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553. Village Press.- Banning (Kendall) So n g S o f t h e lo v e
un e n d i n g, one of 375 copies, photogravure frontispiece after
George Frederick Watts, decorative initials, original hollandbacked
boards, upper cover titled in black, uncut, New York,
printed by Frederic and Bertha Goudy at the Village Press, for the
Brothers of the Book, 1912. £40 - £60
554. Walton (Izaak) th e Com p l e t e an g l e r..., edited by Geoffrey
Keynes, one of 1100 copies, engraved portraits, hand-coloured
illustrations of fish, original russet morocco, initials “I.W.” in gilt
medallion on upper cover, t.e.g., others uncut, slightly rubbed, spine
faded, marbled board slip-case (rubbed), Nonesuch Press, 1929 §
Farquhar (George) The Beaux Stratagem, n u m b e r 49 o f 70 C o p i e S o n
h a n d m a d e pa p e r S i g n e d b y t h e a rt i S t a n d w i t h a n a d d i t i o n a l S e t o f
p l at e S, from an edition limited to 527, engraved title-vignette and 6
plates by J.E. Laboureur, original vellum-backed cloth, gilt, t.e.g.,
others uncut, Bristol, Cleverdon, 1929 § Mardersteig (Giovanni)
The Officina Bodoni: An Account of the Work of a Hand Press,
1923-1977, edited and translated by Hans Schmoller, one of 1500
copies, portrait, illustrations, keepsake pamphlet loosely inserted,
original cloth, slip-case, Verona, Stamperia Valdonega, 1980, 8vo
& 4to (3) £200 - £300
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555. Reeves (James) ar C a d i a n ba l l a d S, n u m b e r i o f 50 S p e C i a l lyb
o u n d C o p i e S S i g n e d b y t h e a u t h o r a n d a rt i S t, from an edition
limited to 200, printed in purple and black, illustrations by Edward
Ardizzone, original purple morocco, gilt, t.e.g., others uncut,
marbled endpapers by Solveig Stone, spine faded (as usual), slipcase,
4to, Andoversford, Whittington Press, 1977. £200 - £300
Lot 556
556. Nicholson (William) an al p h a b e t, number 38 of 150 copies,
38 plates, all but four printed from the original woodblocks, loose
as issued, with separate introduction by Edward Craig (one of 300
signed copies, original wrappers), together with plates in cloth
drop-back box, hand-coloured illustration mounted on upper cover,
folio, Andoversford, Whittington Press, 1978. £300 - £500
557. Nicholson (William) an al m a n a C o f tw e lv e Sp o rt S [a n d]
lo n d o n ty p e S,an al m a n a C o f tw e lv e Sp o rt S [a n d] lo n d o n ty p e S,
[and] London Types, number 3 of 150 copies, 34 plates including
4 unused versions, loose as issued, with separate introduction
by Edward Craig (one of 225 signed copies, original wrappers),
together with plates in cloth drop-back box, illustration mounted
on upper cover, folio, Andoversford, Whittington Press, 1980.
£300 - £500
Lot 558
558. S.t.e.law r e n C e: bo x w o o d b l o C K m a K e r: Wood engravings
collected in honour of his eightieth birthday, number 216 of 250
copies, wood-engraved plates by various artists, original clothbacked
marbled boards, uncut, slip-case, 4to, Wakefield, Simon
Lawrence, printed by the Whittington Press of Andoversford,
1980. £180 - £220