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Abbey, J.R.

SCENERY OF GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND IN AQUATINT AND LITHOGRAPHY 1770-1860. With LIFE IN ENGLAND. With TRAVEL.

4 volumes, complete set.
London: Privately printed at the Curwen Press, 1952, 1953, 1956, 1957. 4to. cloth, spine labels, top edges gilt, leather spine labels, dust jackets. xx,399; xxi,428; xiii,300; xiii,301-675 pages. 4 volumes, complete set. First editions, limited to 500, 400, and 400 copies respectively. Filled with bibliographical descriptions of the color plate books published in England during this period and containing many plates in color. The great reference set of the subject. Jacket of volume one is..... READ MORE about SCENERY OF GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND IN AQUATINT AND LITHOGRAPHY 1770-1860. With LIFE IN ENGLAND....

Price: $2,500.00 Order nr. 15853

Bennett, Mary.

ARTISTS OF THE PRE-RAPHAELITE CIRCLE: THE FIRST GENERATION.

London: Lund Humphries for the National Museums and Galleries on Merseyside, (1988). small 4to. stiff paper wrappers. 207+(1) pages. Frist edition. Includes works in the Walker Art Gallery, Lady Lever Art Gallery, and Sudley Art Gallery. Table of contents, preface, introduction, list of abbreviations, acquisition chronology, index. 32 color plates, black and white illustrations throughout. READ MORE about ARTISTS OF THE PRE-RAPHAELITE CIRCLE: THE FIRST GENERATION

Price: $15.00 Order nr. 120992

Billington, James H.

BOOKS AND THE WORLD.

Washington: Library of Congress, 1988. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. (x), 12, (2) pages. Preface by John Y. Cole and foreword by Richard C. Torbert. Center for the Book, Viewpoint Series, No.22. READ MORE about BOOKS AND THE WORLD

Price: $10.00 Order nr. 33536

Blumenthal, Joseph.

ART OF THE PRINTED BOOKS 1455-1955.

London: The Bodley Head, 1974. 4to. cloth, dust jacket. 192 pages. First English edition. Profusely illustrated. Jacket spine slightly faded. READ MORE about ART OF THE PRINTED BOOKS 1455-1955

Price: $45.00 Order nr. 15638

Boorstin, Daniel J.

THE INDIVISIBLE WORLD: LIBRARIES AND THE MYTH OF CULTURAL EXCHANGE.

Washington, DC: Library of Congress, 1985. 12mo. self paper wrappers. 14, (2) pages. The author's remarks at the IFLA General Conference, 1985. Introductory comments by John Y. Cole, Director of the Center for the Book. Center for the Book Viewpoint Series No. 15. READ MORE about THE INDIVISIBLE WORLD: LIBRARIES AND THE MYTH OF CULTURAL EXCHANGE

Price: $10.00 Order nr. 120899

Boyle-Turner, Caroline.

THE PRINTS OF THE PONT-AVEN SCHOOL: GAUGUIN & HIS CIRCLE IN BRITTANY.

New York: Abbeville Press, 1986. 4to. cloth with gilt lettering on spine, pictoral dust jacket. 142, (2) pages. Exhibition catalogue for a show that traveled around the United States and Europe between 1986 and 1989. Forword by Douglas Druick. Profusely illustrated with 5 plates in color. READ MORE about THE PRINTS OF THE PONT-AVEN SCHOOL: GAUGUIN & HIS CIRCLE IN BRITTANY

Price: $20.00 Order nr. 79836

Cave, Roderick & Thomas Rae.

PRIVATE PRESS BOOKS 1959 TO 1993, 33 volumes.

31 volumes, complete run from the first volume of 1959 up through 1993. Some volumes cover more than one year.
Pinner: Private Library Association, 1960-1993. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 31 volumes, complete run from the first volume of 1959 up through 1993. Some volumes cover more than one year. Various limitations ranging from 750 to 1200 copies. Descriptions of modern private press books issued each of the years between 1959 and 1993. Illustrated. A wealth of information. The first volume is the third reprint of the first edition. READ MORE about PRIVATE PRESS BOOKS 1959 TO 1993, 33 volumes

Price: $650.00 Order nr. 7544

Church, A.H., W.Y. Fletcher, J. Starkie Gardner, Albert Hartshorne, and C.H. Reed.

SOME MINOR ARTS AS PRACTISED IN ENGLAND.

London: Seeley and Co., 1894. folio. original green cloth with gilt-stamping on front board and spine, all edges gilt. viii, 82, (2) pages. A study of English "minor arts" which includes a section on bookbinding. Illustrates bound works from the 16th to the early 18th centuries, and discussing the art of bookbinding to the late 19th century. Table of contents, list of illustrations, and list of other works by the publisher. Tissue-guarded color plates with..... READ MORE about SOME MINOR ARTS AS PRACTISED IN ENGLAND

Price: $75.00 Order nr. 114196

Farjeon, Eleanor.

EDWARD THOMAS: THE LAST FOUR YEARS.

London, England: Oxford University Press, 1958. 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. xvi, 271+(1) pages. Based on the letters from poet Edward Thomas to the author in the years from 1913 until his death in France in 1917. Preface, foreword, acknowledgments, index. Frontispiece photograph of Thomas. Gift inscription in ink on front free endpaper. READ MORE about EDWARD THOMAS: THE LAST FOUR YEARS

Price: $75.00 Order nr. 121034

Gray, Nicolette.

ROSSETTI DANTE AND OURSELVES.

London, England: Faber and Faber, (1947). 8vo. cloth, dust jacket, fore-edge uncut. 55+(1) pages. First edition. Foreword by the author. List of illustrations. 17 black and white plates. Dust jacket chipped at edges. Endpapers tanned. READ MORE about ROSSETTI DANTE AND OURSELVES

Price: $30.00 Order nr. 120989

Gross, Gerald (editor).

PUBLISHERS ON PUBLISHING.

Preface by Frank Swinnerton.
London: Secker & Warburg, (1962). 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. xvi, 495 pages. Preface by Frank Swinnerton. First English edition. Collected writings of some of the great American and British publishers on a variety of publishing fields. Copyright notice inked over. READ MORE about PUBLISHERS ON PUBLISHING

Price: $5.00 Order nr. 8994

Holme, Charles (editor).

THE ART OF THE BOOK A REVIEW OF SOME RECENT EUROPEAN AND AMERICAN WORK IN TYPOGRAPHY, PAGE DECORATION & BINDING.

New York: Dorset Books, (1990). 4to. cloth, dust jacket. 284 pages. Reprint of the 1914 first edition. S-K 122. With sections on British types, Fine Bookbinding in England, the Art of the Book in Germany, France, Austria, Hungary, Sweden and America. Many illustrations including a number in color. Jacket chipped with small tears along edges. READ MORE about THE ART OF THE BOOK A REVIEW OF SOME RECENT EUROPEAN AND AMERICAN WORK IN TYPOGRAPHY, PAGE...

Price: $15.00 Order nr. 42116

Jones, David.

EPOCH AND ARTIST, SELECTED WRITINGS BY DAVID JONES.

London: Faber and Faber, (1959). 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. 320 pages. First edition. A collection of essays about literature, art, religion, myth and place, including some on Eric Gill, James Joyce and Christopher Smart. Small tear along front hinge of jacket at head of spine. READ MORE about EPOCH AND ARTIST, SELECTED WRITINGS BY DAVID JONES

Price: $250.00 Order nr. 120879

Levy, Mervyn.

LIBERTY STYLE: THE CLASSIC YEARS 1898-1910.

London, England: Weidenfeld and Nicolson, (1986). 4to. cloth, dust jacket. 160 pages. First edition. Presentation by the author on half title. A study of the works designed by Liberty & Co. of London, influenced by the Vienna Secession, the Bauhaus, and cubism. Table of contents, foreword by A.I. Stewart-Liberty, introduction, bibliography, exhibition catalogues, index. Color and black and white illustrations throughout. READ MORE about LIBERTY STYLE: THE CLASSIC YEARS 1898-1910

Price: $35.00 Order nr. 121042

Lewis, C.T. Courtney.

THE STORY OF PICTURE PRINTING IN ENGLAND DURING THE NINETEENTH CENTURY; OR, FORTY YEARS OF WOOD AND STONE.

London: Sampson Low, Marston & Co., (1928). tall 8vo. cloth, top edge gilt. xxxvi, 405 pages and 61 plates. First edition. The definitive study of the subject with chapters devoted to Baxter, Charles Knight, Vizetelly, Leighton Brothers, Edmund Evans, Benjamin Fawcett and others. Bumped at head of spine. An excellent book. READ MORE about THE STORY OF PICTURE PRINTING IN ENGLAND DURING THE NINETEENTH CENTURY; OR, FORTY YEARS OF WOOD...

Price: $95.00 Order nr. 120873

Macnab, Iain.

THE STUDENT'S BOOK OF WOOD-ENGRAVING.

London, England: Sir Isaac Pitman & Sons, 1938. 8vo. cloth. x, 53+(1) pages. A volume in the The Student's Art Book series. Frontispiece by Blair Hughes-Stanton. Table of contents, list of illustrations, Scattered light spots on covers. Light foxing toward end of text. READ MORE about THE STUDENT'S BOOK OF WOOD-ENGRAVING

Price: $35.00 Order nr. 120912

Nash, Paul.

AERIAL FLOWERS.

Oxford, England: Counterpoint Publications, 1947. 4to. stiff paper wrappers, label on front wrapper. 8 pages. Limited to 1000 numbered copies (Horne 332-3). Designed by Nash shortly before he died on July 11, 1946. One color and four black and white illustrations. Label on front wrapper with picture of Nash courtesy of the Manchester Guardian. Titles of pictures on inside back wrapper. Wrappers lightly soiled. Front wrapper bent along fore-edge. READ MORE about AERIAL FLOWERS

Price: $110.00 Order nr. 121003

Nash, Paul.

AERIAL FLOWERS.

Oxford, England: Counterpoint Publications, 1947. 4to. stiff paper wrappers, label on front wrapper. 8 pages. Limited to 1000 numbered copies (Horne 332-3). Designed by Nash shortly before he died on July 11, 1946. One color and four black and white illustrations. Titles of pictures on inside back wrapper. Wrappers lightly soiled and bent at top fore-edge. READ MORE about AERIAL FLOWERS

Price: $100.00 Order nr. 121005

Pichon, Leon.

THE NEW BOOK-ILLUSTRATION IN FRANCE Translated from the French by Herbert B. Grimsditch.

London: The Studio, 1924. 4to. later cloth with original stiff paper wrappers bound-in. viii, 168 pages. The work of 79 artists are described and illustrated including a number in full color. Excellent reference book. Some wear at head of spine and faint spotting of cloth on spine. READ MORE about THE NEW BOOK-ILLUSTRATION IN FRANCE Translated from the French by Herbert B. Grimsditch

Price: $30.00 Order nr. 17046

Treuherz, Julian.

PRE-RAPHAELITE PAINTINGS FROM THE MANCHESTER CITY ART GALLERY.

London, England: Lund Humphries, (1980). 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 151+(1) pages. Table of contents, preface, introduction, select bibliography, catalogue of works at the gallery, list of other illustrations. 8 color plates. Gives particular attention to Ford Madox Brown. READ MORE about PRE-RAPHAELITE PAINTINGS FROM THE MANCHESTER CITY ART GALLERY

Price: $15.00 Order nr. 120991

Wallis, Lawrence W.

TYPOMANIA, SELECTED ESSAYS ON TYPESETTING AND RELATED SUBJECTS.

Upton-upon-Severn: Severnside Printers, 1993. small 4to. cloth, dust jacket. xiii, 161 pages. First edition. These essays "range over printing trade history, typography, and technology." Preface followed by 31 articles. READ MORE about TYPOMANIA, SELECTED ESSAYS ON TYPESETTING AND RELATED SUBJECTS

Price: $40.00 Order nr. 40527

(Beerbohm, Max). Hart-Davis, Rupert.

A CATALOGUE OF THE CARICATURES OF MAX BEERBOHM.

(London): Macmillan, 1972. 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. 258 pages. First printing. A listing of more than 2000 of Beerbohm's caricatures, during the first quarter of the twentieth century, with their captions and a brief description of where the work was exhibited and its ownership as of 1972. The editor has also added explanatory notes for jokes which are now forgotten or obscure. With indexes of titles, books and periodicals, and owners. Self-caricature as frontispiece and..... READ MORE about A CATALOGUE OF THE CARICATURES OF MAX BEERBOHM

Price: $35.00 Order nr. 64271

(Bibliography).

HANDLIST OF BOOKS IN THE LIBRARY OF THE BIBLIOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY.

N.P. Bibliographical Society, 1935. square 8vo. cloth-backed boards. (vi), 67 pages. List of bibliographical tools in the library. READ MORE about HANDLIST OF BOOKS IN THE LIBRARY OF THE BIBLIOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY

Price: $10.00 Order nr. 593

(Birmingham School of Printing). Alexander, S.A.

SIR CHRISTOPHER WREN FROM THE BICENTENARY MEMORIAL VOLUME PUBLISHED UNDER THE AUSPICES OF THE ROYAL INSTITUTION OF BRITISH ARCHITECTS.

(Birmingham, England): City of Birmingham School of Printing, 1935. 4to. stiff paper wrappers, cord-tied. 7, (3) pages. Originally published to commemorate the Wren bicentennial. With illustration of Wren's masterpiece, St. Paul's Cathedral. Printed under the direction of Leonard Jay. Wrappers lightly tanned and bent at edges. READ MORE about SIR CHRISTOPHER WREN FROM THE BICENTENARY MEMORIAL VOLUME PUBLISHED UNDER THE AUSPICES OF THE...

Price: $35.00 Order nr. 121756

(Birmingham School of Printing). Batey, Chalres.

IN PRAISE OF FAMOUS MEN.

(Birmingham, England): City of Birmingham School of Printing, 1950. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 15, (3) pages. Printed under the direction of Leonard Jay. Address delivered by the author at the school, November 9, 1949. Wrappers lightly tanned. READ MORE about IN PRAISE OF FAMOUS MEN

Price: $15.00 Order nr. 121759

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