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réf. 021898Easthampton MA: Cheloniidae Press 1982. First Edition. hardcover. Fine in a Very Good clamshell box with some wear and staining to the backstrip. A luxuriously delightful book. Alan James Robinson. Folio 9-3/4" x 13-1/2" bound in quarter leather by Gray Parrot in custom morocco-backed cloth clamshell box. The text of this wonderful ABC book was compiled by Laurie Block. The illustrations consist of 26 wood engravings and 26 smaller linecuts by Alan James Robinson printed from original blocks cut by the artist. Hand calligraphy is provided by Betse Curtis. This is copy #32 of 50 copies of a total edition of 306 printed by Harold Patrick McGrath and SIGNED by Robinson. This edition has an extra portfolio containing a suite of the 26 engravings each SIGNED and numbered by Robinson. Prospectus laid in. Cheloniidae Press hardcover
1990réf. 015716Easthampton MA: Cheloniidae Press 1990. First Edition. hardcover. Fine in a clamshell box a beautiful book. Alan James Robinson. Folio 10-3/8" x 15-7/8" the exact untrimmed size of the First Folio of 1623 bound by Claudia Cohen and Sarah Creighton in full gilt-lettered rust morocco with marbled endsheets by Faith Harrison in a custom cloth clamshell box with a gilt-lettered large morocco spine label. Designed by illustrator Alan James Robinson and Arthur Kinney who wrote the text. Illustrated with 54 wood engravings depicting the birds and beasts and one wood engraving as well as an etching of Shakespeare. This is copy #I of 5 special proof copies of a total edition of only 131 printed by Harold Patrick McGrath on Cheloniidae rag made specially for the Press the first paper to carry a Cheloniidae watermark and SIGNED by the illustrator on the colophon page. With an extra suite of the engravings and etching each SIGNED and numbered by Robinson plus another suite issued only with the limitation of 5 containing two working proofs of each wood engraving and three state proofs of the etching all SIGNED by Robinson. In addition there are two ORIGINAL PENCIL DRAWINGS--one of a wolf the other a lion--INSCRIBED and SIGNED by the artist to the original owner. Prospectus laid in. The rarest state of the greatest achievement of the press. Cheloniidae Press hardcover
1983réf. 33560Williamsburg Massachusetts: Cheloniidae Press 1983. Deluxe Edition No. 30 of 90 copies printed on Fabriano Perusia. Etched portrait frontispiece and 8 wood engravings on 7 sheets by Alan James Robinson. 1 vols. 4to. Bound in quarter vellum with an extra suite of the wood engravings and the etching laid in a linen chemise the book and extra suite in a quarter vellum tray case. Robinson Alan James. Deluxe Edition No. 30 of 90 copies printed on Fabriano Perusia. Etched portrait frontispiece and 8 wood engravings on 7 sheets by Alan James Robinson. 1 vols. 4to. Cheloniidae Press unknown
