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HOMER. THE ILIAD. THE FIRST TWELVE STAVES TRANSLATED INTO ENGLISH BY MAURICE HEWLETT.

London: Printed by R. & R. Clark, Limited, for The Cresset Press Limited, 1928.

4to. NO. 372 OF AN EDITION OF 750 COPIES. Publisher’s vellum backed cloth. Catalogue of an Exhibition of Books Illustrating British and Foreign Printing 1919 - 1929, Great Britain, no. 36. Purchased, 1998.

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ALGERON CHARLES SWINBURNE. SONGS BEFORE SUNRISE.

London: Florence Press/New York: Harper & Brothers, 1909.

4to. NO. 92 OF AN EDITION OF 650 COPIES, THIS BEING ONE OF 150 FOR SALE IN THE UNITED STATES. Publisher’s canvas backed boards. Tomkinson, p. 85, “The Florence Press,” no. 4. Purchased, 2001.

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GEORGE MOORE. ULICK AND SORACHA.

London: Printed by T. & A. Constable for the Nonesuch Press, 1926.

8vo. Engraving by Stephen Gooden facing dedication page. NO. 1082 OF AN EDITION OF 1250 COPIES, SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. Publisher’s cloth in dust wrapper with design by Marion V. Dorn. Dreyfus, A History of the Nonesuch Press, No. 31. Purchased 1999.

Scope and Contents: JOHN MILTON. POEMS IN ENGLISH. London: Printed by the Cambridge University Press for the Nonesuch Press, 1926. 8vo. 2 volumes. Illustrated with 53 reproductions in collotype of drawings by William Blake, chosen and titled by Geoffrey Keynes. The collotypes printed by the Chiswick Press. Wood engraved arabesque designs by D. P. Bliss. Printed in Monotype Blado italic and Poliphilus Roman. Text edited by Canon H. C. Beeching. NO. 671 OF...

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GEORGE MOORE. A COMMUNICATION TO MY FRIENDS.

(London): Printed at the Fanfare Press for The Nonesuch Press, 1933.

8vo. NO. 439 OF AN EDITION OF 1000 COPIES. Publisher’s leather backed boards, in defective dust wrapper. Dreyfus, No. 87. Purchased 1999.

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The Initials and Other Poems by Herbert Sleigh.

Stratford-upon Avon: Shakespeare Head Press, 1925.

One of 200 copies. Printed on Kelmscott Hand Made paper. 192 pp. Publisher’s canvas backed boards.

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THE SCHOOL FOR SCANDAL.

Stratford Upon Avon: Shakespeare Head Press, 1930.

4to. Decorations by Thomas Lowinsky. Edited with an Introduction by R. Crompton Rhodes. ONE OF 475 COPIES ON H.M.P. OF AN EDITION OF 482 COPIES. Publisher's half vellum with pattern paper sides. See Ransom, II, p. 17, The Shakespeare Head Press, No. 65. BAR vol. 88; ABPC 1991. Purchased 1983.

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Claud Lovat Fraser, A Book of Simple Toys. A Facsimile with an introduction by Seymour Adelman.

Bryn Mawr, PA: Bryn Mawr College Library, 1982.

One of 1000 copies designed and printed by Henry Morris at the Bird & Bull Press. Color printing done by Harrison Color Process Company. Publisher’s cloth.

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MEMOIRS OF THE GLOUCESTER FOX HUNTING CLUB NEAR PHILADELPHIA.

New York: Privately Printed by Ernest R. Gee, 1927.

8vo. "Of these memoirs three hundred and seventy five copies have been printed by Eugene V. Connett at the Derrydale Press, of which this copy is no. 234." 47 pages. (2 engravings). Publisher’s boards, spine repaired.

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O. HENRY. THE VOICE OF THE CITY AND OTHER STORIES. INTRODUCTION BY CLIFTON FADIMAN.

New York: Printed by The George Grady Press for The Limited Editions Club, 1935.

Large 8vo. Illustrations in color and line by George Grosz. Designed by Robert Josephy. NO. 326 OF AN EDITION OF 1500 COPIES, SIGNED BY GROSZ. Publisher’s cloth. Bibliography of … The Limited Editions Club, No. 67.