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1810D7118London: T. Cadell and W. Davies 1810. Hardcover. Very Good. Contemporary gilt-ruled calf gilt-stamped lettering in red morocco spine label; 12mo 98 x 158 mm; pp. 8 167 with numerous engravings by Clennell after drawings by Stothard. Backstrip perished and label chipped; boards a bit scuffed and bumped. Internally quite nice -- contemporary inscription on verso of FFEP a little tanning here and there but overall bright and clean. <br/><br/> T. Cadell and W. Davies 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
001420London: Dean and Son. First edition presumed. Paper on boards. Fair. N.d. circa 1850s. Folio 13.5 by 10 inches. Not paginated 33 leaves including title page with printing on only one side per leaf. Wonderful hand-colored illustrations by unnamed artists but many with the qualiy of Tenniel. Some form part of a loose story narrative and others are part of a looser verse bond. Particularly appealing are the feline illustrations which come in several places most notably part of "The Cat Party". The leaves do not appear to have been bound in a proper order as this particular narrative moves in reverse. It is all somewhat chaotic yet charmingly so. Also a stand-out is the imagery of the "London Toy Warehouse". While some of the animal imagery is straightforward and pedestrian this is more than dominated by that which is humorous unexpected and inspired. The book was surely intended both to instruct and amuse and it is this twin objective that underlies its dual tone. The boards which are covered by illustrated paper pasted on are soiled and chewed up in the corners and the edges are rough. There are a fair number of closed tears inside near the front that were less than deftly repaired with tape some of which remains. Some soilage throughout. Still most of the imagery remains bright and appealing. <br/><br/> Dean and Son hardcover 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
185829181New York: Dick & Fitzgerald 1858. First edition. Cloth. Very Good. Cloth 8vo. Dark brown pebbled cloth covers with raised floral decorations gilt lettering and design element with man hoisting up a harp on his back. viii 9-368 numbered pages followed by 16 pp of advertisements. Engraved frontis with most of tissue guard still present. A collection of humorous writings that includes the first appearance in book ofmr of any of Lewis Carroll's writings "Novelty and Romancement A Broken Spell". Unusual personalized bookmark on the first endpaper else a very good example with light but even wear to cloth covers. Interior paper has occasional smudges. A sound copy overall. Dick & Fitzgerald unknown books
1841008974London: Longman Orme Brown Green and Longman 1841. SCARCE in contemporary fine binding two volumes in polished calf the backs with black and red morocco labels and intricate gilt tooling marbled end papers and edges the bookplates of Walmer Castle and a later 20th c. owner front end papers prior owner inscriptions in pencil and ink concerning Walmer Castle and Cattermole's engravings "considered to be some of his finest". Very Good the calf rubbed and soiled. Both volumes with frontis engravings and engraved title pages Vol. I with 7 engravings in text Vol. II with 13 in text. The title pages call for 15 in Vol. I and 13 in Vol. II leaving the possibility of 4 missing engravings however no evidence of removal. . First Edition. Polished Calf. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Longman, Orme, Brown, Green, and Longman 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
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
183320466London: Chapman and Hall 1833. Cloth. Very Good. 2 xviii 2 1-464 1-ad pages frontis. Publisher's cloth blindstamped and gold stamped decorations. Rebacked with original spine laid down. All edges gilt. 4 3/8 x 5 1/2 inches. Generally bright and clean internally noting a '139' on the front flyleaf perhaps from a lending library. Wear at the extremities now a sound working copy. Cloth. Covers various topics targetted at youth including mechanics hydraulics hydrostatics pneumatics acoustics pyronomics optics electricity galvanism and magnetism. Engravings by E. Landells. Chapman and Hall unknown books
1259London. Hamlyn. 1997. 4to. Small and square quarto hardcover tight binding bright and fresh pages. Hamlyn. Binding: Black boards with white titles. Hard Cover : First Edition. Condition: Fine/FineDescription: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall 97 pages very clean bright and tight. Superb full colour full page illustrations throughout. No inscription or marking. D/j still has price corner. Black boards with white titles. A lavish production tracing the development of this art form. Outstanding color throughout. 9.6 x 9.2 Inches; 96pp pages. Fine. unknown books
1898D2333London: Privately Printed for Societe des Bibliophiles 1898. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Four volumes. Cloth-backed paper over boards gilt-stamped lettering and ornament on spine top edge gilt; with engravings etched by Louis Monzies after drawings by Paul Avril. An unnumbered copy from a limited edition of 100 on "Old English Spartan." ALL VOLUMES: Spines just a little dust soiled corners gently bumped. Volume 1 bumped at tail of spine. A very nice set. From the "Classics Facetius" series. <br/><br/> Privately Printed for Societe des Bibliophiles hardcover books
1814D6857London: Printed for William Daniell. by Thomas Davison 1814. Hardcover. Very Good. Modern half morocco and marbled paper; folio large paper copy 13 x 17 inches; pp. 2 title-p. blank 99 1 plus 17 mounted India Proofs engraved by William Daniell after paintings by Robert Smirke. Spine tips and corners lightl bumped; faint damp-stain in upper right corner of text block just touching images on the first 6 plates; a bit foxed throughout. <br/><br/> Printed for William Daniell... by Thomas Davison hardcover books
372Lithographic transfer. c. 1900. Image: 10½ x 7¼. Margins: 14¾ x 11½. unknown books
1859833001859. COLE Joseph Foxcroft. PRINTS - BOSTON SOUTH BOSTON 1859 HANDCOLORED LITHOGRAPH BY JOSEPH FOXCROFT COLE. Boston: J. F. A. Cole ca. 1859. Image matted to 22 x 29 1/2 inches. Three spots of browning to the sky area faint arc of foxing a few more to the scenes below the main image. Main image features a main intersection of roads one signposted "G Street Ward 12". Great perspective. Very good overall. Below the title is printed: "To the citizens of South Boston this picture is most respectfully dedicated by the Artist. 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
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
1790236120No place 1790. 34 leaves containing about 225 plates one hand-colored. 1 vols. Folio. Quarter calf over flowered paper covered boards. Worn but most of the plates are still in very good condition within some trimming only occasionally affecting any text under the plate. In all an interesting collection of engravings. 34 leaves containing about 225 plates one hand-colored. 1 vols. Folio. unknown 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
447Lithograph from Views of Paris. c. 1840. Lithographs with hand-coloring. With stamp of publishers Goupil & Cie. editeurs. Image: 6¾ x 10¾. Margins: 11 x 16¾. 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