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Tally Ho! 400 Years of Foxhunting Books, Manuscripts, Prints and Drawings from the collection of Duncan Andrews.

[New York]: An Exhibition at the Grolier Club, December 10, 1975 - January 17, 1976. First edition. One of 1000 copies printed at the Harbor Press. A fine exhibition of sporting books with very informed comments by Mr. Andrews, a preeminent collector of sporting books. Now a standard reference. Read More about Tally Ho! 400 Years of Foxhunting Books, Manuscripts, Prints and Drawings from the collection of...

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A proper dyalogue betwene a gentillman and a husband man eche complaynynge to other their miserable calamite through the ambicion...

London … Bristol: Willis and Sotheran ... Lasbury, 1863. PRINTED ON VELLUM, one of a few copies. A facsimile on vellum of an extremely rare book (one copy known), from the earliest days of the English reformation. A dramatic dialogue in verse complaining of the oppression of the laity by... Read More about A proper dyalogue betwene a gentillman and a husband man eche complaynynge to other their...

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One of 13 Copies on Vellum

The New Laws of the Indies for the Treatment and Preservation of the Indians Promulgated by the Emperor Charles the...

London: Chiswick Press, 1893. No. 11 of 13 copies printed on vellum (there were also 88 copies printed on paper). One of 13 Copies on Vellum. This work consists of two important ordinances issued by the Spanish monarchy on November 20, 1542, and June 4, 1543. Under the active influence... Read More about The New Laws of the Indies for the Treatment and Preservation of the Indians Promulgated by the...

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Cockerell to Paul Standard

3 Autograph Letters, signed (“Sydney Cockerell”), to Stella and Paul Standard.

Kew Richmond Surrey: 22 April, 1954; 20 October, 1954; 30 January, 1955. Cockerell to Paul Standard. Charming letters from the aging museum director, collector, and calligrapher, to his American counterpart Paul Standard, founding member of the Typophiles and champion of calligraphy. In the first, Cockerell expresses his delight on receiving the... Read More about 3 Autograph Letters, signed (“Sydney Cockerell”), to Stella and Paul Standard

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Joseph Conrad: The Man [and] A Burial in Kent by John Sheridan Zelie. Together with some Bibliographical Notes.

New York: William Edwin Rudge, 1925. First Edition, One of 485 copies (of which 450 are for sale). Designed by Bruce Rogers. Inscribed on ther front free-endpaper "To my friend/ Col. Marston E. Drake-/ with the regards of one of the/ authors of this biik./ Eldridge L. Adams. July 1928"... Read More about Joseph Conrad: The Man [and] A Burial in Kent by John Sheridan Zelie. Together with some...

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The Sisters. With an Introduction by Ford Madox Ford.

New York: Crosby Gaige, 1928. First edition. One of 926 copies on handmade paper printed by Bruce Rogers. This novel left unfinished at Conrad's death, first appeared in The Bookman (Vol, LXVI, No. 5, 1928). Ford's introduction confirms a downside of Conrad's dedication to his art: "... for quite a.... Read More about The Sisters. With an Introduction by Ford Madox Ford

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Mansucript on Vellum of a Rare Erotic Work, Bound by Thouvenin

Les Présomptions des femmes.

N.p: n.d. [later 18th century]. Mansucript on Vellum of a Rare Erotic Work, Bound by Thouvenin. Manuscript facsimile on vellum of a rare erotic work, “Conjectures of Women,” an excerpt from William Coquillart’s legal parody DROITS NOUVEAULX, printed circa 1600 in Rouen by Abraham Cousturier. The work was again printed..... Read More about Les Présomptions des femmes

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The Log of Cleopatra's Barge II, 1928-1942.

Boston: Privately printed by D.B. Updike, The Merrymount Press, 1948. First Edition. Cleopatra's Barge II was a two-masted gaff-rigged auxiliary schooner that carried a crew of 13. The log here records a series of cruises along the north-east coast of America in the interwar years. Untouched by the Great Depression... Read More about The Log of Cleopatra's Barge II, 1928-1942

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Printed on Vellum

A List of Printed Service Books, according to the ancient uses of the Anglican Church.

London: Joseph Masters, 1850. PRINTED ON VELLUM, apparently the only copy thus. Printed on Vellum. Following the manuscript tradition, liturgical printing in both the Catholic and Anglican churches frequently employed vellum as well as paper. D.B. Updike writes that economic considerations were also a factor: “As early printed books were..... Read More about A List of Printed Service Books, according to the ancient uses of the Anglican Church

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Notes on the American Press at the End of the Eighteenth Century.

New York: The Grolier Club, 1927. First edition, one of 325 copies. A study of late 18th century American newspapers, with many large folding facsimiles. Extended version of a paper read in 1924 before the Societe d'Histoire Moderne of Paris by the esteemed professor Fay of the University of Clermont-Ferrand. Read More about Notes on the American Press at the End of the Eighteenth Century

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With architectural drawings and referencing Troilus & Criseyde

Autograph Letter Signed ("Eric Gill" and "E.G."), to John Gideon Wilson of J. & E. Bumpus Bookshop in London.

Villa des Palmiers, Salies-de-Béarn, France: nd [1927]. With architectural drawings and referencing Troilus & Criseyde. Gill writes to his friend, J.G. Wilson of the Bumpus Bookshop in London, regarding his engraving, "Flying Buttresses," mentioning his work on Troilus & Criseyde for the Golden Cockerel Press, and mentioning another of his..... Read More about Autograph Letter Signed ("Eric Gill" and "E.G."), to John Gideon Wilson of J....

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To the secretary of the Men's Dress Reform Party

A group of 3 Autograph Letters Signed and 1 Typed Letter Signed ("Eric Gill"), to Dr. A.C. Jordan about giving...

Pigotts, North Dean, High Wycombe: June 9, June 17, and July 2, 1933; and May 13, 1936. To the secretary of the Men's Dress Reform Party. Three letters to Dr. Alfred Charles Jordan (1872-1956), British radiologist, co-founder of the New Heath Society, and Honorary Secretary of the Men's Dress Reform... Read More about A group of 3 Autograph Letters Signed and 1 Typed Letter Signed ("Eric Gill"), to Dr....

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Facsimile of The Laws and Acts of the General Assembly for Their Majesties Province of New York … at New...

New York: Grolier Club, 1894. One of 312 copies on hand-made paper. Printed by the De Vinne Press. With pencil note on pastedown by “CF” that it was from the library of Pennsylvania governor Gifford Pinchot (1865-1946); bought at Dauber & Pine from a collection of Pinchot family books. Gifford... Read More about Facsimile of The Laws and Acts of the General Assembly for Their Majesties Province of New...

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The History of Oliver and Arthur. Written in french in 1511, translated into German by Wilhelm Liely in 1521, and...

Boston & New York: Printed at the Riverside Press in Cambridge, for Houghton, Mifflin, [November], 1903. #147 of 330 copies, designed by Bruce Rogers. This book was also translated out of the French by William Morris, and printed by the Kelmscott Press under the title of The Friendship of Amis and Amile. Read More about The History of Oliver and Arthur. Written in french in 1511, translated into German by Wilhelm...

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The Carl H. Pforzheimer Library. English Literature 1475-1700.

New York: Privately Printed, 1940. Limited Edition, No. 111 of 150 copies, this copy signed by Pforzheimer on frontispiece in first volume. The original edition of this superb and indispensable reference, describing more than 1,100 printed books and 169 autographs and manuscripts. Read More about The Carl H. Pforzheimer Library. English Literature 1475-1700

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