London: Jonathan Cape, (1940). 8vo. cloth. 384 pages. First edition. Lacking the dust jacket. Some shelfwear. Front hinge tender. Else very good. With letters from William Morris, T.J. Cobden-Sanderson, Charles Ricketts and many others. READ MORE about FRIENDS OF A LIFETIME, LETTERS TO SYDNEY CARLYLE COCKERELL
Price: $100.00 Order nr. 55418
New York: The Scheide Library, 1976. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 86, (2) pages. With 12 plates. Printed at the Stinehour Press with special ornaments drawn by Stephen Harvard. A fine copy. READ MORE about ANGLO-SAXON VERNACULAR MANUSCRIPTS IN AMERICA
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 1798
Introduction by Joan M. Friedman.
New York: Garland Publishing Co., 1981. 8vo. cloth. ix, xviii, 281, (5) pages. Introduction by Joan M. Friedman. Reprint of the 1910 first edition but the first edition with Friedman's introduction. A fine copy. Also contains additional entries to the bibliography. Chapters on Colour Printing in the 15th Century, 16th and 17th Centuries, 18th and 19th Centuries, Chromo-Lithography, Photo-Mechanical Colour Printing and Modern Colour Processes. Illustrated. READ MORE about COLOUR PRINTING AND COLOUR PRINTERS
Price: $35.00 Order nr. 35754
Aberystwyth: National Library of Wales, 1980. 4to. stiff paper wrappers. (28) pages and 6 color plates. Text in Welsh and English. Exhibition catalogue. Fine condition. Very scarce. READ MORE about ENGLISH COLOUR-PLATE BOOKS, 1750-1880
Price: $40.00 Order nr. 37545
Rochester: Digital Publishing Center, Rochester Institute of Technology, 1997. large 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. (ii), 58 pages. First edition. A fine copy. Twenty-five short sections on hand illumination and color printing techniques, from color woodcuts to screen printing. Each section has a page of text, a page of one or more representative prints produced by the method under discussion, and several small detail photos in the margins showing how that method makes a colored image..... READ MORE about TEMPTING THE PALETTE, A SURVEY OF COLOR PRINTING PROCESSES
Price: $30.00 Order nr. 53002
Corpus Christi, TX: Corpus Christi College, 2000. square 8vo. paper wrappers. 96 pages. First edition. A fine copy. Color illustrations. READ MORE about THE PARKER LIBRARY - TREASURES FROM THE COLLECTION AT CORPUS CHRISTI COLLEGE, CAMBRIDGE, ENGLAND
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 136615
Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1998. 8vo. cloth. xv, 272 pages. First edition. A fine copy. The First Published Reference Source To Bring Together Biographical Information On American Antiquarian Bookdealers, This Book Provides Librarians, Dealers, And Collectors With Useful Information On Those Dealers Who Were Prominent In Securing And Distributing Used And Rare Books, Manuscripts, Maps, Autographs, Documents, And Ephemera The Book Covers 205 Notable Dealers Who Died Before August 1, 1997 Prominent Dealers Are Identified..... READ MORE about DICTIONARY OF AMERICAN ANTIQUARIAN BOOKDEALERS
Price: $100.00 Order nr. 136547
(South Pasadena, CA: Ward Ritchie, 1933). 8vo. Tan printed wrappers. 60, (1) pages. First edition printed by Ward Ritchie in an edition of 125 unnumbered copies. Some chipping around the top edge of the wrappers. Minor fading to spine. Else a fine copy. A catalogue of 166 items. Very scarce. READ MORE about DOVES BOOKS FROM THE PRESS & BINDERY OF T.J. COBDEN-SANDERSON WITH MEMORABILIA OF THE MAN...
Price: $200.00 Order nr. 136652
New York: Da Capo Press, 1970. small folio. cloth, dust jacket. xiv, 275 pages with 79 plates. Reprint of the first edition. The bibliographical descriptions in the back of this book are quite thorough. This reprint contains a number of color plates. Jacket worn with tears. Else near fine. READ MORE about FLOWER & FRUIT PRINTS OF THE 18TH AND EARLY 19TH CENTURIES, THEIR HISTORY, MAKERS AND USES,...
Price: $50.00 Order nr. 45480
N.P. Northland Press, (1977). small 4to. cloth, dust jacket. xvi, 192 pages. First edition. Water staining along spine of dust jacket, with chipping and loss around the edges. Else very good. Foreword by Leland D. Case. Chapters on collecting Western Americana, High Spots of Western Fiction, A Range Man's Library, The Texas Ranch Today, Billy the Kid, Ranger Reading, Dime Novel Texas, Books and Dealers, Dobie Rarities, Remington Rarities and Russell Rarities. READ MORE about WESTERN HIGH SPOTS, READING AND COLLECTING GUIDES
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 19398
Hampshire, England: Scolar Press, 1988. small 4to. cloth, dust jacket. 196 pages. First edition, limited to 750 numbered copies. Spine faded on jacket, else fine condition. A check-list of books and plates printed by Fawcett, plus letters to, from or concerning him. Contains an outline of Fawcett's life, an interesting article on Fawcett's woodblock printing techniques by Gavin Bridson, and a look at scientific publishing in the nineteenth century. Many black and white illustrations, plus..... READ MORE about BENJAMIN FAWCETT ENGRAVER AND COLOUR PRINTER, WITH A LIST OF HIS BOOKS AND PLATES
Price: $30.00 Order nr. 23177
New York: Pierpont Morgan Library, (1980). 4to. stiff paper wrappers. (82) pages. Catalogue of the exhibition of flower books and drawings belonging to Jane Grew Morgan (Mrs. J.P. Morgan). A fine copy. Gives detailed descriptions of 141 items. Beautifully illustrated, many in color. Preface by Charles Ryskamp, and introduction by Helen B. Mules. READ MORE about FLOWERS IN BOOKS AND DRAWINGS, ca. 940-1840
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 126609
Munich, Berlin, London, New York: Prestel, (2010). 4to. paper covered boards. 255 pages. First edition. A fine copy. Lacking separate quarter-sized paper dust jacket. Fully illustrated in color. READ MORE about THE AURA OF ALIF: THE ART OF WRITING IN ISLAM
Price: $60.00 Order nr. 136612
New Haven: Yale Center for British Art, 1978. 4to. stiff paper wrappers. x, 74 pages and 72 plates. An excellent reference tool in the study of color printing. Describes 189 books beginning with the Chiaroscuro woodcuts and ending with the sophisticated color printing methods of the 19th century. Includes a bibliography. 24 of the 72 plates are in color. Near fine. READ MORE about COLOR PRINTING IN ENGLAND, 1486-1870
Price: $25.00 Order nr. 14095
Brochure 13
Hamburg: Dr. Jörn Günther Antiquariat, 2013. 4to. paper wrappers. 63 items for sale. Brochure 13. A catalogue of illuminated manuscripts and early prints. Written in German and English. With frontispiece, and more than 150 color photos of the 63 items on offer. With a key to the bibliography references. Price list laid in. A near-fine copy. READ MORE about DISCOVERIES FROM THE PAST
Price: $30.00 Order nr. 136665
Catalogue 8
Hamburg: Dr. Jörn Günther Antiquariat, 2006. 4to. cloth, paper cover label. 160 pages. Catalogue 8. A catalogue of illuminated manuscripts and early prints. Written in German and English. With frontispiece, and more than 150 color photos of the 50 items on offer. With a key to the bibliography references. Price list laid in. A fine copy. READ MORE about FIFTY MANUSCRIPTS & MINIATURES
Price: $50.00 Order nr. 136634
Brochure 16
Hamburg: Dr. Jörn Günther Antiquariat, 2016. 4to. paper wrappers. 64 items for sale. Brochure 16. A catalogue of illuminated manuscripts and early prints. Written in German and English. With frontispiece, and more than 150 color photos of the 64 items on offer. With a key to the bibliography references. Price list laid in. A fine copy. READ MORE about IN PURSUIT OF MASTERPIECES
Price: $50.00 Order nr. 136667
Catalogue 9
Hamburg: Dr. Jörn Günther Antiquariat, 2008. 4to. cloth, paper cover label, slip case. 257 pages. Catalogue 9. A catalogue of illuminated manuscripts and early prints. Written in German and English. With frontispiece, and more than 150 color photos of the 50 items on offer. With a key to the bibliography references. Price list and card with compliments of Dr. Jörn Günther laid in. A fine copy. READ MORE about MASTERPIECES
Price: $50.00 Order nr. 104078
Brochure 17
Hamburg: Dr. Jörn Günther Antiquariat, 2016. 4to. paper wrappers. 70 items for sale. Brochure 17. A catalogue of illuminated manuscripts and early prints. Written in German and English. With frontispiece, and more than 150 color photos of the 70 items on offer. With a key to the bibliography references. Price list laid in. A fine copy. READ MORE about PRECIOUS AND PRECISE
Price: $40.00 Order nr. 136666
Brochure 14
Hamburg: Dr. Jörn Günther Antiquariat, 2013. 4to. paper wrappers. 46 items for sale. Brochure 14. Brochure 14. A fine copy. Price list loosely inserted. A catalogue of illuminated manuscripts and early prints. Written in English. With frontispiece, and color photos of the 46 items on offer. READ MORE about TIMELESS TREASURES: A SELECTION OF ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPTS, MINIATURES,EARLY PRINTED BOOKS
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 136688
(Boulder): Shambhala Publications, (1979). 4to. cloth, dust jacket. xiv, 314 pages. First U.S. edition. Ten separate authors discuss calligraphy, illumination, miniature painting and bookbinding during this period. 250 illustrations including many in color. Minor foxing of half-title. Ownership inscription in pencil. READ MORE about THE ARTS OF THE BOOK IN CENTRAL ASIA, 14TH-16TH CENTURIES
Price: $300.00 Order nr. 19319
New Castle, Delaware: Oak Knoll Press, 2001. 8vo. cloth, 624 pages. illustrated. This is the first book-length presentation of the life and works of James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps, the eminent Shakespearean scholar. Fine in fine dust jacket. Halliwell was a man of prodigious energy and wide interests. His six hundred or so publications deal, not only with Shakespeare and early modern literature, but also cover mathematics, lexicography, the history of science, archaeology, and many other important..... READ MORE about JAMES ORCHARD HALLIWELL-PHILLIPPS: THE LIFE AND WORKS
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 136523
(London): The British Library, 1998. thick 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. xx, 833 pages. First edition. Massive study of this instutition. Many plates of illustrations in the back. Near fine. READ MORE about A HISTORY OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM LIBRARY, 1753-1973
Price: $400.00 Order nr. 90531
Baltimore: John Hopkins University, 1977. small 4to. cloth. (viii), 234 pages and 89 plates. First edition. A fine copy. An impressive study issued in conjunction with an exhibition of incunables and manuscripts. READ MORE about PEN TO PRESS: ILLUSTRATED MANUSCRIPTS AND PRINTED BOOKS IN THE FIRST C ENTURY OF PRINTING
Price: $50.00 Order nr. 22016
New York: The Grolier Club, 2004. small 4to. cloth, dust jacket. 205, (3) pages. Lasting Impressions provides a detailed history of the Grolier Club's library of books, manuscripts, and prints. Published to celebrate the Club's 120th birthday, the items in this collection illustrate various aspects of printing and graphic arts that are represented in the Library. Illuminated manuscripts, dusty note cards, gilt armorial bindings, shoddy printed wrappers, elephant folios, microscopic books, auction catalogues of royal..... READ MORE about LASTING IMPRESSIONS: THE GROLIER CLUB LIBRARY
Price: $35.00 Order nr. 114289
