Bringhurst Robert Translator (10 results)

Paperback. Condition: Brand New. 2nd edition. 222 pages. 8.00x5.00x0.50 inches. In Stock.

Paperback. Condition: Brand New. 400 pages. 8.50x5.50x1.00 inches. In Stock.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. 2000. First Edition/printing stated. 222pp. This book is in Near Fine condition in a Like DJ. Pages are bright, clean, and free of marks; the DJ is clean, free of scuffs, tears, & bends. The publisher's 2-toned boards are like new with only minimal signs of shelf wear to edges & corners. There is the remainder of a red ink mark to bottom edges, what seems a remainder mark. This is an overall excellent copy of the 2nd Volume of Bringhurst's "magisterial" translation of the founding stories of the Haida culture.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Very good condition in dust wrapper, minor marks.

hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Douglas & McIntyre, 2000; first edition, with full number line; 222pp. Binding is tight, sturdy, and square; corners of boards bumped, else wear is very minor; titling remains bright and bold. Light shelfwear to jacket, overall very good with no chips or tears. Interior is free of markings. Ships same or next day from Dinkytown, Minneapolis, Minnesota.

Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Light shelf wear and handling soil to dust jacket; head and foot of spine lightly bumped. Light rubbing to extremities of boards. Pages crisp and clean.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good Minus. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good Minus. 8vo; xviii, 180 pages; black cloth, gilt spine titles; black & white illustrations; black dust jacket; light discoloration to extremities of boards; light penciling to margins scattered through text; mild wear to extremities of jacket; a very good minus copy in like jacket.

Hardcover. Condition: New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Goldyne, Joseph; Hugill-Fontanel, Amelia (illustrator). Limited Edition. One of 126 copies, two volumes (complete) quarto size, 60 pp., signed (or initialled) by Robert Bringhurst, Joseph Goldyne, and Peter Koch. Michelangelo (1475-1564), one of the major figures in the Italian Renaissance who created monumental works of painting and sculpture such as the paintings on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel and the marble sculpture of David, was also a poet, composing works in the sonnet form as well as the madrigal. According to Peter Koch, Michelangelo was ". . .the greatest lyric poet of his time in the Italian language. . . .He treated his poems casually -- very much like sketches rather than finished works of art -- and they remained uncollected and unpublished for seventy years after his death." In the volume "Hard High-Country Poems", ten of Michelangelo's poems, addressed to or about Vittoria Colonna, a woman he formed a relationship with later in his life, are collected. "The Typographic Legacy of Ludovico Degli Arrighi" is an essay by Canadian poet and typographer Robert Bringhurst (b. 1946) about the work of Ludovico Degli Arrighi (1475-1527), a prominent type designer in Renaissance Italy. Bringhurst also provides the translations of Michelangelo's poems for this publication. This set is comprised of two volumes; one of poetry and the second about the type. Included in the volume of poems is a drypoint portrait of Michelangelo by Joseph Goldyne (b. 1942), a printmaker whose soft line work and subtle shadows are reminiscent of Italian Renaissance engravings and drypoints. In "Typographic Legacy" there are two photographs of punches used for cutting type by Amelia Hugill-Fontanel, an art historian and editor who is associate curator at the Cary Graphic Arts Collection at Rochester Institute of Technology. This lovely publication by the inimitable Peter Koch has a stunning attention to detail, as the typefaces used are based on italics designed in the 1520s by Arrighi, and the slipcase is covered in a reproduction of an Arrighi type specimen sheet; a fascinating combination of poetry and typography from the Italian Renaissance. ___DESCRIPTION: Both volumes are bound in quarter blue leather with decorative paper boards with images of standing type, "Poems" with grey printed on beige paper, "Typographic Legacy" with red printed on beige paper, both with gilt lettering on the spines, red-brown endpapers, "Poems" with a frontispiece being a tipped-in drypoint portrait of Michelangelo by Joseph Goldyne, initialled in pencil by the artist below the plate, title page in red and black; Vicenza and Arrighi types, Amalfi Amatruda handmade paper, quarto size (9 1/2" by 5 3/4"), pagination: 27 unnumbered pages, one of 126 copies, this number 67, signed by Robert Bringhurst and Peter Koch at the colophon. "Typographic Legacy" with the frontispiece being a tipped-in photograph of type punches by Amelia, Hugill-Fontanel, title page with printer's device in red, a second tipped-in photograph of type punches by Hugill-Fontanel following the title page; Monotype Arrighi and Centaur types, Hahnemuhle Biblio paper, quarto size (9 1/2" by 5 3/4"), pagination: [1-2] 3-31 [32] [1 colophon], one of 126 copies (unnumbered). Both volumes are encased in a chemise covered with beige paper, which is inside a slipcase covered in matching beige paper, wrapped in a reproduction of an Arrighi type specimen sheet with title and ruled borders in black and red printer's device on the spine. ___CONDITION: Both volumes are fine; the covers clean, the corners straight and unrubbed, the bindings tight with solid hinges, the interiors clean and bright, and free of prior owner markings; clean, crisp, as new. The chemise is fine also, sturdy, clean, and without wear. The slipcase is fine, strong and sturdy, clean and without wear. A stunning example. ___CITATION: Peter Koch Catalogue. ___POSTAGE: International customers, please note that additional postage may apply as the standard does not always cover costs; 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.

First Edition. First edition, and only edition. Bringhurst's translations from the Ancient Greek of surviving fragments of the circa 475 BC poem generally titled "On Nature" written by the pre-Socratic Greek philosopher, Parmenides of Elea. ONE OF 26 COPIES in the "Deluxe" issue SIGNED BY BRINGHURST, WAGENER & KOCH, bound in full leather, and with a separate suite of 10 signed engravings. From an edition of ONLY 146 COPIES TOTAL. This copy ADDITIONALLY INSCRIBED BY BRINGHURST on the colophon,"for Allen Mears, the kind of reader / Parmenides has waited for / 17.1.2004." Folio, blind-stamped full black leather; approximately 50 unnumbered pages with original Greek and English translations on opposing pages; illustrated with black-and-white frontis engraving and 4 full-page color engravings. With separate SUITE OF TEN WOOD ENGRAVINGS, EACH SIGNED BY WAGENER, laid in an orange silk-covered chemise; and 2 broadside type specimens for the typefaces specially made for this edition by Dan Carr and Christopher Stinehour. The book, suite of engravings, and broadsides are housed together in publisher's orange silk-covered "drop-back" box. Also includes the prospectus in original envelope, 4-page "Key to the Specimen of the Parmenides Type," and a copy of the companion volume, CARVING THE ELEMENTS (Berkeley: 2004), featuring essays from each of the book's contributors that document the 10-year history behind the making of the book. NO TRADE EDITION ISSUED - only these 26 deluxe copies in full leather with the extra suite of engravings and type specimens housed in a special box and 120 numbered copies in quarter leather with clamshell case, 20 of which were reserved for the contributors. ALSO INCLUDES collector Allen Mears' extensive file of ephemera and correspondence related to the project, including LETTERS SIGNED BY BRINGHURST (3), KOCH (2), and WAGENER (1) and printouts of email correspondence with each as well as various others. (See pictures for an overview of the contents of the file). With nearly 1/3 of the copies in libraries per OCLC and given the small number printed, not to mention the 20 copies to the contributors, it is understandable that this remarkable production is scarce to rare on the market. Altogether fine condition. Signed.