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See More... 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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See More... (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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See More... 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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See More... (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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See More... (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 (1775-1870) 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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See More... (Angelo, Valenti) De Morant, George Souile CHINESE LOVE TALES.
New York Illustrated Editions Co. (1935) 12mo. cloth. 161 pages.
First edition. Previously published as "Eastern Shame Girl." The original source of these stories is the classic literature of China in the 17th century. Illustrated by Valenti Angelo including an illustration in color on the front cover. Bookplate. Light rubbing.
Price: $ 9.00 other currencies Order nr. 21272

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See More... Angelo, Valenti HILL OF LITTLE MIRACLES.
New York The Viking Press 1942 8vo. cloth, later slipcase. 200 pages.
First edition. End papers, cover and text well illustrated by the author. A story of the early days on Telegraph Hill in San Francisco, based on Angelo's early life. Signed by Angelo on the dedication page. Spine faded.
Price: $ 35.00 other currencies Order nr. 110233

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See More... (Angelo, Valenti) HYMNS TO APHRODITE.
New York Valenti Angelo 1949 small 4to. quarter parchment over boards. (22) pages.
Limited to 150 numbered copies and signed by Angelo. (Angelo Biblio. p.79). Hand-printed by Angelo and with a frontispiece, three hand-drawn initials and a colophon mark illuminated in red and gold all by Angelo. Beautifully designed and executed spread-title page. Slight soiling along top edge of front cover.
Price: $ 400.00 other currencies Order nr. 22089

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See More... (Angelo, Valenti) Reade, Charles COME OVER AND STAY TILL DOMESDAY, FROM THE CLOISTER AND THE HEARTH.
New York The Golden Cross Press 1937 tall 12mo. boards (8) pages.
Limited to 100 copies printed at the Timothy Press of Meriden, Connecticut for Valenti Angelo. With title page decoration and initial hand illuminated by Angelo (Angelo Biblio. p.76). Paper covering cracked along hinges. Bookplate. Endpapers and pastedowns spotted.
Price: $ 30.00 other currencies Order nr. 94373

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See More... Angelo, Valenti THE TALE OF A DONKEY.
New York The Viking Press (1966) 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. 110 pages.
First edition. This book was both written and illustrated by Angelo. Wrap-around label on cover from publisher indicates that this is in a library binding. Jacket chipped and worn at top of spine. Presentation "For Lee and Bernard Taylor, con Amore, from Valenti Angelo" on free endpaper.
Price: $ 40.00 other currencies Order nr. 89771

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See More... (Angelo, Valenti) VALENTI ANGELO.
(San Francisco San Francisco Public Library 1977) 8vo. self paper wrappers (4) pages.
Invitation to a reception held for printmaker, illustrator and author Valenti Angelo in honor of his 80th birthday, sponsored by the Special Collections Department of the San Francisco Public Library. Illustration.
Price: $ 10.00 other currencies Order nr. 112244

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See More... (Angelo, Valenti) VALENTI ANGELO, AUTHOR + ILLUSTRATOR + PRINTER, AN AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL STORY.
Bronxville Privately printed by the Meriden Gravure Co. n.d. 8vo. paper wrappers. (22) pages.
With some designs in red ink.
Price: $ 13.00 other currencies Order nr. 95

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See More... (Angelo, Valenti) VALENTI ANGELO, AUTHOR + ILLUSTRATOR + PRINTER, AN AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL STORY.
Bronxville Privately printed by the Meriden Gravure Co. n.d. 8vo. paper wrappers. (22) pages.
With some designs in red ink. Upper corner of front cover spotted.
Price: $ 10.00 other currencies Order nr. 42107

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See More... (Angelo, Valenti) VALENTI ANGELO, AUTHOR ILLUSTRATOR, PRINTER, A CHECKLIST OF HIS WORK FROM 1926 TO 1970..
Bronxville, NY n.p. 1970 8vo. quarter vellum, paper-covered boards, title gilt-stamped on spine, fore-edge uncut, glassine dust jacket, slipcase unpaginated
Limited to 55 numbered copies signed by Angelo on colophon. Table of contents. Foreword by Robert Grabhorn. Also includes an article by Annis Duff, then editor of Viking Junior Books, and a brief autobiographical essay by Angelo. Angelo, born 1897 in Tuscany, attended a monastery school, observed a monk reading a 15th century Book of Hours, and was deeply impressed. That book's influence was reflected in Angelo's own work, the books he created for Grabhorn, Peter Pauper, The Limited Editions Club, and his own imprints. Handset, printed, decorated, and illuminated by Angelo. A magnificent and scarce production. Four page prospectus and order form laid in.
Price: $ 850.00 other currencies Order nr. 118367

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See More... (Anvil Press) ANDROMACHE: A TRAGEDY, FREELY TRANSLATED INTO ENGLISH IN 1674 FROM JEAN RACINE'S "ANDROMAQUE" BY A YOUNG GENTLEMAN & JOHN CROWNE.
Lexington Anvil Press 1986 small 4to. cloth-backed boards, paper spine label, dust jacket. vii, 51, (7) pages.
This work was limited to 100 numbered copies printed by Carolyn Hammer and W. Gay Reading at the Anvil Press in Victor Hammer's American and Andromaque uncial types. With a foreword by Desmond Flower and illustrations throughout by Fritz Kredel, Andromache is a very fine copy of a magnificent production.
Price: $ 850.00 other currencies Order nr. 33736

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See More... (Archetype Press) Bentley, Wilder (Editor). N'EN PARLONS PLUS!, EXCERPTS FROM DIVERS PAPERS & CHRONICLES OF THE ARTS CLUB, 1937-1938.
Berkeley Archetype Press 1939 folio cloth with printed design on front cover 19+(1) pages
Limited to 105 copies, set up and printed on a handpress by Wilder Bentley ("and his faithful spouse, Ellen") on dampened Strathmore Wayside Text for at The Archetype Press in Euclid Court, Berkeley, Ca and issued for private distribution among members of The Arts Club & their friends. Printed in "a bastard version" of Caslon Oldface italic and Goudy Modern roman. Wood-engraved abstraction of the initial i for the Prolegomena, vignette on the title-page, and design for the front cover by John C. Haley. Excerpts from chronicles of The Arts Club's past season. "It is not primarily designed to explain to the world in general what we are, what we do, how well we reason, or how badly we sing. Rather it is a souvenir, intended to revive some of our very happy memories." Finely printed.
Price: $ 250.00 other currencies Order nr. 62298

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See More... (Arms, John Taylor) Bassham, Ben L. JOHN TAYLOR ARMS, AMERICAN ETCHER.
Madison Elvehjem Art Center, University of Wisconsin-Madison (1975) small 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. xii, 76 pages.
Descriptive catalogue of the complete etchings. Illustrated.
Price: $ 25.00 other currencies Order nr. 104106

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See More... ART DIRECTORS CLUB OF DETROIT FIFTEENTH ADVERTISING AWARDS ANNUAL
N.P. n.p. (1963) 4to. stiff, embossed paper wrappers not paginated
A two-sided publication: start from one side and get the Editorial, Bravo, and Advertising entries and awards, flip it over and see the Photography and Illustration entries and awards. Hundreds of black-and-white images of the best advertising of the year (1963). White embossed covers are lightly soiled and worn. Interior very nice.
Price: $ 50.00 other currencies Order nr. 91054

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See More... Arthurs, Stanley THE AMERICAN HISTORICAL SCENE AS DEPICTED BY STANLEY ARTHURS AND INTERPRETED BY FIFTY AUTHORS.
Philadelphia University of Pennsylvania Press 1935 4to. quarter red leather over woven cloth. xix, 151, (3) pages.
B1-4604. The National Edition. Filled with reproductions of historical American art depicting famous events in American history by 20th century artists including Arthurs and Wyeth. With a foreword by A. Felix du Pont.
Price: $ 80.00 other currencies Order nr. 40229

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See More... (Audubon) HIGHLY IMPORTANT NATURAL HISTORY BOOKS AND AUTOGRAPHS INCLUDING AUDUBON'S BIRDS OF AMERICA AND AN EXTENSIVE COLLECTION OF HIS MANUSCRIPTS.
New York Christie's 1977 small 4to. boards. 55 pages.
Beautifully illustrated with some plates in color. With the bookplate and pencil signature of Gavin Bridson. Estimated prices tipped-in.
Price: $ 25.00 other currencies Order nr. 25692

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See More... (Audubon, John James) JOHN JAMES AUDUBON AND HIS CIRCLE.
New York Christie, Manson & Woods 1993 small 4to. cloth. 79, (9) pages.
Auction sale of the collections of Dr. Evan Morton Evans and his son and the American Foundation Trust. With colored plates. Prices realized loosely inserted.
Price: $ 20.00 other currencies Order nr. 41684

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See More... (Azarian, Mary) Azarian, Mary THE TALE OF JOHN BARLEYCORN OR FROM BARLEY TO BEER.
A traditional English ballad illustrated with woodcuts by Mary Azarian Boston David R. Godine (1982) 4to. half cloth, paper covered boards, dust jacket unpaginated
First edition. Medieval English ballad celebrating beermaking. Illustrated with woodcuts by Mary Azarian. Some rubbing to the dust jacket at the edges.
Price: $ 55.00 other currencies Order nr. 105577

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See More... (Badcock, Jonathan) SELECTIONS FROM THE FANCY; OR TRUE SPORTSMAN'S GUIDE BY AN OPERATOR
With a Foreword by George Plimpton & Etching and Drawings by Randy Jones. Barre, MA Imprint Society 1972 8vo. quarter leather, patterned paper-covered boards, all edges speckled, paper-covered slipcase xvi, 136 pages
Limited to an edition of 1950 copies, this being out of series. It is signed by illustrator Randy Jones, whose bawdy pen-and-ink drawings are scattered through the book. Original etching has been laid-in. Text is usually attributed to Jonathan Badcock, one of the foremost sporting journalist during the early 1800s. The authorship is thoroughly discussed in Plimpton's Foreword. Leather is lightly rubbed in places along the spine, slipcase also has light wear along edges.
Price: $ 30.00 other currencies Order nr. 93975

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See More... 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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See More... Barnhill, Georgia Brady (editor) BIBLIOGRAPHY ON AMERICAN PRINTS OF THE SEVENTEENTH THROUGH THE NINETEENTH CENTURIES
New Castle, Delaware Oak Knoll Press and The American Historical Print Collectors Society 2006 8.5 x 11 inches. hardcover with dust jacket. 232 pages.
First Edition. Bibliography of print-related publications covering the period from the early seventeenth century through the end of the nineteenth century. This volume with over 1800 entries provides easy access to the literature concerning book and periodical illustration, city views, works on various graphic processes, historical prints, landscape prints, maritime and military prints, political satire, religious imagery and social history. Georgia Brady Barnhill is the Andrew Mellon Curator of Graphic Arts at the American Antiquarian Society. This belongs on the shelf of any historian of American illustration and is an excellent reference work for libraries with collections related to colonial and early American art.
Price: $ 65.00 other currencies Order nr. 91694

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