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1911Embry 196777Batsford 1911. First edition first printing. Two owner's inked names spine a little dull minor wear very good to near fine with hinges firm and internally clean in custom mylar cover. B&W photos and illustrations floor planes and diagrams. Red cloth decoratively stamped in gilt. Batsford, [1911]. First edition, first printing. hardcover books
2006012044Manchester University Press 2006. Cloth. Fine/Near Fine. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 255p. index bibliography. The author has unearthed a wide range of previoulsy published documentary evidence as well as consulting published works that deal with ordinary households which influenced tragedies. Consequintly it enables us to see the background of theatre that has often been missed. The aurthor is lecturer in English and History at the Shakespeare Institute. Manchester University Press unknown books
1928816Boston: Houghton Mifflin and Company 1928. First edition. First edition. Original boards with cover insert by Elizabeth Shippen Green. Corners chipped some shelfwear very good. <br/><br/> Houghton Mifflin and Company hardcover books
19485725Chicago: Univ. of Chicago Press 1948. First edition. Hardcover. Orig. green cloth. Fine in slightly nicked dust wrapper. Allston Washington. 234 pages in text. Fifty-seven black and white plates. Catalogue of the Existing and Recorded Paintings of Washington Allston by E.P.Richardson and H.W.L. Dana. Bibliography. Index. Samuel Taylor Coleridge a close personal friend considered Allston a man of highest genius as a painter poet and philosopher. KARPEL I401. "This scholarly critical monograph by the foremost authority on American romantic art analyzes the painting and ideas of Allston in the complex cultural context of his age. Descriptions owners and major bibliographic references are provided." FREITAG 102. LUCAS p120. Owner inscription. Univ. of Chicago Press hardcover books
1929158574NY OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS 1929 1929. ORIGINAL TAN CLOTH; NO DUST JACKET VERY GOOD. Hardcover. NY, OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS, 1929 hardcover books
19464656Augusta ME: Kennebec Journal Print Shop 1946. Third Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine. No DJ. Very minor shelf/edge wear else tight bright and unmarred. Blue cloth boards silver gilt lettering frontispiece. 4to. 155pp. Illus. b/w plates. <br/><br/>A richly illustrated history of steam along the coast of Maine. A handsome copy. Kennebec Journal Print Shop hardcover books
1945114023New York: Pilot Press Ltd. 1945. Octavo cloth. First edition. Collects "The Woman in White" by Wilkie Collins "Carmilla" by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu "Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde" by Robert Louis Stevenson and of most importance "The Notting Hill Mystery" a novel first published anonymously as a serial in ONCE A WEEK in November-December 1862. When "The Notting Hill Mystery" was published in book form by Saunders in 1865 it was attributed to "Charles Felix" of whom nothing is known. See Barzun and Taylor A Catalogue of Crime 61 and Tymn ed Horror Literature 2-36 "This tale is Poesque in its foreboding suggestive atmosphere". 10-page introduction by Richardson. A very good copy in very good dust jacket with shelf wear at edges some staining and soiling and several internal tape mends. This first printing is uncommon. #114023 Pilot Press Ltd. unknown books
1930811041930. RICHARDSON Willis ed. PLAYS AND PAGEANTS FROM THE LIFE OF THE NEGRO. Washington DC: Associated Publishers Inc. 1930. First edition. x 373 pp. 8vo. blue library buckram with spine stamped in gilt. Good ex-library with usual markings. Front flyleaf trimmed at top corner. Plays by African American playwrights for young performers: Thelma Myrtle Duncan's SACRIFICE Maud Cuney-Hare's ANTAR OF ARABY John Matheus' TI YETTE May Miller's GRAVEN IMAGES Willis Richardson's THE BLACK HORSEMAN THE KING'S DILEMMA and THE HOUSE OF SHAM Inez M. Burke's TWO RACES Dorothy C. Guinn's OUT OF THE DARK Frances Gunner's THE LIGHT OF THE WOMEN and Edward J. McCoo's ETHIOPIA AT THE BAR OF JUSTICE. unknown books
1959141486N.p.: Orion 1959. Collection of six vintage studio still photographs from the 1959 film. Mimeo snipes affixed to the versos of each still. Based on John Osborne's 1956 play of the same name. <br/><br/>Ripe with both class and sexual tension Tony Richardson's 1959 film portrays a marriage on the brink of collapse in claustrophobic quarters. In the vein of "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof" class resentment simmers beneath the surface of Jimmy and Allison's relationship. <br/><br/>Shot on location in England. <br/><br/>8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus. Light curling and interspersed dampstaining to the margins and versos. Holograph graphite notation to the verso of one image. Orion unknown books
195117100586Fairfax California: Feathered Serpent Press 1951. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/good. One of 375 copies octavo size 92 pp. signed by printer Don Kelley with a press business card. This is the first book printed by Susan Acker Don & Marion Kelley at the Feathered Serpent Press a sweet little book of poems. Don Kelly was the editor of "Pacific Discovery" a magazine published by the Academy of Sciences. He began printing "in his spare time" with the assistance of his wife Marion publishing mostly poetry.<br/><br/>___DESCRIPTION: Original quarter brown cloth and decorative paper covered boards plain endpapers title vignette printed in brown press device at colophon; Centaur and Libra types pagination: i-x 1-81 1 colophon octavo size 7 7/8" x 5 1/4" limited edition of 375 copies; signed by printer Don Kelley in the original glassine dust-jacket with the press business card slipped in.<br/><br/>___CONDITION: A near fine copy with clean boards straight corners without rubbing a strong square text block with solid hinges the interior is clean and bright and entirely free of prior owner markings; a bit of dustiness and light wear to the bottom edge of the boards else fine. The glassine jacket is good only with overall wear some closed tears and small chips.<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. Feathered Serpent Press hardcover books
192756967Philadelphia: Lippincott 1927. Second edn. 8vo pp. 317. Bibliography index. Illustrated with 9 Color Plates and 165 Illustrations in Doubletone. Orange cloth stamped in blue and rust. Top edge of front cover slightly bumped corners and ends of spine slightly rubbed o/w a nice copy. Lippincott unknown books
192561480London: B. T. Batsford. Very Good. 1925. Hardcover. A . 286pp. 11 1/4" x 8 1/2" dark green cloth with gilt stamping to spine. Spine ends and edges are rubbed and scuffed. Contents are clean and bright and fully illustrated. A very attractive copy. . B. T. Batsford hardcover books
193131908New York: Thomas Nelson and Sons 1931. First edition small 8vo pp. xi 1 414; spine darkened but overall very good in original blue cloth spine gilt-lettered. Covers the rivalry between Franklin and Bradford the growth in literary art and political consciousness Webster Carey Trenchland etc. Includes a bibliography of American magazines and index. <br/><br/> Thomas Nelson and Sons hardcover books
193855956London 1938. 8vo pp. 467-476 i.e.10 pages; self-wrappers; near fine. Offprint from the Proceedings of the Physical Society vol. 50 1938 containing Richardson's extensive obituary of Jackson. <br/><br/> unknown books
19276671London. William Clowes and Sons. 1927. Gilt titled royal blue cloth. Thick 8vo. Hugely illustrated with monochrome plates maps charts tables and wonderful period advertising. Several page tips creased else A Fine crisp copy. William Clowes and Sons. hardcover books
1855WN41844London: H. Bailliere 1855. Original reddish cloth gilt and blindstamped whcih has been damaged on the top edge and bottom corners of both boards by water not affecting text. Spine ends crumpled and head of spine has 1" closed tears on both joints. Owner signature on ffep. Binder ticket on rear pastedown. 14 pgs. of tipped in adverts at rear. This volume concerns fuel and its applications and has splendid wood engravings throughout and 3 foldouts between pgs. 144-145. Second Edition. Cloth. Poor/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Trade. H. Bailliere Hardcover books
19331309600Philadelphia and London: J.B. Lippincott Company 1933. First Edition. Hardcover. 10mo; pp 336; VG-/G; burgundy spine with ivory text; scarce; dust jacket has light sunning to exterior mostly to spine; minor chips to edges; mylar wraps; cloth has slight wear to exterior; light toning to edges; text block has slight age toning to edges; interior clean. 1309600. FP New Rockville Stock. J.B. Lippincott Company hardcover books
7325New York Harry N. Abrams 1982. 1st edition. Cloth dust jacket 272 pp. color illustratsion. Near fine. <br/><br/> New York, Harry N. Abrams, [1982]. hardcover books
196115657Greenwich CT: New York Graphic Society 1961. First edition. Cloth. Fine/fine. Folio. Spectacular monograph on cubist painter Georges Braque with text by John Richardson. Book includes 34 colour plates as well as 43 in black and white. A strikingly fine copy in gray cloth binding in equally fine dustwrapper. Collector's copy of this oversized art book. New York Graphic Society unknown books
51618bdePublished by the Authors n.d. Two Volumes of a two volume set. Quarto spiral bound black plastic spirals with protective clear plastic covers iv 287 pp x 294 pp. Fine As New. Contents Volume 1: Prehistory to the Louisiana Purchas of 1803; The Louisiana Purchase of 1803 to the Incorporation of Grand Cane in 1899; Map: 1819 Map of William Darby’s Traverse of Louisiana; Only the Cemeteries Remain: Cook Friendship Hazelwood Providence Screamerville Williams; The Village of Grand Cane Incorporated: Index to Ordinances Index to Minutes Proclamation State of Lousiiana Executive Department Minutes of August 25 1899 through July 19 1949 Chart of Mayors and Altermen from 1969-1994; Bibliography. Contents of Volume 2: IntroductionL How to Read References; W. E. Parker 1897 Oath of Office; We. E. Parker Commission; Big Blaze at Grand Cane Mansfield Journal January 1 1904; Big Fire at Grand Cane Mansfield Journal October 21 1904; 1921 Sanborn Map; Block 32 and PEyton’s Store between 1904-1936 Bubba Locke; Fire Loss in 1936 The Mansfield Enterprise March 5 1936; Fire Loss in 1938 The Mansfield Enterprise November 24 1938; Downtown Grand Cane after the 1938 Fire DeSoto Parish Resources and Facilities; Gas Line Map of Block 32; Money Brought Home from the Wars; Highway Map of Block 32; Businesses: Picture Hotel/Name/Date Unknown; Village Jail Photograph; Block 3; Block 20; Block 25; Block 26; Block 31; Block 32; Block 39; Blocks 40 and 45; Doctors and Dentists; Post Offices; Transportation; Churches: Grand Cane Baptist Church; Grand Cane Methodist Church; New Zion Baptist Church; Schools: Grand Cane Academy aka Grand Cane High School; Grand Cane Colored High School; Grand Cane Old School Hcurhc; Cemeteries: Gamble Cemetery aka Shuler Cemetery; Additions and Correction to Grand Cane Cemetery; Addition to Neighbourhood Old Burying Ground; Smyrna Semetery; Wagner Cemetery; Bibliography same as Volume 1 Additional Information from Court House Records and Old Newspapers Dating from 1891 on. A Few Fragments from Earlier Pieces of Papers. Other Sources Shown on Page 61 and Listed in Book Individually. unknown books
19261775Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott Company 1926. First edition. 4to. xii308pp. Index. Illus. with a color frontispiece and 277 text figures mostly photographs. Orig. burgundy cloth gilt. J. B. Lippincott Company hardcover books
1997174424Chicago: Museum of Contemporary Photography Columbia College 1997. Hardcover. VG/VG. Rust cloth boards with black stamped lettering. Glossy BW-photographic dust jacket with red and black lettering. 123 pp. Color illustrations. Catalogue of an exhibition from November 15 1997 through January 10 1998. Museum of Contemporary Photography, Columbia College hardcover books
200820896New York: JMc & GHB Editions 2008. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/fine. 4to. Brown cloth with stamped titles in photographic dust jacket. SIGNED by Frey and Richardson. A fine copy in like DJ. Sharp and clean throughout. 100pp. <br/><br/>From an edition of 1000 hardcover copies. Three short texts excerpted from Frey's novel BRIGHT SHINY MORNING. With accompanying photographs of wives wheels and weapons by Richardson. Cover by Richard Prince. JMc & GHB Editions hardcover books
1953165626Philadelphia Toronto: The John C. Winston Company 1953. Octavo cloth. First edition. A hundred years after the members of the first expedition to the dreaded planet Saturn vanished one by one the second expedition's spaceship lands on its moon Titan. "Subsequently the crew is exposed to a series of terrifying incidents and members disappear. Gradually it becomes apparent that Saturn is inhabited and both the Saturnians an old civilized race and the descendants of Captain Dearborn first explorer of Saturn who disappeared mysteriously do not want any interlopers. The crew however is set free as the Saturnians decide rapprochement is inevitable. Suspenseful well-written mystery for two-thirds of the book; then speculation about the possibility of life on Saturn intrudes." - Anatomy of Wonder 1995 5-90. Part of the classic Winston science fiction series for young readers published between 1952 and 1961. Anatomy of Wonder 1976 5-55. A fine copy in good first printing dust jacket 20 titles listed on rear panel with tiny chip from top edge of spine panel rubbing along folds and clipped price. #165626 The John C. Winston Company unknown books
1986D7658The Baltimore Museum of Art 1986. Paperback. Very Good. Wraps; 4to; pp. 263 with illustrations in b/w and full-color. Spine creased; covers and corners gently rubbed. Gift inscription on half-title p. otherwise text block is bright and clean. With text by Vernon L. Lidtke Karin von Maur Nancy J. Troy Debra McCall and others; plus a chronology and bibliography. <br/><br/> The Baltimore Museum of Art paperback books
