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THE IMPROVABLE LANDSCAPE
by Gorey, Edward
- Condition
- Used - Fine
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1986
- Binding
- Softcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Brooklyn, New York, USA
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SGD 546.88
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New York: The Albondocani Press, 1986. First Edition. Softcover. Fine. 5 inches. [34] pp., including 14 full-page illustrations. Original pictorial wrappers, stitched. Prospectus card laid in. Signed by the artist on the colophon. Fine.
From a stated edition of 326 signed copies (300 numbered and for sale, 26 lettered and not for sale); the present copy is signed… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 546.88
THE CHRISTMPS PARTL QUABTERLY : ECONQMY ISSUF : NUNBER IV MCMXXXIX [i.e. CHRISTMAS PARTY QUARTERLY : ECONOMY ISSUE : NUMBER IV MCMXXXIX]
by [Huntington Library]
- Condition
- Used - Near fine
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1939
- Binding
- Softcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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Brooklyn, New York, USA
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SGD 136.72
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[San Marino, California]: [Huntington Library], 1939. First Edition. Softcover. Near fine. [20] pp. Color gift-wrapping tissue over paper wrappers, side-stapled, letterpress label on front cover. 1939 Christmas Seal stamp below colophon. Small stains and light toning and wear in tissue, tiny stain at fore-edge of first three leaves, else near fine.
Fourth issue of the annual Huntington Library… Read more about this item Item Price
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CASLON & HIS TYPES : AN APPRECIATION OF ONE OF THE GREATEST BENEFACTORS OF THE PRINTING ARTS AND THEREFORE OF THE CIVILIZED WORLD
by [Caslon, William]
- Condition
- Used - Near fine
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1919
- Binding
- Softcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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Brooklyn, New York, USA
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SGD 150.39
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Boston: The Berkeley Press, 1919. First Edition. [1919]. [2],12 pp. Original blue wrappers, stitched, printed cover label. Near fine.
A short history of William Caslon and Calson Oldstyle type, by Boston's Berkeley Press, with a brief description and advertisement of the press's services. Scarce, with OCLC listing five copies. Item Price
SGD 150.39