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THE LIBRARY OF THE LATE A.J. KARTER
Lot 234

FARQUHAR (GEORGE)
The Beaux Stratagem. A Comedy, number 29 of 70 copies with an extra set of engravings, 8vo and 4to; and 12 others, private presses or limited editions (20)

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FARQUHAR (GEORGE)

The Beaux Stratagem. A Comedy, number 29 of 70 copies with an extra set of engravings, from an overall edition of 525 copies, etched plates by J.E. Labourer, bookplates of Desmond Flower (designed by Eric Gill) and Albert Sperisen (designed by Reynolds Stone), quarter vellum, Bristol, Douglas Cleverdon, 1929--LUCIAN. The Dialogues... Translated from the Greek by William Tooke, "ONE OF 24 COPIES HAND-PAINTED", this copy numbered 111 from an edition of 225 de Luxe copies with the illustrations by Stuart Blanch in 2 states, signed by the editor N.M. Penzer, the note about the extra limitation added in red ink to colophon, morocco-backed patterned boards, slipcase, Privately Printed [for the Navarre Society], 1930--VOLTAIRE. Candide, or All for the Best, one of 250 copies on special deckle-edge Pannekoek paper, from an overall edition of 1000 copies, 10 coloured etchings by Clara Tice, bookplate of Richard E. Lang, original red pictorial morocco gilt by Whitman Bennett, t.e.g., corners slightly rubbed, New York, Bennett Libraries, 1927--[AUSTEN (JOHN) Daphnis & Chloe. Translated Out of the Greek of Longus, NUMBER 91 OF 100 LARGE PAPER COPIES signed by the artist, tipped-in colour plates by John Austen, publisher's quarter vellum, slipcase, Geoffrey Bles, 1925--CAZOTTE (JACQUES) The Devil in Love, 6 etched plates by J.E. Laboureur, later quarter vellum, William Heinemann, 1925--STERNE (LAURENCE) A Sentimental Journey through France and Italy, one of 1500 copies, signed on the colophon by Eric Gill and the artist, etched plates and illustrations by Denis Tegetmeier, publisher's cloth, slipcase, Limited Editions Club, 1936--[LANGMAN (WILLIAM)] A Version by Donald Attwater of the Vision of William concerning Piers the Plowman. With woodcuts by Denis Tegetmeier, ONE OF 25 COPIES SIGNED BY THE ILLUSTRATOR AND COLOURED BY HAND, from an overall edition of 225 copies, woodcut illustrations by Denis Tegetmeier, full morocco, t.e.g., light rubbing and fading, slipcase, Cassell, 1930--BENNETT (ARNOLD) Elsie and the Child, number 457 of 750 copies, colour illustrations by E. McKnight Kauffer, publisher's cloth, [Printed by the Curwen Press for] Cassell, [1929], 8vo and 4to; and 12 others, private presses or limited editions (20)

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