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Leaning Forward, Poems by Grace Paley
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Leaning Forward, Poems by Grace Paley

by Paley, Grace

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Penobscot, Maine: Granite Press, 1985. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Near fine. Number 8 of 125 copies, octavo size, 94 pp., signed by author. Grace Paley (1922-2007), an author of both prose and poetry, has been called "a seminal American writer". She described herself as a "combative pacifist and a cooperative anarchist" and had always been active in anti-war and feminist causes; her poetry, more than her prose, often reflects her political feelings. The Poetry Foundation says of her poems that they "display the verve and innuendo that energize her fiction". This the first, limited and signed collection in an edition of 125 copies of her poems first published between 1973 and 1985. ___DESCRIPTION: Bound in colourful hand-painted paste paper over boards, white label with black lettering on the shelfback, the volume contains approximately 60 of her poems; printed at the Granite Press in Maine, octavo size (8.5" by 6"), pagination: [1]-90, list of books by Grace Paley [91], blank [92], author bio… Read More
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[LEAF BOOK] An Original Issue of The Spectator, Together with The Story of the Famous Periodical...
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[LEAF BOOK] An Original Issue of "The Spectator", Together with The Story of the Famous Periodical and of its Founders, Joseph Addison & Richard Steele

by Partridge, Eric

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San Francisco: The Book Club of California [printed by The Grabhorn Press], 1939. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Near fine. One of 455 copies, folio size, 58 pp., with original leaf from "The Spectator" tipped in, with Ex-Libris of Alfred Sutro and postcard addressed to him written and signed by Eric Partridge. "The Spectator" was created in 1711 by Joseph Addison (1672-1719) and Richard Steele (1672-1729); published daily for the first two years, it served to inform people of subjects like literature and philosophy and to encourage educated conversation. Supposedly it was intended especially for female audiences, to make available subjects and education that might not have been offered to them otherwise. This volume was printed by the estimable the Grabhorn Press for the Book Club of California, and includes a leaf from the March 9th, 1711, issue of "The Spectator"; this would have been a very early publication, and in fact is "Numb. VIII". Originally, one of the Club's members, M. S. Slocum, was… Read More
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My Sister - Life
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My Sister - Life

by Pasternak, Boris; Rudman, Mark (Translator); Kuper, Yuri (Artist)

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[New York]: The Limited Editions Club, 1991. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Fine. Kuper, Yuri. No. 65 of 250, elephant folio size, 89 pp., signed by Yuri Kuper. Boris Pasternak (1890-1960) is perhaps best known in the English-speaking world for his novel, "Doctor Zhivago" - it was smuggled out of the USSR and published in Milan in 1957, earning Pasternak the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1958. This work, "My Sister - Life", is his first published collection of poems and is considered one of the most influential collections ever published in the Russian language. Controversial when it was first published five years after the October Revolution of 1917, the revolutionary spirit pervades the poems - not in the political sense but in the spirit of beginning again. The artist, Yuri Kuper (b. 1940), has worked in several mediums, and his work for "My Sister - Life" recalls the Russian Constructivists' radical, dynamic, geometric abstractions in his use of strong diagonals and primarily geometric forms.… Read More
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Jacob Have I Loved
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Jacob Have I Loved

by Paterson, Katherine; Craft, Kinuko (Dust Jacket Art)

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New York: Thomas Y. Crowell, 1980. First Edition. Hardcover. fine/near fine. First printing, no Newbery Medal on the dust jacket, octavo size, 224 pp. Taking its title from the Bible, "Jacob Have I Loved" is the story of twin sisters and their tumultuous relationship as the elder twin, Sara Louise, struggles for recognition in her family; it is a coming-of-age novel set in a small fishing town in the Chesapeake Bay. Katherine Paterson (b. 1932) creates a moving story of community and conflict; Paterson has written numerous children's books, most notably "Bridge to Terabithia", and has won many awards for her writing, including the Hans Christian Anderson Award, the Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award, the Laura Ingalls Wilder Medal, the Newbery Award (twice), and the National Book Award (twice). This volume is the first edition of Paterson's book, which won the Newbery Medal in 1981, the year after it was published. The dust jacket art is by illustrator and fantasy artist Kinuko Craft (b. 1940), who… Read More
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[LEAF BOOK] The Estiennes; A Biographical Essay...Illustrated With Original Leaves From Books Printed by the Three Greatest Members of That Distinguished Family

by Pattison, Mark (Essay); Grabhorn, Robert (Introduction)

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San Francisco: The Book Club of California [Printed at the Grabhorn Press], 1949. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Very good +. One of 390 copies, folio size, 57 pp., with prospectus. The "Christmas Book" for 1949, a "book about that large and illustrious family of Sixteenth Century French printers...and illustrated with three original leaves from books printed by the three most famous members of the family..." (n.b., from prospectus). The text which accompanies the leaves was written by Mark Pattison in 1865, and "gives a detailed study of the work of the Estiennes, as well as a survey of the circumstances un der which it was controlled and produced" (ibid). One of the many books the Grabhorn brothers printed for The Book Club of California, and one which well shows their mastery of the great art of printing. ___DESCRIPTION: Bound in rose-coloured paper with a white linen shelfback, vignette on the front board in gilt, paper spine label with black lettering and a red decoration, title page with an… Read More
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Folio 60: A Bibliography of the Folio Society, 1947-2006
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Folio 60: A Bibliography of the Folio Society, 1947-2006

by Paul W. Nash (Editor); Sue Bradbury, Joseph Connolly and David McKitterick (Essays)

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Folio Society, 2007. Hardcover. Fine. Quarto size, 472 pp. The Folio Society was founded in 1947 by Charles Ede, Christopher Sandford (of the Golden Cockerel Press), and Alan Bott (founder of Pan Books). This is the definitive history of The Folio Society as told through its raison d' the books. As the librarian of Trinity College, Dr. David McKitterick has pointed out in his introduction that this book is intended for those who "relish the opportunity to find out more about the thought and organisation that goes into the creation of books... and in thinking about the process as a whole we begin to understand what it means to create books that will read well, look well and last well." All 1,348 books are listed with their full author, introducer, printer, translator, binding, illustrator and typeface, while the comprehensive five indices make it exceptionally easy to use and search, whatever your key area of interest. Fully illustrated with over 250 integrated images of binding designs, newly… Read More
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A Search for The Apex of America; High Mountain Climbing in Peru and Bolivia...
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A Search for The Apex of America; High Mountain Climbing in Peru and Bolivia...

by Peck, Annie S.

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New York: Dodd, Mead and Company, 1911. First Edition. Hardcover. Good +. First printing, octavo size, 390 pp. Annie Smith Peck (1850-1935) was a woman far ahead of her time; at a time when women were just beginning to be admitted to the halls of higher education, she not only earned a degree in classical languages in 1878 from the University of Michigan, but became the first woman to attend the American School of Classical Studies (in Athens, Greece) and, returning to the Univ. of Michigan, received a Master's Degree in 1881. Following her education she became one of the first American women college professors, teaching Latin at Purdue and Smith. Climbing, however, became her passion at the relatively (for climbers) late age of 35. Upon seeing the Matterhorn during a train trip through the Swiss Alps she vowed to return and climb it - which she would do ten years later, becoming the third woman to summit the Matterhorn and the first to do so...wearing pants (at the time, women could be arrested… Read More
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The Devil's Devices, or, Control versus Service
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The Devil's Devices, or, Control versus Service

by Pepler, Douglas; Gill, Eric (Artist)

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London: The Hampshire House Workshops, 1915. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Very good. Gill, Eric. No. 28 of the first 200 copies of this edition, designated "proof" copies, duodecimo size, 136 pp., signed by both Eric Gill and Douglas Pepler. Eric Gill (1882-1940) and Douglas Pepler (1878-1951) worked together for many years, founding the St Dominic's Press and creating numerous splendid works of art and writing. This collection of essays takes a look at the society of the time, examining the relationships among people, situations of work, and the effects of the Industrial Revolution. Eric Gill provides woodcuts to illustrate the text, several full-page images and several in-text; with a simplistic approach to detail, Gill creates scenes of both acute observation and satire. ___DESCRIPTION: Quarter tan cloth with red paper boards, lettering and woodcut by Eric Gill in black on the front board, black lettering on the spine, fore- and bottom edges rough cut, frontispiece a woodcut of a sword with… Read More
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The Three Wise Men; A Nativity Play
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The Three Wise Men; A Nativity Play

by Pepler, Hilary

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Ditchling Common: St Dominic's Press, 1929. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Near fine. No. 16 of 100 copies, twenty-fourmo size, 68 pp., initialled and numbered by Hilary Pepler. 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… Read More
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The Diary of Samuel Pepys
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The Diary of Samuel Pepys

by Pepys, Samuel; Latham, Robert [and] Matthews, William (Editors)

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Berkeley: University of California Press, 1979. Hardcover. Near Fine/near fine. Eleven volumes (complete), octavo size, approximately 4700 pp. "Samuel Pepys is as much a paragon of literature as Chaucer and Shakespeare. His Diary is one of the principal sources for many aspects of the history of its period. In spite of its significance, all previous editions were inadequately edited and suffered from a number of omissions—until Robert Latham and William Matthews went back to the 300-year-old original manuscript and deciphered each passage and phrase, no matter how obscure or indiscreet. The Diary deals with some of the most dramatic events in English history. Pepys witnessed the London Fire, the Great Plague, the Restoration of Charles II, and the Dutch Wars. He was a patron of the arts, having himself composed many delightful songs and participated in the artistic life of London. His flair for gossip and detail reveals a portrait of the times that rivals the most swashbuckling and romantic… Read More
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Was Wellen betrifft [What Waves are concerned]
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Was Wellen betrifft [What Waves are concerned]

by Perryman, Kevin; Saltzwedel, Caroline (Artist)

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Hamburg: Hirundo Press, 2005. Limited Edition. Softcover. Fine. Saltzwedel, Caroline. Number 28 of 150 copies, folio size, 18 unnumbered pp., signed by Kevin Perryman and Caroline Saltzwedel, in German. Caroline Saltzwedel, born in England, has lived in Hamburg since 1995 as a graphic artist and painter. She studied German at the Universities of Durham, Oxford and Bonn, and printed graphics at the Ruskin School of Fine Art, Oxford. In 1998 she founded the Hirundo Press for artists' books in small editions; her works are in numerous public and private collections, including the Deutsche Nationalbibliothek, the British Library, the Bodleian Library, Stanford University, and the Widener Library (Harvard), among many others. Caroline's works are often paired with original, new works of poetry such as this, "Was Wellen betrifft". Written by Kevin Perryman, a poet and translator, founder of the translation journal BABEL, who writes in both German and English (n. b., info from the Hirundo Press website).… Read More
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Daidalos
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Daidalos

by Perryman, Kevin (Gedichte / Poet); Saltzwedel, Caroline (Bilder / Artist)

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Hamburg: Hirundo Press, 2000. First and Limited Edition. Original wraps. Fine. Saltzwedel, Caroline. Deluxe version of only 20 copies, this no. 8, folio size, text volume 14 pp., signed by both Kevin Perryman and Caroline Saltzwedel, text in German, etchings unbound, each signed and numbered by Caroline Saltzwedel. Caroline Saltzwedel, born in England, has lived in Hamburg since 1995 as a graphic artist and painter. She studied German at the Universities of Durham, Oxford and Bonn, and printed graphics at the Ruskin School of Fine Art, Oxford. In 1998 she founded the Hirundo Press for artists' books in small editions; her works are in numerous public and private collections including the Deutsche Nationalbibliothek, the British Library, the Bodleian Library, Stanford University, and the Widener Library (Harvard) among many others. Saltzwedel's works are often paired with original, new works of poetry or are based on mythological figures - this work, "Daidalos", allows the viewer to trace the path… Read More
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A Morbid Taste for Bones
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A Morbid Taste for Bones

by Peters, Ellis [pseudonym for: Pargeter, Edith]

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(London): Macmillan London Limited, 1977. First Edition. Hardcover. Near fine/fine. First printing, octavo size, 192 pp. The first book in the "Brother Cadfael" series, the title character being a Benedictine monk living in Wales in the early 12th century, who "combines the curious mind of a scientist/pharmacist with a knight-errant". The series would eventually encompass twenty novels, and was adapted to the stage, radio and television, the latter bringing the series into prominence starring Sir Derek Jacobi. Written by the linguist and scholar Edith Mary Pargeter (1913-1995) under the pseudonym of Ellis Peters. Pargeter not only wrote multiple works of historical fiction (the Cadfael series, the "Brothers of Gwynedd" trilogy and more) but also authored history and Czech translations (n.b., info and above quote from Wiki). ___DESCRIPTION: Bound in full rust-coloured textured paper over boards, black lettering debossed on the spine, page 97 with a double line of text; octavo size (7 15/16" by… Read More
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A Field Guide to the Birds of Texas
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A Field Guide to the Birds of Texas

by Peterson, Roger Tory

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Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1963. 2nd Printing. Hardcover. Very good/good. Peterson, Roger Tory. Duodecimo size, 336 pp., with signature of Clarence Cottam. Roger Tory Peterson (1908-1996) was an imminent naturalist and ornithologist, as well as a talented artist, who first published "A Field Guide to Birds" in 1934, considered the first modern field guide. He went on to author or edit many field guides in what became the Peterson Field Guide series, on diverse topics such as minerals, reptiles, birds, and plants; his field guides are known for containing information accessible to the layperson, focusing on easily noticed visual features rather than technical features. This series garnered attention for the emerging environmental movement, and Peterson himself received every significant American award for natural science, ornithology, and conservation, including the U.S. Presidential Medal of Freedom and the Ludlow Griscom Award. This volume is Peterson's "A Field Guide to the Birds of… Read More
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Cornelius Cole, California Pioneer and United States Senator, A Study in Personality and...
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Cornelius Cole, California Pioneer and United States Senator, A Study in Personality and Achievements Bearing Upon the Growth of a Commonwealth

by Phillips, Catherine Coffin; Wilke, William (Illustration)

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San Francisco: John Henry Nash, 1929. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Fine. Wilke, William. One of 1000 copies, quarto size, 386 pp., this copy in a full vellum binding. Cornelius Cole (1822-1924) was a politician who became an important figure in California politics after his arrival there in July 1849; he became District Attorney of Sacramento and later went on to the United States Senate. This book forms a clear and forceful portrait of a man who played an active role in the political scene of the United States and particularly of California. Included also are twenty-seven illustrations and facsimiles, as well as two fold-out letters, to complete the picture and scope of this influential individual. Out of the total edition of 1000 copies, an unspecified number were bound in full vellum, as is this. As of this writing, we see no other copies online in this vellum binding, therefore we presume the number bound in this manner was relatively small. This volume with an additional interesting point,… Read More
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Vie-za-vie
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Vie-za-vie

by Inez Meter (Author); Anke Ligteringen (Photographer);

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n.p.: Condorpers [Peter Hendriks (Typography and Printing); WIlma van Ipenburg (Binder)], 2007. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Fine. Anke Ligteringen. No. IX (total edition not stated), square quarto size, [48] pp., note that text is in Dutch with English translation. A fascinating artist book which is a perfect marriage of custom binding, photography, poetry, and calligraphy. Text is letterpress printed, in Dutch, with corresponding English calligraphically lettered. The work is a collaborative effort by Inez Meter (author), Anke Ligteringen (photography), Peter Hendriks (typographer/printer), and Wilma van Ipenburg (binding). Of each we could find little information online except for Anke Ligteringen, a Gouda artist, who passed away in 2013. The book was "[p]rinted on the occasion of Kunstmoment in Gouda and the exhibition of Fishing and Nets in Vlaardingen". In Gouda a cultural exhibit, an "Art Moment", is held regularly, with artists and galleries throughout the city exhibiting their art; this… Read More
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Picasso, A Pictorial Biography
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Picasso, A Pictorial Biography

by [Picasso, Pablo] Buchheim, Lothar-Günther

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New York: A Studio Book, The Viking Press, 1959. Hardcover. Fine. Picasso, Pablo. Octavo size, 143 pp., in a custom binding. A handsome, austere custom binding of half leather, with the backstrip and fore-edges of leather over black paper boards. Pablo Ruiz Picasso (1881-1973) was not only an extremely prolific artist but captured the imagination of the entire world with his co-founding of Cubism and invention of constructed sculpture; he would become, and likely remains, one of the best-known artists of the 20th century. ___DESCRIPTION: In a custom binding (binder unidentified) of half rust orange leather over black textured paper boards, black endpapers, replete with mostly black-and-white reproductions of photographs and Picasso's art; octavo size (9 1/4" by 7 3/8"), pagination: [1-5] 6-143. ___CONDITION: Fine overall, the leather smooth and supple, the binding clean and unworn, straight corners without rubbing, a strong, square text block with solid hinges, the interior is clean and… Read More
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Beyond the West; Containing An Account of Two Years' Travel in That Other Half of Our Great...
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Beyond the West; Containing An Account of Two Years' Travel in That Other Half of Our Great Continent Far Beyond The Old West

by Pine, George W.

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Utica, N.Y.: T.J. Griffiths, 1870. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Duodecimo size, 456 pp. Full title page: "Beyond the West; Containing An Account of Two Years' Travel in That Other Half of Our Great Continent Far Beyond The Old West, On the Plains, In the Rocky Mountains, and Picturesque Parks of Colorado, Also, Characteristic Features of New Mexico, Arizona, Wyoming, Montana, Idaho, Eastern and Western Oregon, Utah, Nevada, and the Sunset Land, California The End of The West. Its Present Condition, People, Resources, Soil, Climate, Mountain Ranges, Valleys, Deserts, Mormons, Great Salt Lake, and Other Inland Waters, The Great Continental Railroad, Together With The Remarkable Mineral Deposits, and Most Wonderful Natural Scenery in the World, Both Entertaining and Instructive." With the First Transcontinental Railroad having been completed just a year prior, the West was now open and many traveled the route, bringing back tales to the general public of the wonders of the largely hitherto… Read More
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John Ignatius Bleasdale: A Friend of Wine in New Worlds
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John Ignatius Bleasdale: A Friend of Wine in New Worlds

by Pinney, Thomas

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San Francisco: The Book Club of California, 2006. Limited First Edition. Hardcover. Fine. One of 250 copies, quarto size, 75 pp. John Ignatius Bleasdale (1822-1884) was a Catholic clergyman, who took his knowledge of wine making from Victoria to California during the early days of the California wine industry. The Book Club of California publication number 221. ___DESCRIPTION: Original burgundy cloth, white label with black lettering on backstrip, fifteen illustrations including frontis; quarto size (10.25" by 7.25"), [i-v] vi-viii, 1-67 pp., limited first edition, one of 250 copies. ___CONDITION: A fine copy; the covers clean and without wear, free of sunning, the binding strong and square with solid hinges, the interior clean and bright, and entirely free of prior owner markings; crisp, clean, as new. ___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… Read More
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The Disappeared and Other Poems (with separate signed print)
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The Disappeared and Other Poems (with separate signed print)

by Pinter, Harold; Bevan, Tony (Artist)

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(London): Enitharmon Editions, 2002. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Fine. Bevan, Tony. No. 33 of 75 copies of the deluxe edition, folio size, 53 pp., signed by Harold Pinter and Tony Bevan, with original etching signed and numbered by Bevan, with prospectus. Harold Pinter (1930-2008) was known not only as an author, but also as a playwright, screenwriter, director and actor, and over his lifetime he received over fifty awards, prizes, and other honours, including the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2005 and the French Legion d'honneur in 2007. The artwork of Tony Bevan RA (b. 1951) has been exhibited around the world; his art attempts to "represent an internal or psychological reality by finding visual equivalents to a subject's state of mind" (n. b., above information from Wikipedia). ___DESCRIPTION: Full rust-coloured cloth, image inset on the front cover, white paper spine label with black lettering, fore- and bottom edges uncut, one illustration preceding the half-title, frontispiece a colour… Read More
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