Ottawa, ON, Canada: National Library of Canada, 1981. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. (24) pages. Text in English and French. Ten prominent Canadian book artists, with bibliographic and descriptive information. Color illustrations. Previous owner's name on front wrapper. READ MORE about ARTISTS IN BOOKS, MADE IN CANADA LIVRES D'ARTISTES
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 134870
(New York, NY: School of Visual Arts, 1976. 12mo. stiff paper wrappers. 77, (3) pages. 4th printing, revised edition. Table of contents, preface by Placement Director Eileen McClash. A guide to careers in the visual arts. READ MORE about CAREERS IN THE VISUAL ARTS
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 134650
(Allegany, NY): Friedsam Memorial Library, n.d., but 1998. 4to. stiff paper wrappers. (ii), 26 pages. Foreword by university president Robert J. Wickenheiser, list of trustees and university officers, acknowledgments. Color illustrations and descriptive text about highlights of the library's special collections. READ MORE about A CENTURY OF GATHERING: THE RARE BOOK AND MANUSCRIPT COLLECTION OF ST. BONAVENTURE UNIVERSITY
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 134658
New York, NY: Marquardt & Company, n.d. 12mo. stiff paper wrappers. (16) pages. Features an article discussing trade marks by Clarence P. Hornung, with illustrations. Text detached from wrappers. READ MORE about DESIGN & PAPER NUMBER EIGHT
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 134869
3 volumes.
London, England: Alecto Historical Editions, 1987. folio. cloth. xii, 179+(1); x, pagination of original document; unpaginated. 3 volumes. First volume with table of contents, foreword, acknowledgments, essays by various scholars,bibliography, glossary, three appendices, index. Second volume focuses on the Hampshire Domesday, and the third volume is a facsimile. READ MORE about DOMESDAY BOOK STUDIES
Price: $75.00 Order nr. 134602
Vinegia, Italy: Appresso Gabriel Giolito de Ferrari, 1548. 16mo. later leather. variously paginated. Brunet I, 398. Text in Italian. Translated from Latin to Italian by Lodovico Petroni. An account of history in Italy from the fall of Rome to 1268 Also includes an account of the life of Ezzellino III da Romano (1194-1259), an Italian noble and soldier who was chief governing officer of Verona, Vicenza, and Padua. A table of contents follows Guerra de..... READ MORE about LA GUERRA DE GHOTI and VITA DI EZZELLINO TERZO DA ROMANO
Price: $500.00 Order nr. 134933
N.P. Etherington Conversation Center, 1997. 4to. cloth. variously paginated. Facsimile of original edition (London: for J. Taylor, 1802). Preface to this English translation, table of contents. Black and white illustrations. READ MORE about A TREATISE ON PAINTING
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 134661
London: Cassell & Co., & Francis Walterson, 1929. tall 8vo. polished cloth, top edge gilt, others uncut. x, 324, (2) pages. First edition. (Gill no.18). With a Gill woodcut on the title page and 24 essays by Gill on art. The first use of "Pertetua," a type fount designed by Gill. The Italic had not been developed for this fount so typeset underlining is used in the text. Spine faded. READ MORE about ART-NONSENSE AND OTHER ESSAYS
Price: $25.00 Order nr. 102629
2 Volumes.
Boston, MA: Estes and Lauriat, n.d., but circa 1890. 12mo. paper-covered boards. x, 161+(1); iv, 152 pages. 2 Volumes. Published as part of the Exquisite Series. Table of contents, advertisement by the author, list of illustrations. Etchings by A.D. Lalauze. Covers rubbed, scuffed, and stained. Previous owner's bookplate on front free endpaper. Loose front endpapers in first volume. READ MORE about THE VICAR OF WAKEFIELD
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 135015
New York: The Grolier Club, 2019. 6 x 9 inches. Paperback. 256 pages. Catalogue of the exhibition at the Grolier Club, January 16-February 23, 2019, photographically illustrated and with essays by biographer Paul Mariani, poets Paul Muldoon and Daniel Halpern, and collector Alan Klein. Illuminating the parallel and overlapping careers and relationships of Wallace Stevens and William Carlos Williams, the exhibition juxtaposes the two poets with unique material on view for the first time. It..... READ MORE about TWO AMERICAN POETS: WALLACE STEVENS AND WILLIAM CARLOS WILLIAMS
Price: $35.00 save 10% $31.50 Order nr. 134532
Haarlem, Netherlands: Joh. Enschedé en Zonen, 1927. 8vo. half cloth, decorated paper-covered boards. 182, (6) pages. Limited to 1000 numbered copies. Table of contents. Exact reprint of the earliest English text, printed for the Bennett Libraries of New York. Ten etchings, including frontispiece, by Clara Tice. Rubbed and scuffed at fore-edge corners. Unopened. Slight tanning at edges. READ MORE about CANDIDE OR ALL FOR THE BEST
Price: $150.00 Order nr. 134475
N.P. n.p., n.d. oblong 16mo. cloth, sewn binding, paper front cover label. unpaginated. A poetic work. Color illustrations. READ MORE about TEN RIPE PLUMS
Price: $30.00 Order nr. 134965
Wichita: Oak Park Press, 1983. miniature book (6.8 x 5.0 cm). leather, title gilt-stamped on spine and front cover, edges uncut. unpaginated. Limited to 200 numbered copies, signed by author on colophon (Bradbury, Oak Park 3). Twelve handmade paper specimens, with explanatory comments on each. Gilt on spine worn away, else near fine. READ MORE about SPECIMENS: FROM RAGS TO RUSHES
Price: $125.00 Order nr. 117777
Toronto, ON, Canada: The Aliquando Press, 1993. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. unpaginated. Catalogue of an exhibition at the Far Fifty, Toronto, Ontario. Introduction by William Rueter. Publications between 1963 and 1993. READ MORE about THE ALIQUANDO PRESS: THREE DECADES OF PRIVATE PRINTING
Price: $30.00 Order nr. 135012
Greenbrae, CA: The Allen Press, 1987. 4to. decorated cloth, top edge cut, other edges uncut, clamshell box. 98 pages. Limited to 145 copies. Includes "The Squire's Daughter," "The Queen of Spades," "The Blizzard," and "The Shot." Wood engravings by John DePol. Binding cloth an 18th century design printed by the silk-screen process in Switzerland. Prospectus laid in. Introductory biographical sketch of Pushkin. READ MORE about FOUR STORIES
Price: $500.00 Order nr. 134450
(Charlottesville, VA: Rare Book School of the University of Virginia, 2005). 4to. stiff paper wrappers. 29, (3) pages. Foreword by Terry Belanger, professor at the University of Virginia. Published in conjunction with an exhibition of Greer's work. Color illustrations. READ MORE about ALL I KNOW ABOUT BOOK DESIGN I LEARNED AT THE RACE TRACK
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 134510
Worcester, MA: American Antiquarian Society, 1998. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 143-407; xxviii pages. Volume 98, Part 2. Table of contents, proceedings of the annual meeting, reports, index, historical information. Includes "American History in Image and Text," by John Bidwell. READ MORE about PROCEEDINGS OF THE AMERICAN ANTIQUARIAN SOCIETY
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 134663
Paris, France and Montreal, QC Canada: Rendez-vous des Maïtres-Artisans, 1986. 4to. stiff paper wrappers. 67+(1) pages. Text in French. Introductory comments, jury statement, acknowledgments, table of contents. Illustrations of the works of participating artists with descriptive text. READ MORE about GRAND PRIX DES MÉTIERS D'ART BANQUE D'ÉPARGNE
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 134936
Luxembourg City, Luxembourg: Galerie d'Art Municipale, (1980). 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 71+(1) pages. Text in French. French works at the Municipal Art Gallery in Luxembourg. Prefatory comments by the mayor, Presiden Valéry Giscard-d'Estaing of France, and the French ambassador to Luxembourg. Includes a sizable section of book arts. Black and white illustrations, color plates. READ MORE about METIERS D'ART EN FRANCE
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 134873
Aberdeen, SD: Alexander Mitchell Library, 1997. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. (viii), 56 pages. Edited by Nancy Tystad Koupal. Table of contents, list of illustrations, introduction. Black and white illustrations. READ MORE about OZ IN ABERDEEN: A CATALOGUE OF THE L. FRANK BAUM COLLECTION OF THE ALEXANDER MITCHELL LIBRARY
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 134614
Newtown, PA: Bird & Bull Press, 2004. 8vo. full cloth imported from Japan, leather spine label with the appendix volume containing the cloth samples bound in a different fine cloth, both enclosed in a cloth-covered slipcase. 81,(3) pages; five heavy board leaves with mounted samples. Limited to only 170 numbered copies printed on Frankfurt Mouldmade paper in Bell types composed by Michael and Winifred Bixler, bound by the Campbell-Logan Bindery and printed by hand by..... READ MORE about SON OF THE BOOKBINDER, WITH AN APPENDIX SHOWING SAMPLES OF SOME OF THE FINEST BOOKCLOTHS...
Price: $250.00 Order nr. 75980
Treadwell, NY: Bright Hill Press, 2010. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 136 pages. Table of contents, notes from the curators, pictures from the exhibition, ordering instructions. One page of color illustrations, black and white illustrations throughout text. READ MORE about BOOK ARTS 2010: THE WORD & IMAGE GALLERY
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 134660
Toronto, ON, Canada: The Canadian Bookbinders and Artists Guildq, 1993. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 128 pages. Text in English and French. Commemorates the guild's tenth anniversary. Table of contents, foreword by Alan Horne, essay by Diana Patterson, artists' statements. Color illustrations and descriptive text about each entry. READ MORE about THE ART OF THE BOOK '93
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 135050
New York, NY: Center for Book Arts, 1991. 4to. stiff paper wrappers, metal spiral bound. (viii), 53, (8) pages. Table of contents, introduction. Journal of the proceedings of a conference held 1991. Includes transcripts of a number of presentations on various aspects of the book arts. With a list of participants and exhibitors. READ MORE about CONFERENCE SUMMARY: BOOK ARTS IN THE USA. 11ST NATIONAL CONFERENCE
Price: $25.00 Order nr. 124670
(San Francisco, CA): The Book Club of California, 2008. 4to. two foldouts in envelope. unpaginated. Foldout, with color illustration, catalogue of selected works. A second foldout with biographical sketch of Fisher. READ MORE about DELICIOUS OBSESSION: COLLECTING THE WORKS OF MFK FISHER A CENTENARY SHOW OF BOOKS, PERIODICALS...
Price: $25.00 Order nr. 135043
