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A Daughter of the Sioux. A tale of the Indian frontier. Illustrations by Frederic Remington and Edwin Willard Deming.

[Remington, Frederic]. King, General Charles.

New York: Hobart , (1903). Red cloth, minor shelf wear, spine lettering worn, very good. Published March 1903.Seven black and white reproductions of paintings by Remington and Deming. ... more info

Price: $24.00

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À La Manière de. .. Prèsentation de Raymond Escholier.

[Guilmin, Andre.]. Escholier, Raymond.

Grenoble: Marcel Besson / Editions de L'Imprimerie Générale, (1943). Folio, 9-7/8 x 12-3/4 inches, original wrappers, a few light spots on the wrapper, but a fine copy in publisher's folder. No. 258 of 730 copies on vélin blanc, from a total edition of 750. Illustrations, inspired by literary passages, in the style of fifteen artists such as Boucher, Brunelleschi, Lydis, and Sauvage. ... more info

Price: $275.00

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A Leaf from the First Edition of the First Complete Bible in English, The Coverdale Bible 1535.: With an Historical Introduction by Allen P. Wikgren and A Census of Copies Recorded in the British Isles and North Ameria

Bible, English; Wikgren, Allen P.

San Francisco: The Book Club of California, 1974. Folio, 10 1/4 x 14 1/4 inches. Cloth backed boards, fine copy in lightly worn dust jacket. One of 425 copies printed by Lawton and Alfred Kennedy. The leaf in our copy is from Ecclesiasticus 36-38 (this last beginning "Honor the physician....") ... more info

Price: $1,000.00

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A Midsommer Nights Dreame: Illustrations by Mary Grabhorn

Shakespeare, William.

San Francisco: 1955. Quarto, white boards, boxed. Illustrated with colored wood engravings. Spine slightly darkened, but a fine copy, one of 180 (150 for sale), printed on handmade paper. ... more info

Price: $300.00

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A Talent for Loving.

Condon, Richard.

New York: McGraw-Hill, (1961). Cloth backed boards, very good in lightly soiled dust jacket. Inscribed over both front endpapers by Condon "Jigs for All in Lunnun - August 15, 1961. For darling Jane (and her husband) with all love and hope for the (aye) world / Richard Condon". The inscription is in heavy pen and has bled through the following two leaves. Source for the film of the same name. ... more info

Price: $200.00

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Absolutni Hrobar.

[Strysky, Jindrich]. Nezval, Vítezslav.

Prague: Borovy, 1937. Original printed wrappers. Collage illustrations by the author. Cover design and typography by Jindrich Strysky. ... more info

Price: $275.00

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Alice in Wonderland. By Lewis Carroll: Illustrated with six Coloured Lithographs by Marie Laurencin

[Laurencin, Marie]. [Dodgson, Charles L.] .

Paris: The Black Sun Press, 1930. Original wrappers, light foxing on the spine and wrapper edges, but internally fine, original (chemise) and slipcase (much worn) One of 370 copies of the European issue, from an edition of 790. ... more info

Price: $1,500.00

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Alphabet Pochoir.

Marseille: Prado, [ca. 1930]. Glazed board folder with label encloses a decorative folding alphabet stencil, an instruction leaflet and a set of six discs of watercolor paint. The designs are signed "WD". Very good condition. ... more info

Price: $200.00

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Amanda.

[Dignimont, Joseph]. Gandon, Yves.

Paris: Marcel Lubineau , (1942). Original wrappers, unbound in chemise and slipcase (one edge cracked) as issued, fine. One of 950 copies on vélin (total edition of 990), with colored woodcuts by Dignimont. ... more info

Price: $100.00

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Andy Warhol's Lonesome Cowboys. Original one-sheet review movie poster.

Warhol, Andy.

(1968). 27 x 41 inches. Folded, as issued. Three small areas of surface abrasion, otherwise in very nice condition. ... more info

Price: $500.00

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Antilyrique. Avec un dessin de Toyen.

[Toyen]. Nezval, Vítezslav; Peret, Benjamin.

Paris: Éditions G.L.M., 1936. Original orange printed wrappers, slight wear to one corner; fine. One of 70 copies on Normandy vellum (entire edition), printed, numbered and signed by the publisher Guy Levis-Mano. Frontispiece by Toyen. The translation is by Benjamin Péret. ... more info

Price: $850.00

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Apophorètes. Traduit du latin par Jean François Peyret. Quarante deux bois gravés de Valentina La Rocca.

Martial (Marcus Valerius Martialis).

Theatre Typographiques, 1996. One of 270 copies, this one of 100 signed by translator and artist, in in a chemise covered with Bugra paper. Six sewn fasicles in slipcase, 33 x 13 cm. The woodcuts are printed in 1 or 2 of 4 colors. ... more info

Price: $275.00

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Quarto, original grey cloth, exceptionally fine copy in illustrated dust jacket.  Artzybasheff was also responsible for the book's design.

As I See. Notes to Folios by the Artist.

Artzybasheff, Boris.

New York: Dodd, Mead, 1954. Quarto, original grey cloth, exceptionally fine copy in illustrated dust jacket. Artzybasheff was also responsible for the book's design. ... more info

Price: $500.00

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At the Sign of the Dollar. Pictures by E.W. Kemble.

[Kemble, E.W.]. Irwin, Wallace.

New York: Fox, Irwin. Original decorated cloth, fine copy. First edition. ... more info

Price: $15.00

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Bartolomeus Zanni. Printer at Venice 1486-1518 and at Portese 1489-90.: Together with a Leaf from Jacobus de Voraigne's Legendario de Sancti Printed by Zanni at Venice, 1503

Olmsted, Duncan H.

Berkeley: Tamalpais Press, 1962. Folio, wrappers, offset from the enclosed leaf, otherwise fine. One of 135 copies, this one of 20 reserved for the author. ... more info

Price: $150.00

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Bibliographical Catalogue of the First Loan Exhibition of Books and Manuscripts held by The First Edition Club 1922.

Symons, A.J.A. (ed.).

London: Privately printed for The First Edition Club, 1922. Cloth backed boards, edges rubbed. Very good. H.V. Marrot's copy, with a considerable number of his annotations. Marrot was lender of several items to the exhibition. ... more info

Price: $250.00

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BR. A Panel Discussion at the Bruce Rogers Centenary by Harry Duncan, K.K. Merker and Ward Ritchie.

Duncan, Harry; Merker, K.K.; Ritchie, Ward.

San Francisco: The Book Club of California, 1981. Cloth, fine, one of 650 copies. Designed by Ward Ritchie ... more info

Price: $25.00

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Catalogue des Livres de F.-L. Schmied. Exposés en Mars 1927 Chez Arnold Seligmann Rey and Co. ... Suivi du catalogue général des livres de F.-L. Schmied imprimés et sous presses au 28 Fevrier 1927.

[Schmied, François-Louis]. Seligmann Rey and Co., Arnold.

Paris: F.-L. Schmied, 1927. 12-1/4 in. x 9-1/4 in.; 310 mm. x 235 mm. (20), 102, (2) pp. 42 offset plates, reproducing Schmied's original designs. Original printed wrappers, loose at the spine. Slight foxing, very good. One of 300 copies. Introductory letter from Louis Barthou to Schmied, and an essay, "La Sourate de Beau Livre," by J.-C. Mardrus, the texts are in French and English. An important source for the descriptions of Schmied's personal copies, and illustrations of unique binding designs. Nasti A25; Ritchie 24. ... more info

Price: $2,500.00

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Charles Martin. Etude critique par Marcel Valotaire. Lettre-préface de Pierre Mac-Orlan. Portrait par Dignimont.

[Martin, Charles]. Valotaire, Marcel.

Paris: Henry Babou, 1928. (6),41,(7)pp., 27x21 cm. Unbound in publisher's printed wrappers as issued.. Portrait frontis.,16 plates (8 with some pochoir colouring), 17 illustrations and vignettes in text (4 with pochoir colouring), facsimile letter. Spine slightly faded, a occasional light spots. No.700 of a total edition of 750. The portrait is by Dignimont, all the other illustrations are by Martin. No. 2 in the series, "Les Artistes du Livre." ... more info

Price: $125.00

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Christopher Columbus.

Kazantzakis,Nikos.

Kentfield, Calif.: 1972.. Folio (13 x 8 1/2 in.) Printed in black, red, yellow, and grey on English handmade paper, unbound as issued in Fabriano paper wrapper, drop-back box covered in French cloth. One of 140 copies, printed on the 1846 Columbian handpress on Wookey Hole handmade paper. ... more info

Price: $500.00

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