Fine Press Books & Livres d'Artiste Lots 46-106
46 [ALLEN PRESS]. ALLEN, Harris Stearns. The Trail of Beauty. San Francisco: Allen Press, 1940.
47 [ALLEN PRESS]. POE, Edgar Allen (1809-1849). The Murders in the Rue Morgue. Antibes, France: Allen Press, 1958.
8vo. ORIGINAL WATERCOLOR by William Gaskin tipped in. Original mustard cloth-backed decorative paper covered boards, printed paper label on spine, uncut.
8vo. Title printed in red, blue and black; illustrated (one or two tiny spots to a few leaves). Original black, red and tan paper-covered boards, upper cover lettered in black, uncut (very slight rubbing to bottom of lower corners); glassine.
LIMITED EDITION, number 61 of 100 copies SIGNED BY HARRIS STEARNS ALLEN. THE ALLEN PRESS’S FIRST BOOK: “It was especially suitable that for our first book we should select a text by my father, the catalyst of our printing ambitions” (Allen Press 1). Property from the Collection of Jack Belcher
LIMITED EDITION, one of 150 unnumbered copies. Allen Press 22. Property from the Collection of Jack Belcher $300 - 400
$500 - 600
48 [ALLEN PRESS]. BYRON, George Gordon Noel, Lord (1788-1824). Beppo, a Venetian story. Kentfield, CA: The Allen Press, 1963.
49 [ALLEN PRESS]. Dialogues of Creatures Moralised. Preface by Joseph Haslewood. Kentfield: Allen Press, 1967.
Oblong folio. 35 illustrations reproduced from copperplate engravings from 18th-century Venetian books from Philip Hofer’s collection. Text and plates loose as issued in original tan cloth-backed Fortuny print cloth boards (some very slight wrinkling to cloth backing on upper board); original cloth portfolio (minor stain on top edge).
Folio. Title printed in red and black; 122 illustrations, decorations printed in blue, red and green. Original decorated tan cloth, spine lettered in orange, uncut; matching slipcase.
LIMITED EDITION, one of 150 unnumbered copies. Property from the Collection of Jack Belcher $300 - 400
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FINE BOOKS & MANUSCRIPTS, INCLUDING AMERICANA
LIMITED EDITION, one of 130 unnumbered copies, with illustrations after the woodcuts of the 1480 first edition. Allen Press 31. Property from the Collection of Jack Belcher $300 - 400
