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19581328430Herts UK: Harleyford Publications Limited 1958. Hardcover. Quarto; pp 208; G/G-; white spine with black text; dust jacket shows some rubbing wear to exterior; several chips to edges; cloth exterior clean; slightly bumped corners; text block has mild toning to exterior edges; frontispiece; illustrated; inscribed by 1 of 2 authors Kim Brown. The life and death of Manfred Freiherr von Richthofen and the history of the Richthofen Jagdgeschwader. 1328430. FP New Rockville Stock. Harleyford Publications Limited hardcover books
198817995NY: Spanierman/Drawings 1988. First edition. Paperback. Orig. illustrated wrappers. Fine. Unpaginated approx 140 pages. 24 x 26 cm. Abundantly illustrated mostly in color. Price list with Sold items noted. Spanierman/Drawings paperback books
2005SB1104Oxford: Oxford University Press 2005. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/fine. Mackay Andrew; Busby John. First printing quarto size 675 pp. The 17th work in the series "Bird Families of the World" the series chief editor being C.M. Perrins.<br/><br/>From the dust jacket flap: "The pelecaniformes are a large and important group of seabirds containing many spectacular species.this book will enable readers not only to identify the many spectacular species which make up this large and important group of seabirds but also to understand their breeding biology." <br/><br/>Replete with photographs maps and charts an indispensable tool for anyone who wishes to gain a deeper understanding of these marvellous birds published with the quality and high standards for which the Oxford University Press is known. <br/><br/>___DESCRIPTION: Bound in full navy blue cloth over boards silver lettering on the spine text in two columns replete with black-and-white drawings photographs maps and charts with twelve full-colour pages further illustrating selected sub-species; quarto size 9 7/8" by 7 5/8" pagination: i-xiv 1 2-661. The dust jacket shows illustrations of birds on the front and back panels on a grey ground white black blue and green lettering on the front black and blue lettering on the spine summary of the book on the front flap pictures and short author and illustrator bios on the back flap. <br/><br/>___CONDITION: Fine 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; as new other than a hint of dustiness to the bottom edge of the text block. Dust jacket also fine unclipped although without a printed price clean and without noticeable edgewear unsunned with all colours deep and true. <br/><br/>___POSTAGE: Please note that this is a large and unusually heavy volume and therefore 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. Oxford University Press hardcover books
1923007713London: William Heinemann 1923. Finely bound by Sangorski & Suttcliffe signed in half polished calf over marbled boards green leather labels lettered in gilt on an ornately gilt spine with five raised bands and gilt tail date marbled end papers top edge gilt. Published by Heinemann in 1923 they also published a signed limited edition that year. This edition with 8 color plates by William Nicholson. The sequel to "The Beggar's Opera". Near Fine light rubbing to calf at tips. . First Thus. Half Calf Over Marbled Boards. Near Fine/No Jacket As Issued. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. William Heinemann Hardcover books
1966181303New York: Marlborough Gerson Gallery 1966. Softcover. G Some spotting and age toning on cover. Interior pages clear. White paper waps with black and white photograph. 29 pages : chiefly illustrations some color. Exhibition catalog. Marlborough Gerson Gallery unknown books
1968203403San Francisco: Hoddypoll Press 1968. Paperback. 39p wraps lightly worn & creased staples starting to rust else good condition 8.5x11 inches poetry photos drawings first edition. Countercultural poetry written in 1967 in San Francisco during the high point of the hippie era. Hoddypoll Press was located at this time in the Haight-Ashbury. James Mitchell went on to found the path breaking gay literary journal Sebastian Quill. This is his first book. Hoddypoll Press paperback books
1990118427Austin: The State House Press 1990. Signed limited edition of this work by the award-winning author one of 350 numbered copies this is number 316. Octavo original half cloth cartographic endpapers illustrated. Signed by James A. Michener and illustrator Charles Shaw. Fine in a fine slipcase. Recounts the period in Texas history when renegade Sam Houston emigrated to the Mexican state of Tejas and helped lead the 1836 revolution against Mexican president Santa Anna. The State House Press hardcover books
1981246327New York: The Jargon Society 1981. 132p 8.5x11 inches one of 900 of 1000 copies line drawings very good first paperback edition in toned pictorial wraps. Jargon 83. The Jargon Society unknown books
198127483New York: The Jargon Society 1981. Paperback. Unpaginated introduction by Jonathan Williams illustrated with drawings fine limited first edition of 500 copies 451 in trade paper wraps. Young 2690. The Jargon Society paperback books
198126027New York: The Jargon Society 1981. Paperback. 48p 8x9 inches illustrated with drawings gift inscription otherwise a very good first edition trade paperback in stiff wraps and pictorial white dj untitled glassine jacket. "An erotic cowboy ghost story in verse." - dj. Young 2684 Uranian content featuring Wild Bill Hickock. The Jargon Society paperback books
197123166New York: The Jargon Society 1971. Paperback. 48p 8x9 inches illustrated with drawings very good first edition trade paperback in stiff wraps and pictorial white dj original glassine titled jacket chipped at head & tail of spine corners. Jargon 69. "An erotic cowboy ghost story in verse." - dj. Young 2684 Uranian content featuring Wild Bill Hickock. The Jargon Society paperback books
19221317291Charlotte: Stone Publishing Co 1922. Hardcover. Octavo; G-/no DJ; Hardcover w/out DJ; Spine tan without print; Boards in purple illustrated cloth with oval pastedown and white print wear to corners and edges tattering to spine caps tanning to spine slight smudging; Text block has red-tinted top edge intermittent spine breaks clean text; xviii 189 pages frontispiece illustrated including sepia-tinted plates. 1317291. FP New Rockville Stock. Stone Publishing Co hardcover books
19949027724New York: Abbeville Press 1994. 1st. Hardcover. Fine/fine. Bound in publisher's original red cloth with the front cover and spine stamped in silver. <br/><br/> Abbeville Press hardcover books
196662368Kerhonkson NY: Poets Press 1966. Unpaginated 9 x 7.5 inches illustrated with drawings all paperstock decoratively blind-stamped very good first edition chapbook in stapled pictorial yellow wraps toned at edges and spinefold. Matson's first book. Like much of Matson's poetry there is no ostensible gay content but references Wieners Huncke Ginsberg galore . Los Angeles poet. Poets Press unknown books
1965119951Tucson: Delta Pub. Co 1965. 73p. 5x7 inches illustrations good first edition chapbook in original stapled white wraps toning at spine-fold light creasing. Mathieu translated the BOA Editions publication of Rimbaud's "A Season in Hell" Educated in Arizona and taught American poetry in Europe. Delta Pub. Co unknown books
1992150269Capitola: Capitola Book Co 1992. unpaginated 9.5x7 inches oblong lightly-worn new edition in pictorial wraps. Personal inscription signed by the Santa Cruz poet. A re-issue of his first book published in 1972. Capitola Book Co unknown books
1857D11024Aix-en-Provence probably 1857-1860. Hardcover. Near Fine. Marbled paper over boards backed in red sheep gilt-stamped lettering in spine compartments; 311 x 230 mm; contains 70 double-page pen-and-ink drawings open they measure 311 x 445 mm some enhanced with ink wash or watercolor each with the artist's name and the professor's signatures 4 signatures in all. Boards and spine rubbed and scuffed; top corner of front board lacking. Contents are very near fine -- just some light foxing and a few small spots of soiling. <br/><br/>Highly skilled technical drawings by Michel Clement a student at the École Impériale d'Arts et Métiers d'Aix. The period of training was set at three years with the first year devoted to arithmetic geometry and drawing; the second year to descriptive geometry trigonometry and mechanical drawing of both stationary and moving parts; and the third year to industrial mechanics and advanced drafting techniques. This album affords a fascinating glimpse into the type and extent of the skills required of graduates of French technical schools in the mid-19th century. The course in design cours de dessins is structured and presented here in 4 sections: Troisieme division premiere annee; deuxieme division these drawings dated 1858-1859; deuxieme annee; and premiere division. The drawings include ornements 6 architecture 6 lavis 4 lever a l'equerre 1 echelles 1 epures 5 boulons et rivets 2 assemblages 1 geometrie descriptive 22 cinematique 5 organes de machine 3 topographie 2 machine outil 1 engrenages 6 machine a vapeur 1 treuil 1 machine a vapeur 2 hydraulique 1. hardcover books
1966114961New York: Harper & Row Publishers 1966. First edition of Robert Manry's account of his voyage in the smallest boat to cross the Atlantic nonstop at that time. Octavo original cloth catographic endpapers 32 pages of photographs most by the author. Drawings by Roy C. Hearn. From the library of James Stephen "Steve" Fossett with his bookplate to the front pastedown. American businessman and record-setting aviator Steve Fossett became the first person to fly solo nonstop around the world in 2002 in his 10-story high balloon Spirit of Freedom. He completed the 2002 trip in 13 days 8 hours and 33 minutes and set records for both the Longest Distance Flown Solo in a Balloon and Fastest Balloon Flight Around the World. Fosset was also one of sailing's most prolific distance record holders set the Absolute World Speed Record for airships with a Zeppelin NT in 2004. He received numerous awards and honors throughout his career including aviation's highest award the Gold Medal of the Federation Aeronautique Internationale FAI which he was awarded in 2002. Fossett disappeared on September 3 2007 while flying a light aircraft over the Great Basin Desert between Nevada and California. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket photograph by Robert W. Kelley. In 1965 Robert Manry sailed from Falmouth Massachusetts to Falmouth Cornwall England in a tiny 13.5-foot sailboat named Tinkerbelle. At the time Tinkerbelle was the smallest boat to make a non-stop trip across the Atlantic Ocean. Harper & Row, Publishers hardcover books
19861330440Glasgow: Brown Son & Ferguson Ltd 1986. First Edition. Hardcover. Oblong Quarto; unpaginated; VG-/G; light blue spine with blue text; dust jacket has slight toning toward edges; minor edge wear; cloth clean; slightly splayed boards; text block has slight tone to exterior edges; interior clean; illustrated; arts-Drawings; additional shipping may be added to items due to weight. 1330440. FP New Rockville Stock. Brown, Son & Ferguson, Ltd hardcover books
1945250285Sandusky OH: The American Crayon Company 1945. Hard Cover. near Very Good binding. No markings in text; red plastic spiral binding on spine; light edge wear to extremities especially at corners. near Very Good binding. The American Crayon Company unknown books
1985184195Santa Cruz: Moving Parts Press 1985. Paperback. 39p. foreword illustrations lengthy personal inscription to Bay Area activist Markley Morris signed by the poet very good first edition limited to 500 copies slim trade paperback in gray-brown pictorial wraps. Moving Parts Press paperback books
19141340819London: Methuen & Co. Ltd 1914. Fourth Edition. Hardcover. Octavo; G; brown spine without text; no jacket; fourth edition on copyright page; says fifth edition on title page; front and rear shows modest foxing; rubbing wear to edges; chipping to spine edges; front cover has slight cracking to front joint; sturdy boards; text block edges have slight age toning; previous owner's bookplate to front pastedown; interior good; slight foxing to endpapers; shaken binding; illustrated; pp 20. 1340819. FP New Rockville Stock. Methuen & Co., Ltd hardcover books
19299007578Paris: Fortune Press 1929. Hardcover. Near fine condition. One of 1200 numbered copies. Bound in quarter blue cloth and marbled boards with the spine stamped in gilt. Tears to the corners. Uncut. <br/><br/> Fortune Press hardcover books
1928011842NY: Harcourt Brace and Company 1928. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/VG-. Uncommon juvenile music songbook edited by Untermeyer and charmingly illustrated by Peggy Bacon who became best known for her cartoons in The New Yorker. Large 4to publisher's ribbed blue cloth titles pressed in green in pictorial dustjacket in yellow green and black Dustjacket is soiled worn abot edges and moderately chipped with an inch loss foot of spine. Still presenatble. Internals near fine. A solid copy of an uncommon Bacon title. Harcourt Brace and Company hardcover books
183095864London: A. Fullarton And Co c.1830. Finely bound example of the poems of Lord Byron each accompanied by a period engraving. Quarto bound in three quarters morocco over decorative boards gilt titles and tooling to the spine raised gilt bands inner dentelles all edges gilt frontispiece engraved portrait of Lord Byron. Illustrated with 36 full page engraved plates. In very good condition with the plates bright and crisp. George Gordon Byron commonly known as Lord Byron was an English poet and politician and a leading figure in the Romantic movement. Among his best-known works are the lengthy narrative poems Don Juan and Childe Harold's Pilgrimage and the short lyric poem "She Walks in Beauty". Byron is regarded as one of the greatest British poets. He traveled extensively across Europe especially in Italy where he lived for seven years in Venice Ravenna and Pisa where he had a chance to frequent his friend the poet Percy Bysshe Shelley. Later in his brief life Byron joined the Greek War of Independence fighting the Ottoman Empire for which Greeks revere him as a national hero. A. Fullarton, And Co hardcover books
