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Paris, Gallimard, 1961. Collection "Du Monde Entier" CCL. Un volume broché de format in 8° de 280 pp. N°35 de 41 exemplaires sur vélin pur fil Lafuma-Navarre, seul grand papier. Comme neuf, non coupé.
8vo., First Edition; blue cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
8vo., First Edition, with plates and pictorial endpapers; green cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. A PRESENTATION COPY FROM THE AUTHOR WITH HER SIGNED HOLOGRAPH INSCRIPTION ON TITLE.
8vo., First Edition; red cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped, mildly dust-soiled dustwrapper. A PRESENTATION COPY FROM THE EDITOR WITH HIS SIGNED HOLOGRAPH INSCRIPTION ON FRONT FREE ENDPAPER.
Paris, Gallimard, Collection Du Monde Entier, 1961. In-8, broché, non coupé, 277 pp. Edition originale de la traduction française. Un des 41 exemplaires numérotés sur vélin pur fil Lafuma-Navarre, seul tirage en grand papier.
8vo., First Edition, small neat signature on front free endpaper, half-title and title mildly spotted at margins; original green cloth, gilt back, covers lightly age-soiled else a very good, bright, clean copy. With Vanessa Bell's 'wolf' design on title. The first edition was limited to 3200 copies. Kikpatrick A18; Woolmer 315.
14 pages. Contents: Front cover illustration of Girl's Princesse Suit (with cut paper pattern) and Ladies' Mourning and Walking Dresses; New York Fashions - child's princesse suite, Suits for small boys; Ladies' Mourning and Walking Dresses; Personal; various travel items; The Lovels of Arden - Continued; Sayings and Doings; Great full-page Illustration "A Visit to the Taxidermist" by W.L. Sheppard - from a sketch by M. Woolf; "Like Mistress Like Maid" - nice full-page illustration by Thomas Nast shows both lady of the home and her maid snoozing on opposite sides of a door; Two Balls; The Argand Burner; Humor on back cover; and more. Unmarked. Average wear. Missing pages 395-396. Magazine
Paris, Gallimard, Collection Du Monde Entier, 1965. In-12, broché, non coupé, 178 pp. Edition originale de la traduction française. Un des 26 exemplaires numérotés sur vélin pur fil Lafuma-Navarre, seul tirage en grand papier. Bel ex.
8vo., 20pp leaflet, First Edition, with photographs throughout; wire-stitched as issued, a near fine copy. Surprisingly detailed account of the V1 and V2 attacks on South London, with many captioned photographs of damage taken mainly by local press photographers. AN EXCEEDINGLY RARE SURVIVAL. Not recorded by Enser.
8vo., First Edition; blue cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. SCARCE, ESPECIALLY IN THIS CONDITION.
8vo., First Edition thus, with coloured frontispiece and 7 plates in monochrome; red pictorial buckram, upper board elaborately blocked in gilt, gilt back, red endpapers, a fine copy in publisher's slip-case
8vo., First Edition, with plates, free endpapers and top mildly spotted; black cloth, backstrip lettered in silver, a very good, bright, crisp copy in unclipped dustwrapper. EXTREMELY SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION. Cross & Ravenscroft-Hulme C.7.
Generously illustrated with black and white photos and illustrations. Features: "Find The Woman" - What happened in Central Africa when word spread that a venerated witch-doctress had invented a potion to render the white man's bullets harmless - with photo of Maria N'Koy in her ceremonial regalia; At Grips With the Desert - Part III - Donald R.G. Cameron's party set out to cross the Sahara and became lost for ten dreadful days - with photos and map; A Tenderfoot in Argentina - Englishman G.H. Mummery went to Argentina to try his luck on a big estancia; The "Eggers" of Yorkshire - Article with amazing photos of the people who scramble the towering cliffs of the Yorkshire coast to reap a harvest of sea-bird eggs; Brigand-Hunting in Anatolia - Capt. S.H. Woolf was stationed on the Bagdad Railway with a small detachment of Indian troops; My College Adventures - Young Carl N. Taylor was wandering around America when he decided to study in Indiana - he provides an interesting glimpse into a novel phase of American college life; The Sanyasi's Curse - A tale from construction of one of the Southern Indian railways in 1887-8; Tapu - A weird little New Zealand story from Ken J. Royal, who went hunting for Maori curios on an old native battleground; Twelve Days on a Burning Ship - The coal cargo of the old windjammer Fanny catches fire far to the south of Cape Horn; My Trip to "Devil's Island" - Excellent photo-illustrated article describing Arthur Mills' visit to the notorious French penal establishment in Guiana where Dreyfus endured his martyrdom and the betrayer of Nurse Cavell is presently imprisoned; Shorty the Sheepherder - Edith Ammons Kohl describes a strange character she met while newspapering in Montana; Rough Luck - Johannes Else's nearly successful escape from the prison at Cape Town; A Deal in Diamonds - The curious experience of an Eastern merchant while visiting Marseilles on business; The Lost Mine - Part II of II - A. Hyatt Verrill seeks a mysterious native "King" in Panama - with photos; and more. 84 pages plus 28 pages of great ads. Backstrip entirely nibbled away so covers loose but present, otherwise unmarked with average wear. A worthy vintage copy of this fascinating issue. Book
314 pages. Features: Vogue's Point of View on the New York Collections; The New York Collections - ease is the essence, the sweater-and-skirt-suit, the shirty, unwaisted dress, the big-evening dress with nothing big about it, the suit that's like being in separates, the coat for this year - the wrap-and-tie, the blouson jacket, the chopped coat over pants, a raincoat that's really a raincoat, brown at night; Aubergine - new color at night in the New York Collections; Great day looks in the New York Collections - all-of-a-tone dressing, the suit with a blouson jacket, rolled sleeves, sweaters underneath, real raingear, the wrap-and-tie coat - every way over everything, easy little suit looks, pants suits, sweatery dresses, soft swingy navy, the furry chopped coat over pants; Evenings in the New York Collections - the long black dress, bare and covered, the sequin pants suit, pale, soft looks, the pale fluffy fur to wrap yourself up in at night, the short, bare evening dress, little black dinner suits, the new small-evening dressing ; A Vogue Editorial - furs, fashion, and ecology; The New York Collections - fashion across the country; New York Address Book of Beauty Specialists; Real Makeup and shorter hair - the essence of beauty today; This Year's Face - the makeup you'll want for this year's fashion; Hair - the dropout problem; Moroccan Food; Films vs. Plays - Norman Mailer Speaks; Richard Serra - Monumental Artist; Who Was Virginia Woolf Afraid of?; Winning the New York Space Race - Mr. and Mrs. Guedaliahou Shiva; Winning the New York Space Race - Jeanette Bonnier; Vogue Horoscope - John N. Mitchell; Vogue Travel - Bermuda; and much more. Usual library markings. Above-average wear. A worthy reference copy. Book
56 pages. Features: ; Nostalgic RCA photo-ad inside front cover shows civilian walkie talkies (early 'cell phones') at work; Why Do Men Strike, and What's To Be Done?; Fear Dominates Japan - a first-hand report by Frank L. Kluckhorn on the difficulties we face in remaking a whole people's way of life and thought - with photos; Teaching men to be free - in colleges today courses in basic human knowledge replace traditional electives; Winning the Peace - It is Our Job; Our New Concept of the Universe, by Harry M.Davis; Opportunities for Veterans with the help of the Veteran's Administration (VA); In Lisbon Falls, Maine a benefit is held to raise funds for Virgil Healey after his home was burned; S.J. Woolf Talks About New York; Hollywood Movies Defended - An American View; Nice one-page color ad for Elco, the Electric Boat Company; "Traditional Modern' home design photos; Moscow is not New York - all the differences between socialism and individualism are reflected in the streets; A Farewell to Ration Books, although in their use Americans found profit and a sense of sharing; Half-page of cartoons of GI life in occupied Japan; Color Super Suds ad features Mrs. Lorett R. Kelly; Nice one-page color ad for Sara Lee Fruit Cake; Delinquency has hidden roots; Attractive one-page color ad for Face Powder Tabu by Dana; Hope for the Home Laundry - washing machines and irons are being mass-produced; Two pages of attractive fashion photos for women called "The Importance of Details"; Nice one-page color ad for Chateau Martin wine; Nice one-page color ad for B. Altman & Co. hats for men; Back cover color ad for Knit-tex topcoats for men; and more. Average external wear and soiling. Unmarked. Moderate age-toning to paper. A sound copy of this vintage WWII-era issue. Book
8vo., Signed Limited Edition, with 13 coloured plates on 8, and numerous monochrome photographs, illustrations and facsimiles (a number full page) in the text; marbled boards, cloth back gilt, green endpapers, a fine copy in publisher's board slip-case. EDITION LIMITED TO 500 NUMBERED COPIES SIGNED BY PRYOR (THIS COPY NO.280) AND CONTAINING IN A SEPARATE FOLIO A LIMITED NUMBERED WOOD-ENGRAVING BY GWEN RAVERAT 'VENCE, LA PLACE EN ETE'. The wood-engraving was made in 1923 at the height of the correspondence described in the book, and hand printed by Simon Lawrence of the Fleece Press from the original boxwood block.
8vo., First Edition, on laid paper, with a portrait frontispiece and 9 plates (4 being drawings by Vanessa Bell); handsomely bound in burgundy full morocco, back gilt with five raised bands, second and fourth compartments lettered and ruled in gilt, all other compartments tooled and ruled in gilt, uncut, a most attractive copy ideal as a gift or for presentation. Kirkpatrick A19a; Woolmer 334.
8vo., First Edition; handsomely bound in burgundy full crushed morocco, sides with gilt frame borders, back with raised bands, second and fourth compartments lettered and ruled in gilt, all other compartments tooled and ruled in gilt, gilt top, uncut, a most attractive copy ideal as a gift or for presentation. With Vanessa Bell's 'wolf' design on title. The first edition was limited to 5000 copies. Kikpatrick A30.
8vo., First Edition, on laid paper, with portrait frontispiece and 9 plates (4 being drawings by Vanessa Bell), half-title lightly browned; handsomely bound in full burgundy crushed morocco, sides with gilt frame border, back with raised bands, second and fourth compartments ruled and lettered in gilt, all other compartments tooled in gilt, gilt top, hand-made endpapers, ribbon marker, a most attractive copy ideal as a gift or for presentation. Kirkpatrick A19a; Woolmer 334.
5 vols., 8vo., fifth volume with endpaper maps; original black cloth, upper boards blocked in gilt, gilt backs, coloured endpapers in four volumes, a near fine set in price-clipped dustwrapper. The set comprises Vol. I: 1915-1919 (1977); Vol. II: 1920-1924 (1978); Vol. III: 1925-1930 (1980); Vol. IV: 1931-1935 (1982); Vol. V: 1936-1941 (1984). COMPLETE SETS IN THIS CONDITION ARE VERY SCARCE.
8vo., First Edition; handsomely bound in navy full crushed morocco, sides with gilt frame border, back with raised bands ruled in gilt, second and fourth compartments lettered in gilt, all other compartments tooled in gilt, hand-made endpapers, gilt edges, ribbon marker, custom-made marbled slip-case, a most attractive copy ideal as a gift or for presentation. Kirkpatrick A26a.
6 vols., 8vo., First Edition thus, with frontispieces and plates; blue cloth, gilt backs, a very good, bright, clean set in unclipped dustwrapper, the wrappers lightly sunned and age-soiled at backstrips and mildly browned at fold-ins. Dustwrapper design by Angelica Garnett, Virginia's niece. The set comprises: Vol. I: The Flight of the Mind: 1888-1912; Vol. II: The Question of Things Happening: 1912-1922; Vol. III: A Change of Perspective: 1923-1928; Vol. IV: A Reflection of the Other Person: 1929-1931; Vol. V: The Sickle Side of the Moon - 1932-1935; Vol. VI: Leave the Letters Till We're Dead - 1936-1941.
8vo., First Edition; handsomely bound in twentieth century full dark red crushed morocco, sides with gilt frame border, back with raised bands, second and fourth compartments lettered and ruled in gilt, all other compartments tooled in gilt, gilt top, hand-made endpapers, ribbon marker, an elegant copy in custom-made marbled board slip case. Kirkpatrick notes that 6358 copies were printed. Kirkpatrick A26a.
5 vols., 8vo., First Edition thus, with endpaper maps in all save first volume; purple tweed cloth, gilt backs, a near fine set in unclipped dustwrapper. Dustwrapper artwork based on drawings by Duncan Grant. The set comprises Vol. I: 1915-1919 (1977); Vol. II: 1920-1924 (1978); Vol. III: 1925-1930 (1980); Vol. IV: 1931-1935 (1982); Vol. V: 1936-1941 (1984). COMPLETE SETS IN THIS CONDITION ARE VERY SCARCE.
8vo., First Edition; handsomely bound in full dark green crushed morocco, sides with gilt frame border, back with raised bands, second and fourth compartments ruled and lettered in gilt, all other compartments tooled in gilt, gilt edges, hand-made endpapers, ribbon marker, custom-made slip-case, a most attractive copy ideal as a gift or for presentation. Kirkpatrick A22a; Woolmer 423.
