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Alan Houser: Book Illustrations
by Foss, Nelson; Anna Marie Houser
Santa Fé: The Press at the Palace of the Governors, 2004. First edition. Hardcover. Fine. Folio. Ten illustrations housed in a portfolio of cloth spine, decorative paper boards, facsimile of Houser's signature inset on the upper board, tape ties. The colophon is likewise on a folio-sized sheet. The illustrations are selected from four books: "Cochise" (1953), "Blue Canyon Horse", (1954), "The Cave" (1958) and "Desert People" (1962). The illustrations are printed letterpress by the Palace Press on...
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CA$1,383.00
O'Keeffe Stories
by Wood, Margaret
Santa Fé: The Press at the Palace of the Governors, 2012. First edition. Hardcover. Fine. 8vo. 53,(3)pp. Black cloth spine, black lettering label printed in silver, decorated paper boards printed with the title on the upper board. One of 110 numbered copies, this being copy no, 74, finely printed at the Palace Press by Tom Leech and James Bourland, With Barry Moser's woodcut of O'Keeffe. Signed by the author, Margaret Wood, who has written of her time with Georgia O'Keeffe. A fine copy. Issued without...
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CA$829.80
Chinese Handmade Paper
by McClure, Floyd Alonzo
Newtown, PA: Bird & Bull Press, 1986. Limited edition. Hardcover. Fine. 4to. Black morocco spine, red leather lettering label, gilt, printed paper boards. One of 325 numbered copies printed by Henry Morris on mouldmade Hahnemüle paper. Preface by Elaine Koretsky. With 40 large samples of Chinese paper and their descriptions. Laid-in is a facsimile of a 1932 South China Morning Post as an example of the old Hong Kong newspapers McClure used to his parcels of paper. A fine copy. This copy unnumbered...
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CA$691.50
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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CA$622.35
Doctor Franklin & Spain: The Unknown History
by Chávez, Thomas E
Santa Fé: The Press at the Palace of the Governors, 2016. Limited edition. Hardcover. Fine. 4to. 59pp. plus colophon. One of 80 numbered copies. Printed letterpress at the Palace Press by Tom Leech and James Bourland on handmade wove Spanish paper from the Garza Paper Mill. The typeface is digital Bodoni Old Face; Franklin himself praised Bodoni's' Essay on Type as "one of the most beautiful..." Frontispiece portrait of Franklin based on a painting of Franklin by his French neighbor, Anne-Rosalie...
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CA$829.80
Moral Maxims by the Duke de la Rochefoucault
by Rochefoucault
Berkshire: The Golden Cockerel Press, 1924. Limited edition. Hardcover. Very good. 8vo. Vellum spine, paper over boards. One of 325 copies of which this is No. 239. Vellum a little rough in places, paper worn at corners and a small chip on the reverse, else this is a very good copy. The finely printed textblock is fine and bright.
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CA$345.75
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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CA$4,494.75
Advice to a Traveler to Cuba
by Gregorio, Remée
Santa Fé: The Press at the Panace of the Governors, 2016. First edition. Wraps. Fine. Oblong 8vo. Unpaginated. (16pp.) Finely printed on handmade Fabriano Umbria by Tom Leech, James Bourland and Caleb Orega. Cover paper came form Saint-Armand in Montreal. Decorated endpapers. Frontispiece based on a mural in Old Havana. A fine copy. One of 105 numbered copies, signed by the poet on the title p[age.
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CA$62.24
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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CA$1,728.75
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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CA$276.60
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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CA$1,728.75
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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CA$484.05
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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CA$380.32
Troubadour
by Wiggen, Elaine
Seattle: Montford Press, n.d.. Broadside. Fine. Single sheet 7½ by 13 inches, finely printed in red and black on heavy stock by Carl Montford on an iron handpress. The poem is set in an uncial-style type, headed by the title in red and captioned with an original woodblock print by Montford depicting a mockingbird, the troubadour of the poem. One of 60 numbered copies, this being No,. 22. Signed by C. Montford at the end, next to the device of the iron press. In fine condition.
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CA$138.30
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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CA$207.45
I Left My Grandfather's House
by Welch, Denton
London: Lion and Unicorn Press, 1958. First edition. Hardcover. Near fine. Illustrated by Leslie Jones. Folio. Unpaginated. Suede spine, cover of offset printing on linen after a watercolor by Denton Welch, with gilt title. Pictorial endpapers .Illustrations in both black and white and color. Frontispiece portrait. One of 200 numbered copies of which this is No. 113. Light foxing to the foredge and first two pages else near fine.In publisher's double slipcase (light abrasion from removal of a sticker...
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CA$345.75
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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CA$159.04
Tales of the Mountain Men
by Barbour, Barton H., compiler and editor
Santa Fé: Press of the Palace of the Governors, 1984. Limited edition. Hardcover. Fine. Illustrations by Andrew Burns.. Oblong 4to. 77,(1)pp. Finely printed by hand on Rives paper by Pamela Smith. Introduction by David J. Weber. Bound by Priscilla Spitler in maroon Centennial book cloth, with spine title in silver and a hand-printed paper vignette on the upper board. One of 150 numbered copies in cloth, from a total edition of 165 copies. This is copy number 28, and is signed by the printer, the...
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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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CA$1,383.00
Heroes & Kings
by Williams, Charles
London: Sylvan Press, 1930. Limited edition. Very good. With Wood Engravings by Norman Janes.. Folio. Unpaginated. Finely printed on Barcham Green hand-made paper. Bound in coarsely woven red cloth blocked in gilt with a design by the illustrator on both the upper an lower boards. Top edge gilt. Contains twelve of William's poems followed by all seven of his Arthurian poetry: Tristam's Song to Iseult; Palomides' Song of Iseult; Lamoracke's Song to Blanchefleur; A Song of Palomides; Taliessin's Song...
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CA$3,457.50
The Noble & Joyous Boke Entytled le Morte Darthur..
by Malory, Syr Thomas
Oxford: Shakespeare Head Press and published by the Press for Basil Blackwell, 1934. Limited edition. Fine. Hardcover. 4to. Two volumes. (4),xxviii,316;(4)273,(3)pp. One of 370 copies on handmade paper (of which 350 are for sale), this being copy number 268. One of the few copies bound in full brick-red morocco. Printed in red and black throughout in Caslon type, with 22 woodcuts reproduced from Wynkyn de Worde's folio edition of 1498. The text is a careful reprint from de Worde's folio of 1498 from...
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CA$2,420.25
Directions for the Gardiner at Says-Court But Which May Be of Use for Other Gardens
by Evelyn, John
London: Nonesuch Press, 1932. Limited edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Thin 8vo. 109, (3)pp. Bound in marbled paper with a green leather lettering label, gilt. Top edge gilt in the rough. Bookplate of Kenneth Garth Huston, A fine copy. The orange dustwrapper is present and is in fine condition as well, One of 800 copies finely printed by the Fanfare press on Van Gelder paper. This is number 1266. Nonesuch Bibliography, 82. .
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CA$414.90
Santa Fé Poet Laureate Arthur Sze (Signed)
by Sze, Arthur
Santa Fé: The Press at the Palace of the Governors, 2008. Limited edition. Hardcover. Fine. Elephant folio. Five finely printed broadsides in a portfolio. The portfolio has a blue cloth spine, brown paper over boards,title printed on marbled paper and inset onto the upper board, linen ties. The broadsides are printed by Tom Leech at the Palace Press on Arches Test which was first marbled by Leech in his studio. Each broadside has been signed by the poet. One poem was printed in an edition of 75...
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CA$1,383.00
Planet Prilgrim, Nanao Sakaki
by Brandi, John
Santa Fé: The Press at the Palace of the Governor, 2017. Limited edition. Wraps. Fine. 8vo. (28)pp. One of 140 numbered copies. FInely printed on J. Whatman paper with handmade covers and endpapers made in Kathmandu. A fine copy. .
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CA$103.72
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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CA$110.64
