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195844036San Francisco: San Francisco Review 1958-1962. Thirteen issues all near fine or better in wrappers. Together with the San Francisco Review Annual New Directions/SF Review 1963 also near fine in wrappers which is essentially the 14th issue. Contributors include cummings Bukowski W.C. Williams Snyder Brautigan Welch Lorca Stafford Oppen Trakl Zukofsky Reznikoff Levertov Hawkes Bowering and many others. San Francisco: San Francisco Review unknown
1987List2878Oakland California 1987. 14 x 22 inches. Rolled stored in a tube otherwise fine. Poster for the 87 Def Jam Tour date at the Oakland Coliseum with LL Cool J and Whodini headlining and featuring influential hip hop duo Eric B. & Rakim R&B singers New Choice Roxanne Shante—known for the “Roxanne Warsâ€â€”and rapper Too Short. unknown
19159091Kansas City: Alfred H. Fowler 1915. First editions. 8 Volumes 19x13cm continuously paginated by volume 68 and 80pp. Advertisements illustrations. Stapled and sewn in printed wrappers yapped edges. Separately printed indices laid in the first issue of each volume two supplemental ads laid in 2 issues of vol 1. Generally near fine with touches of soiling and toning here and there. <br /> <br /> The first eight issues of this nicely printed quarterly devoted mainly to paper and bookplates. This publication edited and published by H. Alfred Fowler existed under several different titles starting in 1911 as The Book-Plate Booklet then The Ex Libran The Biblio The Bookplate and The Miscellany which ran from 1914-1916.<br /> <br /> Of utmost importance in this collection are Dard Hunter's very first scholarly articles on the art of papermaking: "The Lost Art of Making Books" in vol. 2 no. 1 and "Ancient Papermaking" in vol. 2 no. 4. <br /> <br /> <br /> Bibliography of Bookplate Literature pg. 76. Alfred H. Fowler unknown
FORT852283Marvel Universe. Used - Very Good. Marvel Universe unknown
JAM920358Marvel Universe. Used - Very Good. In our warehouse Marvel Universe unknown
1021137111.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
1022722670.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
2006DADAX1425568742University of Michigan Library 2006-09-13. paperback. New. 6.14x1.42x9.21. Buy with confidence. Excellent Customer Service & Return policy. University of Michigan Library paperback
137856720X.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
197647430Dublin: Dolmen Editions 1976. First edition limited issue. 95 pp w/index. Fine in printed paper-covered boards with leather spine. t.e.g. Very good plus publisher’s slipcase with an abrasion to the top corner of the rear panel and some small spots to the top edge. One of 50 numbered copies. Dublin: Dolmen Editions hardcover
1996133881Soi Sailom: SDI Publications 1996. Hardcover. Very Good. Soi Sailom SDI Publications 1996 second expanded edition/ 1890 to 1898. Large square quarto viii 391; ii 238; and iv 237 pages with 10 maps hundreds of illustrations mostly diagrams plus endpaper maps. Quarter cloth and pictorial papered boards; rear cover lightly marked; an excellent copy in the slightly bumped and rubbed slipcase. One of a limited edition of 999 copies. The work was originally published and privately issued as 'Album of the weapons tools ornaments articles of dress of the Pacific Islands' by James Edge-Partington and Charles Heape 1890-1898 in three albums entitled "series". All original material and published amendments have been integrated into this SDI Publication Second Edition' publication page. SDI Publications hardcover
18496294Paris & Leipzig: G. De Gonet & Chez Charles Twietmeyer 1849. First edition. Two parts in one quarto volume 11 x 7 3/8 inches; 280 x 187 mm. 4 xvi 252; 4 186 2 pp. With added hand-colored wood-engraved vignette title in each part hand-colored engraved portrait of Grandville by Ch. Geoffroy and twelve hand-colored engraved plates eleven in the first part one in the second part by Ch. Geoffroy after Grandville all with original tissue-guards. Handsomely bound by Charles Meunier stamp-signed in black on front turn-in "Ch. Meunier. 1905". Full blue morocco covers decoratively rued in gilt with gray morocco inlaid borders enclosing an elaborate design of inlaid gray cream and green inlaid flowers with decorative gilt stems. Spine with four raised bands decoratively inlaid in various colored morocco's decorated and lettered in gilt in compartments. Decorative gilt board-edges gilt ruled turn-ins with inlaid gay morocco borders gray-green marbled endpapers top edge trimmed others uncut. Original printed paper wrappers and spine bound in at end. Unidentified bookplate "Nec Tu Semper Eris" You will not always be on verso of front flyleaf. Housed in the original blue leather edged patterned paper board slipcase. A wonderful copy of this lovely book with exquisite plates after Grandville. <br /> <br /> This posthumously published work Grandville died on March 17 1847 was originally issued in fifty parts the first part appearing in September 1849. "The compositions of this 'last fairy-tale' brilliantly engraved on steel by Charles Geoffroy and delicately colored form a fitting memorial to Grandville.The pattern which he follows is similar to that of Les fleurs animées. Nearly every plate has its beautiful lady clad in white and adorned with stars looming in the sky with varied scenes of earthly life below her. These designs Grandville's tranquil refuge from the turmoil that beset his mind are as charming as they are mysterious. Also included in the volume are an unsigned essay which remains the most considerable source of biographical information about Grandville and a fine portrait of him by Geoffroy I xvi with a border of his creations animals paying him tribute as well as his flower- and star-ladies" Ray. <br /> <br /> The talented Charles Meunier 1865-1940 was first apprenticed to a book binder at the eleven years old. After training with Marius-Michel he began his own binder in 1885 where he sought to be innovative and nontraditional. ". Drawing on traditional and modern techniques and forms of decoration Meuniere mixed classical punches. with newly fashionable incised and modeled leather panels. His output was prodigious; by 1897 he had produced roughly six hundred bindings" Art Nouveau and Art Deco Bookbinding.<br /> <br /> <br /> Ray The Art of the French Illustrated Book 200. Vicaire V col. 770. Grandville. Dessins Originaux p. 398. G. De Gonet & Chez Charles Twietmeyer unknown
18866337London: Pirvately reprinted 1886. Limited edition. Fine. Number 49 of 50 copies on Japan Paper signed by the editor B.B. Haggin. Small quarto 8 9/16 x 6 9/16 inches; 217 x 167 mm. iv 117 3 blank pp. Original stiff paper wrappers decorated in gold bound in and illustrated with very attractive engraved head and tail-pieces. Additionally inscribed on a front blank leaf "Compliments of the Editor/B.B. Haggin/March 27th 1892." Bound ca. 1892 by Charles Meunier stamp-signed in gilt on lower turn-in. Full rose colored crushed morocco each cover richly and decoratively bordered in gilt surrounding a rectangular foliate frame with sixteen flowers inlaid in black morocco and fourteen leaves inlaid in green morocco. Spine with five raised bands and five inlaid black morocco flowers decoratively tooled and lettered in gilt in compartments in a matching design decorative gilt board-edges wide gilt decorated turn-ins blue silk liners and end-leaves marbled end-papers all edges gilt. Housed in a felt-lined dark blue cloth clamshell case spine with leather label lettered in gilt. A spectacular binding on a beautifully printed book.<br /> <br /> Luís Vaz de Camoens c. 1524-1580 often Camoens is lauded as Portugal's most significant poet. A prolific writer of both epic and lyrical verse he ranks him amongst the other European literary greats including Dante Shakespeare or Milton. Despite his fame surprisingly little can be confirmed about his life resulting in "successive biographers have woven the few concrete facts known about Camões's life into a bewildering complexity of fantasy and theory that is unsupported by concrete documentary evidence" Britanica. While some of his poetry was lost during his lifetime Os Lusíadas The Lusiads remains a classic. Here this lovely collection presents romantic verse from the beloved poet.<br /> <br /> The talented Charles Meunier 1865-1940 was first apprenticed to a book binder at eleven years old. After training with Marius-Michel he began his own binder in 1885 where he sought to be innovative and nontraditional. ". Drawing on traditional and modern techniques and forms of decoration Meuniere mixed classical punches. with newly fashionable incised and modeled leather panels. His output was prodigious; by 1897 he had produced roughly six hundred bindings" Art Nouveau and Art Deco Bookbinding. Fine. Pirvately reprinted unknown
1889830111889. Pennsylvania cloister founded by Conrad Beissel" - Howes G-76. Howes does not note the existence of this extremely limited large paper edition. One copy auctioned by Parke Bernet in 1938. Extremely rare in commerce. No institutions note holding a large paper copy according to OCLC. unknown
193737606London: Golden Cockerell Press 1937. Hardcover. Very Good. Hardcover. Number 82 of 150 signed copies. There was also an unlimited edition. This is an interesting and pretty book from the Golden Cockerell Press published early in this noted press's history. It is stunningly illustrated with six black and white engravings by Clifford Webb 1895 - 1972 the English artist and engraver. Quarter bound in brown Niger leather with gilt titling to spine and cream cloth covers. Some foxing to front cover and light sunning to top of spine. Printed in Caslon's Old Face type on Arnold's handmade paper. A nice copy in very good condition. Measures 6 x 9 inches. 109 pages plus colophon. PRI/111324. Golden Cockerell Press hardcover
191175830Edinburgh: R. and R. Clark 1911. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Edinburgh R. and R. Clark 1911. Octavo viii 150 pages plus 2 plates. Original blue cloth slightly rubbed at the extremities and lightly marked; tiny bump to the leading edge of the front cover; bottom corner of the rear board cracked creating a ripple in the cloth along the fracture and cracking the pastedown but the corner is firm and stable; edges endpapers and first and last pages foxed; a very good copy. Inscribed and dated 26 December 1913 by the author. R. and R. Clark hardcover
200229112Chicago:: University of Chicago Press 2002. First Printing of the First US Edition. A Fine tight copy in a Fine unclipped dust jacket. this volume covers the intertwined lives and friendship between Henry Miller and Brassai from the 1950s to 1973. Over the course of a number of warm intimate conversations Brassaï and Miller revisit their careers; discuss art literature Paris Greece Japan World War II and more; and consider the lives and works of many others in their circle including Lawrence Durrell Henri Matisse Salvador Dalí Georges Simenon André Malraux Hans Reichel Paul Klee and Amedeo Modigliani. Throughout Miller's zest for life shines through as do his love of art and his passionate intensity for just about everything he does from discussing a movie or play he'd just seen to reminiscing about a decades-long love. University of Chicago Press, unknown
197929099New York: Stroker Magazine 1979. Very Good. New York: Stroker Magazine 1979. First Edition. Signed by Henry Miller without inscription on flyleaf. Octavo; 44pp. Side-stapled illustrated wraps. Covers lightly shelfworn with a couple light crimps along spine. Binding is sound and pages unmarked. <br /> <br /> Eighth issue of Irving Stettner's literary and art magazine. This issue features two letters and ink drawings by Henry Miller a North American Indian section and more. Stroker Magazine unknown
194689480Berkeley: Bern Porter 1946. First Edition. First printing. Signed by Fraenkel on front endpaper. Small square octavo; printed glossy paper jacket over plain paper wrappers 32pp. Bit of rubbing to jacket edges faint tape shadow to endpapers; Very Good. A typically stylish Bern Porter production. Bern Porter unknown
19791134<p>New York: Farrar Straus and Giroux 1979. First Edition First Printing.</p><p>Small Quarto 9 3/4 x 7 3/4 inches; 247 x 195 mm 252 4 pages in blue cloth silver titles to spine in a photo-illustrated dust jacket.</p><p><strong>INSCRIBED on the half title to William and Rose Styron: </strong>"For Rose and Bill / A little guidance from under the / Earth. / As<strong> e</strong>ver / Arthur and Inge." Written in Arthur Miller's hand; Inge Morath has signed her name. A terrific literary association.</p><p>This volume presents spectacular color and black-and-white photographs by Inge Morath and extensive text by her playwright husband Arthur Miller. They visited China in 1978 and talked with artists and ordinary people during the political thaw that followed Chairman Mao's death and the downfall of the loathsome Gang of Four. A fascinating look at China as it attempted to come to terms with the madness of the Cultural Revolution.</p><p>This book will be especially interesting to theater lovers; Miller relates fascinating anecdotes about his meetings with actors and playwrights.</p><p>CONDITION: Very Good or better with foxing to the fore edge and bottom edge. The unclipped dust jacket has some light rubbing and a small split at the top of the lower panel where it meets the spine.</p> Farrar, Straus and Giroux hardcover
199411065Stephens City VA: Virginia Lindsay Miller 1994. First edition very limited. Cloth over Boards. New. Large Octavo pp. 201 profusely illustrated w/ b/w photographs. Lovely book w/ an abundance of photos showing every aspect of interior woodwork; stairways newel posts and balusters windows cornices mantels hinges locks escutcheons and other hardware. A scarce title privately printed in limited distribution Virginia Lindsay Miller hardcover
193049068Chicago: Manz 1930. 1930. First edition. 8-1/4" x 5-3/4" striking pictorial wrappers showing a cut out of a woman diving in a Bradley bathing suit. 16 pp. including wrappers. Color illustrations. A very nice catalog of swimsuits for women and men. Listed are "New Novel Colorful Swim Suits For Men" as wells as "Mermaid Suits In The Modern Manner" "The Bradley Backless Wonders Of This Sun Tan Age" "Bradleys For The Conservative Dresser And For The Fast Swimmer" for women and bathing suits for children. Also offers "smart sweaters for everybody for everything" along with a little bit of sportswear. Very light discoloration else fine. A beautiful catalog. Manz, 1930. unknown
1735932Q1London: L. Gilliver 1735 . First edition. Disbound. Good. 13.5" by 8.5" . None. The first edition of this very scarce satirical poem surrounding the follies and decadence of society loosely based on Horace's satires. The first edition. Very scarce work.Disbound. Written anonymously this satire is attributed to English playwright poet and minister James Miller. Mostly known for his comedies on stage Miller became recognised as a writer of wit and intelligent parody. 'Seasonable Reproof a Satire In the Manner of Horace' was based on the extravagences and vices of the day very loosely based on Horace's satires III and IV of Book I. With sections of Latin written on the facing pages. Interestingly there is one passage dedicated to Fielding reading 'F-----g' who yesterday appear'd so rough Clad in course Frize and plaister'd down with Snuff'. Disbound. Externally wraps are bright with the odd mark. Small puncture holes to gutter. Rubbing to backstrip with remnants of leather and thread. Internally firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Good L. Gilliver unknown
1990018514n.p. 1990. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine. Four tall folio 12" x 18" portfolios bound Japanese accordion style in boards covered with ORIGINAL COLOR WOODCUTS and illustrated within with 6 pages of color woodcuts of kimono patterns. When each volume is fully open it extends to 10-1/2 feet. Copy #2 of what was likely an edition of 5 or less SIGNED by the artist on the colophon of one volume. A scarce private production by a student of Hans Hoffman. <br/><br/> hardcover
199329835AB1993. Aldershot Scolar Press 1993. Octavo. Portrait-Frontispiece of Richard Jefferies XXVII 787 pages. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector's mylar. Excellent condition with some minor signs of wear only. Rare in this condition. A wonderful and important publication on the publication-history of a tragic writer. Includes for example "Contributions by Richard Jefferies to Periodicals - Works in which his writings first appeared in Newspaper and Magazine Form" / Books and Pamphlets by Jefferies / Posthumous Publications Field and Hedgerow etc. / Anthologies / Manuscript Material / Richard Jefferies is one of the major figures in the long tradition of British rural writers and yet in the century since his death there has been no descriptive bibliography of his work. In this book which is based on over 20 years of collecting and researching the authors have documented more than 1500 individual items of material by or about Jefferies. The main sections include a listing of all known periodical contributions with synoposes of all those which have not been reprinted a description of all known published editions of his books whether original works or anthologies and a listing of all pertinent works about Jefferies in books and periodicals. It includes the first complete record of the manuscripts held in the British Library and other public and private collections together with a chronological list of the published works and an an alphabetical index of Jefferies' titles. In addition the introductions to each title offer insights into Jefferies' work based on evidence from original correspondence and publishers' records. Together these amount to a full-length biographical study of his literary career. This is a reference work for libraries readers dealers collectors and students. Publisher's Information hardcover
