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The Grenfell Press

New listing

Burroughs, William; Condo, George (Artist)

Ghost of Chance

$1,500

Vale Press Cupid and Psyche

New listing

Lucius Apuleius; Ricketts, Charles (Illustrations)

De Cupidinis et Psyches [Cupid and Psyche]; Amoribus Fabula Anilis

$1,200

Extra-Illustrated Charles Lamb

New listing

Lamb, Charles; MacDonald, William (Ed.); Brock, C.E. and Railton, Herbert (Published Illustrations)

The Works of Charles Lamb

$2,500

Barry Moser's First Published Book

Whistler, James McNeill; Moser, Barry (Artist)

The Red Rag

$3,000

Richard Wagener's First Published Book

Wagener, Richard (Text and Artwork)

Zebra Noise; with a flatted 7th

$5,000

Nawakum Press, One of Twenty Deluxe Copies

Bly, Robert; Smith, Thomas R. (Foreword); Cranmer, Keith (Wood Engravings)

The Indigo Bunting, 15 love poems

$2,500

Fine Press Version of a Book Made Into a Film

Dinesen, Isak; Olney, Richard (Afterword); Wikstrom, Karin (Illustrations)

Babette's Feast

$1,000

A Fine Press Steinbeck

Steinbeck, John; Stegner, Wallace (Afterword); Wikstrom, Karin (Illustrations)

Flight, A Story by John Steinbeck

$350

Michelangelo, Bringhurst, Goldyne and Koch

Michelangelo; Bringhurst, Robert (Trans.); Goldyne, Joseph (Art); Hugill-Fontanel, Amelia (Photos)

Hard High-Country Poems & The Typographic Legacy of Ludovico Degli Arrighi

$1,000

Kelmscott and Doves by Heavenly Monkey

Pollard, Alfred W.; Jackson, Martin (Calligraphy)

The Kelmscott & Doves Presses; An Essay by Alfred W. Pollard, Presented with Leaves from the Kelmscott Golden Legend and the Doves English Bible

$1,200

Dard Hunter - Creative Genius

[Hunter, Dard]; Hunter, Dard, Jr.

Life Work of Dard Hunter, A Progressive Illustrated Assemblage of His Works as Artist, Craftsman, Author, Papermaker, and Printer

$6,000

The Whittington Press Vance Gerry, the "A" Edition

Randle, John et al

Vance Gerry and the Weather Bird Press, With contributions by Vance Gerry, Simon Lawrence, David Butcher, Patrick Reagh, James Lorson, and John Randle. With a checklist of publications compiled by David Butcher.

$4,500

Inscribed by DePol to the Pentagram Press

Middleton, Bernard et al

You Can Judge a Book by Its Cover, A Brief Survey of Materials

$600

Sole online copy - Peter and Donna Thomas book

Captain James Cook, Mark Twain, Johnny Noble (Quotes); Peter and Donna Thomas (Book Artists)

Four Views of Kealakekua Bay

$600

Sunflower Press Miniature - sole copy online

Cunningham, Carol; Collin, Marcie (Illustrations)

A Desert Tale

$250

Scripps College Press - sole copy online

Rumi, Jalaud'din (Original Poetry); Barks, Coleman (Poetical Interpretation)

Ruminations

$500

Another sole copy from the Scripps College Press

Professor Kitty Maryatt and students, see below.

Unbuttoned

$450

A Fine Press Work by Two New Mexican Poets

Brandi, John; Gregorio, Renee; Past, Ámber (Forward); Van Stone, Mark (Artist)

Road to the Cloud's House, A Chiapas Journal

$500

Scarce: Butterfly Broadsides Nos. 1, 2, and 3

John Wieners, Jack Hirschman, David Meltzer

First Poem After Silence Since Thanksgiving [with] Two Triangles Foursquared, or, Dark Tong [and with] Yod Beth Letter, Butterfly Broadsides Nos. 1, 2, and 3

$350

John Updike and Valenti Angelo, by Andrew Hoyem

[Roxburghe Club - Keepsake] Updike, John; Angelo, Valenti (Illustrations)

Scenic

$400

Albert Einstein Quote in Calligraphy

Shepherd, Margaret (Calligraphic Artist); Einstein, Albert (Quotation)

"Imagination"; is more important than knowledge

$250

Club du Livre publication of MacBeth

Shakespeare, [William]; Bing, Suzanne & Copeau, Jacques (Tran.); Matton-Pascalini, Charles (Artist)

MacBeth, Lithographies originales de Charles Matton-Pascalini

$450

Roditi and Hernández, printed by Patrick Reagh

Roditi, Édouard; Hernández, José (Artist)

The Temptations of a Saint

$300

Edward Lear in a Deluxe Fine Press Edition

Lear, Edward; Martin, Gillian (Illustrations)

Two Nonsense Stories: The Story of the Four Little Children Who Went Round the World [and] The History of the Seven Families of the Lake Pipple-Popple

$275

Sunflower Press Bibliography

Cunningham, Carol; D'Ambrosio, Joseph

L'Histoire d'un Tournesol, The Story of a Sunflower

$500

Bird & Bull Press

Middleton, Bernard C.; Tidcombe, Marianne, Dr. (Foreword)

Recollections, My Life in Bookbinding

$400

The Whittington Press Deluxe Copy

Richard Russsell (Editor, Author)

A History of The Marlborough College Press, 1934-1984

$350

SF Bay Area Poets, Printed by Mallette Dean

Buck, Bill; Look, Wallace; Hamner, Jane

Later Eyes

$75 $100 or less

Symposium Press and Stinehour Press

Cassity, Turner

The Defense of the Sugar Islands, A Recruiting Poster

$50 $100 or less

Mallette Dean Tribute

Dean, Mallette (Book Designer and Decorator)

A Tribute to Else Staudinger

$75 $100 or less

Tomoye Press

Foster, Agness Greene; Jenkins, Will (Decorations); Nash, J[ohn] H[enry] (Typography Design)

You & Some Others, Being Poems for Occasions

$50 $100 or less

Tragara Press

Gascoyne, David; Scott, Roger (Editor, Introduction)

The Fire of Vision, David Gascoyne's 'Farewell Chorus' to George Barker

$75 $100 or less

Saint Dominic's Press

H.D.C.P. (Pepler, Hilary Douglas Clarke); Short, Mary Dudley (Illustrations)

Plays for Puppets

$100 $100 or less

Saint Dominic's Press

H[ilary] D[ouglas] C[larke] Pepler; Dunstan Pruden (Illustrations)

Mimes, Sacred & Profane

$100 $100 or less

Printed by Patrick Reagh

Johnson, Bruce L.

James Weld Towne, Pioneer San Francisco Printer, Publisher, & Paper Purveyor

$75 $100 or less

Sea Cliff Press

Merrill, James

The Image Maker, A Play in One Act

$100 $100 or less

The Best Books of the 20th Century according to...

Kelly, Jerry and Hutner, Martin

A Century for the Century, Fine Printed Books from 1900 to 1999

$100 $100 or less

Valenti Angelo, by those who knew him.

Emelson, Earl and Gloria (Editors)

Valenti Angelo, The Man and the Artist

$75 $100 or less

Signed by Hermann Zapf

Zapf, Hermann; Standard, Paul (Translator, Preface)

About Alphabets, Some Marginal Notes on Type Design, (Typophiles Chap Books XXXVII)

$100 $100 or less

Swan's Fine Books

Laurelle Swan

2161 Ygnacio Valley Road Suite 107
Walnut Creek, California, 94598
United States

Email: [email protected]
Phone: 9259351190
Cell: 9259985665
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Illustrated Books, Fine Press, Private Presses

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Shipping: Our standard method for shipping to domestic customers is USPS media mail service; the charge for a single book is $3.00 (for large or heavy books or sets additional may be required). For orders above $1,000 our standard is Priority Mail via the USPS and shipping is at cost. For international orders, we use the USPS International First Class when possible, or Priority International when necessary. International shipping is billed at cost, we do not upcharge for our packaging; we will notify you separately of the cost via email. Returns: We request the courtesy of advance notice of returns so that the item may be made available to others. Returns are accepted for any reason within 30 days of purchase, so long as the item is returned to us in the same condition as when sold.

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Swan’s Fine Books opened its doors in May of 2013, and remains an open shop to this day (open Thursday through Saturday, or by appointment). We are members of the Antiquarian Booksellers Association of America (ABAA), its international affiliate, the International League of Antiquarian Booksellers (ILAB), and the Independent Online Booksellers Association (IOBA). As such, we adhere to a strict code of ethics and strive for customer satisfaction with every transaction.