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17326643Venice: Appresso Antonio Bortoli 1732. Vellum. Very Good. 12mo. 3 vols. 384;312;358pp. Copper engraved frontispiece. Each title page with a woodcut printer's vignette. Cont. vellum a bit soiled. Front pastedowns of Vol. II & III with the engraved armorial bookplate of Sir James Wemyss of Bogie. The second Italian translation of Books 1-9. The first French ed. of Books 1-9 is 1724 Books 1-6 appeared in 1715. Appresso Antonio Bortoli hardcover books
18803519Paris: Librairie des Bibliophiles 1880. 2 vols. 4xvi196;42242pp. Illustrated with an engraved frontis. portrait and 4 engraved plates. Edition limited to 220 numbered sets of which this is 1/170 on papier de Hollande. Very attractively bound by Gruel in 1/2 black morocco ornately gilt spines over marbled boards. T.e.g. Librairie des Bibliophiles hardcover books
1937110145Oxford: Limited Editions Club 1937. Limited. hardcover. near fine/very good. John Austen. Translated by Tobias Smollett. Introduction by J.B. Priestley. Color frontispice and other illustrations by John Austen. 2 volumes. Tall thick 4to cloth d.w.; board slipcase. Oxford: The Limited Editions Club and The University Press 1937. A near fine copy in very good dust wrapper and poor box.<br/><br/> Limited Edition one of 1500 copies signed by the illustrator.<br/><br/> Limited Editions Club unknown books
183643718London: Willoughby & Co. 22 Warwick Lane & 26 Smithfield 1836. Embellished with 500 wood engravings after designs by Jean Gigoux. 770 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Contemporary half black polished calf gilt spine marbled edges. Bookseller's ticket: Andrew C. Glover Bookseller Truro. Embellished with 500 wood engravings after designs by Jean Gigoux. 770 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Willoughby & Co., 22, Warwick Lane, & 26, Smithfield unknown books
1759131864London: Printed for T. Osborn 1759. 12mo two volumes: pp. i-ii iii-iv v vi vii-viii 1 2-266 267-280: index; i-iv 1 2-260 261-272: index twelve inserted plates with uncredited copper engravings early full calf brown leather spine labels. Second edition in English. The second English translation this one by Laurent Bordelon according to the British Library catalogue of LE DIABLE BOITEUX a classic French fantasy first published in Paris in 1707. Le Sage's novel "imitated in framework and title . DIABLO COJUELO of Guevara 1641." Asmodée the "diable boiteux" is "released by Don Cléophas Zambullo from a bottle in which he has been imprisoned by an astrologer. To divert his benefactor Asmodée lifts the roofs off the houses of Madrid and shows him what is passing within. This provides the author with an opportunity for a satirical picture of the Parisian society of the day in all its perversity." - Harvey and Heseltine eds The Oxford Companion to French Literature p. 201. "Light entertaining material that has served as the ultimate model for many diabolic tours for purposes of satire and amusement." - Bleiler The Guide to Supernatural Fiction 1009. "Less a novel than a sequence of highly entertaining satirical episodes ASMODEUS became the model for numerous narratives in which a demon gives a human being a magical tour of contemporary life and vice." - Barron ed Fantasy Literature 1-45. Bleiler 1978 p. 123. Reginald 08942. Lowndes p. 1343. ESTC N008912. Some offset to upper lower and fore-edge margins of each frontispiece and last leaf of each index caused by interaction of the paper with the leather under the paste-downs some offset from frontispieces on title pages otherwise internally clean and fine throughout. The binding is sound but the calf is quite scuffed and there is cracking peeling and some loss of surface to the spine panels especially that of volume two. An uncommon edition. #131864 Printed for T. Osborn unknown books
1846242980Paris: Firmin Didot Frères 1846. Later edition. Frontispiece; iv 686 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Contemporary half calf and marbled boards. Rubbed and worn. Bookplate of Anthony Trollope on front pastedown. Later edition. Frontispiece; iv 686 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Firmin Didot Frères unknown books
1962143082Rome: G.B. Poletto 1962. Vintage press photograph showing director Luchino Visconti and stars Burt Lancaster and Claudia Cardinale on the beach at Cannes to promote "The Leopard" with the aid of what is actually a cheetah rather than the titular big cat. With the stamp of United Press International on the verso. <br/><br/>Visconti's classic spacious homage to the quiet death of the Sicilian aristocracy of the mid-nineteenth century one of the great films of the Italian cinema. Perhaps the apex of Ms. Cardinale's career and one of a handful of examples of Burt Lancaster's willingness to take on literate complex roles. Winner of the Palme d'Or and nominated for an Academy Award. <br/><br/>10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. <br/><br/>BFI 1087. Criterion Collection 235. Ebert II. Godard Histoires de cinema. Rosenbaum 1000. Schrader 22. G.B. Poletto unknown books
B23174-FGrove Press. Collectible - Very Good. 1958 NAP. Grey cloth w/gilt. Very light foxing to fep. Interior is clean and sound. Dust jacket has light edgewear to corners and spine ends. Foxing to dj rear panel and to edges of flaps. Grove Press hardcover books
1963150389N.p.: N.p. 1963. Vintage borderless reference photograph of director Alain Robbe-Grillet on the set of the 1963 film. French "L'Immortelle" and "57- -3" stamp on verso. <br/><br/>Directorial debut of novelist and filmmaker Alain Robbe-Grillet his first film project after writing the screenplay for Alain Resnais' "Last Year at Marienbad" 1961.<br/><br/>Robbe-Grillet's eliptical narrative-defying tale of a withdrawn French man Jacques Doniol-Valcroze in a strange city Istanbul unable to speak the language falling in love with a mysterious woman Francoise Brion who shortly thereafter disappears.<br/><br/>Set in and shot on location in Istanbul Turkey. <br/><br/>6.75 x 5 inches. Near Fine. <br/><br/>BFI 1188. N.p. unknown books
1979JC8404Paris: Edition Atelier Jacob 1979-1981. Paperback. Near Fine. Pictorial wraps cloth backstrip; 4 volumes square 8vo; pp. 23; 22. 1; 11; 23. The first 4 issues of this "petit cahier a grand spectacle" just a little rubbed at corners but otherwise fine. Uncommon. <br/><br/> Edition Atelier Jacob paperback books
18245868New York: Printed and Published by H. Durell 1824. 12mo. 3 vols. 316;308;304pp. Each vol. with a copper engraved frontispiece and numerous fine plates each with a tissue guard. Early 20th c. 1/2 burgundy calf over marbled boards dark green & red calf spine labels hinges expertly reinforced. Scarce American edition. AMERICAN IMPRINTS 1824 #16884. Printed and Published by H. Durell hardcover books
2012172105Chicago IL and London: The Art Institute of Chicago and Tate Modern 2012. First edition. Hardcover. 368 pages. Monograph published in conjunction a show that ran May 16 through September 3 2012 at The Art Institute of Chicago and then traveled to Washington DC London and Paris for additional dates. Introduction by James Rondeau and Sheena Wagstaff. Essays by Harry Cooper Iria Candela Sara Doris Chrissie Iles Yve-Alain Bois James Lawrence James Rondeau Stephen Little and Sheena Wagstaff. Includes over 170 illustrations with the vast majority in color and a chronology by Clare Bell. A fine copy in illustrated boards with cloth spine. No dust jacket as issued. One of the best books to examine the long career of one of the most important American artists of the 20th century who was one of the central figures of Pop art. The Art Institute of Chicago and Tate Modern unknown books
1963144726Rome: Titanus 1963. Collection of three vintage borderless photographs from the 1963 film. With holograph annotations on the verso. <br/><br/>Visconti's classic spacious homage to the quiet death of the Sicilian aristocracy of the mid-nineteenth century one of the great films of the Italian cinema. Perhaps the apex of Ms. Cardinale's career and one of a handful of examples of Burt Lancaster's willingness to take on literate complex roles. Nominated for an Academy Award. <br/> <br/>Shot on location in Rome Lazio and Sicily Italy.<br/><br/>4.5 x 3.5 inches. Near Fine. <br/><br/>BFI 1087. Criterion Collection 235. Ebert II. Godard Histoires de cinema. Rosenbaum 1000. Schrader 22. Titanus unknown books
1966295855New York: Grove 1966. First. hardcover. fine/fine. Translated by Richard Howard. Thin 8vo black cloth d.w. New York: Grove Press 1966. First Edition. Fine.<br/><br/> Presentation copy signed by the author & translator.<br/><br/> Grove unknown books
192827220Stroud: Office of the "Chess Amaeur" 1928. 1st edition. Tipped-in Christmas presentation slip from White. Original red cloth with gilt lettering to front board & spine. VG some soil to cloth/some usage staining to text/po annotation under presentation slip. 129 pp. Profusely illustrated with chess board diagrams. 12mo. <br/><br/>Somewhat uncommon title from White's series of Christmas series of Chess books. Office of the "Chess Amaeur" hardcover books
1985149448France: JLG Films 1985. Vintage black-and-white borderless reference photograph of director Jean-Luc Godard and actors Claude Brasseur Nathalie Baye and Johnny Hallyday playing pool on the set of the 1985 film. <br/><br/>Two detectives staying at a Parisian hotel investigate a murder which occurred two years prior. Released the same year as Godard's highly and pointlessly controversial film "Je Vous Salue Marie."<br/><br/>Shot on location in Paris.<br/><br/>9.5 x 7 inches. Near Fine.<br/><br/>Godard Histoires du cinema. Carlson and Connolly Destroy All Movies. JLG Films unknown books
197147092Kentfield California: Allen Press 1971. Edition limited to 140 copies 4to pp. 112; title page printed orange running title printed in colors throughout; 18 illustrations 9 full-page; printed on all-rag hand-made paper from the Wooky Hole Mill bearing the Allen Press watermark; endpapers cracked along front hinge; acetate jacket wanting; all else near fine in original pictorial paper-covered boards. <br/><br/> Allen Press hardcover books
1960149354Paris: Balzac 1960. Collection of three vintage borderless reference photographs from the set of the 1960 French film showing director Jean-Pierre Mocky actors Juliette Mayniel Jean Kosta and other members of the cast and crew. With numbered stamps on the verso. <br/><br/>A husband and wife decide to separate when they realize their relationship lacks sexual excitement after three years together.<br/><br/>Shot on location in France.<br/><br/>6.75 x 5.5 inches. About Near Fine.<br/><br/>Complete collation details available on request. Balzac unknown books
1972149636Paris: Films sans Frontieres 1972. Vintage reference photograph from the 1972 film showing actors Romy Schneider and Alain Delon. With the stamp of S.A. Excelsior Films on the verso along with several holograph ink annotations.<br/><br/>Having been ousted from the USSR Leon Trotsky travels through Europe to Mexico where he establishes residence in the 1930s and 1940s hoping to hide from the murderous intentions of Soviet dictator Joseph Stalin.<br/><br/>Set in Mexico and shot on location in Mexico and Italy.<br/><br/>10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus with pinholes to the corners. Films sans Frontieres unknown books
1974161298Paris: Centre National d'Art Contemporain 1974. Softcover. VG- Has average edge wear esp. along outer spine; pages may begin to separate from spine if opened too hurriedly and fully; pages are clean; INSCRIBED BY THE ARTIST on first page. White and color illus. wraps 106 pp. many BW and color illus.; plus additional trifold checklist. Text is in French. Issued in conjunction with a 1974 exhibition of artwork rendered by American surrealist Dorothea Tanning 1910-2012. With a biographical introduction and an extensive artist interview conducted by Alain Jouffroy. The accompanying and separate exhibition checklist marked Dorothea Tanning: Oeuvre cites 73 paintings and 13 sculptures and most if not all are pictured here. A nice enough yet scarce catalogue on its own. This copy is additionally INSCRIBED BY THE ARTIST to former owners on the first page. Yowsa. Centre National d'Art Contemporain paperback books
1969151312N.p.: N.p. 1969. Two vintage borderless reference photographs of actors Alain Delon and Karen Blanguernon counting money in bed from the 1969 film. One with a stamp specific to the film's French release on the verso. <br/><br/>Based on the 1967 novel by Auguste Le Breton about a small Mafia family planning to steal a collection of diamonds while being pursued by a police commissioner.<br/><br/>Set and shot on location in Rome New York and Paris.<br/><br/>Approximately 9.25 x 7 inches. Near Fine. <br/><br/>Grant US. Lee The Heist Film. N.p. unknown books
1877123607Paris: Lemerre 1877. hardcover. near fine. Engraved frontis. 4 vols. thick 12mo 1/2 leather gilt-dec. spines t.e.g.; occasional foxing. Paris: Alphonse Lemerre 1877. Near Fine<br/><br/> Limited Edition.<br/><br/> Lemerre unknown books
1809044215London: Longman Hurst Rees and Orme 1809. Later Edition. Hardcover Full Leather. Very Good Condition. R. Smirke. Four volumes in reverse calf neatly rebacked early on gilt ruled spines modest edge wear heavier at the corners scattered surface marks. Illustrated with 24 plates after Smirke. Scattered foxing heavier to the plates esp. in the first two volumes some offsetting from text and plates two small marginal paper repairs but otherwise clean and unmarked. An attractive set. Size: Octavo 8vo. 4-volume set complete. Illustrator: R. Smirke. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Over 3 kilos. Category: Literature & Literary; Inventory No: 044215. <br/><br/> Longman, Hurst, Rees and Orme hardcover books
1971CNBR146Kentfield California: The Allen Press 1971. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Fine/fine. Forgeois Michele. One of 140 copies quarto size 56 unnumbered leaves with original prospectus. The thirty-sixth limited edition from The Allen Press and the first of those illustrated by Michele Forgeois. A contemporary novel by French author Alain Robbe-Grillet 1922-2008 who is known as the "father of the New Novel." The story is about a jealous husband that spies on his wife through the slats in the blinds. "There is a disregard for the chronology and logic of ordinary story telling; there is a hypnotic atmosphere where the real and fantastic seem inextricably entangled heightened by a skillful rhythm of repetitions and hallucinatory reverie. It is a profoundly original achievement and a refreshing stimulant. The New Novel is a research into new ways of feeling and thinking" per prospectus. The modern atmosphere of the prose is well attended by a modern sans-serif typeface and Forgeois' pen and ink drawings.<br/><br/>___DESCRIPTION: Original gray paper boards upper board illustrated with elements from the book's illustrations backstrip lettered in black yellow endpapers fore- and tail-edges uncut title-page printed in orange running title printed in green in-text decorations printed in orange yellow blue and brown with ten full-page illustrations including frontis; Univers and Garamont types all-rag paper made by hand at the Wookey Hole Mill in England to the specifications of the press with their watermark quarto size 11.5" by 9" 56 unnumbered leaves limited edition one of 140 copies; with a clear acetate dust jacket.<br/><br/>___CONDITION: A fine copy like new; the binding clean text block strong and square with solid hinges the interior clean and bright and entirely free of prior owner markings; a miniscule bit of rubbing to the lower front corner else fine. Prospectus also fine clean and with only original folds.<br/><br/>___CITATION: The Allen Press Bibliography no. 36.<br/><br/>___POSTAGE: International customers please note that additional postage may apply as the standard shipping charge 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. The Allen Press hardcover books
1979149671N.p.: N.p. 1979. Collection of five vintage matte finish reference photographs from the 1979 French hardcore film.<br/><br/>A nurse conducts a series of erotic visits with her patients. <br/><br/>5 x 7 inches. Near Fine. <br/><br/><br/>Bier p. 336. N.p. unknown books
