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The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

Mass market paperback S327, 124 pages; covers creased and rubbed, spine flat/uncreased, faded old water stain to top edge at spine with penetration to upper margins of all pages, otherwise clean and unmarked.

Farmington: Tom Veilleux Gallery, 2003. Paperback. Very good. Paperback. [18]pp. Very good in publisher's stapled wraps.

Los Angeles: DeVille Galleries, 1986. Paperback. Very good. Paperback. [32]pp. Very good in publisher's stapled wraps.

Los Angeles, Calif: DeVille Galleries, 1986. Softcover. VG. White & color illus. stapled wraps, unpaginated (32), 26 color plates. Issued in conjunction with an exhibition of works by American artist Carl W. Peters. with landscapes a specialty.

London: The Sylvan Press, 1944. viii+62p., introduction, publisher's note, bevelled boards in waxed blue cloth gilt-titled, in dj; endsheets and preliminaries very heavily foxed, an otherwise very nice copy with no damage or markings. Political and battle poems by Southey, plus Edmonds' WWI poetry. The woodengraved titlepage portrait is a modernization of an old image.

No. Hollywood: American Art Enterprises, 1988. Paperback. 186p., very good reprint PBO in original camp pictorial wraps. Gay pulp fiction. GAY-128. Reprint of "A Presidential Affair" by Stuart/Lambert from 1975 Ram-10 Series) and 1985 (Powerforce Series) see Gunn page 223.

N. pl: Rough Trade, [197-?]. Paperback. 187p.+ads, illustrated with graphic homoerotic drawings, price sticker on cover else a very good first printing PBO in camp pictorial wraps. Gay pulp fiction. RT 458. Prison sex with an African American character and a leading-man named Rocky!

1886. Interesting Law Suits Title Guarantee and Trust Company (New York, N.Y.). Some Interesting Law Suits: Recent Legal Decisions on Questions of Title to Real Estate. [New York: Title Guarantee and Trust Co., 1886]. 12 pp. Octavo (7-1/2" x 5"). Side-stitched pamphlet in printed wrappers. Light soiling to exterior, a few tiny chips to wrappers, internally clean. $25.

San Diego: Surrey House, 1974. Paperback. 186p. + ads, old black marker price on cover else a good first edition paperback in camp pictorial wraps. Gay pulp fiction. HIS69123. Reprinted as MOA-125 in 1991 by American Art Ent.

New York: Charles Scribners Sons, 1900. Hardcover. Very Good. Second edition. Second Printing. Very good, covers soiled, spine browned, front pastedown starting to bubble, corners and spine ends lightly worn.

Paris: Librairie Gallimard, 1924. First Edition. Wraps. Near FIne. Early retrospective of avant garde artist. 16mo. 15.5 by 12 cm. 63 pp.

San Diego: Surrey House, 1974. Paperback. 186p. + ads, very good first edition paperback in camp pictorial wraps. Gay pulp fiction. HIS69123. Reprinted as MOA-125 in 1991 by American Art Ent.

New York: Star Dist, 1970. Paperback. 190p., illustrated with explicit drawings, very good first printing PBO in camp pictorial wraps. Gay pulp fiction. Rough Trade RT-433.

1913. NEW JERSEY TITLE GUARANTEE AND TRUST CO. ... The New Jersey Title Guarantee and Trust Company of Jersey City, N.J., on its Twenty-Fifth Birthday .... [N.p., 1913]. 78 p. Illus. Plates. Embossed wrappers. A very handsome production, illustrated with early views of Jersey City and Hudson County.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Berlin: Ernst Wasmuth, 1923. 1st ed. in German. Hardcover. Good. 68 mounted plates (mostly in color) plus several smaller, mostly mounted, illustrations (some color) on text pages, Original vellum quarterbinding (purple boards backed in vellum). 37 cm. Small gilt figure on front cover. Front and back cover quite faded around outlines of smaller books that protected the original color. Center half of rear joint split (and then visibly reglued). There is also a small gouge at the bottom of the front joint. Cover edges heavily rubbed. Contents sound and clean with a few creases on tissue guards. Minimal foxing. No slipcase or jacket. German text. Editions of this book also appeared in English ("Bakst, the Story of the Artist's Life") and French ("Bakst: Histoire de Leon Bakst"). Bakst was born in Grodno (now part of Belarus) to Jewish parents. He later changed his name and achieved fame in Russia and elsewhere as an artist and designer of sets and costumes for the Ballet Russes.

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).