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1983248133Easthampton: Cheloniidae Press 1983. Collection of 3 mock-up books in varying stages. Includes 41 pen and pencil drawings by Alan James Robinson and binder's dummy signed David Bourbeau. 1 vols. Folio. One mock-up in quarter red morocco over linen cloth bound by Gray Parrot gilt lettering on spine. Binder's dummy of full red morocco blind-stamped and hand tooled by David Bourbeau. Unbound leaves contained in chemises. All in cloth clamshell box with inset paper label on spine with calligraphic title by Susanne Moore. Fine with some minor discoloration to clamshell box. Robinson Alan James. Collection of 3 mock-up books in varying stages. Includes 41 pen and pencil drawings by Alan James Robinson and binder's dummy signed David Bourbeau. 1 vols. Folio. MOCK-UP 41 DRAWINGS BINDER'S DUMMY. Dummy is inscribed and signed by late David Bourbeau: "for Cheloniidae Press in appreciation for the tremendous boost you've given my career by giving me such great work to do David 11.26.82" and "this dummy was made without the benefit of seeing the finished layout or prints from the finished book. Thistle Bindery Easthampton. MA. 1982 DPB." With his notes at the back "Thistle Bindery 2-17-82.the tube on this dummy is made of 'Gehenna Shakespeare ' paper which appears a bit heavy-go to a lighter weight hand-made."<br/><br/>WITH the typescript annotated etc.<br/><br/>Bound mock-up contains title "The Odd Bestiary."<br/><br/><br/><br/>This collection provides unprecedented insight into the evolution of one of the most successful books of the Cheloniidae Press. Cheloniidae Press unknown books
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. <br/><br/> Cheloniidae Press hardcover
248133Easthampton: Cheloniidae Press 1983. Collection of 3 mock-up books in varying stages. Includes 41 pen and pencil drawings by Alan James Robinson and binder's dummy signed David Bourbeau. 1 vols. Folio. One mock-up in quarter red morocco over linen cloth bound by Gray Parrot gilt lettering on spine. Binder's dummy of full red morocco blind-stamped and hand tooled by David Bourbeau. Unbound leaves contained in chemises. All in cloth clamshell box with inset paper label on spine with calligraphic title by Susanne Moore. Fine with some minor discoloration to clamshell box. Robinson Alan James. Collection of 3 mock-up books in varying stages. Includes 41 pen and pencil drawings by Alan James Robinson and binder's dummy signed David Bourbeau. 1 vols. Folio. Dummy is inscribed and signed by late David Bourbeau: "for Cheloniidae Press in appreciation for the tremendous boost you've given my career by giving me such great work to do David 11.26.82" and "this dummy was made without the benefit of seeing the finished layout or prints from the finished book. Thistle Bindery Easthampton. MA. 1982 DPB." With his notes at the back "Thistle Bindery 2-17-82.the tube on this dummy is made of 'Gehenna Shakespeare ' paper which appears a bit heavy-go to a lighter weight hand-made."<br /> <br /> WITH the typescript annotated etc.<br /> <br /> Bound mock-up contains title "The Odd Bestiary."<br /> <br /> This collection provides unprecedented insight into the evolution of one of the most successful books of the Cheloniidae Press. Cheloniidae Press unknown
19821903n.p. Williamsburg MA: Cheloniidae Press 1982. First edition one of 200 regular copies of a total edition of 300 100 deluxe. Original publisher's quarter red morocco over buff linen cloth boards spine lettered in gilt bound by Gray Parrot. Slight foxing to cloth boards else fine. Original prospectus laid in. <br /> <br /> 26 wood engravings and 26 illustrated initials by Alan James Robinson with text compiled and annotated by Laurie Block. An exquisite collection of wood engravings illustrating textual extracts regarding real and mythical animals which are "for the most part the earliest first-hand accounts in English of the animals pictured. although there have been many bestiaries throughout the centuries some of them strikingly beautiful this edition breaks from tradition in its text calligraphy and its style of illustration" from the prospectus. Cheloniidae Press unknown
25652Easthampton MA: Cheloniidae Press 1982. Hardcover. Fine. Hardcover. UNIQUE COPY WITH A SET OF THE 26 ORIGINAL PENCIL DRAWINGS BY ALAN JAMES ROBINSON. There were 300 copies of this book published; 200 were regular copies 50 were deluxe copies with quarter leather binding and 50 others bound in full leather. The deluxe editions were issued with a set of proofs of the wood engravings and a set of proofs of the line-cut initials with a large calligraphic manuscript initial beneath each image. The wood engraving proofs are lettered and signed by Robinson and the line-cut proofs are signed both by Robinson and the calligrapher Elizabeth Curtis. This copy shows some variation from the copies described in the prospectus. The colophon has been signed and numbered VI of L and internally seems to be a straightforward copy of the deluxe full leather edition. The binding varies somewhat from that pictured in the prospectus but uses many of the same elements. Also the chemise is thicker that the regular chemise because it contains the 26 pencil drawings. This may have been a special copy prepared by Robinson for a particular subscriber/collector. This wonderful abecedary illustrates each letter of the alphabet with a masterful wood engraving by Robinson. Each animal is described at the bottom of its page in texts chosen primarily from the earliest first-hand accounts of the animal depicted. The descriptions are printed in red. The printed source of each text is identified and at the end of the book there is a detailed and useful bibliography of these sources. A page with a small different illustration of the animal precedes each animal's page with the calligraphic letter written in red by Curtis. The animals depicted are often wondrous and strange and some such as the basilisk may never have actually existed. This is a two volume folio including a chemise containing an additional suite of illustrations and the group of original pencil drawings. The bound volume is in full red morocco done by David Bourbeau of the Thistle Bindery. The covers have a large central slightly sunken panel with the title in red and black and with a Sea Turtle device blocked in blind Cheloniidae is the name for a species of sea turtles. The proofs contained in the chemise are unbound as issued within the original red morocco-backed linen cloth covered boards. Both volumes are housed in a red morocco-backed cloth covered box with the spine lettered and dated in gilt and a small Sea Turtle device in blind. "The blocks were cut by the artist at the Cheloniidae Press & printed by Harold P. McGrath in the summer of 1982. Mackenzie-Harris set the types in monotype with some hand-setting by Arthur Larson. The text was compiled and annotated by Laurie Block. The hand calligraphy is by Betsy Curtis. The paper is Rives lightweight" from the colophon. The 8-page prospectus is laid in. A remarkable production from this press. In fine condition. PRI/020112. Cheloniidae Press hardcover
19823598Easthampton MA: Cheloniidae Press 1982. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Fine. Deluxe edition copy #46 of only 50 issued with an extra portfolio containing a suite of the 26 engravings each SIGNED and numbered by Robinson plus a suite of the 26 smaller linecut illustrations each with hand calligraphy by Curtis and SIGNED by Robinson and Curtis all contained in a morocco-backed sleeve that matches the clamshell box. The alphabet book compiled by Laurie Block is equally wonderful. Fine. <br/><br/> Cheloniidae Press hardcover
021897Easthampton MA: Cheloniidae Press 1986. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine in clamshell box. Octavo 5-1/2" x 8-1/2" bound by Gray Parrot in quarter vellum and marbled paper laid in a custom cloth clamshell box. The text was culled from ANIMATE CREATION by Rev. J. G. Wood 1885. The illustrations consist of 26 wood engravings by Alan James Robinson with the names of the birds hand-lettered by Suzanne Moore. Copy #11 of 50 the Deluxe Edition of a total edition of 231 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. <br/><br/> Cheloniidae Press hardcover
