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19679403Lexington KY: Gravesend Press printed by Robert Middleton 1967. Original Wrappers. Near Fine binding. 12mo. 4 5 3 pp. frontis illus. Limited edition. As issued sewn into pastepaper wrappers with printed paper label on the front wrapper. <br /> <br /> A beautiful copy with three engravings by DePol including the final tail-piece "Finis / Gravesend / Press." The book was nearly complete already set in type at the time of Graves's unexpected death in 1960. After many years Joe's wife and partner Lucy Graves decided to complete this edition as the final Gravesend imprint complete with the prophetic tailpiece. An absolutely charming piece of Lexington history and most certainly a part of the private press movement that was burgeoning. No indication of the size of the edition. Gravesend Press | printed by Robert Middleton unknown
1971ABE-10683366153Barre Publishers Massachusetts 1971 Barre Publishers 1971. Hardcover limited and slipcased signed by Michael McCurdy. The illustrations are printed from the original wood blocks. In a sturdy slip case. Signed by the artist limited to 1000 copies of which this is number 49. A beautiful small press production on 100% rag hand made paper. Slight scuffing on the leather spine edges at top and bottom. Language: eng Language: eng 0.0 Language: eng 0.0 Language: eng 0.0 Language: eng. Signed by Illustrator. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. Barre Publishers Massachusetts hardcover
19281409751Reading: Golden Cockerel Press 1928. Limited Edition #285/500. Hardcover. Octavo 151 pages. In Very Good minus condition with a Very Good dust jacket. Spine red with black lettering. Bound in publisher's red fabric. Dust jacket protected with mylar covering. Top edge of text block gilt. Mild shelf wear to dust jacket small closed tears on spine. Three spots of discoloration on front dust jacket. Mild wear and rubbing front and back boards. Shelved in Case 9. Golden Cockerel Press is a curated private press started in 1920 in the Caxtonian tradition of editor-printer-publishers. 1409751. Shelved Dupont Bookstore. Golden Cockerel Press hardcover
1977066307Whiltshire England: Compton Press 1977. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. 4to. Includes slipcase. Limited Edition of 100 numbered copies. This is copy 69. Includes 10 signed and numbered tipped-in artists proofs. Marbled boards with green leather spine gilt lettering along spine. Minor shelfwear moderate spine fade. Tight binding no marks. Volume is in Near Fine condition. Heavy fading and tanning on slipcase with some scuffing. Slipcase is in Very Good-minus condition. Compton Press Hardcover
1958263089New York: Thomas Yoseloff Inc 1958. Signed. Hard Cover. Very Good binding/Very Good dust jacket. #23 of 100 copies Signed by Robert Graves and illustrator James Metcalf. The dustjacket presents nicely with small chip at the top of the spine and two small chips at the top of the rear panel. There is modest loss to the bottom of the spine and a piece at the bottom has been reattached from the verso using heat-set tissue. Very Good binding / Very Good dust jacket. Thomas Yoseloff, Inc unknown
1967104562Gehenna Press. Very Good. 1967. Hardcover. Gehenna Press hardcover
192721056<p>London: Faber & Gwyer 1927. First edition. Faint stains to covers else very good. 6 unpaginated leaves; illustrated with black and white wood engraving on front cover and full-page color wood engraved frontispiece; 12mo white card wrappers. <br /><br />#298 of 350 copies on Zander's hand made paper. Printed at the Curwen Press.</p> Faber & Gwyer)
1996x09067<p>Paris: Editions de La Fenetre 1996. 4to. Unbound sheets in blue cloth portfolio in cloth slipcase. Fine in Near Fine slipcase. Slight fading and shelfwear to slipcase. Two engravings by Vilato. Number 21 of 90 printed signed by Verdet and Javier Vilato. This copy additionally inscribed with a drawing by Verdet. First Edition. Fine.</p> Editions de La Fenetre hardcover
1935365888US: Putnam 1935. Putnam 1935 Limited Edition Very Good/ This Limited Edition issued in 1938 with new format and wood engravings by Asa Cheffetz. Light wear to greeen cloth with illustrated front in black and gold and gold spine lettering. Spine lightly tanned. NO DUST JACKET NO SLIP CASE. Tight unmarked illustrated text. 43386 pages signed on page 340 by "Asa Cheffetz" artist the copy number "1384". LARGE HEAVY ITEM 2.25 Pounds. Size: 9 3/8 x 7 3/8 x 1 1/8 inches. Signed by Author. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. No Exp. Putnam Hardcover
193737606London: Golden Cockerell Press 1937. Hardcover. Very Good. Hardcover. Number 82 of 150 signed copies. There was also an unlimited edition. This is an interesting and pretty book from the Golden Cockerell Press published early in this noted press's history. It is stunningly illustrated with six black and white engravings by Clifford Webb 1895 - 1972 the English artist and engraver. Quarter bound in brown Niger leather with gilt titling to spine and cream cloth covers. Some foxing to front cover and light sunning to top of spine. Printed in Caslon's Old Face type on Arnold's handmade paper. A nice copy in very good condition. Measures 6 x 9 inches. 109 pages plus colophon. PRI/111324. Golden Cockerell Press hardcover
1937086247London: The Golden Cockerel Press 1937. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Near Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Clifford Webb. First unlimited edition edition first printing Octavo hardback cream cloth gilt titles. top edge gilt 120 pp. Illustrated with 6 wood engravings by Clifford Webb Near Very Good condition No inscriptions. <br/> <br/> The Golden Cockerel Press hardcover
19231401458Soho: The Nonesuch Press 1923. Limited reprint edition #260 of 725. Hardcover. Tall narrow thin octavo 52 pages. In Very Good condition. In gold hardcovers with white spine and gilt text. Moderate shelf wear to boards. Rubbing wear and light bumping along edges. Text block is lightly age toned throughout with untrimmed edges. Shelved in Case #0. 1401458. Shelved Dupont Bookstore. The Nonesuch Press hardcover
199512350Lewisburg PA: The Press of Appletree Alley 1995. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Near fine. Large octavo 48pp. illustrated. From The Bucknell University Fine Editions: A Series in Contemporary Poetry edited by John Wheatcroft. A near fine copy in the publisher's printed boards with very dark navy cloth spine. Spine just a tinge sunned top edge gently foxed but the contents fresh and lovely. Per the colophon: "This book was set in Spectrum type and printed on English Somerset mould-made paper with a No. a Vandercook press. The edition was designed type-set and printed by Juanita Bishop Barnard Taylor and Kathy Pino a Bucknell University graduate student. The engravings were printed directly from the blocks. Don Rash and Nicolyn Rosen hand bound each book with printed paper over boards." This is number 34 of 125 limited copies SIGNED by Peacock on the limitation page. Publisher's prospectus laid-in. The Press of Appletree Alley hardcover
1954788121954. Tapa dura. 2ª Mano. . . Bilbao Triunfo 1954 . Profusamente ilustrado con. fotografías en huecograbado 4 de ellas comentadas. sobrecubierta algo fatigada con foto del Arenal. tela ed. con dorados 36x28 cm. 112 pp. hardcover
1929518Paris: Éditions du Scarabée 1929. First Edition. Near fine. Large 8vo 11 7/8 x 9 3/4 inches 302 x 250 mm; 45 pp. with 4 etchings by Gio Colucci. Edition limited to 115 numbered copies on white Arches paper with Jenson type of which this is copy no. 50 as printed on the limitation page. Loose as issued in portfolio with original paper cover with flaps printed in red and black with beautiful typography and with its original glassine wrapper. There is some toning and slight wear to the glassine and cover and offset to pages facing the etchings but the portfolio is in excellent condition and the impressions strong and powerful.<br /> Inscribed and dated in pencil by artist on the half title. <br /> BNF31506565. This play by François Turpin was created on the stage of the Atelier in Paris by the Athéna theater on February 1 1928 <br /> <br /> Gio COLUCCI 1892-1974 Painter sculptor ceramist was born in Florence. Éditions du Scarabée unknown
1980D8838Brooklyn: Clown War 1980. Limited Edition of 500 Copies. Paperback. Very Good. Staple-bound wraps; oblong 8vo 215 x 139 mm; pp. 16 with engravings in b/w reproduced from Jan Vredeman de Vries "Perspective" Leiden 1604. Covers a little rubbed and tanned otherwise an excellent copy. <br/><br/> Clown War paperback
19928104Providence RI: Printed by the Stone House Press for the John Carter Brown Library 1992. Hard Cover. Near Fine binding. Octavo. 85 1 pp. frontis illus. Limited edition number 42 of 200 copies signed by De Pol Smith and the printer M. A. Gelfand. In original cloth with title on the front cover and spine. An extremely nice copy with the top corner of the rear board a trifle bumped else fine. <br /> <br /> This is the regular issue of a translation of Bertin's French-language three-act play "Christophe Colomb" here limited to 200 copies with "illustrations printed in black . . . from works in the John Carter Brown Library selected by Norman Fiering. . . . the original wood engravings printed in colors other than blank are by John De Pol" colophon. There was also a deluxe edition limited to 20 copies bound by Deborah Evetts design binder and conservator at the Pierpont Morgan Library. Printed by the Stone House Press for the John Carter Brown Library unknown
1992343971Roslyn NY: The John Carter Brown Library : The Stone House Press 1992. 82p. 6.5x10 inch gray cloth boards with titling pressed in gilt; wood engraving illustrations invery good condition. Signed by the printer publisher and translator. The John Carter Brown Library : The Stone House Press unknown
1959031990Los Angeles: Anais Nin 1959. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Soft cover. Very Good. Softcover Issue Beige Wrappers Printed In Black; Unpaginated. Inscribed By Nin To A Female Friend And With The Friend's Signature. Wear Foxing To Covers Spine Bowed Still Very Good. <br/> <br/> Anais Nin paperback
1948008728New York: Printed at The Spiral Press 1948. First edition. Paperback. This original Robert Frost 1948 Christmas Card features a trifecta of virtues. This is the first published appearance of this poem which had an unusual text history detailed further below. Of 2275 copies printed for 9 different names this is one of 375 printed for the poet himself. Last but certainly not least this is not only one of Frost's copies but is inscribed and signed by him. Following the first and second printed lines on the presentation page "This new poem brings Holiday Greetings from Robert Frost December 1948" Frost wrote "the Hendersons" and signed "Robert Frost". <br /> <br />Condition is near fine. The gray-green card wraps are clean bright and sharp cornered the binding staple firmly intact and uncorroded. We note only a tiny blemish above the title on the front cover and a trivial hint of wear to the spine heel. The contents are crisp and clean lightly age-toned but with no spotting or soiling. <br /> <br />With the permission of Frost and his publishers in 1929 the Spiral Press began printing an annual Robert Frost Christmas Card featuring one of his poems. The tradition continued until 1962 Frost's final Christmas. Each annual Christmas poem publication was printed with varying names on the title page to accommodate their being sent by various Frost publishers artists and important friends. This copy is one of those printed for Frost himself. <br /> <br />The 1948 Christmas poem "Closed for Good" has an unusual textual history. After it was first printed here it appeared in a number of other Frost collections including in the 1949 edition of Complete Poems and the 1954 1955 and 1963 editions of selected poems. In 1962 a revised version of Closed for Good was published as part of In the Clearing. There the poem is altered; the first stanza lines 1-6 is deleted And becomes They in line 7 and the word brush becomes spread in line 24. <br /> <br />This is clearly how Frost wanted the poem to evolve. In the Clearing was his final new collection and in 1958 Frost told Elizabeth Shepley Sergeant that he was trying out a new version of four stanzas. Nonetheless When Edward Connery Lathems edition of The Poetry of Robert Frost was published in 1969 the poem was presented in five stanzas and the two word changes restored to original. Given both Frosts manifestly deliberative use of words and the fact that the poem is a commentary on Frosts inheritance from the past and his legacy to the future the changes do not seem incidental. <br /> <br />By 1948 when this poem first appeared in his annual Christmas card and he inscribed this copy Robert Frost 1874-1963 had already entered the final decades of his life as the most highly esteemed American poet of the twentieth century with an accumulating hoard of academic and civic honors. Half a decade had passed since he had won his still-to-this-day-unrivalled fourth Pulitzer Prize for Poetry. This is all the more remarkable given that he did not publish his first volume of poetry until he was nearly 40 years old. <br /> <br />References: Crane B19; Tuten and Zubizarreta; ANB <br/><br/> Printed at The Spiral Press paperback
193117082110London: Jonathan Cape Printed by Walter Lewis at the University Press Cambridge 1931. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Near fine. Gill Eric. No. 129 of 160 octavo size 206 pp. signed by Eric Gill. Clothing has long been an integral part of society and can be used to reflect diverse religious and cultural identities. In this essay Eric Gill 1882-1940 discusses the significance of clothes in society and argues for a more egalitarian approach to clothing; for example Gill advocates the suitability of men's clothing trousers for women as a way to liberate the sexes and create a more equal society.<br /> <br /> Gill provides wood engravings for the book illustrating his concepts and showcasing his masterful rendering of the technique; his illustrations have a slightly satirical slant while evoking the pathos of his arguments.<br /> <br /> ___DESCRIPTION: Quarter brown pigskin with marbled paper boards gilt rules and lettering on the spine top edge gilt fore- and bottom edges uncut illustrations include title page device "Woman Dancing" P712; "Art and Prudence" P714; "Clothes as Houses" P715; "Clothes as Workshops" P716; "Clothes as Churches and Town Halls" P717; "Clothes for Special Parts" P718; "The Tyranny of Tailors" P719; "Nature and Nakedness" P720; "Trousers" P21; and a tailpiece of "Trousers and Spats" P722; octavo 7.5" by 5.25" pagination: i-vii 1-2 3-196 197-198 1 colophon one of 160 copies this number 129 signed "Eric G" on the colophon.<br /> <br /> ___CONDITION: Volume is near fine with clean boards straight corners a strong square text block with solid hinges the interior is clean and bright and entirely free of prior owner markings; some slight rubbing to the bottom edges of the boards and to the corners a faint stain to the gutter of Contents page and very slight cracking to the gutter at pages 128 and 129 but hinges are still tight.<br /> <br /> ___CITATION: Gill 22. <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 book we sell. Please contact us with any questions you may have we are here to help. Jonathan Cape [Printed by Walter Lewis at the University Press, Cambridge] hardcover
1989157079London: Folio Society 1989. reprint. As New. octavo. hardbacks in decorated cloth c.2200pp. illusts. Sense and Sensibility Pride and Prejudice Mansfield Park Emma Northanger Abbey Persuasion & Shorter Works. Bound in red quarter cloth over patterned boards. In a nice red cloth slip-case as issued Folio Society hardcover
19085643Essex House Press Norman Chapel Gloucestershire 1908. HBNODJ October 1908 1st limited edition 250 copies #143/250 Thin Minor CoveR rub & wear primarily around edgesCover is 1/4 Linen Uncut VG- interior Book Blank Endpapers have BRown Stain Minor Fox interior VG NODJ. First Edition. Hard Cover. Essex House Press, Norman Chapel, Gloucestershire hardcover
192517670Munchen und Leipzig: Georg Muller und Hans Von Weber c 1925. Second edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 4 Volumes each 5 1/4 x 8 inches. Second edition with the plates of the 1767 edition 1st was 1913 these not dated but circa 1925. Text in German. Condition is Very Good; Rubbing and soiling to the spines text and illustrations are perfect with no toning foxing stains markings etc. bindings are tight. STK Georg Muller und Hans Von Weber hardcover
193748349NY: Holiday House. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1937. Hardcover. Original cloth-backed pictorial boards. Miniature format. Spine gap mid volume the occasional minor spot. Slight sunning/edgewear to boards spine sunned. 40pp. ; 24mo 5" - 6" tall . Holiday House hardcover
