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196720996Vancouver: The Pacific Nation 1967 and 1969. First Edition. Wraps. Very good . 8vo. Saddle-stapled wraps. Both about very good plus. First issue lightly toned inside and out but clean overall; second shows touches of exterior soil to wraps. 114pp. no. 1; 106pp. no. 2. Second issue includes fold-out broadside poem by Charles Olson. <br/><br/>Magazine published by the San Francisco Renaissance poet Robin Blaser while he was teaching at Simon Fraser University in Britsh Columbia. First issue includes contributions by Jack Spicer Michael McClure Richard Brautigan Antonin Artaud Charles Olson Stan Persky and others; second features work by Allen Ginsberg Robin Blaser Keith Jones Charles Olson and translations of Morgenstern's "Galgenlieder" by Jess Collins. (The Pacific Nation) paperback books
2010180736New York: Esopus Foundation 2010. Softcover. VG-. scuffs & marks to covers; edge-wear. lower back cover edge has rough edge-wear w/ tear. white wrappers w/ black seal & black printing. approx 300 unpaginated pgs w/ bw illustrations. "'The Assembled Picture Library of New York City' provides free and open access to a set of images collected from the submission of pictures essays and works from the general public. All images are submitted on an 8.5 x 11 sheet of paper and are available for copy. The collection was initiated by the personal archive of Robin Cameron and Jason Polan."--Page 4 of cover. "January 30 2010. Esopus Space is pleased to present 'The Assembled Picture Library of New York City ' a collaborative exhibition and workspace environment organized by artists Robin Cameron and Jason Polan that will run from February 16 to March 18. A closing reception will be held on March 18th from 6 to 8 pm. The exhibition will provide free and open access to hundreds of images from the collections of Cameron and Polan. Visitors are invited to come in during gallery hours Mon/Tue/Thu from 12-5pm and use these images--which include manuscripts advertisements prints original drawings and more--as raw material for their own artworks which will be displayed on the walls of Esopus Space for the length of the exhibition. Visitors are also encouraged to submit their own images to build upon the collection and will have the opportunity to participate in a dialogue with Cameron and Polan who will be in attendance throughout the run of the show"--Esopus website. Esopus Foundation unknown books
19979229London: Artangel 1997. 1st. Decorative Cloth. Collectible; Fine. A lovely copy of the 1997 signed/limited. #58 OF ONLY 100 COPIES ISSUED SIGNED BY BOTH NEIL BARTLETT AND ROBIN WHITMORE who respectively wrote the text and illustrated this artist's book. Clean and Fine in its decorative cloth with Robin Whitmore's monoprints complementing the text. Oblong quarto 51 pgs. Also includes a Near Fine example of the publisher's printed cardboard slipcase. Signed by Authors. <br/><br/> Artangel hardcover books
1853869711853. ROBIN Charles & F. VERDEIL. TRAITE DE CHIMIE ANATOMIQUE ET PHYSIOLOGIQUE NORMALE ET PATHOLOGIQUE . ATLAS DE 45 PLANCHES. Paris: J.-B. Bailliere 1853. Plate volume only. 36 pp. 45 plates some with touches of color. 8vo. Original cloth-backed paper-covered boards. Ex-library ink stamp in margin of plate X and shelf label at heel of spine. Binding worn but sound. Intermittent foxing mostly light to moderate to text leaves and some plates but heavy on plate no. 3. Irregular loss at top edge of title-page without loss of text. Good plus. unknown books
1921260692Peterburg; Moscow: Golos truda 1921. 136p. slender paperback covers edgeworn ownership stamp of W.R. Gamburg on front cover pages evenly toned. Collection of articles on workers' education by pedagogue Paul and the Dutch anarchist Domela Nieuwenhuis edited by the Russian anarchist Nikolai Lebedev. Golos truda unknown books
2003292442Nelsonville Ohio: Tribune Quality Printing 2003. Soft Cover. Near Fine binding. Signed. A very attractive copy in the publisher's soft covers; inscribed by the author "For Wandal "Keeping the Memory Alive!" from Donnie and Rhonda. We love you! Robin". In the top corner of that otherwise blank page is penned R161/500 which we presume is a notation of limitation. There are no other marks of any kind in the book. Near Fine binding. Tribune Quality Printing unknown books
19931340320New York: W. W. Norton & Company 1993. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Square Octavo; VG Hardcover; Bound in black linen with silver lettering to spine; Housed in matching slipcase; This copy is signed and inscribed by Robin Schwartz on the title page; 87 pp; Limited Edition #67/199; Shelved Allan's Office. 1340320. FP New Rockville Stock. W. W. Norton & Company hardcover books
1935190313072San Francisco: The Grabhorn Press 1935. Limited Edition. No binding. Very good . One of 200 copies broadside. Printed by the inimitable Grabhorn Press this broadside features an excerpt from Robin Lampson's 1900-1978 "Laughter Out of the Ground" a narrative poem about the California Gold Rush. The grandson of a Forty-Niner Lampson depicts the experiences and struggles people faced during the Gold Rush with intricate language and combines philosophical musings with narrative composition in the poem. <br/><br/>The broadside was "given to those present in The Emporium Bookshop at a reading by Lampson of his poem" per the bibliography. The Emporium was a famous department store in San Francisco which had its own book department as did many in the early part of the 20th century and we love the thought of Ed and Robert Grabhorn printing this broadside and bringing the copies across Market Street to attend the reading.<br/><br/>This item seemingly scarce in the marketplace with no other copies listed online as of this writing although OCLC locates eighteen institutional holdings.<br/><br/>___DESCRIPTION: Broadside printed in orange and black with two initial capitals in orange one historiated depicting a minor behind the initial; Garamond type machine-made paper 15" by 10" one of 200 copies unnumbered.<br/><br/>___CONDITION: Very good clean on the recto with only a few spots of soiling to the verso light edge wear to the top and bottom edges and light toning to the margins.<br/><br/>___CITATION: Grabhorn Press Bibliography no. 244.<br/><br/>___POSTAGE: Â 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. The Grabhorn Press unknown books
002556Greenwillow. F. Hardcover. Dust Jacket Included. first edition book in fine condition DJ in near fine condition with minor wear on spine and bottom back cover also DJ is priceclipped. Greenwillow hardcover books
1964WRCLIT82135Seattle: University of Washington Press 1964. Cloth. Illustrated with drawings by Carl Morris. Ink gift inscription on front free endsheet trace of sun at edges otherwise near fine in good chipped and rubbed dust jacket. First edition. This copy has been signed on the title-page by Robin Skelton Richard Hugo Carolyn Kizer and William Stafford. University of Washington Press hardcover books
195573341London: Macdonald 1955. First edition. 222 pp. Near fine in very good plus dust jacket with light wear to crown with a small chip and two short edge tears. Jenkins’ best-known work based on his experience in forestry work as a conscientious objector. London: Macdonald unknown books
1969266254New York: Arno Press 1969. hardcover. very good-. Allied Armies under his Excellency General Washington and the Count de Rochambeau in the Year 1781. Frontis. 112pp. 8vo rebound in full white polished calf with gilt decorations spine sunned calf lightly soiled. New York: Arno Press 1969.<br/><br/> Author was a chaplain in the French army during the American Revolution. Facsimile of the Philadelphia 1783 edition.<br/><br/> Arno Press unknown books
198917063116Emeryville California: The Lapis Press 1989. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Fine/near fine. Eschner Robin. One of 100 copies no. 23 per frontis quarto size 7 pp. signed by poet on colophon and by artist on frontispiece. William Everson 1912-1994 also known as "Brother Antoninus" was a leading poet of the San Francisco Renaissance as well as being a teacher and small press printer. He worked closely with other leading San Francisco beat poets including Kenneth Rexroth and looked to another famous California poet as his master Robinson Jeffers. The name "Brother Antoninus" by which he also published poetry was taken by him when he joined the Roman Catholic Church in 1951 as a member of the Dominican Order; he thus became known as the "Beat Friar". This achingly lovely little volume was essentially self-published by Everson printed at the Lapis Press and contains a single poem spanning three pages. The volume opens with a signed numbered woodcut by Robin Eschner.<br/><br/>Robin Eschner grew up in a family that explored the natural world. Her father is a geologist whose enthusiasm for the local terrain is legendary. At an early age Eschner understood the connection to and responsibility for plants animals and the landscape. She was educated at the University of California at Davis Graduating with a combination B.S. degree in Botany and Fine Art. As a painter she has spent nearly 25 years exploring those relationships in nature N. B. info from Erickson Fine Art Gallery website.<br/><br/>___DESCRIPTION: Bound in orange cloth with a cream paper label on the spine with black lettering rough-cut edges woodcut illustration by Robin Eschner as the frontispiece orange and black lettering on the title page designed and printed by Les Ferriss at The Lapis Press in Emeryville California; quarto size 10" by 6" pagination: frontispiece 1 title page 2 blank 3-5 blank 6 colophon 7; limited edition this number 23 of 100 copies signed and numbered by the artist on the frontispiece signed by the poet on the colophon; in a glassine wrapper.<br/><br/>___CONDITION: Fine condition with clean vivid orange cloth boards without wear corners straight and unrubbed the binding tight with solid hinges the interior clean and bright and free of prior owner markings; clean crisp as new. The wrapper near fine with minor wear.<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. The Lapis Press hardcover books
201510955Canton NY: Caliban Press & Wake Robin Press 2015. Artist's book one of 41 copies all on papers that were contact printed using materials from autumnal gatherings including fruits nuts seeds flowers leaves twigs fungi and various metals by artist and poet Velma Bolyard signed by the artist / author Velma Bolyard and the printer / co-publisher Mark McMurray on the colophon. Page size: 6-1/4 x 4-7/8 inches; unfolds to 25-3/4 x 19 7/8 inches; 16pp. plus reverse blanks of contact-print paper. Bound: folded and housed in a brown or green or blue envelope with matching hand-stitching and circular cut-out on front making visible title and artist's name which are printed on the lovely eco paper. After "cooking" her gatherings of natural materials in a dye pot the artist separates rinses and presses them dry. They are transferred to paper by means of heat water and pressure. The result: an herbal map of the artist's home and a delicately subtle surface with great depth. Ms. Bolyard's poem was printed letterpress by Mark McMurray and the artist / author on a Washington Hoe Press. In the artist's statement included on a separate sheet November is noted as the author's favorite month of the year. Caliban Press & Wake Robin Press unknown books
1998242200Oxford: Oxford University Press 1998. First. hardcover. very good/near fine. 5 volumes. Thick 8vos navy blue boards with gilt-lettered spines d.w. Oxford: Oxford University Press 1998-1999. First editions. The second volume has a pale stain on top edge and small ownership stamp on endpaper; inner gutter is starting to split in several places though still quite sound. Other volumes are near fine.<br/><br/> Volume 1: Canny Nicholas - Origins of the Empire. Volume 2: Marshall P.J - The Eighteenth Century. Volume 3: Porter Andrew - The Nineteenth Century. Volume 4: Brown Judith M. and Louis William Roger - The Twentieth Century. Volume 5: Winks Robin - Historiography.<br/><br/> Oxford University Press unknown books
194584016Cairo: Privately printed at the Press of the Institut Francais d'Archeologie Orientale 1945. 1st ed. Hardcover. Good. 20p. Later leather. Original wrapper not bound in although a grainy photocopy of the original front cover has been mounted on the front free endpaper. 24cm. Text moderately browned. Copy No. X of an edition limited to 50 copies. An uncommon account of an outing in Lebanon's mountainous terrain. <br/><br/> Privately printed at the Press of the Institut Francais d'Archeologie Orientale hardcover books
197819606Oakland: Crown Point Press Point Publications 1978. First edition. Paperback. Very Good. Collection of eight separate stapled booklets in printed blue slipcase. Booklets range anywhere from 22 to 40 pages. All of the booklets are in very good unmarked condition with minor age-toning to edges. Part of a lengthy artist interview project by Robin White. Hard slicase is rubbed and worn. <br/><br/> Crown Point Press (Point Publications) paperback books
197819605Oakland: Crown Point Press 1978. First edition. Paperback. Very Good. Collection of ten separate stapled booklets in printed blue slipcase. Booklets range anywhere from 16 to 24 pages. All of the booklets are in very good unmarked condition with minor age-toning to edges. Part of a lengthy artist interview project begun with this first portfolio in 1978 / 79. Hard slicase is rubbed and worn. Crown Point Press paperback books
1821247088Philadelphia: Benjamin Warner 1821. First. hardcover. near fine. Illustrated with 8 Delightful Copperplate engravings. 16 pages. Very slim square. 16mo original plain peach stiff wrappers; protected in a full blue morocco 2-part slipcase. Philadelphia: Benjamin Warner 1821. First edition.<br/><br/> Text pages are somewhat browned as usual still a choice copy of this rare American edition. First and last plates pasted down into the covers as in the Rosenbach copy 616.<br/><br/> Benjamin Warner unknown books
196524262Detroit: Detroit Artists Workshop 1965. First Edition. Wraps. Very Good. 4to. Side-stapled red pictorial wraps.Trace wear. Bright clean and sharp overall. Near fine. With scarce errata slip. ' <br />'' <br /> <br />''80pp. <br/><br/>Includes pieces by Magdalene Arndt Veryl Blatt Bill Cox Eichele Ron English Norm Harper Bill Harris Bill Hutton Gary Johnston Jim Semak John Sinclair and George Tysh. Cover art credited to C. Peret Deya/Mallorca March 1964. "The editor would like to express his sincere appreciation to Monteith College for its support of THE JOURNAL" and invites readers to follow The Journal's contributors to Work "a new publication soon to erupt" from the Artists' Workshop Press. Editor not named but authors' bios printed on inside of rear cover note Sinclair and Eichele as Work's future co-editors. Listed in Jernigan. Scarce. Detroit Artists Workshop paperback books
196547409Detroit: Artists' Workshop Press 1965. First Edition. Quarto 28cm; mimeographed sheets side-stapled into red and black pictorial wrappers; 80pp. Trivial wear to extremities with a few scattered foxed spots to text edges else very Near Fine. An attractive early production of the Detroit Artists Workshop Press including poetry and prose by Magdalene Arndt John Sinclair Bill Cox Ron English George Tysh Jim Semark Gary Johnston Veryl Blatt and others. The last few pages contain Sinclair's lengthy review of several Miles Davis records. Artists' Workshop Press unknown books
1774274Paris: Valade 1774. 12mo. 2 vols. in 1. 2162;2006pp. Nicely bound in modern speckled calf brown morocco spine label over marbled boards. On the origins of the Celtic race in Britain and France. Robin 1750-1794 is best known for his travel account to America "Voyages dans l'Interieur de la Louisiane de la Florida Occidental." Note: one other copy currently on-line for $1134.53. Valade hardcover books
198420869Blackheath London: The Old Stile Press 1984. First edition. Limited to 160 numbered copies printed on Zerkall mould made paper at The Whittington Press Gloucestershire and signed by the Tanners. Very fine copy. 4to illustrated with wood engravings original quarter leather & decorated boards slipcase. Very fine copy. The Old Stile Press unknown books
196976180NY:: Frederick A. Praeger. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1969. Hardcover. Part of the Praeger Film Library series. Black and white stills throughout. First edition. INSCRIBED by the author in the year of publication to director Arthur Penn and his wife. Very good in a very good minor edge wear dust jacket.; 192 pages . Frederick A. Praeger, hardcover books
1961134942Hollywood: Paramount Pictures 1961. Final White script for the 1962 film "Escape from Zahrain" here under the film's working title "Zahrain" with ESCAPE FROM in holograph ink just above it. Notations in holograph ink and pencil on the front wrapper recto and verso though the associations are unknown. <br/><br/>Based on Michael Barrett's 1960 novel "Appointment in Zahrain." A wanted revolutionary Brynner and his gang including a protege played by Sal Mineo travel through the desert in an attempt to elude the Arab security forces. <br/><br/>A story set in the Middle East shot on location in the Mojave Desert in California. <br/><br/>Self wrappers noted as FINAL WHITE SCRIPT on the front wrapper rubber-stamped copy No. 122 and production No. 11541 dated June 6 1961 with credits for producer-director Neame and screenwriter Estridge. Title page integral with front wrapper. 111 leaves with last page of text numbered 111. Mimeograph duplication dated variously 6/5/61 and 6/6/61. Near Fine overall bound with two silver brads. Paramount Pictures unknown books
