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19928104Providence RI: Printed by the Stone House Press for the John Carter Brown Library 1992. Hard Cover. Near Fine binding. Octavo. 85 1 pp. frontis illus. Limited edition number 42 of 200 copies signed by De Pol Smith and the printer M. A. Gelfand. In original cloth with title on the front cover and spine. An extremely nice copy with the top corner of the rear board a trifle bumped else fine. <br /> <br /> This is the regular issue of a translation of Bertin's French-language three-act play "Christophe Colomb" here limited to 200 copies with "illustrations printed in black . . . from works in the John Carter Brown Library selected by Norman Fiering. . . . the original wood engravings printed in colors other than blank are by John De Pol" colophon. There was also a deluxe edition limited to 20 copies bound by Deborah Evetts design binder and conservator at the Pierpont Morgan Library. Printed by the Stone House Press for the John Carter Brown Library unknown
1992343971Roslyn NY: The John Carter Brown Library : The Stone House Press 1992. 82p. 6.5x10 inch gray cloth boards with titling pressed in gilt; wood engraving illustrations invery good condition. Signed by the printer publisher and translator. The John Carter Brown Library : The Stone House Press unknown
1959031990Los Angeles: Anais Nin 1959. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Soft cover. Very Good. Softcover Issue Beige Wrappers Printed In Black; Unpaginated. Inscribed By Nin To A Female Friend And With The Friend's Signature. Wear Foxing To Covers Spine Bowed Still Very Good. <br/> <br/> Anais Nin paperback
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
193117082110London: Jonathan Cape Printed by Walter Lewis at the University Press Cambridge 1931. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Near fine. Gill Eric. No. 129 of 160 octavo size 206 pp. signed by Eric Gill. Clothing has long been an integral part of society and can be used to reflect diverse religious and cultural identities. In this essay Eric Gill 1882-1940 discusses the significance of clothes in society and argues for a more egalitarian approach to clothing; for example Gill advocates the suitability of men's clothing trousers for women as a way to liberate the sexes and create a more equal society.<br /> <br /> Gill provides wood engravings for the book illustrating his concepts and showcasing his masterful rendering of the technique; his illustrations have a slightly satirical slant while evoking the pathos of his arguments.<br /> <br /> ___DESCRIPTION: Quarter brown pigskin with marbled paper boards gilt rules and lettering on the spine top edge gilt fore- and bottom edges uncut illustrations include title page device "Woman Dancing" P712; "Art and Prudence" P714; "Clothes as Houses" P715; "Clothes as Workshops" P716; "Clothes as Churches and Town Halls" P717; "Clothes for Special Parts" P718; "The Tyranny of Tailors" P719; "Nature and Nakedness" P720; "Trousers" P21; and a tailpiece of "Trousers and Spats" P722; octavo 7.5" by 5.25" pagination: i-vii 1-2 3-196 197-198 1 colophon one of 160 copies this number 129 signed "Eric G" on the colophon.<br /> <br /> ___CONDITION: Volume is near fine with clean boards straight corners a strong square text block with solid hinges the interior is clean and bright and entirely free of prior owner markings; some slight rubbing to the bottom edges of the boards and to the corners a faint stain to the gutter of Contents page and very slight cracking to the gutter at pages 128 and 129 but hinges are still tight.<br /> <br /> ___CITATION: Gill 22. <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. Jonathan Cape [Printed by Walter Lewis at the University Press, Cambridge] hardcover
190210383Good. 1902. Non-Book. Cover only. Cover is toned with wear and soiling but very suitable for framing. 11" x 16".; Prints . unknown
190410377Good. 1904. Non-Book. Cover only. Cover is toned with a 1" tear and modest soiling but suitable for framing. 11" x 16".; Prints . unknown
190410376Good. 1904. Non-Book. Cover only. Cover is toned with chipping and light soiling in margins but very suitable for framing. 11" x 16".; Prints . unknown
190810388Very Good. 1908. Non-Book. Cover only. Cover is toned but clean bright and very suitable for framing. 10" x 14.5".; Prints . unknown
190410379Good. 1904. Non-Book. Cover only. Cover is toned with wear and soiling but very suitable for framing. 11" x 16".; Prints . unknown
190810389Very Good. 1908. Non-Book. Cover only. Cover is toned but clean bright and very suitable for framing. 10" x 14.5".; Prints . unknown
190810387Very Good. 1908. Non-Book. Cover only. Cover is toned but clean bright and very suitable for framing. 10" x 14.5".; Prints . unknown
190810392Very Good. 1908. Non-Book. Cover only. Cover is toned but clean bright and very suitable for framing. 10" x 14.5".; Prints . unknown
190410371Good. 1904. Non-Book. Cover only. Cover is toned with light soiling in margins but illustration clean and very suitable for framing. 11" x 16".; Prints . unknown
1989157079London: Folio Society 1989. reprint. As New. octavo. hardbacks in decorated cloth c.2200pp. illusts. Sense and Sensibility Pride and Prejudice Mansfield Park Emma Northanger Abbey Persuasion & Shorter Works. Bound in red quarter cloth over patterned boards. In a nice red cloth slip-case as issued Folio Society hardcover
19085643Essex House Press Norman Chapel Gloucestershire 1908. HBNODJ October 1908 1st limited edition 250 copies #143/250 Thin Minor CoveR rub & wear primarily around edgesCover is 1/4 Linen Uncut VG- interior Book Blank Endpapers have BRown Stain Minor Fox interior VG NODJ. First Edition. Hard Cover. Essex House Press, Norman Chapel, Gloucestershire hardcover
19659900038062Kansas City MO: Excalibur Press 1965. Hardcover. etchings. Unpaginated. Large 4to. Small rubber stamp of Carnegie Public Library to copyright page and evidence of pocket removal from rear free endpaper. Slight trace of accession number to base of spine. No other such markings. Contents clean and tight. Corners of boards bumped. Slight wear to edges of boards. Else in good plus to very good condition. Each plate numbered and signed by the artist with limitation of 50 noted in pencil. This book is one of only 50 copies produced. The text was set in Bulmer and printed on a Chandler and Price hand press on Rives lightweight; etchings are intaglio: inked wiped and printed by hand on a Charles Brand etcher's press using dampened Rives heavyweight. Binding is sewn on cords and covered with Fabriano and raw linen. Headbands hand-sewn. Printed and bound by Louise A. Moss Excalibur Press in 1965. Excalibur Press hardcover
192017238Good. 1920. Magazine. Rare. Contains a story by Basil King with 4 pages of F. X. Leyendecker illustrations of semi-nude men and and a semi-nude woman. Magazine cover is soiled along right edge and pink damp staining. Pages are lightly toned with a rust stain on the inner margins from the staples otherwise clean and very good. Some of the pages are detached or loose and one page has been partially trimmed. No address label. . . unknown
192517670Munchen und Leipzig: Georg Muller und Hans Von Weber c 1925. Second edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 4 Volumes each 5 1/4 x 8 inches. Second edition with the plates of the 1767 edition 1st was 1913 these not dated but circa 1925. Text in German. Condition is Very Good; Rubbing and soiling to the spines text and illustrations are perfect with no toning foxing stains markings etc. bindings are tight. STK Georg Muller und Hans Von Weber hardcover
1970STEADMAN001332Steam Press London. 1970. First edition. Sheet folded twice. Broadsheet number 2. A nine line poem. Designed and printed by Ralph Steadman on Swedish paper at Steam Press.Number 24 of fifty numbered copies signed by Stephen Spender.Fine. Steam Press, London. unknown
193748349NY: Holiday House. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1937. Hardcover. Original cloth-backed pictorial boards. Miniature format. Spine gap mid volume the occasional minor spot. Slight sunning/edgewear to boards spine sunned. 40pp. ; 24mo 5" - 6" tall . Holiday House hardcover
192110266Zurich: Art. Institut Orell Fussli 1921. Ask for a photograph. 23 plates--complete. 1921 facsimile of the plates from David Hess's book about the spa at Baden originally published in 1818 by Orell Fusslii & Cie. Collection of engravings is encased in folder numbered 18. Spilled liquid on front of folder; moderate general soil. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Art. Institut Orell Fussli Hardcover
1967B30978fParis: Leonce Laget 1967. Reprint. Hardcover. Ex-Library. Reprint of 1776 original 1967 folio 5 pages of text 20 engravings all loose sheets in gray cloth chemise illustrated in b&w. Book ex-library with only indications being sticker to front pastedown of chemise and pocket to bottom flap contents show mild foxing to front title page otherwise clean bright and unmarked. No DJ. Text in French. THIS LARGE HEAVY BOOK WILL REQUIRE ADDITIONAL SHIPPING FEES. Leonce Laget hardcover
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
19691629Dorset: The Workshop Press 1969. First edition. Paperback. Fair. 1969 oversize paperback with stapled binding. Fair condition only with binding cloth very frayed and faded. Heavy wear to the corners both covers and pages. Staples are still firmly bound even though the cloth covering them is giving up. 92 full color pages of Gardiner's beautiful illustrations documenting the castles manors and landscapes of Dorset and Purbeck. A rough copy but with no diminishment to the beauty and vibrancy of the illustrations. <br/><br/> The Workshop Press paperback
