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Fri, Sep 19, 2025 01:00PM EDT
Lot 3048

Arion Press Bibliography and Artist Prints of the First 100 Volumes

Estimate: $4,000 - $6,000

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Arion Press Bibliography and Folio with Leaves 100 Vols Bibliography of the First One Hundred Volumes Printed by Arion Press. And elephant folio containing printed leaves and or artwork from the First One Hundred Volumes. A pamphlet The Borges Joke (3) San Francisco Arion Press 2015 The Bibliography and Folio of Printed Leaves are both numbered 14. There was an edition of 500 printed of the Bibliography, and only 100 folios. The Bibliography is the 105th edition published by Arion Press. The elephant folio containing a complete set of leaves from the Bibliography, the sheets printed either with partial text or a printed artwork from the first one hundred volumes was issued by Arion Press 2015. The artworks are loose, unsigned. Together with a pamphlet, The Borges Joke by William Matson Roth, with a note Season's Greetings 2014/2015 from The Arion Press. 9 1/4" x 6", the Borges; 12 1/4" x 8 1/8", Bibliography in cased sleeve; 25" x 19", the elephant folio. 

Condition

The folio holding the leaves with some minimal dirt, dust, misprinted sheets, fingerprints, minor dents. The actual leaves and the book form Bibliography in very good condition, the Bibliography and the leaves are still in their original sheaf holders.

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