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Omaha: Abattoir Editions, 1978. Cloth, paper label. First edition. One of 247 numbered copies on Imago, of 271. Fine. $60. 2. [Abattoir Editions]: Gullans, Charles: THE BRIGHT UNIVERSE AND OTHER POEMS. Omaha: Abattoir Editions, 1983. Parchment and boards, paper label. First edition. One of forty deluxe copies, numbered in Roman, printed on Iyo paper, and specially bound, from an edition of 276 copies. Fine in glassine wrapper. $125. 3. [Abattoir Editions]: Kees, Weldon: THE CEREMONY AND OTHER STORIES ... SELECTED WITH AN EDITORIAL INTRODUCTION BY DANA GIOIA. Omaha: Abattoir Editions, 1983. Cloth, paper label. First edition. One of two hundred copies printed on Rising paper, from a total edition of 295 numbered copies. Fine, without dust jacket, as issued. $85. 4. [Abattoir Editions]: Merrill, James: FROM THE CUTTING-ROOM FLOOR. Omaha: Abattoir Editions, 1983. Sewn wrappers, paper label. First edition. One of two hundred ninety numbered copies printed by Harry Duncan on Goyu paper. Fine. $65. 5. [Abattoir Editions]: Pereira, Sam: BRITTLE WATER POEMS. Omaha: The Penumbra Press - Abattoir Editions, 1987. Cloth, pictorial onlay. Fine. First edition. Relief etching by Louise LaFond. From an edition of 235 numbered copies, handset and printed in Bembo and Romulus types on Fabriano Ingres paper, this is one of “half this edition” bound in cloth, all signed by the author and artist. $50. 6. [Abattoir Editions & The Cummington Press]: Schwerner, Armand: BACCHAE SONNETS. Omaha: Abattoir Editions & The Cummington Press, 1974. Oblong quarto. Cloth, paper label. Label somewhat foxed, a bit tanned at edges, but very good or better in foxed plain tissue wrapper. First edition. Illustrated by James W. Mall. One of four hundred and thirty copies printed on Ragston paper by Harry Duncan and associates. Inscribed by the author: “For Robert & Helen with love, Armand 9/74.” $100. 7. [Albertus Magnus Press]: [Everson, William]: THE CROOKED LINES OF GOD POEMS 1949-1954. By Brother Antoninus. [Detroit]: Contemporary Poetry Series/University of Detroit Press, 1959. Oblong quarto. Cloth and decorated boards. Slight darkening at edges of boards, otherwise about fine in lightly edgeworn dust jacket. Bookplate of Tyrus G. Harmsen. First edition. One of one thousand copies printed by Everson at the Albertus Magnus Press, St. Albert’s College, Oakland, Ca. BARTLETT & CAMPO A16. $200. 8. [Albondocani Press]: Levertov, Denise: IN THE NIGHT A STORY. New York: Albondocani Press, 1968. Small quarto. Sewn marbled wrappers over stiff wrappers, paper label. One of one hundred and fifty numbered copies, signed by the author, published as the first Albondocani publication. Marbled wrappers a trace rubbed at folds, as usual, else fine. $75. 9. [Albondocani Press]: Moore, Marianne: THE ACCENTED SYLLABLE. New York: Albondocani Press, 1969. Decorated wrappers. First edition in book form. One of 300 numbered copies. Fine, with prospectus laid in. $55. 10. [Albondocani Press]: Oates, Joyce Carol: WOODED FORMS [wrapper title]. [New York]: Albondocani Press, [1972]. Pictorial tan wrappers (design by Robert Dunn). First separate edition. One of three hundred copies, this being the variant without the press/ Ampersand imprint. Fine. $45. 11. [Albondocani Press]: Welty, Eudora: A PAGEANT OF BIRDS. New York: Albondocani Press, 1974. Small octavo. Pictorial wrapper over stiff wrappers, paper label. Photographs by the author. Fine. First edition in book form. One of three hundred numbered copies (of 326), all signed by the author. This copy also bears the author’s signed inscription. POLK A20:1. $500. 12. [Albondocani Press]: Updike, John: QUERY. [New York: Albondocani/Ampersand, 1974]. Decorated wrappers. First edition, first state of the wrappers, with the illustration upside down. One of 400 copies, of which this is one of 230 without the publisher’s imprint, for the use of the author and artist. Fine. $75. 13. [Albondocani Press]: Price, Reynolds: THE ANNUAL HERON. New York: Albondocani Press, 1980. Decorated wrappers, printed label. First edition. One of 300 numbered copies, signed by the author. This copy bears his additional 1981 signed inscription. Prospectus laid in. Fine. $100. 14. [Alcestis Press]: Maas, Willard: FIRE TESTAMENT. New York: The Alcestis Press, 1935. Large octavo. Printed wrappers over stiff wrapper. First edition of the poet’s first book. One of 135 numbered copies, signed by the author, from a total edition of 165. Spine slightly cocked, else a nice copy in chipped glassine. $150. 15. [Alcestis Press]: Bishop, John Peale: MINUTE PARTICULARS. New York: The Alcestis Press, 1935. Printed wrappers over stiff wrappers. First edition. One of 135 numbered copies (of 165), signed by the author. The lower edge of the tissue wrapper is slightly soiled, resulting in two minuscule spots of offset on the endsheets, otherwise fine. $100. 16. [Alcuin Press]: Ashbee, C. R.: KINGFISHER OUT OF EGYPT A DIALOGUE IN AN ENGLISH GARDEN. London: Humphrey Milford Oxford Univ. Press, 1934. Large octavo. Gilt parchment and boards. Collotype plates. First edition. One of 750 numbered copies printed at the Alcuin Press. Neat bookplate, light rubbing; a very good copy. $65. 17. [Alcuin Society]: Ibbett, Vera: FLOWERS IN HERALDRY. Vancouver: The Alcuin Society, 1977. Folio (350 x 265 mm). Loose signatures, laid into three-piece leather and cloth folder, the whole enclosed in folding cloth clamshell box. Illustrations in color. Prospectus laid in. Other than a few stray marks to the clamshell box, fine. First edition, limited issue. Copy A-3 of 100 specials in the A sequence, numbered and signed by the calligrapher / artist. The entire edition consisted of 2300 copies. A faithful rendering of Ibbett’s original calligraphy and drawings of plant specimens collected on the North Downs. $225. 18. [Allen Press]: Stewart, George R. [ed]: THE DIARY OF PATRICK BREEN RECOUNTING THE ORDEAL OF THE DONNER PARTY SNOWBOUND IN THE SIERRA 1846-47. San Francisco: The Book Club of California, 1946. Decorated boards. Facsimiles. Decorations by Mallette Dean. One of 300 copies printed by hand at the Allen Press. Minor darkening at extreme edges, otherwise about fine, with prospectus on endsheet (slightly offset). Small ownership label on rear pastedown. $225. 19. [Allen Press]: Stendhal: THE PRIVATE JOURNALS OF STENDHAL 1811 - 1817. Kentfield, CA: The L-D Allen Press, 1954. Large octavo. Decorated cloth. Trace of fading to the red dye used in the cloth decorations, else a fine copy. One of 175 copies printed in Romanée type on Crown & Sceptre handmade paper. Wood engravings by Mallette Dean. Translated and edited by Francis Carmody. Although the fifteenth production by the Allens (either under their own imprint or for others), this is only the fourth book by them to be entirely produced by hand, utilizing only handmade materials. ALLEN PRESS BIBLIOGRAPHY 15. $300. 20. [Allen Press]: Robbe-Grillet, Alain: JEALOUSY RHYTHMIC THEMES BY.... [Kentfield, CA: The Allen