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Stitch in Time; or Pride Prevents a Fall, A.
by [NONESUCH PRESS]; Laver, James
London: Printed for the Nonesuch Press by Richard Clay & Sons, Ltd., Bungay, 1927. James Lever's "Stitch in Time" [NONESUCH PRESS]. LAVER, James. A Stitch in Time; or Pride Prevents a Fall. London: Printed for the Nonesuch Press by Richard Clay & Sons, Ltd., Bungay, 1927. First edition. Limited to 1,525 copies. Small folio (11 1/2 x 7 1/2 inches; 292 x 191 mm). 27, [1 colophon], [1 blank] pp. Printed on Arches cream laid paper in 18pt Caslon. Sewn into semi-stiff boards loosely covered with...
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NZ$255.33
Pilgrim's Progress, The
by BUNYAN, John; Bayntun
London: Arthur L. Humphreys, 1906. An Elegantly Printed Edition of One of the Most Significant Works of Religious English Literature BUNYAN, John. The Pilgrim's Progress. [The Royal Library Chef D'Oeuvre Series]. London, Arthur L. Humphreys, 1906. Octavo. (9 1/8 x 6 5/8 inches; 233 x 166 mm). [4], 327, [1 blank] pp. Title-page printed in red and black. Bound by Bayntun in early twentieth-century three-quarter dark blue polished calf ruled in gilt over blue cloth boards. Spine with five raised bands...
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NZ$468.10
Herbescent Cordials: A Collection of Herbal Tisanes for the Sick, Stressed, Stinky, and Love Sick
by Busby, Michael
Walla Walla, WA: Artist, 1995. First printing. (12) pp., 6.75 x 10.75 inches. Printed by hand from foundry type, original linoleum engravings, and plant materials at the Whitman College Book Arts Lab, in an edition of twenty-five signed and numbered copies. Unbound sheets in stiff card folder with printed cover label. As new. Five linoleum engravings of common herbs (chives, rosemary, oregano, mint, basil), printed over pressure prints of plants, each contained in a glassine wrapper printed with a...
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NZ$195.75
Favole di Giovanni Gherardo De Rossi
by DE ROSSI, Giovanni Gherardo
Rome: Stamperia Pagliarini, 1788. First edition of this collection of verse fables. Octavo (7 3/4 x 5 3/8 inches; 196 x 135 mm). viii, [2], 180 pp. Printed on light blue paper, one of a few like this which are presumed to have been printed for presentation. With half-title. With engraved vignette title-page printed on thick cream-color paper. Engraved vignette title-page with scene of animals. Title-page is inserted but part of the pagination. Comprised of 70 fables. A second edition was printed in...
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NZ$2,127.75
THE DIVINE COMEDY OF DANTE ALIGHIERI
by DANTE, Alighieri
New York: Limited Editions Club, 1932. Hardcover. Fine in a soiled, Very Good slipcase with some splitting but intact. Folio (8" x 12-3/4") bound in full cloth specially woven in rose and buff by Fortuny of Venice with a gold- stamped linen spine label. Translated and annotated by Melville Best Anderson with an introduction by Arthur Livingston. Designed, printed on rag mould-made paper, and bound by Hans Mardersteig at the Officina Bodoni in Verona, Italy. Copy #623 of 1500 SIGNED by the designer on...
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NZ$585.22
LEAVES OF GRASS Comprising all the Poems written by Walt Whitman following the Arrangement of the Edition of 1891-'2
by WHITMAN, Walt
New York: Random House, Inc., 1930. Hardcover. About ten pages with a small, dark stain at the very top margin, far from the text; light rubbing to the raised bands at the edge of the spine which is a bit sunned. Near Fine. Valenti Angelo. Folio (9-3/4" x 14-1/2") in original red half-morocco and bevel-edged Philippine mahogany boards with the publisher's device engraved on the front board, five raised bands on the spine where the title is stamped in black. Illustrated with 37 woodcuts by Valenti...
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NZ$6,383.25
Veterans and Other Poems
by MacDonagh, Donagh
Dublin, Ireland: Cuala Press, 1941. Octavo. (vi), 33, (2). One of 270 copies, this out of series. As is wonderfully usual for the press, a beautiful example of Irish printing of Irish poetry. Bound in quarter buckram with blue paper over boards, titled in black to upper cover and with paper label to spine. Slight soiling to covers, minimal warp to boards, else very good.
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NZ$490.23
Jerusalem. The Emanation of the Giant Albion
by [TRIANON PRESS]; BLAKE, William; KEYNES, Geoffrey
Clairvaux, Jura, France: Published by The Trianon Press for The William Blake Trust, London, 1974. With Plates from the Lord Cunliffe Copy And Four Facsimile Proofs of Four Prints Not Found in the Earlier Trianon Edition. [TRIANON PRESS, The]. BLAKE, William. Jerusalem. The Emanation of the Giant Albion. London: The Trianon Press for The William Blake Trust, 1974. One of 500 numbered copies (this copy being No. 326), out of a total edition of 558 copies. Folio (14 7/16 x 10 1/4 in; 365 x 260 mm)....
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NZ$765.99
A Monograph on the Italian Choir Book
by Schulz, H.C
San Francisco: Grabhorn Press, 1941. Angelo, Valenti. Folio. (10)ff. From an edition of 75 copies printed for David Magee at the Grabhorn Press, this is copy number nineteen of 27 deluxe copies signed by Magee, with a stunning vellum leaf from a sixteenth-century Italian Gradual bound in. The leaf, which has been trimmed, shows an intricate initial nearly six inches high, decorated in blue, pink, green, and gilt illumination with a rose design. The text of the book contains fourteen large initials,...
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NZ$3,426.53
Lost & Found
by Berrigan, Daniel, S.J
(Ogdensburg, NY): Caliban Press, 1989. Ely, Timothy. Octavo. (iii), 15pp. One of 125 copies, signed by both the author and the artist. With three full-page and two tailpieces in full color by Ely, who lucidly emphasizes the psychedelic and geometric motifs of Berrigan's short story. Designed, printed, and bound by Caliban proprietor Mark McMurray in printed paste-paper boards backed by orange cloth. Fine.
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NZ$1,174.52
For Now
by Plimpton, Sarah
[New York, 2008. Artist's book, one of 15 copies, all on Fabriano Tiepolo paper, each copy signed and numbered by the poet / artist / printer, Sarah Plimpton. Page size: 8-3/4 x 11-3/4 inches; 20pp. Bound: loose as issued, in cinnamon-colored wrappers, black label title printed in gold on spine housed in brick-colored cloth custom-made clamshell box, black leather label with title and author in gold gilt on spine, made by Claudia Cohen. Ms. Plimpton's poem reads, "one eye / drawing circles / with...
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NZ$1,276.65
Quatre Fois Son Portrait dans les Etats-Unis d'Amerique. Four Portraits of Him in the United States. Bi-lingual edition with English translation by Joshua Watsky. Poem by James Sacre. Original Painting by Julius Baltazar
by Curry, Coleen (Binder). Sacre, James
Stonington, CT: Wequetequock Cove Editions, 2012. Artist's book, poetry by James Sacre in English and French, in a unique binding by Coleen Curry, one of 30 copies with text printed on Velin d'Arche, the original watercolor that is the frontispiece is on Sekishu Japan paper, as are the four copperplate engravings, all copies signed by the artist, the author, and his translator, Joshua Watsky, who is also the publisher. Page size: 12.8 x 9.8 x 1/2 inches; 32pp. Bound by Coleen Curry: full goat cerulean...
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NZ$16,170.90
Colombine
by McCRAE, Hugh
Sydney: Angus and Robertson, 1920. LINDSAY, Norman. A beautiful example of a collaborative effort between the artist, Norman Lindsay, and the poet, Hugh McCrae: 'I watch her fingers while they prance Like little naked women. tango-mad, Along the keys, a cup-shot dance -- Music, who'll say, more joyous or more sad?' -ENIGMA. Edition limited to 1000 copies, bound in original illustrated paper boards with cloth spine, 190 mm x 250 mm, XI illustrations tipped-in; a near fine copy.
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NZ$539.61
All Religions Are One
by [TRIANON PRESS]; BLAKE, William; KEYNES, Geoffrey
London: Published by The Trianon Press for The William Blake Trust, London, 1970. All Religions Are One [TRIANON PRESS, The]. BLAKE, William. All Religions Are One. London: Published by The Trianon Press for The William Blake Trust, 1970. One of 600 numbered copies (this copy being No. 9), out of a total edition of 662 copies. Quarto (11 3/4 x 9 in; 298 x 230 mm). (28) pp. Ten color plates. Original quarter green morocco over marbled boards. Fine. In the original marbled board slipcase. The plates...
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NZ$595.77
Yan, Tyan, Tethera: Counting Sheep
by (Rawnsley, Canon H. D.)
Woolley, Wakefield: Fleece Press, 1987. Lindsley, Kathleen. 13pp., panorama. One of 275 copies. An extract from By Fell and Dale by Canon H. D. Rawnsley that describes an ancient system of counting sheep, illustrated with seven attractive full-page wood engravings by Kathleen Lindsley. Bound accordion-style by Smith Settle in beige paper-covered boards, with a paper label. Very fine in a plain green slipcase. (2 3/4 by 2; 70x51mm).
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NZ$490.23
Gogmagog
by [GOGMAGOG PRESS]; CHAMBERS, David; FRANKLIN, Colin; TUCKER, Alan
Pinner: Private Libraries Association, 1991. [GOGMAGOG PRESS]. CHAMBERS, David. FRANKLIN, Colin. TUCKER, Alan. Gogmagog. Morris Cox & the Gogmagog Press. Pinner: Private Libraries Association, 1991. First edition. Octavo (10 11/16 x 7 1/8 inches; 271 x 181 mm.). 184 pp. Illustrated throughout in color and black & white. Publisher's orange cloth with black stripes. A fine copy.
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NZ$136.18
Les Coupains
by DUHAYON, Henri; ROMAINS, Jules; BOFA, Gus [RAYON d'OR/LIBRAIRIE GALLIMARD]
Paris: Le Rayon d'Or/Librairie Gallimard, 1952. A Spectacular Copy in a Stunning Binding Signed by the Author with an ALs by the Artist [DUHAYON, Henri, binder]. [BOFA, Gus, illustrator]. ROMAINS, Jules. Les Coupains. Avec douze aquarelles par Gus Bofa. N.p. [Paris]: Le Rayon d'Or, (1952). First edition illustrated by Bofa, limited to 3500 numbered copies sur vélin blanc des Papeteries de Lana, this being copy 3152. Octavo (8 1/4 x 6 1/8 in; 208 x 153 mm). 200, [1], [1, blank], [3, table], [1,...
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NZ$5,532.15
Uncovering White Privilege: A Primer
by Laser, Rachel
Kensington, CA and Washington, DC: Liminal Press + Bindery, 2019. McAleer-Keeler, Kerry. Octavo. 45pp. One of three A. P. copies, produced in addition to the limited edition of fifty. Signed by Laser, who contributed the text, and by Camden M. Richards, who designed and produced the project. Equal parts scholarly essay and experiment in graphic and material design, the book aims to situate the reader within the vocabulary of racial privilege, to guide them toward an understanding of their own position...
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NZ$1,273.25
Green Branches
by STEPHENS, James
New York: The Macmillan Company, 1916. 'JS' Bound by 'AS' [BINDING]. STEPHENS, James. Green Branches. New York: The Macmillan Company, 1916. First American Edition. Limited to 500 copies. Octavo (8 3/16 x 5 11/16 inches; 208 x 145 mm.). 32 unnumbered leaves printed on one side only. Bound in 1922, stamp-signed "A - S 1922" in gilt on rear turn-in. Full dark green levant morocco, covers decoratively tooled in gilt with a framework of flowers and stems surrounding a gilt ruled border which in turn...
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NZ$2,127.75
BLUE CHICORY
by NIEDECKER, Lorine
New Rochelle: The Elizabeth Press, (1976). First Edition. boards. Hint of sunning to spine. Fine, lacking the slipcase. Green printed boards. One of 400 copies printed by Martino Mardersteig at the Stamperia Valdonega in Italy of this posthumous collection of poems.
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NZ$425.55
Midsummer-Night's Dream, A.
by RACKHAM, Arthur; SHAKESPEARE, William
New York: The Limited Editions Club, 1939. The Final Book Published During Rackham's Lifetime [RACKHAM, Arthur, illustrator]. SHAKESPEARE, William. A Midsummer-Night's Dream. The Text of the First Folio, with Quarto Insertions, Edited and Amended Where Obscure by Herbert Farjeon. Illustrated from Water-colors by Arthur Rackham. New York: The Limited Editions Club, 1939. Deluxe edition limited to 1,950 copies of which this is no. 1306. Folio (12 7/8 x 8 3/4 inches; 328 x 223 mm.). Six color...
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NZ$2,127.75
Miniature Literature. The Stanley Marcus Collection of Miniature Books at Bridwell Library. 26 February - 27 May 1995. Curated by David J. Lawrence.
by Lawrence (David J.) -Curator. (Stanley Marcus Collection)
Dallas: Bridwell Library, 1995. First edition.. Small patterned boards, printed paper label on front cover. Eight Illustrations. Size is 3 x 3 inches. A fine copy, as-new, the original plain paper wrapper is present. One of 500 numbered copies, signed by the curator.
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NZ$153.20
Toilers of the Sea, The
by HUGO, Victor; LIMITED EDITIONS CLUB; OFFICINA BODONI; MARANGONI, Tranquillo
Verona: Printed for the members of The Limited Editions Club, 1960. Dedicated to the Island of Guernsey HUGO, Victor. The Toilers of the Sea. In the translation by Isabel F. Hapgood and with an introduction by Matthew Josephson. Illustrated with wood-engravings by Tranquillo Marangoni. Verona: Printed for the members of The Limited Editions Club, 1960. Limited to 1,500 copies signed by Giovanni Mardersteig and Tranquillo Marangoni, this being no. 1201. Large octavo (10 5/16 x 7 1/8 inches; 262 x 181...
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NZ$340.44
Contemplations, Being Several Short Essays, Helpful Sermonettes, Epigrams and Graphic Sayings Selected from the Writings of Elbert Hubbard (Signed )
by Hubbard, Elbert; Heloise Hubbard, ed
East Aurora: Roycrofters, 1902. Limited edition. Hardcover. Very good. Folio. (10),120,(2)pp. Finely bound by the Roycrofters in half morocco. Spine in six compartments with raised bands, intricately gilt. Top edge gilt. Marbled paper boards and endpapers. Frontispiece portrait. Printed in red and black throughout. One of 100 signed numbered copies printed on Japan Vellum. Signed by Hubbard on the limitation page. Only a trace of wear at the corners and edges; a few spots on the upper board else a very...
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NZ$1,702.20
Fifty Books Of The Year.
by Roxburghe Club of San Francisco; Hartley Everett Jackson; Carroll T. Harris
San Francisco, CA: Roxburghe Club, 1950.. Folio. Letterpress on French-Fold Sheet, Black Ink Printed on Cream Wove Paper with Deckled Edge. Very Good+. Decorative title bracket in red ink. Signed at end: Carroll T. Harris, Master of the Press, Roxburghe Club. Watermarked: Alexandra Japan.
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NZ$127.66
