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Some highlights from this catalogue worth noting:-
Susan Allix: Featuring a few out of print items including Daphnis & Chloe (#2), Poems of Wyatt and Petrarch (#4), and Gray’s Elegy (#7).

Artists’ Books: John Eric Broaddus (#15-#17): Rosamund Casey (#19-#24): Elm Press (#36-#39); Mary Heebner (#41-#44); High Tide Press (#45-#48); Nora Lee McGillivray (#57); sailorBOYpress (#65-70): Laura Wait (#83).

Designer Bookbindings: The monumental two-volume set of the Bremer Press’s Iliad & Odyssey bound by Louise Genest (#88); a scarce Grolier item printed on vellum and bound by Frank Mowery (#92); two bibles beautifully bound by Philip Smith (#95 & #96).

Fine Printing & Private Press: A stunning five-volume set in absolutely fine condition of the Doves Bible (#111); a fine copy of Eric Gill’s Troilus & Criseyde (#125), and the crown jewel in this catalogue - Ian Mortimer’s immaculate and quite marvelous production - with a magnificent portfolio of vellum printing - Ornamented Types (#133).

With an essay about Susan Allix -- Three Decades of Creative Achievement