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1thumbnail of Practical Guide to Light RefreshmentBoltin, Caroll
Practical Guide to Light Refreshment [John DePol]  [details from Private Press web site]
New York, Bowne & Co., Stationers, 1996 First Edition, As New. Limited edition of 200 copies; CL# 559.
Price: $ 150.00 Select your payment method
2thumbnail of Alphabet AlfrescoCunningham, Carol S.
Alphabet Alfresco [Sunflower Press]  [details from Private Press web site]
Mill Valley, CA, Sunflower Press, 1985 First Edition, As New. Limited edition of 85 copies; CL# 569.
Price: $ 125.00 Select your payment method
3thumbnail of Daring VoyagesCunningham, Carol S.
Daring Voyages [Sunflower Press, Catriona Stewart]  [details from Private Press web site]
Mill Valley, CA, Sunflower Press, 1995 First Edition, As New. Limited edition of 30 copies; CL# 563.
Price: $ 195.00 Select your payment method
4thumbnail of ElephantCunningham, Carol S.
Elephant [Sunflower Press]  [details from Private Press web site]
Mill Valley, CA, Sunflower Press, 1990 First Edition, As New. Limited edition of 45 copies; CL# 564.
Price: $ 135.00 Select your payment method
5thumbnail of First Emperor of ChinaCunningham, Carol S.
First Emperor of China [Sunflower Press]  [details from Private Press web site]
Mill Valley, CA, Sunflower Press, 1984 First Edition, As New. Limited edition of 125 copies; CL# 571.
Price: $ 175.00 Select your payment method
6thumbnail of HaniwaCunningham, Carol S.
Haniwa [Sunflower Press]  [details from Private Press web site]
Mill Valley, CA, Sunflower Press, 1988 First Edition, As New. Limited edition of 55 copies; CL# 566.
Price: $ 140.00 Select your payment method
7thumbnail of MasksCunningham, Carol S.
Masks [Sunflower Press, D'Ambrosio, Anita Walden, Miniature Books]  [details from Private Press web site]
Mill Valley, CA, Sunflower Press, 1983 First Edition, Fine. Limited edition of 115 copies; CL# 573.
Price: $ 425.00 (extra postage required) Select your payment method
8thumbnail of MusesCunningham, Carol S.
Muses [Sunflower Press, D'Ambrosio, Fine Bindings]  [details from Private Press web site]
Mill Valley, CA, Sunflower Press, 1994 First Edition, hardcover. As New/no DJ as issued. Limited edition of 60 (of which 1-25 are in this deluxe binding) copies; Binding by Joseph D'Ambrosio; Signed by Carol S. Cunningham;
A handmade book in a fine binding, printed letterpress on Shadowmould paper from all handset Centaur, Arrighi and Mistral types. With 21 letterpressed illustrations, 9 of which are large tipped-in plates.

Limited to an edition of 60, numbered and signed by Carol ... [cont'd] CL# 599.
Price: $ 495.00 (extra postage required) Select your payment method

9thumbnail of The SunCunningham, Carol S.
The Sun [Sunflower Press, Figment Press, Miniature Books]  [details from Private Press web site]
Mill Valley, CA, Sunflower Press, 1997 First Edition, hardcover. Fine/no DJ as issued. Limited edition of 50 copies; Designed by Carol S. Cunningham;
In addition, while quantities last this book comes with a yellow keepsake measuring 7 1/2 (high) x 8 3/8 (width) inches, which was made for a 1973 printers fair by Figment Press and Sunflower Press. This is a heavy reverse-impression print of the sun with the classic poem Chronomoros by Edward FitzGerald letterpressed in red around the image. A collectable in it’s own right, this keepsake is a wonderful pairing with the miniature book..
This is a set of 2 items sold together as a collection: a handmade, illustrated, numbered ABC book from a limited edition of 50, signed by the maker - Carol Cunningham (proprietor of the Sunflower Press, a private press in California). Sold with a letterpress print, sui ... [cont'd] CL# 535.
Price: $ 195.00 Select your payment method
10thumbnail of Specimens of SongDickinson, Emily
Specimens of Song  [details from Private Press web site]
New York, NY, Bowne & Co., Stationers, 2003 First Edition, As New. Limited edition of 115 copies; CL# 558.
Price: $ 200.00 Select your payment method
11thumbnail of Icones FarlowianaeFarlow, 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) Select your payment method
12thumbnail of The Works of Jonathan SwiftSwift, Jonathan
The Works of Jonathan Swift  [full description]
Edinburgh, Archibald Constable and Co., 1814 First thus, 19 vols., hardcover. Very Good/no DJ as issued.
First edition with these additional letters, tracts and poems. The biography and appreciation of Swift in volume I is by Sir Walter Raleigh, who edited the entire collection. v. 1. Memoirs of Jonathan Swift, D. D.--v. 2. Journal to Stella (Letter I-XXXVII)--v. 3. Journa ... [cont'd] CL# 596.
Price: $ 2,400.00 (extra postage required) Select your payment method
13thumbnail of A Panorama of San FranciscoWeiss, Dianne
A Panorama of San Francisco [Sunflower Press, Figment Press, Miniature Books]  [details from Private Press web site]
Mill Valley, CA, Sunflower Press, 2003 First thus, hardcover. Fine/no DJ as issued. Limited edition of 16 copies;
A handmade, miniature accordion pop-up book designed and illustrated in color by Dianne Weiss. Limited to 16 numbered copies. Three layers of hand-cut copies of the detailed illustrations are assembled into different scenes. Hand-bound in blue fabric over boards with b ... [cont'd] CL# 528.
Price: $ 195.00 Select your payment method
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