Search Results: Authors starting with E from Alan Foljambe, Bookseller [ABAC/ILAB]

Paris: Nouvelle Revue Française, 1919. Book. Illus. by Edy-Legrand. Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. In cardboard covers with pictorial applied paper. A beautifully illustrated tale, and a book before its time that incorporates an interracial relationship and concerns about "development" and the destruction of nature. This copy is worn around the edges, with significant damage to the corners of the boards, and marks and browning to the covers. The text block is very good. An excellent reading copy whose collectibility is affected by condition, priced accordingly..

Paris: Au Vent D'Arles, 1959. Book. Illus. by Erni, Hans. Fine. Hardcover. Limited Edition. Number 103 of a limited edition of 125. Accordion book featuring the first 31 verses of Eluard's "Poesie Ininterrompue" and 31 nudes by Hans Erni. In vellum binding housed in red leather clamshell case, each embossed with a mirror image "E" motif, presumably for Eluard and Erni. Bookplate for The Robin Collection affixed to interior of clamshell case. Vellum boards very slightly warped, otherwise book and case are as new..

New York: Abrams, 1972. Book. Illus. by Ernst, Max. Fine. boxed. Limited Edition. Thirty four black and white plates by Max Ernst and introduction by Jean Arp, unbound as published, housed in clamshell case. 13 1/2" x 20 1/2". Number A135 from a limited English edition of 400. Very slight fraying at corners of box, interior as new. Extra shipping charges will apply for this oversize item. Scarce..

Berkeley: Oyez, 1969. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. Limited Edition. Hardcover in vellum-backed oatmeal buckram, spine lettered in gilt, acetate cover. 9 1/2" x 13 1/4", 25 pages. "Designed and printed by Graham Mackintosh in an edition of 165 numbered and signed copies. The binding is by Jack Gray. Text type is Van Djck with Albertus for display; the heraldic device on the title page is early 14th c. The paper is Arches and was printed on a demi-royal Colts. This is Copy No. 74.".

Cayucos Press, 1973. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Limited Edition. Folio - over 12 - 15" tall. Unpaginated (17 pages of text). Spine reinforced with visible Japanese paper, bookplate of Occidental College on front pastedown, otherwise fine (no other signs of being ex-libary). "Tendril in the Mesh was designed & printed by Clifford Burke at Cranium Press, San Francisco & was completed in February 1973. The type is Goudy Thirty, set by Mackenzie and Harris of San Francisco. The paper is from the Wookey Hole Mill in England. The edition is limited to 250 numbered copies signed by the author. This is copy number 99." .

Berlin: Ernst Wasmuth, 1889. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Two large folio volumes, 19"x14" (48x35.5 cm). First edition in green library-style buckram binding. Illustrated with 120 (of 121) colour plates. Ex-library with "Free Library of Philadelphia" stamp on title page and nearly all plates. Some of these stamps are in the margins, some are in the images, and some are on the edge between the margin and the image. They range in intrusiveness from very intrusive to more or less lost in the complexity of the image. A mixture of single page and double page plates, with the double page plates numbered as two plates. Volume 1: 1889. 52 single plates and 14 double plates, plate #7 lacking library stamp. Volume 2: 1896. 30 single plates and 24 (of 25) double plates (lacking plate 52-53). Plate 34-35 without library stamp. Protective tissue sheets are in varying states, ranging from very good to damaged to missing. Plates showing scattered small flaws; overall in near fine condition, other… Read More