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Sir Francis Biondi [and Henry Earle of Monmouth, Trans.]. An History of the Civill VVarres of England, Between the two Houses of Lancaster and Yorke. The originall whereof set down in the life of Richard the second; the proceedings in the lives of Henry the fourth, the fifth and sixth, Edward the fourth and fifth, Richard the third, and Henry the seventh in whose dayes they had a happy period. Written in Italian in three Volumes, by Sir Francis Biondi, Knight, Gentleman of the Privie Chamber to His Majesty of Great Britain. Englished by the Right Honourable Henry Earle of Monmouth, in two volumes. London: John Benson, First edition (pp. translator’s epistle, author’s epistle, royal genealogies, introduction, errata; , ). Small folio (29 cm) in full calf, six raised bands, gilt title and decoration to spine; various embellishments throughout— head and tail pieces and the like. With signature of William Owen, noted bibliophile, dated , and bookplate of the library at Porkington (Welshed as ‘Brogyntyn’) Hall, the seat of the Owen family in the seventeenth century and later. Absent frontispieces of the two volumes and title page of volume II, old binding repairs. Still, an attractive copy of a now scarce book.  $

Grabhorn Press

Dorothy and David Magee. Bibliography of the Grabhorn Press (With a Check-List, ). San Francisco: Grabhorn Press, First edition, copies ‘printed at the Press and completed the last day of April, MCMLVII [by] Edwin & Robert Grabhorn, Jane & Mary Grabhorn, Sherwood Grover’ (pp. xxix, , colophon).  $

Eric Gill wood engravings
Brebeuf, Jean de. The Travels and Sufferings of Father Jean de Brebeuf among the Hurons of Canada as Described by Himself.  London: Golden Cockerel Press, Translated from the French and Latin by Theodore Besterman with wood engravings on title pages by Eric Gill.  $

A Douglas family copy
George M. Douglas.  Lands Forlorn. G. P. Putnam’s Sons (Knickerbocker Press): New York, First edition (xv, , append.). Colour frontis of the author from a painting by Grier and b&w photo illustrations mostly in text, two maps at rear. Large octavo (23 cm), in dark blue cloth, gilt lettering to titles, t.e.g. From the collection and with the signature of Douglas’ cousin, Lewis W. Douglas ( ), Democrat politician under Roosevelt, ambassador to Great Britain, and business executive (‘L. W. Douglas/ New York ’).  $

"Der Zeit Ihre Kunst, Der Kunst Ihre Freiheit"

Joseph Maria Olbrich. Architektur.  Berlin: Ernst Wasmuth, []. First edition, one hundred and fifty plates in two portfolio volumes.     $

Great Lakes Maritime History

Patrick Folkes. Shipwrecks of the Saugeen ( ), a History of Maritime Disasters of Bruce County [Ontario]. Privately published, First edition (pp. 85).   $

Goblins, chiefly Welsh
Wirt Sikes and T. H. Thomas (Illus.). British Goblins: Welsh-Folklore, Fairy Mythology, Legends and Traditions. London: Sampson Low, et al., First edition (pp. , adverts), from ‘Glantawe’- the seat of Sir John Jones Jenkins of Swansea.  $

Fine houses, also chiefly Welsh
Sir Richard Colt Hoar.  A Collection of Forty-Eight Views of Noblemen’s and Gentlemen’s Seats, Towns, Castles, Churches, Monasteries, and Romantic Places in North and South Wales… London: John and Josiah Boydell, []. First edition.  $

Moosehead Journey, Kirk's copy
Lucius L. Hubbard. The Woods and Lakes of Maine. A Trip from Moosehead Lake to New Brunswick in a Birch-Bark Canoe to which are added some Indian Place-Names and their Meanings. Boston: James R. Osgood, Second edition (pp. , appendix), association copy.  Kirk A. W. Wipper’s copy (a founder of the Canadian Canoe Museum whose personal collection of small watercraft formed the nucleus of the Museum’s holdings), with his bookplate. Scarce with map. $

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