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Grammaticus, Saxo. The History of Amleth Prince of Denmark. Trans. Oliver Elton.

Copenhagen: Printed by C. Volmer Nordlunde for the Limited Editions Club, 1954.

4to. Illustrated with wood cuts by Sigurd Vasegaard. Designed by Ejnar Philip. No. 1479 of 1500 copies. Paper made by De Forenede Papirfabrikker Ltd. Monotye Janson. 108pp. 27 cm.

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L’Isle-Adam, Villiers de. Histoires Insolites & Contes.

Brie-Comte-Robert: Printed by E. Baudelot for Les Biblioatres de France, 1954.

4to. Illustrated with wood engravings by Camille Berg. No. 919 of an unspecified limitation. Loose leaves, in wrappers, folder and slipcase, as published. Provenance: This copy printed for Fernand Blanc. Monod, no. 11253.

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Piedagnel, Alexandre. Hier.

Paris: Claude Motteroz, 1882.

8vo. Illustrations and decorations by Paul Avril. No. 188 of an edition of 750, this being one of 100 on Papier de Teinte. Marbled boards, original front and rear wrappers bound-in.

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Bedel, Maurice. Geographie de Mille Hectares.

Printed by Madame Daragnes for Les Amis de Maurice Bedel (1955).

8vo. Boards, publisher’s wrappers bound-in. Purchased 2009.

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Tallet, Gabriel. Poemes 1933-1937.

Dijon: Imprimerie Darantiere, 1937.

8vo. Publisher’s wrappers.

Scope and Contents: Banville, Theodore de. La Mer de Nice. Lettres a un Ami.Paris: Les Bibliophiles de l'Automobile Club de France, 1933. 4to. Illustrated in colour with lithographs by Georges Gobo (the frontispiece listed but not printed in this copy or in many copies?). No. 50 of an edition of 130 copies. Text printed by Ducros et Colas; lithographs printed on a handpress by Lucien Detruit & Emile Delpuech at the Atelier de Edmond Desjobert. Loose...

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Bordeaux, Henry. Le Pays Natal.

Paris: Le Livre de Demain.

8vo. Illustrated with wood engravings by Rene Pottier. Publisher’s wrappers.

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Elder, Marc. Le Peuple de la Mer.

Paris: Le Livre de Demain, 1926.

8vo. Illustrated with wood engravings by Renefer. Publisher’s wrappers.

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KENNETH REXROTH. ONE HUNDRED POEMS FROM THE JAPANESE.

Printed by the Stamperia Valdonega. A New Directions Book.

8vo. Designed by Hans Mardersteig. Publisher’s cloth backed boards.

Scope and Contents: MARY ROBINSON. POEMS. London: John Bell, British Library, 1791. 8vo. Portrait frontispiece engraved after Jos. Reynolds. Original paper boards, handwritten label on spine; preserved in a cloth case by J. Woods. See Printing and the Mind of Man, BM Exhibition, 127: 'The book shown is set in a long primer type of Edmund Fry & Co., cast on a small pica body.'; Bronson, p. 27: 'A more successful title page, with a charming frontispiece,...