[BIBLIOGRAPHY] -- [BIBLIOPHILIC SOCIETIES]. A group of 6 works published by the Caxton Club or the Grolier Club, all in original bindings or wrappers, ALL FIRST EDITIONS.
Sale 1022 - Fine Printed Books & Manuscripts, Including Americana
May 4, 2022
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[BIBLIOPHILIC SOCIETIES]. A group of 6 works published by the Caxton Club or the Grolier Club, including:
A Decree of Star Chamber Concerning Printing. Made July 11, 1637. NY, 1884. Publisher’s original vellum wrappers gilt, uncut. Provenance: Robert Woods Bliss (1875-1962) and Mildred Barnes Bliss (1879-1969), co-founders of the Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection in Washington, D.C. (bookplates). LIMITED EDITION, number 78 of 150 copies. -- JOUTEL, Henri. Journal of La Salle's Last Voyage. Chicago, 1896. LIMITED EDITION, one of 203. -- STEVENSON, Robert Louis. A Lodging for the Night. 1923. LIMITED EDITION, one of 300 copies. -- CHAPIN, Howard M., introduction. Gazette Francoise: A Facsimile Reprint of a Newspaper Printed at Newport on the Printing Press of the French Fleet. NY, 1926. LIMITED EDITION, one of 300 copies. -- And 2 others. Together, 6 works in 6 volumes, various 4to and 8vo sizes, all in original bindings or wrappers, ALL FIRST EDITIONS, condition generally fine.
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