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(Ditchling: St. Dominic's Press, 1929. A. E. R. G. (Gill, Eric). 32mo. (5)pp. With a cover illustration, dragon headpiece, and four square vignettes by Eric Gill, depicting a child's encounter with night-time fears. In this poem by Press founder Hilary Pepler, a boy asks his nurse if dragons, ghosts, and goblins exist as he is tucked into bed. A fine copy of this ephemeral pamphlet, bound in printed off-white self-wrappers.
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Concerning Dragons
by H. D. C. P. (Pepler, Hilary)
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Hanselima
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Bern & Biel, Switzerland: Ernst Kuhn, 1920. Haas, Erna. Square 16mo. (45)ff., printed on rectos only. First issue. A striking picture book in the Swiss dialect, illustrated with forty-two brightly colored full-page woodcuts by Erna Haas in the style of the Wiener Werkstätte. The scenes depicted in the woodcuts are charming and folkloric, showing domestic tasks and children at play. Each page is surrounded by a delicate decorative border. The text is comprised of thirteen nursery rhymes, which are fully integrated into the illustrations. This was Haas's only book; little is known about the illustrator. Printed by the Graphic Arts Institute Säuberlin & Pfeiffer. Endpapers decorated in blue with figures from the woodcuts. Bound in tan patterned paper boards with a pictorial label. Some light marginal spotting to a few pages, not affecting illustrations, else a fine copy. (Kaiser, Swiss Picture Books, p. 25).
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The Book of Gems: The Poets and Artists of Great Britain
by Hall, Samuel Carter, ed
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London: Saunders and Otley, 1836. Fazakerley of Liverpool. Three octavo vols. 304; 304; 304pp. Engraved titles with vignettes, as well as nearly 150 engravings throughout the set. A testament to British literature and artistry, with the poetic pillars of Chaucer, Spenser, Donne, Shakespeare, Dryden, Burns, Wordsworth, Shelley, Coleridge, and myriad other writers comprising the anthology. Along with these are brief biographical sketches, facsimile autographs, and portraits rendered after paintings and designs by notable British artists like Turner, Bonington, Landseer, and Maclise. Gorgeously bound by Fazakerley of Liverpool in maroon morocco with giltwork, intricate rose onlays, moiré silk doublures, and gauffered edges highlighting three fore-edge vignettes of bucolic villages, seacoast towns, and storm-blown ships. Hint of wear to extremities, else fine, housed in a morocco-backed cloth folding case.
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Pictures of Early New York on Dark Blue Staffordshire Pottery. Together with Pictures of Boston and New England, Philadelphia, the South and West
by Halsey, R.T. Haines
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NY: Dodd, Mead, 1899. Three quarto volumes. xxvi, 330pp. From an edition of 268, this is one of thirty copies on Imperial Japon. In addition, this is a unique copy with an extra set of the 126 color photogravure plates printed on white satin and backed in celadon silk. The colors of the blue and white pottery, as well as some sepia and multi-colored ware, seem to glow and take on a three-dimensional quality. Bound in a full blue morocco "Adams Mosaique" binding, with an oak-leaf and acorn pattern within a rococo oval frame, inlaid in cream and teal morocco. The oak garland motif is repeated in gilt in the six spine compartments. Gilt turn-ins, with satin doublures illustrated with blue-and-white Harvard dishes, and moiré silk endleaves complete the binding. A fore-edge painting represents a blue-and-white Staffordshire pitcher. The extra suite on satin is laid into two blue morocco drop-back boxes bound with spines to match the book, with oak garlands on front and back, and with doublures and…
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Illustrated broadside
by Hamady, Walter
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Minor Confluence, WI: Perishable Press, 1976. Freckelton, Sarah. 12 1/2 by 20 inches. One of an edition of 50 copies. A black & white drawing by Sarah Freckelton of a sock thrown over the back of a chair on the seat of which sits a flowerpot of crocuses illustrates a journal entry, in the form of a poem, by Walter Hamady, dated 29 February 1972. Text printed in green, colophon in red. Fine, framed.
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Baskets of Alaska
by Hamer, Arlie
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Cincinnati, OH: Mosaic Press, 1981. (64)pp. Signed by the printer, Miriam Irwin. Born out of a correspondence and then vacation with Irwin, Hamer here writes a region-by-region description of baskets crafted by the Indigenous peoples of Alaska. Bound in tan cloth stamped in dark brown. Fine. (15/16 by 3/4; 24x19mm).
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The Child's Illustrated Scripture Question Book: Containing Forty-Five Lessons on the Gospels
by Hamlin, H.
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Boston: Henry Hoyt, 1860. 12mo. 164pp. Each lesson is illustrated with wood engravings, and contain passages from the New Testament followed by questions and an explanatory verse. There was a second edition of this work published in 1876, issued by Hoyt's successor. This edition is known in six institutional holdings. In the publisher's illustrated boards backed in brown cloth. Some wear and paper loss to lower edge of front and rear boards, spine ends slightly frayed, corners bumped. Very good overall, and internally quite clean.
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Miniature Candy Cookbook, with a Recipe for Marshmallow
by Hamon, Libby
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Frankfort, KY: Whippoorwill Press, 1981. Baris, Bonnie. 26pp. From an edition of 200 copies, this is one of 100 printed on handmade Whippoorwill paper. With two small linocuts of sweets by Bonnie Baris, this charming book of candy recipes is printed by J. Hill Hamon at his Whippoorwill Press. Among the recipes are instructions for preparing peanut brittle, "tipsies," a pecan and bourbon confection, and party mints. Very fine in beige cloth with printed paper label. (2 15/16 by 2 3/8; 74x60mm).
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Fables
by Hannon, Michael
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(Los Angeles): Turkey Press, 1988. Wiley, William T.. Small quarto. (60)pp. One of 125 copies, signed by the poet and the illustrator. William T. Wiley's drawings, which face each of Hannon's poems, encapsulate chaos through discordant lines and endow their paired verses with a sense of foreboding. Bound in black cloth with brown kakishibu paper over the covers. Fine. Housed in a clamshell box, which shows some general rubbing. Bookplate of James Strohn Copley on underside of box lid.
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Juniper Von Phitzer Press: A Bibliography
by Hanson, Robert F. Orr
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Albuquerque: Opuscala Press, 1999. 149pp. One of 75 copies. A playful and reflective bibliography, studded with color photoreproduction collages. Bound in full black cloth with gilt titling to upper cover and spine. Fine. (2 1/2 by 2 15/16; 64x74mm).
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Spuds
by Hanson, Robert F.
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Mattituck, NY: Opuscula Press, 1979. 58pp. One of 300 copies, signed by the author at the colophon. Hanson roots his discussion of the noble potato in its history, function, and cookery. Bound in brown cloth over boards, with gilt-titling to upper cover. Some staining to lower cover, else near fine. (2 7/8 by 2 1/16; 72x52mm).
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A Celebration of Vice Presidents of the United States of America
by Bea Harris
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Evanston, IL: Schori Press, 1990. Harris, Murray A.. (54)ff. Signed and numbered 168 by Ward Schori. Short biographies of the Vice Presidents up to Dan Quayle accompany pen drawings. Stamped with seal of the Vice President on endpapers. Fine in gilt-stamped blue leather. T.e.g. (2 5/8 by 2 1/4; 66x56mm.).
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The Man in the Smock. From the Memoirs of an ex-Girl Friday
by Harris, Carla
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Skokie, IL: Black Cat Press, 1979. 54pp. One of 249 copies. Two-color illustrations throughout provide visual reportage to Harris' narrative of women in the Press. Bound in blue-gray paper over boards, gilt-stamped. Fine. (2 1/2 by 1 3/4; 63x46mm).
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Sports Series: Baseball - Two
by Harris, Eldon
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Morro Bay, CA: Tabula Rasa Press, 1981. 59pp. One of 300 copies, signed by the author and by the printer. A fond, personal account of baseball. Bound in quarter tan morocco with marbled paper over boards. Gilt titling to spine. Corners somewhat rubbed, else near fine. (2 1/8 by 1 7/8; 54x48mm).
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Sports Series: Baseball - One
by Harris, Eldon
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Morro Bay, CA: Tabula Rasa Press, 1981. 59pp. One of 300 copies, signed by the author and by the printer. A fond, personal account of baseball. Bound in quarter brown morocco with marbled paper over boards. Silver titling to spine somewhat rubbed, else near fine. (2 1/8 by 1 7/8; 54x48mm).
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Nights with Uncle Remus: Myths and Legends of the Old Plantation
by Harris, Joel Chandler
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Boston: James R. Osgood and Company, 1883. Octavo. First edition of the second Uncle Remus collection of stories. Widely illustrated with scenes from the familiar tales, including images of Brother Fox, Brother Bear, and Brother Rabbit. Bound in full yellow cloth elaborately stamped in black and with the title in gilt. Spine a bit toned, with fraying to head and tail, some soiling to boards and wear to extremities, else very good. (BAL 7109).
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Uncle Remus Stories
by Harris, Joel Chandler
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Overland Park, KS: Scott Free Press, 1983. 32pp. One of 250 copies, signed by Duane C. Scott, the printer. With reproductions of some of the original illustrations for these famous stories. Trace rubbing, else near fine in full black leather with titles tooled in blue-green. (2 5/8 by 2 1/2; 67x64mm).
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The History of Reynard the Fox [The Tormenting of Tibert]
by Harrisson, Christopher (trans.)
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Zuilichem: Catharijne Press, 1991. Rueter, Pam. 56pp. From an edition of 190 copies, this is one of fifteen deluxe copies with an extra wood engraving. Frontispiece engraving by Pam Rueter, signed and numbered by the artist. Extra engraving also signed and numbered, and held in a mat in a separate cloth bi-fold case. The text consists of excerpts from four early texts, including Caxton's, with an introduction by E. Verzandvoort, which tells the printing history. Fine in red-brown cloth with printed label. Housed together with the extra engraving in a cloth-backed paper-covered drop-back box. (2 5/8 by 2; 66x51mm).
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The Village Schoolmaster
by Hart, Joanne
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Minneapolis: Bieler Press, 1985. Smith, Ann. Octavo. (13)ff. One of 200 copies. Signed by the author. Drawing of a pine tree on the title page. Evocative poetry from Hart, bound in gray wrappers. Fine. Prospectus laid in.
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High Water Mark
by Harte, Bret
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Winterport, ME: Borrower's Press, 1981. Epstein, Amanda. 48pp. One of 300 copies signed by Jane Bernier. With hand-colored illustrations. Mild edgewear, else near fine in leather-backed marbled boards. (Bradbury, p. 34). (3/4 by 5/8; 20x15mm).
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