London, England: The Redfern Gallery, (1955). 4to. stiff paper wrappers. unpaginated. Foreword by Osbert Lancaster. Catalogue of military memorabilia. Black and white illustrations. Covers tanned and lightly soiled. READ MORE about ELEGANCE MILITAIRE
Price: $65.00 Order nr. 125435
New York: Columbia University Press, 1942. 8vo. cloth. 248 pages. Third in a series published for the English Institute. Papers read at the meeting of the Institute in 1941, focusing on English and American literature. Preface, table of contents, four appendices, index. READ MORE about ENGLISH INSTITUTE ESSAYS 1941
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 116023
New York: Columbia University Press, 1947. 8vo. cloth. 222 pages. Fifth in a series published for the English Institute. Papers read at the meeting of the Institute in 1946, focusing on biographical evidence and the methods of literary studies. Introduction, table of contents, four appendices, index. READ MORE about ENGLISH INSTITUTE ESSAYS 1946
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 116022
Number 1. Milano: Edizioni Rovello, April 1979. 4to. stiff paper wrappers. 96, (20) pages. The first issue of this well produced periodical. With a summary of articles in English. Includes Dino Villani giving a history of posters and Pietro Maroni on the Giunti. READ MORE about L' ESOPO, RIVISTA TRIMESTRALE DI BIBLIOFILIA
Price: $25.00 Order nr. 36312
N.P. n.p., n.d. broadside (8 by 10 inches). Etching of a mythical scene, artist unidentified. READ MORE about Etching
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 133110
N.P. n.p., n.d. broadside (19 by 13 inches). Etching of a laborer, artist unknown. READ MORE about Etching
Price: $200.00 Order nr. 133444
N.P. n.p., n.d. broadside (19 by 13 inches). Etching of a laborer, artist unknown. Chipped at edges. READ MORE about Etching
Price: $200.00 Order nr. 133446
London: European Illustration, (1985). 4to. cloth, dust jacket. 222, (2) pages. The 12th annual volume. Filled with hundreds of illustrations with a number in color. Front cover damaged at bottom. READ MORE about EUROPEAN ILLUSTRATION, THE TWELFTH ANNUAL
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 105723
Rarissimes livres Anciens, Beaux Livres Modernes, Choix de curieux Autographes, Ravissantes Reliures, Éditions Originales, Incunables
Paris: Georges Andrieux, 1926. 4to. paper wrappers. (xi), 82, (3) pages. Rarissimes livres Anciens, Beaux Livres Modernes, Choix de curieux Autographes, Ravissantes Reliures, Éditions Originales, Incunables. An auction catalogue of 216 items. Many black-and-white photographs. Front panel detached, spine lacking much of the paper, back panel starting to come loose. There is some edgewear, back panel very finger smudged. READ MORE about EXCELLENTS DÉBUTS DE BIBLIOPHILIE
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 88208
Providence, RI: Pembroke College, 1932. 8vo. quarter cloth, paper-covered boards, leather spine label. (iv), 22, (4) pages. Limited to 500 copies. Printed by D.B. Updike of the Merrymount Press, Boston. Designed by Rosamond B. Loring. The proceedings of an event commemorating Lida Shaw King, March 3, 1932. Covers slightly rubbed and scuffed at edges. READ MORE about EXERCISES COMMEMORATIVE OF LIDA SHAW KING DEAN OF PEMBROKE COLLEGE 1905-1922
Price: $50.00 Order nr. 131691
Buenos Aires: 11th Congress of the Argentine Graphics Industry, 1964. 4to. sewn, stiff paper wrappers. 76, (4) pages. Limited to 2,000 copies. catalogue for an exhibition, "Forms and stages of the book," held in Buenos Aires in 1964. Eight-hundred-nineteen entries. Numbered entries (the first 573, including 39 incunabula) are arranged chronologically and then by printer, editor or publisher. Other entries are mostly groupings of works by specific Argentine printers. With index. Covers soiled, chipped. Front..... READ MORE about EXPOSICION, FORMAS Y ETAPAS DEL LIBRO
Price: $35.00 Order nr. 52002
Bruxelles: Librairie Dechenne, 1921. small 8vo. later cloth, leather spine label. 87+(1) pages. With a preface by Louis Bailly. Illustrated in black-and-white. From the reference library of the Zaehnsdorf Company with a commemorative booklabel loosely inserted. Covers rubbed with wear along hinges. Leather spine label rubbed with some chipping. READ MORE about EXPOSITION DE LA FÉDÉRATION FRANÇAISE DES ARTISTES (SECTION DES ILLUSTRATEURS), SPÉCIMENS DE...
Price: $95.00 Order nr. 102277
Paris: Société D'Éditions Géographiques, Maritimes et Coloniales, 1929. 8vo. wrappers. lxv, 312 pages. Catalogue of 1929 exhibition of objects relating to New France. Frontispiece. Black and white plates throughout. Wrappers torn, slightly soiled. Unopened. READ MORE about EXPOSITION RETROSPECTIVE DES COLONIES FRANCAISES DE L'AMERIQUE DU NORD, CATALOGUE ILLUSTRÉ
Price: $45.00 Order nr. 106353
Barcelona, Spain: A. Lopez Llausas, 1929. 8vo. brochure. Text in Italian. A foldout brochure showing the design and plan of the Palazzo constructed for exhibits related to the graphic arts including typography, lithography, printing, publishing, book design, and cartography. The diagram shows the arrangement of and location of each exhibition booth. Two color illustrations of the Palazzo. Brochure folds out to a 47 by 64 cm. poster. READ MORE about EXPOSIZIONE INTERNAZIONALE BARCELLONA 1929
Price: $200.00 Order nr. 130848
(Paris, France): Bookking International, (1995). 4to. stiff paper wrappers. 91, (3) pages. Translated French by Sue Budden. Table of contents, bibliography. READ MORE about FANTASTIC ALPHABETS
Price: $7.00 Order nr. 119899
Heidelberg: Deutschen Faktoren-Bundes, 1956. square 8vo. stiff paper wrappers with embossed symbol. (xi), 37, (11) pages. Text in German. Book published for the 60th anniversary celebration of the German Factory Alliance. A brief history of the alliance and workers unions is given. Several beautiful full color illustrations have been pritned on high quality paper and have been tipped-in. Card laid-in stating "From the reference library of H.P. Kraus Oak Knoll Books * MMIII." Light foxing..... READ MORE about FESTSCHRIFT, HERAUSGEGEBEN AUD ANLASS DER FEIER DES 60 JÄHRINGEN BESTEHENS DES DEUTSCHEN...
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 92122
(San Francisco, CA: Fine Print), 1982. 4to. self paper wrappers. 81-119+(1) pages. Volume 8, Number 3. Includes bibliographies, reviews of recent fine press publications, feature article, and exhibition notices. Special Eric Gill centennary issue. Black and white illustrations. Classified advertisements loosely inserted. READ MORE about FINE PRINT: A REVIEW FOR THE ARTS OF THE BOOK
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 129342
(Temple City, CA: Craft Course Publishers, 1966). 4to. stiff paper wrappers. 24 pages. A volume in the "Handicrafts for Fun" library. Table of contents, acknowledgments. Black and white illustrations. Covers separated from text. READ MORE about FINISHING WITH GOLD LEAF
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 134140
2 volumes. With a prefatory note by Terry Halladay.
New Haven: William Reese Co., (1986). small 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. Not paginated but over 1500 items described. 2 volumes. With a prefatory note by Terry Halladay. A priced bookseller's catalogue of first books. Spines faded. READ MORE about FIRST BOOKS AND ASSOCIATED ITEMS
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 70215
Chicago, IL: Chicago Paper Co., n.d. 4to. stiff paper wrappers. unpaginated. Offers advice on advertising. Illustrated. Pages French fold. Illustrated. Covers lightly soiled. READ MORE about FOLDWELL
Price: $120.00 Order nr. 133607
N.P. n.p., n.d. framed portrait (17 by 12 1/2 inches). A color embossed metal portrait of Scottish poet Robert Burns (1759-1796). The portrait is surrounded by scenes from Burns's life.and two short poetic works: "To a Mountain Daisy" and "John Anderson." With a wooden frame. READ MORE about Framed Portrait of Robert Burns
Price: $100.00 Order nr. 133457
(Göteborg: Göteborgs Kunstmuseum, 1983). 4to. stiff paper wrappers. 71+(1) pages. Text in Swedish with summary in English. Exhibition catalogue of proof impressions, sometimes called state proofs, acquired by the Gothenburg Art Museum. Introductory essays by Björn Fredlund and Küllike Montgomery. Black and white illustrations throughout. Listing of abbreviations and bibliography. Wrappers torn at top of spine, date stamped on front wrapper. Commemorative booklabel loosely inserted indicates that this copy came from the H.P. Kraus reference..... READ MORE about FRÅN GRAFIKERNS VERKSTAD: PROVTRYCK GENOM FYRA ARHUNDRADEN
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 108220
Minsk: B'ishzishaia Shkoda, 1989. 4to. cloth, dust jacket. 187, (19) pages. Text in Belarussian. Skorina (c. 1485-c. 1540) was one of the first publishers in eastern Europe, born in Polotsk, Belarussia, studied in Krakow and Padua, and published in Prague and Vilnius. Many scholars attribute the development of modern Belarussian as a literary language to him. A collection of essays by various scholars focusing of Skorina and his historical context. Black and white illustrations throughout..... READ MORE about FRANTISISK SKARINA: BELORUSSKII GUMANIST PROSVETITEL' PERVOPECHATNIK (FRANTISISK SKARINA:...
Price: $75.00 Order nr. 108791
New York, NY: Oxford University Press, (1939). small folio. cloth. 14+(1) pages, plates. Preface by Paul Claudel, introduction by Marcel Aubert. 19 color plates. Two color plates tipped-in in text. Front cover lightly stained at bottom. Rebound. READ MORE about FRENCH CATHEDRAL WINDOWS OF THE TWELTH AND THIRTEENTH CENTURIES
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 130636
23 issues
Kobenhavn: Det Kongelige Bibliotek, 1955-1980. large 8vo. stiff paper wrappers, dust jackets. 23 issues. 23 issues, volumes II (1955)-XXIV (1980). This periodical features articles stemming from or relating to the collections of the Royal Library in Copenhagen. Article topics range from early Danish printers' and publishers' marks to silver filigree bindings. While many articles center on specifically Danish topics, an equal amount address subjects of a more international scope. For example, volume XXIII includes an..... READ MORE about FUND OG FORSKNING I DET KONGELIGE BIBLIOTEKS SAMLINGER
Price: $250.00 Order nr. 61534
