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19917865Salt Lake City UT: Gibbs Smith 1991. first. Hardcover. VG/VG tiny tear in lower left front dj. Navy cloth. 304 pp. 130 color 360 bw plates. Written by Dean A. Porter this weighty tome is lavishly illustrated throughout. Includes a 42-page selected catalogue six pages of notes a lengthy bibliography and an index. This exhaustive monograph presents Higgins as one of the two best painters with Georgia O'Keeffe of the people and places in the American Southwest. Gibbs Smith hardcover books
2000151190Los Angeles: Miramax 2000. Vintage reference photograph of director James Gray and Victor Arnold on the set of the 2000 film.<br/><br/>Leo Mark Wahlberg out of prison for auto theft attempts to go straight and gets a job with his uncle Frank James Caan one of the largest contractors at the rail yards which is rife with corruption and graft. <br/><br/>Nominated for the Palm d'Or.<br/><br/>Set in and shot on location in New York City. <br/><br/>10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. <br/><br/>Grant US. Spicer US. Miramax unknown books
1938WRCLIT70925Woodstock NY: The Maverick Press 1938. Volume one numbers one through three. Bound up in roughly contemporary gilt blue buckram original wrappers bound in. Spine quite bleached from humidity internally fine. Although unmarked from the library of poet/publisher James Laughlin Miller's and some of the contributors' principal U.S. publisher of the time with a pencil comment in his hand on the upper wrapper of the first number. Edited by J.P. Cooney with Henry Miller serving as the European editor for the first two issues. An interesting periodical for the interrelations of some of its contributors its strong opposition to WWII and for its devotion to the world-view of D.H. Lawrence. Contributors to these numbers include Lawrence posthumously Miller Fraenkel Nin Everson Kay Boyle et al. HOFFMAN et al p.342. The Maverick Press hardcover books
1938WRCLIT70926Woodstock NY: The Maverick Press 1938. Volume one number two. Pictorial wrappers. Spine faintly sunned else about fine. Edited by J.P. Cooney with Henry Miller serving as the European editor for the first two issues. An interesting periodical for the interrelations of some of its contributors its strong opposition to WWII and for its devotion to the world-view of D.H. Lawrence. Contributors to this number include Lawrence posthumously Miller Fraenkel Nin et al. HOFFMAN et al p.342. The Maverick Press unknown books
1905659951905. Paperback. Very Good. 159-170p. Wrapper. 26cm. Weekly periodical printed by pupils at the school. <br/><br/> paperback books
1986WRCLIT69451Np: Printed for Phoenix Editions during the black spring of 1986. Folio broadside 63 x 47.5 cm. Printed on rectos only of rough-textured "antiqued" tan stock. A couple creases and smudges closed tear in top margin; a good copy. "Printed . in an edition of ten copies & dedicated to Beatrix Boelens love's answer to ecstasy." A bibliographically mysterious undertaking - OCLC locates copies at Brown and in the Koninklijke Bibliotheek in the Netherlands. An immediate connection with the song-writer seems unlikely as the song had been released as a single two years earlier. Printed for Phoenix Editions during the black spring of unknown books
196490080Phoenix: Phoenix Art Museum 1964. Paperback. Good. illustrations 2 pages 16p. Softcover. 26cm. Moderate cover scuffing and wear. Issued in connection with an exhibition held October1963 through March 1964. <br/><br/> Phoenix Art Museum paperback books
195626001Boston MA: Privately Published 1956. Hardcover. VG. Navy blue cloth. xviii 108 pp. 30 bw illus. Beginning with Johannes De Peyster traces the family through seven generations; This is NOT a print-on-demand copy. Privately Published hardcover books
198171221981. Softcover. VG. Black wraps. 20 pp. 33 bw plates. Catalogue lists 29 works. Two page introduction. Stone sculptures. unknown books
195231015Washington: Other. Very Good. 1952. Hardcover. USGS Bulletin 973-D original wrappers very good condition. Folding pocket map. . Other hardcover books
1944UBAIQUI00MELUniveristy of Nevada 1944. Very Good. Bailey Edgar H. Quicksilver Deposits in Nevada University of Nevada Bulletin Vol. XXXVIII No. 5 December 1944. Geology and Mining Series No. 41. Phoenix David A. Reno: Univeristy of Nevada 1944. 50pp. Illustrated. 8vo. Light blue stapled wraps. Book condition: Very good with lightly rubbed and yellow edges and former owner's stamp on cover. Univeristy of Nevada paperback books
19037277New York: D. Appleton and Company 1903 First of this edition with comic illustrations throughout by E. W. Kemble the introduction by John Kendrick Bangs and the decorative pictorial binding. xvi 332 4pp. Yellow pictorial cloth stamped in gold red and black. Spine a bit darkened just a few pages with rough edges else a fine and clean copy. Phoenixiana consists of humorous sketches of California by John Phoenix or John Squibob the pen names of U.S. Lieutenant George H. Derby. BAL: 762 under entry for John Kendrick Bangs; also listed as an entry for Derby's writings. D. Appleton and Company hardcover books
1903246872New York: Appleton 1903. hardcover. very good. Kemble E.W. A new edition with many illustrations by E.W. Kemble and an introduction by John Kendrick Bangs. xvi 332 pages 4 pages of advertisements. Thick 8vo mustard yellow cloth with black & red-stamped pictorial cover t.e.g. New York: Appleton 1903. A new edition - the first with these illustrations. A very good copy.<br/><br/> Appleton unknown books
190345723NY: Appleton 1903. New edition. Kemble E. W. 8vo pp. xvi 332 plus ads. Illustrated by E. W. Kemble introduction by John Kendrick Bangs. Yellow cloth with pictorial stamping in orange black and gilt. TEG. Some slight signs of bookworms on front edge binding slightly loosened cover somewhat soiled and worn at edges. VG. Appleton unknown books
190322611New York: Appleton 1903. First edition. Pictorial cloth spine darkened but a very good copy. BAL 762 Bangs. <br/><br/> Appleton hardcover books
19377278San Francisco: The Grabhorn Press 1937 Limited to 550 copies. Edited and with an introduction by Francis P. Farquhar. 240pp. Illustrations facsimile sketches etc. Cloth-backed pictorial boards paper spine label. Corners slightly jammed; 2 just showing paper spine label a bit ragged. A near fine copy. Humorous sketches of California by John Phoenix or John Squibob the pen names of U.S. Lieutenant George H. Derby. Draws upon original sources for its material and contains many hitherto uncollected nuggets of humor as well as familiar favorites. The sequence of "hunting scenes" is here published for the first time. Grabhorn: 277. The Grabhorn Press hardcover books
19034450New York: D. Appleton & Co 1903. 1st edition thus BAL 762. Yellow decorative cloth TEG. VG some faint soiling to cloth/bright frnt cvr gilt & decoration/minor shelf wear. 332 pp adverts illustrated by E. W. Kemble 8vo. <br/><br/>Derby 1823-61 famous for his wit and practical jokes; his humorous periodical writing collected by his friends & published in this volume 1855 first publication and follwed by Squibob Papers 1865. D. Appleton & Co hardcover books
193723635San Francisco: The Grabhorn Press 1937. 1st Edition Thus BAL Vol II p. 445; Heller & Magee 277. 550 cc. Tan burlap-weave cloth spine with blue marbled paper boards & printed blue paper spine label. VG. 4 pp 'To Our Subscribers' notice laid-in. 240 pp. Illustrated with plates and monotone chapter decorations. Royal 8vo. <br/><br/>Third Series of Rare Americana No. 5. Derby famous for his wit and practical jokes; his humorous periodical writing collected by his friends & published in this volume 1855 first publication and follwed by Squibob Papers 1865. This edition by Grabhorn contains material here first collected and was recognized as one of the 'Fifty Books of the Year'. The Grabhorn Press hardcover books
190359669New York: D. Appleton and Company 1903. Hardcover. Near Fine. A New Edition Illustrated by E.W. Kemble. With an Introduction by John Kendrick Bangs. First edition thus. A lifelong wag and practical joker Derby 1823-61 was a West Point graduate serving with the U.S. Army Corps of Topographical Engineers assigned in San Francisco and San Diego during the 1850s. These burlesques of the local citizenry written under the guise of his pseudonyms "John Phoenix" and "John P. Squibob" were the state's first published humor. Octavo. Original yellow cloth binding with pictorial black red and gilt stamping. Internally crisp and clean. The spine is lightly faded; otherwise near fine. D. Appleton and Company hardcover books
1937SB1238San Francisco: The Grabhorn Press 1937. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. Derby George H. John Phoenix pseudonym. One of 550 copies printed unnumbered octavo size 240 pp. John Phoenix alias John P. Squibob or George H. Derby 1823 - 1861 was an early California humorist who used several pseudonyms to write his anecdotes and burlesques. This edition was printed by the Grabhorn Press one of the most highly renowned private presses in America run by brothers Edwin and Robert Grabhorn. <br/><br/>___DESCRIPTION: Bound in blue and brown pictorial boards with tan cloth spine blue paper label with black lettering on spine title printed in black and sepia cut on title page and thirty-three coloured headpieces reproduced from contemporary type specimen book; coloured drawing of Squibob two on blue paper one on brown paper and fascimile newspaper numerous small sketches within text; hand-set in Oxford type on machine-made paper 240 p. unnumbered limited edition of 550 copies. <br/><br/>___CONDITION: Near fine condition with some minor wear to the label on the spine and one very small mark on the front cover. <br/><br/>___CITATION: Heller & Magee no. 277. <br/><br/>___POSTAGE: International customers please note that additional postage may apply as the standard does not always cover costs; please contact us 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 Grabhorn Press hardcover books
1973UPHOPHO00LAWAMS 1973. Fine. Phoenix John. Phoenixan; or Sketches and Burlesques. New York: AMS 1973. 274pp. Illustrated. 12mo. Sage cloth. Book condition: Near fine with gentle bump in front cover's top edge. AMS hardcover books
1968WRCLIT51237Belfast and later: Manchester 1968. New Series Nos. 1-4. Four issues. Bound up in library buckram original wrappers bound in. Edges a bit spotted bookplate ghosts and "Poetry Room" stamped on each wrapper else very good. Edited by Harry Chambers. Published initially beginning in 1959 from Liverpool through a transition in editorship and a 12th number in Winter 1964. Chambers reassumes editorship for this new series projected as a quarterly then as three issues per year. The first three issues have manuscript corrections to the frequency of publication as well as to the editorial address and distributors as it moved about and got established in its new series. It continued well into the next decade under the auspices of the North West Arts Association. The first number is a special "Arts in Ulster" number and contributors throughout include Heaney Mahon Longley Montague Redgrove et al. hardcover books
1921025218Phoenix: Phoenix Union High School 1921. Quarto. 196 pages. The growing student body now is involved not only in far more sporting events but producing plays. Page 88ff show the Department for Colored children where a class of thirty-four African American children are taught separately with three seniors graduating. James Benton signed under his photograph. There are several other autographs throughout. He is listed as member of the Latin club and playing basketball but this was probably restrict to other African Americans in his rather small class. The Arizona Republican of May 21 1921 proudly noted there were three "colored" graduating whereas the highest number in previous years was one. Bound in brown pictorial wraps with yapped edges lettered and decorated in gilt short tears or small chips to edges. Phoenix Union High School unknown books
1910025217Phoenix: Phoenix Union High School 1910. Quarto. 100 pages plus 20 pages of ads Laid in is Phoenix Union High School Commencement with list of dignitaries and names of the 40 graduates. Very early with Clarence Tolleston in graduating class.Bound in black "snakelike" black paper lettered in gilt. Rear cover detached but present spine chipped. Phoenix Union High School unknown books
19646567Phoenix Arizona: Phoenix Art Museum 1964. Hardcover. VG clean and tight; ex-lib. blindstamp. Beige canvas/oblong boards; red lettering. 32 pp. with 10 color 29 bw plates. Presentation copy to Clare Boothe Luce from the artist. Introduction by F.M. Hinkhouse. Main essay was written by John Russel Art Critic Sunday Times London and is dated 1962. Nice color plates rare catalogue on this artist whose works have a strong tendency to the Surreal. This copy warmly inscribed by the artist to Clare Booth Luce whose library blindstamp marks the book. Phoenix Art Museum hardcover books
