Conrad Barnaby Foreword (6 results)

Paperback. Condition: Good.

Hard Cover with Dust Jacket. Condition: Very Good ++. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st UK Edition. VG++/VG. 1st UK Edition. Novel revealing the truth behind the dazzle of bullfighting, written by a former aspirant matador. Jacket art is not accredited, but is very attractive. Book has slight crush and fade to the spine head and heel ridges. Jacket is intact, with price on the front flap, but has chips and tears. A scan of the jacket is available on request.

Condition: Very Good. First edition hard back binding in publisher's original pink cloth covers, gilt title and author lettering to the spine. 8vo. 8'' x 5½''. Contains 287 printed pages of text with monochrome photographs throughout. Foxing to the page edges, spine very slightly sun faded and in Very Good condition, no dust wrapper. Member of the P.B.F.A. SPAIN & SPANISH HISTORY.

Dust Jacket Condition: dj. First American Edition. First Printing. Octavo (21cm); black cloth spine over decorated red paper-covered boards, with titling and decoration stamped in copper on spine and front cover; fore-edge untrimmed; dustjacket; [xii],[1],2-233,[3]pp; illus. Spine ends lightly nudges, else Near Fine. Dustwrapper, designed by Walter Lorraine, unclipped (priced $3.50) with light shelfwear and faint sticker residue to lower spine panel; Very Good+. First published in Mexico as Más Cornadas da el Hambre (1951), Spota's bullfighting novel won the Citudad de Mexico Prize. Born in California, bullfighter Barnaby Conrad translates the novel, which later received a film adaptation (1963) directed by George Sherman, which starred Tony Anthony, Luciana Paluzzi, and Mark Damon. [83592].

Hardcover. Condition: Near fine. Elkus, Richard J. (illustrator). Limited Edition. No. 83 of 487 copies, elephant folio size, approximately [100] pp., signed by Richard Elkus, Robert and Edwin Grabhorn, with prospectus. The last major book of the Grabhorn Press, "Alamos" is a collection of photographs by Richard Elkus, capturing the poetry of the town of Alamos in Mexico; the photographs, a mix of landscapes and portraits, have a gritty serenity and a real sense of the character of the town. The titles of each photograph, printed on the preceding pages, resonate with a poetry rich with description. ___DESCRIPTION: Quarter brown suede with orange, beige, and tan linen boards, title blind-embossed on the front board, fore-edge rough cut, title page in red and black, twenty-four black-and-white photographs tipped in throughout, all versos blank; Goudy Modern type, machine-made paper, elephant folio size (17" by 13"), approximately 100 unnumbered pages, one of 487 copies, this number 83, signed by Richard Elkus, Robert and Edwin Grabhorn on the colophon. Loosely laid in is the prospectus, one sheet folded once, with a horizontal crease. ___CONDITION: Volume is just about fine; the covers clean, the corners straight and unrubbed, the binding tight with solid hinges, the interior clean and bright, and free of prior owner markings; a hint of sunning to the front board and a bit of fraying to the cloth where it meets the leather shelfback, else fine. The prospectus also near fine, clean, without wear except for a couple very small, shallow creases at the horizontal mailing fold. ___CITATION: Grabhorn Press Bibliography no. 653. ___POSTAGE: Please note that this is an unusually large and heavy book, and therefore 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.

Hard Cover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Edition. HBDJ, in Slipcase, 1999, 1st Signed Limited edition of 500 copies, # 139/500, F/F, SIGNED By Barnaby Conrad. Signed by Illustrator.