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CHUBB (Ralph): Water Cherubs. A Book of Original Drawings and Poetry by Ralph N. Chubb Maker of the "Book of Loves" &cHand-Printed & Published by the Author: Fair Oak, Kingsclere Woodlands, Hants.: By the Author, 1936. Illustrated with lithographic designs throughout. Folio, [26] ff. printed on one side of hand-made paper; three-quarter dark green Niger morocco with black cloth boards (spine darkened, leather corners… Read more about this item

(ABC) ERNI (Hans) [1909–2015]: Alphabet Anthropomorph [Anthropomorphic Alphabet]. Luzern, Michael Duplain and Nicolas Chabloz, Printers, 1998-1999. With 26 engravings in black and 24 printed in color illustrating letters of the alphabet formed by entwined nudes. Pages bound in leporello-style pages with printed letterpress by Roland Meuter, Ascona. Two volumes, bound in complimentary two-color inlay leather, packaged with the actual copperplate for… Read more about this item

NICHOLSON (William) [1872–1949] London Types: The Bus Driver (Knightsbridge Road) (London: Heinemann, 1899) Original Woodblock Print on very thin Japanese tissue, hand colored by Nicholson and mounted onto cartridge board (as issued), albeit this copy is closely trimmed (probably from having been previously framed).. One of 13 woodcuts created for the deluxe edition limited to only 40 copies. It is our understanding that… Read more about this item

(SENDAK, Maurice): Poems from William Blake's Songs of Innocence. London: [The Stellar Press for] The Bodley Head, [1967]. Eight illustrations by Maurice Sendak (including one repeat: title/p.11), each printed in sanguine. 12mo.,19 pp. + [1] colophon; semi-stiff covers with wrap-around pictorial paper dust-jacket, spine stitched as issued (spine ends lightly rubbed). PRESENTATION COPY Inscribed in ink on front free-endpaper: "Dear Sylvia… Read more about this item

POTTER (Beatrix): The Tale of Peter Rabbit. Set of Fine Art Prints. New impressions from the artist's original line blocks to illustrate the privately printed first edition (1901). With an introductory essay by Maurice Sendak, letterpress printed as an accompanying booklet designed by Iain Bain and signed by both Bain and Sendak. 12mo., 34 woodblock prints + Introductory booklet; cloth… Read more about this item

(ABC). An Alphabet of Owls et cetera by Donald Friend with a Text suitable for all Children, Grown-ups, Non-Readers, Ornamental Hermits, et alia. [South Melbourne]: Gryphon Books, 1981. Illustrated with large black and white block printed capitals decorated with various animals and people within the letter design. Produced on a Furnival stop cylinder machine, printed on heavy Bemboka hand-made paper with text… Read more about this item

KENT (Rockwell): The Seven Ages of Man. 1918. Portfolio of 4 linecut reproductions after pen/brush and ink drawings, each signed and mounted, contained in paper cartridge wrappers with an illustrated cover label dated 1918. Limited to 100 numbered copies (#88). THIS is apparently the first publication of any Rockwell Kent illustrations.