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19410026571941. Full Morocco. Near Fine. A stylish twentieth century version of the illuminated manuscript which honors the tradition while not slavishly hewing to its Medieval ornamentation. 8vo. 17.5 by 11.5 cm. Unpaginated 64 pp. Rendered on vellum leaves. Contains 31 poems translated from the French by Paul Geraldy. The beautiful calligraphy is rendered primarily in black with red used for most titles and gilt reserved for the most salient titles. Most extraordinary though are the many vignette illustrations and ornaments of birds butterflies seraphs flowers stars masks and shells. These are integrated seamlessly with the text. They somehow manage to exhude a charisma without a wisp of vulgarity and their effect is bound to be sheer intoxication. The anthology of naive or deliberately simple poems "Toi et Moi" first appeared in 1912. Dedicated to Lisbet Marx who was the original owner of the manuscript and might have commissioned it. Minor rubbing to the spine bands. Clean bright and tight otherwise. <br/><br/> unknown books
1930175155Paris: Editions M.P. Tremois 1930. Copy No. 77 of 103. Softcover. VG overall with the exception of the loss of paper spine. Orinigal blue gilt-printed thin wraps. 38 pp. illustrations throughout including 5 colored drypoint etchings 17.35 x 12.5" 44 x 31.8 cm. Text is in French. One of the 45 copies on Velin d'Arches paper nos. 34 to 78. Pagination seems to begin at "8" on the verso of the title-page.It ends at page 32 which is followed by a colored etching and a final page of text then one blank verso and then the limitation sheet with blank verso. Very nice copy considering how tender the original binding was. Covers protected by clear acetate. Though there is no publication date to be found in this book Worldcat has placed the date at 1930. Others have indicated 1927 and 1928. Vokaer in "Bibliographie de Marcel Vertès" places the date at 1928. Editions M.P. Tremois paperback books
1872140941617London: Macmillan and Co 1872. First Edition in Italian. Very Good. First edition in Italian first issue. 12 189 3 pp. With 42 illustrations by John Tenniel in text. Bound in publisher's remainder binding of red cloth ruled in blind and stamped in gilt; top edges gilt plain endpapers. Very Good with rubbing and light soiling to boards faint sunning to spine. Macmillan and Co unknown books
1902008679London: Freemantle and Co. 1902. Stamp signed fine bindings "Bound by Zaehnsdorf for A.C. McClurg & Co." of full polished calf backs ornately gilt marbled end papers tops gilt illustrated. A Near Fine set of six volumes small rubs at spine ends a few small browned spots front end pages. SCARCE in commerce especially so in lovely bindings. A comparable set in fine binding last seen at auction in 1978. . First Edition Thus. Full Polished Calf. Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Freemantle and Co. Hardcover books
1937147541N.p.: N.p. 1937. Draft script for the 1937 film. With the name of character Mary Field and actor Suzanne Kaaren uncredited in the final film added to the cast list in holograph pencil and with a few minor holograph pencil emendations throughout. Screenplay divided into eight alphabetical Sequences A through H.<br/><br/>A melancholic romantic comedy by Ernst Lubitsch about a love triangle between Lady Maria Barker Marlene Dietrich her husband the British diplomat Sir Frederich Barker Herbert Marshall and the charming traveler Anthony Halton Melvyn Douglas set throughout Europe with an oncoming war looming.<br/><br/>Set in London Paris and Vienna. <br/><br/>In a custom quarter leather clamshell box. <br/><br/>Untitled self wrappers. 175 leaves with last page of text numbered H-19. Mimeograph duplication rectos only with white revision pages throughout dated variously between 1/28/37 and 2-1-37. Pages Very Good plus some front leaves with light soiling wrapper Very Good lightly soiled dampstaining separating at the spine side stapled with three staples. N.p. unknown books
195451300London: Secker & Warburg 1954. First U.K. Edition. First Impression. Octavo 19.25cm; sage green paper-covered boards with titles stamped in silver on spine; dustjacket; iv1704pp. Bookplate signed by the author loosely laid in. Hint of sunning to spine faint offsetting to endpapers else a fresh very Near Fine copy. Dustjacket is unclipped priced 10s. 6d. net with corresponding faint sunning to spine panel light wear to spine ends and corners and a few small closed tears two of them discreetly mended on verso; Very Good. <br/><br/>First edition in English of Boulle's third novel centered around the experiences of a group of British POW's in Thailand during World War II forced by the Japanese Imperial Army to help build the "Death Railway." Basis for David Lean's Oscar-winning 1957 film starring Alec Guiness Jack Hawkins and William Holden. This copy an apparently scarce issue of the UK edition; the UK edition was bound without endpapers the first page being the half-title page though this copy was certainly issued with them. Secker & Warburg unknown books
188643990New York: Thomas Y. Crowell & Co 1886. First American Edition. First Printing a review copy with two printed publisher's slips - one tipped onto front endpaper the other loosely laid in. Octavo 18.75cm; publisher's burgundy cloth with titling and the Russian coat of arms stamped in gilt on spine and front cover; portrait frontispiece 45-2951pp. Forward lean gentle sunning to spine with a touch of dust-soil to upper edge of textblock and some scattered rubbed spots to lower covers; Very Good. Scarce advance copy of Gogol's historical novella centered around Zaporozhian Cossack Taras Bulba and his two sons. Preceded in English only by its inclusion in Cossack Tales London: J. Blackwood 1860. A significant title - its publication by Crowell was the first volume in a series of Gogol's works published in the United States preceding the London edition Vizetelly 1887 by one year and is apparently the first publication of any of Gogol's works in America. LINE Bibliography of Russian Literature in English Translation to 1945 p.20. Thomas Y. Crowell & Co unknown books
192021022503New York: Henry Holt 1920. First Edition. Cloth. Good . First US edition first printing octavo size 182 pp. The name "Albert Einstein" 1879-1955 immediately conjures up in the mind of almost everyone the image a brilliant scientist whose research and findings are comprehensible to only a few. He would be awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1921 the year after this book was published and his work led to ideas such as spacetime length contraction neutron stars and black holes - along with many other scientific concepts still being explored today. <br/><br/>Einstein published works on "special relativity" as early as 1905 and by 1916 would publish the final form of "general relativity". The two would come together in this work "Relativity The Special and General Theory" first published in London by Methuen in 1920 and in the same year in the US by Henry Holt. In addition to the sections on "The Special Theory of Relativity" and "The General Theory of Relativity" is included a special part "Considerations on the Universe as a Whole" which according to the translator's note was "written specially for this translation" p. ix. <br/><br/>___DESCRIPTION: Bound in full navy blue cloth over boards gilt lettering on the front blind-debossed ruled borders on the front frontispiece a half-tone reproduction of an etching of Einstein in 1920 by Hermann Struck a German-Jewish artist well known for his etchings; octavo size 8 3/8" by 5 5/8" pagination: i-iv v-xiii blank xiv 1-168. <br/><br/>___CONDITION: A bit better than good the boards mostly clean with a few light specks straight corners with minimal rubbing a strong square text block with solid hinges the interior clean and entirely free of prior owner markings; rubbing with slight fraying of the cloth at the head and tail of the spine gilt lettering on the spine has rubbed off leaving debossed lettering the aforementioned light rubbing to the corners an old dampstain at the top fore-edge corner from the front free endpaper through p. 2 a few upper corners bent only the outer quarter-inch by a prior owner offsetting from an old clipping on pp. 16 and 17 and uniform light toning throughout. <br/><br/>___CITATIONS: Printing and the Mind of Man no. 408; online American National Biography and a bit from Wiki. <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. Henry Holt unknown books
1937149410London: Boriswood 1937. First UK Edition and first English language edition. Preceded by the French edition published by Pion the previous year. Rare in jacket.<br/><br/>Basis for the 1951 French film directed by Robert Bresson. <br/><br/>Very Good in an about Very Good dust jacket. Owner signature to the front endpaper boards lightly foxed slightly bowed with light foxing to endpapers and page edges. Jacket frayed along the top and bottom edge with a 3/4-inch chip at the heel and a couple of small chips at the crown. A very presentable copy. Boriswood unknown books
189549766Philadelphia: The Gebbie Publishing Co. Ltd 1895. Connoisseur Edition. One of 25 sets numbered and specially bound this being no.8. Eight octavo volumes 23.75cm; full black crushed morocco spines in six compartments with titling and decorations stamped in gilt on spines and triple gilt-ruled border on covers; marbled endpapers; top edges gilt; xiv2255; xiii226-4335; x2384; x239-4475; xii2384; xii2394624; xii2264; xiv227-4764pp with frontispieces and 58 plates. Light wear to joints and extremities touch of dustiness finger-soil and a few scuffs to covers with faint foxing to text edges; contents relatively clean with hinges sound; Very Good. Handsome edition of the French critic and historian's landmark work on English literature published first in France in 1863 and translated into English in 1871. Gebbie published this set in a variety of issues the Connoisseur Edition representing the smallest available limitation. The Gebbie Publishing Co. Ltd unknown books
1929140940264New York: Brentano's 1929. First American Edition. Fine/Near Fine. First American edition. xviii 225 pp. Publisher's crimson cloth lettered in black. Fine in a Near Fine dust jacket unclipped with a few small chips to edges and a closed tear to the front panel a little toning. Really an attractive example of the jacket designed by Orozco. Azuela's classic novel of the Mexican Revolution Los de abajo-- a surprise hit in the US. Brentano's unknown books
2017132336Plains PA: Boss Dog Press 2017. quarter leather with paste-paper covered boards gilt lettering on spine slipcase. Boss Dog Press. 9" x 12" quarter leather with paste-paper covered boards gilt lettering on spine slipcase. 68 3 pages. Limited to 96 copies of which this is one of 26 lettered and signed copies bound thus. The Bone Folder is the fifth and most ambitious publication of the Boss Dog Press. A letterpress edition of Ernst Collin's Der Pressbengel translated from the original German by Peter D. Verheyen the text is a dialog between a fictional bookbinder and his equally fictional patron with the goal of educating bibliophiles about the processes of hand bookbinding. The dialog is carried out over six days Monday through Saturday with a different subject each day. Monday covers forwarding; Tuesday is decorated papers leather and vellum; Wednesday paper case bindings; Thursday quarter leather bindings; Friday is full leather binding; Saturday describes gold tooling.The original edition was published in 1922 and has been reprinted in other languages; the first English translation was made available in the 2009 Guild of Book Workers Journal and also as a downloadable pdf from Peters Pressbengel Project blog. The text is augmented by a bio-bibliographical study of the history of the Collin family three generations of whom were bookbinders of significance in Germany from the mid-1800s to World War II. In addition the text is complemented by the inclusion of seven photographic images a frontispiece and an enlarged image of Ernst Collin's handwritten signature. Boss Dog Press unknown books
2017132337Plains PA: Boss Dog Press 2017. paste-paper covered boards paper label on cover and spine slipcase. Boss Dog Press. 9" x 12" paste-paper covered boards paper label on cover and spine slipcase. 68 3 pages. Limited to 96 copies of which this is one of 50 numbered and signed copies. The Bone Folder is the fifth and most ambitious publication of the Boss Dog Press. A letterpress edition of Ernst Collins Der Pressbengel translated from the original German by Peter D. Verheyen the text is a dialog between a fictional bookbinder and his equally fictional patron with the goal of educating bibliophiles about the processes of hand bookbinding. The dialog is carried out over six days Monday through Saturday with a different subject each day. Monday covers forwarding; Tuesday is decorated papers leather and vellum; Wednesday paper case bindings; Thursday quarter leather bindings; Friday is full leather binding; Saturday describes gold tooling.The original edition was published in 1922 and has been reprinted in other languages; the first English translation was made available in the 2009 Guild of Book Workers Journal and also as a downloadable pdf from Peters Pressbengel Project blog. The text is augmented by a bio-bibliographical study of the history of the Collin family three generations of whom were bookbinders of significance in Germany from the mid-1800s to World War II. In addition the text is complemented by the inclusion of seven photographic images a frontispiece and an enlarged image of Ernst Collins handwritten signature. Boss Dog Press unknown books
196818094New York: Harper & Row 1968. First American Edition. First Printing. Octavo; 3/4 goldenrod paper over boards quarterbound in rust-colored cloth with titles stamped in dark brown on spine; dustjacket; 170pp. Lower corners gently tapped though still perfectly sharp with a few faint tiny stains to lower edge of text; Near Fine. Dustjacket is the first issue with the author's photo credited to Jerry Bauer on rear panel; bright unclipped and virtually unrubbed with a single tiny nick to upper edge of front panel - very Near Fine. The Nobel Prize-winning author's first book translated into English collecting a novella and eight short stories. Basis for the 1999 Arturo Ripstein film El Colonel No Tiene Quien Le Escriba starring Fernando Lujan and Salma Hayek. KLEIN E1.a.1. Harper & Row unknown books
1896012478London/ Philadelphia: Gibbings & Company Ltd/ J. B. Lippincott 1896. 1st Edition Thus. Soft cover. Near Fine. Printed in England for both US and U K distribution. Beautifully preserved Art& Crafts-designed production of the Arabian tales. Small 8vo light green cloth boldly-stamped titles in darker green and blue front covers w/ more and gilt to spine. Brangwyn's full page illustrations are in duotone but the real graphic wallop is in the cover design and extra title page design which we suspect is attributable to an artist whom we cannot identify other than Brangwyn. A wonderful period piece. A collectible set - no names inscriptions or bookplates and desirable thus. Gibbings & Company Ltd/ J. B. Lippincott unknown books
1922CNWB07Munich: Orchis-Verlag 1922. Hardcover. Very good . Masjutin Wassilij. Folio size 68 pp. in German. Russian poet and novelist Alexander Sergeyevich Pushkin 1799-1837 considered the founder of modern Russian literature wrote "Ruslan and Ludmilla" an epic fairy tale filled with adventure magic and love; it tells of the knight Ruslan who goes on a quest to rescue Ludmilla a princess of Kiev after she is kidnapped by an evil wizard. The story is told in verse and divided into six "Songs" and one epilogue; it was later adapted into an opera by famed Russian composer Mikhail Glinka 1804-1857.<br/><br/>Accompanying the poem are illustrations by Wassilij Masjutin Vasily Masyutin 1884-1955 a Russian-German artist who illustrated numerous books by Russian authors such as Fyodor Dostoevsky and Nikolai Gogol; for Pushkin's verses he creates full-length portraits of the characters and each is hand-coloured by R. Müller per the colophon. The prologue of the poem describes a cat walking around a tree on a gold chain a cat who tells fables and as it paces it begins to tell this tale; the cat pacing around the tree is illustrated on the front board of the book.<br/><br/>___DESCRIPTION: White cloth spine with cream paper boards hand-coloured illustration of a cat pacing around a tree on the front board title and author written by hand in brown ink on the spine top edge stained red mauve endpapers title page in red and black with publisher's device in red text inside red ruled and decorative borders throughout full-page illustrations by Wassilij Masjutin hand-coloured by R. Müller throughout; folio size 13.25" by 9.75" pagination: 1-7 8-67 1 colophon. Please note the text is in German. Per the colophon there were 100 special copies printed on rag paper and signed by the artist; this volume is a standard copy.<br/><br/>___CONDITION: Volume is very good plus with a strong square text block with solid hinges the interior is clean and entirely free of prior owner markings; front and rear boards are lightly foxed spine is lightly soiled light rubbing to the head and tail of the spine the corners are gently bumped and somewhat rubbed interior pages are lightly toned at the margins but with the red borders and illustrations still bright there is one cracked gutter at pages 52 and 53 but text block is still strong. <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. Orchis-Verlag hardcover books
1951147312London: N.p. 1951. Draft script for the 1951 London production of Jean Cocteau's 1938 play "Les Parents Terribles" translated by Charles Frank under the title "Intimate Relations." Carbon typescript on onionskin. Copyright agency label affixed to front wrapper and on title page over previous copyright of Jean Cocteau & Charles Frank. One annotation in holograph pencil striking a word of dialogue in script. Laid in is a "With Compliments" note on bandleader and impresario Jack Hylton letterhead.<br/><br/>The play premiered at the Strand Theatre in London on July 26 1951 and ran through November 24 1951 for a total of 140 performances. Frank would go on to direct the film adaptation of his translation in 1953 released as "Intimate Relations" in Europe and as "Disobedient" in the US starring Harold Warrender and Marian Spencer.<br/><br/>Cocteau's tale of a truly dysfunctional family. A neurotic overly possessive mother Yvonne finds out her son Michel has intentions to marry the beautiful Madeleine the woman with whom Georges Michel's father has been having an affair. <br/><br/>Blue untitled wrappers with titled label. Title page present with credits for playwright Jean Cocteau and translator Charles Frank. 145 leaves with last page of text numbered III-38. Carbon typescript on onionskin rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus with some light staining side stapled. <br/><br/>Laid in Note: 4 x 6 inches. Very Good plus. N.p. unknown books
193319937New York: Farrar & Rinehart Inc 1933. First Edition. First Printing. Octavo 20.5cm; red cloth with titles stamped in black on spine and front panel; gray-green topstain; dustjacket; 345pp. Some trivial wear to board edges else Fine. Dustjacket is unclipped priced $2.50 gently spine-sunned with light wear to extremities and a few short tears tape-mended on verso; Very Good. A classic of Soviet realism a novel set among youth in factories and plants brimming with optimism for the Five-Year Plan. In the scarce illustrated dustjacket artwork uncredited featuring a large arm moving the hand of a clock forward with an industrial scene in the background. Farrar & Rinehart, Inc unknown books
191134109Garden City: Doubleday Page & Company 1911. First American Edition. First Printing. Octavo 20cm; light brown cloth with titling and decorations stamped in white dark yellow and hunter green on spine and front cover; dustjacket; x339pp; frontispiece and 14 plates of illustrations. Brief contemporary 1914 pencil inscription to front endpaper spine ends gently nudged with rubbing to white spine lettering else a fresh Near Fine copy. Dustjacket is lightly edgeworn and gently spine-sunned with some dustiness to panels a few small chips to upper edge several tears and a few small moisture stains to spine; Very Good. Second volume featuring Lagerlöf's best-known character Nils Holgersson "whose chief delight was to eat and sleep and after that he liked best to make mischief." This together with its predecessor The Wonderful Adventures of Nils would become Lagerlöf's most popular and enduring work. Lagerlöf was the first female author and first Swede to win the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1909. Scarce in dustjacket. Doubleday, Page & Company unknown books
1976140937732New Brunswick NJ: Rutgers University Press 1976. First American Edition. Fine/Very Good. First American edition. 105 pp. Original black cloth with gilt lettering. Fine in Very Good price-clipped dust jacket with a little sunning to spine two tiny closed tears light rubbing. Uncommon. The first English language edition of one of the famous German philosopher and jurist's most important works. Via University of Chicago professor Leo Strauss the book would influence George W. Bush-era neoconservative thought specifically by defining the state's role as crusader against the other or enemy. Rutgers University Press unknown books
191819741Boston: The Stratford Company Publishers 1918. First American Edition. First Printing. Slim octavo 20cm; beige paper-covered boards with titling and rule printed in dark brown on front panel; dustjacket; 58pp 6 ads. Light wear to crown with faint sunning to board edges; Near Fine. Dustjacket shows light edgewear with tiny chips at spine ends and old partial sticker removed from 25c price at base of spine; flaps trimmed presumably as-issued; Very Good. Apparent first appearance of each story in English a joint publication by The Stratford Universal Library. Both Lazarus and The Gentleman from San Francisco are early works in translation for Andreyev and Bunin. Bunin whose style was deeply rooted in the Russian folkloric tradition had the distinction of being the first Russian to win the Nobel Prize in Literature. An especially scarce title in dustjacket. The Stratford Company, Publishers unknown books
1929290199London 1929. Limited. hardcover. very good. Illustrated facsimile of Hebrew manuscript pages each with English translations. Small 4to vellum-bound slightly bowed covers else fine. London: Soncino Press 1929. A very good copy lacking the slipcase.<br/><br/> Number 30 of 560 copies.<br/><br/> unknown books
1901008011London: Downey & Co. Limited 1901. SCARCE in fine binding and such lovely condition. Both volumes stamped "Bound by Sangorski & Sutcliffe London England for Gelber Lilienthal Inc.". Handsomely bound in half polished blue calf ruled in gilt over marbled boards the backs with two calf labels lettered in gilt and four gilt stamped fleurs-de-lys in gilt ruled boxes top edges gilt marbled end papers. Near Fine light rubbing to boards at edges. Interior pages quite clean. . First Edition. Half Calf. Near Fine/No Jacket As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Downey & Co., Limited Hardcover books
196053321Oxford: Bruno Cassirer 1960. First U.K. Edition. First Impression. Octavo 20.75cm; pale blue-gray cloth with titles stamped in navy blue on spine; dustjacket; 67-5191pp. Faintest suggestion of foxing to text edges else a clean Near Fine copy. Dustjacket is price-clipped with a hint of sunning to spine and some faint scattered foxing; Near Fine. The Greek author's fourth book imagining an alternate fate for Jesus Christ. Basis for Martin Scorcese's controversial 1988 film The Last Temptation of Christ starring Willem Dafoe and Harvey Keitel. CRITERION #70. Bruno Cassirer unknown books
1931012034Phildalephia: J. B. Lippincott 1931. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Fair. Uncommon autobiography of the famous Parisian designer who knew all the swells! Very good copy no names inscription or bookplates black cloth stamped in gilt. Illustrated with b&w photographs. Fabulous Art-Deco dustjacket designed by Samuel Bernard Schaeffer worn and chipped about the edges still presentable. J. B. Lippincott hardcover books
