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1988012539Wakefield: Fleece Press 1988. 1st Edition Limited. Hardcover. Fine. 225 copies with 160 for sale quarter cloth. Fine apparently unused copy in light blue cloth slipcase that has a modestly faded edge. Dedicated to wood engraver Stanley Lawrence 1900-1987. Fleece Press hardcover books
19711187927Boston: Godine 1971. First/Limited Edition. Approx. 8.5" x 11.75" VG hardcover in black quarter-leather with gilt lettering in VG dark denim blue slipcase with marbled olive/blue paper-covered sides. This copy is one in a Limited Edition of 100 quarter-leather bound by hand; the artist has SIGNED on the colophon and hand-numbered this copy #XVII. Rubbing to corners and spine ends of slipcase and boards with mild color loss to marbled sides of case. Interior clean and tight throughout. Shelve with Folio Society. 1187927. Shelved Dupont Bookstore. Godine unknown books
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 books
1977JC2852London: Folio Society 1977. Hardcover. Very Good. Illustrated cloth. From the library of Douglas Fairbanks Jr. and inscribed to him by the author on the FFEP. Fairbanks 1909-2000 was an American actor his credits include Gunga Din and a highly decorated naval officer of World War II. <br/><br/> Folio Society hardcover books
1978JC8374Lincoln Massachusetts: The Penmaen Press Limited 1978. First Edition Limited Edition of 2000 Copies. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Cloth; dust jacket; 8vo; pp. xv 1 102 1 colophon with wood engravings by Michael McCurdy. Binding the slightest bit cocked otherwise book is fine in price-clipped dust jacket with some very light wrinkling along the edges. <br/><br/> The Penmaen Press Limited hardcover books
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 books
14685Collection of three original steel engravings of the Castle of the Sultan of Aden at Lahadj 2 Arabian men shaking hands and a camel on a voyage titled: "Chateau Du Saltan d'Aden a Lahadj" "Salut des Arabes" & "Chameau scelle pour le Voyage" from Picturesque Universe published by Firmin Didot in 1847. Size: 5" x 8.2." The first engraving shows a beautiful and picturesque view of the Sultan of Aden's Castle and surrounding countryside with depictions of palm trees and mountians. The second depicts a greeting between two Arab men who are seen shaking hands. And the final engraving depicts a camel in the desert. Some age related toning pin holes in the top margin and remenants of a sticker in the top right corner of first image.Third engraving with past staple marks and a 4cm paper loss along top edge not affecting image. Overall the engravings in very good condition. unknown books
19539013440London: Dutton 1953. 1st. Hardcover. Book fine Dust jacket fine. The dust jacket is price-clipped and has minor chips and closed tears to the extremities. <br/><br/> Dutton hardcover books
19549027888London: Folio Society 1954. Hardcover. Fine Condition. <br/><br/> Folio Society hardcover books
1932135673London: Golden Cockerel Press 1932. Limited edition 133/500 copies this one most likely bound by Sangorski and Sutcilffe. Hardbound. VG evidence of small label at base of leather spine. Half-leather with patterned cloth-covered boards. 67 pp.Title decorations and 7 wood engravings in the text plus the press device below the colophon. Very nice copy. Golden Cockerel Press hardcover books
1779D7139Paris et Dijon: les Auteurs et Frantin 1779-1781. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Contemporary mottled calf lavishly gilt-stamped spine gilt-stamped lettering in red leather spine label original decorative endpapers; 8vo 120x 202 mm 3 volumes; with half-titles 3 additional titles 2 allegorical frontispieces 50 plates 39 of them with double views of Paris and 2 full-page vignettes. Some very light scuffing at spine tips and along joints; occasional light toning and marginal soiling. A handsome set with the bookplates of John D. Rockefeller Jr. and Abby Aldrich. Cohen-de Ricci 692. <br/><br/> les Auteurs, et Frantin hardcover books
1970011151Barre MA: Barre Publishers 1970. 1st Edition Lim. Hardcover. VG. This one of 100 copies that has a suite of single-sheet engravings each signed by the artist in envelope on pastedown at rear of book not one of the 1000 as usually seen. Quarter leather over marbelized boards which is slightly sun-faded else near fine. Signed by the artist on colophon. Barre Publishers hardcover books
1929CNJL722Newtown Wales: The Gregynog Press 1929. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Fine. Bray Horace Walter. Two volumes complete no. 34 of 285 octavo size 488 total pp. The essays in this collection were first published in "The London Magazine" and brought Charles Lamb 1775-1834 fame and popularity; his essays have an easy-going and conversational style that appealed to his early readers and they roam through a variety of subjects all down-to-earth and taken from Lamb's actual experiences. This lovely two-volume set printed by The Gregynog Press in Wales comprises Lamb's essays collected under the name "Elia" a kind of pseudonym that refers to Lamb himself.<br/><br/>The essays are illustrated with wood-engraved headpieces by Horace Walter Bray whose attention to minute details and charming figures complements the gentle humour of Lamb's writing; overall a fine edition of one of England's foremost essayists.<br/><br/>___DESCRIPTION: Full grey cloth gilt lettering on the spines bevelled boards fore- and bottom edges rough cut both volumes with black-and-white wood-engraved frontispiece by Horace Walter Bray both volumes with black-and-white wood-engraved headpieces by Bray throughout; octavo size 9.25" by 6.25" pagination: Volume I: i-iv v-vii viii 1-265 266 1 colophon; Volume II: i-iv v-vii viii 1-219 220 1 colophon one of 285 copies this number 34. Bookseller's ticket "Philip C. Duschnes / Rare Books / New York" on the rear paste-down endpaper of Volume II. In a slipcase covered with brown paper with a cream paper spine label with black lettering and ruled borders and the edition number 34 written in pen on the bottom board.<br/><br/>___CONDITION: Both volumes are fine; the covers clean the corners straight and unrubbed the bindings tight with solid hinges the interiors clean and bright and free of prior owner markings; front paste-down endpaper of Volume I is slightly wrinkled else fine. The slipcase is almost very good still strong and sturdy clean overall with some ares of soiling some overall edgewear including a split at the seam where the top of the box meets the spine and a small tear to the spine near the bottom of the box. <br/><br/>___POSTAGE: Â 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. The Gregynog Press hardcover books
199026366Boston: David R. Godine 1990. First American edition. Cloth. Near Fine/near fine. Large clothbound quarto in dustwrapper. 478 pp. This volume compiled by Gill's nephew contains Gill's complete oeuvre - from his religious subjects to his erotic fantasies. With hundreds of illustrations of the artist's engravings. Ever so slight shelfwear else a fine copy in patterned green cloth covers in a near fine unclipped dustwrapper. Terrific book on Gill. Stated first U.S. edition. A very large and heavy book. David R. Godine unknown books
1951D12649New York: The Limited Editions Club at the Spiral Press 1951. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. Black cloth over boards backed in grey cloth gilt-stamped lettering in black leather spine label gilt-stamped illutration on front board; 4to. Number 312 from a limited edition of 1500 copies signed by the illustrator. Small specks of soiling on fore-edge of text block nowhere infringing into the margins or text itself; otherwise book is fine. In lightly scuffed slipcase. <br/><br/> The Limited Editions Club (at the Spiral Press) hardcover books
192534365Bale: Heufeld & Henius 1925. Limited. hardcover. very good. Illustrated with 48 handsomely printed color plates mounted on heavy art paper protected with numbered tissue guards. No text other than title and list of plates. Slim folio original 1/2 blue calf over patterned boards with ornate gilt-decorated spine. Bale: Heufeld & Henius no date circa 1925. A very good copy of this unusual book.<br/><br/> One of 260 numbered copies.<br/><br/> Heufeld & Henius unknown books
19321333153New York: The Macmillan Company Publishers 1932. First Edition. Hardcover. 12mo; pp 239; G/G-; blue spine with silver text; dust jacket shows sunned exterior; price clipped flap corners; small chips to exterior corners; cloth has slightly age darkened spine; lightly sunned exterior otherwise clean; slightly cocked spine; text block has age toning to exterior edges; deckled fore edge; frontispiece; illustrated. 1333153. FP New Rockville Stock. The Macmillan Company, Publishers hardcover books
194428607London: Golden Cockerel Press 1944. First Edition. One of 350 numbered copies this being copy no.69. Octavo 23.5cm; burgundy cloth blocked and titled in green and gilt on spine; top edge gilt; 12pp; illus. A couple spots of residue from binders glue to endpapers else very Near Fine. Handsome edition of Swinburne's poem illustrated with seven wood engravings throughout the text by John Buckland-Wright. Golden Cockerel Press unknown books
19719014570New York: Charles Scribner's Sons 1971. 1st. Hardcover. Fine condition / Near fine condition dust jacket. The dust jacket has minor wear to the extremities. <br/><br/> Charles Scribner's Sons hardcover books
1932LD5812Lyon: Association Lyonnaise des Cinquante "La Belle Cordiere" 1932. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Fine. Printed wraps in glassine dust jacket; 4to; pp. 86 unbound loose gatherings as issued and uncut with illustrations throughout. Number 37 from a limited edition of 50 for members this one printed for M. Rozendaal total limitation of 90. Fine in chemise and lightly scuffed slipcase. <br/><br/> Association Lyonnaise des Cinquante "La Belle Cordiere" hardcover books
D1121Paris: L. Baschet. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. Original wraps bound in gilt-ruled red morocco and marbled paper boards gilt-stamped lettering and ornament on spine 5 raised bands. N.d. but circa late-1800s. Number 4 from a limited edition of 50 copies on China paper with a suite of hors-texte illustrations. Corners bumped; a few tiny scuff marks at spine tips; some light foxing in margins not infringing upon text or illustrations. A tight pretty copy. <br/><br/> L. Baschet hardcover books
188318111601Paris: P. Ducrocq 1883. Hardcover. Very good. Edmond Morin; Gerlier; Fortune Meaulle. Octavo size 222 pp. in French. "Les Accidents de l'Enfance" is a series of stories depicting children in horrible accidents framed as a warning and advice to children to listen to their parents and to not get into trouble. The stories are accompanied by a variety of illustrations of the accidents described in the text by French illustrator and engraver Edmond Morin 1824-1882 who illustrated many books and periodicals such as "Children's Week" French illustrator Gerlier and Fortune Meaulle 1844-1901 a French engraver best known for providing engravings for Victor Hugo's "The Toilers of the Sea" based on drawings by Francoise Chifflart 1825-1901. <br/><br/>This volume has a lovely cloth binding with bright gilt floral patterns on the front board; it is one of only a very few online as of this writing.<br/><br/>___DESCRIPTION: Full red cloth with title inside floral pattern in black and gilt inside gilt ruled borders on the front board gilt lettering and floral decorations on the spine black floral pattern with publisher's name inside black ruled border bevelled boards all edges gilt blue endpapers frontispiece a black-and-white illustration by Edmond Morin title page with publisher's device in black black-and-white engraved headpieces by Gerlier and Meaulle throughout black-and-white drawings by Morin throughout; octavo size 8.25" by 5.5" pagination: i-vi 1-216. Please note the text is in French.<br/><br/>___CONDITION: Volume is very good with a strong square text block with solid hinges the interior is clean and bright and entirely free of prior owner markings; boards are clean overall with some slight soiling some rubbing to the edges of the board to the corners and to the head and tail of the spine sunning to the spine and some minor foxing to some of the interior pages. Although the exterior has some wear the interior pages are clean overall and the text block is strong with bright gilt on the front board.<br/><br/>___POSTAGE: Â 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. P. Ducrocq hardcover books
1926176360Paris: Societe d'edition "le livre" Emile Chamontin directeur 1926. No. 10 of 20 of this edition. Paperback. VG but with soiling to covers where glassine was lacking minor age toning to extremities of some pages not bad overall a tight copy that could have been stored better. The front cover is slightly cattywampus from the two extra sets of engravings being inserted in the front of the book as might be expected. Printed wraps with glassine remnants on inside flaps. 24 pp. 15 engravings etchings withing the text and two extra sets of these illustrations each set representing a different state are included only 20 such sets were issued of the overall edition of 430 copies. Text is in French. The book itself has been printed on Imperial Japon and the extra engraving printed on Imperial Japon and on Holland Van Gelder it appears from the colophon and limitation at the rear of the book. Quite rare as a result of this limited configuration. Each set of plates is wrapped in glassine and the extremities of these plates show age-toning or light soiling. Societe d'edition "le livre", Emile Chamontin, directeur paperback books
200920012401Risbury Herfordshire: Printed Privately by the Whittington Press 2009. Limited Edition. Leather bound. Fine. Weisseborn Hellmuth. One of 15 deluxe copies quarto size 47 pp. with signature and chop of Masatsugu Ohtake with an extra suite of plates. Two friends a world apart with a mutual interest in and appreciation for the poetry of Edward Thomas have left us the great gift of this utterly charming work.<br/><br/>Philip Edward Thomas 1878-1917 was already an accomplished novelist and essayist when he turned to poetry. In 1915 at the age of 37 he enlisted in the British Army to fight in "The Great War" and was tragically killed in battle two years later during the Battle of Arras. <br/><br/>His youngest daughter Myfanwy receiving a letter in 1984 from a Mr. Masatsugu Ohtake who was an admirer of Thomas's work responded and the two began a correspondence that would last for almost 20 years as her last letter is dated November 28 2003. <br/><br/>Published privately by the Whittington Press who is renowned for their superb printing and binding; this one of fifteen deluxe copies bound in full Nigerian goatskin by The Fine Book Bindery with endpapers marbled by Christopher Rowlatt printed on Kozo hand-made paper for Masatsugu Ohtake by Patrick Randle with engravings by Hellmuth Weissenborn with errata slip loosely laid in at p. 26 with a signature and chop at the colophon which one presumes is that of Masatsugu Ohtake. <br/><br/>The twenty wood-engravings by Hellmuth Weissenborn 1898-1982 perfectly complement Myfanwy's description of the lovely English countryside around her which she frequently described to Ohtake; presented in the book in yellow and green and as monochrome in the extra suite of 20 loose plates.<br/><br/>___DESCRIPTION: Bound in full gold Nigerian goatskin with gilt lettering on the spine fore- and bottom edges uncut endpapers hand-marbled the twenty in-text wood-engravings throughout errata slip of delicate yellow hand-made paper loosely laid in at p. 26; hand-set Caslon printed on Kozo hand-made paper at Whittington Press for Masatsugu Ohtake small quarto size 10 1/8" by 6 1/4" pagination: i-x 1-34 colophon 35 blank 36 acknowledgement of editor 37; this one of the 15 deluxe copies total edition of 50 with an additional 50 copies also bound in full goatskin for the Whittington Press the chop and signature in Japanese on the colophon page. Accompanying the book is the extra suite of plates in black upon white heavy paper which measures 7 1/8" by 5 1/8" the engravings measure approximately 1.5" by 1.75" some smaller varying in size the plates enclosed within a wallet of brown laid paper with four flaps. The book and suite of plates presented in a slipcase of sturdy white cardboard covered in brown laid paper. <br/><br/>___CONDITION: Volume fine the leather binding clean and smooth straight corners without rubbing a strong square text block with solid hinges the interior is clean and bright and entirely free of prior owner markings; perhaps a hint of sunning to the spine else fine. The extra suite of prints and their wallet also fine; clean and utterly without wear. The slipcase near fine strong and sturdy clean with a few small sections of the brown paper lightly abraded. Altogether a glorious publication in every way. <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. Printed Privately [by the Whittington Press] unknown books
1980JC6348Boston: Houghton Mifflin 1980. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. Red cloth fine in VG jacket with a few little scuff marks along the edges. <br/><br/> Houghton Mifflin hardcover books
