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192721094Boston: The Stratford Company 1927. 1st edition. White printed wrappers. Embossed glassine dust jacket. VG small nicks around edges/VG edges yellowed/ upper edges chipped with 2 cm wedge missing. 32 pp. 8vo. 24.5cm x 16.5cm. <br/><br/> The Stratford Company unknown books
197629409New York: Viking Press 1976. First American edition. Hardcover. Very Good/very good. Hardbound 8vo in dustwrapper. 86 pp. A collection of poems by Hughes with drawings by Leonard Baskin. A very good copy in price-intact dustwrapper. The wrapper has a short closed tear near the base of the front panel and a tape mend on the rear panel. This copy from the library of fellow poet James Tate who has signed his name on the front endpaper. Viking Press hardcover books
19581338726Garden City: Douleday & Comapny 1958. Hardcover. 12mo; G/Poor; Hardcover with DJ; DJ spine tan and green without print upper portion torn away; DJ in mylar tears at spine ends and flap corners with portion of upper spine torn away edgewear stain/smudging to rear price-clipped; Boards quarter bound with black cloth to spine and blue cloth to boards cocked spine mild wear to spine caps and corners else clean and strong; Text block has name in ink on front flyleaf else clean and tight; 157 pages illustrated b&w. 1338726. FP New Rockville Stock. Douleday & Comapny hardcover books
19651338727Garden City: Doubleday & Company 1965. Hardcover. 12mo; VG/G; Hardcover with DJ; DJ spine tan and yellow with white and lack print; DJ in mylar slight tears at spine ends and flap corners edgewear slight peripheral toning; Boards quarter bound with pink cloth to spine and tan cloth to boards clean and strong; Text block clean and tight; 152 pages illustrated b&w. 1338727. FP New Rockville Stock. Doubleday & Company hardcover books
195025402San Francisco: The Centaur Press 1950. Hardcover. 83p. illustrated endpapers illustrated with drawings very good first edition limited to 500 copies black cloth and paper spine title label corners lightly bumped. Third book by the San Francisco-based poet/filmaker/Radical Faerie designed and printed by San Francisco artist and gay activist Kermit Sheets. The Centaur Press hardcover books
19571340728Asheville: Citizen-Times Publishing Company 1957. Hardcover. Octavo; G-/Poor; Hardcover with DJ; DJ spine tan with black print; DJ in mylar tears at spine ends and flap corners portions torn away at top an bottom of spine and front top edge toning to spine peripheral toning moisture stains; Boards in green cloth with gold print mild wear to spine caps and corners else clean and strong; Text block has spotting to edges and endpapers name in ink on front flyleaf else clean and tight; Signed in ink by the author on the front flyleaf; 259 pages illustrated b&w. 1340728. FP New Rockville Stock. Citizen-Times Publishing Company hardcover books
19909012384Lyon Mississippi: Derrydale Press 1990. Hardcover. Fine Condition. One of 2500 facsimile copies printed by Douglas C. Mauldin. <br/><br/> Derrydale Press hardcover books
1895D5869Paris: Librairie L. Conquet 1895. Hardcover. Near Fine. Rebound by Carayon preserving the original illustrated wrappers at rear. Half gilt-ruled marbled paper and green morocco gilt-stamped lettering and illustration on spine t.e.g. marbled endpapers. Illustrated with 68 hand-colored plates. Light scuffing at spine tips and corners; gift inscription on FFEP. <br/><br/> Librairie L. Conquet hardcover books
194934274Albuquerque: The University of New Mexico Press 1949. Hardcover. xii 266p. preface glossary bibliography index illustrated with 15 of Lózes Goff's color drawings and dozens in b&w very good first edition in pictorial cloth boards and lightly-worn unclipped dj. The University of New Mexico 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
19401339813Boston: Houghton Mifflin 1940. Hardcover. Quarto; G/G Hardcover w/ Dustjacket; Green spine with Off White text; Dustjacket has some edgewear some shelfwear small open and closed tears along edges of both covers and spine fraying and small open tears at corners surface tear to rear interior flap; Boards strong some edgewear some shelfwear Textblock has light age toning spotting to endpapers and pastedowns; 184 pp; Signed by both authors on front endpaper. 1339813. FP New Rockville Stock. Houghton Mifflin hardcover books
19811332187Los Angeles: Twelvetrees Press 1981. Softcover. Quarto; G; Paperback; Spine tanned with blue print; Cover is cream with blue print toning to spine peripheral toning/foxing penciled phone number on front; Text block clean and tight; 85 pages illustrated b&w. 1332187. FP New Rockville Stock. Twelvetrees Press unknown books
198114809Los Angeles: Twelvetrees Press 1981. Paperback. 85p. 9x12 inches 1/3000 light toning to covers otherwise a very good first trade paperback edition in white printed wraps. October 1979 diary entries by Isherwood illustrated by his partner. Twelvetrees Press paperback books
1948D5141New York: Duell Sloan & Pearce 1948. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Illustrated paper over boards backed in gilt-stamped black cloth; illustrated dust jacket; large 8vo; pp. 263 with brightly illustrated endpapers and illustrations throughout including drawings related to the railway as well as Navajo and Pueblo Indian forms and figures. Spine tips and corners gently bumped otherwise book is fine. Dust jacket tanned along spine and edges; price-clipped; nice in mylar. <br/><br/> Duell, Sloan, & Pearce hardcover books
LD12916Amsterdam mid-20th century. Paperback. Near Fine. Wraps "AMSTERDAM" painted in gold on front cover; oblong 345x258mm; contains 10 drawings pencil and ink drawings on white paper avg. size 215x150mm tipped onto the recto only of black cardstock leaves with a pun handwritten in gold ink in the bottom margin; the final drawing "Mengelberg" showing a trio of black jazz musicians see below hand-painted in gouache. Covers a little wrinkled and torn along yapp edges otherwise fine. <br/><br/>An odd one -- this volume of adept drawings shows for example a male and female cow dressed in high style walking on two legs past a row of shops captioned "Kalverstraat" Calf Street; tiny people walking between two rows of drug mortars "Vÿzelstraat" Vessel Street; ocean waves hitting a dike "Zeedyk" Dike Street; a male back-side "Heerengracht" Gentleman's Ditch; a male back-side with a crown tattooed on the lower back "Keizersgracht" Emperor's Ditch; and others. The final image richly painted in red and black et al refers to Willem Mengelberg the conductor of the Amsterdam Concertebow Orchestra from 1895-1945. He lost his job in 1945 due to his collaboration with the Germans during WWII. paperback books
199534439New York: Alfred A. Knopf 1995. Hardcover. xv 122p. introduction illustrations remainder mark bottom edge else very good first US edition in quarter-cloth boards and unclipped dj. Alfred A. Knopf hardcover books
2002248043New York: Ecco/HarperCollins 2002. Hardcover. xv 122p. introduction illustrations very good first printing of this reissue in boards and unclipped dj. Originally published in 1994 the year the illustrator died of AIDS. Ecco/HarperCollins hardcover books
199546475New York: Alfred A. Knopf 1995. Hardcover. xv 122p. personal inscription signed by White on the half-title page introduction illustrations very good first US edition in quarter-cloth boards and unclipped dj. Alfred A. Knopf hardcover books
30372Geneve: Howard Griffin and Lothar Muller No Date. Reprint. Paperback. Very Good. Pocket paperbound book. 175 pp. With drawings by Ulli. A volume of poems by Griffin which was first published by Druck Press in 1972. Very good condition. Howard Griffin and Lothar Muller paperback books
197471155Ann Arbor: Braun Brumfield Book Publishers 1974. Hardcover. 120p 8.75x11.25 brief personal inscription signed by the poet brief lyric poems with facing linoleum block prints very good first edition decorated cloth boards in dj. Faint shelfwear jacket also edgeworn. Author immigrated at age twelve from the Ukraine worked on the Yiddish stage and published poems in Yiddish prior to writing in English. Braun Brumfield Book Publishers hardcover books
19791330848Englewood NJ: SBS Publishing Inc 1979. Hardcover. Quarto; G/G; ivory white spine with black text; dust jacket has lightly sunned exterior; mild edge wear; cloth shows little wear to exterior; slightly sunned edges; sturdy boards; text block has light tone to exterior edges; pictorial endpapers; interior clean; frontispiece; profusely illustrated; inscribed to Governor of Vermont Richard Snelling. 1330848. FP New Rockville Stock. SBS Publishing, Inc hardcover 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
197996098Berkeley: Tonatiuh International 1979. Paperback. 185p. illustrated with drawings by Dennis Martinez very good first edition trade paperback in pictorial wraps with light stain at base for first 8p. not affecting text. Novel. Tonatiuh International paperback books
197946058Berkeley: Tonatiuh International 1979. Paperback. 185p. illustrated with drawings by Dennis Martinez very good first edition trade paperback in pictorial wraps. Tonatiuh International paperback books
19451322165Plymouth Meeting: Mrs. C. Naaman keyser 1945. Saddle-stitched. Octavo; G; Paperback; Spine staple binding; Cover is blue with black print binding staples rusting; Text block clean and tight but for slight curling to top corner; unpaged illustrated b&w.<br /> <br /> <p>NOTE: Shelved in 15's ephemera box 5 in Netdesk office. 1322165. FP New Rockville Stock. Mrs. C. Naaman keyser unknown books
