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BOWLES, PAUL.
Collected Stories.
Introduction by Gore Vidal. 8vo, original
1
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4
decorative cloth over printed boards, by
Earle Gray, publisher’s acetate wrapper.
FIRST EDITION
,
LIMITED DELUXE ISSUE
,
NUMBER
2
OF
60
SPECIAL COPIES SIGNED
BY BOWLES AND VIDAL
. A fine copy.
Santa Barbara: Black Sparrow
Press, 1979
[400/600]
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BRADBURY, RAY.
Fahrenheit 451.
8vo, red boards lettered in yellow, covers
bright and clean with very minor rubbing to spine tips and corners; dust jacket, spine panel
faded slightly, small nicks at corners, few minor short tears, unclipped; collector’s custom
cloth drop-back box.
FIRST EDITION
. Pringle 749-55.
NewYork: Ballantine, (1953)
[1,200/1,800]
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BRAY, MRS. [ANNA ELIZA].
Life of Thomas Stothard, RA. With Personal
Reminiscences.
Extra-illustrated with 48 plates, including India-Proof portrait with fac-
simile signature below; in-text illustrations. 4to, contemporary full brown morocco blocked
in gilt, spine tooled and lettered in gilt with floral motif, gilt dentelles, top edges gilt, by
Riviere & Son; a few plate margins browned, pencil inscription on first blank.
London: John Murray, 1851
[500/750]
FIRST EDITION
.
With supplemental material including 16 page publisher’s catalogue dated
January 1852, incorporating vignettes to each title; printed wrappers tipped-in at end.Thomas
Stothard was an enormously prolific artist and engraver, executing an estimated 5000 designs
in his lifetime.
