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195347331New York: The Blue Heron Press 1953. Fiftieth Anniversary Edition. One of an unstated number of copies signed by the author on a decorative plate tipped onto the front pastedown this being copy no.497. Octavo 21cm; publisher's mauve and white patterned paper-covered boards and black cloth backstrip with titles stamped in gilt on spine; mauve topstain; publisher's original glassine overlay; xviii2646pp. Trivial wear to lower corners tiny tear with attendant crease to right margin of half-title page else very Near Fine in a glassine with numerous tears creases and small losses. Handsome edition of this cornerstone sociological work by Du Bois first published by A.C. McClurg in 1903. "Souls Of Black Folk was written beautifully in a style which Du Bois labored to perfect. It is one of the noteworthy books not merely of the period but of the epoch. The monumental work was the opening salvo in the struggle that has dominated the century for black and white Americans: the quest for dignity justice and equality.Every page is filled with spirituality and with spontaneity" Blockson 52. This edition bears a new foreword by Du Bois titled "Fifty Years After" and introductory matter by his wife Shirley Graham Du Bois. The Blue Heron Press unknown books
1944217847Minneapolis Minn: University of Minnesota 1944. First edition. Illustrated. xvi 654 pp. 1 vols. Thick 8vo. Two-toned brown cloth. Fine in fine dj. Signed by Ashley Montagu. First edition. Illustrated. xvi 654 pp. 1 vols. Thick 8vo. With review by Ashley Montagu. With 2 page holograph review by Ashley Montagu laid in. University of Minnesota unknown books
1954270614Nogent-sur-Marne: L'Association Technique Internationale des Bois Tropicaux 1954. hardcover. very good. Slim 4to spine rebacked in brown cloth over exotic wooden boards. Explanatory notes concerning various tables. The tables are divided into 2 main parts: I. - A list of African woods exported normally or normally exportable. II. - A list of African woods used locally or exportable in small quantities. Published by Nogent-sur-Marne: L'Association Technique Internationale des Bois Tropicaux 1954. First Edition. Very good .<br/><br/> L'Association Technique Internationale des Bois Tropicaux unknown books
5129Four vols. 8vo cont. vellum over boards covers of Vol. I lightly stained spines dust-soiled lightly foxed throughout as usual. The Hague: J. Swart & P. de Hondt 1725. With its almost 30000 lots this was the largest sale ever held in any country up to 1725 a record not broken until the Thott sale Copenhagen: 1789-1795 and the Heber sales of the 1830s. The Du Bois sale lasted for nearly two months. This extraordinary library was the creation of the Abbé Jean-Paul Bignon 1662-1743 who was for many years secretary of the Académie des Sciences. When in 1718 he was appointed Bibliothécaire du Roi a position he occupied until 1741 he sold his library of approximately 50000 volumes in order to avoid a conflict of interest. The buyer was the financier John Law 1671-1729 of "Mississippi Bubble" fame. Financial reversals caused Law to almost immediately resell the library for 50000 livres to Cardinal Du Bois 1656-1723 the immensely rich but ill-famed first minister during the minority and under the reign of Louis XV his misdeeds may have been exaggerated by the Duc de Saint-Simon who hated him. Guigard and others state that Law's sale of the library took place in 1723 but it cannot have been later than December 1720 when Law secretly left France after the Mississippi Bubble had burst. Following Du Bois's death the library was sold for 65000 livres to "the booksellers of Paris" who immediately sold it to one "Guiton" who in turn sent it to The Hague for auction. This library contained many famous rarities including editiones principes of Aristophanes Homer and Pliny incunabula printed on vellum Spanish romances of chivalry and illuminated manuscripts. Many of the finest books and manuscripts were acquired by a collector named Milsoneau. The Marquis de Paulmy acquired them from Milsoneau and today they are the foundation of the library of the Arsenal. Fine set and priced throughout. ❧ Guigard I pp. 238-39 & 270-71. Peignot p. 96. Taylor Book Catalogues pp. 18 102 108 113 129 207 228 & 239. hardcover books
1954251396New York: National Committee to Win Amnesty for the Smith Act Victims 1954. 4p. 8.5x11 inches minor wear. Newsletter supporting Communists imprisoned under the Smith Act. Includes part of an address by W.E.B. Du Bois given at a Christmas Amnesty Rally in New York. National Committee to Win Amnesty for the Smith Act Victims unknown books
1968CNJWEM046New York: Holt Rinehart and Winston 1968. First Edition. Hardcover. Near fine/near fine. Pène du Bois William. First edition in book form and with Pène du Bois illustrations duodecimo size 32 pp. A charming story of a family and its tiger who simply won't get out of the teapot this children's story is generously illustrated by William Pène du Bois' 1916-1993. Pène du Bois was both a competent illustrator and author; he won the Newbery Medal for "The Twenty-One Balloons" in 1948 and for books he illustrated was the runner-up for the Caldecott Medal twice.<br/><br/>This volume is the first edition of the story in book form and containing Pène du Bois' illustrations. <br/><br/>___DESCRIPTION: Full paper over boards illustrated in orange and black in the design of tiger fur black lettering on the front board black lettering on the spine inside a blue and white rectangle blue endpapers title page with colour illustrations of desserts full-colour illustrations many full page by William Pène du Bois throughout; duodecimo size 7.25" by 5" pagination: 1-4 5-29 30-32. In a white paper dust jacket with black lettering and colour illustrations on the front and rear panels white and black lettering within pink and blue rectangles on the spine a description of the book on the front flap and a description of another book from the publisher on the rear flap; the dust jacket is not price-clipped with the original price of $2.95 on the front flap.<br/><br/>___CONDITION: Volume is near fine with clean boards perfectly straight corners a strong square text block with solid hinges the interior is clean and bright and entirely free of prior owner markings; some light rubbing to the head and tail of the spine bottom edges of the boards and corners else fine. The dust jacket is near fine also not price-clipped clean overall but for some light soiling light rubbing to the head and tail of the spine and corners and the lower corner of the front flap has been unaccountably clipped we presume by the publisher.<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. Holt, Rinehart and Winston hardcover books
576SF PERIODICAL 1919. EARLY POEMS FIRST EDITION VERY GOOD. F. SF, PERIODICAL, 1919 unknown books
1919182979San Francisco: The Periodical Press printed by Brude Brough 1919. Hardcover. 80p. letterpress sewn signatures hardcover first edition plain printed grey paper over boards with deckled edges; rear free endsheet is out some soil and staining to casing a good-only copy. Imagiste reflections on the World War and civilization; author Bird served in the war not as a grunt but easily as disillusioned. Later a theologian. Aldous Huxley was an acquaintance and burlesqued him in the novel After Many a Summer Dies the Swan but his poetry is worthwhile: sentimental and dated but deft. The Periodical Press [printed by Brude Brough] hardcover books
1911WRCLIT23186Paris: Bernard Grasset 1911. Small quarto. Printed wrappers. First edition with a prefatory letter by Paul Girard. Hors commerce copy with publisher's perforation in rear wrapper. Inscribed by the author to American critic/novelist James Huneker. Wraps somewhat dust soiled but a good copy. TALVART & PLACE BOIS 25. Bernard Grasset paperback books
1999275359Paris: Marval 1999. hardcover. fine/very good. Text in French. Illustrated in color and black and white. 201 pages 4to tan boards dust wrapper. Paris: Marval 1999. A fine copy in a very good dust wrapper.<br/><br/> Marval unknown books
1960041984Gap: Imprimerie Louis-Jean 1960. lviii 83p. original stiff printed wrappers minor stain on the rear wrapper Collection de documents inédits sur l'histoire économique de la Révolution Française. Département de la Sarthe. Imprimerie Louis-Jean unknown books
1994291662New York.: John Wiley & Sons. 1994. 1st Edition. Green leatherette gilt titles. Very good tight and unmarked slit in rear pastedown no dust jacket as issued. 25.7x18 cm. weight: 2.9 lb. John Wiley & Sons. hardcover books
2001170477Cambridge: Harvard University Art Museum 2001. Hardcover. New in shrinkwrap. Black cloth boards purple and color-illustrated dust jacket with yellow and white lettering. 259 pp. Color illustrations. Text in English and Spanish. Catalog of an exhibition organized by the Fogg Art Museum Harvard University Art Museums Cambridge Mass. in collaboration with the Fundación Cisneros Caracas Venezuela and displayed at the Fogg Art Museum Mar. 3-Nov. 4 2001. Harvard University Art Museum hardcover books
197626047New York: Parent's Magazine Press 1976. 1st edition. Pictorial composition binding. Matching dust jacket. VG bookplate remnant/VG pc. Unpaginated. Illustrated by William Pene Du Bois. 4to. <br/><br/> Parent's Magazine Press unknown books
193110472New York: The Macmillan Company 1931. First edition. Cloth. Fine/near fine. First edition. Monograph on the artist. Part of The American Artists Series of the Whitney Museum of American Art. 1931. A fine clothbound copy in nearly fine unclipped dustwrapper. Nice copy of a book often found heavily faded or worn. <br/><br/> The Macmillan Company hardcover books
19676264New York: ACA Heritage Gallery 1967. Softbound. VG. Wraps. 16 pp. 24 large bw plates. Short introductory essay by Bernard Danenberg along with a reprint of a tribute to Lawson written by Guy Pene Du Bois in 1939. Lists 32 works one page chronology. Published to accompany the exhibition held in NY: ACA Heritage Gallery Apr. 25 to May 20 1967. ACA Heritage Gallery paperback books
1960EEG1040Berlin:: Kraus 1960. 1960. Thick 8vo. x 2 1262 2 pp. Index; 6 ff. index creased. Slate-black gilt-stamped cloth. Very good. Reprint of the 1908 second revised & enlarged edition. Ludwig Darmstaedter 1846-1927 was a German chemist and historian of science who himself studied under Bunsen Emil Erlenmeyer and Hermann Kolbe. EXTRA POSTAGE MAY APPLY. Kraus, 1960. hardcover books
1701284027Paris: Coignard 1701. Second. hardcover. very good. Traduites en Francois. 2 volumes I and II only. Illustrated title pages. Thick 8vo full original mottled calf heavily gilt spines with burgundy leather labels crimson edges. Paris: Jean Baptiste Ciognard 1701. Second Edition. Very good .<br/><br/> Coignard unknown books
1890WRCAM35715New York: John Wiley & Sons 1890. xxi511pp. including approximately 300 in- text illustrations. With twenty-eight plates seven folding some included in pagination. Quarto. Original cloth stamped in black blind and gilt. Cloth rubbed corners bumped. Ex-lib. with bookplate on front pastedown and a neat ink stamp on verso of titlepage. Early ink inscription on blank preliminary leaf. Overall very good. Sixth edition "revised and greatly enlarged" of a work first published in 1883. As Hitchcock points out the frequent early editions of this work parallel the early growth of the skyscraper. It went through nine editions in ten years. Du Bois led a distinguished career authoring many widely used textbooks and serving as Higgin Professor of Dynamic Engineering at Yale. HITCHCOCK 381. John Wiley & Sons hardcover books
200064376El Segundo:: Upton & Sons. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 2000. Hardcover. 0912783060 . Second printing. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. . Upton & Sons, hardcover books
1987264192El Segundo: Upton 1987. hardcover. fine/very good. Illus. 109pp. 8vo blue cloth d.w. sunned on spine portion. El Segundo: Upton 1987. Very good<br/><br/> Upton unknown books
2000265204El Segundo: Upton 2000. hardcover. fine/fine. Illus. 8vo blue cloth d.w. El Segundo: Upton 2000. Fine<br/><br/> Upton unknown books
20009021325El Cegundo: Upton & Sons 2000. Hardcover. Fine/fine. 2nd printing. Montana and the West Series Volume 4. Includes bibliography and index. <br/><br/> Upton & Sons hardcover books
120502hardcover. with analyses by Abram Kardiner and Emil Oberholzer. Illustrated. 654pp. Thick 8vo brown cloth. Minneapolis: Univ. of Minnesota Press 1944. Very good.<br/><br/> unknown books
19449007038Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press 1944. 2nd . Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine DJ. With analysis by Abram Kardiner and Emil Oberholzer. Illustrated with photographs. Includes index. <br/><br/> University of Minnesota Press hardcover books
