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Alighieri, Dante. Prospectus for THE STONE BELOVED. Kairos Press), (Austin, TX, 1986.
Price: US$24.00 + shipping
Description: large 4to. broadside, folded once. NOTE: THIS IS FOR THE PROSPECTUS ONLY. A fine copy. Features a beautiful illustration. Bound in the publisher's original quarter vellum and grey paper boards with the title stamped in gilt on the spine in a grey paper slipcase. Translated by Harry Duncan with lithographs by Peter Nickel. One of one hundred and fifty copies printed in Romanee type on Rives BFK paper. Lithographs printed by the artist. Binding by Craig Jensen. Signed by Peter Nickel.
Seller: Oak Knoll Books, ABAA, ILAB, NEW CASTLE, DE, U.S.A.
Dante Alighieri. [SPECIAL PRESS] THE STONE BELOVED. Kairos Press, Austin, 1986.
Price: US$275.00 + shipping
Description: Folio; quarter vellum over grey paper-covered boards, and housed in a matching slipcase; illustrated with 7 full page monochrome lithographs, one of which is the title page which is over two pages incorporating the frontispiece; with glassine sheets at the lithographs; the lithographs were printed by the artist, Peter Nickel. This is Copy Number 49 of 150 copies. Fine binding.
Seller: BLACK SWAN BOOKS, INC., ABAA, ILAB, Richmond, VA, U.S.A.
Alighieri, Dante. The Stone Beloved. Kairos Press, Austin, 1986.
Price: US$325.00 + shipping
Description: Quarter vellum with gray paper sides, embossed in silver on spine, slipcase covered in the same paper. Illustrated with seven full page monochrome lithographs, of which the frontispiece-title page sprawls across two pages, by Peter Nickel. Bound by Craig Jensen. Printed in Romanee type on Rives BFK paper by Bradley Hutchinson, Nancy Ruppert, Elaine Smyth, and Tom Taylor. Number 54 of an edition limited to 150 copies. Fine in fine slipcase with the original glassine sheets. Quarter vellum with grey paper covered boards
Seller: Four Rivers Books, LLC, Boulder, CO, U.S.A.
Price: US$343.75 + shipping
Description: Edition limited to 150 copies (this copy out-of-series); folio, pp. [26]; double-page lithograph frontispiece incorporating the title, 6 full-page lithographs, all by Nickel; original parchment-backed gray paste-paper boards, spine lettered in silver, publisher's slipcase. Fine. From the library of Kim Merker. Bound by Craig Jensen. Printed in Romanee type on Rives BFK paper by Bradley Hutchinson, Nancy Ruppert, Elaine Smyth, and Tom Taylor.
Seller: Rulon-Miller Books (ABAA / ILAB), St. Paul, MN, U.S.A.
Alighieri, Dante. The Stone Beloved. Kairos, Austin, 1986.
Price: US$360.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Bound in the publisher's original quarter vellum and grey paper boards with the title stamped in gilt on the spine in a grey paper slipcase. Translated by Harry Duncan with lithographs by Peter Nickel. One of one hundred and fifty copies printed in Romanee type on Rives BFK paper. Lithographs printed by the artist. Binding by Craig Jensen. Signed by Peter Nickel.
Seller: James & Mary Laurie, Booksellers A.B.A.A, Minneapolis, MN, U.S.A.
Price: US$450.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Folio, size: 10 1/8 in. x 14 ¼ in. Not paginated. Bound in quarter vellum spine and hinges, with grey paper over boards. The title is stamped in silver on the spine. In a grey paper slipcase. With 7 lithographs by Peter Nickel. This is No. 52 of 150 copies. Rough-cut fore-edge. Lithographs protected by tissue-paper guards. Weight is 4.5 lbs. Postage may be extra on this item
Seller: Peter Keisogloff Rare Books, Inc., Brecksville, OH, U.S.A.