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ILLUSTRATION 63, ZEITSCHRIFT FUR DIE BUCHILLUSTRATION.

7 issues
(Munich: Memmingen, 1978-2000). small 4to. stiff paper wrappers. 7 issues. Seven issues from Illustration 63, a German magazine that features historical and contemporary projects in book illustration and graphic art. The issues included are: August 1976, August 1988, August 1990, November 1997, November 1998, August 2000, and November 2000. READ MORE about ILLUSTRATION 63, ZEITSCHRIFT FUR DIE BUCHILLUSTRATION

Price: $105.00 Order nr. 71093

Conrad, Henry C.

HISTORY OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE FROM THE EARLIEST SETTLEMENTS TO THE YEAR 1907.

3 volumes.
Wilmington: Published by the Author, 1908. small 4to. cloth. (vi),396; (vi),397794; (vi),795-1179 pages. 3 volumes. B1-1491. With numerous plates showing scenes of Delaware and portraits of important people. Very fine, unopened copy with slight foxing to front free endpaper of volume one. READ MORE about HISTORY OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE FROM THE EARLIEST SETTLEMENTS TO THE YEAR 1907

Price: $325.00 Order nr. 122072

Mathews, Richard and Joseph Rosenblum (editors).

PRINTING FOR BOOK PRODUCTION: EMERY WALKER'S THREE LECTURES FOR THE SANDARS READERSHIP IN BIBLIOGRAPHY, DELIVERED AT CAMBRIDGE, NOVEMBER 6, 13 & 20, 1924.

New Castle, Delaware: Oak Knoll Press, 2019. 7.5 x 10.75 inches. Hardcover, dust jacket. 256 pages. Sir Emery Walker (1851-1933) was a leading figure of the Arts and Crafts movement and the inspiration for the revival of fine printing in Britain, the Continent, and America. His November 1888 address to the Arts and Crafts Exhibition Society (summarized in Appendix 1 of this book; the original text of the speech is lost) prompted William Morris to..... READ MORE about PRINTING FOR BOOK PRODUCTION: EMERY WALKER'S THREE LECTURES FOR THE SANDARS READERSHIP IN...

Price: $95.00 Order nr. 131955

Quéard, J.-M.

LA FRANCE LITTÉRAIRE OU DICTIONNAIRE BIBLIOGRAPHIQUE.

12 volumes.
Paris: G.-P. Maisonneuve & Larose, (1964). 8vo. cloth. variously paginated. 12 volumes. Text in French. Besterman 2346-7. Bibliographical dictionary of savants, historians, and men of letters, focusing on the 18th and 19th centuries. Preliminary remarks, list of references, list of abbreviations. Organized alphabetically. Additions and corrections in Vols. XI and XII. Ex-library. Corners of boards dented and scuffed. READ MORE about LA FRANCE LITTÉRAIRE OU DICTIONNAIRE BIBLIOGRAPHIQUE

Price: $400.00 Order nr. 119432

Reed, H. Clay (editor) With the Collaboration of Marion Bjornson Reed.

DELAWARE, A HISTORY OF THE FIRST STATE.

3 volumes.
New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1947. thick small 4to. cloth. xvi,524; (iv),525-1014; (iv),618 pages. 3 volumes. B1-1488. The first two volumes contain histories of different aspects of Delaware life while the third volume consists of biographical sketches of Delawareans. Many illustrations and portraits. Covers age darkened on spine with some spotting. Bookplate in each volume. READ MORE about DELAWARE, A HISTORY OF THE FIRST STATE

Price: $120.00 Order nr. 65775

Romano, Frank (with Miranda Mitrano).

HISTORY OF DESKTOP PUBLISHING.

New Castle, Delaware: Oak Knoll Press, 2019. 10.5 x 8.5 inches. printed paper-covered boards. 400 pages. "Frank Romano's History of Desktop Publishing is an essential book for anyone studying the field and for many just generally interested in the history of printing and typesetting. You will find information in this book on and around desktop publishing that you are unlikely to find anywhere else -- certainly not all collected in one place." - David Walden..... READ MORE about HISTORY OF DESKTOP PUBLISHING

Price: $75.00 Order nr. 133473

(Americana). Streit, Robert.

BIBLIOTHECA MISSIONUM: AMERIKANISCHE MISSIONSLITERATUR 1493-1699.

Mansfield Centre: Martino Publishing, 1999. large 8vo. cloth. xii, 13-28, 939 pages. Reprint of first edition originally published in 1924. (Besterman 321; Sheehy 323). This book is a bibliography of Catholic missionary literature produced in the Americas between 1493 and 1699. Includes 2792 entries, an introduction, an appendix, and two indexes. Introduction in German. Text in Spanish. READ MORE about BIBLIOTHECA MISSIONUM: AMERIKANISCHE MISSIONSLITERATUR 1493-1699

Price: $111.00 Order nr. 60388

(Bird & Bull Press). Morris, Henry.

VIGNETTES, AN ECLECTIC ASSEMBLAGE OF ANECDOTES ABOUT PAPERMAKING.

Newtown, PA: Bird & Bull Press, 1999. large 4to. cloth with leather spine label, in special cloth solander case with leather spine. 72, (5) pages, with additional pages of color illustrations. Limited to 150 numbered copies printed at the Bird & Bull Press; this is one of the first four numbered copies and is a copy "with extra material" according to the pencil note by Henry Morris in the colophon (Berger A62). Includes chapters on..... READ MORE about VIGNETTES, AN ECLECTIC ASSEMBLAGE OF ANECDOTES ABOUT PAPERMAKING

Price: $200.00 Order nr. 120383

(Bookbinding). Marinis, Tammaro De.

LA LEGATURA ARTISTICA IN ITALIA NEI SECOLI XV & XVI.

Three volumes
Firenze: Fratelli Allinari, 1960. folio. half blue morocco and cloth, matching slipcases, top edges gilt. XXI, 125, (3), I-CCVI plates, XVIII, 138, (6), CCIX-CCCCXIV plates, XV, 187, (3), CCCCXV-DXLV plates. Three volumes. First edition, one of 500 copies printed at the Stamperia Valdonega. Tammaro de Marinis has produced the authoritative work on Italian bookbindings from the 15th and 16th centuries. A truly magnificent book, the result of close collaboration with the experts of the day..... READ MORE about LA LEGATURA ARTISTICA IN ITALIA NEI SECOLI XV & XVI

Price: $2,000.00 Order nr. 65266

(Bookplates).

BOOKPLATES & MARKS OF ROCKWELL KENT. With THE LATER BOOKPLATES & MARKS OF ROCKWELL KENT.

With a Preface by the Artist. 2 volumes.
New York: Pynson Printers, 1929, 1937. small 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. 79+(1); 83+(1) pages. With a Preface by the Artist. 2 volumes. Each volume is limited to 1250 numbered copies signed by Kent. First volume contains more than 100 proofs of bookplates, initials and marks presented in two colors on one side of an all rag imported paper and the second volume contains an additional 84 bookplates and initials and marks. The second volume has..... READ MORE about BOOKPLATES & MARKS OF ROCKWELL KENT. With THE LATER BOOKPLATES & MARKS OF ROCKWELL KENT

Price: $850.00 Order nr. 123043

(Children's Books).

DIE BILDERWELT IM KINDERBUCH.

Köln: Kunst- und Museumsbibliothek und Rheinisches Bildarchiv, 1988. 4to. paper-covered boards; second volume is stiff paper wrappers. 539; 152 pages. First edition. This is a catalog of the 1988 exhibition of children's book art held at the Joseph-Haubrich Kunsthalle in Köln. Includes 34 short essays on all aspects of children's book art, from incunable art to art of the Weimar Republic. All illustrations are reproduced in color. The second half of the book is taken..... READ MORE about DIE BILDERWELT IM KINDERBUCH

Price: $125.00 Order nr. 123945

(Germany). Holzmann, Michael Und Dr. Hanns Bohatta.

DEUTSCHES ANONYMEN-LEXIKON, 1501-1850.

7 volumes bound in 3.
(Mansfield Centre: Martino Fine Books, n.d. but 1999). 8vo. cloth. xvi,422; (iii),381; (iii),400; (v),446; vi,352; vi,335; viii,504 pages. 7 volumes bound in 3. Reprint of the first edition published by the Gesellschaft der Bibliophilen of Weimer during the period 1902 to 1928. (Besterman 404; Sheehy AA197). Extremely important reference work for anyone working on German books that do not cite the author. It includes about 83,000 entries arranged alphabetically by title with author's name supplied..... READ MORE about DEUTSCHES ANONYMEN-LEXIKON, 1501-1850

Price: $325.00 Order nr. 55608

Johnson, Kevin R.

THE CELLULOID PAPER TRAIL: IDENTIFICATION AND DESCRIPTION OF TWENTIETH CENTURY FILM SCRIPTS.

New Castle, DE: Oak Knoll Press, 2019. 8.5.x 11 inches. Hardcover, printed paper-covered boards. 232 pages. "Neither bibliography nor collectors guide, it is a well-illustrated description of the many forms a film script may take... Filmmaking is a dauntingly complex process, one quickly learns, the paper trail it creates no less so. Johnson's grasp of its inner workings helps untangle the mass of product to the dabbler or the complete novice, whether dealer or collector."..... READ MORE about THE CELLULOID PAPER TRAIL: IDENTIFICATION AND DESCRIPTION OF TWENTIETH CENTURY FILM SCRIPTS

Price: $65.00 Order nr. 130880

(Limited Editions Club). Carpentier, Alejo.

THE KINGDOM OF THIS WORLD.

(New York, NY): The Limited Editions Club, (1987). folio. half leather, cloth, gilt-stamped spine, top edge cut, other edges uncut; cloth slipcase. xvi, 104, (4) pages. Limited to 750 numbered copies, signed by illustrator Roberto Juarez and John Hersey on colophon. Translated from the Spanish by Harriet de Onis. Introduction by Hersey. Etchings by Juarez. Set with American Monotype Janson. Printed at the Wild Carrot Letterpress on mould-made Cartiere Enrico Magnani paper. Bound at the..... READ MORE about THE KINGDOM OF THIS WORLD

Price: $225.00 Order nr. 129901

(Locke, John). Yolton, Jean S.

JOHN LOCKE, A DESCRIPTIVE BIBLIOGRAPHY.

Bristol: Thoemmes Press, 1998. large 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. xxx, 514, (2) pages, with 26 additional pages of plates. John Locke (1632-1704) seems to have had little enthusiasm for seeing his name on title pages, and though he wrote much, published little until 1686, when, apparently persuaded by friends, he began to edit and release his writings for publication. Even then, some of them did not appear with his name. They were popular, however, and..... READ MORE about JOHN LOCKE, A DESCRIPTIVE BIBLIOGRAPHY

Price: $125.00 Order nr. 55010

(Lone Oak Press). Rorer, Abigail.

HEREWITH ART THE LIKENESSES OF FOUR CREATURES EXTINCT & ONE THAT CAMETH OMINOUSLY CLOSE.

(Petersham, MA): The Lone Oak Press, (2015). 8vo. quarter paper, cloth boards, top edge cut, other edges uncut. (20) pages. Limited to 100 numbered copies, signed by author and illustrator Abigail Rorer on colophon. Binding designed by Amy Borezo of Shelter Bookworks, Orange, Massachusetts. Prospectus loosely inserted. READ MORE about HEREWITH ART THE LIKENESSES OF FOUR CREATURES EXTINCT & ONE THAT CAMETH OMINOUSLY CLOSE

Price: $325.00 Order nr. 130960

Loxley, Simon.

EMERY WALKER: ARTS, CRAFTS, AND A WORLD IN MOTION.

New Castle, Delaware: Oak Knoll Press, 2019. 7.125 x 9.25 inches. hardcover, dust jacket. 216 pages. "This new study offers an insight into his work, the personality that drove his long career, and the fascinating, highly-charged social and political backgrounds against which that career was played out." - William Morris Society Magazine "Simon Loxley invites the reader to get to know Emery Walker through letters to and from family and friends, political comrades, artists, poets..... READ MORE about EMERY WALKER: ARTS, CRAFTS, AND A WORLD IN MOTION

Price: $95.00 Order nr. 133470

(Nonesuch Press). Farquhar, George.

THE COMPLETE WORKS OF GEORGE FARQUHAR.

2 volumes.
London: The Nonesuch Press, 1930. large 8vo. quarter dark blue cloth with light blue ingres paper sides, light blue spine label. All edges untrimmed. xxxvi, 401+(1); (vi) 443+(1) pages. 2 volumes. Published in a limited edition of 1000 numbered copies, of which this is one of 900. (Dreyfus no. 66). Part of the Nonesuch "Restoration Dramatists" series. Edited with an introduction by Charles Stonehill. Monotype Caslon with Stephenson Blake Old Face Open. Several pages unopened..... READ MORE about THE COMPLETE WORKS OF GEORGE FARQUHAR

Price: $150.00 Order nr. 76728

(Officina Bodoni). Weil, James L.

CHRIST'S ENTRY INTO JERUSALEM AND OTHER FACTS.

New York, NY: Kelly-Winterton Press, (2001). 4to. stiff paper wrappers, top edge cut, other edges uncut. (8) pages. Limited to 26 lettered copies. Presentation by the author on colophon. Printed by Martino Mardersteig at Officina Bodoni, Verona, Italy, commemorating the friendship between the author and Mardersteig. READ MORE about CHRIST'S ENTRY INTO JERUSALEM AND OTHER FACTS

Price: $150.00 Order nr. 130244

Pearson, David.

PROVENANCE RESEARCH IN BOOK HISTORY: A HANDBOOK.

New Castle, DE and Oxford, England: Oak Knoll Press and The Bodleian Library, 2019. 6.14 x 9.2 inches. Hardcover, dust jacket. 448 pages. "Anyone interested in the provenance of books would be well advised to obtain a copy of the new edition, even if they own the previous one... what has changed the most are the increased awareness of its importance as a field of study, and the research tools available, especially online ones. The..... READ MORE about PROVENANCE RESEARCH IN BOOK HISTORY: A HANDBOOK

Price: $86.00 Order nr. 130824

(Pennyroyal Press). Twain, Mark.

ADVENTURES OF HUCKLEBERRY FINN. Illustrated by Barry Moser.

West Hatfield: Pennyroyal Press, 1985. 4to. full green morocco. Accompanied by a linen-covered portfolio containing an extra set of the engravings, both enclosed in a linen-covered slipcase. (xxxiv), 419, (vii) pages. One of 350 copies signed by the artist Barry Moser. This edition was published on February 18, 1985 on the one hundredth anniversary of the publishing of the first American edition. It is full bound in a deep green morocco with borders of triple..... READ MORE about ADVENTURES OF HUCKLEBERRY FINN. Illustrated by Barry Moser

Price: $3,000.00 Order nr. 44377

(Rogers, Bruce). Breton, Nicholas.

THE TWELVE MONETHS AND CHRISTMAS DAY FROM `FANTASTICKES'.

New York: Clark & Way, 1951. 8vo. blue pebbled cloth stamped in gilt, top edge gilt, slipcase. (60) pages. Printed in an edition of 1000 copies of which this is one of the 100 signed by Bruce Rogers and bound in leather. Printed on English hand-made paper by the Thistle Press in New York City with design and hand-setting by Bruce Rogers. (Blumenthal, p.182-183). Profusely illustrated throughout with illustrations for each month printed in a...... READ MORE about THE TWELVE MONETHS AND CHRISTMAS DAY FROM `FANTASTICKES'

Price: $250.00 Order nr. 42167

Smith, Walter E.

CHARLES DICKENS: A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF HIS FIRST AMERICAN EDITIONS, THE CHRISTMAS BOOKS AND SELECTED SECONDARY WORKS.

New Castle, Delaware: Oak Knoll Press, 2019. 8.125 x 10.75 inches. Hardback with dust jacket. 160 pages. "This meticulously researched volume untangles the complicated and confusing history of American first editions of Dickens. It will be of interest to all students of Dickens, and invaluable for specialists. ... Highly recommended." - J. D. Vann, Choice This bibliography traces the history of Charles Dickens's Christmas books and other works published in America during his lifetime. Meticulously..... READ MORE about CHARLES DICKENS: A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF HIS FIRST AMERICAN EDITIONS, THE CHRISTMAS BOOKS AND SELECTED...

Price: $64.00 Order nr. 133475

(Stone Wall Press). Meyer, Tom.

POIKILOS.

Urbana, IL: The Finial Press/The Stone Wall Press, (1971). 12mo. cloth. unpaginated. Limited to 250 copies. A collection of poetry. A tight, bright, and unmarred copy. READ MORE about POIKILOS

Price: $250.00 Order nr. 132929

(Whittington Press).

MATRIX 09.

Manor Farm: The Whittington Press, 1989. small 4to. quarter leather with marbled paper by Colleen Gryspeerdt over boards. With a reproduction of a "Letter to Colette'' bound in cloth backed boards, all enclosed in a slipcase. (viii), 166, (2) pages. Limited to 925 copies of which this is one of the 105 special copies bound thus and containing a bound reproduction of a "Letter to Colette." (Butcher 92).Filled with tipped in plates and other illustrations..... READ MORE about MATRIX 09

Price: $500.00 Order nr. 27805

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