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Philadelphia, A. J. Rowland, Chestnut St, From the Societys Own Press copyright 1899 by American Baptist Publ Society, 1903 Blank Endpapers few small Marks, Inner Hinges Starting slightly, illustrated in beautiful Color & B/W drawings by Elizabeth M. Hallowell, introduction Hon. John F. Lacey, Mrs Anne Virginia Sharpe Patterson (September 1841, Delaware, Ohio 1913) was an American author, who also wrote under the pseudonym Garry Gaines., Hardback NODJ, Published April 1903 on Copyright Pg, , Stated 1st edition, Phoenix Edition , VG-/GOOD-, AS-IS, NOJACKET, Small format Slighty Soiled ORANGEGOLD Tweed Cloth Hardback Book, with Bird Looking to Left IN RED, TIitles In RED ,192 pages, with ads in back End With A Bible For the Home, , Moderate shelfwear to boards, moderately weak hinges. The text and illustrations are in good shape. 3 3/4 X 6 12/4 in. . 1st Edition. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket.

Random House , NY, 1940 HB NODJ, 1940, BLUE Pictorial Boards Cvr of Babar Flying thru Air as Santa holding stocking with Elephants trunk & wicker Basket of toys on His Back, minor rub wear Scuff to spine edges & Cvr Extremities, former owner inscription, VG/VG-, AS-IS, NOJACKET , 11 1/4 X 8 1/4 IN. Small folio, 40 pgs, Interikor nice tight clean Light wear, spine is turquoise with white lettering;. Hard Cover.

Doubleday & Company Garden City ,NY, 1964 HBDJ, Signed, 1st edition, Early ISSUE, 1964, VG+/GOOD+, AS-IS, DJ light rub, wear Tiny Chips Tears Extremities, Spine DJ ends Tiny Chips Tears Wear ends, Green Tweed cloth Boards with Black Cloth spine with Green Design & with Gold Gilt Titles. Interior nice tight Clean light Wear Fox, 331 pgs. Cvr light rub, wear, 8vo. DJ protected in clear Mylar , His Tours during the War to Front Lines in China. He was Presented to Queen Elizabeth of England. Starred in Movie , I Married a Doctor with Josephine Hutchinson, & played Hildy Johnson in The Front Page movie, Knute Rockne Etc . Signed by Author. 1st Edition. Hard Cover.

NY, Citadel Press, 1962. HBDJ , stated 1st edition, 1962, 1st Printing, OP, Tiny chips edges of DJ & minor rub, AS-IS, VG/VG-, 320 pgs, Thick Black Cloth cvr Titled & Decorated in Gold Gilt on Spine cvr, Interior nicetight Clean light wear fox,. First Edition. Hard Cover.

Leipsic: Karl Baedeker Publ, London, 1896. Hardback NODustJacket, 1896, Stated 13th Revised Edition, NF-/VG-, AS-IS, NOJACKET, Outer pgs edges Beautiful Marblelized, Interior nice tight clean light wear FOX, Small Red Cloth Embossed Cover Titled in Gold Gilt, Cvr light wear rub, Tiny Tears Bottom SpineCvr, 4 1/4 X 6 1/4 in. 422 pgs, Index .includes Color Maps, Edge tears to Flyleaf . Hard Cover.

Bantam Bks, NY, 1988. HBDJ, November 1988, 1st edition, 291 pgs, Blue & Green Cloth, VG+/VG+. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hard Cover.

Walter E. Meanwell, 1924 HB NO Dustjacket, Bright Blue cloth gold gilt decorated & Titles CVR WITH 5 PLAYERS front cvr 1 holding basketball, 1924, 1st edtion, 1st Printing, Dates Match on title &Copyright pg,Interior GOOD / Cvr VG+, AS-IS, NOJACKET , minor spots on blank endpapers, former owner name pencil, small stain on copyright page, Tape repair on table of contents page & small corner chip on that page, reasonable tight book, Slight rub, wear , FOX interior thruout mainly around pgs edges, 382 pgs, rub too gold gilt on Spine Cvr, some pencil underling on some pgs thruout, Relatively tight Binding ,small dogears some pgs. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket.

San Francisco: The Book Club of California [printed by The Grabhorn Press], 1923. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Plus. Lange, Dorothea; H. Von Schmidt. No. 136 of 400, quarto size, 140 pp. 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. ___DESCRIPTION: Brown laid paper boards with a black cloth spine, red paper spine label with gold lettering and border, red paper label on the front board with gold lettering and decorative border over a slightly larger black pastedown, fore- and bottom edges uncut, plain 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; quarto size (approximately 11.5" tall), pagination: (i-xiv), (1)-119, blank (120), sectional title page "Compositions of Oscar Weil" (121), blank (122), 3 pp. of compositions (123-125), colophon page (126). ___CONDITION: Overall in near fine condition, with a strong, square text block, solid hinges, straight corners with no rubbing, the interior is clean and bright, and entirely free of prior owner markings; there is a minor spot or two of soiling to the front board, some light rubbing to the paper label on the front board, a hint of rubbing to the head and tail of the spine, the corners are straight with some light rubbing, and the spine label is somewhat faded. ___CITATION: BCC 100 no. 19; Grabhorn Bibliography no. 58. ___POSTAGE: International customers, please note that 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.

BUlletin Publ, NY, 1899. HB NODJ, Stated Second edition, 1899 , Original Beige cloth titled in black at top , Cover light Rub, Wear SUN extremties spine, Interior nice condition light Wear FoX, PENCIL NOTES or Marks here & There & some inner Hinge tape Reinforcement, VG-/VG, NODJ, 277 pgs + Table Contents Back. Hard Cover.

NONE LISTED, 1930 HARDBACK NODUSTJACKET, EARLY VINTAGE, NO DATE, 1930 ? ,NF-/GOOD, NOJACKET, Interior nice tight lightwesr , Fox & some Pencillling, 8 X 5 1/2 IN. Red & Black illustrated Cloth Cvr has corner crease & seated on Bench is girl i outside wearing Dress & Reading a book with Boy Above holding Top Hat on brick wall teasing her with Twig, Titled in black on Front ,INCLUDES Flags of many Lands, Hare & Tortoise ETC.. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket.

MODERN LIBRARY, NY, 1996 Brown & White Decorated Endpapers of runnng Torchbearer Originally Created by Lucian Bernhard in 1925.. AUTHOR WAS Golden Boy of Newly Dawned Jazz Age., HBDJ, 1996, First Printing. Fine first edition THUS, first printing with "1" in numberline. BK FINE-/ Silver & B/W DJ, FINE, AS-IS, Book is tight, clean and free of former owner writing or bookplates. Fine, mylar protected, non price clipped jacket with author's photo on front panel. Free of remainer marks, 8VO. DJ Protected by Clear Mylar cvr. 322 pgs + Editorial Board, Grey Embossed cloth with Torch bearer Running & Gold Gilt Titles on spine cv. First Thus. Hardcover. Very Good/Fine. Illus. by Lucian Bernhard.

Berkeley, Books,NY,, 1994. , other articles by David B. Silva, CHarles de Lint, Matthew J. Costello, PBO, PaperbackOriginal, March 1994, 1st Edition, 1st printin, with #1 Intact Number Line, F/F-, SOFTCOVER, 312 pgs, Interior nice tight Clean , Very light Edge wear. First Edition. Soft Cover.

Simon & Schuster, 2002. HBDJ, 2002, 1st edition, 1st printing, with correct #1 in Number line intact, 124 pages, + photo credit. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hard Cover.

London: British Museum, 1962. hardcover. very good. 1224 pages, very thick 8vo, cloth, d.w. (d.w. worn at spine ends). London: Trustees of the British Museum, 1962. Very good.

LITTLE BROWN NY BOOKS YOUNG READERS, 2014. HBDJ , STATED 1ST EDITION , SEPT. 2014, with #1 Intact NUmber Line, Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 32 pgs,a story inspired by her own life about two siblings--a new baby and one diva dog. Cookie the dog is Mommy's Furry Baby and everything is just the way Cookie likes it.until one day when Mommy comes home with a real baby! Little "Peanut" is suddenly getting all the attention, and Cookie gets left behind. As Peanut gets older, and walks and talks, Cookie is forced to make room in her doggy life for the little girl. After throwing Mommy a tea party, Cookie and Peanut realize they can have a lot of fun together. Cookie is a furry big sister now!. Signed by Author. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Illus. by the page preceding the title page. Illustrated by Daniel Roode.

T. Thomas Nelson & Sons ,London,. HBDJ, NOdate, ca 1920, Early Vintage, VG+/VG-, AS-IS, Light Sun to DJ Has light rub, wear & tiny Chips edges Extremities, YET Titles & Illustration on Front DJ INTACT Basically, Interior nice tight clean light Wrinkly few pgs, LIGHT FOX, Wear, 378 pgs + ADS back Thru John Bunyon, DJ spine Ends Small Chips Ends Affect Words BY at top & NELSON at spine Dj Bottom, Back DJ light wear Fox, & small Corner Chip NOT affecting any Titles, which list Thru Wolfville Nights, SMALL Red & Black Decorated Cloth Cover Titled on Spine Cvr light Wear, 12mo, Publishers printed 1/6 NET on Bottom DJ Spine with Nelson under that,. Hard Cover.

Harper & Row New York, 1989. HBDJ,Sept, 1989, 2nd edition, VG+/VG+, AS-IS. Signed by Author. Hard Cover.

Houghton Mifflin, NY, 1930. HB NO DJ,1930, 1st edition, dates Match on Title & Copyright pg, NF/VG-, NOJACKET, Small Light olive green boards with Pasted on Label with Black cloth spine with LABEL that has Crease fox on spine cvr, Interior nice tight clean light FOX Wear, . First Edition. Hard Cover.

A. L. BURT , NY, 1925. HBDJ, 1925, 1st Edition, Pretext Lists Thru this Title , BK VG / DJ POOR Condition, FRONT OF DJ ONLY, Rest is Missing,SOLD AS-IS, Front of DJ LIGHT edge chips & Tears Wear Yet Mainly Intact Protected in Clear Mylar, Interior Nice Tight Clean Light Wear FOX TINY dogears, Black , Green & Gold Decorated Cloth Duplication of Picture on front of DJ, Cover Light Rub, Wear, 247 Pgs + ADS Thru Sisters by Grace North, 4 3/4" x 7 1/4 INCHES, The binding is solid, with no missing pages. Clean copy, from a smoke free environment. Light Scuff Spine Cover. First Edition. Hard Cover.

HARDBACK NODUSTJACKET. 1940 ON TITLE PG, 1ST EDITION, 1ST PRINTING, VG- CONDITION, AS-IS, PICTORIAL COLOR CVR OF DOG & CAT HAS THIN EDGE STAINS WITH BLUE CLOTH SPINE & TINY CHIPS EXTREMITIES CVR, 28 pages long. The book measures 9 1/4 inches by 10 inches and weights 9 ounces before postal packaging. It has a MENDED rips and 2 pages - the second to last back BLANK paper has a missing section. All pages ,28 pages long. The book measures 9 1/4 inches by 10 inches and weights 9 ounces before postal packaging. Binding is in good + condition. Front and back covers show wear at the corners. There are no marks within. PRINCESS, THE BLACK CAT, EYED HIM From The Corner, Then Hobbled Over , Squatted Down & Then Playfully Whacked the King on the Nose With Her Wooden Leg. He Awoke Violently , Sat Up, seeing who Had Annoyed Him, Yawned & Stretched Out Again, Princess, the Cat, Curled Up Between Dog's Paws. Up in the Big Timber country of Northwest, Dad Wilson & His Son, Bob Built & Maintained a Hunting Lodge. BOTH OF THEM WERE 1ST CLASS WOODSMEN. Their Cabin was Located in What is Perhaps the finest hunting & fishing Country in Whole U.S. & MEN FROM ALL OVER THE COUNTRY USED TO GO UP THERE FOR THEIR VACATIONS. 1 Rainy Afternoon Bob CAME INTO THE BIG CABIN ROOM Where His Father Was Seated Before t

Funk & Wagnalls , New York London, 1904. HARDBACK NODustJacket ISSUED, 1904, 1st Edition THUS, VG+/VG, AS-IS, NOJACKET, Interior Nice tightClean light Rub, Wear, 198 PGS, Small Red Cloth Cover with Illustration in Circle Bottom Right ,Cover light Rub,Wear, 16mo. First Thus. Hard Cover.

New York: Gagosian Gallery, 1998. Original Paper Wrps. Fine. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 24 leaves (48 pages), with 20 black and white rich photographs. A pristine copy with no flaws and signed by Eric Fischl.

Putnam's G. P. Pub Group, NY, 1998. Inner DJ Flap $12.99, Purple Endpapers,SIGNED by Jane Seymour, HBDJ, 1998, Stated 1st Impression, 1ST EDITION, with #1 INTACT NUMBER LINE, FINE/FINE, Glossy color board Match DJ Illustration, UNPAGINATED, CHILDREN, MALIBU, CALIF. CATS LADY JANE, JENNi CLEVERCAT, Katie Tomboycat, Sean the Surfercat Live on the Beach. Signed by Author. 1st Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Illus. by Geoffrey Planer..

LITTLE BROWN NY BOOKS YOUNG READERS, 2014. HBDJ , STATED 1ST EDITION , SEPT. 2014, with #1 Intact NUmber Line, Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good WITH TORN STORE STICKER ON BACK OF DJ. 32 pgs,is Mommy's Furry Baby and everything is just the way Cookie likes it.until one day when Mommy comes home with a real baby! Little "Peanut" is suddenly getting all the attention, and Cookie gets left behind. As Peanut gets older, and walks and talks, Cookie is forced to make room in her doggy life for the little girl. After throwing Mommy a tea party, Cookie and Peanut realize they can have a lot of fun together. Cookie is a furry big sister now!.. Signed by Author. 1st Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Illus. by Daniel Roode.

Berkeley publishing Group Penguin NY, 2011 HBDJ, Stated 1ST Edition, 2nd printing ,October 2011, NF+/NF+, 336 pgs, BLACK MARK ON BTM OUTER PGS EDGE, Interior nice, tight clean, DJ protected Clear Mylar, Pink boards with Lavender cloth at pine cvr Titled in gold gilt, Tiny chips DJ Extremities, , it's Carmela's Main Squeeze, Detective Edgar Babcock, Young Adult, The last thing Carmela Bertrand and her friend Ava expected to bear witness to in St. Tristan's Church was a crime. But now a beloved member of their scrapbooking circle lies lifeless next to a smashed statue of St. Sebastien-and a mysterious hooded figure has absconded with an antique crucifix. - As Carmela and Ava are drawn deeper into New Orleans' French Quarter in search of the missing crucifix, they may need the help of more than a few patron saints. Because this is one killer they don't want to cross.. Signed by Author. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Illus. by DJ DESIGN By Lesley Worrell.

J Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, Printed in Singapore, 2007. HARDBACK NODustjacket, 2007, 1st edition, NF-, NOJACKET, Oblong Pictorial cloth, with sticker on back cvr & lite scuff, TEXT PAPER IS SENLIS. , CONTAINS WOOD FROM WELL MANAGED FORESTS in accordance with substainable practices , SHE LIVED IN INDIA IN LATE 1730's. on boat with sea captain from Holland. Clara like the smell of tobacco. She met King Louis XV of France At Versailles Palace & saw delapidated Zoo. March 1750 she went to Rome & Lost her Horn but it grew back like hair or fingernails, then she went to Venice at christmas for carnival..Clara lived to be 20 yrs. of age . Signed by Author. 1st Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Jon Cannell.

LITTLE BROWN NY BOOKS YOUNG READERS, 2014. HBDJ , STATED 1ST EDITION , SEPT. 2014, with #1 Intact NUmber Line, Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good WITH TORN STORE STICKER ON BACK OF DJ. 32 pgs ,a new baby and one diva dog. Cookie the dog is Mommy's Furry Baby and everything is just the way Cookie likes it.until one day when Mommy comes home with a real baby! Little "Peanut" is suddenly getting all the attention, and Cookie gets left behind. As Peanut gets older, and walks and talks, Cookie is forced to make room in her doggy life for the little girl. After throwing Mommy a tea party, Cookie and Peanut realize they can have a lot of fun together. Cookie is a furry big sister now!.. Signed by Author. 1st Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Illus. by Daniel Roode .

1914. Paperback ,Beige Decorated WRAPS with drawing Football Player, 1st edition, 1914, minor wear edges & small stain cvr, , Advertisements in back of Book, 60 pgs, VG+, AS-IS, SOFTCOVER. First Edition. Soft Cover.

1916. Paperback, Blue Decorated WRAPS with drawing Wise Man, 1st edition, 1916, minor wear edges, minor stain few pgs, Advertisements in back of Book, 76 pgs, VG+, AS-IS, SOFTCOVER. First Edition. Soft Cover.

Zondervan publishing house, MICH., 1944 HARDBACK NODustJacket, 1944, MCMXLIV , EARLY Edition. NF-/VG, AS-IS, NOJACKET , with Smiling Winky Front of Pink & Black Cvr Boards with light rub, wear , 5 1/4 X 7 3/4 IN. 66 PGS, Interior nice, Tight Clean, Light wear ,FOX. ,this Christian fiction account of a boy trying to run away from God, religious context, a Winky adventure for preteens, An adventure story with Christian elements.. Signed by Author. Hard Cover.

Brentanos, Printed R. & R. Clark Edinburgh. HBNODJ issued, Early no date, Green Tooled Leather Tips & on Wrap around Spine with Gold Gilt ,Minor Rub Wear Cover, Tiny Chips Extremities, 180 pgs, Gold gilt edges pgs, VG+/VG-, AS-IS, NODJ. Hard Cover.

New York: Targ Editions, 1980. Hardcover. 105p., in original boards and cloth spine, very good first edition in English, limited to 350 copies, signed by Himes at the colophon, in original unprinted tissue jacket, ragged at edges and protective mylar. Targ Editions, no. 7.

Berkeley PRIME CRIME NY, 2004 HBDJ, 2004. 1st edition, Third Printing.,Hard Cover. Book Condition: , NEAR FINE/FINE, Mylar cover on Dust Jacket. 257 PGS, DJ Protected clear Mylar,. Signed by Author. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Illus. by DJ DESIGN By Lesley Worrell.

London:: Printed for the Author, 1803., 1803. 8vo. [iv], xxvii, [1], 360, xxxi, [1] pp. 4 engraved plates of apparatus (Plate II acts as frontispiece, all plates are unnumbered), index. Crudely rebound in quarter calf, marbled paper over old boards. Armorial bookplate of Aske's Boy School, Haberdasher's Livery Company. Ownership signature on title of Jas. Law Jones, "rec'd from Messrs. Rickers staff & Jones -- 15 Sept. 1803". Scarce. First edition, vol. II only. With added paper (laid in): A Manual of Analytical Mineralogy. Review. Quarterly Review, 1809. 9 pp. pp. 153-161. "This clearly written and well organized book is called the first textbook of general chemistry written in the English language to be based on Lavoisier's new chemistry. The principles are illustrated with experiments." -- Cole. / Accum (1769-1838), born in Germany where the family operated a small soap boiling business. In 1793 Accum came to London to take a position at Brande, apothecaries to George II. He became friends with Anthony Carlisle and William Nicholson and established his own laboratory. He assisted Sir Humphry Davy until 1803 (the year this book was issued). He also began lecturing in 1802 where is students included Benjamin Silliman and William Peck. He supplied apparatus to institutions abroad. Amazingly, in December 1820, he was arrested for mutilating books at the Royal Institution Library, which triggered his exiting England for Germany. "The value of Accum's work lies in the way he saw and exploited the technological possibilities of the rapidly advancing science of chemistry." [DSB]. REFERENCES: Cole 9 (pp. 4-5); DSB I, pp. 43-44Neville I, p. 10.

Ditchling, Sussex: Pepler & Sewell, St Dominic's Press, 1935. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Near fine. No. 140 of 300 copies, octavo size, [46] pp. The Saint Dominic's Press, founded by Harry (Hilary) Douglas Clarke Pepler, flourished at Ditchling, Sussex, from 1916 to 1936. The first home of the Press was "a disused stable", with a hundred-year-old Stanhope hand-press which supposedly had belonged to William Morris. Pepler endeavored to do everything possible by hand, believing that such would both produce the best results and also be a "more individual or 'humane'...product". He therefore "preferred the handpress to the machine, handmade to machine-made paper, and handset founder's type to the products of typesetting machines." Pepler met Edward Johnston and Eric Gill while living in Hammersmith; Pepler and his family would eventually move to Ditchling to join Gill, who was one of the most important artists to provide illustrations for the St. Dominic's Press. Other artists who provided illustrations included David Jones, Desmond Chute, Philip Hagreen, and Thomas Derrick, among others. Per the bibliography, "[The] Title page engraving has been attributed to Gill." ___DESCRIPTION: Bound in quarter-linen buff paper-covered boards, engraving on the title page of a chalice and wafer surrounded by a stylized sunburst; octavo size (8 1/4" x 5 1/2"), unpaginated with twenty-three printed leaves, errata slip tipped in at the back, limited edition of 300 copies, this is copy numbered 140, printed at St Dominic's Press, Ditchling Common, Hassocks, Sussex. ___CONDITION: Volume is near fine, with minimal rubbing, a strong, square text block and solid hinges, the interior is clean and bright, and entirely free of prior owner markings; slightly discolored boards and very slightly bumped corners, lacking the dust jacket. ___CITATION: Taylor & Sewell no. A246; note that the quotes and much of the introductory information from "Three Private Presses" by Brocard Sewell. ___POSTAGE: International customers, please note that additional postage may apply as the standard does not always cover costs; 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.

London: Philip Lee Warner, Publisher to the Medici Society Ltd, 1919. Limited Edition. 8vo., x, 156pp.; VG-; spine paneled black leather with black label and gilt lettering; rebound with new spine; boards green leather, somewhat faded, some wear; one of 1000 copies published at the Chiswick Press using the Riccardi fount on Riccardi handmade paper, this is number 178; some pages have pressed flowers some darkening and damage to pages from flowers; repairs to gutters on pastedowns; top edge of text block gilt; inscription in ink of second free endpaper; shelved case 0. 1272141. Shelved Dupont Bookstore.

New York: Printed for Random House [by the Bremer Press], 1929. Hard Cover. Near Fine binding. Quarto; in marbled paper covered boards backed in parchment, with titling vertically at the spine in gilt, with the publisher's slipcase; this is number lxvi of 250 numbered copies for Random House [there were an additional 280 numbered copies of subscribers of the Bremer Press]; 86 pages followed by the colophon.~~There are no marks of any kind in the book; the slipcases has some minor discoloration. Near Fine binding.

Ditchling, Sussex: Pepler and Sewell, St Dominic's Press, 1934. First and Limited Edition. Hardcover. Near fine/very good. Hagreen, Philip. One of 300 copies, octavo size, sixteen unpaginated leaves. The text of a lecture given in London by Fr. McNabb to the Catholic Poetry Society. ___DESCRIPTION: Bound in brown quarter-cloth over green paper covered boards, limitation page states, "300 copies have been printed by hand in Caslon 14 point Old Face type on Head's hand-made paper, January 1934. This is No. 255."; "Stones from the Brook: No. 1 Geoffrey Chaucer" (printed on the half-title); octavo size, (8" x 5 1/4"), sixteen unpaginated leaves. In a paper wrapper with black lettering on both panels and flaps. ___CONDITION: Volume is near fine, boards have straight corners without rubbing, a strong, square text block with solid hinges, the interior is clean and bright, and entirely free of prior owner markings; some fading to green color of both boards in uneven patches and on back boards around perimeter. The paper wrapper very good, overall light sunning, the right margin of the front flap unevenly torn vertically, and a 3/4" closed tear near head of spine. ___CITATION: Taylor & Sewell, no. A234, which notes the title-page engraving by Philip Hagreen. ___POSTAGE: International customers, please note that additional postage may apply as the standard does not always cover costs; 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.

Amstelodami (Amsterdam): Excudit Gerardus Borstius, 1696. Second edition. Hardcover. g+ to vg. Octavo (7 3/4 x 6"). [18], 492pp. Contemporary blind-stamped parchment, with handwritten title on spine. Additional engraved title by Joseph Mulder (1658-1742), a Dutch Golden Age printmaker, after an illustration by Jan Goeree. Engraved title vignette. Decorative headpieces, initials, and tailpiece. Originally published in 1683, Herman Witsius's "Aegyptiaca" compares the religious rites of the Jews and the Egyptians. In this work, the Dutch theologian and professor of divinity (at Franeker, Utrecht, and Leiden) argues against the theory put forth by Sir John Marsham and by John Spencer that Jewish traditions were derived from Egyptian practices. This second edition has been expanded from the first. [For more information, see Ibrahim-Hilmy, p. 339; Caillet 11462 - listing the 1683 and 1717 editions; Jouin - Bibl. occultiste 797; Brunet V, 1468 ]. Binding slightly darkened along edges. Previous owner's bookplate on inside of front cover. Text in Latin. Binding in overall good+, interior in very good condition.

Washington DC: E. R. Marden, 1911. A 23 1/2" x 22" color land development plat for Villa Park Heights Washington DC. This was a proposed development between Eastern Avenue on the north and Bunker Road on the south, It also included McKinley Circle. The narrative describes how it is some of the only vacant land available in the District of Columbia and would provide for property improvement and beautification paid for by the US Government and no assessments for street paving. It elaborates on beautiful squares and circles and the convenience of the location. Plat printed in yellow and green. The reverse is an inventory of the properties including the lot number, square footage, price per square foot and total cost of the land. Terms: 10% discount for cash, $10 down and $10 per month. No interest or taxes until one-third of the purchase price has been paid. Letter folds. Unfortunately the development, including the proposed McKinley Circle did not happen, due to the untimely death of one of the developers leading to a lawsuit between the wife of the deceased and his business partner. It is currently the Woodbridge area and McKinley Circle is the 21 acre Barnard Hill Park. E. R. Marden was married to Clara Marden. His business partner was Earl P. Hopkins. The two men were also partners in the Washington Civil Services School.

[Berlin]: Vereinigung Berliner Architekten, 1905. First edition. Hardcover. g- to vg. Folio (13 1/2 x 10 1/4"). 58, [2]pp (Text and in-text illustrations), [56] leaves (Plates). Original blue cloth, with gold lettering to front cover. Decorative endpapers. Laid in, an original and unsigned watercolor on transparent paper, and the third issue of the Technische Hochschule Charlottenburg, dated February 27, 1920. Title page decorated by Adolf Hartung. This splendid photo-illustrated architectural monograph was published by the Union of Berlin Architects (Vereinigung Berliner Architekten) to commemorate the 25th anniversary of their founding. The founding members included distinguished historians as well as Martin Gropius, a celebrated architect and the uncle of Walter Gropius. By 1904, the association had over two hundred members. As seen in this book, the Union was an active participant in the architectural life of Berlin and curious about developments elsewhere. "Vereinigung Berliner Architekten MDCCCLXXIX-MDCCCCIV" features striking full-page b/w illustrated and photographic plates showing some of the best architectural examples produced between 1879 and 1904, such as: - The Berlin Dom (Cathedral), constructed from 1893 to 1905 by Julius Carl Raschdorff. - An architectural drawing of the Metz railway station, under construction at the time of the publication. The impressive Gothic-style station was built between 1905 and 1908 by German architect Jürgen Kröger assisted by the architects Jürgensen and Bachmann. - The Kaiserbrücke, a railway bridge on the Mainz rail bypass across the Rhine at the north end of Mainz. The bridge was built between 1901 and 1904 by Franz Heinrich Schwechten, one of the most famous architects of his time who contributed to the development of historicist architecture. The Kaiserbrücke was destroyed in 1945 by retreating German troops. - The New Town Hall (Leipzig), built between 1899 and 1905 by Hugo Licht. - The Lessing-Theater (Berlin), built between 1897 and 1898 by Hermann von der Hude and Julius Hennicke. The theater was destroyed during an allied air raid in April 1945. - The Bismarcksäule (Cologne), a prominent memorial statue dedicated to Prince and Chancellor Otto von Bismarck. The statue was built by A. Hartmann. - The Bismarck-Denkmal (Hamburg), is a memorial sculpture located in the St. Pauli quarter, dedicated to Otto von Bismarck. The monument was built by W. Müller. - The Charlottenburg U-Bahn station, built by Alfred Grenander. - The Almemor (raised platform also called bema, bimah or bima) of the synagogue in Lindenstrasse (Berlin). The synagogue was built in 1881 by Cremer & Wolffensteir. Some of the buildings featured in this work were built in the style of the Jugendstill (Art Nouveau). Minor abrasion to spine. Binding rubbed along edges. Text in German. Binding in overall good- to good, interior in very good condition.

Paris: Arts et Métiers Graphiques, 1938. First edition. Softcover. g+ to vg. Folio (12 1/4 x 10"). [10]pp (Text), 90pp (Plates), 4pp (Text), [8] leaves (Color plates); [105-132]pp (Text and advertisement). Original spiral bound decorative soft cloth by Pierre Boucher. "Photographie" was an annual special issue of the magazine "Arts et Métiers Graphiques" entirely dedicated to modern photography, and which published the work of the leading photographers and photographic agencies of the period. This 1939 edition contains 8 color plates as well as 90 striking photographs reproduced in heliogravure, and taken by the following photographers: Ylla; Stephen Deutch; Pierre Boucher; Edward Weston; Brassai; Hein Gorny; Willy Maywald; Hisao Okamoto; Marie & Borel; George Hurrell; Marcel Bovis; Herbert List; Bill Brandt; Nora Dumas; Heinrich Heidersberger; Bob Leavitt; George Platt Lynes; Laure Albin-Guillot; Erwin Blumenfeld; Clarence John Laughlin; Ruth Bernhard; Louise Dahl-Wolfe; Berenice Abbott, and many others. Moderate rubbing along edges of soft cloth covers. Text and captions in French. Wrappers in overall good+, interior in very good condition.

Paris: Librairie Arthème Fayard, 1938. From the Bart Auerbach Collection. Near fine save some light darkening to the sheets. 8vo. Later buckram, original printed wrappers bound in, untrimmed. First edition. Inscribed by Bernstein on the half-title to the dedicatee's wife, the actress Patricia Patterson: "à la meilleure partenaire de Charles à la Marmanche Pat affecteuresment Henry Bernstein." Patricia Patterson (1910-1978) made more than 20 films, including Charlie Chan Goes to Egypt. It was a case of love at first sight when she was introduced to the actor Charles Boyer by Maurice Chevalier at a wrap party for the film in 1934. Charles Boyer (1899-1978) appeared in more than 80 films between 1920 and 1976, including his celebrated performance in Gaslight (1944). The playwright Henri Bernstein (1876-1953) was associated with Boulevard Theatre. Boyer had appeared in leading roles of several film adaptations of Bernstein's plays, including Orage (1938), the film adaptation of this play (in which Boyer is listed on the cast list). The printed dedication reads: "Au grand acteur qui fut, tant de soirs, sur la scène du Gymnase, à Charles Boyer son ami H. B." WITH: Another copy: untrimmed sheets, bound uniformly in buckram, printed wrappers bound in. One of 15 copies on Van Gelder Zonen (this is No. 3).

Trajecti ad Rhenum: Ex Officini Francisci Halma, 1694. First Tollius edition. 4to, pp., [28], 408, [12]. Engraved title-page; Printed with Greek and Latin texts on facing pages, woodcut printer's device, ornaments and initials, full vellum backed marble boards with leather label. Upper margin along the hinge shows a water mark in the preliminary matter, o/w a very nice clean copy. Longinus was a Greek Platonic philosopher and rhetorician of the 3rd century AD. He studied in Alexandria and taught in Athens. He was beheaded by Emperor Aurelian in 273 A.D. but is remembered for his Philosophical Discourses, On First Principles, On the Chief End. His authorship of the present work is desputed. Praised by Dibdin and Gibbon, this edition of these commentaries on The Sublime by the anonymous author known as Longinus "is one of the greatest of all critical acheievements. An illuminating dissertation on style, accompanied by many penetrating judgements as well as suggestive pronouncements on critical standards and principles, the treatise is unique in its interpretation of the classical spirit, its compelling enthusiasms, its sanity, its freshness and its unerring insights into the essentials of art."(OCD).

Munich: Marees Gesellschaft, R. Piper & Co. Verlag, 1918. First Limited Edition Thus. Full Pigskin (Full Leather), with custom slipcase. Near Fine. No. 162 of 200, with one of 150 on hand-made paper of Wiggins, Teape & Co. 240 copies in all were made, including unnumbered copies (212 were numbered in one of two ways). 4to. (27 by 20 cm.) 282, [5] pp. The outstanding aspects of this edition and copy in which Ovid's verse is rendered in both Latin and German translation are magnificent decorative pigskin binding, the flowing type, and the elegant page decoration, which includes a huge variety of cameo images. These images are never repeated exactly, it should also be noted. Resulting is a book of extraordinary beauty, both exterior and interior-wise. Aesthetically the book production is true to the classical in its lines and sensibility while being securely of its own time when a sinuous Art Nouveau or Jugendstil was ripening into a modernist economy, or Art Deco. There are sensuous Rococo details, such as the gilt lines etched into the spine, while one can not but be impressed with the lack of clutter on each and every page! While the type is not a plain Roman or the like, the gentle curvature of the cursive invites and soothes the eye, and every word should be crisply clear to the modern reader. Light soiling and darkening on the spine. Clean and tight within. The slipcase has some wear.

Wilton Park, England: NP, 1946. First edition. Softcover. vg. Collection of two German POW Camp Newspapers providing a first-hand account of the feelings and emotions of the men, as well as their day-to-day activities during their internment in Great Britain. The monthly newspapers were produced by prisoners in Berechurch Hall (Camp 186) and in Wilton Park: - "Anruf: Zeitschrift der deutschen Kriegsgefangenen in Wilton Park, Nr. 1, Februar 1946." Folio. 25, [1]pp. Original illustrated wrappers. "Anruf" was published in Wilton Park (Beaconsfield), a war camp set up in 1942 to hold prisoners likely to have information of high intelligence value, such as German and Italian officers, pilots and u-boat commanders. Among the occupants was Gerd von Rundstedt, the last Commander-in-Chief of German forces in the West. The White House was a three storey Palladian mansion that was turned into an officers' mess for staff and interrogators. A series of Nissen huts was built for staff of other ranks. Prisoners were housed in a compound of flat-roofed brick and concrete cells. The first high ranking prisoners began to arrive in the middle of 1943. These included Marshall Messe, Field-Marshalls von Rundstedt and Busch and Rudolph Hess. As the summer of 1945 turned into autumn, the generals and the marshals departed. By November 7, 1945, Wilton Park was ready for its new role, a re-education facility for German prisoners of war. Indeed, between January 1946 and June 1948 more than 4,000 Germans attended re-education classes at Wilton Park, where they discussed democratic processes with visiting political figures and intellectuals, including philosopher Bertrand Russell, social reformer Lord William Beveridge, and the first female Member of Parliament, Lady Astor. The first participants at Wilton Park included some of the most senior German PoWs in Britain and many became leading figures in the rebuilding of post-war Germany. Helmut Schmidt, for example, the former German Chancellor, hailed Wilton Park’s role for post-war Germany, stating that “many ideas became a political reality.” The success of these classes is epitomised in one German participant’s statement of his time at Wilton Park: “I was a Nazi; I came to Wilton Park and it changed my life.” This first issue of "Anruf" opens with a long poem by Wolfgang Weyrauch titled "Anruf." Articles by Martin Guetter; Dr. Erwin Weghorn; Gustav Radbruch; Justus Franz Wittkop; Alfred Brasch, and others. The articles deal with current problems in Europe, democracy 'as exemplified in Britain,' the Nuremberg Trial, the United Nations organization, politics, religion, etc.. and above all a strongly anti-Nazi stance. Includes two in-text b/w drawings of the camp. Contemporary stamp on inside of front cover: "Wilton Park Training Centre. Authorised to be retained by P. W. Georg Kunz - 312 495 (prisoner's name and matricule are handwritten). Typed text in German. Wrappers and interior in overall very good condition. - "Querschnitt: Monatszeitschrift des Camp 186." Folio. 20pp. Original illustrated stappled wrappers. "Querschnitt" was published in Berechurch Hall (Essex), a camp which served as one of the country’s largest transit centres for German prisoners captured during the final stages of the Second World War. It was the first 1,500 men to arrive on September 19, 1944, who helped the camp take shape in those early days. Transported in by lorry at night, they were ordered to pitch their own bell-tents on a field encircled by a few strands of barbed wire. Work on improvised kitchen and toilets did not start until the next day, and hot food was not available until that night. But as Camp 186 grew to cope with more than 6,000 prisoners at a time, new facilities, including Nissen huts for housing and a 120-bed medical center, were added. There were also orchestras, a newspaper ("Querschnitt"), two theatre groups - one of which performed the works of Dante, Schiller and Shakespeare in large marquees - and even a 300-student Catholic seminary. This issue contains articles by Heinz C. Woelfle (of the Geheimefeldpolizei, who served in the Channel Islands at a base called "Silvertide," Havre-de-Pas, Jersey); Dr. F. Glasau; Herbert Hellmann, and others. Illustrated with two woodcuts (front and back covers), and 6 inside. The content features various items such as news reports (Nuremberg Trial), gardening, alimentation, entertainment programs, and above all, the usual anti-Nazi editorial stance. Minor and faint creasing mark throughout. Typed text in German. Wrappers and interior in overall very good condition.

73; 60 folding leaves (pagination in Vol. II continued from Vol. I). Two vols. 8vo, orig. wrappers (wrappers rather worn), orig. block-printed title labels on upper covers (frayed), new stitching. Kyoto: Hayashi Kuhei & Takemura Shinbei, 1699. First edition of this valuable bibliography of Chinese encyclopedias or lei-shu (classified books); this is an important guide to the corpus of lei-shu. The term "encyclopedia" is not used in the Western sense. Lei-shu "is the name given a genre of collectanea of literary and non-literary materials compiled in pre-modern Chinese history. Commonly translated 'encyclopedia,' lei-shu is more accurately rendered 'classified book,' from the categories of topic, genre, or rhyme that were typically used to organize the contents. Lei-shu are properly regarded as encyclopedias in that they were intended to encompass and present synoptically the total of either existing knowledge or a specified field of knowledge. However, they did so in a characteristically Chinese way, by quoting existing texts and placing them in a synthetic rearrangement. Lei-shu contain little or no original writing, unlike our modern encyclopedias, a fact that suggests their compilation was motivated by a desire to preserve texts as well as to provide accessible surveys of knowledge. That lei-shu contain virtually no new material should not lead to an underestimation of their importance and influence. Many lei-shu in their time exerted great influence in shaping education, the intellectual climate, and literature by making available a particular selection of materials to a large number of readers from a vast canon of existing texts not readily available to them. Lei-shu were the emperors' and officials' digests of important texts, the primers of early education, the handbooks of poets and playwrights, and the study guides of examination candidates... "The durable lei-shu tradition is to be credited with the preservation of a vast amount of texts from pre-Ming China."-Nienhauser, ed., The Indiana Companion to Traditional Chinese Literature, Vol. I, pp. 526-29. Very good set. Some worming touching but not obscuring characters.

Belle Isle en Mer, 1840. Full Morocco. Near Fine. Manuscript local history of Breton island written with a beautiful cursive hand, a beautiful watercolor of a shore panorama and a highly decorative title page. 4to. 25.5 by 19 cm. 650 pp. (325 leaves.) The watercolor is actually dated 1840, and this suggests strongly to us that the manuscript text was of this later date, and probably a copy of an earlier manuscript, especially since the ruling on the pages and the style of cursive is entirely consistent with that of the mid-19th century. Bound by Bauzonnet Trautz in full brown morocco, tooled turn-ins. Belle-Isle is in the Department of Morbihan, a part of ancient Brittany. It was the last stronghold of about 7,000 Royalists in 1795. With several small ports, the island's economy was heavily reliant on pichard fishing. In more recent times it has become predictably a favored location for second homes. The history begins with the formation of the island, its place in antiquity and indigenous population. The island does have historic significance as an important vantage point during wartime. The island was also closely associated with the Fouquet family. Condition: leather with rubbing and some abrasions, but still attractive. Interior tight and clean.