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191819071903Ditchling Sussex: Printed at the Ditchling Press by Douglas Pepler 1918. First and Limited Edition. Wraps. Good . Gill Eric and Beedham R. John. One of 240 copies duodecimo size 126 pp. "Woodwork" contains twenty-one wood engravings of tools by the inimitable Eric Gill 1882-1940; a highly regarded printmaker sculptor and typographer as well as a complicated man Gill provided illustrations for numerous fine press publications by the Golden Cockerel Press and the Saint Dominic's Press as well as with Pepler under the imprint of the St. Dominic's Press.<br/><br/>An informative look at the art of carpentry by craftsman-woodworker Arthur Romney Green 1872-1945 who like Gill and Pepler was influenced by William Morris and the Arts and Crafts movement. Although the book is stated as "Volume I" no further volumes were issued.<br/><br/>___DESCRIPTION: Brown paper wraps black lettering on the front wrap fore- and bottom edges uncut title page with black-and-white wood engraving a total of thirty-one wood engravings in the text throughout: twenty-one wood engravings of carpentry tools by Eric Gill ten wood engravings by R. John Beedham; Caslon O. F. type Batchelor handmade paper duodecimo size 7.75" by 5" pagination: i-iv v-xvi 1 2-110 one of 450 copies this number 161.<br/><br/>___CITATION: Better than good with clean wraps a strong square text block the interior is clean and bright and entirely free of prior owner markings; overall minor edgewear to the wraps some loss to the paper at the spine exposing parts of the gatherings however text block still solid small loss to the bottom fore-edge corner of the title page.<br/><br/>___CITATIONS: Gill no. 269; Taylor and Sewell no. A31.<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. Printed at the Ditchling Press by Douglas Pepler unknown books
1924007589Berkshire England : The Golden Cockerel Press 1924. #333 of 380 copies 350 of which were for sale. Vellum spine over handmade patterned paper boards gilt lettering at spine Near Fine petite period bookplate front paste down the usual toning to front and rear end pages. An essay taken from "Walden or Life in the Woods" by Henry David Thoreau 46 pp. with wood engravings in blue by Robert Gibbings. A lovely tight copy that feels unread. . Limited and Numbered First Edition. Vellum Over Handmade Paper Boa. Near Fine/No Jacket As Issued. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. Limited Edition. The Golden Cockerel Press Hardcover 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
19579011607New York: Museum of Modern Art 1957. Hardcover. Fine condition in a very good folder. Leonard Baskin. Wood engravings by Leonard Baskin. Bound in publisher's original wrappers in a paper covered folder. The folder is sunned and has closed tears to the extremities and water stains to the back cover. <br/><br/> Museum of Modern Art hardcover books
1962WRCAM36263San Francisco: Printed for the Book Club of California 1962. 8pp. followed by twenty-eight full-page colored prints each print preceded by a leaf identifying the artist and a leaf of explanatory text. Folio. Original half cloth and patterned paper boards paper label. Fine. In a plain red dust jacket slightly faded. One of 400 copies printed by the Grabhorn Press with the prints culled from the private collection of Edwin and Marjorie Grabhorn. The Grabhorns produced three such books the first focusing on figure prints and the second on landscape. This final volume in the trilogy centers around portrait prints or prints with people as their main subject. GRABHORN BIBLIOGRAPHY 638. Printed for the Book Club of California hardcover books
1946002383Paris: Edition de la Galerie Charpentier 1946. Limited First Edition. Folio with slipcase. Near Fine. Exemplaire imprime pour Madame Fernand Leval and thus presumably among the small number of copies reserved for collaborateurs of the work. Folio 33 by 26 cm. 98 1 pp. Evocative charcoal drawings by Ayme. Clean with minor wear and some sunning to the perimeter of the slipcase. <br/><br/> Edition de la Galerie Charpentier unknown 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
1923210503006Waltham Saint Lawrence Berkshire: Golden Cockerel Press 1923. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Near fine/very good. White Ethelbert. No. 200 of 320 copies on paper duodecimo size 49 pp. Edmund Spenser 1552/3 to 1599 is probably best known for his epic poem "The Faerie Queene" an ode to Elizabeth I. Even today he is considered one of the greatest poets of the English language. <br/><br/>This work "The Wedding Songs" is a publication uniting two works which were published a year apart both dealing with love and romance.<br/><br/>According to "Chanticleer" this is the first work of the Press to be illustrated with wood-engravings; however they go on to state that "there is no great feeling of harmony between the engravings and the type" p. 16. We find the three wood-engravings charming; Ethelbert White 1892-1972 was a founding member of the English Wood Engraving Society beginning his career with water colour but being introduced to wood-engraving in 1920. <br/><br/>___DESCRIPTION: Quarter linen white paper spine label with black lettering blue paper sides over boards fore- and bottom edges uncut the frontispiece one of three wood engravings and the only one in three colours rust green and yellow the other two only in rust; Caslon type on hand-made unbleached Arnold paper duodecimo size 7 3/8" by 4 1/2" pagination: 1-8 9-46 47 final wood-engraving 48 colophon 49 publisher's device; no. 200 of the 320 copies on paper per the colophon; per the bibliography there were 350 copies on paper there were an additional 25 copies on Japanese vellum. In the original plain glassine dust jacket. <br/><br/>___CONDITION: Volume near fine with clean boards perfectly straight corners without rubbing a strong square text block with solid hinges the interior is clean and bright with many signatures still unopened and entirely free of prior owner markings; some light sunning at the top edge the glassine wrapper was cut a bit short else fine. The glassine wrapper very good entire the spine sunned and with several tears and chips along the spine. <br/><br/>___CITATION: Chanticleer no. 14. <br/><br/>___POSTAGE: 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. Golden Cockerel Press hardcover books
197229782No Place: Privately Printed 1972. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. Wide hardbound octavo. Unpaginated. Fine press poetry book with engravings by Gillian Tyler. #141 of 350 copies printed at the Stinehour Press. Slight toning to cover edges else a near fine example. Privately Printed hardcover 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
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
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
195551762New York: The Devin-Adair Company 1955. First Edition. Octavo. Paper-covered cloth boards in dust jacket; 220pp. Trivial spotting to top edge of textblock corners and bottom edge of boards mildly bumped else a tight clean unmarked copy. Dust jacket showing minor spotting and shelf wear including a few nicks and chips to top and bottom edges. Very Good. The Devin-Adair Company unknown books
195420011203Kentfield California: The L-D Allen Press 1954. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Fine/very good. Dean Mallette. One of 175 copies quarto size 146 pp. Marie-Henri Beyle 1783-1842 is likely best remembered today for his novels "Le Rouge et le Noir" and "La Chartreuse de Parme" and is considered one of the earliest authors of realism. Stendhal saw much of the Europe of his day; as part of the Napoleonic army he participated in the 1812 invasion of Russia and the retreat therefrom; served as the French consul in parts of Italy and eventually moved to Paris being buried in Montmarte. <br/><br/>Stendhal's "Journals" provide a fascinating glimpse not only into some of the places to which he travelled but more importantly into his inner thoughts; he was one of the Allens' "esteemed authors" and they were excited at the chance to publish an excerpt of his "Journals" when approached with the idea by Professor Francis Carmody. <br/><br/>As stated in the Allen Press bibliography "this was our fourth edition to be produced entirely by hand with hand-crafted materials throughout. We were now convinced that this method was our proper métier - that the handpress is the most satisfactory instrument in a chimerical attempt at the craftsmanship standards set by Kelmscott Doves and Ashendene presses" p. 39. This book was selected as one of the AIGA fifty books of the year. <br/><br/>___DESCRIPTION: Bound in full Fortuny printed cloth from Venice of antique red on a dull gold background headbands of black and gilt title page in red and black in opposing vertical columns each section with headpieces of one of the two wood engravings by Mallette Dean one of an elaborate quill pen forming the shape of a fleur-de-lis the other of a cluster of grapes and leaves; handset Romanée type Crown & Sceptre paper hand-made in England with the watermark "British Hand Made" quarto size 10.25" by 7.25" pagination: 1-6 7-146. Dust wrapper of plain black Italian laid paper with gilt lettering on the spine. <br/><br/>___CONDITION: Fine with clean boards perfectly straight corners totally without rubbing a strong square text block with solid hinges the interior is clean and bright and entirely free of prior owner markings; clean crisp as new. The paper dust jacket we are grading as very good due to minor overall edgewear and a rectangular chip at the top of the rear joint approx. one inch by one-third inch; as the Allens stated in their bibliography "this paper proved to be too perishable; a clear acetate jacket would have been more durable and would have revealed the handsome Italian cloth." <br/><br/>___CITATION: Allen Press bibliography no. 15; Hawk no. 319.<br/><br/>___POSTAGE: 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. The L-D Allen Press hardcover books
199545430Ware UK: Wordsworth Editions 1995. First English edition. 4to pp. not numbered. Paper wraps. Forty color prints which are readily detachable for framing. A nice copy. Wordsworth Editions unknown books
19691317567Cambridge: The Limited Editions Club 1969. 1083/1500. Hardcover. Large Octavo; pp 299; VG/no-DJ; bluish green spine with gilt text; signed limited copies this is no. 1083 of 1500; black slipcase has lightly rubbed exterior; intact panels; 1/4 bound leatherette spine; cloth covered boards show little wear; strong boards; text block has slight wear to exterior edges; interior clean; illustrated; signed by the illustrator;. 1317567. FP New Rockville Stock. The Limited Editions Club hardcover books
1979194210Easton Press 1979-01-01. Leather Bound. Very Good. Full brown leather binding with gilt stamped design and page edges. 4 raised bands to the spine. Clean has a good binding no marks or notations. Easton Press hardcover books
1974252078Norwalk: Heritage Press 1974. Hardcover. xxvii 313p. introductionillustrations very good Heritage Press edition in powder blue cloth boards and plain cream slipcase Sandglass newsletter laid-in ownership bookplate of Jane Trahey affixed on pastedown endpaper. Trahey was the first woman to own and run an advertising agency and was a writer as well. Her semi-autobiographical book was the basis of Hayley Mills "The Trouble With Angels Heritage Press 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
1910140940357Paris: Charles Carrington 1910. First Illustrated Edition. Very Good. First illustrated edition. 312 pp. with publisher's tipped-in slip announcing delay and frontispiece. Original white three-quarter faux vellum over gray boards with gilt ruling and spine lettering. Very Good with dampstaining to foot toning to head contents generally bright and in nicer shape. In a serviceable example of the rare original jacket chipped at head 2" and tail small closed tear to top of front panel rubbed along edges toning and dampstaining to spine. Oscar Wilde's classic Gothic horror tale with full-page wood engravings by Eugene Dété from drawings by Paul Thiriat each with a tissue guard titled in crimson. Charles Carrington unknown books
19869013392London: Folio Society 1986. Hardcover. Fine condition in a fine slipcase. <br/><br/> Folio Society hardcover books
1951JC9113New York: Pellegrini & Cudahy 1951. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Black cloth ornately stamped in silver on spine; dust jacket; 8vo; pp. 131 with beautiful b/w wood engravings. Some light scuffing at spine tips and along edges of boards; silver spine somewhat darkened. Dust jacket tanned moreso along spine; some light chipping and small closed tears along joints and edges; VG in mylar not price-clipped. <br/><br/> Pellegrini & Cudahy hardcover books
1964240569Iowa City: Printed for the author at The Stone Wall Press 1964. Hardcover. 20p. 8x5 inches landscape layout preface woodcuts tissue guards rubricated title page #169/250 limited first edition thus in sewn blue boards and gilt. Printed for the author at The Stone Wall Press hardcover 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
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
