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Boston: Houghton Mifflin, [1960]. Cloth. Photographs. Top edge quite dust marked, else a nice copy in dust jacket with one tiny nick. First printing of the expanded edition of an American classic, including Evans’s Foreword, “James Agee in 1936,” and the expanded selection of his photographs. $225. 2. Aiken, Conrad: USHANT AN ESSAY. New York & Boston: Duell, Sloan and Pearce / Little, Brown and Company, [1952]. Cloth. A rather used and edgeworn copy, in slightly worn supplied dust jacket. First edition of Aiken’s autobiography, a work many regard as his most significant prosework. An inscribed presentation copy from Aiken to the daughter and son-in-law of his friends, Allen Tate and Caroline Gordon: “For Percy and Nancy from Conrad with all the polymorphouses [sic] 1957.” $225. 3. Aldington, Richard [trans]: AURELIA. By Gerard de Nerval. [London]: Chatto & Windus, 1932. Large octavo. Gilt polished buckram and decorated boards, t.e.g. Plates. Faint tanning along top and fore edges of boards, otherwise about fine. First edition, deluxe issue. One of fifty numbered copies, signed by the translator, from a total edition of seven hundred copies. The plates are original lithographs by Pearl Binder (Lady Elwyn-Jones). Uncommon in this signed issue. $250. 4. [Allen Press]: Allen, Lewis & Dorothy, et al.: THE ALLEN PRESS BIBLIOGRAPHY. A FAC- SIMILE WITH ORIGINAL LEAVES AND ADDITIONS TO DATE INCLUDING A CHECKLIST OF EPHEMERA. [San Francisco: The Book Club of California, 1985]. Small folio. Gilt cloth. Illustrations. Tipped-in specimen leaves. Fine. First enlarged edition, being a faithful reproduction of the original Allen Press bibliography, with additional descriptions of books published after the bibliography’s appearance, and checklists of ephemeral printings compiled by Steven Corey. Includes commentary by the Allens and Carey Bliss. One of 750 copies printed for sale to members of the Club. $250. 5. [Almanacs – British]: [A Contemporary Nonce Volume of Fourteen London Almanacs for 1759]. London: Various printers, 1759. Small octavo. Con- temporary red morocco, gilt extra, with gilt mono- gram ‘A’ with crown in each corner of boards and in four of the five spine compartment, a.e.g., marbled endsheets, vellum strip tabs. Woodcuts, figures and diagrams. Printed in black and red. Duty stamp in lower corner of each title-page, modest rubbing at extremities, otherwise an excellent assemblage in near fine condition. A lovely period nonce volume of a variety of London almanacs for the year, made up of the following titles: a) The Ladies’ Diary: Or Woman’s Almanack, For The Year Of Our Lord 1759 … Containing New Improvements In Arts And Sciences, And Many Entertaining Particulars; Adapted For The Use And Diversion Of The Fair-Sex…. Printed by A. Wilde. 48pp. ESTC T58263. Edited by Thomas Simpson; b) The Gentleman’s Diary, Or The Math- ematical Repository; An Almanack For The Year Of Our Lord, 1759. .. Containing Many Useful And Entertaining Particulars, Peculiarly Adapted To The Ingenious Gentlemen Engaged In The Delight- ful Study And Practice Of The Mathematicks… [Printed by W. Bowyer?] For the Company of Stationers. 48pp. ESTC T57480; c) [In Greek: Olympia Domata]; Or, An Almanack For The Year Of Our Lord God, 1759 … Wherein Is Contained The Lunations, Conjunctions, Aspects, And Effects Of The Planets; The Increase, Decrease, And Length Of The Days And Nights; With The Rising, Southing, And Setting Of The Planets And Fixed Stars Throughout The Year; Whereby May Be Known The Exact Hour Of The Night At All Times … By Tycho Wing. Printed by T. Parker .... [48]pp. ESTC T28606; d) [In Greek: Ephemeris]. Or, A Diary Astronomical, Astrological, Meteorological, For The Year Of Our Lord 1759 .... Printed by John Hughs. [48]pp. By John Gadbury (or heirs). ESTC T18174; e) Parker’s Ephemeris For The Year Of Our Lord 1759. For the Company of Stationers. [56]pp. Compiled by George Parker. ESTC T29526; f) Merlinus Liberatus … Wherein Is Contained All Things Fitting And Useful For Such A Work, As An Ephemeris Of The Daily Motions Of The Planets, With Their Various Configurations, Aspects, Conjunctions, Lunations, Eclipses, Astronomical, Astrological, Meteorological Observations ... Printed by R. Reily. [48]pp. Update of John Patridge’s series. ESTC T17055; g) Vox Stellarum: Or, A Loyal Almanack For The Year Of Human Redemption, 1759 .... Printed by J. Bettenham. [32],16pp. Update of series by Francis Moore. ESTC T16901; h) Remarkable News From The Stars: Or, An Ephemeris For The Year 1759. Printed by A. Wilde. [48]pp. Update of series by William Andrews. ESTC T26971; i) The English Apollo: Or, Useful Companion ... Particularly Applied To This Present Year 1759 .... Printed by A. Wilde. [48]pp. Update of series initiated by Richard Saunders, and heirs. ESTC T17741; j) The Coelestial Diary: Or, An Ephemeris For The Year Of Our Blessed Saviour’s Incarnation, 1759. Printed by J. Bettanham [and for second part:] Robert Brown. [48]pp. Update of series by Salem Pearse; k) Merlinus Anglicus Junior: Or, The Starry Messenger, For The Year Of Our Redemption, 1759 .... Printed by R. Reily. [48]pp. Update of the series by Henry Coley. ESTCT16993; l) Speculum Anni Redivivum: Or, An Almanack For The Year Of Our Lord 1759 .... Printed by T. Parker. 7,[41]pp. Compiled by Henry Season. ESTC T55892; m) [In Greek: Atlas Ouranios]. The Coelestial Atlas; Or, A New Ephemeris For The Year Of Our Lord 1759 ... Printed by T. Parker. [48]pp. Compiled by Robert White. ESTC T59963; and n) Poor Robin. 1759. An Almanack After The Old And New Fashion.... Printed by [William Bowyer? first part] Thomas Parker [second part]. [48]pp. Update of the series by William Winstanley. ESTC T17641. In addition to the standard fare of calendars, tables of tides and eclipses, interest rates and such, many of the almanacs here include diversions and amusements, including among them enigmas, rebuses, paradoxes, and poetry, some of them of a ribald nature. Some have endeavored to make the case that Poor Robin provided Franklin with a model for Poor Richard. $1250. 6. [Alphabet Press]: Curle, Richard: WATCHING BIRDS WITH W. H. HUDSON. New York: The Alphabet Press, 1936. Sewn printed wrappers. A couple minor marks to wrappers, otherwise near fine. First separate edition. One of thirty-three numbered copies (the entire edition) printed as the first publication of the Alphabet Press. Fulsomely inscribed and signed by Curle in 1937. This edition preceded its publication in Caravansary And Conversation. $125. 7. [American Book Illustration]: Hamilton, Sinclair: EARLY AMERICAN BOOK ILLUSTRA- TORS AND WOOD ENGRAVERS 1670 – 1870. A CATALOGUE OF A COLLECTION OF AMERICAN BOOKS ILLUSTRATED FOR THE MOST PART WITH WOODCUTS AND WOOD ENGRAVINGS ... WITH AN INTRODUCTORY SKETCH OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF EARLY AMERICAN BOOK ILLUSTRATION BY ... [with:] ... SUPPLEMENT. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1968. Two volumes. Small quarto. Gilt cloth. Heavily illustrated. Bookplate in each volume, otherwise abut fine. First edition of the supplement, second printing of the revised edition of the first volume. Foreword by Frank Weitenkamp. Based in large part on Hamilton’s own collection, then at Princeton. Including those listed in the supplement, this catalogue describes over 2000 items, often with substantial annotations and notes on the artists and printers, representing the works of over 700 artists.