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200526796London: Nobody Books 2005. Fine in an almost fine jacket. Limited Edition. Oblong quarto. SIGNED by Gill. An edition of 1000 copies. Published on the occasion of the exhibition at Victoria Miro Gallery London. London: Nobody Books unknown books
1951146938London: Printed in England and Published by Curtis Warren Limited. 1951. Octavo cover by Ray Theobald pictorial wrappers. First edition. Strange events on Earth and out beyond Pluto lead investigators to conclude that an invasion of the solar system is at hand. "A well-written and complex story of alien invasion nicely understated." - Harbottle and Holland. Reginald 06398. Harbottle and Holland A214. A fine copy. #146938 Printed in England and Published by Curtis Warren Limited. unknown books
1951146939London: Printed in England & Published by Curtis Warren Ltd. 1951. Octavo cover by Ray Theobald pictorial wrappers. First edition. Earth and Venus go to war over a fuel found on Venus. ". shoddy space opera." - Harbottle and Holland. Reginald 07553. Harbottle and Holland A257. Short closed tear at bottom left corner of front cover else a fine copy. #146939 Printed in England & Published by Curtis Warren Ltd. unknown books
1951145381London: Printed in England and Published by Curtis Warren Ltd. 1951. Small octavo pictorial wrappers. First edition. The Blue Men hostile alien space pirates hijack Earth transport vessels on the newly opened route between Earth and Tanus. "Another of the atrociously written space operas by Hughes essentially a transplanted western." - Harbottle and Holland. Reginald 07550. Harbottle and Holland A254. small chip from lower spine end a bright very good or better copy. #145381 Printed in England and Published by Curtis Warren Ltd. unknown books
196724887NY: Horizon Press 1967. Hardcover. Very good. 67pp. Small ink name on front free endpaper otherwise very good in a lightly rubbed jacket. Uncommon in cloth. <br/><br/> Horizon Press hardcover books
1977005079Scribner's 1977. Book. Very Fine. Cloth. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Very fine copy in a fine plus jacket.First McGarr Book. Author's Third Book. Great copy. Scribner's Hardcover books
1950010268Doubleday 1950. Book. Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Fine Copy In Like Jacket.First Book.Excellent Fresh Copy. $3.00 on flap.Beautiful Copy. Doubleday Hardcover books
193918041701London: James Clarke & Co. Ltd 1939. Wraps. Near fine. Gill Eric. A small book by the inimitable printmaker and typographer Eric Gill 1882-1940 in which he makes a case for socialism and social justice through the lens of the crucifixion of Jesus Christ; each stage of his crucifixion is examined and explored as it relates to contemporary social and economic issues. <br/><br/>This book features a wood engraving by Gill of Jesus Christ carrying the cross done in simple line work carved into the block.<br/><br/>___DESCRIPTION: Green paper wraps dark navy lettering and wood engraving by Eric Gill on the front wrap dark navy lettering on the spine title page with same wood engraving as the front wrap; sixteenmo 6.5" by 4" pagination: i-iv 1-21. <br/><br/>___CONDITION: Volume is near fine with clean wraps a strong square text block with solid hinges the interior is clean and bright and entirely free of prior owner markings; spine is sunned shallow crease to the front wrap very slight wear to the corners and slight cracking at the gutter of pages 16 and 17 but text block is still strong.<br/><br/>___CITATION: Gill no. 40.<br/><br/>___POSTAGE: Â 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. James Clarke & Co. Ltd unknown books
19131305205Manchester: University of Manchester 1913. Hardcover. Octavo; G-/no DJ; Ex-Library; Hardcover w/out DJ; Spine black with gold print; Boards in black cloth with gold print tattered corners and spine caps spotting and shelfwear tape across spine for reinforcement; Text block has gilt top edge deckle-edged shaken binding intermittent spine breaks front endpapers torn along spine exposing binding library label on front pastedown spotting to front endpapers library stamp on verso of frontispiece and verso of title page call number in pencil on verso of title page; 412 pages frontispiece folded map folded map after final page 20 page publisher catalog. 1305205. Rockville Non-Retail Listings. University of Manchester hardcover books
19309181Waltham Saint Lawrence: Golden Cockerel Press 1930. Hardcover. Orig. blue/green cloth leather spine label nicked. Teg. Very good. Gill Eric. 79 pages. 27 x 19.5 cm. Translated into English by William Jowett. Ornaments and initial letters by Eric Gill. Printed by Robert and Moira Gibbings. Limited edition copy 152 of 500. CHANTICLEER 69. Backstrip slightly sunned. Golden Cockerel Press hardcover books
198652017Council Bluffs: Yellow Barn Press 1986. Edition limited to 200 copies this no. 120 12mo pp. 6 15 3; frontispiece wood engraving by John DePol 2 line engravings after Eric Gill's original blocks; unbound sheets complete with the DePol endpapers; fine. According to Gill men should be more flamboyant and women should practice extreme modesty at all times. Men he argues are reasonable unlike women and therefore would not let vanity get out of hand. Walsdorf A10. <br/><br/> Yellow Barn Press unknown books
1839New York: The Citadel Press 1954. A pristine copy in lightly soiled dust wrapper. unknown books
1927WRCLIT81408London: Faber & Gwyer 1927. Sewn pictorial wrapper. Frontis and cover illustration by Eric Gill. Wrapper tanned at edges with thumbprint size spot of darkening toward top of fore-edge internally fine. First edition ordinary issue. Number 5 of the Ariel Poems. Printed at the Curwen Press. GILL 278. Faber & Gwyer unknown books
1855WRCAM24563Philadelphia 1855. 232pp. plus plates. Frontis. Original gilt pictorial cloth. Head of spine a bit chipped. A bit tanned. Else very good. "In spite of the title this work is concerned with description and travel and relates the history of the Christian missions in Melanesia." - Hill. The frontispiece depicts Captain Cook landing on Eromanga. HILL 703. hardcover books
1951146940London: Printed in England & Published by Curtis Warren Ltd. 1951. Octavo cover by Ray Theobald pictorial wrappers. First edition. Earth and Venus go to war over a fuel found on Venus. ". shoddy space opera." - Harbottle and Holland. Reginald 07553. Harbottle and Holland A257. 35¢ price stamped on front cover from owner's name stamped on title page spine panel a bit tanned a nearly fine copy. #146940 Printed in England & Published by Curtis Warren Ltd. unknown books
19674863Vancouver: The Library University of British Columbia Wil Hudson 1967. Very Good/The text first appeared as the foreword to "Wood Engraving" by R. John Beedham in 1921. It was printed here by the legendary Wil Hudson for the opening of the National Library and Archives Building at the University of British Columbia and "as a tribute to W. Kaye Lamb Dominion Archivist and First National Librarian of Canada." The edition is limited to 450 copies. 26 cm; 12 pages sewn in self wraps. Upper wrap printed in red and black. Includes original wood engraving of "Grouse Mountain in Wintertime" by Vancouver artist George Kuthan. Some slight crimping at bound edge due to inattentive storage. The Library, University of British Columbia [Wil Hudson] paperback books
1932135143Los Angeles: Fox Film Corporation 1932. Post-production Screen Continuity script for the 1932 film. Based on the 1931 novel "The Gay Bandit."<br/><br/>A football and wrestling star Ted Radcliffe heads West to claim his inheritance a cattle ranch smack in the middle of a Mexican-American border territory that wealthy land-grabber Paco Morales has been attempting to steal from its poorer residents. Luckily a masked hero has been fighting in favor of the peasants and Ted happens to fall for Morales' niece Adela while they battle Morales as well. <br/><br/>Pale blue titled wrappers dated January 26th 1932 noting footage of 5400 feet. Mimeograph duplication. Very Good plus condition. Fox Film Corporation unknown books
1993010019San Antonio: Corona Publishing 1993. First Edition. Paperback. Fine/No. First edition. A thick trade paperback book containing stories by Bass Gill Carolyn Osborne and other western writers. Edited by Mark Busby who has INSCRIBED this copy. Additionally the book has been SIGNED by TEN of the contributors including Dagoberto Gill Carolyn Osborne Jan Epton Seale Ewing Campbell James Hannah Peter La salle and others. Fine copy. Signed by Author. <br/><br/> Corona Publishing paperback books
196730474Rutland: Charles E. Tuttle Company 1967. First edition. Cloth. Very Good/very good. Tall clothbound quarto in dustwrapper. 224 pp. Stated first printing. Illustrated mostly in black and white but with some color plates as well. Over 300 black and white illustrations and 16 full-color plates. SIGNED by Flora Gill Jacobs on the front endpaper. A fascinating book on this subject. A clean very good copy in dustwrapper priced at top of the front flap but clipped at the bottom of same. Charles E. Tuttle Company unknown books
194720019New York: Dial Press 1947. First Edition. Octavo. Cloth boards; dustjacket; 246pp. Text evenly age-toned else tight and fine in the original Arthur Hawkins dustwrapper slightly darkened on spine panel lightly worn at extremities still Near Fine. Bright copy of the author's uncommon first book winner of the Avery Hopwood prize for 1946. Eckert went on to pen a few Crime Club mysteries in the Fifties under the name Josephine Eckert Gill. Dial Press unknown books
199026366Boston: David R. Godine 1990. First American edition. Cloth. Near Fine/near fine. Large clothbound quarto in dustwrapper. 478 pp. This volume compiled by Gill's nephew contains Gill's complete oeuvre - from his religious subjects to his erotic fantasies. With hundreds of illustrations of the artist's engravings. Ever so slight shelfwear else a fine copy in patterned green cloth covers in a near fine unclipped dustwrapper. Terrific book on Gill. Stated first U.S. edition. A very large and heavy book. David R. Godine unknown books
1899183873Springfield Mass: The King-Richardson Co 1899. Hardcover. G/Fair covers have water damage at top and along spine. Pages are generally clean some toning/ink lift from illustrations. Color pop-outs in good condition. Red cloth covers. xii 636 pages : illustrations some color superimposed plates. How-to farmer's guide to everything from hog husbandry to blackberry culture. Awesome two colour pop-outs of general horse and cow anatomy which peel back layers of physiology to reveal details of various structures and systems. The King-Richardson Co hardcover books
196531190London and New York: Studio Vista and Reinhold Publishing Corporation 1965. Reprint. Hardcover. Very Good. Nearly square hardbound octavo. 95 pp. This early reprint edition contains the authors' perspective on certain aspects of illustration using examples by Ben Shahn Henri Matisse Tomi Ungerer George Grosz Milton Glaser and Paul Rand among many others. Book is illustrated in both color and black and white. Some general light reading wear. A very good example. Most of this edition was printed softbound and the hardcover version is quite uncommon. Studio Vista and Reinhold Publishing Corporation hardcover books
002462Windham: Hawthorn House 1935. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 43pp. Limited to 160 copies. Black boards have faint splash marks. Windham: Hawthorn House, 1935 unknown books
1996TB30511Norwalk Conn.: The Easton Press 1996. Collector's Edition. Fine in blue-gray full leather covered boards with gilt text and decorations in four compartments on the spine and gilt borders and tool work on the boards. The edges of the text block are gilt and the end sheets are silk with a placement ribbon sewn-in at the head of the spine. One of the volumes in the Easton Press Library of Fly-Fishing Classics. An 12mo measuring 7 1/8" by 4 1/2" with 216 pages of text. This title is no longer published and sold by The Easton Press. A bright clean and crisp copy with no prior owner's plates names dates or notations. The Easton Press hardcover books