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WILL H. BRADLEY: HIS WORK, A BIBLIOGRAPHICAL GUIDE.
Bambace, Tony
Accompanied by an original copy of BRADLEY HIS BOOK.

- New Castle, Delaware and Boston, Massachusetts : Oak Knoll Press and Thomas G. Boss Fine Books 1995 - 8vo. - quarter leather with paste paper over boards, leather spine label. Booklet is stiff paper wrappers held in porfolio. Both inserted in a cloth-covered clamshell box. - xxiii, 216 pages. - ISBN 9781884718090 ; 1884718094 / Order Nr. 41679 - Price: $ 450.00 View Table of Contents

First edition. One of 44 special signed and numbered copies. Will H. Bradley (1868-1962) is widely regarded as one of the masters of design during the Art Nouveau and Arts & Crafts periods. His typographic and illustrative work pushed the boundaries of these fields into new directions. In addition, his re-introduction and use of Caslon type brought it back into popularity. The guide includes 261 illustrations, including his designer's marks to help identify his pieces. The guide includes a Book Work section containing three parts: one of 81 definite books of Bradley's own execution, one listing those exhibiting the Bradley stamp but with no confirming documentation, and one listing those using his designs but were probably not produced by him. The remaining sections document magazine covers, advertisements, illustrations, posters, and other works.

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AT LA PUERTA ESCONDIDA by Ferlinghetti, Lawrence Limited to an edition of 35 copies bound thus, signed by both Ferlinghetti and Bracaval. The poem appears in English and in French (translated by Ève Lerner) on separate pages. Each of the five full-page etchings are numbered and signed by Bertrand Bracaval. All are contained in a heavy paper wrapper inside a hand-made box by Jeanne Frère. Prospectus laid-in. Bracaval has been awarded many prizes through nearly four decades beginning with the Prix Lafont in 1967 and most recently the Prix Robert Beltz in 2002. His works are continually exhibited and are held in such public collections as the Centre George Pompidou, British Library, and the Boston Athenaeum.