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1975réf. 1410595London: William Collins Sons and Company Limited 1975. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo 256 pages. In Very Good minus condition with a Good dust jacket. Dust jacket protected with a mylar covering price clipped front flap. Spine blue and yellow with green and white lettering. Exterior has slight wear including mild soiling and light edge wear. Boards have slight wear including faint sunning. Text block has slight wear including mild age toning and light soiling to the edges. First edition. NOTE: Shelved in Locked Annex Column AA. 1410595. FP New Rockville Stock. William Collins Sons and Company Limited hardcover books
1966réf. 1410600London: William Heinemann Limited 1966. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo 253 pages. In Very Good condition with a Good dust jacket. Dust jacket protected with a mylar covering price clipped front flap. Spine pictorial white with red and blue lettering. Exterior has slight plus wear including slight soiling and minor edge wear. Boards have very slight wear. Text block has slight plus wear including slight age toning to the edges. First edition. NOTE: Shelved in Locked Annex Column AA. 1410600. FP New Rockville Stock. William Heinemann Limited hardcover books
1987réf. 335011New York: Harper 1987. hardcover. near fine/near fine. 291 pages. 8vo natural cloth-backed boards pictorial d.w. spine sunned. New York: Harper 1987. A near fine copy in a near fine dust wrapper. Harper unknown books
réf. CNAP087San Francisco: The Arion Press 2009. New. Kiki Smith. The book is 13-7/8 inches square with 16 printed panels and two blanks in concertina format. The paper is Mohawk Superfine cover. The type is Scotch Roman handset using 24-point for the text and other sizes for display and subsidiary material printed by letterpress. The graphic art was printed by photo-offset lithography in tri-tone: brown-black tan and yellow-orange inks. The boards and box containing the book are covered in Japanese cloth of an iridescent brown with gold titling. The edition is limited to 75 numbered copies for sale. All copies are signed by the artist. "I Love My Love" a ballad by Scottish-born poet Helen Adam is based on a traditional Celtic interpretation of the Medusa theme. The book features sixteen images by artist Kiki Smith derived from her own hair. Helen Adam would have been 100 years old in December 2009. She was a prominent member of the San Francisco literary scene that profoundly altered the course of American poetry in the 1950s and 1960s. Among the avant-garde she was seen as an anomaly seemingly old-fashioned but regarded as a direct link to ancient poetic tradition. In Adam’s unsettling ballad the bridegroom is first embraced then ensnared by his bride’s lavish golden tresses. After he murders her the hair continues to grow and avenges itself upon the guilty bride-groom who tried to free himself from the constrictive bonds of love. The book is bound in concertina format in an accordion-fold of eighteen panels. Images of the artist’s hair are printed lithographically in three colors alternately above and below the text with the hair flowing outward from the left margin of each panel. The result is an artist book that stretches out flat to over twenty feet. It can be displayed on a shelf or table spread out to twelve feet or less in the accordion mode. It can also be viewed two pages at a time as in a conventional codex. The artist’s hair has been used to create a graphic parallel to the poetry. ___POSTAGE: Please note that this is an unusually large and heavy volume and additional postage may apply; please inquire 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. The Arion Press unknown books
2015réf. 411257New Haven; New York: Yale University Press; Whitney Museum of American Art 2015. First edition. A clean copy. 12 x 9 inches. 250 pages. Profusely illustrated in color. Original printed boards; original slipcase. "This landmark catalogue presents a retrospective study of Frank Stella b. 1936 one of the most important figures in 20th-century American art. Showcasing works from all of his major series the book surveys the full sweep of Stella's career from his artistic beginnings in high school and college to today. The book's spectacular plate section comprises more than 100 works including paintings sculptures reliefs and works on paper. Notable inclusions are his seminal Black Paintings recent high-relief aluminum works and a selection of drawings maquettes and digital renderings--many of which are reproduced here for the first time--that offer fresh insight into Stella's thinking and process. Essays discuss topics such as the artist's early years at Phillips Academy in Andover and Princeton University and his late-career architectural pieces created with the aid of computer software. An interview with Stella conducted by American painter Laura Owens allows Stella to illuminate his artistic practice in his own words. Additional resources include a chronology with extensive bibliographic and exhibition references. This definitive publication is the most thorough examination to date of Stella's astounding contributions in all media which cement his role as one of the most important practitioners of modern abstraction" the publisher. Yale University Press; Whitney Museum of American Art unknown books
1980réf. 334785New York: Dover 1980. hardcover. fine/very good. Robert & James Adam. 23 pages of text plus 105 plates. Very tall folio brown simulated leather covers and beige cloth spine d.w. scuffed and edge worn. New York Dover 1980. A fine copy in a very good dust wrapper. Dover unknown books
1983réf. 312950North Hollywood: Arena Pubs 1983. Paperback. 187p. price sticker on cover else a very good first printing PBO in camp pictorial wraps. Gay pulp fiction. Manpower MP110. The Manpower series reprinted earlier books which had appeared under various titles by various author pseudonyms. Arena Pubs paperback books
2010réf. 1409847San Francisco: Powell's Books Indiespensable McSweeneys Rectangulars 2010. Exclusive edition. Hardcover. Octavo 1030 pages. In Very Good condition. Spine is grey with silver print and illustration. Price unclipped: “$29.00”. Boards in grey paper silver print illustration. ISBN on copyright page: 9781936365197. Laid in: Interview with the author on cards in clear plastic envelope. Signed in ink by the author on the title page. NOTE: Shelved in Netdesk Column Z. 1409847. FP New Rockville Stock. Powell's Books Indiespensable, McSweeneys Rectangulars hardcover books
1968réf. 620294London: Michael Joseph 1968. Hardcover. Very Good/Near Fine. First edition. Slightly bowed boards offsetting on the endpapers and faint foxing on the page edges thus very good in a near fine dust jacket with a shallow chip on the front flap fold and some toning. Michael Joseph hardcover books
1994réf. 1409293New York: Random House 1994. First Edition Second Printing. Hardcover. Quarto 183 pages. In Very Good condition with a Good plus Dust Jacket. Spine white with blue lettering. Dust jacket protected with mylar covering. Light shelf wear and rubbing all over dust jacket. Slight staining age toning on front of dust jacket. Mild scuffing on lettering of front dust jacket. Mild bumping on spine edges and corners of board. Small chipping on top edge of back board. Signed flat by Avedon on front free endpaper. Shelved in Case 11. 1409293. Shelved Dupont Bookstore. Random House hardcover books
2003réf. 42960New York: Powerhouse Books 2003. Near Fine/Near Fine. New York: Powerhouse Books 2003. Stated First Edition. Oblong octavo 22cm; 120pp. Publisher’s unpriced unclipped photographic dust jacket; boards bound in blue cloth with silver stamping to spine; ecru endsheets. Black-and-white photographs throughout. Dust jacket lightly toned along edges; otherwise clean with sharp corners. Boards bumped at spine head; otherwise clean with sharp corners. Binding sound. Textblock endsheets and interior pages clean. A Near Fine copy of this book of street photography. Powerhouse Books unknown books
2010réf. 411210New York: Whitney Museum of American Art 2010. First edition. Some shelfwear; boards slightly buckled; internally a clean copy. 11.5 x 9.75 inches. 256 pages. Profusely illustrated in color. Original boards. "For nearly sixty years Richard Artschwager b. 1923 has undertaken an unrelenting investigation of art's ability to mediate contemporary experience and perception. Although his work which includes sculpture painting prints and drawing is often characterized as having elements of Pop Art Minimalism and Conceptual Art his practice defies easy categorization and his oeuvre is not entirely understood. In Richard Artschwager! the breadth of the artist's idealistic diverse work and unconventional materials such as Formica rubberized hair and Celotex is fully illustrated and explored for the first time. The four essays in this volume illuminate previously unaddressed aspects of Artschwager's work including his response to life in the age of mechanical reproduction the relationship of his work to mainstream art and his recent work's connection with Post-Impressionism. These texts along with new photographs previously unpublished archival images and details of his materials offer a compelling new look at one of the most singular artists of the 20th century and why he remains a highly influential figure today" the publisher. Whitney Museum of American Art unknown books
1993réf. 80073Phoenix AZ: Integra Pres. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1993. Hardcover in jacket. Bound in black cloth with gilt stamping on the upper cover and spine - jacket light edge-wear - contents bright - Signed by the author Adam Niswander on the half title-page. ; Signed by Author . Integra Pres hardcover books
1764réf. 55620London: for the Author 1764. First edition. Modern full morocco. Very good. Large folio 53.0 by 38.0 cm. iv 7 subscribers' list 1 blank 33 1 blank pp; 53 of 54 leaves comprising 60 of 61 engraved plates 7 double-suite 6 folding each numbered according to the descriptive list on pp. 19-33. Plate I serves as frontispiece; five leaves each contain two or three smaller plates. Plate VI a floor plan of the palace restored is lacking. Recent full speckled light brown morocco boards lightly rubbed at extremities gilt dentelles spine with raised bands and gilt morocco lettering piece. A touch of mild soiling at the title; light foxing and staining almost exclusively confined to the margins throughout; adhesive at the joins in the large folding plates sometimes a bit darkened. A very good amply-margined copy. First edition of this magnificently illustrated work with views elevations sections and architectural details of the emperor Diocletian's palace at Spalato today known as Split. While the modern town was built into the ruins of the palace precinct the two temples the inner peristyle and most of the encircling walls remain. The origin story of the work is notable. Upon the death of William Adam 1689-1748 the leading architect in Scotland Robert Adam 1728-1792 and his two brothers succeeded to their father's practice. In order to remedy his deficiencies in architectural understanding Robert decided upon a Grand Tour of the monuments of classical antiquity so as "to acquire a proper manner and taste and an elegant style of drawing" Millard. Being the only significant unexplored classical sites in southern Europe Spalato would prove ideal for such a project. After meeting Charles-Louis Clérisseau 1721-1820 in Florence in 1755 Adam chose to engage the young French architect as guide and drawing instructor for the next two years. Clérisseau accompanied Robert Adam during the five weeks of the summer of 1757 devoted to exploring Spalato. The engravings were probably based on drawings by Clérisseau six of which are preserved in the Hermitage Museum who would also go on to supervise much of the engraving. The Critical Review October 1764 offered high praise for these illustrations which exhibited "a taste and execution that has never been equalled in this country." In his Decline and Fall chap. 12 Edward Gibbon offered a pithy critique: "There is reason to suspect that the elegance of his designs and engravings has somewhat flattered the objects which it was their purpose to represent." Adam clearly hoped the project would generate publicity as he sought to emulate the success of such works as Dalton's Antiquities and Views in Greece and Egypt 1751-1752 and Robert Wood's The Ruins of Palmyra 1753. The format of the present work is in fact modeled on Palmyra though Adam has included a far greater proportion of picturesque views than appear in Wood's opus. "The plates engraved by F. Bartolozzi E. Rooker F. Patton P. Santini A. Walker K. Cunego J. Bassire and Antonio Zucchi are of interest not only as fine examples of architectural engraving but as showing the source of some of the motives of the Adam style" Fowler. Adam's cousin the scholar and historian William Robertson wrote the proposal the dedication and the preface. Digital Cicognara Library 3567; ESTC T46923; Fowler 2; Millard British Books 1. for the Author unknown books
1813réf. 334151Edinburgh: J. Hay 1813. hardcover. near fine. 2 volumes. 8vo full tan diced calf with raised bands leather labels; marbled end-papers. Edinburgh: J. Hay 1813. A few pages bent at corners else clean with light scattered foxing. Smith's first book originally published in 1759 laid the groundwork for his better-known The Wealth of Nations. J. Hay unknown books
1978réf. 343632Missoula: BlackStone Press 1978. Paperback. 55p. poems illustrated with collages limited to 550 copies paperback bound in red illustrated wraps in very good condition. The Newcastle-on-Tyne born poet's first book of poetry. BlackStone Press paperback books
1983réf. 517320Montreal Québec: Éditions des Idées 1983. Softcover. Very Good. First edition. Cover art by R. Cadet. Tall octavo. 128pp. Text in French. Small "Haitian Book Club" label on first page. Wrappers with modest wear light foxing and a label shadow on the lower wrap topedge foxed very good and sound. The author was born in Haiti lived for a while in Chile and at the time of writing this novel resided in Canada. Uncommon OCLC locates only seven copies in the U.S. Éditions des Idées unknown books
2021réf. 1408962London UK: Gollancz 2021. First Limited Edition #135/250 First Printing. Hardcover. Shelved Dupont Bookstore. Gollancz hardcover books
2021réf. 1408764London UK: Gollancz 2021. First Limited Edition #37/250 First Printing. Hardcover. Octavo 360 pages. In Very Good condition with Very Good dust jacket. Spine black with pink and white lettering. Dust jacket protected with a mylar covering price uncut: "£16.99." Mild bumping to head of dust jacket edge and spine. Text block sprayed pink. Signed and dated by Simcox on title page. Shelved in Hardcover Science Fiction. 1408764. Shelved Dupont Bookstore. Gollancz hardcover books
1973réf. 314368San Diego: Surrey House 1973. Paperback. 186p. small stain on cover else a very good first printing PBO in camp pictorial wraps. Gay pulp fiction. HIS6958. "Seeing the bulging basket on the kid in his classroom day after day almost drove him out of his mind. Surrey House paperback books
1984réf. 1392026New York: New York Magic Symposium and Adam Fleischer 1984. First Edition. Hardcover. Quarto 135 pages. In Very Good condition. Spine has black lettering on white background. No dust jacket as issued. Bound in white cloth with black lettering on the spine with the front lettering in black inside of a design of the New York skyline. Top and bottom of spine slightly dented soiling on the boards upper left corners bumped. Contains tricks shared at the Magic Symposium held in San Francisco and New York in 1984. Illustrated. Shelved in Alcove. 1392026. Special Collections. New York Magic Symposium and Adam Fleischer hardcover books
1984réf. 1392025New York: New York Magic Symposium and Adam Fleischer 1984. First Edition. Hardcover. Quarto 135 pages. In Very Good condition. Bound in white cloth with black lettering on the spine with the front lettering in black inside of a design of the New York skyline. No dust jacket as issued. Top and bottom of spine slightly dented some light soiling on the boards. A few minor stains to fore edges of text blocks. Contains tricks shared at the Magic Symposium held in San Francisco and New York in 1984. Illustrated. Shelved in Alcove. 1392025. Special Collections. New York Magic Symposium and Adam Fleischer hardcover books
réf. 38444Boston: Brill 2021. Hardcover. 9.25" x 6". x 493 3 pp. Graphstables and photographic illustrations throughout. Red publisher's boards no DJ as issued. Extremely minor shelf wear. Near Fine. ISBN 978904463226 . LikeNew. Hardcover . Brill 2021 hardcover books
1867réf. 419682Pittsburgh: Adam S. Johnston 1867. Hardcover. Near Fine. First edition. Small octavo. 139pp. Includes a poem by Johnston entitled: "A Song Composed on Our Road to Kentucky." Dark brown cloth stamped in blind and titled on the front board in gilt. Modest erosion to some of the cloth at the extremities else a handsome very good or better copy. A personal narrative the author was a member of the 79th Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment which served during the U.S. Civil War. Includes accounts of his imprisonment in Richmond in buildings "near the well known Libby Prison and Castle Thunder . and likewise in Danville Va." A very uncommon self-published volume. Adam S. Johnston hardcover books
1974réf. 343033San Diego: Surrey House 1974. Paperback. 186p. crease on front cover otherwise very good first printing PBO in original camp pictorial wraps. Gay pulp fiction. HIS6982. Surrey House paperback books
