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19617530Winnipeg Manitoba: Misericordia General Hospital School of Nursing 1961. First Edition First Printing. Card Covers. pp. 4. Octavo measuring 5" x 8". Illustrated bi-folded card covers with gilt and navy-blue lettering to the front prominently bearing the crest of the Misericordia General Hospital "MGH" at head. Comprises of a detailed programme and order of events upon the occasion of the graduation of the class of 1961. Includes the names of speakers details of musical performances a list of award and scholarship recipients verso lists the names of all graduating students. An uncommon and lovely production. Unrecorded in OCLC. Not found in Peel BAC/LAC University of Manitoba Archives & Special Collections the Manitoba Legislative Library et al. <br/><br/>¶ "Graduation of Nurses Programme; Under the Patronage of Rt. Rev. Msgr. I.E. Zielonka L.L.D. P.D.". Misericordia General Hospital, School of Nursing unknown
192931084Toccoa Georgia: The Reilly & Lee Co Chicago 1911 1929. Scrapbook. Good. Scrapbook. 92 pages. Illustrated page designs. Color illustrated tan paper covered boards with title on the front cover. Green cloth spine. Small tears to the cloth spine. Light soiling and edge wear to covers. Front hinge cracked. Interior contents clean. <br /> <br /> This is the graduation book of Miss Sara Fay Crawford Toccoa Georgia 1929. Her calling card is pasted on the front end paper with a gift inscription from her brother written below. Content headings of "My Golden School Days" are printed in front. Ephemeral contents include signed inscriptions pasted down articles a few photographs a few letters dance programs parts of flowers illustrated congratulation cards sports memorabilia and more. Some loose paper items relating to graduation are laid inside. The Reilly & Lee Co, Chicago 1911 unknown
187029538Montgomery Alabama: John G. Stokes & Co. State Printers 1870. 7 1 blank pp. Stitched in original printed green wrappers. Light old folds wrappers lightly spotted Very Good. Contemporary inscription at head of front wrapper "Respects of G. Horton Mobile." A Bostonian who had moved to Mobile as a young man Horton was Mayor of Mobile at this time. Previously he had been an advocate of public education and had served on Mobile's school board. During the Civil War he was jailed for Unionist sympathies. During Reconstruction his advocacy of civil rights placed his life in constant danger.<br /> <br /> The Report is a chapter in Alabama's bitter Reconstruction strife. It attacks Dr. N.B. Cloud State Superintendent of Public Instruction who was regarded by unreconstructed Alabamans as a Scalawag for his support of Reconstruction and the Republican Party. The Report also attacks G.L. Putnam whom Cloud had named Mobile's superintendent of education an appointment which other Mobile educators refused to recognize. <br /> Cloud brokered a compromise-- for which he lacked authority-- by making Putnam superintendent of Emerson College known as the 'Blue School' a Negro school run by the American Missionary Association. The Report accuses Cloud and Putnam of illegally diverting public funds to the support of the Blue School.<br /> Ellison 1597. John G. Stokes & Co., State Printers unknown
187031292Montgomery 1870. 23 1 blank pp with original printed title wrappers. Text lightly dusted wrappers dirty stitched. <br /> <br /> This case is a chapter in Alabama's bitter Reconstruction history. Mobile School Commissioners claimed that George L. Putnam Superintendent of the Mobile schools had mishandled funds which were supposed to be used to support the free public schools. Putnam had been appointed Superintendent by N.B. Cloud State Superintendent of Public Instruction whom unreconstructed Alabamans considered a Scalawag. <br /> Putnam used public funds as authorized by Cloud for the support of a school for Negroes. The outcome of the case turned on whether the Commissioners were properly established under the laws and Reconstruction Constitution of Alabama. This brief reviews the history of the Mobile School System and the controversy. unknown
86003001Edo c.1700-50 n.p. Brown & silver covered boards very clean 7 double-page b.w. erotic woodblock illustrations mounted on mica flecked paper 18 x 25 cm. accordion folded illustration size: 31 x 12 cm. FIRST & ONLY UNRECORDED COPY! . . . . A VERY RARE UNRECORDED EARLY BOOK . . . A BIZARRE & UNIQUE EROTIC BOOK . . . UNSIGNED BUT CLEARLY THE WORK OF A MASTER ARTIST . BY SUKENOBU OR HIS :SCHOOL: . A unique and hitherto unfound odd and most unusual erotic book of the early-mid-18th century. One of the most bizarre erotic books ever done in Japan. . The graphically explicit work portrays men and women with genitals on their foreheads engaged in heterosexual and homosexual intercourse. There is no other book with such unusual and strange illustrations. . . THE TITLE: THE LEGEND OF AMANJAKU or AMAN NO JAKU: Chinese Title: TIAN XIE GUI YUN . THE MEANING OF AMANJAKU: Japanese Buddhist literature is abundant with variations on the theme of "Aman-No-Jaku" aka. "Amanjaku" "Manojaku" commonly understood to be a "Heavenly Evil Spirit." . This spirit or demon-like creature in Japanese folklore is usually depicted as being a male during the day and female at night. The demon is usually depicted as a kind of small Oni devil and is thought to be able to provoke a person's darkest desires and instigate him into perpetrating wicked deeds. . Amanjaku is also depicted in Chinese and Japanese mythology the AMANOJAKU is a changeling a water spirit that infiltrates the human world to play cruel tricks on people by reading their minds and twisting their requests or desires to be used against them. . The "AMANOJAKU" is also known the "Lord of the River" and in Japan serves Bishamonten one of the four Deva kings of Buddhism as a minor demon. See Wikipedia below. . In Japanese the term "Amanojaku" also refers to a person who is deliberately contradictory someone who argues for the sake of arguing or can be used in common Japanese conversation to refer to someone who is a "Perverted Demon." . THE ILLUSTRATIONS: THE BUDDHIST THEME:. This work is unusual in that the genitals of common people are located on their foreheads. A symbolist meaning can be in Buddhist concept that sex and sexual hedonism is openly on the minds of 'lay' people. The Buddha and his disciples on the other hand do not have sex organs on their foreheads meaning their organs are covered and in a different usual location. This can symbolize 'self control' over such biological energies. Devout Buddhist disregard sex as a pleasurable pastime and devote themselves to monastic focus. By contrast "lay" people are distracted with hedonistic pleasure a path away from rather than towards the Dharma or teachings of Buddhism. . In a sense this work illustrates the overwhelming force of evil or the "Amanojaku" and how it distracts people from the "Righteous Path" towards the Dharma and the ultimate goal of attaining Nirvana. It can be posited that this work is designed to give understanding to "lay" people by way of visual example of what forces direct their energies away from the Buddhist teachings in an effort to redirect them towards the "Righteous Path" and life style. . EXCEPTIONALLY RARE UNIQUE WORK: . The work is exceptionally RARE unusual and erotic there are no other example showing genitals on the foreheads of any other Japanese book cited anywhere in the bibliographic literature or record. . This work is certainly RARE in subject content and quantity. Though it was woodblock printed and unsigned which was usual for Japanese erotic works which were banned by the Shogun we have not found anything similar or recorded anywhere in the bibliography. Being woodblock printed one assumes there are other copies in existence. The average printing from woodblocks were somewhere between 100-200 copies. However in this instance no others exist. We have the strong feeling the book could have been the production of a famous Japanese illustrator and perhaps financed by a Buddhist temple again there are no known facts about this rarity. . THE EROTIC ILLUSTRATIONS: . Number 1: This work begins showing the Buddha flanked by two of his disciple monks. The title is written in four Japanese Kanji in Kambun & Chinese characters. The Buddha and his two disciples listen to two elderly Buddhist believers: one is a male he has and erect penis on his forehead. The other is a woman she has a vagina on her forehead. Neither the Buddha nor his two disciples monks show genitals on their foreheads. The couple have come to consult with the Buddha about their grievances. . Number 2: Shows a man and a woman in a Tatami matted room both wear lovely 18th century decorated Kimono. They embrace each other and are engaged in making love from their foreheads which show an erect penis and testicles inserted into the woman's forehead where her vagina is located. Adjacent to the young couple is an older woman who has become aroused by the adjacent couple's making love. The old woman uses a dildo tied to a post which she hugs while inserting the dildo into the vagina on her forehead. . Number 3: Shows a couple laying on a blanket their Kimono pulled down and opened and used as a top cover. They engage in love-making and kiss. The man has an erect penis on his forehead the woman a vagina on hers. There is some used Chirishi toilet paper just above her head on the floor used to wipe the love fluids. There is a folded package of yet unused Chirishi in readiness. Chishiri shown in Japanese Shunga erotic prints prints & paintings is an 'erotic symbol' indicative of sexual excitement with lots of love fluids flowing. Ergo the need for paper to clean up the results of erotic love-making. . Number 4 shows an adult man with an erect penis on his forehead penetrating the anus of a younger man who's smaller but erect penis is seen on his forehead as he faces his lover. The younger man has no pubic hair yet indicating his youth. . Adjacent to these two men is a woman in the next room. The door is open she is a secret voyeur of the two men. Her vagina is also on her forehead. A Shogi board and two bowls for stones is located in the front left of the illustration. Gay activities in Japanese society were accepted as a norm and were not especially unusual. However to find graphic examples in Japanese erotic books are exceptionally rare and seldom found. . Number 5: Depicts a fully clothed man on his knees he bends over a sleeping woman. He has a very large erect penis and begins to penetrate a woman with her vagina on her forehead. She is fully clothed and sleeping on a wooden "pillow" which supports her elaborate hair coiffeur. . Number 6: Depicts a lively scene of two men and a woman. One man with a very large and erect penis pulls the woman's arm toward him while she fends him off with a straight arm to his head. A second excited man also with a large and erect penis on his forehead masturbates and ejaculates in ecstasy. The woman has a vagina on her forehead. The scene is likely an intended rape of a young girl. She looks away in an effort not to allow him to pull her close enough to insert his penis into her exposed vagina. . Number 7: Illustrating a lonely old man in bed. He has an erect penis on his forehead and holds a kind of pot with a large opening. He faces down and inserts his penis into the pot for gratification. . THE TEXT: The text in Shunga erotic Japanese books & prints is often an erotic dialogue describing the erotic action. Often these words are onomatopoetic mimicking the sounds of people in orgasm or making comments about making love or the pleasure and good feelings. The size and hardness of the penis or the flavor and the juices of the vagina and its supple feelings of euphoria when engaged in love-making. All wear 18thcentury period Kimono. . MODE AND FASHION OF THE MID-18TH CENTURY: The room furnishing and Kimono of the participants in this work all wear 18th century period Kimono with period decorations. The style of Kimono and room screens reflect this period. . BINDING AND MOUNTING: Binding: The book has probably been rebound sometime after the 1750's with a more recent thin brown decorated paper with a silver chrysanthemum and a Mon family crest with gold and black on both front and rear covers. Each cover has a distinctly different kind of illustration but of the same theme. The corners and edges are a bit worn some loss to the paper as usual for a work from this period. . Mounting: At an earlier time each page was expertly mounted on a stiff Washi hand-made Japanese paper into an accordion folded book. Each illustration is bordered with a rare and stunning crushed oyster-shell powder mixed with rice-glue and overlaid on the border paper. The stunning effect is a rare shimmering pearl-like color and hue with a remarkable effect. This rare and largely unknown effect has been used for print backgrounds by some of the later masters. . This was no ordinary mounting and appropriate for an exceptionally and most unusual RARE book ! . Contents: By and large the contents are clean solid with a two old worm holes for the first 6 of 7 pages. These are small and towards the edge and does not detract from the overall quality of the illustration. On page 7 there are a few center margin old minor worm holes. All of these have been restored when the prints were laid down on the thick Washi paper creating book format. The work is otherwise solid and firm. There are a few 'rubs' on the old Washi paper which was made from very soft Kozo fibers common to any item of this period on this on handmade papers of the period. . CONDITION OF THE WOODBLOCK PRINTS: . These are very early black and white woodcut prints. Each print has an excellent and vivid impression key blocks are black and superbly printed with strong images. The paper is old and has the patina of paper from that age the usual minor mild surface rubbing or thumbing in the lower corners which is common. . We tend to be overly critical of any flaws found on our books and believe it is better to overly describe rather than avoid such discussion any imperfections. Suffice to say by and large this is an excellent item in very nice condition something that any collector or museum would be proud to own. Please review photos posted to our website. . R A R I T Y OF SUBJECT: The placement of the genitals on the forehead gives one a lot of room to theorize on the meaning of such artistic expression. In our 50 years of experience in dealing Japanese woodblock printed books and painted original art this is the first and only example with such imaginative and symbolist expression. With the beginning of the work showing the Buddha and his two disciples lacking any genitals on their foreheads one can simply assume that in a Buddhist way they have given up carnal desire as represented by common people who's foreheads display genitals perhaps meaning that sex is on their minds or they simply view others as sexual objects eager to make love and engage in carnal thoughts and activities. Obviously seeing an erect penis on some man whiles others see what he thinks and feels is an insight to his innermost thoughts and desires. In all cases in this book the men all show an erect penis. The women are a bit more difficult to fathom. Their vaginas are simply visible on their foreheads and no fluids are visible or other evidence of their carnal desire or sexually excited stated. All of the men have public hair adjacent to their sex organs while all women are lacking any pubic hair completely. This is an erotic symbolism giving full view to women's genitals. . "BANNED" or "PROHIBITED" BOOKS: Shun Pon Haru Bon: In the case of this item it is very likely that it was printed in a much smaller discreet quantity than the 200 copies possible off the blocks. Due to the "banned" nature of such books there is no date publisher nor place cited. One is simply left to determine the date and artist by stylistic analysis. It is well-known that during the Tokugawa period 1603-1868 erotic prints and books were "BANNED" or "PROHIBITED" by decree of the Shogun. One of the influencing factors was that during this period some Shoguns were changing their views and being influenced by Christians who entered Japan during this period. The Shogun did not want foreigners and Jesuit missionaries to think that Japan was a crass and base nation. Naturally foreigners soon learned that prostitution was rampant and so this strange logic from the Shogun never had much affect on the Christians and surely not on the Japanese. . The Shogun enforced severe punishments for persons involved in drawing printing carving blocks and publishing erotic books and prints. With out the "Kiwame" or censor's approval seal all such items were "Banned" outright by the Shogun decree. . While these "Prohibited" books and prints were widely circulated in an "underground" society there are ample examples of famous artists taking on commissions to produce erotic books and prints fun or profit. The record and bibliography is loaded with these examples. "Banning" such erotic works simply meant that the number printed were limited to smaller numbers and distribution was done under the table discretely circulating such books privately among collectors. During these times it was not necessary for artists to sign their such artistic creations by-and-large the population had a very good idea who the artist was by being familiar with their style and other works it was simply a "public secret" who the artist was. Often the artist poked fun at the Shogun with political jokes and assumed names to confound any chance of being discovered by the authorities. . Over the centuries this knowledge decreased and is now the domain of the art historian or scholar to identify and determine the actual artist. Stylistic analysis remains the standard method for unsigned works. . THE ARTIST/SCHOOLS: While there are no signatures or seals indicating the artist's name or even his alternate Go studio name we believe this work is part of the "Primitives and First Century of Ukiyo-e School 1660-1765" period. See Lane below. The women's coiffeur is very similar to those found in this period as well as the drawing style technique and genre. It is this cataloger's opinion that this work was likely the creation of one of the Moronobu School masters. Perhaps done by Sukenobu Yoshikiyo Morishige Sugimura Moronobu Kiyonobu Masanobu or others from this period. We believe this work was likely done from around 1710-1750. It was also likely that it was done by one of the artists listed below. . LIKELY ARTIST ATTRIBUTION: . MORONOBU SUKENOBU SCHOOL: Nishikawa Sukenobu 1671 -August 20 1750 often called simply "Sukenobu" was a Japanese printmaker from Kyoto. He was unusual for a Ukiyo-e in being based in the imperial capital of Kyoto. He did prints of actors but gained note for his works concerning women. His Hyakunin Joro Shinasadame: Appreciating 100 Women in two volumes published in 1723 depicted women of all classes from the empress to prostitutes and received favorable results His Hyakunin Joro Shinasadame: Appreciating 100 women in two volumes published in 1723 depicted women of all classes from the empress to prostitutes and received favorable results Leading members of this school were: Nishikawa Sukenobu the founder; Nishikawa Suketada; Kawashima Nobukiyo; Nishikawa Terunobu; and Takagi Sadatake. . NISHIKAWA MORONOBU SCHOOL: Nishikawa Moronobu 1618-July 25 1694 was a Japanese painter and printmaker known for his advancement of the Ukiyo-e woodcut style starting in the 1670s. Leading members of the MORONOBU school were: Nishikawa Moronobu the founder; Hishikawa Morofusa; Hishikawa Moroyoshi; Hishikawa Moronaga; Hishikawa Moroshige; Hishikawa Morohira; and Tamazaki Ryujo. . BIBLIOGRAPHY: . This title is NOT listed in any of the below resources: SHIBUI Kiyoshi. UKIYO-E NAISHI. BIBLIOGRAPHY OF JAPANESE EROTIC ILLUSTRATED WOODBLOCK PRINTED BOOKS. H. KERLEN. CATALOGUE OF PRE-MEIJI JAPANESE BOOKS & MAPS IN PUBLIC COLLECTIONS IN THE NETHERLANDS. Richard Lane: IMAGES FROM THE FLOATING WORLD THE JAPANESE PRINT; pages 28 40-60 show examples of the Ukiyo-e primitives 1660-1765 especially the Moronobu school pp.60-88 et al. . NOT LISTED IN: . KSM SHIBUI Kiyoshi: UKIYO-E NAISI. BIBLIOGRAPHY OF JAPANESE EROTIC ILLUSTRATED WOODBLOCK PRINTED BOOKS. Modern Reading: UKIYO-E NAISHI KERLEN H.: CATALOGUE OF PRE-MEIJI JAPANESE BOOKS & MAPS IN PUBLIC COLLECTIONS IN THE NETHERLANDS. Not in any other usual bibliographies on Japanese E-hon woodblock printed books. . See: WIKIPEDIA:. unknown
1996137895Nagasaki: Seibonokishi sha 1996. 1st edition. New book. tall octavo. softback with stiff wrappers 87pp. b/w pls. maps glossary Powerful account of the US terror bombing in 1945 its consequences & aftermath based on the memories of schoolgirls. Inc. fold-out map of Japan & ep maps depicting the blast area. Scarce Seibonokishi sha unknown
2081002109002183Nagasaki University School of Medicine Department of Internal Medicine No. 2 N.A. Soft Cover. Fine. Number of pages: 206p Size: 27cm Nagasaki University School of Medicine Department of Internal Medicine No. 2 paperback
194384960Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press 1943. First Edition. First printing. Octavo 22cm. Green cloth hardcover; x129pp; ten unnumbered leaves of photographic plates halftones. Small spot of discoloration to front board; hairline crack to front endpaper at gutter; Very Good. With engraved bookplate of New Mexico anthropologist Lyle Stuart inside front cover; inscribed in ink on front free endpaper "Maxi and Lyle." <br /> <br /> Uncommon account of the founding and first five years of operation of Nambé Community School an experimental bilingual primary school established in 1937 in Nambé Pueblo about twenty miles north of Santa Fe New Mexico. The program was established with a gift of land and cash from Cyrus McCormick III whose ranch bordered the school property. Nambé School shuttered in 1942 after the original McCormick bequest was exhausted. University of New Mexico Press unknown
19111606Napa: Napa High School 1911. First Editions. Paperback. Very Good. The 1911 issue serves as year-end year book. The 1912 issue is a Christmas number devoted to light verse humor sports etc. Large 8vo. Pp. 86 and 90. Illustrated with ample photo reproductions and line drawings. Bound in illustrated printed wrappers the second number with a sewn binding the outer cover serving as a sort of dust jacket. The 1911 copy with a contemporary ownership signature in pencil "Commencement Eve" both with insignificant evidence of handling else Fine. The graduating class of 1911 was composed of thirteen students. Founded in 1897 the Napa High School is notable for not producing a single notable graduate other than a handful of professional athletes. That said the Napa Valley's development as the finest viticultural region in the US and it's unending natural charms have attracted prominent figures the world over. For a glimpse at Napa a hundred years ago the ample ads provide a wholesome view of Americana with illustrated ads for the Empire Theatre A. L Voorhees and Company men's clothier the Semorile Printing Company E. R. Gifford more men's clothing Kingan's ham and bacon at Horstmeyer's the Alexandria Hotel etc. Napa High School paperback
19211680480646Sunday School Publishing Board 1921. Hardcover. Good. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More Spend Less.Shelf and handling wear to cover and binding with general signs of previous use. Boards have light shelf rubbing with scuffing and smudging as well as bumping. Binding is sound. End pages have moderate age-toning and smudging as well as foxing and marker soiling. Page edges have moderate age-toning and foxing with smudging. Interior pages are age-toned and smudged with foxing. Secure packaging for safe delivery.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed. Sunday School Publishing Board hardcover
19211677643761Sunday School Publishing Board 1921. Hardcover. Good. Missing dust jacket; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More Spend Less.Moderate wear to the boards. Sound binding. Clean interior pages. This could have light cosmetic flaws but remains in good condition. No dust jacket included with this book. Secure packaging for safe delivery.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed. Sunday School Publishing Board hardcover
19211775763850Sunday School Publishing Board 1921. Hardcover. Very Good. Missing dust jacket; May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More Spend Less.Dust jacket missing. Minor shelf and handling wear overall a clean solid copy with minimal signs of use. Minor stain on the back board. Secure packaging for safe delivery.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed. Sunday School Publishing Board hardcover
189331862Albany: Printed for the Ladies Union Mission School Association 1893. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good. 12mo. 1 133 pages. Frontispiece photograph. Illustrated with photographs. Brown cloth hardcover with black title on the front cover and gilt stamped title on the spine. A small dent and scuff mark on the spine. <br /> <br /> An "Association Copy." Inscription not entirely legible written on the right front flyleaf: "From Mrs. A. J. A. E. Fort Meade Feby 94." Mrs. A. J. A. is Mrs. A. J. Alexander wife of General A. J. Alexander. She is mentioned in the introduction on page 10. Mrs. A. J. Alexander played an important role in establishing a Christian mission at Sacaton Arizona Pima Reservation. Printed for the Ladies Union Mission School Association hardcover
191827511New York: Paine Uptown Business College 1918. Paperback. Very good condition. 3 Prospectus and 1 book of "Old Favorite Songs" published by the Paine Uptown Business College for men and women.<br /> <br /> 'The school will give you a practical profession which prepares you to do active business work upon graduation and a thorough qualification to use the knowledge obtained . to gain. advancement." Tuition was $10 per month for day school $5 per month for night school.<br /> <br /> Located at 1931 Broadway corner of West 65th Street the school started in 1872. <br /> 4 lg 12mo pamphlets 23pp 24pp 29pp songbook 32pp tan paper wraps 2 string tied 2 staplebound. Slt sunned. Songbook slt rubbed at edges. Internally clean. Paine Uptown Business College paperback
19367886Boston Mass: North Bennet Street Industrial School 1936. Wire-O metal coil binding 26 x 18.5 cm. 57 7 pages. Index is table of contents. Advertisements. Title author and publication data from cover. Date from information in second edition of 1937. FIRST EDITION. A community fundraising cookbook for the benefit of North Bennett Street Industrial School. There is no front matter title page intro etc. and the recipes are not attributed but are drawn from members of the surrounding community Boston's North End. Other fundraising efforts for the school are featured in the advertising section including The Perfection Bottle Rack "made by the unemployed" and an unnamed Spanish olive oil "sold exclusively by the North Bennet Street Industrial School". There is also a full page illustrated ad for Prince Superfine Macaroni. ~ Card stock boards printed in blue and silver; edge wear and pulls at a few wire coils. Ownership inscription "Martha Taylor 98 Chestnut Street". OCLC locates five copies and four copies of the 1937 second edition. North Bennet Street Industrial School hardcover
20212081502111903000Chinese book office 2021. Soft Cover. Fine. The book is in fine condition. Chinese book office paperback
192717898Oamaru: Oamaru Mail Print. Good with no dust jacket. 1927. First Edition. Softcover. Creasing and small 1/4" tears to overhanging margins of wrappers. No signatures. ; Uncommon. 34 pages illustrated title leaf 16 plates including frontispiece. Page 34 mis-printed 43. Printed wrappers. Page dimensions: 215 x 135mm. . Oamaru Mail Print paperback
200136752Bath: Old School Press 2001. Hardcover. Fine. Hardcover. Number 131 of 230 copies signed by the poet and illustrator. From the press: "For the fifth title in our series of the work of contemporary British poets we were fortunate to have the opportunity of printing an extended four-part poem by Poet Laureate emeritus Andrew Motion. He was England's Poet Laureate from 1999-2009. Writing of his work Motion says 'A Long Story assembled itself over several years into a loose sequence of four sections none of them rhymed and all are written in a very loose rambling rhythm. I began with the wish to identify certain memories in my childhood which I've always considered to be 'spots of time' - ie moments which have a self-contained interest and drama - and ended up with scenes which anticipate even predict certain moods and attitudes I have as an adult. 'To complement Motion's narrative style we turned once more to leading wood-engraver Simon Brett whose ability to tell a story in a single sinewy image we greatly admire and who cut four wood-engravings for the book.'' <br /> <br /> For this elegant book the text was hand-set in 14pt Fournier italic and printed on 170gsm Magnani mould-made paper. Brett's engravings were printed from the wood onto dampened paper. The book was bound by Rachel and Richard James. It is quarter-bound with yellow cloth on the spine with a rich dark green hand-made paper from the Larroque mill covering the boards black Canson end-papers and the title embossed in gold on the front cover. In fine condition. Measures 8 x 11 inches. Unpaginated 44 pages PRI/082823. Old School Press hardcover
19978068Bath UK: Old School Press 1997. Hard Cover. Near Fine binding. Quarto. 16 pp. Limited edition numbered 46 of 225 copies. Signed by Burnett and Wormell. As issued backed in cloth with decorative paper over boards. A bright fresh copy. Old School Press unknown
20018721Bath UK: Old School Press 2001. Hard Cover. Near Fine binding. Quarto. 32 pp. illus. Limited edition number 46. As issued in cloth-backed boards with title in gilt on the front board. Bottom corners of both boards are just a trifle bumped else a very nice copy clean throughout. This is the fourth in a series by the Old School Press of contemporary British poets. Henri's dramatic pastels beautifully accompany his poetry. He tells us in the author's note that these poems were commissioned and set to music by Richard Gordon-Smith for the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. Old School Press unknown
20113188Bath: Old School Press 2011. Hard Cover. Near Fine binding. Subtitle: “Being a Description and Analysis of Fifty-Two Proof and Rejected Sheets from the Press of Reverend Henry Daniel at Worcester College Oxford in the Late Nineteenth Century with some Deductions Regarding his Printing Practices.†Octavo. 8 23 1 pp. Limited Edition number 70 of 95 copies initialed by Ould below the colophon. Cloth-backed paper covered boards; printed paper title label on the spine; an extremely bright and fresh copy; 12 photographic illustrations all present as called for. An important catalog and analysis of this group of proof sheets that has scholarly merit and is beautifully printed. Old School Press unknown
201810693Old School Press 2018. Original Wrappers. Very Good binding. Oblong thin octavo. French fold. 18 pp. Limited edition number 37 of 60 copies. As issued in Curwen paper stab sewn with satin ribbon. Light rubbing to the extremities; gentle suggestion of a fold through the top corner of each leaf. The types used are Open Kapitalen Van Dijck Roman Van Dijck Italic various pt sizes of Van Dijck Cancelleresca Bastarda Lutetia italic Romulus roman and Romulus italic. Old School Press unknown
20113187Bath: Old School Press 2011. Hard Cover. Near Fine binding. Octavo. x 61 1 pp 48 plates. Limited Edition number 97 of 175 copies signed by Chambers and initialed by Ould beneath the colophon. Cloth-backed paper covered boards; printed paper title label on the spine; a very bright and fresh copy; in addition to the illustrated plates there are 2 tipped on reproductions. A beautifully printed volume cataloging some of the earliest items printed by the Daniel Press over its first decades in Frome before Daniel removed the press to Oxford. Old School Press unknown
191452964Bonneville & Portland OR: Edward F. Marcell 1914. One large silver gelatin panoramic photo sized 36 x 8 in. text in lower part of image excellent contrast very minor creasing slight wear still NF. This souvenir panoramic picnic photo was taken of the staff and students for the oldest Episcopal School west of the Rocky Mountains originally founded in 1869 as St. Helen’s Hall and operated as boarding and day school for girls. Bonneville OR was a popular picnic and excursion spot in the Columbia River Gorge which was located 41 miles East of Portland and amenities included a large dance pavilion band stand refreshment stand dining tables recreational facilities and even a baseball diamond and bleachers. The O-W R & N Co. initially operated as an independent carrier with the Union Pacific and formerly was named the Oregon-Washington Railroad and Navigation Company in 1910. Edward F. Marcell son of Milward B. “Doc†Marcell of Marcell Studios -- best known for the 1912 Calgary Stampede Photo postcards -- operated Doc’s in-and-out film processing shop in Vancouver WA which was the first in America catering to WWI soldiers and veterans. [Edward F.] Marcell, unknown
20202081502111907353East China Normal University Publishing House 2020. Soft Cover. Fine. Size: A5/496p/traditional characters East China Normal University Publishing House paperback
