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1946778London: John Murray 1946. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Reprint. 282 pp with photographic frontispiece map appendix bibliography. Bookplate on front pastedown light wear to edges; else clean and sound. Dust jacket shows moderate shelf wear and has several tape reinforcements. Stark lived and travelled with the Hadhramaut people producing a unique and pioneering account of South Arabia modern-day Yemen. John Murray hardcover books
19941904Los Angeles: Sun & Moon Press 1994. Hardcover. Red cloth covered boards. Near fine in very good dust wrapper. 215 pages. 26 x 22.5 cm. In 1988 Sun & Moon Publisher Douglas Messerli began requesting recipes from major world authors. The recipes he received were as diverse as the writing styles including: Vaclav Havel John Cageand Carl Rakosi. Illustrated throughout. Crisp clean copy. <br/><br/> Sun & Moon Press hardcover books
196791526NY: Harper & Row 1967. First edition first prnt. Signed by Hoffer on the front free endpage. Cloth spine ends with minimal shelfwear; dustjacket with beginning extremity toning and minimal shelfwear. Tight copy in Near Fine condition in a Near Fine dustjacket with an archival cover. Hoffer's fourth book. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hardcovers. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Harper & Row Hardcover books
19822297London: AMS Press 1982. Hardcover. Fine. Undated facsimile reprint of the 1909 edition. xvi 296 pp illustrations with frontispiece index. Fine copy in black cloth spine lettered in gilt. No dust jacket. Includes chapters on Turks from the capital denizens of the palaces country folk holiday life mosques pilgrimage the harem system family ceremonies and other topics. AMS Press hardcover books
1993UWHIWAL00afRunning Press 1993. Very Good. Whitman Walt. The Walt Whitman Reader: Selections from Leaves of Grass. Eliot Essays T.S.; Lawrence Essays D.H. Philadelphia: Running Press 1993. 320pp. 8vo. Hardcover. Book condition: Very good with slightly soiled text block edges. Bumped and rubbed extremities. Dust Jacket Condition: Very good with lightly bumped edges and speckling on panels. Running Press hardcover books
196114387London: The Adventurer's Club 1961. Hardcover. Fine/very good. 186 pp with map photographs. A clean tightly bound copy with no visible wear. Dust jacket is sunned at the spine and has light dust soiling to the rear panel but remains quite attractive; in a new mylar cover. At the age of 17 the author ran away from her school in Rome to join her uncle a member of the White Squadron--a multinational group of men who "battled against the ruthless Arab drug and slave traffickers in the remote areas of the Sahara and Libyan deserts." She remained with the Squaron for 4 years patrolling the desert on camel-back living "the tough life of a trooper" amd experiencing a variety of hardships and adventures which are recounted here. The Adventurer's Club hardcover books
1979935Sydney: McGraw Hill 1979. First Edition. Hardcover. Black boards title in silver. Fine in near fine dust wrapper. 143 pages. 21 x 29 cm. Profusely illustrated wine book covering the past and 1979 present of Australia's Hunter Valley Wine country including vineyards wineries and the people involved in this lush part of the world. Signed by both authors as well as the vineyard owners included here. Crisp and clean. <br/><br/> McGraw Hill hardcover books
1881Embry 180114Little Brown & Co. 1881. Occasional cosmetic touch-up fine thus internally clean and with all hinges firm. One-brown morocco over marbled boards spine panels gilt with thistle and leaf central device with two gilt surrounds and floral corner devices. Little, Brown & Co., 1881. hardcover books
2001227903Philadelphia & Cambridge: Philadelphia Museum of Art and Yale University Press 2001. Paperback. xli 446p. 10x12.5 inches preface essays notes selected bibliography chronology illustrated with 290 color plates and 220 b&w illustrations fine first edition paperback exhibition catalogue in pictorial wraps. Philadelphia Museum of Art and Yale University Press paperback books
200144259Philadelphia / New Haven: Philadelphia Museum of Art / Yale University Press 2001. First Edition. Quarto 31.5cm x 26cm. Blue-gray cloth boards hardcover with titling embossed in gold on spine; pictorial dustjacket; 446pp; illus. Near Fine copy; very slight shelf wear to corner tips; faint soiling to bottom textblock corner else clean and tight. Near Fine dustwrapper; very slight shelf wear to extremities else clean and sound. This volume was published on the occasion of the exhibition "Thomas Eakins: American Realist" organized by Darrel Sewell at the Philadelphia Museum of Art in 2001-2002 which traveled to the Musée d'Orsay in Paris and The Metropolitan Museum of Art New York in 2002. Features essays by 11 prominant art historians and scholars. More than 250 reproductions of Eakins' paintings watercolors drawings photographs and sculpture. Philadelphia Museum of Art / Yale University Press unknown books
19362585Indianapolis IN: Bobbs-Merrill Company 1936. First Edition. Hardcover. Near fine/Good. 351 pp illustrations from photographs map endpapers. Very light shelf wear to boards gift nscription on dedication page; text clean binding sound. Dust jacket is rubbed along the folds has tape reinforcement to inside and some old not especially noticeable water damage. In a new mylar cover. The author and his companion recent college graduates decided to complete their education with a trip around the world. According to the jacket "they became bored with shipboard life and wanted to see what lay behind the mysterious fringe of the West African coast. And because everyone told them it couldn't be done they set out to cross African on motorcycles . They had plenty of hair-raising experiences but vastly more laughs." Bobbs-Merrill Company hardcover books
19132627New York: McBride Nast & Company 1913. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. xxx 271 pp illustrations from photographs. Publisher's green cloth with titles stamped in gilt. Light wear to edges scuff mark and fading to spine internals very clean and sound. No dust jacket. Includes chapters on the national forests the Pecos forests the Painted Desert the Grand Canyon and Petrified Forest Acoma Pueblo the Governor's Palace of Santa Fe Taos San Antonio Casa Grande and the Gila and San Xaxier del Bac Mission. McBride, Nast & Company hardcover books
200352435Washington:: National Geographic Society. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 2003. Hardcover. 079226164X . Color and black and white photographs throughout. First edition. Fine in a fine dust jacket. . National Geographic Society, hardcover books
19501470London: John Murray 1950. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. xii 346 pp illustrations from photographs map with index. Boards show pale staining and minor insect damage store stamp on rear pastedown; contents clean and sound. No dust jacket. John Murray hardcover books
1977962Glorieta NM: Rio Grande Press 1977. Hardcover. Fine. Reprint of the 1829 edition. 558 pp foldout map with map illustrations appendix index. Fine copy in decorative cloth. "When author Hardy traveled from the mainland to the Baja and around the Sea of Cortes he was confronted with great empty vistas of terra incognita . Lieut. Hardy an Englishman lately an officer in the Royal Navy described Mexico he visited as it was shortly after throwing off the heavy yoke of Imperial Spain. He traveled literally thousands of miles by boat muleback and shank's mare. There were no luxuries for travelers in Mexico in those days" Publisher's Preface. Rio Grande Press hardcover books
19929011963New York: Harper Collins 1992. 1st. Hardcover. Book fine Dust jacket fine. <br/><br/> Harper Collins hardcover books
2004254612Kamloops British Columbia: Kamloops Art Gallery 2004. 55p. wraps 6.75 x 7.75 inches illus. very good condition signed and inscribed by Edelstein as "Susan" on inside front wrap. Catalog of an exhibition of work by the Korean-Canadian video artist held at the Kamloops Art Gallery from October 17 to November 28th 2004. Kamloops Art Gallery unknown books
1976CNBR358San Francisco: The Book Club of California printed by Andrew Hoyem 1976. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Fine. Angelo Valenti. One of 400 copies folio size 99 pp. inscribed by Valenti Angelo with prospectus and related ephemera. Valenti Angelo 1897-1982 was a highly-regarded designer illuminator and decorator of books over a career that spanned decades doing much of his early work for the Grabhorn Press and the Book Club of California; he also printed his own books in extremely limited editions under the imprints of "The Golden Cross Press" and "The Press of Valenti Angelo". This publication of The Book Club of California celebrates Angelo's fiftieth anniversary as a printer and is a detailed collection of his work up to 1975. Many of the facsimiles in the book are printed in colour and some are even hand-coloured by Angelo himself; he contributed greatly to the design of this book.<br/><br/>The volume has essays about Angelo's work and his skill as a printer and designer written by celebrated novelist Sherwood Anderson 1876-1941 writer Annis Duff and Robert Grabhorn of the Grabhorn Press. This particular copy has the prospectus and several pieces of related ephemera laid in including a small note written in Angelo's hand regarding this book a copy of a similar note regarding the book two different cards regarding Angelo's work and the publication of this book one with hand-colouring and an elegantly printed announcement for Angelo's eightieth birthday one sheet folded once.<br/><br/>___DESCRIPTION: Quarter red cloth with orange boards blue decorations by Valenti Angelo running vertically on the front and rear boards orange paper spine label with blue lettering fore-edge uncut bottom edge rough cut title page with illustrations and ornaments in blue and orange with hand-colouring in gilt by Angelo decorations and initial capitals by Angelo throughout forty-three specimens of Angelo's printing thirty-five of which are in colour and some hand-coloured throughout; monotype Centaur machine-made paper folio size 14.5" by 10.25" pagination: 1-6 7-97 98 1 colophon one of 400 copies unnumbered inscribed by Valenti Angelo on the colophon "This copy has been hand-colored by the artist for Dr. R. S. Speck". With prospectus loosely laid in one sheet folded once with a horizontal crease for mailing and related ephemera a small note written in Angelo's hand regarding this book a copy of a similar note regarding the book two different cards regarding Angelo's work and the publication of this book one with gilt initial capital and an elegantly printed announcement for Angelo's eightieth birthday one sheet folded once.<br/><br/>___CONDITION: A fine copy; the covers clean the corners straight and unrubbed the binding tight with solid hinges the interior clean and bright and free of prior owner markings; with light toning to the endpapers. The prospectus is near fine clean overall without wear except for a couple shallow creases to the top corners. The ephemera are near fine clean overall with some minor soiling without wear but for a few shallow creases to corners.<br/><br/>___CITATION: BCC no. 154.<br/><br/>___POSTAGE: Â Please note that this is an unusually large and heavy item and 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 Book Club of California [printed by Andrew Hoyem] hardcover books
197617022803San Francisco: The Book Club of California printed by Andrew Hoyem 1976. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Fine. Angelo Valenti. One of 400 copies folio size 99 pp. signed by Valenti Angelo with prospectus and related ephemera in custom box. Valenti Angelo 1897-1982 was a highly-regarded designer illuminator and decorator of books over a career that spanned decades doing much of his early work for the Grabhorn Press and the Book Club of California; he also printed his own books in extremely limited editions under the imprints of "The Golden Cross Press" and "The Press of Valenti Angelo". This publication of The Book Club of California celebrates Angelo's fiftieth anniversary as a printer and is a detailed collection of his work up to 1975. Many of the facsimiles in the book are printed in colour and some are even hand-coloured by Angelo himself; he contributed greatly to the design of this book.<br/><br/>The volume has essays about Angelo's work and his skill as a printer and designer written by celebrated novelist Sherwood Anderson 1876-1941 writer Annis Duff and Robert Grabhorn of the Grabhorn Press. This particular copy has several pieces of related ephemera laid in including two different cards regarding Angelo's work and the publication of this book one with hand-colouring and two Christmas cards addressed to a prior owner one from Andrew Hoyem Printer and one from Valenti Angelo. The book is housed in a custom clamshell box.<br/><br/>___DESCRIPTION: Quarter red cloth with orange boards blue decorations by Valenti Angelo running vertically on the front and rear boards orange paper spine label with blue lettering fore-edge uncut bottom edge rough cut title page with illustrations and ornaments in blue and orange with hand-colouring in gilt by Angelo decorations and initial capitals by Angelo throughout forty-three specimens of Angelo's printing thirty-five of which are in colour and some hand-coloured throughout; monotype Centaur machine-made paper folio size 14.5" by 10.25" pagination: 1-6 7-97 98 1 colophon one of 400 copies unnumbered signed by Valenti Angelo on the colophon. With prospectus loosely laid in one sheet folded once and related ephemera two cards regarding the Open House celebrating the book's publication and an exhibition of Angelo's work and two Christmas cards inside envelopes with prior owner address one from Andrew Hoyem at the Arion Press featuring an illustration of madrone berries by Valenti Angelo and one from Valenti Angelo himself. Housed in a custom clamshell box covered in brown paper with a brown paper spine label with black lettering.<br/><br/>___CONDITION: A fine copy; the covers clean 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 prospectus is near fine clean overall without wear except for a small crease to the bottom right corners. The custom clamshell box is near fine strong and sturdy clean overall with the hint of a stray mark or two spine is lightly sunned and bottom front corner bumped and with some rubbing. The ephemera are near fine clean overall with some minor soiling without wear.<br/><br/>___CITATION: BCC no. 154.<br/><br/>___POSTAGE: Â Please note that this is an unusually large and heavy item and 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 Book Club of California [printed by Andrew Hoyem] hardcover books
198735329San Diego: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1987. Hardcover. 0151936374 . Color photographs by Richard Brown throughout. With an introduction by Noel Perrin. First printing. Near fine in a near fine light sun fading along the spine and part of the front panel price clipped dust jacket. . Harcourt Brace Jovanovich hardcover books
198735332San Diego:: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1987. Hardcover. 0151936374 . Color photographs by Richard Brown throughout. With an introduction by Noel Perrin. First printing. SIGNED by Reeve Lindbergh. Fine in an about fine dust jacket. . Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, hardcover books
198735327San Diego: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1987. Hardcover. 0151936374 . Color photographs by Richard Brown throughout. With an introduction by Noel Perrin. First printing. Front free endpaper has been neatly removed else near fine in a near fine price clipped dust jacket. . Harcourt Brace Jovanovich hardcover books
198735330San Diego: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1987. Hardcover. 0151936374 . Color photographs by Richard Brown throughout. With an introduction by Noel Perrin. First printing. Near fine in a near fine hint of sun fading along the spine dust jacket. . Harcourt Brace Jovanovich hardcover books
200628342Lancaster: Lancaster Museum of Art 2006. First edition. Cloth. Near Fine. Oblong clothbound quarto. 76 pp. With essays by Mazow and Dearinger. Prior owner inscription else a fine copy in forest green cloth covers with large pictorial inset to the front panel. Issued without dustwrapper. This copy is hand-numbered 44/200 and is SIGNED and dated by Evans who curated this show. Lancaster Museum of Art unknown books
184920650Philadelphia: Carey and Hart 1849. First Edition. Hardcover. Good. pp. x 13-386 in publisher's blind-stamped brown cloth. Losses to spine ends corners rubbed through slightly shaken but still a better than average copy of this title which is often found in poor condition. Hill 1910: The ships made port in Rio de Janierio Valparaiso Callao Paita the Marquesas Honolulu Monterey Mazatlan Manzanillo Acapulco and Gayamas. Extensive visits were made in Rio Lima California the Gulf of California and Mexico. Woods was traveling in central Mexico when the Mexican War began and he escaped via Vera Cruz. The intelligence gathered by Wood in Mexico was instrumental to the U.S. seizure of California by Commodore Sloat in that war. Carey and Hart hardcover books
