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41. LE CAIN, Errol; COLERIDGE, Samu- el Taylor THE RIME OF THE ANCIENT MARINER Calligra- phy by David How- ells. London, The Arca- dia Press, 1972 [46389] First Le Cain edition. Folio. Number 89 of 110 copies, ten of which were not for sale. Signed by Errol Le Cain, David How- ells, the calligrapher and Philip Rowson, the paper-maker. This is a magnificent pro - duction half bound by Zaehnsdorf in white vellum over “seaweed boards”. Top edge gilt and others un- trimmed. Housed in
the original slipcase. Original advertising leaflet from Arcadia Press, explaining that the publication was timed to coincide with the 200th Anniversary of Coleridge’s birth, loosely inserted. The paper used is hand-made paper specially designed with a sea- weed motif. There are ten magnificent tipped in colour plates,
which measure 30 cm x 21 cm., in Le Cain’s vibrant early style, reminiscent of some of the great golden age illustrators, such as Nielsen and Clarke. A fine bright copy, in a near fine slipcase, with slight abra- sion to one edge. $3,500 A spectacular and beautiful production, manufactured entirely by hand, from the ‘seaweed paper’ created by The Wookey Hole Mill for the covers and the text, the hand printing of the calligraph- ic text by Wood Westworth and the half vellum binding hand-crafted by the Zaehns- dorf bindery.
42. LE CARRE, John CALL FOR THE DEAD Gollancz, 1961 [46803] First edition. Original red cloth with gilt titles on the spine in yellow and red dustwrapper. A fine copy in a fine (price clipped) dustwrapper, exceptionally clean and crisp, a virtually perfect copy. $27,000 The author’s rare first book introducing the author’s main series char - acter, George Smiley. Call for the Dead is regarded as a defining work in the genre of ‘prosaic’ spy fiction, recalling the work of Ambler and Sapper in a modern context, as opposed to the swashbuckling flights of fancy being written by Fleming at the time. It is now one the rarest and most sought after first editions of the period. It is not known how many copies were printed, though as an unknown author it is unlikely to be very many, a good proportion of which appear to have gone to libraries. Like many Gollancz books of the period the tissue-like consistency of the dustwrapper means that the few occasions it remains with the book it is usually torn, chipped or restored. This copy shows no such faults.
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