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| 1 |  | Acker, Susan A Potpourri [Splendid Press, Miniature Books] [full description] Mill Valley, CA, Splendid Press & Paper Works, 1979 hardcover. Fine. Limited edition of 230 copies; Signed by Carol S. Cunningham; This is an illustrated fine press miniature book with information and recipes for making potpourri. Printed from handset types on Strathmore Envoy paper. Color and black and white illustrations with decorations from linocuts and line-drawings. It is a follow-on work fro ... [cont'd] CL# 772. Price: $ 195.00 
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| 2 | Farlow, William Gibson Icones Farlowianae, Illustrations of the Larger Fungi of Eastern North America [Updike, Merrymount Press] [full description] Cambridge, Mass, The Farlow Library and Herbarium of Harvard University, 1929 First Edition, hardcover. Fine/no DJ as issued. Limited edition of 500 copies; An important work by the eminent professor after whom the Farlow Library at the University of Harvard is named. The first extensive collection of colored plates of American agarics (mushrooms) to be conceived, executed, and published in this country (1929). Among the a ... [cont'd] CL# 601. Price: $ 1,495.00 (extra postage required)
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| 3 | | Weiss, Dianne A Potpourri [Splendid Press] [full description] Mill Valley, CA, Splendid Press & Paper Works, 1974 First Edition, wraps. Very Good/no DJ as issued. Limited edition of 125 copies; Signed by Carol S. Cunningham; This is an illustrated fine press book with information and recipes for making potpourri. It is hand set in Centaur, using Post Titling as the display face and with an embossed blind stamp on title page. The herbs and flowers are illustrated using lino blocks and the c ... [cont'd] CL# 771. Price: $ 195.00
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