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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
1986188624Madrid: Biblioteca de Autoras Cristianos 1986. Hardcover. xxxiv 901p. text in Spanish illustrations very good first edition in cloth and lightly-rubbed dj. Biblioteca de Autoras Cristianos Series 478. Biblioteca de Autoras Cristianos hardcover books
200187025Beverly Hills: Laredo Publishing Co 2001. Paperback. 109p. very good first edition trade paperback in pictorial wraps. Detroit-based Latino poet. Laredo Publishing Co paperback 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
196648387Mexico City: El Corno Emplumado 1966. First Edition. One of 1000 copies. Slim octavo 19cm; printed card wrappers; 213pp. Light wear to extremities gentle sunning to spine with some faint creasing to wrappers; Very Good. Slim collection of verse by the Finnish poet living in London translated by Anselm Hollo. From the collection of New York hipster impresario Israel "Izzy" Young proprietor of the Folklore Center on Bleecker Street in Greenwich Village an important nexus for Lower East Side bohemia throughout the late 1950s and 1960s. El Corno Emplumado unknown books
198518181San Francisco: City Lights 1985. First American Edition. First Printing and correct First preceding the British edition by 3 years. Octavo; brick red cloth with titles stamped in gilt on spine; dustjacket; 95pp 1. Fine in a Fine dustjacket one of a very small number of copies bound in cloth. The Guatemalan author's first book a collection of short fiction. City Lights unknown books
199118179London: Peter Owen 1991. First UK Edition. First Impression and correct First preceding the American edition published 6 years later. Octavo; green paper over boards with titles stamped in silver on spine; dustjacket; 72pp. Fine in a Near Fine unclipped dustjacket with some trivial rubbing to extremities. The Guatemalan author's third book. Peter Owen unknown books
199718180Tiburon: Cadmus Editions 1997. First American Edition. Limited Issue one of 150 numbered copies signed by the author and translator. Octavo; red cloth with titles stamped in gilt on spine; dustjacket; 117pp 10. Parallel text in Spanish and English. Fine in a Fine dustjacket. The Guatemalan author's third book. Cadmus Editions unknown books
197486873NY:: Metropolitan Museum of Art. Near Fine. 1974. Hardcover. B0015772SU . Color and black and white illustrations throughout. First edition. Near fine in a near fine illustrated slipcase. . Metropolitan Museum of Art, hardcover books
197456128NY:: Metropolitan Museum of Art. Very Good. 1974. Hardcover. B0015772SU . Color and black and white illustrations throughout. First edition. Near fine in a very good sun fading illustrated slipcase. . Metropolitan Museum of Art, hardcover books
197455495NY:: Metropolitan Museum of Art. Very Good. 1974. Hardcover. B0015772SU . Color and black and white illustrations throughout. First edition. Near fine in a very good minor edge wear illustrated slipcase. . Metropolitan Museum of Art, hardcover books
1950235165Belgium: Abbaye de Saint-Andre-lez-Bruges 1950. loose leaves. Looseleaf plates eleven half- and full-page color plates tipped onto semi-alkaline 11.7x9 inch grey sheets: short one plate these numbered lift onlays to see we can offer nos.2-12 only plus a printed 12x9.5 inch pamphlet the "commentaires" plus a third item a loose translation into English printed from typescript reproduced clearly on non-archival standard leaves and corner-stapled. Plates are unmolested by handling or age while backing sheets are a bit toned. The Commentaires 5p. are professionally printed and are mildly toned and edgeworn. The translation 4p. paginated by hand is good. All three components are partially enclosed in a defective cardstock folder. A fairly good set but lacking the very first reproduction therefore "as is" Englished text over Pat Choate's name begins: "This is not an exact translation. The ideas and sentiments expressed by Van den Bossche.were extracted from the colonialist context in which they were embedded and were then translated in the free style; portions were altered and some omitted. Abbaye de Saint-Andre-lez-Bruges unknown books
19751334843Lahore: Sh. Muhammad Ashraf 1975. Hardcover. Octavo; pp 1453; G/G-; yellow/black spines with black text; 2 volumes; dust jackets have moderate sunning to exteriors; several chips to edges; cloths show modest wear to exteriors; light buckling toward head and tail edges; some rubbing to edges; text blocks have green marbled exterior edges; interiors clean; good bindings; additional shipping may be necessary due to size/weight restrictions for international/expedited orders. 1334843. FP New Rockville Stock. Sh. Muhammad Ashraf hardcover books
19861331614New York Mahwah Toronto: Paulist Press 1986. Hardcover. Octavo; pp 238; G; 1/4 bound burgundy spine with white text; no jacket; cloth has minimal shelf wear; some rubbing wear to edges; strong boards; text block has slight wear to exterior edges; interior clean; tight binding;. 1331614. FP New Rockville Stock. Paulist Press hardcover books
200123276Jefferson NC/London: McFarland & Company Inc. Near Fine. c.2001. 1st English-language edition. Hardcover. 0786407352 . no dust jacket as issued nice clean copy faint external wear only. B&W photo frontispiece Translation of a book first published in France in 1935 as "Charlie Chaplin intime" described in the introduction as "the most vivid and revealing account of a close personal relationship with Chaplin ever published." Although there had been a few other memoirs including those by Charles Chaplin Jr. his mother Lita Grey Chaplin and his co-star in THE GOLD RUSH Georgia Hale "none offers such a meticulously detailed record of daily life with Chaplin as Reeves or one written so soon after the events it records." Reeves met Chaplin on the French Riviera in 1933 and "lived in intimate daily contact with him for approximately a year. Her book again quoting the introduction "is particularly valuable for the insight it offers into Chaplin's personality as well as into the intricate connection between his personality and his art." This volume also includes an excerpt from another highly-regarded but until now untranslated French book about Chaplin "The Truth About Charlie Chaplin: His Life His Loves His Disappointments" written by Carlyle T. Robinson in 1933. Notes bibliography index. . McFarland & Company, Inc. hardcover books
19271326269London; New York: John Lane the Bodley Head; Boni and Liveright 1927. 2717/4300. Hardcover. Octavo; pp 499; Good; black spine with gilt text; no jacket; numbered limited edition; this volume only; full title: The Complete Works of Doctor Francois Rabelais Abstrator of the Quintessence Being an Account of the Inestimable Life of the Great Gargantua and of the Heroic Deeds Sayings and Marvellous Voyages of His Son the Good Pantagruel; cloth shows slight sunning to spine; mild edge wear; gilt lettering and decorations to spine and front; strong boards; text block has all edges gilt; previous owner's name to ffep; frontispiece; some light foxing to first and last few pages; cracked front hinge; illustrated; deckled edges; interior clean;. 1326269. FP New Rockville Stock. John Lane the Bodley Head; Boni and Liveright hardcover 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
198644769New York: Alfred A. Knopf 1986. First Edition. First Printing. Octavo 24.25cm; beige paper and brown cloth-covered boards with titling and author's initials stamped in gilt on spine and front cover; dustjacket; xiv3804pp; illus. Some trivial wear to board edges else Fine in a lightly shelfworn Near Fine dustjacket. Memoirs of a Cuban political prisoner held in Isla de Pinos prison for 22 years detailing the day-to-day conditions he and his fellow inmates lived in tortures they suffered through and his release. Alfred A. Knopf unknown books
199761184Atglen PA: Schiffer Military History. Very Good. 1997. Paperback. 0764302884 . 144pp. Paperback. Illustrations by Zdenek Komanec. Very Good. . Schiffer Military History paperback 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
198016020555Rio de Janeiro: Nova Fronteira Memoria Brasileira 1980. Hardcover. Near Fine. Folio size 124 pp. inscribed by Claudio Arrau. A little-known work on the great coffee plantations of the nineteenth century in the area around Rio de Janeiro. Coffee first started to appear in the area around 1760 and by 1822 there were plantations in the area with more than fifty thousand coffee plants with massive tracts of rainforest being cleared first from the vicinity of Rio and later Sao Paulo for coffee growing. The families owning the plantations built huge homes some of them almost small castles - one of which the Parque Sao Clemente had ceilings so beautiful that special reclining chairs were installed so that they could be better admired. This book explores those fazendas both inside and out to provide a glimpse into this glittering past. The text of the book is in Portuguese and an accompanying softcover book has the English translation.<br/><br/>This volume was previously owned by Claudio Arrau 1903-1991 a Chilean pianist widely considered one of the greatest pianists of the twentieth century. <br/><br/>___DESCRIPTION: Quarter tan cloth with black paper boards pictorial paste-down of one of the plantation houses inset into the front board with titlte in silver brown lettering on the spine decorative endpapers of stylised palm trees title page in red and black with a small tipped-in photograph tipped-in colour photographs throughout drawn map towards the rear of the book showing the location of the fazendas along the Rio Paraiba do Sul; folio size 13.75" by 10.5" pagination: i-iii 1-2 3-111 112-121 inscribed by Claudio Arrau "Rio de Janeiro 1981" on the first flyleaf. Please note the text is in Portuguese. Accompanying English translation in English a softcover booklet in black paper wraps stapled at the spine with gold lettering and publisher's device on the front cover 19 pp. In a slipcase covered in green paper with stylised palm tree pattern and a pictorial paper label on the front board.<br/><br/>___CONDITION: Volume is near fine with clean boards a strong square text block with solid hinges straight corners with no rubbing the interior is clean and bright with the only prior owner markings in both volumes being the name written of Claudio Arrau as noted above and each of the tipped-in photographs is in fine condition; some light stray soil marks on the spine and a small old dampstain on the bottom edge of the spine a few of the final pages have some minor rippling from the old damp else fine. The accompanying English translation is also near fine clean overall with a few shallow creases on the wraps. The slipcase is very good strong and sturdy clean overall some minor overall edge wear and it appears to have gotten wet at some point as the back is warped and the paper coverings are rippled. <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. Nova Fronteira Memoria Brasileira hardcover books
19659011570New York: Abrams 1965. 1st. Hardcover. Book fine Dust jacket fine. The acetate dust jacket has minor chips. <br/><br/> Abrams hardcover books
197129566Oxford: Carcanet Press 1971. First edition. Paperback. Very Good . Small stapled wrappers. 28 pp. Poetry by Pessoa as translated by Griffin. Small stains to front endpaper else a near fine example in stapled wrappers with wide French flaps. Carcanet Press paperback books
197129565Oxford: Carcanet Press 1971. First edition. Paperback. Very Good . Small stapled wrappers. 28 pp. Poetry by Pessoa as translated by Griffin. Small stain to front endpaper else a near fine example in stapled wrappers with wide French flaps. Carcanet Press paperback books
198946263Leningrad: Aurora Art Publishers 1989. First English Language Edition. Quarto 29.5cm.; dark red publisher's cloth boards with embossed title on front and gilt lettering on spine in white and color pictorial dust jacket; 159pp 135 plates. Text block is yellowing slightly at extremities otherwise sound and Fine. Additional toning on pastedowns and end papers. Dust jacket is slightly creased along upper edges towards spine; inner flaps rolling slightly at edges with a spot of splitting on rear flap. Else very light shelf wear Fine. This account of pioneering 19th century Russian artist Vasily Perov 1834-1882 features biographical information and commentary on his artwork presented here in text illustrations and 135 full color plates. Perov is especially noteworthy for employing critical realism in his depictions of everyday citizens streetlife and peasantry. Aurora Art Publishers unknown books
