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192334921Berlin: Drei Masken Verlag 1923. Folio. Original publisher's quarter dark red morocco with marbled boards raised bands on spine in decorative compartments gilt. 462 pp. 1f. colophon.<br/><br/>Binding slightly worn rubbed and bumped. Very minor signs of wear. In very good condition overall. Limited to 530 numbered copies this no. 111.<br/><br/>A "music drama" in three acts by Richard Wagner to his own libretto Die Meistersinger was first performed in Munich at the Königliches Hof- und Nationaltheater on June 21 1868.<br/><br/>"The only comedy among Wagner's mature works Die Meistersinger is a rich perceptive music drama widely admired for its warm humanity but regarded with suspicion by some for its dark underside. Its genial aspect is immensely enhanced by the technical mastery displayed by Wagner at the height of his powers." Barry Millington in Grove Music Online. Drei Masken Verlag unknown books
1923244673Munich: Three Masks 1923. Limited. hardcover. very good. Facsimile edition of the autographed full score of Wagner's Tristan und Isolde. 354pp. folio flexible boards dust wrapper; spine ends chipped some edgewear. Munich: Three Masks 1923. An internally fine copy in a slightly worn binding. Number 368 of 410 copies<br/><br/> Three Masks unknown books
191319898London: G. G. Harrap & Co 1913. Limited edition. Hardcover. Near fine. Illustrated by Williy Pogany. 4to. Illustrated throughout in both black and white and color by Pogany. This copy bound in the somewhat scarce publisher's brown leather spine intricately gilt and with the title and illustration on the upper board as in the more common vellum and morocco bindings. Illustrated endpapers. Top edge gilt. Light wear to the inner hinges else this is a fine copy with only a trace of sunning to the spine. One of 525 copies signed by Pogany of which this is number 272. Lohengrin comes to us courtesy of Wolfram von Eschenbach where is is described as the son of Sir Perceval Parzifal. When Parzifal becomes the Grail King Lohengrin becomes the Grail Knight and his twin inherits Parzifal's secular lands. G. G. Harrap & Co hardcover books
1910215879London: William Heinemann 1910. First edition thus no. 124 of 1150 copies. With 35 mounted color plates and other black and white drawings by Arthur Rackham. 1 vols. 4to. Original full parchment gilt with Rackham devices on spine and upper cover silk ties t.e.g. Spine soiled endpapers foxed toning and light foxing throughout. In green cloth slipcase. Rackham Arthur. First edition thus no. 124 of 1150 copies. With 35 mounted color plates and other black and white drawings by Arthur Rackham. 1 vols. 4to. With 35 Mounted Color Plates. William Heinemann unknown books
1911180219007Paris: Hachette et Cie 1911. Signed Limited Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Deluxe French limited edition; copy #213 of 340 of 390 total signed by Arthur Rackham on the limitation page. Publisher's full vellum binding stamped in gilt. Near Fine. Boards faintly bowed bump to top of spine vellum lightly soiled bookseller ticket to front paste down. All illustrations and tissue guards present lacking ribbon ties. A lovely copy of the deluxe French limited edition which had a much smaller limitation than its British counterpart. Hachette et Cie hardcover books
1955139429New York: Library Publishers 1955. First American Edition originally published in the UK by Derek Verschoyle the previous year. Photo illustrated throughout with different images than the UK edition. <br/><br/>An early examination of the negative influence of pop culture on the American public with sections on film pin ups pulp novels television and most importantly comic books which Wagner referred to as "the marijuana of the nursery." A companion piece to Fredric Wertham's infamous "Seduction of the Innocent" just as influential in the creation of the Comics Code Authority and far more scarce. <br/><br/>Near Fine in a Very Good example of the rare dust jacket. Front board slightly bowed. Jacket chipped affecting the "P" in "Parade" on the front panel and publisher's name on the heel with a few short closed tears repaired with cello tape on the verso and faint creasing. A presentable copy overall. Library Publishers unknown books
1911221006London: Heinemann 1911. Limited. hardcover. very good. Rackham Arthur. Translated by Margaret Armour. Illustrated by Arthur Rackham with 30 mounted color plates protected with lettered tissue and numerous b/w drawings in the text. 181pp of text. Thick 4to original gilt-stamped pictorial vellum slightly discolored & lacking cloth ties; uncut edges t.e.g. London and New York: Heinemann and Doubleday 1911. A very good copy.<br/><br/> Edition de Luxe. Number 102 of 1150 copies signed by the artist on the limitation page.<br/><br/> Heinemann unknown books
1927600716<p>in black fountain pen ink. Portrait shot from chest up attired in overcoat with raised collar and hamburg hat his eyes looking to the right by Max Schneider Vienna with photographer's blindstamp in the lower right corner. Photo image 12" x 9 1/4" on photographer’s mount 13 1/4" x 9 3/4". A handsome portrait signed in 1927 the year he won the Nobel Prize for Medicine. Professor Julius Wagner Ritter von Jauregg 1857-1940 Austrian Scientist Director of the Psychiatric University Clinic in Vienna between 1893 and 1928. In 1927 he was awarded the Nobel Prize for Medicine for his discovery of Malaria treatment for progressive paralysis. Although he had no direct connection with Freud and psychoanalysis he allowed his assistants for example Otto Potzl Paul Schilder Heinz Hartmann Helene Deutsch to work as psychoanalysts.</p> unknown books
1929151068N.p.: N.p. 1929. Collection of seven vintage oversize double weight reference photographs four of William Dieterle and Lien Deyers two of Dieterle and one of Dieterle and Nikolai Malikoff from the 1929 German silent film. <br/><br/>Viola von Birkenfeld Deyers falls madly in love with the young Friedrich von Bornim Dieterle while he cares for her grandfather after an accident. Upon finding out Friedrich is married her grandfather seeks retribution for breaking his granddaughter's heart. <br/><br/>15.5 x 12 inches. Near Fine. N.p. unknown books
19111286384London: Heinemann 1911. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Quarto; VG-; Vellum binding; Silk ties to front fore edge; Gilt lettering on spine gilt design to front; Some bowing to boards as is typical for this edition; Upper edge gilt all other edges deckle cut; Binding is tight; Text block is toned but free of marking; All images clean; Book has been SIGNED by Rackham and is numbered 944 of an edition of 1150. This volume contains the second and third days of the Ring of the Niblung Trilogy: Siegfried and The Twilight of the Gods. Shelved Case 14 Dupont. 1286384. Shelved Dupont Bookstore. Heinemann hardcover books
191321543London: Harrap 1913. 1st ed. Hardcover. Fine. Pogany Willy. 4to limp brown suede binding "velvet calf yapped" stamped with blind and gilt cover illustration and gilt decorated spine 8 mounted color plates by Willy Pogany and lavishly illustrated in line and gray-scale throughout. Bound in ribbon book mark brittle with age else fine in aged glassine wrapper and original publisher's 2-part illustrated box. Uncommon with the box. <br/><br/> Harrap hardcover books
191115122903New York: Doubleday Page & Co 1911. 1st and Limited Edition. Hardcover. Near fine. Rackham Arthur. First US limited edition no. 82 of 1150 copies quarto size 184 pp. signed by Arthur Rackham. British illustrator Arthur Rackham 1867-1939 is credited with renewing interest in book illustration at a vital moment of advances in printing technology. The subtle colours and thin lines were unlike anything that had come before as if plucked from the fog of a wild imagination breathing new life into the whole of children's book illustration. Part of Rackham's genius was his ability to convey both menace in his grotesque humanoid trees and trolls as well as delicate and almost ethereal beauty in his fairies princesses and heroines.<br/><br/>This work "Siegfried & The Twilight of the Gods" is considered by many to be Rackham's most magnificent work; based on the "Götterdämmerung" by Richard Wagner the last in his cycle of four musical dramas collectively called "Der Ring des Nibelungen" "The Ring of the Nibelung" it is loosely based on Old Norse mythologies. <br/><br/>Rackham created thirty full-colour illustrations for this work which are breathtaking in presenting the passions of the "Ring" and its many characters: the ethereal beauty of Brünnhilde the venomous evil of the dragon Fafner the cunning of the dwarves the ecstasy of love found and the subsequent despair of love betrayed and lost. Later reprints do not do these illustrations justice and Rackham justifiably oversaw the first edition reproduction processes to ensure the illustrations were to his exacting standards.<br/><br/>___DESCRIPTION: Rebound in brown laid paper boards with an ivory cloth spine original publisher's paper label laid down on the spine grey-green laid paper endpapers limitation statement with Arthur Rackham's signature on the verso of the page preceding the frontispiece title page with green lettering and a small illustration by Rackham in black the thirty colour illustrations are tipped onto heavy brown paper each with a lettered tissue guard nine drawings total including title page in black and white many signatures unopened; quarto size approximately 11.5" tall pagination: i-x 1-182 blank printer's statement printed by Ballantyne & Company Ltd London count excludes pages with tipped-in illustrations and tissue guards; limited edition of 1150 copies all signed by Rackham with 150 being reserved for America of which this is no. 82. <br/><br/>___CONDITION: Near fine overall with a strong square text block hinges a bit tender but holding well the interior bright and clean obviously unread as many signatures are unopened free of prior owner markings and all the illustrations with their tissue guards are present as called for each of the illustrations being in fine condition save one pg. 108 which has a very small rubbed spot; the binding with some rubbing to the corners particularly the bottom corners overall light soiling with some small tears to the cloth spine; even with its few exterior faults and having been rebound a lovely example of this Rackham tour de force. <br/><br/>___CITATION: Latimore & Haskell pg. 37; Riall pg. 109. <br/><br/>___POSTAGE: International customers please note that additional postage may apply as the standard does not always cover costs; please contact us 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. Doubleday Page & Co hardcover books
1911RWAG001London: G. G. Harrap and Co. 1911 1911 Illustrated with 16 full color plates tipped in text printed on heavy gray stock decoratively lettered and embellished with numerous lithographs printed in orange gray and black throughout the text designed by Willy Pogany in his characteristic fairy-like Art Nouveau style. Finely bound in full black morocco by Sangorski and Sutcliffe with five raised bands to spine compartments and bands decoratively tooled and lettered in gilt elaborate leaf design stamped in gilt to turn-ins all edges gilt black and gray marbled endpapers with the original cloth bound in to rear. Overall a beautiful example of turn of the century illustrations in an exquisite binding. Tannhauser is an opera by Richard Wagner inspired by the German legend of the medieval poet Tannhauser and the Warturg Song Contest. Written in three acts the opera tells of the struggle between love in its many forms. This particular edition contains a poetic interpretation of the opera's original libretto by T. W. Rolleston. Born in Hungary in 1882 Willy Pogany was a prolific illustrator active in Europe and the United States throughout the first half of the 20th century. After attending art school he travelled through Munich and Paris finally finding success in London following the demand for illustrators sparked by Arthur Rackham's publication of Rip Van Winkle in 1906 which was widely popular. Pogany is most known for the four illustrated books he published between 1910 and 1913 The Rime of the Ancient Mariner 1910 Tannhauser 1911 Parsifal 1912 and Lohengrin 1913. Hard Cover. Fine. London: G. G. Harrap and Co., [1911] hardcover books
1911274223London: Harrap 1911. Limited. hardcover. very good. Pogany Willy. A Dramatic Poem. Translated by T.W. Rolleston. 16 tipped-in color plates full page black and whites orange text illustrations plus beautiful color pictorial endpapers by Willy Pogany. Calligraphic text with decorative initials are also by Pogany. Tall 8vo handsomely bound in publisher's full tan blind stamped calf some fading on spine and top edge top edge gilt uncut edges. London: Harrap 1911. Very good .<br/><br/> Number 341 of only 525 numbered copies signed by Willy Pogany. A beautiful book.<br/><br/> Harrap unknown books
19672300Cleveland: Seven Flowers Press 1967. First Edition. <br /><br />Quarto 11 x 8 1/2 inches; 280 x 225 mm 20 yellow and white mimeographed pages printed rectos only in stapled wrappers with a hand-painted cover attached to the upper wrapper. <br /><br />A series of letters or "lettres" from poet and artist D.R. Wagner to d.a. levy featuring a hand-painted cover by levy the legendary Cleveland poet publisher and provocateur. <br /><br />According to the title page only 150 copies were published by levy's Seven Flowers Press. This particular book an important mimeo production of the Cleveland poetry scene is notable because levy made a different painting or collage for the cover of each copy. On this copy levy appears to have painted on a magazine page and then attached it to the heavy card wrappers. <br /><br />The book features a lengthy introduction by T.L. Kryss flower drawings by mara a short "note by publisher" d.a. levy followed by letters to levy. Wagner writes on Zen Buddhism meditation and Egyptian mysticism among other things with a strong dose of stream of consciousness. ".I don't have one get yrself a cat --siamese wld be the best I think and meditate with it -- I did with baxter's sisters cat and they know different paths you can take and most of the company of gods are responsive to prayers when the cat is with you -- they cats follow so easily." Letter of June 20 1966. <br /><br />OCLC shows 23 institutional holdings under 3 accession numbers: 2841056 264872262 and 213819477. Scarce in the antiquarian book trade. <br /><br />An important contribution to the Cleveland poetry scene with an original handpainted cover by d.a. levy. <br /><br />CONDITION: Near Fine with only slight edge wear and creasing. A beautiful copy. Seven Flowers Press books
1944WRCLIT60306Los Angeles: Paramount Pictures 1944. Two volumes each foliated in reel/page format as: 11097101110108 leaves. Quarto. Mimeographed typescript printed on rectos only. Second item stapled at left margin first formerly stapled. Some corner creases "Master File Copy" and production number stamps on title leaf of first item pencil annotations name and ink file number on title leaf of second. Very good. Two late production states of the script for the 1945 film based on a story idea by Jack Wagner cowritten with John Steinbeck and adapted as a screenplay by Frank Butler. The release dialogue script records a print totaling 51 more feet than the censorship script. Irving Pichel directed and Dorothy Lamour J. Carrol Naish and Arturo de Cordova led the cast. Obviously little apart from Steinbeck's treatment for the film the Valentine collection included a carbon typescript may be easily identified as purely Steinbeck's work; however nothing relating to the script saw lifetime publication so even continuity scripts such as these take on some significance for Steinbeck scholars. Paramount Pictures unknown books
1983012921Flagstaff: Northland Press 1983. Cloth. Fine. 0blong Octavo. 76p. A fine copy designed by Michael Hollar for the Northland Press limited to 100 copies of which is number 13 signed by Beatien Yazz in a dark blue spine with light blue cloth and in a light blue slipcase with an original piece of art. separately housed in a blue folder. Art is of a stark winter tree with snow beautifully painted and signed by Beatien Yazz. Usually the art has been framed and thus most copies when available lack the original art. Northland Press unknown books
192926727Berlin: Julius Springer 1929. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good. First Edition. xxvi 619 620 folding table 2 pages ads. 8vo 7 x 10 inches. Publisher's dark blue-green cloth gilt titles on front cover and spine. Bump to base of spine. INSCRIBED by Schottky to American chemist G. N. Lewis: "Herr G. N. Lewis mit dem Ausdruck der größten Hochachtung" with the greatest assurance of respect. Two additional previous owner names on front endpapers. Text in German. Cloth. "Schottky although a theorist was the most important industrial physicist in twentieth century Germany. Being one of the 'outstanding research personalities' of the Siemens company he was granted scientific freedom to pursue problems of pure physics. Thus his contributions include both technological and scientific achievements: invention of the tetrode electron tube and the superhertodyne principle for receiving wireless signals discover of the 'small-shot effect' noise due to the quantum structure of electricity in electron tubes theory of crystal defects and theory of rectification in semiconductor-metal contacts.in the 1950s still on the Siemens payroll he played a pivotal role in the establishment of solid-state and especially semiconductor physics as a field of research in its own right in postwar Germany." New DSB Vol 6 pp 365-77<br/><br/>"Gilbert Newton Lewis . was an American physical chemist known for the discovery of the covalent bond and his concept of electron pairs; his Lewis dot structures and other contributions to valence bond theory have shaped modern theories of chemical bonding. Lewis successfully contributed to thermodynamics photochemistry and isotope separation and is also known for his concept of acids and bases." wiki<br/><br/>Schottky dedicates this book to Max Planck and Heinrich Rubens under whom he studied obtaining his Phd in Physics.<br/><br/>Books signed or inscribed by Schottky are rare in the marketplace. A nice association copy between two scientists. Julius Springer unknown books
1937WRCAM27720Albuquerque: The Quivira Society 1937. Two volumes. 7-270; 275-553pp. plus illustrations and map. Frontis. Quarto. Original white quarter cloth gilt-stamped cover and spine. Minor soiling on covers. Overall very good second volume untrimmed. A classic work on the literature of the Spanish Southwest. AXE THE PUBLISHED WRITINGS OF HENRY R. WAGNER 87. The Quivira Society hardcover books
190741144Auburn IN: Auburn Wagon & Buggy Works "Done in Our Own Print Shop" 1907. 8vo. 28 pp. Illustrations some with color. Original color illustrated wrappers soiled stapled. Very good. First edition. A trade catalogue featuring the company's automobiles introduced by a fictional account of motoring. Auburn's first automobile was produced in 1903. Unrecorded on OCLC. <br/><br/> Auburn Wagon & Buggy Works), "Done in Our Own Print Shop" unknown books
19379018386Berkeley: University of California Press. 1937. 1st. Hardcover. Fine/very good. Bound in publisher's original Black cloth with spine stamped in gilt. Illustrated with 40 reproductions of maps 12 of which are folding. In publisher's original cloth covered black slipcase with white paper label on spine printed in black alsso in fine condition. Howes W - 7 Streeter VII - 4403 Tweney 81. Dust jacket shows a little sun fading otherwise as new. <br/><br/> University of California Press. hardcover books
19109027194London: Heinemann 1910. 1st . Hardcover. Fine. Rackham Arthur. First trade edition. Illustrated by Arthur Rackham. Bound in publisher's original brown cloth with spine stamped in gilt cover elaborately stamped in gilt rear cover stamped with publisher's logo in blind and printed endpapers. Thirty-four mounted colour illustrations with lettered tissue guards. <br/><br/> Heinemann hardcover books
196827403Cleveland: Ghost Press 1968. First edition. Paperback. Very Good . 4to. STapled mimeograph typescript pages with silkscreen cover by Kryss. One of only 255 "vanishing" copies published by the Ghost Press in Cleveland. Book contains poems and silkscreens by the four contributors. A tribute to Rev. John R. Scott who was sentenced in 1968 to two years in the Cuyahoga County Ohio Workhouse on charges of contributing to the delinquency of a minor. Light staining to lower edge of front cover else an exceptionally nice example of this Cleveland poetry rarity. Ghost Press paperback books
19407026Mexico: Editorial Polis 1940. First edition. Limited to 1000 copies of which this is one of the 250 that were issued on "alba charta" -- i.e. special white paper. Folio pp. xxiv 548. Includes wonderful facsimiles of title pages rubricated as in the originals of all books discussed locations of known copies and auction records. Though written by Wagner in English it was translated into Spanish printed in Spanish: the English original has never appeared in print. Absolutely essential for 16 century Mexican books as there is much new material that was not available to Garcia Icazbalceta. Wrappers very attractive in green black red on cream-colored paper. This copy has been signed in the colophon by Sr. Velasquez Chavez the editor. Bound in sumptuous red leather over red pebbled boards. Very good copy. <br/><br/> Editorial Polis hardcover books
1965148379Hollywood: Berkshire Productions 1965. Draft script for the 1968 film with titled written on front wrapper very boldly in holograph marker script containing a few copied annotations striking dialogue and altering actions. <br/><br/>From an original story from producer and director Josef Shaftel.<br/><br/>When no one will pay the ransom for the return of retired Mob Boss Cesare Celli Vittorio De Sica he sides with his kidnappers Robert Wagner Raquel Welch and offers to help them pull off a huge heist even bringing in criminal mastermind Professor Samuels Edward G. Robinson to help run the operation.<br/><br/>Set in and shot on location in France and Italy. <br/><br/>Green hand titled wrappers. Title page present with credits for screenwriter Sy Salkowitz and author Josef Shaftel. 151 leaves with last page of text numbered 150. Spirit duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine with fading at edges wrapper Very Good plus with creasing and light foxing on lower outer edge bound with prong binding. Berkshire Productions unknown books
