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Barker, Nicolas " INVENTION OF PRINTING, REVOLUTION WITHIN REVOLUTION."
Volume 35, Number 2 of the Quarterly Journal of the Library of Congress (Washington D.C.) Library of Congress April 1978 4to. stiff paper wrappers (v), 66-138, (4) pages
This issue has the following articles: "The Invention of Printing, Revolution within Revolution" by Nicholas Barker, "The Early Illustrated Book, Highlights from a Lecture" by Philip Hofer, "Into Something Rich and Strange, Of Dreams, Art, and the Unconscious" by Eleanor Cameron, and "The Hauslab-Liechtenstein Map Collection" by Walter W. Ristow. Illustrated in black-and-white throughout. Lower corner of text creased, fore-edge of text has stain which bled onto three leaves, wrappers soiled
Price: $ 10.00 other currencies Order nr. 92761

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(Baskin, Leonard) Crane, Hart VOYAGES, SIX POEMS FROM WHITE BUILDINGS.
New York The Museum of Modern Art 1957 oblong 4to. hand-sewn stiff paper wrappers with paper label on front wrapper; portfolio with same paper label on front cover (14) pages excluding bound-in or mounted illustrations
Limited to 975 numbered copies and 25 lettered review copies, signed by illustrator Leonard Baskin. This is a numbered copy. Second in a series of limited editions published by the Museum of Modern Art under Monroe Wheeler. Designed, illustrated and printed by Baskin at the Gehenna Press in Northampton, Massachusetts. Illustrations printed from six original boxwood engravings and one cherry woodcut on Amalfi Italian hand-made paper and Moriki and Mending tissue (hand-made in Japan). See Brook, A Bibliography of the Gehenna Press, 8 (item 11). Portfolio lightly sunned at spine and slightly torn at edges. Label on portfolio has piece lacking along edge.
Price: $ 250.00 other currencies Order nr. 114358

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(Baskin, Leonard) LEONARD BASKIN'S SPEECH OF ACCEPTANCE ON RECEIVING THE MEDAL OF THE AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF GRAPHIC ARTS.
N.P. Printed for the Typophiles by the Spiral Press (1965) 12mo. paper wrappers. (10) pages.
Typophile Monograph no.78.
Price: $ 17.50 other currencies Order nr. 19956

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(Baskin, Leonard) LEONARD BASKIN, THE GRAPHIC WORK, 1950-1970
New York Far Gallery 1970 4to. stiff paper wrappers. Not paginated.
Text followed by illustrations and descriptions of 74 examples of Baskin's graphic work. Covers show some toning.
Price: $ 25.00 other currencies Order nr. 3855

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(Beatty, Chester) SELECTED MANUSCRIPTS FROM THE CHESTER BEATTY LIBRARY
(Princeton, New Jersey) Princeton University Library 1967 8vo stiff paper wrappers (vi), 58 pages
Catalogue of a "representative sampling of one of the most remarkable collections in the world"--consisting of 116 items, the inaugrial exhibition of an ongoing collaboration to make materials from the Chester Beatty Library in Ireland available to scholars in the United States.
Price: $ 12.00 other currencies Order nr. 90434

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(Berg) ABC, ARRIVALS IN THE BERG COLLECTION 1973-1975
New York New York Public Library & Readex Books 1976 4to. stiff paper folder, loose sheets not paginated
Twenty-three selections from the new arrivals have been reproduced on the nineteen sheets included in this folder. Included is an illustration of Fitzgerald's translation of the Iliad. One of the sheets has a creased corner. Spine discolored, edges have minor wear.
Price: $ 15.00 other currencies Order nr. 91827

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(Bewick, Thomas) Garrison, W.P. THOMAS BEWICK
N.P. UCLA 1982 small 16mo stiff paper wrappers not paginated
Limited to 100 copies. The nine illustrations have been printed from photoengravings of Bewick's original work. A pamphlet of excerpts from an article by W.P. Garrison titled "Thomas Bewick," which appeared more than one hundred years ago in Harper's New Monthly Magazine. Slight shelf wear.
Price: $ 35.00 other currencies Order nr. 97491

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(Bird & Bull Press) Bregman, Alvan EMBLEMATA
The Emblem Books of Andrea Alciato. A Leaf Book with Eight New Emblems by Henricus de Nova Villa Newtown, PA Bird & Bull Press 2007 8vo. quarter morocco, Japanese cloth sides, cloth slipcase, leather spine label, paper label bearing emblem on top board (vi), 128, (14) pages plus leaf
One of 124 bound thus, of 140 copies, with an original leaf. The original leaves included are taken from the 1589 Paris edition of the Alciato emblem book. From the prospectus: "During the late Renaissance, the most famous professor of law in all of Europe was Andrea Alciato (1492-1550) of Milan. ...Almost accidentally, he was responsible for creating a whole new genre of publication consisting of text and image, known as the emblem book. Alciato's emblems were built upon the Latin epigrams he liked to write as a learned pastime. ...Surprisingly, however, there are few books in English devoted to Alciato or to his emblems. No separate overview of Alciato's life and writing is known. In addition to the history of the emblem books, the author provides much personal information that illuminates the character and personality of Alciato. Alvan Bergman has written an illustrated text on the subject usually directed to scholarly specialist, but he has done so in a way that is engaging and informative to the non-specialist reader. " The eight contemporary emblems are illustrated by Wesley Bates's wood engravings are included as an Appendix.
Price: $ 450.00 other currencies Order nr. 94029

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(Bird & Bull Press) Morris, Henry THE ART OF INTAGLIO. PRODUCED ON A LETTERPRESS WITH A COLLECTION OF TWELVE PRINTS OF 18TH CENTURY LONDON TRADESMEN'S CARDS with SCHLOCKER & THE FISHES.
Newtown, PA Bird & Bull Press 2010 8vo. quarter Morocco and Japanese cloth, slipcase 33, 12 plates, 12 pages
Limited to 115 numbered copies. Engravings and etchings (intaglios) are printed on special presses which exert the far greater pressure needed for this kind of printing.

"I had been told that intaglio could not be printed satisfactorily on a letterpress, which is generally true. But in 2009 I tried my hand, printing two intaglio plates successfully by letterpress, albeit not very large ones. In this new book I have printed by letterpress, twelve intaglio plates, some as large as 5" x 6.5".

These images were made from Ambrose Heal's privately published 1925 London Tradesmen's Cards of the Eighteenth Century, which showed 101 collotype prints of old engravings advertising the wares, goods and services offered about 250 years ago. I have been attracted to these "cards"-they are really papers of differing sizes-ever since I got Heal's book fifteen years ago. Thanks to my recent introduction to intaglio, I have returned twelve of these prints to their original 18th century state: you can run your finger over the print and feel the image. Students and collectors of ephemera are acquainted with these cards, but for those who are not, some of Heal's comments may enlighten:

...To anyone with a liking for old things the Trade Card must make an irresistible appeal. It is so convincingly of its own time.
...The old signs that hung over the ship doors and are reproduced on the Traders' Cards are of great antiquity and interest. The names of the old streets, many of which have long since been swept away, such as 'Knaves' Acre,' 'Rosemary Lane,' 'Wendegaynlane,' take one's imagination quite apart from their historical or topographical connections.
...The lettering is invariably well drawn and well spaced and the designing of the devices, if sometimes crude, is always direct and interesting.
They reflect the art of the engraver through two centuries.

A foeword and texts on the Origin of Intaglio, The Process, and background information on Heal and his book, precede the twelve engravings.

But wait-There's More!
On an entirely unrelated subject, a 16-page addition relates an unforgettable event in the early life of Henry Morris, entitled Schlocker & The Fishes, thus making this book my first dos-a-dos binding. This brief account is illustraded with two full-page wood engravings by Wesley Bates. Such accounts generally become booklets but I dislike the impermanence of the booklet, and have long wanted to see this in print."
Price: $ 500.00 other currencies Order nr. 105233

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(Bradley, Will H.) Bambace, Tony WILL H. BRADLEY: HIS WORK, A BIBLIOGRAPHICAL GUIDE.
New Castle, Delaware and Boston, Massachusetts Oak Knoll Press and Thomas G. Boss Fine Books 1995 8vo. cloth. xxiii, 216 pages.
First edition. 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 probably not produced by him. The remaining sections document magazine covers, advertisements, illustrations, posters, and other works.
Price: $ 75.00 other currencies Order nr. 41678

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(Bradley, Will H.) Bambace, Tony WILL H. BRADLEY: HIS WORK, A BIBLIOGRAPHICAL GUIDE.
New Castle, Delaware and Boston, Massachusetts Oak Knoll Press and Thomas G. Boss Fine Books 1995 8vo. cloth. xxiii, 216 pages.
First edition. 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 probably not produced by him. The remaining sections document magazine covers, advertisements, illustrations, posters, and other works. Presentation from the author on the verso of the half-title.
Price: $ 85.00 other currencies Order nr. 115708

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(Bradley, Will) Hornung, Clarence P. (editor) WILL BRADLEY, HIS GRAPHIC ART, A COLLECTION OF HIS POSTERS, ILLUSTRATIONS, TYPOGRAPHIC DESIGNS & DECORATIONS.
New York Dover Publications (1974) 4to. stiff paper wrappers. xxxviii pages by 89 plates.
First edition thus. With an autobiographical sketch by Bradley included that he wrote in 1954. Rubbed along edges.
Price: $ 8.00 other currencies Order nr. 25315

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(Bradley, Will) Hornung, Clarence P. (editor) WILL BRADLEY, HIS GRAPHIC ART, A COLLECTION OF HIS POSTERS, ILLUSTRATIONS, TYPOGRAPHIC DESIGNS & DECORATIONS.
New York Dover Publications (1974) 4to. cloth, dust jacket. xxxviii pages by 89 plates.
First edition thus. With an autobiographical sketch by Bradley included that he wrote in 1954. Jacket chipped at head of spine with some spotting and toning.
Price: $ 25.00 other currencies Order nr. 114967

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(Bradley, Will) WILL H. BRADLEY, AMERICAN ARTIST AND CRAFTSMAN (1868-1962).
New York The Metropolitan Museum of Art 1972 8vo. paper wrappers. (20) pages.
A biographical sketch of Bradley followed by descriptions of 126 Bradley items exhibited. Illustrated. Minor soiling.
Price: $ 25.00 other currencies Order nr. 25792

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(Brussel-Smith, Bernard) THE ANNUAL DINNER FOR THE HOUSE OF DELEGATES OF THE AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION.
N.P. American Medical Association 1953 folio self paper wrappers printed French fold. (4) pages.
Large format program and menu for this event held at the Waldorf Astoria in New York. With a color wood engraving of New York and the Statue of Libery on the front and a very decorative border in color surrounding the menu on the third leaf by Bernard Brussel-Smith.
Price: $ 65.00 other currencies Order nr. 107492

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Brussel-Smith, Bernard WOOD ENGRAVING & RELIEF ETCHING FOR INDUSTRY.
(New York Barnes Printing) n.d. 8vo. self paper wrappers (12) pages
Booklet for the exhibition "Wood Engraving and Relief Etching for Industry" for Gallery 303. Color illustrations. Slightly tanned at edges.
Price: $ 20.00 other currencies Order nr. 109762

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(Calder, Alexander) Sweeney, James Johnson ALEXANDER CALDER.
New York The Museum of Modern Art (1951) 4to. paper-covered boards, dust jacket 80 pages
A study of the life and works of sculptor Alexander Calder. Table of contents, biographical notes and bibliography. Black and white illustrations throughout. Dust jacket lightly worn at edges.
Price: $ 10.00 other currencies Order nr. 114700

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Cameron, Kenneth Walter (compiler) AN ANGLICAN LIBRARY IN COLONIAL NEW ENGLAND.
The Collection of Henry Lloyd, Esq., of Boston and Lloyd's Neck, Long Island Hartford Transcendental Books (1980) 4to. cloth variously paginated
A collection of facsimiles about Henry Lloyd's library collection. Printed only on the recto except for the frontispiece, which is printed on the verso only. Includes several engravings and other illustrations. Slight shelf wear.
Price: $ 65.00 other currencies Order nr. 97595

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Canby, Henry Seidel THE BRANDYWINE.
Illustrated by Andrew Wyeth. New York Farrar & Rinehart (1941) 8vo. cloth. xiv, 285 pages.
First edition. Part of the Rivers of America Series. Has a chapter on the literature of the Brandywine. Some fading of spine.
Price: $ 25.00 other currencies Order nr. 28502

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Canby, Henry Seidel THE BRANDYWINE.
Illustrated by Andrew Wyeth. New York Farrar & Rinehart (1941) 8vo. cloth. (ii), xiv, 285 pages.
First edition, one of 650 numbered copies signed by Canby and Wyeth and printed for the Greenwood Book Shop. Part of the Rivers of America Series. Has a special limitation page bound-in at the beginning which is signed by Canby and Wyeth. Spine shows some rubbing.
Price: $ 350.00 other currencies Order nr. 28503

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Canby, Henry Seidel THE BRANDYWINE.
Illustrated by Andrew Wyeth. Exton Schiffer Limited (1969) 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. xiv, 285 pages.
Reprint of the first edition of 1941 which was part of the Rivers of America Series. Has a chapter on the literature of the Brandywine. Minor jacket wear.
Price: $ 15.00 other currencies Order nr. 29714

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Carper, Janice M. DELAWARE SKETCH BOOK, AN HISTORICAL EXPERIENCE.
Sketches by Nancy C. Sawin. Hockessin The Holly Press (1976) oblong 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. viii, 88 pages.
With an introduction by Betty Burroughs of the Wilmington News Journal. Covers soiled.
Price: $ 10.00 other currencies Order nr. 30642

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Carper, Janice M. DELAWARE SKETCH BOOK, AN HISTORICAL EXPERIENCE.
Sketches by Nancy C. Sawin. Hockessin The Holly Press (1976) oblong 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. viii, 88 pages.
With an introduction by Betty Burroughs of the Wilmington News Journal. Signed by Sawin and dated 1976. Covers soiled with age darkening along bottom of front cover.
Price: $ 25.00 other currencies Order nr. 66474

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Carper, Janice M. DELAWARE SKETCH BOOK, AN HISTORICAL EXPERIENCE.
Sketches by Nancy C. Sawin. Hockessin The Holly Press (1984) oblong 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. viii, 88 pages.
See B3. Second edition. With a new introduction to this second edition. With an introduction by Betty Burroughs of the Wilmington News Journal. Signed by Sawin.
Price: $ 27.50 other currencies Order nr. 97350

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Casilear, George W. SCRAP BOOKS.
7 Volumes. N.P. n.p. n.d. 4to. variously bound unpaginated
Seven volumes of engravings collected by George W. Casilear. Casilear was an engraver and landscape artist in New York from 1847 to 1852, working with his brother John W. Casilear from 1847 to 1848. In 1851, he produced, with Henry Bainbridge, A View of San Francisco, published by Sarony and Major in 1851. About the same time, he produced a view of Sacramento, also published by Sarony. He also produced the sketch used by G.V. Cooper for the frontispiece in Lett's Pictoral View of California. See George C. Groce and David H. Wallace, The New-York Historical Society's Dictionary of Artists in America 1564-1860 (New Haven: Yale Univerity Press, 1957), 114.

Casilear then worked as an editor, secretary and solicitor of patents from 1852 to 1857. In 1862, he became Chief of the Engraving Division of the Bureau of Printing and Engraving. Casilear was instrumental in the redesign of United States currency in 1864. One contemporary news account called his engraving of the landing of Columbus "superior to that of the original." (The Farmer's Cabinet, Amherst, New Hampshire, January 21, 1864). But in May 1878, Casilear was accused of "gross misconduct" and a congressional committee chair urged President Rutherford B. Hayes to remove him from office (Herald Tribune, New York, May 2, 1878). Casilear remained in office, and he would lead an investigation of counterfeiting of United States bonds based on evidence found by the Secret Service in Chicago (Herald Tribune, New York, October 1, 1880). See also Ben. Perley Poore, Congressional Directory (Washington: Government Printing Office, 1872 and 1881).

Casilear was finally removed from office in 1885, being replaced by John A. O'Neill of Hoboken, New Jersey. News accounts stated that no charges of wrongdoing had emerged, and Casilear was "considered one of the best engravers in the country" (New York Times, April 17, 1885). But a subsequent news account stated that Casilear's replacement would "bring new life to a division that has been charged with a lack of ingenuity and freshness." The same account averred that Casilear had "never touched a graver or a plate in the production of a government note," noting his focus on designing silver certificates and bonds" (New York Times, April 18, 1885). Possibly, politics was a factor, the Democratic Cleveland administration having recently replaced the Republican Arthur administration.

The seven volumes include well over 500 engravings mostly from England, continental Europe, with some from the United States. There is no apparent format of organization, but some points are worthy of note. One volume, labeled "Miscellaneous Engravings" includes a number of English engravings attributed to James Virtue, the National Gallery and the Royal Collection. Another, labeled "Engravings," also has a number of items attributed to Virtue. A third volume, labeled "Scrap Book-Engravings and Etchings by the Old and New School," includes mainly English, French and German items, with translations into English of some of the French captions. A fourth volume, labeled "Scrap Book," includes annotations with handwritten biographical information about many of the engravers and descriptive information about the engravings. A fifth volume includes an engraving of President Chester Arthur with a facsimile signature and date, along with French, English, German and American engravings.

Five of the seven volumes are bound in half leather, marbled paper-covered boards. One is bound in leather, gilt decorated, and one half leather, cloth boards. Casilear's bookplate is on the front pastedown of each volume. The volumes are rubbed and scuffed at the edges, and there is some foxing.
Price: $ 4,500.00 other currencies Order nr. 114553

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