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19719014570New York: Charles Scribner's Sons 1971. 1st. Hardcover. Fine condition / Near fine condition dust jacket. The dust jacket has minor wear to the extremities. <br/><br/> Charles Scribner's Sons hardcover books
196012503Rutland VT: Charles E. Tuttle Company 1960. Used; Like New/Used; Like New. Folio original half-linen and boards pictorial dust jacket. Third Printing.<br><br><br />Association copy with a warm 1963 inscription from Peter Paul and Mary's Peter Yarrow to actor Theodore Bikel. The inscription reads: "May '63 For Theo In remembrance of 'Theo Bikel - he comes to Cornell - come & see Theo Bikel - ' and on your birthday Warmest regards signed Peter Yarrow". Peter was a 1959 graduate of Cornell University. Bikel's bookplate on the front pastedown. Jacket price clipped some light edge wear; volume fine. Charles E. Tuttle Company hardcover books
1932LD5812Lyon: Association Lyonnaise des Cinquante "La Belle Cordiere" 1932. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Fine. Printed wraps in glassine dust jacket; 4to; pp. 86 unbound loose gatherings as issued and uncut with illustrations throughout. Number 37 from a limited edition of 50 for members this one printed for M. Rozendaal total limitation of 90. Fine in chemise and lightly scuffed slipcase. <br/><br/> Association Lyonnaise des Cinquante "La Belle Cordiere" hardcover books
191220639Paris: Librairie Damascène Morgand Eduoard Rahir Succr 1912. First Edition #262 of350 copies signed. 1 vols. Thick 4to. Boiund in 3/4 green morocco marbled boards te.g. Some waterstaining bottom edge of last 100 pages minor else Very Nice. First Edition #262 of350 copies signed. 1 vols. Thick 4to. Librairie Damascène Morgand, Eduoard Rahir, Succr unknown books
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 books
1980JC6348Boston: Houghton Mifflin 1980. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. Red cloth fine in VG jacket with a few little scuff marks along the edges. <br/><br/> Houghton Mifflin hardcover books
1980JC8294Boston: Houghton Mifflin 1980. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Cloth; dust jacket; 8vo; pp. 4 50 illustrated with wood engravings. Spine tips and corners very lightly bumped otherwise book is fine. Dust jacket a bit scuffed and scratched. <br/><br/> Houghton Mifflin 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
19791291903Wiltshire: Michael Russell 1979. First Edition First Printing. Hardcover. Octavo; VG/VG; black spine with gilt text under acetate DJ; jacket has age toning protected by plastic cover; boards are strong slight age toning around edges; textblock is clean; pp 50; limited edition - No. 40 of 450 copies; signed by author and illustrator on limitation page. 1291903. Full-priced Rockville. Michael Russell hardcover books
1986343291986. Softcover. VG. Brown ill. stapled wraps. Unpaginated. Numerous color plates. Comprised of illustrations and artist cv. 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
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
1961WRCLIT70972Milan: Galerie Schwarz 1961. Original monochrome etching plate size 11 x 14.5 cm on 26.5 x 19.5 cm sheet. Mounted in stiff board and acetate mat with a slight skinning at upper spine-edge with printed caption on verso. Fine. One of sixty numbered copies in addition to twenty-five copies numbered in Roman signed and dated in the margin by the artist. Printed in Paris in the Atelier of Georges Leblanc on hand made paper from Papeteries de Rives. Scanavino 1922 - 1986 who after a figurative start to his work rapidly progressed with a personal aesthetic partaking of elements of cubism. He took part in several exhibitions including the Venice Biennale 1950 1954 1958 and 1966. He also was the subject of several solo exhibitions starting in Genoa in 1948 through to his final exhibition in Rome's Quadriennale in 1986. This print was published as an element of Galerie Schwarz's series L'AVANGUARDIA INTERNAZIONALE. Galerie Schwarz unknown books
19301327784New York: The Macmillan Company 1930. Hardcover. Octavo; pp 327; Fair; light brown spine with black text; no jacket; cloth has some fraying to spine edges; worn fore corners; sun darkened spine; front and rear show moderate soiling; slight foxing toward head edge; text block has age toned appearance to exterior edges; broken hinges; previous owner's name to ffep; few numbers in ink to ffep; slight foxing to edges of some pages; Illustrated with engravings;. 1327784. FP New Rockville Stock. The Macmillan Company 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
19891320187Greensboro: Unicorn Press Inc 1989. Hardcover. Octavo; unpaginated; VG-/VG-; black/white pictorial spine with blue text; dust jacket has mild edge wear; cloth has light shelf wear to exterior; strong boards; text block shows minimal wear to exterior edges; light sunning to endpapers; interior clean; frontispiece; illustrated;. 1320187. FP New Rockville Stock. Unicorn Press, Inc hardcover books
196929981Gambier OH: Privately Printed 1969. First edition. Paperback. Very Good. Stapled wrappers. Unpaginated volume comprised of a poem by Church and prints by Davis. In very good condition. Printed in an edition of 35 copies 20 of which were SIGNED by both poet and artist. This is copy 18/20 signed by both. Truly scarce volume. No copies found in O.C.L.C. Privately Printed paperback 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
1975132235Switzerland: Cabinet des estampes Geneve; Kunstmuseum Bern 1975. Softcover. VG- ex-library with pen and ink stamp on cover. No other markings. Minor age toning. White wraps with orange illustration. Unpaginated. 159 illustrations 12 of them color. Text in German one interview with the artist in French. Small exhibition catalogue. Cabinet des estampes Geneve; Kunstmuseum Bern paperback books
19321340655New York: Privately Printed for Rarity Press Inc 1932. Hardcover. Octavo; G/G; yellow/brown spine with white text; dust jacket shows some soiling smudges to exterior; minor chipping to edges; mildly toned flaps; mylar wrap; cloth shows slight sun aging to exterior; lightly splayed boards; text block exterior edges some foxing; clipped head fore corner to ffep; previous owner's name to ffep; deckled fore edge; frontispiece; illustrated; interior good; tight binding; pp 317. 1340655. FP New Rockville Stock. Privately Printed for Rarity Press, Inc 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
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
1961264735London: Folio Society 1961. Hardcover. 228p. cloth-covered boards with gilt title and decorations 5.5x8.75 inches map endpapers illus. very good condition in like slip case. On the Spanish territory which is now Colombia Ecuador Panama and Venezuela. Folio Society hardcover 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
195319052011Kentfield: The L D Allen Press 1953. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Fine/near fine. Dean Mallette. One of 160 copies octavo size 55 pp. The thirteenth publication from The Allen Press this story by Honore de Balzac 1799-1850 was originally titled "Maitre Cornelius" and first appeared in 1831 in the "Revue de Paris"; it was published in book form in 1832. Balzac was a prolific French novelist and playwright perhaps best remembered today for "Eugénie Grandet" his first bestseller; in this famous wayward love story set in fifteenth-century France Marie de Saint-Vallier daughter of Louis XI is unhappily married and becomes entangled in an unusual love affair. <br/><br/>The book features four wood engravings by the incomparable Mallette Dean 1907-1975 painter and illustrator who worked for most of his career in San Francisco on projects such as the WPA Mural Project the murals in Coit Tower and for fifteen years illustrated books for the Grabhorn Press and other Bay-Area presses such as the Allens'. Dorothy Allen hand-colours each wood engraving bringing a bright simplicity to the scenes of the story.<br/><br/>___DESCRIPTION: Quarter blue paper with marbled paper boards red lettering on the spine fore- and bottom edges uncut title page with wood-engraved historiated initial "T" by Mallette Dean with hand-colouring by Dorothy Allen running heads in blue throughout four wood engravings by Dean with hand-colouring by Allen throughout; Romanee type handmade Highclere paper octavo size 9" by 5.75" pagination: i-v vi-lv one of 160 copies unnumbered. With prior owner bookplate on the front paste-down. In publisher's original acetate wrapper.<br/><br/>___CONDITION: A fine copy; the covers clean the corners straight and unrubbed the binding tight with solid hinges the interior clean and bright; some faint sunning to the spine an Ex-Libris on the front pastedown of James Wilson Mull else fine. The acetate wrapper is near fine clean with some light scuff marks without wear but for small chips to the corners and a very small closed tear to the head of the spine.<br/><br/>___CITATION: The Allen Press Bibliography no. 13.<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 every book we sell. Please contact us with any questions you may have we are here to help. The L D Allen Press hardcover books
