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1963140940527Highlands North Carolina: The Nantahala Foundation 1963. First Edition. Very Good. First edition copy #32 of 100 signed by Jonathan Williams and illustrator R.B. Kitaj. Stringbound wraps. Very Good with wear to back wrap from removed sticker. Jargon 61. The Nantahala Foundation unknown books
19061330553New York: The Macmilliam Company 1906. Hardcover. Octavo; Fair; Hardcover; Spine green with black print; Boards in green cloth wear to corners and spine caps mild shelfwear cocked spine; Text block has cracked rear hinge tanning to endpapers small stains on front endpapers intermittent spine breaks large portion of p. 165/166 torn out mild age-toning to paper; xiii 406 pages frontispiece illustrated b&w plates. 1330553. FP New Rockville Stock. The Macmilliam Company 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
1865292296New York: James Miller 1865. Hard Cover. Good binding. With "some slight abridgments" from the Advertisement. The publisher is so self-effacing about Gulliver's Travels that he derides it a bit as a "present reprint"."intended simpley as an edition to our increasing but yet not too numerous stock of books of recreation". Swift's name is not included on the title or the half-title page. The engravings by S. P. Avery have charm.~~Brown embossed cloth stamped in gilt with image of Gulliver both on the upper board and the spine. Lacking the front endpaper and the first blank leaf. Previous owner name on the pastedown the recto of the frontispiece the half-title and the tile page. Good binding. James Miller unknown books
