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CHARLES DICKENS. THE CRICKET ON THE HEARTH.

Printed by the Golden Cockerel Press for the Limited Editions Club, 1933.

Folio. Illustrated in colour by Hugh Thomson. NO. 302 OF AN EDITION OF 1500 COPIES. Publisher's buckram in slipcase. “Golden Cockerel” type. 71pp. 31cm In slipcase.

Scope and Contents: A Sentimental Journey Through France and Italy. Laurence Sterne, with etchings by Denis Tegetmeier. Printed for the Members of the Limited Editions Club at High Wycombe, England, MCMXXXVI. This book is designed by Eric Gill, the pages being composed in a new type created by him expressly for this book. The illustrations are etchings by Denis Tegetmeier. The printing is done by Hague & Gill, High Wycombe, England; and 1500 copies have...

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Chaucer. Troilus and Cressida.

Limited Editions Club, 1939.

Designed by George W. Jones. Printed at the Fanfare Press, London. No. 1004 of 1500. 309 pp.

Scope and Contents: Shakespeare's The Tragedie of Cymbeline. Printed from the Folio of 1623. London 1923. Printed at The Shakespeare Head Press, Stratford Upon Avon, under direction of Mr. B. H. Newdigate. Coloured illustrations have been carried out in facsimile collotype by Messrs Whittingham & Griggs. The line blocks are by Messrs Emery Walker. Illustrated by Mr Albert Rutherston.Publisher: Ernest Been Limited. Copy no. 171 of 450 regular copies.32cm....

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[BIBLE. NEW TESTAMENT.] THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO SAINT LUKE.

Washington, D.C.: Printed by Judd & Detweiler, Inc., 1930.

4to. Designed by Lester Douglas. Illustrated by Hans Foy. UNNUMBERED COPY OF AN EDITION OF 475 COPIES, SIGNED BY FOY. Publisher’s cloth in slipcase. Sans-Serif type. One of the A.I.G.A.’s 50 Books for 1931.

Cataloged: X, Call# BS2593 1930

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The Gospel According to Saint Mark.

Washington, D.C., Judd & Detweiler, 1932.

No. 49 of 475. Sans-Serif type. Designed by Lester Douglas. Illustrated by Earl Winslow. 100pp.26.9 cm. In defective slipcase.

Cataloged: X, Call# BS2583 1932

Scope and Contents: The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin. With an introduction and marginal glosses by Edward F.; O'Day. San Francisco, Printed for the Limited Editions Club by John Henry Nash, 1931. 1,500 copies, Caslon type. Borders and portrait are by William Wilke. (Copy #334 signed by Nash). All pages within ruled compartments, marginal notes. American Writing special paper. Pages 33.5cm. 243 pages. Hand-set in Caslon type. One of the 50 Books for...

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Gay, John. The Beggar’s Opera.

Paris: Text printed by Marius Audin for the Limited Editions Club, 1937.

Folio. Illustrated with lithographs by Mariette Lydis, printed by F. Mourlot. Designed by Giuseppe Govone. No. 1439 of 1500 copies. Rives grey h.m.p. Hand set Inkunabula type. 122 pp. 34cm. In slipcase.

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KONRAD F. BAUER. AVENTUR UND KUNST. EIN CHRONIK DES BUCHDRUCKGEWERBES VON DER ERFINDUNG DER BEGEGLICHEN LETTER BIS ZUR GEGENWARD.

Frankfurt a. M.: Privatdruck der Bauerschen Giesserei, 1940.

Folio. Numerious reproductions in colour and black-and-white of bookmaking through the centuries. Publisher’s vellum backed boards. Printed presentation letter loosely inserted. Schauer, Deutsche Buchkunst, p. 40. Purchased, 2001.

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The Discourses of Epictetus. Trans. By P. E. Matheson.

Berne: Limited Editions Club, 1966.

No. 782 of 1500 copies. Designed by Max Caflisch. Printed by Benteli AG, Buchdruckerei, Berne. Illustrated by Hans Erni. 28.5 cm. 308 pp.