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CNJL1250Octon: Verdigris Press 2003. Limited Edition. Folio in a case. Fine. Rothchild Judith. Number 10 of 50 copies quarto size 20 pp. signed by Judith Rothchild and the printer Mark Lintott. Wallace Stevens 1879-1955 was "one of America's most respected poets. He was a master stylist employing an extraordinary vocabulary and a rigorous precision in crafting his poems. But he was also a philosopher of aesthetics vigorously exploring the notion of poetry as the supreme fusion of the creative imagination and objective reality." N.B. from the web site of the Poetry Foundation. <br /> <br /> "Study of Two Pears" was first published in 1954 in The Collected Poems of Wallace Stevens and is here translated into French by Bernard Noel. The title asserts itself as being concerned with visual arts and each stanza tugs at the tension between reality that is observed and imaginative reality the observer sees the pears but not as he wills language fails to adequately describe them as they are without the use of metaphor. There might be no more appropriate poem to illustrate than this as the speaker's desire to describe the pears without relating them to anything else is an act of reduction which ultimately expands the image by showing us the many things they do resemble. <br /> <br /> Illustrated by Rothchild's velvety hyper-realistic mezzotints which follow the progress of the stanzas each print gradually growing brighter the pears illustrated from every possible angle becoming more definite and resolved along with the poem. <br /> <br /> ___DESCRIPTION: Original wrappers screen-printed with a design of green brown and orange with the title letterpress printed to the backstrip and upper wrapper in dark green loose leporello deckled fore-edge nine mezzotints two blind-stamped sets of pears to fly-leaves text in English and French; handset type Hahnemuhle paper quarto size 11" by 11.75" unpaginated with 20 pp. limited edition this number 10 of 50 copies signed by printer Mark Lintott and Judith Rothchild. Housed in a heavy cardboard slipcase covered in green paper and similarly screen-printed in shades of green lined with plain green paper. <br /> <br /> ___CONDITION: Fine; crisp clean; other than a hint of rubbing to the top corners and a small rubbed spot on the spine of the backstrip as new and free of prior owner markings; in a like case. <br /> <br /> ___POSTAGE: International customers please note that additional postage may apply as the standard 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. Verdigris Press unknown
18149301John Murray 1814. 8vo. First Edition; handsomely bound in early twentieth century green crushed half morocco marbled boards with gilt rules backstrip lettered in gilt gilt top marbled endpapers BY ZAEHNSDORF uncut very neatly rebacked with old backstrip laid down a very good clean copy. The binding is signed by Zaehnsdorf on front free endpaper verso. As usual this copy is bound without the half-title and advertisement leaf. 'Very rare in any condition - the half-title is usually lacking. A copy in wrappers is an extreme rarity' Randolph. Randolph p. 40; Wise I p.100. John Murray, hardcover
1847990W39London: Longman Brown Green and Longmans 1847. First edition. Hardback. Very Good Indeed. 6.5" by 5". Henry Noel Humphreys. Strikingly bound in decorative metal boards this is the richly decorated first edition of this illuminated Anglican work with chromolithographic leaves. An uncommon first edition in handsome in a heavily decorative relief binding.Consisting of thirty-two vibrant chromolithographic leaves. Collated complete.Filled with densely decorated gilt pages rendered by artist naturalist entomologist and numismatist Henry Noel Humphreys who produced a number of ornate works in these striking gothic relief covers throughout the 19th Century.All pages of the main text illustrated in rich swirling colour accompanying the gospel accounts of the parables of Jesus.Features a small index on each parable to the rear of the work.In a striking decorative metal binding with calf spine. In calf backed ornate metal boards. Externally in lovely condition. Slight cracks to relief binding to perimetrts. Internally firmly bound. Chromolithographs vibrant with significant handling marks to perimeters. Very Good Indeed Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans hardcover
193486275London: Herbert Jenkins 1934. First edition. Hardcover. Minor mottling to lower cover but overall a fine copy; jacket in excellent condition benefitting from some professional restoration to the lower panel. Very good. Jacket artwork by Vernon Soper. First edition. 8vo. Original orange cloth. Dust-jacket priced 7/6. A great example of this scarce title that blends murder-mystery with weird fiction revolving around the supernatural influences of a book bound in human skin. The female author preferred male pen-names in this case Noel but having also penned the bizarre horror title <em>The New Race of Devils</em> published in 1921 under the name 'John Bernard' which given her penchant for wearing men's clothing would have come as little surprise to those who knew her - a group which included fellow Irish writer Samuel Beckett who became friends with her during his time in Roussillon. Miss Beamish even served as inspiration for the character 'old Mrs McGlome' in his 1958 one-man play <em>Krapp's Last Tape</em>. Herbert Jenkins hardcover
74156London: J.M. Dent 1936. Childrens' classic FIRST EDITION first impression. Octavo 20 x 14cm pp.viii; 304. With a frontispiece and in-text illustrations by Ruth Gervis. Bound in publisher's mint green cloth lettered in silver. A few light reading marks within no ink names some rubbing and wear to joints and shelf runners. A serviceable copy of a scarce book. The author's beloved debut adventure story with illustrations by her sister which was runner-up for the inaugural Carnegie Medal for Best British children's book. Her third book and the third "Shoes" novel The Circus Is Coming later published as Circus Shoes was awarded the 1938 Carnegie Medal. Basis for a 1975 BBC TV series and for the 2007 BBC film starring Victoria Wood Richard Griffiths and Emma Watson. London: J.M. Dent, 1936 unknown
1937192048London: Chatto & Windus 1937. First edition. This is the first impression printed in October; it quickly sold out and was reprinted in November. The "Night Climbers" were undergraduate urban explorers who infamously scaled the roofs of the city. Each chapter features a detailed account of a conquered building or college including Trinity Pembroke and St John's. The author "Whipplesnaith" was later identified as Noël Howard Symington 1913-1970 a student at King's College. Octavo. Half-tone frontispiece 54 plates. Original black cloth spine lettered in blue top edge blue bottom edge uncut. With dust jacket. Bookplate and ownership inscription of one A. E. Fyfe on front pastedown dated 1944. Cloth lightly toned spine rubbed foxing to edges offsetting to half-title; loss to jacket extremities panels browned and soiled tape repairs to verso unclipped: a very good copy in good jacket. hardcover
18591661Paryż Paris: W Drukarni L. Martinet 1859. First illustrated Polish edition. With four illustrated plates protected with tracing paper. Illustrations made by Juliusz Kossak. In later half leather. The original yellow wrappers bound into. Artistically restored. Traces of old stamps on title page stamp on last leaf. Light water stain to the lower edge in the second half of the book. Overall in very good condition. First illustrated Polish edition. With four illustrated plates protected with tracing paper. Illustrations made by Juliusz Kossak. In later half leather. The original yellow wrappers bound into. 13 some misbound 4–89 1 p. and 4 illustrated plates. <p><br /> First illustrated Polish edition of Byron’s Manferd illustrated by Juliusz Kossak.<br /> <p><br /> <p><br /> Lord Byron’s closet drama Manfred was originally published in 1817 and its first Polish edition appeared in 1835. The present book is the first edition of its second translation and the first Polish edition with illustrations.<br /> <p>. [W Drukarni L. Martinet] unknown
197914348J. Curley 1979. Hardback. Used: Acceptable. Hardback - 1979 - readable condition exlibrary 0-89340-214-1 - - . Isbn 0893402141. J. Curley hardcover
1932142020London: William Heinemann Ltd 1932. First edition first impression signed by Coward on the dedication page. The play premiered in October 1931 with Coward as the director and Charles B. Cochran as the impresario. It was the basis for the 1933 film of the same name. Octavo. Frontispiece and 22 black and white photographic plates from the production. Original yellow cloth multi-coloured lettering printed on spine and boards black red and blue. Housed in a custom blue half morocco box by the Baker Bindery. Note "Souvenir 6 Feb. 1932" to front free endpaper remnants of removed bookseller's ticket to rear pastedown. Spine and extremities a little darkened with very minor rubbing light spotting to edges. A very good copy. hardcover
112592Paul Jerrard & Son London circa 1860. . 2 vols 4to 28 x 19 cm; 62 lithograph plates printed in colours and finished by hand some browning and spotting to a few pages mainly text plates very clean; recased in contemporary burgundy cloth gilt decorated and lettered new endpapers; a very good copy.<br /> One of the most attractive natural history books of the period the moths and caterpillars set against attractive backgrounds.<br />Henry Noel Humphreys 1810 1879 was a British illustrator naturalist entomologist and numismatist.<br /> Nissen ZBI 2054. Paul Jerrard & Son, London, [circa 1860]. hardcover
122481London Thomas Sanderson 1841. . First edition; 4to 28 x 23 cm; bookplate to pastedown additional hand-coloured pictorial half-title 42 lithograph plates by H. N. Humphreys printed in colours and finished by hand paper flaw to p. 45 spotting to endpapers; half green morocco over marbled paper boards spine gilt all edges gilt a little rubbing to extremities; 2 xii 138 2 pp.<br /> "A high and arguably unequalled standard in Victorian butterfly book illustration" Dunbar.<br /><br />Westwood a distinguished entomologist and member of the Linnean Society collaborated in writing the text to accompany the charming paintings by Humphreys. Each print depicts several species artistically composed among the flowering caterpillar food plants and in many instances the caterpillar and chrysalis are shown. Some of the grander European species are also shown.<br /> London, Thomas Sanderson, 1841. hardcover
1866058389London: Blackie & Son Limited 1866. Deluxe Reprint . Quarter Leather. Very Good/No Dust Jacket. 9 7/8" Tall. Illustrated with More Than Two Thousand Figures and Including Color Plates. Vol. I With 568 Pages Uncolored Frontispiece Colored Title 9 Uncolored Plates Of 14 Listed In Index No Trace Of Missing Plates And All 13 Colored Plates. Vol. Ii With 663 Pages Including Directions To The Binder At The Rear Uncolored Frontispiece Colored Title All 21 Uncolored Plates And All 23 Colored Plates. Deluxe Binding Of Quarter Red Calf Spine Adjacent Areas Tips And A Spine With Seven Bands And Six Compartments Elaborate Gilt Designs In Each Compartment Bands And Double Rules Gilt Etc. Two Morocco Spine Labels On Each Volume Top One Dark Green Bottom One Black Each Fine Gilt Brilliant. Marbled Boards Endpapers And Edges Of Page Block. Beautiful Hand-Colored Plates With Unusual Delicacy Of Color Detail. Bindings Refurbished And Refreshed Even Color Throughout; Boards Worn Along Edges. Slight Foxing To Pages. Calligraphic Inscription To Lovell James Hamlin From William Bentley Dated Christmas 1868. <br/> <br/> Blackie & Son Limited hardcover
18091405230013Milano Batelli 1809-01-01. Hardcover. Good. 8 Volumes. Italian. Later black cloth. Gilt lettering on spine. Library bookplate on front paste downs. Numerical stamp on title pages. Clean unmarked page with minimal tanning. Brunet IV 851; Graesse V 429. <br><br> Pagination: Vol. I: 523p. 15 pl. of which 14 are hand-colored; Vol. II: 558p. 13 pl. of which 12 are hand-colored with one folding; Vol. III: 759p. 27 pl. of which 24 are hand-colored with one folding; Vol. IV: 747p. 22 pl. 1 folding of which 15 are hand-colored; Vol. V: 714p. 15 pl. of which 11 are hand-colored; Vol. VI: 856p. 24pl. of which 19 are hand-colored; Supp. I: 607p 9 pl. of which 8 are hand-colored with one folding; Supp. II: 660p. 46 pl. of which 45 are hand-colored with one folding. <br><br> Felice Romani was an Italian poet and scholar of literature and mythology who wrote many librettos for the opera composers Donizetti and Bellini. Romani was considered the finest Italian librettist between Metastasio and Boito. At the University of Genoa he translated French literature and with a colleague prepared a six-volume dictionary of mythology and antiquities including the history of the Celts in Italy. Romani's expertise in French and antiquity is reflected in the libretti he wrote; the majority are based on French literature and many such as Norma use mythological sources. <br> This volumetric work not only details the mythology of Ancient Greece and Rome but all know cultures in the world at the time between 1809-1825 spanning all continents from Okee from North American Powhatan lore to the lore of the First Emperor of China to Mitra. <br><br> This is an oversized or heavy book that requires additional postage for international delivery outside of Canada and the US. Milano, Batelli hardcover
19901944ULLSTEIN LEOPOLD 03/1990-09/91. 1. softcover. Dirk Gently 2223122539 ULLSTEIN, LEOPOLD paperback
199848203HEYNE WILHELM 1998-99. 1. softcover. Per Anhalter durch die Galaxis HEYNE, WILHELM paperback
193710590London: Arthur Baker Limited 1937. First Edition First Printing of the Small Paper Issue with 20 gorgeous color illustrations by the author including the frontispiece. Original green cloth-covered boards with black lettering on spine. Minor sunning to spine ends and along a small section of the bottom edge of the front board. Some faint foxing to contents and textblock edges with offsetting to rear free endpaper. Boards slightly bowed. In the original unrestored price-clipped pictorial dust jacket. Dust jacket faintly foxed and lightly soiled. Spine panel a tad darkened though lettering remains bright. Small chip at head of spine with short closed tear along top edge of rear panel. Better than Very Good in a Very Good dust jacket. A nicely preserved copy of this scarce title especially so in the dust jacket. This edition not in Cotsen.<br /> <br /> In The Tale of the Land of Green Ginger Langley blends fairytale adventure satire and playful language into a witty whimsical children's classic following the exploits of Abu Ali the son of Emperor Aladdin. It was largely due to the success of this book that Langley was selected as one of the screenwriters to adapt L. Frank Baum's The Wonderful Wizard of Oz into the 1939 film The Wizard of Oz.<br /> <br /> Cotsen 10198 for the U.S Edition. Arthur Baker Limited unknown
17647070<p>n.p.: 1764 Bound with: NICOLE Pierre. Les pernicieuses consequences de la nouvelle heresie des jesuites contre le Roy & contre l'Estat. Par un Advocat en Parlement. Seconde edition. n.p.: n.d. Quarto. 47 pp. This is a curious work. It is undated and there is no indication of publisher or place but it is labeled "second edition." The first edition must have been published before 1666 when an English edition translated by John Evelyn appeared. The only edition listed by OCLC is dated 1687 and was published in Lille; that edition is held only by Duke University and the University of Wales. This work is sometimes attributed to Antoine Arnauld and Pierre Nicole. and: WEIDNER Johann Leonhard. Elixir Iesuiticum Sive Quinta Essentia Iesuitarum; ex variis inprimis pontificiis…collectore Gratiano Leosthene Saliceto. n.p. Antwerp: n.d. 1645. Quarto. 67 pp. Dedicated to the Archbishop of Canterbury William Laud who was convicted of treason and beheaded in 1645. This is a puzzling work. OCLC lists a longer work 448 pp. of the same name and locates copies at Harvard and Loyola Chicago Backer-Sommervogel; vol. 11 col. 70 no. 518. and: CLEMENT VIII. Escrit du pape Clement VIII et Conformité de la doctrine soutenue par les Disciples de S. Augustin sur les controverses presentes de la Grace avec la doctine contenue dans l'ecrit de ce Pape & confirmée par plusieurs témoignages de S. Augustin qui y sont rapportez. Cologne: 1662. Quarto.68 pp. Clement was Pope from 1536 to 1605. OCLC lists two copies of this book at Harvard and one at Duke University. Full stiff vellum with title in manuscript on spine. . Two parts in one small quarto. Ferrier 1619-1670 or 1674 was a French Jesuit who preached against the Jansenists. Rare:OCLC lists only the Johns Hopkins copy. German armorial bookplate on front pastedown old ink signature on title-page. A little light browning but generally a very good copy.</p> hardcover
1833130405London: John Murray 1833-1834; 1836. First edition in book form of Finden's celebrated illustrated edition of Byron's works; uniformly bound with a first edition of Finden's Byron Beauties. Octavo four volumes bound in full pebbled calf with gilt titles and tooling to the spine elaborate gilt ruling to the front and rear panels all edges gilt. Finden's Landscape & Portrait Illustrations to the Life and Works of Lord Byron is illustrated with 129 engraved plates including illustrated title pages. Finden's Byron Beauties is illustrated with 39 engraved plates. In very good condition. A unique example of this important set in the Byron canon. It was William and Edward Finden's illustrations to Byron that substantially enhanced the status of their work. Following his death in Greece in 1824 their engravings sensitively conveyed to a wide contemporary audience images of Byron's life and work. Finden's Landscape Illustrations to the Life and Works of Byron finally appeared in fourteen monthly parts with both Murray's and Tilt's names on the paper wrappers from January 1832. The Illustrations created a great sensation and led to further projects to engrave the life and works of other poets" ODNB. John Murray unknown
18534676London: John Murray 1853. Two volumes. Bound in full red morocco by Riviere signed in ink on paper pastedowns with all-over gilt interlacing floral and leaf design on both covers and spine literally every square centimeter covered with this attractive repeating design. Some light foxing All edges gilt with attractive and intricate interweaved goffering to all edges on both volumes. Near fine. Exquisite. John Murray unknown
006925Fine. A folded Christmas card custom made for Coward measuring 15 by 10 cm. The front of the card features a witty photo of the mature regal Coward on a thrown of sorts with a wall hanging behind creating the impression that he has wings attached at his side. Inside on the verso Coward writes in blue ink "Just to let you know I'm still thinking of you. Love Tangerine '. Dialogue -- Me --"Why are you wearing those wings God" God -- "Because they amuse me!" On the recto beneath a red printed "Heureux Noel" Coward signs "Love Noel" in his swoosh illegible signature. The card was sent to James Frasher we believe who played supporting roles in several Westerns and worked repeatedly with Gene Autry in the early fifties. He later became the manager for Lillian Gish. Photo credited to Tappe Vevey. unknown
19640010796Doubleday 1964. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Doubleday hardcover
186470620Boston:: T. O. H. P. Burnham 1864. First US edition. publisher's green gilt cloth. A very attractive tight and sound copy with only the very slightest of wear at extremities. 8vo. With Illustrations by J. Noel Paton. T. O. H. P. Burnham, hardcover
184652545Paris: Lerebours et Secretan 1846. Fifth edition. 8vo. 4 vii 288 pp. folding plate loosely inserted adverts. Scattered foxing to the first and last few leaves. Quarter morocco and paper over boards gilt decorations on spine. The binding is lightly rubbed and worn at the tips. A very good copy. N.P. Lerebours is most noted for his publications EXCURSIONS DAGUERRIENNES 1841-1844 the first large-scaled publication illustrated from photographs as well as for his manufacture of apparatuses of which he was among the first. In his TREATISE he discusses the underlying theory of the photographic process and the numerous practical methodologies of the day. Even though it is largely concerned with the daguerreotype there are sections on the paper processes of Talbot Ponton and Bayard and a description of the galvanographic process to make prints from daguerreotypes with a compilation of writings by the inventors or practitioners themselves the list of which reads as a European directory of the most famous of the period and the gravure process of Fizeau. Although stated as the fifth edition it should be referred to as the fifth enlarged and revised edition; his earlier publications had various other titles and were less than half the length of this work. The appended catalogue p. 269 -288 lists all manner of photographic apparatus and is priced. There are several pages concerned with his publication EXCURSIONS DAGUERRIENNES and the various contents that could be ordered. <br /> <br /> "French daguerreotypists achieved wide reputation especially daguerreotypists Lerebours and Secretan opticians to the observatory and to the navy in Paris. Before the end of 1839 N.P. Lerebours had constructed large daguerreotype cameras which produced pictures of 12 x 15 French inches. He worked at first with Gaudin then established himself in Paris as a manufacturer of optical physical and mathematical instruments . and later associated himself with Secretan. Their studio was opened about 1845 and it flourished for several years. In 1850 Lerebours and Secretan made one of the most excellent panoramic daguerreotypes of a view of Paris ever made." Eder p. 314 HISTORY OF PHOTOGRAPHY. <br /> <br /> Roosens and Salu No. 2842. Bellier de la Chavignerie Manuel Bibliographie du Photographe Francais 1863 No. 18. Lerebours et Secretan unknown
1954142898Hollywood: Paramount Pictures 1954. Final White script for the 1956 film. Director Michael Curtiz's Specially bound copy in tan leather with gilt titles and Curtiz's name at the bottom right corner of the front board. <br /> <br /> An adaptation of the 1925 operetta of the same name by Rudolf Friml which is based on Justin Huntly McCarthy's 1901 romantic novel and play "If I Were King." <br /> <br /> Set in France in the year 1461. <br /> <br /> Brown leather covered boards titles in gilt. Title page present dated December 9 1954 with credits for producer Pat Duggan director Michael Curtiz screenwriter Ken Englund. 114 leaves with last page of text numbered 96A. Mimeograph duplication with blue and goldenrod revision pages throughout dated variously between 12-15-54 and 2-9-55. Pages Near Fine binding Very Good plus with some wear at the edges. Paramount Pictures unknown
183669700Paris: Furne 1836. Fine. Furne Paris 1836 13.50 x 21.80 cm 6 volumes reliés New edition illustrated with a frontispiece portrait and 10 steel-engraved plates by Johannot Geoffroy. Translation by Amédé Pichot. Contemporary glazed navy half-calf binding signed at foot signature illegible. Smooth spine decorated with a long mirrored tool with central ornament. Title and volume number gilt. Decorative fillets on covers. Beautiful marbled paper in blue white and gold. Top edge gilt. Spine slightly darkened. Some corners slightly bumped. Light traces of rubbing. Paper of superb freshness uncut completely free of foxing except in the margins of some engravings due to tissue guards which have not been removed; rare condition. ""New edition augmented with a historical notice on Lord Byron all unpublished pieces and notes by Moore Walter-Scott Campbell Guiford Jeffrey E. Brydges Coleridge Southey Wilson Hobhouse Hunt Dallas Milman Lockhart Bowles Heber Medwin Gamba Croly Ugo Foscolo Ellis Kennedy Parry Bulwer Galt Nathan Lady Blessington Mrs. Shelley. Contained in the definitive edition recently published in London"". Besides the poetical works Miscellanies Speeches correspondence and the famous novella: The Vampire. Furne unknown
