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1990130323Easthampton MA: Warwick Press 1990. stiff paper wrappers. Warwick Press. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 12 pages. Limited to 100 copies signed by the author and printer Carol J. Blinn on colophon. Prospectus laid in. Warwick Press unknown books
1923SB2158San Francisco: The Book Club of California printed by The Grabhorn Press 1923. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Plus. Lange Dorothea; H. Von Schmidt. No. 136 of 400 quarto size 140 pp. A tribute to Oscar Weil 1839-1921 born in New York and educated as a musician. When the Civil War started he enrolled in the Northern cause as a private and by the end of the war he was a Major; however injuries received during the war meant he could no longer be a violinist. He therefore turned to composing and settled in San Francisco where he also served as the music critic for the Argonaut newspaper; he was a man much loved by the community as attested to by this memoir. Frontispiece a tipped-in photograph by Dorothea Lange from a painting of Oscar Weil by Olga M. Ackerman; when this photograph was taken Dorothea Lange 1895-1965 was living in Berkeley having recently married the western painter Maynard Dixon. Printed by the Grabhorn Press the renowned publishers/printers Edwin and Robert Grabhorn. <br/><br/>___DESCRIPTION: Brown laid paper boards with a black cloth spine red paper spine label with gold lettering and border red paper label on the front board with gold lettering and decorative border over a slightly larger black pastedown fore- and bottom edges uncut plain endpapers tissue-guarded frontispiece the photograph by Dorothea Lange of a painting of Oscar Weil as referred to above title page in red and black almost every page of text has red lettering for marginal notes and capital letters some of which are blue; quarto size approximately 11.5" tall pagination: i-xiv 1-119 blank 120 sectional title page "Compositions of Oscar Weil" 121 blank 122 3 pp. of compositions 123-125 colophon page 126. <br/><br/>___CONDITION: Overall in near fine condition with a strong square text block solid hinges straight corners with no rubbing the interior is clean and bright and entirely free of prior owner markings; there is a minor spot or two of soiling to the front board some light rubbing to the paper label on the front board a hint of rubbing to the head and tail of the spine the corners are straight with some light rubbing and the spine label is somewhat faded. <br/><br/>___CITATION: BCC 100 no. 19; Grabhorn Bibliography no. 58. <br/><br/>___POSTAGE: International customers 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 Book Club of California [printed by The Grabhorn Press] hardcover books
194677045NY:: D. Appleton-Century Company. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1946. Hardcover. B00D0YV14W . First printing. Very good in a very good dust jacket. . D. Appleton-Century Company, hardcover books
1939299654New York: Contemporary Modes 1939. hardcover. very good. 81 pages. Slim 12mo green cloth lightly edgeworn. New York: Contemporary Modes 1939. First Edition. Very good. Scarce.<br/><br/> Comprising: Millinary Dictionary Color Dictionary Fabric Dictionary Silk Dictionary Straw Dictionary Lace Dictionary.<br/><br/> Contemporary Modes unknown books
1991130326New York NY: Kelly-Winterton Press 1991. stiff paper wrappers. Kelly-Winterton Press. 12mo. stiff paper wrappers. 10 pages. Limited to 75 numbered copies. Presentation by publisher Jerry Kelly on colophon. Kelly-Winterton Press unknown books
1991130327New York NY: Kelly-Winterton Press 1991. stiff paper wrappers. Kelly-Winterton Press. 12mo. stiff paper wrappers. 10 pages. Limited to 75 numbered copies. Kelly-Winterton Press unknown books
1991130325New York NY: Kelly-Winterton Press 1991. stiff paper wrappers. Kelly-Winterton Press. 12mo. stiff paper wrappers. 10 pages. Limited to 75 numbered copies. Presentation by the author on colophon. Kelly-Winterton Press unknown books
196221686ENew York: Signet Books 1962. First Edition - Paperback Original. Signed by the author Jerry Weil to his publisher: “For Kurt Enoch From one Woodstocker to another warmest wishes Jerry Weil April 27 1962â€. Near fine copy with a hint of use. From the library of Dr. Kurt Enoch 1895-1982 who was a noted German publisher forced to flee the Nazis landing in New York in 1940. In 1948 Dr. Enoch co-founded and became President of New American Library - Signet Books which became one of the successful and acclaimed post-war publishing houses. Enoch went on to become one of the most highly regarded figures in American book publishing. Signet #S2108 Signet Books paperback books
1999154688Firenze-Milano: Artificio Skira 1999. Softcover. G Slightly aged overall with some scuffs to covers few creases in outer spine; page edges are tanning lightly; text and illus. are clear. Black & color illus. wraps French flaps 470 pp. BW & color illus. Text is in Italian. Issued in conjunction with a 1999-2000 exhibition that explored the artwork rendered by Michelangelo during his earliest years as an artist. Includes examples of other art from the time as the text also looks at the environment initiated by the Medici in Florence in the late fifteenth century. Covers Michelangelo's relationship with the sculptor Bertold di Giovanni and the artist's early work in Bologna and Rome. The annotated and illustrated catalogue addresses at least 78 pieces. Includes a chronology and extensive bibliography. This copy is WARMLY INSCRIBED BY BRANDT in English on the opening page. Artificio Skira paperback books
1988290195Easthampton: Warwick Press 1988. Fine binding. Signed. "One hundred copies of Jacques's Geometry were designed printed and bound by Carol J. Blinn in the spring of 1988 using Monotype Spectrum set by Othmar Peters and handmade paper from Umbria. The decorated paste-paper covers were made by Carol. This publication marks the fourteen-year friendship and influence of poet and printer each to the other". Signed by James Weil and Carol Blinn on the colophon. Fine binding. Warwick Press unknown books
1977130245New Rochelle NY: The Elizabeth Press 1977. stiff paper wrappers. Elizabeth Press. 32mo. stiff paper wrappers. 10 pages. Limited to 200 copies. Presentation by the author on colophon. Designed by Martino Mardersteig printed by Stamperia Valdonega Verona Italy. The Elizabeth Press unknown books
194731573Paris: Hermann & Cie 1947. First Edition. Octavo 25cm.; original brown decorative wrappers printed in black and red; 2132pp.; folding text plate bound in rear. Light wear spine a bit toned else Near Fine. Bifolium titled "Mode d'emploi de ce traité" laid in. Textbook forms part of the series "Actualités Scientifiques et Industrielles" no. 1032. Text entirely in French. "Nicolas Bourbaki" was the collective pseudonym used by a group of French mathematicians under which they published this series of mathematical texts. Members included Simone and André Weil the latter being the leader of the group. Hermann & Cie unknown books
192317335.1San Francisco: Book Club of California 1923. 1st edition Heller & Magee 58; Olmsted 19. #334/400 cc. Printed at the Grabhorn Press. Paper covered boards backed with black cloth. Printed paper labels on front cover and spine. VG modest wear / small chip to spine label / Anderson's book label to front paste-down. 15 119 7 4 blank pp. Untrimmed. Title page design by H. Von Schmidt. Frontispiece photograph by Dorothea Lange from a painting of Oscar Weil by Olga M. Ackerman. 11-3/4" x 8" <br/><br/>Selected as one of Fifty Books of the Year. Book Club of California hardcover books
2002167708Mumbai: Marg Publications 2002. Hardcover. VG/VG ownership bookplate on ffep light scuffing to dust jacket. Navy cloth boards with white lettering. Color-photographic dust jacket with white and blue lettering. 124 pp. Color and BW illustrations. "This book documents the vanishing heritage of the relatively unknown Indian Jewish communities: the Bene Israel of Maharashtra the Cochin Jews of the Malabar coast and the "Baghdadi" Jews who settled in Bombay and Calcutta. Despite the marked increase in scholarship in Indo-Judaic studies in recent years the documentation of the diverse traditions of the different Indian Jewish communities remains incomplete." -Jacket. Marg Publications hardcover books
2004Embry 118503Gibbs Smith 2004. First edition first printing. Fine in fine dust jacket in mylar cover. Color photos. Inscribed by author Steven Weil. Gibbs Smith, 2004. First edition, first printing. unknown books
157432hardcover. illus. 8vo cloth. Chicago: Ziff-Davis 1948. Second Printing. very good.<br/><br/> unknown books
1990130324Easthampton MA: Warwick Press 1990. stiff paper wrappers. Warwick Press. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 12 pages. Limited to 100 copies signed by the author and printer Carol J. Blinn on colophon. Presentation by the author. Prospectus laid in. Warwick Press unknown books
1992124909New York NY: Kelly-Winterton Press 1992. stiff paper wrappers fore-edge uncut. Kelly-Winterton Press. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers fore-edge uncut. 46 2 pages. Limited to 176 copies. Presentation by the author on colophon. Acknowledgments table of contents. A collection of poetry. Prosepctus laid in. Kelly-Winterton Press unknown books
195721643ENew York: Signet Books 1957. First Edition - Paperback Original. Signed and inscribed by the author Jerry Weil to his publisher: “Best wishes to Kurt Enoch Jerry Weil March 1 1958 Marbella Spainâ€. Paperbound. Very good lightly handled copy with some edge wear. A Beat novel with this from the publisher on the front cover: “American Veterans in Paris.Wine Women and Song on the G.I. Bill.†From the library of Dr. Kurt Enoch 1895-1982 who was a noted German publisher forced to flee the Nazis landing in New York in 1940. In 1948 Dr. Enoch co-founded and became President of New American Library - Signet Books which became one of the successful and acclaimed post-war publishing houses. Enoch went on to become one of the most highly regarded figures in American book publishing. Signet #1449 Signet Books paperback books
1923WRCLIT31209San Francisco: Book Club of California 1923. Quarto. Cloth-backed boards paper labels. Corners chipped and worn spine label faded otherwise a good or better copy internally quite nice. As usual the photograph has oxidized somewhat. First edition. One of four hundred copies printed at the Grabhorn Press. With an original silverprint photographic frontis by Dorothea Lange. Book Club of California hardcover books
19607822Boston: Houghton Mifflin 1960. 1st. Cloth. Collectible; Very Good/Very Good. The 1960 1st edition wonderfully illustrated thruout in rich color by the author herself. Clean and VG in a bright price-clipped VG dustjacket with light chipping at the spine crown and upper front flap fold. Quarto 47 pgs. <br/><br/> Houghton Mifflin hardcover books
200036075New York: Kelly Winterton Press 2000. 12mo 19.1 cm; 7.5". 5 ff. <br><br>This short poem remembering the smokejumpers who died in 1949 during the Mann Gulch fire was printed by the Kelly Winterton Press an American press founded in 1978. => The edition was limited to 50 copies only.<br>Â Â Â Â The colophon notes that this text was printed from Bembo Cleland Initial and Sistina types on Niddegen paper. Rose wrappers with black lettering on front; spine gently faded. Light pencilling on front endpaper. A simple yet elegant production. Kelly Winterton Press unknown books
192835358München: Taeuber & Weil 1928. First edition. Cloth. Hinges started else a very good copy chipped at head of spine leaves and illustrations fine. 156 pp. Illus. with b/w plates some folding. 8vo. 255 items. 30 incunabula. Indices. Contains the often missing large 16x22 inch plate of item 245. Taeuber & Weil hardcover books
190052414NY: The Camera Club N.Y. 1900. Hand-pulled photogravure 6 9/16 x 3 9/16 in. 16.6 x 9 cm. Printed on copper plate paper 10 3/4 x 8 1/2 in. with printed tissue guard. Removed from the original bound issue with a single ink library stamp beneath the image on the blank margin. Fine. A richly-toned photogravure from CAMERA NOTES in January 1900 Vol. 3 No. 3.<br/><br/>"Mathilde Weil studied drawing and painting at the Philadelphia Academy of Fine Arts the Decorative Art League and the Museum of Industrial Arts. She acquired her first camera in the winter of 1896 - 1897 and according to her own account established a portrait studio within two months. Among the photographic exhibitions in which she participated were the Philadelphia salons of 1898 - 1900 the London salons of 1898 - 1901 and the American Institute exhibitions of 1898 - 1899. Three of Weil's photographs were seen in the inagugural exhibition of the Photo-Secession in 1902 at the National Arts Club. She was also represented in two subsequent Photo-Secession organized shows at the Corcoran Gallery of Art and the Carnegie Institute in 1904."- Petersen Christian A. ALFRED STIEGLITZ'S CAMERA NOTES. The Minneapolis Institute of Arts in association with W.W. Norton & Company 1996. p. 177. <br/><br/> The Camera Club, N.Y. unknown books
2004RWEIWES00fpGibbs Smith Publisher 2004. Very Good. Weil Steven E. Western Shirts: A Classic American Fashion. DeWesse Daniel . Salt Lake City UT: Gibbs Smith Publisher 2004. 175pp. Illustrated. 4to. Red cloth with gilt lettering. Book condition: Very good. Edges lightly rubbed. Signed by Steven Weil on top of title page. Dust Jacket Condition: Very good. Edges lightly rubbed. Gibbs Smith, Publisher hardcover books