Lot 223
  • 223

North American Private Presses, etc.

Estimate
1,000 - 1,500 GBP
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Description

  • Collection of 34 volumes
  • paper
mostly limited signed or illustrated editions, including texts by Oscar Wilde, Padraic Colum, Joseph Conrad, etc.; illustrations by Leonard Baskin, Graham Coughtry, Robert Gibbings, Rockwell Kent, Barry Moser, Howard Pyle, etc. and with presses including Arion Press, Aya Press, Canadian Fine Editions, Gehenna Press, The Heritage Press, Limited Editions Club, Pennyroyal Press, Bruce Rogers and the Press of A. Colish, The Sign of the Vine, Sylvan Press and The Yellow Barn Press; all various sizes, original bindings, occasional spotting and browning, occasional wear (34)

Condition

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