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1974WRCLIT26964Santa Fe: Lightning Tree 1974. Cloth. Portrait. Foreword by Anais Nin. Afterword by James Schevill. Bibliography. First edition. Fine in near fine dust jacket. Lightning Tree hardcover books
195620863Iowa City IA:The Prairie Press 1956. 1st edition. Fine in vg dust jacket chipped and frayed along top front and back. Neat previous owner signature. Iowa City, IA:The Prairie Press, unknown books
1945168912Salt Lake City UT: Rocky Mountain Review 1945. First edition. Softcover. The Tenth Anniversary issue of this important literary journal. Features Wallace Stegner's short story "Balance His Swing Yours." The story would be included in his book "The Women on the Wall." Includes additional contributions by Bernard De Voto Witter Bynner Vardis Fisher and others. A near fine copy in stapled wrappers that are lightly soiled. Colberg D31. Rocky Mountain Review unknown books
195649790Iowa City: Prairie Press 1956. First edition. 74 pp. Fine in near fine dust jacket with some light edgewear. INSCRIBED by Swallow on the front free endpaper “For Sally and Gus Blaisdel/ with warmest and / kindest regards / Alan Swallow.†Iowa City: Prairie Press unknown books
1943130373Muscatine IA: The Prairie Press 1943. stiff paper wrappers. Prairie Press. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 20 pages. Designed and printed by Carroll Coleman. Signed by the author on half title. A collection of poetry. The Prairie Press unknown books
1940WRCLIT28055Albuquerque: Reprinted from The New Mexico Review 1940. Printed orange wrappers. A few small spots to wrappers soft vertical crease very good. An early separate publication by the poet/publisher separately printed but not repaginated and preceding his first book by a couple of years. Reprinted from The New Mexico Review unknown books
194327806Muscatine IA: Prairie Press 1943. First edition. Softcover. Very good/No jacket issued. Prairie Press paperback books
1859001283St. Louis Missouri: George Knapp and Company 1859. Spine cracking chipped at bottom. Small paper label at bottom of spine college library bookplate front pastedown. Embossed stamp of G.S. Swallow Geological Rooms Columbia Missouri on front preliminary page. Moderate foxing throughout heavier in some places. Two full-page plates both darkened and stained a bit. Hand-colored pull-out map at rear lightly stained and intact although part of top edge is darkened. Top edge of text is water-stained for about 1/4". Considerable material on mines various geological formations. 93pp. errata page. First Edition. Black Blind-stamped Cloth. Moderate Edge Wear./No Jacket. Octavo. George Knapp and Company Hardcover books
1943005695Muscatine Iowa: The Prairie Press 1943. SIGNED BY AUTHOR on half title page. His first book. One of 300 copies on laid paper. Cheever 51. . SIGNED BY AUTHOR. Limited First Edition. Printed Wrappers. Fine in Wraps as Issued/No Jacket As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. The Prairie Press Paperback books
194320864Muscatine IA:The Prairie Press 1943. 1st edition. Fine in wraps. A bright unfaded copy SIGNED; hand set and printed by Carroll Coleman Muscatine, IA:The Prairie Press, paperback books
185564721Jefferson City Missouri: By Order of the Legislature James Lusk Public Printer 1855. First Edition. 8vo. 207pp.; 239pp. Numerous plates sections and figures some folded plus maps some color. Faded blue cloth with remains of a small paper label laid down on spine just below the gilt stamped title. Previous owner's signature on front endpaper. <br/><br/> By Order of the Legislature, James Lusk, Public Printer hardcover books
19431807Muscatine: Prairie Press 1943. 1st. paperback. Fine. First edition of the author's first book.One of 300 copies additionally signed by the author. Wraps. Fine condition. Cheever 51. <br/><br/>Signed by Author Prairie Press paperback books
19569017547Boulder: Johnson Publishing 1956. 1st. Hardcover. Fine/very good. The eleventh annual Brand Book of the Denver Posse of The Westerners. One of 500 numbered copied bound in the publisher's original burgundy cloth cover and spine stamped in gilt. Map decorated endpapers. Orignal sketches by Muriel Sibell Wolle. Additional maps including two folding tipped in and illustrations throughout. Publisher's promotional materials laid in. Slight sunning to spine of dust jacket and some chipping to extremities. <br/><br/> Johnson Publishing hardcover books
197622812New York: Watt Works Inc 1976. First edition. Record LP. Fine. 33 1/3 long play record with music by Michael Mantler and words from his book by Edward Gorey. Published as Watt/4. Gorey illustrated the record sleeve. A rare fine copy still in shrinkwrap. Other music and voices by Watt Bley Swallow DeJohnette and Rypdal. <br/><br/> Watt Works, Inc unknown books
1960136169N.p.: N.p. 1960. Original single weight black and white photograph of jazz bassist and composer Steve Swallow by photographer Michael Montfort apparently unpublished with Montfort's copyright stamp and the label of German magazine "Jazz im Bild" on the verso. From the photographer's estate. <br/><br/>Born in Freiburg Germany Michael Montfort began his career working as a photojournalist for German magazines such as "Stern" "Quick" and "Bild am Sonntag." In addition to shooting numerous rock and jazz performances he covered Queen Elizabeth's 1965 visit to Germany the aftermath of the Six Day War in Israel and Egypt and the May 1968 protests in Paris. Montfort emigrated to Los Angeles in 1973 and began working as a freelancer. Four years later on assignment for the German literary magazine "Rogners" Montfort was sent to photograph Charles Bukowski. Aided by the case of wine he smartly brought with him to their first meeting Montfort connected with the publicity-shy and splenetic poet. Over the next two decades as both Bukowski's drinking buddy and personal photographer he shot literary thousands of images of Bukowski and collaborated with him on titles such as "Horsemeat" "Shakespeare Never Did This" and "The Wedding." In addition to Bukowski Montfort shot notable photographs of luminaries such as William S. Burroughs Klaus Kinski Brigitte Bardot and a Jackson 5 era Michael Jackson. <br/><br/>9.5 x 7 inches with half inch borders to the left and right of the image. About Fine. N.p. unknown books
18594309St. Louis 1859. 17931erratta leaf.pp. Illus. large folding map with plates. Original cloth a few nicks on spine; some library stamps on in side front cover. First edition. Railway Economics p.249. Graff 4043. The large fold map if of the Geological map of the south west branch Pacific Railroad. There is a historical memoir of the Pacific Railroad in Missouri which is the preface of 17pp. The balance is the geological report. hardcover books
1924016717Cardiff Wales: Business Statistics Co 1924. Octavo. 303p Very scarce published for investors and owners of the coal and coke mines. NYPL has a copy of the 1924. Cambridge and Oxford report copies also. The first 200 pages list in detail the histories of coal mining in Great Britain as well as the details of each of the firms. The remainder gives statistics of the reserves of coals the coal prices wages accidental deaths. P. 292-295 called diary gives the events in the industry throughout the year beginning with railway rates reduced strikes settlements minimum wage bill introduced in Parliament the owers resistance the Tub train disaster and the rumination of the labor agreement at the end of the year. An indepth look at coal and coke mining in terms of the owner's interest and the miner's appeals for a fair wage. Bound in brown cloth lettered in gilt spine gilt but fading some rubbing to edges. Business Statistics Co unknown books
1937263819Peiping: H. Vetch 1937. xii 2 78 p. interspersed with black and white photo plates; green cloth boards with gilt title on spine; very good with minor shelfwear; 1949 ownership signature of Lietenant Colonel S.W. Bogan on half-title page front endpaper has smaller signature of David B. Burnham. Swallow the Ningbo-born son of missionary parents was a teacher and businessman with a wide-ranging career at one time tutoring the sons of President Yuan Shih-kai. H. Vetch unknown books
194650397Prairie City: James A. Decker 1946. First edition. 51 pp. Near fine in near fine dust jacket with a touch of wear to crown of spine. Swallow’s first book of poems. The rear cover advertises new books from Decker by Niedecker and Zukofsky. Prairie City: James A. Decker unknown books