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2000Best.-Nr. 1412395Westport CT: Greenwood Press 2000. First Edition First Printing. Hardcover. Octavo xvi 366 pages. In Very Good minus condition. Spine is navy and green with silver lettering. Bumping to head and tail of spine. Soiling to front and back boards. Soiling to text block. Shelved in Case 1. 1412395. Shelved Dupont Bookstore. Greenwood Press hardcover books
2022Best.-Nr. 48157Irvine CA: Suntup Editions 2022. Very Good . Irvine CA: Suntup Editions 2022. Publisher's Numbered Edition limited to 250 copies signed by Lansdale Kreutz and Mann and colophon this being #223. Octavo; bound in quarter goatskin with Japanese cloth sides; decorative endpapers; 165pp. Frontis; Color plates including fold-out illustration featuring the Artist Edition dust jacket. Errata and two publisher's bookmarks laid in. Housed in a four-flap enclosure covered in Japanese cloth and lined with red velour. Boards show very light shelfwear and a couple faint smudges; binding sound; pages unmarked. Enclosure stained along side panel; a few stray additional spots; overall a Very Good or better copy. Suntup Editions unknown books
1934Best.-Nr. 470226Berlin: S. Fischer Verlag 1934. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. First edition second printing clothbound issue published in the same year as the first printing with 1934 on title page and stating 'Elfte bis funfzehnte Ausgabe' on copyright page. 12mo. 343pp. Tan cloth stamped in gilt. A fine copy in near fine dust jacket which is rubbed and evenly faded on the spine. The second volume in the Joseph series. An uncommon title in dust jacket. S. Fischer Verlag hardcover books
1990Best.-Nr. 18112301New York: The Limited Editions Club printed by Heritage Printers Inc. 1990. Limited Edition. Leather bound. Fine. Hejduk John. No. 122 of 375 copies quarto size 193 pp. signed by John Hejduk with LEC Monthly Letter. German writer Thomas Mann 1875-1955 a recipient of the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1929 is best known for his novels and short stories employing symbolism and examining the psyche of those in intellectual circles most famously in his works "Buddenbooks" and "Death in Venice". He wrote "The Black Swan" in 1954 and the novella revolves around an aging woman who must deal with her changing body and the expectations of an uncaring society that values youth over old age. Noted for being one of the first works to utilise hard medicine in the narrative "The Black Swan" is here published by the Limited Editions Club with lithographs by celebrated architect and artist John Hejduk 1929-2000 who brings an architect's eye for symmetry and simplicity in his geometric imagery. This edition includes an afterword by David Shapiro b. 1947 a prolific poet and literary critic whose first book was published when he was eighteen; offering insight and a sympathetic view of the brutality and bluntness often found in Mann's prose he writes "A master of X-ray Mann leads us to the master montage of disease itself. And to the possible health of love." ___DESCRIPTION: Full brown leather title in black on the front board black endpapers lithographs printed in two colours by John Hejduk throughout; Monotype Gill Sans mouldmade Rives Buff Text paper quarto size 12" by 9.25" pagination: i-vi 1-183 184-186 1 colophon one of 375 copies this number 122 signed by John Hejduk on the colophon. With LEC Monthly Letter a thirteen-page softcover booklet with two staples at the spine. In a slipcase covered in black cloth. ___CONDITION: A fine copy; the covers clean the corners straight and unrubbed the binding tight with solid hinges the interior clean and bright and free of prior owner markings; spine is very slightly sunned else fine. The LEC Monthly Letter is near fine clean overall with a few stray marks the text block is sturdy without wear except at the corners and a small nick on the top edge of the rear cover. The slipcase is near fine strong and sturdy clean with some minor fraying to the cloth otherwise free of wear. ___POSTAGE: Please note that this is a large and heavy book and additional postage may apply; 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. The Limited Editions Club (printed by Heritage Printers, Inc.) unknown books
1984Best.-Nr. 745Exton Pa: Schiffer Publishing Ltd 1984. Hardcover. VG Slight edgewear to dj all all else is clean and crisp. Quarto. Hardcover. Green cloth white & color illus. dust jacket 176 pp. 10 color 250 bw repros. A well researched and documented catalogue raisonne of this artist's work. Well known for his dramatic snow scenes Palmer 1854-1932 was the son of the sculptor Erastus Dow Palmer. He was also a student and friend of Frederic E. Church. Lists 1220 works illustrates approx. 260 of them. Schiffer Publishing, Ltd hardcover books
2011Best.-Nr. 531342Cambridge: Polity 2011. Softcover. Fine. First edition wrappered issue. Octavo. 179pp. Fine in wrappers. Polity unknown books
1930Best.-Nr. 25085New York: The Macaulay Company 1930. Very Good. New York: The Macaulay Company 1930. First U.S. Edition. Octavo. 320 pp. Red cloth boards stamped in gray; red topstain. No dust jacket. Boards show light wear to edges with some general scuffing; spine dulled with a chip over title lettering. Binding is sound. Ownership inscription to front free endpaper but pages otherwise unmarked. Originally published in German under the title "Eugenie Oder Die Burgerzeit. The Macaulay Company unknown books
1951Best.-Nr. 255188New York: Alfred A. Knopf 1951. Hardcover. Good. First edition. Good first edition Hardcover without dust jacket. The book has wear of spine ends and light fraying of cover corners. The covers have light soiling. The text is clean. Alfred A. Knopf hardcover books
1936Best.-Nr. 238558Philadelphia: Triangle Books 1936. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Very good in very good dust jacket. Book has slight rub of spine deep scratch through front board yellowing of pages readers crease between pages 138-139 dust jacket has minor wear of spine edges and corners of panels yellowing of panels. Triangle Books hardcover books
1986Best.-Nr. 197824New York: St. Martin's Press 1986. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. Second edition. Fine in near fine dust jacket. St. Martin's Press hardcover books
1944Best.-Nr. 115161New York: Alfred A. Knopf 1944. Hardcover. Very Good. First am. Very good/Poor Browning with some brown spots. Dustwrapper browning with some creasing tearing wear. Alfred A. Knopf hardcover books
1948Best.-Nr. 197901New York: Alfred A. Knopf 1948. Very Good. Rep. Very good. Lightly browning cover rubbed. Alfred A. Knopf unknown books
1944Best.-Nr. 221168New York: Alfred A. Knopf 1944. Hardcover. Very Good. Very good hardcover. Pages clean. Corners very lightly rubbed. Very light shelf rubbing to cover. Nice solid condition. Alfred A. Knopf hardcover books
1943Best.-Nr. 179038Chicago: American Library Assoc 1943. Very Good. Second edition. Very good minus Rubbed on the edges and the corners. Edges of the pages are faded and dirtied. American Library Assoc unknown books
1983Best.-Nr. 219462Maryland: John Hopkins Press 1983. Hardcover. Fine. First edition. Fine book is in excellent condition beautiful gold embossing on front leather cover only findable in paper at $62. John Hopkins Press hardcover books
1946Best.-Nr. 243785New York: Alfred A. Knopf 1946. Hardcover. Good. Later. Good. Hardcover lightly rubbed at spine ends and corners cover and foredges lightly soiled pages lightly browned margin notes ink marks in margins stored in clear mylar cover. Alfred A. Knopf hardcover books
1939Best.-Nr. 200797New York: Alfred A. Knopf 1939. Good. 6th ptg. Good. Small tears down the spine. Edges and corners are worn. Alfred A. Knopf unknown books
1944Best.-Nr. 147384New York: Alfred A. Knopf 1944. Hardcover. Very Good. Later. Very good/P. Book is rubbed at spine ends and corners cover and foredges soiled pages lightly browned. Alfred A. Knopf hardcover books
1930Best.-Nr. 120334Berlin: Berlag 1930. Hardcover. Very Good. Very good Book rubbed on spine and cover. Bumped corners. Book in German. Berlag hardcover books
1933Best.-Nr. 265231New York: Prentice-Hall 1933. Hardcover. Good. First edition. Good hardcover. No dust jacket. First edition. The book spine ends and cover corners have light wear. The book covers and spine have minor soiling. Inside the front and back covers there is ink markings. The introduction is in English. Most of the text is in German. Prentice-Hall hardcover books
1938Best.-Nr. 175450New York: American Book Co 1938. Very Good. First edition. Very good plus. Decorative end pages lightly soiled and marked with pencil cloth corners rubbed and bumped text edges browned. American Book Co unknown books
1993Best.-Nr. 179267New York: Carroll & Graf 1993. Softcover. Fine. Adv copy. Fine. Uncorrected proof. Carroll & Graf unknown books
1960Best.-Nr. 266666NY/London: Macmillan 1960. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. First edition. Very good in good dust jacket. Pages browned clean text. Bottom corners on cover slightly bent. Spine ends lightly bumped. Sticker shadow on front dust jacket flap. Dustwrapper lightly yellowing from age. 2 large tears on top edge of front dust jacket. Macmillan hardcover books
1938Best.-Nr. 267388New York: American Book 1938. Hardcover. Very Good. Very good minus hardcover. Text clean. Illustrated. School stamp inside front and rear covers. Corners on cover bent. Red cloth pictorial cover lightly soiled. American Book hardcover books
1945Best.-Nr. 256048PA: Triangle Books 1945. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. Reprint. Very good reprint hardcover with Good dust jacket. The book has shelf rub of all cover edges. The dust jacket has minor wear and tear of all panel edges. The text is clean. Triangle Books hardcover books
