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The Voices of Marrakesh [with extra print]

The Voices of Marrakesh [with extra print] by Canetti, Elias; Underwood, J.A. (Translator); Bissinger, Karl (Photographs); Wiley, William T. (Artist)

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Seller: Swan's Fine Books
Title
The Voices of Marrakesh [with extra print]
Author
Canetti, Elias; Underwood, J.A. (Translator); Bissinger, Karl (Photographs); Wiley, William T. (Artist)
Seller
Swan's Fine Books (United States)
Condition
New
Description
San Francisco: The Arion Press, 2001. Hardcover. New. William T. Wiley. Large octavo, 11 by 8 inches, 124 pages, plus 12 unnumbered pages for the colored leaves to which the etchings are attached. The type is Goudy Old Style, printed by letterpress. The photographs appear on verso pages, the etchings on recto pages. The etchings are 9.25 by 6.25 inches. The paper for the text is Mohawk Superfine. The paper for the etchings is Rives Lightweight. The paper for the mounting of the etchings is Fabriano Ingres. The photographs were printed in duo-tone and four-color offset lithography. The edition is limited to 350 numbered copies for sale, signed by the artist and photographer. This is one of 50 copies of the edition for sale accompanied by the extra print. The etching by William T. Wiley, "Canetti in Marrakesh", is printed in two colors, black and red, on Rives Heavyweight paper. The size of the plate is 29.5 by 20.75 inches; the size of the paper is 38 by 27 inches. The intaglio plates were prepared and proofed by Timothy Berry of Teaberry Press in San Francisco and printed by Robert Townsend of R. E. Townsend Studio in Georgetown, Massachusetts. The edition is limited to 50 prints for sale, numbered and signed by the artist, each with a copy of the book, plus five artist's proofs and five publisher's proofs. The only work of travel writing by Elias Canetti, "The Voices of Marrakesh" was first published in German in 1968. It is a record of a visit to Morocco by the author best known for his sociological work, "Crowds and Power", an ambitious study of the roots of Fascism, and "Auto-da-Fé", a novel set in Vienna on the eve of World War II. Canetti won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1981. He was born in 1905, in Bulgaria, lived in Zurich and Vienna as a young man, settled in England in 1938, and died in 1994. The "Voices of Marrakesh" became a classic of literary travel writing and redefined the genre. Canetti provides no historical overview of the city or the country. His description of places and things is vivid, yet economical to the point of minimalism. The events Canetti describes could have taken place 100 years ago or yesterday or tomorrow. Wiley began by making some small watercolors of incidents in "The Voices of Marrakesh", then a large preliminary drawing for an etching. He added an underlying map of the walled city of Marrakesh, which is printed in an earthy red, while the drawn images are printed in black. For the book, the etching is partitioned into six pieces, each segment illustrating a story told by Canetti. Karl Bissinger took the photographs that appear in "The Voices of Marrakesh" while on assignment for Flair magazine in 1949, for a travel piece on Morocco that was published in 1950. Of the pictures taken by Bissinger in Marrakesh and vicinity a selection of 29 photographs was made for this book, 28 in black and white, appearing on every fourth page in the text, and one, as the frontispiece, in color. ___POSTAGE: Please note that due to the size of the extra print additional postage will 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.
ALMAYER'S FOLLY. A Story of an Eastern River

ALMAYER'S FOLLY. A Story of an Eastern River by Conrad, Joseph

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Seller: Sumner & Stillman
Title
ALMAYER'S FOLLY. A Story of an Eastern River
Author
Conrad, Joseph
Seller
Sumner & Stillman (United States)
Description
1895. [the leaves still unopened] London: T. Fisher Unwin, 1895. Original dark green cloth. First Edition of Joseph Conrad's first book. "In the absence of publisher's records, the number of copies printed has been estimated to be between 600 and 3000, with approximately 1100 being the most likely number" [Supino]. Conrad, after meeting the real "Olmeijer" in East Borneo in 1887, gradually produced the manuscript of this book over the six years 1889-1895. He submitted it to Unwin for consideration in their "Pseudonym Library", using the pseudonym "Kamudi" (Malayan for "rudder") -- enclosing the return postage, so sure was he of its rejection. However, Unwin's reader Edward Garnett saw the manuscript's promise and accepted it for non-pseudonymous publication. This copy is in the first state (as are most copies), with the letters missing from the last two lines of page 110. The leaves of this copy, though untrimmed on the fore- and bottom edges as issued, are still unopened (i.e. un-read). Condition would be fine, except that there is some cracking of the delicate endpapers; as always, there is slight browning of the olive green cloth on the spine. ALMAYER'S FOLLY is scarce in this condition. Supino A1.1.0; Cagle A1a.1. Housed in a morocco-backed slipcase with inner chemise.
London; Edited By Charles Knight. Revised And Corrected To The Present Time By E. Walford. With Illustrations On Steel And Wood

London; Edited By Charles Knight. Revised And Corrected To The Present Time By E. Walford. With Illustrations On Steel And Wood by [Walford, Edward]

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Seller: The First Edition Rare Books, LLC
Title
London; Edited By Charles Knight. Revised And Corrected To The Present Time By E. Walford. With Illustrations On Steel And Wood
Author
[Walford, Edward]
Seller
The First Edition Rare Books, LLC (United States)
Condition
Near fine
Description
London: Virtue and Company, 1875. Later Edition. Leather bound. Near fine. Complete set of London: Revised and Corrected to the Present Time by Edward Walford.. Large octavo, [six volumes], xx, [2], 444pp; xviii, [2], 416pp; xix, [3], 400pp; xix, [3], 400pp; xxii, [2], 400pp; xxii, [2], 380pp. Three-quarter red leather, marbled boards. Title in gilt over black leather spine labels, raised gilt bands with gilt embellishments. Marbled edges and endpapers. All solid text blocks, light wear and rubbing to edges. Occasional foxing throughout Volumes V and VI. Near fine examples. Previous bookseller's label on upper corner of front pastedown of all volumes. Illustrated frontispiece and vignette title page in each volume.
Tramways, Autobus, Bateaux de Paris et de la Régon Parisienne

Tramways, Autobus, Bateaux de Paris et de la Régon Parisienne by (Sociéte des Transports en Commun de la Région Pariesienne)

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Seller: Thorn Books
Title
Tramways, Autobus, Bateaux de Paris et de la Régon Parisienne
Author
(Sociéte des Transports en Commun de la Région Pariesienne)
Seller
Thorn Books (United States)
Condition
Very good
Description
Paris: n.p., 1923. First edition. Wraps. Very good. Narrow 8vo. 172pp. Folding decorative wraps. With three large fold-out maps. Lower part of spine and bottom of upper wrap have been neatly repaired else this is in very good confition. In French. The publication date is taken from an ad in the text. A later edition was issued at 3 francs, replacing this first edition at 2.50 francs. p>.

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