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1945ref. 478297Bruce Humphries 1945. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good cloth copy in a good if somewhat edge-torn with some loss and dust-dulled dust-wrapper now mylar-sleeved. Some light foxing to prelims. Not price-clipped. Remains well-preserved overall. Physical description; 232 pgs. Subjects; American Writing Periodical. American literature 20th century Periodicals. American poetry 20th century. American prose literature 20th century. Short stories American 20th century. Little magazines United States History 20th century. Anthologies 20th century. Williams William Carlos 1883-1963. Derleth August 1909-1971. Sandoz Mari 1896-1966. Berryman John 1914-1972. Ciardi John 1916-1986. Cummings E. E. Edward Estlin 1894-1962. Shaw Irwin 1913-1984. Bruce Humphries hardcover
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
1942ref. 71943Prairie City: The Press of James A. Decker 1942. First edition. Collects stories and poems from 1941 appearances in "little" magazines which Swallows describes in his introduction as often short-lived and with low circulations but important for their embrace of new authors and experimental fiction. Contains a number of first book appearances by well-know authors such as the short story "Goodwood Comes Back" by Robert Penn Warren and poetry by John Berryman Kenneth Fearing Randall Jarrell Weldon Kees Stanley Kunitz Josephine Miles Muriel Rukeyser Ann Stanford et al. 8vo dark-blue pebbled cloth stamped in green. Very good with light wear to spine ends and lettering a little faded but still readable. 1986 TYPED LETTER SIGNED FROM BURTON WEISS on Serendipity Books letterhead to collector Allen Mears laid in identifying the unsigned INSCRIPTION ON FRONT ENDPAPER as being from Alan Swallows chatting about the Book Club of California's weekly Monday-evening open houses where "the bar is free and unlimited as is the conversation" and speculating the book may not have been issued in a dust jacket due to the publisher Decker's "chicanery general weirdness and warehouse fire." Uncommon. The Press of James A. Decker unknown
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
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
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
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
ref. 1258306549.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
ref. 1258315459.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
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
1869ref. 462184London : William Lister 1869. Third Edition. Hardcover. Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Spine bands and panel edges somewhat dulled and rubbed as with age. Bumped corners. Previous owner's inscription to front free end paper. Remains well-preserved overall. Physical description; viii 169 pages 14 cm. Subjects; Swallow Jane. London : William Lister hardcover
1937ref. 2341Peiping China: Herni Vetch 1937. 6" x 9" pp. xii 3 2-78; 103 black and white plates. Hardcover quarter-bound in light blue cloth and tan paper boards. Boards are bent at the corners with light wrinkling at the edges of the spine. Paper boards are toned. Cracked gutter at page xii though intact. A few spots of foxing throughout text but otherwise sound. Plates are bright and clean. Good to very good. A detailed study of Chinese dynastic bronze mirrors by age style and typography. Herni Vetch unknown
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
1937ref. 024400Peiping: Henri Vetch 1937. Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. A clean & unmarked copy of an authoritative and scarce work. This book is tightly bound with over 100 black and white plates of fine Chinese bronze mirrors. It appears to have been rebound in thick red library binding. Spine has good strong gilting on title and library number. Front has a small oval insignia of the S.F. Public Library. The front pocket has been removed leaving some paper remnants. Title page has old perforated library stamp. The pages have faded to a deep ivory with slightly darker edges that have a touch of foxing. Page ends are speckled from the original marbly paper design. Red covers have good strong even color. Cover edges have moderate light usage some soil spots along spine gutter and a small old pen dash but looking well-preserved for their vintage. A nice working copy. Henri Vetch hardcover
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
1988ref. mon0000010512Black Cat 1988. Hardcover. Good. in x in x in. rnlaminated pictorial cloth will send out 1 st class post - rare and collectable Black Cat hardcover
1974ref. RO60044298FERNAND NATHAN. 1974. In-4. Cartonnage d'éditeurs. Etat d'usage, Plats abîmés, Dos abîmé, Intérieur acceptable. 28 pages. Nombreuses illustrations en couleurs dans le texte.. . . . Classification Dewey : 372.8-Livre scolaire : autres matières
2012ref. 97628University of Washington Press. New. Hardcover. FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request - IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - Flawless copy brand new pristine never opened -- 88 pp. ; 72 illus. 69 in color. -- with a bonus offer--; Thomas T. Wilson Series; For three decades nationally renowned ceramist Anne Hirondelle has pushed the boundaries of traditional pottery producing beautiful works that appear warmly alive and visually engaging. From her early majestic urns to her architectural impulse for sedate forms to her bright ropes of clay coiling to the sky she keeps exploring new possibilities without rejecting the traditions of her chosen material. Hirondelle's Port Townsend Washington studio is the nexus of her creative and imaginative life. The works she has produced in that space have been exhibited in numerous one-person shows throughout the United States. Among the many museums whose collections include her work are the Crocker Art Museum; Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco; Museum of Arts and Design New York; Tacoma Art Museum; and the White House Collection housed at the William J. Clinton Library in Little Rock Arkansas. "Anne Hirondelle's feet are firmly planted in clay." -American Craft Jo Lauria is a curator and design historian. Her most recent publications are Craft in America: Celebrating Two Centuries of Artists and Objects and California Design: The Legacy of West Coast Craft and Style. She lives in the Los Angeles area. Jake Seniuk is an artist and executive director of the Port Angeles Fine Arts Center and Webster Woods Art Park. . 2012. 0295991518 . University of Washington Press hardcover
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ref. A9780192868565Hardback. New. This lively and wide-ranging study explores the reception of Aristophanes in the long-nineteenth century. It examines both political and aesthetic strands of this reception and argues that Aristophanic reception in the period was always a process of speaking to contemporary issues--making Old Comedy new. hardcover
ref. B9781350194854Paperback / softback. New. paperback
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2020ref. x-1350101524Bloomsbury USA Academic 2020. Hardcover. New. 280 pages. 9.50x6.50x1.00 inches. Bloomsbury USA Academic hardcover
