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1995UWEISPO00tpmKnopf 1995. Very Good. Weil Andrew. Spontaneous Healing : How to Discover and Enhance Your Body's Natural Ability to Maintain and Heal Itself. NY: Knopf 1995. 309pp. Indexed. 8vo. 1/4 Cloth. Book condition: Very good with bumping on front cover. Dust Jacket Condition: Very good with light bumping. Knopf hardcover books
1995UWEISPO01jknKnopf 1995. Very Good. Weil Andrew. Spontaneous Healing : How to Discover and Enhance Your Body's Natural Ability to Maintain and Heal Itself. NY: Knopf 1995. 309pp. Indexed. 8vo. 1/4 Cloth. Book condition: Very good. Slight shelf wear. Dust Jacket Condition: Very good. Slight shelf wear. Knopf hardcover books
19929027285New York: Kelly-Winterton Press 1992. 1st. Stiff Wraps. Fine. Designed by Jerry Kelly. One of 176 copies printed. Presentation signed by the author on the colophon page. Bound in publisher's original stiff wraps. Publisher's promotional materials laid in. Uncut. <br/><br/> Kelly-Winterton Press paperback 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
1992313315New York: Kelly-Winterton Press 1992. Softcover. Fine. First edition. Fine in wrappers. One of 176 copies. Kelly-Winterton Press unknown books
1954WRCLIT32269New Haven: Yale 1954. Cloth. First edition. Near fine in lightly soiled dust jacket. Yale hardcover books
192370719Munchen: Verlag der Wissenschaften O.C. Recht & Dr. Roether. Good. 1923. Hardcover. 4 pages plus 22 plates German. Orange cloth spine with tan printed paper covered boards. The covers are soiled and rubbed. The contents are toned but complete. Good. . Verlag der Wissenschaften O.C. Recht & Dr. Roether hardcover books
1973137290Rushden Northamptonshire: Sceptre Press 1973. First edition. Single sheet folded once to create four pages. Copy 75 from an edition of 150. A fine copy. Sceptre Press unknown books
1973WRCLIT33853Rushden Northamptonshire: Sceptre Press 1973. 4pp. Printed leaflet. First edition ordinary issue. One of one hundred numbered copies of 150. About fine. Sceptre Press unknown books
195077256N.P.: n.p. 1950. stiff paper wrappers. Browne Samuel. large 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. pp.14-25 5. An offprint from The Library 1950. Author's offprint. Reprinted by Oxford University. A very short biography and list of works printed by a little-known German printer Samuel Browne at various locations. Inscription by the author on front cover. From the reference library of H.P. Kraus. n.p. unknown books
192740821NY:: Platt & Munk. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1927. Hardcover. No statement of printing. Very good in a very good minor shelf wear dust jacket. . Platt & Munk, hardcover books
1958WRCLIT20212Cleveland: American Weave 1958. Printed wrappers First edition of this early work by the guiding spirit behind the Elizabeth Press. Fine. American Weave unknown books
19789026589Verona: Elizabeth Press 1978. Hardcover. Fine. With an original etching by Eugene G. Canade. One of 200 copies designed by Martino Mardersteig and printed by the Officina Bodoni and the Stamperia Valdonega. Presentation to the former owner signed by the poet in pencil on the colophon page. Protected by a simple cardboard slipcase. <br/><br/> Elizabeth Press hardcover books
1978WRCLIT45608New Rochelle NY: The Elizabeth Press 1978. Printed boards fore- and bottom edges untrimmed. Etching by Eugene G. Canadé. Title-page printed in red and black. First edition. One of two hundred copies in a total edition of 226 designed by Martino Mardersteig and printed on Magnani Rag paper at the Stamperia Valdonega. Fine in publisher's card slipcase. The Elizabeth Press hardcover books
197626563West Lafayette: Sparrow Press 1976. First edition. 26 pp. Fine in wrappers and printed dust jacket. One of 300 copies. SIGNED by Weil on the title page. West Lafayette: Sparrow Press unknown books
1976WRCLIT44260West Lafayette IN: Sparrow Press 1976. Printed wrapper over stiff wrapper. Portrait. Title-page printed in red and black. First edition issued as Vagrom Chapbook 14. One of three hundred copies in a total edition of 326 printed by Michael & Winifred Bixler on Mohawk Superfine paper. Fine. Sparrow Press unknown books
197613993West Lafayette: Sparrow Press 1976. First edition. 26 pp. Fine in stitched wrappers and printed integral dust jacket. One of 300 copies on Mohawk Superfine paper. SIGNED by Weil at the colophon. West Lafayette: Sparrow Press unknown books
197430195New Rochelle: Elizabeth Press 1974. First edition. 11 pp. Fine in wrappers and integral printed dust jacket. One of 200 copies printed letterpress on Magnani rag paper by Stamperia Valdonega. A minature book 7.6 x 10 cm collecting three short poems. New Rochelle: Elizabeth Press unknown books
1923159973San Francisco CA: Book Club of California 1923. First edition. Hardcover. First printing. 119 pages. Number 357 of only 400 copies. Frontispiece photograph by Dorothea Lange from a painting of Oscar Weil by Olga M. Ackerman. Title page design by H. Von Schmidt. A clean near fine copy in paper covered boards with cloth spine and some small nicks to the paper labels affixed to the spine and front cover. No dust jacket. A nicely printed book done at the Grabhorn Press. Book Club of California unknown books
1923044863San Francisco: Book Club of California 1923. xvii 119 7p. with tipped-in front. photograph of Oscar Weil by Dorothea Lange. Printed in red and black t.e.g. deckle edges half black cloth with stiff boards paper label on the front cover and on the spine. "Four hundred copies.printed by the Grabhorn Press San Francisco California in December 1923. Title page design by H. Von Schmidt. Photograph by Dorothea Lange from a painting of Oscar Weil by Olga M. Ackerman. Copy No. 350 Book Club of California unknown books
19238289San Francisco: The Book Club of California 1923 One of 400 copies printed by the Grabhorn Press. A Memoir of the author by Flora J. Arnstein Albert I. Elkus and Stewart W. Young. Words spoken at the funeral of the author by Stewart W. Young. Quarto. 11½x7¾ inches. 18 3-119 7 pp. Photographic frontis portrait within gold rules by Dorothea Lange from a painting by Olga M. Ackerman. Title design by H. von Schmidt. Black cloth-backed brown cloth gilt-lettered red paper labels on cover and spine. Spine label faded photographic portrait with heavy silvering as usual else a fine copy. Oscar Weil 1839-1921 was a well-known musicologist who spent much of his life in San Francisco. Includes his contributions to "The Argonaut" commentaries for programs at the Greek Theater of the University of California plus a bibliography of his compositions. One of the Fifty Books of the Year. We have seen any number of copies of this title; the frontis photo is always "silvered". The Book Club of California hardcover 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
1923209953San Francisco: Printed by the Grabhorn Press for The Book Club of California 1923. Hardcover. xv 119p. plus an unpaginated list of compositions. Rubricated letterpress on laid-lined paperstock with blue initials at chapter heads hardbound in 11.5x7.5 inch brown paper over boards with black buckram spine and printed red spine and cover labels. The somewhat pedestrian casing belies a textblock with a wonderful limp feel; no.304 of 400 copies. Covers are somewhat worn the black spine slightly dim with a little color loss at head and tail spine label is faded to pink and nearly illegible cover label is edgeworn and dim corners are turned with card showing at the lower tips. There is pronounced ripple to many signatures although the casing is perfectly square; the frontis photo tissue-guarded has not aged well: no impacts to it but its surface has developed a glare; front hinge is partially cracked a four-inch-long gap. A good-only copy. Mr. Weil's prose is quite lively as an aside. Printed by the Grabhorn Press for The Book Club of California hardcover 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
198524894NY: Atheneum 1985. 1st edition. Green cloth binding. Dust jacket. VG faint dampstain at front & rear eps/VG. 48 pp. Illustrated. 4to. <br/><br/> Atheneum hardcover books