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19356903New York: Charles Scribner's Sons 1935. 2nd edition Baird & Greenwood 1455. SIGNED. Black cloth binding. VG wear at head & tail of spine/bpt residue on front fixed ep. No dj. xiii 344 pp. 8vo. 21cm x 14.5cm. <br/><br/>Story of a New Yorker who goes to California for the Gold Rush. Charles Scribner's Sons hardcover books
19354053New York: Charles Scribner's Sons 1935. First Edition. 344pp. Octavo 21 cm Black cloth with the titles in gilt relief panels on the front board and backstrip. Very good/Near fine. jacket is price-clipped. Signed by the author on the title page. Epic of the California Gold Rush and the author's first book. "This story is not necessarily to be thought of as a long poem but as a novel to be read with emphasized cadence preferably aloud." - from the Author's Note. Charles Scribner's Sons unknown books
193520188New York: Charles Scribner's Sons 1935. First Edition. Black cloth hardcover; dustjacket; 344pp. Lengthily inscribed by Lampson in year of publication including a quote from p.224 of the book; inscription dated in year of publication. Bit of dusting to upper edge of text block else a clean bright copyvery near Fine in the original pictorial gold foil jacket lightly rubbed and with a few closed nicks at extremities Very Good or better. An historical novel in verse of the 1849 Gold Rush. Charles Scribner's Sons unknown books
1988196180Santa Cruz: Lavender Reader 1988. Magazine. 48p. includes covers 8.5x11 inches illustrations reviews essays events ads mild wear to covers otherwise a very good literary magazine in stapled pictorial wraps. Lavender Reader 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
196757952NY:: Lion Press. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1967. Hardcover. From the Academy Award winning film by Claude Berri. Black and white stills from the film throughout. Drawings by Laszlo Matulay. First edition. Brief gift inscription on front free endpaper else very good in a very good minor edge wear with a few short closed edge tears price clipped dust jacket. . Lion Press, hardcover books
1929029729Avignon: Maison Aubanel Père 1929. 294p. original stiff wrappers and deckle edges paper browned. Maison Aubanel Père unknown books
190680031Paris: Octave doin 1906. hardcover. very good. Clinique Therapeutique de la Faculte de Medecine. Hopital Beaujoh. Extrait du Bulletin General de Therapeutique No. 9 du 8 Mars 1906. 32pp. 26pp. blank. Bound with original title wrapper. 8vo burgundy cloth with impressed library stamp. Paris: Octave Doin 1906. Very good .<br/><br/> Octave doin unknown books
199572691Edinburgh: Polygon 1995. First edition. 275 pp. Light crease to one corner of front cover else near fine in glossy illustrated wrappers. Edinburgh: Polygon unknown books
1996CNJL1232Monmouthshire: The Old Stile Press 1996. Limited Edition. Leather bound. Fine. Philpott Sara. Number VIII of X copies in a special binding designed and executed by Peter R. Jones from a total edition of 250 quarto size 80 pp. signed by Robin Skelton Sara Philpott and Peter R. Jones with extra material about the special binding. This volume one of ten with a special binding by Peter R. Jones; Peter received his Licentiate of Designer Bookbinders in 1991 Fellow in 1995 and served as President from 2005-2007. He has exhibited widely and his work is represented in collections both private and institutional in the UK Europe and the USA. Of his work Peter says "My work is driven by structure and materials. There is a great sense of achievement to be gained from seeing the product of one's own labour." n. b. above from the web site of Peter Jones.<br/><br/>The work is by Robin Skelton 1925-1997 an English writer editor anthologist and Professor of English. The twenty-four poems in "Lens of Crystal" were written both as a tribute to his own Celtic ancestry and as a means of recognition for the English speaking world. The poems are taken from medieval Welsh texts from the sixth to the fourteenth-centuries reproduced with humble mastery and taking few liberties.<br/><br/>Sara Philpott is a contemporary Welsh painter and printmaker. She responded to these poems of her homeland with lino images evoking scenes and shapes from nature especially the Welsh landscape.<br/><br/>___DESCRIPTION: Quarter dark-blue morocco boards covered in a heavy sculptural material fore- and tail-edges uncut black endpapers thirty-seven images etched and cut on linoleum; Bembo and Nicolas Cochin type hand and computer set printed on paper from a special making of Zerkall mould-made quarto size 11" by 8" unpaginated with 80 pp. limited edition number VIII of X copies in a special binding out of a total edition of 250 signed by the author artist and binder at the colophon. Housed in publisher's slipcase covered in matching dark-blue/black paper. With extra material regarding the special binding by Peter R. Jones four sheets printed on one side in black with two tipped-in colour photographs and one sheet of grey paper folded once to make four pages with two tipped-in colour photographs.<br/><br/>___CONDITION: A fine copy internally bright and free of prior owner markings corners straight hinges tight covers clean; slipcase is also fine with no flaws or rubbing; clean crisp as new. The extra material is near fine clean without wear but for some creasing to the corners and two of the photographs have detached.<br/><br/>___POSTAGE: International customers please note that additional postage may apply as the standard shipping charge 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 Old Stile Press unknown books
196568063San Francisco: Open Space 1965. First edition. 32 pp. Light fade along spine and top-edge else near fine in printed wrappers. One of 500 copies. San Francisco: Open Space unknown books
190010222Paris: J. Rueff 1900. First Edition. hardcover. very good. Many text figures throughout. 527 pages with text in French. Thick tall 8vo brown morocco-backed marbled boards. Paris: J. Rueff 1900. Pages toned still a very good copy.<br/><br/> J. Rueff unknown books
1995260567Oxford: Privately Printed by Sophie & Robin Waterfield 1995. 7p. 3 illustrations including color frontis 5.75x8.25 inches note #69/100 copies keepsake chapbook in stapled pictorial wraps brief inscription signed by Robin Waterfield dated December 1995. A keepsake publication by the Waterfield to commemorate 50 years of marriage. The inscription states that this copy is one of 10 surviving in which the last two pages are uot of order. Privately Printed by Sophie & Robin Waterfield unknown books
1957121934Paris: Publications de la Faculte des Lettres de Paris / Universitaires de France 1957. First Edition. First Edition. Text in French. Very Good plus in illustrated wrappers. From the library of distinguished philosopher George Farre with a handful of his unobtrusive annotations throughout. Slight spine lean wrappers lightly toned especially to the spine panel with a few tiny splashes to the spine and front panel. Publications de la Faculte des Lettres de Paris / Universitaires de France unknown books
1988235212London: Fabian Society 1988. Pamphlet. 14p. 5.5x8.5 inches stapled pamphlet pictorial wraps a bit edge worn else very good. Fabian Society Tract No. 529. Fabian Society unknown books
2011296544Chicago: Art Institute of Chicago 2011. hardcover. fine/fine. Many illustrations 264 pages tall 4to black boards d.w. Chicago: Art Institure of Chicago 2011. First Edition. Fine.<br/><br/> Laid in is a note card hand written and and signed by the author.<br/><br/> Art Institute of Chicago 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
199837292Columbia: University of South Carolina Press 1998. First edition. 69 pp w/notes. Fine in fine dust jacket. A volume in the “James Dickey Contemporary Poetry Seriesâ€as selected by Richard Howard. Columbia: University of South Carolina Press unknown books
197316140Washington DC: Smithsonian Institution Press for the National Collection of Fine Arts 1973. First Edition. Wraps. Very good. 4to. Publisher's printed wraps. Very good. Light edgewear with some toning to wraps. Interior clean and bright. <br/><br/>Exhibition catalog June 15-September 3 1973 at the National Collection of Fine Arts. Color frontispiece with illustrations in black and white. 245 pp. Smithsonian Institution Press for the National Collection of Fine Arts paperback books
19731561Washington DC: National Collection of Fine Arts 1973. Softcover. VG-copy may be ex art library with spine label possible bar code on rear cover overall shelfwear to wraps and corners light foxing to upper block. Blue illustrated wraps. 254 pp. 5 color 137 bw repros. Issued in conjunction with an exhibition held June 15 to Sept. 3 1973 featuring works by New York and New Jersey artist Lilly Martin Spencer. Specialities are mostly genre and portraiture. With major essays by Robin Bolton-Smith and William H. Truettner. Five-page chronology and a chronologically arranged catalogue of all known works. Lengthy bibliography followed by an index of titles. Uncommon. National Collection of Fine Arts unknown books
013495New York: Sunday-School Department. Good. Hardcover. Green boards with blind embossed designs on front and back and title gilt on spine. Heavily rubbed boards with moderate wear to all edges and corners. Moderate soiling throughout text block and endpapers. Previous owner's inscription on front pastedown. This is a children's book published by the Sunday School Department around 1866. Includes b&w illustrations throughout. ; 32mo 4" - 5" tall; 64 pp . Sunday-School Department hardcover books
36800Scotland: Scottish National Portrait Gallery 1998. Hardcover. 9.75" x 8.75". B&W photographic illustrations throughout. Gray cloth boards with silver-stamped titles on front board and spine. Two very small marks on front board otherwise clean and sound. Original price sticker on rear board. Near Fine. ISBN 090359885 . LikeNew. Hardcover . Scottish National Portrait Gallery 1998 hardcover books
200371829New Castle DE: Oak Knoll Press 2003. hardcover dust jacket. 5.75 x 8.25 inches. hardcover dust jacket. 218 pages. First edition. This is the 22nd title in our Publishing Pathways series. Ten leading scholars focus on prominent printer/publishers and their contribution to printing history. Subjects covered include the works of John Nichols John Foxe Andrew Brice John Wolfe Shakespeare's Lives in Print Interpreting Manuscript Evidence The Dictionary of National Bibliography and John Day's Book of Martyrs etc. Co-published with the British Library. Oak Knoll Press unknown books
1996140941475Hull UK: Lobster 1996. Very Good. 14 issues of the long-running British conspiracy/ parapolitics journal in a broken run beginning with their first issue in A4 format #9 then nos. 10 18 20-29 31. Stapled wraps. Very Good overall light wear. <p>Includes a lot of antifascist historical research such as part two of scholar Jeffrey Bale's essay on right-wing terrorism and the extraparliamentary left in post-WWII Europe Peter Dale Scott coiner of the much-abused term "deep politics" on the US and the Indonesian genocide and David Teacher on Le Cercle. Some of the sharpest writers chronicling the hidden or scandalous aspects of Western intelligence services' Cold War endeavors wrote for the newsletter at this time. Lobster unknown books
196742013Bradford: Printed for the Author by Ernest Cummins 1967. First edition limited to 500 copies 4to pp. xvi 115; numerous facsimiles; very good sound copy in original blue cloth gilt. Volume Seven in the compiler's great "Bibliography of the English Language . to the year 1800." <br/><br/> Printed for the Author by Ernest Cummins hardcover books