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18424944Philadelphia: Lea & Blanchard 1842. First Edition. i - viii 9 - 301 pp.; 14 pp. publisher's catalog bound in at rear of volume. 1 vols. 8vo. Original cloth; spine a trifle soiled occasional light foxing; else fine. Inscription: "C.L. Ewing. Cameron St. Alexandria. 1842" on front pastedown. First Edition. i - viii 9 - 301 pp.; 14 pp. publisher's catalog bound in at rear of volume. 1 vols. 8vo. Includes a gothic tale of about 160 pages<br/><br/>MM#95. Wright I 2124 Lea & Blanchard unknown books
1994114350Nelson New Zealand: Printhouse Nelson Ltd 1994. First edition of Judith Lenart's compilation of letters between Fleming and her grandfather Antony Terry. Quarto original illustrated wrappers. Signed by Judith Lenart on the title page. In fine condition. Men of the world in every sense Ian Fleming the creator of James Bond and Antony Terry foreign correspondent both worked for British Intelligence during the war and later for a major newspaper group where Fleming was foreign manager and Terry his reporter in Germany. Commencing in 1949 the correspondence included here covers 15 years and provides rare insight into the working methods of two interesting men and a commentary on the conditions and conventions of the time. Printhouse Nelson Ltd unknown books
13842No Place: Privately Printed No date. First edition. Paperback. Very Good . 8vo. Privately published volume of drawings and poems by Wehlau. No publication data provided. A very good copy in metal bracket binding. No copies located in any institutions. Privately Printed paperback books
198821668New York: Walker and Company 1988. FIRST EDITION. Hardcover. Very fine copy in a very fine dust jacket. Beautiful copy of the author's first book. <br/><br/> Walker and Company hardcover books
19799026152San Francisco: Synergistic Press 1979. 1st . Hardcover. fine. Introduction by M. F. K. Fisher. One of 225 numbered copies of a special slipcased edition limited to 250 copies and signed by Clancy and Fisher. Book and slipcase are in fine condition. <br/><br/> Synergistic Press hardcover books
19505013331950. "Dame Judith Anderson" in blue fountain pen ink on full length sexy shot in costume and sandal clad bare feet recumbent on stone steps. Note the sandals. Photograph is on single weight stock; 10" x 8"; very good pin holes in the lower margin. ca. 1950. Signed and inscribed to columnist Jack Gabriel: "For Jack Gabriel; all good wishes; sincerely; Dame Judith Anderson.". No Binding. Very Good. unknown books
1992119829New York: Macmillan Publishing Company 1992. First edition of this wonderful collection of recipies. Octavo original boards. Signed by the author on the half-title page "Best wishes Judith Barrett." Fine in a fine price-clipped dust jacket. Jacket illustration by Joyce Patti. Jacket design by Wendy Bass. A collection of more than two hundred recipes for healthful Italian dishes that call for fruits and vegetables features antipasti soups pasta polenta risotto breads salads and desserts. Macmillan Publishing Company hardcover books
2000153679New Brunswick New Jersey: Rutgers University Press 2000. Both volumes inscribed. Softcover. Fine/Fine/VG- Slipcasae has a bit of rubbing at top edge. Two separate books together in black card slipcase. Both books are black wraps with color front images white lettering and French flaps. Both contain color and bw images throughout. The Romano volume has 32 pp. and the Ross book has 48. Each book inscribed by the artist to Will and Elena Barnet. Catalogues from the joint exhibition Artists and the Book: John Ross and Clare Romano of November 2000 to February 2001. Introductory essays to both volumes by Judith K. Brodsky. Respective professional biographies with photos. Romano and Ross are a wife/husband team of illustrators and the works are various illustrations created in different media for several books. Each illustration annotated. Rutgers University Press paperback books
197961314San Francisco: Synergistic Press 1979. First edition. Limited issue of 250 numbered copies signed by Clancy and Fisher on the limitation plate affixed to the front free endpage as issued. Copy #97. Drawings by Clancy. Introduced by Fisher. Set in Times Roman on 70 lb. Mustang. Bound by Cardoza-James. Designed by Bill Yenne. Corners just touched; otherwise in Fine condition in a Fine slipcase. Signed By Author & Artist. First Edition. Hardcovers. Fine/Not Issued. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Limited Edition. Synergistic Press Hardcover books
188557264Richmond VA.: West Johnston & Co. Very Good. 1885. Paperback. 77pp. tan printed wrappers slightly chipped and stained else very good. . West, Johnston, & Co. paperback books
199827984Woodbridge: Wood Lea Press 1998. First Edition. Standard issue limited to 450 copies. Folio 35.5cm.; original pictorial linen embossed in red matching board slipcase with linen edges; 145pp.; photographs and color plates mounted in text. Fine. Catalog of woodcuts and linocuts by artists associated with the Omega Workshops and the Hogarth Press. Wood Lea Press unknown books
1960136112Hollywood: Jerry Lewis Productions / Paramount Pictures 1960. Vintage black-and-white reference photograph from the 1960 film. Shown are Jerry Lewis with Maurice Chevalier and director Frank Tashlin on the set. <br/><br/>Jerry Lewis' answer to the classic Cinderella story. When his father dies poor Fella is left at the mercy of his snobbish stepmother and her two no-good sons Maximilian and Rupert. As he slaves away for his nasty step-family Maximilian and Rupert attempt to find a treasure Fella's father has supposedly hidden on the estate. Meanwhile hoping to restore her dwindling fortunes the stepmother plans a fancy ball in honor of the visiting Princess Charmein whom she hopes will marry Rupert. Eventually Fella's Fairy Godfather shows up to convince him that he has a shot at winning the Princess himself. <br/><br/>8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Jerry Lewis Productions / Paramount Pictures unknown books
196523053No Place: Living Theatre 1965. First edition. Paperback. Very Good. Tall side-stapled wrappers. An unpaginated volume of poems printed on rectos only. Not to be confused with a similarly named collection published by Boss in 1968. Very good condition with tiny ink notation at top right hand corner of the front cover. A fragile production. Includes poems by Malina NONA Peter Hartman and others. <br/><br/> Living Theatre paperback books
33572Columbia MO: University of Missouri Press 1989. Hardcover. 10.25" x 7.5". Xii 384pp. In textured gray cloth with red titles to spine and illustrated dust jacket. DJ spine lightly sunned ownership signature to half-title interiors otherwise unmarked. A Very Good copy. ISBN 0826206964. . VeryGood. Hardcover . University of Missouri Press 1989 hardcover books
1988014061Carson City NV: Nevada State Museum 1988. Paper Monograph. Very Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 482p. Donald Cuohy's copy given to his friend Don Frazier who had the finest colleciton of early pottery and projectiles of the Far West Native Americans in private hands. Note to Don Frazier on title page as well as his note they had planned to cannabilize this copy for images thankfully they sent it instead to Mr. Frazier. A work Cuohy said would be their most important work. Nevada State Museum unknown books
197513121606New York: Simon and Schuster 1975. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/near fine. First printing octavo size 284 pp. inscribed by Judith Rossner. No. 1 on the New York Times bestseller list for three weeks - and on the list for thirty-six weeks - "Looking for Mr. Goodbar" was an immediate and enormous success becoming the fourth-highest selling novel of that year with "Time Magazine" stating that the book "richly deserves its success" n.b. per Wiki.<br/><br/>Based on the true story of a schoolteacher who was murdered in 1973 by a man she met in a singles bar the story interested Judith Rossner 1935-2005 whose previous three novels had not sold well although she was admired by the critics. "Looking for Mr. Goodbar" would be made into a film by Paramount in 1977 starring Diane Keaton and Richard Gere to mixed reviews but commercial success. <br/><br/>This copy inscribed by the author on the second flyleaf "For the Handsomest / Sales Manager / in New York / Judy" - apparently a friend as well as while we find other instances where she signed as "Judy" it appears uncommon. <br/><br/>___DESCRIPTION: Bound in full light brown linen cloth over boards brown and white lettering stamped onto the spine brown endpapers inscription by the author in black felt-tip pen on the second flyleaf as set forth above first printing with the full number line on the copyright page; octavo size 8.5" by 5.5" pagination: 1-8 9-284. In the publisher's dust jacket with the original price of $7.95 illustration on the front upon a tan background with brown and black lettering grey black and brown lettering on the spine black-and-white photograph of the author on the back panel with a listing of her previous novels summary of the book with the main characters on both flaps. <br/><br/>___CONDITION: Fine with clean boards showing no wear perfectly straight corners without rubbing a strong square text block with solid hinges the interior is clean and bright and entirely free of prior owner markings; the lightest of bumping to the head of the spine else fine. The unclipped dust jacket near fine with a bit of sunning to the spine and a few minor areas of light edgewear. <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. Simon and Schuster hardcover books
36341CHILDREN'S BOOKS ST. JOHN Judith. THE OSBORNE COLLECTION OF EARLY CHILDRE BOOKS. Two volumes. Toronto: Toronto Public Library 1966-1975. 8vo. Cloth. xxiv ii 561 page 11 color plates 25 pages of black and white plates; Frontispiece xii ii 563-1138 pages. The collection covered the period between 1476 and 1910. Volume I has a few ex-library marks else a very good set. unknown books
19681333903New York: NAL 1968. First Edition First Printing. Hardcover. Octavo 71 pages; VG/VG; white spine with blue and purple lettering; dust jacket protected by a mylar cover; price uncut "$6.95"; minimal shelf wear age-toned dust jacket two stickers on the front face pages clean; signed and inscribed by Judith Viorst on the title page; shelved in case 0. 1333903. Shelved Dupont Bookstore. NAL hardcover books
201029543Manchester and Glasgow: Lintott Press 2010. First edition. One of 66 copies with a separate "original archival inkjet insert" reproducing a photograph of Seamus and Marie Heaney numbered and signed by the photographer. of this beautiful collection of photographs in which the subjects write about each other. The subjects and authors include Seamus Heaney Salman Rushdie Geoffrey Hill Robert Pinsky Derek Walcott Rosanna Warren Greg Delanty David Hicks Jonathan Miller William Empson Norman Mailer Robert Lowell Joan Plowright Ralph Richardson Anne Ridler Simon Schama Ralph Steadman Diana Trilling Frederick Wiseman I. A. Richards among others. In addition to numerous essays by Judith Aronson other original contributions include: Seamus Heaney on Greg Delanty Jonathan Miller on Robert Lowell Zipporah Wiseman on Sarah Caldwell Nicholas Garland on Joan Plowright Ashley Hicks on David Hicks Gregory Hill on Anne Ridler Janis Bellow on Saul Bellow Leslie Epstein on Robert Pinsky Rosanna Warren on Eleanor Clark Katherine and Chiara Scully Greg Delanty on Rosanna Warren Simon Schama on Derek Walcott Greg Delanty on Seamus Heaney. The purchaser of a copy of this limited issue is entitled to purchase directly from Judith Aronson a 11 x 14 inch archival analog or digital print of any photograph in the book - matted and signed by the photographer - for $250.00 which is half of the photographer's usual price per print. Oblong folio illustrated with black & white photographs by Judith Aronson original black cloth publisher's matching black cloth slipcase. As new at publisher's price. <br/><br/> Lintott Press hardcover books
1993Embry 174097Harcourt Brace & Co. 1993. First edition first printing. Fine. B&W photographs and full page color reproductions. Spiral bound boards. Inscribed and dated in the year of publication by Leo Castelli. Harcourt Brace & Co., 1993. First edition, first printing. hardcover books
2009151975Los Angeles CA: The J. Paul Getty Museum 2009. First edition. Hardcover. First printing. 88 pages. Exhibition catalog for a show that ran March 31 through August 9 2009. Foreword by Michael Brand. Acknowledgments and essay by Judith Keller. Includes 55 color and 15 duotone illustrations. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket. Signed and warmly inscribed by Callis on the title page in the year of publication. Uncommon signed. The J. Paul Getty Museum unknown books
1977WRCLIT67879Np: Radio TelefÃs Éireann RTÉ with the cooperation of Ulysses Film Company 1977. Monochromatic one sheet poster 27 x 41". Folded as issued a few small closed tears at edges display pinholes at corners else very good. A non-locale specific one sheet for Strick's film adaptation of Joyce's novel based on a screenplay by Judith Rascoe and starring Bosco Hogan T.P. McKenna and John Gielgud among others. The poster was likely prepared for distribution in a number of English language markets. Radio TelefÃs Éireann (RTÉ) (with the cooperation of) Ulysses Film Company unknown books
2012292984Norwalk Conneecticut: The Easton Press 2012. Full Leather. Near Fine binding. Near Fine binding. The Easton Press unknown books
2006235612Los Angeles: J. Paul Getty Museum 2006. First. hardcover. fine. With essays by Kenneth Breisch Bruce Wagner and Colin Westerbeck. Illustrated throughout with photographs in color and b/w. 227pp. Oblong 4to flexible pictorial boards. Los Angeles: J. Paul Getty Museum 2006. First edition. A fine copy of this uncommon book.<br/><br/> Published in conjunction with the exhibition.<br/><br/> J. Paul Getty Museum unknown books
1952107717New York: Simon and Schuster 1952. Octavo boards. First edition. Signed by Merril. "Future society that has become stultified in a caste structure. Shows the difficulty of convincing people that their ideology does not reflect the true state of affairs." - Sargent British and American Utopian Literature 1516-1985 p. 243. "The hero belongs to an almost monastic order of future warriors whose members are thoroughly indoctrinated and sexually repressed. Naturally he rebels -- which leads him on to picaresque and sometimes humorous adventures in the outside worlds. An enjoyable though now rather dated adventure story." - Pringle The Ultimate Guide to Science Fiction second edition p. 164. A fine copy in very good dust jacket with several creases to spine panel and touch of wear at spine ends and corner tips. #73681 Simon and Schuster unknown books
