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190734458Santiago de Chile: Imprenta Barcelona 1907. First edition. Full black morocco raised bands gilt title and decorations marbled endpapers. Spine ends scuffed else a near fine copy. 319 pp. Illus. with b/w photos. Sm. 4to. Claudio Vicuña Guerrero 1833-1907 was a politician journalist and presidential candidate in the 1891 election. OCLC shows only two copies: Columbia Univ. & BN Chile. Not in Palau. Imprenta Barcelona hardcover books
1963291182Nardina Publishing Company 1963. Soft Cover. Very Good binding. A history with maps and drawings throughout. This copy from the library of the late Civil War historian James I. "Bud" Robertson with his blindstamp on the title page along with the sticker of a bookstore in Natchitoches. In orange wrappers which have curled a bit at the bottom corner; with paper spine which has some minor loss; still a sturdy and serviceable copy. Very Good binding. Nardina Publishing Company unknown books
1934TB24678Boston: Houghton Mifflin Co. 1934. First Edition. First printing Very good in red cloth covered boards with faded gilt text stamping on the spine and with a gilt embossed decoration on the front board. A small octavo measuring 8" by 5" with rubbing and wear to the cloth at the head of the spine and with repairs to the front hinge. In a good unclipped dust jacket with a 2" deep chip across the upper edge of the spine area and three small narrow chips from the fold to the front flap. 416 pages of text. A collection of six sketches of famous and heroic historical figures to include Richard I; Saitn Francis of Assisi; Joan of Arc; Sir Walter Ralegh; Lord Nelson; and Florence Nightingale. Houghton Mifflin Co. hardcover books
19207122London Raphael Tuck ca. 1920. 1920. Small 4to. 16 hinged color plates mounted on heavy boards including upper and lover covers by B. Cobb N. Drummond Sydney Haye Eugenie M. Valter R.J. Wealthy et.al.; halftone title page illustrations. Original 1/2 red cloth over color pictorial boards spine wear to top and bottom corners rubbed. Good-very good. Previous owner's inscription on the title page. Hardcover. Good. London, Raphael Tuck [ca. 1920]. hardcover books
19401340684Mexico: N. y G. Campobello 1940. Softcover. Octavo; VG-/paperback; tanned beige spine without text; covers show modest age toning to exterior; some soiling smudges; mildly rubbed edges; minor creases to spine; intact panels; text block exterior edges have age toned; light age toning inside covers; illustrated; interior mildly toned; intact binding; pp 246. Rhythms: Indigenas de Mexico. 1340684. FP New Rockville Stock. N. y G. Campobello unknown books
1796848321796. SABATIER Raphael-Bienvenu. DE LA MEDECINE OPERATOIRE OU DES OPERATIONS DE CHIRURGIE QUI SE PRATIQUENT LE PLUS FREQUEMMENT. VOLUMES I AND III ONLY. Paris: Imprimerie de Didot le Jeune 1796. First edition. xlviii 365 pp./xxiv 416 pp. 8vo. brown calf with gilt spine numerals and ornaments black gilt morocco spine labels rubbed and slightly chipped; printed paper covered boards. Ex-library with usual markings including paper spine labels which are chipped and worn. Missing pastedowns replaced. Moderate to light foxing in the text. Some ink and pencil marks to front and rear pages. Fair to good bindings sound. As is. unknown books
19249018957Boston: Houghton Mifflin 1924. 1st. Hardcover. Near fine. Bound in the publisher's original black cloth covered boards cover and spine stamped in red. <br/><br/> Houghton Mifflin hardcover books
180558119Arbroath: J. Findlay 1805. First Edition. 4to 472 485. Two volumes volume one has a frontis portrait of Queen Mary. Bound in contemporary 3/4 cald and marble boards spines well worn front cover of volume 2 almost separate some minor foxing but nice margins inside a good set. Heavy. J. Findlay unknown books
199952995Caracas: Armitano Editores 1999. 34cm. Con la colaboración de: Manuel Alfredo Rodríguez 150p. ii b/w and color plates facs. docs. plans chron. cat. color pict. d.j. Beautiful presentation of the permanent collection found at the museum Palacio de Miraflores the Venezuelan presidential palace. Many views of interior. Also includes a lengthy discussion on the history of the construction and reconstruction of this building. First major documentation of this national patrimony. Armitano Editores unknown books
1988WRCLIT43913London: Collins 1988. Cloth boards. First edition. Publisher's compliments slip tipped to free endsheet. Head of spine and upper edge of back board each with a small sharp bump else very good in lightly edgeworn dust jacket. Booklabel of George Sims. Collins hardcover books
22510RAPHAEL Sandra. AN OAK SPRING SYLVA. Upperville Virginia: Oak Spring Garden Library 1989. 4to. Cloth dust jack xxvii 147 1 pages. First edition. One in a series of catalogues by the Oak Spring Garden Library describing the sections of their library. This catalogue presents forty six of their books manuscripts on trees. An historical background of each book is presented alo with a bibliography. Color and black and white illustrations accompany each entry. With an index. Fine. unknown books
19244884NNew York: Grosset & Dunlap 1924. Photoplay edition issued to coincide with the release of the silent film directed by Frank Lloyd and starring Milton Sills and Enid Bennett. The classic sea adventure and romance. Near fine in a lightly used dust jacket with one tiny tear. The front panel is a vivid color painting of the “Sea Hawk†Sills commanding his ship wearing flowing robes with a beautiful Bennett standing at his side. Grosset & Dunlap unknown books
1949211016Boston: Houghton Mifflin 1949. First. hardcover. near fine/very good. 8vo green cloth; one corner bumped; d.w. chipped ate edges. Boston: Houghton Mifflin 1949. First American Edition.<br/><br/> Houghton Mifflin unknown books
188720303Boston: Oliver Ditson 1887. First US Edition. 8vo pp. 233. Engraved frontispiece portrait a very good tight copy bound in brown cloth. DeBeaufort was editor and translator of The Life and Letters of George Sand. Oliver Ditson unknown books
200580997São Paulo: Metalivros 2005. 26 cm. 185 p b/w and color plates ports. facs. cat. bio/chron bibl. color pict. fldg. wrps Art and life of Costi b. Brazil 1961 following her work of large format photography. Includes her series: "Casa cega" Blind house "Quartos" Bedrooms "Mudanças" Moving "Casa Propria Own house "Preciosas"; her photography installations like "50 houras Auto-retrato roubado" 50 hours Stolen self-portrait "Pos-imagem" and various of her photographic assemblages. Photography is a medium that has allowed the talented artist to create a unique world beyond reality while allowing her to express a graphic social statement. Includes an interview with Ivo Mesquita text by Rafael Vogt Maia Rosa. ENGLISH SPANISH AND PORTUGUESE TEXT. Metalivros unknown books
19991325861Ciudad de Mexico: INBA/Landucci Editores 1999. Hardcover. Quarto; pp 449; VG-/G-; black spine with white and blue text; dust jacket has slight soiling to exterior; some rubbing wear to edges; mild toning to flap edges; cloth shows minimal wear to exterior; strong boards; text block shows only mild tone to exterior edges; interior clean; profusely illustrated; text in Latin American; arts - Spanish; additional shipping may be necessary due to size/weight restrictions for international/expedited orders;. 1325861. Shelved Dupont Bookstore. INBA/Landucci Editores hardcover books
197418032307San Francisco: Didymus Press printed at The Press in Tuscany Alley 1974. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Near fine. Arnold Ann. One of 300 copies quarto size 51 pp. The Green Snake and the Beautiful Lily Märchen or Das Märchen is a fairy tale by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe 1749-1832 first published in 1795 in Friedrich Schiller's magazine "Die Horen" The Horae. It concludes Goethe's novella rondo "Conversations of German Emigrants" 1795 and is regarded as the founding example of the genre of "Kunstmärchen" or artistic fairy tale. The action of the story and its characters are continually faced with the dilemma of crossing a river or temporarily bridging it. The story acts as a metaphor or parable for the divide between the internal and external world and the aspirations of man to permanently bridge the two. <br/><br/>This was the first book illustrated by Ann Arnold and the last time she worked in linoleum. The illustrations were prepared during a class with Jack Stauffacher who was a Regents Professor at Cowell College at UC Santa Cruz; the book was printed at The Press in Tuscany Alley so well know in the San Francisco Bay Area printing scene.<br/><br/>___DESCRIPTION: Original full green cloth dark green lettering on the backstrip cream laid paper endpapers five linocuts one in green ink; Lutetia type Strathmore Artlaid paper quarto size 12" by 8" i-iv 1 2-45 46 1 colophon pp. limited edition of 300 copies unnumbered. <br/><br/>___CONDITION: Near fine overall internally bright and free of prior owner markings boards are clean though slightly bowed and age-toned at edges corners are straight text block is straight and tight; the backstrip is sunned and with some offsetting to the endpapers fine internally with better than very good binding.<br/><br/>___POSTAGE: International customers please note that additional postage may apply as the standard shipping charge does not always cover costs; 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. Didymus Press [printed at The Press in Tuscany Alley] hardcover books
1925116103Guatemala City: Self-published by the author 1925. Paperback. 189p. first edition slightly worn self-wraps with a small triangle clipped from corner of rear wrap and last few interior leaves not affecting text. Satiric antiimperialist novel rather unlike a lot of his later work. Satiric antiimperialist novel rather unlike a lot of his later work. "Guatemala's most important modernist writer" Foster Latin American Writers on Gay and Lesbian Themes p. 36 develped a complex spiritual philosophy of love that encompassed and transcended body sexuality. Self-published by the author paperback books
1903252019Mexico City: El Fenix 1903. 44p. booklet wraps worn with edge chipping pages toned stain at lower left corner. Not found in OCLC as of May 2020. Anti-anarchist tract beginning with a consideration of fanaticism as a mental infirmity; discusses cases of anarchist assasination. El Fenix unknown books
2015281113Basel: Fondation Beyeler 2015. hardcover. fine/near fine. Gauguin Paul. Extensively illustrated with many full-page color plates plus additional illustrations in both color and black and white. 225pp. 4to blue cloth d.w.; some minor edgewear to dust wrapper. Basel: Fondation Beyeler 2015. A fine copy in a near fine dust wrapper.<br/><br/> Fondation Beyeler unknown books
197443350Caracas: Ediciones de la Presidencia de la República 1974. First edition. Cloth with gilt titles 4 volumes and French fold paper wrappers matching the dust jackets 1 volume. Foxing and browning on the edges four pages in volume 3 and six pages in volume 5 have neat underling in red on a few passages otherwise a very good crisp set in very good- somewhat soiled and edgeworn dust jackets. Sm. 4to. I: 20 marzo 1969-5 marzo 1970.- XII; 7-666 pp. 3 h. II: 12 marzo 1970-4 marzo 1971.- 686 pp. 3 h. III: 18 marzo 1971-2 marzo 1972.- 684 pp. 3 h. IV: 16 marzo 1972-8 marzo 1973.- 725 pp. 4 h. V: 15 marzo 1973-28 febrero 1974.- 2 h. 641 LXXXVIII pp. Rafael Antonio Caldera RodrÃguez 1916-2009 was the 56th and 63th President of Venezuela from 1969 to 1974 and again from 1994 to 1999. His election to the presidency in 1969 was followed by the first peaceful transfer of power from one party to another in Venezuela's history. Ediciones de la Presidencia de la República hardcover books
1957148716Culver City CA: Columbia Pictures 1957. Vintage One Sheet poster for the 1957 film. <br/><br/>Tragic melodrama following three young men Robert Vaughn Roger Smith Tom Pittman who attempt to rob a supermarket as a solution to their discontented lives. <br/><br/>26.75 x 40.75 inches. Folded as issued. Very Good closed tear on bottom right crease and splitting at creases faint tape shadow to image and tape shadow to title with light soiling.<br/><br/>Selby US. Spicer US. Columbia Pictures unknown books
1981167931Minneapolis MN: Bookslinger Editions - Toothpaste Press - Walker Art Center 1981. First edition. Single sheet folded twice and printed in several colors. Copy 28 from an edition of only 85 copies. A single poem by "The Four Horsemen." A fine copy. Signed by Dutton McCaffrey Nichol and Rivera. Bookslinger Editions - Toothpaste Press - Walker Art Center unknown books
198428426Elmwood CT: Potes & Poets Press 1984. First edition. Paperback. Very Good. Rare third issue of Peter Ganick's small press poetry magazine. Simple 8 1/2 x 11" sheets stapled once at the front left corner. Each issue would be devoted to the writing of a single poet. This issue publishes The Matter What Is by Dan Raphael. Some age spotting to paper. A very good example. Horizontal mailing fold. 5 leaves. Potes & Poets Press paperback books
1961225804Los Angeles Editorial Autores 1961. 1961. First edition. 8vo. Illustrations by Carlos Norte. Original stiff white blue and black pictorial wrappers. Very good. Fine. 151 pages. No other signatures or bookplates. Signed and inscribed by Herrera on the front free endpaper April 24 1969: "A.amigos Jaime y Junaita.". Signed by Authors. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Fine. Los Angeles, Editorial Autores, 1961. paperback books
