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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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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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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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(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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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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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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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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Angel, Marie BEASTS IN HERALDRY
Brattleboro VT Stephen Greene Press (1974) square 8vo paper-covered boards, paper-covered clamshell box with pictorial front pastedown not paginated
First edition, one of 100 numbered and signed copies. Laid-in, in original folder with waxed seal, is a print of an eagle with printed initials M. A. Loose page noting contents and limitation also laid- in. A very attractive book relating the charming pictures of Miss Angel to the creatures of heraldry. Twenty animals represented. The protective clamshell box is stained.
Price: $ 200.00 other currencies Order nr. 107031

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(Angelo, Valenti) Angelo, Valenti VALENTI ANGELO, AUTHOR ILLUSTRATOR PRINTER
San Francisco Book Club of California 1976 folio half cloth over boards, plain paper dust jacket. 97, (3) pages.
First edition, limited to 400 copies printed by Andrew Hoyem. Design of title page and decorations throughout book by Angelo who has also added colors and gold by hand. Signed by Angelo. Chapters by Oscar Lewis, Robert Grabhorn, Sherwood Anderson, Annis Duff and an autobiography by Angelo. Followed by a bibliography of his illustrated work. Contains 43 specimen pages, in color, of Valenti Angelo's work. With prospectus loosely inserted.
Price: $ 350.00 other currencies Order nr. 76274

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(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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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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(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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(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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(Angelo, Valenti) THE SONG OF SONGS WHICH IS SOLOMON'S.
Illustrated and Illuminated by Valenti Angelo. New York Heritage Press 1935 tall 8vo. full red leather stamped in blind, slipcase. (32) pages printed French fold.
The variant bound in full leather. Illustrations heightened in gold by Angelo. Leather spine rubbed. Slipcase worn along edges with small pieces missing.
Price: $ 25.00 other currencies Order nr. 16537

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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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(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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(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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(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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(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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(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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(Ardizzone, Edward) Alderson, Brian EDWARD ARDIZZONE, A BIBLIOGRAPHIC COMMENTARY.
New Castle, DE Oak Knoll Press 2003 large 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. Color frontispiece; 309+(1) pages.
First edition. When Edward Ardizzone passed away in 1979, he was one of the best-loved artists (and authors) in the English-speaking world. He illustrated more than 200 books and pamphlets, a good number of which he also wrote, as well as designed dust jackets and ephemera for a range of patrons. Brian Alderson first published a checklist of this work in The Private Library in 1972. Since then, with the co-operation of the artist and his family, he has extended and expanded the coverage of the original list, describing for the first time in a full-scale bibliography Ardizzone's books, dust jackets, commercial work and ephemera, with notes on his periodical contributions, war art, prints, posters and bookplates. Appendices reprint articles by Ardizzone himself and detail the history of two favorite titles - Peacock Pie and Peter Pan - and reproduce Gabriel White's memorial tribute to the artist. Includes a four page color section. SALES RIGHTS: Available in North & South America from Oak Knoll Books. Available outside North & South America from The British Library.
Price: $ 75.00 other currencies Order nr. 73475

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(Ardizzone, Edward) Alderson, Brian EDWARD ARDIZZONE, A BIBLIOGRAPHIC COMMENTARY.
New Castle, DE Oak Knoll Press 2003 large 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. Color frontispiece; 309+(1) pages.
First edition. When Edward Ardizzone passed away in 1979, he was one of the best-loved artists (and authors) in the English-speaking world. He illustrated more than 200 books and pamphlets, a good number of which he also wrote, as well as designed dust jackets and ephemera for a range of patrons. Brian Alderson first published a checklist of this work in The Private Library in 1972. Since then, with the co-operation of the artist and his family, he has extended and expanded the coverage of the original list, describing for the first time in a full-scale bibliography Ardizzone's books, dust jackets, commercial work and ephemera, with notes on his periodical contributions, war art, prints, posters and bookplates. Appendices reprint articles by Ardizzone himself and detail the history of two favorite titles - Peacock Pie and Peter Pan - and reproduce Gabriel White's memorial tribute to the artist. Includes a four page color section. Spine of dust jacket is faded. Headband is loose.
Price: $ 40.00 other currencies Order nr. 78371

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