![Item #20091201 La Maison Qui Pleure ["The House that Weeps"]. Adrien-Pierre Bagarry, C....](https://swansfinebooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/20091201_1.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1619561191)
Paris: Société du Livre d'Art, 1923. Jacquemot, Charles. Limited Edition. Wraps. No. XI of XXV copies on Japon imperial (Japan vellum), octavo size, 112 pp., with an extra suite of plates, all illustrations signed in pencil by the artist. Adrien Pierre Bagarry was a French Impressionist and Modern artist (1898-1949);..... More
London: Macmillan and Co., Limited, 1911. Goble, Warwick. Limited Edition. Vellum. One of 150 copies, the Edition de Luxe, quarto size, 316 pp. The text of this book is based on John Edward Taylor's translation from 1847. Giambattista Basile (1566-1632) was an Italian poet, courtier, and fairy tale collector. The..... More
(New Brunswick): (Rutgers Center for Innovative Printmaking), (1993). Feldman, Walter. Limited Edition. Folio in a case. No. 7 of 18, folio size, seven unbound folio sheets, signed by Walter Feldman. Walter Sidney Feldman (1925-2017) received numerous awards and critical praise spanning a lifetime achievement over seven decades; his paintings were..... More
[London]: The Golden Cockerel Press, 1956. Morgan, Gwenda. Limited Edition. Leather. No. 35 of 75 copies bound in morocco, octavo size, 160 pp., signed by Gwenda Morgan, with prospectus. Per the book's prospectus: "Among treasures sent out of Berlin for safety during the war were the notebooks of Jacob and..... More
[Monmouthshire]: The Old Stile Press [2008], 2008. Onken, Michael. Limited Edition. Hardcover. No. II of 10 of the Special Edition, folio size, 50 pp., signed by Artist. There are many stories and legends of selkies - the seals that surround the shores of Orkney - their deep brown eyes that..... More
The Library Fellows of the Whitney Museum of American Art [printed at The Grenfell Press], 1991. Condo, George. First and Limited Edition. Hardcover. One of 160 copies, folio size, [88] pp., signed by William S. Burroughs and George Condo. William Seward Burroughs II (1914-1997) is "widely considered a primary figure..... More
London: Printed for Thomas Boys of Ludgate Hill [printed by Thomas Davison, Whitefriars], 1820. Cruikshank, Isaac Robert. First Edition. Hardcover. Quarto size, 212 pp. (not matching pagination, see below), with 12 aquatints by Isaac Robert Cruikshank. A humorous collection of sketches exalting through parody the merits of the thrifty. The..... More
Mill Valley, California: Sunflower Press, 1993. Collin, Marcie. Limited Edition. Hardcover. No. 19 of 55 copies, miniature book, [36] pp., signed by Carol Cunningham, in the original gift box. A charmingly illustrated tale, "[b]ased on a Middle Eastern proverb 'The Boots of Hunain' which refers to something that is not..... More
[Monmouthshire]: The Old Stile Press, 2009. Lemaire, Angela. Limited Edition. No binding. No. 3 of 25 copies for sale, folio size, 52 pp. The story begins: "I was present during the Great Plague of 1665, It took away my life," he said. Per the artist, this work, originally produced by..... More
London: Chapman and Hall, 1839. Browne, Hablot K. ['Phiz"]; Meadows, Kenney. First Edition. Hardcover. First printing, mixed state, octavo size, 707 pp. This was writer Charles Dickens' (1812-1870) third novel, widely anticipated and loved. He is often considered the greatest of the Victorian era novelists, blending drama and comedy into..... More
[Torrence, California]: Labyrinth Editions, 1980. Killion, Tom. Limited Edition. Hardcover. One of 50 copies on hand-made paper, elephant folio size, 54 pp., signed by William Everson and Tom Killion. This a stunning collaborative work: the poetry of William Everson, the artwork of Tom Killion and the printing of Richard Bigus..... More
London: The Golden Cockerel Press, 1934. Gill, Eric. Limited Edition. Hardcover. No. 197 of 500, octavo size, 16 pp. "The Lord's Song" is a sermon composed by the inimitable Eric Gill (1882-1940); it is a call to reaffirm free will as well as an acknowledgement of sin and spiritual responsibility..... More
Llandogo: The Old Stile Press, 1992. Graham, Rigby. Limited First Edition. Hardcover. Number 146 of 150 copies, elephant folio size, 58 pp. Rigby Graham (1931-2015) was a landscape and topographical artist, book illustrator and muralist who worked within the British Romantic tradition. His work is distinguished by bold lines, a...... More
Santa Fe: The Press at the Palace of the Governors, 2021. Baumann, Gustave. First and Limited Edition. Hardcover. One of 108 copies, large octavo size, 96 pp., Gustave Baumann (1881-1971) was a German-American printmaker and painter, one of the leading figures in the revival of colour woodcuts; he spent a...... More
![Item #CNJL1237 Green Blades, from her mound [No. III of X of the special edition]; Poems from...](https://swansfinebooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/CNJL1237_1.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1501288508)
[Monmouthshire]: The Old Stile Press, [2007]. Cazalet, Mark. Limited Edition. Hardcover. No. III of X of the special edition, total edition 210, folio size, 46 pp., signed by artist. Thomas Hardy (1840-1928) is one of Britain's most influential Victorian novelists and poets; he often wrote of tragic characters struggling against..... More
New York: The Macmillan Company (Printed in Great Britain by R. & R. Clark, Limited, Edinburgh), 1940. Leighton, Clare. First Edition. Hardcover. The first US edition with illustrations by Clare Leighton, quarto size, 248 pp., in the original dust jacket, signed by Clare Leighton, and with TLS also signed by..... More
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1935. Kredel, Fritz. Second Edition. Hardcover. Harper code "L-K", octavo size, 32 pp. A classic German children's tale originally published in 1845 (with corresponding politically-incorrect racial allusions), comprised of ten illustrated and rhymed stories, mostly about children. Each has a clear moral that demonstrates the..... More
![Item #CNJL1257 Shakespeare's Ovid [DeLuxe edition with separate etching, and with prospectus]....](https://swansfinebooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/CNJL1257_1.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1504050674)
(London): Enitharmon Press [Printed by the Rampant Lions Press], 1995. Le Brun, Christopher. Limited Edition. Hardcover. No. 47 of 50 (plus 15 HC) of the deluxe edition, signed by translator and artist, folio size, 43 pp. Published "in aid of the Shakespeare Globe Trust and its appeal to rebuild the..... More
London: George C. Harrap & Co. Ltd., [1936]. Rackham, Arthur. First Edition. Hardcover. First trade edition, quarto size, 256 pp., with original dust jacket. This volume the first trade edition of this work with the illustrations of Arthur Rackham (1867-1939), an eminent illustrator of many books which often depict fantasy..... More
London: J.M. Dent & Co., 1907. Rackham, Arthur. First Edition. Hardcover. First trade edition with additional Rackham illustrations on enlarged paper, quarto size, 568 pp., in original dust jacket. This book was first published in 1898 with only twelve illustrations, this being the first trade edition of the newly enlarged..... More
![Item #22101604 After Long Years [Assocation Copy - inscribed to Joseph Smallwood]; Being a story...](https://swansfinebooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/22101604_1.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1700347503)
Ausable Forks N.Y. Asgaard Press, 1968. Kent, Rockwell. Limited Edition. Hardcover. One of 250 copies, octavo size, 23 pp., inscribed and additionally signed by Rockwell Kent. Rockwell Kent (1882-1971) was an American painter and illustrator who bridged the artistic gap between Victorian and Modern art; the illustrator of countless books..... More
[Mill Valley, California]: [Quail Press], [1977]. Killion, Tom. First and Limited Edition. Hardcover. One of 240 numbered copies, with prospectus. The artwork of American artist and author Tom Killion (b. 1953) displays exquisite detail of line and shape; Killion learned printmaking and bookbinding from Jack Stauffacher of the Greenwood Press..... More
North Andover, Massachusetts: Kat Ran Press, 1997. Gohde, Kurt. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Quarto size, 39 pp., signed by Tracey Knapp and Kurt Gohde. The first book published by the Kat Ran Press, an impressive debut volume. The illustrations were created by Kurt Gohde by means of using fire as a...... More
(Leningrad): (Aurora Art Publishers), (1975). Konstantinov, Fiodor. First Edition. Hardcover. Miniature book, [116] pp. Unable to find much information online, we turn to the book's introduction for information about this superb woodcut Russian artist, Fiodor (or Fyodor) Konstantinov (or Konstantinoy). Born in 1910, Konstantinov began his career in the 1930s..... More
Prag [Prague]: Adolf Kuranda, (1860). Hardcover. Quarto size, 64 pp., text entirely in German. Charles-Antoine Coypel (1694-1752) served as "First Painter to the King" to the French court, succeeding to that role in 1722 upon the death of his father who, along with his father before him, were both artists..... More