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198852963New York: Summit Books 1988. First American Edition. Limited Issue one of 250 numbered copies specially bound and signed by the author this being copy no.70. Octavo 24cm; navy blue with titling and author's initials stamped in silver on spine and front cover; publisher's original matching cloth slipcase; ii1011-217pp. Fine in a Fine slipcase. Holocaust novel by the Romanian-born Nobel Laureate first published as Le Crépuscule au Loin in 1987. Summit Books unknown books
19901316686San Jose Costa Rica: Editorial L'Atelier 1990. Limited Edition 1/300 Copies. Hardcover. Quarto; 93 pages; VG-/VG-; White spine with white text outlined in black; dust jacket protected with a mylar covering is clean with general shelfwear some fraying to corners due to bumping light rubbing; general shelfwear bumping to corners binding solid; Textblock exterior is clean front free page has faded gift inscription in upper left corner; Print Run of 300 Copies; Text is in Spanish and English; shelved Latin American Art. 1316686. Shelved Dupont Bookstore. Editorial L'Atelier hardcover books
2009127534Beijing China: Foreign Language Press 2009. First. Softbound. VG some light wear to edges. Light gray french flaps with white titling 252pp approx. 162 color and monotone illustrations. Text in Chinese and English. Exhibition catalog; a thoughtful monograph involving several Chinese artists and the concept that their work imitates Western art because it has to not through natural artistic progression. Each plate is annotated; includes artist biographies and notes in translation. Very interesting. Foreign Language Press paperback books
188426130Paris: Germer Bailliere et Ce 1884. First Edition. Boards. Good. First Edition. 5-127 1-3 pages. 1/4 leather over marbled boards. Exlibrary from La Lumiere Electrique and the Edward Caldwell Electrical Collection of Knox College. An Extrait du Journal l'Electricite. Lightly browned paper throughout. Nicely illustrated. Boards. Germer Bailliere et Ce unknown books
1994246007St. Petersburg Russia: The State Russian Museum 1994. Soft Cover. Very Good binding. Signed. No markings in text; text written in Russian and English; black paper binding with black cardboard slipcase; very light edge wear to slipcase; binding slightly cocked; digital images can be made available upon request. Very Good binding. The State Russian Museum unknown books
1898012460London: Macmillan 1898. 1st Edition Thus. Hardcover. Good. First edition with MacDougall's bold Arts & Crafts decorations. Elaborately gilt-decorated green cloth 4to unpaginated title page in red and black the rest in black. Green cloth faded covers worn and stained at upper corners with 2" loss over lower spine internals fine. 1908 gift inscription ffe. Solid reference copy. William Brown Macdougall 1868 - 1936 was a Scottish artist wood engraver etcher and book illustrator whose motifs reflected influence of Art Nouveau and Arts & Crafts. Macmillan hardcover books
197718138Santa Barbara: Black Sparrow Press 1977. First Edition. Limited Issue one of 200 numbered copies signed by Mrabet and Bowles on the colophon. Slim octavo; 3/4 light blue paper over boards quarterbound in red cloth with blue spine label printed in black and red; 77pp 4. Trivial sunning to upper board edges else Fine in the Near Fine original acetate dustjacket. Black Sparrow Press unknown books
1966WB17156New York: The Limited Editions Club 1966. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Fine. Copy 81 of a total edition of 1500. Signed by illustrator Hans Enri. Excellent copy in publisher's slipcase. <br/><br/> The Limited Editions Club hardcover books
199145005Lanham MD: University Press of America 1991. First Printing of this edition. Octavo 22.25cm; hunter green cloth with titles stamped in gilt on spine and front cover; dustjacket; xvi1546pp. Family association copy inscribed by the translator to his sister on the front endpaper: "2/25/92 / To my beloved sister Sophie - on her birthday - with gratitude for the abiding presence of her translators genius which has been a constant source of inspiration / Love / Ephraim." Fine in a very Near Fine dustjacket with some trivial wear along the flap folds. Important English-language translation of Ginsburg's work on the history of Russian Jewry under Tsar Nicholas I based on archival and other primary sources gathered in St. Petersburg at the turn of the century. University Press of America unknown books
1931011961Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott 1931. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine. Fine copy. Amazingly well preserved. Pictorial cover is trope of pygmy Blacks referring to the Ten Little Savages; the white children inside get more docile treatment. La plus c'est change. J. B. Lippincott hardcover books
196951331London: Macdonald & Co 1969. First U.K. Edition. First Impression. Octavo 20.5cm; orange paper-covered boards with titles stamped in gilt on spine; dustjacket; 67-296pp. Spine ends gently nudged hint of offsetting to endpapers with upper rear board corner gently tapped though still sharp; Near Fine. Dustjacket is unclipped priced £1.75 with some light wear to extremities; Near Fine. Attractive copy of the author's first book set in contemporary Stalinist Czechoslovakia. Macdonald & Co unknown books
1944140939464Princeton New Jersey: Princeton University Press 1944. First American Edition. Fine/Very Good. First American edition. vi 103 pp. Original cloth. Fine in Very Good unclipped dust jacket with light edge wear a little toning to spine panelfaint pencil to front panel. Uncommon in jacket. Princeton University Press unknown books
1983WRCLIT51275Richardson TX.: UT at Dallas 1983. Whole numbers one through thirteen. Quarto. Pictorial self-wrappers and pictorial wrappers. Cheap paper of early newsprint issues tanned as usual ink note on one wrapper else very good to fine. Edited by Rainer Schulte et al. The first number includes a retrospective article on four decades of New Directions and an interview with Gregory Rabassa setting the tone of the continuing significant attention to the mechanics of translations and publication and interviews with or articles by translators in subsequent issues. UT at Dallas unknown books
193826834Yanaginobaba Sanjo Kyoto Nippon: Nippon Flower Arrangement Society 1938. Boards. Very Good. 50 leaves. Oblong quarto 11 3/4 x 8 1/2 inches "Silk" decorative cloth over boards with original paper label on front board. Ties at spine as published. Cloth separating at spine folds mostly front cover. Leaves printed on recto only. Title page preface plus 48 leaves each with a color image of the arrangement and text in Japanese and English describing the composition composer etc. Apparently lacking blank flyleaf before the title page. Tape repair to front pastedown. Stain to front cover upper left. Clean internally. Boards. Nippon Flower Arrangement Society unknown books
197018061001New York: The Macmillan Company 1970. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/near fine. First U.S. edition first printing octavo size 221 pp. signed by Maurice Chevalier. Perhaps one of the best-known French actors of the first half of the 20th century Maurice Chevalier 1888-1972 was nominated for the Academy Award in 1930 for Best Actor for his roles in "The Love Parade" 1929 and "The Big Pond" 1930 which secured his first big American hit "Livin' in the Sunlight Lovin' in the Moonlight" N.B. from Wiki. <br/><br/>___DESCRIPTION: Bound in sky blue cloth gilt lettering on the front and spine plain endpapers M. Chevalier's signature boldly written with in blue on the front free endpaper one section of black and white photographs bound in; octavo size 8.5" by 5.75" pagination: 1-6 7-221. The dust jacket shows the original price of $5.95 pictorial head shot of M. Chevalier with red and white lettering on the front panel and spine quotes from the book on the back panel summary of book on both flaps. <br/><br/>___CONDITION: Volume is fine overall with a strong square text block solid hinges three corners are perfectly straight and one is gently bumped all with no rubbing the interior is clean and bright and entirely free of prior owner markings. The dust jacket is not price-clipped there is some extremely light edgewear particularly at the head of the spine and one short one inch closed tear where the head of the spine meets the front panel; the rest of the jacket is crisp and clean with the red lettering on the spine strong and true not sunned. <br/><br/>___POSTAGE: International customers please note that additional postage may apply as the standard does not always cover costs; please contact us 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 Macmillan Company hardcover books
1981CNJL2054New York: The Viking Press 1981. Hardcover. Near fine/near fine. Quarto size 800 pp. with original publisher's mailing box. Charlotte Salomon 1917-1943 was a German-Jewish artist; born in Berlin she fled Nazi Germany to live in the south of France where she produced the 769 gouaches in "Life or Theater". The book is a somewhat fictionalized account of Salomon's upbringing her family's personal tragedies in the suicides of both her mother and grandmother and her love affair with Alfred Wolfsohn 1896-1962 a voice teacher also living in Berlin. After Salomon had finished the paintings and entrusted them to a friend for safekeeping she was captured by the Nazis and sent to Auschwitz where she was gassed soon after her arrival. The paintings and the texts that accompany them read like a play as Salomon delves into her psyche and attempts to reconcile her life and work to the turbulent events happening in Europe around her. <br/><br/>___DESCRIPTION: Full light purple cloth with purple lettering on the spine four black-and-white photographs of portraits in the preface and foreword black-and-white reproductions of some of Salomon's paintings toward the front of the book 769 full-colour gouaches throughout the book; quarto size 11" by 9.75" pagination: i-iv v-xiv xv xvi 1-784. In original publisher's box cardboard with black lettering on two sides 15.5" by 10".<br/><br/>___CONDITION: Volume is near fine with clean boards straight corners with no rubbing a strong square text block with solid hinges the interior is clean and bright; some very slight bumping to the head and tail of the spine the only prior owner mark we see is a small notation on the back free endpaper "Paris/175"; else fine. Dust jacket is near fine clean with bright colours with some slight bumping to the head and tail of the spine a minute closed tear to the top front joint and some minor toning to the white portions of the jacket. The publisher's box is near fine strong and study having been opened on one end only.<br/><br/>___POSTAGE: Â Due to weight please note that 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 Viking Press hardcover books
17241308112Amsterdam: Chez R. & G. Wetstein 1724. Hardcover. 10mo; VG- condition hardcover; Vellum spines with gilt text brown bar raised bands; 3 volumes: vol. 1 pp 511; vol. 2 L'Heauton-Timorumenos de Terence pp 485; vol. 3 Le Phormion de Terence pp 431; boards show slight soiling to exteriors slightly splayed and bowed boards; text blocks have some foxing to exterior edges some foxing throughout texts; previous owner's bookplates to pastedowns light ink endpapers; illustrated; French text<br /> <br /> <p>NOTE: Shelved in glass case near stairs on the sales floor. 1308112. FP New Rockville Stock. Chez R. & G. Wetstein hardcover books
200531018Gent: Druksel 2005. First edition. Paperback. Fine/fine. Slender volume in sewn wrappers in delicate paper dustwrapper. Poems by Beck in Dutch and French. 25 unnumbered pages. Hand-numbered 51 of 126 copies printed. Signed on the colophon page by someone whose name we can not decipher. Any help would be appreciated. Fine condition in fine dustwrapper. Only three copies located all in Europe in WorldCat. Druksel paperback books
193325423New York: Liveright Inc. Publishers 1933. First American Edition. Octavo 19.5cm; chickpea-colored cloth with titles stamped in black on spine and front cover; black topstain; dustjacket; 463pp. Fine in a Very Good dustjacket; unclipped priced $2.50 gently spine-sunned with light edgewear overall dustiness and a few short tears. Danish author's novel about a young girl's rise from humble surroundings to the sophisticated upper class after marrying the son of a wealthy ship-owner. Scarce in dustjacket. Liveright, Inc., Publishers unknown books
197418141Santa Barbara: Black Sparrow Press 1974. First Edition. Limited Issue one of 250 numbered copies signed by Mrabet and Bowles on the colophon. Octavo; 3/4 white paper over boards quarterbound in black cloth with white spine label and front panel printed in black and pink; 123pp 3. Fine in a Fine acetate dustjacket. Black Sparrow Press unknown books
188844565New York: Thomas Y. Crowell & Co 1888. First American Edition. Octavo 19cm; brown cloth with titling and decorations stamped in gilt on spine and front cover; floral endpapers; ivportrait frontispiece2951 plus 8pp ads. Hint of sunning to spine some faint dust-soil to covers and some pinpoint wear to extremities; hinges sound and clean throughout; Near Fine. LINE 78. Thomas Y. Crowell & Co unknown books
194060949Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press 1940. First edition. Royal octavo. xi 319 pp. Burgundy cloth stamped in gilt spine and front board. Spine slightly faded else very good. Contents include Governor Vargas's campaign journals correspondence and reports on the economy of New Spain. <br/><br/> University of New Mexico Press hardcover books
1929008076London: The Nonesuch Press 1929. Fine in Very Good slipcase a 3" tear top edge at spine light rubbing to edges. #186 of 1600 copies printed by the Curwen Press in hand-set Janson type on Van Gelder paper. Bound in full limp vellum with gilt stamping in the publisher's sliding case. Designed by Francis Meynell who chose Astrological designs to be stencilled in genuine gold onto colored panels to serve as chapter openers; the title page also contains an elegant arrangement using signs. No. 65 in John Dreyfus's catalogue of the Press. A lovely book in a better slipcase than usually seen. . Limited and Numbered First Edition. Vellum. Fine/No Jacket As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Limited Edition. The Nonesuch Press Hardcover books
190330100Boston: The Jefferson Press 1903. Hardcover. VG- light wear and scuffing to covers all vols. nice and tight. Maroon cloth t. e. g. Includes Virgin Soil A Reckless Character Spring Freshets and Other Stories Smoke The Brigadier and Other Stories On the Eve First Love and Other Stories The Jew and Other Stories The Diary of a Superfluous Man and Other Stories Fathers and Children Memoirs of a Sportsman A Nobleman's Nest Rudin: A Romance A King Lear of the Steppes and Phantoms and Other Stories The Jefferson Press hardcover books
1960140938869New York: Pantheon Books 1960. First Edition. Very Good/Good. First American edition. 157 pp. Yellow cloth with red lettering. Very Good with bumped corners light dust soiling in Good dust jacket price-clipped with darkened spine panel chipping along edges archival mending tissue repair to verso. A surreal allegorical French novel that partially inspired Alejandro Jodorowsky's 1973 film The Holy Mountain. Pantheon Books unknown books
