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199112913Premier jour d'émission du timbre René Char. Samedi 23 février 1991 à l'Isle sur La Sorgue. Valeur 2,50 + 0,50. Portrait par Valentine Hugo. en feuille très bon Avignon Conseil Général de Vaucluse 1991
191389411Lucien Vogel éditeur | Paris Octobre 1913 | 19 x 24.50 cm | une feuille
199520053005London: Frances Lincoln Publishers 1995. First Thus 1st Printing. Hardcover. New/New. Hardcover with Dust Jacket. Published by Frances Lincoln Publishers. First printing thus. About 10 x 8 inches bound in green cloth with title information to spine in gold. With beautifully rendered and printed wood engravings throughout. NEW. Not read. Binding firm and square. All corners pointed. Without bumps or creases. Not marked in any way and very clean and bright. Dust jacket same. All items carefully wrapped and sent boxed. <br/> <br/> Frances Lincoln Publishers hardcover
19539695New York: Hammer Creek Press 1953. Unbound. Near Fine binding. Portfolio. 6.5" x 4.25." 4 folded leaves. Limited edition number of copies unknown. As issued 4 bifolium leaves laid into portfolio. Only light rubbing to the portfolio; leaves are fine. <br /> <br /> Comprises as title page with printing on the recto of the first page only; and three engraving on three bifolium with title of engravings in red on the recto of the first leaf and the engraving occupying the recto of the second leaf. Engravings are of "The Hell-Box Press" "The Hammer Creek Press" and "Along the Hammer Creek." An additional pressmark by DePol on the title page. Cohen 24; DePol Catalogue Raisonne p. 41. Hammer Creek Press unknown
19539703New York: Hammer Creek Press 1953. Unbound. Very Good binding. Portfolio. 6.5" x 4.25." 4 folded leaves. Limited edition number of copies unknown. As issued 4 bifolium leaves laid into portfolio with printed paper label on the cover. Light rubbing to the portfolio including some separation starting at the spine; leaves are fine. <br /> <br /> Comprises as title page with printing on the recto of the first page only; and three engraving on three bifolium with title of engravings in red on the recto of the first leaf and the engraving occupying the recto of the second leaf. Engravings are of "The Hell-Box Press" "The Hammer Creek Press" and "Along the Hammer Creek." An additional pressmark by DePol on the title page. As is frequently the case with Fass's small print runs frequently there are difference with an edition; in this instance the portfolio differs from others we've seen and what Cohen describes this with a printed label using DePol's pressmark we have seen others that are stamped in gold using a turtle pressmark designed for the Press by Burton Carnes. Additionally the title leaf is set in upper and lower case italics and is within a border and without a date we have see it set in all capitals without border and is dated 1952—though Cohen suggest the date is actually 1953. This is a very good example of the experimental nature of Fass's work at the Hammer Creek Press. A wonderful issue from the Press. Cohen 24; DePol Catalogue Raisonne p. 41. Hammer Creek Press unknown
19518728Lexington KY: Gravesend Press printed by Philip Reed 1951. Hard Cover. Very Good binding. Small octavo. 8 vii 1 16 2 pp. illus. Limited edition one of 500 copies. As issued in paste-paper over boards bound by Elizabeth Kner with printed paper title label on the front cover; partially unopened. 16 in-text engravings from Bewick's blocks printed in brown grace the pages of the charming volume. Light rubbing to the extremities of the binding including a scuffed spot on the front board; interior is fine. <br /> <br /> Designed by Joseph C. Graves this is the second issue with his imprint though Graves's friend Philip Reed executed the presswork at his Chicago print shop. Graves ran the Gravesend Press as a sideline from about 1949 through to the end of his life in 1960 issuing scarcely more than half a dozen books. While less known that some of his contemporaries he took his place amidst a vibrant mid-century printing and illustrating scene—friends with Victor Hammer Carolyn Reading Philip Reed Fritz Kredel John DePol John Fass and others. H. Richard Archer in a history of Graves and his press published in The Kentucky Review Spring 1987 summarizes Graves's work thus: "All of the books whether pamphlets or bound books reflect the taste and high standards of a true amateur craftsman and as such they certainly qualify as choice examples from one of this generation's most distinguished private presses. Gravesend Press | printed by Philip Reed unknown
1971005640Colombes , Collection Génération n°5 (Gervais Jassaud) 1971 In-8 Broché Edition originale
19476155London: J.M. Dent & Sons Ltd. Printed at the Temple Press 1947. Second Impression. Hardcover. pp. vii 144. Slim 12mo. Publisher's tan cloth over boards gilt lettering over maroon spine label. Features striking wood-cut illustrations attributed to Claire Oldham an obscure seemingly forgotten "self-taught printmaker". Cloth extremities exceptionally well-preserved showing no detectable flaws contents equally without blemish with bright clean and unmarked pages and firm sound binding; near fine and housed in good original unclipped dustjacket showing some chipping along the edges of the panels small loss to the base of spine panel now housed in protective mylar cover. Overall very good. Scarce in commerce in this edition and state. <br/><br/> J.M. Dent & Sons Ltd. | Printed at the Temple Press hardcover
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
1950C45548London: The Dropmore Press 1950. Hardcover Hardcover. Very Good. Number 46 of 300 copies. Slight wear and lean otherwise very good indeed. The Dropmore Press, hardcover
19822110502150904384Sanseido 1982. Soft Cover. Fine. Volume: 1 Sanseido 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
1927355490725414London 1927. First Edition. Hard Cover. London: Published by the Fleuron Limited and printed at the Curwen Press 1927-1930. CONTAINS SIGNED WOOD ENGRAVINGS BY JOHN NASH IN VOLUME 3 AND ERIC RAVILIOUS IN VOLUME 4. Publisher's yellow brown pink or purple buckram with gilt lettering to the spine t.e.g. others uncut spines a little faded. Robert Gibbings writes on the Golden Cockerel Press Eric Gill on intaglio printing from woodblocks Paul Nash on woodcut patterns Douglas Percy Bliss on the tools of the wood-engraver etc. W A Thorpe on the Wood-Engravings of John Nash Wood and Metal in the Invention of Printing by Victor Scholderer German Woodcut Lettering by Dr. Julius Rodenberg et al. Generously illustrated with examples of the work of many of the great wood engravers of the time Eric Ravilious John Nash Tirzah Garwood Gwen Raverat Clare Leighton et al. Vol 1 yellow buckram from 1927 is # 25 of 75 copies of which 70 are for sale. Vol 2 brown buckram from 1928 is # 42 of 80 copies of which 75 are for sale. In addition to the blocks in the text there is a fold-out in collotype of woodcut wall-papers opposite page 1. Vol 3 pink buckram from 1929 is # 18 of 80 copies of which 75 are for sale and contains one of the few woodcuts to be produced in Tirzah Garwood's lifetime Vol 4 purple buckram from 1930 is # 27 of 75 copies of which 70 are for sale. A very good set. Containing signed wood-engravings by Eric Ravilious and John Nash. NB: THESE SPECIAL EDITION SETS ARE VERY RARE AS THE SIGNED ENGRAVINGS BY ERIC RAVILIOUS AND JOHN NASH ARE USUALLY FOUND REMOVED. NNB: Dustwrappers not present. Further photographs available upon request. hardcover
19620008022Chicago: R. Hunter Middleton ca. 1962. New edition. Fine. Thomas Bewick. 8vo measures 6 x 8 inches / 15.3 x 20.2 cm image size of 2 x 3 in. / 5 x 7.5 cm. <br/><br/>This was print no. 39 in the series of Thomas Bewick's wood engravings which were exhibited at Letterio Calapai's Studio in Glencoe IL. in 1969. This impression was made from Bewick's original wood block by R. Hunter Middleton at Chicago. This engraving was originally used in Bewick's AESOP'S FABLES. R. Hunter Middleton unknown
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
19822080202102501063Shueisha Co. Ltd. 1982. Soft Cover. Fine. The book is in fine condition. Shueisha Co., Ltd. paperback
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
19091772DBLondon, John Murray, 1909. 8°. XIV, 224 S., (44) S. (Anzeigen). Mit zahlr. z.T. ganzs. Abb., 1 gef. Panorama und 2 gef. Karten. Illustr. Orig.-Broschur + Wichtig: Für unsere Kunden in der EU erfolgt der Versand alle 14 Tage verzollt ab Deutschland / Postbank-Konto in Deutschland vorhanden + 13. Aufl.
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
1982306969NY: RANDOM HOUSE. Fine. 1982. First Edition. 0394525019 . First American Edition. SIGNED Limited Edition. Copy #455 of 500 numbered copies. Signed by V.S. Pritchett. Fine in green cloth in an orange cloth slipcase with the original price sticker at the bottom righthand corner. . RANDOM HOUSE. hardcover
198228363Salisbury Wiltshire: Michael Russell 1982. Near Fine/Very Good. Salisbury Wiltshire: Michael Russell 1982. First Edition Limited to 150 signed copies of which this is no. 28. Slim 12mo; publisher's green cloth pictorial paste-on to upper cover in original glassine dust jacket; 48pp.; woodcut frontispiece illus. throughout. A hint of shelf wear glassine a bit wrinkled else a Fine example. Signed by Pritchett and Theroux on limitation page. Michael Russell unknown
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
19549407Lexington KY: Gravesend Press 1954. Vellum Binding. Near Fine binding. 18mo. 10 48 4 pp. illus. Limited edition number 9 of 200 copies. As issued in vellum-backed patterned-paper over boards. Lacking the slipcase. A handsome copy with only light toning to the perimeters of the boards; contents clean. This copy with 4-page prospectus. <br /> <br /> This work was the first book issued by the Gravesend Press that was actually printed using the Graves' press in their stable by Graves and Jacob Hammer. Kredel's charming engraved pressmark of a sleeping pressman graces the final page. Graves writes about this in his Bibliographical Confession the donkey in the window was their family pet Patience. Graves operated the press as a sideline from about 1949 through to the end of his life in 1960 issuing scarcely more than half a dozen books. While less known that some of his contemporaries he took his place amidst a vibrant mid-century printing and illustrating scene—friends with Victor Hammer Carolyn Reading Fritz Kredel John DePol John Fass and others. H. Richard Archer in a history of the Graves and his press published in The Kentucky Review Spring 1987 summarizes Graves's work thus: "All of the books whether pamphlets or bound books reflect the taste and high standards of a true amateur craftsman and as such they certainly qualify as choice examples from one of this generation's most distinguished private presses." Press historian Roderick Cave notes that this was "probably the most successful Gravesend book" p. 263. Cave The Private Press 2nd edition; Graves The Gravesend Press: A Bibliographical Confession p. 11-13. Gravesend Press unknown
