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Undine
London: William Heinemann, 1909. Quarto, measuring 11.5 x 9 inches: viii, 136. Original full vellum, front board lettered and decorated in gilt with vignette by Rackham, spine elaborately ornamented in gilt, top edge gilt, other edges uncut, stiff brown endpapers. Half-title, with limitation signed by Rackham on verso. Title page.....
Price: $2,000.00
The Life and Most Surprising Adventures of Robinson Crusoe of York Mariner / La Vie et Très Surprenantes Aventures de Robinson Crusoe d’York Marin
Dampierre: Par G.E.J. M.A.L., 1797. Two octavo volumes, measuring 9.25 x 6 inches: [2], vi, 495, [1]; [4], 361, [3]. Contemporary tree calf, boards ruled in gilt, red morocco spine labels lettered in gilt, spines ruled and compartments gilt-tooled, marbled endpapers, silk ribbon markers. Complete with final blank in Volume.....
Price: $22,000.00
The Gorgeous Nothings: Emily Dickinson's Envelope Poems
New York: Granary Books, 2012. Portfolio of 47 unbound double-sided manuscript facsimiles, color printed at scale, on Red River Aurora Natural paper, each print measuring 14 x 11 inches, with a supplementary index print. Portfolio wrapper of handmade ivory paper with a cotton tape lift, lined in blue paper, replicating.....
Price: $5,000.00
Janvier 1866. Lettre & Poème Envoyés à Thomas W. Higginson
Paris: Les Éditions du Rouleau Libre, 1991. Oblong volume, measuring 9 x 6.5 inches: 10 leaves (5 folded). Original open-sewn paper boards printed in black and green, secured to wooden spine anchor. Printed letterpress in black and green, with five double-length folding leaves, illustrated throughout text with four original gravures.....
Price: $650.00
The History of The/My Wor(l)d
New York: Druckwork & Granary Books, 1995. Single volume, measuring 11.25 x 8.5 inches: [48]. Original drab paper boards, black cloth spine, original unclipped pictorial dust jacket “printed letterpress by the author." Printed in red and black ink, in various typefaces, illustrated with drawings and photographs throughout text. Signed by.....
Price: $250.00
Alexander’s Feast, or The Power of Music. An Ode for Saint Cecilia’s Day 1697
Wellingborough: Christopher Skelton at The September Press, 1985. Folio, measuring 12.25 x 9.5 inches: [28]. Original mauve paper boards printed in maroon, pale grey cloth spine, mauve paper spine label printed in maroon, pictorial endpapers featuring portraits of Dryden and Handel. Illustrated with lithographs printed in brown throughout text. Hand-numbered.....
Price: $95.00
Rudy & Midge
Madison, Wisconsin: Dangling Participle Press, 1998. Small oblong quarto, measuring 5.25 x 7.5 inches: [32]. Green cloth spine, color lithographed pictorial boards, green pictorial endpapers printed letterpress. Text block illustrated and printed in letterpress, color lithography and serigraphy on various paper stocks. Bound in are three pieces of ephemera sealed.....
Price: $450.00
Comus
London: William Heinemann, [1921]. Quarto, measuring 11.5 x 9 inches: xviii, 76, [2]. Original vellum spine lettered in gilt, pictorial gilt-stamped parchment boards, pale blue and white pictorial endpapers, top edge gilt, all other edges uncut, text block partially unopened. Half-title, with limitation signed by Rackham on verso; pictorial title.....
Price: $1,000.00
Charles F. Heartman Reviews Dr. Rosenbach’s Young American Parade (broadside)
No place: no publisher, [1933]. Color-printed pictorial broadside, measuring 17.5 x 12.5 inches. Two faint creases from folding, several small paper repairs and evidence of previous mount to verso, one short closed tear.
Price: $500.00
The Rape of Lucrece
(Hammersmith): (Doves Press), (1915). Small quarto, measuring 9.25 x 6.5 inches: [12], 78, [10]. Original full limp vellum, spine lettered in gilt. Colophon and list of corrections to the 1594 quarto text at rear. Printed in Doves type in red and black ink. Bookseller ticket of New York dealer Philip.....
Price: $3,500.00
Shake-speares Sonnets. Tercentenary Edition
(Hammersmith): (Doves Press), 1909. Small quarto, measuring 9.25 x 6.5 inches: [4], 86, [6]. Original full limp vellum, spine lettered in gilt. Colophon and list of corrections to the 1609 text at rear. Printed in Doves type in red and black ink, with capitals designed by Edward Johnston and engraved.....
Price: $5,000.00