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THE LIBRARY OF THE LATE A.J. KARTER
Lot 208

BIBLIOGRAPHY - PRIVATE PRESSES
MARDERSTEIG (GIOVANNI) The Officina Bodoni. An Account of the Work of a Hand Press 1923-1977, 2 vol., NUMBER 37 OF 115 COPIES, 8vo, 4to and folio; and others, Private Press bibliographies (25)

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BIBLIOGRAPHY - PRIVATE PRESSES

MARDERSTEIG (GIOVANNI) The Officina Bodoni. An Account of the Work of a Hand Press 1923-1977, 2 vol., NUMBER 37 OF 115 COPIES, edited and translated by Hans Schmoller, publisher's quarter morocco, together in a slipcase, Verona, Officina Bodoni, 1980--BUTCHER (DAVID, compiler) The Whittington Press. A Bibliography 1971-1981, number 8 of 90 copies bound in quarter vellum, from an overall edition of 320 copies, 1982; The Whittington Press. A Bibliography 1982-93, number 67 of 80 copies bound in quarter vellum, from an overall edition of 380 copies, 1996--TAYLOR (MICHAEL) AND BROCARD SEWELL, compilers. Saint Dominic's Press. A Bibliography, 3 vol. (including facsimile of "Daisy and Marguerite" and portfolio), NUMBER 2 OF 6 OUT OF SERIES COPIES signed by the compilers, bound in quarter oasis, from an overall edition of 400 copies, housed together in original slipcase, Risbury, Whittington Press--MAGEE (DOROTHY AND DAVID) Bibliography of the Grabhorn Press 1940-1956, limited to 225 copies, printed in red and black, publisher's quarter morocco, San Francisco, Grabhorn, 1957--FRANKLIN (COLIN) The Ashendene Press, one of 750 copies, this copy additional inscribed by the author, publisher's quarter cloth, Dallas, Bridwell Library, 1986--TUCKER (PETER) Haslewood Books. The Books of Frederick Etchells & Hugh Macdonald, limited to 170 copies, this copy "XXXVIII/LXXXV. Intermediate copy" with some of the plates in colour pochoir, publisher's cloth, Church Hanborough, Hanborough Parrot, 1990--BRINKS (JOHN DIETER, editor) The Book as a Work of Art. The Cranach Press of Count Harry Kessler, second edition, limited to 400 copies, publisher's cloth, Laubach and Berlin, Triton, 2005--The Stanbrook Abbey Press... Written and Illustrated by the Benedictines of Stanbrook, 2 vol., NUMBER 40 OF 50 COPIES SPECIALLY BOUND BY GEORGE PERCIVAL, from an overall edition of 450 copies, full morocco gilt, g.e., Worcester, Stanbrook Abbey Press, 1970--SANDFORD (CHRISTOPHER) and others. Chanticleer [-Pertelote; Cockalorum; Cock-a-Hoop]: A Bibliography of the Golden Cockerel Press 1921-1936 [-1961], together 4 vol., each limited to 200, 250 or 300 copies signed by Christopher Sandford and/or contributors, the first three with original prospectus loosely inserted, all with bookplate of D.G. Bridon, original green, red, brown or blue morocco-backed patterned cloth by Sangorski & Sutcliffe, t.e.g., Golden Cockerel Press, 1936-1943-[1949-1976], the first to fourth, and seventh to ninth mentioned in slipcases, 8vo, 4to and folio; and 8 others, Private Press bibliographies (25)

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