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1977réf. 69714Norwalk Connecticut: The Easton Press. Very Good. 1977. Hardcover. We recently acquired a large lot of Easton Press Books. All of the books are in bright fresh Fine condition essentially never read and bound in beautiful full leather. Conrad Joseph; introduction by Nicholas Monsarrat; color lithographs by Lynd Ward. LORD JIM: A TALE. Norwalk Connecticut: The Easton Press 1977. Collector's Edition bound in genuine leather. The book is bright complete and nice. Complete with ribbon page marker. A Fine copy. . The Easton Press hardcover books
2004réf. 341388New York: New Directions 2004. Hardcover. 109p. in a landscape layout 33 lithograph illustrations first US edition hardcover bound in dark gray cloth boards with silver spine titles in an unclipped dust jacket all in very good condition. Originally published in German in 2003. Posthumous publication. New Directions hardcover books
1980réf. 35240Tübingen: Rainer Wunderlich Verlag Hermannn Leins 1980. First edition. Hardcover. vg. Quarto. 74 1pp. Original illustrated dustjacket over beige paper-covered boards house in plain slipcase. Vignette on title page. Unfinished historical novel describing the life of Rabbi Abraham and his wife Sara set at the end of the Middle Ages in the small town of Bacherach on the Rhine and in the Jewish quarter of Frankfurt on the Main. Illustrated with lithographs by Jewish-German artist Max Liebermann. Text follows edition of E. Loewenthal 1937. Text in German. DJ rubbed with minor blemishes. Spine slightly discolored from sunning. DJ in good binding slipcase and interior in very good condition. Rainer Wunderlich Verlag Hermannn Leins hardcover books
1990réf. 1400690London: The Folio Society 1990. Hardcover. Octavo 72 pages. In Very Good condition. Bound in publisher's quarter navy blue cloth with grey blue and red paper boards and gilt lettering to spine. Mild general shelf wear. Top edge of textblock gilt. Fore and bottom edges of textblock deckled. Interior pages clean. Shelved in Folio Society. 1400690. Shelved Dupont Bookstore. The Folio Society hardcover books
1991réf. 1400680London: The Folio Press 1991. Hardcover. Octavo 63 pages. In Very Good condition. Bound in publisher's quarter blue cloth and light blue and white paper boards. Mild general shelf wear. Top edge of textblock gilt. Fore edge of textblock deckled. Interior pages clean. Shelved Folio Society. Folio Society. 1400680. Shelved Dupont Bookstore. The Folio Press hardcover books
1968réf. 1418562Norwalk CT: The Easton Press 1968. Collector's Edition. Hardcover. Octavo xxii 559 pages. In Very Good minus condition. Bound in publisher's navy blue leather with gilt lettering to spine. Mild general shelf wear. Textblock sunken. Edges of textblock gilt lightly worn on bottom edge and scratched on fore edge. With silk endpapers and a silk ribbon bookmark. Interior pages clean. Note from the publisher laid in. Shelved in Easton Press. 1418562. Shelved Dupont Bookstore. The Easton Press hardcover books
1941réf. 1346710New York: Limited Editions Club 1941. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Octavo; 393 pages; G; Bound in Red sheepskin with a scarlet A on black leather on the front cover and gilt lettering on black spine label; Housed in Publisher's red slipcase; Gilt head edge of textblock deckled fore edge; Slipcase has tearing at top corner of opening white mark along tail edge; head edge of spine mostly separated chipping to spine edges cracking to leather spine spine label peeling; Book plate from previous owner on front pastedown ink stamp on front pastedown; Signed by illustrator Henry Varnum Poor; Limited Edition #1378/1500; Shelved Limited Editions Club. 1346710. Shelved Dupont Bookstore. Limited Editions Club hardcover books
1898réf. 40799Troyes: Société Académique de l'Aube 1898. First edition. Softcover. g- to vg. Quarto. LII 2 273 1pp Text; LXXIII leaves Lithographic plates. Uncut. Original printed wrappers with publisher's logo to front cover and title page. Illustrated with 73 striking lithographic plates including 16 double-page this work is a splendid catalogue raisonné of the Musée de Troyes collection of bronzes from the Celtic Gaul Roman-Gaul Franque Carlovingian Gothic Renaissance and Modern periods. Wrappers age-toned along spine and edges. Text in French. Wrappers in overall good- to good interior in very good condition. Société Académique de l'Aube unknown books
1946réf. 39144Paris: Compagnie Française des Arts Graphiques 1946. Limited First edition. Softcover. g to vg. 1/355. Quarto. 61 5 loose pages as issued. Original glassine over illustrated dust-jacket and blind wrappers. The frontispiece is a striking color lithograph of Paris. "Réminiscences" is Louise Hervieu's charming recollection of her Parisian life at the turn of the century. It is composed of the following five essays: "Réminiscences" "La petite fille de Montsouris" "Le Parc Montsouris" "La Laitière de Montsouris et les pots cassés" and "Le Marchand d'oublies." This work is splendidly illustrated throughout with one color lithograph frontispiece 4 b/w lithographic plates and 5 b/w in-text lithographs. One of 355 copies on Velin pur fil of which this is No. 327. Glassine age-toned with tiny chipping and previous owner's inscription the author's name along upper spine and sticker at tail of spine. Text in French. Glassine in fair to good- dust-jacket wrappers and interior in overall very good condition. Compagnie Française des Arts Graphiques unknown books
1984réf. 47166Utrecht Holland: Sub Signo Libelli 1984. Near Fine. Utrecht Holland: Sub Signo Libelli 1984. First Edition Limited to 45 copies containing two original lithographs by Buursen of which this is no. 36. Small slim quarto; original reddish-orange morocco over paper-covered boards upper cover and spine lettered in gilt;12pp.; color lithographic frontispiece and one additional plate bound in rear. Light wear at corners else Near Fine. Both plates signed with limitation in pencil by the artist. Colophon in rear inscribed and signed by Purdy. Sub Signo Libelli unknown books
1960réf. 173978Cambridge MA: Dept. of Printing and Graphic Arts Harvard College Library 1960. Limited to 600 copies in three formats this being No. 75 of copies 51 to 150 that contain an extra set of lithographs. Hardcover. VG/VG case showing very mninor wear to the leather at the base of the spine. pale bluish green printed paper-covered boards with black leather spine with gilt title. 61 pp. 13 mounted lithographs along with a complete extra set of the original lithographs contained in the book separately cased and enclosed with the book in a box case. all contained in a linen covered clamshell case with matching black leather spine with gilt title. Numbered 75 on the limitation page and also signed by the artist and the translator. From a total edition of 600 this is number 56 of 100 copies 51-150 signed by both artist and translator printed on hand-made paper and containing an extra suite of 13 loose lithographs each signed or initialed by Stein in pencil. Dept. of Printing and Graphic Arts, Harvard College Library hardcover books
1947réf. 535008London: Frederick Muller 1947. Hardcover. Very Good/Near Fine. First edition. Faint dampstain on bottom corner of the pages just registering at the edges of the margins else very good in near fine dust jacket. Anthology illustrated with attractive color lithographs. Because of the fragile binding copies are usually found with the binding cracked or signatures or plates loose. This is a tight and clean copy and is scarce thus. Frederick Muller hardcover books
1950réf. 269432Barcelona: Editorial Juventud 1950. Quarter Leather. Very Good binding. A handsome production printed in Barcelona and in 2 volumes. Backed in green morocco over cream linen-covered boards. The spine have elaborate stamping. The colored illustrations by Jose Narro as well as the headpieces to each chapter are charming. There is some light soiling to the linen boards; but overall a clean copy without any marks. Mylar has been custom cut to protect the bindings. Very Good binding. Editorial Juventud unknown books
1963réf. 43686Monte Carlo: Andre Sauret 1963. Limited first edition. Softcover. vg- to near fine. 1/4125. Small folio. 12.5x9.5". 183pp. 5. Tan paper-covered slipcase housing a softcover binding with a lithographically illustrated dust jacket over stiff white cardstock wrappers. Dj protected by mylar. This is #3838 from a total limited edition of 4125 copies. The publication is a complete catalogue raisonné of George Braque's lithographs containing 3 original lithographs covers frontispiece and title page and 146 lithographic reproductions in color and b/w. The lithograph's are arranged chronologically and date from 1921-1962. Each of the reproductions is protected by a coated waxpaper guard and contains physical and historical information about the work on the opposite page. Detailed list of works at the back of the book. Text in French. Slipcase with with some light rubbing to extremities and some light stains scratches and smudges. Dj with very minor foxing. Mylar with some small chips at corners. Interior with minor sporadic foxing to a few pages with images almost entirely unaffected clean and bright. Slipcase in very good- covers and interior in overall very good to near fine. Andre Sauret unknown books
1990réf. 18112301New York: The Limited Editions Club printed by Heritage Printers Inc. 1990. Limited Edition. Leather bound. Fine. Hejduk John. No. 122 of 375 copies quarto size 193 pp. signed by John Hejduk with LEC Monthly Letter. German writer Thomas Mann 1875-1955 a recipient of the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1929 is best known for his novels and short stories employing symbolism and examining the psyche of those in intellectual circles most famously in his works "Buddenbooks" and "Death in Venice". He wrote "The Black Swan" in 1954 and the novella revolves around an aging woman who must deal with her changing body and the expectations of an uncaring society that values youth over old age. Noted for being one of the first works to utilise hard medicine in the narrative "The Black Swan" is here published by the Limited Editions Club with lithographs by celebrated architect and artist John Hejduk 1929-2000 who brings an architect's eye for symmetry and simplicity in his geometric imagery. This edition includes an afterword by David Shapiro b. 1947 a prolific poet and literary critic whose first book was published when he was eighteen; offering insight and a sympathetic view of the brutality and bluntness often found in Mann's prose he writes "A master of X-ray Mann leads us to the master montage of disease itself. And to the possible health of love." ___DESCRIPTION: Full brown leather title in black on the front board black endpapers lithographs printed in two colours by John Hejduk throughout; Monotype Gill Sans mouldmade Rives Buff Text paper quarto size 12" by 9.25" pagination: i-vi 1-183 184-186 1 colophon one of 375 copies this number 122 signed by John Hejduk on the colophon. With LEC Monthly Letter a thirteen-page softcover booklet with two staples at the spine. In a slipcase covered in black cloth. ___CONDITION: A fine copy; the covers clean the corners straight and unrubbed the binding tight with solid hinges the interior clean and bright and free of prior owner markings; spine is very slightly sunned else fine. The LEC Monthly Letter is near fine clean overall with a few stray marks the text block is sturdy without wear except at the corners and a small nick on the top edge of the rear cover. The slipcase is near fine strong and sturdy clean with some minor fraying to the cloth otherwise free of wear. ___POSTAGE: Please note that this is a large and heavy book 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 Limited Editions Club (printed by Heritage Printers, Inc.) unknown books
1952réf. 1145Paris: Cahiers d'Art publies sous la direction de Gualtiere de San Lazzaro 1952 First edition Small folio 88 pp. & 11 plates including 4 original lithographs Publisher's printed card wraps. Most text in French Covers lightly soiled spine browned brief edge wear Occasional modest toning internally otherwise very good. A lovely issue of one of the most significant art journals of the 20th century. Gualtiere de San Lazzaro paperback books
réf. 170404Wallingford Pa: The Elm Press 1986. Hardcover. VG. Light blue clamshell box with inlaid fabric on cover. Thirty-six pages are hinged in an accordion fold permitting the images to interweave from page to page. This artist's book developed from a plan by Ruth Mortimer former Curator of Rare Books at Smith College for an anthology of poems using weaving and fabric arts as metaphor. The text of The Bewildering Thread contains fifteen poems selected from the work of fourteen contemporary women poets: Sandra M Gilbert Eleanor Wilner Jody Aliesan Carolyn Kizer Amy Clampitt Linda Pastan Maura Stanton Adrienne Rich Katha Pollitt Lyn Lifshin May Swenson Margaret Atwood Susan Snively and Gjertrud Schnackenberg. The poem by Emily Dickinson from which the title of the collection is taken is printed as an epigraph. This is copy No. 13 of the 50 printed. Eleanor Wilne described the book as ".contained poems about the womanly arts of the thread---spinning embroidery lacemaking weaving—the tapestries in which women spoke before the page and the public stage were open to us." Includes some associated paperwork in the back on the clamshell box. 34 of the 50 copies are held in institutions. The Elm Press hardcover books
1954réf. 007666New York: The Noonday Press 1954. Limited First Edition. Cloth. Fine. No. 22 of 64 copies printed of which 55 were placed on sale. Printed on hand-made Fabriano paper by Igal Roodenk and James Lanier. Lithographs pulled in Paris by Fernand Mourlot Freres. The fine woven paper is various colors -- cream black blue rose. Folio 44 by 28.5 cm. Light wear to black cloth -- a few light scratches. Otherwise like new. The Noonday Press unknown books
1925réf. 55932Berlin: Horodisch & Marx 1925. First limited edition. Hardcover. Very good to fine condition. 22/100. Unnumbered 42pp. Original quarter parchment over brown paper-covered boards with framed black lettering on label of cover gilt lettering on spine. Printed by Poeschel & Trepte Leipzig lithographs by A. Rogall Berlin. Nos. 1-15 on Japan paper Nos. 16-100 on van Gelder handmade paper with all lithographs signed in pencil by H. Struck. Featuring 15 lithographs by Hermann Struck representing Zweig's philosophical and Zionist perspectives exploring the physical and spiritual landscape of Palestine. No OCLC records. Text in German. Some wear along edges of binding and at top of parchment spine with circular water stain with 1 3/4" diameter above paper label of front cover. Light foxing of endpapers at front and back title page and dedication page at front last page and limitation page at rear; else minimal in mostly right margins in one instance at top margin. Lithographs in fine condition. Horodisch & Marx hardcover books
1916réf. 43931Berlin: Dietrich Reimer Ernst Vohsen 1916. Limited First edition. Hardcover. g- to vg. 1/50. Folio 19 1/2 x 13 1/2". 6 28pp Booklet 100 loose leaves Plates as issued. Original full vellum portfolio with lettering and publisher's logo in gilt to front cover. Booklet's front cover gold-lettered numbered and hand-signed by the artist Hermann Struck. The plates are housed in their stiff paper chemise as issued with printed title to front cover. In this spectacular monograph artist Hermann Struck who was serving in the Imperial German army as a translator liaison officer and military artist sketched the faces of one hundred prisoners of war in the German camps. Among the French British Belgian and Russian inmates were also included soldiers from the British Empire mostly from India as well as the French Empire Algeria Tunisia Morocco and Senegal. The prisoners' age range from 12 Anton Matyszewski a volunteer from Lomza Russian Poland to 56 Mohammed ben Ahmed Spahi from Djelfa French Algeria. It is interesting to note that the Jewish prisoners were identified first by their religion then by the place they came from exemple: Chacus Krasikow Jew from Lubin Russian Poland; Isaak Chotoran Jew from Kiev Ukraine; Bomblatt David Polish Jew from Warsaw etc. Bomblatt David is sketched twice: After Struck drew his face he added a second sketch depicting the prisoner reading the Talmud. Each plate is handsigned in pencil by the artist. The booklet contains a foreword and an essay on ethnology in the World War by Prof. Dr. Felix von Luschan 1854-1924 an Austrian doctor anthropologist explorer archaeologist and ethnographer who joined the German Society for Racial Hygiene in 1908. The society was an eugenic organization whose goal was "for society to return to a healthy and blooming strong and beautiful life." As Alfred Ploetz its founder put it the Nordic race was supposed to regain its "purity" through selective reproduction and sterilization. The society ceased to exist after WWI. One of 50 numbered copies of which this is No. 30. Some foxing to portfolio with strings missing. Minor age-toning and foxing to wrappers of booklet. 5" closed tear at lower front joint of chemise. Only plates 4 and 5 are foxed along edges not affecting illustrations. Text in German Gothic script Booklet captions of plates in German. Portfolio in overall fair to good booklet in very good chemise in fair to good- plates in very good condition. Hermann Struck 1876-1944 was a German Jewish artist known for his etchings. A fervent Zionist and Jewish activist Struck visited the Land of Israel in 1903 displayed his art at the Fifth Zionist Congress and was a founder of the Mizrachi Religious Zionist movement. At the same time he was a German patriot and volunteered for military service in World War I serving as a translator liaison officer and military artist. Hermann Struck was awarded the Iron Cross 1st Class and promoted to an officer for bravery in 1917 he became the referent for Jewish affairs at the German Eastern Front High Command. Struck immigrated to Palestine in 1922 taught at Bezalel Academy and helped establish the Tel Aviv Museum of Art. He visited Berlin every summer until the Nazis rose to power. From the beginning of the war the German authorities found themselves confronted with an unexpected influx of prisoners. In September 1914 125050 French soldiers and 94000 Russian ones were held captive. Before 1915 conditions of detention in Germany were very harsh and marked by temporary lodging and the absence of infrastructure. The prisoners slept in hangars or tents where they dug holes to keep warm. The humid forts requisitioned to serve as places of detention led to numerous cases of pulmonary illness. The German authorities also commandeered schools barns and various other types of shelters. Camps were established in the countryside as well as near the towns which had consequences when epidemics of cholera or typhus threatened to spread to the civilian population. Not all the camps were situated on German territory; a certain number were built in occupied territories notably in northern and eastern France. They began to be developed starting in 1915 when the number of prisoners being held captive in Germany reached 652000. According to official directives each prisoner had to have use of 26.9 square foot 2.5 m². The camps mixed a large number of nationalities sharing the same quarters: French Russian British American Canadian Belgian Italian Romanian Serbian Montenegrin Portuguese and Japanese prisoners were found there as well as Greeks and Brazilians. Equally soldiers of various social origins rubbed elbows: workers peasants bureaucrats and intellectuals were among those held. The number of prisoners rose very quickly. From February to August 1915 it went from 652000 to 1045232. In August 1916 it reached 1625000 jumping to 2415000 by October 1918. For more information see: Uta Hinz's "Gefangen im Großen Krieg: Kriegsgefangenschaft in Deutschland 1914-1921" in German. Essen Klartext Verlag 2006. Dietrich Reimer (Ernst Vohsen) hardcover books
