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192020112401Potsdam: Gustav Keipenheuer 1920. Limited Edition. Vellum. Near fine. No. 164 of 200 copies bound in full vellum quarto size 383 pp. entirely in German. John-Jacques Rousseau 1712-1778 remains a cornerstone today of modern philosophical thought; his work greatly influenced the Enlightenment and "the development of modern political economic and educational thought." <br/><br/>This work structured as a novel using the vehicle of letters between the protagonist ostensibly explores the themes of temptation sin betrayal and redemption. However "a philosophical theory about authenticity permeates through it as he Rousseau explores autonomy and authenticity as moral values." Immediately popular upon publication in 1761 the publisher was unable to keep up with demand resulting in copies being rented by the day "and even by the hour." <br/><br/>This publication in German is one of the 200 copies bound in full vellum with extensive gilt trim and lettering by Otto Dorfner and his Fachschule für Kunstgewerbliche Buchbinderei in Weimar and contains ten heliogravures from Moreau le jeune made in the shop of Franz Hanfstaegl in Munich. <br/><br/>___DESCRIPTION: Bound in full vellum with a decorative gilt border on both boards and a gilt decoration in the middle of the front board gilt decorations and lettering on the spine top edge gilt fore- and bottom edges rough-cut marbled endpapers the ten heliogravures bound in throughout limitation statement at the colophon this one of 200 copies bound in full vellum from a total edition of 1200 copies; printed in Didot-Antiqua on Zander laid paper by Mänicke und Jahn of Rudolstadt quarto size 9 7/8" by 7 7/8" pagination: 1-6 7-382 colophon. <br/><br/>___CONDITION: Near fine overall the vellum boards clean with some natural variation the bottom front corner gently bumped and the other corners all straight without rubbing a strong square text block with solid hinges the interior is clean and bright with several signatures unopened and entirely free of prior owner markings; one small mark on the back board a bit of soiling to the spine the front board slightly bowed as is common with vellum bindings and some old bookseller pencil notes on the flyleaf. <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. Gustav Keipenheuer unknown books
1925137394London: John Long 1925. Octavo pp. 1-7 8-254 255: ads 256: blank original decorated brown cloth front panel ruled in blind spine panel stamped in black. First edition first printing. A lost race novel first published as a five-part serial in weekly installments of RAILROAD MAN'S MAGAZINE 16 November 1918-15 January 1919 set on Rangarok a warm polar island inhabited by two European lost races and the Trolls aboriginal pygmies who control delusional magic. Bleiler Science-Fiction: The Early Years 653. See Clareson Science Fiction in America 1870s-1930s 663. Locke A Spectrum of Fantasy p. 77. Bleiler 1978 p. 67. Reginald 12504. Embossed stamp of William Hopkins noted collector of fantastic fiction on rear free endpaper. Cloth lightly rubbed along bottom edges some scattered foxing to preliminary and terminal leaves else a clean tight very good copy. An above average copy of this book. The first printing is very uncommon. #137394 John Long unknown books
1938261189London: Nonesuch Press 1938. hardcover. near fine. Introduction by Havelock Ellis. Wood engravings by Reynolds Stone. 2 volumes full cream morocco spines lightly darkened. brown leather spine labels g.t. London: Nonesuch Press 1938. Limited Edition. Near Fine.<br/><br/> One of 800 numbered copies.<br/><br/> Nonesuch Press unknown books
195717163Paris: Les Pharmaciens Bibliophiles 1957. Original wraps. Very Good . Paul Baudier. A beautifully-illustrated example of mid-20th century French book-making with Paul Baudier's 23 lovely watercolors complementing Jean-Jacques Rousseau's text which was originally published in 1802. This lavish 1957 reprint consists of only 150 copies this being #11 of only 50 copies within the larger limitation of 150. Crisp and bright and Near Fine with all of the plates including their original tissue-guards. Loose signatures as issued housed within an off-white printed dustjacket which shows just a touch of very light white spotting at the panels. And the entire work housed inside of the publisher's printed cardboard chemise which shows a degree of wear along the outer hinges. Still though solid and very presentable. <br/><br/> Les Pharmaciens Bibliophiles paperback books
1938313612London: Nonesuch Press 1938. One of 800 copies this copy no. 12 wood-engraved head-piece vignettes incorporating the section titles and one tail-piece by Reynolds Stone printed in sepia. 2 vols. 8vo. Original tan niger. Fine in slipcase. Stone Reynolds. One of 800 copies this copy no. 12 wood-engraved head-piece vignettes incorporating the section titles and one tail-piece by Reynolds Stone printed in sepia. 2 vols. 8vo. "Rousseau's Confessions was published.late in April 1938. It had the advantage of a text revised and completed by A.S.B. Glover from a fine English translation published in 1783 and 1790 but which had omitted certain passages that might have been deemed offensive in the eighteenth century. Havelock Ellis wrote a lively introduction and the two-volume edition was embellished with splendid wood-engravings by Reynolds Stone." Dreyfus History of the Ninesuch Press p. 89. Dreyfus 113 Nonesuch Press unknown books
192490381London: John Long 1924. Octavo pp. 1-7 8-254 255: ads 256: blank original decorated sea-green cloth front panel ruled in blind spine panel stamped in black and blind. First edition first printing. Originally published as a serial 1-22 June 1918 in ALL-STORY WEEKLY as "The Draft of Eternity" by Victor Rousseau. "Science fiction novel in which a drug a variant of Cannabis projects the hero into a New York of thousands of years in the future and under Mongol rule." - Locke A Spectrum of Fantasy p. 77. "Fine novel of the far future when catastrophe has thrown the world back into a medieval society and the time traveling potion has turned the hero into a burly Conan-like hero." - Leon Gammell. Bleiler The Guide to Supernatural Fiction 604. Bleiler Science-Fiction: The Early Years 652. Clareson Science Fiction in America 1870s-1930s 661. Clarke Tale of the Future 1978 p. 51. Bleiler 1978 p. 67. Reginald 12503. Two tape ghosts on each free endpaper else a fine copy. A very nice copy of an uncommon book. #90381 John Long unknown books
19171311109A.C. McClurg & Co 1917. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Very good in original green cloth covered boards with gilt stamped lettering. Published October 1917 stated on the copyright page; First Edition. 319 pp. Some rubbing and bending along the edges and at corners. Minor soiling on covers. A.C. McClurg & Co hardcover books
191790920Chicago: A. C. McClurg & Co. 1917. Octavo pp. 1-10 1-319 320-322: blank note: last leaf is a blank eleven inserted plates several double page with black and white illustrations by Joseph Clement Coll original green cloth front and spine panels stamped in gold. First edition. Protagonist awakens in a grim world of the future dominated by socialism and science and learns that legend has made him a kind of messiah. He leads a successful revolt against the establishment. The story first published in EVERYBODY'S MAGAZINE as a four-part serial June-September 1917 is one of the earliest American dystopian novels. "A more considerable work than is generally recognized despite the pulp adventure aspects. One can find among the author's ultraconservative values such Orwellian anticipations as omnipresent slogans euphemistic terms for horrible institutions the artificial language Spikisi the mechanics of thought control and the apparatus of the police state. While the book is a deutero-WHEN THE SLEEPER WAKES it is independent in detail and much Rousseau's best work." - Bleiler Science-Fiction: The Early Years 1922. Published in the UK in 1918 as THE APOSTLE OF THE CYLINDER. Anatomy of Wonder 1976 2-131; 1981 1-143; and 2004 II-927. Clareson Science Fiction in America 1870s-1930s 662. Clarke Tale of the Future 1978 p. 46. Gerber Utopian Fantasy 1973 p. 147. Locke Spectrum of Fantasy p. 186. Negley Utopian Literature: A Bibliography 315. Sargent British and American Utopian Literature 1516-1985 p. 160. Bleiler 1978 p. 171. Reginald 12502. Smith American Fiction 1901-1925 E-163. Cloth lightly rubbed at head and tail of spine panel and lower corner tips faint ghosting from flaps of dust jacket no longer present on endpapers a tight near fine copy with bright cover stamping. Nice copies of this book are uncommon. #90920 A. C. McClurg & Co. unknown books
195317088EParis: Quatre Chemins-Editart 1953. First Edition. Of an edition limited to 950 numbered copies this is copy number 8 of the 50 deluxe copies printed on Rives paper. Text in French. Paperbound 7 3/4†x 11 1/4†29 pages. With a tipped-in frontispiece photographic portrait of the great French artist Henri Rousseau and 6 tipped-in facsimiles of letters written by Rousseau. Fine in printed wrappers with the original glassine jacket. Henri Julien Félix Rousseau 1844 – 1910 was a French Post-Impressionist painter known for his naive primitive style. The title ‘Le Douanier’ translates as ‘the customs officer’ referring to Rousseau’s place of employment thus highlighting the contrast between the relative banality of his occupation and his creative genius which generally went unrecognized in his lifetime. Quatre Chemins-Editart unknown books
192959888Paris: Éditions Bossard 1929. Illustrated by Gandonet d'un portrait par Ouvré. 3 vols. 8vo. Bound in half crimson morocco and marbled boards t.e.g. wrappers bound in. Fine. Bookplate of Helen Kitchen D'Olier. Illustrated by Gandonet d'un portrait par Ouvré. 3 vols. 8vo. Éditions Bossard unknown books
1904239378N.p. London: Privately printed 1904. 2 etched portrait frontispiece and engraved plates by Hedouin. 2 vols. Tall 8vo. Three quarters green polished calf and marbled paper boards gilt spine with raised bands morocco lettering pieces. In matching slipcase. Spines slightly faded. 2 etched portrait frontispiece and engraved plates by Hedouin. 2 vols. Tall 8vo. Privately printed unknown books
193835798London: Nonesuch Press 1938. Limited; 1/800. Hardbound. VG. Internally pristine. Light label remnants to bottom compartment of each spine. Some light spotting to the covers and spine slightly darkened. General edge wear to slipcase. Stone Reynolds. Bound by Leighton-Straker in full tan morocco t.e.g. gilt on leather spine label. Volume 1: xxvi 2 415 pp.; Volume 2: vii 1 389 pp. Deckle-edge pages. Both volumes housed in a brown board slipcase with no title. A classic by Rousseau embellished with wood engravings by Reynolds Stone. Books I-VII in Volume I; Books VIII-XII in Volume II. A beautiful set. Nonesuch Press hardcover books
192852302London: The Scholartis Press 1928. First edition limited to 975 copies 8vo pp. 62 2; quarter orange cloth over patterned paper-covered boards corners lightly bumped fine. This copy with a 1951 inscription from the publisher Eric Partridge to Professor John W. Clark his friend and sometimes collaborator at the University of Minnesota and appropriately enough for this title an inscription in French: "Homme de lettres homme d'ésprit cet examplaire d'un livre presque epuisé - et d'un livre àtexte étable et amité par son ami Eric Partridge." A critical edition of the famous letters made accessible in a single volume for the first time since the 18th century." <br/><br/> The Scholartis Press hardcover books
1923161236London: Hodder and Stoughton Ltd 1923. Octavo pp. 1-4 5-286 287-288: blank note: last leaf is a blank pictorial title page original decorated orange cloth front and spine panels stamped in black. First edition. "Adventure novel with lost race elements: Baal worshippers in a ruined city in Africa. A touch on the marginal side." - Locke A Spectrum of Fantasy p. 77. Clareson Science Fiction in America 1870s-1930s 663. Bleiler 1978 p. 67. Reginald 12506. A clean attractive copy. Uncommon in nice condition. #161236 Hodder and Stoughton Ltd unknown books
193066891Paris: Aux Éditions D'Art de L'Intermédiaire du Bibliophile 1930. First Edition. Wraps. Near fine. This is exemplaire number 14 of 25 copies printed on Japon paper. Extra illustrated with two suites of six engravings by Gaston Nick. The colophon calls for a single suite of six engravings. This example houses two suites showing different images. Also includes a bio-bibliography by Fernand Mitton. 24mo. Original cream paper wrappers printed in red and black. Minimal wear; else near fine. Housed in a marbled paper-covered slipcase which is a bit edgeworn. Scarce. Aux Éditions D'Art de L'Intermédiaire du Bibliophile unknown books
1904768861904. ROUSSEAU Jean Jacques. THE CONFESSIONS OF JEAN JACQUES ROUSSEAU. Now for the first time completely translated into English without expurgation. Illustrated with a series of etchings by Ed. Hedouin and two portraits. England: privately printed 1904. First complete English translation. Complete in two volumes. 8vo. orange cloth. Spine and labels somewhat sunned and lightly soiled and a touch of foxing to endpapers else near fine clean copies. unknown books
192859191NY:: Brentano's. Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket. 1928. Hardcover. B001L6N1JO . Complete in two volumes. Translated from the French by W. Conyngham Mallory. Ornamented with thirteen engravings from the Jouaust edition of 1881 by Edmond Heddouin. First edition thus. Octavos bound in burgundy cloth with gilt lettering and design top edges gilt in original red dust jackets with black lettering and portrait illustration s of Rousseau on front panels. Both volumes have a circle of fading at mid-spine where the holes in the dust jackets are the holes are there by design to show the volume numbers on the cloth spines else are near fine. The dust jackets are sun faded along the spines and show minor wear and tiny edge tears at the spine ends and around the aforementioned holes else are very good. Housed in a very good edge worn and unevenly faded slipcase. Scarce in the original dust jackets and slipcase. ; 1034 pages . Brentano's, hardcover books
1982305223New York The Viking Press 1982 1981. 1982. First American edition. Large 4to. Translated by Joachim Neugroschel Foreword by Jeanne Bernard-Rousseau. Preface by Jacques Lassaigne and Michel Moog. Illustrated with over 250 color and b/w illustrations. Chronological biography; bibliography. Dust jacket unclipped. Fine. 285 pages. No signatures or bookplates. Freitag #8438 lists original French edition. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. New York, The Viking Press [1982, 1981]. hardcover books
192850329London: The Scholartis Press 1928. First edition limited to 75 copies on British handmade paper this copy signed by the editor but unnumbered; 8vo pp. 62 2; quarter tan morocco-backed beige cloth boards gilt title direct on spine t.e.g. unopened; spine a little worn near fine. "A critical edition of the famous letters made accessible in a single volume for the first time since the eighteenth century." <br/><br/> The Scholartis Press hardcover books
1917132640Chicago.: A. C. McClurg. 1917. 1st edition. Hardcover green cloth gilt titles. . Some soiling to a few pages otherwise very good no dust jacket. . 8vo. Illustrated by Joseph Clement Coll. A. C. McClurg. hardcover books
1930295356Lon: Longmans 1930. hardcover. near fine/very good-. Illustrations and folding maps. 355 pages blue cloth decoratively gilt front cover d.w. London: Longmans Green 1930. Small tear in cloth at head else near fine copy in a very good-chipped dust wrapper.<br/><br/> Longmans unknown books
1905179018London/ New York: Swan Sonnenschein & Co./ C. Scribner's Sons 1905. Fourth Edition. Hardcover. Good Overall shelfwear and staining to boards previous owner's name plate glued on ffep age toning to pages internal hinges are loose but all pages are intact and clear. Red cloth boards black illustration and lettering on front cover gilt spine lettering vii 247 pages. Includes a preface to the third edition. Translated with an historical and critical introduction and notes by Henry J. Tozer. Number 83 of the Social Science Series. Swan Sonnenschein & Co./ C. Scribner's Sons hardcover books
19751340217Antwerpen: Fonds Mercator 1975. Hardcover. Quarto; VG/G; Hardcover with DJ in slipcase; DJ spine black and white with black and white print; Slipcase in black paper wear and tears to corners and edges mild shelfwear; DJ has slight edgewear remainder of removed label at bottom of spine else clean and bright; Boards quarter bound with white paper to spine and brown cloth to boards clean and strong; Text block clean and tight; Text in French; 233 pages unpaged chronology bibliography index frontispiece illustrated tipped in color plates. Shelf: German & Scandinavian Art <br /> <br /> Oversized books. Additional postage necessary for expedited/international orders. Economy International shipping unavailable due to size/weight restrictions. For international/expedited customers please inquire for rates. 1340217. FP New Rockville Stock. Fonds Mercator hardcover books
197043512Paris: Union Centrale des Art Decoratifs 1970. First Edition. Quarto 30cm x 23.5cm. Pictorial wrappers softcover with French flaps; 104pp; photo illus. Very Good copy; shelf wear to extremities; crease to back cover. Catalogue for the exhibition 'Bolide Design' presented at the Musée des Arts Decoratifs in Paris in 1970 exploring the racing car and its design as a work of art and engineering. 49 different automobiles profiled with photographs in color and b&w. In French language only. Union Centrale des Art Decoratifs unknown books
1912WRCLIT46343Paris: Georges Crès et Cie / Les Maitres du Livre 1912. Two volumes. Octavo. Woodcut portraits by P.- E. Vibert. Folding manuscript facsimiles. One of 1050 numbered sets on Rives from a total edition of 1117 sets. A very good set in later slipcase. Georges Crès et Cie / Les Maitres du Livre unknown books
