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rif. 11576Single sheet 330 x 215 mm. with outline and measurements rendered with graphite & ink swatches horizontal & vertical folds. Pistoia Italy: 1985. The manuscript plan for a LeWitt Wall Drawing installed for collector Giuliano Gori in Pistoia Italy in July 1985. The drawing was executed by David Higginbotham Andrea Marescalchi whose name is written on the reverse of this sheet and Anna Muskardin. This work was included in the Whitney's 2000 LeWitt retrospective. ⧠Sol LeWitt Wall Drawings catalogue raisonné accessed 12 August 2026. unknown
rif. 11576Single sheet 330 x 215 mm. with outline and measurements rendered with graphite & ink swatches horizontal & vertical folds. Pistoia Italy: 1985. The manuscript plan for a LeWitt Wall Drawing installed for collector Giuliano Gori in Pistoia Italy in July 1985. The drawing was executed by David Higginbotham Andrea Marescalchi whose name is written on the reverse of this sheet and Anna Muskardin. This work was included in the Whitney's 2000 LeWitt retrospective. ⧠Sol LeWitt Wall Drawings catalogue raisonné accessed 12 August 2026. unknown books
1967rif. 158550New York: Slugs' in the Far East 1967. Vintage flyer for several nights of performances held at the historic East Village jazz club. Flyer advertises performances held between February 7 through March 5 1967 with performers including Jackie McLean George Benson Kenny Dorham Stanley Turrentine and Sun Ra and His Astro-Infinity Music. Robert Schoenholt and Jerry Schultz opened Slugs' Saloon named after G.I. Gurdjieff's "terrestrial three-brained beings" from his "All and Everything" trilogy in Manhattan's East Village in 1964. New York regulations forbade the use of "saloon" and the venue name was soon changed to Slugs' in the Far East due to its East Village location. By the mid-1960s the bar was hosting regular jazz performances and soon became closely associated with Sun Ra whose Arkestra would play regular gigs every Monday as noted on the flyer on offer as "Sun Ra and His Astro-Infinity Music." By the late 1960s Slugs' hosted a number of prominent jazz musicians. including Sonny Rollins Albert Ayler and Ornette Coleman among many others. The club shut down in late 1972 several months after regular performer Lee Morgan was shot to death at the bar by his common-law wife Helen Moore. 5.5 x 8.5 inches framed to 8.5 x 11 inches. Near Fine. Slugs' in the Far East unknown books
rif. 140949216Chicago IL: Ihnfinity Inc. / Saturn Research 1972. First Edition. Very Good. First edition first printing. Though not marked this is Danny Thompson's 1947-2020 copy; he was a long-term saxophonist and former manager for the Arkestra. Acquired directly from Sun Ra's house on Morton Street in Germantown a neighborhood in Northwest Philadelphia. iv 60 pp. Bound in publisher's pale blue wraps printed in blue. Very Good with oxidation to staples sunning to front wrap with light spotting and trivial worming to covers. A cosmic work of poetry by the composer bandleader and pianist known as Sun Ra a man in a class of his own because according to him he was from the planet Saturn. A nice association copy as Thompson was considered the backbone of the experimental group for most of its existence making his first official appearance on the 1967 album Atlantis. Ihnfinity Inc. / Saturn Research unknown
rif. 1334010Chicago: Ihnfinity Inc/Saturn Research 1972. First Edition. Softcover. Staplebound quarto. 134 pages. In Good plus condition. Single sided pages with cardstock front cover; SIGNED by Sun Ra on half-title page To RONALD from Sun Ra; Some wear bumping to the corners; Toning to the front cover and exterior of the text block; Slight bending at the corners at the cover; Interior clean. shelved case 0. Extremely scarce volume of Sun Ra's poetry and philosophy. 1334010. Shelved Dupont Bookstore. Ihnfinity Inc/Saturn Research unknown
rif. 140949216Chicago IL: Ihnfinity Inc. / Saturn Research 1972. First Edition. Very Good. First edition first printing. Though not marked this is Danny Thompson's 1947-2020 copy; he was a long-term saxophonist and former manager for the Arkestra. Acquired directly from Sun Ra's house on Morton Street in Germantown a neighborhood in Northwest Philadelphia. iv 60 pp. Bound in publisher's pale blue wraps printed in blue. Very Good with oxidation to staples sunning to front wrap with light spotting and trivial worming to covers. A cosmic work of poetry by the composer bandleader and pianist known as Sun Ra a man in a class of his own because according to him he was from the planet Saturn. A nice association copy as Thompson was considered the backbone of the experimental group for most of its existence making his first official appearance on the 1967 album Atlantis. Ihnfinity Inc. / Saturn Research unknown books
rif. 1334010Chicago: Ihnfinity Inc/Saturn Research 1972. First Edition. Softcover. Staplebound quarto. 134 pages. In Good plus condition. Single sided pages with cardstock front cover; SIGNED by Sun Ra on half-title page To RONALD from Sun Ra; Some wear bumping to the corners; Toning to the front cover and exterior of the text block; Slight bending at the corners at the cover; Interior clean. shelved case 0. Extremely scarce volume of Sun Ra's poetry and philosophy. 1334010. Shelved Dupont Bookstore. Ihnfinity Inc/Saturn Research unknown books
rif. 39035601China 1902 n.p. Red cloth spine over board folding case large color folding map sheet:106.5 x 143.8 cm.map: 97.5 x 139.5 cm.very clean a few minor old mends on the backelse a very clean firm & solid example. EXCEPTIONALLY RARE . . . A GRAND DELUXE WALL MAP OF CHINA . . . BEIJING NANJING SHANGHAI HONG KONG MACAO HAINAN . . . INCLUDING JAPAN KOREA TAIWAN HAINAN VIETNAM & CAMBODIA . . . ORIGINALLY DRAWN BY DR. SUN YAT-SEN . . . DURING HIS EXILE IN JAPAN 1899 . This is a grand size spectacular Deluxe & RARE early color wall map showing all of China and surrounding nations. With a key to the symbols and the longitude and latitudes in degrees. SUN Wen Yixian a cartographer executed this edit on of the original manuscript and had it printed. There is no place or publisher cited. . The map is neatly folded down to ca. 19 x 27.5 cm. and contained in the seldom-found RARE original folding case. This case has a red cloth spine with blue sun faded boards with a cotton ribbon tie It has the original emerald-green end papers as issued. . Attributed to: DR. SUN YAT-SEN 1866-1925: He was a Chinese statesman physician and political philosopher who served as the first provisional president of the Republic of China and the first leader of the Kuomintang Nationalist Party of China. He is called the "Father of the Nation" in the Republic of China and the "Forerunner of the Revolution" in the People's Republic of China for his instrumental role in the overthrow of the Qing dynasty during the Xinhai Revolution. Sun is unique among 20th-century Chinese leaders for being widely revered in both Mainland China and Taiwan. See below Wikipedia article for comprehensive details. . Per the article found at the below reference they stated: . "This "Map of the Current Situation of China" was specially printed by the Toho Association of Japan in 1902 Meiji 35. . This picture was carefully drawn by Dr. Sun Yat-sen during his exile in Japan in the winter of 1899 Jihai. . This is a close match to our map which has no cartographer nor publisher's name therefore we do attribute this map to the reference link below. Please see below quoted article in the translated into English. . Printed in Guang Xu 28 year 1902. . With introduction by Master Wang Songtang. . The focus and reason of this map was to focus attention to the dire and "Current Situation In China." What this means is that the extreme political complications resulting from: Boxer Rebellion First Sino-Japanese War & both of which put China into massive chaos. This map shows where the results of Japanese military fought with National forces in 1899-1902 period. . Color photos are posted to our website. . CONDITION: . THE MAP: This map is very clean & solid there are a few old minor fold mends by and large a superb example of a very RARE and early color wall map. Seldom found even RARER in the original folding case with title slip. . Seldom found if at all clean and attractive beyond expectations. . THE FOLDING CASE: Contained in the original case with the original red title slip fully intact There is a red cloth spine over blue boards. The front covers are faded at the left & bottom edges the back cover's about 2/3 faded with the original ribbon cord holding the map inside of the case. . The original emerald green internal end papers inside the folding case are bright and intact. . There is some of the usual minor rubbing to the cover edges upper corners with the usual rubbing to spine head/tail cloth. All things considered far & above the average example. . REFERENCE; . A similar map is found in the MUSEUM OF DR. SUN YAT-SUN collection: sunyat-sen-org/index.phpm=content&c=index&a=show&catid=46&i d=6887 . Per the second link below where a similar map is found in the MUSEUM OF DR. SUN YAT-SUN collection: sunyat-sen-org/index.phpm=content&c=index&a=show&catid=46&i d=6887 . the first paragraph reads: "Map of China's Current Situation" Text Explanation Written time: July 14 1900 Originally published: According to Sun Wenyixian's compilation and drawing: "Map of China's Current Situation" Tokyo Toho Association issued on July 14 1900 Tokyo Toyo Bunko Collection" . It continues: "Map of China's Current Situation" is a square color printed map with a scale of 1/2.95 million. The text attached to the picture includes the eight tables of "Fanli" and Zhiyan in the lower left corner and "China's national power in one spot" in the lower right corner. On the left side of the picture title on the top there is also Sun Yat-sen's handwritten notes on the current situation of road construction in China. The content seems to be written in 1904 or 1905. Due to the large area of the map about 73 square centimeters if the plate is reduced the place names in the map will not be recognizable so this book does not include the figure and its legend and other texts are included." . en-wikipedia-org/wiki/Sun_Yat-sen taiwantoday.tw/news.phpunit=4&post=6275 . unknown
rif. 9793In-8, broché de XV, (1) pp., pp. 25-181 [182] ; (4), 270 pp. Ce manuscrit est du XVIIIe siècle, avant la Révolution.
rif. 13373La bataille d’ARBELLE. La vertu est digne de l’Empire du Monde. Estampe gravée au burin, à l’eau forte et la pointe sèche, en quatre feuilles, d’après le tableau de Charles LE BRUN. 1674- format 710 x1587 mm à la cuvette. 1670 x730mm avec marges (courtes) Marge inférieure renforcée long. Belle épreuve, bien contrastée, sur vélin fort. Marge inférieure et pliures renforcées. RARE « DARIUS sur un char, Alexandre à cheval, environnés de gens d’élite. Soit illusion, soit réalité, ceux qui étaient près d’Alexandre crurent avoir vu un peu au dessus de la tête du Prince, un aigle voler paisiblement, sans être effrayé, ni du bruit des armes, ni du gémissement des mourants, dans le feu de l’action, le devin Alexandre revêtu de sa robe blanche et montrant une branche de laurier, montra –t-il cet oiseaux aux soldats comme un augure infaillible de leur victoire… l’ardeur et la confiance la plus grande renaît alors, elle redoubla surtout quand le conducteur de Darius ayant été percé d’une javeline, ni Perses, ni Macédoniens ne doutèrent que ce ne fût le Roi lui-même qui avait été tué… Ce n’était déjà plus un combat mais une boucherie, lorsque Darius tourna aussi son char pour prendre la fuite. » (Quint-Curse liv IV)
rif. 13379CONSTANTIN contre MAXENCE. La bataille du pont MILVIUS Estampe gravée au burin, à l’eau forte, en 4 feuilles, d’après le tableau de C. LE BRUN. Girard AUDRAN graveur. En marge inférieure Ludovico XIII Francorum rég à Potentssimo. C. LEBRUN cum priv. Regis 1666. Format 1640x7120mm et 1725x745mm avec marges Belle épreuve bien contrastée, sur vélin fort. Marge inférieure et pliures renforcées, pâle mouillure en marge inférieure. La victoire de CONSTANTIN consacre le début d’une nouvelle ère pour l’Empire, elle doit son nom au pont qui enjambe le Tibre à quelques kilomètres au nord-est de ROME.RARE. "Maxence aligne face à Constantin une armée comparable. Soit que le pont est en mauvais état soit qu’il est trop étroit ; les troupes de Maxence traversent le Tibre sur un pont provisoire constitué de bateaux accolés l’un contre l’autre, une fois de l’autre coté, elles se trouvent trop à l’étroit sur la plaine pour pouvoir manœuvrer. Constantin en profite, il lance sa cavalerie à l’assaut et désorganise les troupes ennemies. Dans la confusion, chacun tente de s’enfuir par le fleuve, Maxence le premier. Son corps est retrouvé le lendemain dans le lit du fleuve. Vainqueur, Constantin entre à Rome et s’impose comme seul maître de l’occident"
rif. 13370AUDRAN Gérard le plafond de la chapelle de Sceaux Estampe en tondo, gravée au burin, à l’eau forte et la pointe sèche, en cinq feuilles, d’après Charles LE BRUN 1681. Diamètre 1170mm. Marge courte. Pliures (estampe à l’origine dans une imposante reliure) Le peintre a représenté le triomphe du nouveau testament sur l’ancien. Le Père éternel porté sur les ailes des anges, venant de l’Arche d’alliance, le chandelier à 7 branches, et divers instruments de musique, une balustrade fit le tour de la composition Charles Brun 1681. En marge : peint à fraisque dans la voûte de la chapelle du chasteau de Sceaux par m. Le BRUN premier peintre du Roy et gravé par Girard AUDRAN 1681. Belle épreuve bien contrastée. Epreuve en cinq pièces se réunissant. L’épisode est relaté sur les évangiles de Matthieu, Marc et Luc. Alors qu’il vient d’être baptisé dans les eaux du Jourdain. Jésus voit le saint esprit descendre sur lui sous la forme d’une colombe. Symboliquement cette vision annonce la rédemption grâce au futur sacrifice du Christ soit la réouverture du royaume des cieux fermé aux mortes depuis le pêché original.
rif. 13371AUDRAN Gérard le plafond de la chapelle de Sceaux Estampe en tondo, gravée au burin, à l’eau forte et la pointe sèche, en cinq feuilles, d’après Charles LE BRUN 1681. Diamètre 1170mm. Marge courte. Pliures (estampe à l’origine dans une imposante reliure) Le peintre a représenté le triomphe du nouveau testament sur l’ancien. Le Père éternel porté sur les ailes des anges, venant de l’Arche d’alliance, le chandelier à 7 branches, et divers instruments de musique, une balustrade fit le tour de la composition Charles Brun 1681. En marge : peint à fraisque dans la voûte de la chapelle du chasteau de Sceaux par m. Le BRUN premier peintre du Roy et gravé par Girard AUDRAN 1681. Belle épreuve bien contrastée. Epreuve en cinq pièces se réunissant. L’épisode est relaté sur les évangiles de Matthieu, Marc et Luc. Alors qu’il vient d’être baptisé dans les eaux du Jourdain. Jésus voit le saint esprit descendre sur lui sous la forme d’une colombe. Symboliquement cette vision annonce la rédemption grâce au futur sacrifice du Christ soit la réouverture du royaume des cieux fermé aux mortes depuis le pêché original.
rif. 13372AUDRAN Gérard. Le passage du GRANIQUE. La Vertu surmonte l’obstacle. Estampe gravée au burin, à l’eau forte et la pointe sèche, en quatre feuilles, d’après le tableau de Charles LE BRUN 1672. Format 710x1395mm. 1450x718mm Marges courtes. Dans la marge inférieure : LA VERTU Surmonte l’obstacle. Alexandre ayant passé le Granique, attaque les Perses a forces inégales et met en fuite leur innombrables multitude. Virtus omni obice maior. Marge inférieure gauche on lit Ger. Audran sculpt 1672. Gravé par Ger. Audran sur le tableau de M. Le Brun premier peintre du Roy. Le tableau est dans le cabinet de sa Majesté. Il a 16 pieds de hault sur 30 pieds de long. Marge inférieure et pliures renforcées, avec traces de mouillures, plus visibles au verso. Belle épreuve bien contrastée, sur vélin fort RARE« Alexandre traversant le Granique à la tête de son armée en vue des milliers d’hommes de cavalerie et d’infanterie qui couvraient le rivage opposé, parut le premier à l’autre bord. Les ennemis se précipitèrent sur lui et sur ceux qui l’avaient suivi, sans leur laisser le loisir de se mettre en bataille. Alexandre fut d’abord frappé d’un javelot qui ne traversa pas sa cuirasse. Deux capitaines Perses : Roesaces et Spithridates l’attrapèrent à la fois, s’apprêtant à lui fendre la tête d’un coup de hache, lorsque Clytus détourna le coup fatal et le tua. Alexandre, l’épée à la main, vient frapper Roesaces derrière Clytus, armé d’une hache par le coup que Spithridates va asséner sur le casque d’Alexandre. On aperçoit dans le fond l’armée Macédonienne qui traverse le fleuve à gué »
rif. 13378Estampe gravée au burin, à l’eau forte et la pointe sèche, en marge inférieure cum priviliegio regit 1666, belle épreuve, bien contrastée, en 4 feuilles sur vélin fort 740x1680 avec marges courtes marge inférieure et pliures renforcées. Constantin assis sur un char de triomphe est couronné par la victoire, il est entouré de licteurs, précédés de soldats portant les dépouilles opimes et suivi de prisonniers ;
rif. 13394AUDRAN Gérard Le palais soleil d’après Charles LE BRUN. Estampe gravée à l’eau forte et au burin. 1680. Epreuve sur vélin fort, en 5 feuilles, une feuille pour le texte en latin,( 200x420mm), dans la partie inférieure, 1680 . 810mmx1050mm. G. AUDRAN sculpsit , en marge extérieure droite. C. Le BRUN jn. Et cum privil. Régis en marge extérieure droite ainsi qu’en marge inférieure et en marge extérieure gauche. Fragilité à la pliure inférieure, avec renforts. Pâle mouillure en marge inférieure, ainsi qu’en bordure de la marge extérieure. RARE. Belle et imposante épreuve, bien contrastée. "Apollon traverse sur son char l’année, les mois, les semaines, les jours et l’ensemble du zodiaque, entouré des différentes planètes et des vents. Le BRUN s’inspira de l’histoire de Phaêton dans les métamorphoses d’Ovide (symbole du désir ardent de FOUQUET) .Les personnages sont placés sur un immense serpent qui fait le tour de la gravure et qui se mord la queue. Il s’agit de la représentation de l’ourobos (sceau purificateur, il symbolise l’éternelle unité de toutes choses et le cycle de la vie, de la naissance à la mort)"
2010rif. 86569Edizioni Corraini; Edizioni Viaindustriae. New. 2010. Paperback. 8890345926 . FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request - IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - FLAWLESS COPY BRAND NEW PRISTINE NEVER OPENED -- - Corresponds to ISBN: 8890345926. Text in Italian and English. 144 pages well-illustrated. Catalogue Raisonné Catalogue Raisonne Catalog Raisonnee Catalogo delle Opere L'Opera Completa Complete Works Edizioni Corraini; Edizioni Viaindustriae paperback
1986rif. 91149Gallery. New. 1986. Paperback. 0295967390 . FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request - IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - Flawless copy brand new pristine never opened -- 79 pages; well illustrated. Catalogue Raisonne Catalog Raisonné Complete Works Life and Work Raisonnee Gallery paperback
1930rif. 304924Los Angeles: Solomon Hodes 1930. Softcover. Near Fine. Modern portfolio with 30 loosely inserted mounted platinum prints and a mounted hand-lettered title page "Photographic Sketches by Sol Hodes". Affixed to the title page is the cover of a small photographic periodical The Developer of the Los Angeles Camera Club dated in 1928 with a clipping presumably from this issue mentioning Hodes in an account of a photography expedition of the Club to Malibu Lake. The images vary in size but are all relatively large most being approximately 7.5" x 9.5". Most are captioned below the image a couple are captioned within the image. The images show a fair amount of talent and the subjects are various: bewitching costumed or semi-costumed women bucolic landscapes prosaic studies of gnarled older gentlemen buildings and cityscapes etc. All are very much of the period. We can find little about Hodes beyond the bare mention of his existence and that he was born in Russia in 1880 and immigrated to the U.S. around 1916. A complete list of images is available upon request. Solomon Hodes unknown
1930rif. 304924Los Angeles: Solomon Hodes 1930. Softcover. Near Fine. Modern portfolio with 30 loosely inserted mounted platinum prints and a mounted hand-lettered title page "Photographic Sketches by Sol Hodes". Affixed to the title page is the cover of a small photographic periodical The Developer of the Los Angeles Camera Club dated in 1928 with a clipping presumably from this issue mentioning Hodes in an account of a photography expedition of the Club to Malibu Lake. The images vary in size but are all relatively large most being approximately 7.5" x 9.5". Most are captioned below the image a couple are captioned within the image. The images show a fair amount of talent and the subjects are various: bewitching costumed or semi-costumed women bucolic landscapes prosaic studies of gnarled older gentlemen buildings and cityscapes etc. All are very much of the period. We can find little about Hodes beyond the bare mention of his existence and that he was born in Russia in 1880 and immigrated to the U.S. around 1916. A complete list of images is available upon request. Solomon Hodes unknown books
rif. 2081502111905940Chinese social sciences N.A. Soft Cover. Fine. The book is in fine condition. Chinese social sciences paperback
1992rif. 86570Museum. New. 1992. Paperback. 9067300926 . FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request - IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - Flawless copy brand new pristine never opened -- Pages not numbered; 270 images. Catalogue Raisonné Catalogue Raisonne Catalog Raisonnee Complete Works Museum paperback
rif. CNAP067San Francisco: The Arion Press 2003. Limited Edition. Hardcover. New. LeWitt Sol. Square 10 7/8" by 10" 128 unnumbered pages. The type is 24-point Deepdene handset with smaller sizes in Monotype composition by Mackenzie & Harris for subsidiary matter. The drawings were scanned to make negatives for photopolymer plates. The paper is Pescia a mould-made sheet from the Magnani mill in Italy. The binding done in-house is hand-sewn in full gray cloth printed by letterpress with a design that is an enlarged reference to elements in the artist's drawings and titled on the front back and spine. The volume is enclosed in a darker gray cloth slipcase that features the same front and spine titling as on the book. The volume is signed by both the poet and the artist. This was the first of two volumes of Heaney's poetry published by Arion Press the second being "Stone From Delphi" 2012. Seamus Heaney 1939-2013 was lecturing at the University of California Berkeley in 1999. Through Helen Vendler we invited him to come to San Francisco to visit Arion Press and have lunch with us on South Park. On February 9 he arrived bearing a present a copy of the manuscript of a translation he had just made of a Pushkin poem about the legendary poet Arion who in Ovid's "Metamorphoses" is saved from the sea by a dolphin. We printed the poem as a keepsake for Arion subscribers in 2002. Hoyem proposed to Heaney that Arion Press publish a deluxe limited edition of his forthcoming translation of "Beowulf" with facing Old English. His publishers Faber & Faber and Farrar Straus & Giroux had intended to use only the translation. Heaney took the idea back to his publishers and they agreed to add the Old English text which obviated the rationale for the limited edition. Vendler prevailed upon Heaney to allow us to instead produce a limited edition of his most important series of poems "Squarings". Hoyem approached Sol LeWitt 1928-2007 to do four prints for the four sections of twelve poems each. Instead the artist offered to do forty-eight drawings one for each of the poems as squares with underlying patterns and overlying scribbles. Please note that this copy is marked as "Display I" but is still in as-new condition. ___POSTAGE: International customers please note that additional postage may apply as the standard 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 every book we sell. Please contact us with any questions you may have we are here to help. The Arion Press hardcover
rif. CNAP067San Francisco: The Arion Press 2003. Limited Edition. Hardcover. New. LeWitt Sol. Square 10 7/8" by 10" 128 unnumbered pages. The type is 24-point Deepdene handset with smaller sizes in Monotype composition by Mackenzie & Harris for subsidiary matter. The drawings were scanned to make negatives for photopolymer plates. The paper is Pescia a mould-made sheet from the Magnani mill in Italy. The binding done in-house is hand-sewn in full gray cloth printed by letterpress with a design that is an enlarged reference to elements in the artist's drawings and titled on the front back and spine. The volume is enclosed in a darker gray cloth slipcase that features the same front and spine titling as on the book. The volume is signed by both the poet and the artist. This was the first of two volumes of Heaney's poetry published by Arion Press the second being "Stone From Delphi" 2012. Seamus Heaney 1939-2013 was lecturing at the University of California Berkeley in 1999. Through Helen Vendler we invited him to come to San Francisco to visit Arion Press and have lunch with us on South Park. On February 9 he arrived bearing a present a copy of the manuscript of a translation he had just made of a Pushkin poem about the legendary poet Arion who in Ovid's "Metamorphoses" is saved from the sea by a dolphin. We printed the poem as a keepsake for Arion subscribers in 2002. Hoyem proposed to Heaney that Arion Press publish a deluxe limited edition of his forthcoming translation of "Beowulf" with facing Old English. His publishers Faber & Faber and Farrar Straus & Giroux had intended to use only the translation. Heaney took the idea back to his publishers and they agreed to add the Old English text which obviated the rationale for the limited edition. Vendler prevailed upon Heaney to allow us to instead produce a limited edition of his most important series of poems "Squarings". Hoyem approached Sol LeWitt 1928-2007 to do four prints for the four sections of twelve poems each. Instead the artist offered to do forty-eight drawings one for each of the poems as squares with underlying patterns and overlying scribbles. Please note that this copy is marked as "Display I" but is still in as-new condition. ___POSTAGE: International customers please note that additional postage may apply as the standard 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 every book we sell. Please contact us with any questions you may have we are here to help. The Arion Press hardcover books
1930rif. 5130Lovedale South Africa: Lovedale Press. 1930 1930. First edition. 8vo. 185x120mm. pp. 12 225 1bl. Green cloth lettered in gilt to upper cover and spine. Original illustrated dustjacked chipped and a little torn along top and bottom edges but overall very good and rare in any condition. Internally there is some foxing. An excellent copy in the scarce dustjacket of an important work of African fiction and one of the earliest attempts by an African writer to give an account of pre-colonial Africa and the first novel in English by a black South African. Sol Plaatje 1876-1932 took his name from the Boer family who employed his family on their farm. A brilliant student Plaatje mastered seven languages including Dutch and English which gave him the right to vote although this would be taken away when the new Union of South Africa was created. Throughout his life Plaatje was a leading figure in the struggle for black liberation and was a founder member and first General Secretary of what would become the ANC. Plaatje wrote Mhudi in 1919 although it would take him eleven years to get it published. During this long gestation the book was revised and altered some critics suggesting that it went through a process of censorship and bowdlerization. Whether or not that is so is a matter of scholarly dispute but what is not in doubt is that this novel now firmly established in the African canon represents a brave and early attempt to preserve and regenerate native South African tradition in the face of colonialism. Lovedale, South Africa: Lovedale Press. [1930] hardcover
