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507. Stevenson (Robert Louis) la po rt e d e ma l é t r o i t, one
of 300 copies, printed in black, red and blue, decorations and
illustrations by Ray Bethers, some heightened with gold, original
printed wrappers, uncut, glacine wrapper, original board folder
and slip-case, spine a little browned, Cagnes-sur-Mer, 1952 §
Balzac (Honoré de) The Hidden Treasures of, The Adventures of
Maitre Cornelius, one of 160 copies, printed in black and blue,
wood-engraved decorations and illustrations by Mallette Dean,
all hand-coloured, original marbled boards, uncut, spine faded,
Kentfield, Ca., 1953, both with bookplate of The Hovel, Alfred
A.Knopf, Purchase, NY, printed by the Allen Press, the first for the
Book Club of California (2) £150 - £200
Lot 508
508. Allen Press.- Goll (Yvan) fo u r po e m S o f t h e oC C u lt,
edited by Francis Carmody, one of 130 copies, printed in black
and colours, illustrations by Fernand Léger, Pablo Picasso, Yves
Tanguy and Jean Arp, border decorations and initials by Mallette
Dean, initials coloured by hand, loose as issued in 5 fascicules in
original printed & blind-stamped wrappers, original cloth folder
and slip-case, bookplate of The Hovel, Alfred A.Knopf, Purchase,
NY inside front cover of folder, folio, Kentfield, Ca., Allen Press,
1962. £400 - £600
Lot 509
509. di a l o g u e S o f Cr e at u r e S mo r a l i S e d, one of 130 copies,
printed in black and colours, illustrations from woodcuts of the first
edition of 1480, bookplate of The Hovel, Alfred A.Knopf, Purchase,
NY, original pictorial cloth, uncut, 4to, Kentfield, Ca., Allen Press,
1967. £100 - £150
510. Terence. th e br o t h e r S, one of 140 copies, printed in black
and colours, title on brown paper, illustrations after Albrecht Dürer,
bookplate of The Hovel, Alfred A.Knopf, Purchase, NY, original
brocade-backed pictorial boards, uncut, slip-case, Kentfield, Ca.,
1968 § Michelangelo: His Sonnets, translated by J.A.Symonds, one
of 115 copies, printed in black and blue, tipped-in plate, original
patterned cloth, uncut, Greenbrae, Ca., 1991, small folio & large
8vo, Allen Press (2) £200 - £300
Lot 511
511. Cervantes Saavedra (Miguel de) th e di a l o g u e o f t h e do g S,
one of 140 copies, printed in black and colours, decorative title and
initials, borders by Mallette Dean, bookplate of The Hovel, Alfred
A.Knpf, Purchase, NY, original floral patterned cloth, uncut, 4to,
Kentfield, Ca., Allen Press, 1969. £100 - £150
Lot 512
512. Kazantzakis (Nikos) Ch r i S t o p h e r Co l u m b u S, one of 140
copies, printed in black and colours, loose as issued in original
printed yellow wrappers, uncut, original cloth drop-back box with
paper label on lid (slightly faded, small stain to foot of spine),
bookplate of The Hovel, Alfred A.Knopf, Purchase, NY inside lid,
small folio, Kentfield, Ca., Allen Press, 1972. £100 - £150
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