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HBDJ, 2013, 1st edition, 6th Printing , , NEAR FINE/ NEARFINE, White boards with black binding 9 1/2" tall. 456 pages including Notes, Selected Bibliography, Appendix and Index. Near fine condition but the bottom of the spine is LITELY bumped. Signed by both Bill Dedman and Paul Clark on title pg. Both the dust jacket and the book are in Fine- condition. Dust jacket is protected in mylar,

HBDJ, 1939 ON TITLE & COPYRITE PG, STATED 1ST EDITION, SMALL TEARS WEAR TINY CHIPS TO DUSTJACKET EXTREMITIES, BLUE CLOTH TITLED ON SPINE CVR, 225 pgs, VG/VG, AS-IS ,BLUE & WHITE ILLUSTRATED ENDPAPERS, B/W FRONTISPIECE, CHING-LING Dipped Her Clothes in water,while Mei-ling Held her coat tails to keep her from Falling, But what Use were Girls, Especially Girls like Ching-ling who were off Running Barefoot across the Rice Fields when they should B SITTING with a Needle. She kn ew her own worhtlessness. Every Day Old Jade, Her Great Aunt reminded her of It. If only she could help theKind of Mishap that was always Happening 2 HER, She thought wet shoes, a Hole N er #3 Coat, Losing Practically all Her Clothes Down the Canal. & Delivering her Uncle's Wedding box 2 the Wrong Bride. But Splendid things happened 2 Her 2, such as the Ride N the Magistrate's Rickshaw, & her great friendship with the Jade, merchant on Heavenly Fir Street. Mos

HBDJ, 1942 on title Page TWICE, 1st Edition, hardcover in FAIR only Dust jacket. SOLD AS-IS, VG- Book has light shelf edge wear, else, clean, tight and unmarked. Dust jacket has chipping and several closed tears. Archival tape used only to stop further tearing. Also, previous owner affixed a thin piece of masking tape to back dj cover: measures about 1 1/2". Actually looks better than sounds. p49 , SECOND SERIES, DIRECTLY South of New York City Lies this LONG NARROW Country with aLong Coastline on Pacific Ocean. a 15th-century Inca citadel, located in the Eastern Cordillera of southern Peru, on a (7,970 ft) ANDES Mountain Ridge , Spanish Influence is still Visible in the Lovely Old City Houses WITH THEIR CENTRAL PATIOS. .has Heat of Lowlands AS WELL AS COOLNESS OF VERY HIGH ALTITUDES. Country has been lived in For Centuries ,Early Inhabitants were Inca Indians who created Entirely by Hand Beautiful Palaces & Temples of fitted Stone. U.S. Imports from Peru Copper & Tungsten.

HBDJ, Very Good/VG-, AS-IS. ,Feb 1924, 1st Edition, STATED 1ST ISSUE, , Single illustration as Frontispiece by Frances Creedon. Preface by John Steven McGroatyBEIGE Tweed Cloth Lettered & ILLUSTRATED FRONT CVR IN BLUE OF WOMAN, Cover VERY light rub, wear Interior nice tight Clean light Wear FoX, , 166 pgs, 12mo. BEIGE Cloth HARDBACK WITH BLUE TITLES & OVAL ILLUSTRATION IN BLUE. Hardcover. Clean crisp copy with no markings. Very good in VG- dust jacket with SPINE & edge chips & Tiny STAINS TINY CHIPS TEARS BACK OF DJ, . Clean crisp copy. SMALL CHIP TOP OF DJ SPINE , 120-page slightly undersized hardcover published by the author. Stated "First Issue, February, 1924." Signed by the author on first endpage. Single illustration as frontispiece. Good. Fully clean and tight. Tear to bottom margin of one page. Chip to front hinge at upper spine. Moderate soling to page tops. Obvious wear to dust jacket with spine discoloration, Good/Fully Clean and Tight/ SLITE Obvious Wear to Dust Jacket/Signed On First Page, centered around a Spanish romance in Pasadena, then part of the Spanish estate San Pasqual in 1847, just before California's statehood. Love Story of Early Days in Pasadena IN WHICH FAMOUS OLD SPANISH Families are woven into the Plot, Includes Founding of Tournament of Roses

HBDJ, 1950. Stated First Edition; First Printing, VG+/VG. AS-IS, Dates match ,  Green Tweed Cloth Hardcover cvr Lite wear Titled in Blue on Spine with Illustration on front of boy in Snowshoes .   DJ. Minor wear to extremities. Jacket is in a fresh mylar cover. ; 8vo.Interior Nice tight clean Light wear Fox, Jacket shows slight edgewear, light wear to back DJ and some TINY CHIPS ENDS DJ SPINE;   DJ Protected Clear Mylar cvr, 5 x 8.  , 182 PGS, Half Title pg Former Owner pencil Inscription dated  1951, who have spent many summers in Deep Hollow, persuade their Parents to allow them to spend their Winter Holiday there with the Joosts, the Postmaster, His wife & their Son, chuck  !  It is perfect weather for winter Sports.they go Skiing, & Sleigh Riding, Play Hockey, Skate, Fish thru the Ice, & Practically Fly Across Miles of ice in Chuck’s New Ice Boat. Strange things start Happening that build Up Suspense. & Smsons become Amateur Detectives,    ages 7 to 10.

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.

London, UK: Elkin Mathews & Marrot, 1930. First UK Edition, First Printing, Limited Edition #45/900. Hardcover. Octavo, 66 pages. In Good minus condition with a Good condition dust jacket. Tan spine with black lettering. Dust jacket is wrapped in a mylar covering, has mild shelving wear, mild wear along the extremities, chipping along the fore corners and spine head and tail edges, open tears along the spine head and tail edges, stains on the front and rear covers, and moderate age-toning throughout. Boards have mild wear along the extremities, a dent on the rear tail edge, mild age-toning along the head and tail edges, and bending wear along the spine tail edge. Textblock has splitting to the gutter from the title page to page 4 and page 24-45, staining on the end-pages and pastedowns, mild wear along the edges, and moderate age-toning throughout. Signed flat by Lord Dunsany on publisher's limitation page, limited edition #45/900. DL consignment. Shelved Room C. Only numbers 1-100 of the 900 limited editions of "The Old Folk of the Centuries" were signed by the author. 1388634. Special Collections.

[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.

466 pages. Paper / Soft cover Direct REPRINT of the original 1680 edition in very good condition, slight wear to edges. Overall great copy of this scarce title. Excellent resource for history of French formal cooking, dining and eating. A good book to enjoy, learn from and keep on hand. Also would make a great gift for the inspired foodie cook in your life. TEXT IS ONLY IN FRENCH. ~ Full title page reads: Le Cuisinier françois ou est enseigne la maniere d'appreter toute sorte de viandes, de faire toute sorte de patisseries and de confitures: reveu and augmentee d'un traite de confitures seiches and liquides and pour appreter des festins aux quatre saisons de l'annee: par le sieur de La Varenne ecuyer de cuisine de monsieur l Marquis d' Uxelles: unzieme edition. ~ English translation of the title: The French Cook or Chef teaches how to prepare all kinds of meats, to make all kinds of pastries and jams: revised and augmented with a treatise on dry and liquid jams and to prepare feasts in the four seasons of the year: by Mr. de La Varenne, squire of the kitchen of Mr. the Marquis of Uxelles: first or, one-time or 11th edition (not sure which is meant the original publisher). Nicolas Chalon du Blé, marquis d'Uxelles and Cormatin (24 January 1652-10 April 1730) was a French general and Foreign Minister. He was also created a knight and Marshal of France by Louis XIV, and was a diplomat for Louis XIV and Philippe II, Duke of Orléans. François Pierre de la Varenne, 1615-1678 in Dijon), Burgundian by birth, was the author of Le Cuisinier françois (1651), one of the most influential cookbooks in early modern French cuisine. La Varenne broke with the traditions that had revolutionised medieval and Renaissance French cookery in the 16th century and early 17th century. (source: Wikipedia). Although the contents and subject of this book are historic, and a direct reprint of the original first edition, the book itself is not very old, circa 1999. No other publication date is available. Modern Reprint. Clean and Unmarked Text. Limited edition of 100 copies stated. ~ We appreciate your consideration of one of our books, art prints or novelty items. We strive to offer fast, courteous and professional service to all our patrons. Reading is one of life's great pleasures. Please inquire for further details, our items arrive shrink wrapped and well packed. ~ Thank you for viewing and stopping by.