Criterion Designs by Skillman, Eric - 2014

London: Viking & Puffin Books, 2001. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First Printings, the first three novels in the Artemis Fowl series. Each of the books are unread copies in As New condition, each copy has been signed by Eoin Colfer at the title page and each copy includes associated ephemera - the crack-the-code leaflet in vol 1, bookhanger and traditional bookmark (also signed) in vol 2, bookmark and very scarce Ottakars competition leaflet in vol 3. Text-blocks are each lightly toned or tanned as usual with these titles but each book is in collector grade condition.

Seven Pillars of Wisdom, Cape 1st trade printing 1935, by T E Lawrence.
Original trade first edition rebound in 2020 and issued to Scorpion Press subscribers in a run of 16 lettered copies.It has two tan leather covers, the spine has five raised bands, gilt titling, the date 1935 at the base and the scorpion logo. The top edge of the book block has been plated in gold. The front cover has a reproduction drawing (by Augustus John with gold painted to the head band) and underneath is gold title blocking: LT COL T E LAWRENCE, and below that, Lawrence of Arabia. An additional page of text and limitation page (16 lettered copies) considers Lawrence's legacy and the importance of the epic film. Included too are large photos of Lawrence and Peter O'Toole. The binding is new, the book block being 85 years old may have occasional fox spotting. 672 pp, all four maps present, profusely illustrated. A timeless collectible. Given the packed weight of 3 kg an additional charge for shipping may be called… Read More

New York: Rizzoli, 2016. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. As New/As New. 1st Printing. Unread New. Overweight.

Claremont, California: Scripps College Press, 2003 One of ninety copies. Signed by Kitty Maryatt and the seven students who contributed to the project.. Full aluminum with decorative cutouts and onlays. Spine sticked. Black and gold endpapers. . Small quarto. Color-illustrated on almost every page using a combination of linoleum block printing, ink, pochoir, and colored pencil, along with mounted fabric. Printed on Zerkall Book Laid paper in six different type faces. A fine copy.

Izmir: n.p., 2007. marbled paper boards, cloth japanese sewn binding. Marbling. oblong folio. marbled paper boards, cloth japanese sewn binding. not paginated (but 13 leaves). Limited edition of only 19 copies. A fine copy. This copy has been bound in Nedim Sonmez's marbled paper covered boards in a japanese sewn binding. Caravan - City in the Desert - Istanbul -Alps - North Italian Landscape - A View from Lake Constance. Marbled on "de geerts" paper. Thirteen sheets with six original samples of marbled landscapes, each 9 x 13 3/4 inches. All landscapes signed by hand. This book is the third book of the series. An amazing and beautiful work.

New York: Crown Publishers, 1945. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED on the front endpage "For Bill Hays With the hope that he writes a million of im, Lamar Trotti Sept.19, 1945" Screenwriter and producer Lamar Trotti wrote films in many different genres: westerns, such as The Ox-Bow Incident (1943); historical epics, such as Drums Along the Mohawk (1939) ; comedies, such as Cheaper by the Dozen (1950); war films, such as Guadalcanal Diary (1943) and A Bell for Adano (1945); musicals, such as Alexander's Ragtime Band (1938) and With a Song in My Heart (1952); and biographies, such as Young Mr. Lincoln and The Story of Alexander Graham Bell (both 1939). He won an Academy Award for his screenplay Wilson (1944), a biographical treatment of Woodrow Wilson's presidency, which is among the film plays in this book, along with his afore-mentioned The Ox-Bow Incident. Trotti's films were commercially and critically successful; they are seen often on television, and they are studied as classics in… Read More

New York: Delacorte Press, 1974. First Printing stated copyright page. basis for the 1986 John Frankenheimer film starring Roy Scheider and Ann-Margret. Fine in a Near Fine dust jacket, tiny rub front panel. A lovely copy of this Delacorte Suspense Novel of the Year. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New Rochelle, NY: The Elston Press, 1902. Thin 8vo, bound in original black cloth with gilt spine, one of 178 unnumbered copies printed on handmade paper, initials from designs by H. M. O'Kane, printed and sold by Clark Conwell at The Elston Press. Near Fine, slight wear to spine ends and corners, gilt lettering at spine rubbed yet legible, slight offsetting front paste down, small spot front board. Helen M. O'Kane was the wife of Clark Conwell. The poems are : The Defence of Guenevere; King Arthur's Tomb; Sir Galahad, A Christmas Mystery; The Chapel in Lyoness; A Good Knight in Prison. Johnson #14, Ransom #13 . Limited Edition. Cloth. Very Good Plus/No Jacket, As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Limited Edition.

London/Hammersmith: Kelmscott Press, 1896. Loose Page(s). . Near Fine. 16 5/8" × 11" (42.2 × 27.9 cm) . First Printing. Printed by William Morris. Folio. Loose Page(s). Printed on fine, hand-made, Batchelor (with the Perch watermark) paper. Uncut, deckled edges. 539–540 pp, from book V of Troilus and Criseyde. Printed in black and red with the Chaucer type designed by Morris for his "KELMSCOTT CHAUCER."Speaking of the work, Burne-Jones, "Indeed when the book is done, if we live to finish it, it will be like a pocket cathedral - so full of design and I think Morris the greatest master of ornament in the world." Today, it is still held by many to be the most exquisite book of printed English literature. [Edward Burne-Jones, Letter to Charles Eliot Norton, 1894] Bright and clean. Only the very slightest foxing and minimal yellowing. In excellent condition for ephemera this old. Condition overall: Near Fine.

London: Chiswick Press , 1903. SCARCE, no copies in current commerce, last copy at auction 1948. . One of 200 unnumbered copies, printed for George Dunn (without his name) at the Chiswick Press. [146] pages, printed in red and black, [2] plates with tissue guards, reproducing leaves printed in the MS. Quarter linen over pale grey paper covered boards.Most pages uncut. Very Good, paper l;abel at spine rubbed, linen soiled, light wear at corners, end papers toned. A "chanson de geste" from the first half of the twelfth-century depicting the deeds of William of Orange. . Limited Edition. Quarter Linen. Very Good/No Jacket, As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Limited Edition.