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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
1998Embry 196250Mazda 1998. First edition first printing. Fine. Cloth no dust jacket as issued. Mazda, 1998. First edition, first printing. hardcover books
19861324738Manchester UK and New York: Carcanet Press Ltd 1986. First UK Edition. Hardcover. Octavo; pp 150; G/G; ivory spine with orange and green text; dust jacket has light tone toward edges; mylar wraps; cloth has mild wear to exterior; lightly sunned edges; strong boards; text block shows shelf wear to exterior edges; interior clean; good binding;. 1324738. FP New Rockville Stock. Carcanet Press Ltd hardcover books
1949174070New York: Heritage Press 1949. First edition thus. Hardcover. 471 pages. Translation and annotations by M. F. K. Fisher and illustrations by Sylvain Sauvage. A clean and tight near fine copy in a very good slipcase that has some splitting slight soiling and wear. No dust jacket. Heritage Press unknown 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
19699014499University Alabama: University of Alabama Press 1969. 1st. Hardcover. Fine condition / Near fine condition dust jacket. The dust jacket has minor wear to the extremities. <br/><br/> University of Alabama Press hardcover books
1985264306Culver City: Labyrinthos 1985. Pamphlet. 27p. facsimile text largepoint faces translations &c in smallpoint oversize softbound a stapled 11x8.5 inch pamphlet in plain printed milkchocolate wraps faintest signs of age & handling minuscule abrasion and sunning to spinefold entirely clean sound and unmarked within a very good copy. An early very early account of The New World already with large-scale battles. Labyrinthos unknown books
198641607Concepción Chile: Ediciones Literatura Americana Reunida 1986. Paperback. 69p. bilingual text in English and Spanish inscribed and signed by the poet very good first edition trade paperback in pictorial wraps. Chilean American poet. Ediciones Literatura Americana Reunida 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
1970126972Cambridge Massachusetts: Harvard University Press 1970. Second. Hardbound. VG previous owners name inside some markings in the text margins. Tan cloth boards with black lettering xxiii 147 liv pp no illustrations. Broken into three parts; The Early Ch'ing Period: The School of "Practical Statesmanship" and Other Trends The Middle Ch'ing Period: The Dominance of the School of Empirical Research; The Beginnings of Reaction and The Late Ch'ing Period: The Modern Text School and Other New Trends. Harvard University Press hardcover 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
198643970Beijing: China Translation & Publishing Corp. Near Fine. 1986. Hardcover. Beijing: China Translation and Publishing Corp. 1986. First edition. No page numbers 82 beautiful color plate reproductions. Folio copy 15" x 10.5" in original pictorial slipcase. Interior is as new. Brown cloth binding is tight and unmarked. A near fine copy in a like DJ/slipcase. . China Translation & Publishing Corp hardcover books
19899011101New York: Hugh Lauter Levin Associates 1989. Hardcover. Book fine Dust jacket fine. The book has minor shelf wear to the bottom edge. <br/><br/> Hugh Lauter Levin Associates hardcover books
19601311633Brussels: The Belgian Congo And Ruanda-Urundi Information and Public Relations Office 1960. Hardcover. Octavo; G-/Hardcover; Blue spine with gold text; Heavy shelf wear to covers warping and creasing of spine which is bent out of shape light marks and rubbing to surfaces; Binding intact but skewed due to spine attached on rear paste-down is a map index age toned pages foxing along paste-downs and free end pages toning to sides and edges of pages; Age toning to text block exterior text block clean maps and graph illustrations; 187 pp. 1311633. FP New Rockville Stock. The Belgian Congo And Ruanda-Urundi Information and Public Relations Office hardcover books
19267657Paris: Libreria Larousse 1926. Very thick octavo 19.5 x 14 x 5.75 cm. 1528 pages. Two column format with 200 black & white illustration and some full-page color plates. 102 maps. 5900 entries. All edges red.Text in Spanish and Portuguese. Later printing of this Spanish adaptation by Miguel de Toro of the famous Larousse Gastronomique. Between the two separate dictionaries is an interesting section "Locuciones Latinas y Extranjeras" printed on pink paper. ~ Hinges delicate but holding. In original orange cloth with illustration of a woman blowing a dandelion with brown titles on front and spine. Edges and corners rubbed. Still near very good. Libreria Larousse hardcover books
195957330New York: Horizon Press 1959. Hardcover. 187p. small remainder mark bottom edge otherwise very good first US edition in cloth boards and lightly-worn unclipped dj. A collection of essays on poetry the death penalty on the innocence of criminals on friendship etc. Horizon Press hardcover books
19889006716San Diego: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich 1988. 1st. Hardcover. Book fine Dust jacket fine. Bound in quarter cloth and paper covered boards with the spine stamped in gilt. <br/><br/> Harcourt Brace Jovanovich hardcover 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
1971WRCLIT51285Vancouver BC 1971. Whole numbers 1-6 8-12. Eleven issues. Quarto. Pictorial wrappers. Very good or better. Edited by Andreas Schroeder and J. Michael Yates. Published tri-annually and including poetry and prose by a wide range of writers translated by Kirkup Eshleman Hollo Watkins Savory Waldrop Barnstone Friar Bruchac Glassco et al. unknown books
19871312496Lucerne: Richemont Craft School 1987. First Edition. Hardcover. Large Oblong Octavo; pp 291; VG-/no-DJ; ivory spine with dark brown text; cloth shows minor wear to exterior; minor dings to edges; strong boards; text block shows light wear to exterior edges; frontispiece; profusely illustrated; very light foxing to edges of first and last few pages. 1312496. FP New Rockville Stock. Richemont Craft School hardcover books
1990133101Berkeley: Third Woman Press 1990. Paperback. 97p. bilingual texts in Spanish and English first edition trade paperback in lightly-worn original pictorial wraps. Mexican-born Oakland educator. Third Woman Press paperback books
1990111500Berkeley: Third Woman Press 1990. Paperback. 97p. bilingual texts in Spanish and English inscribed by the poet and signed by her and by the translator the latter signature a most interesting flourish very good first edition trade paperback in pictorial wraps. Third Woman Press paperback books
199069667Berkeley: Third Woman Press 1990. Paperback. 97p. bilingual texts in Spanish and English signed by the poet very good first edition trade paperback in pictorial wraps. Third Woman Press paperback books
199089100Berkeley: Third Woman Press 1990. Paperback. 97p. bilingual texts in Spanish and English inscribed and signed by the poet very good first edition trade paperback in pictorial wraps. Third Woman Press paperback books
