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(Abbey, J.R.) CATALOGUE OF THE CELEBRATED LIBRARY, THE SEVENTH PORTION: FORTY-THREE MANUSCRIPTS OF THE 9TH TO THE 20TH CENTURY.
London Sotheby & Co. 1970 4to. boards. 97 pages with 55 plates and a colored frontispiece.
S-K 1184. Almost a half million dollars of sales.
Price: $ 12.00 other currencies Order nr. 6258

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Abney, W. de Wiveleslie A TREATISE ON PHOTOGRAPHY.
London Longmans, Green, and Co. 1883 8vo. modern cloth spine with modern paper spine labels, original cloth sides. xvi, 326 pages.
Second edition, an unaltered reprint of the first edition (Bridson & Wakeman E37 for this edition - "Includes a historical sketch and chapters on photo-lithographic transfers, photo-engraving and relief processes, and photo-collotype processes"). 105 text illustrations. Part of a series entitled Text-books of science [etc.]. With the bookplate and pencil signature of Gavin Bridson. Ex Vassar College Library with their ex-libris.
Price: $ 75.00 other currencies Order nr. 98489

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Abney, W. de Wiveleslie A TREATISE ON PHOTOGRAPHY.
London Longmans, Green, and Co. 1901 8vo. original cloth. xvii, 425 pages.
Tenth edition, thoroughly revised (Bridson & Wakeman E37 for the 2nd edition and E51 for the 5th edition - "Includes a historical sketch and chapters on photo-lithographic transfers, photo-engraving and relief processes, and photo-collotype processes"). 134 text illustrations. Part of a series entitled Text-books of science [etc.]. With the bookplate and pencil signature of Gavin Bridson. Ink ownership inscription on free pastedown. Minor cover rubbing.
Price: $ 55.00 other currencies Order nr. 98492

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Abraham, Mildred K. and Sue Rainey EMBELLISHED WITH NUMEROUS ENGRAVINGS: THE WORKS OF AMERICAN ILLUSTRATORS AND WOOD ENGRAVERS, 1670-1880.
Charlottesville Alderman Library 1986 12mo. stiff paper wrappers. 48, (2) pages.
Keepsake of an exhibition. Illustrated.
Price: $ 17.00 other currencies Order nr. 105730

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Abrams, George VENETIAN XYLOGRAPHIC AT THE JOHN RYLANDS UNIVERSITY LIBRARY, MANCHESTER, ENGLAND
N.P. Gutenberg-Jahrbuch 1995 4to. stiff paper wrappers pp. 66-82.
Offprint from the Yearbook. Nineteen illustrations in the text.
Price: $ 20.00 other currencies Order nr. 75434

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Abrams, George. VENETIAN XYLOGRAPHIC UPDATE.
Offprint from Gutenberg-Jahrbuch 1988, 8vo., paper wrappers. pp.43-53. N.P. Gutenberg-Jahrbuch 1988 small 4to. stiff paper wrappers pp. 43-53
Offprint from the Yearbook. Article on three books previously unlisted as having hand-stamped woodcuts. Well-illustrated.
Price: $ 20.00 other currencies Order nr. 49424

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Ackerman, Phyllis WALLPAPER, ITS HISTORY, DESIGN AND USE.
New York Tudor Publishing Company (1938) large 12mo. cloth, dust jacket xix+ (i), 268 pages
Reprinted from the orginal edition published by Stokes, 1923. A concise history of the rise of an art and an industry, as well as a story of the progressive unfolding of the decorative possibilities of paper as a wall covering. Chapters on wallpaper in early American homes, design problems, manufacture, color, texture, line and scale, period and other rooms, and modernist wallpaper. List of historical designers, printers, and dealers, as appendix. Thirty illustrations, including frontispiece in color. Dust jacket worn at extremities, with a few tears and small pieces missing.
Price: $ 30.00 other currencies Order nr. 71916

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Adams, Bernard LONDON ILLUSTRATED, 1604-1851
A Survey and Index of Topographical Books and their Plates. (Phoenix) Oryx Press 1983 4to. cloth, dust jacket xxxiv, 586 pages
Limited to 500 numbered copies; this copy is out of series. This detailed catalogue enables the user to identify the original book source of an undated and/or untitled plate, to date accurately a detached plate by referral to the publication in which it was originally bound and to trace illustrations of particular sites or buildings and to date them precisely. Two separate prospectuses laid-in. Light bump on bottom edge of rear board. Light scuff on front board. Very light shelf wear on jacket. With the pencil signature of Gavin Bridson.
Price: $ 100.00 other currencies Order nr. 99343

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Adhemar, Jean GRAPHIC ART OF THE 18TH CENTURY.
New York McGraw Hill Book Co. (1964) 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. 254 pages.
First U.S. edition. With 168 plates including 9 in color. Translated from the French by M.I. Martin. With the pencil signature of Gavin Bridson. Minor jacket wear.
Price: $ 10.00 other currencies Order nr. 42426

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Adhemar, Jean GRAPHIC ART OF THE 18TH CENTURY.
London Thames and Hudson (1964) 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 254, (2) pages.
First English edition. With 168 plates including 9 in color. Translated from the French by M.I. Martin. Covers rubbed.
Price: $ 6.00 other currencies Order nr. 105023

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Adhemar, Jean. INFLUENCES ANTIQUES DANS L'ART DU MOYEN AGE FRANCAIS.
Nendeln, Liechtenstein Kraus Reprint 1968 8vo. cloth, leather spine label xx, 344 pages followed by 40 plates
Reprinted from Studies of the Warburg Institute, No. 7, 1939. A study of how examples and influences of Ancient art shaped the development of Medieval art. The first part examines how the classical era and humanism were studied through the fifteenth-century. Part two focus on knowledge of classical art in the Middle Ages and the final section debates themes and proves influences between the two periods. Illustrated with black-and-white images of architecture, sculpture, printed and manuscript illustrations and painting. Images on the same plates allow for comparison of similar motifs. Heavy emphasis on carved column capitals. Index of proper names and works of art cited in the text. From the reference library of H.P. Kraus.
Price: $ 30.00 other currencies Order nr. 77471

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Aichelburg, Wladimir THE WIENER KUNSTLER HAUS, 1861-1986.
(Wien Kunstlerhaus 1986) small 4to. cloth, dust jacket 191+(1) pages
The 125 year history of the Künstlerhaus in Vienna is provided here through photographs and short essays. Many of the museum's exhibitions, artists, publicity material and internal documents are pictured. Fully illustrated in color and black-and-white. In German.
Price: $ 40.00 other currencies Order nr. 62205

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(Akademische Druck- Und Verlagsanstalt) GENERAL CATALOGUE.
Graz Akademische Druck- und Verlagsanstalt 1986 8vo. paper wrappers. xiv, 138 pages.
General catalogue, including bibliographies, works on the art of the book, prints, and facsimile editions of important manuscripts. Illustrated.
Price: $ 5.00 other currencies Order nr. 49183

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(Albright, Ivan) Croydon, Michael IVAN ALBRIGHT.
New York Abbeville Press (1978) 4to. cloth, dust jacket. 308 pages.
First edition. Full of illustrations including many in color. Presentation from Albright on title page. Minor chipping of jacket. Some soiling of title page. Small stamp of art museum at bottom of title page.
Price: $ 180.00 other currencies Order nr. 102979

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(Ales, Mikolás) Zink, Karel MIKOLÁS ALES A KNIHA.
(Prague) Kniha N.P. Antikvariát 1956 8vo stiff paper wrappers 141, (3) pages
Text in Czech. Catalogue of the works of Czech painter Mikolás Ales (1852-1913). Includes listings of magazines, books and exhibitions featuring Ales's works, and a list of addenda. 1246 entries. Final remarks by the compiler. 16 black and white plates. Wrappers lightly soiled and bent at corners.
Price: $ 20.00 other currencies Order nr. 107578

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(Alexeieff, Alexandre) CREATOR OF SHIMMERING FORMS: BOOK GRAPHICS BY ALEXANDRE ALEXEÏEFF FROM THE COLLECTION OF BORIS FRIDMAN.
Saint Petersburg Vita Nova 2011 oblong 8vo. stiff paper wrappers 251+(1) pages
Text in Russian and English. Limited to 800 numbered copies. Published to accompany an exhibiton by the same name at the National Centre for Contemporary Arts at Moscow, August-October 2011. Alexeieff (1901-82) was a Russian artist who worked mainly in Paris. "Instead of Foreword" by Fridman. Includes footnooted essays about the artist. Catalogue of the exhibition. DVD attached to back wrapper.
Price: $ 75.00 other currencies Order nr. 115032

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Alken, Henry THE ART AND PRACTICE OF ETCHING; WITH DIRECTIONS FOR OTHER METHODS OF LIGHT AND ENTERTAINING ENGRAVING.
London S. & J. Fuller 1849 square 8vo. original cloth with new spine covering. Frontispiece; 58, (6) pages, 8 plates
First edition (Bridson & Wakeman B17 - for second edition of 1851). A treatise on the technique of etching by one of Britain's greatest ever sporting artists. An avid sportsman himself, Alken specialized in depicting hunting, coaching, racing, shooting and fishing scenes. British sporting periodicals frequently carried his illustrations. In this book, he distills some forty years of experience of both practicing and teaching his art into an excellent practical manual on his techniques. Engraved plates by Alken. With the bookplate of Gavin Bridson. Inside hinges cracked. Rebacked with new cloth and with a modern paper spine label. Ink ownership inscription at top of title page.
Price: $ 500.00 other currencies Order nr. 65235

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ALPHABET AND IMAGE: A QUARTERLY Edited by Robert Harling.
London James Shand at the Shenval Press 1946-1949 small 4to. stiff paper wrappers. Per issue
An interesting periodical that came out in eight issues and was succeeded by "Image." Devoted to typography, illustration and printing history. The following issues are available: 4 (Corner chipped off of front cover), 6 (worn along hinge; covers detached from book block),
Price: $ 25.00 other currencies Order nr. 17033

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(Altdorfer, Albrecht) Winzinger, Franz ALBRECHT ALTDORFER ZEICHNUNGEN
Münich R. Piper & Company (1952) small 4to. cloth with dust jacket 122, (iv) pages plus 79 leaves of plates
First edition. Introductory essays offer general overview of the sixteenth century artist's life and art, his development and influence on other artists. Followed by a detailed catalogue of the drawings, which are grouped together at the back. Four color plates interspersed through essays. Memorial bookplate on front pastedown indicates that this copy came from the H.P. Kraus reference library and stock. Dust jacket torn, chipped and creased.
Price: $ 65.00 other currencies Order nr. 77279

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Altick, Richard D. PAINTINGS FROM BOOKS, ART AND LITERATURE IN BRITAIN, 1760-1900.
Columbus Ohio State University Press (1985) small 4to. cloth, dust jacket. xxvi, (ii), 528 pages.
First edition. An informative and richly illustrated study of British painting and literature, which reveals how the literary taste of the day was reflected, sometimes controversially, on the walls of London's annual art exhibitions. It contains a dozen chapters that constitute the narrative portion of the book, and is followed by Parts Two and Three which are comprised of a convenient guide to the art histories of each of Shakespeares plays and of the works of some thirty other authors. A finding-list of reproductions of literary paintings and a bibliography will help readers who are interested in learning more about this neglected subject. Illustrated and indexed.
Price: $ 40.00 other currencies Order nr. 58962

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AMERICAN PHOTO.
(New York AAmerican Photo) 1990- small 4to. stiff paper wrappers.
17 issues. Various issues from Volume 1, No. 4 (1990) to Volume 5, No. 4 (1994). Full of color.
Price: $ 85.00 other currencies Order nr. 105714

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(Amman, Jost) Amman, Jost 293 RENAISSANCE WOODCUTS FOR ARTISTS AND ILLUSTRATORS, JOST AMMAN'S KU NSTBUCHLIN. With a New Introduction by Alfred Werner.
New York Dover Publications (1968) small 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. xviii pages followed by the facsimile of the 1599 edition.
With a list of the illustrations and their subject. Some wear along bottom edge of front cover.
Price: $ 10.00 other currencies Order nr. 22718

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Amstutz, N.S. DAS ALTE FRAUENKAPPELEN.
Aus Chogerichts-Manualen. N.P. Achetringeler 1958-1959 8vo. stiff paper wrappers (iv), 32 pages
Written in German. Special Edition. With drawings by Werner Maurer. Laid-in is a letter in English on University of Guelph, Ontario paper to "Barnie". On the cover written in black ink is "To Barnard Taylor, artist & historian. Cordially T.A. Guelph, Ontario, April 1972".Spine worn with some paper loss and fading, back hinge separating.
Price: $ 30.00 other currencies Order nr. 100640

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(Anderson, Alexander) HUXLEY HOUSE ALMANAC FOR 1953.
New York Huxley House 1953 thin 8vo. boards. (44) pages.
Illustrated with engravings by Alexander Anderson, the father of white-line wood engraving in America. Huxley House was a design firm. Covers soiled.
Price: $ 25.00 other currencies Order nr. 31812

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(Anderson, Alexander) Lossing, Benson. J. A MEMORIAL OF ALEXANDER ANDERSON, M.D., THE FIRST ENGRAVER OF WOOD IN AMERICA. READ BEFORE THE NEW YORK HISTORICAL SOCIETY, OCT. 5, 1870.
New York Printed for the Subscribers 1872 small 4to. contemporary half-red morocco, spine gilt, five raised bands, top edge gilt. Portrait frontispiece; (vi), 107 pages
First edition. With 38 plates and other illustrations in text. A scarce and interesting work, well illustrated with examples of Anderson's ouevre. Bewick was avowedly a seminal influence and several of the plates show Anderson's engravings after Bewick. An Appendix contains an autobiographical sketch of Anderson (1775-1869) written in 1848 at the age of 73. Blank top portion of half-title excised, appendix a little spotted.
Price: $ 460.00 other currencies Order nr. 80863

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