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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
1972Best.-Nr. 1107200224Samson Marine Design LTD 1972. Paperback. Very Good. Very good soft cover. Covers Are soiled and shows edge wear. Interior is excellent with clean and unmarked pages.; 100% Satisfaction Guaranteed! Ships same or next business day! Samson Marine Design LTD paperback
1922Best.-Nr. 1736Moscow: Der Shtrom The Moscow School for Yiddish Printers 1922. First edition. In publisher’s illustrated wrappers. Paper yellowed due to aging. Tiny inkblots on cover. Note in pencil on title page. Numeric notes between pp. 9–25. Three pinholes throughout at the gutter. Cover artistically restored. Overall in very good condition. Cover design by Marc Chagall. Cover design by Marc Chagall. First edition. In publisher’s illustrated wrappers. 80 p. The second number of the first Soviet Yiddish literary-cultural periodical featuring a cover designed by Marc Chagall. Shtorm was founded and edited by a literary and artistic group formed in Kiev of Yekhezkl Dobrushin Nokhem Oyslender and Arn Kushnirov and Dovid Hofshteyn. Six numbers were published in five issues between 1922 and 1924. Each cover featured the same illustration on the front by Marc Chagall. “Chagall used only the letters in the word Shtrom as illustrations which included a disembodied person on the »R« and a factory with a worker entering the building as part of the »Sh«” Shneer pp. 145–6. Bibl.: Shneer D.: Yiddish and the Creation of Soviet Jewish Culture: 1918–1930. Cambridge University Press 2004. . Der Shtrom, The Moscow School for Yiddish Printers unknown
2015Best.-Nr. 018233A unique insider's account of Total Design's golden period. It contains hundreds of images from the TD archive and in Ben Bos's text the reader is given a personal history of a design group that remains as important today as it did when it opened its doors. Expanding on the original edition this new book features an updated and extended text by Ben Bos that looks beyond 1973 as well as many previously unseen images from his personal archive. The book has also been redesigned in a new larger format to show the work in greater detail. Contents: Total Design: an insider's view -- Life before Total Design -- The teams and their members -- New text for expanded edition -- Work -- End matter. 503 pages : illustrations chiefly color ; 25 cm. Expanded edition. Blue cloth boards in slipcase. Slight shelf wear to slipcase no inscriptions tight and square binding. Photographs available on request. All books dispatched same or next working day in robust packaging. Unit Editions hardcover
1974Best.-Nr. mon0000183158Baron Wolman/Squarebooks 1974T. paperback. Very Good. 0.7283 in x 8.4291 in x 5.8504 in. very clean softcover. no marks.solid binding. very light wear. ISBN matches listing Baron Wolman/Squarebooks paperback
1983Best.-Nr. 40304Melbourne: Richard Griffin Publisher 1983. Hardback quarto dustjacket very good condition in very good dustjacket quarter-leather binding cloth boards brown jacket gilt vignette & title small scuff spine light brown endpapers two black & white drawings frontispiece & title page page edges roughly cut. 34 pp. Subtitle: 'And from thence along the coast of Australia to Port Essington in the Cobourg Peninsula and thence Bathurst and Melville Islands Apsley's Straits between 27th February & the 13th of November 1824 and continued in the ship Countess of Harcourt to the Isle of France to 7th January 1825.' Short title: 'The Voyage of the Tamar 1824.' In his foreword Kenneth Hince states that the text is printed for the first time in book form pretty much as it appeared in issues 413 to 417 of The Monthly Magazine published in London from August 1825. No 141 of a limited edition of 160 copies by expert Australian designer Richard Griffin. Australian handmade paper with untrimmed edges. Binding by Peter Marsh Dove Bindery. Richard Griffin Publisher hardcover
1930Best.-Nr. 218784Japan: 天明堂. Tenmeidō. Circa 1930. Collection of ten brightly coloured tall oblong colour advertisement printed cards probably for displaying in a shop or shop windows 38.5 x 10.5cm accompanied by thirty-one colour printed labels 9.3 x 16cm. All in very good unused condition. A lovely example of commercial design from the pre-WWII period. These colourful shop signs and labels advertise a nerve pain relief liniment called Itamitōru. The Japanese name literally means “Taking pains out” combining the Chinese character for itami pain with the katakana spelling of tōru to take out conveying both the product’s purpose and suggesting an impression of a Western-imported remedy. The label features an eye-catching graphic design including illustrations of an arm and a leg. It is printed in both Japanese and English and claims that the liniment contains chemicals produced by Swiss Basel & Co. Ltd. The product was promoted as a remedy for a wide range of ailments including rheumatism nerve pain stiff shoulders headaches toothache and insect bites. . 天明堂. [Tenmeidō]. unknown
2000Best.-Nr. 3115253New York: Aperture. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 2000. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0893818941 . First American edition. SIGNED by Sebastiao Salgado on half-title page. Fine in fine dust jacket. 111pp. 10" X 13" ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 111 pages . Aperture hardcover
1905Best.-Nr. 56868New York: Dodd Mead & Co. Near Fine. 1905. First Edition. Hardcover. Tinted drawings pictorial borders head and tail ; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 107 pages; 1905. Dodd Mead & Company New York. HC 1st edition with Published September 1905 on copyright page and 1905 on title page. Snugly bound and fresh in original green cloth variant binding designed by Margaret Armstrong with her sundial and arbor design stamped in white pale red and gilt on upper board and spine; top edge gilt. Illustrated by Helen Maitland Armstrong with nine full-page signed tinted drawings; decorated page borders and endsheets by Margaret Armstrong. A variant binding state of the first edition produced using the original Armstrong cover die. Cloth bright and clean with just mild crimping to spine ends and minimal rubbing to corner tips; gilt and color stamping sharp; hinges sound; all plates present and fine. A handsome and uncommon copy of this celebrated Armstrong design a fine example of American Art Nouveau bookbinding. NF . Dodd, Mead & Co hardcover
1988Best.-Nr. 17834National Academy of Design / United Technologies. As New. 1988. Paperback. FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request - IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - Very Good. Some markings and underlining to text and index; a very few notes following index. -- with a bonus offer-- . National Academy of Design / United Technologies paperback
2019Best.-Nr. 2-1699607400Independently published 2019. Paperback. New. 267 pages. 10.00x8.00x0.63 inches. Independently published paperback
2019Best.-Nr. 2-1701008742Independently published 2019. Paperback. New. 267 pages. 9.61x6.69x0.63 inches. Independently published paperback
2019Best.-Nr. 2-1699821003Independently published 2019. Paperback. New. 267 pages. 9.61x6.69x0.63 inches. Independently published paperback
1893Best.-Nr. 000444Paris: Charles Mendel 1893. First Edition. . Hardcover. See Description. Tall 4to. pp. XI 1 398 2. With frontispiece and 300 illustrations reproductions de miniatures bordures et lettres ornees with the text. Bound in quarter black morocco with marbled boards and end papers; head and tail caps as well as hinges are neatly restored; some rubbing and wear present to extremities. Original wraps are included. The outer edge of the front blank fly-leaf is chipped with a small tear repaired. Interior pages are clean; a short crease along with two small marginal tears neatly sealed are present on the outer edge of p. 375. A tiny marginal tear is also carefully sealed on p. 377. Contains a history and discussion of ornamentation and decoration in medieval manuscripts. Charles Mendel hardcover
1910Best.-Nr. 000413Leipzig: C.G. Boerner 1910. First Edition. . Hardcover. See Description. Folio. pp. XVI 107 1. With 9 colored plates and 43 black and white plates. Bound in half green morocco with cloth boards. Original paper wraps preserved. Spine lightly faded; mild spots of rubbing to hinges. Interior is clean. A catalogue describing 230 books with fine bindings from the 15th to the 19th century C.G. Boerner hardcover
1901Best.-Nr. 000096Chicago: Caxton Club 1901. First Edition. . Hardcover. See Description. 4to. 102pp. With 18 plates including 10 in color and in gilt. 5 illustrations of identification marks or seals are printed on tissue and inserted into the text. Partially uncut pages. Re-backed preserving the original spine. Paper spine label rubbed. Boards re-papered after original fashion. Caxton Club hardcover
1999Best.-Nr. 056865New York: Viking Studio 1999. Pennyroyal Caxton 1st Trade Ed. . Hardcover. Very Good/Near Fine. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. Moser Barry. 994pp.illus.list; HB beige w/gilt-ribbon bkmk.; rubbed w/lt.stain; lt.stainsforedges; cleantight pgs. DJ parchment w/gilt; slight rub w/spine sunned. " .a version of the Bible that both honors its sanctity and monumentality and is an enduring work of art." illus. Viking Studio hardcover
1949Best.-Nr. 050493Topeka KS: L.F. Garlinghouse Company Inc. 1949. Fourth Edition . Paper Back. Very Good/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 32pp.; SC staple-bound; green w/red-pic.cover cabinlakecanoe rubbed w/bk.cover detached; sml.corner-cut; cleantight pgs. "The pictures show how the houses will appear after construction and the miniature floor plans show the size and arrangement of the rooms." includes order form for plans. illus. L.F. Garlinghouse Company, Inc. unknown
2011Best.-Nr. 049086San Francisco CA: Lucia Paul 2011. 1st . Hardcover. Near Fine/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Various. 62pp.; HB white w/blk.-photocover; slight rub w/cleantight pgs. 24 photographers - 24 hours - 24 interpretaions. Winter Solstice San Francisco CA. celebrating the solsitce in S.F. Lucia, Paul hardcover
1996Best.-Nr. 003791Vancover British Columbia Canada: Western Stock Growers' Association/Raincoast Books 1996. Limited . Hardcover. Fine/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. McQuarrie John & Taylor Kim photos. 111pp.; HB dk.blue w/gilt; fine condition; cleantight pgs. Color photographic essay of cattle drive to celebrate the Western Stock Growers' Association's first 100 years. Canadian cattle drive from Buffalo 60 miles south to Medicine Hat Alberta Canada. limited signed edition #47/100 Western Stock Growers' Association/Raincoast Books hardcover
1958Best.-Nr. 038254Washington D.C.: US Navy/USS Ranger 1958. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. unpaginated; HB graygreen w/white&gilt; rubbed w/corners worn; some stain; dampstainbttm.edge otherwise cleantight pgs. "Here is a series of photographic stories summarizing the events which made up Ranger's first year in commissioned service. US Navy/USS Ranger hardcover
2011Best.-Nr. 048062USA: Prentice Hall is an imprint of Pearson Education Inc. 2011. Includes two DVDs on fep & rep. Clean colour illustrated notebook with internal black spiral wire binding. Tiny touch of rubbing to head & foot of spines corners and to boards corners. Three small soiling spots to fore-edge. Fep with DVD and security sticker over it rep no sticker booksellers sticker to fep foot. Clean contents. B/w illustrations. 578p Heavy: 288 x 245 mm / 1 kg. Second Edition. Hb. VG/None. Prentice Hall is an imprint of Pearson Education , Inc. Hardcover
2019Best.-Nr. 2-1699825580Independently published 2019. Paperback. New. 267 pages. 10.00x8.00x0.63 inches. Independently published paperback
2019Best.-Nr. 2-1086203313Independently published 2019. Paperback. New. 433 pages. 10.00x8.00x1.02 inches. Independently published paperback
1973Best.-Nr. 58138New York: Farrar Straus & Giroux. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1973. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0374114080 . 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 215 pages; 1973 Farrar Straus & Giroux. HC/DJ. 1st edition 1st printing. Snugly bound in quarter burgundy cloth over patterned yellow-and-black paper-covered boards; publishers burgundy top stain bright with a few superficial drip outlines. Color pictorial dust jacket designed by Milton Glaser of Push Pin Studios uniformly bright with the publishers $6.95 issue price intact to unclipped front flap. Jacket shows mild crimping and superficial rubbing at spine ends with some light shelf soiling to surfaces. Publishers printed review slip laid in at front. A sharp copy of Wrights third novel housed in a distinctive Glaser jacket. VG/VG . Farrar Straus & Giroux hardcover
