François Villon Algernon Charles Swinburne (7 results)

hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Limited Edition. #642/1500, signed by the artist, Howard Simon, who drew and cut the duotone woodblock illustrations. The slipcase has old tape remnants around the chipped spine label, edge chipping and darkening. The burnt orange buckram cloth boards are near fine with the slightest rubbing, interior fine condition. Francois Villon (1431-1463) is the best known French poet of the Late Middle Ages. He was involved in criminal behavior and had multiple encounters with law enforcement authorities. All orders packed with care, dust jackets protected by Brodart sleeve, independent bookseller since 2011. Signed by Illustrator.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Portland, Maine: Thomas B. Mosher, 1907. One of Nine Hundred and Fifty Copies on Van Gelder Hand-made Paper. Scarce printed slipcase is present, albeit worn, with most of top strip lacking, but did do its job protecting the book itself that shows some age, otherwise Fine (see scans). Paper title labels to front upper board, and spine title complete. All corners sharp, Sewn Binding Tight. As above, Van Gelder Hand-made paper, with deckled edges. P/O to ffep., with some lightly pencilled (and easily erasable) notes in French. Rear flys have a long passage from Robert Louis Stevenson's 1882 critique of Villon, from "Familiar Studies of Men and Books". Once again, easily erasable if so desired. Limited, Second Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/In Slipcase. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Slim paperback. Plain wrappers with printed purple dust jacket. Very good. Limited to 226 copies.

Hardcover. Large Octavo; VG-; light brown spine with gilt text to paper label; brown slipcase with slight sun faded exterior; paper label to slipcase rear edge; intact slipcase; cloth exterior clean; tight binding; no jacket; textblock exterior head edge gilt; lightly toned deckled fore and tail edges; faint offsetting from illustrations, otherwise interior clean; illustrated with wood block cuts by Howard Simon; pp 103. 1365506. FP New Rockville Stock.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. No Jacket. Howard Simon (illustrator). 1st Edition. Limited edition of 1500; this is copy 1499. Beautiful woodcuts by Simon accompany almost each piece; Simon's signature. Text block edges rough-cut side and bottom, gold top. Light wear on boards' edges and corners, top and bottom of spine; faint mark on front board (see image). Very faint sticker shadow on back paste-down. Interior pages tight and clean. No jacket or slipcase. 103 pages, 7 3/4" x 11 1/2". Signed by Illustrator(s).

Condition: Very Good. First edition. Paperback. Slim octavo. 18pp. Original printed paperback. Plain wrappers with printed pink dust jacket. Very good. Limited to 226 copies.

Hardcover. Condition: Very good. Simon, Howard (illustrator). First edition thus. Quarto (11-3/4" x 8"). (8), 103, (1)pp. Brown linen with leather spine label. T.e.g. Housed in a brown cardboard slipcase with cloth top & bottom edges and a paper spine label. Illustrated with 26 monochrome woodcuts by Howard Simon, plus 2 additional woodcuts not called for. One is a laid-in gray toned woodcut (5" x 3-1/2") on tissue paper, limited to 1/30 and signed in pencil by Howard Simon. The second woodcut, also laid-in, is on a folded sheet of special paper. that accompanies "Ballad to His Mistress" and differs from the image that is bound into the book. This edition of "The Lyrics of Francois Villon" is limited to 1500 numbered copies (this is #380), signed on the limitation leaf by Howard Simon. Spine of book is somewhat darkened and the bottom surface of the slipcase has a 1-1/2" tear to the cloth and is missing a small chip. #43 of The Limited Editions Club Bibliography.