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1972réf. 230754Baltimore: Women a Journal of Liberation 1972. Magazine. 72p. 8.5x11 inches photos art essays poetry resources news actions in stapled pictorial wraps. Wraps somewhat worn and soiled else good condition. Women, a Journal of Liberation unknown books
1859réf. 2221734Sixth edition. Octavo. Title page in red and black. B/W illustrations by Richard Doyle John Leech and Alfred Crowquill. 3/4 gilt stamped tan calf minor rubbing t.e.g. Very good. 256 pages. No signatures or bookplates. Includes Spanish American and Miscellaneous Ballads. William Blackwood and Sons hardcover books
1980réf. 16020555Rio de Janeiro: Nova Fronteira Memoria Brasileira 1980. Hardcover. Near Fine. Folio size 124 pp. inscribed by Claudio Arrau. A little-known work on the great coffee plantations of the nineteenth century in the area around Rio de Janeiro. Coffee first started to appear in the area around 1760 and by 1822 there were plantations in the area with more than fifty thousand coffee plants with massive tracts of rainforest being cleared first from the vicinity of Rio and later Sao Paulo for coffee growing. The families owning the plantations built huge homes some of them almost small castles - one of which the Parque Sao Clemente had ceilings so beautiful that special reclining chairs were installed so that they could be better admired. This book explores those fazendas both inside and out to provide a glimpse into this glittering past. The text of the book is in Portuguese and an accompanying softcover book has the English translation. This volume was previously owned by Claudio Arrau 1903-1991 a Chilean pianist widely considered one of the greatest pianists of the twentieth century. ___DESCRIPTION: Quarter tan cloth with black paper boards pictorial paste-down of one of the plantation houses inset into the front board with titlte in silver brown lettering on the spine decorative endpapers of stylised palm trees title page in red and black with a small tipped-in photograph tipped-in colour photographs throughout drawn map towards the rear of the book showing the location of the fazendas along the Rio Paraiba do Sul; folio size 13.75" by 10.5" pagination: i-iii 1-2 3-111 112-121 inscribed by Claudio Arrau "Rio de Janeiro 1981" on the first flyleaf. Please note the text is in Portuguese. Accompanying English translation in English a softcover booklet in black paper wraps stapled at the spine with gold lettering and publisher's device on the front cover 19 pp. In a slipcase covered in green paper with stylised palm tree pattern and a pictorial paper label on the front board. ___CONDITION: Volume is near fine with clean boards a strong square text block with solid hinges straight corners with no rubbing the interior is clean and bright with the only prior owner markings in both volumes being the name written of Claudio Arrau as noted above and each of the tipped-in photographs is in fine condition; some light stray soil marks on the spine and a small old dampstain on the bottom edge of the spine a few of the final pages have some minor rippling from the old damp else fine. The accompanying English translation is also near fine clean overall with a few shallow creases on the wraps. The slipcase is very good strong and sturdy clean overall some minor overall edge wear and it appears to have gotten wet at some point as the back is warped and the paper coverings are rippled. ___POSTAGE: International customers please note that additional postage may apply as the standard does not always cover costs; please contact us 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. Nova Fronteira Memoria Brasileira hardcover books
1931réf. ST20201Waltham St. Lawrence: Golden Cockerel Press 1931. No. 352 OF 500 COPIES the first 12 on vellum. 343 x 241 mm. 13 1/2 x 9 1/2". 1 p.l. 268 2 pp 1 leaf colophon. Original white half pigskin and buckram sides by Sangorski & Sutcliffe stamp-signed on front pastedown raised bands top edge gilt other edges untrimmed. ILLUSTRATED THROUGHOUT with four large wood engravings on section titles and scores of striking large and small woodcut illustrations decorative elements and initials BY ERIC GILL. Printed on Batchelor handmade paper. The front pastedown with the engraved armorial bookplate of Albert and Constance Ramsay-Cohn the bookplate of Louis W. Black and the bookplate of "Downsland Court Ditchling Sussex." Chanticleer 78; A Century for the Century 26. Buckram boards somewhat freckled as usual very faint printer's smudges in one margin otherwise A VERY FINE COPY the pigskin--almost always found soiled and/or damaged--quite clean and pleasing and virtually pristine internally. This is an especially appealing copy of the chief work produced by one of the foremost English private presses. One of Eric Gill's outstanding achievements as an illustrator and one of the Golden Cockerel Press' great books the "Four Gospels" has been called by Franklin the finest of all private press books printed between the wars. The success of the work has much to do with Gill's ability to create a harmonious integration of woodcut illustration and typography his Golden Cockerel typeface one of the most important ever cut specifically for private use is introduced here. At the same time that the work achieves an aesthetic balance it also takes risks with the emotional nature of the woodcuts and with its unjustified page layout. As Franklin observes Gill's "pictures beautifully explain their letters as leaves spring from branches. This work is a wonderful extension of typography." Founded in 1920 with the intention to print fine editions of important well-known books as well as new literary works of merit from young authors the Golden Cockerel Press was purchased in 1924 by the illustrator and wood-engraver Robert Gibbings. "Under his direction" says Cave the Press was "transformed into the principal vehicle for the renaissance of wood-engraved book illustration" up until the beginning of World War II. In addition to doing wood engravings himself Gibbings employed a stable of eminent artists including among others Gill John Nash John Farleigh David Jones Eric Ravilious and Blair Hughes-Stanton. Our copy has been owned by two notable collectors and scholars of illustrated books. An early owner was British art historian Albert Mayer Cohn who wrote the catalogue raisonné of George Cruikshank's work. Later the volume passed into the hands of Boston collector Louis W. Black whose Aldine-related bookplate was designed by celebrated wood-engraver Leonard Baskin 1922-2000. Regarding the other bookplate here we have been unable to trace exactly who resided at Downsland Court in Ditchling but it is worth noting that Gill's Sussex artist's community was centered in Ditchling where he lived from 1907-24; it is certainly possible that our copy belonged to someone associated with this group. Golden Cockerel Press unknown books
1581réf. ST15633London: Printed by H. Middleton for George Bishop 1581. 168 x 110 mm. 6 5/8 x 4 1/4". 4 p.l. 792 pp. Contemporary flexible vellum yapp edges flat spine with ink titling front hinge reinforced with paper. Title page with early ink inscription of Richarde Grosvenor; front pastedown with engraved armorial bookplate of Grosvenor's descendant Hugh Duke of Westminster dated 1884; front free endpaper with bookplate of the Fox Pointe Collection. STC 11448; ESTC S112728. ◆Vellum somewhat soiled small chip to head of rear cover a little soiling to title page isolated faint foxing or small rust spots but an unusually clean and fresh copy internally in a serviceable binding with antique appeal. This is an infrequently seen polemical treatise from the English Reformation addressing theological arguments over Purgatory and transubstantiation one of 21 such works Fulke 1528-89 produced to refute Roman Catholic attacks on the doctrines of the Church of England. According to DNB "Fulke conceived the project of answering all works of controversy written in English by papists since 1558 and of doing so by the technique of exhaustive rebuttal answering every point large and small made in the writings of his opponents. . . . Fulke was well equipped for this role by his vast erudition especially in patristic literature and his command of biblical and classical languages as well as his painstaking concern for accurate detail and the rules of logical argument." During the last decade of Fulke's life "no year passed without the appearance of one or more books by him in defence of Protestantism and in confutation of the church of Rome. His language was unmeasured and even in that age he was conspicuous for the virulence of his invective against his opponents. His learning was however extensive and sound and he was an able master of controversy." Our copy resided in the Grosvenor family library at Eaton Hall for more than 200 years and later passed into the Fox Pointe Collection of Howard Knohl who in the 1980s began collecting English language first editions from before 1700 amassing a library of more than 4000 titles one of the largest privately owned collections in this subject area. This is a rare book: ABPC and RBH find no other copies at auction since 1975; ESTC and OCLC locate just two copies in North American libraries. Printed by H. Middleton for George Bishop unknown books
1933réf. ST15997Montgomeryshire Wales: Gregynog Press 1933. No. 37 OF 250 COPIES one of 110 in this binding accompanied by three additional plates on Japon EACH ONE OF 12 SIGNED BY THE ARTIST. 390 x 255 mm. 15 1/4 x 10". 15 leaves. Fine original dark slate blue Oasis morocco device in blind on front cover blind titling on front cover and spine. In the original paper slipcase somewhat worn and browned but sound. Wood engraved title with device and 21 wood engravings in the text five of them full-page chapter openings by Blair Hughes-Stanton and WITH THREE ORIGINAL SIGNED WOOD ENGRAVINGS ON JAPANESE VELLUM--"The Man Mourns I" 5/12 "The Man Mourns II" 4/12 and "Destruction" 5/12--attractively matted. Printed in blue and black on Japanese vellum; with an additional half-page engraving from chapter I laid in. Harrop 29; De Zilverdistel Cat. II 29; Hughes-Stanton 21. ◆A breath of fading to the spine negligible signs of wear to the binding but a fine copy with only trivial condition issues and the additional engravings pristine. This is in Harrop's words "one of the most spectacular books to come from this or any other press" our copy with the bonus of three limited edition wood engravings from the work signed by the artist. "Lamentations" was designed and illustrated by Blair Hughes-Stanton 1902-81 who studied at the school of Leon Underwood at Hammersmith and had a long and productive career producing sophisticated woodcuts as an avant-garde artist. Although he was encouraged to make his expressive sometimes even savage images look more like those of Eric Gill he resisted and successfully established his unique personal style as an illustrator. The three extra engravings here are excellent examples of his dramatic emotional technique; "The Man Mourns I and II" effectively convey overwhelming grief while "Destruction" inspires a feeling of impending doom. From 1930 through 1933 Hughes-Stanton worked for the Gregynog Press in Wales helping to design text layout providing woodcut illustrations and designing bindings. The press was founded in 1922 by two spinster sisters Gwendoline 1882-1951 and Margaret 1884-1963 Davies using a substantial inheritance from their industrialist grandfather; it produced 42 works between 1923 and 1942 eight of them in Welsh. Cave says that the books printed by the Gregynog Press "more than bear comparison with the work of any other private press" and "in the design and execution of bindings the Gregynog Press was far superior to any the Doves Press included.". Gregynog Press unknown books
1985réf. 1100103NY: Morrow/Weisbach 1985. First US edition first prnt. Weak front board corner bump and lightly rubbed dustjacket. Near Fine condition in a Near Fine dustjacket with an archival cover. Hardcovers. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. The image ods of the book described and not a stock photo. Morrow/Weisbach hardcover books
1825réf. 1354New York: Evert Duyckinck George Long E. Bliss & E. White. 1825. First American Edition. Hardcover. Faux quarter bound gray boards with white spine. Good. 2 v-xii 371 pages. 19 x 11 cm. The author William Kitchiner M.D. 1775-1827 was a wealthy physician of London who did not practice his profession but was a food science and music enthusiast. An early devotee of mastication Masticate denticate chump grind and swallow Kitchiner purportedly did most of his own cooking and cleaning. First published in 1817 this extensive guide for the domestic cook took the UK and US by storm making Kitchiner a household name and an inspiration for many later cookbook authors including Mrs. Beeton who lifted a number of her recipes directly from his book. Owner's inscription on title page. Rebound with one page of index missing. Somefoxing throughout. LOWENSTEIN 99 Evert Duyckinck, George Long, E. Bliss & E. White. hardcover books
1668réf. ST19030London: Printed for the Booksellers in London 1668. First Complete Edition Fourth Edition overall. 145 x 90 mm. 5 3/4 x 3 1/2". 1 p.l. blank 3-122 pp. 3 leaves table and final blank. Contemporary sheep covers ruled in blind smooth spine early paper label with gilt titling. Front blank with the ink ownership inscription of John Drinkwater; inside lower board with the book label of Michael Curtis Phillips. Hayward "English Poetry" 121 this copy; Grolier Club "Wither to Prior" 976; Wing W2136; ESTC R7135. ◆Covers with light scuffing bottom leather thong of two broken but the text block quite secure at the top pastedowns lifted but the insubstantial binding still in remarkably good original condition; internally A VERY FINE COPY especially clean fresh and bright. From the library of Richard Jennings noted for the outstanding condition of his books this is an especially fresh and extraordinarily well-preserved copy of poems by a Puritan divine known for his surprisingly biting wit. Dryden dubbed Robert Wild 1609-79 "the Wither of the City" after hearing the Financial District's workers' enthusiastic reception of the title poem here which celebrates General Monck's successful campaign to restore Charles II to the throne: "I have seen them reading it in the midst of 'Change so vehemently that they lost their bargains by their candles' ends." Our collection contains several of Wild's most notable works including "The Recantation of a Penitent Proteus" satirizing Puritan clergy who had conformed to the Anglican Church; "The Loyal Nonconformist" professing his loyalty to the monarchy but maintaining his Puritan religious views; and "The Fair Quarrel" an attack on the 1665 Five Mile Act designed to drive nonconformist ministers out of their parishes. Wild was something of a paradox: he could preach a hellfire Puritan sermon but also write verse sufficiently scandalous to be mistakenly attributed to the notorious libertine John Wilmot Earl of Rochester. Our volume was loaned by Richard Jennings for the celebrated 1947 London Exhibition of First and Early Editions of English Poetry catalogued by John Hayward. It would not be reasonable to expect to find a finer unrestored contemporaneous copy of this imprint. Printed for the Booksellers in London unknown books
1970réf. 161916Garden City: Doubleday & Company 1970. Paperback. 96p. 8p. black/white photos review slip laid in rear wrap lightly browned otherwise very good. Paperback original. Doubleday & Company paperback books
1977réf. 594931Williamstown Massachusetts: The Williamstown Theatre Foundation Inc 1977. Softcover. Near Fine. Theatre program. Slim quarto. Measuring approximately 8¼" x 11". Illustrated. Stapled wrappers. Lightly toned wrappers with a tiny bit of wear at the spine near fine. This year marked the 182nd production of the festival's 151st play. Containing some photographic scenes of Blythe Danner John Glover Frank Langella and many others. The Williamstown Theatre Foundation, Inc unknown books
1828réf. ST20535-01London: John Rodwell 1828. FIRST EDITON. 217 x 138 mm. 8 1/2 x 5 1/4". iv 339 1 pp. Contemporary diced russia raised bands spine attractively gilt in an arabesque style gilt-rolled turn-ins pink moiré endpapers all edges gilt. With a folding map of the travel routes and 23 pages reproducing inscriptions three of these folding. Front flyleaf inscribed in ink: "Juliana Calvert / from A. C. / 1838." Blackmer 48; Weber I 159. Joints and extremities a little rubbed tiny crack just beginning at top of front joint two tiny chips to foot of spine very minor offsetting and foxing to map a couple of patches of marginal foxing but INTERNALLY AN ESPECIALLY FINE COPY--unusually clean fresh and surprisingly bright--in a good-looking well-preserved binding. In especially desirable condition this is quite a scarce travel account by the English antiquary explorer and clergyman Francis Vyvyan Jago Arundell 1780-1846 who visited the so-called Seven Churches of Asia also called the Seven Churches of the Apocalypse and the Seven Churches of Revelation locations in present-day Turkey of central importance to St. John and the Book of Revelation. In that book John who was a threat to Roman officials as leader of the new Christian religion in Asia had been banished to Patmos where he was visited by an apocalyptic vision directing him to write to the churches at Ephesus Smyrna Pergamum Thyatira Sardis Philadelphia and Laodicea commending their successes pointing out their failures and prevailing upon them to repent. These seven Turkish churches reflect a surprisingly significant role in the region's early Christian history with some scholars maintaining that as many as 18 of the 27 New Testament books were written there--and Arundell's narrative would have helped to raise the popular understanding of this importance. Following his marriage to the daughter of the British consul-general at the Levant Company in Constantinople Arundell became chaplain to the company's trading center in Smyrna now Izmir in 1822. From there he embarked on a series of tours through Asia Minor including places that according to DNB "until then had for the most part not been described by any European traveller." The present work is the product of the author's first tour which included two separate excursions between March and September of 1826. Despite being a clergyman Arundell's interest in these sites was primarily archaeological and historical and this work includes his firsthand descriptions of the ruins he encountered facsimiles of Greek inscriptions found there and narratives of the arduous journeys between sites that were well off the beaten path. This work is surprisingly scarce in commerce suggesting that copies were often read with avidity. John Rodwell unknown books
1879réf. 2221938First edition third printing with half-title page. Octavo. 3/4 gilt stamped red calf over marbled boards spine with raised bands and gilt stamped devices within gilt ruled compartments covers ruled in gilt marbled endpapers. Very good. 216 pages. Heraldic bookplate of Raymond. Smith, Elder & Company hardcover books
1877réf. 69585Buffalo NY: Young Lockwood & Co's Steam Press 1877. Hardcover. Good . 453pp. Octavo 23.5 cm Decoratively embossed red cloth over boards with a gilt stamped title on the spine. Prominent dings to board edges. Cloth at spine ends a bit chipped and frayed. Small stains at fore-edge of the text block. Slight lean to spine. Elbert H. English 1816-1884 was chief justice of the Arkansas Supreme Court when the state seceded from the Union in 1861. Young, Lockwood & Co's Steam Press hardcover books
1772réf. 1280432Edinburgh: Printed for G. Hamilton and J. Balfour 1772. 4to. 243pp.; VG-; spine paneled brown calf with maroon label and gilt lettering; marbled boards; boards have some rubbing to covers bumping and peeling to corners; bookplate on ffep; name written on ffep; mild scattered foxing and age-toning; interior clean; some slight wear to hinges front board slightly loose. Shelved Room A Oversized. 1280432. Special Collections. Printed for G. Hamilton and J. Balfour unknown books
1974réf. 521362River Grove Illinois: Creative Writing Triton College 1974. Softcover. Near Fine. First edition. Edited by Joseph A. English and Rebecca R. Shortland. Illustrations by E. Joseph Towe. Stapled illustrated wrappers. Spine toned else near fine. Title page with a gift Inscription from editor Joseph English who also contributes the introduction. Creative Writing, Triton College unknown books
1972réf. 534059New York: Schocken Books 1972. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. First American edition. A remainder mark on the bottom page edge and light foxing on the page edges else about near fine in anear fine dust jacket with some toning. Schocken Books hardcover books
1889réf. 432321Tokyo: Kobunsha 1889. Softcover. Very Good. First edition. 24mo. Approximate measurements: 3 3/4" x 5 3/4". 28pp. Illustrated in color. Double leaves fukurotoji and printed on crepe paper chirimen-bon. Bottom corners chipped on front wrapper title page and pages 9 and 10 not affecting the text small hole in rear wrapper top corner on rear wrapper chipped spine ends chipped an about very good copy. "Japanese Fairy Tale Series No. 18." Scarce crepe paper edition. Kobunsha unknown books
2000réf. 45156Haifa 2000. Softcover. vg- to near fine. Quarto. 8 208 pp. Glossy blue and white wrappers with black lettering on cover and spine back cover with b/w photographic reproductions. This memorial of the Jewish people of Arad chronicles their life and history and is illustrated throughout with b/w photographic reproductions. The book includes an index of notes and references including a roster of Jewish physicians practicing in Arad rosters of teachers lawyers and merchants. Addendum included at rear of book. Light scratches to covers light creasing along spine top of spine and upper left back corner bumped. Wrappers in very good- interior in near fine condition overall. unknown books
1968réf. 42784New York: Land's End Press 1968. Limited edition. Hardcover. g to vg. 1/1500. Folio 12 1/2 x 9 1/2". 90 2pp. Original gilt-stamped decorative cloth with gold lettering to spine. Top edge gilt. Frontispiece portrait of Aristophanes. Title page in orange purple and black lettering. Limitation page numbered and signed by Jack Brussel. Book housed in its original black slipcase with illustrated title to front panel. “Lysistrata” is a bawdy anti-war comedy by the ancient Greek playwright Aristophanes first staged in 411 BCE. It is the comic account of one woman's extraordinary mission to end the Peloponnesian War as Lysistrata convinces the women of Greece to withhold sexual privileges from their husbands as a means of forcing the men to negotiate a peace. Some consider it his greatest work and it is probably the most anthologized. This limited edition is lavishly illustrated throughout with erotic illustrations by Audrey Beardsley and ancient Athenian artists. One of 1500 signed copies of which this is No.340. Slipcase partly rubbed along edges. Binding slightly soiled along joints and spine. Corners slightly rubbed. Slipcase in overall good to good binding in good interior in very good condition. Land's End Press hardcover books
1865réf. 30602Dublin: James Duffy & Co 1865. Later edition. Hardcover. g to g. Large quarto. 2 764 222pp. Finely gold-stamped and gold-tooled contemporary black leather. All gilt edges. Striking fore edge painting of landscape with antique church complex. Silk-moire endpapers. Handwritten family registry in front. Frontispiece of Old Testament reproduction of a painting in monochrome by W. & A. K. Johnston. Frontispiece engraving in New Testament. "This New Edition of the English Version of the Bible printed with our permission by James Duffy.carefully collated by our direction with the Clementine Vulgate; likewise with the Douay Version of the Old Testament of 1609 and with the Rhemisch Version of the New Testament of 1582 and with other approved English Versions." Illustrated with 12 full-page monochrome plates in sepia-tone 2 full-page engravings as well as many b/w in-text illustrations. Some age wear and staining on binding. Wear along front joints and corners. Gutters at front and rear endpapers reinforced with fine red cloth band. Inscription on blank leaf following front endpaper: "Gift from Stephanie to Tom on the eve of their marriage October 3rd 1983." Sporadic foxing throughout. Overall good condition. James Duffy & Co hardcover books
1752réf. 35540London: A. Millar 1752. First English language edition. Hardcover. vg. Large octavo. 4 376 2 388pp. Modern half calf over marbled paper covered boards with gold lettering and ruling on spines. All edges green. Gibbs' scarce English version of Osorio's important history of Portuguese exploration featuring Vasco da Gama Magellan Cabral Albuquerque and others. Osorio was well-regarded in his day as a stylist of Latin earning the sobriquet 'the Portuguese Cicero.' Previous owner's stamp on inside of each title page. Binding and interior in overall very good condition. A. Millar hardcover books
1988réf. 32557Birmingham: The Classics of Medicine Library 1988. Limited edition. Hardcover. vg. Folio.IX 1 128 4pp. Original brown leather with gold tooling on covers and gilt lettering on spine. All edges gilt. Marbled endpapers. Remarkable facsimile of the first Venetian edition published in 1491 of the Fasciculus Medicinae a “bundle” of six independent and quite different medieval medical treatises. The collection which existed only in two manuscripts handwritten copies was first printed in 1491 in Latin and came out in numerous editions over the next 25 years. Johannes de Ketham the German physician routinely associated with the Fasciculus was neither the author nor even the original compiler but merely an owner of one of the manuscripts. The topics of the treatises cover a wide spectrum of medieval European medical knowledge and technique including uroscopy astrology bloodletting the treatment of wounds plague anatomical dissection and women’s health. The book is remarkable as the first illustrated medical work to appear in print; notable illustrations include: a urine chart a diagram of the veins for phlebotomy a pregnant woman Wound Man Disease Man and Zodiac Man. Binding and interior in as new condition. The Classics of Medicine Library hardcover books
1954réf. 31423New York: Las Americas Publishing Co. 1954. First American edition. Hardcover. vg. Octavo. XXXVI 356pp. Original green cloth with gold lettering on spine and front cover. Remarkable book being one of the major works of modern Italian literary-historical scholarship. It is a captivating survey of the predominant intellectual and literary currents of the period between the 14th and the 16th centuries. Gold lettering slightly faded on spine and front cover. Binding in overall good interior in very good condition. Las Americas Publishing Co. hardcover books
1848réf. 18445Philadelphia: G. B. Zieber & CO 1848. Hardcover. poor. 8vo. 221 pp. 1 b/2 facsimile etching and 2 pp. of sheet music of the song "Mourir Pour La Patrie" by Alexander Dumas and F. Alphonse. "The present work is offered to the public as a timely exposition of the opening of a new era in history . ." from advertisement inside book. The February 1848 revolution ended the July Monarchy 1830-1848 replaced by the Second Republic 1848-1852 giving a lethal blow to the hopes of a "Social and Democratic Republic" "la République sociale et démocratique" or "La Sociale". In 1848 political gatherings and demonstrations were outlawed in France. Therefore activists held a series of fundraising banquets the Campagne des banquets to circumvent this restriction and provide a legal outlet for popular criticism of the regime. In February however the French government under Louis Philippe forbade such banquets partly leading to the revolution. This work was written the very year of the revolution. Illustrated throughout with a number of b/w facsimile etchings of important and prominent figures as well as soliders. Frontis piece. Spine absent and boards detached but present. In poor condition. G. B. Zieber & CO hardcover books