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197048787Falls Church VA: Woman Activist 1970-1976. First Edition. 37 staplebound newsletters 27.5cm. with publication sequence as follows: Vol. 1 nos. 1-13 1970/1; Vol. 2 no. 1-11 1972; Vol. 3 no. 12 1973; Vol. 4 nos. 1 3 & 8 1974; Vol. 5 nos. 1-6 & 9 1975; Vol. 6 no. 8 1976. Vol. 2 no. 8 titled "The Woman Activist Guide to the 1972 Elections: August 26th Commemorative Issue"; Vol. 2 no. 12 titled "The Woman Activist Guide for Woman Candidates--Campaign 73: December Gift Issue 1972"; Vol. 3 no. 12 titled "The Woman Activist Guide for Woman Candidates--Campaign 74: December Gift Issue 1973"; Vol. 4 no. 8 titled "The Woman Activist Guide to Lobbying: August 26 Commemorative Issue 1974." Accompanied by broadsheet order form verso providing a photocopy of the New York Times article "Feminists Rate House Members" Thursday January 20 1972. Trivial wear and occasioal toning to extremities else Near Fine overall. Newsletter published under the banner "An Action Bulletin for Women's Rights." The Bulletin was the brain child of Virginia feminist Flora Crater who also founded the Virginia chapter of the National Organization for Women NOW. Crater published The Woman Activist as an information newsletter on the activities of the National Ad Hoc Committee for the Equal Rights Amendment. Woman Activist unknown books
1923209953San Francisco: Printed by the Grabhorn Press for The Book Club of California 1923. Hardcover. xv 119p. plus an unpaginated list of compositions. Rubricated letterpress on laid-lined paperstock with blue initials at chapter heads hardbound in 11.5x7.5 inch brown paper over boards with black buckram spine and printed red spine and cover labels. The somewhat pedestrian casing belies a textblock with a wonderful limp feel; no.304 of 400 copies. Covers are somewhat worn the black spine slightly dim with a little color loss at head and tail spine label is faded to pink and nearly illegible cover label is edgeworn and dim corners are turned with card showing at the lower tips. There is pronounced ripple to many signatures although the casing is perfectly square; the frontis photo tissue-guarded has not aged well: no impacts to it but its surface has developed a glare; front hinge is partially cracked a four-inch-long gap. A good-only copy. Mr. Weil's prose is quite lively as an aside. Printed by the Grabhorn Press for The Book Club of California hardcover books
1923SB2158San Francisco: The Book Club of California printed by The Grabhorn Press 1923. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Plus. Lange Dorothea; H. Von Schmidt. No. 136 of 400 quarto size 140 pp. A tribute to Oscar Weil 1839-1921 born in New York and educated as a musician. When the Civil War started he enrolled in the Northern cause as a private and by the end of the war he was a Major; however injuries received during the war meant he could no longer be a violinist. He therefore turned to composing and settled in San Francisco where he also served as the music critic for the Argonaut newspaper; he was a man much loved by the community as attested to by this memoir. Frontispiece a tipped-in photograph by Dorothea Lange from a painting of Oscar Weil by Olga M. Ackerman; when this photograph was taken Dorothea Lange 1895-1965 was living in Berkeley having recently married the western painter Maynard Dixon. Printed by the Grabhorn Press the renowned publishers/printers Edwin and Robert Grabhorn. <br/><br/>___DESCRIPTION: Brown laid paper boards with a black cloth spine red paper spine label with gold lettering and border red paper label on the front board with gold lettering and decorative border over a slightly larger black pastedown fore- and bottom edges uncut plain endpapers tissue-guarded frontispiece the photograph by Dorothea Lange of a painting of Oscar Weil as referred to above title page in red and black almost every page of text has red lettering for marginal notes and capital letters some of which are blue; quarto size approximately 11.5" tall pagination: i-xiv 1-119 blank 120 sectional title page "Compositions of Oscar Weil" 121 blank 122 3 pp. of compositions 123-125 colophon page 126. <br/><br/>___CONDITION: Overall in near fine condition with a strong square text block solid hinges straight corners with no rubbing the interior is clean and bright and entirely free of prior owner markings; there is a minor spot or two of soiling to the front board some light rubbing to the paper label on the front board a hint of rubbing to the head and tail of the spine the corners are straight with some light rubbing and the spine label is somewhat faded. <br/><br/>___CITATION: BCC 100 no. 19; Grabhorn Bibliography no. 58. <br/><br/>___POSTAGE: International customers please note that additional postage may apply 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 Book Club of California [printed by The Grabhorn Press] hardcover books
19792279004The Folio Society 1979. Hard Cover. Near Fine/No Jacket. A near fine copy in a near fine slipcase. Spine lightly toned. 1979 Hard Cover. 241 pp. Includes publisher's slipcase. Lark Rise is a 1939 semi-autobiographical novel by the English author Flora Thompson. It was illustrated by Lynton Lamb. In 1945 the book was republished as part of the trilogy Lark Rise to Candleford comprising the novels Lark Rise 1939 Over to Candleford 1941 and Candleford Green 1943. It is the inspiration for the recent BBC series which is named for the trilogy. The Folio Society hardcover books
1976WRCLIT32993London: John Murray 1976. Printed wrappers. Illustrations by Joan Hassall. First separate illustrated printing issued in an unspecified "limited" edition. Crease to bottom edge of lower wrapper otherwise very good or better. John Murray unknown books
1983Embry 183602Crown 1983. Fine in near fine lightly rubbed dust jacket with a closed tear to front panel in mylar cover. Abridged by Julian Shuckburgh. Crown , 1983. unknown books
1986122099London England: Century Hutchinson 1986. cloth dust jacket. 8vo. cloth dust jacket. 224 pages. First edition. Table of contents introduction index notes on illustrations. Introduction by Julian Shuckburgh. Illustrations by C.F. Tunnicliffe. Frontispiece and illustrations throughout text. Describes country life in late 19th century Oxfordshire. Century Hutchinson unknown books
1983268592London: Century Publishing 1983. hardcover. very good-. Abridged by Julian Shuckburgh. Many color Illus. 4to decorated red cloth small areas of light soiling to cloth. London: Century Publishing 1983.<br/><br/> Century Publishing unknown books
1920230028Cambridge Massachusetts Privately Printed 1920. 1920. 8vo. Illustrated with facsimiles. 32 pages. Original printed stiff blue wrappers. Very good. No signatures or bookplates. F. Soft cover. Cambridge, Massachusetts, Privately Printed, 1920. paperback books
196448406New York NY: P.J. Kennedy & Sons 1964. Signed by the author. Illlustrated with photographs. 189 pp. Hardcover. Small 8vo. Red cloth. Gilt lettering and decoration to spine and front board. Bumped and rubbed at head heel and corners; interior tight and clean. Dustjacket mildly edgeworn; small chips at corners; small closed tear to top edge front sleeve; couple small closed tears to bottom of rear sleeve near spine. Very good/Very good. P.J. Kennedy & Sons hardcover books
1924046627New York: MacMillan 1924. First Edition. Hardcover Original Cloth. Near Fine Condition/Very Good. Light wear to jacket edges clipped but $2.25 price visible - a few chips missing at edges jacket spine toned a bit with small tears at folds rubbed in one spot to front but intact and attractive. Faint shelfwear to book page edges slightly soiled. Size: Octavo 8vo. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Fiction; Inventory No: 046627. MacMillan hardcover books
19961336910Norwalk CT: Easton Press 1996. Collector's Edition. Hardcover. Octavo 363 pages; VG-; full binding of genuine red leather; spine with gilt lettering and design; mild shelf wear; mild scuffing and rubbing to front board and spine; all edges gilt; silk moire end papers; satin ribbon bookmark; full color illustrated plates black and white illustrations; pages clean; shelved Easton Press. 1336910. Shelved Dupont Bookstore. Easton Press hardcover books
19181286430New York: Macmillan 1918. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Octavo; VG; White cloth boards with gilt lettering on the spine; Boards have light edge wear minimal rubbing; Binding tight; Text block toned previous owner's name on limitations page otherwise free of marking all illustrations clear; Upper edge gilt with some light scratches bottom corner of text block thumbed; Book is numbered 245 of a limited edition of 250; LP Consignment. Shelved: Case 14. 1286430. Shelved Dupont Bookstore. Macmillan hardcover books
1918123908London: Macmillan & Co. Ltd 1918. Finely bound example of this collection of forty one fairy tales retold by Flora Annie Steel and illustrated by Arthur Rackham. Octavo bound in three quarter morocco with gilt titles and tooling to the spine pictorial endpapers illustrated with sixteen full-page color plates including frontispiece. In near fine condition. Macmillan & Co. Ltd unknown books
1918157401London: Macmillan 1918. Limited. hardcover. fine. Rackham Arthur. Illustrated by Rackham with 16 color plates each with lettered tissue guard; 41 black & white drawings in the text. 2 limitation ix 1 blank 341pp. Thick 4to elegantly rebound in full burgundy morocco with ornate floral gilt tooling on the covers and spine; inner dentelles and marbled doublures and endpapers; uncut edges t.e.g. London: Macmillan & Co. 1918. A fine copy of one of the more obscure Rackham titles in a beautiful binding.<br/><br/> Edition de Luxe. Number 400 of 500 copies signed by Rackham on the limitation page. Latimore & Haskell 48; Riall 132.<br/><br/> Macmillan unknown books
1918176556London: Macmillan 1918. Limited. hardcover. fine. Rackham. Illustrated by Arthur Rackham. Frontispiece plus 15 tipped in color illustrations with lettered tissue guards; pictorial endpapers. Top edge gilt; others untrimmed. Small folio full white vellum pictorially stamped in gilt on front cover & spine. London: MacMillan 1918. Limited Edition. Fine.<br/><br/> Unusually clean sound copy with virtually no soiling or rubbing. Number 388 of 500 copies signed by Rackham. Latimore & Haskell p. 48; Riall 132.<br/><br/> Macmillan unknown books
1934116859New York Toronto: Longmans 1934. Octavo original orange cloth stamped in black top edge stained maroon. First U.S. edition. Posthumously published collection of thirty-seven short stories selected and introduced by the author's daughter Mrs. J. E. Webster. The U.S. edition was printed from the plates of the UK edition. Steel brought up in Scotland married an official in the Indian Civil Service and spent twenty-two years in the Punjab teaching herself the language and holding office as Inspectress of Girls' Schools. She became known as an author and translator of folk and fairy tales for children and of novels for adults that combined an interest in Indian culture with a respect for imperial values as well. A nearly fine copy in very good dust jacket with shelf wear at edges dust soiling and several internal tape mends. #116859 Longmans unknown books
192940935London: Macmillan and Co 1929. First Edition. Octavo 22cm.; publisher's blue cloth gilt-lettered spine; xi129312pp.; photographic portrait frontispiece. Spine toned and chipped at crown corners bumped a few early leaves wrinkled at bottom fore-edge corners else Near Very Good and sound albeit lacking dust jacket. Autobiography of the British novelist most of whose works deal with British Indian relations. Macmillan and Co unknown books
1914116858London: William Heinemann 1914. Octavo pp. 1-8 1 2-311 312: blank original olive green cloth stamped in gold. First edition. Twenty-four stories. Steel brought up in Scotland married an official in the Indian Civil Service and spent twenty-two years in the Punjab teaching herself the language and holding office as Inspectress of Girls' Schools. She became known as an author and translator of folk and fairy tales for children and of novels for adults that combined an interest in Indian culture with a respect for imperial values as well. "The Birth of Fire" is a weird story about a fire worshipper. "A Maiden's Prayer" concerns Kali worship and a Tantric cult. "The supernaturalism of Hindu and Muslim customs and beliefs wafts through Steel's stories like an incense; a fantastic atmosphere clings to them whether they are objectively supernatural or not; indeed the uncertainty itself is part of the atmosphere. The author's knowledge of religious and occult lore is put to use neither sentimentally nor sensationally but with a more genuine sense of both humor and horror. Her work deserves a closer look by genre enthusiasts than it has yet received." - Robert Eldridge. Spine panel tanned some mild tanning and foxing to pages early and late small worm holes to margins of last few leaves a very good copy. #116858 William Heinemann unknown books
192364120New York: Doran 1923. No "GHD" colophon or statement of edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Fair. frontis portrait photos xvii 319p. dj. 19cm. Jacket chipped and rather worn. Name on endpaper. Moderate foxing. Dr. Albert Leroy Shelton and his wife Flora went to Eastern Tibet as Disciples of Christ medical missionaries in 1904. He was killed by bandits in 1922. <br/><br/> Doran hardcover books
190681084London: James Nisbet 1906. 2nd printing. Hardcover. Very Good. 2 folding maps index viii 508p. Red cloth. 25cm. Covers lightly and unevenly faded. Minor foxing on a few leaves. Ends of backstrip rubbed. No Jacket. From the John R. Willis Collection of Africana with his bookplate on endpaper. <br/><br/> James Nisbet hardcover books
192719340Chicago: The Bookfellows 1927. Limited ed. Hardcover. Near fine. 8vo. Quarter brown cloth over light brown boards with gilt stamped titles. In original light brown slipcase. Slipcase about good plus. Worn at edges and separating at one corner by several inches. Book however remains fine and protected. Bright and clean throughout. 112pp. <br/><br/>From an edition of 285 copies printed on handmade Van Gelder paper. Includes an original pencil-signed etching as frontis one of fifteen different etchings used throughout the edition's copies. Contains a collection of poems printed in the Bookfellows' monthly magazine THE STEP LADDER. A charming collection. The Bookfellows hardcover books
194117273NY: D. Appleton-Century Co 1941. 1st edition. Linen cloth binding lettered in maroon. Maroon dust jacket. VG/VG. 402 pp including index. Illustrated. 8vo. <br/><br/> D. Appleton-Century Co hardcover books
193449460New York: Tudor Publishing Co 1934. Hardcover. Very Good. Illustrated with 31 plates and 12 maps. An early reprint. With the remnants of a small bookseller's label to the rear pastedown. The spine is a bit sun faded; otherwise an especially crisp very good copy. Tudor Publishing Co hardcover books
192919362New York: Longmans Green and Co 1929. 1st edition. Black cloth binding with gilt lettering on front cover & spine. VG eps darkened/bkpt opposite half-title/very small library stamp in upper corner of 'dedication' pg/title-pg has very light foxing. xi 3 421 pp including index. Frontis 23 plates that feature several maps eps illustrations. 8vo. <br/><br/> Longmans, Green and Co hardcover books
