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In Medias Res; Canto One of an Autobiographical Epic: "Dust Shall Be the Serpent's Food

In Medias Res; Canto One of an Autobiographical Epic: "Dust Shall Be the Serpent's Food by Everson, William; Killion, Tom (Illustrations)

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Seller: Swan's Fine Books
Title
In Medias Res; Canto One of an Autobiographical Epic: "Dust Shall Be the Serpent's Food
Author
Everson, William; Killion, Tom (Illustrations)
Seller
Swan's Fine Books (United States)
Condition
Fine
Description
San Francisco: Adrian Wilson, 1984. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Fine. Killion, Tom. One of 226 copies, elephant folio size, 25 pp., inscribed by Everson to Michael Neilson and signed at the colophon by William Everson, Tom Killion, and Adrian Wilson. William Everson (1912-1994), also known as Brother Antoninus, a name he adopted during his sixteen years serving as a Dominican monk, is considered an essential force of the San Francisco literary Renaissance that would become the Beat movement. Everson's poetry is deeply autobiographical and inspired by the California landscape; he is known for his observations of both the beauty and violence of the natural world as it clashes with man's progress. "In Medias Res" is the first canto of an autobiographical poem (which was never completed), printed by Adrian Wilson (1923-1988), who ran The Press in Tuscany Alley. Although he and Everson had kept in "close printerly contact" as they both worked as printers in the San Francisco Bay Area, this publication is their first full collaboration (n. b., quote from Everson's Note in the book). This volume contains woodcuts by American artist and author Tom Killion (b. 1953), whose illustrations display exquisite detail of line and shape; Killion learned printmaking and bookbinding from Jack Stauffacher of the Greenwood Press, another prominent printer in the Bay Area. The book inscribed by Everson on the half-title page "for Michael Neilson / with best wishes / William Everson / Oct. 26, 1986 / San Francisco"; Neilson had been at the time with the San Francisco Post. ___DESCRIPTION: Quarter blue leather with natural linen boards, leather inset with gilt illustration of the ouroboros on the front board, gilt lettering on the spine, all edges uncut, frontispiece a woodcut by Tom Killion, inscribed by Everson on the half-title (as set forth above) in sepia ink, title page in blue and black, woodcut of the ouroboros by Tom Killion on the first page of sectional title page; Centaur and Arrighi types, handmade paper by Barcham Green & Company, elephant folio size (16" by 10 1/2"), pagination: [1-6] 7-24 [1 colophon], No. 124 of 226 copies, signed by William Everson, Tom Killion, and Adrian Wilson on the colophon. ___CONDITION: Overall a fine copy; the leather shelfback and onlay smooth and supple, the linen covers clean, the corners unrubbed, the binding tight with solid hinges, the interior clean and bright, and entirely free of prior owner markings; a hint of wear to the head and tail of the spine, else fine, with the leather shelfback very slightly sunned. ___POSTAGE:  Please note that due to size 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.
MISS HICKORY

MISS HICKORY by Bailey, Carolyn Sherwyn; Gannett, Ruth

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Seller: Type Punch Matrix
Title
MISS HICKORY
Author
Bailey, Carolyn Sherwyn; Gannett, Ruth
Seller
Type Punch Matrix (United States)
Condition
Very good plus in very good plus jacket.
Description
New York: The Viking Press, 1946. First printing. Very good plus in very good plus jacket.. Signed first edition of this Newbery Award winner about a doll made from an apple twig and a hickory nut. 8.5'' x 6''. Original full beige cloth with orange titles. In original unclipped ($2.50) color pictorial jacket. Pictorial endpapers. Illustrated by Ruth Gannett. 224, [4] pages. Signed on the half title page by Bailey. Spine lightly sunned. Mild edgewear, toning to jacket. Owner name neatly penned to top of front flap. Contemporary bookplate to front pastedown. Else clean and sound.
Colds Influenza Pneumonia

Colds Influenza Pneumonia

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Seller: Eclectibles
Title
Colds Influenza Pneumonia
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Eclectibles (United States)
Condition
Very good. Toning, missing surface litho cover.
Description
New York, New York: Metropolitan Life Insurance Company, 1940. Very good. Toning, missing surface litho cover.. A pamphlet on the common cold, pneumonia, and influenza, published by the Metropolitan Life Insurance Company to educate American families on how these diseases spread, present, and are treated. Includes a brief 12-step method for preventing the diseases, including social distancing, keeping warm and dry, removing diseased tonsils, and frequent hand-washing. Single vol. (7.75" by 5.25"), pp. 8, stapled in original illus. self wrps. The Metropolitan Life Insurance Company published dozens of public health booklets, offering advice on subjects ranging from healthy eating to the importance of vaccinating children against common diseases and safe teen driving.
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Zalevskiy by Zalevskiy, Aleksey

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Seller: Eric Chaim Kline - Bookseller
Title
Zalevskiy
Author
Zalevskiy, Aleksey
Seller
Eric Chaim Kline - Bookseller (United States)
Condition
vg
Description
Kiev: ADEF-Ukraine, 2008. First edition. Hardcover. vg. Folio. 603, [5]pp. Original grey-lettered white dust-jacket over silver-lettered grey paper covered boards. Photo-illustrated endpapers. This work is a stunning retrospective of Ukrainian designer Aleksey Zalevskiy's work from 1994 to 2008. It is profusely illustrated throughout with hundreds of color photographic reproductions. Publisher's information at rear in English and Ukrainian. Dust-jacket, binding and interior in very good condition.
The Betty Pages #1

The Betty Pages #1 by Greg Theakston and Joe Anderko

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Seller: Kenneth Mallory Bookseller. ABAA
Title
The Betty Pages #1
Author
Greg Theakston and Joe Anderko
Seller
Kenneth Mallory Bookseller. ABAA (United States)
Condition
Very good
Description
NY: Pure Imagination Publishing, 1987. Paperback. Very good. Paperback. First printing. 56pp. Staples rusted, else very good in publisher's stapled wraps. First issue of this zine deicated to all things Betty Page.
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Trente-Trois Pichets Pastis by CAMILO, Rui, photographer

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Seller: Jonathan A. Hill, Bookseller, Inc.
Title
Trente-Trois Pichets Pastis
Author
CAMILO, Rui, photographer
Seller
Jonathan A. Hill, Bookseller, Inc. (United States)
Description
Color illus. Unpaginated. Small 4to, printed softcover, title on spine. Cologne: Verlag Bernd Deutsch, 2021. Photographic documentation by Camilo (b. 1964) of thirty-three pastis pitchers from the collection of Michael Eckel. In fine condition. No copy in North America.
Laser Sailing: for Beginners and Experts.

Laser Sailing: for Beginners and Experts. by Tillman, Dick.

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Laser Sailing: for Beginners and Experts.
Author
Tillman, Dick.
Seller
Ten Pound Island Book Co. (United States)
Condition
Very good condition in dj.
Description
1975: New York , Yachting Publishing Corporation. . Very good condition in dj.. 24 x 15.5 cm. 127 pp. b/w illustrations.
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Brahms and His World by [BRAHMS]. Frisch, Walter, ed

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Seller: J & J Lubrano Music Antiquarians LLC
Title
Brahms and His World
Author
[BRAHMS]. Frisch, Walter, ed
Seller
J & J Lubrano Music Antiquarians LLC (United States)
Description
Princeton, New Jersey: Princeton University Press, 1990. Octavo. Wrappers. 223 pp.

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