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FEATURED ITEMS LEAVES
OF GRASS. Walt Whitman. US$550.00 Shipping within US $4.00 Book Description: The Limited Editions Club, 1929,
limited, numbered edition, signed by the famous book designer Frederic Warde. This is FREDERIC WARDE'S PERSONAL COPY, noted
on the back limitations page - "AA The Designer's copy". Also signed by the book designer on the front free endpaper - " R.W.
& R.W. ex dono F.W. 1929". This edition limited to 1500 copies signed by the designer, printed for the members of The
Limited Editions Club at the Printing House of William Edwin Rudge. Introduction by Carolyn Wells with the original preface
by Walt Whitman. This is the 2nd book issued by the Limited Editions Club. 4to, 7 1/2 x 11, 154 pp, printed in the first use
of Estennes type, on French Vidalon paper, facsimile of title page to Whitman's copy with his annotations. Top edge gilt.
Beautifully decorated green cloth cover, with dark geen, red and black accents and gilt lettering on spine. Just the lightest
wear to corners. VERY SLIGHT foxing to frontispiece page, some minor offset of frontispiece engraving to title page. No slipcase.
Near Fine.
TRIBES AND TEMPLES; A RECORD OF THE EXPEDITION TO MIDDLE
AMERICA CONDUCTED BY THE TULANE UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA IN 1925. 2 Vols. Complete. Blom, Frans and Oliver La Farge. US450.00 Shipping within US $4.00 Book Description: Pub. Tulane University,
1927, hardcover, 536 pp. with 374 figs. & 6 plates, 4 folding maps, maps on endpapers of Vol. 1. Original limp green cloth
with faded gilt lettering on fronts and spines. Moderate edge and corner wear, spine of vol. 1 has some play in it. Good+.
THE ADVENTURES OF SHERLOCK HOLMES. 3 Volumes in Slipcase. Doyle,
Arthur Conan. US$300.00 Shipping within US $4.00 Book Description: Pub. The Limited Editions Club,1950, hardcover,
Limited edition #1047 of 1500 copies published. Publisher note about the cover laid in. Light corner wear. Slipcase has wear
and scuffing at edges, no splitting. Very Good.
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