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2000Best.-Nr. CNJL2133Newtown Pennsylvania: Bird & Bull Press 2000. Limited Edition. Folio. Fine. Bates Wesley W. First printing limited to 150 copies 14 pp. Wesley W. Bates b. 1952 is an artist whose work is held in private collections in Canada the United States England Ireland Australia Spain Japan and China. Known as one of Canada's most accomplished wood engravers Bates has since ventured into book illustration. William Morris of Bird & Bull when planning for the book "The Foresters" a poem descriptive of a 1300 mile trek from philadelphia to niagara falls in 1804 had originally intended for Gaylord Schenilac to provide the engravings; however he was so pleased with Bates' work that he obtained permission to print and offer them as an independent set n.b. from Wesley Bates' online CV and Biodiversity Heritage library. Scarce: as of this writing there are no other sets nor any copy of the book itself published in an edition of only 150 copies available online. ___DESCRIPTION: Thirteen complete wood engravings plus engraved title sheet encased in a plain paper wallet; sheets measure 8 1/2" x 11" images range in length from 6 1/2" x 4 1/2" to 7" x 4" including caption/title issued in an edition of 150 copies unnumbered. ___CONDITION: Leaves are fine overall clean and without noticeable wear; the versos of plates show very minor offsetting from etching behind which is not visible on rectos minor unintended crease on single plate minor sunning and edgewear on paper wallet. ___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. Bird & Bull Press unknown books
1994Best.-Nr. 132188Erin ON Canada: The Porcupine's Quill 1994. stiff paper wrappers. Porcupine's Quill. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. unpaginated. Introduction by William Rueter. Illustrations including bookplates by the author. Biographical sketch and portrait of Bates follows text. The Porcupine's Quill unknown books
2004Best.-Nr. 71979Monterey Kentucky: Larkspur Press 2004. Limited edition. Broadside. Fine. SIGNED. Broadside 18 cm x 31 cm / 7" x 12.25". Housed in the publisher's gray folding envelope printed with the title "The Kentucky River at Lanes Landing." Signed dated and hand-numbered "59/100" by the artist Wesley Bates. The poet novelist and environmentalist Wendell Berry lives in Port Royal Kentucky where he has maintained a farm for over 40 years. Berry is known for his mistrust of technology and his deep reverence for the land. He is a staunch defender of agrarian values. "Wesley Bates studied painting and printmaking at Mount Allison University in Sackville New Brunswick. He works full time as a printmaker and letterpress printer under his own imprint at West Meadow Press in Clifford Ontario. His wood engraved prints have been exhibited widely and are held in public and private collections in Canada the United States England Ireland Australia Spain Japan and China." from the artist's website. Larkspur Press unknown books
2005Best.-Nr. 166194McFarland 2005. First Edition. First Edition a trade softcover original. As New. Fine condition. McFarland unknown books
1970Best.-Nr. 85765Berkeley: Arif 1970. First edition. 8 pp. Fine in sewn wrappers. One of 60 numbered copies. A collage poem. Berkeley: Arif, unknown books
1998Best.-Nr. 65134Boston: Godine 1998. First edition. Trade paperback original. Signed by Author Wesley McNair on the title page. This is the sixth collection of the Maine poet laureate. Fine. Godine unknown books
2006Best.-Nr. 65281Jaffrey NH: Godine 2006. First edition. Trade paper original. Signed on the title page with full signature by the poet Wesley McNair. Fine condition. 92 pages. Godine unknown books
1949Best.-Nr. 010365New York: Novel Library 1949. 1st Paperback Edition Thus. Soft cover. Fine. Vintage Paperback Novel Library #15. Beautiful Unread First Paperback Printing No month 1949. No Cover Price Square tight and clean throughout with little or no toning. A touch of rubbing to spine ends but quite minor. Fresh and bright with no chipping creases or tears. Remarkably well-preserved. A gorgeous collectable copy and quite scarce in this condition. Novel Library unknown books
1844Best.-Nr. 008615New York: G. Lane & C. B. Tippett / J. Collord Printer 1844. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 3 1/4" x 2 1/8". Nearly miniature hymnal 3 1/4" h x 2 1/8" w. Embossed calf with gilt title at spine. Very Good soiling and staining to end papers early owner names and inscriptions front and rear end pages. Internally clean a few pages with corner creases. 623 pages. G. Lane & C. B. Tippett / J. Collord, Printer Hardcover books
1983Best.-Nr. 000965Boston: Little Brown & Co 1983. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 4to. 216pp. Beautiful Stated First Edition bound in brown cloth with titles stamped in gilt on spine. Square tight and clean throughout with little or no wear. A touch of bumping to the crown but minor. Equally attractive unclipped dust-jacket $29.95is fresh and bright with no chipping creases or tears. Inscribed by the author on the front endpaper "February 23. 1990. For my friend Lewis all best wishes WES W. Wesley Marans". A gorgeous collectable copy. Little, Brown & Co hardcover books
1952Best.-Nr. 21275Warrenton VA: The Virginia Horsemen's Association 1952. First Edition. Map. Printed in brown ink on textured ivory paper 22" x 27-3/4" ca 56cm x 71cm. Map size within neat-lines 14" x 25" decorated with insets of horses and riders by Wesley Dennis. Legend identifying farms by breeder farm name map location and county occupies lower third of sheet. Few tiny edge-nicks else a fine unmarked unsoiled copy never folded. An uncommon Wesley Dennis item. The Virginia Horsemen's Association unknown books
1990Best.-Nr. 49798NY & Los Angeles: Vantage Press 1990. First edition. 261 pp. Fine in very near fine dust jacket. Review slip laid in. Three short novels. NY & Los Angeles: Vantage Press unknown books
1939Best.-Nr. 002247No Place: Journal of Negro Education 1939. Book. Near Fine. Printed Wrappers. Reprint. Issued as an offprint of the Journal of Negro Education July 1939. 16 pages in stapled blue stiff wrappers. Near Fine slight corner crease top corner. Journal of Negro Education Paperback books
1934Best.-Nr. TB22548Salem Mass.: Marine Research Society 1934. First Edition. First printing Very good in blue pebbled cloth covered boards with gilt text and rules on the spine. There is a prior owner's book plate on the first free end page and the cloth on the spine is a bit faded with the head and heel rubbed and very slightly worn. Without a dust jacket. 323 pages including an index and illustrated with line drawings and black and white photographs. One of the volumes in the series of publications by the Marine Research Society. Per Albion this title is a "Good firsthand description of methods." Albion p. 207 Marine Research Society hardcover books
1972Best.-Nr. 5301Berkeley: Arif Press 1972. First edition. 4 pp. Fine in sewn wrappers with pasted-on cover label. One of 200 copies. A single poem. Berkeley: Arif Press, unknown books
2000Best.-Nr. 13901Seattle: University of Washington Press 2000. First edition. Fine in fine dust jacket. Essays on Northwest U.S. artists painters and musicians including Mark Tobey Morris Graves Theodore Roethke Elizabeth Bishop Ernest Bloch etc. Seattle: University of Washington Press, unknown books
1908Best.-Nr. 1364859Berkeley: The University Press 1908. First Edition. Hardcover. Large octavo; xv 627 pages; VG; full black publisher's cloth binding with silver titling to spine; mild shelfwear to covers; some foxing to the head of textblock all edges deckled; all 12 fold-out graphs present and intact; shelved case 5. Wesley Clair Mitchell 1874-1948 was an American economist best known for founding the New School for Social Research in 1919 and the National Bureau of Economic Research in 1920 the latter of which he served as director of until 1945. "Gold Prices and Wages under the Greenback Standard" is the follow-up to his thesis "A History of the Greenbacks." After completing his PhD at the University of Chicago he taught there then at the University of California Berkeley Harvard and Columbia. He served in a number of influential positions including as president of the American Economic Association. His wife Lucy Sprague Mitchell founded the Bank Street College of Education. 1364859. Shelved Dupont Bookstore. The University Press hardcover books
1978Best.-Nr. 628374New York: Random House 1978. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. First edition. Small octavo. 169pp. Spine gilt dull and a thin line of sunning at the topedge near fine in near fine dust jacket spine sunned and hint of wear at the crown. Inscribed by historian Graham Hodges: "To Graham with thanks for your interest in support. Wesley 10/23/81." Laid in is an envelope addressed to Hodges in Wesley hand that contains a flyer for a reading of his play Boogie Woogie and Booker T held at The New Federal Theatre in New York City in May 1984. A nice signed copy of the author's first novel with an uncommon flyer for a reading. Random House hardcover books
1990Best.-Nr. 168504N.p.: N.p. 1990. Four vintage color transparencies from the 1990 film. Spike Lee's fourth feature film written on the set of "Do the Right Thing" 1989 about a talented jazz trumpeter whose selfishness leads to a decline in his professional and personal relationships. Shot on location throughout New York. 5 x 4 inches. About Fine. N.p. unknown books
1998Best.-Nr. 253374Los Angeles: A" List Pub 1998. Magazine. 80p. 8.5x11 inches color photos nudes articles reviews events fashion literary criticism very good glossy gay entertainment and fashion magazine in pictorial wraps. Men of Miami The Hispanic Male Trophy Boys & Sugar Daddies. A review of Gordon Merrick oeuvre. Began publication in May of 1998 and issued bi-monthly. A" List Pub unknown books
1875Best.-Nr. 18600Washington: Government Printing Office 1875. First Edition. Quarter Leather. Near fine. The first edition of Exploration Of The Colorado River Of The West And Its Tributaries published in 1875. Quarto xi 1 291pp 5. Contemporary three-quarter olive morocco raised bands title stamped in gilt over a red morocco label. Maroon cloth boards. Complete with 80 wood engraved views on 72 individual plates. Includes the two fold-out maps at the rear. New endpapers. Bumped fore-edge with a closed tear from p. 240-248 no impact to text. Clean text throughout solid text block. Sabin 64753 Howes P528 Graff 3336 A near fine example. John Wesley Powell 1834-1902 was an American explorer Civil War veteran scientist and public intellectual best known for leading the first successful expeditions through the Colorado River and the Grand Canyon in 1869 and 1871-72. Having lost his right arm at the Battle of Shiloh Powell became a symbol of postwar scientific exploration combining firsthand fieldwork with rigorous analysis of the American West. As second director of the U.S. Geological Survey and longtime head of the Bureau of American Ethnology he argued that western settlement should be planned around watersheds and water availability rather than arbitrary political boundaries. Government Printing Office unknown books
1940Best.-Nr. 148993Culver City CA: Columbia Pictures 1940. Vintage borderless reference photograph from the 1940 film showing actors Harry Davenport Melvyn Douglas and Jean Arthur. Based on W. Somerset Maugham's 1919 play which was in turn based on his 1864 poem "Enoch Arden." A man declared dead after disappearing in a boating accident returns home several months later only to find his wife married to his best friend. 8.75 x 7.75 inches. Very Good plus overall with light adhesive residue to the verso. Columbia Pictures unknown books
1875Best.-Nr. 71484Washington D.C.: Government Printing Office 1875. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good . 291pp. Quarto 29.5 cm Dark green cloth over boards. With map has a couple of minor fold splits and profile in an envelope at the rear. Both in near pristine condition. Light scratching and scuffing to the monograph's boards. Multiple small faint spots on backstrip. Darkening to p. 180 and the plate opposite. Text block cracked at p. 185 but book remains very sturdy. Complete. In better than very good condition. Powell's 1869 exploration was the first documented expedition to successfully navigate the perilous rapids of the Colorado River through the uncharted Grand Canyon. The expedition set off in 1869 with ten men and four boats under the direction of one-armed American explorer and Civil War veteran John Wesley Powell 1834-1902. After three months and nearly 1000 miles only five of the original party emerged from the depths of the canyon. Their historic journey mapped the last wild untamed river of the American West and named the last unknown regions of American geography. The Henry Mountains and the Dirty Devil River were until the Powell expedition the last nameless mountain range and river in the continental U.S. Carl Wheat writes in "Mapping the Transmississippi West 1850-1861" "As a narrative of adventure this book of 1875 is one of the most justly celebrated documents in the literature of exploration." In recognition of Powell's contributions to American exploration geology and ethnology he was appointed the first director of the U.S. Bureau of Ethnology of the Smithsonian Institution. He also served as director of the U.S. Geological Survey from 1881 to 1894. Powell Plateau a butte in Grand Canyon National Park is named after him as is Lake Powell. Howes P525. Farquhar 42a. Wheat 1261. Graff 3336. Sabin 64753. Government Printing Office hardcover books
1954Best.-Nr. 1416660Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company 1954. Hardcover. Octavo xxiii 438 pages. In Good condition with a Fair dust jacket. Spine is brown with tan print illustration. Dust jacket in mylar; edgewear with tears at spine ends and flap corners shelf wear. Boards in brown cloth gold print; light wear to spine caps and corners. Text block has light damp stain to fore edge. Illustrated: frontispiece large folded panoramic drawing maps drawings photographs. NOTE: Shelved in Netdesk Column K ND-K. 1416660. FP New Rockville Stock. Houghton Mifflin Company hardcover books
1974Best.-Nr. 124124Provo Utah: Brigham Young University Press 1974. Hardcover. VG / poorDJ. worn and discolored ripped etc. including a few chips and tears at extremities. Oblong quarto. Hardcover. Goldenrod cloth; Brown leather at spine; Off-white illus. dj.; 237 pp.; 32 color plates; 83 bw figures. An in-depth look at the life and work of American painter Maynard Dixon; Includes letters written to him from Frederic Remington. Brigham Young University Press hardcover books
