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THE LIBRARY OF THE LATE A.J. KARTER
Lot 317

WHITTINGTON PRESS
BUTCHER (DAVID, commentary) Pages from Presses. Kelmscott, Ashendene, Doves, Vale, Eragny & Essex House, NUMBER IV OF 40 COPIES WITH ORIGINAL LEAVES, 2006; and others (10)

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WHITTINGTON PRESS

BUTCHER (DAVID, commentary) Pages from Presses. Kelmscott, Ashendene, Doves, Vale, Eragny & Essex House, NUMBER IV OF 40 COPIES WITH ELEVEN ORIGINAL LEAVES AND SPECIALLY BOUND, from an overall edition of 185 copies, half red Nigerian morocco, 2006--BISHOP (HAL) Lost & Found. Rachel Reckitt's Book Illustrations, ONE OF 40 COPIES WITH AN EXTRA SET OF PROOFS of the engravings for The Mill on the Floss AND SPECIALLY BOUND, from an overall edition of 225 copies, proofs loose in portfolio, original half Oasis leather, together in slipcase, 2010--[BLAKE (WILLIAM)] On the Morning of Christ's Nativity. Milton's Hymn, with Illustrations by William Blake, ONE OF 25 COPIES WITH AN ADDITIONAL SUITE OF PLATES AND SPECIALLY BOUND, from an overall edition of 350 copies, 6 tipped-in colour plates, extra plates loose as issued in portfolio, full green Oasis morocco, together in solander box, 1981--CRAIG (JOHN) Britten's Aldeburgh, number 131 of 440 copies, 3 linocuts, 81 wood-engraved illustrations, 1997; Venice, number 160 of 285 copies, wood-engraved illustrations, 2015; The Locks of the Oxford Canal, number 107 of 350 copies, 50 wood-engraved illustrations, 1984, Craig titles signed by the author/illustrator--WEISSENBORN (HELLMUTH) London Scenes. Wood-engravings, ONE OF 60 COPIES WITH AN EXTRA SET OF PROOFS AND ONE SIGNED ENGRAVING, from an overall edition of 300 copies, proofs as issued in portfolio, publisher's boards, together in slipcase, 2001; Hellmuth Weissenborn. Engraver. With an Autobiographical Introduction by the artist, number 192 of 260 copies, full maroon morocco, printed pictorial label on upper cover, 1983--Four Wood-engravings for Virgil's Georgics. Engraved by Edward Craig, one of 150 copies, publisher's boards, [Printed by the Whittington Press for] Matrix, 1994--O'CONNOR (JEANNIE) The wood-engravings of John O'Connor, NUMBER 36 OF 50 COPIES bound in quarter Nigerian goatskin, from an overall edition of 350 copies1989, publisher's bindings, all but the sixth and ninth mentioned in slipcases, 8vo, 4to and folio, Whittington Press (10)

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