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Nineteen Years and Counting, A Retrospective Bibliography, 1969-1988
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Nineteen Years and Counting, A Retrospective Bibliography, 1969-1988

by D'Ambrosio, [Joseph J.]

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n.p.: Joseph J. D'Ambrosio, 1989. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Ocatvo size, 137 pp., signed by Joe D'Ambrosio, one of 10 AP copies. A work of art itself, this, his second bibliography, sets forth books produced over a period of almost twenty years. First/Limited edition of 10 artist proofs and 75 numbered copies. Joseph J. D'Ambrosio (1934-2009) was an exceptional book artist who wrote, set type, printed designs, did the artwork, and bound his books. He tells the story of how he came to the book arts in the Preface of this Bibliography. His editions are signed, numbered and issued, as a limited edition of fine art prints. Mr. D'Ambrosio exhibited in many one-man and group exhibitions, and his works are in both private and institutional collections, including the Victoria and Albert Museum in London. ___DESCRIPTION: From the colophon page: "printed with hand-set Della Robbia type on Johannot paper with a Vandercook No. 4 proof press, (with) hand-marbled endpapers". The same marbled… Read More
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La Pioggia Nel Pineto; (La Lluvia en el Pinar)
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La Pioggia Nel Pineto; (La Lluvia en el Pinar)

by D'Annunzio, Gabriele; Veroni, Raul (Artist)

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BS. [Buenos Aires] - Argentina: (Colombo), 1954. Limited Edition. Wraps. Near fine/near fine. Veroni, Raul. Number 40 of 60 copies, quarto size, [32] pp. Gabriele D'Annunzio, Prince of Montenevoso, Duke of Gallese (1863-1938) was an Italian writer, a proto-futurist obsessed with sex, whom some people believe invented fascism. This poem was written in 1902 for his lover Eleonora Duse, and was originally intended to be part of a series of seven books dedicated to the Pleiades (only four were completed), text in Spanish and Italian, Spanish translation Tulio Carella. ___DESCRIPTION: Gray paper covered wrappers with glassine jacket, unbound signatures, title page printed in black and teal, two small woodcuts, initial capitals in teal, P.M. Fabriano paper, Garamond Frances type, quartoo size (10.25" by 6.75"), [32] pp., limited edition, number 40 of 60 copies. ___CONDITION: A bright clean copy, with no foxing, in the original glassine, with only some minor foxing at edges and a few chips to the… Read More
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Tartarin of Tarascon
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Tartarin of Tarascon

by Daudet, Alphonse; LeClercq, Jacques (Translator); Dwiggins, W.A. (Illustrations)

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New York: The Limited Editions Club [printed by Richard W. Ellis at The Georgian Press], 1930. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Fine/near fine. Dwiggins, W.A.. One of 1500 copies, sixmo size, 303 pp., signed by W.A. Dwiggins, in glassine wrappers and with slipcase. The LEC publication of this novel (originallly published in 1872) is graced by having been both designed by W.A. Dwiggins, as well as containing his illustrations (line drawings). William Addison Dwiggins (1880-1956) was a man of many talents: he became known first for his work as an illustrator and a commercial artist, and then entering into type and book design. "His work can be described as ornamented and geometric, similar to the Art Moderne and Art Deco styles of the period, using Oriental influences and breaking from the more antiquarian styles of his colleagues and mentors Updike, Cleland and Goudy" (n.b., quote from Wiki). ___DESCRIPTION: Two volumes (complete), bound in decorated paper (also designed by Dwiggins) over boards with a… Read More
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Memoir of the Rev. John Russell [Association Copy - Inscribed by Edward VII of England]; and His...
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Memoir of the Rev. John Russell [Association Copy - Inscribed by Edward VII of England]; and His Out-of-Door Life

by Davies, E.W.L.; Baird, N.H.J. (Illustrations)

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London: Chatto & Windus, 1902. Limited Edition. Leather bound. Very good +. Baird, N.H.J.. One of 75 copies on Japanese Vellum with hand-coloured illustrations by N.H.J. Baird, octavo size, 367 pp., in a Zaehnsdorf binding, inscribed by "Edward R" [Edward VII of England]. Edward Albert, King Edward VII of England (1841-1910), eldest son of Queen Victoria, reigned as monarch for only nine years, after having been the heir to the throne for almost sixty years. As his mother held tightly to the power, Edward "was largely excluded from political influence and came to personify the fashionable, leisured elite" (n.b., quote from Wiki). Although his time as King of Great Britain (and Ireland, and Emperor of India) was short, his name personified the Edwardian era, which ushered in many changes, both technological as well as societal. During his time as a "prince playboy" he would have participated in that most English of country sports, hunting; in fact, he "ordered all the clocks at Sandringham to run… Read More
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Chronology of Twenty-Five Years, The Roxburghe Club of San Francisco, 1928-1953
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Chronology of Twenty-Five Years, The Roxburghe Club of San Francisco, 1928-1953

by Dawson, George E. (Editor); Wheat, Carl I. and Sowers, Roy Vernon (Essays)

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(San Francisco): (Printed by Roxburghers Edwin and Robert Grabhorn), 1954. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Fine. One of 200 copies, elephant folio size, 83 pp. Limited edition of 200 copies "printed by Roxburghers Edwin and Robert Grabhorn" and sold only to members of the Club; included in the Exhibition of Western Books (Rounce & Coffin Club). Contains an essay on the Roxburghe Club by Carl I. Wheat, an essay on the Duke of Roxburghe by Roy Vernon Sowers, a Roster of Members and Officers for the 25 years, a Chronology showing year by year the venue and topic of each meeting, with twenty-six plates at the end of reproductions of invitations. ___DESCRIPTION: Marbled paper boards with black cloth shelfback, paper label on back with black and red lettering and decorations, fore- and bottom edges uncut, cream endpapers, printed throughout in red and black, plates in colour; paper English handmade, elephant folio size (15.75" by 10.5") unpaginated with 48 leaves total; limited edition of 200 copies,… Read More
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Early California Travels Series
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Early California Travels Series

by Dawson, Glen (Publisher)

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Los Angeles: Glen Dawson, 1954. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Near fine. Most volumes stated edition size of 200, volumes 1 through 20 (continuous), duodecimo size, approx. 1600 pp. total, with two pieces of related ephemera. Per the check-list, "The Early California Travels Series is a set of small volumes relating to the history of California printed by a number of different California printers." The list of printers is indeed impressive, making this Series fascinating both for its subject matter and the representation of printers it provides. This offering includes Volumes 1 through 20 (continuous); the authors, titles, and printers included are: I: Coulter, Thomas. "Notes on Upper California, A Journey from Monterey to the Colorado River in 1832", printed by William M. Cheney in 1951; II: Dye, Job Francis. "Recollections of a Pioneer 1830-1852, Rocky Mountains, New Mexico, California", printed by the Toyo Printing Company in 1951; III: Netrel Le, St. Edmond; Wagner, Blanche Collet (Translator).… Read More
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Narrative of Nicholas Cheyenne Dawson (Overland to California in '41 & '49, and Texas in '51);...
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Narrative of Nicholas "Cheyenne" Dawson (Overland to California in '41 & '49, and Texas in '51); Number Seven of the Rare Americana Series Printed & Published by The Grabhorn Press of San Francisco in May, 1933

by Dawson, Nicholas; Watson, Douglas S. (Editor); Camp, Charles L. (Introduction); Parker, Arvilla (Illustrator)

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San Francisco: The Grabhorn Press, 1933. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Near fine. Parker, Arvilla. One of 500 copies, quarto size, 107 pp. Nicholas Dawson (1819-1903), the partly self-educated schoolteacher infected with wanderlust, spent much of his life travelling on foot across America. His wanderings brought him through Missouri, Louisiana, and Arkansas to Mexico, then back to New Orleans; he returned to the West infected with Gold Fever, and then eventually settled in Texas. The original publication of his memoirs is incredibly scarce; this edition was published by the Grabhorn Press, one of the most highly renowned private presses in America during the twentieth century, run by brothers Edwin and Robert Grabhorn. ___DESCRIPTION: Quarter natural linen with brown paper boards, coloured vignette illustration on the front board, black lettering running vertically on the front and back boards, brown paper spine label with black lettering, title page and caption titles printed in red and black, nine… Read More
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FDM / ALH; One Hundred Copies Printed for the Friends of the Poets at the Arion Press / Con Amore
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FDM / ALH; One Hundred Copies Printed for the Friends of the Poets at the Arion Press / Con Amore

by De Martini, Francesco; Hoyem, Andrew

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[San Francisco]: The Arion Press, 1976. Limited Edition. Folio sheet, folded. Fine. One of 100 copies, quarto size, [4] pp. A lovely bit of early ephemera from The Arion Press, being a poem in Italian by Franceso De Martini, and a poem in English by Andrew Hoyem. Both poems are on the subject of poetry or poets. ___DESCRIPTION: One sheet of heavy laid paper folded twice to make 4 pp., with hand-colored decoration to title-page, upon opening the poem titled "A Andre Hoyem" by Francesco De Martini is presented on the left, and the poem titled "To Francesco De Martini" by Andrew Hoyem is presented on the right; letterpress printed, quarto size (10.25" by 7.75"), limited first edition of 100 copies. ___CONDITION: A fine copy, bright and clean with no markings/tears/rubbing/creases; a fine example. ___POSTAGE: International customers, please note that additional postage may apply as the standard shipping charge does not always cover costs; please inquire for details. ___Swan's Fine Books is pleased… Read More
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The Tales of Guy de Maupassant, 1850 - 1893
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The Tales of Guy de Maupassant, 1850 - 1893

by de Maupassant, Guy; Hearn, Lafcadio (Translation); O'Brien, Justin (Editor, Foreword); Böhmer, Gunter (llustrations)

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London: Printed...for the Members of the Limited Editions Club at The Curwen Press, 1963. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Fine/near fine. Böhmer, Gunter. One of 1500 copies, large octavo size, 486 pp., signed by the illustrator, with Monthly Letter and Announcement. French writer Guy de Maupassant (1850-1893) is best known for his short stories written in a naturalist style. This volume presents forty-nine of approximately 250 that Maupassant wrote during his lifetime; of the forty-nine, over half of them (twenty-six) were translated by the also well-known author, Lafcadio Hearn. Complementing the text are thirty-two illustrations reproduced by means of lithography from watercolours (seventeen full-page) by Gunter Böhmer of Switzerland, who signed the volume at the colophon. This volume as complete as one can hope for: in addition to the book itself and the publisher's slipcase, the previous owner retained the original glassine wrapper, the Monthly Letter, and the seldom-seen Announcement.… Read More
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[Crusades] Conquete de Constantinople; Avec la Continuation de Henri de Valenciennes: Texte...
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[Crusades] Conquete de Constantinople; Avec la Continuation de Henri de Valenciennes: Texte Original, Accompagne d'une Traduction

by de Ville-Hardouin, Geoffroi; de Wailly, M. Natalis (Translator)

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Paris: Librairie de Firmin-Didot Freres, Fils et Cie, 1874. Second Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Quarto size, 640 pp., text in French. The best known work by knight and historian Geoffroi de Ville-Hardouin (c. 1150-c.1213/18), written between 1207 and 1213. This work is one of the oldest known examples of historical French prose, and though not written from an entirely objective point of view, is an essential historical text, by a contemporaneous participant of the Fourth Crusade. The text is presented in both the original 13th-century French accompanied by a more modern French translation. ___DESCRIPTION: Contemporaneous half red morocco with marbled paper covered boards, backstrip with five raised bands stamped in gilt to each panel, top edge gilt, decorative endpapers of black with repearting gold lion designs and two different roundels (one of men on a ship, from a miniature from "l'Histoire des Croisades" de Guillaume de Tyr, from a 13th-century manuscript; the second of a man on horseback… Read More
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A Tribute to Else Staudinger
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A Tribute to Else Staudinger

by Dean, Mallette (Book Designer and Decorator)

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(New York): American Council for Emigres in the Professions, Inc. [Mallette Dean], 1966. Hardcover. Near fine. Dean, Mallette. Quarto size, [12] pp. A memorial tribute to humanitarian Else Staudinger (1889-1966), who founded and lead The American Council for Emigrés in the Professions, Inc., and worked tirelessly to rescue liberal scholars from Nazi Germany during WWII. Else emigrated to the United States with her husband Hans (1889-1980) in 1934, who had been arrested by the Nazi regime the previous year. This volume announced the establishment of a fund in her name, the "Else Staudinger Tribute Fund". ___DESCRIPTION: Original quarter parchment and blue paper covered boards, decorative woodcut and lettering to upper board in blue and yellow, paper label printed in blue on backstrip, title page in blue and brown, two floriated initials in blue, text in blue, one black and white photo reproduction of Else Staudinger, facsimile signature of Alvin S. Johnson; quarto size (10 1/8" by 6 5/8"), [12]… Read More
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Rhumb Lines
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Rhumb Lines

by Deaton, Anthony

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Winona, Minnesota: Sutton Hoo Press, 2002. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Fine. One of 136 copies, quarto size, 24 unnumbered pp. Anthony Deaton works for the U.S. Department of State as a Foreign Service Officer and has served in Italy, Syria, and Namibia; this volume is his first book of poetry, a beautiful fine press book printed by the Sutton Hoo Press. Some of these poems have appeared in journals including the Paris Review, the Gettysburg Review, The Nation, and Virginia Quarterly Review. He is the recipient of the Nation/Discovery Award and the Campbell Corner Prize in poetry. ___DESCRIPTION: Blue, navy, and white marbled paper boards with navy blue paper case tabs pulled outside of the boards, fore- and bottom edges rough cut, decorative blue running border at the top of each page; hand-set Bulmer type, Somerset paper, quarto size (10" by 6.5"), pagination: 24 unnumbered pages, one of 136, unnumbered. ___CONDITION:  A fine copy; the covers clean, the corners straight, the binding tight with… Read More
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The Plague
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The Plague

by [DeFoe, Daniel - Excerpts from "A Journal of the Plague Year"]; McDowall, Nicolas (Introduction); Dyson, Anthony (Essay); Lemaire, Angela (Artist, Afterword)

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[Monmouthshire]: The Old Stile Press, 2009. Limited Edition. No binding. Fine. Lemaire, Angela. No. 3 of 25 copies for sale, folio size, 52 pp. The story begins: "I was present during the Great Plague of 1665, It took away my life," he said. Per the artist, this work, originally produced by her in 1967, is "about a man who is killed by the plague in London in 1665; I have brought him to life again, so that he can tell his story." The story unfolds as a series of nine eerily wonderful etchings by Angela Lemaire, which were inspired by the sufferings of the plague victims. Each enclosed in a separate leaf and introduced with a quotation from scripture also dealing with suffering, with each plate numbered and signed by her. Ms. Lemaire's Afterword tells the story of her inspiration for the work, and the essay by Anthony Dyson discusses the making and proofing of the plates which is a story worthy on its own merits. ___DESCRIPTION: Unbound folio sheets, each with letterpress printing on the first and… Read More
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Writing on the Body; Degas's Words about Drawing the Figure
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Writing on the Body; Degas's Words about Drawing the Figure

by Degas, Edgar; Hobson, Charles (Artist)

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San Francisco: Pacific Editions, printed at The Greenwood Press, 1999. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Fine. Hobson, Charles. Number 35 of 45 copies, quarto size, [19] pp., signed to each plate and to the colophon by Charles Hobson. Edgar Degas (1834-1917) has long been considered one of the greatest of the French impressionists, especially concerning the female body in movement which is given a masterful homage in this intriguing volume. Degas did many monotypes "and in many cases he applied pastel over the ghost version to create a finished piece." Charles Hobson's own masterful pastel and photogravures of the female nude, having a self-proclaimed "lifelong influence" by Degas, are given a loving home beside Degas' words. The text was selected from letters and other material, his words are not only printed typographically on pages facing the plates but overlaid in Degas' actual handwriting to the copper images created by Hobson. ___DESCRIPTION: Original quarter rust-red cloth with Degas'… Read More
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Pen-Knife Sketches, or, Chips of the Old Block; A Series of Original Illustrated Letters, Written...
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Pen-Knife Sketches, or, Chips of the Old Block; A Series of Original Illustrated Letters, Written by One of California's Pioneer Miners, and Dedicated to that Class of Her Citizens by the Author. Reprinted from the Only Edition (1853) with the Illustrations by Charles Nahl and a New Foreword by G. Ezra Dane

by Delano, Alonzo; Dane, G. Ezra (Foreword); Nahl, Charles (Illustrator)

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San Francisco: The Grabhorn Press, 1934. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Near fine. Nahl, Charles. Quarto size, 80 pp. Alonzo Delano (1806 - 1874), who went by the pen name "Old Block", was an American humorist, pioneer town city father, and a California Gold Rush Forty-niner; his sketches of gold rush camp life rivaled Bret Harte and Mark Twain in popularity (N. B. info from Wikipedia). This edition was published by the Grabhorn Press, one of the most highly renowned private presses in America in the twentieth century, run by brothers Edwin and Robert Grabhorn. ___DESCRIPTION: Bound in blue-green boards with tan cloth spine, front pastedown with full-colour illustration and title by Charles Nahl, cream paper label on spine with black lettering; frontispiece, twenty headpieces, and four full-page drawings in colour by Nahl, decorative initial capital letters; black and sepia text in Janson linotype in double columns on machine made paper, quarto size (approximately 11.25" tall), 80 pages, limited… Read More
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Midnight Revels
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Midnight Revels

by Desch, John Michael; Kraemer, Xavier (Illustrator)

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San Francisco: Sunset Press, 1939. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Kraemer, Xavier. Octavo size, 85 pp., signed by Xavier Kraemer. A delightful fairy story told in poem form, of a dream wherein dolls come alive and dance and celebrate - until the dawn when the "dream" ends - the dream that the little girl "still thinks 'tis true and wasn't a dream". Both the author and illustrator are somewhat elusive; we were unable to find much information on the author. The illustrator, Xavier Kraemer, was born in Alsace-Lorraine on Jan. 22, 1872; by 1916 Kraemer had a home in Alameda and a studio in San Francisco. He died in Alameda, CA on July 21, 1956 (info from "Artists in California 1786-1940" by Edan Hughes). ___DESCRIPTION: Sky blue cloth boards with navy blue lettering and a small vignette of a doll reading a book astride a clock face, decorative endpapers of the dolls and fairies in the story frolicking, signature of illustrator on the dedication page ("Dedicated to Dreamers"), title… Read More
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Elementary Treatise on Natural Philosophy, Part III., Electricity and Magnetism
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Elementary Treatise on Natural Philosophy, Part III., Electricity and Magnetism

by Deschanel, A. Privat; Everett, J.D. (Translator and Editor)

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New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1874. Limp cloth. Very good. Octavo size, 287 pp. Part III only of a four-volume work, this can be used as a stand-alone volume for the topic. Illustrations throughout and one chromolithograph (opposite p. 638). ___DESCRIPTION: Bound in bull brown cloth over cardstock covers, black lettering and designs on the front, back with designs in blind, yellow coated endpapers; octavo size (8 3/4" by 6 1/4"), pagination: [i-v] vi-viii [505] 506-783 (pagination continous from prior volume). ___CONDITION: A very good copy, the cloth mostly clean with a few light spots of soiling, straight corners with minimal rubbing, a strong, square text block with solid hinges, and the interior is clean and bright; prior owner markings include two private Ex-Libris plates on the front pastedown endpaper (one mounted on top of the other), light pencil notations on the top corner of the front free endpaper, light pencilled notations to the Contents pages with a few scattered light pencil… Read More
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La Reliure, Recherches historiques, techniques et biographiques sur la reliure francaise (De Luxe...
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La Reliure, Recherches historiques, techniques et biographiques sur la reliure francaise (De Luxe edition with separate folio)

by Devauchelle, Roger; Labarre, Albert (Preface)

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(Paris): Editions Filigranes, 1995. Limited Edition. Folio. Fine. No. 122 of 220 (total edition 250), folio size, 319 pp., in French. Roger Devauchelle (1915-1993) was apprenticed at an early age to a bookbinder and eventually trained in all aspects of bookbinding; he opened his own bindery which, as a family business, is still in operation today as the Atelier Devauchelle. This volume reviews bookbinding in France, its history and techniques, and provides a biography of the better-known French bookbinders with many examples of their work. This volume is the deluxe edition and comes with a separate folio of twenty examples of the "Rares et Curieuses" volumes in the Bibliotheque Nationale de France. ___DESCRIPTION: Individual signatures within a heavy white paper wrap, black lettering on the front wrap and spine, decoration in black on the rear wrap, the work is lavishly illustrated with both diagrams and photographs, in both colour and black and white, arranged by time period, with an index of… Read More
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Sketches by Boz
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Sketches by Boz

by Dickens, Charles; Cruikshank, George (Illustrations)

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London: Chapman and Hall, 1839. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Cruikshank, George. Octavo size, 534 pp. First one-volume edition, with 40 sketches by George Cruikshank. Originally published in two series/three volumes, "Chapman and Hall obtained the copyright of Sketches in 1837, they published all of them in twenty monthly parts from November 1837 through June 1839. Cruikshank designed a cover, enlarged the plates and created 13 new illustrations for these monthly parts. In May 1839, Chapman and Hall published these parts complete in one volume with all 40 of Cruikshank's illustrations" (Walter E. Smith, Charles Dickens in the Original Cloth), hence the "New Edition" referred to on the title page. Half title page has the "Vote for Spruggins" illustration, full page drawing before title page has crowd waving to two gentlemen in a balloon, indicative of first "one volume" edition published. ___DESCRIPTION: Half navy leather over marbled boards, marbled endpapers and edges. Five raised bands on… Read More
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The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby (Extra Illustrated)
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The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby (Extra Illustrated)

by Dickens, Charles; Browne, Hablot K. ("Phiz" and Meadows, Kenny (Illustrators))

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London: Chapman and Hall, 1839. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good. Browne, Hablot K. ['Phiz"]; Meadows, Kenney. First printing, mixed state, octavo size, 707 pp. This was writer Charles Dickens' (1812-1870) third novel, widely anticipated and loved. He is often considered the greatest of the Victorian era novelists, blending drama and comedy into compelling stories. In this novel Dickens explores the social issues that his works are known for, such as, harsh boarding schools, the privilege of royal title and wealth, social customs of the day and the plight of the working class. The plot focuses on the hardships courageously navigated by young Nicholas Nickleby after his father passes away. The extra illustrations provided were drawn by Joseph Kenny Meadows (1790 - 1874), best known for his drawings published in Punch magazine. He was a friend of Charles Dickens and several other writers of the period. These caricatures add a visual element to the characters depicted by Dickens [n.b. above… Read More
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