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1985rif. 1257Portland Oregon: The Alcuin Press. 1985. Limited Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Fine. Secreta concisely describes three methods for laying gold leaf for manuscript illumination. The methods are based on formulae begin with the medieval and end with the modern: gum arabic gesso and hyplar. Nineteen monochrome photographs visually describe the gesso process and there are numerous in-text line drawings to complement the text. Included are a Foreword Introduction Technical Notes Glossary Bibliography and Resources. This book on gold leafing is self-referencing as it is in a spectacular blind tooled and gold leafed binding by Talin Bindery. The binding is unique and the bindery is no longer doing work of this type. Finely bound in green Morocco leather over boards with 4 raised bands and 5 compartments. The binding is hand tooled in gilt blind with a central device in horizontal framing and divided into quadrants. The front and back have identical designs with the front bearing title subtitle and author in blind. The compartments have floriform devices in gilt blind. The pastedowns and endpapers are marbled in-house by Talin and the variegated greens compliment the binding. Binder's tag at the tail of the rear pastedown. One of a limited edition of 200 trade copies from a total edition of 250 published by The Alcuin Press the private press of Charles Lehman Portland Oregon. Being a calligrapher his first published books were on that topic but the press branched topically to other types of handwriting ornamentation and history. This book's design by Charles Lehman and set in Centaur display type and Janson text by Irish Setter the typesetting business of Patti Morris and Martin White. Printed by Ash Creek Press on Karma text paper. This oblong 16mo book is 6 1/2" x 9 1/4". Paginated 212-67370-77282-83286-90394-953 for 112 pp. All text block edges trimmed and the top edge gilt. Bound by the Talin Bookbindery this unique copy was not originally for sale but was created to be displayed as an example of the bindery's finest work. In absolutely clean sharp-cornered Fine condition.; B&W Illustrations; Oblong 16mo 6" - 7" tall; 112 pages . The Alcuin Press hardcover
rif. 0875952259-11-1Oregon Historical Society Pr. Reprint Subsequent. Very Good. It's a well-cared-for item that has seen limited use. The item may show minor signs of wear. All the text is legible with all pages included. It may have slight markings and/or highlighting. Oregon Historical Society Pr unknown
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1952rif. 160124London: Ealing Studios / Lippert Pictures 1952. Vintage reference photograph from the 1952 film noir. A woman and her younger sister flee London after their father is murdered by a dictator. When she returns seven years later she comes across her old lover who is planning to kill that same dictator. Audrey Hepburn's first significant role. Set in London. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus with some wear to the finish and some minor creasing along the edges. Grant UK. Selby UK. Selby US. Spicer UK. Ealing Studios / Lippert Pictures unknown books
1952rif. 160124London: Ealing Studios / Lippert Pictures 1952. Vintage reference photograph from the 1952 film noir. A woman and her younger sister flee London after their father is murdered by a dictator. When she returns seven years later she comes across her old lover who is planning to kill that same dictator. Audrey Hepburn's first significant role. Set in London. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus with some wear to the finish and some minor creasing along the edges. Grant UK. Selby UK. Selby US. Spicer UK. Ealing Studios / Lippert Pictures unknown
rif. ROUGHROOM39KSB133Joyce E. Trade Paperback. Good. Prompt shipment with tracking. we ship in CLEAN SECURE NEW boxes Good Paperback; 4to; 88 pages; Spine head bumped; Tips bumped; Stains on various pages; A few stains on back cover; Prompt shipping with tracking Joyce E paperback
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1969rif. Alibris.0008258University of Papua and New Guinea. 1969. Trade paperback. Good. No dust jacket as issued. Highlighting/underlining. cover and spine creasing owner's name David Lewis and date on half-title page underlining and notes on a few pages. 675 p. Includes: maps bibliography. University of Papua and New Guinea paperback
2008rif. 1-0615241018Second Company Governor's Horse Guard 2008. Hardcover. New. 136 pages. 10.70x8.50x0.50 inches. Second Company Governor's Horse Guard hardcover
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1977rif. 52275Santa Barbara: Black Sparrow Press 1977. First Edition. Limited Issue one of 200 numbered copies specially bound and signed by the author this being copy no.121. Quarto 26cm; pictorial paper-covered boards and red cloth backstrip with title label mounted to spine; publisher's original acetate dustjacket; 1011-244pp. Tiny indentation to upper rear board edge else very Near Fine in a lightly shelfworn Near Fine dustjacket. A slim attractive volume collecting 12 poems several of which first appeared in the pages of The Hudson Review the Nation The New Republic and Poetry Northwest. One of the few volumes of Oates's work published by Black Sparrow for which there was no simultaneous wrappered issue. MORROW & COONEY 284a. Black Sparrow Press unknown books
1977rif. 583279Santa Barbara: Black Sparrow Press 1977. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First edition. Small quarto. Slight rubbing on bottom edge of boards else fine in fine acetate dust jacket. Copy 11 of 60 copies Signed with an original ink drawing by the author. Black Sparrow Press hardcover books
1977rif. 404426Santa Barbara: Black Sparrow Press 1977. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. First edition. Small quarto. Fine in modestly rubbed near fine acetate dustwrapper. Copy number 1 of 3 copies for presentation Signed and with an original ink drawing by the author tipped-in as issued. Black Sparrow Press hardcover books
1977rif. 368306Santa Barbara: Black Sparrow Press 1977. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First edition. Small quarto. Very slightly bowed else about fine in fine acetate dustwrapper. Copy 28 of 60 copies Signed with an original ink drawing by the author. Black Sparrow Press hardcover books
1977rif. 1107Santa Barbara CA: Black Sparrow Press. 1977. Softcover. Fine. The clamshell box has the slightest rubbing at the extremities.; Twelve poems by Joyce Carol Oates some being reprinted from periodicals: A Song on Coming Back from Nothing Last Harvest Ice Age Season of Peril Offspring Skyscape Earth-Rituals Footprints The Buried Self Fever Dream on the Eve of Illness Small Miracles and Rising to Trees. The book design by Barbara Martin. Three folded sheets unopened at the head fore edge trimmed and comprising the pages from Title through the last poem. These are laid loose in a light olive-green wrap of stiff mould made paper. These sheets are genuine printed for Black Sparrow by Mackintosh & Young on cream-colored watermarked laid paper. Paginated 22 2 with 24 pages. These comprise a spurious "proof" copy never produced or issued by Black Sparrow Press. "A small unknown quantity of folded unbound sheets were removed from the printer's trash bin without the knowledge of the publisher and distributed as proof copies." Morrow & Cooney 284. The title page has a large "PROOF" ink stamp and an ink signature I deem fraudulent: "JCOates" in cramped conjoined script that's uncharacteristic of the way Joyce Carol Oates signed. The last page has a large ink stamp of "Black Sparrow Press / P. O. Box 3993 / Santa Barbara CA 93105". Both ink stamps are spurious and not applied by the printer Mackintosh & Young or Black Sparrow Press. In an 11" x 8" custom clamshell box burgundy cloth over boards paper spine label "Joyce / Carol / Oates // Season / of /Peril" at head and "Uncorrected / Proof /device/ Santa Barbara / device1977" in gilt at the tail. No examples found in OCLC. Strange scarce clean and in Fine condition. In a Near Fine clamshell box.; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 24 pages . Black Sparrow Press paperback
1977rif. 1155Santa Barbara CA: Black Sparrow Press. 1977. Limited/Numbered Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. Surfaces of the clear acetate wrappers are scuffed. The colophon leaf is a bit puckered at the gutter.; Twelve poems by Joyce Carol Oates some being reprinted from periodicals. all in a fine press edition: A Song on Coming Back from Nothing Last Harvest Ice Age Season of Peril Offspring Skyscape Earth-Rituals Footprints The Buried Self Fever Dream on the Eve of Illness Small Miracles and Rising to Trees. The book design by Barbara Martin. Printed by Mackintosh & Young on cream-colored watermarked laid paper. The colophon is signed in blue ink by Oates and lettered in red ink Binder's Copy. This is the one unique binder's copy and is from the reserved 21 copies not for sale. Morrow & Cooney 284. Bound in quarter red cloth and red/tan illustrated paper over boards printed in black dark blue green and white. The cover drawing is by Oates. In the publisher's clear acetate wrapper. 4to 10 1/2" x 7 3/8". 24 pp. This unique copy is clean sharp and in Near Fine Condition.; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 24 pages; Signed by Author . Black Sparrow Press hardcover
1977rif. 1105Santa Barbara CA: Black Sparrow Press. 1977. Limited/Numbered Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. Slight splay to boards. Surfaces of the clear acetate wrappers are scuffed.; Twelve poems by Joyce Carol Oates some being reprinted from periodicals. all in a fine press edition: A Song on Coming Back from Nothing Last Harvest Ice Age Season of Peril Offspring Skyscape Earth-Rituals Footprints The Buried Self Fever Dream on the Eve of Illness Small Miracles and Rising to Trees. The book was designed by Barbara Martin. Printed by Mackintosh & Young on cream-colored watermarked laid paper. Inscribed on the title page by Oates: “For Renee and for Ted- / many thanks for your / warm hospitality- / Best wishes / as always- / Joyce / 5/24/78”. No mark of ownership but this copy from the library and estate of poet and critic Theodore Ted Weiss 1916-2003 and wife Reneé Weiss 1924-2021 both serving as the primary editors of the acclaimed Quarterly Review of Literature Magazine QRL for sixty years. QRL presented work by both major and emerging authors: Pound Miller Van Doren Merton Sartre Kafka Montale Cummings et al. The colophon is signed in blue ink by Oates and numbered in red ink 198 of 200. This is an hors commerce copy copies 181 through 200 being from the reserved 21 copies not for sale. Morrow & Cooney 284. Bound in quarter red cloth and red/tan illustrated paper over boards printed in black dark blue green and white. The cover drawing is by Oates. In the publisher's clear acetate wrapper. 4to 10 1/2" x 7 3/8". 24 pp. In clean and Near Fine condition in the publisher's clear acetate jacket.; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 24 pages; Signed by Author . Black Sparrow Press hardcover
1977rif. 583279Santa Barbara: Black Sparrow Press 1977. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First edition. Small quarto. Slight rubbing on bottom edge of boards else fine in fine acetate dust jacket. Copy 11 of 60 copies Signed with an original ink drawing by the author. Black Sparrow Press hardcover
1977rif. 52275Santa Barbara: Black Sparrow Press 1977. First Edition. Limited Issue one of 200 numbered copies specially bound and signed by the author this being copy no.121. Quarto 26cm; pictorial paper-covered boards and red cloth backstrip with title label mounted to spine; publisher's original acetate dustjacket; 1011-244pp. Tiny indentation to upper rear board edge else very Near Fine in a lightly shelfworn Near Fine dustjacket. A slim attractive volume collecting 12 poems several of which first appeared in the pages of The Hudson Review the Nation The New Republic and Poetry Northwest. One of the few volumes of Oates's work published by Black Sparrow for which there was no simultaneous wrappered issue. MORROW & COONEY 284a. Black Sparrow Press unknown
1977rif. 063661Santa Barbara: Black Sparrow Press 1977. Printed paper covered boards with matching patterned red cloth spine in excellent condition clear acetate jacket contents bright 28pp number 5 from a special edition of 60 signed by the author and with an original ink drawing tipped in . Signed By The Author. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Black Sparrow Press Hardcover