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1918ref. 81587London: Macmillan 1918. First Limited Edition. Large Quarto. 28.5cm. Limited Edition #216 of 500 signed by Rackham to the limitation page. Full twentieth century dark blue morocco by Syston Bindery titled in gilt to spine ruled and decorated in gilt to spine compartments and boards.341pp. Some very light wear to the binding otherwise a very good copy indeed. Top edge gilt. Internally clean marbled endpapers original vellum sprine laid in at the rear. A beautiful professionally rebound signed copy of Rackham's interpratation of numerous classic tales including Goldilocks and the Three Bears Jack and the Beanstalk Little Red Riding Hood etc. Macmillan unknown books
1878ref. 64185San Francisco CA: A.L. Bancroft and Co 1878. First edition. 8vo. 304 pp. Plates. Libraries considered include those of Hubert H. Bancroft J. Ross Browne Charles and M.H. De Young Joseph LeConte Leland Stanford and Arpad Haraszthy. Very good. Rebound in black pebbled cloth gilt spine title new endpapers. 10546. A.L. Bancroft and Co unknown books
1970ref. 28946Guelph: The Library of University of Guelph 1970. First Edition. Quarto 27.75cm.; original orange printed spiral-bound wrappers; 641 typescript leaves. Top edge of upper wrapper a bit toned else Near Fine. Bibliography Series no. 1. The Library [of] University of Guelph unknown books
1927ref. 9019947San Francisco: Grabhorn Press 1927. 1st. Hardcover. Very good. One of 250 copies printed at the Grabhorn Press in November of 1927. Grabhorn Press hardcover books
1996ref. 9004410New York: Knopf 1996. 1st. Hardcover. Book fine Dust jacket fine. Bound in the publisher's original quarter cloth and paper covered boards with the spine stamped in gilt. Knopf hardcover books
1923ref. 260827002San Francisco: The Book Club of California printed by The Grabhorn Press 1923. Limited Edition. Leather bound. Fine. Lange Dorothea; H. Von Schmidt. One of 400 copies quarto size 140 pp. in a deluxe binding with slipcase. A tribute to Oscar Weil 1839-1921 born in New York and educated as a musician. When the Civil War started he enrolled in the Northern cause as a private and by the end of the war he was a Major; however injuries received during the war meant he could no longer be a violinist. He therefore turned to composing and settled in San Francisco where he also served as the music critic for the Argonaut newspaper; he was a man much loved by the community as attested to by this memoir. Frontispiece a tipped-in photograph by Dorothea Lange from a painting of Oscar Weil by Olga M. Ackerman; when this photograph was taken Dorothea Lange 1895-1965 was living in Berkeley having recently married the western painter Maynard Dixon. Printed by the Grabhorn Press the renowned publishers/printers Edwin and Robert Grabhorn. This copy in a deluxe leather binding beautifully executed but with no binder's stamp or ticket that we can find. ___DESCRIPTION: Bound in full tan leather both boards with horizontal ruled borders one gilt and one black gilt lettering on the spine the spine bands extending slightly onto both boards with their tips decorated with a gilt star top edge gilt fore- and bottom edges uncut pastepaper endpapers tissue-guarded frontispiece the photograph by Dorothea Lange of a painting of Oscar Weil as referred to above title page in red and black almost every page of text has red lettering for marginal notes and capital letters some of which are blue; binding quarto size 11 1/2" by 7 3/4" pagination: i-xiv 1-119 blank 120 divisional title page "Compositions of Oscar Weil" 121 blank 122 3 pp. of compositions 123-125 colophon page 126 issued in an edition of 400 copies this no. 343. Housed in a slipcase covered with pastepaper with the opening trimmed in leather. ___CONDITION: The volume fine the leather smooth and supple and utterly without wear the corners straight and unrubbed a strong square text block with solid hinges the interior is clean and bright and entirely free of prior owner markings; a stunning example. The slipcase near fine strong and sturdy with no splits to the seams the paper covering the case mostly clean other than a few light stray spots and showing minimal wear the leather guarding the opening well-rubbed at the top edge. ___CITATION: BCC 100 no. 19; Grabhorn Bibliography no. 58. ___POSTAGE: International customers please note the following: i additional postage may apply as the standard does not always cover costs please inquire for details; and ii any taxes duty or tariffs charged by your country will of necessity be your responsibility. ___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 Book Club of California [printed by The Grabhorn Press] unknown books
1972ref. RSCHSYB00tpmHenry Regnery 1972. Good. Schreiber Flora Rheta. Sybil. NP: Henry Regnery 1972. Galley. 218pp. Thin folio. Wraps with comb binding. Book condition: Good with slightly toned edges. Covers have light soiling and stains from moisture. Laid in letter from the publisher adressed to Sam Weller signed by Terry Scott Wybel. Scarce. Henry Regnery paperback books
1985ref. UILIPEO01tpmUniversity of Arizona 1985. Very Good. Iliff Flora Gregg. People of the Blue Water: a Record of Life Among the Walapai and Havasupai Indians. Tucson: University of Arizona 1985. 271pp. Indexed. Illustrated. Bibliography. 8vo. Paperback. Book condition: Very good with gently bumped edges and a previous owner's name on the half title page. University of Arizona paperback books
1985ref. UCLAMAY00fpHarry N. Abrams 1985. Very Good. Clancy Flora S. Maya: Treasures of an Ancient Civilization. Gallenkamp Charles. New York NY: Harry N. Abrams 1985. 240pp. Indexed. Illustrated. Bibliography. 4to. Paperback. Book condition: Very good. Edges lightly rubbed and former owners' names on first page. Harry N. Abrams paperback books
1986ref. 187497Mexico: Fondo De Cultura Economica 1986. First edition. Oblong softcover. 109 pages. Features text by Flora Lara Klahr in Spanish. A collection of black and white images of bosses heroes and warloads selected and edited by Pablo Ortiz Monasterio. A near fine copy in wrappers. Fondo De Cultura Economica unknown books
2004ref. 121550Madrid Spain: Sotohenar 2004. First edition. Softcover. 175 pages. Text in English and Spanish with essays by Francisco Jaruta Fernando Huici Javier Maderuelo Celia Montolio Juan Manuel Bonet Fernando Castro Florez Celia Montolio Alicia Murria Dominique Nahas Guillermo Solan Jesus Remon Penalver Mercedes Replinger Juan Manuel Bonet Fernando Castro Florez Marcos-Ricardo Barnatan. Includes numerous color and black and white illustrations. A fine copy in wrappers in a fine dust jacket. Sotohenar unknown books
1961ref. 21819Derby CT: Monarch Books 1961. Original wraps. Near Fine. A gorgeous copy of the 1961 1st printing. Bright crisp and very tight. Almost as new. Small former owner stamp at the bottom of the title page. Pocketbook Monarch Books 217. "A Frank Revealing Novel of a Man in Perpetual Pursuit of Passion Monarch Books unknown books
1955ref. 20505New York: Harcourt Brace and Company 1955. Boards. Near Fine/Near Fine. James Flora. WARMLY --LENGTHILY-- INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR JAMES FLORA on the half-title's verso. A crisp very sharp copy to boot of the 1955 stated 1st edition. Clean and Near Fine in a bright price-intact $2.75 Near Fine dustjacket with several tiny closed tears along the panel edges. Quarto wonderfully illustrated throughout in rich color and black-and-white by James Flores himself. Also includes a 1 pg. TLS from the author to a close friend of his with whom he had just shared a trip. Harcourt, Brace and Company unknown books
1915ref. 1663London: The Office of "The Girl's Own Paper and Woman's 1915. Hardcover. Collectible; Very Good/Very Good. A nice copy of this lovely early study of the crochet hook. c. 1915. IN THE VERY UNCOMMON ORIGINAL PICTORIAL DUSTJACKET. VG in a bright VG example of the scarce dustjacket. Minor chipping along the fore-edge crease of the jacket and along the spine crown. Still a very well-preserved copy of an attractive yet fragile book. Octavo 118 pgs. second edition. The Office of "The Girl's Own Paper and Woman's hardcover books
1913ref. 13040New York: Hodder & Stoughton 1913. Near fine. First US edition of this lovely illustrated alphabet adapted uncredited from Barrie with a brief synopsis of the full story followed by 26 related alphabet verses. 9'' x 7''. Original green cloth spine brown and lavender pictorial boards with pictorial paste-on. Unpaginated. Illustrated with 25 color plates by White. Contemporary visiting card with gift inscription mounted to front pastedown. Hodder & Stoughton unknown books
1893ref. 930Jersey City N.J.: Star Publishing Company 1893. First Edition. Cloth. Very good. First edition. 8vo; 488pp; silver and brown stamped vignette to mustard-colored cloth over beveled board; blue floral endpapers; color illustrated frontispiece with tissue guard; b&w illustrated plates; light shelf-wear to boards small scrape to ffep age-toning to paper lightly shaken; very good. Poetry lectures and recitations along with information on Vocal Culture Gesturing and Physical Culture. Illustrations of how to stand and move to be effective and dramatic in public speech. Star Publishing Company unknown books
1916ref. 462London: The Office of "The Girl's Own Paper & Woman's Magazine 1916. Very good. Fourth impression. 8vo; 113pp 114-118; includes 10pp advertising; pink printed paper over boards with corner decoration title author and content description to front cover title to spine; illustrated with black and white photographs as well as needlework charts; endpapers are advertisments; sunning to cover scuffing to bottom edge with fraying especially at spine light damp staining to some bottom pages; very good. The Office of "The Girl's Own Paper & Woman's Magazine unknown books
1983ref. 618033New York: Simon and Schuster 1983. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First edition. 432pp. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Advance Review Copy with publisher's slip and promotional material laid in. The true story of serial killer Joseph Kallinger. Simon and Schuster hardcover books
1930ref. 609734New York: The Womans Press 1930. Softcover. Good. First edition. 112pp. Wrappers. Front cover detached from spine but still partially glued to first page chips and tears on wraps spine unglued from text block good only. The Womans Press unknown books
1960ref. 610578New York: Coward-McCann Inc 1960. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Tenth printing. Illustrated by Sofia. Octavo. Pictorial boards. Fine in modestly rubbed very good dust jacket with a light ring on the front panel. Warmly Inscribed by the author. Coward-McCann, Inc hardcover books
1920ref. 601729London: Hodder and Stoughton 1920. Hardcover. Very Good. First edition. 263pp. Illustrated with black and white plates. Slightly cocked spine toning on the endpapers and slight wear on the board edges thus very good. According to the preface of the revised edition; "After training to be a doctor at the London School of Medicine for Women Flora Murray became an active member of the Women's Social and Political Union. At the outbreak of the First World War she and her fellow suffragists laid down their banners and sought to aid the Allied war effort. Working within the newly formed Women's Hospital Corps Murray and her colleague Louisa Garrett Anderson overcame initial prejudice and established two military hospitals in France in the period 1914 -1915. Their success prompted an invitation from the War Office to open the Endell Street Military Hospital in London staffed entirely by women. First published in 1920 Murray's account illustrated with numerous photographs records important steps in furthering the acceptance of women in the medical profession. For female doctors surgeons and nurses the war provided not only the 'occasion for service' but also 'get professional opportunities.' In Beatrice Harraden's preface in the original text she writes "This record of the work of the Women's Hospital Corps in France and especially at the Military Hospital Endell Street is a valuable contribution to the literature of the Women Movement. Dr. Flora Murray and Dr. Garrett Anderson made history at Endell Street. Through their initiative endeavor and efficiency they opened the doors to further fields of opportunity for women physicians and surgeons and not only for medical women but for all women who are setting out or have already set out to conquer fresh territory. We owe them a debt of gratitude the recognition of which will become even more accentuated as the years go on." A nice copy of an important women's medical text. Hodder and Stoughton hardcover books
1971ref. 604171Enugu Nigeria: Nwankwo-Ifejika & Co. Publishers Ltd 1971. Softcover. Fine. First edition. Printed wrappers. A trifle worn still easily a fine copy. A collection of stories by "the Mother of Modern African Literature" centered around life for women in Nigeria. From the lower wrap: "Skilfully sic she recaptures in print the frustrations Lagos life holds for our women and naturally places a lot of the blame on men who have proved to be unreliable." According to the Nigerian newspaper The Guardian Nwapa was the first female African novelist to be published in in Britain in English partially financed by a supportive Chinua Achebe who is listed as Editorial Advisor for this title. Her first two were novels published as part of Heinemann's African Writers Series. In 1970 she founded the Tana Press becoming one of Nigeria's first female publishers. An important collection by a pioneering Nigerian feminist author. Nwankwo-Ifejika & Co. Publishers Ltd unknown books
1969ref. 586639London: Heinemann 1969. Softcover. Very Good. First edition. 12mo. 218pp. Modest wear and a bit of spotting on the page edges very good or better. Review copy for the American importer Humanities Press of New York with a label laid down onto the first page. Issued as No. 56 in the African Writers Series. Heinemann unknown books
1900ref. 5954Fulton Pittsburgh 1900. Faux cloth over marbled boards with ownership label to upper left corner with school district and compiler information. Measuring 9 x 11.5 inches and comprised of 22 pages of sketches herbal specimens and sample essays all recto. Firmly bound and with some dampstaining to the lower gutter not affecting text. Representing a range of exercises completed by state normal school student Flora Yagle the book presents researchers with a range of study opportunities including turn of the century pedagogical practice and curricula as well as genealogical and social history work regarding the family structure work and education of first-generation immigrants living on the East Coast. One of seven children born to German immigrants Flora Yagle b. 1886-7 clearly grew up in a family that emphasized education and upward mobility. The paper label identifies Yagle as an eighth-year student indicating that she was probably in her early teens when she completed these lessons. Census documents from around the time of her birth and childhood list her father as a foundry worker; and into her adulthood they shift to record him as the general manager of the foundry. Similar ambition was instilled in his children who are documented in census information as students or unemployed during their childhoods with work only appearing in their adulthoods. During Flora's youth she had brothers working as clerks and bookkeepers. By the time of her adulthood she has become a school clerk while her sister has obtained a position as a librarian. Part of Flora's training would have been conducted at the Fulton Elementary School located in Pittsburgh's Highland Park. A neighborhood for the rising middle class Highland Park and its schools were still in their infancy while Flora was in hers; while the residential district had been opened in 1879 the school was founded in 1894 and both intended to provide fresh air open spaces and pleasant living to skilled workers and their families who were flocking to Pittsburgh for its work opportunities. Historically Pennsylvania had been a vanguard for public and progressive education. "In his 1830 address to the state legislature Governor George Wold championed the cause of universal public education" as a scaffold for "the security and stability of the individual privileges we have inherited from our ancestors" Explore History. Before the decade was over "more than 1000 local school districts under a single statewide system of instruction" had been founded working to regularize "educational standards curriculum and instructional credentials" in tandem with the 1857 Normal School Act which founded "a network of ten state academies to prepare public school teachers" Explore History. Flora's generation was a beneficiary of these policies. Her notebook shows a range of work with creativity and visual arts central to her learning. In addition to pressed floral specimens likely from the school grounds or her home garden her book also contains a visual and textual representation of the spectrum of colors in a rainbow; illustrated lotus blossoms with a short essay on the botanical facts and cultural uses of the flower in Egypt; black and white sketches focused on perspective and shading; geometrical figures designed to be cut out and folded but here present; and figure drawings of children in Victorian clothing much like she and her classmates would wear. US Census 1890 1900 1910 1920. unknown books
1822ref. 5548Edinburgh: Thomsons Brothers 1822. First edition. Contemporary half calf over marbled boards with gilt to spine. Measuring 140 x 80mm and collating complete including frontis and publisher's catalogue to rear: vii 1 blank 199 1 errata 8 1 blank. A Near Fine copy with some scuffing to boards and joints and small chip to foot of spine. Contemporary ownership inscription to front endpaper: "Margaret Jane Palliser. Dublin 1824." A scarce work of juvenile fiction aimed at young women it is unrecorded in OCLC and Sadleir though there is mention of a later 1824 "fourth edition" and an American edition from 1827. Simple on its surface each new chapter of Harriet and Her Cousin unfolds a new layer of prejudice that all too commonly prevents young women from finding meaningful connections with each other. Raised in a rural religious household young Harriet has a spiritual awakening that leaves her soul altered. More excited about the world and the people around her and more capable of subtle observations she undertakes a journey to Edinburgh both to visit her soon-to-be-wed best friend Maria as well as to visit her grandfather and cousin Julia. On arrival Harriet is shocked by Julia's coldness and initially assumes it is prejudice against her own Christianity. Introduced to the sparkling and accomplished ladies of Julia's circle she then begins to suspect it is prejudice against her simple country nature. Only over time does Julia feel comfortable opening up to Harriet about her loneliness -- an isolation born out of the high society expectations that women reserve warm feelings and engage instead in gossip back-biting and flirtations that make them untrustworthy. As she has witnessed Harriet's refusal to conform to these behaviors Julia bonds with Harriet as an intimate friend capable of deep and meaningful conversation. Indeed Harriet learns that even with her awakened spirituality she too has much to learn about dismantling her own prejudices. Thomsons Brothers unknown books
