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  other currencies  Order nr. 120992

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  other currencies  Order nr. 120899

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  other currencies  Order nr. 7544

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  other currencies  Order nr. 121034

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  other currencies  Order nr. 8994

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  other currencies  Order nr. 120879

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  other currencies  Order nr. 120873

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  other currencies  Order nr. 121003

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  other currencies  Order nr. 17046

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  other currencies  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  other currencies  Order nr. 64271

(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  other currencies  Order nr. 121756

(Birmingham School of Printing). Browning, Robert.

RABBI BEN EZRA.

(Birmingham, England): Birmingham School of Printing, 1930. 4to. stiff paper wrappers, blue cord-tied. 9+(1) pages. Arranged and printed under the direction of Leonard Jay. Compositors work by G. Pym. Wrappers slightly bent at edges. READ MORE about RABBI BEN EZRA

Price: $40.00  other currencies  Order nr. 121753