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Published by Thomas B. Mosher, Portland, Maine, 1907
Seller: Gates Past Books Inc., NY, NY, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hard Cover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Slipcase. Limited, Second Edition. One of Nine Hundred and Fifty Copies on Van Gelder Hand-made Paper. Scarce printed slipcase is present, albeit well worn, with most of top strip lacking. It did do its job in protecting the book itself that shows some age, it is otherwise Fine. Paper title labels to front upper board, and spine title complete. All corners sharp, Sewn Binding tight. As above, Van Gelder Hand-made paper, with deckled edges. P/O to ffep., with some lightly pencilled (and easily erasable) notes in French. Rear flys have a long passage from Robert Louis Stevenson's 1882 critique of Villon, from "Familiar Studies of Men and Books". Once again, easily erasable if so desired. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.
Published by Limited Editions Club, 1979
Seller: McAllister & Solomon Books, Wilmington, NC, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Typography, calligraphy, decorative endleaves, and binding were designed by Stephen Harvard (illustrator). Limited Edition. Cop # 717 of 2,000 copies Signed by Stephen Harvard. No slip case Size: 64mo - up to 3" tall. Book.
Published by The Limited Editions Club, 1979
Book
Hardcover. Condition: As New. Hardcover in slip case. Good binding and cover. Clean, unmarked pages. The Limited Editions Club was founded in 1929 by George Macy with the intent of publishing beautifully illustrated and designed classic literature for a relatively small number of subscribers. Much of the LEC's fame stems from its use of some of the best illustrators and artists available. Each title was uniquely designed with individualized paper and cover materials.
Published by Thomas B. Mosher, 1895
Seller: Yesterday's Muse, ABAA, ILAB, IOBA, Webster, NY, U.S.A.
Hard Cover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. All volumes lack slipcases and jackets. Spines toned, boards lightly toned and foxed, front joint of index volume splitting. 1895 Hard Cover. Complete in twenty-one volumes, originally published monthly 1895-1914, and here collected in its entirety with a new index. This series of literary chap-books, with much of its content gleaned from Mosher's own extensive personal library, is credited with introducing William Butler Yeats to American readers, and establishing, improving, or restoring the reputation of several other authors (e.g., William Morris and Oscar Wilde). From the preface: "To bring together the posies of other men bound by a thread of one's own choosing is the simple plan of the editor of The Bibelot. In this way those exotics of Literature that might not immediately find a way to wider reading, are here reprinted, and, so to speak, resown in fields their authors never knew. The Bibelot does not profess to exploit the new forces and ferment of fin de siecle writers; it offers the less accessible 'things that perish never,' - lyrics from Blake, Villon's ballades, Latin Student songs, - Literature once possessed not easily forgotten of men. Besides this, to more widely extend the love of exquisite literary form, it must be shown by example that choice typography and inexpensiveness need not lie far apart. That there is the most intimate connection between Literature and the printed page is a truism. And yet nothing on the lines of The Bibelot has so far been attempted in a regularly monthly issue. We are, however, at the turn of the tide: already there are signs of better appreciations. The success of a quarterly like Modern Art, the demand that has gone out for The Chap-Book, the publisher's own experience with his Bibelot Series, all favor the belief that such beautifully gotten up affairs have created a republic of their own. To this Republic of the book-lover The Bibelot is now come.
Published by Printed for the members of the Limited Editions Club by the Spiral Press, Croton Falls, NY, 1933
Seller: ERIC CHAIM KLINE, BOOKSELLER (ABAA ILAB), Santa Monica, CA, U.S.A.
First Edition Signed
Hardcover. Condition: Very good. Simon, Howard (illustrator). First edition thus. Quarto (11-3/4" x 8"). (8), 103, (1)pp. Brown linen with leather spine label. T.e.g. Housed in a brown cardboard slipcase with cloth top & bottom edges and a paper spine label. Illustrated with 26 monochrome woodcuts by Howard Simon, plus 2 additional woodcuts not called for. One is a laid-in gray toned woodcut (5" x 3-1/2") on tissue paper, limited to 1/30 and signed in pencil by Howard Simon. The second woodcut, also laid-in, is on a folded sheet of special paper. that accompanies "Ballad to His Mistress" and differs from the image that is bound into the book. This edition of "The Lyrics of Francois Villon" is limited to 1500 numbered copies (this is #380), signed on the limitation leaf by Howard Simon. Spine of book is somewhat darkened and the bottom surface of the slipcase has a 1-1/2" tear to the cloth and is missing a small chip. #43 of The Limited Editions Club Bibliography.