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193026407Chefoo China 1930. Lovely fine example of the Temple Hill Cut-Out books illustrated with eight pages affixed with cut black paper depicting figures plus one cut-out on the title page. Each of the eight cut-outs is accompanied by a delicate glassine on which is printed in English the legend of the corresponding figure. Bound in pictorial woven cloth over flexible boards string-bound with black cord. Laid in is a sheet about the origin of the cut-out books. Small quarto. 18 x 23.5 cm. Temple Hill Cut-Outs of Chefoo China made by the Self-help Department Women's Bible School Presbyterian Mission. Intricate beautiful cut-paper illustrations. <br/><br/> hardcover books
1940015027Brooklyn NY: Watch Tower Bible & Tract Society 1940. Book. Very good condition. Hardcover. Early edition. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. 381 pages of text including an index followed by 3 pages of publisher's advertisement. Original green hardcover binding with minor shelfwear and moderate soiling. The text is clean and unmarked. Jehovah's Witness. An early edition. Watch Tower Bible & Tract Society Hardcover books
193033600np 1930. Oblong 16mo original printed and illustrated wrappers 8pp. Near Fine. <br/><br/> Stella is presented here engaged in graphically illustrated indiscreet behaviors with her dentist. <br/> Tijuana Bibles "were produced by a shadowy criminal underground in the 1930s. Very little hard information is available about how the Bibles were created where they were manufactured and how they were distributed. One certain fact confirmed by numerous anecdotes is that these comic books were for many young men their first peek into the forbidden world of erotic intimacy" Adelman. They were crudely printed and illustrated porn tract-comic books. The skimpy stories featured contemporary movie sports folk political and cartoon characters in absurdly hyperbolic sexual relations. Why they're called Tijuana Bibles is a matter of speculation; 'Tijuana' was typically associated with iniquity and as an outlet for behavior considered impermissible elsewhere. Properly considered the ancestor of America's underground comics Tijuana Bibles declined in popularity in the 1960's as mainstream publications like Playboy would satisfy readers' prurient interests.<br/>Adelman Tijuana Bibles. Art and Wit in America's Forbidden Funnies. 1930s-1950s. 1997. unknown books
193033601np 1930. Oblong 16mo original illustrated wrappers 8pp. Near Fine. <br/><br/> A common theme for these Bibles: respectable married man tells a young woman he wants to "buy a little of your kiester if we could get it over before my wife comes back from the store." The activities progress in graphic detail.<br/> Tijuana Bibles "were produced by a shadowy criminal underground in the 1930s. Very little hard information is available about how the Bibles were created where they were manufactured and how they were distributed. One certain fact confirmed by numerous anecdotes is that these comic books were for many young men their first peek into the forbidden world of erotic intimacy" Adelman. They were crudely printed and illustrated porn tract-comic books. The skimpy stories featured contemporary movie sports folk political and cartoon characters in absurdly hyperbolic sexual relations. Why they're called Tijuana Bibles is a matter of speculation; 'Tijuana' was typically associated with iniquity and as an outlet for behavior considered impermissible elsewhere. Properly considered the ancestor of America's underground comics Tijuana Bibles declined in popularity in the 1960's as mainstream publications like Playboy would satisfy readers' prurient interests.<br/>Adelman Tijuana Bibles. Art and Wit in America's Forbidden Funnies. 1930s-1950s. 1997. unknown books
1929274680New York: James Pott & Company 1929. Hard Cover. Very Good binding. Designed for use at the altar this is a neatly rebacked copy with the original spine laid down making this a very stable and secure binding. The first pages especially are soiled from use. There is a previous owner gift inscription dated 1932 on the endpaper. Very Good binding. James Pott & Company unknown books
195464261Cleveland Ohio: The Press of The World Publishing Company. Very Good. 1954. Hardcover. Typography by Jos. Trautwein with decorations by Ismar David. #148 of 1250 copies Produced by The Press of The World Publishing Company Cleveland Ohio. Christmas 1954. Red cloth with gilt printing spine ends and corners are just a bit scuffed- otherwise this is a clean bright nice copy. Very Good. . The Press of The World Publishing Company hardcover books
1913228975<p>First edition. Octavo. 2 color fold-out maps at end. Dust jacket price clipped; few chips; detached. Very good. 381 pages. No signatures or bookplates.</p> University Press hardcover books
1965295082Chicago: Follett Publishing 1965. paperback. very good. A gun catalog illustrated in black and white. 576 pages. 4to paper wrappers. Chicago: Follett Publishing 1965. A very good copy.<br/><br/> Follett Publishing unknown books
193028076Lausanne: Gonin & Cie 1930. First edition. Schmied François-Louis. 9-3/4 in. x 7-1/2 in.; 248 mm x 192 mm. 60 pp. Designed and illustrated by Schmied engraved and printed by Philippe Gonin. Seven full-page woodcut illustrations; twelve smaller illustrations initials and bandeaux. Original wrappers in chemise and slipcase slight tanning to the front wrapper otherwise fine. Copy 4 of 175 copies signed by Gonin printed on Arches paper. This is from the tirage de tête of 25 copies which have an additional double suite of the llustrations black and colored. Nasti B18; Ritchie 34. <br/><br/> Gonin & Cie unknown books
193021655Paris: F.L. Schmied 1930. Schmied François-Louis. Small folio 14-1/16 in x 11-1/8. 76 pp. Illustrated with twelve double-page and four single-page colored wood engravings. One of 155 copies printed on Madagascar paper plus 10 for collaborators and 7 on japon. Nasti B15. Full red morocco bound with the pages tipped to hinges cover with a central design after motifs in the book tooled in gilt on inlays of black and maroon morocco dentelles tooled in gilt and with gilt corner onlays gold and black silk moiré endsheets edges rough-gilt bound by Schmied signed on the front turn-in "F.L.S." Chemise and new matching slipcase. Light marginal foxing but in excellent condition.Schmied bound only books of his own creation choosing above all the books of his great years.The subjects of his designs come from the books themselves" Ray The Art Deco Book in France pp. 101-102. "In the introductory note.Théo Schmied points out the natural happiness of the interconnection between his father's cultural tendencies and art of the book and the world of the Near East as it is filtered by the 'inspired' Mardrus translations.throwing light on the the two fundamental aesthetic coordinates we need in order to understand how the details are made subordinate by the elegant decorative unity expressed by the plates that is the purity of the Egyptian graphic art and the will of the Italian primitives. The layout shows either a text harmoniously arranged in respect of double and single plates of various size or a text framed by rules forming a variety of geometrical patterns and decorated by bout de lignes in sienna. The illustrations mainly show subdued and delicate pastel colours" - Nasti. <br/><br/> F.L. Schmied unknown books
1967Embry 104477Corvina Press 1967. Facsimile reprint. Fine with two corners lightly bumped in very lightly rubbed dust jacket and slipcase. Full page color reproductions. Corvina Press, 1967. Facsimile reprint. unknown books
199923959NY: New York University Press. Near Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1999. Hardcover. 0814758126 . First American edition. Very near fine in a fine dust jacket. . New York University Press hardcover books
1901307515Glasgow: David Bryce and Son; and London: Henry Frowde 1901. Frontispiece and full page illustrations. 4 876 pp. Printed in 2 columns. 45 x 30 mm. Original patterned brown morocco magnifier in pocket at back. Covers starting still a nice example. in JCB folder. Frontispiece and full page illustrations. 4 876 pp. Printed in 2 columns. 45 x 30 mm. The smallest printed bible. Bryce's famous miniature bible originally published in 1896 at the time the smallest complete bible ever printed. The license reproduced in facsimile on the verso of the title page is dated 1901. Spielmann 24 David Bryce and Son; and London: Henry Frowde unknown books
199640705Peabody:: Hendrickson Publishers. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1996. Hardcover. 1565632435 . First edition. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. . Hendrickson Publishers, hardcover books
1937WRCLIT76570San Francisco: Printed for the Book Club of California by the Grabhorn Press 1937. Folio 40 x 28 cm. Cloth and boards paper spine label. Fore-corners bruised collector's bookplate ink location note in corner of pastedown otherwise a very good copy. One of a total edition of three hundred copies printed in double columns in black and red with decorated initials at the Grabhorn Press. According to the Press bibliography thirty-five of those were 'special' copies containing a leaf opening a book of the Bible a leaf with a chapter-head decoration or a leaf with one or more ornamental initial letters -- the present leaf is from II Kings LL3 and prints two chapter openings each with an ornamental initial letter. It bears a presentation inscription from California collector Albert M. Bender to Dr. Jacob Weinstein. GRABHORN 275. Printed for the Book Club of California by the Grabhorn Press hardcover books
196845523Waltham: Brandeis University Press 1968. First Edition. Quarto 27cm. Beige pebbled cloth boards stamped in gilt; xvii1141pp; 211 items pictured on approximately 100 leaves of plates. Fine unmarked copy no dustwrapper as called for. Publication no. 3 of the Society of Bibliophiles at Brandeis University. Brandeis University Press unknown books
1963284927London: Nonesuch Press 1963. hardcover. fine. The Authorized or King James Version of 1611 now reprinted with the Apocrypha. 105 reproductions of sixteenth-century woodcuts of Bernard Salomon. 3 vols. 8vo gilt- dec. cloth. London: The Nonesuch Press 1963. Fine.<br/><br/> Vol. I: The Old Testament Genesis to Kings. Vol. II: The Old Testament Chronicles to Malachi. Vol. III: The New Testament followed by the Apocrypha of the Old Testament.<br/><br/> Nonesuch Press unknown books
1996191068Holman Bible Publishers 1996-12-09. Imitation Leather. Very Good. Blue imitation leather in original slipcover. Light edgewear. TP HS Holman Bible Publishers hardcover books
194970803NY:: Limited Editions Club. Very Good. 1949. Hardcover. B0012S8K42 . Three volumes. Aladdin & the Wonderful Lamp is illustrated by Fritz Kredel. The Three Bears is illustrated by William Moyers. The Story of Joseph and His Brothers is illustrated by Arthur Szyk. These copies are number 884 of a limited edition of 2500 copies. Each volume is INSCRIBED by Jean Hersholt. The title lettering along the spine of the second volume is worn and faded else each volume is near fine in yellow tan and brown cloth respectively. Housed in a very good cracked along a top edge slipcase. . Limited Editions Club, hardcover books
199249237London: The Olive Tree 1992. First Edition. Octavo. Cloth boards; dustjacket; 120pp. Fine in fine dustwrapper. The entire text reproduced from Lupton's calligraphic manuscript. The Olive Tree unknown books
193526569Not Place Noted: No Publisher Noted 1935. 8 pages; cover in red and black; printed one side chiefly black and white illustrations with the explicit sexual conversation & antics of Flash Gordon and Queen Undina. No publisher or date noted; circa 1935. Approx. 3" x 4 1/2" size; stapled softcover; some edge tips wear rubbing; little bit of tips dog-earing within; in good condition. First Edition. Soft Cover. Good. No Publisher Noted paperback books
1949CNJL314Cleveland and New York: The World Publishing Company 1949. Limited First Edition. Hardcover. Very good. Rogers Bruce. Two volumes the Bible one of 975 copies elephant folio size 942 pp. and Making of the Bible number 178 of 1875 copies quarto size 41 pp. The second folio Bible designed by Bruce Rogers this time for an American publisher his first was the "Oxford Lectern Bible" published in 1935 using the King James Version. No other book designer / typographer from the history of printing can claim to have designed two complete folio Bibles each one highly regarded. Bruce Rogers 1870-1857 American typographer who invented the "Centaur" tyepface based on the Renaissance-period printing of Nicolas Jenson is considered by many to be one of the greatest book designers of the twentieth century. He designed books for the Riverside Press Cambridge when he cut his first typeface "Montaigne" named for the first book it appeared in "The Essays of Montaigne" 1903; he designed "Centaur" while working as house designer for the Metropolitan Museum of Art. In 1916 he worked for the Cambridge University Press and a few years later returned to the U.S. where he met William Edwin Rudge and was employed by him at his Mount Vernon Press. During this time he also designed books for Harvard University Press and served as typographic advisor to Lanston Monotype. In 1928 Rogers returned to England where he produced what many have called "the most important and notable typographic achievement of the twentieth century" being his Oxford Lectern Bible. The present work was done during his later years but is no less formidable in both size and scope and essential to any collection of his work.<br/><br/>___DESCRIPTION: Original publisher's red cloth with gilt-stamped illustration to upper board lettered in gilt to backstrip top-edge gilt quarto volume in matching red cloth with similar gilt motif to upper board and gilt lettering to backstrip with original glassine jacket and housed in a blue paper slipcase numerous flourishes and initials vintage bookseller ticket on rear pastedown; types used include Fred Goudy's Deepdene Italic Forum and Oldstyle type paper is 74 lb. 75 percent white linen rag paper from Barcham Green Mill in England elephant folio size 19.25" by 14"; "Making of the Bible" quarto size 11.5" by 8.5" pagination: Bible i-vi vii-xxii xxiii-xxiv 1-941 942 1 colophon; Making of the Bible 1-4 5-19 20-41 limited first editions of both volumes with the folio being one of 975 copies and the accompanying quarto being number 178 of 1875 copies.<br/><br/>___CONDITION: A very good copy of the folio with some professional restoration to the backstrip/joints some minor rubbing at edges the binding with only light dustiness gilt is bright with a few rubbed spots and the interior clean other than some minor soiling to the endpapers free of prior owner markings one very short closed tear to the upper margin of the dedication page to King James; quarto fine overall with some extremely light wear to the joints at the head and tail of the spine its glassine wrapper alas fair only as the spine has perished and we only have the panels/flaps its slipcase very good plus sturdy with some overall wear.<br/><br/>___POSTAGE: Please note that this is an extremely large and heavy book and therefore additional postage will apply as the standard shipping charge will not 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 World Publishing Company hardcover books
1951028066Paris: Les Editions du CERF 1951. Traduits par A. Gelin. 309 1p. original stiff printed wrappers. At head of t.p.: La Sainte Bible traduite en français. Les Editions du CERF unknown books
190435213Boston London: D.C. Heath 1904. 16mo. xxxix 260 pp. <br><br>Introduction and notes in English; text in Anglo-Saxon. Edited from the manuscripts with introduction and notes by James Wilson Bright; with a glossary by Lancelot Minor Harris.<br>Â Â Â Â In series: "The Belles-lettres series. Section I. English literature" where it is volume 4 of a uniform edition of the West-Saxon version of the four Gospels. Publisher's brown diced cloth. Former owner's embossed name on front free endpaper and cypher embossed on title-page. D.C. Heath hardcover books
198140834Lagos: Bible Society of Nigeria 1981. 8vo 22 cm 8.5". 541 pp. illus. maps. <br><br>First New Testament in the Ebira language a member of the Niger-Kordofanian family.<br>Â Â Â Â Includes glossary. Translated by David Moomo and Hans-Juergen Schultz. In black printed vinyl wrappers. Bible Society of Nigeria unknown books
