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The Lady, or the Tiger? [bound tête-bêche with] The Discourager of Hesitancy
by Stockton, Frank L.; Bachinski, Walter (Artist)
[Vancouver, B.C.]: HM [Heavenly Monkey], 2022. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Fine. Bachinski, Walter. One of 30 copies, octavo size, the two stories with 26 total pp., signed by Walter Bachinski, with a printed version of the HM prospectus. Heavenly Monkey includes the tag line on their web site of "Publisher of elusive books". Truer words were never spoken, for the exceptionally high quality of the Heavenly Monkey publications, in every aspect, has gained for Rollin Milroy an enthusiastic and... Read More
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Arcadia [with extra suite]
by Stoppard, Tom; Ketcham, Diana (Introduction); Matthews, William (Artist)
San Francisco: The Arion Press, 2001. Limited Edition. Hardcover. New. William Matthews. Oblong, 11 by 14 inches, 132 pages. The types are Monotype Scotch Roman (introduced around 1810, during the earlier time of the play), composed and cast at Mackenzie & Harris; and handset Lilith, designed by Lucien Bernard in 1930. Printing of the text was by letterpress. The paper is mouldmade Zerkall. The illustrations were printed by Urban Digital Color in continuous tone, using a Roland Digital... Read More
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The Wandering Jew; The Dagobert Edition
by Sue, Eugene
New York: H.M. Caldwell Company, n.d.. Hardcover. Very good +. Three volumes (complete), octavo size, approx. 2230 total pp. Three volumes with an forlorn, almost eerie cover design depicting the "wandering Jew" holding a long staff, outlined in white against a backdrop of green cloth and a section in gilt, with falling oak leaves against both. While not signed, the cover design by the DD (Decorative Designers) firm, per noted collected John A. Lehner. While a... Read More
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Shakespeare and Some Commentators; An Address to the English Speaking Union at San Francisco, April 25, 1933, by Oscar Sutro
by Sutro, Oscar
San Francisco: Privately Printed [by Edwin and Robert Grabhorn], 1933. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Fine. One of 125 copies, octavo size, 28 pp., inscribed by Oscar Sutro. This edition, privately printed for prominant San Franciscan and member of the SF Roxburghe Club 1933-1935 Oscar Sutro (1874-1935), contains an address regarding William Shakespeare, who "of all men understands the English language" (n.b., quote from p. 1). Printed by the Grabhorn Press, one of the most highly renowned private presses... Read More
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Fertility, Class and Gender in Britain, 1860-1940
by Szreter, Simon
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1996. First Edition. Hardcover. Near fine/Near fine. First printing, octavo size, 725 pp. From the dust jacket flap, "[This book by a Cambridge professor]…offers an original interpretation of the history of falling fertilities. It integrates the approaches of the social sciences and of demographic, gender and labour history with intellectual, social and political history… A new general approach to the study of fertility change is proposed; also a new conception of the relationship between... Read More
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Epigramas Griegos
by Tamayo, Franz
La Paz, Bolivia: Escuela Tipografica Salesiana, 1945. First Edition. Softcover. Very good. Octavo size, 125 pp., with two typescript letters, all are signed/inscribed by Franz Tamayo. Text in Spanish. A collection of poems by Bolivian poet, philosopher and politician Franz Tamayo (1879-1956); the Franz Tamayo Province is named after him. Tamayo is considered one of the most important modernist or "modernismo" poets of Latin America, along with others such as Oscar Cerruto, Gregorio Reynolds and Ricardo Jaimes Freyre.... Read More
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![La Balia [The Nurse]; Poemetto di Luigi Tansillo, Pubblicato Ora la Prima Volta con Annotazioni da Gio. Antonio Ranza, Regio Profefsore di Umane Lettere in Vercelli](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/583/910/1028910583.0.l.jpg)
La Balia [The Nurse]; Poemetto di Luigi Tansillo, Pubblicato Ora la Prima Volta con Annotazioni da Gio. Antonio Ranza, Regio Profefsore di Umane Lettere in Vercelli
by Tansilo, Luigi; Ranza, Gio[vanni] Antonio
Vercello: Presso Il Panialis, 1768. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very good. First printed edition, octavo size, 80 pp., all text in Italian. Luigi Tansillo (1510-1568) wrote several volumes of poetry, one of which was "considered licentious enough" to be placed on the list of books banned by the Vatican, by Pope Paul IV (1476-1559) (per Wiki). This work, La Balia, is considered to be one of the earliest "Pediatric" poems; although written in first half of the sixteenth century,... Read More
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Stravinsky and the Russian Traditions; A Biography of the Works Through Mavra
by Taruskin, Richard
Berkeley: University of California Press, 1996. First Edition. Hardcover. Near fine/near fine. First printings (both volumes), quarto size, approx. 1750 total pages. From the jacket flap: "This is the first fully comprehensive study of the historical, cultural, and musical contexts out of which Igor Stravinsky emerged...Stravinsky was the most completely Russian composer of art music there ever was and, in all likelihood, there ever will be...Taruskin's characteristic mixture of in-depth research and stylistic verve...will henceforth be mandatory reading... Read More
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The Pipesmoke Carry
by Taylor, Bert Leston; Falls, C. B. (Decorations)
Chicago: The Reilly and Britton Company, 1912. Cardboard covers. Very good. Duodecimo size, [95] pp., inscribed by Tiffany Blake (dedicatee). Bert Leston Taylor (1866-1921), humourist, poet, and columnist, writes this ode to the American wilderness, discerning not only the beauty and inspiration found in walking through the woods, but also that which can be found in smoking a pipe at the same time. A renowned columnist for the "Chicago Tribune", Taylor brings his wit and rich descriptions to... Read More
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Twenty-One Years of Bird & Bull; A Bibliography, 1958-1979
by Taylor, W. Thomas and Morris, Henry
[North Hills, Pa.]: Bird & Bull Press, 1980. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Fine. One of 170 copies of the special edition, octavo size, 108 pp., with portfolio of ephemera and prospectus. A bibliography that is so much "more than a mere compilation, with Henry Morris commentaries, it is also a veritable history of his [Morris'] life as a printer and papermaker" (n.b., from the foreword). "Detailed descriptions of all books published by the Bird & Bull Press... Read More
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Adventures in California of Zakahar Tchitchinoff, 1818-1828; Early California Travel Series XXXIV
by Tchitchinoff, Zakahar; Woodward, Arthur (Introduction); Dean, Mallette (Artist)
Los Angeles: Glen Dawson [Printed by Mallette Dean], 1956. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Fine. Dean, Mallette. One of 225 copies, duodecimo size, [56] pp. Zakahar Tchitchinoff was born in 1802 in a town in Eastern Siberia; he joined his father, an employee of the Russian American Company, where he was employed on the Company's ships. Tchitchinoff's descriptions of his adventures in California give a good picture of Russian activities in the Farallones in the period of 1818-1828,... Read More
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Abd-er-Rhaman In Paradise
by Tellier, Jules; Rhys, Brian (Translator); Nash, Paul (Illustrations)
[Waltham St. Lawrence]: The Golden Cockerel Press, 1928. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Near fine/very good. Nash, Paul. One of 400 copies, octavo size, 37 pp., with dust jacket. A "philosophical novel" by Jules Tellier (1863-1889), wherein "an old scholar in Algeria...grapples with his inner conflicts concerning faith as he faces his mortality. The novel explores themes of religious doubt, the search for truth, and the contrasting concepts of paradise in Christianity and Islam..." (n.b., quotes from the web site... Read More
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Un jardin au bord de l'eau [ARTIST BOOK - Judith Rothchild]
by Temple, Frederic Jacques; Rothchild, Judith (Artist)
[Octon, France]: Verdigris, 2008. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Fine. Rothchild, Judith. Number 6 of 10 de luxe editions (total edition 50), oblong octavo size, [14] pp., signed by the artist and author, text in French. Frederic Jacques Temple (b. 1921), French poet and author, decided to pursue writing as a career following a meeting with Blaise Cendrars in 1949. This work by him is a collection of memories of the Aveyron River and surrounding area from childhood; his early... Read More
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Two Stories
by Tennant, Stephen (Author and Illustrator); Hoare, Philip (Introduction)
Norwich, Vermont: Elysium Press, 1995. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Fine. One of 200 copies, octavo size, 55 pp., with prospectus and publisher's box. British socialite Stephen James Napier Tennant (1906-1987), known for his idle and decadent lifestyle, was one of the "Bright Young People", a bohemian group of young aristocrats who received much publicity for their lavish parties and overall luxurious way of life. Tennant was a prominent figure in this group and was the inspiration for several fictional... Read More
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Beyond The Sierras; or, Observations on the Pacific Coast
by Tevis, A[ugustus] H[avens], Rev., A.M.
Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott & Co, 1877. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very good. Duodecimo size, 259 pp., inscribed by "the author" As a current book review stated, "It seems like a dream to have seen the first vessel sailing for this El Dorado in 1848, and now within thirty years to be reviewing the history of an Empire". Not surprisingly for a farm boy (see below), part of this book extolls the "returns of nature to the husbandman" - the... Read More
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The Holy Bible, New Revised Standard Version
by [Biblical Text]
San Francisco: The Arion Press, 2000. Hardcover. New. 18 by 13 inches, 1,356 pages; composed on a Macintosh computer and cast by Monotype in Romulus type, in 16 point for the main text and 11 point for subsidiary material and explanatory notes, with larger sizes (24, 36, 72 point) for display, handset from foundry type; initial letters designed by Sumner Stone for photopolymer plates; printed by letterpress in two colors of ink, black for text, red for initial... Read More
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South of Heaven
by Thompson, Jim; Pettibon, Raymond (Artist)
San Francisco: The Arion Press, 2010. Hardcover. New. Raymond Pettibon. The type is Pabst Old Style, designed by Frederic W. Goudy in 1902-03, based on lettering he had done for advertisements for the Pabst Brewing Company in Milwaukee and named for its president, Capt. Frederick Pabst. The Monotype version was released in 1912. Since we lack the italic matrices, Bookman Old Style italic has been substituted. The type was composed and cast at Mackenzie & Harris and printed... Read More
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The Tocsin, A Drama of the Renaissance
by Tiffany, Esther Brown
San Francisco: Paul Elder and Company, 1909. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. One of 350 copies (unnumbered), octavo size, 72 pp. Esther Brown Tiffany (1858-1918), a resident of Cambridge, Massachusetts, was both a writer of prose and a playwright, with her plays having been performed by the Cambridge Dramatic Club and the Players of Newton. This book, published in 1909 by Paul Elder and Company under the direction of John Henry Nash, can be called a... Read More
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The Blue Book of the State of Wisconsin
by Timme, Ernst G. (Compiler)
Milwaukee: Ernst G. Timme, 1887. First Edition. Hardcover. Good. Quarto size, 570 pp., with the original presentation card from the author tipped in. The twenty-fourth volume of the Wisconsin Blue Book, with contents including the law of 1885, prescribing the number of officers and employees of both the senate and assembly, with their salaries and compensation; the chronological record brought down from 1848 to 1886; the list of the members of the legislature; election returns with a column... Read More
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The Ballad of Lemon & Crow
by Todd, Glenn; Conner, Bruce (Artist, with anonymous artists)
San Francisco: The Arion Press, 2002. First and Limited Edition. Hardcover. New. Bruce Conner and anonymous artists. Octavo, 10.25 by 7 inches. The type is English Old Style, composed and cast in Monotype by Mackenzie & Harris, San Francisco. The text paper is Ruysdael, an all-cotton machine-made sheet. The paper for the prints is T. H. Saunders buff loan, an all-cotton mouldmade sheet. The ink-blot drawings in gray beneath the folios and the rebus on the title page... Read More
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The Ballad of Lemon & Crow [with extra suite of prints]
by Todd, Glenn; Conner, Bruce (Artist, with anonymous artists)
San Francisco: The Arion Press, 2002. First and Limited Edition. Hardcover. New. Conner, Bruce. Octavo, 10.25 by 7 inches. The type is English Old Style, composed and cast in Monotype by Mackenzie & Harris, San Francisco. The text paper is Ruysdael, an all-cotton machine-made sheet. The paper for the prints is T. H. Saunders buff loan, an all-cotton mouldmade sheet. The ink-blot drawings in gray beneath the folios and the rebus on the title page were printed from... Read More
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![[PROSPECTUS ONLY] This Book Announces the Publication in Four Volumes of the Comedy of Dante Alighieri of Florence, Commonly Called the Divine Comedy; a Line-For-Line Translation in the Rime-Form of the Original by Melville Best Anderson](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/866/346/1615346866.0.l.jpg)
[PROSPECTUS ONLY] This Book Announces the Publication in Four Volumes of the Comedy of Dante Alighieri of Florence, Commonly Called the Divine Comedy; a Line-For-Line Translation in the Rime-Form of the Original by Melville Best Anderson
by Dante Alighieri; Melville Best Anderson (Translator);
San Francisco: John Henry Nash, 1929. Hardcover. Near fine. Folio size, [13] pp. The original "announcement" or prospectus for John Henry Nash's special limited edition of the Divine Comedy, his magnum opus; the making of this set is a story in itself (see O'Day pp. 65-67, and "A Century for the Century" no. 18, for information on the set). ___DESCRIPTION: Bound in original marbled-cloth covered boards, printed on thick hand-made paper with the watermark of John... Read More
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Riches; Welfare Handbook No. 3
by [Biblical Text] ["The English College at Rheims" - Translator]
Ditchling, Sussex: S. Dominic's Press, 1919. First Edition. Wraps. Fine. Gill, Eric. Twenty-fourmo size, 28 pp. The Saint Dominic's Press, founded by Harry (Hilary) Douglas Clarke Pepler, flourished at Ditchling, Sussex, from 1916 to 1936. The first home of the Press was "a disused stable", with a hundred-year-old Stanhope hand-press which supposedly had belonged to William Morris. Pepler endeavored to do everything possible by hand, believing that such would both produce the best results and also be a... Read More
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![Hiroshige; Meisho Edo hyakkei-Honderd beroemde aanzichten van Edo [100 Views of Edo]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/710/055/1275055710.0.l.jpg)
Hiroshige; Meisho Edo hyakkei-Honderd beroemde aanzichten van Edo [100 Views of Edo]
by Trede, Melanie; Bichler, Lorenz; Hiroshige (Artist)
Germany: Taschen, 2010. Sewn binding. Near fine. Hiroshige. Folio size, 272 pp., illustrated in colour, text in German. A beautiful re-issuing from the Ota Museum of Art, Tokyo, of this famous series of ukiyo-e prints by Hiroshige (1797-1858), featuring 100 views of Edo. Ukiyo-e or "pictures of the floating world" were usually drafted on wood blocks and sometimes as paintings, subject matter was usually of beautiful women, folk tales, landscapes, nature, kabuki actors and scenes, erotica,... Read More
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History and the Enlightenment
by Trevor-Roper, Hugh
New Haven: Yale University Press, 2010. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/very good +. First printing, octavo size, 340 pp. From the web site of the Yale University Press: "Arguably the leading British historian of his generation, Hugh Trevor-Roper (1914–2003) is most celebrated and admired as the author of essays. "This volume brings together some of the most original and radical writings of his career - many hitherto inaccessible, one never before published, all demonstrating his piercing intellect,... Read More
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