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THE LIBRARY OF THE LATE A.J. KARTER
Lot 193

ALLEN PRESS
CONRAD (JOSEPH) Youth, limited to 140 copies, colour-printed wood-engraved illustrations by Blair Hughes-Stanton, prospectus loosely inserted, Kentfield [-Greenbrae], Ca., Allen Press; and 9 others, including "The Allen Press Bibliography", all published by the Allen Press (16)

1 December 2021, 12:00 GMT
London, Knightsbridge

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ALLEN PRESS

CONRAD (JOSEPH) Youth, limited to 140 copies, colour-printed wood-engraved illustrations by Blair Hughes-Stanton, prospectus loosely inserted, [1959]--JAMES (HENRY) The Beast in the Jungle, limited to 130 copies, engraved illustrations by Blair Hughes-Stanton, prospectus loosely inserted, 1963--CAMUS (ALBERT) The Fall, limited to 140 copies, illustrations by Lewis and Dorothy Allen, 1966--Dialogues of Creatures Moralised, limited to 130 copies, 122 woodcut illustrations, prospectus loosely inserted, 2 small scuff marks to slipcase, 1967--[BIBLE] The Book of Genesis. King James Bible, limited to 150 copies, 24 wood-engraved illustrations by Blair Hughes-Stanton, prospectus loosely inserted, 1970--WHARTON (EDITH) Quartet. Four Stories, limited to 140 copies, 4 full-page illustrations by Lewis Allen, 1975--SOPHOCLES. Antigone, limited to 130 copies, prospectus loosely inserted, 1978, publisher's cloth, quarter cloth or boards, all but the last 2 mentioned in slipcases, 4to or small folio, Kentfield [-Greenbrae], Ca., Allen Press; and 9 others, including "The Allen Press Bibliography", all published by the Allen Press (16)

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