Holiday Bookshop - Rare Books
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Books with Wonderful Woodcuts
New Hampshire
by Robert Frost & illustrated by J.J. Lankes
1923. One of Frost’s most notable books. Lankes was a good friend of the poet.
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
by Frank L. Baum & illustrated by Barry Moser
Published by Pennyroyal Press in 1985 with 62 woodcuts by Moser.
Moby Dick
by Herman Melville & illustrated by Rockwell Kent
The rare Rockwell Kent edition from 1930.
Notre-Dame de Paris
by Victor Hugo & illustrated by Frans Masereel
Limited Editions Club from 1930. One of 1,500 copies signed by Masereel.
An Almanac of Twelve Sports
by Rudyard Kipling & illustrated by William Nicholson
Twelve color lithographs printed from wood blocks by Nicholson.
Rare Books - Collecting the Britain in Pictures Series
First Editions from the 1950s
Vintage Magazines & Newspapers
Time Magazine, February 12, 1945
Heinrich Himmler - the Gestapo chief committed suicide three months later
Time Magazine September 15, 1961
The reclusive author J.D. Salinger is featured in a six- page article.
