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See More... Heller, Alfred DER DEUTSCHE BUCHDRUCKERVEREIN UND SEIN WERDEN IN FÜNFZIG JAHREN (1869-1919).
(Leipzig) Deutschen Buchdrucker Verein 1919 large 4to. later leather binding, gilt stamping on spine and front board, marbled endpapers 32 pages plus 24 leaves of plates
Text in German. First edition. Celebrates the fiftieth anniversary of the German Book-Printing Society founded in 1869. Text gives an account of the history of the institution. Frontispiece illustration of Johannes Schneider, founder of the Society. Full page two-color chiaroscuro prints showcase the buildings or persons associated with the Society over the previous half century, including chairmen and members of the board of directors over the years. Printed on laid paper. Decorative initial letters, title page and page headers and footers printed in green. Bound later by the United Typothetae of America, with that organization's bookplate on front pastedown. Very light foxing.
Price: $ 150.00 other currencies Order nr. 116065

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See More... (Hendriksen, F.) Krogh-Jensen, G. XYLOGRAF F. HENDRIKSEN BIBLIOGRAFI, MED EN INLEDNING OM F. HENDRIKSEN SOM SKRIBENT [THE WOOD ENGRAVER F. H... WITH AN INTRODUCTION ON F. HENDRIKSEN AS A WRITER].
Copenhagen Forening for boghaandvaerk 1944 small 8vo. patterned paper-covered boards, paper labels on spine and front cover. 36 pages.
Besterman 2839. Brief essay on wood engraver F. Hendriksen as a writer, with four illustrations, followed by a bibliography of 109 numbered entries for his written works, or for works to which he contributed, plus seven unnumbered entries for works in which he was editorially involved.
Price: $ 210.00 other currencies Order nr. 51841

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See More... (Hesterberg Press) THOMAS BEWICK: THE BLOCKS REVISITED & REDISCOVERED
Evanston, IL Hesterberg Press 2008 large 8vo cloth (i), 69 pages, ii, (iii)
The Blocks Revisited & Rediscovered documents the fascinating story of Thomas Bewick's personal blocks and their historic journey to Chicago in 1942. Many of these blocks found new homes quickly in the Midwest and across America, while others became well-travelled, eventually making their way back to England. The whereabouts of these blocks and their movements over the years have raised questions and a desire to document them for their safe keeping. It is hoped this five-year investigation will begin to provide answers, as over 700 of the 1,350 blocks that came to Chicago are documented here in 35 collections.

The Blocks Revisited & Rediscovered measures 6.5 x 10 inches and contains eighty pages which include fourteen original blocks printed on dampened Rives Heavy-weight paper using a Washington Hand Press. The remaining thirty-five Bewick illustrations were printed using a Vandercook Press from metal engravings reproduced from the Memorial Edition. The text, set in a digital version of Bulmer, was also printed from metal engravings. Color photographs of Bewick's portrait and his toolbox are included as tip-ins, along with a photograph of a group of blocks at the Hesterberg Press.

A numbered edition of ninety copies was bound by Campbell-Logan Bindery, Minneapolis, in a dark green cloth with contrasting green end papers. The spine is gold stamped and the front cover features an inset of a vignette printed from one of Bewick's blocks at the press.

Price: $ 300.00 other currencies Order nr. 101433

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See More... Hirschman, Jack YOD
London Trigram Press (1966) small 4to. cloth-backed gold foil paper-covered boards covers with original stiff paper wrappered book (in glassine wrapper) loosely inserted in cardboard slipcase Not paginated
First edition, limited to 200 copies of which this is one of the first 60 copies that were also signed by Hirschman. Printed silk-screen and letterpress on Evensyde white offset paper. Ink calligraphy and drawings throughout.
Price: $ 300.00 other currencies Order nr. 78045

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  Hirth, Georg and Richard Muther MEISTER HOLZSCHNITTE AUS VIER JAHRHUNDERTEN
Munich (Knorr & Hirth) 1893 4to. half vellum, leather spine label, cloth boards. (ii), xliii pages followed by 200 plates.
First edition. Features woodblock prints from artists such as Albrect Dürer, Hans Holbein, Hieronymus Bosch and other well-known masters. A compilation of facsimiles of woodcuts scenes of hunts and festivals, dances, games, processions, costume plates and other scenes of daily life, as well as works of allegory, religion and the occult. Reproducing the works of over 350 artists, this is a work of immense historical and artistic value. Contains a list and brief essay on each plate. Chiaroscuro prints are reproduced in color. Bookplate with family seal of Lord Archibald Campbell of Scotland on first page. Minor foxing on end pages of the book.
Price: $ 150.00 other currencies Order nr. 70540

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See More... Homer (as translated by Alexander Pope) THE ILIAD AND ODYSSEY OF HOMER AS TRANSLATED BY ALEXANDER POPE, IN GREEK AND ENGLISH. WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY STEVEN SHANKMAN AND 52 ORIGINAL COLOR DRAWINGS BY AVERY LAWRENCE .
2 volumes. Chestertown Chester River Press 2009 12.5 x 14.5 inches cloth, dust jackets, slipcase 550; 434 pages
Acclaimed by Samuel Johnson as "a performance which no age or nation could hope to equal," Alexander Pope's translation of the Iliad and Odyssey stands as one of the glories of English Literature.

The Chester River Press edition of the Iliad and Odyssey of Homer has been designed and printed to reflect the epic proportions of this famous translation and offers both the Greek and English translations for the general reader and scholar alike. More than 50 color drawings in Greek vase styles by Avery Lawrence were commissioned by the Press. Each drawing portrays a specific scene from each of the 48 books making up the Iliad and Odyssey with smaller medallions adorning pages throughout.

An original two-part Introduction by the esteemed Pope scholar, Steven Shankman, reflects on and investigates Pope's majestic poems through a scholarly lens focused on the timless Homeric themes of war and peace. Professor Shankman also elaborates on "How To Read Homer," an aid to understanding the philosophical and historical context of the Homeric epics.

The Iliad and Odyssey are presented as a companion, slipcased set and bound in black Dutch cloth with dust jackets.

Price: $ 350.00 other currencies Order nr. 104249

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See More... (Inky Parrot Press) Voltaire, Francois Marie Arouet de CANDIDE
Oxford The Inky Parrot Press 1985 small 4to. patterned paper-covered boards, slipcase (x), 141+(1) pages
Printed in an edition limited to 360 numbered copies. Translated by Richard Aldington. Signed by the illustrator, Wilton Priestner. Profusely illustrated with slightly disturbing, almost surreal line drawings that push the satirical tone of the story itself to a new level. The modern, edgy drawings are evidence of the relevancy and adaptability of the work of the eighteenth-century French writer, Voltaire. The imagery does not exactly match up with the moment of the story it illustrates, but rather offers a highly interpretive version of the events as told by Voltaire. For example, whereas the text reads "...she observed Doctor Pangloss in the bushes, giving a lesson in experimental physics to her mother's waiting maid, a very pretty and docile brunette," the illustration shows a couple copulating in the garden. Paper covered boards and the slipcase also with drawings by Priestner. With shoulder notes.
Price: $ 275.00 other currencies Order nr. 79477

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See More... (INSEL-VERLAG) Brinks, John Dieter VOM ORNAMENT ZUR LINIE, DER FRÜHE INSEL-VERLAG 1899 BIS 1924.
2 volumes. Berlin Triton 2000 4to. linen-covered boards, both volumes enclosed in a linen slipcase. 391,(3) pages; 20 inserts in portfolio.
Printed in an edition of 2000 copies. Volume I of a series of three installments, not yet completed. Praised as "a masterpiece of book production" and "a product of enthusiasts" by critic Wilfried F. Schoeller, the book traces the early 20th-century history of the Insel publishing house. Insel earned its renown by turning book production into an art form as it printed the works of classic authors and gave a new generation of writers, such as Rainer Maria Rilke, their start. The editor, Brinks, reveals Insel's high aesthetic standards through sumptuous illustrations of its work. In all, there are 240 illustrations, seven of which are foldouts, many polychrome with three and four colors, and many with stunning gold print. One splendid example of the high-quality illustrations is the foldout of a series of classics, The Thousand and One Nights and the Decameron, the bindings designed by Marcus Behmer. The colors are so rich and the detail so striking that the reader almost feels he can touch and leaf through the deckled pages of the books shown. Another example depicted is that of Henry van de Velde's designs for the covers of Nietzsche's Also Sprach Zarathustra, as well as sample pages from the edition, both finely detailed with gold print. Text edited by Brinks with seventeen essays contributed by him and twelve other specialists such as Juergen Suess, Marcus Haucke, and Suzanne Buchinger. Essays beautifully printed with wide margins and double-spaced on Gardapat paper in cursive Borgis White Antiqua. Outstanding documentation for the essays at the back of the book, as well as detailed indices for artwork and literary sources. Accompanying the book is a slim briefcase volume containing twelve facsimile resolution papers and eight folder reproductions in their original format. Distributed for Triton in North America by Oak Knoll Press. In German.
Price: $ 200.00 other currencies Order nr. 63454

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See More... (Italy) Essling, Victor Masséna Prince d' LES LIVRES A FIGURES VENITIENS: ÉTUDES SUR L’ART DE LA GRAVURE SUR BOIS A VENISE... DE LA FIN DU XV SIECLE ET DU COMMENCEMENT DU XVI.
3 volumes in six. Mansfield, CT Maurizio Martino Publisher n.d. (1994) 4to. cloth. 504; 256; (ii),257-500; 344; (iv),345-680; 372,(2),10 pages.
Reprint of the very scarce and expensive first edition. Besterman 3017. This monumental work covers the illustrated book in Venice over the period 1469 to 1525 and contains descriptions of 500 books. Filled with illustrations throughout.
Price: $ 550.00 other currencies Order nr. 52725

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See More... Jamieson, Alexander A DICTIONARY OF MECHANICAL SCIENCE, ARTS, MANUFACTURERS AND MISCELLANEOUS KNOWLEDGE. COMPRISING THE PURE SCIENCES OF MATHEMATICS, GEOMETRY, ARITHMETIC, ALGEBRA, & THE MIXED SCIENCES OF MECHANICS, HYDROSTATICS, PNEUMATICS, OPTICS AND ASTRONOMY; EXPERIMENTAL PHILOSOPHY; THE FINE ARTS, AGRICULTURE AND ITS IMPLEMENTS; MANUFACTURERS AND THEIR VARIOUS PROCESSES; COMMERCE AND DOMESTIC ECONOMY; NATURAL HISTORY; WITH BIOGRAPHICAL AND HISTORICAL NOTICES OF EMINENT MEN, WHO HAVE ADORNED SCIENCE BY THEIR INVENTIONS AND DISCOVERIES. ILLUSTRATED WITH MANY HUNDRED ENGRAVINGS.
London Henry Fisher, Son & Co. 1830 small 4to. contemporary half calf. iv, 1066 pages
Seventh edition. Over 70 plates. With the bookplate of Gavin Bridson. Bridson has inserted a printed slip describing the sections of this book which concern the important topics of aquatint, engraving, etching, ink making, mezzotint, bank note printing, printing, tereotype and wood engraving. Binding very worn, front joint repaired with cloth, title page and two other preliminary leaves repaired with yellowed cellulose adhesive tape, some plates foxed or spotted, textblock otherwise sound and generally clean. Old leather bookplate of J. Dove, 1831 on front pastedown.
Price: $ 250.00 other currencies Order nr. 98271

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See More... (Janus Press) Finney, Charles G. THE CIRCUS OF DOCTOR LAO.
(Newark, VT) Janus Press 1984 4to. cloth, clamshell box stencil printed. 130 pages.
One of 150 copies signed by the author and by the printer/illustrator, Claire Van Vliet (Ruth Fine, p.39; A Century for a Century 93). From book - "Forty relief prints, mainly etchings, many combined with stencil; geometric typographic ornaments throughout." Printed on Barcham Green De Wint. The interesting binding for this book was "bound in Johanna Western natural buckram covers, Johanna Western rust Kennet cloth sides, and lined in pale gre-violet Japanese twill." Prospectus loosely inserted. Well preserved copy.
Price: $ 5,000.00 other currencies Order nr. 107192

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See More... (Japan) Brown, Louise Norton BLOCK PRINTING & BOOK ILLUSTRATION IN JAPAN
London and New York George Routledge and E.P. Dutton 1924 folio quarter cloth with paper-covered boards, dust jacket xiv, 261+(1) pages
First edition. A broad history identifying major masters and groups in the history of Japanese illustration and printmaking. Includes 43 illustrations many of which are in color. Also includes chapters on "suggestions to collectors," and "old-book shops in Japan." Includes glossary, index and bibliography. Bookplate on front pastedown of P. Neville Barnett, the Australian book collector who made significant contributions in the fields of bookplates and Japanese woodblock prints. Minor foxing, small bump to board, small excision to spine of jacket and old tape repairs to inside of jacket.
Price: $ 450.00 other currencies Order nr. 76715

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See More... (Jones, Owen) Lockhart, J. G. (translator) ANCIENT SPANISH BALLADS; HISTORICAL AND ROMANTIC.
London John Murray 1859 4to full contemporary leather, gilt title and ornamentation on spine, raised bands, gilt ornamentation on boards, all edges gilt. unpaginated
Revised edition (Lewis p. 62 A reprint, "This may fairly be called the first of the illuminated books"; McLean for many mentions; Ray no.225). Collection of Spanish ballads translated into English, with notes, by John Gibson Lockhart. Frontispiece. Color printed borders and ornamental letters and vignettes by Owen Jones. Scuffed at joints and rubbed at corners. Foxing. Inscription by previous owner on front endpaper.
Price: $ 250.00 other currencies Order nr. 107251

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See More... Kandinsky, Wassily and Franz Marc DER BLAUE REITER.
München R. Piper & Co. 1914 4to. later quarter vellum with paper covered boards, original paper wrappers bound-in. (x), 140 pages with numerous extra plates.
Second edition (one of 1000 copies). The second edition differs from the 1922 first edition in that it includes a Marc color reproduction, "Pferde." Four tipped-in color plates, illustrations. An important and key work in the history of German expressionism (The Artist and the Book, 139 - "although illustrated with photomechanical reproductions, Der Blaue Reiter is one of the most important German books of modern art."). Includes plates done in pochoir by Marc and Kandinsky, music by Schönberg, Berg and Webern, initials by Jean Arp (his first book illustrations, etc.). Bookplate and name in ink on front pastedown. The tissue guards have text at the bottom and are foxed. Some foxing in text. Well preserved copy of an important book.
Price: $ 3,500.00 other currencies Order nr. 107175

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See More... (Klee, Paul) Voltaire KANDIDE ODER DIE BESTE WELTE
Munich Kurt Wolff Verlag (1920) 4to quarter cloth, paper-covered boards, triple gilt band, stamped gilt title 89, (3) pages
Text in German. Translation of Voltaire's classic. With 26 pen and ink illustrations by Paul Klee. An important book in German expressionism (Artist and the Book 143). Boards sunned at spine and scuffed at corners.
Price: $ 250.00 other currencies Order nr. 107249

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See More... Kobliha, Frantisek SEDM STATÍ O VÝTVARNÝCH UMELCÍCH.
Prague (Prumyslové) 1929 4to quarter leather, marbled paper-covered boards, raised bands on spine, author and title gilt-stamped on spine on leather spine label, top edge cut, other edges uncut 107, (7) pages
(Arno Sáñka, 3656). Text in Czech. Seven Essays of Fine Artists, about late 19th-early 20th century artists Odilon Redon, James Ensor, Kresby Julia Maráka, Max Pirner, Jan Preisler, Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec and André Dunoyer de Segonzac by various writers. Frontispiece. Autographed by the author-illustrator. Frontispiece and four Japanned etchings each signed by the illustrator in pencil.. Slightly faded along edges.
Price: $ 350.00 other currencies Order nr. 108026

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See More... (Konupka, Jana) Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von PANDORA.
Prague (Arthur Novák) 1930 8vo full parchment with parchment straps, top edge gilt, other edges uncut, slipcase 76, (4) pages
Limited to 150 numbered copies (Arno Sanka IV, 3183). Text in Czech. Goethe's play Pandora translated by Pavel Eisner. Brief commentary by the translator. Etchings in red by Jana Konupka. Tissues laid in over etchings. Slipcase lightly soiled.
Price: $ 225.00 other currencies Order nr. 107525

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See More... (Konupka, Jana) Komensky (Comenius), Jan Amos KSAFT UMIRAJÍCÍ MATKY JEDNOTY BRATRSKÉ.
kterymz {v národu svém a obzvlástnosti své dokonávající} sverené sobe nekdy of PÁNA BOHA poklady mezi syny a dcery a dedice své rozdeluje J.A.K. Prague Vydal Jaroslav Picka 1940 12mo leather, raised bands, decorated front board, top edge gilt, other edges uncut, slipcase 68, (4) pages
Limited to 80 numbered copies signed by the illustrator (Arno Sáñka IV, 3679). Text in Czech. Engraved half-title, frontispiece and illustrations by Jana Konupka. Bound by A. Tvrdy and J. Rajmana. Bequest of the Unity of Brethren originally published in 1650, Comenius (1592-1670) was a bishop of the Bohemian Unity of Brethren (the Moravian Church), an Anabaptist sect. Comenius is also noted for his advocacy of universal education. He was forced into exile during the Thirty Years War, dying in Amsterdam in 1670. Tissues inserted opposite illustrations.
Price: $ 225.00 other currencies Order nr. 107517

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  Kristeller, Paul KUPFERSTICH UND HOLZSCHNITT IN VIER JAHRHUNDERTEN.
Berlin Bruno Cassirer 1905 4to. quarter leather with vellum covered boards x, 595, (3) pages.
First edition. Well-illustrated study of wood engraving and copper engraving over four centuries. John Howell's copy. Some rubbing.
Price: $ 225.00 other currencies Order nr. 69704

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See More... (Laguna Verde) Ritchie, Ward VARIATIONS AND QUOTATIONS
Laguna Beach Ward Ritchie 1990 8vo. half cloth over sculptured boards, diagonally positioned printed paper label. (iv), (34), (2) pages.
First edition, limited to 50 copies.An interesting production from this great designer and printer. Contains one line quotes from a variety of famous people including Lawrence Clark Powell, Ernest Hemingway, and William Addison Dwiggins. Each is complimented by an abstract illustration of blocks and squares printed in a variety of colors. Signed by Ward Ritchie on the colophon, and by Joe D'Ambrosio at the foot of the rear pastedown. Spot on front cover.
Price: $ 600.00 other currencies Order nr. 30364

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See More... Le Blanc, Ch(arles) MANUEL DE L'AMATEUR D'ESTAMPES CONTENANT LE DICTIONNAIRE DES GRAVEURS DE TOUTES LES NATIONS.
4 Volumes. Paris Émile Bouillon 1854-1890 8vo. contemporary quarter leather, marbled paper-covered boards, original paper wrappers bound in. (ii),639+(1); (vi),640; (iv),625+(1); (viii),271+(1) pages
Text in French. A bibliography of engravers and engravings. Includes an alphabetical listing of engravers with a description of the works they produced with some illustrations of their trademarks. Other information given includes place and time the printer was in business. Author was a longtime employee of the Department of Printing at the Imperial Library in Paris. A laid-in letter from a Mr. James Hillhouse of New Haven, Connecticut to Mr Dougall Hawkes of New York describes research done on this copy and gives some information about its provenance. Ex-library with bookplate and markings. Spines of first three volumes loose. Front hinges of first two volumes cracked. Scuffing and rubbing at edges of all volumes.
Price: $ 450.00 other currencies Order nr. 115031

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See More... Ledoux, Louis V. A DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE OF AN EXHIBITION OF JAPANESE FIGURE PRINTS FORM MORONOBU TO TOYOKUNI.
New York The Grolier Club 1924 8vo. paper-covered boards, paper spine label, fore and bottom edges uncut, slipcase. xiv, 89 pages, with 28 additional leaves of illustrations.
Printed in an edition limited to 300 copies on Van Gelden Zonen paper at the Gillis Press. Catalogue of an exhibition at the Grolier Club tracing the development of color printing in Japan. Annotated in detail, often with historical commentary and translations of poems appearing on the prints. Paper cracked along bottom of front hinge. Bookplate.
Price: $ 225.00 other currencies Order nr. 98081

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See More... Lemercier, Alfred LA LITHOGRAPHIE FRANÇAISE DE 1796 Ŕ 1896 ET LES ARTS QUI S'Y RATTACHENT; MANUEL PRATIQUE S'ADRESSANT AUX ARTISTES ET AUX IMPRIMEURS.
Paris Ch. Lorilleux & Cie. 1896 4to. modern quarter calf, marbled paper-covered boards xxiv, 358 pages
Twenty-eight plates, some in color, and many illustrations in the text. Originally published in 12 parts; here bound together. Some internal spotting.
Price: $ 1,250.00 other currencies Order nr. 99477

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See More... Lesage, Alain-Rene THE ADVENTURES OF GIL BLAS OF SANTILLANA.
3 Volumes. Edinburgh William Paterson 1886 4to. contemporary half leather, marbled paper-covered boards, top edges gilt. lxii,333+(1); (xiv),431+(1); xx,500 pages
Limited to 125 numbered copies. English translation of the French novelist Alain-René Lesage's novel, first published between 1715 and 1736, considered one of the last masterpieces in the picaresque genre. Table of contents. The introductory note by the translator notes that the novel is "the most widely known of all European works of fiction with the single exception of Don Quixote." Biography of Lesage. Each of the three volumes has a tissue-protected frontispiece, table of contents, a list of illustrations, and tissue-protected illustrations. Illustrations designed and etched by French illustrator Adolphe Lalause (1838-1906), Well preserved set in beautiful binding executed by MacDonald of New York.
Price: $ 425.00 other currencies Order nr. 114931

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See More... Levis, Howard C. EXTRACTS FROM THE DIARIES AND CORRESPONDENCE OF JOHN EVELYN AND SAMUEL PEPYS RELATING TO ENGRAVING.
London Ellis 1915 8vo. cloth-backed boards. 166, (2) pages.
Limited to 250 copies. Extracts from these two 17th century diaries. Illustrated. Both men were authorities and collectors of engravings. Information on the artists of their day. Spine age darkened. Ink ownership inscription at top of free endpaper.
Price: $ 150.00 other currencies Order nr. 2348

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