The Alms of Alcippe

by Yourcenar, Marguerite; Farrel, Edith R. (Translation); Farrell, C. Frederick, Jr. (Introduction)

New York: Targ Editions [William Targ at The Grenfell Press], 1982. First and Limited Edition. Hardcover. Fine/very good +. First edition in English, one of 250 copies, small quarto size, 49 pp. Marguerite Yourcenar (1903-1987, born Marguerite Antoinette Jeanne Marie Ghislaine Cleenewerck de Crayencour) was the first woman elected to the the Académie française (1980). She was the winner of the Prix Femina and Erasmus Prize, and in 1965 was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature. ... Read More

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The Life of Japanese Children [Wood Block Prints]; A Set of 6 Pictures 8" x 10

by Yurimoto, Keiko

Kyoto - Tokyo: Kyoto Hanga-In Co, 1957. Folio in a case. Near fine. Yurimoto, Keiko. Quarto size, 6 loose woodblock prints in a colorful three-fold portfolio. A vibrant set of Ukiyo-e woodblock prints depicting Japanese children in traditional settings by Japanese artist "Keiko" or Keiko Yurimoto (1906-2000), a skilled woodblock artist known for her bijin-ga. The prints have been heightened with "bakashi" shading; light "gauffrage", a heavier black ink has been applied to children's hair, clothing and eyes,... Read More

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About Alphabets, Some Marginal Notes on Type Design (Typophiles Chap Books XXXVII)

by Zapf, Hermann; Standard, Paul (Translator, Preface)

New York: The Typophiles, 1960. Hardcover. Very good +. One of 300 signed and numbered copies, duodecimo size, 118 pp. total, this volume signed by Hermann Zapf. Hermann Zapf (1918-2015) was one of the most influential typographers of the early digital age, having a career that "spanned the glory days of hot metal composition right through to the rise of the Apple Mac"; his creations continue to inspire today. Interestingly, it is Zapf's "dingbats" that may have had... Read More

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For Whispers & Chants

by Zeitlin, Jake; Sandburg, Carl (Foreword); Angelo, Valenti (Frontispiece)

San Francisco: The Lantern Press [printed by the Grabhorn Press], 1927. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Plus. Angelo, Valenti. No. 203 of 500, quarto size, 29 pp. "For Whispers & Chants" is a collection of poems by influential Los Angeles bookseller and poet Jake Zeitlin (1902-1987), who worked as a rare books dealer for sixty years, co-founded the Rounce & Coffin Club, and started his own fine press, the Primavera Press. The poems whisper of the southwest, and... Read More

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