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198218894New York: Random House 1982. First American Edition. One of 500 copies numbered and signed by Pritchett. Octavo; hunter green cloth with titles stamped in gilt on spine; original paper-covered slipcase; 48pp; illus. Fine in a Very Good to Near Fine slipcase lightly sunned at the opening with old sticker residue to right side. Contains a series of engravings by Reynolds Stone entitled "The Seasons' Course" along with Pritchett's autobiographical story "As Old as the Century. Random House unknown books
1973D11494John Murray 1973. Limited Edition of 500 Copies. Hardcover. Fine. Marbled paper over boards backed in gilt-lettered brown cloth; 8vo; pp. 36 illustrated. Spine tips just a little bit rubbed otherwise book is fine. Text of the Romanes Lecture as given at the University of Oxford on May 11 1954. <br/><br/> John Murray hardcover books
1977JC2852London: Folio Society 1977. Hardcover. Very Good. Illustrated cloth. From the library of Douglas Fairbanks Jr. and inscribed to him by the author on the FFEP. Fairbanks 1909-2000 was an American actor his credits include Gunga Din and a highly decorated naval officer of World War II. <br/><br/> Folio Society hardcover books
1993130195London England: British Museum 1993. Softcover. VG slight bends at top of spine and lower corner. White wraps BW pictorial. 61 pp. Profuse BW illustrations. Catalogue of a touring loan exhibition at Glynn Vivian Art Gallery and Museum Swansea 13 March-24 April 1993; Ashmolean Museum Oxford 25 May-18 July 1993; National Gallery of Scotland Edinburgh 7 October-19 December 1993; and Whitworth Art Gallery Manchester 14 January-5 March 1994. Includes works by Jules Dupre Henri Harpignies Jules Michelin Adolphe Appian Charles Jacque Paul Huet Daubigny Rousseau Millet Corot many others. British Museum paperback books
1982JC6351Michael Russell 1982. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Fine. Green cloth gilt-stamped lettering on spine illustration mounted to upper board; slipcase. Number 432 from a limited edition of 500 copies signed by Pritchett on the limitation/copyright page. Book is fine appearing new. Ghost of a price-sticker at one corner of slipcase otherwise fine. <br/><br/> Michael Russell hardcover books
199426724The Netherlands: Becht - Haarlem 1994. First edition. Cloth. Near Fine/near fine. Clothbound 4to in dustwrapper. Erratum slip laid in. 183 pp. Text in Dutch and English. Illustrated with both color and black and white photographs and illustrations. INSCRIBED by the author and dated in 1997. A handsome near fine copy in dustwrapper with one small closed tear at base of the rear panel. Becht - Haarlem unknown books
1931135675London: Golden Cockerel Press 1931. Limited edition 548/1000 copies this one bound by Sangorski and Sutcilffe. Hardbound. VG evidence of small label at base of leather spine. Half-leather with patterned cloth-covered boards. 57 pp.4 wood-engravings. Very nice copy. The first book printed in the new "Golden Cockerell" type. Golden Cockerel Press hardcover books
199026366Boston: David R. Godine 1990. First American edition. Cloth. Near Fine/near fine. Large clothbound quarto in dustwrapper. 478 pp. This volume compiled by Gill's nephew contains Gill's complete oeuvre - from his religious subjects to his erotic fantasies. With hundreds of illustrations of the artist's engravings. Ever so slight shelfwear else a fine copy in patterned green cloth covers in a near fine unclipped dustwrapper. Terrific book on Gill. Stated first U.S. edition. A very large and heavy book. David R. Godine unknown books
1982JC6302Michael Russell 1982. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Green cloth gilt-stamped lettering on spine illustration mounted to upper board; glassine dust jacket. Number 13 from a limited edition of 150 copies signed by Theroux and Pritchett on the limitation/copyright page. Top corners gently bumped otherwise book and jacket are fine. <br/><br/> Michael Russell hardcover books
19191309020Paris: De L'Art Catholique 1919. Softcover. Small quarto; pp 184; G/paperback; dark tan spine with red text; covers show age toning to exterior minor chipping to edges slight rubbing to rear; text block has deckled edges age toning to exterior edges some light foxing toward page edges otherwise interior clean; French text. 1309020. FP New Rockville Stock. De L'Art Catholique unknown books
1970011151Barre MA: Barre Publishers 1970. 1st Edition Lim. Hardcover. VG. This one of 100 copies that has a suite of single-sheet engravings each signed by the artist in envelope on pastedown at rear of book not one of the 1000 as usually seen. Quarter leather over marbelized boards which is slightly sun-faded else near fine. Signed by the artist on colophon. Barre Publishers hardcover books
1932135673London: Golden Cockerel Press 1932. Limited edition 133/500 copies this one most likely bound by Sangorski and Sutcilffe. Hardbound. VG evidence of small label at base of leather spine. Half-leather with patterned cloth-covered boards. 67 pp.Title decorations and 7 wood engravings in the text plus the press device below the colophon. Very nice copy. Golden Cockerel Press hardcover books
1979JC6303Michael Russell 1979. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. Black-and-white patterned cloth black cloth backstrip gilt-stamped lettering on spine; glassine dust jacket. Number 159 from a limited edition of 450 copies signed by the author and illustrator on the limitation page. Book is fine in VG dust jacket with large chip out of bottom edge of front panel. <br/><br/> Michael Russell hardcover books
19352155San Mateo California: Drama Teachers Association of California 1935. First Edition. <br /><br />Small Quarto 9 1/8 x 6 1/4 inches; 234 x 157 mm 50 pages in illustrated stapled wrappers.<br /><br />Helpful hints for putting on amateur plays especially at schools. Chapters deal with such areas as costumes make-up set design playwriting acting directing dance lighting etc. Striking woodblock illustrations by Samuel W. Beeman. <br /><br />OCLC shows eight institutional holdings of this pamphlet: Skidmore California State Humboldt State Los Angeles Public Library Library of Congress Northwestern University of Washington and Waseda University. <b>SCARCE</b>. <br /><br />CONDITION: Faint creasing to upper wrapper and preliminaries from a previously removed paper clip mild creasing to lower wrapper and a few pages. Printed on high-quality paper. Very Good or better. Drama Teachers Association of California paperback books
1969007399San Francisco: Kayak Books 1969. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR on front end page -"To Joe on his birthday with love Keith May 20 1977 Las Cruces N.M.". From the collection of noted literary scholar and translator Joseph A Buttigieg the father of current Democratic Party presidential candidate and South Bend Indiana Mayor Pete Buttigieg. Near Fine faint browning to fore edge of wrappers. One of 1000 copies designed and printed by George Hitchcock at the Kayak Press. Illustrated with lovely prints by Robert McChesney. . SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR. Limited First Edition. Pictorial Printed Wrappers. Near Fine/No Jacket As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Association Copy. Kayak Books Paperback books
19711187927Boston: Godine 1971. First/Limited Edition. Approx. 8.5" x 11.75" VG hardcover in black quarter-leather with gilt lettering in VG dark denim blue slipcase with marbled olive/blue paper-covered sides. This copy is one in a Limited Edition of 100 quarter-leather bound by hand; the artist has SIGNED on the colophon and hand-numbered this copy #XVII. Rubbing to corners and spine ends of slipcase and boards with mild color loss to marbled sides of case. Interior clean and tight throughout. Shelve with Folio Society. 1187927. Shelved Dupont Bookstore. Godine unknown books
1981007980Millbank London and New Haven CT: Tate Gallery for the Yale Center for British Art 1981. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. Massive catalogue of British Sporting and Animal Prints from the Paul Mellon Collection. 257 pages. A fine oversized clothbound book in very good unclipped dustwrapper with some creases and closed tears to base of front panel. <br/><br/> Tate Gallery for the Yale Center for British Art hardcover books
1926175197Paris: Collection des Arts 1926. Limited this being Number 212 of 365 copies. Paperback. VG. Printed cream wraps with remnants sof glassine jacket. 80 pp. with 11 full-page ttissue guarded color plates and 18 additional color illustrations within the text as well as 4 bw illustrations. Text is in French. One of 300 copies printed of De Rives Paper. Collection des Arts paperback books
1976244306New York: Library of Keepsakes 1976. Hardcover. 51p. 4.75x7.25 inches decoative endpapers forword illustrated with wood engravings personal inscription signed by Asimov on half-title sunning to spine otherwise very good first edition thus in green boards and gilt. Printing Week Library of Benjamin Franklin Keepsakes #23. Three short stories by Asimov that appeared in the Saturday Evening Post in 1974 reprinted to observe the Bicentennial and Benjamin Franklin's 270th birthday. The stories concern Benjamin Franklin his philosophy his patriotism and his ghost who is speaking the authorial "I" Asimov himself. Library of Keepsakes hardcover books
1929136253London: The Blackmore Press / Harper and Brothers 1929. First Edition. First Edition preceded by a French edition titled "Le voyageur sur la terre" 1927. One of 350 copies this being No. 56 printed on watermarked Rives vellum. Quarter-bound blue cloth cream calf gilt rule top page edges and spine titles. <br/><br/>From the collection of noted bibliophile Ruth Helen Kaufmann with her bookplate on the front pastedown. <br/><br/>Near Fine in a Very Good plus example of the scarce dust jacket housed in a Very Good example of the original slipcase. Jacket spine toned with a small puncture and brief chipping at the extremities. Slipcase extremities faded long split to one bottom edge. The Blackmore Press / Harper and Brothers unknown books
1931135672London: Golden Cockerel Press 1931. Limited edition 360/500 copies this one bound by Sangorski and Sutcilffe. Hardbound. VG very faint evidence of small label at base of leather spine faint. Half-leather with patterned cloth-covered boards. 66 pp.6 large and small engravings. Signed by the author on the Limitation page. Very nice copy. Golden Cockerel Press hardcover books
192534365Bale: Heufeld & Henius 1925. Limited. hardcover. very good. Illustrated with 48 handsomely printed color plates mounted on heavy art paper protected with numbered tissue guards. No text other than title and list of plates. Slim folio original 1/2 blue calf over patterned boards with ornate gilt-decorated spine. Bale: Heufeld & Henius no date circa 1925. A very good copy of this unusual book.<br/><br/> One of 260 numbered copies.<br/><br/> Heufeld & Henius unknown books
1935WRCLIT20880Np: Published by the Author 1935. Small folio. Gilt cloth. Frontis and twenty plates several on folding sheets. First edition. One of only 60 numbered copies printed for private distribution. Extremities a bit shelfworn but a good copy of an interesting and uncommon book. Published by the Author hardcover books
1958263089New York: Thomas Yoseloff Inc 1958. Signed. Hard Cover. Very Good binding/Very Good dust jacket. #23 of 100 copies Signed by Robert Graves and illustrator James Metcalf. The dustjacket presents nicely with small chip at the top of the spine and two small chips at the top of the rear panel. There is modest loss to the bottom of the spine and a piece at the bottom has been reattached from the verso using heat-set tissue. Very Good binding / Very Good dust jacket. Thomas Yoseloff, Inc unknown books
1912292504Richmond: Clarence E. Weaver; W. C. Hill Print. Co 1912. Original Wrappers. Good binding. Issued in the Spring of 1912 this tourist guidebook has photographic illustrations throughout accompanied with explanatory text. 48 pp. plus 2 ads. Rebound in burgundy cloth with the printed wrappers bound in. Illustrations throughout. Because of the protection of the later binding the wrappers are quite bright.~With the bookplate of Claude Monteiro of Richmond descendant of Confederate surgeon Aristides Monteiro.~~This guidebook is local item for us. Having said that this is but the second copy we have had. Uncommon with but a single copy found on OCLC. Good binding. Clarence E. Weaver; W. C. Hill Print. Co unknown books
