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Doctor Franklin & Spain: The Unknown History

Doctor Franklin & Spain: The Unknown History by Chávez, Thomas E.; Thomas Leech; James Bourland; [Benjamin Franklin]

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$750.00
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Seller: Ken Sanders Rare Books, ABAA
Title
Doctor Franklin & Spain: The Unknown History
Author
Chávez, Thomas E.; Thomas Leech; James Bourland; [Benjamin Franklin]
Seller
Ken Sanders Rare Books, ABAA (United States)
Condition
Near Fine
Description
Santa Fe: The Press at the Palace of Governors, 2016. Limited fine press edition. Near Fine. 59pp. Quarto [30 cm] Binding of 1/4 brown leather with marbled paper over boards expertly and beautifully finished by Priscilla Spitler. Endpapers reproduce R. W. Seale's 1744 maps of America and Europe. The type is digital Boldoni Old Face. With an illustration of Franklin's armonica. Housed in a custom printed wrapper. Matching marbled paper bookmark present. Number 30 of of only 80 copies printed. The design of this book was guided by the question, "what would Franklin do?" The type, paper, illustrations, and binding were closely scrutinized through Franklin's bifocals. A lovely example of printing from The Press at the Palace of Governors.
The Mystery of Edwin Drood [with the Cork Ad]

The Mystery of Edwin Drood [with the Cork Ad] by Dickens, Charles

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Seller: Charles Parkhurst Rare Books, Inc.
Title
The Mystery of Edwin Drood [with the Cork Ad]
Author
Dickens, Charles
Seller
Charles Parkhurst Rare Books, Inc. (United States)
Condition
Very Good
Description
London (April-Sept.) 1870: Chapman & Hall. First Edition. Original Wrappers. Very Good. In the original monthly parts, in printed wrappers; with the famous "Cork Hats" ad in part II, printed on a very thin slice of genuine cork. Twelve illustrations by S. L. Fildes and a portrait; [i-v]vi-vii, [1]2-190[192]. ALL wrappers are correct. Part VI has the first issue point of "Price Eighteenpence" pasted onto front wrap. This handsome set collates complete, and in accord with Hatton & Cleaver, save for the scarce (perhaps rare) 8 page Chapman & Hall ad in part V. Cork Hats ad in part II with corner loss of about 15%. Light marginal foxing of plates in part IV, all other plates are fine; spine is expertly renewed on part I. Housed in a handsome terra-cotta quarter- leather slipcase, with chemise. Armorial bookplate on chemise. [Hatton & Cleaver, pp. 373-384]. This set is from the famed Hatton & Cleaver collection. Provenance: The (Thomas) Hatton & Cleaver Collection, The Heritage Bookshop, Charles Parkhurst Rare Books, Inc.
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An Unearthing by Zukofsky, Louis

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Seller: Thomas A Goldwasser Rare Books
Title
An Unearthing
Author
Zukofsky, Louis
Seller
Thomas A Goldwasser Rare Books (United States)
Description
Cambridge, Mass: Printed by the Adams House and Lowell House Printers, 1965. First edition. Orange printed wrappers, 8 pp. 3-1/2 x 4-3/8 inches, very fine. One of 77 copies, numbered and signed.
Of Queens' Gardens

Of Queens' Gardens by [Ballantyne Press]. Ruskin, John

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Seller: John Windle Antiquarian Bookseller
Title
Of Queens' Gardens
Author
[Ballantyne Press]. Ruskin, John
Seller
John Windle Antiquarian Bookseller (United States)
Description
1902. London: George Allen, 1902. Sm. 8vo, 68, (1, colophon)pp. Printed with red initials within elaborate lily-of-the-valley borders throughout. Full vellum binding with central prize stamp of the Church School Company Limited in gilt on upper board, backstrip titled in gilt, yapped edges, fabric ties (lacking two), prize bookplate on front pastedown. Endpapers foxed, one corner bumped, otherwise a fine copy, vellum bright and pages clean. ß First edition, beautifully printed at the Ballantyne Press in Edinburgh. The book was awarded to one Gertrude Perrett of Streatham College for Girls as a prize for painting on January 20th, 1914. Ruskin's immensely popular essay described and celebrated his ideal of Victorian femininity.
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Macrocosmos: a poem.

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Seller: Rodger Friedman Rare Book Studio
Title
Macrocosmos: a poem.
Seller
Rodger Friedman Rare Book Studio (United States)
Condition
Very Good
Description
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1930. Very Good. 4to, 32 pages. Bound in pictorial boards designed by Percy Smith, preserved in original slipcase. Slight darkening of outer leaves and spine; slipcase worn at edges. One of 500 copies for U.S. distribution signed by Laver.
Timmy Failure: Mistakes Were Made
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Timmy Failure: Mistakes Were Made by Pastis, Stephan

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Seller: Weller Book Works ABAA/ILAB
Title
Timmy Failure: Mistakes Were Made
Author
Pastis, Stephan
Seller
Weller Book Works ABAA/ILAB (United States)
ISBN
9780763660505
Condition
Fine
Description
Candlewick Press, 2013. Fine. Pastis, Stephan. Timmy Failure: Mistakes Were Made. Somerville, Massachusetts: Candlewick Press, 2013. 294pp. Illustrated. 8vo. Hardcover. Book condition: Near fine.

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