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The tradition of book-making is not just a craft--it is an art form. Back before the printing press made books easily available to the common citizen, great care was given to the formation of books. Some publishing houses have continued that long tradition in the form of fine press books. A fine press book can be identified by the fine press company that produced the book, and there are many fine press publishing and press houses across the globe. Some of these companies produce limited editions of classic titles exclusively, and these books tend to be highly sought-after by collectors. Due to the high quality and scarce nature of their publications, fine press books are often valuable. However, it is important to distinguish between fine press books and limited editions, as a limited edition is not necessarily a fine press book. A fine press book would have to be published by a fine press publishing house.

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La Chasse de Kaa
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La Chasse de Kaa

by KIPLING, Rudyard

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Condition
Used
Edition
Limited Edition
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Sydney, New South Wales
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Paris: Javal and Bordeaux, 1930. Limited Edition. JOUVE, Paul. Illustrated by one of the leading painters in France, this superb work brings Kipling's classic Jungle Book story into the realm of fine 20th century French publishing. Limited edition of 125 copies, bound in snakeskin-style folding case, protected by matching slipcase (some wear), 340 mm x 265 mm, 130 unbound pages as issued, 21 plates, printed on imperial Japan paper, an excellent copy.
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Gems for the Drawing Room - Fruit and Flowers - Books 1 and 2
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Gems for the Drawing Room - Fruit and Flowers - Books 1 and 2

by JERRARD, Paul & BAYLEY, J.W.N.

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Used
Edition
First Edition
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Sydney, New South Wales
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$4,948.50
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London: Paul Jerrard, 1852. First Edition. Mid-nineteenth century opulence: two elaborate Victorian plate books with plates of fruit and flowers complimenting verse, fully printed in gilt. Two folios in original cloth with large colour card onlay on front board and gilt floral motif on rear, 24 full-page chromolithographic plates each facing a matching gilt printed poem; cloth mildly browned in book 1, binding rubbed and mild preliminary foxing in book 2, a very good set with beautiful clean plates.
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Pandosto
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Pandosto: Or the Historie of Dorastus and Fawnia

by Robert Greene

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  • Hardcover
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Used
Edition
First
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Hardcover
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southampton, Hampshire
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$121.32
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Printed and sold by Clarke Conwell at the Elston Press, New Rochelle, New York, in black and red on hand-made paper. pps. iv plus 57. Overall size c.10. x 6.5/8 inches. c.25 x 17 cm. One of a limited edition of 160 copies. Name stamp of Sydney H. Caslon Smith on half title and top margin of title page. Top and bottom of spine a little worn/rubbed (no loss) o/w very good. contents fine.
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Venetian Life, in Two Volumes  (Large Paper Autograph Edition)
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Venetian Life, in Two Volumes (Large Paper Autograph Edition)

by Howells, William Dean; Illustrations by Edmund H. Garrett

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  • near fine
  • Hardcover
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Condition
Used - Near Fine
Edition
Limited and Numbered Signed 1st Edition
Binding
Hardcover
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Bloomington, Indiana
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$600.00
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Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1907. #287 of 550 copies printed at The Riverside Press, Cambridge. The Large Paper Autograph Edition, SIGNED BY AUTHOR, PUBLISHER AND ILLUSTRATOR, the author at the end of "The Author to the Reader", p. xviii, the publisher at the copyright page, and the illustrator under the frontispiece. In original cream and gold floral patterned paper covered boards, white cloth spine with printed paper labels, designed by Bruce Rogers. BAL 9784. A Near Fine set, the spines uniformly toned, pages uncut, an exceptionally clean, fresh set. Both volumes front paste down the lovely period bookplate of Beatrice Fernald Rogers. . SIGNED BY AUTHOR, PUBLISHER AND ILLUSTRATOR. Limited and Numbered Signed 1st Edition. Cloth Over Patterned Paper Boa. Near Fine/No Jacket, As Issued. Tall 8vo. Limited Edition.
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Moby Dick
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Moby Dick

by Melville, Herman; Kent, Rockwell [Illustrations]

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  • near fine
  • Signed
Condition
Used - Near Fine
Edition
First Edition Thus
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Portland, Oregon
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$18,500.00
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New York: The Lakeside Press, 1930. First Edition Thus. Near Fine/Very Good. First edition thus, limited to 1,000 copies. Three volumes in publisher's acetate jackets, in aluminum slipcase. Presentation copy signed by Rockwell Kent on the front free end paper of Volume I, "Inscribed with affectionate friendship to Putzie - Rockwell Kent, 1950." Volumes II and III bear Rockwell Kent-illustrated bookplates of Marie Luise Hinrichs. Near Fine. Narrow strips of sunning to spine cloth at ends, light rubbing to cloth at extremities and light abrasions to black topstains. Pages toned and with offsetting from illustrations. Acetate wrappers are wrinkled and shrunken with age, as is typical, and show a bit of chipping and edge wear, with some separation starting between the acetate and a paper flap on both volumes II and III; acetate on volume II with light staining. Aluminum slipcase is lightly worn, bumped at top and bottom edge. A stunning presentation copy, inscribed by Kent, and with bookplates designed… Read More
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Poems
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Poems

by O'Hara, Frank; De Kooning, Willem [Art]

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  • near fine
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Condition
Used - Near Fine
Edition
First Edition
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Portland, Oregon
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$3,000.00
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New York: The Limited Editions Club, 1988. First Edition. Near Fine. Limited edition of 550 copies; this copy is #136 with authorized facsimile signature of De Kooning. Elephant folio. Black Nigerian goatskin lettered in gilt, housed in black cloth clamshell case with gilt lettered black leather spine label. Includes 13pp. staplebound Limited Editions Club Letter. A bit of waviness to a few pages in middle of book, else Fine, housed in Very Good slipcase with worn spot to back edge of spine, a bit of pilling to cloth. Letter has small light crease to bottom corners, else near fine. 17 original lithographs by De Kooning, reproduced from charcoal drawings, illustrating the New York School poet's ode to the Dutch-American abstract expressionist painter.
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Avalanche Safety
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Avalanche Safety: Rocky Mountains and Chamonix Alps 1934 - 1937 Book One

by [Set in Motion Press] Casey Gardner.

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  • Hardcover
Condition
Used
Edition
Edition of 39
Binding
Hardcover
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Hoover, Alabama
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$1,500.00
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Berkeley, California:: Set in Motion Press,, 2020.. Edition of 39. 7 x 14"; Accordion-bound folios with pamphlet-stitched interior booklets. Letterpress printed with photopolymer plates and carved linoleum. Digitally printed inserts. Paper, made of cottom and flax ,is Moulin due Gué. Other papers are Zerkall Book, German Etching, and Curious Metallic. Typefaces used are Cheltenham, Kabel, Gill Sans, Futura and Bodoni. Drawings by the artist. Animal wildlife is vintage line art. The "Atlas Biographic" folio features images from the Library of Congress: "1877 Geological and Geographical Atlas of Colorado" surveyed by F. V. Hayden and photograph of a 19th century silver mine on Aspen Moutain. Bound in Iris bookcloth at corners with letterpress printed papers over boards. Numbered. Set in Motion Press: "Set in the precarious time of the 1920s, living on the brink of human-triggered catastrophe, two young people explore their relationship with naure amid hidden and… Read More
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The Fables of Aesop.
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ILLUSTRATED WITH 66 POCHOIR WOODCUTSThe Fables of Aesop. Printed from the Veronese Edition of MCCCCLXXIX in Latin Verses and Italian Version by Accio Zucco, with the Woodcuts Newly Engraved and Coloured After a Copy in The British Museum. (With) The First Three Books of Caxton's Aesop containing the Fables Illustrated in the Verona Aesopus of MCCCCLXXIX.Epilogue by Giovanni Mardersteig. Illustrated with 66 full-page woodcuts by Anna Bramanti. Woodcuts are pochoir colored by Daniel Jacomet to recreate the illuminated miniature effect of the British Library copy of the Veronese Aesop of 1479 (upon which the present edition is based). The fleurons, first adopted in 1479, were engraved by Charles Malin. 8vo. Publisher's ¼-green morocco; decorated boards; top edges gilt; acetate dust wrappers; enclosed in morocco-tipped slipcase.Officina Bodoni, Verona, 1973. Limited to 160 numbered copies set in Centaur types, printed on Magnani mould made paper with goose watermark. 2 volumes. Volume I contains the… Read More
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$7,000.00
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THE LOVE-LYRICS & SONGS OF PROTEUS
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THE LOVE-LYRICS & SONGS OF PROTEUS: Kelmscott

by BLUNT, Wilfrid Scawen (1840-1922).

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Used
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Limited
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Vancouver, British Columbia
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$3,800.00
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Blunt (Wilfred Scawen) The Love Lyrics & Songs of Proteus, limited to 300 copies, all on paper, printed in red and black in Golden type, 2 woodcut borders, each poem opening with a woodcut initial by Hooper after Morris, woodcut press device after Morris on colophon leaf. Original vellum with light green silk ties, yapp edges, spine lettered in gilt.
The only Kelmscott book with the initials printed in red, at the author's request. Morris wrote to Jenny Morris, "'...it looks very gay & pretty with its red letters, but I think I prefer mine in style of printing'".
The book was shown at the Wolverhampton exhibition, 1902.
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$3,800.00
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Finnegans Wake
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Finnegans Wake

by Joyce, James

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  • Hardcover
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Condition
New
Edition
First Edition; Special Issue, No.38 (of 150 numbered copies)
Binding
Hardcover
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Ballydehob, Cork
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First Edition. New. One of 150 Numbered copies of the Special Issue. Copy No. 38, signed by the Editor and the Printer.Printed on Magnani Mouldmade 130g deckle-edged paper. Royal quarto. Bound in full black calfskin over boards, gilt-stamped on front cover and spine. Presented in a black cloth-covered slipcase with a companion volume of introductory essays hardbound in grey paper over boards. Dublin, Houyhnhnm Press. 2010.The first critically emended and completely reset edition of James Joyce's Finnegans Wake since its original publication in 1939. Edited by Danis Rose and John O'Hanlon, designed by Martino Mardersteig, set in the Dante Val typeface, and printed offset and bound by Stamperia Valdonega, Verona for Houyhnhnm Press, Dublin. This First Edition was limited to a Special Issue consisting of 26 Lettered, 150 Numbered and 24 Hors Commerce copies printed on Magnani Mould made paper and hardbound in black calfskin; and a Trade Issue of 800 copies printed on Arcoprint and hardbound in black… Read More
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The Cyberiad

The Cyberiad: Fables For the Cybernetic Age

by Stanisław Lem

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  • Fine
  • Hardcover
Condition
Used - Fine
Binding
Hardcover
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Longmont, Colorado
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$130.00
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The Easton Press, The Masterpieces of Science Fiction, 1990. First Thus; Collector's Edition. Illustrate by Daniel Mroz. Issued w/o dj. Fine, "Like New" condition. Appears unopened / unread. AEG. Bound in full (genuine) brown leather with hubbed spine. Text block is bright and clean with no ownership markings or bookplates. Embossed in 22kt gold on spine, front, and back covers. Heavy duty binding boards. Printed on acid-neutral, archival paper. Smyth sewn. Concealed muslin joints. Permanent satin ribbon marker. Collector's Notes sheet laid in. Photo is of the copy we have at Barbed Wire Books. A beautiful gift book!
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$130.00
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Steppenwolf

Steppenwolf

by Hermann Hesse

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  • Fine
  • Hardcover
Condition
Used - Fine
Binding
Hardcover
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Longmont, Colorado
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$125.00
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The Easton Press, The Collector's Library of Famous Editions (1991). First Edition thus; Collector's Edition. Illustrated by Charles Raymond. Hardcover. No dust jacket. Used - Fine, Like New condition. Text block is tight and clean with no ownership markings or bookplates. Appears unopened / unread. Bound In full (genuine) leather with hubbed spine. Embossed in 22kt gold on the spine and front and back covers. Heavy duty binding boards. Printed on acid-neutral, archival paper with gilded edges. Smyth sewn with concealed muslin joints, silk moire fabric end leaves, and permanent satin ribbon marker. Notes From The Archives sheet laid in. Photos are of the copy we have at Barbed Wire Books.Translated by Basil Creighton.Beautiful gift book!
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$125.00
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The Memoirs of Richard Nixon

The Memoirs of Richard Nixon

by Richard Nixon

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  • as new
  • Hardcover
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Condition
As New
Binding
Hardcover
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Longmont, Colorado
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$200.00
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The Easton Press, The Library of the Presidents, 1988. Collector's Edition. Signed by Richard Nixon. Issued w/o dj. Used - Fine, "Like New" / unread condition. bottom of gilt fore-edge slightly rubbed. Binding and text block are otherwise tight, bright, crisp, and clean with no ownership markings or bookplates. Bound In full (genuine) leather with hubbed spine. Embossed in 22kt gold on the spine and front and back covers. Heavy duty binding boards. Printed on acid-neutral, archival paper with gilded edges. Smyth sewn with concealed muslin joints and permanent satin ribbon marker. "A Special Introduction by Raymond K. Price, Jr." laid in. Photo is of the copy we have at Barbed Wire Books.
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$200.00
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John Paul Jones

John Paul Jones: Two Volume Set : Fighter for Freedom and Glory

by Lincoln Lorenz

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  • Fine
  • Hardcover
Condition
Used - Fine
Binding
Hardcover
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Longmont, Colorado
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$100.00
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The Easton Press, 1993. 2 vols. The Leather-Bound Library of American History. First thus; Collector's Edition. Hardcover. Issued without dust jacket. Used - Fine, "as new" condition. Lower bottom corner of Vol. II very slightly bumped. Otherwise appear unopened / unread. Bindings and text blocks are tight, bright, and clean with no ownership markings or bookplates. Bound in full (genuine) navy leather with hubbed spines. Embossed in 22kt gold on the spines and front and back covers. Heavy duty binding boards. Printed on acid-neutral, archival paper. All edges gilt. Smyth sewn with concealed muslin joints and permanent satin ribbon marker. Notes from History sheet laid in. Photo is of the set we have at Barbed Wire Books. A beautiful set chronicling the outrageous but true story of a Revolutionary War era swashbuckling naval officer!
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Holy Bible, 1850
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Holy Bible, 1850: The Comprehensive Bible; Containing the Old and New Testaments

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  • Hardcover
Condition
Used - Good Condition
Binding
Hardcover
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Silver City, New Mexico
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$225.00
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This beautiful old Bible contains both the Old and New Testaments, marginal notes, a general introduction as well as introductions and concluding remarks to each book, parallel passages from other bibles and bible commentaries, philological and explanatory notes, a table of contents, a chronological index, an index of subjects contained in both old and new testaments, as well as an index to notes, introductions, and concluding remarks. The book is in Good Condition with some foxing on the pages and slight exterior edge wear. The three page edges are all gilted in gold. Inside there is a former owner's gift inscription to his son, dated 1917.Published in the year 1850 in Philadelphia, this book is illustrated with full page steel engravings. Bound in full leather with gold decor on the spine and covers, this Bible is beautiful to look upon, and will make a fine addition to the library of both the religious student as well as the collector of fine books.
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