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19791341339Ohio: Self Published 1979. FIrst Edition. Other. Staple-bound comic; VG. Minor creasing to cover. Corners very slightly rounded. Cover white pages cream. Several pages have small cuts at lower margins from flaws in paper. Mild creasing/wrinkling of some pages ~1" in from spine. Staples original and centered but somewhat rusted. RH Consignment; Shelved case 8 1/4. 1341339. Shelved Dupont Bookstore. Self Published unknown books
1915002601Berlin: Hermann Hillger Verlag 1915. First Edition. Paper pastedown on boards. Very Good. 8vo. Unpaginated with 25 leaves a color plate on each of them not counting title leaf. The color plate is on the recto and the facing verso contains accompanying verse. The artwork bears the style of a darkish late impressionism as it moved towards an Expressionist sensibility. As not everything was by the same hand there is some diversity of style coloring literalism of course. Included is an original subscription or order form for the book. It would appear that the book was sold in part or perhaps entirely through direct sales spearheaded by the Crown Princess and conducted by aristocratic women at least in some measure. Light soiling to the cover pastedown. Scattered light soiling within. One gathering is partly loose. <br/><br/> Hermann Hillger Verlag hardcover books
195817090807Buenos Aires: Francisco A. Colombo 1958. Limited Edition. Wraps. Near fine/near fine. Veroni Raul Vassena Leonor. Number four of ten printed on Pergamino Fabriano in Spanish octavo size 64 pp. signed by Alfredo Martinez Howard at the colophon and Leonor Vassena below the plate. A book of poetry in Spanish with haunting illustrations offered as issued in unbound signatures in original wraps with original glassine wrapper. <br/><br/>___DESCRIPTION: Paper wrappers with glassine jacket front wrap and spine printed in red and black unbound leaves mostly unopened title-page printed in red and black frontis and one signed etching Pergamino Fabriano paper octavo size 9" by 6.75" pagination: 1-8 9-52 53-64 index and colophon limited edition this number IV of ten copies I to X printed on Pergamino Fabriano total edition 50 signed by Alfredo Martinez Howard at the colophon and Leonor Vassena below the plate. <br/><br/>___CONDITION: A bright clean copy sole signature with minimal foxing that containing the plate the other signature bright and without foxing in the original glassine; a miniscule amount of wear to the glassine wrapper near fine. <br/><br/>___POSTAGE: International customers please note that additional postage may apply as the standard 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 book we sell. Please contact us with any questions you may have we are here to help. Francisco A. Colombo unknown books
196821032123New York: Young Scott Books 1968. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/near fine. Gorey Edward. First printing oblong sixmo 48 pp. signed by Edward Gorey. Edward Lear 1812-1888 although being an artist and illustrator himself is remembered mostlhy today for his nonsensical works particularly his limericks. One of the most recognizable of these is "The Owl and the Pussycat" who "dined on mince and slices of quince which they ate with a runcible spoon."<br/><br/>"The Jumblies" was the first poem in Lear's "Book of Nonsense" published in 1846. Per the dust jacket flap Edward Gorey decided to illustrate this poem because it "was taught to me by my grandfather when I was four or five and it has always been one of my favourites."<br/><br/>Edward St. John Gorey 1925-2000 had a distinctive style evocative of a mystical gothic Victorian era and his vast body of work includes over one hundred books written by himself as well as those by many well-known authors such as T. S. Eliot Charles Dickens Lewis Carroll H. G. Wells and Virginia Woolf n. b. info from the Edward Gorey House website - and of course this work. Gorey dedicated the book "for Foss" Lear's cat who "died in 1886 and was buried with some ceremony in a garden at Villa Tennyson" n.b. quote from Wiki. <br/><br/>___DESCRIPTION: In a reinforced library binding of tan cloth over boards Gorey illustration in black and white on the front board with decorative lettering black lettering on the spine illustrated title page with Gorey's signature above his printed name through which he drew a line per usual each stanze of the poem printed on the versos left-hand side with Gorey's corresponding illustration on the opposite page recto of the following page; oblong sixmo 6 1/8" tall and 9 1/8" wide unpaginated with 24 leaves including free endpapers. The dust jacket shows the original price of $2.95 mirrors the book on the panels and spine front flap a short summary by the publisher back flap with four Gorey characters. <br/><br/>___CONDITION: Volume 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; perhaps a light speck or two on the light binding else fine. The unclipped dust jacket could be deemed fine it is complete clean and almost without wear; a touch or two of scattered light spots and a hint of sunning to the spine. Overall a remarkable example. <br/><br/>___CITATION: Toledano B 38a. <br/><br/>___POSTAGE: International customers please note that additional postage may apply as the standard 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. Young Scott Books hardcover books
190613121401New York: The Macmillan Company 1906. First and Limited Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Good. Bailey Vernon Howe and Ralph Lester. No. 2 of 200 copies printed on Japan vellum octavo size 420 pp. signed by Owen Wister. Owen Wister was an American writer and is known as the father of western fiction - his most famous work "The Virginian" is widely regarded as being the first cowboy novel. A classmate and friend of Teddy Roosevelt's like him Wister was attracted to the culture and lore of the West and on a visit to Yellowstone in 1893 he met Frederic Remington who remained a lifelong friend. This novel Lady Baltimore published four years after The Virginian is set in the East yet shares a similar theme of searching for aristocratic roots in everyday personas.<br/><br/>Limited edition of 200 copies printed on Japan vellum this being number 2 with dust jacket and publisher's slipcase. Signed by the author on the limitation page with a tipped-in note on front free endpaper which states 'This is a presentation copy containing author's autograph.' <br/><br/>___DESCRIPTION: Tan paper boards with author and title in a darker tan outlined in gilt vellum spine with same lettering top-edge gilt other edges untrimmed. Dust jacket is light brown woven paper with similar lettering outlined in dark brown slipcase also a light tan cardboard. Tipped in note as referred to above on front free endpaper denoting a signed Presentation copy same note pasted to the side of the slipcase. Octavo size approx. 8.5" tall pagination: i-xiv 1-406.<br/><br/>___CONDITION: The book is near fine minor rubbing to tail of the spine corners are perfect text block and hinges are strong and solid free of prior owner markings interior is clean and bright. Dust jacket good only with several large chips due mostly to the jacket having been cut larger than the book and so apparently often caught when returning the book to the slipcase. Slipcase is overall very good with no creases or tears however does exhibit overall soiling.<br/><br/>___POSTAGE: International customers please note that additional postage may apply.<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 Macmillan Company hardcover books
1791854London: C. Clarke for T. and J. Egerton 1791. Full calf. Near fine. 12mo 7.1 in 18 cm. 2 xvi 152 2 pp. <br/><br/>First edition: Joseph Ritson 1752-1803 was a literary scholar anthologist and bibliographer. Here are seven Middle English poems including Tom Thumbe. Thomas Bewick 1753-1828 is known for reviving the art of wood engraving; his younger brother John Bewick 1760-1795 was his apprentice until he established his own career. <br/><br/>ESTC T149587. DNB. Contemporary mottled calf with gilt decorated and titled spine and gilt decorated board edges. 15 woodcut headpieces and tailpieces by Thomas and John Bewick. Glossary. Joints starting with long thin cracks without spring. Tight clean and bright. Well-preserved first edition illustrated by Thomas and John Bewick. Illustrated by Thomas Bewick and John Bewick. C. Clarke for T. and J. Egerton unknown books
1916293181New York: Doubleday Page & Co 1916. Second Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine binding/Fair dust jacket. Large 8vo; in the publisher's blue green cloth still with publisher's glassine wrapper and housed in the original publisher's box; xi 150 pages 1; with 16 leaves of plates some colored; and decorations throughout. While a bright copy there is some staining to the front board from the glassine. The very uncommon box is printed green paper-covered with a color pastedown. There are no ownership or other marks in the book. There are a few spots of foxing.~~Period story of life in the old South full of "dialect". Penned by Sallie Dooley who with her husband James left Maymont House to the City of Richmond -- one of our treasures. Dem Good Ole Times "offers glimpses of Sallie Dooley's perceptions of African Americans . ~capitalizing on the current popularity of dialect literature by such writers as Joel Chandler Harris Paul Laurence Dunbar and Virginia-born Thomas Nelson Page" O'Leary; From Morning to Night: Domestic Service in Maymont House and the Gilded Age 2003 p. 54. Near Fine binding / Fair dust jacket. Doubleday Page & Co unknown books
1900274959Edinburgh: Blackwood 1900. hardcover. very good. Historical descriptions by John Hill Burton. Illustrated with 240 fine steel engravings with tissue guards and many text illustrations in woodcut. 4 volumes tall 4to blue cloth. Edinburgh: Oliver & Boyd n.d. ca. 1900 Very good.<br/><br/> Blackwood unknown books
18701284910New York: Stroefer and Kirchner 1870. First Thus. Hardcover. Folio; VG-; Rebound with leather spine and original boards; Spine has raised bands and red label with gilt lettering; Gilt lettering to front boards with gilt and tooled designs; Bumping to the corners with some fraying; All edges gilt; Light wear/scratching to gilt in areas; Binding repaired with new end papers; Some foxing throughout affecting some of the illustrations; Tissue guards present for illustrations; Note book is heavy please contact us for expedited or international shipping. Shelved above case 2. 1284910. Shelved Dupont Bookstore. Stroefer and Kirchner hardcover books
1885D2538Paris: A. Quantin 1885. Paperback. Very Good. Plain paper wraps with full-color illustrated jacket in glassine. Illustrated throughout with vignettes and tissue-guarded full-color plates. Includes a nice band of placeholder ribbons. Some light browning along edges of text block; glassine just a little chipped at spine tips and corners; first four pages starting. Nice. <br/><br/> A. Quantin paperback books
188843842Boston: L. Prang & Co 1888. 1st Edition. Tan linen cloth binding with color printed spine & boards. Marbled edges. Modest shelfwear. Small label removal abrasions to fixed endpapers; light gutter break. 5 signed mss recipes entered herein. A VG - VG copy. Unpaginated though ~ 250. Tinted frontispiece. 16 chromolithographed divisional title leaves followed by a lithographed leaf of text poetry. Oblong format: 6-7/8" x 9-1/2" <br/><br/>A mostly blank recipe book adorned with Prang's exquisite chromolithographs. Each recipe signed by a different author; most in a contemporary hand and/or dated 1891 save the final recipe dated 1920. Recipes include: Sausages Tutti Frutti Oil Pickle Snow Pudding and Dandelion Wine. Somewhat scarce with OCLC listing but 5 institutional holdings. L. Prang & Co hardcover books
18289027029London: Jones 1828. Hardcover. Very good. Cruikshank George. Illustrated with three etched frontispieces by George Cruikshank and 84 woodcut illustrations by George and Robert Cruikshank et al. "With a copious and classified index" in each volume. Bound in half black morocco with gilded bands spine stamped in both gilt and blind black cloth boards ruled in gilt printed endpapers. A few signatures loose but stilll holding otherwise binding is intact. A nice clean set. <br /> <br/><br/> Jones hardcover books
50327Prague: Grafická edice A. Chvála 1933. Octavo 22.2 à 16 cm. Original pictorial wrappers; 106 3 pp. Thirty plates including fourteen original woodcut plates and two linocuts. With a tipped-in photo-montage design by Sutnar. Very good only light sun-tanning and wear to spine; in protective mylar. Attractive volume reproducing a lecture on the occasion of the joint meeting of the Association of Czech Bibliophiles and the Association of Collectors and Friends of Bookplates held on March 9 1933 in Prague. Followed by thirty plates some in color including original woodcut and linocut prints among them one drawing by Toyen and one photo-montage design by Ladislav Sutnar. Other artists include V. Mašek J. Solar K. Svolinský A. Moravec and numerous others. Finally the book lists hundreds of greeting cards in the form of postcards photographs prints and bound volumes probably exhibited at the meeting as well as addresses of the artists. Scarce; as of November 2019 KVK and OCLC show two copies in North America. unknown books
005029Esslingen and München: Verlag von J. F. Schreiber. Hardcover. Front board: pictorial paper pastedown. Cloth spine. . Near Fine. An exceptionally clean and bright copy of this juvenile audience plate book depicting geography and domestic and work life. N.d. circa 1870s. Small folio. 32 by 21.5 cm. 5 7 1 pp followed by 30 double-sided hand-colored plates. Each plate measures 32 by 40 cm. The plates depict the home rural and urban the city the farm a vineyard tools a church interior a city market a winter skating scene a mountain landscape a railroad station a forest etc. The point was to educate children about the features of all these places and spaces and incidentally impart the vocabulary -- the many nouns -- associated with them. Nowadays the plates are simply wonderfully decorative with their bright chromolithography and evocation of a lost world. And the great Meggendorfer was responsible for three of the plates! Light wear to the cover. One of the plates has a minor closed tear by its fold. But as we indicated an unusually appealing copy. <br/><br/> Verlag von J. F. Schreiber hardcover books
19103818London: S.W. Partridge & Co. Lrd 1910. First edition. Original red cloth over color pictorial front board and advertisement on rear board advertisements on endpapers. Corners and board edges a little worn. Large quarto 10 3/16 x 7 11/16 inches; 259 x 195 mm. Pictorial title-page printed in blue 92 unnumbered pages and six full page color plates. Numerous other mono-color and black & white illustrations throughout the text including six by Louis Wain. Ink inscription on verso of color frontispiece dated Xmas 1910. A good copy of a very scarce book in fact the first time that we have ever seen this title. <br/><br/>The Louis Wain illustrations in this delicate book include the following:<br/>How Pride Betrays. three 0ne-third page printed in brown When the Cook's Away. full-page printed in blue<br/>Tubbing the Kitties. one-third page printed in green "You Naughty Kitties!" full-page printed in green. S.W. Partridge & Co., Lrd unknown books
19053802New York: McLoughlin Brothers 1905. First edition. New Chimney Corner series No. 37 1/2. Full color glazed pictorial wrappers. Black and white illustrations throughout including ten full-page by Louis Wain of which two are signed and a title-page vignette by Palmer Cox. Transparent tape repairs to spine and the fore-edge to a few leaves. Pale gift inscription to upper wrapper. A scarce and attractive survivor to children's enthusiastic hands. Unrecorded by Dale.<br/><br/>At the end of the last century Louis Wain 1860-1939 the Edwardian cat artist who went mad became a household name as an illustrator of cats whom he depicted in all sorts of activities from skating and playing cricket to driving motor cars attending dances and playing musical instruments. "He invented a cat style a cat society a whole cat world. English cats that do not look like Louis Wain cats are ashamed of themselves" H.G. Wells. Here alongside illustrations from Palmer Cox who also specialized in Scottish fairytales and rhymes. McLoughlin Brothers unknown books
19143708London: Hodder and Stoughton 1914. First edition. Finely bound ca. 1914 by Sangorski & Sutcliffe stamp-signed on rear turn-in in full dark blue morocco covers decoratively paneled in gilt with inlaid red morocco floral corner-pieces and in the center in gilt the Royal stamp of Princess Mary. Spine with five raised bands paneled and lettered in gilt in compartments all edges gilt cream watered silk liners and endleaves.Quarto 9 7/8 x 7 5/16 inches; 251 x 186 mm. vi 140 pp. Fourteen color plates tipped-in to captioned tan stock with brown line frame many black and white text drawings. Four figure ink number upside down on verso of rear blank leaf. An exceptional copy.<br/><br/>A relatively common book but scarce in fine condition. This may well be a special presentation binding that was done at the time of publication. "This was the first of a group of wartime books sponsored by prominent people and sold to raise money for worthy causes. The most popular it sold 604884 copies during the two years 1914-1916 that is was in print. The Times in an article November 21 1914 sought to promote the cause "The Queen's Fund" by directing the public to the display of the original drawings at the Leicester Galleries" Hughey.<br/><br/>The fourteen tipped-in color plates include:<br/><br/>"So nobody can quite explain Exactly where the rainbows end" Arthur Rackham "True Spartan Hearts" Edmund Dulac<br/>"The Ant Lion" E.J. Detmold<br/>"A Holiday in Bed" W. Russell Flint<br/><br/>There are also many black & white drawings by C.E. Brock; E.J. Detmold; Arthur Rackham; Byam Shaw; H. M. Brock; Lewis Baumer and Edmund J. Sullivan<br/><br/>Latimore and Haskell 93. Riall 120. Hughey 34. Hodder and Stoughton unknown books
18131233158vo in 4s. London: R. Ackermann 1813. 8vo in 4s 4 xv 1 blank 215 1 blank pp. Twenty-one hand-colored aquatint plates including frontispiece. Full crushed red morocco by Riviere covers gilt-ruled backstrip with five raised bands paneled in gilt gilt dentelles green coated endpapers all edges gilt. Joints lightly worn some offsetting from the plates a very good copy. § First edition. "The originals of the plates introduced in this volume were sketches made as souvenirs of the place during a visit to Scarborough 1812. They were not intended for publication but being found to interest many persons of taste several of whom expressed a desire to possess engravings of them and some gentlemen having offered to add metrical illustrations to each the present form of publication has been adopted. The several authors were not personally acquainted with each other" Advertisement. A delightfully silly satire on fashionable life at the seaside in Regency England perhaps better known to us today through the novels of Jane Austen. In later years Scarborough became a favorite place of Anne Brontë who was prescribed the spa waters and sea air for her tuberculosis and who died there in 1849. The versified descriptions of the spa the castle the ball room and sea-bathing among other things were here published anonymously; in the second edition the authors were identified as W. Coombe J. B. Papworth and F. Wrangham. "Plate 8 'The Warm Bath' is said to contain the portrait of Mrs. Robinson George IV's mistress" Tooley. Abbey Scenery 297. Tooley 422. R. Ackermann hardcover books
183918051101London: Chapman and Hall 1839. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good. Browne Hablot K. 'Phiz"; Meadows Kenney. First printing mixed state octavo size 707 pp. This was writer Charles Dickens' 1812-1870 third novel widely anticipated and loved. He is often considered the greatest of the Victorian era novelists blending drama and comedy into compelling stories. In this novel Dickens explores the social issues that his works are known for such as harsh boarding schools the privilege of royal title and wealth social customs of the day and the plight of the working class. The plot focuses on the hardships courageously navigated by young Nicholas Nickleby after his father passes away. <br/><br/>The extra illustrations provided were drawn by Joseph Kenny Meadows 1790 - 1874 best known for his drawings published in Punch magazine. He was a friend of Charles Dickens and several other writers of the period. These caricatures add a visual element to the characters depicted by Dickens n.b. above information from Wiki. <br/><br/>___DESCRIPTION: Half red morocco leather over marbled paper boards six compartments on spine five with gilt title and author in gilt to one compartment embossed decorative and gilt borders to front and rear boards all edges marbled frontis of a young Charles Dickens supplied thirty-nine plates by Hablot K. Browne "Phiz" and twenty-four plates of various characters in the novel by Kenny Meadows the extra plates. This is a mixed state in that two of the first four plates have the Chapman and Hall imprint further the correction on p.123 has been made but "latter" for "letter" still appears on p.160 line 43. Octavo size 8 1/2" by 5 1/2 " iii-vii viii-xvi 1 2-624. <br/><br/>___CONDITION: Overall very good internally this volume is quite clean the text block is square the hinges are sound and the gilt on the spine is bright. Rubbing to front and rear joints corners rubbed rubbing and slight loss to marbled papers on front and rear board both front and rear hinge have been professionally repaired prior owner bookplate with inscription of "To David from Dad" vintage bookseller stamp and prior owner notes in pencil to the front pastedown offsetting from turn-ins to front and rear endpapers 1/8" tear to margin of frontispiece not affecting the image lacking the half-title hence our pagination begins with romanet iii slight damage to the foredge of plate between pages 174 and 175 not affecting the image the images have slight toning and foxing which is common. Even with these few flaws a better than very good copy with extra illustrations by an artist whose work complements that of Phiz and adds interest to the story.<br/><br/>___CITATION: Podeschi A41 Eckel p. 64.<br/><br/>___POSTAGE: International customers please note that additional postage may apply as the standard 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. Chapman and Hall hardcover books
149584None Stated: None stated nd. Hardcover. Ex-library copy with usual marks. Plates mostly clean but a few have minor-to-mild foxing. Two plates have perforation stamps on lower margins not affecting plate images. Front end pages ffep detached and laid in contain 2 library plates 2 personal book plates and one additional plate. Some wear to spine mostly at head/tail and to leather corners but nothing terribly offensive. Ex-lib. sticker on back cover. Dark green 3/4 leather with complementary medium green cloth. Gilt edging lettering and 3 bands not raised. AEG. No text. 20 pp each with an individual bw etching / engraving. With bookplates by prominent people. The title page is hand-lettered and there is no printed publication information. This is a unique and important item of Cruikshankiana. Ex-library copy with minimally offensive marks given the importance of each one. This volume contains ONLY the 20 engravings used as illustrations for Eccentric Tales. The original sketches were by Alfred Henry Forrester under the pseudonym of Alfred Crowquill. The actual book illustrations then were done by George Cruikshank. This particular book contains Forrester's personal book plate. Another book plate is of Albert M. Cohn who wrote a catalogue raisonne of Cruikshank's works in 1924 a small label on the fep makes reference to this catalogue #471. And a third book plate is of William Hartman Woodin Secretary of the Treasury under Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1933. The final bookplate present is that of the Brooklyn Public Library. Plates No. 8 and 15 have remarques. The Cruikshank illustrations in Eccentric Tales were apparently hand-tinted but these images are in b/w with no tinting and appear to be etching proofs for the final illustrations. Both Crowquill's and Cruikshank's names appear under each etching. Delightful and humorous illustrations done in great detail. Unique and rare. None stated hardcover books
19043810London: John F. Shaw 1904. First edition. Publisher's quarter decorated cloth over full-color glazed pictorial boards corners a little worn.Small quarto 9 5/8 x 7 1/8 in; 245 x 180 mm. A few illustrations hand-colored by a child. Closed tear to bottom edge of page. 17. Early ink presentation dated "Christmas 1905" on front paste-down. Illustrated throughout in black and white and color with fifteen drawings by Louis Wain and an unrecorded text drawing by Arthur Rackham so initialed on page 40. Unrecorded and scarce with no copies noted in the Wain or Rackham bibliographies.<br/><br/>Anytime an unrecorded book illustration by Arthur Rackham comes to light it's an item for collectors to note. Buried within this book unheralded on page forty is a black and white text illustration of four chickens in various states of distress as they observe in high dudgeon and with no little annoyance a cat within their food bucket chowing down the chicken feed. And at the lower left of the bucket as small as can be are Rackham's initials as typically drawn. Latimore and Haskell and Riall make no mention of this illustration in their Rackham bibliographies and the Arthur Rackham Society expressed no knowledge of it when we inquired. A true scarcity -- a previously unknown Rackham during his transitional period when his fairies and goblins were emerging but had not yet fully vanquished the simple pay-the-bills work of his early years.<br/><br/>Cf. Dale 34 and 35. John F. Shaw unknown books
19202558Paris Mishan Publishing Co. Editions d'art "La Cible. 1920. Dvenadtsat. Khudojestvienoe izdatelstvo "Michen". Art Editions "The Target". 13 rue Bonaparte. Paris. 1920. 8vo 24 x195 cm 27 ff. : flexible printed card covers. This book contains the two most famous poems of Alexander Block One of Russia's most famous poets. Two plates by Gontcharova six plates and a small illustration by Larionov refined typography. Natalia Gontcharova 1881-1962 was one of the most famous artists of the Russian Avant-garde. Trained in Moscow where she met Larionov 1881-1964 he was to become her life companion. She contributed to a great number of important exhibitions and both Gontcharova and Larionov played a crucial role in the development of Russian art. They settled in Paris shortly before the present edition became French citizens in 1938 and were married in 1955. Larionov exhibited his Rayonnist works at The Target exhibition in 1913 in Moscow. . The illustrations by Larionov showed his freedom in changing from one style to another within the same book as he liked to do in 1912-1913. Name chosen by the bookseller Jacques Povolozky for his publishing house. The most striking work of the symbolist poet Alexandre Block 1880-1921 the twelve red guards representing the new world. Printed by "Union" The most outstanding work of the poet ALEXANDRE BLOCK 1880-1921 were The TWELVE Red Guards and THE SCYTHIANS Both are poems announcing the revolution. REF:Goncharova Larionov. Centre Pompidou. Paris. 1995. Mishan Publishing Co. Editions d'art "La Cible. paperback books
1935277439Budapest: George Vajna 1935. Limited. hardcover. near fine. Translated by Frances Shires. Ten original colored etchings by Lidia Farkas and Zoltan Poharnok. Thin 8vo unpaged bound in linen with an embroidered decoration. Budapest: Dr. George Vajna & Co. n.d. ca.1935. Limited Edition.<br/><br/> Number 103 of 250 copies signed by both artists. The etchings are printed by hand-press and are hand-colored. Small damp-stain on the upper corner of the binding otherwise a fine copy of this exquisite and quite rare book printed in Hungary.<br/><br/> George Vajna unknown books
18653790London: Bradbury & Evans 1865. First edition. Third issue with Part I's title Mr. Facey Romford's Hounds in solid lettering in the original twelve monthly parts May 1864-April 1865. Octavo 8 3/4 x 5 5/8 in; 223 x 144 mm.Collating vi 2 391 1 with twenty-four hand-colored steel-engraved plates two to each volume heightened with gum arabic. The illustrations to Parts VIII-XII are unsigned but by Hablot K. Brown aka "Phiz." The woodcut on the upper wrapper is by Hablot K. Brown. Advertisements collate per Schwerdt save Part VI which lacks the Note of Lever's Martin and Part VII lacking the slip for The Belle of the Village. Publisher's original red-brown pictorial wrappers. Minimal restoration of spines to a few volumes tiny chip to fore- edge of Part I otherwise an excellent and quite lovely set. Chemised and housed in a red cloth clamshell case with black leather spine label lettered in gilt.<br/><br/>"Although Surtees approached his publishers in July 1861 with the idea of bringing out 'Mr. Facey Romford' they preferred not to undertake the matter until Mr. Leech's services were definitely secured and there would be no questoin of such delays as had occurred in the illustrations of 'Handley Cross.' Leech promised however to being in January 1862 and the situation seemed sufficiently secure to set up the type but just at this time the artist held his first exhibition of oil paintings which proved so successful and diverting that the 'Facey Romford' illustrations were again postponed. Surtees in despair at last offered the book in August 1864 to The Field where is was refused. In March of that year Leech finally undertook the drawings but never lived to complete the work which was carried on byPhiz" Field.<br/><br/>Field 225. Tooley 475. Schwerdt II 237. Podeschi 207. Bradbury & Evans unknown books
48566Tallinn: "Aktsiooni" Kirjastus 1927-1933. Octavos 16.3 x 12.5 cm. Original pictorial wrappers by Peet Aren Märt Laarman and Jaan Vahtra; 28 4; 60 4; and 63 I pp. Very good or better. Antson 1899-1945 was an Estonian teacher journalist and writer who participated in the "Aktsioon" "Action" literary group and co-published the eponymous series of almanacs 1926 1927 and 1929. In addition to his travel writing Antson was known for his plays which were often leftist and pacifist in orientation. Much of his work was influenced by expressionism and detailed the horrors of war and revolution. This collection of satirical epigrams in three volumes published over six years a final fourth volume appeared in 1946 takes sharp aim at the literary cultural but also political establishment not only in Estonia but in Europe at large witness the "Hitler" epigram in the 1933 collection!. The set also represents a striking cross-section of Estonian modernist design of the late 1920s with one wrapper each designed by Peet Aren 1889-1970 Märt Laarman 1896-1979 and Jaan Vahtra 1882-1947. Laarman was one of the outstanding followers of cubism and constructivism in Estonia. His "numerous book-covers and illustrations present the possibilities of applying such a method in the field of book graphics that is based upon the constructive rhythm of simple and expressive planes. Moreover Laarman was the first to apply the principles of Elementary Typography new at that time in the design of architectonically expressive and homogeneous books" Rein Loodus 21. In addition to his own work Laarman was also instrumental in furthering public awareness of avantgarde art: "Laarman edited and published The Book of New Art 1928 the group's programmatic almanac which helped the public develop a better understanding of the avant-garde" Art of the Baltics 38. Rare; KVK OCLC show a single copy of vol. I at Göttingen of vol. 2 at Helsinki and of vol. 3 at UCLA. unknown books
