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• Auction House:
  Webb's
• Sale Name:
  Bethunes Rare Books
• Sale Date:
  12 Dec 2013 ~ 12noon
• Lot #:
  141
• Lot Description:
  Creely, Robert & Gimblett, Max
  The dogs of Auckland
• Notes:
  Ltd ed. Auckland : Holloway Press, 1998, 4to. [4] p., 8 leaves, illus. Quarter bound in black linen, red paper boards, title in silver on spine, untrimmed edges. Very light wear to covers and contents. Poem by Robert Creely; drawings by Max Gimblett. 'Designed by Alan Loney & printed on an Asbern 20-inch cylinder proof press by Alan Loney & Natash Herman on damped handmade flax - phormium tenax - paper made by Ulrich Schmid at Centrepoint Papermill. The type is machine-set Monotype 14pt Gill Sans by Michael & Winifred Bixler in New York, and the photopolymer plates are by Andrew Fell, Auckland. The binding is cloth spine with Canson Mi Teintes paper-covered boards, & the cases & casing in are by Bound to Last, Auckland. The edition is 100 copies, hand-numbered by the artist, with all copies signed by the artist & the poet' - Colophon. This is copy no. 44 signed by the artist and poet. A beautiful copy. VG+.
• Estimate:
  NZ$150 - 150
• Realised Price:
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• Category:
  Books & Manuscripts

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