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Erskine Childers. The Riddle of the Sands.

Barre: Imprint Society, 1971.

No. 127 of an edition of 1950 copies. Designed by Will Carter. Printed by W. S. Cowell Limited. Monotype Ehrhardt. Illustrations in color and black-and-white by John O’Connor. Abbey Mills paper. 260pp.30 cm.

Cataloged: X, Call# PR6005.H52R52 1971

Scope and Contents: The Pastoral Loves of Daphnis and Chloe by Longus. Done into English, with an introduction by George Moore. Illustrated with etchings by Ruth Reeves. New York, The Limited Editions Club, 1934. Designed by Porter Garnett and printed under his direction on the hand press at Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. 130p. 29cm. Bishopstoke hand-made paper. 13 full page etchings, 7 in text. Hand-set in Lutetia type, revised by Mr. Garnett (first use).One of...

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Cyrano de Bergerac by Edmond Rostand.

Limited Editions Club, 1936.

Designed by Edmund B. Thompson. Printed at Hawthorn House. Illustrations by Sylvain Sauvage. Worthy special paper. Linotype Janson. 9 1/4 X 11 3/8". 246pp.

Cataloged: X, Call# PQ2635.O7C92 1936

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The Crime of Sylvestre Bonnard by Anatole France.

Limited Editions Club, 1937.

Designed by Edward Alonzo Miller. Printed at The Marchbanks Press. Illustrations by Sylvain Sauvage. Miliani Gilio paper. Linotype Caslon. 9 1/8 X 11 3/8" 218pp.

Cataloged: X, Call# PQ2254.C7E5 1937

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South Wind by Norman Douglas.

Limited Editions Club, 1932.

1500 copies. Illustrations by Carlotta Petrina. Designed by Elmer Adler and printed at The Pynson Printers. Set in monotype Centaur.Fabriano paper. Page 8 X 11.[4], 206 pp.

Cataloged: X, Call# PR6007.O88S6 1932

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The Last of the Mohicans by James Fenimore Cooper.

New York: The Limited Editions Club, 1932.

No. 735 of 1500 copies. Designed by Will Ransom. Printed by the Printing House of Leo Hart. Linweave special paper. 377pp. Monotype Goudy Modern. 27 cm.

Cataloged: X, Call# PS1408.A1 1932

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Men of Letters of the British Isles. Portrait Medallions by Theodore Spicer Simson, with critical Essays by Stuart P. Sherman.

Printed by William Edwin Rudge.

No. 447 of 520 copies on Rives. Garamont type. 133pp. 28.5cm. Publisher’s cloth backed boards)

Cataloged: X, Call# PR803.S7 1924

Scope and Contents: Ayme, Marcel. La Bonne Peinture. Paris: Printed by Antoine Ceci, Leon Gode & Pierre Gillet (for the making up) on the presses of Jean Cres for Editions G. Gregoire (La Salon Carre), 1947. 4to. Illustrated with etchings touched up with the stencil by Louis Touchagues, the etchings printed by Paul Haasen. No. 66 of an edition of 280 copies, of which this is one of 250 regular copies. Loose leaves in wrappers, folder and slipcase, as...

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GOETHE. GEDICHTE.

Printed by Otto v. Holten for the Maximilian-Gesellschaft, 1924 - 1925.

4 vols. 4to. ONE OF 300 COPIES. Printed in the Tiemann-Antiqua on Zanders H.M.P. Loose leaves in publisher’s boxes as issued. Purchased, 2006.