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Printed Chiswick Press, Frederick C. Joiner, London, 1934 HARDBACK NODustjacket,1934 on title pg, 1st limited Numbered EDITION, #124/275 Copies, SIGNED Opposite Half Title pg, VG+ , NOJACKET,Yellow Tweed BUCKRAM Cloth , Titled in Gold Gilt & Foxing to Cvr edges, 10 X 6 3/4 IN. 79 pgs + Bibliography, HAS Remains of original glassine wrapper with paper flaps , Modern Fantasy, Includes Man who Hated Everybody, ( a man dreams that he has been granted his Heart's Desire ), 2nd Story is Madness of Christopher Curlew. ( creates on Paper a woman so Real that 1 day she come to Life, Strange case of Mr. Anatole Pickering ( HAS DREAM LIKE QUALITY ). Signed by Author. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Frontispiece by John Farleigh,.

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.

Paris, Roret, Librairie Rue Hautefeuille Le memE Libraire Vient De Faire Paraitre Atlas Four Les Oiseaux, , 1828. TOME Second ONLY.HardBack NODustJacket, 1828, 1st Edition, VG/VG-, AS-IS, NOJACKET, Small Brown LEATHER Cover with Rub, wear especially at Spine Area, Lesson, R.P. 1828, 344 pgs, Small Scratches spotting cover, Raised Bands on Spine with Black LabeL & Gold Gilt, Exterior edges Pages Marblelized, Interior light FoX, Wear, PENCIL & INK NOTES, . First Edition. Hard Cover.

A Golden Picture Classic ,LONDON, golden Press, 1957 HBDJ, 1957. 1st Edition THUS, Red Cloth Hardcover Titled in Gold Gilt. Book Condition: VG-. Dust Jacket Condition: VG-. 94 pages, , small tears WEAR, Tiny Chips to dust jacket edges , DJ & Some pages slightly tanned, SmallPrior Owner Stamp on first page ,dustwrapper showing the odd edge-tear and shelfwear but nothing unusual or unsightly for this sort of book, approx 11" X 8 in. DJ Protected Clear Mylar .in Color Dustjacket of 2 men , 1 in TopHat Red silk Ascot Scarf at Neck & brown Pleated Pants, white Gloves & Holding Walking Stick & other wearing Derby Hat & Black BowTie, striped Pants Holding bags & Packages, One afternoon Phineas Fogg made a Bet that He could Circle the globe in 80 Days. Bet was accepted & Fogg & Passepartout, His Servant, set out on 2nd of Oct. 1872. Travel was Risky & Dangerous in Those Days. He met Many difficulties & it didn’t help when Fix, a Not very Smart Detective, decided that Fogg was the man he had been Ordered to Arrest. Verne foresaw many mechanical inventions of 20th Century, submarines, aeroplanes, Rockets etc. He pioneered Science Fiction.. First Thus. Hardcover.

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.

Boston, MA: John W. Luce & Company, 1916. First American Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Octavo, 177 pages. In Good condition. Black leather spine with gilted lettering. Boards have moderate shelving wear, stains throughout, mild wear along the extremities, and mild age-toning throughout. Textblock has splitting to gutter from pages 67-98 and 25-52, stains on the end-pages and pastedowns, ink inscriptions from two previous owners on the front end-page, pencil marks on the front pastedown, mild wear along the edges, moderate age-toning along the edges, and stains on the edges. Contains a monochrome frontispiece and several monochrome illustration plates throughout. Shelved Room C. 1388730. Special Collections.

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.

[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.