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19549407Lexington KY: Gravesend Press 1954. Vellum Binding. Near Fine binding. 18mo. 10 48 4 pp. illus. Limited edition number 9 of 200 copies. As issued in vellum-backed patterned-paper over boards. Lacking the slipcase. A handsome copy with only light toning to the perimeters of the boards; contents clean. This copy with 4-page prospectus. <br /> <br /> This work was the first book issued by the Gravesend Press that was actually printed using the Graves' press in their stable by Graves and Jacob Hammer. Kredel's charming engraved pressmark of a sleeping pressman graces the final page. Graves writes about this in his Bibliographical Confession the donkey in the window was their family pet Patience. Graves operated the press as a sideline from about 1949 through to the end of his life in 1960 issuing scarcely more than half a dozen books. While less known that some of his contemporaries he took his place amidst a vibrant mid-century printing and illustrating scene—friends with Victor Hammer Carolyn Reading Fritz Kredel John DePol John Fass and others. H. Richard Archer in a history of the Graves and his press published in The Kentucky Review Spring 1987 summarizes Graves's work thus: "All of the books whether pamphlets or bound books reflect the taste and high standards of a true amateur craftsman and as such they certainly qualify as choice examples from one of this generation's most distinguished private presses." Press historian Roderick Cave notes that this was "probably the most successful Gravesend book" p. 263. Cave The Private Press 2nd edition; Graves The Gravesend Press: A Bibliographical Confession p. 11-13. Gravesend Press unknown
1805SKU1033764James Wallis 1805-01-01. Leather Bound. Very Good. 0x0x0. James Wallis; city not noted 1805. Hardcover. Later Printing. Complete 2 Volume Set. A Very Good full leather binding with gilt decorative design on boards and spine gilt lettering on spine 5 raised hubs 6 compartments AEG with some blemished gilt dentelles edges gilt ruled binding sturdy and intact some age spotting/discoloration to boards ribbon marker some rubbing to board/spine edges and joints some wear to board corners small abrasions to spine edges age toning to pages bit of age spotting throughout small abrasions to board corners. A nice clean and unmarked set. 8vooctavo or approx. 6 x 9 inches. Vol.1 368pp. Vol.2 432pp. b&w illustrations. We pack securely and ship daily with delivery confirmation on every book. The picture on the listing page is of the actual book for sale. Additional Scans are available for any item please inquire. James Wallis hardcover
1990059927Lincoln Nebraska: University of Nebraska Press 1990. Book. Illus. by Moser Barry. Very Good. Hardcover. Signed by Illustrators. 157 pages 12mo. SIGNED and inscribed by the illustrator Barry Moser on title page. Foreword by Joyce Carol Oates. Shelfwear to DJ: light scuffing along edges a few small tears along top edge of front cover and top edge of spine moderate spine fade. DJ in mylar. Tightly bound no marks. Volume is in Very Good condition. University of Nebraska Press Hardcover
1845007972London: Printed for Thomas Tegg 1845. Very Good in contemporary half pebbled brown morocco over marbled boards spine with five raised bands and lettered in gilt marbled end papers the bookplate of noted Celtic language and folklore scholar Edgar M. Slotkin front paste down along with a small bookseller's label. Prior owner name top edge verso front end page. Boards rubbed at edges binding solid contents quite clean and unmarked. A scholar's copy. . New Edition. Half Morocco. Very Good/No Jacket As Issued. Tall 8vo. Printed for Thomas Tegg Hardcover books
1845007972London: Printed for Thomas Tegg 1845. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. New Edition. Tall 8vo. Very Good in contemporary half pebbled brown morocco over marbled boards spine with five raised bands and lettered in gilt marbled end papers the bookplate of noted Celtic language and folklore scholar Edgar M. Slotkin front paste down along with a small bookseller's label. Prior owner name top edge verso front end page. Boards rubbed at edges binding solid contents quite clean and unmarked. A scholar's copy. Printed for Thomas Tegg Hardcover
Fifty parts (some bound two in one). pp. 648; 652. Highly illustrated. Original paper wraps. 4to. In our set the issue with parts 41 & 42 is missing, as id the paper cover to partt one. This is a set almost never found complete (if at all). The true first edition of this famous history of the Civil War illustrated with numerous steel engraved plates. . Sabin 17349; Dornbusch III:181; Nicholson, 172-73. RARE. A truly remarkable survivor. OVERSIZE 6 / YORK HS
19401262991940. New York: Lee A. Ault & R. C. von Ripper 1940. <br /> <br /> Huge folio 50 pp. text and illustration engraved throughout on folded leaves separated with tissue guards in stiffened wrappers with an additional suite of 22 plates lacking some together in the original cloth portfolio and card slipcase. Together with seven sheets of proof plates and a folder of five related press clippings bearing the printed label of Monica McCall Inc. Wrappers lightly toned portfolio worn and splitting slipcase considerably worn and stained and lacking spine panel plates themselves are very good throughout with only a hint of age-toning to the outer margins.<br /> <br /> § Copy V signed by Von Ripper and Muriel Rukeyser one of three Rives paper with a suite of etchings on Velin de Normandie from a total edition of 67 copies. This copy belonged to Muriel Rukeyser who has extracted some of the suite of prints they now number 22 and added seven proof sheets some showing and annotating alternate inking options as well as a small collection of related press clippings gathered for her by Monica McCall her literary representative and sometime lover.<br /> <br /> An important collaboration between Rukeyser and the Austrian-born surrealist etcher Rudolph von Ripper 1905-1960 on the eve of America's entry into the Second World War. Rukeyser's poem looks to the legacy of John Brown the militant abolitionist of the 1850s and celebrates the possibility of spiritual renewal through resistance to injustice. It first appeared in the June 1940 edition of Poetry Magazine. Here the poem is fully engraved and illustrated with original etchings by von Ripper and interleaved with the etched verses of the old Civil War marching song. By the time Von Ripper was engaged on this project he was only 35 but had already fought for the French Foreign Legion been imprisoned and tortured by the Gestapo and been wounded while fighting on the Republican side in the Spanish Civil War. His direct physical experience of the rise of fascism is evident in his visceral Goya-like etchings. The series was exhibited in the Bignou Gallery in New York in 1941. A contemporary review described it is "an unusal undertaking brilliantly executed the drawings forming not so much illustrations or decorations as actual parts of the poem. Realism symbolism powerful design and dramatic presentment mark these plates which form a distinguished piece of bookmaking. unknown
009237Los Angeles: Zeitlin & Ver Brugge Booksellers 1974. Book. Fine. Hardcover. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY PUBLISHER. Limited and Numbered First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. #105 of 120 copies printed by Saul & Lillian Marks at The Plantin Press Los Angeles completed April 1974. "The entire edition subscribed for by Jacob Israel Zeitlin & Josephine ver Brugge Zeitlin." Association Copy SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY PUBLISHER at colophon page "for Gary Jake". From the collection of Gary Steigerwald at the time of publication a young bookseller working for Jake Zeitlin. In lovely Max J. Adjarian binding his small label to upper left corner of front pastedown of quarter brown morocco over patterned paper boards.and complementary custom clamshell case of quarter brown morocco over grey buckram boards with beige felt lining stamp-signed "Frank Burton". Both are Fine. SCARCE Association Copy. Zeitlin & Ver Brugge Booksellers, Hardcover
M828RLWCartonné bon état .Contenu propre . 1967. 22 pages . PHOTOS SUR DEMANDE
1745199414London. 1745-1747. Ten copperplate engravings arranged as storyboards on two leaves 21 x 16.5 cms border; 26 x 20 cms sheets including captions and platemark sheets a little age-toned with faint offsetting but in very good condition. Each of the ten engravings shows a stage in the production of silk. The two leaves of engravings Plates 25 and 26 were published as part of Du Halde's account of China included in an important 18th century compendium of travel writing: "A New General Collection of Voyages and Travels" known as the Astley Collection for its publisher. . hardcover
1868021398Glasgow / Edinburgh / London: William Collins Sons and Company 1868. Nineteenth Century Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. 11 1/8" x 9 1/4" x 2 3/4. 775 Pp. Black Morocco Spine And Tips 5 Bands Gilt Lettering All Edges Gilt. .11 18" X 9 " X 2 1/4". Shipping Weight About 8 Pounds. Frontispiece With Tissue Guards; 19 Lithograph Plates Printed In Black Peach Coloring In Various Shades A Little White Infill. Binding With Some Edge Wear But Strong Hinges Solid. Contents Clean Faint Pencil Name/Place/1890 Date On Front Endpaper No Other Names Or Marks; A Few Small Scattered Light Foxing Spots. <br/> <br/> William Collins, Sons, and Company hardcover
184488648London England: Virtue and Co. City Road and Ivy Lane 1844. Hardcover. Very Good Plus. W. H. Bartlett. TWO VOLUMES IN A SINGLE BINDING<br /> Quarto. Forest green half-morocco corners and spineruled in gilt. Full-page Frontis Map by W. Hughes & Aldine Chambers. Aquamarine/White diagonally-striped silver-veined marbled endpapers. 120 magnificent tissue-guarded full-page engravings with Historical and Descriptive Text by J. Stirling Coyne N.P. Willis and others. EXCEPTIONALLY clean and Bright after 180 years. Each volume separately paginated with its own title page. Beautiful book. Virtue and Co., City Road and Ivy Lane hardcover
193020691New York: Coward-McCann Inc 1930. First Edition. Hardcover. Cloth spine. Paper pastedown on boards. Very Good. John Held Jr. A Prohibition Era paean to the bibulous lifestyle with many apercus and interspersed among these short pieces over 60 cocktail recipes and of course the inimitable woodcuts of John Held who made something of a specialty as an illustrator of cocktail literature. With a short inscription by compiler editor writer Hunt who was Librarian at Yale and who also had been a publishing executive. 8vo. 22.5 by 17 cm. xiv 2 95 1 pp. The short inscription was to a woman living on Christopher Street back when it was the backdrop for "My Sister Eileen". Cover stained. Hinge somewhat loose. Leaves fairly heavily age toned but generally clean otherwise. Coward-McCann, Inc hardcover
Book is in excellent condition, as new.. Binding is solid and square, covers have sharp corners, exterior shows no blemishes, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. Dust jacket shows the slightest signs of shelf wear only, no tears. 367 pages with b&w illustrations and maps throughout. Chapters include: Above Oxford, Oxford to Abingdon, Abingdon to Streatley, Streatley to Henley, Henley to Maindenhead, Maidenhead to Windson, Windsor to Hampton Court, Hampton Court to Richmond, Richmond to Battersea, Battersea to London Bridge, London Bridge to Gravesend, Gravesend to the Nore.
199637165Lewisburg PA: The Press of Appletree Alley 1996. Hardcover. Fine. Hardcover. Number 101 of 145 copies. Dante Gabriel Rossetti and William Michael Rossetti were two of the original members of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood founded in 1848. The Rossetti brothers were central to the organization. This book prints selected correspondence that they had with friends and associates collected at the Ellen Clarke Bertrand Library at Bucknell University. The letters provide an inside view of the thoughts interests and activities of these two pivotal figures from the preface. Bound by Don Rash and Nicolyn Rosen in beautiful pink red and black marbled paper on the cover created by Iris Nevins with a burgundy cloth spine and rear cover. Title in silver to spine. Hand set in 14 pt. Van Dijck type and printed on Somerset Heavyweight paper. The two wood engravings by Linda Holmes were printed directly from the blocks. Designed set and printed by Juanita Bishop and Barnard Taylor. In fine condition. Measures 6.5 x 9.5 inches. 45 pages. PRI/030824. The Press of Appletree Alley hardcover
Two Volumes. Illustrated with copper engravings by Carl Schultheiss; pulled by Anderson-Lamb, New York; designed by Saul Marks and printed at The Plantin Press, set in monotype Garamond on Collins special paper. Title pages printed in red and black. Wide margins. 4to. 7 1/4 x 10 inches. Volumes bound by Russell-Rutter Company in half red sheepskin stamped in gold in a panel with printed Fabriano paper sides in a special design by Mr. Marks. Original slip case, spine faded. Number 769 of an edition limited to only 1500 copies, signed in blue ink by Carl Schultheiss. Very good set. The books published by the Limited Editions Club are justly treasured for the quality of the texts, the beauty and artistry of the illustrations, the creativity of design, and the overall excellence of the paper, presswork, and binding. Each book would make a wonderful gift for any occasion. W36
Two Volumes. Illustrated with copper engravings by Carl Schultheiss; pulled by Anderson-Lamb, New York; designed by Saul Marks and printed at The Plantin Press, set in monotype Garamond on Collins special paper. Title pages printed in red and black. Wide margins. 4to. 7 1/4 x 10 inches. Volumes bound by Russell-Rutter Company in half red sheepskin stamped in gold in a panel with printed Fabriano paper sides in a special design by Mr. Marks. Original slip case, spine faded. Number 769 of an edition limited to only 1500 copies, signed in blue ink by Carl Schultheiss. Very good set. The books published by the Limited Editions Club are justly treasured for the quality of the texts, the beauty and artistry of the illustrations, the creativity of design, and the overall excellence of the paper, presswork, and binding. Each book would make a wonderful gift for any occasion. W36
Two Volumes. Illustrated with copper engravings by Carl Schultheiss; pulled by Anderson-Lamb, New York; designed by Saul Marks and printed at The Plantin Press, set in monotype Garamond on Collins special paper. Title pages printed in red and black. Wide margins. 4to. 7.25 x 10 inches. Both volumes bound by Russell-Rutter Company in half red sheepskin stamped in gold in a panel with printed Fabriano paper sides in a special design by Mr. Marks. Original slip case, spine faded. Number 769 of an edition limited to only 1500 copies, signed in blue ink by Carl Schultheiss. Very good set. The books published by the Limited Editions Club are justly treasured for the quality of the texts, the beauty and artistry of the illustrations, the creativity of design, and the overall excellence of the paper, presswork, and binding. Each book would make a wonderful gift for any occasion. W36
194913511Los Angeles: Limited Edition Club 1949. First Edition in this Format; Limited Edition. Hardcover. Book condition is Very Good bound in 1/4 leather and paper covered boards housed in a Very Good slipcase. Minor edge wear and a few weak smudges to slipcase. Sunning to slipcase. A few smudges to covers. A few small weak scuffs to spine of each volume. Text is clean and unmarked. Illustrated throughout. Limited to 1500 copies this set numbered 822. ; Signed by the engraver Carl Schultheiss on the Limitation page. ; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 690 pages. Limited Edition Club hardcover
MD-LMJA-48THThis is the slipcased hardcover only stated Heritage Edition from 1942. Other than some wear to the slipcase the book is in excellent condition. There are no rips tears markings etc.---and the pages and bindings are tight see photo. Note: All books listed as FIRST EDITIONS are stated by the publisher in words or number lines--or--only stated editions that include only the publisher and publication date. Check my feedback to see that I sell exactly as I describe. So bid now for this magnificent impossible-to-find LITERARY COLLECTIBLE.Like New hardcover
188330043HARDBACK NO DUSTJACKET ISSUED 1883 ON COPYRIGHT PG NO DATE ON TITLE PG 1st edition THUS First PRINTING Octavo. Unpaginated. VG/NF NO JACKET ISSUED Original brown cloth binding with mulit-colour image SILVER BIRD PALLAS and gilt lettering. Gilt foredges top side bottom. Very dark brown endpapers. Heavy buff stock. Seventeen illustrations by W. L.Taylor. Book in very good to near fine condition with slight wear to head and foot of spine. First thus. TINY NICK ON SPINE CVR It tells of a talking raven's mysterious visit to a distraught lover tracing the man's slow descent into madness. The lover often identified as being a student is lamenting the loss of his love Lenore. The raven sitting on a bust of Pallas the goddess of wisdom seems to further instigate his distress with its constant repetition of the word "Nevermore". The poem makes use of a number of folk and classical references. Poe claimed to have written the poem very logically and methodically. His intention was to create a poem that would appeal to both critical and popular tastes<br /><br /> e. p. Dutton NY hardcover
pp. lxxii, 445 + Folding Colored Map + Twelve Engraved Plates showing the different major Human Races. Text browned, but not brittle. Blue printed endpapers with fourteen pages of publisher's advertisements. Original full cloth binding, decorated in blind, and lettered in gilt. Joints cracked. Hardbound. Very good. It is interesting to see this famous illustrated racial analysis being published during the American Civil War. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! W145
195420011203Kentfield California: The L-D Allen Press 1954. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Fine/very good. Dean Mallette. One of 175 copies quarto size 146 pp. Marie-Henri Beyle 1783-1842 is likely best remembered today for his novels "Le Rouge et le Noir" and "La Chartreuse de Parme" and is considered one of the earliest authors of realism. Stendhal saw much of the Europe of his day; as part of the Napoleonic army he participated in the 1812 invasion of Russia and the retreat therefrom; served as the French consul in parts of Italy and eventually moved to Paris being buried in Montmarte. <br/><br/>Stendhal's "Journals" provide a fascinating glimpse not only into some of the places to which he travelled but more importantly into his inner thoughts; he was one of the Allens' "esteemed authors" and they were excited at the chance to publish an excerpt of his "Journals" when approached with the idea by Professor Francis Carmody. <br/><br/>As stated in the Allen Press bibliography "this was our fourth edition to be produced entirely by hand with hand-crafted materials throughout. We were now convinced that this method was our proper métier - that the handpress is the most satisfactory instrument in a chimerical attempt at the craftsmanship standards set by Kelmscott Doves and Ashendene presses" p. 39. This book was selected as one of the AIGA fifty books of the year. <br/><br/>___DESCRIPTION: Bound in full Fortuny printed cloth from Venice of antique red on a dull gold background headbands of black and gilt title page in red and black in opposing vertical columns each section with headpieces of one of the two wood engravings by Mallette Dean one of an elaborate quill pen forming the shape of a fleur-de-lis the other of a cluster of grapes and leaves; handset Romanée type Crown & Sceptre paper hand-made in England with the watermark "British Hand Made" quarto size 10.25" by 7.25" pagination: 1-6 7-146. Dust wrapper of plain black Italian laid paper with gilt lettering on the spine. <br/><br/>___CONDITION: Fine with clean boards perfectly straight corners totally without rubbing a strong square text block with solid hinges the interior is clean and bright and entirely free of prior owner markings; clean crisp as new. The paper dust jacket we are grading as very good due to minor overall edgewear and a rectangular chip at the top of the rear joint approx. one inch by one-third inch; as the Allens stated in their bibliography "this paper proved to be too perishable; a clear acetate jacket would have been more durable and would have revealed the handsome Italian cloth." <br/><br/>___CITATION: Allen Press bibliography no. 15; Hawk no. 319.<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. The L-D Allen Press hardcover books
viii + 322pp., with notes and a bibliography of engraving (by Robert Hoe), 23cm., hardcover (cloth boards, spine in leather - with some traces of use, esp. at ends), upper edges gilt, very few foxing, good, S81884
1885S81884New York, Frederick Keppel 1885 viii + 322pp. + frontispiece & 5 plates out-of-text, with notes and a bibliography of engraving (by Robert Hoe), 23cm., hardcover (cloth boards, spine in leather - with some traces of use, esp. at ends), upper edges gilt, very few foxing, good, S81884
