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Best.-Nr. 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
Best.-Nr. 15566Ulae 1983. First edition. Fine and bright in near fine illustrated dustjacket with crisp text throughout very attractive Ulae, 1983 unknown
Best.-Nr. 024305081X.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
Best.-Nr. 1333646240.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
1947Best.-Nr. B50032Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press 1947. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. One of fifteen hundred copies! Brown stamped beige cloth boards in dust jacket folio 244pp. illustrated in color and b&w. Book has faint foxing and wear to boards and spine binding tight text clean and unmarked but gently toned throughout. DJ shows mild rubbing and edgewear now in protective mylar wrap. THIS LARGE HEAVY BOOK WILL REQUIRE ADDITIONAL SHIPPING FEES. University of Pittsburgh Press hardcover
Best.-Nr. H9223Montauk NY: Monument Press 2003. First printing. No. 20 of 30 copies signed by Brendel with each of the etchings signed by Nama of a total edition of 60 copies. Tall dark blue silk clamshell box 20 inches tall housing loose folded sheets hand printed by Darrell Hyder at the Sunhill Press in North Brookfield MA on Arches Velin with thirteen etchings and accompanying poems in German and English with two smaller tinted etchings for the title bifolium and for the colophon. Fine but for the slightest fading to box: contents perfect. Brendel known as a world class pianist is also a gifted author as these works reveal. Nama who grew up and lived for a long time in Pittsburgh is now located in Montauk and is a nationally known artist and print-maker whose work is in many of the best museums. A lovely collaboration rarely on the market with no recent copies at auction. Monument Press unknown
1895Best.-Nr. H4417New York: Dodd Mead 1895. Hardcover. Very Good/very good. Two volumes 'new edition revised and enlarged' no. 11 of 50 copies with various original pencil signatures of author and illustrators; with etchings in two states signed in pencil by artists and one frontispiece also signed by Austin Dobson. Frontispieces in Vol. I by William Strang both signed in two states; plus several etchings by Adolphe Lalauze also in two states the first of each of which is signed by Lalauze who also supplied the frontispiece which is signed for the second volume. Cloth-backed boards in rare original dust jackets books very good bindings a little soiled especially to edges and spine ends with some foxing to deckled fore edges contents fine with decorated endpapers text printed on thick cream japanese vellum paper some pages unopened uncut; dust jackets show slight soil and toning darkening to spines light wear to spine ends one volume with chip to spine and both dust jackets a good half inch shorter than the books — probably made that way one of the fashions of that early period in modern dust jacket production. A distinctly uncommon set in the limited signed edition with no recent copies at auction. Dobson was a modernist and a pioneer in adapting French verse forms -- the villanelle rondel rondeau ballade etc. -- for use in the English language. Dodd, Mead hardcover
Best.-Nr. 35988Guenrouet France: Pre Nian Editions 2005. Very Good . Guenrouet France: Pre Nian Editions 2005. Limited Edition of 10 copies numbered and signed by Bracaval and Ferlinghetti at limitation this being No. AC VI; from a full print run of 45 copies. Nine loose sheets laid into heavy paper wrapper and including title page colophon two sheets featuring Ferlinghetti's poem and five etchings with tissue guards each signed by Bracaval and numbered 05. Housed in hand-made box designed by Frere. Shelfwear and a few scuffs to box; a couple minor smudges to paper wrapper; Very Good or better. An attractive and scarce collaboration between poet and artist. Pre Nian Editions unknown
Best.-Nr. 5NM-K6C-5Z6Hardcover. Good. Jacket in Fair condition worn torn and faded front flap priceclipped with loss of text. Book is near VG with moderate wear pages yellowed binding firm owner name and bookplate. hardcover
Best.-Nr. 2T-7QNB-5NR6Hardcover. Good. Jacket has some wear nicks and scratches. Book has some wear and bumps foxing to textblock edges and endpapers otherwise clean pages firm binding. hardcover
1977Best.-Nr. SKU1033467THE FRIENDS OF THE DUKE UNIVERSITY LIBRARY. DURHAM 1977 1977-01-01. Hardcover. Very Good. Signed by Author. The Friends of Duke University Library; Durham 1977. Hardcover. Signed and inscribed by author directly on front free endpaper also signed by author directly on limitation page in rear. A Very Good red cloth binding with gilt lettering on spine and gilt decorative design on boards binding sturdy and intact bit of handling/rub marks to boards some rubbing to board and spine edges age toning to pages without Dust wrapper. A nice clean and unmarked copy. 8vooctavo or approx. 6 x 9 inches. Unpaginated b&w illustrations. We pack securely and ship daily with delivery confirmation on every book. The picture on the listing page is of the actual book for sale. Additional Scans are available for any item please inquire. THE FRIENDS OF THE DUKE UNIVERSITY LIBRARY. DURHAM 1977 hardcover
Best.-Nr. 69941E-394. Very Good. Hardcover. Vellum. 8vo. Published by Edwin C. Hill Co New York 1906. Xlv 312 pgs. Illustrated with a frontispiece etching of a bird being shot by a bow and arrow and one other etching by Alma Tadema. Signed by the Publisher Edwin Hill on the limitation page. No. 72 of an edition of 206 copies. Bound in full vellum with titles present to the spine and decoration present to the front board. Top edge gilt. Boards have light shelf-wear present to the extremities light soil present to the edges of the boards. No ownership marks present. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. The Shah-nameh is considered the national epic of Persian-speakers and the Iranian world. It was written over the span of 35 years by Hakim Abu L-Qasim Firdawsi Tusi known commonly as Ferdowsi as a celebration of the Persian Empire before the coming of the Arabs and Islam beginning 7000 years ago. He based his masterpiece on other historical works available to him at the time c. 1000 A. D. . ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall . hardcover
Best.-Nr. 031522-13Wilderness Adventures Press. Hardcover. Near Fine. 9x6x0. Wilderness Adventures Press hardcover
1974Best.-Nr. 000652Land's End Press 1974. Hardcover. Good/Good. Scarce edition. From dust Jacket: "Here in one volume are facsimiles of three rare and valuable works of fencing by the noted eighteenth century fencing masters Domenico and Henry Angelo." Hard back binding in publisher's original crimson cloth covers gilt title and author lettering to the spine. Landscape 6½'' x 9¼''. Contains printed pages of text with full-page monochrome etchings and engravings throughout.Very Good condition book with minor rubbing of the cloth along the spine. Good condition dust jacket with some damage. Not price clipped.Names stamped on First page. Dust wrapper supplied in archive acetate film protection. Land's End Press hardcover
1980Best.-Nr. 36982Paris: A Parole Donnee 1980. Fine/Fine. Paris: "A Parole Donnée" 1980. First Edition Limited to 60 copies of which this is no. 15. Small square quarto 17cm; loose as issued in original green printed dust jacket housed in tan cloth chemise and slipcase; 20pp.; two leaves of color etchings signed with limitation by the Japanese printmaker Hiroshi Asada. A Fine example. Additionally signed by the poet and artist on colophon in rear. The sixth volume in Bohbot's "A Parole Donnée" series. No copies in OCLC as of October 2025. A Parole Donnee unknown
1978Best.-Nr. 36983Paris: A Parole Donnee 1978. Fine/Fine. Paris: "A Parole Donnée" 1978. First Edition Limited to 60 copies of which this is no. 39. Small square quarto 16.5cm; loose as issued in green printed dust jacket housed in original black cloth chemise and slipcase; 20pp.; three color etchings signed with limitation by the artist. Light fraying to slipcase else a Fine example. Additionally signed by the poet and artist on colophon in rear. Issued as the seventh volume in the poet's "A Parole Donnée" series. Not in OCLC as of October 2025. A Parole Donnee unknown
2000Best.-Nr. 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
1778Best.-Nr. 1778SSParis: Hôtel de Thou 1778. Hardcover. Very Good/no dj as issued. William Hodgson etchings. Book of plates from the French quarto edition of Captain Cook’s second voyage. Published in Paris in 1778. --- --- First French Edition very good Just the plates from the French edition of James Cook's second voyage "Voyage dans l’hemisphère austral et autour du monde fait sur les vaisseaux de roi L’Aventure et La Résolution en 1772 1773 1774 & 1775" based on the etchings of William Hodgson who accompanied Cook on his second voyage to find the Terra Australis. 65 of 66 engraved plates. Including frontispiece 14 maps of which 8 are folding. 47 plates and 3 plans. 28x22.5 cm 11x9". 32 of the 64 maps and plates are fold-outs the largest is a map that folds out to a size of 22" x 20" 56x51cm. All are undamaged Book of plates from the French quarto edition of Captain Cook’s second voyage. Published in Paris in 1778. Quarto format original binding with 64 of 65 maps and plates in series lacking the second plate. With two plates numbered 10 one a bis plate and duplicate of plate 50. Three of the maps are heavily browned some wear of the bindings three plates are loose but overall in astounding condition. The heavy paper is still white without foxing or spotting. The plates have either been taken from the 4 volumes of the 5-volume 1778 French edition: COOK Captain James 1728-1779. Voyage dans l'hémisphère austral et autour du monde. Paris: Hôtel de Thou 1778. 5 volumes 4° 252 x 186mm. The maps and plates were in the following volumes: vol. 1 plates 1 - 17 vol 2 plates 18 -37 vol 3 plates 38 - 58 vol 4 plates 59 - 65 vol 5 no plates. Or from an alternate format of the same edition that had text only volumes and all maps and illustration in a separate Atlas volume. This copy has no title page and a spine label that says "Voyage de Cook - Atlas" First complete French edition of the description of Cook's second voyage. An octavo edition comprising 6 volumes of text was published at the same time. --- --- The second voyage which was mainly devoted to the exploration of a presumed southern continent the expedition also represented the first scientific research voyage to the southern polar region and led to the discovery of the southern Sandwich Islands. It should be noted that the French printing techniques displayed here were believed to be more refined than those of the English. The plates with views natives plants birds implements weapons. (Hôtel de Thou) hardcover
1872Best.-Nr. H3326Paris: Librairie des Bibliophiles 1872. First printing. Hardcover. Near Fine. First edition with the Lacroix notes also seems to include some tales from the Heptameron. 1872 4 volumes one of 500 copies on Hollande Van Gelder paper small 8vo 16.5 cm full cherry red morocco gilt with floral spine emblems 5 raised bands on spines with gilt borders and crowns surmounting the letter 'M' at all corners. All edges gilded double marbled endpapers occasional etchings by Flameng near fine set with just a touch of rubbing and occasional foxing especially to plates. Librairie des Bibliophiles hardcover
1868Best.-Nr. C000018669Paris: Lacroix Verboeckhoven 1868. First printing. Hardcover. Good. First printing 1868 no. 23 of an unknown number handsomely bound in half morocco raised bands gilt extra 310 pp. illustrated including 7 original etchings or eaux-fortes. Good copy spine leaning rubbing contents nice and bright. Lacroix, Verboeckhoven hardcover
1889Best.-Nr. 319711Troy NY: Nims and Knight 1889. Paperback. Fair. Oversize paperback book in FAIR condition - with nine original engraved portraits. Covers and spine are extremely chipped but now protected in a clear plastic wrapper. The first main page biography of Jane Hading has a 1.5" closed tear. Otherpages have light edge wear due to years of page-flipping. Some spotting foxing and other age-related blemishes on the edges of the portraits. The portrait of Mary Anderson is nearly detached from the cardstock. Some dampstaining along the very edges most visibly on the last text page. Otherwise text clean and pages tightly bound despite external damage. Portraits of eminent stage actresses of the late 19th century each with a brief biographical profile. The tissue portraits are mounted on cardstock. Includes Jane Hading Julia Marlowe Lillie Langtry Helena Modjeska Fanny Davenport Ada Rehan Sarah Bernhardt Ellen Terry and Mary Anderson. Measures approx. 14" x 11.25 Nims and Knight paperback
1890Best.-Nr. mon0003790500Librairie des Bibliophiles 1890-01-01. Hardcover. Very Good. . Complete 2 Volume Set. Limited Edition of 125 copies on Holland paper; This being # 120. Bound in matching 1/2 Dark Green Morocco with dark green & black marbled boards; 5 raised bands and gilt lettering decorations on spines; top edges gilt marbled end papers and bound in silk markers. - 203 & 211 pp. Illustrated with a portrait of the author 8 plates and 32 vignettes in the text drawn and etched by Adolphe Lalauze. - Slight edge wear; former owner's bookplates on front pastedowns. Otherwise very clean tight square and unmarked. A very good to fine set. Librairie des Bibliophiles hardcover
1969Best.-Nr. 50314London: Trigram Press Ltd 1969. First edition. Softcover. Very good. Small square quarto 10". 451pp. Lettered cream wrappers head & foot of front hinge rubbed. Illustrated with photographs some nudity on rectos and mostly erotic etchings on rectos. Trigram Press Ltd unknown
1899Best.-Nr. 49449Philadelphia: The Walpole Press 1899. Grand Edition De Luxe. Hardcover. Very good condition. 7/1000. Octavo. 365pp. 10 plates in two states with printed tissue guards. Three-quarter red leather over red cloth with gilt ruling on covers gilt lettering on spine; raised bands. Top edge gilt. Decorative endpapers. Frontispiece in two states with tissue guards. Title page printed in red and black Beautiful publication of this novel by Alphonse Daudet 1840-1897. Delightfully illustrated with reproductions of etchings by Eugene Abot and Albert Duvivier as well as b/w reproductions of drawings by Stanislas Rejchan. Engravings in two states protected by captioned tissue guards. This edition printed on Japanese vellum paper. Some scuffing along edges of binding. Ex-libris of Seymour Nebenzal on inside of front cover. Block lightly age-toned. The Walpole Press hardcover
1976Best.-Nr. 42138Las Vegas: Nevada Publications 1976. First printing. Hardcover. vg. 1/200. Folio 12 1/4 x 9 1/4". 63 17pp. Original gilt-stamped grey cloth with gold lettering to spine and front cover. Limitation page signed by both the author and the artist. Original etched frontispiece hand-numbered 74/190 and signed by Roy E. Purcell. Illustrated title page. Book housed in its original gilt-stamped brown cloth slipcase. "The Cerbat Mountains and other barren ranges in western Arizona along the Colorado River offer to the inquisitive visitor a wide range of unexpected experiences. Tucked away in several canyons are the skeletal remains of abandoned mines and towns. Delight in making friends with these desert ghosts awaits the traveler who can discriminate between solitude and loneliness. Illustrated with stunning color illustrations and etchings by Roy E. Purcell as well as numerous "period photographs of the families who lived in this isolated area the small towns with their general stores and saloons and the men who endured the daily drudgery of mine work this book serves as a reminder of the hardships faced by those seeking a living in this remote western area of our country in the late 19th century." From the Publishers. Minor shelf-wear to slipcase. Slipcase binding and interior in very good condition. Nevada Publications hardcover
