Publisher Lamb (2 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Circular Map On Paper Lightly Mounted On Linen, In 12 Sections, Diameter 405Mm, Sheet Size " 430 X 420Mm. Folding Into A Neat Cloth Binding, No Date. Local Publication Probably Mid-Century.

Limited Edition. Small quarto, unpaginated [35pp.], plus [8] leaves of facsimiles. A near fine copy in the publisher's printed boards with black cloth spine and small leather spine label, as issued. Light toning to baords, nicks to the corners, and light wear to the spine label, but a very sharp, clean copy internally, with a handsome contemporary bookplate to the front paste-down. SIGNED on the front free endpaper in pencil by Bixby: "H T [?] S from W K B." One of 250 copies printed by D. B. Updike at the Merrymount Press (there is no autogaph called for). Bixby was a distinguished antiquarian and renowned book collector. He spared no expense to produce this limited edition, and chose in D. B. Updike one of the leading lights of early 20th century American fine press publishing to produce it. They collaborated on four other books, as well, all reproducing significant documents retained in Bixby's personal collection. The facsimiles of the original documents in Lamb's hand are astoundingly good for the period, both in terms of the ink and the period-style laid paper. Ransom p. 346. …