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1859ref. 5171859. SWALLOW G.C. Geological Report of the Country along the Line of the South-Western Branch of the Pacific Railroad State of Missouri . To which is Prefixed a Memoir of the Pacific Railroad. St. Louis 1859. xvii 93 p. Errata leaf. Two plates large folding colored map. Removed. Map partially split along one fold both map and plates trimmed slightly with minor loss. One plate is a lithographed birds-eye view of Granby Missouri in 1875; the map is entitled "Geological Map of South-West Branch Pacific Rail Road." Graff 4043. unknown books
1953ref. 85549np: Alan Swallow 1953. First edition. 18 pp. Near fine in stapled wrappers. Pairs “Golden Girl” with “Man and Woman.” Swallow Pamphlets Number 9. (np): Alan Swallow unknown books
1948ref. 57501np: Fine Editions Press 1948. First edition. 22 pp. Offsetting to endpapers from binding glue else near fine in boards and very good plus pasted-down dust jacket as issued that is sunned at the spine and extrems. One of 350 copies. (np): Fine Editions Press hardcover books
ref. 50078Boulder: Jackson Publishing Company nd. First edition. 68 pp w/index. Fine in full green cloth with gold titling to spine and front cover. Near fine clear fragile acetate dust jacket with small tears to base and crown of spine. Oft-asked questions about writing with Swallow’s answers. Boulder: Jackson Publishing Company hardcover books
1962ref. 50012Seattle & Denver: Experiment Press 1962. First edition. 401 pp. Small spot to top edge else near fine in very good plus dust jacket with light sunning and rubs to extrems and one short internally-mended tear. INSCRIBED by Swallow on the front free endpaper “For Sally and Gus / with warm regards / Alan.” Seattle & Denver: Experiment Press unknown books
1946ref. 50397Prairie City: James A. Decker 1946. First edition. 51 pp. Near fine in near fine dust jacket with a touch of wear to crown of spine. Swallow’s first book of poems. The rear cover advertises new books from Decker by Niedecker and Zukofsky. Prairie City: James A. Decker unknown books
1956ref. 49790Iowa City: Prairie Press 1956. First edition. 74 pp. Fine in near fine dust jacket with some light edgewear. INSCRIBED by Swallow on the front free endpaper “For Sally and Gus Blaisdel/ with warmest and / kindest regards / Alan Swallow.” Iowa City: Prairie Press unknown books
1956ref. 20863Iowa City IA:The Prairie Press 1956. First edition. Fine in very good dust jacket chipped and frayed along top front and back. Neat previous owner signature. Iowa City, IA:The Prairie Press, unknown books
1963ref. 28628Denver CO:Swallow Press 1963. 1st paperback edition. Near fine in wrappers. First published 1956 by The Prairie Press; this is the first Swallow Paperbooks edition. Denver, CO:Swallow Press, paperback books
1943ref. 20864Muscatine: Prairie Press 1943. First edition. 20 pp. Tiny inked ownership name on the first leaf else near fine in printed wrappers. SIGNED by Swallow on the first leaf. Muscatine: Prairie Press, unknown books
1956ref. 401173Iowa City: The Prairie Press 1956. Hardcover. Very Good. First edition. Very good with ink markings on front free endpaper bumped corners and toning. The Prairie Press hardcover books
1948ref. 46611New York: The Fine Editions Press 1948. Softcover. Very Good. First edition. Selfwrappers over cardboard covers. Offsetting to the edges of the wrappers else a very good or better copy. Advance Review Copy with slip laid in. One of 350 copies. The Fine Editions Press unknown books
1958ref. 350969New York: The Poetry and Drama Magazine 1958. 28p. 5.5x8.5 inches poetry and a play stapled gray wraps in very good condition. Also: "Grandmother's Funeral The Poetry and Drama Magazine unknown books
1925ref. 2332990Boston Massachusetts: The Chapple Publishing Company Ltd 1925. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. 0x0x0. First edition. Lacks frontispiece. Front hinge loosening. 1925 Hard Cover. 126 pp. A romance of the Siege of Vicksburg during the American Civil War. The author lives in Vicksburg immediately following the war spoke with survivors of the siege and visited the caves they used for refuge during the battles. Much of the narrative is based on actual events. The Chapple Publishing Company, Ltd hardcover books
1859ref. 001283St. Louis Missouri: George Knapp and Company 1859. Spine cracking chipped at bottom. Small paper label at bottom of spine college library bookplate front pastedown. Embossed stamp of G.S. Swallow Geological Rooms Columbia Missouri on front preliminary page. Moderate foxing throughout heavier in some places. Two full-page plates both darkened and stained a bit. Hand-colored pull-out map at rear lightly stained and intact although part of top edge is darkened. Top edge of text is water-stained for about 1/4". Considerable material on mines various geological formations. 93pp. errata page. First Edition. Black Blind-stamped Cloth. Moderate Edge Wear./No Jacket. Octavo. George Knapp and Company Hardcover books
2014ref. 148608Nashville: Thomas Nelson Books 2014. Advance Reading Copy. Softcover. New. Color-illus. wraps with white lettering. 293 pp. with no illus. The biography of Hannah More "the woman who helped end the slave trade changed Britain's upper classes and taught a nation how to read." Biography British history Christianity. Thomas Nelson Books paperback books
1937ref. 263819Peiping: H. Vetch 1937. Hardcover. xii 2 78 p. interspersed with black and white photo plates; green cloth boards with gilt title on spine; very good with minor shelfwear; 1949 ownership signature of Lieutenant Colonel S.W. Bogan on half-title page front endpaper has smaller signature of David B. Burnham. Swallow the Ningbo-born son of missionary parents was a teacher and businessman with a wide-ranging career at one time tutoring the sons of President Yuan Shih-kai. H. Vetch hardcover books
1990ref. 320682London: V & A Publications 1990. Reprint. paperback. near fine. Several maps color reproductions throughout. 240 pages. 4to glossy pictorial wrappers. London: V & A Publications 1990. Third printing. Corners slightly bumped otherwise a near fine copy. With contributions by Rosemary Crill Veronica Murphy and Susan Stronge. V & A Publications unknown books
1967ref. 58187Denver 1967. 8vo pp. 72. Bound in litle soiled printed wraps. Tributes and worn by publisher Alan Swallow. Includes work by Anais Nin Robert Penn Warren Allen Tate Hart Crane and others. unknown books
1945ref. 45564Boston: Bruce Humphries 1945. First Edition. 8vo pp. 232. Tan cloth. Paper slightly yellowed spine little faded o/w a VG tight copy. Stories and poems by William Carlos Williams Mari Sandoz John Berryman John Ciardi E. E. Cummings Irwin Shaw and many others. Bruce Humphries unknown books
1944ref. 572890Boston: Bruce Humphries Inc 1944. Softcover. Fine/Near Fine. First edition. Edited by Alan Swallow. Fine in very near fine dust jacket with tiny nicks at the crown. Advance Review Copy with publisher's printed slip laid in. Contributors include Eudora Welty Wallace Stevens Kenneth Patchen Kay Boyle Weldon Kees Robert Penn Warren Owen Dodson and many others. This copy Inscribed by Eudora Welty at her contribution A Still Moment. Bruce Humphries, Inc unknown books
1946ref. 521447Prairie City Illinois: The Press of James A. Decker 1946. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. First edition. Slim 16mo. Cloth and papercovered boards with spine and cover titled in gilt. Trifle worn with a tiny stain on the lower board and rear fly just about fine in a toned about very good dust jacket with loss at the folds and spine ends and the rear panel soiled. Advance copy with a stamp completed in manuscript on the front pastedown and "Editorial Copy" stamped on the rear fly. First book by the poet and founder of the Alan Swallow Press. A relatively uncommon Decker Press book. The Press of James A. Decker hardcover books
1942ref. 522498Prairie City Illinois: The Press of James A. Decker 1942. Hardcover. Near Fine. First edition. Octavo. 133 22PP. dark blue pebbled cloth stamped in gilt on front cover. A little rubbed on spine gilt lettering on front cover is dull extremities of endpapers slightly tanned else a very good copy likely issued without dust jacket. An uncommon anthology of writing. Printed the first book appearance of poems by John Berryman Theodore Roethke Randall Jarrell Weldon Kees Stanley J. Kunitz Eve Merriam Howard Moss Muriel Rukeyser Ann Stanford Alan Swallow John Ciardi Kenneth Fearing Yvor Winters and others. The Press of James A. Decker hardcover books
1943ref. 202346Muscatine: The Prairie Press 1943. First Edition. Paperback. Near fine. Signed. Brown card stapled wraps. Signed by Swallow name only on half-title page. Rust to staples else fine. The Prairie Press paperback books
1943ref. 130373Muscatine IA: The Prairie Press 1943. stiff paper wrappers. Prairie Press. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 20 pages. Designed and printed by Carroll Coleman. Signed by the author on half title. A collection of poetry. The Prairie Press unknown books
