Sale 2497 - Fine Illustrated Books & Graphics, January 29, 2019

35 c   MILLER,HENRY/LOUJONPRESS. Insomnia or The Devil at Large. Suite of 12 lithographed broadside reproductions of Miller’s watercolors * Spiral-bound book reproducing the manuscript. Lightly illustrated, decorated linen-backed foil wrapper, fine; all housed in publisher’s cork and wood box, some chips at corners, original cover image detached but preserved and laid inside (edgeworn). The book bears the “Edition G” stamp and is one of 385 copies, Signed by Miller and dated 1 May 1970. Book and plates in fine condition with virtually no evidence of handling. The last significant book production from the famous New Orleans (later Albuquerque) publisher. Albuquerque, NM: Loujon Press, (1970) [i.e. 1971]   [300/400] 35 36 c   (PEREGRINE PRESS / BOTANICALS.) Evans, Henry. 2 portfolios of Botanical Prints plus a group of 17 loose prints. Volume 17: Illustrations for Walahfrid Strabo’s Hortulus . 28 Signed and titled proofs of herbs and f lowers printed in green. Published by the Hunt Botanical Library of Pittsburgh in their new edition of the first European book on Horticulture. number 4 of only 15 complete sets for subscribers , from a total edition of 50. * 2 People and 21 Plants. Bound group of 2 color block prints. Printed at the Peregrine Press and published at the Porpoise Bookshop, 1962 * Group of 17 loose Signed, titled, and numbered color block prints. 482x330 mm; 19x13 inches on average, ample margins. San Francisco: The Porpoise Bookshop, 1966-68   [1,200/1,800] 36