[Rarebooks] FS: 3 Fleurons

[Nina W. Matheson]

We are pleased to offer for consideration the following from our new 
Catalog #11 wich can be browsed on our website.

66646.   The Fleuron, a journal of typography, no. 5. Edited by Stanley 
Morison.   Cambridge, The University Press, Garden City, New York, 
Doubleday Page & Co., 1926. Original yellow cloth. Chipped at the head and 
foot of the backstrip, covers lightly soiled, otherwise very good. 
Contributions by Julius Rodenberg, Paul Istel, H. V. Marrot, Stanley 
Morison, and Beatrice Warde (as "Paul Beaujon"). Illustrated (including 
insets and plates mounted in the text). 205 pp. Printed by Walter Lewis at 
the University Press, Cambridge. One of 1250 copies on Antique Laid.   $150.00

66647.   The Fleuron, a journal of typography, no. VI. Edited by Stanley 
Morison.   Cambridge, The University Press, New York, Doubleday Doran & 
Co., 192 8. Original green cloth decorated in gold and black. Inscribed on 
the second front endpaper: "W Howard Hazell / from / Stanley Morison / June 
1928" (the inscription is not in Morison's hand). Lower front corner 
lightly bumped, lower rear corner slightl y rubbed, otherwise a brilliant, 
fine copy, in soiled dust jacket missing small pieces and with several 
closed tears. Contributions by Albert Windisch, A. F. Johnson, Beatrice 
Warde (as "Paul Beaujon"), Luc Benoist, etc. Illustrated (including tipped- 
in plates, folded plates, insets, etc.). 251 pp. Printed by Walter Lewis at 
the University Press, Cambridge. Binding and endpapers designed by Lucian 
Barnhard. One of the edition of 160 copies on Batchelor Kelmscott paper 
(this copy in place of a number i s signed "Presentation" in ink).   $450.00

66648.   The Fleuron, a journal of typography, no. VII. Edited by Stanley 
Morison.   Cambridge, The University Press, Garden City, N.Y., Doubleday 
Doran & Co., 1930. Original blue cloth let tered in gold. Book label of 
bookdealer Philip C. Duschnes on the rear pastedown. Front joint very 
lightly rubbed, corners bumped and lightly rubbed, backstrip faded, 
otherwise solid, very good. Contributions by J. Van Krimpen, Beatrice Warde 
(as "Paul Beaujon"), Stanley Morison, Rudolf Koch, A.J.A. Symons, Fredrich 
Ewald, D. B. Updike, etc. Illustrated (some of the illustrations are only 
in this edition de luxe). [253] pp. Printed by Walter Lewis at the 
University Press, Cambridge. One of 210 numbe red copies on English hand 
made wove, signed by Stanley Morison.   $450.00

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