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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Seven Views of Chichen-Itzaby Barton, Rick (Artist)
San Francisco : Porpoise Bookshop, printed by Henry Evens at the Peregrine Press , 1962
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The Woman Movement in America; A Short Account of the Struggle for Equal RightsFirst Editionby Squire, Belle
Chicago : A.C. McClurg & Co , 1911
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The Book of Thelby Blake, William; Keynes, Geoffrey (Descriptive and Bibliographical Statement)
London : Printed at the Trianon Press for the Trustees of the William Blake Trust , 1965
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The Book of Thelby Blake, William; Keynes, Geoffrey (Descriptive and Bibliographical Statement)
London : Printed at the Trianon Press for the Trustees of the William Blake Trust , 1965
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Abd-er-Rhaman In Paradiseby Tellier, Jules; Rhys, Brian (Translator); Nash, Paul (Illustrations)
[Waltham St. Lawrence] : The Golden Cockerel Press , 1928
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Glue and Lacquer. Four Cautionary Tales Translated from the Chineseby [Chinese Folk Tales]; Acton, Harold and Yi-Hsieh, Lee (Translators): Waley, Arthur (Preface); Gill, Eric and Tegetmeier, Denis (Artists)
[London] : The Golden Cockerel Press , 1941
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