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The Discovery of Chocolate
by Runcie, James
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- Fine
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- First Edition, First Printing
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- 2001
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- Hardcover
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- 9780060184810
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NY: HarperCollins Publishers, 2001. 8vo. 264 pgs. Fine hardcover in Fine jacket, clean and unmarked. First printing of authors first novel. The history of chocolate is interwoven within this historical fantasy tale of a Spanish conquistador. ISBN 0060184817. #2631.. First Edition, First Printing. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Item Price
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Unique Handmade Books
by Golden, Alisa
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- Used - Fine
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- Fine
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- First Edition
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- 2001
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- Hardcover
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- 9780806958132
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New York: Sterling Publishing, 2001. 160pgs. Fine hardcover in Fine jacket. Detailed photography and instructive diagrams throughout. Chapters: Shaped and Themed Books, Accordion-Fold Books, Pocket Books, Thick Sewn Books, Transforming Everyday Life, Cloth Books, Collaborations, Compilations and Exchanges, Layers and Recesses, Containers: Protection and Display, Materials and Methods. Conclusion. Contributors. Index. Metric Conversion Chart. [Please note the dimensions of this… Read more about this item Item Price
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A History of the Early Church to A.D. 500, A History of the Medieval Chuch 590-1500, A History of the Modern Church From 1500 to the Present Day [3 vols]
by Wand, J.W.C.
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- Used - Very Good
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- Fair to Very Good
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- Later Printing
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- 1961
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- Hardcover
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London: Methuen & Co., Ltd., 1961. Three books covering both English and European Church history: A History of the Early Church to A.D. 500, Very Good hardcover in Very Good price-clipped jacket, includes comparative tables and three fold out maps in excellent condition, ix.300pgs, 1963; A History of the Medieval Chuch 590-1500, Good to Very Good hardcover with scattered… Read more about this item Item Price
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Dere Mable - Love Letters of a Rookie
by Streeter, E
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- Used - Very Good
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- Poor
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- Later Printing
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- 1918
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- Hardcover
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New York: Frederick A. Stokes, 1918. vi.62pgs.Very Good condition hardcover in a fragmented jacket, preserved as intact by a clear archival cover. Published as World War I was winding down, this portaiture, a journal of love letters which are a combination of poignant, endearing and humorous, provides a standpoint of what it was like to be a soldier stationed on… Read more about this item Item Price
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Midnight Dreary. Mysterious Death of Edgar Allan Poe.
by Walsh, John Evangelist
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- Used - Fine
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- Fine
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- Second Printing
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- 1999
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- Hardcover
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- 9780813526058
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New Jersey: Rutgers University Press, 1999. xvi.199pgs. Fine hardcover in Fine jacket, clean and unmarked. Edgar-winning Poe biographer John Walsh examines the last days of Edgar Allan Poe. Illustrated with reproductions of correspondence, newspaper articals, photos, portraits, documents, medical records and a map of Baltimore contemporary to Poe's last known whereabouts. Contents: Prologue: The Case Reopened, Enter Poe, Enter… Read more about this item Item Price
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A Treasury of Stephen Foster
by Deems Taylor, John Tasker Howard, Ray Lev, Dorothy Berliner Commins [Stephen Foster]
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- Used - Good to Very Good
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- No Jacket
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- First Printing
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- 1946
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- Hardcover
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SGD 19.23
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New York: Random House, 1946. 222 pgs. Good to Very Good hardcover, green boards, red cloth spine. General wear to cloth and boards at edges and corners, lettering to spine somewhat faded, rubbing to paper edges and shallow scuffing of boards. Binding sound, internally clean and unmarked. Contents: Foreword by Deems Taylor, Stephen Collins Foster by John Tasker Howard,… Read more about this item Item Price
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Roman Pictures
by Lubbock, Percy
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- Used - Good to Very Good
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- Third Printing
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- 1926
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- Hardcover
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SGD 21.98
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New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1926. 221 pgs. Good to Very Good, binding sound, clean and unmarked. One closed tear at margin of pg 10, text not affected. Frontis illustration plate tipped in. Original age-toned paper boards, cloth spine with faded titlepiece, no jacket.This is a vintage printing, not a modern reproduction. By the author of Earlham and The… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Handbook of Spun Silk. Containing the Essential Facts About Its Nature and Uses, Together with a Reference Table of Comparative Sizes.
by Champlain Silk Mills
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- Used - Good to Very Good
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- Limited Edition
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- 1922
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- Hardcover
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SGD 41.21
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Madison Ave NY: Champlain Silk Mills, 1922. 31pgs. Good to Very Good condition hardcover, No. 594 of a limited edition by Champlain Silk Mills, presented to Mackay, Wilde & Co. as indicated on front endpapers. A one inch chip at mid spine and several faded areas and spots on front board. Binding sound, internally clean and unmarked but for one… Read more about this item Item Price
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RUBENS. Complete Edition with One Hundred and Forty Plates, Four in Full Colour, and a Selection From the Painter's Correspondence.
by Burckhardt, Jacob
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- Used - Very Good
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- Good to Very Good
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- No Additional Printings Indicated
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- 1950
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- Hardcover
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New York: Phaidon Publishers Inc. (distributed By The Oxfurd University Press), 1950. 12mo. 374 pgs. Very Good condition hardcover in Good to Very Good jacket. Blue decorated cloth, clean and unmarked. Jacket has several small edge tears and rubbing to paper at edges. Complete Edition with One Hundred and Forty Plates, Four in Full Colour, and a Selection From… Read more about this item Item Price
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A Blake Bibliography. Annotated Lists of Works, Studies and Blakeana.
by Nurmi, Martin K. Bentlry, G.E.
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- Used - Very Good+
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- Very Good+
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- No Additional Printings Indicated
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- 1964
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- Hardcover
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Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 1964. xix.393 pgs. Very Good+ hardcover in Very Good+ jacket. Clean, sound and unmarked with minimal shelfwear, light rubbing to corners of dustjacket. Laid in and included are a copy of a review of this book and a small card with several notations presumably by a reviewer. Contents divided into six main sections, separated by… Read more about this item Item Price
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Photogravures of Nineteen Pictures in the Louvre
by Hautecouer
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- Used - Very Good
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- Not Dated.
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- Hardcover
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SGD 35.72
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Place Not Indicated.: Not Stated Unpaginated. [circa pre-1906] Very Good condition navy blue cloth hardcover, gilt lettering to front cover, boards affixed with vintage 3-hole binding clips which may allow removal of plates for framing if desired. Light rubbing to corners. Clean and unmarked but for gift inscription on front blank dated Dec. 21st, 1906. High quality cream colored paper.… Read more about this item Item Price
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British Windmills and Watermills.With 8 Plates in Color and 24 Illustrations in Black & White.
by Skilton, C.P.
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- Used - Very Good
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- Good to Very Good
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- No Additional Printings Indicated
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- 1947
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- Hardcover
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London: Collins, 1947. 47 pgs. Very Good navy and white hardcover in matching Good to Very Good jacket. Light rubbing to corners of boards. Jacket has rubbing along edged and several small to medium edge tears. Binding sound. Text clean and unmarked. Sections include a list of illustrations, the rise and decline of windmills, windmill design and mechanism, the windmills… Read more about this item Item Price
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Lincoln the Soldier
by Lewis, Joseph
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- Used - Very Good
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- No Jacket
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- Fourth Printing
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- 1925
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- Paperback
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New York: Freethought Press, 1925. A folded leaflet of Abraham Lincoln ephemera: "Lincoln the Soldier"an address delivered over radio Station WGBS February 12, 1925 by Joseph Lewis (1889-1968), president of the Freethinker Association of America. Fourth printing, the Freethought Press Association, NY. Leaflet is creased from being folded in half, with a smudge to lower right front corner,… Read more about this item Item Price
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Isadora Duncan
by Magriel, Paul, Editor.
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- Used - Very Good
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- Third Printing
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- 1948
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- Hardcover
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New York: Henry Holt and Co., 1948. vii.85 pgs. Very Good condition hardcover. Light rubbing at edges and corners, clean, sound, unmarked. Contents: Preface. Isadora Duncan and Basic Dance by John Martin. Duncan Concerts in New York by Carl Van Vechten. Isadora Duncan and the Artists by Allan Ross Macdougall. Isadora Duncan: Studies for Six Dance Movements by Gordon… Read more about this item Item Price
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Ballet Panorama. An Illustrated Chronicle of Three Centuries. With 158 Illustrations from Prints, Drawings and Photographs.
by Haskell, Arnold L.
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- Used - Very Good
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- Third Edition
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- 1947
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- Hardcover
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London: B.T. Batsford, 1947. viii.120pgs. Very Good yellow cloth hardcover. Very minimal shelf wear, clean and unmarked with the exception of an inscription on front blank William T. Rothwell London 1956". Illustrated endpapers.With 158 Illustrations from prints, drawings and black and white photographs. Contents: I. The Birth and Progress of Ballet. II. The Romantic Movement. III. Ballet in Russia… Read more about this item Item Price
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Gardens: Architectural Digest
by Rense, Paige
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- Used - Near Fine
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- Very Good
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- 2nd Printing
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- 1983
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- Hardcover
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- 9780895351173
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Knapp Press, 1983. xii.209 pgs. Near Fine hardcover, tan cloth, clean and unmarked, in Very Good jacket and Very Good+ cloth-covered slipcase. Jacket has light edge wear and a closed tear to top edge of rear panel. Slipcase has minimal discernable shelfwear, no wear to edges and corners. Color photos throughout illustrate gardens of all types from several continents. Contents:… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Island of Lost Maps: A True Story of Cartographic Crime
by Harvey, Miles
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- Used - Fine
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- Fine
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- Third Printing
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- 2000
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- Hardcover
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- 9780375501517
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Westminster, Maryland, U.S.A.: Random House Inc, 2000. xxiii.405 pgs. Fine hardcover in Fine jacket. The story of the theft of scores of valuble centuries-old maps from prominent libraries in the United States and Canada. The perpetrator was Gilbert Bland, a south Florida antiques dealer. Harvey interviews librarians and a foremost map collector and, with the help of an FBI agent,… Read more about this item Item Price
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Collecting Early Machine-Made Marbles : The M. F. Christensen & Son Company and Christensen Agate Company
by Block, Robert
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- Used - Fine
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- 2003
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- Hardcover
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- 9780764318276
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Atglen, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.: Schiffer Pub Ltd, 2003. 158 pgs. Fine condition glossy hardcover, New.. Detailed color photos. Text by renowned marble authority. From the cover: With this book, readers will discover machine-made marbles from the early 1900 to the 1930's that revolutionized the glass marble industry. Over 700 beautiful color photos display marbles produced by the Ohio-based companies M.F. Christensen… Read more about this item Item Price
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Art of Seed Beading
by Gourley, Elizabeth; Davis, Jane; Talbott, Ellen
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- Used - Fine
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- First Printing
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- 1999
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- Paperback
- ISBN
- 9780806978291
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New York, New York, U.S.A.: Sterling Pub Co Inc, 1999. 128 pgs Fine condition softcover, clean and unmarked. Nicely illustrated throughout with color photos and detailed bead diagrams. Contents: Introduction, Techniques, Beadweaving: Needle and Loom Projects, Pre-Strung Bead Projects, Embellishment Projects, Inspirational Gallery, Glossary, Index. ISBN 0806978295. #1725. First Printing. Soft Cover. Fine. 8-1/2 X 11 Inches. Item Price
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Eric Gill. A Bibliography.
by Gill, Evan
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- Used - Fine
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- Fine
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- First Printing of Second (Revised) Editi
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- 1991
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- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780906795538
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Winchester: St. Paul's Bibliographies, 1991. 8vo.xv. 368 pgs. Fine hardcover in Fine jacket, clean, unmarked, no chips or tears. Prefaces by Steven Corey and Evan Gill. Contents: I. books, pamphlets, etc. written by Eric Gill, II. books, periodicals, etc., to which Eric Gill was a contributing author. III. books and other publications illustrated by Eric Gill containing wood engravings,… Read more about this item Item Price
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