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48566Tallinn: "Aktsiooni" Kirjastus 1927-1933. Octavos 16.3 x 12.5 cm. Original pictorial wrappers by Peet Aren Märt Laarman and Jaan Vahtra; 28 4; 60 4; and 63 I pp. Very good or better. Antson 1899-1945 was an Estonian teacher journalist and writer who participated in the "Aktsioon" "Action" literary group and co-published the eponymous series of almanacs 1926 1927 and 1929. In addition to his travel writing Antson was known for his plays which were often leftist and pacifist in orientation. Much of his work was influenced by expressionism and detailed the horrors of war and revolution. This collection of satirical epigrams in three volumes published over six years a final fourth volume appeared in 1946 takes sharp aim at the literary cultural but also political establishment not only in Estonia but in Europe at large witness the "Hitler" epigram in the 1933 collection!. The set also represents a striking cross-section of Estonian modernist design of the late 1920s with one wrapper each designed by Peet Aren 1889-1970 Märt Laarman 1896-1979 and Jaan Vahtra 1882-1947. Laarman was one of the outstanding followers of cubism and constructivism in Estonia. His "numerous book-covers and illustrations present the possibilities of applying such a method in the field of book graphics that is based upon the constructive rhythm of simple and expressive planes. Moreover Laarman was the first to apply the principles of Elementary Typography new at that time in the design of architectonically expressive and homogeneous books" Rein Loodus 21. In addition to his own work Laarman was also instrumental in furthering public awareness of avantgarde art: "Laarman edited and published The Book of New Art 1928 the group's programmatic almanac which helped the public develop a better understanding of the avant-garde" Art of the Baltics 38. Rare; KVK OCLC show a single copy of vol. I at Göttingen of vol. 2 at Helsinki and of vol. 3 at UCLA. unknown books
1900274959Edinburgh: Blackwood 1900. hardcover. very good. Historical descriptions by John Hill Burton. Illustrated with 240 fine steel engravings with tissue guards and many text illustrations in woodcut. 4 volumes tall 4to blue cloth. Edinburgh: Oliver & Boyd n.d. ca. 1900 Very good.<br/><br/> Blackwood unknown books
19202558Paris Mishan Publishing Co. Editions d'art "La Cible. 1920. Dvenadtsat. Khudojestvienoe izdatelstvo "Michen". Art Editions "The Target". 13 rue Bonaparte. Paris. 1920. 8vo 24 x195 cm 27 ff. : flexible printed card covers. This book contains the two most famous poems of Alexander Block One of Russia's most famous poets. Two plates by Gontcharova six plates and a small illustration by Larionov refined typography. Natalia Gontcharova 1881-1962 was one of the most famous artists of the Russian Avant-garde. Trained in Moscow where she met Larionov 1881-1964 he was to become her life companion. She contributed to a great number of important exhibitions and both Gontcharova and Larionov played a crucial role in the development of Russian art. They settled in Paris shortly before the present edition became French citizens in 1938 and were married in 1955. Larionov exhibited his Rayonnist works at The Target exhibition in 1913 in Moscow. . The illustrations by Larionov showed his freedom in changing from one style to another within the same book as he liked to do in 1912-1913. Name chosen by the bookseller Jacques Povolozky for his publishing house. The most striking work of the symbolist poet Alexandre Block 1880-1921 the twelve red guards representing the new world. Printed by "Union" The most outstanding work of the poet ALEXANDRE BLOCK 1880-1921 were The TWELVE Red Guards and THE SCYTHIANS Both are poems announcing the revolution. REF:Goncharova Larionov. Centre Pompidou. Paris. 1995. Mishan Publishing Co. Editions d'art "La Cible. paperback books
1806WRCLIT68049London: Vernor Hood and Sharpe et al 1806. 55pp. plus portrait and fourteen plates. Small quarto. Original boards paper label untrimmed rebacked and recornered in later binder's cloth. Some foxing and offsetting but a good copy. First edition. Another edition appeared the same year priority not evident. The memoir is by E.W. Brayley. NCBEL III:367. Vernor, Hood, and Sharpe [et al] hardcover books
19561312563Cambridge: Riverside Press 1956. Hardcover. Octavo; First edition published 1913 New edition published 1956; G/no DJ; Hardcover w/out DJ; Spine blue with blue print; Boards in blue cloth with blue print mild wear to corners and spine caps owner stamp on front fading and spotting; Text block has owner stamp on front flyleaf and half-title page spotting to edges else clean and tight; xxx 381 pages frontispiece illustrated b&w. 1312563. FP New Rockville Stock. Riverside Press hardcover books
275504New York: Frederick A. Stokes n.d. Hard Cover. Very Good binding. There is a previous owner gift inscription on the endpaper; otherwise a clean copy. Collates complete with all illustrations present. In the publisher's green cloth with color pictorial pastedown. Very Good binding. Frederick A. Stokes unknown books
193135610New York: George H. Doran Company 1931. 1st Edition. INSCRIBED. Brown papered boards with white title lettering and b/w illustration stamped to front board. Tan title lettering stamped to spine. Slight lean a repaired small tear to spine gutter break to pg 28 and 29 photographic image tipped to front paste down. Withal a VG copy. 148 pp. 5 b/w illustrations. 7-1/2" x 5" <br/><br/> George H. Doran Company hardcover books
19053802New York: McLoughlin Brothers 1905. First edition. New Chimney Corner series No. 37 1/2. Full color glazed pictorial wrappers. Black and white illustrations throughout including ten full-page by Louis Wain of which two are signed and a title-page vignette by Palmer Cox. Transparent tape repairs to spine and the fore-edge to a few leaves. Pale gift inscription to upper wrapper. A scarce and attractive survivor to children's enthusiastic hands. Unrecorded by Dale.<br/><br/>At the end of the last century Louis Wain 1860-1939 the Edwardian cat artist who went mad became a household name as an illustrator of cats whom he depicted in all sorts of activities from skating and playing cricket to driving motor cars attending dances and playing musical instruments. "He invented a cat style a cat society a whole cat world. English cats that do not look like Louis Wain cats are ashamed of themselves" H.G. Wells. Here alongside illustrations from Palmer Cox who also specialized in Scottish fairytales and rhymes. McLoughlin Brothers unknown books
19321338441New York: Garden City Publishing Co 1932. Hardcover. Octavo; G; Hardcover; Spine blue with green print; Boards in blue cloth with green print illustrated pastedown on front tattering to spine caps and corners mild shelfwear stains on rear; Text block has green tinted top edge name in pencil on front pastedown tanning to endpapers tear to bottom edge of p. 3 else clean and tight; ix 323 pages frontispiece illustrated color plates. 1338441. FP New Rockville Stock. Garden City Publishing Co hardcover books
188843842Boston: L. Prang & Co 1888. 1st Edition. Tan linen cloth binding with color printed spine & boards. Marbled edges. Modest shelfwear. Small label removal abrasions to fixed endpapers; light gutter break. 5 signed mss recipes entered herein. A VG - VG copy. Unpaginated though ~ 250. Tinted frontispiece. 16 chromolithographed divisional title leaves followed by a lithographed leaf of text poetry. Oblong format: 6-7/8" x 9-1/2" <br/><br/>A mostly blank recipe book adorned with Prang's exquisite chromolithographs. Each recipe signed by a different author; most in a contemporary hand and/or dated 1891 save the final recipe dated 1920. Recipes include: Sausages Tutti Frutti Oil Pickle Snow Pudding and Dandelion Wine. Somewhat scarce with OCLC listing but 5 institutional holdings. L. Prang & Co hardcover books
196417492New York: Harcourt Brace and World 1964. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good/very good. 8vo. Publisher's cloth in original dust jacket. Jacket mildly edgeworn with a handful of short closed tears. Touches of shelf-soil. Price-clipped. Interior bright and lcean. Very good. 128pp. <br/><br/>Collection of twenty-six tales gathered by folklorist Harold Courlander. Harcourt Brace and World hardcover books
149584None Stated: None stated nd. Hardcover. Ex-library copy with usual marks. Plates mostly clean but a few have minor-to-mild foxing. Two plates have perforation stamps on lower margins not affecting plate images. Front end pages ffep detached and laid in contain 2 library plates 2 personal book plates and one additional plate. Some wear to spine mostly at head/tail and to leather corners but nothing terribly offensive. Ex-lib. sticker on back cover. Dark green 3/4 leather with complementary medium green cloth. Gilt edging lettering and 3 bands not raised. AEG. No text. 20 pp each with an individual bw etching / engraving. With bookplates by prominent people. The title page is hand-lettered and there is no printed publication information. This is a unique and important item of Cruikshankiana. Ex-library copy with minimally offensive marks given the importance of each one. This volume contains ONLY the 20 engravings used as illustrations for Eccentric Tales. The original sketches were by Alfred Henry Forrester under the pseudonym of Alfred Crowquill. The actual book illustrations then were done by George Cruikshank. This particular book contains Forrester's personal book plate. Another book plate is of Albert M. Cohn who wrote a catalogue raisonne of Cruikshank's works in 1924 a small label on the fep makes reference to this catalogue #471. And a third book plate is of William Hartman Woodin Secretary of the Treasury under Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1933. The final bookplate present is that of the Brooklyn Public Library. Plates No. 8 and 15 have remarques. The Cruikshank illustrations in Eccentric Tales were apparently hand-tinted but these images are in b/w with no tinting and appear to be etching proofs for the final illustrations. Both Crowquill's and Cruikshank's names appear under each etching. Delightful and humorous illustrations done in great detail. Unique and rare. None stated hardcover books
18289027029London: Jones 1828. Hardcover. Very good. Cruikshank George. Illustrated with three etched frontispieces by George Cruikshank and 84 woodcut illustrations by George and Robert Cruikshank et al. "With a copious and classified index" in each volume. Bound in half black morocco with gilded bands spine stamped in both gilt and blind black cloth boards ruled in gilt printed endpapers. A few signatures loose but stilll holding otherwise binding is intact. A nice clean set. <br /> <br/><br/> Jones hardcover books
194056275NY:: Doubleday Doran & Company. Good. 1940. Hardcover. A later printing. Light crayon scribble on rear board edge worn else good in illustrated boards. No dust jacket. . Doubleday, Doran & Company, hardcover books
1840401753Paris: Aubert 1840. From the Collection of Arthur & Charlotte Vershbow. 12mo 140 x 89 mm. Numerous illustrations in text by Daumier and Janet-Lange. Original printed wrappers. Tear to spine. FIRST EDITION. Vicaire VI:621. <br/><br/> Aubert unknown books
197944688New York: Abrams 1979. First Edition. First Edition. Near Fine in a Near Fine dust jacket. Abrams unknown books
198293747NY:: Random House. Very Good. 1982. Paperback. 0394854446 . Second printing paperback. All pieces are intact and well preserved. Very good in tall spiral-bound illustrated wraps. . Random House, paperback books
186329036.1New York: Sheldon and Company 1863. 1st printing of this edition cf. Gimbel D38. Original publisher's green cloth binding with gilt stamped lettering to spine & a circular gilt monogram to the front board. Yellow eps. Spines lightly sunned. Bit of bubbling to board cloth of Vols III & IV. Some frayting to spine crowns. Withal a VG set. 4volumes viii 9 - 309 1 blank; vi 7 - 318; vi 7 - 329 1 blank; vi 7 - 308 pp. Frontis by F. O. C. Darley in Vols I II & IV. Frontis by Gilbert in Vol III. Small 8vo. 7-1/4" x 4-5/8" <br/><br/> Sheldon and Company hardcover books
186233607.1New York: Sheldon and Company 1862. 1st printing of this edition cf. Gimbel D38. Original publisher's green cloth binding with gilt stamped lettering. Average wear with usual light fraying to spine ends. A VG set. 4 volumes 322; 312; 306; 336 pp. Frontis by F. O. C. Darley in Volumes I II & IV; by John Gilbert in Volume II. Small 8vo. 7-1/4" x 4-3/4" <br/><br/> Sheldon and Company hardcover books
183918051101London: Chapman and Hall 1839. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good. Browne Hablot K. 'Phiz"; Meadows Kenney. First printing mixed state octavo size 707 pp. This was writer Charles Dickens' 1812-1870 third novel widely anticipated and loved. He is often considered the greatest of the Victorian era novelists blending drama and comedy into compelling stories. In this novel Dickens explores the social issues that his works are known for such as harsh boarding schools the privilege of royal title and wealth social customs of the day and the plight of the working class. The plot focuses on the hardships courageously navigated by young Nicholas Nickleby after his father passes away. <br/><br/>The extra illustrations provided were drawn by Joseph Kenny Meadows 1790 - 1874 best known for his drawings published in Punch magazine. He was a friend of Charles Dickens and several other writers of the period. These caricatures add a visual element to the characters depicted by Dickens n.b. above information from Wiki. <br/><br/>___DESCRIPTION: Half red morocco leather over marbled paper boards six compartments on spine five with gilt title and author in gilt to one compartment embossed decorative and gilt borders to front and rear boards all edges marbled frontis of a young Charles Dickens supplied thirty-nine plates by Hablot K. Browne "Phiz" and twenty-four plates of various characters in the novel by Kenny Meadows the extra plates. This is a mixed state in that two of the first four plates have the Chapman and Hall imprint further the correction on p.123 has been made but "latter" for "letter" still appears on p.160 line 43. Octavo size 8 1/2" by 5 1/2 " iii-vii viii-xvi 1 2-624. <br/><br/>___CONDITION: Overall very good internally this volume is quite clean the text block is square the hinges are sound and the gilt on the spine is bright. Rubbing to front and rear joints corners rubbed rubbing and slight loss to marbled papers on front and rear board both front and rear hinge have been professionally repaired prior owner bookplate with inscription of "To David from Dad" vintage bookseller stamp and prior owner notes in pencil to the front pastedown offsetting from turn-ins to front and rear endpapers 1/8" tear to margin of frontispiece not affecting the image lacking the half-title hence our pagination begins with romanet iii slight damage to the foredge of plate between pages 174 and 175 not affecting the image the images have slight toning and foxing which is common. Even with these few flaws a better than very good copy with extra illustrations by an artist whose work complements that of Phiz and adds interest to the story.<br/><br/>___CITATION: Podeschi A41 Eckel p. 64.<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. Chapman and Hall hardcover books
19881341069Roswell: Embroidery Research Press 1988. Hardcover. Quarto; VG-/VG-; Hardcover with DJ; DJ spine cream with brown print; DJ has slight edgewear but is clean and bright; Boards in brown cloth with gold print clean and strong; Text block clean and tight but for embossed owner stamp on front flyleaf; Inscribed in ink by authors Fehd and Digges on the front flyleaf; xi 178 pages illustrated b&w color.<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. 1341069. FP New Rockville Stock. Embroidery Research Press hardcover books
1935277439Budapest: George Vajna 1935. Limited. hardcover. near fine. Translated by Frances Shires. Ten original colored etchings by Lidia Farkas and Zoltan Poharnok. Thin 8vo unpaged bound in linen with an embroidered decoration. Budapest: Dr. George Vajna & Co. n.d. ca.1935. Limited Edition.<br/><br/> Number 103 of 250 copies signed by both artists. The etchings are printed by hand-press and are hand-colored. Small damp-stain on the upper corner of the binding otherwise a fine copy of this exquisite and quite rare book printed in Hungary.<br/><br/> George Vajna unknown books
1821003813London: R. Ackermann 1821. First edition. Contemporary Full Morocco. Very Good. 4to. 34 by 29 cm. vi 2 286 pp. Hand-colored title vignette and 48 hand-colored engraved plates. The plates capture the poetic beauty of the legendary lake region exquisitely. TEG. Moderate rubbing to contemporary red morocco along edges faint dampstain markings and a few other scuffs and other indicia of wear but still a very handsome binding. Dampstaining to the edges of the endpapers. Foxing of a few early leaves as well as the final ones. Faint dampstaining affecting the margins of perhaps a dozen plates and also visible in the fore-edge when the pages are fanned. However most leaves are clean and the plates themselves come off generally as quite fresh and vibrant. <br/><br/> R. Ackermann unknown books
195035075Rio de Janeiro: Edicoes Oasis 1950. Color illustrated paper wrappers with black title lettering printed to front wrapper. Red title lettering printed to spine. Sunning to spine light soiled wear to extremities pages slightly toned light foxing POI to title page. Withal a VG copy. 145 1 blank pp. Text in Portuguese. Untrimmed. Several woodcuts. 9-1/4" x 6-1/2" <br/><br/> Edicoes Oasis unknown books
20091336672New York: Thames & Hudson 2009. Hardcover. Quarto; VG/VG; Hardcover with DJ; DJ spine grey with black print; DJ is clean and bright; Boards in blue and cream paper with black print clean and strong; Text block clean and tight; 79 pages frontispiece port. illustrated b&w color.<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. 1336672. FP New Rockville Stock. Thames & Hudson hardcover books
