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193618010212San Francisco: Printed by the Grabhorn Press for Leon Gelber and Theodore Lilienthal 1936. Limited Edition. Wraps. Fine. Starr Judson. One of 200 copies quarto size 16 unnumbered pp. with holiday card and ms translation laid in. An edition of this Christmas poem by Canadian poet Louis Frechette 1839-1908 the poet-laureate of Quebec first published as a poetical preface to the author's Noel au Canada in 1900. With small "Holiday Greetings" card signed by Leon Gelber and Theodore Lilienthal; also with a ms translation of the poem appears to be in the hand of Theodore Lilienthal which is printed in the original French text in the book. Printed for Leon Gelber and Theodore Lilienthal for Christmas 1936 by the Grabhorn Press. Lilienthal his wife Frances and Edith Van Antwerp operated The Quercus Press from 1937 to 1940. <br/><br/>___DESCRIPTION: Original brown paper wrappers title stamped in dark-brown to upper wrapper coloured frontispiece of Virgin and Child by Judson Starr title page in black and blue four-line hand-drawn blue initial capital letter opens the poem; Lutetia type machine made paper quarto size 11" by 7.5" 16 unnumbered pp. including blanks limited edition one of 200 copies this copy out of series.<br/><br/>___CONDITION: A fine copy internally bright and free of prior owner markings covers are clean no chipping or rubbing to wrappers no foxing or age-toning; like new.<br/><br/>____CITATION: Grabhorn Press Bibliography no. 260.<br/><br/>___POSTAGE: International customers please note that additional postage may apply as the standard shipping charge does not always cover costs; 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. Printed by the Grabhorn Press for Leon Gelber and Theodore Lilienthal unknown books
192533209NY: Harper 1925. First Edition. 8vo pp. 193. Bound in paper covered boards with paper label with chipped and some worn dj lacking small pieces at the extremities of the spine affecting the letter of the word "Harpers" at the bottom. Rare in dj. In addition much of the text is marked with pencil underlines etc that would seem to indicate that this was copy was used as a script for a production. Harper unknown books
200956874Brussels:: Fonds Mercator. As New in As New dust jacket. 2009. Hardcover. 9789061538653 . Approximately 600 color illustrations and six 8-page gatefolds. Translated by Christine Baker and Michael Raeburn. First edition thus. As new in like dust jacket. ; 463 pages . Fonds Mercator, hardcover books
1822221034London Benbow 1822. 1822. Early edition. Small 8vo. Original tan boards printed paper spine label with original price of 2s. 6d. upper hinge starting. Good-very good. 183 pages. Hardcover. London, Benbow, 1822. hardcover books
1821047080London: John Murray 1821. First Edition. Hardcover Full Leather. Very Good Condition. Contemporary calf moderate edgewear corners rounded rebacked date to front blank old Atwood armorial bookplate inside cover title page slightly adhered to endpaper in the gutter; generally quite bright and clean internally. 439pp bound without the half title. Size: Octavo 8vo. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Literature & Literary; Poetry. Inventory No: 047080. John Murray hardcover books
1925534611925. COWARD Noel. HAY FEVER. A Light Comedy in Three Acts. New York: Harper & Brothers 1925. First American edition. 221pp. 8vo. brown paper-covered boards printed labels to spine an upper board top edge stained orange. Text is clean; top edge is moderately soiled; short closed tears measuring 1/4 and 1/2 inches to joints at top of spine. The dust jacket shows moderate overall soiling slight edgewear and a closed tear to crown of spine and two triangular chips to the lower panel. Still a very good copy of an early. unknown books
13641LONDON JOSEPH 1953. WORDS & MUSIC TO 51 SONGS FIRST EDITION VERY GOOD. F. LONDON, JOSEPH, 1953 unknown books
196532374Garden City: Doubleday 1965. First edition. Cloth very good. Signed by Coward. <br/><br/> Doubleday hardcover books
1979175992Newcastle Upon Tyne: Charlotte Press 1979. First edition. Oblong softcover. 22 pages. Introduction by Roger Garfitt. A collection of 8 poems by Heaney accompanied by illustrations by Noel Connor. A very near fine copy in illustrated oblong stapled wrappers with some very minute wear. Uncommon. Charlotte Press unknown books
1861WRCLIT74457Edinburgh & London: William Blackwood & Son 1861. viii1591pp. Small octavo. Gilt cream cloth. Some light spots and handsoiling to cloth but a very good copy. First edition of this anonymously published collection the painter's first collection of two. This copy is in the second state of the binding with the gilt ornament in the lower right fore-corner of the upper board. Inscribed most likely by one of the author's several sons nine years after his father's death: "To J.G.F. from R.N.P. 1910" NCBEL III:546. William Blackwood & Son hardcover books
1975150795N.p.: N.p. 1975. Complete set of eight vintage oversize color studio still photographs from the US release of the 1975 French hardcore adult film. With holograph ink annotations on the verso noting the film's English title and several with opaque black stickers on the recto ostensibly blocking out the studio details and French title. <br/><br/>A prominent French politician is blackmailed with tapes of her son performing in pornographic movies leading her to recruit a private investigator to find and stop the culprit. <br/><br/>Set and shot on location in Paris. <br/><br/>11.5 x 9.25 inches. Very Good plus with a few small scuffs and creases.<br/><br/><br/>Bier 161. N.p. unknown books
197521553ESanta Barbara CA: Capra Press 1975. First Edition. Of an edition of 60 numbered hardbound copies signed by the author Ray Russell this copy designated the “Publisher’s Copy†and is so designated on the colophon page with “Noel Young’s Copy†in red ink above Russell’s signature. Noel Young was the printer editor of this book and the owner - publisher of the Capra Press. Fine without dust jacket as issued. Issued regularly paperbound only the limited edition was issued hardbound. Capra Press hardcover books
1995SA1019-053Bisbee AZ: Pequeno Press 1995. First Edition thus. Hardcover. Very Good. Signed. Miniature Book. 2 5/8 x 2 3/4 inches. 13; 13 2 blank pp. 2 color frontispiece illustrations 2 title pages illustrated in color 2 color initials text printed in black and 2 colors; text clean unmarked. Tan cowhide over boards front cover blind-tooled with a wine motif printed paper spine label the text is printed on 2 accordion-fold strips the ends of which form the front and rear paste-downs a strip of paper that runs between the front and rear covers under the paste-downs is color illustrated inside the spine; binding square and tight minor shelf wear. SIGNED by Pat Baldwin on the colophon. SA1019-022. Very Good. LIMITED EDITION of 50 copies this is number 14 designed and produced by Pat Baldwin printed in Parisian type on Lana Laid paper on an HP DeskJet color printer binding by Waterleaf Mill & Bindery SIGNED by Pat Baldwin on the colophon. I Went to a Marvelous Party and I Wonder What Happened to Him are two cabaret songs written and performed by Noel Coward in the 1940s and 50s. I Wonder What Happened to Him was part of a musical revue Sigh No More that ran for 213 performances. "Sir Noel Peirce Coward was an English playwright composer director actor and singer known for his wit flamboyance and what Time Magazine called 'a sense of personal style a combination of cheek and chic pose and poise.'" Wikipedia. REFERENCE: Bradbury 20th-Century U.S. Miniature Books No. 765. Pequeno Press hardcover books
35984Watertown MA: Imagine 2015. Hardcover. Second printing. 11" x 11.75". 144 pp. Black and white photographs throughout. Black cloth boards in black pictorial dj. Inscribed title page bumped corners else crisp and clean. Near fine in like dj. ISBN: 9781936140329. . LikeNew. Hardcover . Imagine [2015] hardcover books
18102222047<p>Third edition. Octavo. No half title. Full brown morocco with elaborate gilt borders of a musical instrument and center vignette of an angel with Celtic harp. Two large chips on spine covers becoming detached. Fair. 85 pages 1 page of ads.</p><p>Heraldic bookplate of William Gordon of Fyvie Scotland on front pastedown.</p><p>William Gordon 1736-1816 of Fyvie Aberdeen.</p><p>Printed by T. Collins London.</p> James Cawthorn hardcover books
1925304526London Ernest Benn Limited 1925. 1925. First edition. Small 8vo. Original stiff yellow wrappers printed in black slight soiling. Very good. 106 pages 1 page of advertisements. No signatures or bookplates. Originally produced November 25 1924 at the Everyman Theatre London; also the basis of a silent film version in 1928 directed by Adrian Brunel; starring: Ivor Novello Willette Kershaw; Frances Dobie; Alan Hollis; Simeon Stuart; Kinsey Peile; Julie Suedo and Dorothy Fane. Series: Contemporary British Dramatists Volume 19. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Very Good. London, Ernest Benn Limited, 1925. paperback books
15359CAMBRIDGE CHRISTMAS BOOK THE UNIVERSITY PRINTING HOUSES AT CAMBRIDGE FROM SIXTEENTH TO THE TWENTIETH CENTURY. Cambridge: 1962. Oblong 4to. Cloth slipcase. 16 pages. One of 500 copies. A history of the press here issued as one of its series of Christmas Books. Fine. unknown books
1962WRCLIT29654Cambridge: Printed at the University Press 1962. Oblong octavo. Gilt cloth. Plates. One of five hundred copies printed for distribution to friends of the press. Fine in lightly rubbed marbled board slipcase. Printed at the University Press hardcover books
1849264785London: Richard Bentley 1849. hardcover. very good. VOLUME I ONLY. xxxiv 354pp. small 8vo rebound in green library cloth minor penciling on title page. London: Richard Bentley 1849. A very good copy.<br/><br/> Richard Bentley unknown books
182765603Montreal Canada: Printed at the Herald Office 1827. Disbound pamphlet. 20.5 cm. 44pp. Title page detached but present. <br/><br/> Printed at the Herald Office unknown books
1800182151800. Original Victorian Christmas and New Year's cards dating the the late 19th century. Generally single sheets folded about 3.25 x 5 inches to a little larger The fronts are chromolithographed; two have an applied fringe. Friendship verses. Faint soil but generally in very good. condition and unused. Two are Christmas cards three New Year's cards. unknown books
1931WRCLIT17102London: Heinemann 1931. Cloth. First edition. About fine in white dust jacket with faintest tanning. Heinemann hardcover books
1972WRCLIT75191Jerusalem: The Albright Institute of Archaeological Research and The Shrine of the Book 1972. 164pp. Large quarto. Cloth. First edition. Color frontispiece. Black & white and color photographic plates by John C. Trever. Introduction by Frank Moore Cross. About fine in dust jacket with some rubbing at spine folds and at lower edges. The Albright Institute of Archaeological Research and The Shrine of the Book hardcover books
1852000374London: Grant and Griffith 1852. All edges gilt. . Front free endpaper loosened. Fourteen full page color plates printed by Day & Son with tissue-guards. Text pages printed by Vizetelly. 118pp. See VBD p.110. First Edition. Red Morocco-grained Cloth. Moderate Wear and Soiling/No Jacket. Quarto. Grant and Griffith Hardcover books
194058411New York: Carrick & Evans Inc 1940. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Intimate account of three celebrated personalities and the San Francisco literary circles that surrounded them at the turn of the last century. An Oakland newspaperman playwright and novelist the author was a friend and associate of Jack London whose novel "The Sea-Wolf" Noel adapted for the stage. Inscribed and dated in the year of publication by Noel on the front flyleaf. From the James S. Copley Library with the San Diego newspaper publisher and philanthropist's bookplate to the front pastedown. Original blue cloth binding with black and silver titles. A few short unobtrusive strips of tape from an old dust jacket protector to the pastedowns and the verso of the dust jacket. Some general sun fading along the spine of the dust jacket with a small chip to the spine heel and a bit of occasional mild edgewear; otherwise very good. Inscribed by Author. Carrick & Evans, Inc hardcover books
