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CHELONIIDAE PRESS -- Alan James ROBINSON. Songbirds I [with] Songbirds II. Williamsburg, MA: Cheloniidae Press, 1983-1984. 2 vols., oblong 2° (285 x 215mm). 30 loose hand-coloured engravings, as issued each in a blue paper chemise, laid in a cloth chemise and quarter-leather cloth clamshell case with a green leather label the length of the spine lettered in gilt. Provenance: Daniel and Mimi Elkind (pencilled inscriptions from the ?artist). ARTIST'S PROOF COPIES NUMBERS VI AND IV from the issue of 50 copies 'reserved for sale as a special suite', WITH EACH OF THE HAND-COLOURED ENGRAVINGS CAPTIONED AND SIGNED BY THE ARTIST, and inscribed for Daniel and Mimi Elkind, the renowned collectors of fine press. The first volume is also signed by various collaborators. (2)
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