
$135
$100 or less
Cartier, Alfred
BIBLIOGRAPHIE DES ÉDITIONS DES DE TOURNES, IMPRIMEURS LYONNAIS, Mise en Ordre avec une Introduction et des Appendices par Marius Audin et une Notice biographique par E. Vial. 2 volumes.
$95

John Carter

$100 or less
Dickinson, Donald C.
JOHN CARTER, THE TASTE & TECHNIQUE OF A BOOKMAN.
$90

Calligraphy

Bonacini, Claudio
BIBLIOGRAFÍA DELLE ARTI SCRITTORIE E DELLA CALLIGRAFIA
$150
$100 or less
Bringhurst, Robert
PALATINO: THE NATURAL HISTORY OF A TYPEFACE.
$85

Bookbinding

Quentin-Bauchart, Ernest
LES FEMMES BIBLIOPHILES DE FRANCE (XVIe, XVIIe & XVIIIe SIÈCLES), Two volumes.
$500

Bookbinding

$100 or less
Pearson, David
FOR THE LOVE OF THE BINDING: STUDIES IN HISTORICAL BOOKBINDING PRESENTED TO MIRJAM FOOT.
$90

Bookbinding

$100 or less
Gid, Dénise
CATALOGUE DES RELIURES FRANÇAISES ESTAMPÉES À FROID (XVe-XVIe SIÈCLE) DE LA BIBLIOTHÈQUE MAZARINE., 2 volumes.
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Bookbinding

$100 or less
Foot, Mirjam M.
THE HENRY DAVIS GIFT: A COLLECTION OF BOOKBINDINGS (VOL. III), Volume III: A Catalogue of South-European Bindings
$100

Bookbinding

Foot, Mirjam M.
BOOKBINDERS AT WORK: THEIR ROLES AND METHODS
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Bookbinding

$100 or less
Ellenport, Samuel B.
THE FUTURE OF HAND-BOOKBINDING
$90
Various Authors
Matrix 11 + 13: 2 ltd. edition DeLuxe copies of the Review for Printers & Bibliophiles
$585

Gotthard de Beauclair

GOTTHARD DE BEAUCLAIR MODERN TYSK BOKKONST
$115

Ashendene Press

$100 or less
Franklin, Colin
THE ASHENDENE PRESS
$90
$100 or less
Alison, Adams, and Anthony J. Harper
THE EMBLEM IN RENAISSANCE AND BAROQUE EUROPE, Tradition and Variety: Selected Papers of the Glasgow International Emblem Conference, 13-17 August, 1990.
$95

Book Club of California

Hanff, Peter E.
CYCLONE ON THE PRAIRIES, THE WONDERFUL WIZARD OF OZ AND ARTS & CRAFTS PUBLISHING IN CHICAGO, 1900.
SOLD

Book Club of California

Bringhurst, Robert
PALATINO: THE NATURAL HISTORY OF A TYPEFACE.
$300

Bombshelter Press

Andrews, Michael
FEST X, A FINE PRINT EPIC POEM, OAK KNOLL FEST X, OCTOBER 3-5, 2003, NEW CASTLE DELAWARE, A POET'S ADVENTURE AMONG THE PUBLISHERS
$500
AMERICAN BOOK COLLECTOR. NEW SERIES. COMPLETE SET.
SOLD

Anthony Powell's copy of Ulysses

JOYCE, James (1882-1941)
Ulysses (1927) owned by the acclaimed novelist Anthony Powell
$7500

SIGNED BY CAPONIGRO

Paul Caponigro
Sunflower, Limited Signed Deluxe Edition #106 of 400 copies of the original 1974 book publication sheets reserved for creating this 1985 special edition
$1000

Printer of Shakespeare's Hamlet

JONSON, Benjamin (1572 -1637)
King James his Royall and Magnificent Entertainement through his Honorable Cittie of London (1604)
$9500

[Bookends]

William Purcell McDonald
Rockwood Pottery Bookends Depicting White Panthers Lounging on Open Books
$450

Children Illustrated Book

Illustration by G.H. Thompson. Described by Clifton Bingham
The Airship in Animal Land
$856