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Price: US$25.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: One folded sheet, [4] pp., illus. Reproduces "Lui et elle" and two wood engravings by Alan James Robinson. Very good.
Seller: Wittenborn Art Books, San Francisco, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$350.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Lawrence's TORTOISE poems were first published as a group in New York in 1921, then included in the First English edition of BIRDS, BEASTS AND FLOWERS in 1923. This lovely Cheloniidae Press edition, edged in vellum over handmade paper-covered boards, is illustrated with eight wood engravings by Alan James Robinson. Number 71 of 200 copies SIGNED by the artist on the colophon page, it is in virtually mint condition. First Thus /?The Regular Edition?(Limited to 200 numbered copies). 8vo ( 64 pages, illustrated with 8 wood engravings by Alan James Robinson)
Seller: CHARTWELL BOOKSELLERS, NEW YORK, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$500.00 + shipping
Description: A collection of six poems written by Lawrence in 1920. The introduction was written by Jefferson Hunter, Associate Professor of English at Smith College in Northampton, Massachusetts. Octavo. Unpaginated. With seven woodcut plates of tortoises by Alan James Robinson, who also designed the book. Also with two blind embossed designs of tortoises (one on the colophon and one on the terminal blank). Centaur and Arrighi typefaces cast by Michael Bixler and set by Winifred Bixler. Additional hand composition by Arthur Larson at Hampshire Typothetae. Printed at the Typothetae by H. Patrick McGrath on hot-pressed Wookey Hole paper (T. Edmonds Creme laid.) Hand-bound in quarter vellum over light brown paper boards at the Gray Parrot bindery. Spine titled in gilt. A fine copy. One of two hundred copies on T. Edmonds paper (out of a total edition of three hundred, including ten special copies bound in full vellum). Signed by Alan James Robinson on the colophon. Cheloniidae Press was founded in 1979 by Alan James Robinson and Joel Ginsburg. The original name of the outfit was ABCedary Press, and it was eventually renamed to the Press of the Sea Turtle after a lengthy run under the name Cheloniidae. The press garnered a reputation for maritime-themed books, though some of its best-known productions are An Odd Bestiary (1982), which compiles five hundred years of travelogue descriptions of creatures (some real and some imagined), and a beautiful, richly illustrated printing of PoeÕs The Raven. Along with their collaborations with Claudia Cohen and Suzanne Moore, Cheloniidae Press also worked with preeminent book artists and printmakers like Leonard Baskin, Barry Moser, and Clare Leighton.
Seller: Michael R. Thompson Books, A.B.A.A., Los Angeles, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$550.00 + shipping
Description: One of 200 numbered copies specially bound and signed by the artist, this one being copy no.98. Quarto (28.5cm); sandy brown paper-covered boards and vellum backstrip, with titles stamped in gilt on spine; [64]pp; illus. A Fine copy. Fine press publication of Lawrence's 1921 collection of poems, written after the conclusion of World War I and the publication of The Rainbow and Women in Love. Masterfully illustrated with seven wood engravings of tortoises by Alan James Robinson, and an introduction by Jefferson Hunter.
Seller: Captain Ahab's Rare Books, ABAA, Stephenson, VA, U.S.A.
Price: US$650.00 + shipping
Description: Quarto; binding in quarter vellum with a an etching of D. H. Lawrence by Alan Robinson as the frontispiece; with an extra suite of seven wood engravings, and the etching, numbered and signed, and laid in a linen-covered chemise which with the book housed in a quarter vellum tray case; limited to 90 copies, of which this is #15; the case has some faint and scattered foxing.~~The prospectus for the book (with a horizontal crease) is laid in as well.~~. Near Fine binding.
Seller: BLACK SWAN BOOKS, INC., ABAA, ILAB, Richmond, VA, U.S.A.
Price: US$750.00 + shipping
Description: Robinson, Alan James. Deluxe Edition, No. 30 of 90 copies, printed on Fabriano Perusia. Etched portrait frontispiece and 8 wood engravings on 7 sheets by Alan James Robinson. 1 vols. 4to. Bound in quarter vellum, with an extra suite of the wood engravings and the etching laid in a linen chemise, the book and extra suite in a quarter vellum tray case Etched portrait frontispiece and 8 wood engravings on 7 sheets by Alan James Robinson. 1 vols. 4to Deluxe Edition, No. 30 of 90 copies, printed on Fabriano Perusia.
Seller: James Cummins Bookseller, ABAA, New York, NY, U.S.A.
D.H. Lawrence. Tortoises.. Cheloniidae Press, Williamsburg., 1983.
Price: US$850.00 + shipping
Condition: As New
Description: Six poems by D. H. Lawrence, illustrated with wood engravings by Alan James Robinson, with an introduction by Jefferson Hunter. Unpagenated, etched portrait frontispiece and 7 wood engravings, quarto (4to), hardcover 1/4 vellum over bds. with an extra set of the 8 prints in a linen folder, loose as issued, in 1/4 vellum clam shell box, part of deluxe edition of 10 AP copies numbered "Artist Proof 10.", all prints signed by Robinson as well as the colophon. Very good condition, clean and solid. Inventory #21740-1, this item needs special handling in shipping. From colophon: "Tortoises was designed by Alan James Robinson and Arthur Larson. The tet was set by Winifred Bixler. Michael Bixler cast the Centaur and Lrrighi monotype. Additional hand composition was done by Arthur Larson at the Hampshire Typothetae, Three hundred copies were printed at the Typothetae by H. Patrick McGrath in the spring of 1983: two hundred on an obsolete, hotpressed Wookey Hole paper - T. Edmonds Creme laid; one hundred on Fabiano Perusia. All the books were hand-bound at the bindery of Gary Parrot. Ten copies were bound in full vellum, with the rest of the edition bound quarter-vellum. The introduction was written by Jefferson Hunter, Associate Proffessor of English at Smith College. the wood engravings were cut by Alan James Robinson at the Cheloniidae Press, Williamsburg, Massachusetts. . ."
Seller: The Old Print Shop, Inc., New York, NY, U.S.A.
Lawrence, D.H.. TORTOISES. SIX POEMS BY D. H. LAWRENCE. Cheloniidae Press, Williamsburg, MA, 1983.
Price: US$1000.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: No. 63 of 90 copies signed by Alan Robinson (total edition of 300). Quarto. Unpaged. Illustrated with wood engravings by Alan James Robinson, portrait frontispiece and seven images of tortoises. Printed on Fabriano Perusia paper at the Hampshire Typothetae Press. Hand-bound at the Gray Parrot Press in quarter vellum over paper-covered boards with gilt spine title. This with an extra suite of the tortoise illustrations each signed in pencil by the artist and an original pencil drawing also signed by Robinson. The extra suite in a linen portfolio. All housed in vellum backed linen solander box. No. 63 of 90 copies signed by Alan Robinson (total edition of 300).
Seller: First Folio A.B.A.A., Paris, TN, U.S.A.
Lawrence, D.H.. Tortoises, Six Poems by D.H. Lawrence. Cheloniidae Press, (Williamsburg), 1983.
Price: US$2750.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: One of only 10 copies, hand-bound in full vellum, illustrated with a portrait frontispiece and seven exquisite woodcuts. The woodcut frontispiece of Lawrence and the text volume signed by the illustrator and publisher, Alan James Robinson. Thin quarto letterpress accompanied by a separate quarter vellum folder containing the complete set of the woodcuts, each an Artist's Proof Number I, as well as 18 additional woodcuts including the state proofs of the frontispiece portrait of Lawrence and working proofs of each of the other woodcuts, each signed by Robinson. There are five light spots to the spine of the text volume, apparently from the glue used in binding; otherwise the set is very fine, with the text volume and plate chemise contained in a quarter vellum clamshell box. A premier copy of one of the most important works of the press.
Seller: The Literary Lion,Ltd., Thousand Oaks, CA, U.S.A.