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15424London n.d. Fine. 5 1/2” x 3 3/8”. Black ink on blank commercial postcard dat- ed “6-25-50” to verso. From the collection of the eminent art his- torian and author Ladislas Segy. Faint mounting residue to verso. Else fine. <br/><br/>Guided by an entity she named “Myninterest” London housewife and spiritualist Madge Gill 1882– 1961 began making art in 1919 and thereafter created hundreds of automatic Dada-esque drawings predominantly ink from the postcard size here to long rolls of muslin. It has been suggested that Gill used her drawing to communicate with her children two of which died in infancy. She was a favorite of many outsider art proponents including Jean Dubuffet and Gill was a subject in Compagnie de l’Art Brut’s classic monograph series. unknown books
2008158196London: 4Stops Press 2008. First edition. Oblong hardcover. 241 pages. A collection of color photographs taken between 1995 and 2007 in the rural areas of China. Text in English and Chinese. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket. Signed by Lui on the half title page. Uncommon thus. 4Stops Press unknown books
20062312703New York: Black Dog & Leventhal 2006. First American Edition. Large Hardcover. Very Good/Good. First American edition. Sticker remnant on rear jacket. 2006 Large Hardcover. Filled with black & white photographs maps and detailed histories of some of London's most famous buildings. Black Dog & Leventhal hardcover books
198651839London:: Hodder & Stoughton. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1986. Hardcover. 0340398809 . First British printing. Foxing on top edge else near fine in a near fine dust jacket. . Hodder & Stoughton, hardcover books
193117083230Near Hughenden Buckinghamshire: Sheed & Ward 1931. No binding. Fine. Gill Eric. Prospectus only octavo size 4 pp. "TYPOGRAPHY" was the first book printed at Pigotts the partnership between renowned printer and artist Eric Gill 1882-1940 and Rene Hague his daughter Joanna's husband; this prospectus includes a reproduction of pp. 8-9 and a short essay on typography in the arts-and-crafts mode. <br/><br/>___DESCRIPTION: Off-white sheet folded twice to make four pages printed in black; duodecimo size 7.5" by 5". <br/><br/>___CONDITION: Fine clean and without wear. <br/><br/>___CITATION: Gill no. 21. <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. Sheed & Ward unknown books
193117082112Near Hughenden Buckinghamshire: Sheed & Ward Publishers 1931. No binding. Near fine. Gill Eric. Prospectus only duodecimo size 4 pp. "TYPOGRAPHY" was the first book printed at Pigotts the partnership between renowned printer and artist Eric Gill 1882-1940 and Rene Hague his daughter Joanna's husband. The prospectus includes a reproduction of p. 37 and a short essay on typography in the arts-and-crafts mode. <br/><br/>___DESCRIPTION: Cream-coloured sheet folded once to make four pages printed in black with wood engraving by Gill "Tree and Dog" P734 on the front page; duodecimo size 7.5" by 5". <br/><br/>___CONDITION: Near fine clean with only very slight wear to the edges. <br/><br/>___CITATION: Gill no. 21. <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. Sheed & Ward, Publishers unknown books
1980271605New York. : Wiley. 1980. 1st Edition. Black cloth silver spine title. . A very good copy with no dustjacket. 4to. weight: 2.4 lb. Wiley. hardcover books
1923PW1046Camden NJ:: Wilson G. Bailey 1923. 1923. 8vo. xi 1 254 pp. Frontis. portrait index. Red gilt-stamped cloth; small nick at head of spine. Very good. Rare. LENGTHY INSCRIPTION BY THE AUTHOR; VERY RARE. Inscribed by W. G. Bailey M.D. "Oct. 7th 1929. To My Friend Dr. William Cashman With the hope that he will to the extent of reading this book – interest himself in what an impartial investigator Hereward Carrington called 'The coming science knowledge & of life after death.'" "Bailey graduated from Paulsboro High School and Pierce Business College then went on to Jefferson Medical College from which he received his doctorate in 1891. He interned at Cooper Hospital and remained in Camden practicing general surgery into the 1930s." Bailey's nephew had the same name but was born in 1893. Hereward Carrington 1880-1958 was a well-known British-born American investigator of psychic phenomena and author. A wonderfully odd book! Wilson G. Bailey, 1923. hardcover books
20786All on white card stock sold as a lot. Fine. A Happy Christmas. 11 x 9 cm. Skelton P158 After a drawing by Elizabeth Gill. Happy Christmas. 9.5 x 7 cm. Skelton P82. Christmas Greetings. 10.5 x 7.3 cm. Skelton P76 with same image without Christmas type: 5.8 x 5 cm. Merry Christmas. 10.2 x 7 cm. Skelton P70. Who Were The First To Cry Nowell Animals All As it Befell. 8 x 8 cm. Skelton P50. A Happy Christmas. 10.5 x 7 cm. Skelton P79 with the same image without Christmas type: 7 x 5.8 cm. Ergo Qui Natus Die Hodierna Jesu Tibi Sit Gloria: Patris Aeterni Verbum Caro Factum Venite Adoremus Venite Adoremus Venite Adoremus Dominum. 12.8 x 9 cm. Skelton P113. unknown books
2004Embry 188446Ballantine Books 2004. First edition first printing. Fine in fine dust jacket in mylar cover. Ballantine Books, 2004. First edition, first printing. unknown books
1970144358Trumansburg: New: A & C Poetrry 1970. 48p. 6.25x8.25 inches reviews contributors' notes very good poetry journal in stapled pictorial wraps. Gay Lesbian Beat Feminist poetry. New: A & C Poetrry unknown books
1970144357Trumansburg: New: A & C Poetrry 1970. 48p. 6.25x8.25 inches reviews contributors' notes very good in stapled red pictorial wraps. New: A & C Poetrry unknown books
1969144356Trumansburg: New: A & C Poetrry 1969. 44p. 6.25x8.25 inches reviews contributors' notes very good in stapled pictorial wraps. New: A & C Poetrry unknown books
197115879Trumansburg: Crossing Press 1971. First edition. Paperback. Very Good. Wide paperbound octavo. issue 15 of this poetry magazine featuring both American and Canadian poets. Very good condition in bound illustrated wrappers. <br/><br/> Crossing Press paperback 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
2011264800New York: Palgrave Macmillan 2011. Hardcover. xxi 336p. very good condition. Palgrave Macmillan hardcover books
197319677Trumansburg NY: The Crossing Press 1973. 1st edition. Near fine with promotional flyer laid in; contributions from Robert Sward Keith Abbott Dick Lourie William Mathews Carol Berge etc. Trumansburg, NY: The Crossing Press, unknown books
19719995Boston: Beacon Press 1971. 1st edition. Fine in vg price-clipped dust jacket; ground-breaking anthology from Gill’s New magazine includes Atwood Bowering Hershon E. Knight Irving Layton Dick Lourie Lyn Lifshin Robert Peterson Marge Piercy Dennis Saleh etc. Boston: Beacon Press, unknown books
19879007876Columbia: University of South Carolina Press 1987. 1st. Hardcover. Book fine Dust jacket fine. Some light marking in fine pencil. <br/><br/> University of South Carolina Press hardcover books
20011001078New York: Viking 2001. First American edition of My Brother's Ghost a meditation on grief by Allan Ahlberg best known for modern children's classics like Each Peach Pear Plum and The Jolly Postman. Frances tells the story of her older brother Tom's death at the age of ten and his return to watch over his bereaved siblings: "I came to believe that Tom was like some kind of mobile light bulb moving himself here and there switching himself on and off. Except he couldn't always find the switch and had no map. Tom was bewildered too." A Puffin postcard for the English first edition featuring the same cover design by Yorkshire artist Gill Tyler laid in. A fine copy of a moving book. Single volume measuring 5.75 x 4 inches: 8 88. Original green pictorial cloth boards stamped in gilt red endpapers original unclipped color pictorial dust jacket. With: Puffin postcard for the English first edition. Viking unknown books
184416849London: Pr. by J. Jaques 1844. 8vo. 2 20 pp. <br><br>Removed from a nonce volume; in original green wrappers; front wrapper separated and slightly chipped. Light soiling on rear wrapper. First five leaves separated. Two leaves with shallow tear at outer margin. Pr. by J. Jaques unknown books
19675876San Francisco: Book Club of California 1967. Hardcover. Fine. One of 400 copies printed for members of the Book Club of California by the Ward Ritchie Press. Cloth lettered in gilt on the cover and spine. Fine. <br/><br/> Book Club of California hardcover books
1967304975San Francisco The Book Club of California 1967. 1967. Small 8vo. Frontispiece portrait and numerous b/w photographs facsimiles. Original black cloth stamped in gilt. Very good. 24 pages. As issued without dust jacket. No signatures or bookplates. One of 400 copies printed at the Ward Ritchie Press. Laid in loose is the original prospectus. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. [San Francisco] The Book Club of California [1967]. hardcover books
1987UGILMOT00HMRUniversity of Chicago Press 1987. Very Good. Gill Sam D. Mother Earth: An American Story. Chicago: University of Chicago Press 1987. 196pp. 8vo. Charcoal cloth. Book condition: Very good with gently rubbed edges and smudged front free endsheet. Dust Jacket Condition: Good with sunned chipped and bumped edges. Faint soiling to panels and flaps. University of Chicago Press hardcover books
193741149London: Faber & Faber Ltd 1937. New Edition. Small octavo 19.5cm.; publisher's grey cloth spine lettered in black; 4156pp.; illus. Light shelf wear spine cloth a bit toned else Very Good and sound albeit lacking jacket. This edition with one added illustration by Tegetmeier. GILL 28. Faber & Faber Ltd unknown books