Sale 694: Rare Books & Manuscripts at the Pasadena Book Fair

1

Yosemite and the Range of Light

Author
Adams, Ansel
Headline
First British Edition of Ansel Adams' Yosemite
Publisher
Thames & Hudson
Date Published
1979

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The Man with the Golden Arm

Author
Algren, Nelson
Headline
Rare proof of Man with the Golden Arm
Publisher
Doubleday & Co.
Date Published
1949

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3

The Railway Alphabet

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(Alphabet Book)
Headline
Victorian railway-themed alphabet book
Publisher
Dean & Son
Date Published
c. 1867-73

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4

Sketch Book of the Architectural Association of Boston

Author
Andrews, R. D., E. M. Wheelwright, Cass Gilbert, and W. E. Chamberlin, editors
Headline
Sketch book of the Architectural Association of Boston 1883
Publisher
Architectural Association
Date Published
1883

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5

The Mirror of Alchemy: Composed by the Thrice-Famous and Learned Frier, Roger Bacon, Sometimes Fellow of Martin College; and Afterwards of Brasen-nose College in Oxenford: With the Smaragdine Tables of Hermes, Trismegistus of Alchemy

Author
Bacon, Roger
Headline
Roger Bacon Alchemy in a fine press edition
Publisher
William Daily
Date Published
1975

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6

Biographia Dramatica; or, A Companion to the Playhouse: Containing Historical and Critical Memoirs, and Original Anecdotes, of British and Irish Dramatic Writers...

Author
Baker, David Erskine; Isaac Reed; Stephen Jones
Headline
19th c. Companion to the Playhouse
Publisher
Longman, Hurst, et. al.
Date Published
1812

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7

Scarecrow of Oz with Pirates in Oz

Author
Baum, L. Frank and Ruth Plumly Thompson
Headline
Two Oz Adventures
Publisher
Reilly & Lee
Date Published
1918 and 1931

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Sugar-Loaf Mountain

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(Baum, L. Frank)
Author
Bancroft, Laura
Headline
Scarce and popular non-Oz title by Baum under pseudonym
Publisher
Reilly & Lee
Date Published
1906

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9

Mary Louise and the Liberty Girls

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(Baum, L. Frank)
Author
Van Dyne, Edith
Headline
L. Frank Baum's last book published in his lifetime
Publisher
Reilly & Britton
Date Published
1918

Estimate$400 - $600

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10

The Master Key - An Electrical Fairy Tale Founded Upon the Mysteries of Electricity and the Optimism of Its Devotees. It Was Written for Boys, But Others May Read It

Author
Baum. L. Frank
Headline
L. Frank Baum's Fairy Tale on the Mystery of Electricity
Publisher
Bowen-Merrill Co.
Date Published
1901

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11

Two Autograph Letters and Four Typed Letters Signed by Pearl S. Buck

Author
Buck, Pearl S.
Headline
Signed letters from Pearl S. Buck to her illustrator
Date Published
January 8, 1932-November 21, 1938

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12

Angel

Author
Budd, Harold
Headline
Heavenly Monkey's Angel by Harold Budd
Publisher
Heavenly Monkey
Date Published
2012

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13

The Life of Captain Sir Richard F. Burton

Author
Burton, Isabel
Headline
Biography of Sir Richard Burton written by his wife
Publisher
Chapman & Hall
Date Published
1893

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14

Photograph Album of Victorian vacationers in various locales around California

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(California)
Headline
Victorian photo album of California vacationers
Date Published
1897-1900

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15

Harry Callahan: Color 1941-1980

Author
Callahan, Harry
Headline
Harry Callahan Color 1941-1980
Publisher
Matrix Publications
Date Published
1980

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16

if not in paint

Author
Campbell, Marion May
Headline
Poetry by Marion May Campbell with drawings by Miriam Morris
Publisher
Electio Editions
Date Published
2011

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17

One Christmas

Author
Capote, Truman
Headline
Truman Capote's One Christmas inscribed
Publisher
Random House
Date Published
1983

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18

Tales of the Mojave Road, Numbers 1-6

Author
Casebier, Denis G.
Headline
Tales of the Mojave Road
Publisher
Tales of the Mojave Road
Date Published
1972-76

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19

Postmortem

Author
Cornwell, Patricia
Headline
Debut novel by the author of the Dr. Kay Scarpetta mysteries
Publisher
Scribners
Date Published
1990

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20

Bing

Author
Crosby, Ted and Larry
Headline
Inscribed by Crooner Bing Crosby
Publisher
The Bolton Printing Co., Inc.
Date Published
1937

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21

La Science des Negocians et Teneurs de Livres

Author
De la Porte, M.
Headline
18th c. French handbook for men of business
Publisher
Chez Jean de Nully
Date Published
1748

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22

DeGrazia--The Irreverent Angel

Author
DeGrazia, Ted and William Reed
Headline
With original watercolor by DeGrazia
Publisher
Frontier Heritage Press
Date Published
1971

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23

Scenes From the Life of Nickleby Married

Author
Dickens, Charles
Headline
Scarce edition of Scenes From the Life of Nickleby Married
Publisher
John Williams
Date Published
1840

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24

An Essay on Original Genius: and its Various Modes of Exertion in Philosophy and the Fine Arts, Particularly in Poetry

Author
Duff, William
Headline
Duff on the Concept of Genius in Philosophy
Publisher
Printed for Edward and Charles Dilly
Date Published
1767

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25

The Cat and the Blackbird

Author
Duncan, Robert
Headline
The Cat and the Blackbird by White Rabbit Press.
Publisher
White Rabbit Press
Date Published
1967

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26

I Carmi Di Catullo: Scelti Nuovamente Tradotti In Versi Da Vincenzo Errante E Decorati Con Lithografie Da Filippo De Pisis

Author
Errante, Vincenzo
Headline
With 17 original lithographs by Filippo De Pisis
Publisher
Ulrico Hoepli
Date Published
1945

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27

The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling. To Which is Prefixed The Life of the Author

Author
Fielding, Henry
Headline
A beautifully bound copy of The History of Tom Jones
Publisher
Printed for J. Walker
Date Published
1819

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28

Four Months / Four Seasons

Author
Fine, Ruth
Headline
Four Months / Four Seasons from Janus Press
Publisher
Janus Press
Date Published
2010

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29

This Side of Paradise

Author
Fitzgerald, F. Scott
Headline
F. Scott Fitzgerald's first novel
Publisher
Charles Scribner's Sons
Date Published
1920

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30

The Seasons

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(Fore-edge painting)
Author
Thomson, James
Headline
James Thomson’s The Seasons with attractive fore-edge painting
Publisher
T. Whittingham
Date Published
1820

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31

A New Display of the Beauties of England

Author
Goadby, R.
Headline
A New Display of the Beauties of England... the Third Edition
Publisher
Printed for R. Goadby
Date Published
1776

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32

The Bicycle Diaries /One New Yorker's Journey Through September 11th

Author
Goodman, Richard
Headline
The Bicycle Diaries a journey through September 11th
Publisher
Midnight Paper Sales
Date Published
2011

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33

Waterscapes, Landscapes

Author
Gornick, April and Kurt Vonnegut
Headline
1 of 100 Waterscapes, Landscapes signed by Vonnegut and others
Publisher
Horowitz
Date Published
1999

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34

Offenbacher Haggadah

Author
Guggenheim, S.
Headline
Guggenheim's Offenbacher Haggadah
Publisher
Herausgebers Dr. Guggenheim
Date Published
1960

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35

Life and Times of Jo Mora, Iconic Artist of the American West

Author
Hiller, Peter
Headline
Life and Times of Jo Mora de luxe edition by BCC
Publisher
The Book Club of Califorina
Date Published
2019

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36

Life in the Open: Sport with Rod, Gun, Horse and Hound in Southern California

Author
Holder, Charles Frederick
Headline
Early 20th c. account of the wild environment in Southern California
Publisher
G. P. Putnam's Sons
Date Published
1906

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37

37 Years of Public Service: The Honorable Lyndon B. Johnson

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(Johnson, Lyndon Baines)
Author
Frantz, Joe B.
Headline
A rather kitschy tribute to Lyndon B. Johnson
Publisher
Shoal Creek Publishers
Date Published
1974

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38

Historia Rerum Britannicarum ut et Mulicarum Gallicarum, Belgicarum, & Germanicarum, Tam Politicarum. Quam Ecclesiasticarum, Ab Anno 1572, Ad Annum 1628:

Author
Johnston, Robert
Headline
17th c. history of early Scotland
Publisher
Joannis Ravesteynii
Date Published
1655

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39

Abacus

Author
Karr, Mary
Headline
First book by author of The Liars' Club
Publisher
Wesleyan University Press
Date Published
1987

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40

The City of Dreadful Night and Other Places + Wee Willie Winkie + In Black and White

Author
Kipling, Rudyard
Headline
A Kipling Sammelband
Date Published
1889-1891

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41

The American Gazetteer . . . Of the American Continent and A New Gazetteer of the Eastern Continent by Jedidiah Morse

Author
Morse, Jedidiah
Headline
Matching Set of Jedidiah Morse's First Gazetteers
Publisher
S. Hall and Thomas & Andrews, Samuel Etheridge
Date Published
1797

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42

The Amenities of Book-Collection, and Kindred Affections

Author
Newton, A. Edward
Headline
First edition of Newton's classic volume on bibliophilia
Publisher
The Atlantic Monthly Press
Date Published
1918

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43

Papa John: An Autobiography

Author
Phillips, John
Headline
A music legend's shattering journey
Publisher
Dolphin Books / Doubleday
Date Published
1986

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44

Two Volumes on Wine from the Bacchus Press

Author
Redding, Cyrus and Thomas G. Shaw
Headline
Two volumes on wine by the Bacchus Press
Publisher
Bacchus Press
Date Published
1992

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45

The Mammals of South Africa

Author
Roberts, Austen
Headline
Austin Roberts The Mammals of South Africa
Publisher
The Trustees of the Mammals of South Africa Book Fund
Date Published
1951

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46

This I Remember

Author
Roosevelt, Eleanor
Headline
Eleanor Roosevelt's This I Remember Limited Signed Edition
Publisher
Harper & Brothers
Date Published
1949

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47

Report of the Committee appointed by the Philomathean Society of the University of Philadelphia to translate the inscription on the Rosetta Stone

Heading
(Rosetta Stone)
Headline
Translating the inscription on the Rosetta Stone
Date Published
1859

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48

A Catalogue of the Bradshaw Collection of Irish Books in the University Library, Cambridge

Author
Sayle, Charles Edward
Headline
Bradshaw Collection of Irish Books at Cambridge
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Date Published
1916

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49

Luz Plegada

Author
Sicilia, Jose Maria
Headline
The final book in the Luz Plegada series by Michael Woolworth
Publisher
Michael Woolworth
Date Published
1994

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50

The Defense of Poesy

Author
Sidney, Philip
Headline
The Defense of Poesy by Philip Sidney, 1752
Publisher
R. Urie
Date Published
1752

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51

The Battlefield Where the Moon Says I Love You

Author
Stanford, Frank
Headline
The Battlefield Where the Moon Says I Love You
Publisher
Mill Mountain Press/Lost Roads Publishing
Date Published
1977

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52

Roses of the World

Author
Suzuki, S.
Headline
By Japan's preeminent rose breeder
Publisher
Koyo-Shoin
Date Published
1956

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53

Vanity Fair: Vol. I, No. 1, December 31, 1859 - Vol. I, No. 26, June 23, 1860

Author
Thompson, Frank J., publisher
Headline
First 26 issues of Civil War era periodical
Publisher
Wm. E. Chapin, printer
Date Published
1859-1960

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54

The Devil in the Book

Author
Trumbo, Dalton
Headline
Signed limited edition Dalton Trumbo analysis of Smith Act defendants
Publisher
California Emergency Defense Committee
Date Published
1956

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55

The Same Door

Author
Updike, John
Headline
The Same Door, John Updike's third book
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Date Published
1959

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56

Epitome Trium Terræ Partium, Asiæ, Africæ, et Europæ

Author
Vadianus, Joachim
Headline
1534 description of world geography with reference to America
Date Published
1534

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57

Two volumes on Sherry, Port, and Madeira

Author
Vizetelly, Henry
Headline
Facts about Sherry, Port, and Madeira by Bacchus Press
Publisher
Bacchus Press
Date Published
1992

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58

Kalifornien Och Guldfebern...Af Dr. W. F. A. Zimmermann

Author
Vollmer, Carl G.
Headline
Adventure in the California Gold Fields
Publisher
C. H. Fahlstedts
Date Published
1862

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59

Compleat Angler, or or the Contemplative Man's Recreation, Being a Discourse of Rivers, Fish-Ponds, Fish, and Fishing.

Author
Walton, Izaak and Charles Cotton
Headline
Two volume set of Compleat Angler
Publisher
William Pickering
Date Published
1836

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60

The Philosophy of the Inductive Sciences, Founded Upon Their History. A New Edition, with Corrections and Additions, and An Appendix Containing Philosophical Essays Previously Published.

Author
Whewell, William
Headline
Whewell's Philosophy of the Inductive Sciences
Publisher
John W. Parker
Date Published
1847

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61

Letter from Ex-slave, hairdresser to New York high society matrons, proposed for canonization as first African-American male Saint

Heading
(African-American, 1828)
Author
Toussaint, Pierre
Headline
Rare letter of ex-slave proposed as first African-American Saint
Date Published
Dec. 18, 1828

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62

Frederick Douglass' Paper: Devoted to the Rights of All Mankind, Without Distinction of Color, Class, or Clime

Heading
(African-American, 1857)
Author
Douglass, Frederick
Headline
Frederick Douglass' Newspaper, 1 857
Date Published
October 23, 1857

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63

Asconii Pediani explanatio in Ciceronis orationes in C. Verrem, in orat. pro C. Cornelio, in orat. contra competitores, in orat. pro M. Scauro, in orat. contra L. Pisonem, in orat. pro Milone

Heading
(Aldine Press)
Author
Asconius Pedianus, Quintus
Headline
Quintus Asconius Pedianus from Aldine Press
Publisher
Paulus Manutius
Date Published
1563

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64

Ciceronis De oratore libri III. Orator. De claris oratoribus

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(Aldine Press)
Author
Cicero
Headline
Aldine edition of Cicero, 1559
Publisher
Paulus Manutius
Date Published
1559

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65

Leaves of Grass

Heading
(Arion Press)
Author
Whitman, Walt
Headline
Arion Press Leaves of Grass, 1/275
Publisher
Arion Press
Date Published
2014

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66

A Book of Songs and Poems from the Old Testament and the Apocrypha

Heading
(Ashendene Press)
Headline
Ashendene Press Songs from Old Testament
Publisher
Ashendene Press
Date Published
1904

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67

The Wisdom of Jesus, the Son of Sirach, commonly called Ecclesiasticus

Heading
(Ashendene Press)
Headline
Ashendene Press The Wisdom of Jesus
Publisher
Ashendene Press
Date Published
1932

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68

Manuscript book of horoscopes with charts of over 200 European personages of note, including Galileo

Heading
(Astrology)
Headline
Rare manuscript book of horoscopes, 17th century
Date Published
17th century

Estimate$12,000 - $18,000

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69

A Hunters Summer in Yukon Territory

Author
Bannon, Arthur H.
Headline
Bannon's Hunting in the Yukon, 1911, inscribed
Publisher
F.B. Toothaker, printer
Date Published
1911

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XL. Questions Concerning the Soule... [bound with] The Clavis, or Key. Or, an Exposition of Some Principall Matters, and Words in the Writings of Jacob Behmen...

Author
Böhme, Jacob
Headline
Böhme's Questions Concerning the Soule, 1647
Publisher
Matthew Simmont
Date Published
1647

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71

Manuscript leaf from a giant "Atlantic" Bible

Heading
(Bible - manuscript leaf)
Headline
Leaf from a giant "Atlantic" Bible c.1100
Date Published
c.1100 or earlier

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72

The Holy Bible Containing the Old Testament, and the New: Newly Translated out of the Original Tongues: And with the former Translations diligently compared and revised, by his Maiesties speciall commandment

Heading
(Bible in English)
Headline
Quarto edition of King James Bible 1613 with map
Publisher
Robert Barker
Date Published
1613

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[The Holy Bible, Conteyning the Old Testament, and the New: Newly Translated out of the Originall Tongues: and with the former Translations diligently compared and revised, by His Maiesties speciall comandement. Appointed to be read in Churches]

Heading
(Bible in English)
Headline
"She" Bible issue of King James Bible, 1613-1611
Publisher
[Robert Barker]
Date Published
[1613-1611]

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74

The Book of Ahania

Author
Blake, William
Headline
Facsimile of Blake's Ahania, 1892, finely bound
Publisher
[Quaritch}
Date Published
[1892]

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The Book of Thel

Author
Blake, William
Headline
Muir facsimile of Blake's Book of Thel, 1885
Publisher
[William Muir]
Date Published
[1885]

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Visions of the Daughters of Albion

Author
Blake, William
Headline
Muir facsimile of Blake's Daughters of Albion
Publisher
[William Muir]
Date Published
[1885]

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77

The Writings of William Blake

Author
Blake, William
Headline
William Blake's Writings from Nonesuch Press, 1/75 copies
Publisher
Nonesuch Press
Date Published
1925

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78

Evangeliorum Quattuor Codex Cenannensis - The Book of Kells

Heading
(Book of Kells)
Headline
Urs-Graf facsimile of the Book of Kells, copy No. 1, ex-Vatican Library
Publisher
Urs-Graf Verlag
Date Published
1950-1951