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1977ref. 59363Durham: The Friends of Duke University Library 1977. First Edition. One of 300 numbered copies of which 250 are for public sale specially bound and signed by the author and illustrator this being copy no.92. Octavo 23.75cm; red cloth with titling and decorations stamped in gilt on spine and covers; 46pp; illus. A Fine copy with the original prospectus laid in. The Friends of Duke University Library unknown
1966ref. 106619New York: Thomas Y. Crowell 1966. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine in a Near Fine price clipped dust jacket. Minor chip to crown near rear panel.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Thomas Y. Crowell hardcover
1950ref. 121398Rolle : Paul Eynard 1950. broché. SOUPAULT Philippe . - ALEXEIEFF Alexandre eaux-fortes.Chant du Prince Igor. Version française de Philippe Soupault précédée d’un essai sur la poésie. Eaux-fortes en couleurs par Alexandre Alexeïeff. Rolle Paul Eynard1950 300x240mmXXV - 68 pages 17 eaux-fortes originales en couleurs dont 1 frontispice 6 hors-texte et 10 dans le texte l’une reprise en couverture en noir broché. En feuille sous couverture rempliée avec papier cristal d’origine conservé cartable et étui rigides. Un des 230 exemplaires sur papier Arches numéroté n° 254. Très petites et faibles rousseurs sur les premières et dernières pages. Bel exemplaire. No hidden customs fees for orders shipped to the U.S.A with a value of up to 800 USD PDDP shipping we pay the VAT in advance Paul Eynard unknown
1976ref. 35487Lincoln MA: Penmaen Press 1976. Fine. Lincoln MA: Penmaen Press 1976. First Edition Limited to 300 copies of which this is no. 237. Slim octavo 24cm; original two-toned cloth printed in silver foil; 45pp.; full-page etchings. Just About Fine condition. Signed by Ginsberg and Eberhart on colophon in rear of volume. Title page continues "An explanation by Allen Ginsberg of his publication Howl and Richard Eberthart's New York Times article 'West Coast Rhythms' together with comments by both poets and relief etching by Jerome Kaplan." Typographic design by Michael McCurdy and binding by Robert Burlen & Son from a design by Robert Hauser. Penmaen Press unknown
1883ref. 058370New York: Henry Holt and Company 1883. First American Edition . Green Stamped Cloth. Very Good /No Dust Jacket. 8" Tall. Xlvii 339 Pages . Green Cloth Lettered In Gilt Decorated In Red And Black And Gilt. First American Printing With 1883 Date On Title Page. Some Slight Foxing. Previous Owner's Bookplate On Front Pastedown "Young Folk's Library Of The New Jerusalem San Francisco #13 ". . Gilt Lettering And Stamped Cover Designs All Clean And Bright. An Attractive Copy. Contents Crisp A Little Light Foxing On Some Pages. The Two Etchings By Tadema Are Plates Without Plate Marks And Are The Frontispiece And Another Facing P. 49 As Called For In The Table Of Contents. Henry Holt and Company hardcover
ref. B2-UXNI-GY82Fine. Fine book & jacket. unknown
1898ref. 028733Philadelphia: George Barrie 1898. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good. Xxi.353; Vii 318 Pp.; Vii 321 Pp. Three Volumes. Volumes One And Two Of A Three Volume Set Are #337 Of A Limited Edition Of 1000 Copies The Bibliophilist's Library Series Two. Full Navy Blue Morocco Five Bands Gilt Title And Volume Number On Spines Elaborately Gilt Turns Marbled Endpapers Top Edges Gilt. Deckled Edges 8 3/4" Tall. Volume Iii Is #111 Of 1000 But Original Gray Cloth Paper Spine Label No Gilt On Top Edge 9" Tall. Vol. I And Ii With Light Wear Fraying At Corners Bindings Solid With Hinges Tight No Names Or Marks Or Bookplates. Volume Iii Is Near Fine And Unopened Pages Still Attached Along Edges. George Barrie hardcover
1920ref. 76172-A-68477Berlin: Euphorion Verlag 1920. No 209 of 400 copies. Signed in pencil by Klaus Richter. Craftfully bound in half-leather raised ribs and gilt on spine marbled boards. -Ex libris A.L. de Groot and Sophie Teltscher verso front board. Some minor foxing to the pages. Overal in excellent condition see pictures. Complete with the 7 etchings. Titelholzschnittes von Hildegard Henning. Euphorion Verlag hardcover
1946ref. B7264New York: Heritage Press. 1946. Light wear to slipcases interiors clean and crisp. . Binding: Pictorial paper boards backed in brown cloth. Spines with gilt lettering and decoration. Top edges purple. Housed in brown paper slipcases. Notes: A very good example of this set illustrated with reproductions of Piranesi’s renown etchings of Rome. Giovanni Battista or Giambattista Piranesi 1720 – 1778 was an Italian classical archaeologist architect and artist famous for his etchings of Rome and of fictitious and atmospheric "prisons" Carceri d'invenzione. He was the father of Francesco Piranesi Laura Piranesi and Pietro Piranesi. Size: 8vo. 240 x 160 mm Volume: 3 volumes. Category: Book Classics; Heritage Press. hardcover
1994ref. 74713-K-5Baarn: Arethusa Pers 1994. Cahiersteek met omslag. 50 genummerde exx. Met een extra gesigneerde kleurenets van Antanas Kmieliauskas. Met begeleidend gesigneerd briefje van Blokland. Arethusa Pers unknown
ref. SKU1073196Mrs. H. F. Buchanan. paperback. Good. 0x0x0. 1897; illustrated paper covers with cord binding; covers soiled with light edge wear; bottom of spine cover torn; view book of 25 half tone images; images have light toning and an occasional soil smudge on edges; 12mo 6 3/4" to 7 3/4" tall oblong; around 25 pages. Mrs. H. F. Buchanan paperback
1925ref. 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
1895ref. 056883London: Smith Elder & Co. 1895. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Folio - over 12 - 15" tall. William Strang. Folio. Unpaginated. #27 of 50 copies SIGNED by William Strang in pencil on each plate. The binding measures 15 7/8 inches tall by 11 1/2 inches wide. Hardcover bound in black quarter leather wit green cloth-covered boards. Front cover title and designs in gilt Moderate rubbing and wear to the binding. The spine ends are a little chipped but the binding is quite solid. The text is clean. Illustrated with an engraved title and 8 other plates. The engraved title and the 8 plates are all tipped in on separate leaves and are overlaid with a mat-like leaf and with a light paper guard. Each tipped in proof plate is signed in pencil by William Strang. Not to be confused with the more common issue where the images are printed on the pages. This work was issued in a limitation of 200 copies with only 50 copies containing the proof etchings printed direct from the original coppers and signed by Strang. This copy is #27 of the 50 copies. The last copy we have found with in listed auction or catalogue was in 1923 by Maggs. Rare Smith Elder & Co. hardcover
1993ref. 37567San Francisco: Arion Press 1993. Hardcover. Fine. Hardcover. Number 126 of 250 numbered copies signed by the artist on his artist's statement preceding the text. There were also 26 lettered copies for private distribution. This was the forty-first publication of the Press. The text of this book is "From the History of an Infantile Neurosis" that was reprinted in The Standard Edition of the Complete Psychological Works of Sigmund Freud Volume XVII pages 7-122 translated from the German under the editorship of James Strachey. The Wolf-Man was the pseudonym given by Freud to his patient a young Russian man named Sergei Pankejeff. Freud's analysis of the Wolf-Man became his most famous case centering on the interpretation of dreams and childhood sexuality. In addition to the text of Freud's study this book includes an erudite and detailed discussion of Freud's work and influence by Richard Wollheim. Wollheim was a British philosopher noted for original work on mind and emotions especially as related to the visual arts specifically painting. The striking woodcuts and etchings illustrating the book were done by Jim Dine b. 1935. He is a well-known American artist who rose to prominence in late-1950's New York. He was closely associated with the Pop Art movement. An innovator throughout his long career Dine's extensive output includes paintings assemblages sculptures drawings prints and over twelve books of poetry. He has been the subject of more than 300 solo exhibitions around the world including eleven major surveys and retrospectives since 1970. The book was designed printed and bound at the Arion Press under the direction of Andrew Hoyem. Bound in gray cloth with a black cloth spine with titling in silver. The front cover has an image by Dine of a young boy confronting a wolf. Printed in Century Old Style type for the text with Century Expanded italic and Miller & Richard Old Style capitals for display. The text paper is Johannot mouldmade in France. The etchings and woodcuts are on T.H. Saunders Drawing paper mouldmade in England. The intaglio prints were editions by Pace Editions in New York. The book is housed slipcase covered in black paper with gray cloth trim with a black title label to spine. Accompanied by prospectus. Book is in fine condition in a near fine slipcase. Measures 10 x 12.5 inches. 114 pages plus illustrations. PRI/103024. Arion Press hardcover
1939ref. 35481Baltimore: The Etchcrafters Art Guild 1939. Hardcover. Very Good. Hardcover. Number 69 of 200 copies. The 100 etchings in these two volumes are all artist proofs individually signed by Don Swann. Inscribed from the artist and author: "Aunt 'Madge' and Uncle 'Ed'. December 25th 1941 with Best Wishes. From Don Sr. & Don Jr." Don Swann Sr. 1889 - 1954 grew up in Baltimore attending Maryland Institute College of Art and is known for his etchings of colonial and Neo-classical American architecture. In addition to houses he also did multiple etchings of Baltimore cityscapes. His son Don Swann Jr. 1911 - 1998 followed in his father's footsteps to become a master etcher. He continued to operate the Etchcrafters Art Guild after the death of his father. Both volumes are bound in blue leather over blue leatherette boards with gilt titles to spines. Minor scuffing to both spines and light stain to spine of second volume. Minor foxing to interiors heaviest on tissue guards and browning to endpapers. All etchings have the original tissue guards bound in. Bound by the Elliott Bookbinding Company in Baltimore. Printed on Rives Woven Imported paper with Old Style Caslon type at the Monumental Printing Company in Baltimore with typography by Norman T.A. Munder. Continously paginated - 425 pages. Size: Folio. MD/122121. The Etchcrafters Art Guild hardcover
ref. 058622Berkeley Ca: Pacific Editions / Arif Press 1986. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Box. 36 Pp. #143 Of A Limited Edition Of 165 Copies Of Which 130 Were For Sale. Unique Rag Papers In Two Colors Commissioned From Twinrocker Paper Mill And Hand Bound In Gold Stamped Leater Gray Boards In A Custom Made Box Covered In Gold-Stamped Van Heel Cloth From Holland With A Printed Spine Label. Signed By Thomas And Goldyne On The Limitation Page. Fine. Also With The Prospectus 8 Pp Covers Also Fine. Box Fine But Small Bump To Lower Front Tip. With The Printed Folder Enclosed A Signed Color Print By Goldyne Apparently Issued Only With The 35 Copies Not For Sale. Pacific Editions / Arif Press hardcover
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1912ref. 048515Boston Ma: Bibliophile Society 1912. First Ediiton Thus . Hardcover. Fine/Slipcase. Full Brown Polished Calf Git. One Of 469 Copies Printed For Members Of The Society. A Fine Copy Gilt Brilliant No Marks Signed By Both Macdonald And On All Illustrations By Bicknell. In Near Fine Original Inner Slipcase 1/2" Split Al One Lower Edge Adjacent To Open End And In Near Fine Original Brown Cloth Outer Slipcase With Printed Spine Label Which Is Somewhat Browned. The Slipcases Are Rare Survivals. Bibliophile Society hardcover
1930ref. 042244Paris: G. Cres 1930. First Edition Thus . Hardcover. Near Fine/Slipcase. Fine B/W Illustrations. 201 Ii Pp. Full Black Niger Gilt And Blind-Stamped In An Art Deco Design Top Edge Gilt Black Gilt And Blindstamped Turns With Blue Silk Doublures And Additional Blue Marbled Endpapers Matching Leather And Marbled Paper On Slipcase. Front Board Neatly Detached Long Ago Reattached With Nearly Invisible Silk Now Again Detached But Can Be Invisibly Reattached Using New Cords Without Any Rebinding. Slipcase With Wear At Corners Split Along One Top Edge. Tipped In Is A Calling Card Of Emile Rossignol With Handwritten Message "Avec Tous Les Voeux De Bonheur Pour L'an Qui Vient" Rossignol." Very Faded Abbreviated Signature At End Of Contents Page. Roland Dorgelès 1885 - 1973 Was A French Novelist And A Member Of The Académie Goncourt. Born In Amiens Somme Under The Name Roland Lecavelé He Adopted The Pen Name Dorgelès To Commemorate Visits To The Spa Town Of Argelès He Spent His Childhood In Paris. A Prolific Author He Is Most Renowned For The Prix Femina-Winning Wooden Crosses Les Croix De Bois A Moving Study Of World War I In Which He Served. It Was Published In 1919 In English By William Heinemann In 1920. Dorgelès Served As A Juror With Florence Meyer Blumenthal In Awarding The Prix Blumenthal A Grant Given Between 1919 And 1954 To Painters Sculptors Decorators Engravers Writers And Musicians. G. Cres hardcover
1976ref. 50105Lincoln MA: Penmaen Press 1976. Fine/Very Good Condition. Lincoln MA: Penmaen Press 1976. First Trade Edition. Slim octavo 23cm; publisher's cloth in black photo-illustrated dust jacket; 45pp.; two full-paged etchings. Light edge wear to jacket margins else a Very Good to Near Fine copy. Inscribed by both authors though only signed by Eberhart to the late collector and bookseller Burt Britton on half title page: "For Burt Britton / from the Author with best wishes for his tranquility & prosperity / January 4 1979" and "For Burt too and with all best wishes Richard Eberhart / January 30 1979." Title page continues "An explanation by Allen Ginsberg of his publication Howl and Richard Eberthart's New York Times article 'West Coast Rhythms' together with comments by both poets and relief etching by Jerome Kaplan." . Penmaen Press unknown
1881ref. 316791881. Paris G. Charpentier / Coll. ''Petite BibliothÂque-Charpentier'' 1881. Un vol. au format in-16 137 x 92 mm de 2 ff. n.fol. 1 frontispice grav n.fol. et 315 pp. Reliure de l'poque de demi-percaline satine lie-de-vin dos lisse orn d'un fleuron central dor roulettes dores doubles filets dors filets en pointills dors piÂce de titre de maroquin cerise titre dor tÂte mouchete. Un des 75 exemplaires du tirage numrot sur Hollande seul grand papier. Exemplaire - qui a ici conserv de larges tmoins - complet de ses deux dlicates eaux-fortes montes sous serpente signes Georges Jeanniot. Vicaire I Manuel de l'amateur de livres du XIXÂme siÂcle 613. Angles et coiffes lgÂrement lims. Rares rousseurs dans le corps d'ouvrage. Du reste bonne condition. b42961 unknown
1940ref. 318481940. S.l. Paris chez l'artiste s.d. circa 1940. Un vol. au format in-4 353 x 252 mm non pagin en feuilles sous couverture rabats remplis dont le premier plat est occup par une large composition grave. Tirage unique 220 exemplaires seulement de cette ''dition recherche''. in Carteret. Celui-ci comptant parmi les 200 exemplaires du tirage sur Arches ; justifi au colophon exemplaire d'artiste et revÂtu de la signature autographe la mine de plomb de Lon Courbouleix. ''Ce livre contient dont premier plat de couverture 59 planches dont les ornements le texte et les illustrations ont t gravs l'eau-forte. Chaque planche a t imprime la poupe en plusieurs couleurs sur la presse bras de l'artiste. Les lettres capitales ont t rehausses de gouache et d'or la main''. ''Lon Courbouleix grava la pointe-sÂche et l'eau-forte des illustrations pour des auteurs libertins notamment pour l'diteur Maurice Glomeau''. in Osterwalder citant la prsente contribution de l'artiste. ÇÊPrince des poÂtes et poÂte des princesÊÈ Pierre de Ronsard est une figure majeure de la littrature potique de la Renaissance. Auteur dÕune Ãuvre vaste qui en plus de trente ans a touch aussi bien la posie engage et ÇÊofficielleÊÈ dans le contexte des guerres de religions avec Les Hymnes et les Discours 1555-1564 que lՎpope avec La Franciade 1572 ou la posie lyrique avec les recueils Les Odes 1550-1552 et des Amours Les Amours de Cassandre 1552Ê; Les Amours de Marie 1555Ê; Sonnets pour HlÂne 1578. Imitant les auteurs antiques Ronsard emploie d'abord les formes de l'ode Mignonne allons voir si la rose et de l'hymne considres comme des formes majeures mais il utilisera de plus en plus le sonnet transplant en France par Clment Marot en 1536 en employant le dcasyllabe Mon dieu mon dieu que ma maistresse est belle! Les Amours ou Je vous envoye un bouquetÉ Continuation des Amours comme le mÂtre ÇÊmoderneÊÈ de l'alexandrin Comme on voit sur la brancheÉ Second livre des Amours ou Quand vous serez bien vieilleÉ Sonnets pour HlÂne. Monod II Manuel de l'amateur de livres illustrs modernes 9902 - Osterwalder III Dictionnaire des illustrateurs p. 419 - Carteret IV Le Trsor du bibliophile / Illustrs modernes p. 347. Petite coupe au dos de l'exemplaire. Rousseurs dans le corps d'ouvrage. Du reste belle condition. b42961 unknown
1883ref. 312201883. Paris chez tous les Libraires 1883. 10 tomes relis en 2 vol. au format gd in-16 141 x 98 mm de 1 f. bl. 2 ff. n.fol. 1 frontispice grav n.fol. 242 pp. et 1 f. bl. ; 1 f. bl. 1 f. n.fol. 1 frontispice grav n.fol. 232 pp. et 1 f. bl. Reliures uniformes de l'poque de demi-chagrin maroquin lie-de-vin coins roulettes et filets dors ports sur chacun des plats dos nerfs orns de filets gras en noir roulette dore porte sur les nerfs filets dors larges fleurons dors titre dor tomaison dore filet en pointills dors en tÂte et queue tranches mouchetes. Edition originale. Ensemble complet de ses 10 livraisons ; ici relies en 2 volumes. Belle impression sur verg de Hollande d'dition. L'ouvrage s'orne de 10 dlicats frontispices gravs l'eau-forte monts sous serpentes et signs dans la plaque Fernand Besnier. Lequel ''exposa au Salon des Artistes indpendants de 1912 sa moer en 1927''. in Bnzit. ''Fleuron de son abondante production de nouvelliste Les Monstres parisiens sÕimpose comme une Ãuvre essentielle de la littrature fin-de-siÂcle dont elle condense les obsessions et les thÂmes fondamentaux en peignant diverses monstruosits morales.'' Thierry Santurenne. Vicaire V Manuel de l'amateur de livres du XIXÂme 674 - ThiÂme Bibliographie de la littrature franÂaise contemporaine p. 273 - Osterwalder I Dictionnaire des illustrateurs p. 131 citant la prsente contribution de l'artiste - Bnzit I Dictionnaire des peintres p. 711. Quelques cahiers lgÂrement drgls. Papier des gravures oxyd. Prsence de quelques claires rousseurs dans les corps d'ouvrages ; davantage marques sur quelques feuillets. Nonobstant bonne condition. b42961 unknown
1983ref. 28520The Strange Company: USA 1983. First edition. Oversize pictorial wrappers. Fine unread copy. No 2. Large octavo single issue pictorial wrappers perfect bound. Weird magazine: 116 pages including covers. Ten issues published in total the first issue in 1973 then a gap of ten years when a further nine issues were published by The Strange Company 1983-1987. ''of special interest in no 2 is an interview with the leading Weird Tales cover artist of the 1930s Margaret Brundage'' plus ''The Room Of Fear'' a previously unpublished short story by William Hope Hodgson'' see Ashley/Tymn: Science Fiction Fantasy And Weird Fiction Magazines pp. 205/206. The Strange Company: USA unknown
