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1913214931913-1914. Print. Very Good. This antique advertising print has just a hint of toning along the outer edges of the margins but is clean bright and in very good condition. 10" x 7.75". Gage brothers ad on the reverse side. . unknown
199938518Barcelona: printed by Roser S. Noguera for the Galeria Alejandro Sales 1999. Four poems by Dachs illustrated with six original prints by Arbós: three etchings printed on Japanese paper laid down on fine wove paper and three silkscreens. EDITION LIMITED TO 25 NUMBERED COPIES. The first etching is SIGNED by Arbós and the justification is SIGNED by both the artist and the poet. Large folio. Loose as issued in publisher's cloth folding case. FINE AND BRIGHT with no defects. RARE. <br/><br/> printed by Roser S. Noguera for the Galeria Alejandro Sales hardcover
1948008728New York: Printed at The Spiral Press 1948. First edition. Paperback. This original Robert Frost 1948 Christmas Card features a trifecta of virtues. This is the first published appearance of this poem which had an unusual text history detailed further below. Of 2275 copies printed for 9 different names this is one of 375 printed for the poet himself. Last but certainly not least this is not only one of Frost's copies but is inscribed and signed by him. Following the first and second printed lines on the presentation page "This new poem brings Holiday Greetings from Robert Frost December 1948" Frost wrote "the Hendersons" and signed "Robert Frost". <br /> <br />Condition is near fine. The gray-green card wraps are clean bright and sharp cornered the binding staple firmly intact and uncorroded. We note only a tiny blemish above the title on the front cover and a trivial hint of wear to the spine heel. The contents are crisp and clean lightly age-toned but with no spotting or soiling. <br /> <br />With the permission of Frost and his publishers in 1929 the Spiral Press began printing an annual Robert Frost Christmas Card featuring one of his poems. The tradition continued until 1962 Frost's final Christmas. Each annual Christmas poem publication was printed with varying names on the title page to accommodate their being sent by various Frost publishers artists and important friends. This copy is one of those printed for Frost himself. <br /> <br />The 1948 Christmas poem "Closed for Good" has an unusual textual history. After it was first printed here it appeared in a number of other Frost collections including in the 1949 edition of Complete Poems and the 1954 1955 and 1963 editions of selected poems. In 1962 a revised version of Closed for Good was published as part of In the Clearing. There the poem is altered; the first stanza lines 1-6 is deleted And becomes They in line 7 and the word brush becomes spread in line 24. <br /> <br />This is clearly how Frost wanted the poem to evolve. In the Clearing was his final new collection and in 1958 Frost told Elizabeth Shepley Sergeant that he was trying out a new version of four stanzas. Nonetheless When Edward Connery Lathems edition of The Poetry of Robert Frost was published in 1969 the poem was presented in five stanzas and the two word changes restored to original. Given both Frosts manifestly deliberative use of words and the fact that the poem is a commentary on Frosts inheritance from the past and his legacy to the future the changes do not seem incidental. <br /> <br />By 1948 when this poem first appeared in his annual Christmas card and he inscribed this copy Robert Frost 1874-1963 had already entered the final decades of his life as the most highly esteemed American poet of the twentieth century with an accumulating hoard of academic and civic honors. Half a decade had passed since he had won his still-to-this-day-unrivalled fourth Pulitzer Prize for Poetry. This is all the more remarkable given that he did not publish his first volume of poetry until he was nearly 40 years old. <br /> <br />References: Crane B19; Tuten and Zubizarreta; ANB <br/><br/> Printed at The Spiral Press paperback
1959008606New York: Henry Holt and Company 1959. First edition first printing. Hardcover. This strikingly clean jacketed copy of the first edition first printing of Robert Frosts 1959 collection of Favorite Poems for Young Readers is signed by him "Robert Frost" on the title page just above his printed name. <br /> <br />This collection takes its title from the words repeated at the end of each stanza of this book's first poem "The Pasture" first published as the prefatory to North of Boston in 1914. Of this collection the publisher said Frost "has gathered a group of his poems to be read to and by young people. To Robert Frost a great-grandfather with a remarkable number of small friends this was a labor of love. Frost dedicated the volume to his mother Belle Moodie Frost who knew as a teacher that no poetry was good for children that wasnt equally good for their elders. Evoking Frosts famous poem Mending Wall Frosts friend Edward Hyde Cox 1914-1988 who contributes a Foreword to this volume said of Frost that he had never added a single stone to the wall that so often separates age from youth. Prevalent among the 51 poems herein is Frost's gently subversive inclination to write verse that is superficially accessible "lovely dark and deep" upon sounding. <br /> <br />This is a handsome book bound in orange-yellow linen cloth with a vignette of a bird on a fence post stamped in black on the lower right front cover corner and spine print stamped in black with a red acorn and leaf device between at the spine's center. The contents feature wood engravings by Thomas W. Nason and are bound with endpapers of heavy light gray wove paper and red and yellow head and tail bands. The dust jacket printed on beige laid paper features a wood engraving of birches spanning the lower front face spine and extending onto the rear face. The rear face prominently features Yousuf Karsh's famous portrait photograph of Frost. <br /> <br />Condition is truly fine in a truly fine dust jacket. The illustrated cloth binding is immaculately clean and bright with sharp corners and only the most trivial hints of shelf wear to extremities. The contents are likewise pristine with no spotting soiling toning or previous ownership marks. "FIRST EDITION" is so stated on the title page verso. The contents retain a pleasingly stiff feel The dust jacket is crisp bright clean and entirely complete with no loss or tears and retaining the original "$3.00" upper front flap price. We note only a hint of wrinkling to the spine heel and a touch of soiling to the lower rear face. The jacket is protected beneath a clear removable archival cover. <br /> <br />Publisher's statements are often hyperbolic. In this case the dust jacket's front flap description of Robert Frost as "America's beloved poet ageless and for the ages" was and remains more accurate than advertising. Before this volume was published on 26 March 1959 Robert Frost 1874-1963 reached the age of eighty-five. His stature had risen to an apex arguably unequalled by any American poet since. Frost had long-since won all of his still-unrivaled four Pulitzer Prizes for poetry 1924 1931 1937 and 1943. He spent his final years as the most highly esteemed American poet of the twentieth century with an accumulating hoard of academic and civic honors. Two years before his death he became the first poet to read in the program of a U.S. Presidential inauguration Kennedy January 1961. <br /> <br />Reference: Crane A39; Tuten and Zubizarreta; ANB <br/><br/> Henry Holt and Company hardcover
1977118788Fribourg : Imprimerie Saint-Paul 1977. 365x260mm. contr™le effectuÂŽ : complet des 7 estampes en feuille sous chemise et emboitage toilÂŽs. Les estampes ont ÂŽtÂŽ tirÂŽes par RenÂŽ-Agass Baumgartner sur ses presses ˆ Fribourg. Les cuivres ont ÂŽtÂŽ barrÂŽs aprÂs le tirage. La mise en page et la maquette sont de Jean-Christophe Aeby. LÕembo”tage a ÂŽtÂŽ rÂŽalisÂŽ par Roger Auderset ˆ Fribourg. Un des 62 exemplaires sur papier vÂŽlin dÕArches teintÂŽ des Papeteries Arjomari-Prioux numÂŽrotÂŽ n.¡ 21 / 60 signÂŽs par lÕauteur et lÕartiste en bas du justificatif de tirage. TrÂs bel exemplaire. 1424 Imprimerie Saint-Paul unknown
198020836Newcastle: David Esslemont 1980; 1981; 1997. Limited editions. Paperback. Fine. 3 volumes. First vol.: xiv 1 24 pp. includes 22 numbered sheets with engravings printed on rectos only; second vol: xiv 1 32 pp. includes 28 numbered sheets with engravings printed on rectos only; third volume: 8 pp. pamphlet in blue printed wrappers accompanying 17 numbered loose sheets with engravings printed on rectos. All volumes unbound each in separate folder of natural linen and marbled boards housed together in matching slipcase with letterpress label. <br/><br/>Impressions from the original blocks of Thomas and John Bewick and Bewick apprentice Luke Clennell. Printed by hand on a Columbian press on BFK Rives Velin Cuve paper by David Esslemont. Limited editions: "John Bewick" No. 104/140; "Luke Clennell" No. 99/100; "Thomas Bewick Birds" one of 100 unnumbered copies. David Esslemont paperback
19569700New York: Hammer Creek Press 1956. Original Wrappers. Near Fine binding. 12mo. 24 4 blank1 pp. illus. Limited edition to approximately 100 copies. As issued in marbled paper wrappers of stiff covers with printed paper title label on the front cover. Quite a nice copy with little in the way of shelf-rubbing to the cover; Reynolds Stone-designed bookplate of noted collector Norman Sondheim inside the front cover. <br /> <br /> Short introduction by Fass about the history and aim of the press. Includes 43 described books announcements and ephemera from the press. As this present work is the 43rd item in Fass's list and only 35th in Cohen's checklist there are apparently inclusions here not noted in Cohen. Several examples of pressmarks by DePol Angelo and Carnes. Two by Valenti Angelo are done in multiple colors with gilding. <br /> <br /> The Hammer Creek Press began when in 1950 when Fass purchased from Valenti Angelo a small Hughes & Kimber cast iron press previously owned by Bruce Rogers who had sold it to Angelo the year before. It was on this press of significant provenance that the bulk of the Hammer Creek Press editions were printed including this present book. Opening this work is an engraving by John DePol of the storied press with a page of "Data" by Fass. One of the mores substantial works issued by the Press as well as one of the more uncommon titles despite the larger-than-usual limitation. As more than 30 institutions are reporting ownership according to OCLC it means this is increasingly rare in commerce. A lovely example of Fass's work. Cohen 35. Hammer Creek Press unknown
194811111112222233547<p>The First UK printing published by The Golden Cockerel Press London in 1948. Number '36' of only 80 specially bound copies signed by both the author and artist to the limitation page. The BOOK is in Very Good or better condition. Full brown morocco binding by Sangorski & Sutcliffe with five raised bands gilt spine titling and large gilt designs by the artist on the upper and lower covers. Gilt ruled turn-ins. top edge gilt and others uncut. 3 maps by Mina Greenhill and 10 wood engravings by Clifford Webb 8 full page. Some discolouration and light marking to the outer fore edge of the front board and some light fading to the outer fore edge of the rear cover with a neat previous owner's bookplate to the front pastedown. The book is protected in loose Mylar archival cover. Loosely inserted is the 4 page publisher's prospectus. A very handsome production - 'Clifford Webb's wood engravings seemed to me the finest yet produced by this master of black and white.' COCKALORUM 181. More images available on request. Ashton Rare Books welcomes direct contact.</p> The Golden Cockerel Press hardcover
1926176360Paris: Societe d'edition "le livre" Emile Chamontin directeur 1926. No. 10 of 20 of this edition. Paperback. VG but with soiling to covers where glassine was lacking minor age toning to extremities of some pages not bad overall a tight copy that could have been stored better. The front cover is slightly cattywampus from the two extra sets of engravings being inserted in the front of the book as might be expected. Printed wraps with glassine remnants on inside flaps. 24 pp. 15 engravings etchings withing the text and two extra sets of these illustrations each set representing a different state are included only 20 such sets were issued of the overall edition of 430 copies. Text is in French. The book itself has been printed on Imperial Japon and the extra engraving printed on Imperial Japon and on Holland Van Gelder it appears from the colophon and limitation at the rear of the book. Quite rare as a result of this limited configuration. Each set of plates is wrapped in glassine and the extremities of these plates show age-toning or light soiling. Societe d'edition "le livre", Emile Chamontin, directeur paperback
19622081402110000462Specially ordered 107 maps in 3 volumes 1962. Soft Cover. Fine. Number of books: 3 Specially ordered 107 maps in 3 volumes paperback
195055275London: The Collectors Book Club 1950. Limited edition. Hardcover. Good- to fine condition. 1/100. Folio. Unpaginated with six tissue-guarded copper engravings. Original green Morroco with five inch black cloth strip laid to covers gilt decorated grape motif across front cover and raised bands with gilt ruling on spine. Gilt top edge. Purple ribbon marker. Title page printed in red-brown. Signed by the artist on dedication page.<br /> <br /> Printed with the permission of the University Presses of Oxford and Cambridge. Contains six beautiful copperplate engravings by the decorated Dutch sculptor Ru van Rossem well known for his sculptures pen drawings lithographs wood and copper engravings as well as set and costume designs. Printed on English handmade paper by John Roberts Press engravings on Japanese vellum. <br /> <br /> A pupil of Jam van Tongeren and Arend Hendriks Ru van Rossem 1924-2007 taught at the Great Yarmouth College of Art while he lived in England. For almost twenty years he was a lecturer at the Tilburg Academy and among other awards was appointed Knight of the Order of the Netherlands Lion in 2003.<br /> <br /> Spine and left Moroccan panel on front cover faded with very light wear at along edges slightly more pronounced at head and tail of spine. Some offsetting of leather edges to endpapers. Binding in good- interior in very good to fine condition. The Collectors Book Club hardcover
1929ARC93326The Cresset Press London 1929. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. First edition printed at the Curwen Press and limited to 450 numbered copies on mould-made paper plus a further thirty deluxe copies this one of the 450 examples but un-numbered. Large 4to. 406pp. Bound in full brown buckram with two red leather spine labels lettered and bordered in gold this binding unusual as the 'correct' binding should be white vellum; the fact that this example is un-numbered may suggest that it was intended as a trial or proof copy or perhaps a file copy. Fore- and bottom edges untrimmed. A touch of very light spotting to the edges and endpapers and to very occasional leaf margins. Backstrip ends very gently rubbed. A very good copy of an uncommon and quite delightful production: a tour-de-force collaboration featuring some of the finest wood engravers of the post-Great War period each one tackling one of the fourteen books classified as apocryphal by the King James Bible. The Cresset Press, London Hardcover
1907BIBLIO-31165Trustees of the British Museum London first edition 1907 - 1913. 7 portfolios half cloth and printed boards 20 x 15 in. Introductions and contents indexes of 8 pp per part in all 175 plates 25 per part. A complete set now hard to find of this series of high-quality facsimile reproductions. Each of the 7 portfolios has an introductory text by Sidney Colvin and 25 plates. The portfolios comprise: I. Specimens of etching by German masters 1475-1575; II. Specimens of etching by Italian masters 1525-1550; III. Specimens of etching by French masters 1620-1670; IV. Specimens of etching by Flemish masters 1520-1650; V. Specimens of etching by Dutch masters 1615-1650; VI. Specimens of etching by Rembrandt Livens and Bol 1630-1680; VII. Specimens of etching by the later Dutch masters 1640-1700. A mildly ex-library set with library bookplates on the inside front boards minor library marks to portfolios unobtrusive blindstamps to some margins a few leaves only with minor creasing and very occasional chipping at the edges. Portfolio boards duststained and darkened contents generally Very Good and clean. Trustees of the British Museum, London, first edition, 1907 - 1913 hardcover
1946145130London: Golden Cockerel Press 1946. Folio. 41 X 19 cm. Original green cloth. Gilt title on spine. Gilt ship silhouette on front board. Top edge gilt. Fore edge and bottom edge untrimmed. Bookplate on front pastedown. Arnold's mould-made paper. Frontispiece. Full page map and 8 engravings Chronological table. Copy 750/750. Musty smelling. A fine clean copy The first 100 copies were bound in full green Morocco. This copy has the designation of the last copy in the series. The book is dedicated to John King David and below it is the following: inscription "To Captain Douglas Bull with my good wish from John K. Davis who the above not withstanding is just a very "Ordinary Seaman" Melborne Nov 3rd 1947". A very modest and humble inscription from one of the great Antarctic Navigators and Explorers.</p><p></p><p>Great being the last copy and with the wonderful inscription. Great association copy. 1946 Golden Cockerel Press hardcover
19692091502135707836Osaka Form Gallery 1969. Soft Cover. Fine. The book is in fine condition. Osaka Form Gallery paperback
190138254Genève Geneva: Cercle des Arts & des Lettres 1901. A stunning suite of TWENTY LARGE FOLIO WOOD ENGRAVINGS by Maurice Baud after paintings executed by Auguste Baud-Bovy between 1886 and 1898 depicting 19th-century Alpine life and landscapes in all of their picturesque austerity. 28 pages plus 20 full-page hors-texte wood-engravings. Complete with detailed letterpress descriptions. Edition limited to 171 copies of which this is number 41 one of 150 on fine wove paper printed for M.C. François and SIGNED BY BAUD. Absolutely complete with ALL PRINTED TISSUE-GUARDS PRESENT. Large folio 51.9 x 39.7 cm. Loose as issued in publisher's attractive cloth portfolio. Half-title spotted last leaf wood engraving no. 20 with some small marginal tears else FINE AND BRIGHT. A rare and important collection of Alpine prints. <br/><br/> Cercle des Arts & des Lettres hardcover
199716817Brighton MA: Abigail Furey Fine Prints and Drawings. As New. 1997. Paperback. FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request - IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - TEXT PRISTINE -- with a bonus offer-- . Abigail Furey Fine Prints and Drawings paperback
199926841Brighton MA: Abigail Furey - Fine Prints and Drawings LLC. As New. 1999. Paperback. FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request - IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - TEXT PRISTINE -- with a bonus offer-- . Abigail Furey - Fine Prints and Drawings, LLC paperback
200036152Brighton MA: Abigail Furey - Fine Prints and Drawings LLC. New. 2000. Paperback. FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - Slight cover crease; remnants of mailing label on back cover; else flawless. 119 works catalogued & illustrated in black and white. Among the artists represented: Hassam Geroge Wright H. W. Heller Rockwell Kent Kerr Eby and many others. -- with a bonus offer-- . Abigail Furey - Fine Prints and Drawings, LLC paperback
199159759AW Fine Arts. New. 1991. Hardcover. 1556600887 . FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - Flawless copy brand new pristine never opened - 592 pp. 1600 illustrations. 1250 artists and 12000 works described. Reprint. -- with a bonus offer--; 2.25 x 10.25 x 8.75 Inches; 592 pages . AW Fine Arts hardcover
196731713Cabinet Des Estampes Des Collections D'Etat A Dresde. As New. 1967. Paperback. FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request - IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - Text in French; 24 lovely black and white plates by artists including Rembrandt Bruegel Cranach Reni and others. -- with a bonus offer-- . Cabinet Des Estampes Des Collections D'Etat A Dresde paperback
196639215Harper Torchbooks. As New. 1966. Paperback. FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - AS NEW THE TEXT BLOCK IS PRISTINE CLEAN UNMARKED AND IN EXCELLENT CONDITION - - Text in English -- with a bonus offer-- . Harper Torchbooks paperback
200016732Paris France: Librairie Ici Aussi - Jean-Bernard Gillot. New. 2000. Paperback. FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request - IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - FLAWLESS COPY BRAND NEW PRISTINE NEVER OPENED -- with a bonus offer-- . Librairie Ici Aussi - Jean-Bernard Gillot paperback
194556138John Marshall Press. As New. 1945. Hardcover. FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - AS NEW THE TEXT BLOCK IS PRISTINE CLEAN UNMARKED AND IN EXCELLENT CONDITION - - 233 pages. -- with a bonus offer-- . John Marshall Press hardcover
195527200Paris France: Bibliotheque Nationale. As New. 1955. Paperback. FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request - IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - AS NEW THE TEXT BLOCK IS PRISTINE CLEAN UNMARKED AND IN EXCELLENT CONDITION - - Volume 8. -- with a bonus offer-- . Bibliotheque Nationale paperback
