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THE LIBRARY OF THE LATE A.J. KARTER
Lot 267

GRABHORN PRESS
[BIBLE] The Book of Job, 8vo and 4to (6)

1 December 2021, 12:00 GMT
London, Knightsbridge

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GRABHORN PRESS

[BIBLE] The Book of Job, number 59 of 210 copies, colour-printed frontispece by Angelo Valentini, printed in red and black, Grabhorn bookplate of Robert Strong, bookplate of Bert & Evelyn Elkind, folio, [1926]--VILLON (FRANCOIS) Sundry Ballads, limited to 210 copies, printed in colours, [1922], publisher's cloth-backed boards--[BIBLE] The Book of Ruth, LIMITED TO 150 COPIES, frontispiece signed by Angelo Valentini, illuminated throughout by Angelo with the first word in gold and intials in red, blue and turquoise, publisher's white boards, slipcase, 1926, San Francisco, Grabhorn Press--[SZYK (ARTHUR, illustrator) Le Livre d'Esther, one of 175 copies on Japon Imperiale paper, with an extra suite of plates printed in black (loose as issued at end), tipped-in colour plates by Syzk, publisher's wrappers, Paris, H. Piazza, [1925]; The Book of Job, bookplate of Alan K. Dolliver, 1946; The Book of Ruth, 1947, each limited to 1950 copies, colour plates by Arthur Syzk, publisher's half morocco over gilt-block boards, spine extremities rubbed, original gold slipcase (some wear), Limited Editions Club, 8vo and 4to (6)

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