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1892rif. 126521London: Privately published 1892. UK Limited Edition. Octavo two volumes. One of 520 numbered copies this being No. 144 printed for England and America. Publisher's navy cloth paper spine title labels gilt top page edges all other edges deckle. With a portrait and eight etchings all present by Charles Edouard de Beaumont and two illuminated Persian designs. Montesquieu 1689-1755 was a French political thinker and philosopher as well as a social commentator during the Enlightenment. His theories of separation of powers feudalism and his perspective on the Byzantine Empire have established his role as precursor for many fields of social anthropology including slavery reformation. These volumes comprise an excellent early example of an epistolary novel. Each volume with light foxing throughout two Honduran postage stamps on the front pastedowns a few contemporary owner ink stamps and small blindstamps on some of the preliminary and rear pages a two small chips at one of the paper spine labels with light shelfwear overall else Near Fine. Privately published unknown books
1970rif. 41932New York: Associated American Artists 1970. First Edition. Limited Issue one of 150 numbered copies printed on Rives paper and signed by the artist this being copy no.137. Loose signatures each consisting of a poem facing a numbered and signed etching by the artist all housed in a letterpress printed card chemise and gray linen slipcase. Contents Fine; slipcase showing some light wear and a few tiny scuffs and stains; Near Fine. Elegant fine press production of these seven poems originally published between 1916-1956 and presented here with masterful etchings by Gregory Masurovsky. Associated American Artists unknown books
1925rif. 9013300Paris: Le Groupy 1925. paperback. Very good condition. One of 575 numbered soft cover copies loose bound with an original etching on the front cover stamped in black and red. Chips and closed tears to the extremities of the wrapper. Interior is clean. Le Groupy paperback books
1927rif. 21012501New York: The Bennett Libraries Inc 1927. Limited Edition. Leather bound. Near Fine. Tice Clara. No. 89 of 250 special copies octavo size 189 pp. Clara Tice 1888-1973 avante-garde illustrator and artist spent most of her life in New York City; due to her provocative art she was seen as representative of bohemian Greenwich Village. Her fame actually increased when the Society for the Suppression of Vice remember this was 1915 tried to confiscate her art; this naturally drew more attention to her art which was thereafter published in works such as Vanity Fair. Looking at the etchings in this book might cause comment even today; they lavishly celebrate the feminine figure and are rampant with sexual innuendo. This one of the 250 special edition copies bound in full morocco by Whitman Bennett N.Y. and printed on special deckle-edge Pannekoek paper. The text according to the title page an exact copy of the "Earliest English Text Printed in Holland by Joh. Enschede en Zonen". ___DESCRIPTION: Red leather binding by Whitman Bennett N.Y. with their stamp on the verso of the front free endpaper with two female seated nudes depicted in gilt on the front corners four raised bands on the spine gilt rules decorations and lettering on the spine with "Special Issue" at the tail top edge gilt other edges uncut gilt rules on the turn-ins decorative endpapers limitation statement on the verso of the half-title page two separate title pages for each Part in red and black Part II title page being on page 121 of the book with ten full-colour etchings by Tice each etching with its tissue guard Table of Contents at the end; octavo size 9 1/8" by 6 1/4" pagination: 1-182 Table of Contents 183-189; limited edition this no. 89 of 250 special copies total edition 1000. ___CONDITION: Near fine; the leather binding smooth and supple a strong square text block with solid hinges the text pages clean and bright all of the etchings with their tissue guards present and the book is entirely free of prior owner markings; we are grading near fine due to a few very light marks to the leather on the back board a few pages roughly opened one leaf with a short closed fore-edge tear pp. 173-174 and the black ink on the etchings has powdered slightly; still a near fine example of Tice's outstanding nudes. ___POSTAGE: International customers please note that additional postage may apply as the standard does not always cover costs; please contact us 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 Bennett Libraries Inc unknown books
2000rif. CNJL795Baltimore Maryland: Dolphin Press / Maryland Institute College of Art 2000. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Fine. Lorenz Hilary. No. 7 of 40 copies of the deluxe edition total edition 100 elephant folio size 40 pp. signed by Albert Mobilio and Hilary Lorenz. "The Handbook of Phrenology" is a collaboration between artist Hilary Lorenz an artist and printmaker whose work has been exhibited throughout the United States Europe and Asia and the co-founder of the Dolphin Press and writer Albert Mobilio a poet and literary critic whose work has appeared in The Village Voice Harper's Fortune and The New York Times Book Review n. b. artist bios from the book. The book is a collection of five prose fiction pieces that revolved around the nineteenth-century science of phrenology or "the reading of one's head shape to determine personality" n. b. from website of Hilary Lorenz and is a provocative examination of what is now recognised as a pseudoscience. ___DESCRIPTION: Full black Japanese Asahi cloth gilt vignette and lettering on the front board hand-marbled paste-down endpapers hand-sewn binding six etchings interspersed throughout the text both etchings and text printed on the rectos only; Dante monotype on Rives Heavyweight elephant folio in size 16" by 13.5" unpaginated with 20 leaves excluding front and back blank leaves per the colophon page a limited edition of 100 copies this being number 7 per the web site for Hilary Lorenz numbers 10-100 were for sale signed by Albert Mobilio and Hilary Lorenz on the colophon. The slipcase is covered in matching cloth gilt vignette and lettering on the front which mirrors the book lined with maroon paper. With a sheet with a description of the book serving as the prospectus one sheet printed on one side. ___CONDITION: Volume is fine with a strong square text block solid hinges perfectly straight corners with no rubbing the interior is clean and bright and it is entirely free of prior owner markings - crisp as new. Slipcase is also fine strong and sturdy clean without wear. The prospectus sheet is near fine clean with very light toning to the edges and light wear to the corners else fine. ___POSTAGE: Please note that this is an oversize book and additional postage may apply as the standard does not always cover costs; please contact us 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. Dolphin Press / Maryland Institute, College of Art hardcover books
1819rif. 001587London: J. Bumpus 1819. Very Good. 8vo. xvii 384 pp. With nine of ten hand colored aquatint plates. Since there is no evidence in the form of offsetting of the missing plate it may never have been bound into this particular copy. Notwithstanding its omission the scarcity of this work of English caricature and illustration from Regency England make this a desirable copy. Prideaux 348. Small repair to the top of one plate a tiny chip on another and and a few text pages with a repair. Heavy offsetting onto text pages of plates. Otherwise internally quite clean. Attractively bound in three quarter red morocco. J. Bumpus unknown books
1884rif. D11324London: J. C. Nimmo and Bain 1884. Hardcover. Very Good. Contemporary full morocco ornately gilt-stamped on boards and spine a.e.g.; 4to; pp. viii 304 plus frontispiece and 24 plates. Translated from the French. Spine and edges of boards scuffed and lightly bumped; small chip at fore-edge of upper board. Small ink scribble in margin of p. 3; some foxing here and there but overall internally nice and clean. A lavish production. J. C. Nimmo and Bain hardcover books
1927rif. D10945Paris: Editions d'Art de l'Intermediaire du Bibliophile 1927. Limited Edition. Paperback. Very Good. Printed wraps with aquatint vignette on front cover; folio 286 x 380 mm; contains 12 loose color etchings of prostitutes of Marseille each one signed in the plate and numbered in the lower margin. Number 47 from a limited edition of 100 copies on Rives paper. Glassine and tissue-guards wrinkled chipped and torn; portfolio lightly rubbed and wrinkled along the edges. Auction records suggest that this copy may be missing a slipcase box or "board portfolio" -- difficult to say. Nonetheless contents are fine suitable for display. A lovely item. Editions d'Art de l'Intermediaire du Bibliophile paperback books
1884rif. 1336945New York: J. W. Bouton 1884. New and Complete Edition. Hardcover. Octavo xvi 516 pages; VG-; bound in three quarter brown calf spine rebacked in matching calf paneled spine with gilt titling; some rubbing and wear to binding including scrapes to spine primarily to ridges; top edge gilt; marbled endpapers; frontispiece offset onto title page; lacking ads in rear; shelved case 12. The Laulauze illustrations were first published in the 1879 French edition.; For this edition 500 sheets were printed 300 for the UK and 200 for the US.;. 1336945. Shelved Dupont Bookstore. J. W. Bouton hardcover books
1923rif. 1315451Berlin: Euphorian Verlag 1923. Limited Edition #52/100. Hardcover. Folio unpaginated; G; bound in publisher's vellum blue lettering on cover and spine; mild soiling to boards moderate bowing; interior clean; Binding signed by Euphorion Einband in Berlin on rear pastedown; slight offsetting to front endpapers from vellum; text in German; shelved case 11. One of 100 copies with each etching signed by the artist of which this is number 52. Collection of 21 poems on Italy by Hermann Hesse splendidly illustrated throughout with 20 etchings by Hermann Struck. Each etching is signed in pencil by Struck.;. 1315451. Shelved Dupont Bookstore. Euphorian Verlag hardcover books
1934rif. 1332280Oxford: The Limited Editions Club 1934. 1158/1500. Hardcover. Octavo; pp 423; G; dark reddish orange spine with black text to paper label; no jacket; limited numbered copies; this is no. 1158 of 1500; patterned slipcase; slipcase exterior slightly sunned; some chipping to edges; panels intact; cloth wrapped in patterned paper; exterior housed in HB sleeve; sleeve partially detached at joints; some wear to sleeve exterior; mildly rubbed edges; wrapper has paper label to front; some wear to edges; sturdy boards; text block has light foxing to exterior edges; endpapers modestly foxed; mild foxing toward interior edges; deckled edges; bookplate to ffep; good binding; illustrated; signed by illustrator. 1332280. FP New Rockville Stock. The Limited Editions Club hardcover books
1981rif. 230672Langlois OR: Diaspora Distribution 1981. Paperback. 61p. very good limited hand-printed paperback of 550 copies this copy personally inscribed and signed as Elana by the author on front endpaper red wraps decorated in silver. Poetry "for lesbians only Diaspora Distribution paperback books
1970rif. 232973Santa Fe: Ancient City Press 1970. Paperback. 46p.5.5x8.5 inches preface introduction map illustrations selected bibliography very good first printing booklet in stapled pictorial wraps. Ancient City Press paperback books
1982rif. 203823New York: Art Direction Book Co 1982. Hardcover. xiv 96p. illustrations personal inscription to poet/activist George Oppen signed by Haberman light foxing on covers and slightly heavier foxing on jacket otherwise a very good first edition in cloth and unclipped dj. George Oppen the inscribee was a poet who was influential in getting Ezra Pound and William Carlos Williams published. He was also a member of the Communist Party USA was wounded at the Battle of the Bulge fled the US to Mexico in the 1950s to avoid being called before HUAC and upon his return to California won the Pulitzer Prize in 1969. He died in 1984. Art Direction Book Co hardcover books
1984rif. 156031Lewiston ID: Blue Moon and Confluence Press 1984. Paperback. 119p. frontis illustration illustrated with drawings gift inscription otherwise very good first trade paper edition in pictorial wraps. 1984 Western States Book Award winner in short fiction. Blue Moon and Confluence Press paperback books
1970rif. 22784Santa Fe: Ancient City Press 1970. Paperback. 46p.5.5x8.5 inches preface introduction map illustrations selected bibliography very good booklet in stapled pictorial wraps. Ancient City Press paperback books
1883rif. 174158Paris: E. Plon et Cie imprimeurs-editeurs 1883. Leather bound. VG only with some wear to cover tips and ancient and faint spotting here and there on leather light wear to hinges still very tight. Pages are extremely fresh. A beautiful binding in red. Full Red leather with 5 raised-bands t.e.g. plain end-papers. Original vellum binding bound-in at front and rear. 414 pages lxxxii leaves of plates : illustrations in the forms of etchings heliogravures woodcuts etc. Title printed in red and black./ "L'ouvrage renferme seize eaux-fortes de Paul Le Rat une eau-forte de Bandran.--Vingt-cinq héliogravures de Dujardin quatre héliogravures de Lemercier quarante dessins de Kreutzberger gravés par Guillaume frères deux gravures sur bois de Peulot"--Half title page verso./ "Appendices": pages 377-401. In a full-leather Zaehnsdorf binding with expectional gilt tooling and features. Shipping weight is 16 pounds. E. Plon et Cie, imprimeurs-editeurs hardcover books
rif. 134159London: Day & Son. Hardcover. good only ex-library with expected marks plus perforation stamp on title page pg 33 and all plates. chip to the edge of color title and final plate. Browninsh library buckram. 33 pp 18 color plates including color title. Oversize. Day & Son hardcover books
1829rif. D11985London: to be had at the Principal Booksellers and Printshops 1829. Hardcover. Good. Contemporary gilt-ruled blue calf gilt-stamped lettering and ornament in spine compartments 5 raised bands a.e.g. inside gilt dentelles decorative endpapers; volumes 1-4 12mo. Richly illustrated with etchings by Reveil. Leaves printed illustrated and numbered on the recto only. Text in French. Front board of Volume 2 detached. Front board of Volume 4 heavily scratched and spine lettering chipped. Otherwise all volumes a bit scuffed along joints and edgs of boards; lightly chipped at spine tips; some light foxing to prelims and terminals but overall internally bright and clean. A pretty little set worthy of repair. to be had at the Principal Booksellers and Printshops hardcover books
1890rif. 7502Paris: Librairie des Bibliophiles 1890. Hardcover. Fine. Full red morocco with elaborate gilt stamping on boards and spine gilt-stamped lettering on spine t. e. g. inside gilt dentelles marbled endpapers. Each volume housed in a custom clamshell box half red cloth and marbled paper. Both volumes are without flaw. Please be advised that these two heavy volumes MAY INCUR ADDITIONAL SHIPPING CHARGES. Paris: Librairie des Bibliophiles hardcover books
1876rif. D1036Paris: Librairie des Bibliophiles 1876. Hardcover. Fine. Two volumes with original wraps in one sumptous binding. Red morocco with gilt-stamped border on boards gilt-stamped lettering and elaborate gilt-tooling on spine 5 raised bands t. e. g. inside gilt dentelles marbled endpapers place-holder ribbon. Librairie des Bibliophiles hardcover books
1867rif. 2410020283xbvkParis, Bibliothèque d'Éducation et de Récréation / Hetzel et Cie, sans date (not before 1867 [date of the 41st edition]). 342 pages, 10 plates with original etchings by Leopold Flameng on cardboards, each protected by a transparent tissue-guard. - Luxuriously gilt publisher's brown cloth of the period; large-8vo.(24 x 16,5 x 3,5 cm; ca. 1 kg.).
1980rif. 1303300729xbvkRastatt, Moewig, 1980. 155 (1) Seiten auf Kunstdruckpapier, durchgehend farbig bebildert. - Farbig illustrierter, kartonierter Originaleinband mit Deckel- und Rückentitel; 4to.(ca. 31 x 20,5 cm).
1997rif. 1803110290xbvkBremen, Kunstkabinett am Barkhof / Gifkendorf, Merlin-Verlag; 1997 (Heft 4a, mit datierter Orig.-Signatur des Künstlers). Je 'Heft' ca. 30-50 unnummerierte Seiten auf Kunstdruckpapier und vielen transparenten Zwischenblättern, durchgehend bebildert; die Originalradierung 'Der Handlanger des Zeichners' (Nr. 99 von 333 Exemplaren) von Schindehütte eigenhändig nummeriert und signiert, lose in rotem kartonierten Doppelblatt mit näherer Erklärung des Mappeninhalts. - Zeichenhefte und Originalradierung mit Schutzkarton zusammen in grauer Original-Flügelmappe mit illustriertem -Titelschild und schwarzem Schliessband; 4to.(ca. 30 x 21 x 2 cm; ca. 1,2 kg.).
1973rif. jk1706180396xbvkMünchen, zehn neun Kunstproduktions- und Vertriebsgesellschaft, 1973. 21 (1) einseitig bedruckte Textblätter, 6 zwischengebundene Kartons mit den Orig.-Radierungen unter halbtransparentem Seidenschutzblatt. - Illustrierter kartonierter Originaleinband mit Deckeltitel; Folio (ca. 33 x 23 cm).
