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Price: US$50.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Stiff grey folder printed in red enclosing two prospectuses: THE SILVER SWANNE, by Coleman Dowell, 4 pages, 4to., printed in brown, silver and black on Barcham Green's Chatham Vellum handmade paper; and THE BOWMEN OF SHU, by Guy Davenport, 4 pages, 4to., printed in sage, green and black on Chatham Vellum. Also included is the four-page prospectus for STATELY PROGRESS, by S. W. Brooke, printed in red and black on Japanese Etching paper, and an undated holiday greeting card from the press. Folder shows wear and browning at margins, prospectuses are near fine but for mild edgewear and spotting at upper and lower margins.
Seller: Entropy Books, Ferndale, MI, U.S.A.
Price: US$350.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Publisher's prospectus. Two broadsides folded once with portfolio. Broadsides fine in portfolio with a small tear and stapled publisher's card on the front, else fine. Prospectus announcing the release of two limited edition books, one illustrated by Henri Gaudier-Brzeska. Each broadside illustrated.
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
Guy Davenport. The Bowmen of Shu. The Grenfell Press, New York City, 1983.
Price: US$925.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Gray covers 1/4 bound in green Morocco with gilt ruling are mostly clean, with inked illustration on cover. Corners are sharp. Spine has gilt text and is bright with firm ends. Binding is strong. End papers/ pastedowns show little to no sign of age or wear. Frontispiece is present, with intact tissue guard. Illustrations are bright and clear. Interior exhibits minimal signs of age and wear. Inside pages are free of writing and intentional marks. Text block edges have deckle fore and foot edges, a small mark at head. See photos.** PS2023.1108** Unpaginated. 9.5 x 12 inches** First edition of this story by Guy Davenport (1927-2005) about the life of sculptor Henri Gaudier-Brzeska (1891-1915), with twelve drawings by Davenport and five reproductions of Gaudier pen and ink drawings. The title is adapted from Ezra Pound. In his Introduction to 50 Drawings (N.Y.: Dim Gray Bar Press, 1996), Davenport writes of The Bowmen, "There are printers and designers who see what I'm up to, and Leslie Miller's beautiful edition of The Bowmen of Shu is a perfect, and beautiful, example of realizing a text that is both writing and drawing."** One of 115 copies bound in quarter morocco with printed Fabriano paper over boards out of a total edition of 125 copies. This is Copy No. 28, dated and signed by Davenport .** "Postage for oversized and international shipping will be calculated by size and weight. AbeBooks shipping quotes are ESTIMATES only. Seller Inventory #009833"**
Seller: Panoply Books, Lambertville, NJ, U.S.A.
Davenport, Guy. THE BOWMEN OF SHU. The Grenfell Press, NY, 1983.
Price: US$1000.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: 4to, 34pp, quarter green morocco spine gilt, with pictorial paper-covered boards. Illustrated by Guy Davenport and Henri Gaudier-Brzeska. The slightest abrasion to the leather spine with the slightest wear on one corner and top of spine. Internals as new. #104 of 115 numbered copies (125 copies total), signed by Guy Davenport and dated 22 October 1983 on the colophon.
Seller: Johnnycake Books ABAA, ILAB, Salisbury, CT, U.S.A.
Davenport, Guy. The Bowmen of Shu. The Grenfell Press, New York, 1983.
Price: US$1121.85 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Royal quarto. [40pp]. Quarter-bound in green morocco with printed paper-covered boards. Printed in 14-pt Dante monotype with Gill Bold on handmade linen sheets; hand-bound by Claudia Cohen. Contains twelve illustrations by Davenport and five reproductions of pen-and-inks by Gaudier-Brzeska. Of 125 signed, numbered copies, this is no.17. Prospectus laid in.
Seller: The Paper Hound Bookshop, Vancouver, BC, Canada
DAVENPORT, Guy. The Bowmen of Shu. (The Grenfell Press, [New York], 1983.
Price: US$1250.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First edition. Illustrated by Guy Davenport and Henri Gaudier-Brzeska. Quarto. [34]pp. Quarter green morocco spine gilt, with pictorial paper-covered boards. Prospectus for the book laid in. Binding is lightly faded and rubbed, endpapers moderately foxed with faint foxing on a few pages of text, a very good or better copy. Copy number 70 of 115 numbered copies Signed by Guy Davenport and dated "22 October 1983" (of 125 total copies).
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
DAVENPORT, Guy.. The Bowmen of Shu. New York: The Grenfell Press, 1983.
Price: US$1425.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: 9 ¾ in. x 12 in. With12 illustrations by the author and by Gaudier-Brzeska. Green Moroccan leather hinges and spine, grey boards with an illustration, and gilt titling on the spine. The spine shows a little fading. Numbered as copy 23 of 115 copies dated (October 22, 1983) and signed by Davenport from a total printing of 125 copies. Inscribed on the colophon: "To William Targ. 3/23/84. Leslie Miller" Targ (1907-1999) was an editor and publisher, most well-known as the discoverer of Mario Puzo ("The Godfather" et al.) Miller was associated with the Grenfell Press.
Seller: Peter Keisogloff Rare Books, Inc., Brecksville, OH, U.S.A.
DAVENPORT, Guy. The Bowmen of Shu. Grenfell Press, (NY), 1983.
Price: US$1500.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Copy No. 78 of 125 copies. Signed by Guy Davenport. An assemblage about the life of sculptor Henri Gaudier-Brzeska, with twelve drawings by Davenport and five reproductions of Gaudier pen and ink drawings. One of 115 copies bound in quarter morocco with printed Fabriano paper over boards. Mild sunning to the spine and rear board; near fine. With publisher's prospectus for a forthcoming book laid in. Unless otherwise noted, our first editions are first printings.
Seller: Ken Lopez Bookseller, ABAA (Lopezbooks), Hadley, MA, U.S.A.
DAVENPORT, Guy. The Bowmen of Shu. The Grenfell Press (1983), (N. Y.), 1983.
Price: US$1750.00 + shipping
Description: 4to, with 12 illustrations by the author and five reproductions of drawings by Gaudier-Brzeska, original quarter green morocco and illustrated paper over boards. As new. Accompanied by the publisher's prospectus. As new. Accompanied by the publisher's prospectus First edition of this story about Henri Gaudier-Brzeska, with title adapted from Ezra Pound. One of 115 numbered copies dated and signed by Davenport out of a total edition of 125 copies. Crane A22. In his Introduction to 50 Drawings (N.Y.: Dim Gray Bar Press, 1996), Davenport writes of The Bowmen, "There are printers and designers who see what I'm up to, and Leslie Miller's beautiful edition of The Bowmen of Shu is a perfect, and beautiful, example of realizing a text that is both writing and drawing.".
Seller: James S. Jaffe Rare Books, LLC, ABAA, Deep River, CT, U.S.A.