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1990rif. 8972Logan UT: Herald Printing 1990. Poster 68 cm x 54 cm / 26.75" x 21.5" printed in color and in a plain black frame 70 cm x 57 cm /27.5" x 22.5" 'A' condition. Colors are bright. This has not been examined out of the frame. Bob Bissland designed poster featuring a map of Utah with portraits of twelve notable Utah writers superimposed over. Printed to the left and right of the map is a list of 118 local authors arranged alphabetically by place. At each margin are quotes from Edward Abbey Wallace Stegner Juanita Brooks and Maurine Whipple. Produced for the Utah Council of Teachers of English Utah Endowment for the Humanities and Utah State University. Printed by Herald Printing. A very cool thing. "Literary Utah reflects a surprising diversity and number of poets dramatists novelists and essayist. The terrain includes writers who were born in the state raised here or set their work here. [Herald Printing] unknown books
1950rif. 21571Atlanta 1950. Very Good. Atlanta GA: n.d. ca. 1950s. Three watercolor interior design maquettes ca. 25x29.5 to 24x36cm. Stock toned and rather dust-soiled small loss at corner of two of the pieces else Very Good. Designs for three rooms commissed for a Mrs. Leon Jones of Atlanta Georgia possibly the wife of the Athletic Director and lead pitcher of the city's softball team the Capitol Homes. Each piece provides the general scheme for three unfurnished rooms all adorned with quite elaborate and vibrant curtain schemes and dark carpeting. One room prominently features two facing walls of murals while the other two rooms are shaded in what one would today call "millennial pink. unknown books
1947rif. 49632New York: The Sylvan Press 1947. Very Good. New York: The Sylvan Press 1947. Limited Edition of 1499 numbered copies this being #328. Small quarto; black cloth stamped in green; pale red endpapers; 150pp. Black and white illustrations throughout. No dust jacket presumably as issued. Rubbing and dust soiling to boards; binding sound and pages unmarked; a Very Good copy. The Sylvan Press unknown books
1962rif. 366740Stockholm: Raben & Sjogren 1962. First edition text in English. Oblong 4to. A fine copy with binding bright text and illustrations fresh and clean in very good dust jacket; the pictorial dust jacket reproducing a photograph of Stig Lindberg on front panel has moderate wear and foxing with a few nicks and short creased tears else complete. First edition text in English. Oblong 4to. Stig Lindberg 1916-1982 Swedish artist and industrial designer noted for his innovative designs in various mediums including ceramics won a Gold Medal at the First International Ceramics Festival in 1962 in Prague glass and textiles. He won numerous awards internationally including in Milan Madrid and Cannes and his work is displayed at the Swedish National Museum in Stockholm. OCLC lists 28 worldwide holdings including Williams Yale MoMA Cornell Philadelphia Museum of Art RIT Maryland LC Smithsonian Royal Ontario Carnegie Mellon Cleveland Institute of Art Saint Louis Art Museum California Berkeley National Library of Sweden National Art Library London British Library and University of London Raben & Sjogren unknown books
1940rif. 2563801940. c 26 watercolor designs. 4to. VG. c 26 watercolor designs. 4to. unknown books
1890rif. 249781New York 1890. Approximately 34 items on various stock including George D. Thompson letterhead. Various sizes generally 7 x 3 1-2 in to 11 x 8 1/2 in. Some toning some designs show signs of previous mounting on verso generally very good. Approximately 34 items on various stock including George D. Thompson letterhead. Various sizes generally 7 x 3 1-2 in to 11 x 8 1/2 in. Watercolor designs in Classical Romantic and Chinoise styles for leather screens manufactured by George D. Thompson & Co. The company letterhead advertises "Hand tooled and painted chair leathers and wall panels . Period designs still life flower bird & fruit panels hand painted bellows trays humidors book covers." Some designs give dimensions and prices on verso. unknown books
rif. 2199Chicago: Walbrunn Kling & Co. 1922. First edition Oblong 4to. bound in original tan cloth withexceptional Arts and Crafts cover design executed in primary green yellow and red. A stunning copy of this rare design book containing 64 full page plates and 110 pages of text. Heberling was the head of the graphic arts department at the Mooseheart Vocational Training School. The book is considered one of the best books of the period for preparing students interested in the graphic arts of posters signs and other forms of advertising. Scarce in any condition and virtually impossible to locate in the state of remarkable preservation of this copy of the First Edition. hardcover books
1926rif. 21092403New York: The Century Co 1926. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/very good . First printing octavo size 370 pp. in publisher's dust jacket. Per the jacket flap "this book completes the record of a two years' sojourn and wandering among the peoples of eastern and east central Asia a record begun with 'Glimpses of Japan and Formosa' and continued through 'Wandering in Northern China' and 'Roving Through Southern China'." Although without the "DD" monogram the book and matching jacket almost certainly designed by the firm of the Decorative Designers. A stunning example a fine condition book in a VG to NF jacket the folding map also fine. ___DESCRIPTION: Binding design in black and yellow against green cloth the spine with a small decoration in yellow and black half-tone full-page frontis this the first edition with only the copyright date on the title page and no further printings the book replete with additional half-tone reproductions of photographs by the author there being fifty-eight inserted pages most of them with two images each also inserted is a map of French Indo-China folded into four panels one fold horizontal and the other vertical in five colours yellow green blue red and black; octavo size 8" by 5 1/2" pagination: i-vi vii-xvii 1 blank 1-2 3-357. The publisher's dust jacket repeats the pattern on the front board in gold and black inks on light green paper it also repeats the spine with the addition of the publisher's device summary of the book on the front flap publisher's ad for another book by the same author on the back flap the back panel devoted to travel books by Franck. ___CONDITION: Volume fine the boards clean the yellow and black inks strong and true without rubbing or flaking straight corners without rubbing a strong square text block with solid hinges the interior is clean and bright the folding map fine clean and without tears and entirely free of prior owner markings; there is a vintage bookseller ticket at the top of the rear pastedown "The White House San Francisco" with some light rubbing directly below presumably a prior owner wanted to erase the printed price else clean and as new. The dust jacket much better than very good clean other than a very few light stray marks the corners not clipped with light overall edgewear including a few small chips and very short closed tears none affecting the lettering or design; some sunning to the spine and perimeters of the panels. ___POSTAGE: International customers please note the following: i additional postage may apply as the standard does not always cover costs please inquire for details; and ii any taxes duty or tariffs charged by your country will of necessity be your responsibility. ___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 Century Co hardcover books
1972rif. 44055Los Angeles CA: Black Sparrow Press 1972. Fine/Near Fine. Los Angeles CA: Black Sparrow Press 1972. First Edition Limited to 126 copies of which this is no. 70. Small slim 12mo; publisher's orange printed paper-covered boards in clear acetate dust jacket; 16pp. Just About Fine. "A Chrstmas Greeting from the Black Sparrow Press." Inscribed and signed to the poet Clayton Eshleman and his wife Caryl on front free endpaper "For Clayton & Caryl who understand the truth of the kitchen / Diane W." Also signed by the author on colophon in rear. A very sweet association copy of this Black Sparrow holiday chapbook. Black Sparrow Press unknown books
1946rif. 14698New York: Alfred A. Knopf 1946. Near Fine/Very Good. New York: Alfred A. Knopf 1946. Second Printing. Octavo; publisher's cloth in decorative price-clipped dust jacket brown topstain; 2xi1344xxpp.; photographic portrait frontispiece seven 7 leaves of illus. Some moderate wear to jacket extremities including a few short closed tears and small chips spine panel a shade toned later 1990 ownership signature to front free endpaper else a Near Fine copy in Very Good jacket. Front jacket panel subtitle: "The Autobiography of a Conductor. Alfred A. Knopf unknown books
1935rif. 012858NY: Harcourt Brace 1935. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. First edition in first state dustjacket. Ownership copy of attorney Arthur Leonard Ross d. 1975 who was a friend of Emma Goldman and represented the literary estates of Fred Harris and the like. With Ross' printed bookplate drawn by German artist Otto Ubbelohde and engraved by Botho Schmidt. SIGNED BY KENT in the inset at bottom of bookplate. Unclipped dustjacket $3.75 toned more darkly at spine and edges. Blue cloth with silver pressed spine near fine with internals quite nice. A solid copy with interesting provenance. Harcourt Brace hardcover books
1927rif. 45649Berlin: Rudolf Kaemmerer 1927. First edition. Softcover. g. Octavo. 103 1pp. B/w cover with photomontage and yellow lettering. Singed and inscribed by the authors "Mit schönsten Grüßen von Schaeffers und Nikolaus VIII. 27" on the title page. Collection of sketches stage arrangements and letters by two "conferenciers sociopolitical commentators" of the 1920s Berlin Cabaret scene. Both know for their appearances in the Kadeko Kabarett der Komiker which the Nazi's kept a watchful eye on eventually moved against to turn it into a venue sympathetic to the Nazi regime. Printed page dedicating the publication to a large number of colleagues incl. Emil Jannings Zille Tucholsky Ernst Rowohlt Valesca Gert Trude Hesterberg Thomas Heinrich and Klaus Mann Max Brod Fritz Lang among many others. Striking b/w photomontage on the cover featuring notable imagery and prominent cultural figures from Weimar-era culture including Bertolt Brecht and Conrad Veidt among others by Berlin designer Franz A. Flachslander. Text in German. Light wear to wraps and rubbed. Wraps and interior in overall good condition. Extremely scarce. Protected by modern mylar. Rudolf Kaemmerer unknown books
1937rif. 005398Milano: G. Ricordi & C. Editori 1937. First edition. Wraps. Very Good. Scarce libretto of a strange Futurist one act opera with talking a tree Euphobia shrubs and airplanes among the characters some of which are actually human --aviators soldiers and natives -- even if they intone like actors in a Greek tragedy. This oddball propagandistic work more an oratorio than opera celebrates war "sweet war" aviation and territorial conquest -- the things that cast a spell on so many Futurists and which were the essence of Fascism. Three copies located on OCLC of this libretto brochure at Berkeley Harvard and one in Italy. There are copies of the printed music elsewhere. The work was first performed at the Maggio Musicale Fiorentino in 1937. 8vo. 20 by 13 cm. 23 pp. Dedicated to Mussolini. Pavolini like many adherents of the Futurist Movement came to embrace Fascism. In his case he had a brother who was a prominent member of the Fascist heirarchy. After the war Pavolini found success as a screenwriter. Age toning to the leaves. G. Ricordi & C. Editori unknown books
1935rif. 152262Moscow 1935. Hardcover. 306p. xvi a now-handleable copy following much restoration commissioned by ourselves: original illustrated boards are a bit worn expect minor internal dampstaining and a small envelope irritatingly affixed to the illustrated pastedown; a bound-in cell celluloid leaf with profile of Stalin now mended with reversable filmoplast; head and tail of spine professionally restored outer joints repaired. A reading copy for English-speakers. hardcover books
1931rif. 11601First edition so stated. Small 4to. 45 illustrations. Index. Dust jacket clipped; light soiling; few nicks. Very good. 178 pages. Geoffrey Bles hardcover books
1895rif. 11454Octavo. 54 illustrations. Original pictorial light blue patterned cloth stamped in gilt and dark blue t.e.g. uncut. No dust jacket. Very good short tear head and spine. 290 pages. Signed and inscribed on front free endpaper by noted Hollywood hairdresser Sydney Guilaroff: "To George - With very best wishes - Sydney Guilaroff." HARPER hardcover books
1986rif. 56115New York: Harry N. Abrams inc 1986. First edition. Hardcover. Good- to near fine condition. Small Folio. 320pp. Original black cloth with gilt lettering on spine in original color-illustrated dustjacket black lettering on spine. Gray endpapers. Five color frontispieces. Inscribed on front endpaper "To Pauline Here's to Deco. All the Best Pat Kery Oct. 15 1986." "Art Deco Graphics is the first full-scale survey of the subject ever published. It offers a rich array of posters advertisements magazine covers book illustrations photographs fashion drawings sheet-music covers menus boxes fans labels invitations - every imaginable area of the graphic arts is discussed and illustrated with superb examples of this ever-popular style of the 1920s and 30s." Publisher Extraordinary collection of Art Deco graphics. Contains extensive list of images arranged by categories at front. Illustrated text pages for each chapter printed to grayish-yellow heavy stock paper color reproductions of designs to heavy white paper. With biographical notes bibliography notes and index at rear. Covers lightly bent outwards due to water exposure visible at inside back cover of dustjacket back cover as well as along top of inside back cover. Block in near fine condition. Harry N. Abrams, inc hardcover books
1897rif. 3382Frederick A. Stokes Co. New York 1897 IN THE ORIGINAL LINEN DUST WRAPPER WITH LETTERING AND DECORATION BY BRADLEY An octavo bound in the original rust colored cloth with a beautiful heavily gilt cover design by Bradley. The book is fine with no wear and the gilt clean bright and unworn. New endleaves with appropriate paper done at some point in the past. The paper backed linen dust-wrapper has wear and tear internally at the folds and is soiled with some darkening to the spine. Gilt titling and decoration by Bradley on the dustwrapper is bright and unworn. Very scarce and a nice example of the early cloth dust wrapper. Illustrated by Madeleine Lemaire. Frederick A. Stokes, Co. hardcover books
1977rif. 33967New York: International Center of Photography 1977. Very Good. New York: International Center of Photography 1977. First Edition. Two oversized photo-illustrated posters 148x107cm folded down 37x27cm loose as issued. Rubbing along spine edges margins toned and rather dust-soiled with occasional short closed tears; overall Very Good. Rare exhibition "catalog" issued to coincide with Beard's installation "The End of the Game" at the ICP a series of photographs documenting African wildlife slaughter. OCLC locates just four examples as of August 2025 misdescribed as just one folding poster at the Universities of Arizona Florida Pittsburgh and Texas-Austin. International Center of Photography unknown books
1986rif. 40183New York: United Artist Books 1986. Very Good. New York: United Artists Books 1986. First Edition. Slim octavo; publisher's pictorial card wrappers designed by Bernadette Mayer; 682pp. Light shelf wear brief soil at bottom edge of front free endpaper else Very Good and sound. Inscribed and signed on title page "3/18/90 / Dear Gerard - To have met you is to love you / Bill Kushner." Together with short autograph note by Kushner in original mailing envelope providing Kushner's autobiography for an author event noting that his poems have appeared in The Gay & Lesbian Anthology that his poetry collections are published by 4 Walls 8 Windows and that a forthcoming collection Love Uncut is due later in the year. Note ends "Plse call let me know how long you want me to read. United Artist Books unknown books
1998rif. 14240Dharamsala: Tibetan Medical & Astro. College 1998. First Edition. Paperback. Good. First Edition. Paperback. 9 1/4" X 6 1/2". 117pp. Rubbing creasing and light toning to covers corners and edges of paper wraps. Dust-spotting to edges of text block. Faint toning to endpapers. Pages are clean and unmarked. Binding is sound. A clean solid copy of this yearly magazine from the Tibetan Medical & Astro. College. The articles are written by the students and aim to highlight their knowledge of Tibetan medicine and astro. science. Tibetan Medical & Astro. College paperback books
rif. 11222Santa Monica & Minneapolis: Danger! Books & Indulgence Press 2004. Deluxe/Limited Editions. Various. Fine. Deluxe/Limited Editions. Various. Moody's short story Surplus Value Books #13 is a comic parody of a bookseller's modern rare book catalogue. The story unfolds as the galley proofs of the involved book catalogue where the prices accorded the items for sale are contrasted with the personal and idiosyncratic values assigned to them by the bookseller. "This intricate collaboration is an expanded treatment of a text originally published by Rick Moody and David Ford as an artist's book in 1999. Taking the form of a bookseller's catalogue Moody's novella which is also reprinted in his 2000 collection Demonology lays bare the fragile psyche of its narrator whose fractured and overwrought book descriptions often veer into personal territory returning particularly to his obsession with a college classmate Anna Feldman. The deluxe edition includes corrected page proofs of the text complete with "hand corrections" by the author reproduced typographically by Wilbur "Chip" Schilling and sections that appear to have been manually "whited out." Each item in the portfolio supports the text of the story-from the straightjacket that holds the book and the narrator's "release papers" from a private mental hospital to the a collection of objects that relate directly to the entries including a Star Wars action figure Scrabble tiles and a baseball card. The text is aptly described by Hadley-based bookseller Ken Lopez: "Moody has created a hilarious and touching self-contained world where the values accorded to the items for sale dollars and the values inherent in them significance artistry passion are in running comic contrast." Exhibition statement Smith College The overall design and printing was undertaken by Wilbur "Chip" Schilling Daniel Kelm and David Ford Kelm with assistance from "other mechanics" at the Wide Awake Garage. In creating the OCD-adjacent box Kelm created a void filled with a blank because "any obsessive would want to have the regular edition too." He then noted laughing that would leave no place for the blank and wondered what would be done with that. While not called for a standard issue of the limited first edition one of 700 copies is included. Tight bright and unmarred. Folio resin coated cloth box mixed media including vinyl plastic cloth metal paper wood leather etc. fo 49x23x10cm. Numbered limited editions. Danger! Books & Indulgence Press unknown books
1995rif. 11962Santa Monica: Intervisual Books Inc 1995. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good. First Edition. Hardcover. 10 1/4" X 8 1/4". 10pp. First edition with full number line indicating first printing. Mild rubbing and shelf wear to covers corners and edges of paper over boards. Light rubbing to edges of some pages. Pop-ups are clean functional and un-worn. Binding is firm and sound. ABOUT THIS BOOK: They're Bad! Six dastardly Disney villains are featured in this bold and engaging pop-up book. Joining old favorites such as Shere Khan Ursula and Cruella de Vil are Jafar Scar and the pompous governor Ratcliffe from Disney's animated film Pocahontas. They're big and bad and ready to tell their side of the story!Publisher. Intervisual Books, Inc hardcover books
1974rif. 12358Chattanooga: Hamilton National Bank 1974. First Edition. Staplebound. Good. First Edition. Staplebound. 8" X 10 3/4". Unpaginated. Wear to paper wraps with rubbing toning and light creasing to covers corners and edges. Non-sticky sticker residue to front cover. Rust to staples at spine. Faint toning to edges of pages. Pages are free of marks and notation. Binding is sound. An overall solid copy of this catalogue of an art exhibit for Hubert Shuptrine 1936-2006 which ran from March 25 through March 29 1974. Includes Senior Recital announcement sheet for Gordon Robson Dated March 28 1974. Hamilton National Bank unknown books
1978rif. 10129Sarasota: Ringling Museum of Art 1978. First Edition. Staplebound. Good . First Edition. Staplebound. 7 1/2" X 8". 43pp. Mild wear to pictorial paper wraps with light rubbing and toning to covers corners and edges. Light rubbing and a spot of toning to edges of text block. A touch of rust to staple bindings. Pages are clean and unmarked. Binding is sound. An overall clean solid copy of this catalog published in conjunction with an exhibition of French painter Raoul Dufy's 1877-1953 work at the the Ringling Museum of Art in Sarasota Florida December 5th 1978 through February 25th 1979. With a Reader's Digest article by Albert Q. Maisel about Dufy laid in. Ringling Museum of Art unknown books
