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Urbana, IL: University of Illinois Press, 1986. Hardcover. Good to Very Good/Good Dust Jacket. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. 76 pp. Tightly bound. Corners not bumped. Text is free of markings. No ownership markings. Good dust jacket. There is some light foxing to the top edge and lower edge of the boards.
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An Odd Bestiary; or, A Compendium of Instructive and Entertaining Descriptions of Animals, Culled from Five Centuries of Travelers' Accounts, Natural Histories, Zoologies, &c. by Authors Famous and Obscure, Arranged as an Abecedary
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An Odd Bestiary; or, A Compendium of Instructive and Entertaining Descriptions of Animals, Culled from Five Centuries of Travelers' Accounts, Natural Histories, Zoologies, &c. by Authors Famous and Obscure, Arranged as an Abecedary
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University of Illinois Press, Urbana, 1986. Hardcover. New. 4to, hardcover. NEW in dust jacket. Bright, crisp & clean, unread. Illus. with 76 leaves.
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An Odd Bestiary (Hardcover with Dust Jacket): Or, a Compendium of Instructive and Entertaining Descriptions of Animals, Culled from Five Centuries of travelers' Accounts, Natural Histories, Zoologies, Ec. by Authors Famous and Obscure, Abecedary.
by Robinson, Alan James; Laurie Block (compiler and annotator)
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Urbana and Chicago: A Cheloniidae Press Book/University of Illinois Press, 1986. Three quarter cloth. Simulated leather spine with gold lettering. Glue residue of price tag behind front cover. No previous owner's names or marks. Jacket is slight age-toned and lighltly soiled. Bottom edge of back panel has small closed tear. Overall a EXCELLENT book in a GOOD PLUS dust jacket. . Three Quarter Cloth. Near Fine/Good. Illus. by Alan James Robinson. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Hardcover.
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AN ODD BESTIARY: Or, a Compendium of Instructive and Entertaining Descriptions of Animals, Culled from Five Centuries of Travelers' Accounts, Natural Histories, Zoologies, &c. by Authors Famous and Obscure, Arranged as an Abecedary
by Robinson, Alan James (Designed and Illustrated)/Block, Laurie (Compiled and Annotated)
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Urbana and Chicago: University of Illinois Press/A Cheloniidae Press Book (1986) Original gray cloth covers w/ gilt title on red spine. Binding lightly soiled; top of spine bumped. DJ lightly soiled. Illust. w/ b/w drawings. Contents very nice. . Hard Cover. Very Good+/Very Good+. Illus. by Alan James Robinson. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.
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An odd bestiary, or, A compendium of instructive and entertaining descriptions of animals, culled from five centuries of travelers' accounts, natural histories, zoologies, &c. by authors famous and obscure, arranged as an abecedary
by Robinson, Alan James (illustrator); Block, Laurie; Curtis, (Betse) Elisabeth (calligrapher)
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Cheloniidae Press, 1982. First Edition. Leather Binding. Near Fine. Copy #XXV of 50 deluxe numbered copies. This deluxe portfolio edition features the full leatherbound book, and a portfolio of all 52 plates (26 of Robinson's wood-engravings, signed and numbered XXV/L by Robinson, and the additional suite of 26 smaller illustrations by Robinson accompanied by a large hand-calligraphed initial by Betse (Elisabeth) Curtis in red ink, signed by both Robinson and Curtis). The book is bound in full red morocco, illustrated with 26 wood-engravings and 26 line drawings by Robinson, with 26 hand-lettered initials by Curtis, together with her elaborate hand-lettered colophon (also signed by Robinson); the portfolio of prints is bound in quarter red morocco over tan linen. The works are housed in publisher's red morocco-backed clamshell box with tan linen boards, lined with brown silk. The book and portfolio case are fine; four of the prints on verso have archival Japanese-tissue hinging at top (entirely…
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An Odd Bestiary. Or a Compendium of Instructive and Entertaining Descriptions of Animals, Culled from Five Centuries of Travelers' Accounts, Natural Histories, Zoologies, Etc. By Authors Famous and Obscure
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Easthampton, MA: Cheloniidae Press, 1982. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Fine. Deluxe edition, copy #46 of only 50 issued with an extra portfolio containing a suite of the 26 engravings, each SIGNED and numbered by Robinson, plus a suite of the 26 smaller linecut illustrations, each with hand calligraphy by Curtis and SIGNED by Robinson and Curtis, all contained in a morocco-backed sleeve that matches the clamshell box. The alphabet book compiled by Laurie Block is equally wonderful. Fine.
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An odd bestiary, or, A compendium of instructive and entertaining descriptions of animals: Culled from five centuries of travelers' accounts, natural ... famous and obscure, arranged as an abecedary
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Cheloniidae Press, 1982-01-01. Hardcover. Like New. 0x0x0. Chelondiidae Press; Williamsburg, 1982. Hardcover. Limited and Signed Edition. A Near Fine, designed and illustrated by Alan James Robinson, text compiled and annotated by Laurie Block. Illustrated with 26 initial linecuts and 26 wood engravings by Alan James Robinson. Full red Moroccan goat blind stamped, and hand tooled with pasted endpapers, pages untrimmed, in a quarter Morocco and clamshell box. 300 deluxe copies, bound in full leather by David Bourbeau with an additional suite of the vignettes in separate portfolio, each with a calligraphed letter, signed by Robinson and the calligrapher Elisabeth Curtis, along with an additional suite of the full-page plates signed and numbered by Robinson. Signed by Robinson at the colophon where Curtis has also calligraphed an alphabet. Each of the twenty-six animals is represented in two leaves: a large wood engraving captioned in red, and a text page headed by a smaller line engraving; each…
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An odd bestiary, or, A compendium of instructive and entertaining descriptions of animals Culled from five centuries of travelers' accounts, natural histories, ... famous and obscure, arranged as an abecedary
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Cheloniidae Press. As New. 1982. Hardcover. *** FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request *** - *** IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - AS NEW, THE TEXT BLOCK IS PRISTINE, CLEAN, UNMARKED, AND IN EXCELLENT CONDITION - - Corresponds to ASIN: B00071D25M. Deluxe edition with an extra suite of twenty-six wood engravings signed by Alan James Robinson. -- with a bonus offer-- .
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Cheloniidae Press. As New. 1982. Hardcover. *** FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request *** - *** IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - AS NEW, THE TEXT BLOCK IS PRISTINE, CLEAN, UNMARKED, AND IN EXCELLENT CONDITION - - Corresponds to ASIN: B00071D25M. Deluxe set with full red morocco binding by David Bourbeau and an extra suite of hand signed woodcuts. -- with a bonus offer-- .
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