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189810650<p>The Century Co. New York 1898. First Edition. HC VG to VG Published by The Century Co. and printed by the renowned De Vinne Press. This is the true first printing featuring the original 1898 title page date and the rare pictorial paper-over-green-cloth 'blossom' binding. Includes the full collection of five stories that inspired Puccini's famous opera.</p> The Century Co. hardcover
1968000012881New York: Harper & Row Publishers 1968 1968. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Slim 8vo. 10 xi-xii 2 3-78 6 pp. Black publisher's cloth with the publisher's device in gold on the front board gold lettering on the spine. Grey endpapers and pastedowns. Price of $3.95 on the front flap of the dust jacket. Foreword by Coretta Scott King. A series of five lectures delivered via broadcast in November and December of 1967 to the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. The seventh annual series of the Massey Lectures. Stanford The Martin Luther King Jr. Research and Education Institute "Trumpet of Conscience The". This title was first released by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation under the title Conscience for Change. This publication was released shortly after King's assassination. It contains King's final thoughts on the American Civil Rights movement with a discussion of civil disobedience a statement of his opposition to the Vietnam War the power of the youth movement and the political strategy behind non-violent resistance. The final lecture was King's Christmas Eve sermon for 1967 delivered at Ebenezer Baptist Church. The sermon stands as a reflection on the challenges the nonviolent resistance movement faced but also as an affirmation of King's famous "I Have a Dream Speech" A private owner's stamp on the free front endpaper; jacket with a small crease and tear on the front flap. Harper & Row, Publishers [1968] hardcover
1914000021649<p>New York: Grolier Club May 1914. Limited Edition. hardcover. Near fine. Octavo approx. 6 1/2" wide by 9 1/2" tall Black cloth spine over marbled paper-covered boards. 216 pages colophon. Includes index. Frontispiece portrait of Franklin in medallion format with 42 additional illustrations including several reproductions and facsimile letters some folding. Printed by Bruce Rogers with his printer's device on the last printed page. Paper stain probably from a piece of newspaper on two pages mostly in margin. Small hole at bottom of rear panel near spine light rubbing along joints else near fine. No slipcase. 092715A <br /><br /></p> Grolier Club hardcover
1930151540Culver City CA: RKO Radio Pictures 1930. Vintage program for the 1930 pre-Code musical film. <br /> <br /> Based on the 1927 musical by Vincent Youmans in turn based on the 1922 play "Shore Leave" by Hubert Osborne. A young woman decides to sell her valuable heirloom necklace in order to buy a boat for for her US Navy sweetheart. Considered a lost film. <br /> <br /> 9 x 12 inches. Eight pages with illustrated wrappers. About Near Fine with light toning to the top and left edges. RKO Radio Pictures unknown
2002535644Oran V. Siler Printing January 2002. Hardcover . Used - Very Good/No Jacket. Includes Chicxulub seismic line plate fold out in pocket of back cover. Light edge and cover wear with unmarked pages. Domestic orders shipped with USPS tracking numbers. Oran V. Siler Printing hardcover
187731703Ulm: J. Ebner 1877. Hardcover. g. Quarto. 8 66 1390 4 459 1pp. Original 3/4 morocco over black cloth with gold lettering and tooling on spine. All edges red. Frontispiece. Pictorial title page in red purple and black lettering. Remarkable edition of Martin Luther's Bible exquisitely illustrated with 300 b/w illustrations by Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld. Moderate rubbing on spine and along edges of binding. Minor age-toning along paper margin. Text in German gothic script. Binding in overall good- interior in good to very good condition. J. Ebner hardcover
186917428<p>'Attonde Upplagan'. Good HC no DJ. Text in Swedish/Svenska. Text in a Fraktur font. Patterned paper over boards backed with leather; contemporary newsprint pasted on inside covers. Covers are scuffed/lightly soiled; rear cover has 1 x 3 inch of paper missing at top fore corner; rubbing wear at cover fore corners boards exposed; remains tightly bound but somewhat fragile - easily readable; title page has numerous names in contemporary pen with some dates 1870 1871; interior clean but for limited foxing. Cf OCLC #676918215 but pub date differs. 24mo 104 pp.</p> Stockholm: A.L. Norman hardcover
1275176Taschen America Llc. Collectible - Very Good. Condition: Very Good ; Hardcover in dustjacket. Signed and inscribed by Peggy Moffitt and William Claxton on the title page. Condition is Very Good in a Near Fine dustjacket. Book has clean covers and pages square spine and corners and a tight binding. Jacket clean and crisp with just a hint of wear. Photos upon request. Taschen America Llc hardcover
192118101801San Francisco: Edwin & Robert Grabhorn 1921. Limited Edition. Wraps. Very good . One of 250 copies octavo size 16 pp. We all know the story of the Grabhorn brothers arrival in San Francisco on "December 24 1919 several weeks in advance of their equipment which has been sent on from Indianapolis by freight" Magee p. 12. Edwin and Robert became one of the largest forces for fine printing not only in San Francisco but both nationally and internationally printing imaginative quality fine press work for the next several decades and raising the standard for all who would follow.<br/><br/>This relatively scarce item there is one other online as of this writing was printed by the Grabhorn brothers in September of 1921 less than two years after arriving in San Francisco "for complimentary distribution"; per the Magee bibliography it was the fifth and last of "The Printing Press" series. Here is presented an extract from the copius "American Encyclopedia of Printing" which was written and published by J. Luther Ringwalt in 1871 and which contained "over 1600 entries and 200 illustrations to educate its audience about the history machinery tools process and products of printing" n.b. quote from the web site of The Library Company of Philadelphia. <br/><br/>___DESCRIPTION: Bound in evergreen laid paper wraps white paper label to the front wrap with black lettering and a black decorative border stitched binding title caption title and one decorative initial printed in black and red caption title of quotation in red one decorative headpiece decorative rule at the top of each page of text; handset Oxford type paper Glaslan octavo size 8.5" by 5.5" pagination: i-ii 1-13 14 a quote "To the Reader"; limited edition of 250 copies unnumbered with "some copies in terra-cotta boards" Magee.<br/><br/>___CONDITION: Better than very good the wraps clean the label on the front wrap unrubbed the stitched binding strong the interior clean and bright and entirely free of prior owner markings; we would have rated near fine except for a separation of the wrap at the fold above the stitching a very small area of loss at the tail of the crease and light overall wear to the edges of the wraps.<br/><br/>___CITATION: Grabhorn Bibliography no. 30.<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. Edwin & Robert Grabhorn unknown books
1947130829Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1947. Draft script for the 1948 film. Copy belonging to Actor Van Heflin. <br /> <br /> Based on John P. Marquand's 1946 novel. Released in the UK as "Polly Fulton" because "B.F" is a British euphemism for "bloody fool." Polly Stanwyck is the daughter of a wealthy industrialist about to marry a lawyer. Then she meets Tom Heflin who blames the world's problems on the rich. Despite their differences they fall in love and marry. WWII takes Tom to the nation's capital and their relationship begins to spiral into turmoil. Nominated for an Academy Award. <br /> <br /> Lacks front studio wrapper and title page rear wrapper is gray. 131 leaves mimeograph duplication with pink and white revision pages throughout dated variously between 9-10-47 and 9-30-47. Pages Near Fine rear wrapper Very Good bound with two gold brads. <br /> <br /> Warner Archive. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown
187822274n.p.: S.D. Harris Printer 1878. 42pp. Original printed wrappers light dustsoiling and wear stitched wraps lightly dusted. Institutional rubberstamp on front wrapper. Very Good. <br/> offered with EBEN NEWTON ET ALS. VS. THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF MAHONING COUNTY OHIO. ARGUMENT FOR DEFENDANT BY T.W. SANDERSON. Youngstown OH: News Print. 23 1 blank 35 1 blank pp. @1878 Original printed wrappers light dust and wear stitched. Institutional rubberstamp on front wrapper. <br/> offered with EBEN NEWTON ET ALS. SUPPLEMENTAL ARGUMENT FOR DEFENDANT BY. THOS. W. SANDERSON. Youngstown OH: News Print. @ 27 1 blank pp. Original printed wrappers light dust rubberstamp on front wrap stitched. Very Good. Two stab holes in left margin. Very Good. Light old folds. Very Good. <br/><br/> The controversy related to the removal of a county seat from one town to another. Plaintiffs sought to prevent the removal on the ground that the State's action violated the Constitution's prohibition on impairing the obligation of contracts. The case is reported at 100 U.S. 548 1879. S.D. Harris, Printer unknown books
187822274n.p.: S.D. Harris Printer 1878. 42pp. Original printed wrappers light dustsoiling and wear stitched wraps lightly dusted. Institutional rubberstamp on front wrapper. Very Good. <br /> offered with EBEN NEWTON ET ALS. VS. THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF MAHONING COUNTY OHIO. ARGUMENT FOR DEFENDANT BY T.W. SANDERSON. Youngstown OH: News Print. 23 1 blank 35 1 blank pp. @1878 Original printed wrappers light dust and wear stitched. Institutional rubberstamp on front wrapper. <br /> offered with EBEN NEWTON ET ALS. SUPPLEMENTAL ARGUMENT FOR DEFENDANT BY. THOS. W. SANDERSON. Youngstown OH: News Print. @ 27 1 blank pp. Original printed wrappers light dust rubberstamp on front wrap stitched. Very Good. Two stab holes in left margin. Very Good. Light old folds. Very Good. <br /> <br /> The controversy related to the removal of a county seat from one town to another. Plaintiffs sought to prevent the removal on the ground that the State's action violated the Constitution's prohibition on impairing the obligation of contracts. The case is reported at 100 U.S. 548 1879. S.D. Harris, Printer unknown
198346833Yakima WA: Lightning Press. Near Fine with no dust jacket. 1983. First Edition. Hardcover. Original gilt-titled cloth. 366pp includes index. A genealogical work. ; quarto; 366 pages . Lightning Press hardcover
6638888Edition: second . Good Condition. No Hassle 30 Day Returns Ships Daily Underlining/Highlighting: SOME Writing: SOME Publisher: Hayden-McNeil Publishing Pub Date: 1/1/2012 Binding: Spiral-bound Pages: 162 unknown
198986177Norwalk Connecticut: Easton Press 1989. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Fine. Accented in 22kt gold printed on archival paper with gilded edges smyth sewing & concealed muslin joints. Bound In full leather with hubbed spines. A Limited Edition. ; First Easton Press Edition.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Easton Press hardcover
1996331909Norwalk Connecticut: Easton Press 1996. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Illustrated by Thomas Hart Benton. Near Fine Leather Bound. Printed on archival paper with gilded edges. The endsheets are of moire fabric with a silk ribbon page marker. Smyth sewing and concealed muslin joints to ensure the highest quality binding. This book is in full leather with hubbed spines.; The 100 Greatest Books Ever Written Collector's Edition. Easton Press hardcover
027882Weimar Hermann Böhlaus Nachfolger 1912-1921. 6 volumes XLI 656 XXXII 700 XLIV 738 XLV 737 XLIV 728 XXXIX 724 p. Bound in the publisher's light green paper wrappers In good condition a firm set with clean and unmarked interiors and untrimmed text-blocks as issued. Facsimile by Akademischen Druck- u. Verlagsanstalt at Graz in 1967. Weimar, Hermann Böhlaus Nachfolger 1912-1921 unknown
196482370Paris: Casterman 1964. Fine. Casterman Paris 1964 13.50 x 19 cm broché First edition of the French translation of which there were no deluxe copies. Handsome copy. Casterman unknown
19943J3-00014University of California Press 1994-12-07. hardcover. New. 7x2x10. Ship within 24hrs. 100% Satisfaction is Our #1 Goal! University of California Press hardcover
1992A8-00077University of California Press 1992-01-09. hardcover. New. 7x1x10. Ship within 24hrs. 100% Satisfaction is Our #1 Goal! University of California Press hardcover
1962379855Württ. Bibelanstalt Stuttgart 1962. First Edition. Hardcover. In original Slip case. Near fine copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Slightest suggestion only of dust-dulling to the spine bands and panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight bright clean and strong. Physical Description : 25cm. Includes unnumbered leaves and map. Subjects : Theology. Religion. Protestantism. Originally published: 1534. Language ; German. Württ. Bibelanstalt, Stuttgart hardcover
18719027291Philadelphia: Menamin & Ringwalt and J. Lippincott 1871. 1st. Hardcover. Good. Bound in publisher's original green cloth with spine and front cover elaborately stamped in gilt rear cover elaborately stamped in blind. Edges worn through at extremities half-inch tear at head of spine small chips at heel of spine front hinge separated. Text block is sound. All pages are present intact cleam and bright. Contains many elaborate illustrations of the printer's craft including a two-page color facsimile of illuminated text from a Bible printed by Gutenburg and Fust about the year 1455 following p. 240 printers' coat of arms granted by Frederick III printers' devices by Caxton and numerous technical tables. <br/><br/> Menamin & Ringwalt, and J. Lippincott hardcover books
1836cor518Printed for B Blake London 1836 Printed for B Blake London 1836 hardback paste down title to spine c 476 pp with b/w frontis of Martin Luther boards are badly bumped and torn almost detached can be easily rebound but inside in good tight clean reading order. Full refund if not satisfied. 24 hour dispatch via Tracked. If not pictured in this listing a scan of the actual book is available on request. Hardcover. Fair. Printed for B Blake London hardcover
2026x-303209612XSpringer 2026. Hardcover. New. 450 pages. 9.26x6.11x9.21 inches. Springer hardcover
2003DBS-9780735401136AIP 2003. 1st. Hardcover. New. AIP hardcover