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Price: US$90.94 + shipping
Description: lg. in-8vo, 36 ll. (72 p.) + 3 white, with the origial 2 ll. pre-publication prospectus, one of 350 printed copies only, Ex-Lris John E.-Ward & hw. dedication dated 1964 on first fly by Harry J. Owens the author, orig. h.-cloth Please notify before visiting to see a book. Prices are excl. VAT/TVA (only Switzerland) & postage.
Seller: Harteveld Rare Books Ltd., Fribourg, Switzerland
Price: US$100.00 + shipping
Description: Prospectus laid in. Boards rubbed with some wear and stain front panel, spine dull, very good Beige cloth over paste paper boards
Seller: THE HERMITAGE BOOKSHOP, Denver, CO, U.S.A.
Price: US$125.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Ex libris. Limited edition of 350 copies made for the Caxton Club by the Hammer Press. Handmade untrimmed paper. Gilt top edge. Woodcuts by Fritz Kredel. Lay out by Victor Hammer. Press work by Jacob Hammer. Slight darkening to spine, mild rubbing to boards. Binding is tight. Book plate on inside of front cover. Pages are clean.
Seller: Moe's Books, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.
Owens, Harry. Doctor Faust, A Play Based on the German Puppet Versions. Caxton Club, Chicago, 1953.
Price: US$150.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: HARRY J. OWENS. Doctor Faust, A Play Based on the German Puppet Versions, Chicago: Caxton Club, 1953.Quarto, edition of 350, foliated, printed boards quarter-bound in beige cloth with gilt lettering to spine, top edge gilt, other edges untrimmed, Fritz Kredel illustration, Victor Hammer design, collector's library ticket on rear paste-down. A relic of the 20th-century private-press effusion.Condition of this book:Covers worn at edges and tips, minor dampstain to preliminary leaves, rear endpages foxed a bit. Special Limited Edition, first issue in this format. Size: Octavo (standard book size). Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. All edges clean, neat and free of foxing. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Art & Design; United States; 1950s; Theatre & Plays. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 55418.
Seller: Rarities etc., Warwick, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$150.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Quarter beige cloth gilt with blue paste-paper covered boards gilt, large 8vo., (72) pages, illustrated with woodcuts by Fritz Kredel. One of 350 copies designed by Victor Hammer, printed by Jacob Hammer in red and black from Jessen and Civilite type on thick Apta paper, and bound by Elizabeth Kner. This copy is presented to James L. Cate, and signed by 39 members of the Caxton Club on the FFEP. Among those signing are H. Richard Archer, James M. Wells, James Hayes and Gaylord Donelley. Trace of wear to the lower tips, else a fine copy in archival mylar.
Seller: Entropy Books, Ferndale, MI, U.S.A.
Owens, Harry J. Doctor Faust: A play based upon old German puppet versions. Caxton Club, 1953.
Price: US$150.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 1953 Caxton limited edition (350) clean tight and unmarked in decorated boards. E56 Please email for photos. Larger books or sets may require additional shipping charges. Books sent via US Postal
Seller: Griffin Books, Stamford, CT, U.S.A.
OWENS, Harry J. Doctor Faust. Chicago Caxton Club, 1953.
Price: US$160.35 + shipping
Description: Limited Edition of 350. 16.2 x 26 cm cream linen backed blue paper covered boards with a pitchfork vignette to the front and titles to the spine. Top edge gilt other edges uncut. Unpaginated with text in black and red and illustrated with woodcuts by Fritz Kredel. There is some toning to the spine and a little rubbing to the edges and boards most evidently at the corners. Internally, without name, inscription or bookplate and just the occasional spotting, mainly to the prelims and uncut edges. All in all a very good plus copy with some lovely woodcut illustrations. Rainford & Parris Books welcomes enquiries, so please do not hesitate to ask if you require further images or have any questions. All books are packaged with great care.
Seller: Rainford & Parris Books - PBFA, Bishop's Stortford, United Kingdom
Price: US$175.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 350 copies printed in red and black ink by Victor and Jacob Hammer on slightly foxed hand made paper; many woodcut illustrations by Fritz Kredel; covers lightly rubbed on margins.
Seller: Charles Bartman, Bookseller, ABAA, ILAB, Louisville, KY, U.S.A.
Owens, Harry. DOCTOR FAUST. The Caxton Club, (Chicago, IL, 1953.
Price: US$180.00 + shipping
Description: large 8vo. quarter cloth with decorated pastepaper-covered boards, top edge gilt, fore and bottom edges deckled. (72) pages. Printed by Jacob Hammer in an edition limited to 350 copies for the Caxton Club. (Hammer Press no.23; Piehl XLIX). Printed in Koch's Jensen with the title page in Civilite. Illustrated throughout with twenty woodcuts by Fritz Kredel. This edition of the text is based on old German puppet versions of the Faust legend. Handset print on French Auvergne paper. Minor shelfwear to boards. Occasional foxing throughout. Very light tanning to edges of pages throughout. quarter cloth with decorated pastepaper-covered boards, top edge gilt, fore and bottom edges deckled
Seller: Oak Knoll Books, ABAA, ILAB, NEW CASTLE, DE, U.S.A.
Price: US$225.00 + shipping
Description: Blue paper over boards; Grey cloth at spine; Approx. 70 pp.; 20 bw illustrations. Text in English; A wonderfully illustrated edition of the German legend of Dr. Faust; Woodcuts by German-born artist Fritz Kredel; One of 350 copies in this edition. VG (Some minor wear to extremities)
Seller: Mullen Books, ABAA, Marietta, PA, U.S.A.
Owens, Harry F. Doctor Faust: a Play-Based Upon Old German Puppet Versions. Caxton Club, 1953.
Price: US$595.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: LIMITED EDITION of 350 copies. Lay out by Victor Hammer, press work by Jacob Hammer and binding by Elizabeth Kner. Woodcuts by Fritz Kredel, on handmade untrimmed paper. A real find of this scarce volume. Near Fine hardcover.
Seller: Karl Books, Alpharetta, GA, U.S.A.