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Oxford: at the Scrivener press, 1950 -- ONLY EDITION of the standard bibliography. Numerous facsimiles.. Quarter cloth, printed boards. Near fine.. In 8s (280 x 219 mm). Pp. xvii, 369.

Venlo (The Netherlands): Uitgeverij Van Spijk, 1995 ¶ ONLY EDITION of the only monograph on the paintings of Jean-Michel Lengrand (1955– ), a contemporary French artist working mainly in oils on panel and employing materials and techniques descended from those of the Netherlandish masters of the fifteenth century; SIGNED by the artist. His work is almost unknown in the book world — and in America —; and yet a remarkably large number of his pictures will be OF EXCEPTIONAL INTEREST TO BOOKMEN: These include richly anthropomorphic portraits of writers (La Fontaine), scientists (Newton, Linnaeus, Darwin), and at least one printer (Gutenberg); subjects from Classical and early modern literature (Circe, Quixote) and fables (‘The wolf and the lamb’); and ‘archetypes’ in which books themselves appear as the elements of composition (Babel as a tower of books, the Ark built entirely of books). Lengrand is no illustrator; but rather he creates a parallel universe of… Read More

London &c: The Pitcairn Press, 1982     ¶ ONLY EDITION, representing an extraordinary loan-exhibition of Bligh relics, artifacts, paintings, engravings, manuscripts, &c, assembled by Stephen Walters and held at Powderham near Exmouth; with an introduction by Lady Devon and a foreword by Rose Pepys, Bligh's great-great-great-great-granddaughter.  Out of print and already VERY SCARCE. Only one copy is recorded in any American library (in the Pacific Collection of the University of Hawaii, Manoa).   ||| Collation: 210 x 147 mm: Pp [1-4] 5-49 [50]. Thirty-three color halftone illustrations (one folding), fourteen black-and-white halftone illustrations.  Binding: Publisher's color-pictorial wrappers.  Conditon: Fine.  Reference: OCLC 29415187.   ||| For further details please contact Jay Dillon  Rare Books + Manuscripts, as below.  Pour plus de détails, veuillez contacter Jay Dillon  Rare Books +… Read More

Los Angeles: The press of the pegacycle lady (Patrick Reagh), for William & Victoria Dailey, 1978 ¶ ONLY EDITION of the first book printed by Patrick Reagh, one of 365 numbered copies. This copy is numbered "233" and INSCRIBED ". . . in friendship, Bob Essick February 1992". ||| Collation: In 4s (304 x 227 mm untrimmed): 24 leaves, paginated [i-ii blank] [1-8] 9-32 [33-41] [42-46 blank]. Eight full-page facsimiles. Binding: Publisher's quarter art vellum, slate-blue boards. Condition: Near fine, the covers slightly sunned as usual.. First Edition.