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An Account of a Visit to California 1826-'27 Reprinted from A narrative of a voyage to the Pacific and Beering's Strait in His Majesty's ship Blossom under the command of Captain F. W. Beechey. Introduction by Edith Coulter
by Beechey, Frederick William
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- 1941
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SGD 273.84
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San Francisco: The Book Club of California, 1941. Smyth, William. Small folio, parchment backed boards, fine copy. One of 350, printed at the Grabhorn Press. This is the first publication of four of Smyth's water colors, including a view of the "Blossom" in Hawaii, and his manuscript map. Hill 95; Forbes 772.
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Singular Pleasures
by Clemente, Francesco ; Mathews, Harry
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- 1988
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SGD 6,161.40
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The Grenfell Press, 1988. First edition. Clemente, Francesco. One of 26 specially bound copies containing a signed original watercolor. From an edition of 350 copies, signed by author and artist, 152 pages, 67 duotone lithographs by Clemente accompanying Mathews's text. Printed on Kozo/Gampi. The lithographs were printed by Joe Petruzzelli and Maurice Sanchez, the type cast and set by… Read more about this item Item Price
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Gedichte. Ãbertragen durch Rainer Maria Rilke
by (Rilke, Rainer Maria, trans.) ; Valéry, Paul
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- 1925
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Leipzig: Insel, 1925. First edition. GILL, Eric. Quarto, original paste paper boards with vellum spine and corners, fine. Title page in red. Handsomely printed at the Cranach Press, with initials by Eric Gill. One of 400 copies on Bütten paper, from a total edition of 450.
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The Reardon Poems
by Blackburn, Paul
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- 1967
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SGD 1,026.90
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Madison, Wis: The Perishable Press, 1967. First edition. Boards, fine. One of 40 hardbound copies printed on Chauke Heavy paper, from a total edition of 143. Fine.
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SGD 1,026.90
Guillem de Poitou. His eleven extant poems translated by Paul Blackburn
by Blackburn, Paul ; William IX, Duke of Aquitaine, 1071-1127
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- 1970
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SGD 1,369.20
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Mt. Horeb, Wisc: The Perishable Press, 1970. First edition. Boards covered with marbled paper, leather spine and tips, pamphlet with notes in pocket on back endpaper. One of thirty copies for patns of the press, printed on their own white Shadwell paper, using Sabon Antiqua type, from a total edition of 165. Fine condition.
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SGD 1,369.20
The Tapestry
by Bridges, Robert
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- 1925
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SGD 2,053.80
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London: Privately Printed, 1925. First edition. Marbled boards, spine label, 43 pp. Instead of the usual black slipcase, the slipcase on this copy is covered with the same marbled paper as the book. A fine copy of this fragile book. One of 150 copies, designed by Stanley Morison and Frederic Warde, printed at the Fanfare press, using, for the… Read more about this item Item Price
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Safe & Sound. Illustrated by Frances Butler
by Berlin, Lucia
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- 1988
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SGD 684.60
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Berkeley: Poltroon Press, 1988. First edition. Original black cloth, gilt, not issued in dust jacket. Fine. One of 200 hardbound copies, typeset by the author, with tipped-in color illustrations. Contemporary inscription from the author.
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SGD 684.60
Unser[e] englische Reise
by [Johnston, Alastair]
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- 1975
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SGD 89.00
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Berkeley: Poltroon Press, 1975. First edition. Wrappers, near fine. 22 unnumbered pages. Poetry and printing by Alastair Johnson; calligraphy by Arne Wolf. One of 75 copies.
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Secretum Iter et Fallentis Semita Vita
by Johnston, Alastair
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- 1983
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Berkeley: Poltroon Press, 1983. First edition. Unprinted brown wrappers. 8 unnumbered leaves, folded along the fore edge, each with portions of the recto cut out to partially reveal the hidden page beneath. Typeset and printed by the author. One of an edition of five copies, this marked "proof". OCLC locates a numbered copy at the University of Wisconsin, and… Read more about this item Item Price
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Logbook by Tom Raworth, Illustrations by Frances Butler
by Raworth,Tom ; Butler, Frances
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- 1976
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SGD 82.15
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Berkeley: Poltroon Press, 1976. first edition. Wrappers, 15 unnumbered leaves. Slight fading. Colophon: "One hundred coloured copies have been printed on the Poltroon Vandercook & five hundred copies offset at the West Coast Print Centre, Berkeley." This copy is the offset printing. Kit Robinson (in Dictionary of Literary Biography, vol 2 M-Z, Gale Research) describes the work:
The… Read more about this item Item Price
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Safe & Sound. Illustrated by Frances Butler
by Berlin, Lucia
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- 1988
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SGD 616.14
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Berkeley: Poltroon Press, 1988. First edition. Original black cloth, gilt, not issued in dust jacket. Fine. One of 200 hardbound copies, typeset by the author, with tipped-in color illustrations.
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SGD 616.14
D. H. Lawrence's Unpublished Foreword to "Women in Love" 1919
by Lawrence, D.H.
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- 1936
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San Francisco: Gelber, Lilienthal, 1936. First edition. Grabhorn Press. Orange boards, cover label. Lighter than usual offset on the endpapers, but a fine copy of this fragile book, in a matching linen folding case with printed spine label, on the face of it apparently supplied by the publisher, though not recorded. One of 100 copies only, printed by the… Read more about this item Item Price
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A Printer's Dozen. Poems. Engraving by Gaylord Schanilec
by Gallo, Philip; Schanilec, Gaylord
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- 1995
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SGD 342.30
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Los Angeles: The Bieler Press, 1995. First edition. Original wrappers, spine slightly faded, else fine. One of 200, signed by the author and illustrator.
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SGD 342.30
Uncommon Paper
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- 2013
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SGD 410.76
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Vancouver: Heavenly Monkey, 2013. First edition. Printed boards, 75 x 75 cm. 48 pages. This miniature book was made from off-cuts of the twelve different hand- and mouldmade papers used in the publisher's Paper Should Not Always be White. The title page, foreword, and colophon were set by hand in Perpetua and printed on the Pratt-Albion handpress. The edition… Read more about this item Item Price
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Songs from Robert Burns. Selected by A.E. Coppard, with Wood Engravings by Mabel Annesley
by Burns, Robert; Coppard, A.E.
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- 1925
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SGD 205.38
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Waltham St. Lawrence: The Golden Cockerel Press, 1925. First edition. Mabel Annesley. Cloth backed boards; covers faded, interior fine. One of 450 copies.
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Carnival. Five Etchings
by Budd, Harold
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- 2009
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Vancouver: Heavenly Monkey, 2009. First edition. Budd, Harold. First edition. 10 3/4 x 11 1/2 inches, as issued in paper wrapper and cloth slipcase with printed labels. As new. The composer's first work in fine printmaking. Five plates, each titled with the name of a Renaissance composer, engraved by Harold Budd, etched and printed at New Leaf Editions, on… Read more about this item Item Price
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On Printing. Edited by Peter Rutledge Koch
by Everson, William
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- 1993
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San Francisco: The Book Club of California, 1993. First edition. Red cloth, spine label, fine. One of 400 copies printed; much of the edition was lost in shipping.
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The Tragedie of Anthonie, and Cleopatra. With illustrations by Mary Grabhorn
by Shakespeare, William
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- 1960
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San Francisco: The Grabhorn Press, 1960. Folio, white boards, slightly soiled, one of 185 copies, printed on handmade paper.
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SGD 410.76
The Pattern Poems of George Herbert, With an introduction by Nick Page
by Herbert, George
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- 1997
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SGD 136.92
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Marcham: The Alembic Press, 1997. Quarto, wrappers 12 " x 8 ". 60pp. Hand set in 14pt Grotesque and printed on Zerkall paper, with a non-adhesive binding with red decorative sewing in a heavy grey cover paper from the Schoolmeester wind papermill. 120 copies, printed (including 20 deluxe).
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SGD 136.92
Apophorètes. Traduit du latin par Jean François Peyret. Quarante deux bois gravés de Valentina La Rocca
by Martial (Marcus Valerius Martialis)
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- 1996
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SGD 376.53
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Theatre Typographiques, 1996. La Rocca, Valentina. One of 270 copies, this one of 100 signed by translator and artistr. Six sewn fascicles in a chemise covered with Bugra paper and slipcase. 33 x 13 cm. The woodcuts are printed in one or two of four colors.
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