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1993155970Chicago IL: The Art Institute of Chicago 1993. First edition. Hardcover. 124 pages. Exhibition catalog for a show that ran June 5 through September 6 1993. Foreword by James N. Wood. Preface by Manfred Steinfeld. Essays by Ghenete Zelleke Eva B. Ottillinger and Nina Stritzler. Includes 185 illustrations with 75 duotones. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket. The Art Institute of Chicago unknown books
1996184147Summa Pubns 1996-10-22. Hardcover. New. New in shrink wrap! Summa Pubns hardcover books
1990107781Tokyo: Kodansha International 1990. First paperback edition. Softcover. A wide ranging look at the the various art architecture and design output of Japan. Includes mostly color images. A fine copy in very near fine dust jacket. An attractive production. Kodansha International unknown books
1981JC8400London: Secker & Warburg 1981. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Black cloth; photo-illustrated dust jacket; 4to; pp. 157 with photo-illustrations in b/w and full-color throughout. Boards lightly rubbed otherwise book is fine. Dust jacket a little scratched on front panel; some light wrinkling along the edges; price-clipped. Poems and photographs. <br/><br/> Secker & Warburg hardcover books
200037870Brazil: Liquid Press 2000. First Edition. Octavo 26cm.; publisher's pictorial staplebound wrappers; 46pp.; chiefly illus. Fine condition. Alien comix. Published as the first issue of a series though we find no evidence of any others. Not in OCLC as of January 2018. Liquid Press unknown books
19991302820Brewster MA: Steven Albahari Publisher 1999. First edition. Hardcover. Quarto; pp 156; VG; Dark blue spine with black text; number 675 of 2000 numbered copies; cloth has slight wear to exterior slight sunning to exterior minor wear to edges; text block has minimal wear to exterior edges; interior clean; Additional shipping may be necessary due to size/weight restrictions for international/expedited orders. 1302820. Rockville Non-Retail Listings. Steven Albahari, Publisher hardcover books
19301180London: Victor Gollancz 1930. Very good. One of 400 numbered copies printed on hand-made paper and signed by the author. Bound in full cloth. Dust jacket soiled and chipped at head and heel. Very good condition. <br/><br/>Signed by Author Victor Gollancz hardcover books
1928383London: Victor Gollancz 1928. Hardcover. Very good/very good. One of 410 numbered copies signed by Wolfe. Dust jacket. Very good condition. <br/><br/>Signed by Author Victor Gollancz hardcover books
195525981New York: Cameron & Kahn 1955. Second Edition. Thick octavo 22cm; brown paper and tan cloth-covered boards with titles stamped in black on spine; dustjacket; 672pp. Fine in a very Near Fine dustjacket unclipped with some trivial wear at the crown. Lacking the publiser's decorative slipcase. A penetrating and definitive study of the Rosenberg-Sobell case. An attractive copy with Kent's superb jacket design bright and unmarred. Cameron & Kahn unknown books
1961257834New York: Avalon Books/Thomas Bouregy & Co 1961. Hardcover. 223p. very good first edition in blue cloth boards and unclipped bright but wrinkled dj with original Plasti-Kleer Jacket cover as called for on the inner-flap the cause of the wrinkling. SciFi novel about a mile in diameter platfom in orbit fifteen miles abover the earth. Avalon Books/Thomas Bouregy & Co hardcover books
1969116457New York: Frederick A. Praeger 1969. First edition. Hardcover. A profusely illustrated look at the design of book jackets and record covers. A tight and clean near fine copy in an about very good dust jacket with some tears and wear to the top of the spine and some minor soiling and wear. A nice copy. Frederick A. Praeger unknown books
196926325Watford England: Watford School of Art / Edition Hansjorg Mayer 1969. Light foxing to the text block and some scratching and wear to the mounted tin covers else very good in cloth wrappers. Limited edition. Quarto. Number 100 of an edition of 100 copies. Includes copies of works by Richard Buckley Ian Burton Elliott Frank Challenger Veronica Loveless Hansjörg Mayer Graham Pow Kathryn Wallbridge Cilla Weeks and John Wells printed with a Rotaprint R 70. Covers are original works of art on tin attributed to Watford School of Art on the colophon page. Watford, England: Watford School of Art / Edition Hansjorg Mayer unknown books
1971823Verona: Stamperia Valdonega 1971. Hardcover. Fine. One of 250 numbered copies designed by Giovanni Mardersteig. Bound in blue half leather and blue cloth boards. Slipcase. Slight sunning to spine else fine condition. <br/><br/> Stamperia Valdonega hardcover books
1967331<p>Very good. Illus. stiff wraps. 331</p><p><i>A better than very good copy of the sought-after Warhol issue.</i></p> Film Culture books
1955140940743New York: The Noonday Press 1955. First Edition. Near Fine/Very Good. First edition. 111 pp. Publisher's dark blue cloth lettered in light purple. A little wrinkling to terminals else Fine in a Very Good dust jacket with toning sunning and small hole in spine panel head and tail worn. A poetry book with a dust jacket and title page illustration by renowned pop artist Andy Warhol in his phase as a commercial designer. The Noonday Press unknown books
196919627New York: Wittenborn and Company 1969. First Edition. Near fine. 4to. Seventeen unbound sheets in envelope with title affixed. Near fine. PROOF and ASSOCIATION COPY INSCRIBED by Waldrop at colophon for Ken and Ann Mikolowski of Ann Arbor's Alternative Press noting this as an "unbound and / somewhat defective proof / copy" not included in the edition of 100 copies. Light bumps to corners of envelope. Sheets bright crisp clean throughout. <br/><br/>Collaborative work of visual poetry between Waldrop and Howe. This copy comes with a nice association with the Mikolowskis who for over 40 years published letterpress mail-art and broadsides as the Alternative Press. Wittenborn and Company unknown books
198819463NY:: Abrams. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1988. Hardcover. 0810916959 . Text by Alastair Duncan. 144 illustrations including 131 color plates. First edition. Trace foxing on top edge else near fine in a near fine light wrinkle to rear panel dust jacket. . Abrams, hardcover books
1948WRCLIT81739New York: Kurt H. Volk 1948. Quarto. Quarter morocco and marbled boards. One of 1000 numbered copies printed by Volk and Meyer Wagman. Facsimiles of signers' signatures. Some tan offsetting to front free endsheets bit of slight rubbing to spine extremities tiny bookplate in corner of front pastedown but a very good copy in worn slipcase. Kurt H. Volk hardcover books
1941167030New York: Kurt H. Volk Inc 1941. First edition. Hardcover. One of 500 copies. A collection of 27 loose typographic samples. The first is a statement about this production that includes publication information and an illustration of the letters K H V. The remaining 26 folded sheets each feature one letter. All of the sheets are in very near fine condition and are in an about fair folding box that has some soiling wear and splitting along the spine. Still a solid cop of this very attractive production. Kurt H. Volk, Inc unknown books
1987279225Venice: Venice Design 1987. hardcover. very good. Many color illustrations. 79 square 4to turquoise cloth with inlaid color photograph on front cover. Venezia: Venice Design Art Gallery 1987. A very good copy.<br/><br/> Text in English and Itlaian<br/><br/> Venice Design unknown books
1965D9055Prague: Artia 1965. Number 163 from an unspecified press run. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Orange cloth; dust jacket; publisher's pictorial slipcase; square 4to; pp. 73 3 with full-color full-page illustrations facing musical scores; plus a book of lyrics and a vinyl record 33 in sleeve inside rear board. Spine tips lightly rubbed; bottom corner bumped resulting in slight wrinkle throughout text block; a few tiny specks of soiling along edges of text block nowhere infringing into the margins or text itself. Dust jacket lightly wrinkled and scuffed along the edges; some bubbling in the laminate on rear panel and along joints. Slipcase is chipped bumped and worn -- but presentable. Contents text block book of lyrics record are fine. An excellent copy of this rich look at Latin Hymns of the Bohemian Gothic and Renaissance Periods with full-color reproductions from a Czech illuminated manuscript and introduction in German English and French. <br/><br/> Artia hardcover books
190519010812New York: Charles Scribner's Sons 1905. Hardcover. Near fine. Duodecimo size 296 pp. The designs of Margaret Armstrong 1867-1944 utilising the Art Nouveau style and floral patterns were a sensation in the publishing business; Armstrong created over 270 book designs often for the works of well-known authors such as Charles Dickens Robert Louis Stevenson and George Washington Cable. In addition to designing books Armstrong wrote books as well including a comprehensive guide to wildflowers in the American West which she also illustrated.<br/><br/>"Fisherman's Luck" is a collection of essays by American author Henry Van Dyke 1852-1933 who also served as U.S. Ambassador to the Netherlands and Luxembourg; the book features a beautiful design using fish and sea plant motifs by Armstrong with bright gilt fish swimming around the title on the front board.<br/><br/>___DESCRIPTION: Full dark blue cloth gilt lettering and decorative design with sea motifs in green light blue and gilt by Margaret Armstrong with her monogram on the front board gilt lettering and decorations on the spine top edge gilt fore- and bottom edges rough cut frontispiece a two-colour illustraton within a salmon-pink border with tissue guard title page in red and black two-colour illustrations throughout many signatures unopened; duodecimo size 7.75" by 5" pagination: i-xi 1-2 3-285.<br/><br/>___CONDITION: Volume is near fine with clean boards bright colours and gilt on the front board and spine a strong square text block with solid hinges the interior is clean and bright and entirely free of prior owner markings; a few spots of soiling to the boards but overall clean slight rubbing to the head and tail of the spine and to the corners and corners are gently bumped toning and off-setting to the front endpapers and a couple spots of foxing to the rear flyleaves and endpapers. Â Â Â <br/><br/>___CITATION: Gullans and Espey no. 281.<br/><br/>___POSTAGE: Â International customers please note that additional postage may apply as the standard 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 every book we sell. Please contact us with any questions you may have we are here to help. Charles Scribner's Sons hardcover books
195712072Cambridge: Harvard University 1957. First edition. Paperback. Very Good. April 1957 issue of this magazine produced by the students at Harvard Graduate School of Design. A very good copy. <br/><br/> Harvard University paperback books
195519947New York: Museum Books 1955. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Metal spiral bound quarto. Cover design by Ronald Clyne. Unpaginated volume on the history and evolution of letterhead typography. Includes 54 actual examples at rear of volume. Black cloth spine over patterned boards. Boards are worn along the edges. Still a very good clean example with wonderfully designed examples of letterhead typography. Uncommon volume. <br/><br/> Museum Books hardcover books
1980WRCLIT84751Toronto: The Typocrafters 1980. Small octavo. Printed wrapper. Eight tipped- in items hors-text. Fine. First edition. One of forty copies reserved as a keepsake for the Typocrafters from an edition of 100 copies printed by Phil Metzger at the Crabgrass Press. The Typocrafters unknown books
