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1969WRCLIT30941London: Chatto & Windus / The Hogarth Press 1969. Cloth. First edition. About fine in lightly spine-sunned dust jacket. Chatto & Windus / The Hogarth Press 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
20012307241London: Hermes House 2001. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. Ink name on endpaper edge wear to jacket. 2001 Hard Cover. A comprehensive guide to the ancient Chinese art of Feng Shui. Ancient formulae and symbols explained and interpreted for today's world with simple tables to help apply them and a unique glimpse at the professional use of the Luo Pan the Feng Shui compasss. Practical advice on applying the principles--from choosing a house to adding subtle details to your existing home and from creating tranquil outdoor spaces to realizing dreams and aspirations. Gives an insight into relationships in the office and at home suggests ways to improve health career and friendships to create nurturing environments for your loved ones. Over 6000 photographs and illustrations including floor plans and garden designs help you make a full Feng Shui survey on your living spaces. Hermes House hardcover 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
195108749Cambridge: Addson-Welsley Press Inc 1951. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine. Octavo. With special reference to the EDSAC and the uses of a library of subroutines. 167 2pp Bound in original cloth. This was the first textbook written on the subject of computers computer programming and software. Wilkes Director of the Mathematical Laboratory of the University of Cambridge designed and built the EDSAC-the first storage program computer with the assistance of Wheeler and Gill for Cambridge University. A near fine copy with neat owner's name on front free endpaper. <br/><br/> Addson-Welsley Press, Inc hardcover books
17083257n. p. n. d. No binding. Very good . Gill Eric. Scarce woodblock print of Eric Gill's "The Purchaser" P40 on tissue paper initialled "E. G." in the block; the engraving was used in "The Devil's Devices" and elsewhere. <br/><br/>___DESCRIPTION: Cream leaf of tissue paper approx. 11.75" by 9.25" with 5" by 3.25" print in black. <br/><br/>___CONDITON: Very good plus with light crimping to the edges and a few faint spots of foxing. <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
192720372Capel-Y-Ffin Abergavenny: Francis Walterson 1927. First edition. Hardcover. Orig. quarter red buckram spine green/blue mottled batik boards spine lettered in gilt. Near fine. Gill Eric. 21 pages. 22 x 17.5 cm. Limited edition copy 116 of 150 signed by Eric Gill hand printed on Batchelor hand-made paper by the Chiswick Press with wood engravings by Eric Gill. Introduction by John O'Connor noting the author composed this piece in a Toledo cell. GILL 280. Clean bright copy backstrip slightly sunned. Francis Walterson hardcover books
1912134652Cambridge: W. Heffer & Sons Ltd. 1912. Octavo pp. 1-8 1-187 188: printer's imprint original pictorial blue cloth front and spine panels stamped in black. First edition. A collection of nine ghost stories dedicated to Swain's longtime friend M. R. James. ". Swain's tales share many features with those of James' and draw on the friends' common interests and antiquarian studies. They are however rather milder in tone and regularly incorporate a playful humour not often found in James' work. The tales relate the adventures of a fictionalized version of the author Mr Batchel Rector of Stoneground parish. Although by today's standards readers may find Swain's stories rather lacking in supernatural horrors their subtle qualities become apparent on re-reading and many find Mr Batchel one of the most enduring creations of English ghost fiction." - Wilson Shadows in the Attic p. 468. Ashley Who's Who in Horror and Fantasy Fiction p. 170. Barron ed Horror Literature 3-193. Bleiler The Guide to Supernatural Fiction 1571. Locke A Spectrum of Fantasy p. 209. Sullivan ed The Penguin Encyclopedia of Horror and the Supernatural p. 419. Tymn ed Horror Literature 3-238. Bleiler 1978 p. 190. Reginald 13908. Spine panel tanned a very good copy. #134652 W. Heffer & Sons Ltd. unknown books
1912130812Cambridge: W. Heffer & Sons Ltd. 1912. Octavo pp. 1-8 1-187 188: printer's imprint original pictorial blue cloth front and spine panels stamped in black. First edition. A collection of nine ghost stories dedicated to Swain's longtime friend M. R. James. ". Swain's tales share many features with those of James' and draw on the friends' common interests and antiquarian studies. They are however rather milder in tone and regularly incorporate a playful humour not often found in James' work. The tales relate the adventures of a fictionalized version of the author Mr Batchel Rector of Stoneground parish. Although by today's standards readers may find Swain's stories rather lacking in supernatural horrors their subtle qualities become apparent on re-reading and many find Mr Batchel one of the most enduring creations of English ghost fiction." - Wilson Shadows in the Attic p. 468. Ashley Who's Who in Horror and Fantasy Fiction p. 170. Barron ed Horror Literature 3-193. Bleiler The Guide to Supernatural Fiction 1571. Locke A Spectrum of Fantasy p. 209. Sullivan ed The Penguin Encyclopedia of Horror and the Supernatural p. 419. Tymn ed Horror Literature 3-238. Bleiler 1978 p. 190. Reginald 13908. Cloth rubbed at upper spine end spine panel tanned endpapers and page edges just a bit tanned a very good copy. Penciled signature of A. Langley Searles noted fantasy enthusiast and publisher of the long-running fanzine FANTASY COMMENTATOR dated 1944 on front paste-down. An attractive copy. #130812 W. Heffer & Sons Ltd. unknown books
193036916Piggots Near Speen Buckinghamshire: Printed by René Hague & Eric Gill 1930. One of 225 copies. 5 x 3-3/4 inches. Wood-engraved frontispiece by Gill. Single unsigned gathering of four leaves. 8 pp. 1 vols. Original blue wrappers. Fine. Gill Eric. One of 225 copies. 5 x 3-3/4 inches. Wood-engraved frontispiece by Gill. Single unsigned gathering of four leaves. 8 pp. 1 vols. The first book printed at Gill's home Piggots Buckinghamshire; and not offered for sale. Gill 283 Printed by René Hague & Eric Gill 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
20092200738AuthorHouse 2009. First Edition. Trade Paperback. Near Fine. Signed by author. First edition - a paperback original. Inscribed and signed without attribution on front flyleaf 'Warmest regards Anna Gill'. 2009 Trade Paperback. We have more books available by this author!. 397 pp. Dickie Short begins writing letters designed to spread the word about environmental destruction in the Chesapeake Bay area and reporter Tug Alston attempts to put a stop to it. AuthorHouse paperback books
2003249707New York: Palgrave Macmillan 2003. hardcover. fine/very good. Color Illus. 78pp. Folio pictorial boards d.w. New York: Palgrave Macmillan 2003. Very good<br/><br/> Pages 1-19 comprise a folding timeline that is 14 feet in length and has 2000 facts and dates. Also there is a folding map of Central Park.<br/><br/> Palgrave Macmillan unknown 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
1980298666New York: Viking 1980. hardcover. near fine/very good. Heavily illustrated in black and white. 144 pages. Slim 4to red cloth-backed boards pictorial d.w. New York: Viking Press 1980. A near fine copy with a very good dust wrapper.<br/><br/> Viking unknown books
125374hardcover. 8vo cloth d.w. N.Y.: Bonanza n.d. vg<br/><br/> unknown books
1953WRCLIT83580Takeley Bishop's Stortford: Elkin Mathews 1953. Pictorial wrapper. Frontispiece reproductions of 30 black and white woodblock prints and engravings. 434 items listed. Wrapper split at spine to first staple pencil notations on front wrapper smudge to rear wrapper else very good. Elkin Mathews unknown books
1932WRCLIT73587Dublin: Published for the Author by Browne & Nolan Ltd. 1932. Gilt medium blue cloth. Portrait. Binding lightly worn very good. First edition of the poet's first and only collection inscribed and signed by her. Folded prospectus laid in. Poems on shipwrecks the passing of a Pope and the Tipperrary Hurlers among other subjects. OCLC/Worldcat locates 5 copies. Published for the Author by Browne & Nolan, Ltd. hardcover books
1982223251Salt Lake City: Gibbs M. Smith 1982. paperback. very good. 20 color plates and other illustrations. 165pp. Thin 4to pictorial wrappers edges a bit rubbed Salt Lake City: Gibbs M. Smith 1982. A very good copy.<br/><br/> Gibbs M. Smith unknown books
198214751Salt Lake City: Gibbs M. Smith Inc. / Rutgers University 1982. Softcover. G Some scuffs and age to covers; some wear along outer spine; pages are clean. White and color illus. wraps. 165 pp. 20 color 104 bw plates. Issued in conjunction with an exhibition of artwork by Swiss-born French Art Nouveau painter and printmaker Théophile-Alexandre Steinlen 1859-1923. With essays by Herschel Chipp Phillip Dennis Cate and Susan Gill. The exhibition checklist cites 239 pieces and many are pictured here. Includes bibliography. A nice introduction to an artist you may not know. Gibbs M. Smith, Inc. / Rutgers University unknown books
198922063London: Hodder & Stoughton 1989. 1st edition. Blue cloth binding. Dust jacket. Nr Fine/VG light shelfwear. 173 pp. 8vo. 24cm x 16cm. <br/><br/>Winner of the Crime Writer's Association's Gold Dagger. Hodder & Stoughton hardcover books
19348984London: J.M. Dent 1934. Hardcover. Orig. decoratedcrimson cloth. Near fine in very good dust wrapper. 118 pp. 8voedited by M.R. Ridley. The New Temple Shakespeare. With title-page half-title binding and jacket designs by Eric Gill. Teg. J.M. Dent hardcover books
193211519New York: Literary Guild / Random House 1932. First American edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Good . 8vo. Quarter parchment over blue clothVery good in a good plus jacket. Jacket has large chip at corner of front panel. Mild toning edgewear. Book has mild shelfwear to extremities. Else clean and sound. <br/><br/>First US edition of this handsome edition of Chaucer reproduced in slightly smaller format from the Golden Cockerel Press edition. Gill 279. 309pp. Literary Guild / Random House hardcover books
482New York. Literary Guild. 1932. Englished Anew by George Philip Krapp with wood engravings by Eric Gill. 309 pp. In original jacket. Small 4to. Fine interior. unknown books
1950284092London: J. M. Dent & Sons 1950. Reprint Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good binding/Very Good dust jacket. Reprint Edition. Twenty five engravings by Eric Gill an English sculptor typeface designer and printmaker. With no marks of any kind. Small repair to a snag at the bottom of the spine and front hinge. Very Good dustjacket with minor loss at the extremities of the spine. A Very Good copy. Very Good binding / Very Good dust jacket. J. M. Dent & Sons unknown books