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1983ref. 317781New York: Star Dist 1983. Paperback. 170p. ads very good first printing PBO in camp pictorial wraps. Gay pulp fiction. Gaytimes Book Club NM-72. Star Dist paperback books
1855ref. 197756Philadelphia: T.T. Watts 1855. Hardcover. Good- Boards and textblock are heavily edgeworn/scuffed/smudged/soiled; covers are starting at both ends and loosening a bit from the textblock; spine strip is pulliing away from the textblock and heavily chipped; notes from previous owner on ffep; title page is chipped near the gutter; interior is moderately foxed. Brown cloth over boards with gilt lettering on the spine; 208 pp. Scarce antiquarian book; author unknown T.T. Watts hardcover books
1969ref. 309685San Diego: Greenleaf Classics 1969. Paperback. 195p. very good first edition PBO trade paperback in lightly rubbed red & white camp pictorial wraps. Gay pulp fiction. GL101. Story begins on rear cover bound upside down as all titles in this series are done. Greenleaf Classics paperback books
1988ref. 310501New York: Star Dist 1988. Paperback. 181p. price sticker on cover else a very good second printing PBO in explicit camp pictorial wraps. Gay pulp fiction. New Male NM-156. Star Dist paperback books
1921ref. 189766New York: The Society 1921. Hardcover. VG- scuffing and light soiling to boards signed presentation copy age toned end pages text and bw illustrations are clean and clear binding is secure. Peach paper over boards; white title block with black lettering on front cover; 50 pp illustrated in bw throughout. Contents include: Certificate of Incorporation; Members of the Societe Anonyme Inc.; Annual Report; Exhibitions; Lectures; Publication of Pamphlets; Report on Newspaper and Magazine Publicity; Treasurer's Report; Program of the Work for the Season 1921-1922; Committees and Membership; By-Laws; Reference Library. The Society hardcover books
1897ref. 178421London: Williams and Norgate 1897. Hardcover. VG minimal shelfwear. Navy cover with gilt borders and spine lettering. 171 pp. An imagining of a capitalist fantasyland framed as a discussion between a man of the late 19th century and one living in the 22nd. A crude sketch of classical liberalism as well as its proponents' criticisms of socialism at this stage in history. A look into the ideology that helped popularize various other ideas that were in vogue at the time such as eugenics and imperialism. Williams and Norgate hardcover books
1933ref. 178620Paris: Galeries Georges Petit 1933. Softcover. Good front wrap is not attached pages have light age toning and some pencil marks throughout. Clay colored wraps black lettering 23 pages 8 unnumbered leaves of plates. Text in French. By Auguste Rodin; whose sale by public auction will take place in Paris following the early dissolution of this company Hotel Drouot on October 27 and 28 1933. At head of title: Dissolution de Société troisième vente. Galeries Georges Petit paperback books
1900ref. 138807France: The Author 1900. First. Hardcover. VG interior; light sand-colored stain to front cover and inoffensive museum ex-library label on spine and inside front cover. Grey boards with black lettering and charcoal cloth spine. 45 colored plates. No text pages. Oversize. Forty-five plates on religious themes - Mary Joseph the Christ saints and other liturgical personages. Each plate was printed in black and white and then hand-colored some in quite bright almost 1960s colors. The paper and layout of each print is similar to newspaper and quite fragile. Each page is dated most from the late 19th century but one is dated 1903. A very rare volume. All text in French. The Author hardcover books
1928ref. 120388Garden City New York: Doubleday Doran & Co. Inc 1928. Softcover. Good but with some wear to covers: very top corner from back cover missing and general wear to spine; owner notation in pencil inside front cover; very clean and tight text. Blue stapled wraps with orange lettering; 23 pp. with 7 drawings dotted about. With a 15-page essay about Morley's life and writing career followed by a list of books by him and a list of books edited or prefaced by him. Doubleday, Doran & Co., Inc paperback books
1917ref. 119803London: T. Fisher Unwin Ltd 1917. Softcover. VG; ever so slight bumps to top/bottom corners of spine. Grey printed wraps stapled; 20 pp. Quotes by Bismarck Moltke Nietzsche Treitschke The Kaiser Wilhelm II The Prince soldiers and clergymen. Assembled by the British to place the Germans in an unfavourable light. Chilling. T. Fisher Unwin Ltd paperback books
1916ref. 119802London: Eyre and Spottiswoode Limited 1916. Softcover. VG; as unread. Ivory paper wraps with blue lettering and border; 24 pp. with 4 bw photographs. A memorandum on the censorship by the British of the mails being transported between the US and Europe during WWI. Herein are the reasons accusations defenses etc. for the censoring. Also included are appendices of approximate times for shipping of the mails between Rotterdam and the US via Falmouth England and between Copenhagan and the US via Kirkwall Orkney. Eyre and Spottiswoode, Limited paperback books
1921ref. 119845New York: The Fatherland 1921. Softcover. VG clean tight interior; tight covers with no tears but with lib. stamp on front cover and some age discoloration. Cream stiff paper wraps stapled with black lettering and publisher's insignia; 32 pp. Text in English. The "authorized" edition for America of two informational pieces meant to play on the heartstrings of the American people and gain their sympathy for the Germans. The first is How Russia and Her Ruler Betrayed Germany's Conficence and Thereby Caused the European War and the second is how the Franco-German confllict Might have been Avoided i.e. what France should have done to appease the Germans. In addition there is an Appendix of the Official Communique Anent Negotiations Between Prince Lichnowsky and Sir Edward Grey. Presents the Serbian answer from Vienna July 25 1914 as well as several other exhibits quotes and much more. The Fatherland paperback books
1916ref. 119874London: Eyre and Spottiswoode Ltd 1916. Softcover. VG and tight with NF interior but for lib. stamp on front cover and light dust-dulling. Grey stiff paper wraps stapled with black lettering and border; 24 pp. A series of communiques between "Yours Truly" and The Foreign Office UK regarding the criticisms leveled at Britain for their censorship of information between the US and European countries during WWI thought to be for the aim of gaining trade advantages. Eyre and Spottiswoode, Ltd paperback books
1938ref. 004450Newport RI: The Eckhart Printing Service 1938. Very good. Accordion-style monochrome photographic images in a blue card stock folder with a flap to be mailed closed; 16 double-sided panels - each 3 1/4 x 5 1/4; folder - 3 1/2 x 5 1/2; a few minor spots to folder; in very good or better condition. The Great New England Hurricane of 1938 was one of the deadliest and most destructive tropical cyclones to hit the United States. The estimated number of its victims was upwards of 680 the destroyed homes - approximately 57 000 and the losses - $306 million almost $5 billion today. The current souvenir focused primarily on the damage in Newport Rhode Island - showing the destruction on Third Beach the flooding of the Police Station the broken Long Wharf and so on. The Eckhart Printing Service unknown books
1907ref. 004446S. l.: s. n. 1907. Very good. Divided-back unused postcard n. d. ca 1907; recto with several black-and-white drawings; verso in English and several other languages with a small personal stamp of previous owner; rubbed spots to corners; in about very good condition. The Three Graedtle were a famous circus acrobats troupe of the early 20th century renowned for their daring performances on suspended chains. The card illustrated several of their most popular acts. s. n. unknown books
1981ref. CNJL2615University Park and London: The Pennsylvania State University Press 1981. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine. Second printing two volumes complete small quarto size approx. 850 pp. "The Song of Roland" is "one of the earliest and most famous chansons de geste based on the 8th-century Battle of Roncevaux Pass where Charlemagne's rearguard was ambushed" n.b. quote from Wiki. The earliest known version dates back to around CE 1040 with changes being made through around 1115; the final version of the epic poem is approximately 4000 lines. This work is based on the "Oxford Text" the single extant manuscription held at the Bodleian. Volume II presents the Oxford Text with a modern English translation while Volume I contains the Introduction and Commentary with a section at the rear of black-and-white reproductions of artwork statues etc. ___DESCRIPTION: Bound in full rust-coloured cloth over boards copper lettering stamped onto the spines bindings small quarto size 9 1/4" by 6 1/8" Volume I with 574 pp. and Volume II with 282 pp. ___CONDITION: Fine the boards clean straight corners without rubbing strong square text blocks with solid hinges the interiors clean and bright and entirely free of prior owner markings; clean and as new. ___POSTAGE: International customers please note the following: i additional postage may apply as the standard does not always cover costs please inquire for details; and ii any taxes duty or tariffs charged by your country will of necessity be your responsibility. ___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 Pennsylvania State University Press hardcover books
ref. 70901Cleveland: The Goldsmith Publishing Company nd. Hardcover. Very good. Hardcover. 1920s Reprint of the Macaulay Company reprint. Offsetting to endpapers else a very good hardback in a slightly darkened and rubbed jacket. The Goldsmith Publishing Company hardcover books
1960ref. 2592Two posters 13" x 19" and 13" x 20" respectively screen printed in two colors on red construction paper mounted on board. Slight edgewear corners lightly bumped and with small pin holes to corners of red paper but not boards. Slight toning and rubbing to surfaces but mostly clean and bright. 2592 Two screen printed posters reproduced from 60s-style psychedelic hand lettering advertising art exhibit and cultural events programming as part of the Open Wide Religious Arts Festival "in the Kennebunks" i.e. in the area of Kennebunk Maine and/or its neighboring town Kennebunkport. Apparently associated with one or more churches or religious communities as several advertised events mention a chapel worship service or other religious themes and programming. The rest of the events cover a wide range of arts happenings from exhibits of painting sculpture photography and historical artifiacts to dance theater including a performance by Bread and Puppet and poetry readings including by activist-priest Daniel Berrigan. Possibly from 1967 or 1968 the two years we can find reference to the festival taking place. Beautiful anonymous vernacular examples of the meeting of groovy flower-power design and religious community à la Sister Corita Kent. books
1890ref. 8243N.p. New England 1890. Original photograph on board 16.3 x 22 cm. Photographic print of tavern interior with five men gathered around a bar and a wood or coal stove. The men include the bar or tavern keeper in jacket behind the bar a waiter in white apron with a tray at the ready and three customers: one warming his hands at the fire another sporting a shot and apiece of currency and the third astride a chair backwards but with his finger in the air making a point. The room is small the ceiling low and there are several broadsides on the wall. None of the broadsides are completely legible but bits and pieces come through “An Old Deceiver” with an image of a hog; another hog advertising an event on Monday January at the "St. James Hotel”; and Midwinter… in the East Ba… at Bishop’s”. Some light staining to the image and very light wear to the edges of the mounting board. Near fine. unknown books
1746ref. 1408792Paris: Laurent Le Conte 1746. Early Printing. Hardcover. 12mo xxiv 576 pages. In Good minus condition. Bound in full brown leather; gilt label and ornamentation to spine. Boards have significant chipping and cracking to spine and boards lacking the rear end band and discoloration to edges. Textblock has splitting to the gutter throughout age toning and soiling throughout. Text in French. Shelved in Room A. 1408792. Special Collections. Laurent Le Conte hardcover books
1943ref. 4211New York: Alcoholic Foundation Inc 1943. Very good. 281pp. Original printed wrappers stapled. Moderate toning spotting and edge wear soft central vertical fold throughout. One sentence underlined otherwise clean internally. An early pamphlet issued by Alcoholics Anonymous containing important doctrine from the organization's early years. The first sentence provides the motivation behind the present pamphlet: "The purpose of this booklet is to show how thousands of us who were once hopeless alcoholics have recovered from our malady. We have found a way of life which no longer compels us to drink. Alcoholics Anonymous is the great reality which has expelled our obsession." Later in the introduction the organization dispels any notion of complicated requirements for membership: "The only requirement for A.A. membership is an honest desire to stop drinking." The pamphlet also prints passages entitled "Am I an Alcoholic" "The Doctor's Nightmare" "The European Drinker" "Women Suffer Too" "Bill's Story" "Medicine Religion and Alcoholics Anonymous" "The Twelve Steps" "Our Friends Say" and Dr. Harry Emerson Fosdick's review of the famous "Big Book" Alcoholics Anonymous which had been published just four years earlier. Scarce with just ten copies in OCLC. Alcoholic Foundation, Inc unknown books
ref. 004437New York: McLoughlin Bro's. Very good. First edition presumed n. d. second half of the 19th century; 12 x 10; pp. 16; chromolithographed wraps; illustrated with chromolithographed plates inclusing a large centerfold; a bit of wear and rubbing to wraps along edges and a closed cut to head of spine; in good to very good condition. An almost-wordless book it illustrated famous acts and feats at the circus with short captions below which included a baby elephant and a clown "taking tea" acrobatics on a bicycle fancy roller skating etc. McLoughlin Bro's paperback books
1893ref. 004431S. l. Chicago: s. n. 1893. Very good. Fifteen cards on loose sheets of thinner paper stock in ones and twos per sheet different but for one duplicate; sheets with crop marks to corners; lithographed images - 3 1/2 x 2 1/2; generally minor wear with some of the sheets trimmed closer to images than others - in very good condition. A lovely group of proofs depicting various buildings at the Columbian Exposition eventually they would be issued by the Winters Art Litho Company as souvenir playing cards from the world's fair with added captions no captions on the current ones. The images included the buildings of New York Virginia Maine the Women's Building etc. s. n. unknown books
1977ref. 343442Milan: Squilibri 1977. Paperback. 103p. in illustrated wraps minor soiling and rubbing to covers paper toned otherwise in very good condition. Text in Italian cover art by cartoonist Andrea Pazienza. Satirical novel with recollections by three fictional lovers of Stalin. Squilibri paperback books
ref. 312499Norristown: Poster Prints. Poster. Offset lithograph. Measures 35 3/8" x 23 1/2" Original ski poster depicting a downhill skier racing past flags. No text. Offset lithograph of a color photograph. Published in 1967 by Poster Prints in Norristown PA. Toning to right margin not affecting the image. Scarce. Poster Prints unknown books
