[London]: Hodder & Stoughton, [1914]. Nielsen, Kay. First Edition. Hardcover. First trade edition, quarto size, 207 pp. Kay Rasmus Nielsen (1886-1957), was born in Denmark hearing the traditional Norse fairy tales related by his mother, studied art in Paris, and moved to London in1911. His artwork brought immediate critical acclaim..... More
![Item #18041614 [Prospectus Only] Bligh's Voyage in the Resource; Together With the Log of His...](https://swansfinebooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/18041614_1.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1542574066)
London: Golden Cockerel Press, 1937. Barker-Mill, Peter. No binding. folio size, [2] pp. Prospectus only for "Bligh's Voyage in the Resource", with one wood-engraving by Peter Barker-Mill. ___DESCRIPTION: A single sheet, announces publication "in May" at 3 Gns.; folio size (12.25" by 7.5"), [2] pp., 5,900 copies printed. ___CONDITION: Near..... More
[Santa Cruz, CA]: [Donna Thomas], [1998]. Limited Edition. No binding. One of 75 copies, miniature book in scroll format. This lovely miniature book, by the incomparable book artists Peter and Donna Thomas, presents a single linoleum cut by Donna in a scroll format; it would become the Book Society Distinguished..... More
![Item #CNJL1265 The Abstract Garden [No. III of X of the special edition]. Philip Gross, Peter...](https://swansfinebooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/CNJL1265_1.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1514409917)
Monmouthshire: The Old Stile Press, 2006. Reddick, Peter. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Number III of X special edition copies (total edition 200), quarto size, [60] pp., signed by the artist and author. As explained in the Press's description: "The first 'poem-by-way-of-a-preface' implies that this book is a three-way collaboration of the..... More
(Berlin): Suhrkamp Verlag, (2018). Hardcover. Fourteen volumes (complete), octavo size, approx. 11,400 pp., in three slipcases, all text in German. Peter Handke (b. 1942) "is an avant-garde Austrian playwright, novelist, poet, and essayist, one of the most original German-language writers in the second half of the 20th century" (n.b., quote..... More
San Francisco: The Book Club of California [printed by Peter R. Koch], 2011. Limited Edition. Hardcover. One of 300, folio size, 143 and 49 pp. respectively. From prospectus: "The chief aim of Peter Hanff's study and analysis of 'America's most famous fantasy' is to explore some of the particular facts..... More
Berkeley: Elysian Editions [Wesley B. Tanner], (1985). Mitchell, Margaretta K. First and Limited Edition. Folio in a case. The printer's proof from an edition of fifty copies, seven text pages and twelve photogravures, all housed in a clamshell case. This an homage to Angela Isadora Duncan (1877-1927), and the incredible..... More
![Item #22032602 The Phoenix [De Ave Phoenice]. Lactantius, Eddie Flintoff, John McGuckin, Peter...](https://swansfinebooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/22032602_1.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1698964389)
Bath: The Old School Press, 1995. Allen, Peter. Limited Edition. Hardcover. One of 150 copies, octavo size, [37] pp. A stunning re-telling of the legend of the Phoenix, "one of the great myths of mankind with all it tells us of our many deaths and re-births" (n.b., from translator's note..... More
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San Francisco: The Arion Press, 2013. Hammer, Jonathan. Hardcover. Octavo, 10 1/4" by 7 3/8", 154 numbered pages plus 48 unnumbered pages for the illustrations (202 pages total). The type is Times New Roman, in Monotype composition by Mackenzie & Harris, with display sizes set by hand. The relief prints..... More
New Haven: Yale University Press, 2002. First Edition. Hardcover. First printing, octavo size, 756 pp. "Short, cheap pamphlets with catchy titles and crude woodcuts lured readers in early modern England. The pamphlets described notorious murders and the sometimes providential means by which the culprit was captured and condemned to the..... More
(Gloucestershire): The Whittington Press, (1984). First and Limited Edition. Leather bound. One of 20 deluxe copies, quarto size, 63 pp. Since 1972 The Whittington Press has been printing books by letterpress, from type, in the Gloucestershire village of Whittington. The Press has received numerous awards for its printing, and in..... More
Llandogo, Monmouthshire: The Old Stile Press, 2009. Reddick, Peter. Limited Edition. Hardcover. One of 150 copies, quarto size, [56] pp., signed by Peter Reddick, with Christmas card from the Old Stile Press. Originally printed by E. and R. Nutt for the Company of Stationers, in 1726. Nicolas McDowall, printer at..... More
San Francisco: The Arion Press, 2015. Hardcover. 11-1/2 by 8 inches, 308 pages. The types are Cycles and Arepo, designed by Sumner Stone. The paper is Mohawk Superfine. The offset lithography was done under the supervision of Susan Schaefer. The binding is full cloth over boards with endpapers printed by..... More
Menston, Yorkshire, England: Ilkey Literature Festival [printed by The Scolar Press], 1973. Folio in a case. Folio size, 19 unnumbered pages, with facsimiles of the manuscripts of each poem. Wystan Hugh Auden (1907-1973) was an English-American poet, known for his variety of styles and subject matter, including politics, love, and..... More
Amsterdam: Nico Israel, (1976). First and Limited Edition. Leather bound. One of 1000 copies, folio size, 257 pp., in a custom binding with clamshell box. The Nuremberg Chronicle (also known as the "Liber Chronicarum") "is, after the Gutenberg Bible, probably the most celebrated of early printed books. It is a...... More
Cambridge, Massachusettes: Harvard University Press, 1981. First Edition. Hardcover. First printing, octavo size, 795 pp. From the dust jacket flap, "…the indispensable work for historians, sociologists, population experts, and scholars of developing countries. It is the first national population history to provide basic demographic information over a period of 300..... More