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1930réf. 4042Los Angeles: Los Angeles Public Library 1930. First Edition. 16pp Sextodecimo 15 cm Stapled tan printed wrappers printed in black. Very good. Rare bibliographical checklist of 100 works on California compiled by the Adult Education Department of the Los Angeles Public Library. Each entry contains the title author publisher year Dewey Decimal number and a brief synopsis. Introduction by Laura C. Cooley. Nice linocut illustration on the cover. Sections on: California History; Before the Spaniards Came; Spanish Period to 1822; American Period 1846; O Pioneers!; El Camino Real; Nature's Garden; Animal Life; Houses and Gardens; California Sidelights "On the shores of the Western Sea is a land called California. High mountains valleys deserts and a long coastline make this land." - from the Introduction. Los Angeles Public Library unknown books
1965réf. UTURRIS00LAWMacmillan 1965. Good. Turner Frederick Jackson. Rise of the New West 1819-1829. Billington foreword and bibliography Ray Allen. New York: Macmillan 1965. 252pp. Indexed. Bibliography. 12mo. Paperback. Book condition: Good with gently bumped edges and subtle soiling. Spine and front cover near upper edge slightly darkened. Former owner's name penned on first page. Macmillan paperback books
1973réf. 163880Blue Mountain Lake N. Y.: The Adirondack Museum 1973. Octavo pp. i-iv v-xl 1-2 3-198 199-200: blank frontispiece map green cloth stamped in gold pictorial endpapers. First edition. An essential supplement to ADIRONDACK BIBLIOGRAPHY . 1958 that not only includes the literature from the 1956-1965 period but has many new listings for books pamphlets and articles published prior to 1956 as well as a list of corrections and additions to items in the core list. In addition there is a fine 32-page introductory bibliographical survey of the seven historical periods of Adirondack history by William K. Verner Curator of The Adirondack Museum. Touch of rubbing to cloth at spine ends else a fine copy without dust jacket as issued. #163880 The Adirondack Museum unknown books
1984réf. 37325Minneapolis: Milkweed Editions 1984. First Edition. First Printing wrapper issue. Octavo 22.5cm.; publisher's cream pictorial card wrappers; 142pp.; illus. throughout. Light dust-soil blue portion of spine a shade sunned else Very Good to Near Fine. Milkweed Editions unknown books
réf. 02492New York: Limited Editions Club 1959. LIMITED EDITIONS CLUB. Quarto-Millenary. The First 250 Publications and the First 25 Years 1929-1954 of the Limited Editions Club. A Critique. A Conspectus. A Bibliography. Indexes. New York: Limited Editions Club 1959. Limited to 2250 numbered copies this being copy no. 1180. Large quarto. xiii 2 295 3 pp. Publisher's quarter black Niger morocco over red cloth on beveled boards with central black medallion. A very fine copy. Housed in the publisher's slipcase. New York: Limited Editions Club, 1959 unknown books
réf. 02493New York City: Limited Editions Club 1985. LIMITED EDITIONS CLUB. Bibliography of the Fine Books Published by the Limited Editions Club 1929-1985. New York City: Limited Editions Club 1985. Limited to 800 numbered copies this being copy no. 488. Folio. 6 182 4 pp. Publisher's quarter Niger morocco over hand-marbled boards with Niger fore edges. A very fine copy. Housed in the publisher's slipcase. New York City: Limited Editions Club, 1985 unknown books
1976réf. 102950Folio. San Francisco: Book Club of California 1976. Folio 99 pages. Richly illuminated and illustrated throughout with 43 specimen leaves. Original quarter red cloth and boards fine original plain dust-jacket age toned and lightly worn. § Limited to 400 copies printed at the Arion Press and signed by Angelo. This is “a special copy hand colored by the artist” so inscribed by Angelo. A beautiful record of Angelo’s career incorporating checklists of his work as illustrator printer publisher and author as well as a brief autobiography and contributions from Oscar Lewis Robert Grabhorn Sherwood Anderson and Annis Duff. Original prospectus inserted along with letterpress invitation to Angelo’s 80th birthday party at the San Francisco Public Library. Book Club of California hardcover books
1928réf. WRCAM26923New York 1928. Three volumes in all. Facsimiles. Tall quarto. Original gilt cloth t.e.g. with: AMERICANA COLLECTION OF HERSCHEL V. JONES A CHECK-LIST 1473 - 1926 COMPILED BY WILBERFORCE EAMES. New York. 1938. xii220pp. Original gilt cloth t.e.g. Bookplate on front pastedown of third volume. Bright very good set. First two volumes in slightly worn cloth slipcase. A fine reference to a superb collection of early Americana. Illustrated with handsome title page facsimiles. Compiled by Wilberforce Eames. hardcover books
1967réf. WRCAM12600Minneapolis 1967. 207pp. Quarto. Cloth. Fine. Third of the catalogue supplements. hardcover books
1976réf. WRCAM21963Reading Ma 1976. 347pp. Illus. Printed stiff wrappers. Very good. One of the best bicentennial exhibits this show was produced at the National Portrait Gallery and covers twenty-nine visitors to America and their impressions including Chastellux Trollope Sealsfield Tocqueville Kemble Dvorak Wells and lesser known travellers from many other countries. unknown books
1997réf. WRCAM24315New York 1997. Six volumes. Thick quarto. Cloth. As new. The complete set of this essential reference finally completed after more than two decades of toil by the staff of the John Carter Brown Library led by John Alden and Dennis Landis. This is the starting point for researching any pre-1751 European imprints relating to America. The grandest American bibliographical project since Sabin and Evans. You don't have a reference library if you don't have this. Volumes I through IV and VI are available at $275 each. hardcover books
1982réf. WRCAM38931New York 1982. xlviii954pp. Thick quarto. Cloth. As new. A continuation of this indispensable resource describing books about the Americas printed in Europe in the first half of the seventeenth century. hardcover books
1968réf. 25392Beverly Hills: Sage Publications. 1968. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Fine but for owner's name in very good dust jacket with short tears. 27 articles on urban unrest with a bibliography by John R. Krause Jr "Urban Revolts and City Politics."; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 459 pp . Sage Publications hardcover books
1928réf. 3322.1London: Marks & Co 1928. 1st ed. Green printed paper wrappers design after that of the original Pickwick publication in 1836. VG browning at spine. 20 pp 8vo. Marks & Co unknown books
1951réf. 41678London: Hutchinson & Co. 1951. Very good condition in dust jacket. 4to.xvii 443 pp. b/w plates. Hutchinson & Co. books
1716réf. 223095Hamburg & Leipzig: Christian Liebezeit 1716. First edition. Title in red and black. 8. 454 16 pp. including final blank leaf Gg8. 1 vols. 8vo 17.3 x 10 cm. Contemporary vellum over pasteboard lettered in manuscript on spine. Some soiling to covers slightly bowed; occasional light early dampstaining to text. First edition. Title in red and black. 8. 454 16 pp. including final blank leaf Gg8. 1 vols. 8vo 17.3 x 10 cm. Includes a final section of laws and statutes in German Danish and Latin pp. 365-454 with a separate title page "Lex regia oder: Koenigl. dänische verordnung wegen der souverainitè und erbfolge in dero reichen und provintzien dänisch deutsch und lateinisch" Besterman 1609 Christian Liebezeit unknown books
1740réf. 214570Jena: Christ. Henr. Cunonis 1740. First edition with Buder's notes and additions. Engraved allegorical frontispieceo of the Muse Kleio. 20 1726 66 pp. 1 vols. Thick 8vo. Contemporary vellum-backed boards green leather spine label lettered in gilt. 18th-century owner's notes on endpapers and occasional marginalia. Fine. First edition with Buder's notes and additions. Engraved allegorical frontispieceo of the Muse Kleio. 20 1726 66 pp. 1 vols. Thick 8vo. Massive bibliography of historical writing chronologically divided into regions and empires and with ueful indices at the end. Christ. Henr. Cunonis unknown books
1767réf. 223077Milan: Federico Agnelli 1767. First edition. Engraved portrait frontispiece to volume I. xv 1 343; 2 352; 2 423; 2 374 4; pp. 375-805 Additioni. 4to 25.5 x 20 cm.; 10 x 8 inches. Contemporary half vellum over patterned paper boards brown morocco lettering-piece to spine extremities slightly bumped or rubbed. BEAUTIFUL COPY uncut. First edition. Engraved portrait frontispiece to volume I. xv 1 343; 2 352; 2 423; 2 374 4; pp. 375-805 Additioni. 4to 25.5 x 20 cm.; 10 x 8 inches. Italian Translations from the Classics. Fine set of this massive and important bibliography by the Bolognese Argelati 1685-1755 posthumously published with additions and corrections by Angelo Teodoro Villa 1723-1794. Federico Agnelli unknown books
1741réf. 214611Venezia . Milano: Michel'Antonio Panza 1741. Second edition. 12 266pp. 1 vols. 4to. Later vellum-backed boards uncut red leather spine label. Boards scuffed tear in lower joint very slight internal foxing; overall a very good sound copy. Second edition. 12 266pp. 1 vols. 4to. Michel'Antonio Panza unknown books
1848réf. 28732Paris: Jouvert Libraire 1848. pp 208. 1 vols. 8vo. Calf-backed marbled boards. Minor discoloration else an excellent copy with the ex-libris stamp of Andre Mater on the title. pp 208. 1 vols. 8vo. Administrative Law. Rare. Jouvert, Libraire unknown books
1753réf. 214550Venezia: Giambatista Pasquali 1753. Title page of volume I printed in red and black woodcut title vignettes initials tailpieces. 2 vols. 4to. Contemporary vellum morocco spine labels worn. Apart from repair to head of spine of vol. II a lovely set from the library of the Borghese-Fantuzzi family armorial bookplate. Title page of volume I printed in red and black woodcut title vignettes initials tailpieces. 2 vols. 4to. The definitive edition of this celebrated catalogue of works written in Italian -- a virtual PMM of Italian printing. It first appeared in 1706 as a bibliopraphical appendix to the Fontanini's work Della eloquenza italiana with 1500 entries. Subsequent editions appeared in 1727 1736 and 1737 before this last and most important edition -- which is entirely the bibliographical part of the work -- containing 5000 entries of Italian works in poetry prose arts sciences etc. with the invaluable commentary by Zeno and an index. Besterman 3213; Graesse II 612 Giambatista Pasquali unknown books
1900réf. M4899Stuttgart:: Ferdinand Enke 1900. 1900. 211 x 140 mm. 8vo. iv 165 pp. Quarter cloth cloth corners marbled boards red paper spine label. Ex library label on top cover rubber stamps. Very good. Ferdinand Enke, 1900. hardcover books
1993réf. 19050101Austin: W. Thomas Taylor 1993. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Fine. One of 40 copies of the deluxe edition total edition 340 quarto size 75 pp. Plain Wrapper Press was the imprint of Richard-Gabriel Rummonds a leading handpress printer during the twentieth century who printed many fine press editions of well-known authors such as Jorge Luis Borges and Italo Calvino; this bibliography comprises Rummonds' work during the twenty years the Press was in operation. Like Rummonds' fine press publications this volume the deluxe edition is printed with an attention to typography and elegance a tactile as well as an academic experience. The Foreword is by Decherd Turner 1922-2002 an ordained Presbyterian minister and an avid book collector who was director of the Bridwell Library in Dallas Texas where he built one of the largest collections of fifteenth-century books in the American Southwest. ___DESCRIPTION: Quarter white vellum with purple cloth boards printer's device of the Plain Wrapper Press in black on the spine burgundy endpapers title page with same printer's device in burgundy inside a grey rectangle with black ruled borders text printed in burgundy and black throughout eight pages of colour photographs of works from the Press at the centre of the book; monotype Dante Magnani mouldmade paper quarto size 12" by 8" pagination: 1-6 7-74 1 colophon one of 40 copies of the deluxe edition total edition 340 unnumbered. ___CONDITION: Volume is fine overall with clean boards straight corners with no rubbing a strong square text block with solid hinges the interior is clean and bright and entirely free of prior owner markings; light sunning to the front board else fine. ___POSTAGE: International customers please note that additional postage may apply as the standard does not always cover costs; please inquire for details. ___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. W. Thomas Taylor hardcover books
1987réf. 22658Endicott: Castalio Press 1987. First edition. Cloth. Near Fine/very good . Thick clothbound 8vo. 658 pp. Includes an introductory essay by Herbert Warren Wind. Some light handling wear else a near fine copy in green cloth binding in a very good unclipped dustwrapper. Superb golf reference book. Illustrated with some pictures. Castalio Press hardcover books
1983réf. 29724No Place: McPherson & Company A Docementext Publication 1983. First edition. Paperback. Very Good. Simultaneous first paperbound edition. Oblong bound wrappers. 90 pp. Illustrated in black and white. Useful bibliography of the Press started by fluxus writer Dick Higgins. Light spotting to the inside rear cover else a handsome very good copy. McPherson & Company A Docementext Publication paperback books
