Lot 406
NORTH AMERICAN PRIVATE PRESSES
25 BOOKS, INCLUDING LAMB, CHARLES
Rare Books, Manuscripts, Maps & Photography
Auction: 9 October 2019 at 12:00 BST
Description
Essays of Elia. East Aurora, NY: The Roycroft Shop, 1899. 8vo, number 201 of 970 copies signed by Elbert Hubbard, original brushed calf, covers becoming detached; Johnson, William Savage The Poetry of William Savage Johnson. Meriden, Conneticut: The Bayberry Hill Press, 1964. 4to, number 40 of 50 copies, original quarter cloth over marbled boards, glassine wrapper, slipcase, label and portrait detached; Johnson, Foster Macy The King, The Pirate and The Maid. Meriden, Conneticut: The Bayberry Hill Press, 1864. 4to, number 172 of 175 copies; Stevenson, Robert Louis An Apology for Idlers. Westport, Conneticut: The Redcoat Press, 1951. 8vo, one of 185 copies; Corbiere, Tristan Poems. The Banyan Press, 1947. 8vo, number 962 of 1060 copies; Poppino, Kathryn Kathryn Poppino. Oneonta, NY: Swamp Press, 1979. Original red printed covers; Lovelace, Richard Lucasta Et Cetera. Mount Vernon, NY: The Golden Eagle Press, 1948. 8vo, one of 1960 copies, slipcase; Kent, Henry W. St. Distaff's Day. White Plains, NY: The Froben Press, 1938. 12mo, one of 750 copies; Thomajin, P.K. Kidaze. Continental, Ohio: Centaur Press, 1961. 8vo, number 107 of 300 signed copies; Kent, Henry Watson 50 Books of the Year, 1942. Blue cloth gilt; Scollard, Clinton Sprays of Shamrock. Portland, Maine: The Mosher Press, 1914. 8vo, one of 150 copies, gift inscription from the author to free-endpaper; Risk, R.T. Why Potocki? Francestown: Typographeum, 1981. 8vo, number 12 of 100 signed copies; Duensing, Paul Hayden A Portfolio of Typographic Paradigms. Kalamazoo: Paul Hayden Duensing, 1970. A collection of loose sheets in original folder; and 12 others, full list available