Hofer, Philip.

THE ARTIST & THE BOOK 1860-1960 IN WESTERN EUROPE AND THE UNITED STATES.

Boston: Museum of Fine Arts, (1961). 4to. cloth, dust jacket. 232 pages. First edition. Jacket with major tears and loss, loosely inserted into the book. This copy has the H.P. Kraus bookplate on the front pastedown. The book itself is in near fine condition. Biographical and bibliographical descriptions of many artists and over 300 of their creations. Well illustrated. READ MORE about THE ARTIST & THE BOOK 1860-1960 IN WESTERN EUROPE AND THE UNITED STATES

Price: $25.00  other currencies  Order nr. 78140

Hofer, Philip.

BAROQUE BOOK ILLUSTRATION, A SHORT SURVEY.

Cambridge: Harvard University Press, (1970). 4to. cloth, dust jacket. 43 pages of text followed by 143 plates. Second printing, with new introduction. Jacket chipped around edges, else near fine.From the private reference library of Dorothy Sloan with a commemorative bookplate loosely inserted. READ MORE about BAROQUE BOOK ILLUSTRATION, A SHORT SURVEY

Price: $30.00  other currencies  Order nr. 14224

(Lear, Edward). Hofer, Philip.

RHYMES OF NONSENSE, AN ALPHABET BY EDWARD LEAR.

London: Bertram Rota, 1968. 8vo. cloth-backed boards. 8, (26) pages. Limited to 500 numbered copies. Text by Hofer. Reproduces an original alphabet by Lear in facsimile. Of interest to all lovers of Lear's drawings and verses. READ MORE about RHYMES OF NONSENSE, AN ALPHABET BY EDWARD LEAR

Price: $44.00  other currencies  Order nr. 9413