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1949rif. 9012102Washington D. C.: Wildlife Management Institute 1949. 1st. Hardcover. Near fine condition. Signed by the author on the half title page. Bound in publisher's original red cloth with the front cover and spine stamped in gilt. The spine is sunned. Wildlife Management Institute hardcover books
1990rif. 9012384Lyon Mississippi: Derrydale Press 1990. Hardcover. Fine Condition. One of 2500 facsimile copies printed by Douglas C. Mauldin. Derrydale Press hardcover books
1990rif. 9012383Lyon Mississippi: Derrydale Press 1990. Hardcover. Fine Condition. One of 2500 facsimile copies printed by Douglas C. Mauldin. Derrydale Press hardcover books
1970rif. 9012325Harrisburg PA: Stackpole Books 1970. 1st. Hardcover. Book fine Dust jacket fine. Bound in publisher's original blue cloth. Gift inscription in ink on the front free endpaper. The dust jacket has minor chips and closed tears to the extremities. Stackpole Books hardcover books
1980rif. 9010600New York: Harper & Row 1980. 1st. Hardcover. Book fine Dust jacket fine. The dust jacket has minor chips to the head of the spine. Harper & Row hardcover books
1929rif. 9007578Paris: Fortune Press 1929. Hardcover. Near fine condition. One of 1200 numbered copies. Bound in quarter blue cloth and marbled boards with the spine stamped in gilt. Tears to the corners. Uncut. Fortune Press hardcover books
1978rif. 9007625New York: Atheneum 1978. 1st. Hardcover. Book fine Dust jacket fine. Atheneum hardcover books
1981rif. 9007675West Branch Iowa: Toothpaste Press 1981. Hardcover. Fine Condition. One of 50 copies signed by the author and the artist. Hand-bound in green cloth by Constance Sayre at the Black Oak Bindery with an illustration on paper of a Mercury automobile's grill pasted onto the front cover. Toothpaste Press hardcover books
1954rif. UJENTEE00ajsScott Foresman and Company 1954. Very Good. Jenkins Gladys Gardner. Teen-Agers: A Health and Personal Development Text for all Teen-Agers With Special Interest for 14 15 and 16 Year-Olds. Bauer W.W.; Schacter Helen S.; Moran illustrator Connie; Ryan medical drawings Arnold; Destro medical drawings Jane. San Francisco: Scott Foresman and Company 1954. 288pp. Indexed. Illustrated. Bibliography. 8vo. Green cloth. Book condition: Very good with rubbed edges. Publisher bookplate on front paste down. Library stamp on front free endsheet and title page. Former owners name in ink on front free endsheet. Date stamps on rear free endsheet. Color and black & white illustrations throughout. Four double-sided illustrated anatomy transparencies. Two short tears in the last trasparency. Scott, Foresman and Company hardcover books
1924rif. 25021001London and Oxford: Ernest Benn Limited and Basil Blackwell printed by the Shakespeare Head Press Stratford-upon-Avon 1924. First and Limited Edition. Hardcover. Very good /fair. One of 500 copies large quarto size 60 pp. and 60 plates with original dust jacket and prospectus. Ernest William Gimson 1864-1919 is know as one of the greatest of the English architect-designers. "Today his reputation is securely established as one of the most influential designers of the English Arts and Crafts movement in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries" n.b. info and quote from Wiki. As with William Morris Gimson believed in working with his hands and making things that fit their purpose with beauty striving for a merger of the practical and the aesthetic. He obhorred things made by machine; doing one's work well as best as one could by hand was the lodestar of his life. Morris and Gimson became friends and Gimson designed a cottage for May Morris at Kelmscott. This work is a fitting tribute with opening essays by his friends two of whom provided line drawings to accompany the essays and sixty collotype plates printed by Emery Walker. This particular volume has an interesting association with the Ex-Libris of Rainforth Armitage Walker 1886-1960 based on a chapter heading illustration by Aubrey Beardsley in "Le Morte D'arthur". Per Mark Samuels Lasner in "The Bookplates of Aubrey Beardsley" p. 95 this Ex-Libris was not designed as an original bookplate by Beardsley only three of these are known but Walker had this Beardsley illustration printed as his Ex-Libris by Hugh Dent the printer of "Le Morte D'arthur". Walker was a an early fan and collector of the works of Beardsley and authored several books on the artist and his works. The subscriber list at the back of the book lists an "R.G. Walker" with an address in Bedford Park with the "G." crossed out in pencil; Rainforth Armitage Walker did live in Bedford so it is entirely possible the middle initial was a typo and it is in fact his name in the subscriber list. To add interest to this volume we have the original prospectus which as of this writing no other copies online have and the dust jacket see condition statement below as well as both the Errata slip and the spare paper spine label see description below. A prior owner perhaps R.A. Walker pasted into the book two reviews: the first from The Times Literary Supplement dated 17 April 1924 and the second from The London Mercury dated May 1924. ___DESCRIPTION: Bound in quarter natural linen with paper spine label fore- and bottom edges uncut the Ex-Libris of R.A. Walker on the front pastedown the title page with one of the eight in-text line drawings see p. 9 "The Cottage at Sapperton: South Side" the limitation statement on the verso of the title page this copy no. 21 of 500 the Errata slip bound in between the limitation page and the Contents the three essays followed by the section of collotype plates "made from drawings by Ernest Gimson and photographs of his completed work" p. 35 following the plates is a "List of the Original Subscribers" which include among many others C.H. St J. Hornby W.R. Lethaby May Morris B.H. Newdigate A.R. Powys and Emery Walker tipped onto the rear pastedown is the spare spine label; Caslon type on Batchelor's Kelmscott Hand-made paper large quarto size the binding measures 12" by 8 3/4" pagination: i-iv v-vii 1 blank 1-46 1 blank 60 plates printed on rectos only i-v List of Subscribers. The prospectus consists of a single leaf 11 3/8" by 8 1/2" on one side is a mirror of the title page with a short announcement above "Ready in March. and the other side with standard prospectus information including at the bottom a short section which could be used to order the book. The dust jacket is quite simple the front panel with just the book's title and "Four guineas net" at the bottom the spine again with just the book's title and the back panel with the press device of the Shakespeare Head Press. ___CONDITION: Volume better than very good the boards clean although showing some offsetting from the binding glue the linen on the sides clean a strong square text block with solid hinges the interior bright and clean other than a few very light stray marks and collated complete; the corners bumped with minimal rubbing the spine discoloured foxing to the top edge of the text block toning to the uncut fore- and bottom edges offsetting to the endpapers the two contemporary reviews tipped onto the front free endpaper with toning and the flyleaf the gift inscription also on the front free endpaper see Provenance below. The prospectus also a bit better than very good with no markings and relatively little edgewear but with some unintended creases and toning. The dust jacket is fair only the spine portion missing large pieces and showing old damp-stains as well as sunning the rest of the jacket with overall edgewear. Even with the jacket's issues this volume still special due to its completeness including the prospectus and provenance. ___PROVENANCE: In addition to this volume being owned by Rainforth Armitage Walker see details above it was also owned at one time by Joy Rodney Marsh 1914-2002 and her husband Millar J.C. White he "a well-known Berkeley resident and homebuilder" n.b. info and quote from Joy's obit in SF Gate online. This per a gift inscription on the front free endpaper dated September 20 1948 - the year is difficult to read which reads thus: "To Joy and Millar / In appreciation of their great kindness upon our visit to Piedmont / Wishing them every happiness / Recine and Ogar ". ___CITATION: Ransom Shakespeare Head Press no. 31 p. 12. ___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. Ernest Benn Limited and Basil Blackwell (printed by the Shakespeare Head Press, Stratford-upon-Avon) hardcover books
1933rif. 37602San Francisco: Grabhorn Press 1933. Hardcover. Very Good. Hardcover. One of 500 copies. Number 7 of the Rare Americana Series of the Press. A handsome edition of this interesting account of Cheyenne Dawson's overland trips to California and Texas in the mid-19th century. The editor thanks the Dawson family for giving their permission to reprint this narrative. The editor also thanks Doctor Charles Camp for his valuable introduction and notes and Avilla Parker for her several colored drawings. Bound in original brown cloth backed pictorial boards with a cream cloth spine with title label. Some offsetting to free endpapers and closed tear to the rear flap of the plain paper wraps. Otherwise very good condition. Measures 6.5 x 10 inches.10 100 8 pages. Howes D-159 PRI/111124. Grabhorn Press hardcover books
1953rif. 36499Frankfurt am Main: Der Goldene Brunnen 1953. Hardcover. Very Good. Hardcover. A collection of poetry in German by several different authors including Edgar Allan Poe François Villon and more. Printed using Antiqua typeface from the Bremer Presse. Bound in brown paper covered boards with gilt initals R.A.S. Rudolph Alexander Schröder to front board. Uneven sunning to spine and boards. Clean interior. Thin Quarto. In German. 20 pages. PRI/032723. Der Goldene Brunnen hardcover books
1948rif. RTAYAFR00LAWThomas G. Samworth 1948. Very Good. Taylor Pondoro John. African Rifles & Cartridges: The Experiences and Opinions of a Professional Ivory Hunter with some Thirty Years of Continuous Living in the African Bush. Smith drawings E. Stanley. Georgetown South Carolina: Thomas G. Samworth 1948. 1st edition. 431pp. Indexed. Illustrated. 8vo. Sage cloth with gilt lettering. Book condition: Very good with subtly rubbed corners and small stain on front cover. Two former owners' names on front pastedown. Light unobtrusive soiling on a couple of pages. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair with chipped edges and subtle soiling and having several short closed tears with tape repairs. Soft creasing in front panel. In dust jacket protector. Thomas G. Samworth hardcover books
1884rif. 21530Paris: Bibliotheque Artistique; Librairie des Bibliophiles 1884. Hardcover. Very Good. Hardcover. Originally published in 1863 this sword play filled novel was later adapted into several films and theatrical versions. Very good in contemporary leather backed marbled paper covered boards with matching marbled end pages. Gilt titles and raised bands to spines. Light rubbing to bands and edges of leather on all volumes. Bumping to edges of front board of volume three. Original wrappers are bound in. Includes several etchings. Clean tight interiors with occasional spots of foxing. 270 pages; 294 pages; 293 pages. FRE/041409. Bibliotheque Artistique; Librairie des Bibliophiles hardcover books
1939rif. 14597Mexico City 1939. Cloth. Near Fine. Handsome 1939 portfolio of 13 leading Mexican painters of the 20th century. #177 of only 400 copies issued. Loose as issued cream-colored signatures contained within a folding gray-cloth chemise. Just a touch of soiling at the half-title otherwise very clean. Introductory text "The New School of Painting in Mexico" by Jose Gorostiza translated into English by Pablo Martinez Del Campo. Skillful line-drawn portraits of each artist by Carlos Orozco Romero. unknown books
1965rif. 604497Racine Wisconsin: Whitman 1965. Softcover. Near Fine. Authorized edition. Quarto. 128pp. Pictorial wrappers. Pages lightly toned with a few tiny nicks at the bottom margins of a few leaves uneven sunning on rear wrap near fine. Pages are unmarked. Whitman unknown books
1991rif. 573393New York: Random House in Association with the American Friends of AIDS Crisis Trust 1991. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. First edition. Edited by Stephen Spender. Quarto. 92pp. Boards slightly bowed thus near fine in a lightly worn near fine dust jacket. 100% of the original proceeds for the book went to the American Friends of AIDS Crisis Trust. Random House in Association with the American Friends of AIDS Crisis Trust hardcover books
1929rif. 562828Philadelphia: David McKay Company 1929. Hardcover. Very Good. First edition. Quarto. 70 2pp. Illustrated. Blue cloth gilt with applied illustration and spine title. Bookplate front fly spine label chipped overall modest wear near very good. David McKay Company hardcover books
1981rif. 17425New York: Alfred A. Knopf 1981. Hardcover. xii 297p. thirteenth printing fair condition in soiled black cloth boards and unclipped sunned spine dj. Alfred A. Knopf hardcover books
1935rif. 414879New York: Jos. S. Finch & Co 1935. Softcover. Good. 12mo. 21pp. Stapled illustrated wrappers. Ink name and address modest chip and small stains on the front wrap good plus. Nicely illustrated by Held in his inimitable style throughout. Issued by a Schenley Company affiliate. OCLC locates only two copies over two records only one with this imprint. Jos. S. Finch & Co unknown books
1979rif. 411143London: Coracle Press 1979. Softcover. Fine/Fine. First edition. 24mo. 21pp. Approximate measurements: 6" x 4 1/4". Sewn brown wrappers fine in a fine pea green dustwrapper. This is number 160 out of 600 numbered copies. Coracle Press unknown books
1985rif. 385107Dublin NH: William L. Bauhan Publisher 1985. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. First edition. Fine in a very good price clipped and lightly edgeworn dustwrapper with some light brown spotting back cover and flaps. Signed by both the author and artist on half title page. Book order form slip laid in. William L. Bauhan, Publisher hardcover books
1964rif. 377490Elizabeth Stanton Anderson 1964. Softcover. Near Fine. First edition. Oblong quarto. 40pp. Stapled wrappers. Foreword by Alexander Crosby Brown. Near fine with faint fading along the edges. Elizabeth Stanton Anderson unknown books
1916rif. 82893Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin Co 1916. Hardcover. Very Good. First edition. Original quarter cloth and illustrated papercovered boards as issued. Small clipping affixed to the front pastedown dampstain on the rear board and the word "almanac" inked on the unprinted spine an about very good copy without dust jacket. Houghton Mifflin Co hardcover books
1981rif. 72052New York: Alfred A. Knopf 1981. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. SIGNED. 625pp. Large octavo 24 cm Yellow spine and boards. Publisher's yellow topstain. Illustrated endpapers. Moisture stain on top edge of text block measuring 1" in diameter. Faded spine has a small indented area to the surface and the spine ends are bumped. In the dust jacket with sunning to the spine and gentle surface and edge wear. With 1000 recipes reflecting all of Beard's years of cooking. American chef James Beard 1903-1985 championed regional cooking and was a pioneer of television cooking shows. Signed by James Beard on the half title. Alfred A. Knopf hardcover books
