[Rarebooks] FS: Janus Press' "Circus of Doctor Lao" one of the great fine press productions. 1/150

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(JANUS PRESS) Finney, Charles Grandison. THE CIRCUS OF DOCTOR LAO. With 
Relief Etchings by Claire Van Vliet. (Newark), VT: The Janus Press. 1984. 
Folio. (4),124,(2)pp. Printed in black & brown. Pages 7-18, on triple-foldout 
leaves. Profusely illustrated in color and black & white with a combination of 
etchings and pochoir. Edition limited to 150 numbered copies signed on the 
limitation leaf by Charles G. Finney and Claire Van Vliet. Orig. vellum spine 
with exposed vertical cords. Covers are decorative tan linen colored on the 
etching press. A magnificent production, housed in the publisher's matching 
color linen clamshell case.     $5,000.00 (trade discount allowed)
Considered one of the greatest fine press productions (perhaps along with 
GRANITE & CYPRESS of the Lime Kiln Press) of the second half of the 20th 
century.

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