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28 Characters, 4 Men, 10 Women, 5 Boys and 8 Girls.

Funazaki, Eri
(N.p.: 2008).

Small quarto. 32ff. One of five copies, signed by the artists. An artistic collaboration between noted bookbinder, typographer, and illustrator Eri Funazaki and Danny Flynn, a fellow typographer who also wrote the text. Each letter was printed using different wood and metal types, many of which were altered by the... more

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Airs and Angels, by Peter Fallon.
Blinn, Carol
(Carrollton, OH: Press on Scroll Road, 2007).

Quarto. xv, (21)pp. One of 60 copies. A book of thirteen poems by Irish poet Peter Fallon, with three color illustrations by Carol Blinn, title-page calligraphy by Jerry Kelly, and a foreword by Wendell Berry. Bound by Priscilla Spitler in marbled-paper boards backed in blue cloth, with a title label... more

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Allah (God).
Barutcugil, Hikmet
(Istanbul: Ebristan, 2004).

Marbled paper with calligraphy measuring 23 3/4 by 32 inches. Ebru, or marbling, is one of the oldest arts in Turkey. In addition to being used in book binding and design, it was often used as a background for calligraphy and is considered high art. In this example, Barutcugil has... more

Price: $1,000.00

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Aun Aprendo: A Comprehensive Bibliography of the Writings of Aldous Leonard Huxley [TRADE].

Boston: Bromer Booksellers, 2011.

Octavo. 408pp. First trade edition. Aun Aprendo: A Comprehensive Bibliography of the Writings of Aldous Leonard Huxley is the culmination of over twenty years of research, fact-finding, and detective work undertaken by David J. Bromer. With over 2,000 entries, Aun Aprendo is the most current and comprehensive descriptive bibliography of... more

Price: $125.00

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Blaze, by Richard Bachman.

NY: Scribner, (2007).

First edition. Pseudonymously written by Stephen King under his early pen name. King worked on the novel from 1972-1973, and then abandoned it after re-reading the work. More then thirty years later, he revisited the manuscript in the archives of the Folgler Library at the University of Maine and decided... more

Price: $100.00

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Boys: An Alphabet Book Inspired by Sons.

Dubois, Anja
Ashland, OR: Jubilation Press, (2010).

Square octavo. (15)ff., frenchfold. One of 100 copies. This brightly-colored abecedarium is a celebration boys' creative, youthful spirits. Each letter is illustrated and surrounded by phrases and words beginning with the letter: the letter "I" shows a child ice skating with his teddy bear, and the text describes boys as... more

Price: $475.00

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Catalogue 127: An Extraordinary Gathering.
Bromer Booksellers,

(96) pp. Our most ambitious catalogue to date, featuring fifty exemplary works in literature, illustration, miniature and children's books, fine printing and artistic bindings. Includes many rare, unique, and autographed items from the 16th century to the present. ... more

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Corrugations; Some speculations on Australian Tin.

Clemson, Katie
Marcham, Oxford: Alembic Press, 2005.

Two oblong quarto volumes. (22); (22)pp., accordionfold. One of thirty-five copies. The two volumes are meant to be opened in tandem: the first volume contains a poem by Anne Bell printed in grey ink, illustrated with color linocuts, including five pop-ups, by the Australian-born painter and printmaker Katie Clemson. Depicted... more

Price: $4,000.00

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Creating Miniature Knights.

Firenze: Scramasax edizioni, 2005.

Tall quarto. As new, with dust jacket. ... more

Price: $50.00

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Culinaria.

Davidson, Laura
(Boston: Laura Davidson, 2009).

24mo. (10)ff. One of ten copies, signed by the artist. Illustrated with eleven drypoint etchings, colored with ink washes, depicting kitchen utensils ranging from spatulas to salt shakers. Each is labeled with the name of the item. Checkered pink and peach endpapers bear illustrations of measuring cups and cutlery. Bound... more

Price: $1,750.00

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Drawn to Enchant: Original Children's Book Art in the Betsy Beinecke Shirley Collection.

New Haven: Yale University Press, 2007.

Quarto. A mint copy with a mint wrapper. ... more

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The Drunken Boat.

Sobota, Jan & Jarmila
Loket, Czech Republic: Jan & Jarmila Sobota, 2004.

(13)ff. One of twenty copies, signed by Jan & Jarmila Sobota, who designed, published, and bound the book. An English translation of Arthur Rimbaud's famous poem, artistically bound. The covers are comprised of three layers: two layers are covered in blue goatskin, with a layer of silver leather between them... more

Price: $350.00

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Ebru Paper with Drawing of Beyazit Tower.
Barutcugil, Hikmet
(Istanbul): Ebristan, 2008.

Original marbled paper art by Turkey's premier paper marbler, with dusky swirls of pale peach, green, blue, and mauve. Signed and dated by the artist. Emerging from the center of the marbling is a small, detailed drawing in brown ink of the entrance archway to Istanbul University and Beyazit Tower.... more

Price: $1,000.00

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Ebru: Turkish Marbled Paper.
Barutcugil, Hikmet
(Istanbul): Ebristan, 2003.

Original marbled paper art by Hikmet Barutcugil, Turkey's premier paper marbler, with swirls of golden yellow, green, blue, and violet. Signed and dated by the artist. This expressive design flows gently close to the edges of the paper, but intensifies close to the center of the work as the colors... more

Price: $500.00

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Efsun Çiçegi (Enchanting Beauty Flowers).
Barutcugil, Hikmet
(Istanbul: Ebristan, c. 2003).

Original marbled paper by the premier marbling artist in Turkey, Hikmet Barutcugil. Signed by the artist. Barutcugil has developed his own technique for creating flowers within his marbled patterns, inspired by his wife, Füsun Hanim. In this delicate example, two carnations grow from the same root, branching off and blossoming... more

Price: $400.00

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Efsun Çiçegi (Enchanting Beauty Flowers).
Barutcugil, Hikmet
(Istanbul): Ebristan Yayinlari, 2003.

Original marbled paper by the premier marbling artist in Turkey, Hikmet Barutcugil. Signed and dated by the artist. Ebru, or marbling, is one of the oldest arts in Turkey. In addition to being used in book binding and design, it was often used as a background for calligraphy. In this... more

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El Kasibu Habibullah.
Barutcugil, Hikmet
(Istanbul: Ebristan, 2008).

Marbled paper measuring 23 3/4 by 32 inches, with elegant marbled calligraphy in Arabic. The script translates to say "One who conducts business in a Halal fashion is the beloved servant of Allah." This superb example of Ebru, the ancient Turkish art of paper marbling, has a bold simplicity. Ebru... more

Price: $1,000.00

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Five Bucks: A Wallet Anthology.

Boston: Marsolais Press, 2009.

(14)pp. One of 75 copies. A near-miniature anthology of poems by Philip Booth, John Haines, Donald Hall, Henry Taylor, and Wendell Berry. Bound in cream printed wrappers. (2 3/4 by 3 5/8; 69x93mm). ... more

Price: $75.00

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I Felt a Funeral in My Brain, a Poem by Emily Dickinson/ The Hollow of the Three Hills, a Story by Nathaniel Hawthorne.

Keller, Ronald
(Bremen, ME & NY): Red Angel Press, 2002.

Octavo. (18)ff. One of 100 copies signed by the printer/illustrator, Ronald Keller, and by Betty Keller, who edited the text. It explores the notion of a correspondence between Hawthorne's and Dickinson's work by presenting these two texts in a single book. Keller's illustrations and the text of Dickinson's poem, which... more

Price: $350.00

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I'll Die Tomorrow.

Koch, Peter
Berkeley: Del Milion Editions, 2009.

Square octavo. (48)pp. One of 45 copies. Printed by Peter Koch and illustrated with digital pigment prints of seven photographs by Karen Filter. The photographs depict scenes that could have been taken straight from film noir, with gun-wielding men wearing fedoras and women in slinky dresses. Filter's photographs have a... more

Price: $750.00

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