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Paris Gallimard, 1947. [_________] CLAUDEL, PAUL. PARTAGE DE MIDI. Paris (Gallimard), 1949.[_________] DUMAS, ALEXANDRE. KEAL. Adaptation de JEAN-PAUL SARTRE. Paris (Gallimard), 1954.The Three: $450.Or: $160. each. 3 vols. 8vo., all in multi-colored HIGHLY ORIGINAL, paper-bound, LIMITED EDITIONS (2090, 2060 and 950 respectively), after maquettes by PAUL BONET, the most famous bookbinder-designer of this century; the other after Mario Prassinos, another leading designer. The bi... more information

West Chester, PA. Aralia Press, 1991. Sm. 4to., (11 3/4 x 7 3/4 inches). Bound in flexible beige hand made flax covers; one of 200 copies printed on Johannot. Title page drawing by Fulvio Testa. Contains 7 poems with one to a page. An elegantly simple book of poetry. Laid in are samples of two other poems printed at Aralia Press. Fine as issued. ONE OF TWO HUNDRED COPIES ... more information

Paris La Compagnie des Libraries, 1717. 8vo. (7 3/4 x 5 1/4 inches) full burgundy morocco with double gilt fillet borders to both boards. The borders are surrounded by elaborate gilt tooling. More elaborate and larger gilt tooling is inside the borders, creating an open panel measuring 6” by 2 3/4”. Rounded spine with 5 gilt tooled raised bands with gilt title stamped in one compartment and elaborate gilt tooling to the other 5 compartments, 2 of which are black morocco. Board edges tooled in gi... more information

Virginia City, M.T.: Montana Post Press, D.W. Tilton & Co., 1866. 16mo. (6 ½ x 4 ¾ inches), half red morocco over marbled paper boards, t.e.g. 228 pp. Minor notes and underlining in pencil on title page; two printer’s corrections to page 41. Lacking ads at end. One of three variations of the first edition of the first book published in Montana, it is exceedingly rare and unusually fresh. The author, editor of the Virginia City Montana Presss, wrote this work to record the history of Montana vigilantes ... more information

Mt. Carmel Ives Street Press, 1984. 4to. (11 x 6 inches); red cloth over boards with red and black lettered white paper label on front cover. Number 114 of 130 copies signed by the author. Mohawk Superfine paper; Bruce Rogers’ Centaur type. Two tissue protected tipped-in black and white photographs from around 1900 by T. S. Bronson. Poem printed as 3 pages on one side of a folded sheet. Colophon on verso of the folded sheet. Two pages of publisher’s advertising for this and other publications l... more information