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1996rif. 408993New York: Morrow 1996. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First edition. Fine in fine dust jacket. A Peter McGarr Mystery. Morrow hardcover books
1973rif. 112994New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich 1973. Hardcover. Very Good. First edition. Small octavo. 64pp. Tear on top edge of front joint spine sunned very good lacking the glassine dust jacket. This limited edition is published as a New Year's greeting to friends of the author and of the publisher. Harcourt Brace Jovanovich hardcover books
1973rif. 260680London: Collins 1973. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. First edition. Topedge with a few small spots binding very slightly cocked near fine in a lightly toned and rubbed very good dust jacket that is price clipped with publisher's price sticker on the front flap. Collins hardcover books
1855rif. 394864Philadelphia: Presbyterian Board of Publication 1855. Hardcover. Good. Octavo. 232pp. Illustrated. Contemporary half morocco gilt and marbled paper covered boards. Leather on the lower 1.5" of the spine lacking contemporary bookplate on front pastedown effaced else a good tight copy. Presbyterian Board of Publication hardcover books
1980rif. 387231Tuscaloosa Alabama: Windostar Wiregrass and Gorgas Oak Presses 1980. Unbound. Near Fine. Two broadsides. Near fine with light wear at the edges. A reproduction of a rubbing from the gravestone of Eric Gill along with the story behind it written by the printer Glenn House director of the Gorgas Oak Press and assistant professor at The University of Alabama. Scarce. OCLC locates two copies. Windostar, Wiregrass and Gorgas Oak Presses unknown books
1972rif. 380015New York: Stein and Day 1972. Hardcover. Very Good/Near Fine. First edition. Very good ex-library copy with foxing on the top page edge and a stamp on the title page in a near fine spine faded dust jacket with faint toning. Stein and Day hardcover books
1961rif. 346287New York: Steuben Glass 1961. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. First edition. Quarto. Descriptive text and 39 black & white plates. Includes the work of Eric Gill Isamu Noguchi and other leading artists. Near fine with light soiling to the top edges of the boards in a very good dustwrapper with a few small tears and scattered foxing to the inside panel. Text pages and plates are bright clean and tight. With the publisher's shipping card and business card laid in. From the library of the artists Ben Shahn and Bernarda Bryson Shahn with an estate label designed by their son Jonathan Shahn. (Steuben Glass) hardcover books
1990rif. 334634New York: Avon Books 1990. Softcover. Very Good. Reprint. Mass market paperback. Owner's name on copyright page light wear to the extremities pages age-toned else very good. Avon Books unknown books
1976rif. 282553New York: Random House 1976. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Fifth printing. Near fine with remainder mark in very good age-toned dust jacket with small tear to spine. Random House hardcover books
1956rif. 95686San Francisco: Black Vine Press 1956. Softcover. Fine. First book edition. Oblong 24mo. Printed string-tied wrappers. Fine in original envelope of the Roxburghe Club addressed to San Francisco bookseller author and wag David Magee. Issued jointly by the Roxburghe and Zamorano Clubs. Black Vine Press unknown books
1990rif. 103066New York: The Free Press 1990. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First Edition. Bottom cover corners lightly bumped else fine in fine dust jacket. The Free Press hardcover books
1935rif. 45843New York: Farrar & Rinehart 1935. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. First edition. A couple of tiny tears at the crown a near fine copy in a very good dustwrapper with slight chipping at the spinal extremities. Jacket has splendid wraparound art of a western barroom scene. Forest Ranger Mills is the only "law" within 80 miles of a wild Wyoming mining and lumber outpost. Gill British by birth served 10 years in the U.S. Forest Service and appeared in almost 40 films between 1935 and 1970. Farrar & Rinehart hardcover books
1973rif. 60749New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich 1973. Hardcover. Very Good. First edition. Spine a bit sunned thus very good lacking the unprinted tissue dust jacket. One of a limited edition issued as a New Years greeting to friends of the author and publisher. An excerpt from Gill's then forthcoming Ways of Loving. Harcourt Brace Jovanovich hardcover books
1937rif. 46068New York: Farrar & Rinehart 1937. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. First edition. Slight tear in the cloth at the top of the front board else fine in an attractive very good dustwrapper with a number of small chips. This copy Inscribed by the author: "For Bernice - in appreciation of old days. Tom Gill." Gill is best known for his westerns this is a slight variant - a thriller set in tropical jungles but with episodes similar to those in his westerns. Farrar & Rinehart hardcover books
1973rif. 45641NY: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich 1973. Hardcover. Very good. Hardcover. First Edition. Spine sunned lacking the glassine else very good in publisher's cloth backed boards. Inscribed and signed by Gill on the front free endpaper. Harcourt Brace Jovanovich hardcover books
1954rif. 626089London: Cassell 1954. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. First edition. 320pp. Illustrated with black and white photographic plates. Slight foxing on page edges faint offsetting on endpapers very good or better in a price-clipped good only dust jacket with chips a portion of the front panel missing affecting title and soiling. Cassell hardcover books
1973rif. 572344New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich 1973. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. First edition. Small octavo. 64pp. Slightly sunned spine tiny nick on top edge of rear board near fine in a very good glassine dust jacket with a toned spine and a few tiny nicks. This limited edition is published as a New Year's greeting to friends of the author and of the publisher with publisher's greeting card laid in. Harcourt Brace Jovanovich hardcover books
2011rif. 94183New York: Grove Press 2011. 1st ed. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. index 520p. Original boards. dj. 23 cm. INSCRIBED by Gill on title-page "23 February 2011 Yvette -- thanks for listening -- and reading! Jonathan Gill". Grove Press hardcover books
1975rif. 573361New York: Random House 1975. Softcover. Very Good. Uncorrected proof. Red wrappers. A tear on the front spine fold and some creasing thus very good. Random House unknown books
2009rif. 316461New York: Ballantine 2009. First. hardcover. very good-. Illustrated in color and in black and white. xii 460 pages. 8vo two toned boards with gilt lettering. New York: Ballantine Books 2009. First Edition. Edgeworn particularly at corners; some stains but internally clean and tight. A very good- copy lacking the dust wrapper. Ballantine unknown books
1996rif. 015254Norwalk Connecticut: The Easton Press 1996. All edges gilt. Covers and spine decorated with gilt dry-flies and gilt lettering. Sewn-in silk bookmark. Color frontispiece and half-title page. Several illustrations through text. A crisp and clean copy. This book was first published in 1912. 216pp. From the Easton Press Library of Fly-Fishing Classics. . Collector's Edition. Full Blue Leather. Fine/No Dust Jacket. Crown Octavo. The Easton Press Hardcover books
1979rif. 112904New York: Scribner's 1979. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Very good in very good dust jacket. Some light soiling on back panel dust jacket shelf rubbed. Scribner's hardcover books
1932rif. 17083234London: Printed by Hague & Gill Published by Sheed & Ward 1932. Limited Edition. Sewn binding. Very good . Gill Eric. One of 500 copies duodecimo size 22 pp. inscribed by Eric Gill. Eric Gill 1882-1940 was a highly regarded printmaker sculptor and typographer as well as a complicated man. Gill provided illustrations for numerous fine press publications by the Golden Cockerel Press and the Saint Dominic's Press as well as with Pepler under the imprint of the St. Dominic's Press. This volume is a presentation copy with a nice association to Eric Gill's 1882-1940 sculptural work; here Gill articulates the purpose and artistry of sculpture of function as opposed to aesthetic appeal. Inscribed on the front wrap near the author's printed name "To Edward Maufe Sept. 1932 from &" "by Eric Gill" printed and signed "ECG" in green ink to the last page of text. Sir Edward Brantwood Maufe 1882-1974 was a friend sometime collaborator and longtime patron of Gill. A renowned architect particularly esteemed for his work on places of worship and memorials in 1932 Maufe won a competition to design Guildford Cathedral; Gill's sculpture "St John the Baptist" resides above the cathedral's south door. ___DESCRIPTION: Pamphlet-stitched yellow wrappers printed in red and black with a wood engraving by Gill "Flames for Tree and Dog" P733a to rear wrapper frontispiece wood engraving by Gill "Artist and Mirror II" P837; duodecimo 6.75" by 4" pagination: 1-20 21-22. ___CONDITION: A better than very good copy with clean wraps overall without edge wear but for slight creasing at the corners of the wraps the binding is tight the interior is clean and bright and entirely free of prior owner markings; light toning to the wrappers and slight foxing to the page block. ___CITATION: Gill no. 23. ___POSTAGE: International customers please note that additional postage may apply as the standard shipping charge 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 book we sell. Please contact us with any questions you may have we are here to help. Printed by Hague & Gill, Published by Sheed & Ward unknown books
1931rif. 17082110London: Jonathan Cape Printed by Walter Lewis at the University Press Cambridge 1931. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Near fine. Gill Eric. No. 129 of 160 octavo size 206 pp. signed by Eric Gill. Clothing has long been an integral part of society and can be used to reflect diverse religious and cultural identities. In this essay Eric Gill 1882-1940 discusses the significance of clothes in society and argues for a more egalitarian approach to clothing; for example Gill advocates the suitability of men's clothing trousers for women as a way to liberate the sexes and create a more equal society. Gill provides wood engravings for the book illustrating his concepts and showcasing his masterful rendering of the technique; his illustrations have a slightly satirical slant while evoking the pathos of his arguments. ___DESCRIPTION: Quarter brown pigskin with marbled paper boards gilt rules and lettering on the spine top edge gilt fore- and bottom edges uncut illustrations include title page device "Woman Dancing" P712; "Art and Prudence" P714; "Clothes as Houses" P715; "Clothes as Workshops" P716; "Clothes as Churches and Town Halls" P717; "Clothes for Special Parts" P718; "The Tyranny of Tailors" P719; "Nature and Nakedness" P720; "Trousers" P21; and a tailpiece of "Trousers and Spats" P722; octavo 7.5" by 5.25" pagination: i-vii 1-2 3-196 197-198 1 colophon one of 160 copies this number 129 signed "Eric G" on the colophon. ___CONDITION: Volume is near fine with clean boards straight corners a strong square text block with solid hinges the interior is clean and bright and entirely free of prior owner markings; some slight rubbing to the bottom edges of the boards and to the corners a faint stain to the gutter of Contents page and very slight cracking to the gutter at pages 128 and 129 but hinges are still tight. ___CITATION: Gill 22. ___POSTAGE: International customers please note that additional postage may apply as the standard shipping charge 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 book we sell. Please contact us with any questions you may have we are here to help. Jonathan Cape [Printed by Walter Lewis at the University Press, Cambridge] hardcover books
1969rif. 66082Trumansburg N.Y.: New/Books 1969. First edition 8vo pp. 38; frontispiece photograph by Wolf von dem Bussche; light toning at the edges else near fine in original printed wrappers. This is Gill's second book. New/Books unknown books
