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200523937London: Nobody / Archive of Modern Conflict 2005. First edition. Cloth. Fine. From the first trade edition of fifteen hundred copies a fine example in illustrated cloth covers. Issued without dustwrapper. An immensely popular and important photobook from the period. Featured in The Photobook: A History by Parr and Badget Volume II. This copy has been SIGNED by the photographer on the inside front pastedown. Illustrated in color. Small booklet tipped in as called for. Nobody / Archive of Modern Conflict unknown books
196427663New York: Reinhold Publishing Company 1964. First American edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Square hardbound 8vo. 94 numbered pp. Brief textual introduction by the three authors followed by over 90 pages of examples of advertisements and graphic design examples that provide solutions to gadvertising and communication problems. A very good copy. Spine lettering dulled but still readable. Issued without dustwrapper. Quite uncommon in the hardbound edition. Reinhold Publishing Company hardcover books
19273112Bristol: Douglas Cleverdon Golden Cockerell Press 1927. 4pp. 12mo. Announcement Specimen Page and Order Form printed on folded handmade laid paper. <br/><br/> Douglas Cleverdon, Golden Cockerell Press unknown books
1927WRCLIT81281London: 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
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
1979WRCLIT73895San Francisco 1979. Octavo. French fold leaflet. Fine. One of 300 numbered copies printed by Lawton Kennedy. The upper panel reproduces Gill's "La dame aux balles colorées" which has been hand-colored under the direction of Valenti Angelo. unknown books
17083260n. p. n. d. No binding. Very good . Gill Eric. Print of Eric Gill's wood engraving "Girl Sleeping" P334 on very thin tissue paper; the engraving was created for "Song of Songs" 1925 but not used. The gentle scene is created with delicate line work to delineate a figure in repose; Gill demonstrates his mastery of the craft with clean illustrative marks and balanced areas of black and white. <br/><br/>___DESCRIPTION: Cream leaf of tissue paper approximately 11.75" by 9.25" with 1.5" by 3.5" engraving printed in black. <br/><br/>___CONDITION: Very good plus with light creasing to the edges and two small 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
196946635Trumansburg: New/Books 1969. First edition. 36 pp. Fine in stapled wrappers. Gill’s second book. Trumansburg: New/Books 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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
198144841Plainfield IN: Alembic Press 1981. Paperback. 76p. very good first edition trade paperback in pictorial wraps. Young 1437. Alembic Press paperback 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
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
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
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
