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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A Child's Garden of Verses; With Nine Poems Not Published in Prior EditionsSignedby Stevenson, Robert Louis; Smith, Janet Adam (Introduction); Wilson, Joyce Lancaster (Artist)
San Francisco : The Press in Tuscany Alley , 1978
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The Book of Losby Blake, William; Keynes, Geoffrey (Commentary and Bibliographical Statement)
London : Printed at the Trianon Press for the Trustees of the William Blake Trust , 1976
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Gorey Stories, French's Musical LibraryFirst Editionby Currens, Stephen et al.
New York : Samuel French, Inc , 1983
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![Saint Dominic; Scenes From the Life of The Saint in the Form of a Play [by H.D.C. Pepler]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/162/224/1623224162.0.m.jpg)
Saint Dominic; Scenes From the Life of The Saint in the Form of a Play [by H.D.C. Pepler]by [H.D.C. Pepler]; David Jones and Desmond Chute (Illustrations)
Ditchling : St Dominic's Press , 1929
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Words at Playby Smart, Adam [Alfred Sutro]; Davenport, W.R. (Illustrations)
(San Francisco) : (The Grabhorn Press) , 1939
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Swish of Cow TailSignedby Roseliep, Raymond; Vlakos, Jon
Amherst : Swamp Press , 1982
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