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1959Best.-Nr. 43760Gouda: Drukkerij v/h Koch & Knuttel 1959. First edition. Softcover. g to vg. Large quarto 11 3/4 x 8". Unpaginated. 24pp 3 transparent colored acetate pages. Original photo-illustrated wrappers. Illustrated title page. This splendidly produced booklet was intended as a promotional New Year's gift of publisher Koch & Knuttel in Gouda Holland the hometown of photographer and designer Piet Marée who designed the said booklet. This work contains 9 full-page b/w photographic reproductions of artwork by Belgian Avant-gardist artist Pierre Toebente 1919-1997 whose entire oeuvre addresses only one major theme namely the human being of which he chose three aspects: the female body the child and the mask. Eight of the nine artworks featured in this booklet are wooden masks and the last one depicts a female torso also executed in wood. Photographs and book design by the famed Dutch graphic designer Piet Marée 1903-1999. Minor shelf wear along edges of wrappers. Little discoloration spot at upper margin of half-title. Text in Dutch. Wrappers in overall good to good interior in very good condition. Drukkerij v/h Koch & Knuttel unknown books
1934Best.-Nr. 43367Krakow: Polonia-Film Polonjafilm 1934. First edition. Softcover. vg- to vg. 48mo. Measures approx. 2.5x3.5". Unpagianted 16 leaves. B/w photo-illustrated stapled wrappers. The publication is a very small softcover Polish-language promotional booklet for the Soviet musical film ВеÑёлые ребÑта known in English as "Jolly Fellows". Profusely illustrated throughout with photomontage in b/w photogravure featuring stills from the film and close-ups of the stars. The cover features leading actress Lyubov Orlova. The film which was directed by Grigori Aleksandrov for Mosfilm was an extremely popular comedic musical in its time and garnered international critical acclaim. Included in the booklet are some main credits from the film and a short essay/review of the film by Polish artist and graphic designer Stanisław Rzecki. The booklet was distributed at the "Grazyna" movie theater in Lviv now Ukraine and bears its name stamped on the front cover. At the time of the inter-war period Lviv was part of the Second Polish Republic. Text in Polish. Minor rubbing to the edges and corners of the wrappers. Staple rusted. Wrappers in very good interior in very good condition. Protected by modern mylar. Extremely scarce. Polonia-Film (Polonjafilm) unknown books
2016Best.-Nr. 42408Rancho Cucamonga CA: Lemon Turtle Hawk Press 2016. First edition. Softcover. new. Lg. sq. octavo. 150pp. French wraps with photo-illustrated covers. Autobiography by Dale T. Lemonds who in 1947 floor directed WTMJ-TV's first broadcast. Born in 1918 his stories describe growing up on a farm near the family sod house in Furnas County Nebraska; life in 1940's California supervising the wing section of the first DC-4 at Douglas Aircraft in Santa Monica; operating radio for the U.S. Army in Europe during WWII; marriage to Milwaukee native Marion Binzel family life retirement stroke rehab and later years in Rancho Cucamonga California. In addition to a first-person narrative that recounts the early days of television 1947-1980 there is a descriptive list of 33 shows Lemonds produced and directed at WTMJ in Milwaukee Wisconsin including: The Man Next Door Rhythm Roundup Woman's World Behind the Screens What's New in the Kitchen Time Out With Thomas Kids Klub Bowling with the Champs and the 1960 presidential-primary broadcast of Meet the Press on which he assisted NBC's Frank Slingland. Portrays a lifelong passion for music playing the trombone photography and making movies two of which are depicted: a murder mystery and a fishing trip in the San Gabriel Mountains. Sidebars: woodworking; cars; TV advertising; and working with legendary NBC director Harry Coyle on two World Series 1957 & 1958: Milwaukee vs. N.Y. Yankees. Profusely illustrated with photography film frames TV-station memo scripts sets balops hand-drawn floor plan and thumbnail sketches for title card and props. Frontispiece dedication table of contents afterword acknowledgments photography credits and index. Lemon Turtle Hawk Press unknown books
1981Best.-Nr. 38858New York: United Jewish Appeal 1981. First edition. Softcover. g. Small folio. 23 1pp. Original illustrated wrappers. Laid in a hand-signed typed letter from Judith Manelis announcing the publication of this work and dated May 29 1981. The music literature and art of the Holocaust speak to us with special poignancy. For during a time when normal communication remained impossible and the cries of agony defiance and muted hope were unheard by most of the world's population men women and children still found the inner courage to express their most intimate emotions by creating songs drawings poems and writings. This extraordinary booklet records their enduring spirit and inner courage in the nightmare world of the Nazi camps. The works of art reproduced in this volume were created between 1940 and 1945 in concentration camps and ghettos by victims of Nazi oppression and rescued after the Holocaust by Miriam Novitch and other members of the Ghetto Fighters Kibbutz in Israel. They are part of a collection over 2000 drawings in the Ghetto Fighter's Museum located on the Kibbutz. Upper spine creased and corners slightly bumped thus affecting pages throughout. Wrappers and interior in overall good condition. United Jewish Appeal unknown books
1946Best.-Nr. 38328New York: New Directions 1946. Reprint. Hardcover. g. Octavo. xix 306pp. Original illustrated dustjacket over light green cloth with black lettering on cover. Translated by Françoise Delisle; introduction by Havelock Ellis; cover design by Alvin Lustig. Reprint of the first American edition originally published by Houghton Mifflin in 1928. No printed date other than the original retained "1928" likely printed circa 1946. "No other writer has so surely captured the poignancy the mystery the "out-of-this-world" quality of the first love that grows out of childhood's longing for the unknown. In France The Wanderer is a recognized classic having gone through some eighty printings and been translated into many other languages" publisher. DJ with minor wear along edges small chips and tears; jacket price clipped and protected by Brodart. Binding with minor wear along edges. Previous owner's name on free front endpaper. Block lightly age-toned with very few pencil marks in margins. DJ binding and interior in overall good condition. New Directions hardcover books
1958Best.-Nr. 37615Berlin: Verlag des Ministeriums für Nationale Verteidigung 1958. First edition. Paperback. g to vg. 18 2pp text 48 loose plates 2 loose folded maps as issued. Original photo-illustrated wrap around. Published by the East German Ministry of National Defense on the occasion of the 40th anniversary of the Red Army this work features 48 b/w photographic plates depicting the Soviet Army in action during the Russian Civil War 1917-1922 the Second World War 1941-1945 to the annual Moscow Military Parade held on the 40th anniversary of the Bolshevik Revolution November 7 1957. Includes two color folded maps The fronts of the civil war and the armed intervention 1918-1920; and The Great Patriotic War 1941-1945. Moderate rubbing along edges of wrappers. Text and captions in German. Wraps in overall good interior in good to very good condition. Verlag des Ministeriums für Nationale Verteidigung paperback books
1969Best.-Nr. 34419Los Angeles: NP 1969. First edition. Softcover. vg. Octavo Oblong. 29 leaves. Original spiral bound stiff wraps with handwritten lettering on cover. 23 pieces leaves of photographic plates of late sixties Los Angeles environment. Motives listed at end of publcation. First artist book by Allen Ruppersberg one of the first generation of American Conceptual artists. lightly age-toned. Binding and interior in overall very good condition. NP unknown books
1959Best.-Nr. 32077Wolfsburg: Volkswagenwerk G.m.b.H. 1959. Softcover. g. Folio. 24pp. Original spiral bound illustrated wraps. Scarce and delightful advertisement brochure profusely illustrated with numerous duo-tone b/w and color photographic reproductions as well as color drawings and b/w sketches of the car. Original price list dated December 1 1959 in its pocket at rear. This work details the available body styles of the Beetle as well as its design accessories and specifications. Minor age-wear along edges of wrappers. Previous owner's stamp at rear. Text in German. Wraps in overall good interior in very good condition. Volkswagenwerk G.m.b.H. unknown books
1966Best.-Nr. 348922Philadelphia: Lippincott 1966. 271p. first US edition hardcover bound in quarter-cloth over boards in unclipped lightly rubbed dust jacket. Rise of good old "British First Party" fascism in this comic ! novel by the author who had earlier come to notice as Eliot George with her gay biker novel "The Leather Boys. Lippincott unknown books
1966Best.-Nr. 277048Philadelphia: Lippincott 1966. 271p. stamped File Copy on front free endpaper with ink note "Bin #346" else a very good condition first US edition hardcover bound in quarter-cloth over boards in unclipped bright dust jacket. Rise of good old "British First Party" fascism in this comic ! novel by the author who had earlier come to notice as Eliot George with her gay biker novel "The Leather Boys. Lippincott unknown books
1883Best.-Nr. 48463Boston: Lee and Shepard Publishers 1883. Very Good . Boston: Lee and Shepard Publishers 1883. Later printing. Quarto 19 cm; unpaginated; black and white illus. throughout. Green cloth boards with gilt and black decoration and stamping and gilt edges. Boards shelf worn with corners rubbed and mild scuffing to covers. Interior has some light foxing but otherwise relatively clean. Very Good or better. Sweet Christmas gift inscriptions from two generations to blank prelim with ghostly offsetting of a missing paper doll to same and facing pages. Newspaper clipping of John Howard Paynes' remains returning to the United States in 1883 after his 1852 death in Tunis laid in at biography page with matching offsetting. Home Sweet Home was revived as a Civil War song embraced by both sides though it was originally written in 1822. Lee and Shepard Publishers unknown books
2001Best.-Nr. 29369Dallas: Somesuch Press 2001. Very Good. Dallas: Somesuch Press 2001. Limited Edition numbered 99 of 350 copies and signed by designer W. Thomas Taylor as "Tom Taylor" and publisher Stanley Marcus on colophon. Octavo; 15pp. Publisher's map-decorated paper with silver lettering and red cloth spine. Boards are clean and sharp. Binding is sound and pages unmarked. Limited reprint of Miller's poem first issued by Niemen-Marcus in 1939. Somesuch Press unknown books
2025Best.-Nr. 142467np but Milan Italy: The Printing Office an imprint of Lazy Dog Press 2025. paperback. 16 x 24 cm. paperback. 336 pages. Edited by Cinzia Ferrara Laura Moretti and Carla Palladino Translated by Isobel Butters. How Many Women Are in the Room is a symbolic question and an invitation to remain vigilant about female representation--both in design and beyond. This volume documents the fifth edition of AWDA AIAP Women in Design Award the prestigious international biennial prize dedicated to women designers in visual communication. The title echoes the very question asked during the award ceremony highlighting the need to carefully observe the roles spaces and languages that continue to be assigned or denied today. How Many Women Are in the Room gathers the selected and awarded projects offering a broad and nuanced overview of innovative languages and approaches developed by students professionals and researchers. Visual projects by designers from around the world are accompanied by essays focused studies and interviews that explore themes linked to design and feminism: labor rights inequality languages and activism. The volume is completed by essays from international activists designers scholars and researchers who reflect through visual designon issues related to womens labor gender equity and cultural and social disparities. It also features interviews with key figures from fields such as civil rights communication art journalism politics and institutions. The book is a co-edition project with AIAP the Italian association for visual communication design active since 1945 in promoting design culture and graphic professionalism. The Printing Office, an imprint of Lazy Dog Press unknown books
2011Best.-Nr. 80783Berkeley CA.: University of California Press. Very Good. 2011. Hardcover in Dust Jacket. This book is hard-bound in green cloth with gilt stamping on the spine in a dust jacket with light edge-wear. The binding is solid. The contents are bright and clean with illustrations in black & white and color. . University of California Press hardcover books
Best.-Nr. 15723BAROQUE AND ROMANTIC STAGE DESIGN. New York: Beechhurst Press 1955. 4to. Cloth dust jacket xiv 26 pages 122 plates. Second edition. Being a collection of plates of designs of Baroque and Romantic European theatres. Very good in a worn dust jacket. unknown books
Best.-Nr. 32547DESIGN AND WORK; A HOME AND SHOP COMPANION. Volume I. London: G. Purkess 1876. 4to. Publisher's blue cloth. xi 476 pages. First edition. This is the first volume of a London weekly periodical with the same name as a Manchester monthly. The London work is not cited by OCLC the NUC or RIBA. Our volume contains the first thirty issues from 13 May through 2 December 1876. Articles cover mechanics construction building design technology and inventions including "Practical Wood-turning" "The Telescope" "Our Steam Velocipede" "Miniature Railroad Train" and "The Megascope." Advertisements appear for each issue. Covers moderately worn. unknown books
Best.-Nr. 10411DESIGN IN GREECE 1/1970-2/1971. Athens: N.P. 1971. 4to. Self-wrappers. 290 pages. First edition. An annual periodical of Architecture in Greece with illustrations and texts written in Greek and English. Covers worn else good. unknown books
1989Best.-Nr. 1003894The Children's Book Council 1989. Color poster depicting a grandmother sharing a book with her grandson created by John Steptoe. In 1989 the Children's Book Council commissioned four posters on the theme of "Families Reading Together" from children's illustrators Steptoe Donald Carrick Peter Sis and David Wiesner. Proceeds from their sale supported literacy and reading programs around the world. Raised in Brooklyn Steptoe was a pioneering illustrator of sixteen children's books twelve of which he wrote. He centered African-American children in his work beginning with Stevie 1969 which was published in Life magazine and then by Harper & Row when he was still a teenager; Stevie would be memorably read aloud by Gordon on Sesame Street. Steptoe received Caldecott Honors twice for The Story of Jumping Mouse 1985 and Mufaro's Beautiful Daughters 1988. This poster was among the last of his works to be published before his untimely death from AIDS at the age of thirty-eight. After his death the American Library Association established the John Steptoe New Talent Award in his honor. A fine example of a scarce poster. Color poster measuring 19 x 13 inches. The Children's Book Council unknown books
1967Best.-Nr. 1003475Brooklyn: Hanging Loose 1967. Second number of this long-running little magazine devoted to emerging and underrepresented writers founded in 1966 at the Brooklyn apartment of poet and contributing editor Denise Levertov who had taught Jarrett and Laurie. Simultaneously democratic and ephemeral its original format a sheaf of loose mimeographed sheets tucked in a mailing envelope inspired its name: "If you liked a poem you could pin it to the wall. If you didn't like a poem you could use it as a napkin." This number features poems by Marge Piercy and a story by Elia Katz among others. The envelope illustrated by Mimi Gross is addressed to Indiana writer and early subscriber Roger Pfingston. Over the following decades Hanging Loose would publish new writing by Dorothy Allison Ha Jin Wayne Koestenbaum Audre Lorde Eileen Myles and a teenage Emma Straub and publish the first books of Sherman Alexie Eula Biss Kimiko Hahn and Maggie Nelson under its Hanging Loose Press imprint. An early and complete issue scarce in commerce of this landmark Brooklyn poetry 'zine. Forty-four mimeographed typed pages measuring 9 x 6 inches. Loose as issued in original pictorial mailing envelope with address label; index card inscribed "compliments of the editors" initialed by Dick Lourie laid in. Light shelfwear. Hanging Loose unknown books
Best.-Nr. 1002995France nineteenth century. Large fragment of an original embroidery design likely for a shawl or tablecloth executed in red watercolor. The stylized parrot snail and lizard are meticulously plotted out by hand stitch by stitch against a background of oak leaves and acorns. This design is plotted on "papier quadrillé" manufactured by the Paris publisher Chavant & Dessaigne. Fleury Chavant was an industrial designer who issued a number of influential pattern books in the 1830s and 1840s. In addition to finished patterns his company offered a range of these printed grid papers with gauges corresponding to every kind of needlework enabling those at home to produce their own designs. A striking survival. Original watercolor executed on two sheets of printed "papier quadrillé" joined together entire piece measuring 15 x 32 inches. Publisher information printed at base of sheets: "8 en 10: à Paris chez CHAVANT & DESSAIGNE Rue Cléry No 19 / No. 23." Several pale pink areas where paint spread; trace of glue along seam; later pencil notes to verso. unknown books
Best.-Nr. 1002576France: no publisher no date early twentieth century. Striking hand-colored sheet of six "images d'Épinal." Inexpensive broadsides like these were hugely popular in France in the nineteenth century: naïve woodcuts brightly colored featuring images of Catholic saints Napoleonic battles and storybook characters. By the turn of the twentieth century lithography had emerged as the primary printing process and the range of subjects had greatly expanded but there was still a market for images printed in the old style a graphic tradition that influenced modernists from Henri Rousseau to Alfred Jarry. This group of six separate images printed from blocks on a sheet of Ingres d'Arches paper may be a publisher's proof. The domestic and religious subjects include a young woman reaching for a flower the devotional image of Christ in the winepress and an angel watching over the city gates. A fine example. Single sheet of six woodblock prints printed recto only and colored en pochoir measuring 14.75 x 19 inches. no publisher unknown books
1897Best.-Nr. 25091602Chicago: Way & Williams 1897. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good . First printing small octavo size 351 pp. A fictitious story taking place in the ancient past with a striking binding design by William Henry Bradley 1868-1962. "Nicknamed the 'Dean of American Designers' by The Saturday Evening Post Bradley was the highest-paid American artist of the early 20th century" n.b. quote from Wiki. ___DESCRIPTION: Double-cover design by Bradley in red and deep gold on black cloth top edge gilt fore- and bottom edges uncut prior owner name in a vintage hand with the date "Feb 8/98" at the top of the front free endpaper frontispiece a map this the only plate in the book title page in red and black with publisher's logo prominently set forth the copyright page with the date of 1897 matching the date on the title page the colophon with the printing date of August 1897 no mention of subsequent printings; binding small octavo size 7 5/8" by 5" 351 pp. ___CONDITION: A bit better than very good the boards clean straight corners with light rubbing a strong square text block with solid hinges the interior is clean and bright and in addition to the prior owner marking mentioned above another prior owner name at the top of the rear pastedown; some wear to the head and tail of the spine with the cloth at the head beginning to fray. ___CITATIONS: Bambace no. A31; Krause no. 44 which states that the plates other than the initial frontis map "were purchased in 1898 by Way & Williams and used in later printings.". ___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. Way & Williams hardcover books
1895Best.-Nr. 231128031London: Kegan Paul Trench Trubner & Co 1895. Hardcover. Very good. Thomson Hugh. Small octavo size 120 pp. A lovely collection of poems by Henry Austin Dobson 1840-1921 which speak of a simpler time. With illustrations throughout by Hugh Thomson 1860-1920; Irish by birth he lived most of his life in England and was known as "an instinctive artist with little formal training". His style which he founded is referred to as "The Cranford School" distinctive for its "nostalgic affectionate and slightly whimsical approach to historical themes." As such he was the perfect artist to illustrate "The Story of Rosina" as well as the works by Jane Austen among many others. ___DESCRIPTION: Bound in full red cloth this title was also issued in green cloth the front and spine lavishly decorated with gold after illustrations by Thomson top edge gilt Thomson's black-and-white line drawings throughout many being full-page others half-page others being chapter head-pieces; binding small octavo size 7 3/4" by 5 1/2" 120 pp. ___CONDITION: Very good the boards clean straight corners with light rubbing a strong square text block with solid hinges the interior is clean with a few spots of foxing and entirely free of prior owner markings; light wear at the head and tail of the spine and the bottom edges of the boards the spine lightly sunned foxing to the text block edges and the volume slightly cocked; even with its few faults still a lovely copy. ___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. Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co hardcover books
1949Best.-Nr. 1414420London: The Grey Walls Press Ltd 1949. First British Edition Second Impression. Hardcover. Small Octavo 189 pages. In Very Good condition with a Very Good dust jacket. Spine pictorial with red lettering. Dust jacket protected with a mylar covering price uncut: "8s. 6d." small chips missing to head and tail of spine light shelfwear and rubbing. Light toning to endpapers from glue. Shelved showcase. 1414420. Shelved Dupont Bookstore. The Grey Walls Press Ltd hardcover books
1894Best.-Nr. 013830Boston: Copeland and Day 1894. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. Very Good. As stated on the colophon the first complete edition this one of 500 copies on French paper with lettering and decorations by Bertram Grosvenor Goodhue in a custom inlay leather binding by Virginia Chester signed and dated 1911. Full dark green crushed morocco elaborately decorated front and rear covers and their versos aeg. Executed in Art Nouveau style perfectly appropriate to Goodhue's decorations. Signed by Chester with gilt pressed conjoined initials VC flanked by 19 and 11 for 1911 at the bottom of the rear inside cover. Spine moderately worn corners worn joints too more noticeably to front and shallow loss at spine ends more noticeably at top. Chester dropped out of university in Illinois in 1902 due to illness and took up bookbinding as a hobby. She never returned to college but continued professionally with bookbinding studying in Chicago with Gertrude Stiles in New York with Helen Haskell and in Paris with Henri Mulhae and Jules Domont. Around 1912 or so she returned to the Chicago and opened her own bookbinding studio in the Fine Arts Building. Penciled at the bottom of the fly leaf is perhaps her notes or a collector's: "Virgina Chester / Chicago/ 1024 Fine Arts Bldg/ code/ 11/28/13/ code". This binding appears to have been influenced by French design and technique. Copeland and Day hardcover books
