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Allix, Susan (illustrator); A.M. Burnett (poems)
London: Susan Allix, 2011. Hard Cover. Number 14 of 15 copies. Numbered and signed by the artist. English book artist Susan Allix began making books in 1973 and has created over 50 books over the last 40 years. This is a collection of whimsical poems about 13 animals with charming full page, full color illustrations by Susan Allix. Featured animals include the cormorant, squid, hedgehog, playpus, elephant, and more. One of our favorite poems is about the hedgehog "A hedgehog's not the thing for me, with spines to fear and dread; though if I went to India, they might think I'm a bed." Each animal has its own introductory title page set in a typeface to match its character. Bound in yellow cloth with paper title label and illustration to front cover. The text is letterpress printed on Somerset mould made paper in Bell type. The illustrations are printed digitally with archival inks from Susan's original colored pencil drawings. Housed in a black corrugated folder with paper title label to spine. Unpaginated [61 pages]. ARTB/032613. Fine.
[Book #26757]
Price: $925.00
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[Bay Park Press] LaFrance, Carolyn
San Diego: Bay Park Press, 2006. Hard Cover. Number 10 of 10 copies. This is a charming and beautifully produced book by Carolyn LaFrance, a San Diego architect who is affiliated with the gallery at the Bay Park Press. Maxine is Carolyn’s beloved feline friend and companion, and the book describes a day in Maxine’s life through text and illustrations. Each page includes a hand-colored intaglio print of Maxine at that point in her day. The text is 18 point Bernhard Modern on lovely Fabriano Rosapina Bianco paper. Oblong folio bound in grey linen with navy black spine. Paw prints decorate the front cover and endpapers. Housed in a black portfolio with grey cloth square illustrated with paw prints affixed to front and cream ribbon closure. In fine condition. Unpaginated. PRI/072012. Fine.
[Book #26098]
Price: $875.00
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[Bay Park Press] Rubottom, Sibyl; Jim Marchacek
San Diego: False Bay Editions, 2001. Stiff Boards. Copy C of 26 lettered copies. This gorgeous alphabet book captures the wonder and joy of the cosmos through words, pictures, and various imaginative and inventive visual constructions throughout the book. There are windows, foldouts, items that pull out, cutouts, a flexagon, and many others. In their colophon, the authors say: "This ABC book of the universe was created from March to November, 2011. During this period Jim's mother Agnes died and took her place among the stars. Sibyl's husband Al had successful open-heart surgery, and then the September 11th tragedy occurred. Throughout it all the stars remained our constant as we created visuals with photopolymer plates, wood type, monoprinting, digital imaging, and a zinc intaglio plate for the cover." These visuals illustrate and adorn each letter, for which five words are given relating to the universe. Some of the text describes the discoveries by such figures as Tycho Brahe and Johannes Kepler. There are also quotes from luminaries such as Shakespeare, Walt Whitman, Oscar Wilde, Eudora Welty, and Lord Byron. The text was printed on a Vandercook Universal I letterpress using Venus and Clarendon types on Somerset Book, Fabriano Rosapina Bianco, and Rives BFK papers. Bound in heavy black and white paper stock with astral designs. The rear flap slides into a red paper square on cover to close. About 8 x 8 inches. A magical book in fine condition. ARTISTSBOOKS/073112. Fine.
[Book #26107]
Price: $1,200.00
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[Bay Park Press] Rubottom, Sibyl
San Diego: Bay Park Press, 2010. Hard Cover. Number 6 of 10 copies. Numbered and signed by the book artist. Reflecting Sibyl Rubottom's love or water, this lovely accordian style book alternates four pages of poetry about water with four pages of abstract blue paste paper designs invoking water. The poems are by Neruda, Dickinson, and Yeats, with a quote from Keats's headstone. On thick board stock. Housed in an aqua cloth box. In fine condition. Small octavo. Unpaginated. ARTISTSBOOKS/072612. Fine.
[Book #26114]
Price: $200.00
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[Bay Park Press] Rubottom, Sibyl and Jim Machacek
San Diego: Bay Park Press / False Bay Editions, 2009. Number 12 of 20 copies. An exquisite production fr. Number 12 of 20 copies. An exquisite production from Sibyl Rubottom and Jim Machacek. It was inspired Sibyl Rubottom's interest in all things botanical and Jim Machacek's family heritage. The result is what they hoped for - "a riotous colorscape for your senses - with the rich and luminous colors used and the beautiful illustrations. It includes 14 unbound folded folio sized leaves which are housed in a folding case. Twelve of the leaves are dedicated to different types of gardens, each in a different color, with designs and poetry to reflect that garden. The gardens are: Japanese, butterfly, desert, night, orchid, primordial, mystical, rose, water, eros, secret,and herb. . Each features a poem or prose by such writers as John Milton, Rumi, Homer, Lord Byron, Robert Frost, Oscar Wilde, Frances Hodgson Burnett, and Ralph Waldo Emerson. The two other folded leaves are for the title and for the colophon. Printed on Fabriano Rosapina Blanco paper in Venus, Edwardian Script, and Palatino typefaces using letterpress, monoprint, and intaglio techniques. Housed in a custom box in green/brown cloth lined in beautiful handmade paper. The covers open from the middle with a title label on one side and a small metal rectangle with peg closure on the other. In fine condition. Unpaginated. [56 pages.] ARTISTSBOOKS/081612. Fine.
[Book #26103]
Price: $1,800.00
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[Bay Park Press] Rubottom, Sibyl
San Diego: Bay Park Press, 2006. Hard Cover. Number 3 of 10 copies. In her colophon, Sibyl Rubottom gives her love and thanks “to the father I never knew who named me Sibyl hoping I would be shrewd in business. That did not occur, but I did end up making books.” This beautiful book is about five ancient Sibyls, including how they were depicted in western art. These Sibyls are the Cumean, Delphic, Erythreaan, Persian, and the Libyan. They offered prophecies, often through the use of leaves, as being from the thoughts of God. There is a brief description of each, accompanied by an intaglio leaf print and a reproduction of each Sibyl from the work of Michelangelo (four plates) or Velasquez (one plate). Each Sibyl is presented within a fold-out page with the description on the facing page and the plate and illustration inside the fold. Bound in red cloth with green spine, with title and author on front cover. The book was printed on Dutch etching paper in Bodoni, Bernard Modern, Albertus, and Patatino types. There are eight intaglio prints, each signed by the book artist. Housed in a brown paper covered case lined with the same red cloth as the book covers. This splendid production captures the mystery and beauty of the legends of the Sibyls. It is in fine condition. Unpaginated. ARTISTSBOOKS/080112. Fine.
[Book #26112]
Price: $1,500.00
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[Bay Park Press] Rubottom, Sibyl
San Diego: Bay Park Press, 2010. Hard Cover. Number 4 of 10 copies. Dedicated to La Jolla Cove, one of the authors regular swimming spots when the water is warm enough. Illustrated with six etchings and three unique oil paintings on mylar. Printed on Fabriano Rosapina in Clarendon type. Oblong folio. Housed in a blue clamshell box. Unpaginated. Fine.
[Book #26111]
Price: $1,500.00
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[Beeline Books] Fischbach-Braden, Sylvia (artist and author)
Baltimore: Beeline Books, 2009. Hard Cover. Fine in paper covered boards with blue title to front cover. This book features a humorous essay by the artist about her summer custom of accompanying her husband to Arundel Golf Park where she often sketches and observes the golfers. It is bound in a triptych format and appropriately features a digital reproduction of a colored pencil drawing of the golf course which was completed on site. Unpaginated. [6 pages.] ARTB/122809. Fine.
[Book #22980]
Price: $20.00
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[Beeline Books] Fischbach-Braden, Sylvia (artist); Ruskin, John
Baltimore: Beeline Books, 2009. Hard Cover. 12 mo. Fine in decorated paper wrappers with black title to front panel. Features the poem "On Birds" by John Ruskin, a brief biography of the poet, a drawing by Ruskin, and more. Attractively designed and printed on vellum paper. The artist's card is tipped onto the rear board. [12 pages.] ARTB/122809. Fine.
[Book #22979]
Price: $25.00
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Braunstein, Terry
Washington DC: National Musuem of Women in the Arts, 1995. Paperback. SIGNED BY ARTIST. This is number 49 of 425 copies printed in the first edition. A deluxe edition of 75 copies was also printed. Fine in illustrated blue paper wrappers with yellow title to spine and front panel. Illustrated with reproductions of collages created from famous works of art. Window cut outs on front and rear wrappers allow the reader to peak inside. Color illustrated dust jacket has corresponding cut outs. An interesting book. Unpaginated (16 pages). ARTB/092408. Fine in Fine Dust Jacket.
[Book #21177]
Price: $45.00
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Brian Ralph, Shanon D. Weltman, Erin Frances Womack, Matthew Yake, Travis Groff, Raymond Jones, Jordan Frizen
Brian Ralph, 2005. Paperback. 1of 30 copies. Variable Edition. Bound in cream paper wrappers with blue title to front cover. An interesting book filled with comical imagery of food including some vicious looking brocolli captioned ' eat your brocolli (before it eats you)', a large apple captioned 'apples are tasty,' pizza captioned '...mmm cold breakfast pizza,' grapes captioned 'grapes of wrath,' and much more. One page features a pasted in tootsie roll wrapper and another has a pasted bag of candy called 'zoo-yums' which remains unopened. A fun picture book. Unpaginated [28 pages.] ARTB/061011. Very Good.
[Book #24993]
Price: $25.00
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[Cheloniidae Press] Browne, Sir Thomas; Alan James Robinson (illustrator and printer); Jan van Dorsten (introduction)
Cheloniidae Press, 1984. Hard Cover. This is the artists' proof X from an edition of 60 copies of the Deluxe Edition with extra suite of prints. There were 225 copies in the standard edition. Signed by the artist on the colophon, beneath each print within the book, and on each print included with the extra suite of prints. Includes fifteen wood engravings and one etching by Alan James Robinson, a master printer and artist who established the Cheloniidae Press, later called The Press of the Sea Turtle. The text used for this edition was first published in 1650, “corrected and much enlarged by the author.” English author Sir Thomas Browne (1605 - 1682) was fascinated with the natural world. In this text he describes a variety of horned animals and ponders the varying medicinal value of their horns. His text has been beautifully printed and illustrated by Robinson with unicorns, horned beetles, a walrus, a narwhal, and more. The book is bound in white paper covered boards with vellum spine titled in gilt. Two of the illustrations are printed in blue ink along with one opening initial; the remaining illustrations and text are printed in black. This deluxe edition is issued with 15 loose plates, which include all of the wood engravings and the one etching printed in the book plus one additional image of a unicorn. Each is signed and numbered by the artist. The extra suite of plates is contained in a cloth portfolio which matches the box. The book and portfolio are housed in an off-white cloth covered clamshell box with vellum spine title in gold. The emblem of the Cheloniidae Press, a sea turtle, is also stamped in gold along with the date at the foot of the spine on the box. The box shows light wear along the edges and corners and there are a few light smudge marks to panels. The prospectus featuring signed unicorn illustration is included. The book and portfolio are In fine condition and the box is in near fine condition. Unpaginated. [60 pages]. Fine in Near Fine Box.
[Book #26250]
Price: $850.00
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[Cheloniidae Press] Robinson, Alan James
Easthampton, MA: Cheloniidae Press, [1981]. Hard Cover. Number 23 of 100 copies, signed by the artist (Alan James Robinson), binders (David Bourbeau and Gray Parrot), and printer (Harold Patrick McGrath). The total issue was 110 copies including 10 artists' proofs. This copy includes an autographed letter signed from Robinson to Joel Bernstein written on card printed by Robinson with a whale wood engraving. Also included is an original water color of Bernstein's "favorite" whale species which Robinson has included to thank him for his patience while waiting for the edition to be completed. The prospectus is laid in. "Roaming the seas in the course of their yearly migration, these largest of creatures ever known to inhabit our water planet have been held in fear and affection, awe and fascination by humankind. As a result, whales are an integral part of our oral, written and artistic history. The oldest known detailed drawings of whales were found in caves in Norway and date back to at least 4000 BC. The publication of this portfolio thus expands upon a 6000 year old tradition depicting whales as the subject of human focus and expression" (Thomas B. Grooms). The artist Alan Robinson is also a master printer who established the Cheloniidae Press, later called The Press of the Sea Turtle, in 1979. The press has published 27 letterpress books. This book includes seven striking bleed etchings by Robinson which depict twelve major species of whales including the Bowhead, Beluga, Killer, Blue, Sperm, Minke, Finback, Humpback, Gray, Sei, Narwhal, and Right Whale. Each etching is accompanied by a page of text detailing biological information about the species and a two-color map showing migration routes and breeding areas. The title page and colophon feature wood engravings and there are blind stamped line-cuts of whales along the margins of the text on several pages. The etchings, each of which are signed by the artist were printed by him at the Cheloniidae Press. The text and wood engravings were printed by Harold Patrick McGrath at the Hampshire Typothetae. There are tissue guards for each print and blue patterned end pages. The illustrations and text are loose as issued and are housed in an oblong folder. The front panel and spine of the folder are covered in Niger oasis goat skin which has been sculpted with the head of a Right Whale in low relief by David Bourbeau of the Thistle Bindery. The rear panel is covered in black cloth. This beautiful and elaborate folder is housed in a black cloth box with morocco spine titled in gilt. The box is in very good condition with browning to the spine, a few scuff marks to the covers and light wear to the corners. The box was created by Gray Parrot. This project was produced in conjunction with a grant from the Environmental Marine Arts Fund which is part of the Center for Environmental Education and the Whale Protection Fund. Page size: 22 x 15 inches. Fine.
[Book #25982]
Price: $5,000.00
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Cohen, Brian D.
Vermont: Bridge Press, 2001. LIMITED. Hard Cover. 138/500 c. SIGNED BY ARTIST/AUTHOR. Compilation of reproductions of Cohen's beautiful and powerful black and white etchings and engravings from books and broadsides. His uses a variety of intaglio techniques in his printmaking including mezzotint, drypoint, and double printing. The results are rich and often haunting. Black cloth boards. Bembo type on Mohawk Superfine paper. Printed by The Stinehour Press. 75 pp. BOB/042707. Very Good Plus.
[Book #19081]
Price: $95.00
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Dass, Dean
2005. 18 of 25 copies. Dean Dass is a noted artist, printmaker, and book artist. There have been many exhibits of his work , which can be found in both public and private collections. He has taught at the University of Virginia since 1985. Until this book, all of his books over the past twenty years have been manuscripts and thus unique. The Age of Partial Objects is his first editioned book. He worked on it for 18 months in order to not compromise his ideas of what is a book. For him the tension between the unique and the reproducible is vital. According to his artist's statement, this book turns Melanie Klein's clinical term "partial objects" into a metaphor for an age consisting of fragments and fragmented knowledge. The result of his efforts is a stunning book that conveys mystery, the incomplete, and the melancoly of existence. On various papers, Dass used gouache, collage, pencil, inkjet, etching lithography, Xerox and Xerox transfer, and letterpress to create this book. Bound in grey and silver paper laminated on cotton with letter press text of title on cover. Quarto in fine condition. 150 pages. ArtistsBooks/110910. Fine.
[Book #24306]
Price: $1,800.00
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Davidson, Laura
Laura Davidson, 2006. Paper Wrappers. 16mo. 65 of 200 copies. A handmade artist book. The artist, Laura Davidson, lives in Boston and has been featured in numberous exhibitions including the 2006 "Book as Art" show at the National Museum of Women for the Arts in Washington, D.C. Measures about 3 inches by 3 inches. ARTB/041207. Fine.
[Book #19576]
Price: $25.00
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Davidson, Laura
Boston: Laura Davidson, 2011. Limited to 500 copies. Signed by the artist. Housed in a white envelope with a Fort Point stamp. Fine.
[Book #25439]
Price: $45.00
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[De Walden Press] Jan Kellett (book artist); Shakespeare, William;
De Walden Press, 2001. 1 of 25 copies. Signed and numbered by Jan Kellett, the book artist. Ms. Kellett is well known for her miniature books, which can be found in public and private collections around the world. This is a miniature scroll book printed in gold, blue, and green on parchment. The scroll wraps around a silver bar made by jeweler Judith Price, and is fastened by a blue ribbon which loops through two small silver rings. The quote written in the scroll book is Ariel’s song to Ferdinand, who thinks that his father drowned in the shipwreck that cast him onto the desert island. Words bordering the quote are in the shape of waves and name the sea areas around the British Isles, where the artist grew up. It is housed in a cylindrical container covered in deep blue and gold handmade paste paper with blue leather trim. The scroll measures 6 inches by 1 7/8 inches when unrolled. The container is 2 1/4 inches high. Fine.
[Book #21161]
Price: $285.00
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[Deconstructed Artichoke Press] Thompson, Nikki
San Francisco: Deconstructed Artichoke Press, 2007. Hard Cover. Number 12 of 20 copies. A striking book of poetry from an interesting book artist, Nikki Thompson. The construction is based on a structure by Kumi Korf, wherein each poem is an individual book sewn into an accordian structure that allows the book to open dramatically. It expands from 5 inches x 4 inches to 17 inches when opened. The sad poems are about "architecture and love gone bad" (Nikki Thompson). The book's wine red Shindanshi paper and dark blood red book cloth were used to create a mood of heartbreak. The covers are tied with dark red ribbons with bone clasps on their ends. Handset in Centaur type on Arches paper. Unpaginated. ARTISTSBOOKS/022513. Fine.
[Book #26643]
Price: $250.00
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[Deeply Game Productions] Sara Press
Pasadena, CA: Deeply Game Productions, 2012. Hard Cover. Number 1 of 7 copies. A suite of four etchings that depict contemporary mixed-martial-arts fighters. The accompanying text has been appropriated from a panther / bear fight advertising poster from the 1850s. Typeface designed by Dan Mayer. The prints and text are housed in a solid maple box with title burnt into the lid. This book was made in California and the East Coast humidity has caused the lid to warp a little along the edges. Near Fine.
[Book #26660]
Price: $725.00
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Diamantes, Jo
A unique artists’ book about the concept of time, using quotes that are taken from various sources including Lewis Carroll, Benjamin Franklin, Euripides, and more. The work was created with paste paper, stamping, transfer, and calligraphy. In fine condition with purple handmade paper covers with black title and illustrations of timepieces to covers. A small metal replica of a timepiece is affixed to the front cover. The background of the interior has been hand painted in gold and purple. Stamps depicting clocks and the hand written calligraphic quotes decorate the interior. The book is an accordion construction with 10 pages. Housed in a purple handmade paper case which is secured by multi-colored yarn and a button depicting a watch face. A metal butterfly charm hangs from one end of the yarn. An appealing book. 5.75 by 6.25 inches. ARTB/112008. Fine.
[Book #21285]
Price: $225.00
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[Dufy, Raoul] Stephane Mallarme
Paris: Editions de la Sirene, 1920. Hard Cover. First Edition. Number 277 of 1000 copies. This book is considered to be among the best of the French livres d’artiste. Includes 25 lithographic illustrations by Raoul Dufy in pochoir coloring on Lafuma de Voiron paper. It has been expertly rebound in marbled paper boards with the original dark blue front cover laid on. In near fine condition except for a dog-eared free endpaper that has started to tear. Pages unopened. Unpaginated. ARTISTSBOOKS/033011. Near Fine.
[Book #24700]
Price: $800.00
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[Even Hoshen Press] Poe, Edgar Allan; Ze'ev Jabotinsky (translator); Ido Agassi (binder and printer)
Israel: Even Hoshen, 2010. Hard Cover. Number 32 of 66 copies. Signed and numbered by the book artist. A dos-a-dos structure printed in English and in Hebrew. The printer Even Hoshen was founded in 1994 by Uzi Agassi and was later joined by his son Ido. Their work is letterpress printed on high quality paper with hand made bindings and illustrations.The English text was hand set in Alt-Mediaval type and the Hebrew text was set in Margalit type. Printed on Bavaria-Butten paper. Illustrated with a paper cut of a raven. Housed in a white cloth slipcase. Unpaginated. Fine.
[Book #26636]
Price: $1,800.00
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[Even Hoshen Press] Someck, Ronny; Ido Agassi (printer and binder); Hana Inbar and Robert Manaster (translators)
Israel: Even Hoshen, 2009. Someck, Ronny. Hard Cover. Number 35 of 88 copies. Numbered and signed by the author and printer. A dos-a-dos structure printed in both English and Hebrew. A collection of five poems about ballet with two hand colored illustrations by Ronny Someck (1951 - ). Israeli poet, musician, and artist Someck has won multiple awards for his poetry including the Prime Minister's Award, Hans Berghhuis prize for poetry, and the Yehuda Amichai Award for Hebrew poetry. He is internationally renowned with poems published in over 35 languages and ten books of poetry published in English. The printer Even Hoshen was founded in 1994 by Uzi Agassi and was later joined by his son Ido. Their work is letterpress printed on high quality paper with hand made bindings and illustrations. Bound in black cloth boards with inset cloth ballet slippers to both boards and decorative pink and black ribbons to spine. The center of both signatures features four black and pink flourishes. Printed on Grandee paper and hand set in Alt-Mediaval and Margalit type. Housed in a black cloth slipcase. A fine production. Unpaginated. [18 pages.] PRI/032713. Fine.
[Book #26761]
Price: $925.00
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Ferraro, Cari
San Jose, CA: Prose and Letters Press, 2004. Hard Cover. Number 24 of 50 copies. Signed and numbered by the artist. This printed book is based on a unique hand painted book by the artist. Bound accordion style in Lokta paper covered boards with hand painted gold accents and leather and bead closure. The inspiration for this book was the Lithuanian-American archaeologist, Marija Gimbutas (1921 - 1994), known for her research on the Neolithic and Bronze age cultures of Europe. Gimbutas theorized that the first writing predated Sumerian businessmen by a few thousand years, and instead grew out of symbolic marks on ritual objects made to venerate the Great Goddess in Old Europe. Artist, Cari Ferraro, was heavily influenced by this theory and created an alphabet style based on Marija's catalog of marks which she has used in this book. The background painting on all of the pages uses symbols found in the 5000-year passage grave Newgrange in Ireland, whose meaning has never been fully understood. The design is intended to feel like a cave wall with ancient symbols and writing. The text reads "The first writing/ not merely scribble/ devised by accountants to track livestock or record property/ the first writing/ made to track the moon/ inscribe spirit/ praise for the great mother." An attractive book. [10 pages] ARTB/042108. Fine.
[Book #20584]
Price: $200.00
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