It was February of 2013. I walked into the Craneway Pavilion in Richmond, California, following the signs to the “Codex Book Fair and Symposium”… I had just handed in my resignation notice to my then-current employer, where I was selling software – and hating every moment of it. I had made the decision to make a career leap. A rather HUGE career leap – from selling software to being a bookseller. So I wanted to check out what this “Codex” thing was all about. The hall was a cacophony of sights and sounds: the glass wall with a view of the Harbour, soaring skyward, let in so much natural light it was like being outdoors on a warm spring day. Thousands of voices were talking, exclaiming, sharing, filled with delight and the joy of the discovery of the unexpected. As I walked down aisle after aisle of “artist books” I was o... [more Discovering Artists’ Books]
Blog posts by Laurelle Swan
Laurelle Swan was drawn to old books as a child. Having completed a successful career in business and corporate sales, Laurelle decided to share her love of fine books with others and thus Swan’s Fine Books was born.
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First Edition
by Collins, Suzanne
New York : Scholastic Press , 2008
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by Blake, William; Keynes, Geoffrey (Description and Bibliographical History)
London : Printed at the Trianon Press for the Trustees of the William Blake Trust , 1973
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by Blake, William; Keynes, Geoffrey (Description and Bibliographical Statement)
London : Printed at the Trianon Press for the Trustees of the William Blake Trust , 1970
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First Edition
by [Medieval Legend]; Browning, Robert (Poem form); Rackham, Arthur (Illustrations)
London : George C. Harrap , 1934
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by Gray, Thomas; Blake, William (Artist); Keynes, Geoffrey (Introduction and Commentary); Fawcus, Arnold (Note)
London : The Trianon Press for the William Blake Trust , 1972
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by Blake, William; Keynes, Geoffrey (Descriptive and Bibliographical Statement)
London : Printed at the Trianon Press for the Trustees of the William Blake Trust , 1960
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