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Vancouver: Heavenly Monkey, 2018. Quarto. 63, (ii)pp. One of sixteen copies (Series 1). With four leaves tipped in, two of which originate from George Wither's A Collection of Emblemes, Ancient & Moderne (London, 1635); two are from the Nucleus Emblematum Selectissimorum of Gabriel Rollenhagen, and contain corresponding engravings that also...

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(Germany: c. 1820s). A miniature globe covered with varnished paper showing the continents, outlined in color by hand, accompanied by a 27-panel miniature folding panorama. The panels show inhabitants of different countries from around the world in characteristic costumes, hand-colored and labeled in English, German, and French. Many of the...

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London: Clover Hill Editions, 1979. Quarto. 19pp. One of 100 copies of the edition printed on Barcham Green's RWS hand-made paper, with an extra set of the engravings on japon, by Will Carter at the Rampant Lions Press. Illustrated with thirteen wood engravings by David Jones, several of which frame...

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(N.p. c. 1850. Small quarto.(6)ff. A book of six "metamorphoses"—moveable illustrations that change according to how the reader arranges their pages. Each of the six images has eight panels, four upper and four lower, creating four cohesive illustrations. But has the reader flips through the panels, the lower ones will.....

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Paris: Simon du Bois for Geoffrey Tory, 1527. Octavo. 140ff. With twelve woodcut illustrations from thirteen blocks, Tory's "pot cassé" device on title page and colophon, and each page with a four-piece border in twenty-six distinct combinations. The lower blocks of several borders feature coats of arms, including those of...

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Boston: Anne & David Bromer, 1989. (32)ff. From an edition of 400 copies, this is one of 110 hand-colored in metallic casein by the artist, and signed by him below the colophon. This Gorey rarity is bound in a one-of-a-kind designer binding by Brother Edgard Claes, a binder known for...

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Guben: F. Fechner, (n.d.). Four 64mo volumes. 29; 30; 29; 29pp. Alternate publisher given as A. & Joseph Myers, London. All volumes begin with full color frontispiece, another full color engraving accompanies the start of each interior story. Fenelon's classic tales include "The Meeting of the Animals to Choose a....

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(Germany: c. 1930). Oblong 12mo. 250ff. A sample book of 250 luxurious papers decorated in Art Deco designs, printed in multiple colors and embossed, partly with gold and silver, over papers of various hues. The papers were likely produced to be covering materials for boxes and cartons for luxury goods...

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London: Lockwood & Co. 1864. Octavo. (4), 204pp. First edition. Inscription on recto of frontispiece identifies author: “Geo. Evans presented to him by the Author H. Cowen the 20 Sept. 1866.” In standard references and OCLC previous to this copy’s discovery, the book was recorded as anonymous or according to...

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NY: Ballantine Books, (1953). First Edition, first hardbound trade issue. Laid in to this copy is Joseph Mugnaini’s original preliminary cover art for the novel, which Bradbury personally owned. The watercolor and sketch work features the same elongated human figure dressed in newspapers and surrounded by flames. Mugnaini collaborated with.....

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(c. 1946). Octavo. (8)ff. A manuscript poetry chapbook handmade by Robert Frost and inscribed by the poet with the dedication, "A Preview / for Nita and Doc / from / R. F. / After a good Bread Loaf / 1946." "Doc" refers to Frost's friend Reginald Cook, a Middlebury professor...

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London: H. Teape, (c. 1810). A set of 100 cards, fifty with questions and fifty with matching answers, designed to be played by a group of people. The questions concern various significant individuals and events in the history of Britain, including questions of the dispositions and moralities of certain rulers...

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