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2003140941422Washington D.C. & Philadelphia: American Onithologists' Union & Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 2003. First Edition. Fine. A complete set in 716 original parts each one staple bound in wraps housed in 18 of publishers' leather slipcases with labels. All Table of Contents errata corrigenda slipcases and labels included. First edition. Parts Fine with occasional slight curling to spines from storage. Slipcases have minor shelf wear and a little faint creasing else Fine. A massive undertaking with each species of North American bird having its own part. One of 2400 copies of the series. American Onithologists' Union & Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia unknown books
1981228931Oxford: Phaidon 1981. hardcover. fine/fine. With many b/w and color illustrations. 287pp. 4to black cloth d.w. Oxford: Phaidon 1981. A fine copy in a fine dust wrapper.<br/><br/> A Cornell/Phaidon Book.<br/><br/> Phaidon unknown books
1987702736NY: E.P. Dutton. 1987. Advance Uncorrected Proof. Very Good in wrappers. Unless otherwise noted our first editions are first printings. First Edition. Softcover. Very Good. E.P. Dutton paperback books
1971WN5085New Haven: Yale Univ. Press 1971. Brown paper covered boards with gilt spine lettering and rules. 1" split at bottom of upper joint. Spine ends somewhat crumpled. Price clipped dust jacket with some crumpling and a few missing chips at spine ends and edges. Small dampstain on lower panel. This 1876-1884 portion of Ruskin's diary published here for the first time. . First Edition. Paper Covered Boards. Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Trade. Yale Univ. Press Hardcover books
17083263n. p. n. d. Limited Edition. No binding. Near fine. Gill Eric. No. 4 of 10 numbered and signed by Eric Gill. The Golden Cockerel Press published an edition of Chaucer's collection of lyric narratives "The Canterbury Tales" featuring wood engravings by Eric Gill 1882-1940; Gill designed initial capitals to begin each tale and borders fill the work throughout. <br/><br/>This print a proof print of "The Clerk's Tale" P656 on laid paper has one of Gill's classically sensual figures perched in a tree with an initial capital S that would begin the tale; the print is signed in pencil "Eric G" below the engraving with the limitation number also in his hand.<br/><br/>___DESCRIPTION: Thin cream laid paper top edge untrimmed printed in black; leaf including margins 7.75" by 11" engraving 5.25" by 8" in an edition of 10 this number 4 numbered and signed by Eric Gill.<br/><br/>___CONDITION: Near fine clean overall with a few very faint foxing marks to lower margin some light creasing around the edges. <br/><br/>___CITATION: Skelton P656.<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 book we sell. Please contact us with any questions you may have we are here to help. unknown books
196736977New York: Basic Books 1967. First Edition. Thick octavo 24cm.; publisher's cloth in decorative price-clipped dust jacket salmon topstain; x943pp.; photographic portrait frontispiece. Some minor wear to jacket extremities corners gently bumped else Very Good and sound. Basic Books unknown books
279458Philadelphia: Wm. F. Fell. paperback. fine. Woodcuts. 32pp. 12mo wrappers d.w. Philadelphia: Wm. F. Fell n.d. circa 1950. Limited edtion. Fine<br/><br/> Street cries of Philadelphia. First published in 1810.<br/><br/> Wm. F. Fell unknown books
13393New York: Doubleday 1957. Cloth fine in fine dust jacket with slight chip at base of spine. First edition. <br/><br/> hardcover books
1989015154Morrow 1989. Book. Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Fine Copy In Like Jacket First Edition $118.95 0n Flap. Excellent Recent Biblio-Mystery. Morrow Hardcover books
191517083308London: The Hampshire House Workshops 1915. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Very good. Gill Eric. No. 28 of the first 200 copies of this edition designated "proof" copies duodecimo size 136 pp. signed by both Eric Gill and Douglas Pepler. Eric Gill 1882-1940 and Douglas Pepler 1878-1951 worked together for many years founding the St Dominic's Press and creating numerous splendid works of art and writing. This collection of essays takes a look at the society of the time examining the relationships among people situations of work and the effects of the Industrial Revolution. Eric Gill provides woodcuts to illustrate the text several full-page images and several in-text; with a simplistic approach to detail Gill creates scenes of both acute observation and satire.<br/><br/>___DESCRIPTION: Quarter tan cloth with red paper boards lettering and woodcut by Eric Gill in black on the front board black lettering on the spine fore- and bottom edges rough cut frontispiece a woodcut of a sword with lettering down the blade by Eric Gill title page with same woodcut as the front board six full-page woodcuts including title page by Gill others set in-text P36 - P44 P46; duodecimo size 7.5" by 5.25" pagination: i-vi vii-viii 1-123 124-128 one of 200 copies this number 28 signed by Eric Gill and Douglas Pepler on the limitation page.<br/><br/>___CONDITION: Volume is very good with clean boards corners without rubbing a strong square text block with solid hinges and the interior is clean and bright; light rubbing to the paper on the front and back boards some rubbing to the top edges of the boards corners are gently bumped spine slightly cocked and faintly sunned rear hinge is starting to crack but is still strong and there is a prior owner name in pen on the front paste-down endpaper with the date of July 1916.<br/><br/>___CITATION: Gill 259.<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 book we sell. Please contact us with any questions you may have we are here to help. The Hampshire House Workshops hardcover books
191543354London: The Hampshire House Workshops 1915. 1st Edition Gill/Corey/Mackenzie 259. Beige quarter cloth stamped in black red paper over boards printed in black. Extremity wear; spine darkened; spotting to boards; abrasion to paper overlay of rear board. Internally clean and sound overall with only minor foxing to endpapers and occasional very minor soil to margins. About VG. viii 123 5 pp. B/w woodcut illustrations by Eric Gill. 7-1/2" x 5" <br/><br/>A solid copy of the second book Gill illustrated with a total of 11 woodcuts including the five triangular devices. One of 1300 non-"proof" copies priced at 2s. 6d. The Hampshire House Workshops hardcover books
198046594NY: Lippincott and Crowell 1980. Hardcover. Very good. First American edition. 215pp. Very good hardback in a slightly tanned jacket. <br/><br/> Lippincott and Crowell hardcover books
1980E1003901Lippincott 1980-08-01. First Edition. Hardcover. Good. ISigned by Authors. Signed by Authors Signed by Author 0690018932 Signed & Limited Edition- #178 of 345 - Signed by both Brendan Gill and Derry Moore First Edition stated In slipcase Only minor shelf wear clean good binding no marks or notations. Lippincott hardcover books
1979030751Oxford: Clarendon Press 1979. x 275p. b/w illus. dj. Clarendon Press unknown books
193422688London: n.p. 1934. Wood engraving being number 2 of 20 proofs numbered and signed "Eric G" in pencil along lower edge of image; single off-white sheet measuring 9.1 x 5.5 inches printed in black and showing an unmade bed bookcase window small table and rug from a variety of perspectives making for an Escher-esque viewing experience; a few small brown spots in the generous lower margin not affecting image otherwise very good. "The Empty Bed" appears on page 39 of The Constant Mistress Golden Cockerel Press 1934 by Gill's sister Enid Clay illustrating the poem "The Young Girl's Room." Gill Bibliography 293. <br/><br/> n.p. unknown books
1963229279London Her Majesty's Stationery Office 1963. 1963. Small 4to. Frontispiece self portrait of Gill and 205 woodcut illustrations by Eric Gill. 2 page introduction by John Physick. Original stiff cream wrappers stamped in black with a woodcut illustrations of a lion with wings. Very good. 94 pages original stiff wrappers. No signatures or bookplates. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket. London, Her Majesty's Stationery Office, 1963. paperback books
196349746London: Victoria & Albert Museum by Her Majesty's Stationery Office 1963. 8vo pp. 8 94; illus. throughout; very good in original printed wrappers. Catalogue and reproductions of 206 engravings on wood and metal chosen from the comprehensive collection given to the V & A's Dept. of Prints and Drawings by Gill's widow in 1952. <br/><br/> Victoria & Albert Museum by Her Majesty's Stationery Office unknown books
198350832Wellingborough: Christopher Skelton 1983. Edition limited to 1435 copies this one of 1350 on Mohawk Superfine large 4to pp. xxiv 545 3; contains reproductions of 1074 of Gill's wood engravings 3 folding plates some of the illustrations are in color; fine copy in original cream shelf-backed black cloth boards embossed with a Gill image of three nudes publisher's slipcase. A virtually complete catalogue of all Gill's wood engravings notes by the publisher and "Eric Gill: A Personal Record by Douglas Cleverdon." With a publisher's slip laid in as issued regarding the binding structure. <br/><br/> Christopher Skelton hardcover books
239Austin: University of Texas 1982. . 4to white printed wrappers color vignette on front cover Austin: University of Texas, 1982. unknown books
1994127049London: Cassell 1994. Paperback. xviii 282p. introduction references footnotes tables very good later printing trade paperback in lavender wraps. Cassell paperback books
199121664London: Hodder & Stoughton 1991. 1st edition. Red cloth binding. Dust jacket. Nr Fine/VG. 240 pp. 8vo. 24cm x 16cm. <br/><br/>Winner of the Crime Writers Association's Gold Dagger. Hodder & Stoughton hardcover books
2011136435Ann Arbor Mich: The University of Michigan Press 2011. Hardcover. VG. Red cloth red & illus. dust jacket 160 pp. many color illus. Issued in conjunction with a 2011-2012 exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery London. "Examines the vibrant relationship between art and theatre in England in the late seventeenth and eighteenth centuries and the remarkable visibility of some of tis best-known stars. It consders how actresses such as Nell Gwyn Kitty Clive Mary Robinson Dorothy Jordan Giovanna Baccelli and Sarah Siddons achieved fame and notoriety and explores the important role played by painted portraits mass reproduced prints and graphic satire." dj. The University of Michigan Press hardcover books
1931317876n.p. but actually St. Lawrence Waltham: The Golden Cockerel Press 1931. Number 473 of 488 numbered copies printed on Batchelor handmade paper from a total edition of five hundred copies. 64 wood-engraved illustrations and initials printed from the blocks by Eic Gill. 1 vols. Small folio. Three quarter white pigskin and tan polished buckram raised bands t.e.g. by Sangorski & Sutcliffe. Some light soiling and faintest traces of rubbing to spine. Fine copy. Gill Eric. Number 473 of 488 numbered copies printed on Batchelor handmade paper from a total edition of five hundred copies. 64 wood-engraved illustrations and initials printed from the blocks by Eic Gill. 1 vols. Small folio. Gill's Masterpiece. One of Eric Gill's masterpieces as an illustrator. "Conceived in the fruitful mind of Robert Gibbings this is the Golden Cockerel book usually compared with the Doves BIBLE and the Kelmscott CHAUCER. A flower among the best products of English romantic genius it is also surely thanks to its illustrator . the book among all books in which the Roman type has been best mated with any kind of illustration" Chanticleer. Gill Eric Gill 285; Chanticleer 78; Artist & the Book 122; From Manet to Hockney 89 The Golden Cockerel Press unknown books
1928107174Very slim small 8vo. London: Lanston Monotype Corp. for Eric Gill 1928. Very slim small 8vo 17 3 pp. Original black buckram as new. Bookplate by David Jones of Walter Shewring. § A true rarity limited to 55 copies and so inscribed in ink at the back by Eric Gill. Only two copies have sold at auction in the last 40 years; a handful of Institutional copies are noted. The book is a tiny treasure -- the title-page has a lovely device printed in red and the colophon has a large woodcut map of the location of Pigotts where Gill lived and worked at that time. Lanston Monotype Corp. for Eric Gill hardcover books
19319926ENew York: Cosmopolitan 1931. First Edition of the Author’s First Book. Signed presentation copy inscribed by the author Tom Gill inscribed: “To Rose: This first copy of a first novel. With all my best Tom.†Very good lightly used copy in a very good dust jacket with a few small chips and tears. A romantic adventure story set along the often treacherous Arizona-Mexico border. The front panel of the dust jacket is a striking color painting of a determined looking young American man and a lovely young Mexican woman wearing a tiara and an embroidered shawl. Cosmopolitan unknown books
