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1984113451London: Chatto & Windus / The Hogarth Press 1984. stiff paper wrappers. small 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 71 pages. First edition advance proof. Author's first full-length collection. The published book is a paperback original. Ghost imprint of removed label on the inside rear wrapper otherwise fine in printed wrappers. Chatto & Windus / The Hogarth Press unknown books
1984113450London: Chatto & Windus / The Hogarth Press 1984. stiff paper wrappers. small 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 71 pages. First edition advance proof. Author's first full-length collection. The published book is a paperback original. Fine. Chatto & Windus / The Hogarth Press unknown books
20081307241Jonathan Cape 2008. Limited Edition. Hardcover. New. Signed limited edition Jonathan Cape 2008. Limited and numbered edition: only 500 printed. An attractive collection of illustrated children's stories & verse on the theme of birthdays. Illustrators include John Lawrence Nicola Bayley Michael Foreman Post Simmonds Chris Wormell David Gentleman Quentin Blake & many others. The anthology is edited by Michael Morpurgo & Quentin Blake who both SIGN THE BOOK on the half title page. Foreword by HRH The Prince of Wales. Hardback book p.326 illustrations mainly in color no dust jacket as issued blue boards with paste on Quentin Blake illustration on front cover. New still in wraps. Jonathan Cape hardcover books
190561268NY and Washington: Neale Publishing Co 1905. First edition. 8vo. 252 pp. Portrait plates. The author was editor of the periodical 1843-1847. Krick 322: "Detailed biography of an influential southern journal which spanned three important decades and existed for three years as a Confederate imprint periodical. The roster of its editors is impressive including as it does the names of Edgar Allan Poe Mathew Fontaine Maury Benjamin Blake Minor and George William Bagby. Appended to Minor's history of the journal is a list of its contributors organized by geographical sections and a sketch of the author's life." Owner's name else very good. Original gilt-stamped green cloth top edge gilt other untrimmed. #8194. <br/><br/> Neale Publishing Co hardcover books
1981CNJL1175Gloucestershire: The Whittington Press & Angscot Productions 1981. Limited Edition. Full leather. Fine. Blake William. Special Edition number VII of XXV of a total edition of 350 folio size 37 pp. together with an extra suite of illustrations. "John Milton's 1608-1674 'On the Morning of Christ's Nativity' is significant for its merit alone though this remarkable poem is also important in the context of the artist's career. His first major work in English the nativity ode reflects 'his desire to attempt the highest subjects and to take on the role of bardic Poet-Priest' Barbara Lewalski Life of John Milton 38." n. b. from the web site of Dartmouth University.<br/><br/>William Blake 1757-1827 had illustrated two other works by Milton before this the third work to be illustrated by Blake for the Rev. Joseph Thomas. It is comprised of six watercolours being almost literal illustrations of the text which is that of the first edition of 1645. Blake's incomparable exquisite and unique style is a perfect complement to this remarkable work by Milton presenting a great English poet with a great English mystic artist.<br/><br/>___DESCRIPTION: Full dark-green Oasis goatskin title in gilt to backstrip top-edge gilt fore- and bottom edges uncut gilt single-rule border to turn-in marbled endpapers author's portrait and six colour plates tipped-in; Caslon type Barcham Green paper with Three Poplars watermark folio size 12.75" by 10.25" pagination: i-x xi-xii 1-2 3-24 1 colophon special edition number VII of XXV of a total edition of 350. With a set of all six illustrations slipped in to a portfolio covered in marbled paper over boards the book and portfolio both housed in a black cloth fall-down-back box lined in marbled paper with a printed paper label at the backstrip.<br/><br/>___CONDITION: A fine copy the leather binding smooth and unrubbed the corners straight and unrubbed the binding tight with solid hinges the interior clean and bright and free of prior owner markings; clean crisp as new. The portfolio and set of extra illustrations are all fine clean and without wear; the box is near fine strong and sturdy clean with just a hint of rubbing and a few light stray marks. Overall fine a lovely set.<br/><br/>___POSTAGE: Please note that this is a large and heavy item and therefore additional postage may apply; please inquire for details.<br/><br/>___Swan's Fine Books is pleased to be a member of the ABAA ILAB and IOBA and we stand behind every book we sell. Please contact us with any questions you may have we are here to help. The Whittington Press & Angscot Productions unknown books
1954159400New York: The Limited Editions Club / George Macy Company 1954. Hardcover. VG- Ex-art library with faint label mark on spine; i. d. marks on book block edges and outermost pages incl. pocket and card; inscription from one person to another; otherwise clean. A turn-around book. Black cloth gilt letters on spine and on both covers; marbled flyleaves and book dividers. 88 total pp. 12 BW plates. Two two two books in one. Half of this volume is John Milton's "Il Penseroso" and the other half is "L'Allegro." Both texts include 6 BW illustrations each as rendered by English painter and poet William Blake 1757-1827. #1392 of 1780 copies. Nice! The Limited Editions Club / George Macy Company hardcover books
2012168457Colorado Springs: Fine Arts Center 2012. Paperback. VG. White wraps with color illustrations red-outline and black lettering. 119 pp. 87 plates mainly color. Contains plates a chronology and various essays by the authors. Fine Arts Center paperback books
1991015002Newmarket Press 1991. Book. Fine. Hardcover. Presentation By Author. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Fine Copy In Like Jacket First Edition $18.95 Presentation Copy."To Sally beginning of a great relationship Love MB." Gorgeous Fresh Copy Great Movie of The Same. Newmarket Press Hardcover books
192239857San Francisco: Marvin Cloyd 1922. First Edition. 12mo pp. 71. Author's presentation on flyleaf. Paper over boards printed in yellow. Cover little worn at ends of spine o/w a VG tight copy. Marvin Cloyd unknown books
19341339006London New York Toronto: Longmans Green and Co 1934. Hardcover. Octavo; G-; green spine with gilt text; first edition; first printing; no jacket; cloth shows some rubbing wear to exterior; worn corners; cocked spine; text block exterior edges have age toned; pictorial endpapers; broken hinges; frontispiece; slight foxing to some interior pages; illustrated; six colored plates including frontispiece; pp 330. 1339006. FP New Rockville Stock. Longmans, Green and Co hardcover books
19839002727Toronto: Methuen 1983. 1st. Hardcover. Bound in publisher's original black cloth with the title stamped in gilt on the front cover and spine. <br/><br/> Methuen hardcover books
19372309473Rochester: Rochester Historical Society 1937. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. Images of RHS building laid in. 1937 Hard Cover. 416 pp. 8vo. Red cloth boards gilt titles and rules blind-stamped RHS insignia on front board. Maps of Rochester on endpapers photographic plates. Includes: Introduction; Early Library Developments In and Around Rochester; The Reynolds Library by Anne R. Collins; A Free Institution for Self-Education by John A. Lowe; The University of Rochester Libraries by Donald B. Gilchrist; The Ambrose Swasey Library by Conrad H. Moehlman; St. Bernard's Seminary Library by Frederick J. Zwierlein; The Law Library by Fred E. Rosbrook; The Historical Society Library; Special Libraries In and Around Rochester; Aristotle Among the Jesuits; Foreword; The Journal: Edinburgh; English Country and Town; London; Travelling on the Continent; First Impression of Italy; Rome and Its Galleries; The Roman Catholic Church; Further Travel in Italy; North of the Alps; Back to London; France; Paris; London Again; The Return Journey; Membership List of the Society; Index. Rochester Historical Society hardcover books
19392306242Rochester: Rochester Historical Society 1939. Hard Cover. Near Fine/No Jacket. 1939 Hard Cover. viii 8 384 pp. Part I CONTENTS: On The Educational Frontier - Blake McKelvey; The Early History of the Rochester Public Schools: 1813-1850 - A. Laura McGregor; The Rochester Free Academy - M. Lucile Bowen; The Three R's in Rochester: 1850-1900; Elementary and Secondary Catholic Education in Rochester - Dr. Aaron Abell; Private Educational Enterprise Since Mid-Century - Blake McKelvey; The Development of Public Education in Rochester: 1900-1910 - Herbert S. Weet; The Last Twenty-five Years in the Public Schools - Stanley V. Levey; Part II CONTENTS: Some Real Daughters of the American Revolution - Jane M. Chappell; Orsamus Turner - Morley B. Turpin & W. De Witt Manning; Frederick Douglass and John Brown - Benjamin Quarles; The City Manager Movement in Rochester - Isaac Adler; Rochester Since 1915 - Leroy E. Snyder; Membership List of the Society; Index. Rochester Historical Society hardcover books
19882306412Rochester: Monroe Reprographics Inc. / Parks Centennial Committee for Education and Interpretation 1988. Soft Cover. Very Good. Bottom edge of front wrapper lightly creased. 1988 Soft Cover. 62 pp. Includes numerous reproductions of historical photographs as well as two area maps. Monroe Reprographics, Inc. / Parks Centennial Committee for Education and Interpretation paperback books
87019hardcover. many illus. some in color. 4to cloth d.w. Woodland Hills: Windsor 1980. vg<br/><br/> unknown books
19452310520Cambridge Massachusetts: Harvard University Press 1945. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good. Ink name and date on front endpaper of each volume jacket edges lightly rubbed. 1945 Hard Cover. We have more books available by this author!. xvi 383; xvii 407; xiv 432; xvi 404 pp. Four volume set. Rochester the Water-Power City: 1812-1854 tells of the community's water-power era. Rochester the Flower City: 1855-1890 tells the story of the emergence of new industries the arrival of new residents and even more important the forging of new economic civic and social relationship. Rochester the Quest for Quality: 1890-1925 is the story of how a city grew industrially and culturally and in civic vitality. Rochester an Emerging Metropolis: 1925-1961 studies the process by which the blighted economy of the depression years was transformed into one of the most fully active industrial nebulae in America today. Harvard University Press hardcover books
19732286222Syracuse University Press 1973. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/Good. First edition. Jacket spine faded and foxed on reverse top edge foxed. 1973 Hard Cover. We have more books available by this author!. xiii 292 pp. "This is a narrative biography of the ten generations who inhabited and built what its now the third most populous city in New York State. It describes: 'how the pioneers finally settled on the Genesee falls as the proper site for a mill town; how the villagers there readjusted to the fact that it was becoming a city; how the Flour City gave way to the Flower City and that in turn to a cosmopolitan city; how the emphasis on good government evolved; how George Eastman's interests and leardership developed; how Rochesterians responded to two world wars and the Great Depression as well as new metropolitan problems; and finally what the present generation gap discloses concerning the city's recent past and possible future. Syracuse University Press hardcover books
19932282387Syracuse University Press 1993. Second Edition. Trade Paperback. Near Fine. Signed by author. Second edition. Inscribed and signed by author 'To Harold Hacker innovative civic leader compassionate retiree and warm friend with best wishes Blake McKelvey'. Related inserts laid in. 1993 Trade Paperback. We have more books available by this author!. 333 pp. "This updated edition marks the 150th anniversary of the founding of Rochester. It is a narrative history of the ten generations that inhabited and built what began as a mill town on the Genesee Falls and which has grown into one of upstate New York's key cities. Syracuse University Press paperback books
19612294063Christopher Press Inc 1961. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/Good. First edition. Jacket rubbed with a few closed tears along edges Scrantom's bookmark laid in. 1961 Hard Cover. We have more books available by this author!. xvi 404 pp. 8vo. A history of Rochester New York in the early to mid-20th century by the city historian. Several sections of black & white photographs. Christopher Press, Inc hardcover books
19562308842Cambridge: Harvard University Press 1956. First Edition. First Edition. Very Good/Good. Jacket edges rubbed with minor loss from corners jacket reverse foxed. 1956 Hard Cover. We have more books available by this author!. xiv 432 pp. 8vo. A history of the city of Rochester with a focus on progressive social policies and contributions to the world culture. Harvard University Press unknown books
1944RMCKROC00DPERochester Historical Society 1944. Very Good. McKelvey Blake. The Rochester Historical Society Publications Vol. XXII : Rochester in the Civil War. Rochester NY: Rochester Historical Society 1944. 266pp. Indexed. Illustrated. 8vo. Green cloth with gilt titles. Book condition: Very good with bumped corners and lightly browned endsheets. Rochester Historical Society hardcover books
196321079New Brunswick: Rutgers 1963. hardcover. very good/very good. Illustrated. ix 370pp. 8vo red cloth. New Brunswick: Rutgers University Press 1963. A very good copy in a very good dust wrapper.<br/><br/> Rutgers unknown books
1963005873New Brunswick: Rutgers University Press 1963. xiv 370p. b/w illus. slightly chipped dj. Rutgers University Press unknown books
100909New York: Harper & Row Publishers 1974. 8vo 52pp. Printed stapled wrappers. Very good. § An exploration of the nearly uniformly negative image of “the city†in literature of the 18th and 19th centuries. Includes a look at William Blake on pages 10-11. Harper & Row unknown books
19878592bdCollingswood NJ: C. W. Historicals 1987. Quarto paperbound slick white stapled black & white photo. illus. wrappers. Fine. Includes a complete list of Union and Confederate units and their Commanders; facts on casualties army organization and a Civil War Glossary. C. W. Historicals, (1987). unknown books
