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195496794London: Neville Spearman 1954. red paper-covered boards dust jacket. small 4to. red paper-covered boards dust jacket. 35 pages. First edition Gill no.636.10. With introduction by Sir John Rothenstein. Reproduces Gill's sketch book with represents his first attempts at life drawing. Contains 23 sketches. Jacket chipping around edges minor soiling. Neville Spearman unknown books
195449835London: Neville Spearman 1954. First edition small 4to unpaginated; contains twenty-four sketches of Gill's first life drawings of men and women; original red cloth with gilt-lettered spine and Gill's monogram on upper cover stamped in gilt pictorial dust jacket; endpapers have some offset from jacket internally clean jacket rubbed and worn overall very good and sound. Introduction by Sir John Rothenstein. <br/><br/> Neville Spearman hardcover books
1839New York: The Citadel Press 1954. A pristine copy in lightly soiled dust wrapper. unknown books
19544122London: Neville Spearman 1954. First edition. Hardcover. Orig. cloth. Near fine in worn dust wrapper with loss at head. Unpaginated. 25 x 17 1/2 cm. Introduction by Sir John Rothenstein. Gill was forty-four when he began drawing from life. The twenty-four herein were made in Paris 1926. The economy and clarity of line are on each page. Neville Spearman hardcover books
1954D4506London: Neville Spearman 1954. Limited Edition of 100 copies. Hardcover. Very Good. White faux morocco; thin 4to; with 24 reproductions of sketches by Gill. Number 1 from a limited edition of 100 copies signed by the artist's son Gordian Gill. Covers a little soiled. Publisher's compliments slip laid-in. <br/><br/> Neville Spearman hardcover books
1954D7645London: Neville Spearman 1954. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Red cloth gilt-stamped lettering on spine; illustrated dust jacket; small 4to; pp. 8 plus 24 sketches reproduced on the recto only. Spine tips and corners lightly rubbed otherwise book is fine. Dust jacket faintly rubbed and dust-soiled; small chips at spine tips and corners; VG in mylar. The sketches are amongst Gill's first life drawings of nude men and women offering a glimpse of the artist's early work at the outset of his career. <br/><br/> Neville Spearman hardcover books
198519586Philadelphia: Slash and Burn Press 1985. First edition. Paperback. Fine. 8vo. A fine copy of this slender poetry chapbook. Cover artwork by Jay Jackson. <br/><br/> Slash and Burn Press paperback books
192933356NY: Macmillan 1929. Hardcover. Very good. First Edition. x 250pp. Prelims foxed else a very good hardback in a rubbed and edgeworn jacket that has a small spot of loss on the spine and at the bottom of the front panel. <br/><br/> Macmillan hardcover 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
1992702737NY: HarperCollins. 1992. Advance Uncorrected Manuscript. Very Good in wrappers. Unless otherwise noted our first editions are first printings. First Edition. Softcover. Very Good. HarperCollins paperback books
198768616Puuene: Ruwanga Trading 1987. 32p. profusely illus. children's book on indigenous Hawaiians in the modern era facing a volcano 6.5x7.5 inches previous owner's name. Ruwanga Trading unknown books
194560374Montgomery AL: The Committee 1945. First edition a reproduced typescript. 4to. 1 2 9 5 8 6 10 3 pp. printed rectos only. The committee was composed of Gill a physician and state health officer Clark a professor of food hygiene and health and Tucker a nutritionist; it inspected each of the state's prisons Kilby Draper Atmore and Julia Tutwiler women's the state Cattle Ranch and all of its road camps paying particular attention to medical and dental services rehabilitation work and food services and nutrition noting many deficiencies in all areas and making recommendations for remediation in detail. The races were largely segregated but seemed to have shared fairly equally the poor conditions but with African Americans bearing the brunt of the road camp work. The "History of the Alabama Department of Corrections" on that organization's website makes no mention of this report and none of its findings or recommendations are included in the ADOC website timeline. Apparently not recorded on OCLC. Some age soiling else very good. Brad-bound at top final leaf with tear at brad. #7545. <br/><br/> The Committee unknown books
198144841Plainfield IN: Alembic Press 1981. Paperback. 76p. very good first edition trade paperback in pictorial wraps. Young 1437. Alembic Press paperback books
19537011London: Privately Printed 1953. First Limited Edition. One of 300 numbered copies. 16mo; quarter linen over printed paper boards; original glassine unprinted jacket; 59pp; 10 gravure plates of Gill's friezes for the Archaeological Museum of Jerusalem commissioned in 1934. Hint of sunning to upper board edges else Fine in original glassine. GILL Bibliography 54a. Privately Printed unknown books
1952239329High Wycombe: Hague Gill & Davey Ltd 1952. First edition. 70 pp. 1 vols. 12mo. Blue cloth. Near Fine. Very Rare. First edition. 70 pp. 1 vols. 12mo. see Gill 54a Hague Gill & Davey Ltd unknown books
1952132347London: Printed in Great Britain and Published by Curtis Warren Limited 1952. Octavo pictorial wrappers. First edition. The author's first book. At a secret base in Antarctica invaders from Venus are modifying Earth's atmosphere preparing the planet for colonization. A fine nearly "as new" copy.#132347 Printed in Great Britain and Published by Curtis Warren Limited unknown books
1855WRCAM6466Philadelphia 1855. 285pp. plus plates. Frontis. Original gilt pictorial cloth. Boards and spine moderately faded. Contemporary church library bookplate on front free endpaper. Textblock somewhat shaken. Occasional minor dampstaining and foxing. A good copy. Christianity vs. savagery. "In spite of the title this work is concerned with description and travel and relates the history of the Christian missions in Melanesia." - Hill. HILL 703 another ed. hardcover 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
38876Philadelphia: Presbyterian Board of Publication n.d. x. b/w ills. vi-232 pp. <br/><br/>Western Polynesia including New Hebrides New Caledonia. "Pearls of wisdom from Gill on the attributes of a Christian versus a savage lifestyle. In spite of the title this work is concerned with description and travel."Hill 703. An attractive copy bound in original gilt decorated and blindstamped cloth lightly sunned. Text and wood engraved illustrations are bright. Presbyterian Board of Publication hardcover books
19409927ENew York: Putnam 1940. First Edition. Signed presentation copy from Tom Gill inscribed by the author: “For Rose The old man just keeps on trying. Always Tom. Washington D.C. May 27 ‘40.†Very good lightly used copy in a very good dust jacket with a few small chips and tears. A romantic adventure story set in the Caribbean with crooked politics gang fights jungle duels and flaming romance. The front panel of the dust jacket is a color painting of a handsome young American man wearing a white suit sitting talking to a beautiful young island woman wearing a flower print dress. Putnam unknown books
196957500Trumansburg: New/Books 1969. Paperback. 40p 6.25x8.25 inches signed handwritten note from Gill to Canadian poet Tom Marshall laid in chapbook in stapled printed tan wraps rear wrap creased else very good condition. Gill's second book preceding the founding of Crossing Press. Young 1438. New/Books paperback books
19697634Trumansburg: New/Books 1969. First edition. 38 pp. Near fine in stapled wrappers with light tanning to extrems. Gill's second book. Young 1438. Trumansburg: New/Books unknown books
1978119638Santa Monica CA: Gemological Institute of America 1978. cloth. 8vo. cloth. xiv 420 pages. Frontispiece. Table of contents preface introduction Arranged chronologically by subject. Gemological Institute of America unknown books
23628Trumansburg: New/Books 1969. First edition of his second book. 8vo. Wrappers. Presentation copy inscribed to Harold Norse in 1974. A nice association. Young 1438. Trumansburg: New/Books, 1969. unknown books
23627Trumansburg: New/Books 1969. First edition of his second book. 8vo. Wrappers. Young 1438. Trumansburg: New/Books, 1969. unknown books