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197184564New York: Harper & Row Publishers 1971. First Edition. First Printing. Square octavo 16cm; pictorial cloth boards; dustjacket; 100pp; illus. Slight forward lean else a clean Near Fine copy. Dustjacket is unclipped priced $3.95 gently spine-sunned lightly shelfworn with a few small tears and creases and a longer 1.25" tear to upper rear panel; Very Good. The last in a trilogy of collaborative works between Joseph Pintauro and Sister Mary Corita Kent preceded by To Believe in God and To Believe in Man. 84565. Harper & Row, Publishers unknown
193757594Portland OR: Howard Fisher The Oregon Journal ca. 1937-1947. Five original pen & ink cartoon drawings sized from 13.25 x 18.5 in. up to 14 x 19 in. executed on thick card stock w/ one embossed “Glarco No. 1†at outer fore-edge 1 w/ “Strathmore†blind stamp at upper corner all camera-ready for printer still retaining some pencil annotations & ruling at outer fore-edges of image four of the five signed at lower fore-edge one twice both with signature and the artist’s iconic beaver in checkered pants minor dustsoiling light toning to fore-edges of a couple still NF exemplars. These five exceptional original political cartoon drawings reflect not only the impact of the automobile and importance of automobile travel in the World War II-era Pacific Northwest but also offer an intriguing quick snapshot of many issues we still confront as a society today. The first shows a uniformed policeman setting on a bedstead with looming anthropomorphic license plate trying to convince a resistant driver hiding under his covers to renew his license plates. License plates at the time were issued annually with necessary fees to pay for road maintenance policing and also ensured that automobiles were drivable with many municipalities requiring safety inspections. The next two both address the public safety issues of traffic accidents and the toll on pedestrians against the backdrop that at the time few municipalities or states actually required driver’s training for licenses and in the late 1930’s and 1940’s accidents fluctuated from 75 to 125 fatalities per 100000 registered vehicles as opposed to less than 20 in the 2000’s. One shows driving tips and encouraging safer speeds while the other graphically includes a skeletal skull as a front grille at night hurtling towards a pedestrian in the rain. The fourth cartoon announces “Oregon’s tourist business will be lifted toward the $ 50000000 mark†and trees and fish all welcoming automobile travelers speeding towards the “Great Oregon Outdoors.†By the early 1940’s tourism driven by automobiles was the third largest business in the state and would further expand following World War II and later construction of the Interstate Highway system. The final cartoon touts the move to build the Sullivan Gulch Expressway which would later become the Banfield Freeway named after T. harry Banfield and I-84 with development around the Lloyd Center and other apartment housing. The site was one of the largest “Hooverville†shantytown during the Great Depression housing at one time over 300 living in 130 shanties and only really finally closed during World War II. Fisher 1890-1962 attended college in Eastern Washington later studied art at the Portland Art Museum and by 1919 had begun working as cartoonist with The Oregon Journal Newspaper where he would remain until retiring in 1956 publishing over 9300 editorial cartoons. His trademark was an impish beaver wearing one-suspender checkered trousers signed about two-thirds of his drawings with none usually dated but often dating with matter incidental to the events of the week. His topics ranged from the New Deal to Truman Eisenhower World War II War Atrocities local events and more. The University of Washington and University of Oregon both have portions of original Fisher political cartoons and caricatures. See: Historic Editorial Cartoon Exhibit The Oregonian 1850-2000 Oregon Historical Society March 23 2014; Peter Kelley Captured in Ink: Historical Cartoons and Caricatures UW News June 27 2018; Howard Fisher Cartoons Editorial Cartoons MSS 1702 Oregon Historical Society Research Library. Howard Fisher, The Oregon Journal], unknown
1998007202New York : Henry Holt 1998 1997 1998. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 1st American edition 1st printing ; 192 pages : illustrations some color ; 19 cm ; ISBN: 080505894X alk. paper; 9780805058949 alk. paper LCCN: 97-47173 ; LC: PR5823; Dewey: 828/.809; B ; OCLC: 38024090; "Oscar Wilde was one of the first and unquestionably one of the greatest self-publicists ever. Above all and with that exceptional streak of modernity which characterises much of Wilde's life and works he understood the power of the image in his campaign of promoting himself. As early as his Oxford days he had himself photographed with his contemporaries in loud check suits of the latest fashion. Later when he toured America to lecture on aesthetics in 1882 almost as soon as he landed he commissioned Napoleon Sarony the best portraitist in New York to photograph him in fur coat and velvet suit; and in not one or two poses but at least twenty-seven. The Wilde Album now publishes more of these images of Oscar than have ever been seen together before as well as later photographs some previously unpublished from the family archive showing Oscar his family and his friends. There are also rare snapshots of Oscar in his last years in Italy taken most probably by a friend using Oscar's own camera which we know he owned from a letter of 1900." ; black cloth in color photographic dustjacket ; "The most comprehensive collection of photographs and images of Wilde--compiled by his only grandson." ; "Merlin Holland is a journalist and has spent the last twenty years researching his grandfather's life. He lives in London with his wife and son." ; important collection of never-before seen photos artwork and other Wildeana ; FINE/FINE <br/> <br/> New York : Henry Holt, 1998, 1997 hardcover
198656255Albuquerque NM: Bishop Printing Company. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1986. Hardcover. In lightly rubbed dust jacket in protector ; Signed by both author and artist both signatures certified with embossed stamps. Also signed and inscribed by artist on front free endpaper. Blue cloth hardback color and B&W illustrations. First archival printing limited to 500 copies; 4to ; 37 pages; Signed by Author & Illustrator . Bishop Printing Company hardcover
2659427American Vision Press. NEW. 2005. SIGNED by the author to half-title page. Matt-finish hardcover. No dust jacket issued. 682pp. Index. American Vision Press hardcover
461696James Willert Publisher. First Edition; First Printing. Trade Paperback. Very Good/None. Blue cloth stamped in silver no DJ as issued. #250 of 500 copies. Signed and warmly inscribed by Willert. 4 page prospectus for the book inside with a typed letter signed by Willert laid-in. Bottom corners lightly bumped. James Willert, Publisher paperback
200729335HBDJ 1st SIGNED LIMITED EDITION #178/250 Copies 2007 Stated 1st Edition FINE- CONDITION 258 pgs Epilogue lite wear. is brought Back to Life as Ghastly walking Cadaver & BECOMES INTERNATIONAL SENSATION HAILED BY THE PRESS AS THE AMAZING MR. CORPSE DESPITE HIS GHOULISH APPEARANCE HE IS LIVING THE DREAM<br /><br /><br /> Delirium Books IN hardcover
199542871Oregon: Darkside Press 1995. Hardcover. Very Good plus/No DJ. Limited numbered edition. Signed by author editor and illustrator. Pages are otherwise unmarked. Binding is square and tight. Boards are clean minor wear to edges. Text block is lightly soiled. PICTURES PROVIDED UPON REQUEST. Darkside Press hardcover
1984012067Friendswood Texas: Hackney Publishing Co 1984. 288pp/illus. Black boards with gilt title and decoration on front and gilt titles on spine are on this very attractive book. This book is about "a medal and the early airmen who sought to achieve the distinction of wearing it. The history of the coveted Pour le Merite is explored diligently and in-depth. "Clean . First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hackney Publishing Co Hardcover
1984008113Friendswood Texas: Hackney Publishing Co 1984. 288pp/illus. Black boards with gilt title and decoration on front and gilt titles on spine are on this very attractive book. This book is about "a medal and the early airmen who sought to achieve the distinction of wearing it. The history of the coveted Pour le Merite is explored diligently and in-depth. "Clean . First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hackney Publishing Co hardcover
196421110601San Francisco: The Auerhahn Press 1964. First and Limited Edition. Hardcover. Near fine/very good . Van Aver Philip. First edition in book form one of 205 copies quarto size 22pp. signed by Brother Antoninus with prospectus. A heart-wrenchingly beautiful paean by one famous poet Brother Antoninus William Everson 1912-1994 to another John Robinson Jeffers 1887-1962 upon his death. "The great tongue is dried. / The teeth that bit to the bitterness / Are sheathed in truth. / For the poet is dead." <br /> <br /> For those who may not know the Auerhaun Press was founded by Dave Haselwood who relates its beginnings in the opening pages of the "Auerhahn Press Bibliography" thus: "During the Summer of 1958 I drifted around San Francisco talking endlessly with painters such as Robert LaVigne and Jesse Sharpe & poets Lamantia McClure Wieners and reading all the live poetry & prose I could get my hands on. It was at this time that it occurred to me that the press could mean a great many things some personal some in a larger context: - I had reached the point where complete physical involvement in something important to me was absolutely necessary. The press could fill that requirement" pp. 5-6. Andrew Hoyem joined the Press and became a partner; his meticulous attention to detail and skill at design and layout are evident here which would become hallmarks of his work at the Arion Press. <br /> <br /> ___DESCRIPTION: Bound in quarter purple leather over ivory paper-covered boards white paper spine label with gilt lettering title page in purple and black the introduction "Note" and poem both with a two-line purple initial capital each stanza of the poem interspersed with a small purple circle signed by Brother Antoninus on the blank following the last page of the text; binding quarto size 10 3/4" by 8 1/8" unpaginated with twelve leaves; one of 205 copies unnumbered. The dust wrapper of plain white the prospectus a single sheet folded once to four pages an illustration on the front page in purple by Philip Van Aver text on the third page with purple initial capitals the second and final pages blank measuring 8 9/16" by 5 1/2" when closed. <br /> <br /> ___CONDITION: Volume near fine and could likely be deemed fine the boards clean other than light offsetting where the paper meets the leather and a tiny speck at the fore-edge bottom corner of the front board 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; some light offsetting to the paste-down endpapers and a few very small spots of foxing to the same else fine. The dust wrapper a bit better than very good mostly clean other than a few light stray marks light edgewear mostly at the head and tail but with a fair amount of sunning to the spine and back panel; the prospectus fine clean utterly without wear or soil. <br /> <br /> ___CITATION: Auerhahn Press bibliography no. 24; Bartlett and Campo no. A20. <br /> <br /> ___POSTAGE: International customers please note the following: i additional postage may apply as the standard does not always cover costs please inquire for details; and ii any taxes duty or tariffs charged by your country will of necessity be your responsibility. <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 Auerhahn Press hardcover
1956843London: Collins 1956. Original dustjacket artwork for the First British Edition of Calvino's first novel. The novel told from a child's perspective paints the trauma of war torn Italy using a variety of impressive characters namely a young boy and his teenage sister who are depicted on the jacket. The only artwork we have seen associated with one of Calvino's books and quite dazzling in comparison to its American counterpart. Gouache on artboard with the image measuring 9.5 X 12 inches and the board measuring 10.5 X 15 inches; signed by artist Trevor Denning near lower right corner. Brief pencilled notation regarding measurments on the lower margin with the publisher author and translator's names overlaid and mounted to the piece on thick cardstock. The printers' instruction sheet for Collins is handwritten on pink stock affixed on verso. Collins unknown
2020SO0283Baltimore: Cemetery Dance Publications 2020. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Fine/fine. Bauman Jill. Each volume one of 948 copies quarto size 695 523 and 655 pp. respectively all three signed by Justin Cronin. Justin Cronin b. 1962 has been awarded the PEN/Heminway Award for Debut Novel the Stephen Crane Prize and a Whiting Award. <br /> <br /> "The Passage" the first book of this trilogy debuted on the New York Times hardcover fiction best-seller list at number three and remained for seven weeks on the list. The setting for "The Passage" is a world which is over-run with vampire-like zombies who were infected with an injection intended to provide immunity from a virus "carried by an unnamed species of bat in South America" n.b. info and quote from Wiki. <br /> <br /> Each volume of this set of the signed/limited edition issued by Cemetery Dance is signed by Cronin on the limitation page "The Twelve" additionally signed by him on the title page and all three are no. 758 of 948 copies. <br /> <br /> ___DESCRIPTION: All three volumes bound in full cloth of different colours over boards with gilt lettering on the front boards and spines black laid paper endpapers all three title pages with a small black-and-white illustration all three volumes with black-and-white illustrations throughout the text "The Passage" and "The Twelve" with ribbon markers; bindings quarto size 10 1/4" by approx. 7 1/2" pagination: "The Passage" 1-11 12-695 with the final approx. thirty pages being "The Story Behind the Passage" with many black-and-white reproductions of photographs Cronin took while doing his research; "The Twelve" 1-11 12-520 3; "The City of Mirrors" 1-11 12-652 3; limited edition each volume no. 758 of 948 copies. The dust jackets all with different wrap-around cover art prices printed at the top of the left flap summaries on the front flaps and short author bio on the right flaps. <br /> <br /> ___CONDITION: Volumes uniformly fine the boards clean straight corners without rubbing strong square text blocks with solid hinges the interiors clean and bright and entirely free of prior owner markings; all three clean crisp and as new. The unclipped jackets also uniformly fine clean and utterly without wear. The entire set as new. <br /> <br /> ___POSTAGE: International customers please note the following: i additional postage may apply as the standard does not always cover costs please inquire for details; and ii any taxes duty or tariffs charged by your country will of necessity be your responsibility. <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. Cemetery Dance Publications hardcover
1998166952Royal Oak MI: A.S.A.P. 1998. Limited Edition one of 300 hand-numbered copies this being No. 37 SIGNED by author James Crumley artist Phil Parks and Lise McClendon who wrote the introduction.<br /> <br /> Fine with no dust jacket as issued. A.S.A.P. unknown
432773Stirling Smith / Istituto Italiano di Cultura. Paperback. Good. THERE ARE NO TARIFFS OR CUSTOMS DUTIES ON BOOKS. "The Men of Bannockburn" is the title of an art project and exhibition by Italian artist Marco Trecalli which focuses on the Battle of Bannockburn in 1314. Trecalli's work which took several years to complete meticulously depicts the armor heraldry and clothing of both the Scottish and English combatants. The project was a collaborative effort between Trecalli the Italian Cultural Institute in Edinburgh the Smith Art Gallery and Museum in Stirling and several Scottish academics. Stirling Smith / Istituto Italiano di Cultura paperback
19936760West Warwick RI: Necronomicon Press Fiction 1993. Soft Cover. Very Good binding. Octavo. 28 pp. First edition; signed and inscribed by Chappell on the title page. As issued stapled into pictorial wrappers. Bit of sunning to the front and rear covers at the spine otherwise a clean crisp copy here signed and inscribed to poet and Chappell's colleague Stuart Dischell. Necronomicon Press Fiction unknown
14420756-nnew. unknown
198930155Norwalk: The Easton Press 1989. Hardcover. First Edition. Limited Edition. Signed by the author on the limitation page. 5.5 x 8.75in. 481pp. "Bound in genuine leather." FINE/AS NEW. A flawless copy. As pictured. The Easton Press hardcover
2090502113716616Not Available N.A. Soft Cover. Fine. The book is in fine condition. Not Available paperback
195430128<p>HBDJ Stated First British Printing 1954. Pre Series List Thru Clue Velvet Mask VG/VG-. AS-IS Pre Series List Thru Clue Velvet Mask SCARCE DUSTJACKET HAS MODERATE EDGEWEAR and slight browning to back edge DJ. THE BOOK IS IN VG SHAPE WITH NO MARKS OR WRITING . BACK OF DJ HAS 4 B/W & RED COMIC LIKE ILLUSTRATIONS OF NANCY WITH HER HOLDING LANTERN IN LAST 1 WITH BLURB ABOUT NEXT ADVENTURE BUNGALOW MYSTERY BACK INNER FLAP LISTS GREAT AIRPORT MYSTERY HARDY BOYS & ENID BLYTON NOW FOR A STORY BLUE Spine DJ WITH #2 AT BTM in White with HH & Son in Black <br /> 224 pages with THICK turquoise GREEN boards with Nancy with Spyglass. FRONT INNER FLAP DJ LISTS THRU CLUE OF VELVET MASK OR 30 TITLES WITH PRICE INNER FLAP 6/- NET BACK INNER FLAP LISTS GREAT AIRPORT MYSTERY HARDY BOYS & ENID BLYTON NOW FOR A STORY SHOWS 5/- NET Price SCARCE DUSTJACKET HAS EDGEWEAR light wear Scuff & small mended Tears creases near edges- There is a small tear and creasmark on the jacket front at the bottom BLUE Spine DJ has small Chips AT ENDS not affecting Text WITH #2 AT BTM in White with HH & Son in Black has scuffing Tiny light crease along Spine DJ at Btm End BACK DJ HAS Comic Like Drawings in Red & B&W Figure NANCY WITH Clue in Diary At Btm with Word READ Printed Dustjacket has mild shelfwear Tiny Chips Tears Extremities Interior Nice tight Clean Light Wear Fox NO ADS IN Back Harold Hill printed on book spine indicates this is the original printing. DJ Protected by Clear Mylar Publishers Tinted top outer pgs Top edges Tinted in Dark Blue Nice Bright 5 X 7 1/2 in. Interior Nice white pages with no marks or writing Thick Turquoise Green Cloth WITH SILHOUETTE Nancy with Spyglass Spine DJ slight edgewear Scuff B/W FRONTISPIECE by R. H. Tandy And that isn't the Worst Look Up ThereNO OTHER INTERNALS FRONT INNER FLAP DJ LISTS THRU CLUE OF VELVET MASK OR 30 TITLES WITH PRICECLIPPED DJ Frank Varty artwork SHOWS 2 OLD WOMEN IN ATTIC 1 WEARING YELLOW SHAWL & other in Long Black dress with White Collar WATCHING Blonde HAIRED NANCY DREW WEARING BLUE & WHITE POLKA DOT TOP & ORANGE SKIRT GOING THRU Framed PAINTINGS WITH HER HANDON WALL 1ST BRITISH EDITION<br /><br /></p> Newcastle Upon Tyne: Harold Hill & Son Ltd UK ENGLAND hardcover
2016065851Lakewood CO: Centipede Press 2016. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. 3 Volume Set in Slipcase. Limited Edition of 300 numbered and signed copies. This is copy 153. SIGNED by Samuel R. Delany David Ho anf Michael Swanwick on limited page. Minor shelfwear. All three volumes are tightly bound no marks. Slipcase has a bent on one side some scuffing along edges and sides. Books are in Near Fine condition. Slipcase is in Very Good condition. Centipede Press Hardcover
1959140945179Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott Company 1959. First edition. First edition. Signed by Poul Anderson on title page. 189 pp. Bound in publisher's gray cloth with dark navy stamping. Fine in Very Good dust jacket sunned spine panel closed tear along joint at foot slight crease to back panel. A sci-fi novel with a jacket designed by children's author and artist Eric Carle. J.B. Lippincott Company unknown
19742082702114904255Tokyo Do 1974. Soft Cover. Fine. Number of pages: 156p Map size: 16x22cm Number of books: 1 Tokyo Do paperback
1951131134282New York: New Directions 1951. Hardcover. Very Good. This cult-classic novel features an Andy Warhol-designed jacket. Near Fine in a Very Good dust jacket with some light staining and foxing worn at extremities. Nice shape overall. New Directions hardcover
A1335Easton. New. 1989 Easton Press full-leatherbound super clean & tight handsome green leather with perfect gilt decor all around silk marker attached a lovely book. Ships with care in a box. Easton hardcover
