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1 Barber, Leslie (ed.) THE WALRUS.
Fairlight, England 1957 5"x4" 
96pp. V.g. Vol 1 # 1-3; 2: 4,6; 3: 8-9; 4: 11; 5: 15; 6: 16-18. This run extends through 1962 and contains contributions from many amateur journalists(writers) including three by a centenarian. This series not listed per OCLC. 12 vol. (5128603935) 
Price: 150.00 USD
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2 British Amateur Press Association (BAPA) Collection of Eighty Contributions to the British Amateur Press Assoc. BUNDLES.
Vp. c.1961 
Eighty pieces. These range from single p. mimeo to multi p. custom printed publications prepared for private press presentation to members and friends. Of great interest for typography, creative format, and content (frequently supplied by amateur writers). Additional interest for dingbats (ornaments) and imprints. (5133260400) 
Price: 225.00 USD
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3 Cromwell, O. QUEST - NUMBERS 1, 2, & 3.
Ravensden, England 1961/2 
Three issues 5" x 3 1/2". V.g. Self wrps. First two are 4 pp., latter, 8 pp. Not listed per OCLC (54,000 libraries). These are #'s 1-3 of the work of a member of the British Amateur Printers Association. Typography. (5133219909) 
Price: 35.00 USD
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4 Ellis, Eugene Vincent. SIX POEMS.
Atlanta, GA 1967 9" x 6" 
10 leaves. Fine in untrimmed wrps. Ltd. to 200 copies, a TINHORN Press title. In orig. mailvelope. Ellis also later wrote Pensacola Poems. Six Poems known in four locations; Pensacola in Several. Amateur. (5133543837) 
Price: 45.00 USD
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5 MacNeill, Archibald. CALEDONIA.
Clarkston, Scotland 1960 5" X 4 1/2" 
3/11pp. Two issues by amateur journalist & printer. First issue 4pp. (new series Vol I #1) second 12 pp. (Vol I #2). Latter discusses press for Burns Kilmarnock ptd. poems. This journal not listed per OCLC. 2 vol. (5128482462) 
Price: 25.00 USD
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6 Parlour Press. TARANTULA ONE/TWO/THREE.
Manchester, England 1962 7" X 5" 
12pp. Three issues, each 4 pp. First called Sign of the Web, later the Parlour Press - Devoted to Parody, Satire and Irony: the Neglected Arts. Eric Webb was the printer, though his name does not appear here. Part of British Amateur Printers Association? Not listed per OCLC (54,000 libraries). 3 vol. (5133179418) 
Price: 35.00 USD
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7 Shearn, A. L. FRIDAY MARKET.
Thames Ditton, England 1956+ 7 1/2" X 5" 
130+pp. Self wrps. # 1-4, 10-13. Ltd. to 240 copies each. A successor to Shearn's Ember Press titles, these issues combine his typographic excellence with the highest quality of amateur writing he could locate, much of it, however, his own. Interestingly his exchange acknowledgements run two to one in favor of U.S. Not listed per OCLC (54,000 libraries). 8 vol. (5128563444) 
Price: 125.00 USD
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8 Webb, Eric. BACONIANA LETTER
Manchester 1957 
Two issues No. 1 - 7" x 4 1/2" (1957) 4pp.; No. 2 - 7" x 5" (1961) 12pp. The second untrimmed. SIGNED by Webb, whose name does not appear (he does use the pun "sign of the web", and he identifies the Press as Parlour Press also he has laid down an id sticker. Not listed per OCLC (54,000 libraries). Webb was a member of the National Amateur Printers Association (NAPA) and the British Amateur Printers Association (BAPA). Webb has inserted in issue two a hand written pair of keys (no feathers from these parakeys). (5159458077) 
Price: 75.00 USD
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9 Webb, Eric. Collection of Printed and Misc. Material by Eric Webb.
Manchester, England c.1961 
Ten items, three p. letter re: amateur printing (he was once Pres. of British Amateur Press Association (BAPA), another on BAPA, (another from Tyson, Secty of BAPA), and seven printed items from Webb's Parlour Press. OPERATION OFFCUT, WARP & WEFT # 9 &10. TAKE A PULL # 18, PARLOUR RECORD #1(describes acquisition of Harris Collection on Amateur Journalism, 15 shelf feet), and a brilliantly ptd. chromatic change in Step bdsde. (5133138927) 
Price: 175.00 USD
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