Ex-libris & their artists. Belgrade Ex-libris Circle
(Belgrade: Belgrade Ex-libris Circle, 1995). oblong 16mo. wrappers. 302, (2) pages. Ex-libris & their artists. Belgrade Ex-libris Circle. Catalogue of the 1995 Ex-libris competition held in Belgrade Yugoslavia. Hundreds of examples of bookplates in color and black-and-white. READ MORE about THE WORLD OF EX-LIBRIS
Price: $50.00 Order nr. 104339
Cedar Rapids, IA: Torch Press, 1914. 8vo. publisher's paper covered boards, title and author in gilt on front board, title in gilt on spine. 56 pages. First edition limited to 100 copies. Exlibris bookplate on front pastedown of Isabel M. Hofman, with her ownership inscription on the front free endpaper. Light uneven fading to front and rear board. Some wear through the paper boards along the spine, particularily at the tail of the spine. Opening..... READ MORE about BOOKPLATES IN IOWA
Price: $100.00 Order nr. 137252
Úcastníkum XVI. Mezinárodního Kongresu Sberatelu exlibris V Lisabone Venuje Spolek Sberatelu a Prátel Exlib V Praze. Offert Aux Participants du XVI éme Congrés Internacional des Collecionneurs d'Exlibris á Lisbon 1976 par l'Association des Colleionneurs et Amis D'Exlibris á Praha.
LISABON: n.p., 1976. 8vo. stiff paper portfolio housing the 16 plates and 2 page booklet. not paginated. Úcastníkum XVI. Mezinárodního Kongresu Sberatelu exlibris V Lisabone Venuje Spolek Sberatelu a Prátel Exlib V Praze. Offert Aux Participants du XVI éme Congrés Internacional des Collecionneurs d'Exlibris á Lisbon 1976 par l'Association des Colleionneurs et Amis D'Exlibris á Praha. Title page in Czech and French. List of 16 Czech artists who contributed the bookplate designs. Printed in black..... READ MORE about XVI MEZINÁRODNÍ KONGRES SBERATELU EXLIBRIS
Price: $35.00 Order nr. 95817
New York: The Colophon Ltd, 1937. 8vo. cloth. pp. vi, 317-479+(1). McKinley Kantor writing about the publication of his first poem when he was only fourteen, an article on Victorian bookmarkers by Paul McPharlin, an illustrated in color article on Pennsylvania German bookplates, by Henry Borneman, and an autobiographical sketch by publisher B.W. Huebsch are some of the interesting features in this issue. READ MORE about COLOPHON, N.S., A Q FOR BKMEN, V.II N.3
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 45434
(Kaatsheuvel, Netherlands: n.p., (1965). broadside (11 1/4 by 8 1/2 inches). Bookplate design depicting the nativity of Christ. READ MORE about Bookplate design
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 132783
Two volumes
(London: Essex House Press, 1905). 8vo. quarter vellum with paper-covered boards. Vol. I., vii, (i), (192) each chapter paginated separately; Vol.II, (221) pages. Two volumes. Issued in an edition limited to 200 numbered copies on Batchelor hand-made paper, set in Endeavour type, with red and black inkings on the notes and staves (Crawford, 40), [with a further 5 copies on vellum]. Essex House Press Bibliography, p. 75. With bookplate, " From the library of Flora..... READ MORE about THE ESSEX HOUSE SONG BOOK
Price: $1,200.00 Order nr. 69830
N.P. n.p., n.d. broadside (8 by 6 inches). Etching, possibly a bookplate design. Mounted. READ MORE about Etching
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 132798
Stuttgart: Julius Hoffmann Verlag, (1957). 4to. cloth-backed boards, dust jacket. 143 pages. First edition. Fine in near fine jacket. Foreword by the author followed by reproductions of 471 signs, bookplates and marks with proper identification of designer and owner involved. READ MORE about MARKEN UND SIGNETE, 471 FIRMENZEICHEN UND SCHUTZMARKEN NAMENSZUGE EXLIBRIS UND MONOGRAMME...
Price: $25.00 Order nr. 27914
London: Sotheby & Co., 1965. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 198 pages. Sale held March 29-31 and April 1. 1110 lots (Blogie 201). Catalogue contains English literature and color plates from the collection formed by the late J.W. Harrison. Includes black-and-white illustrations. Loosely laid-in printed pamphlet listing prices and buyers' names for the sale held March 29-31 and April 1. READ MORE about CATALOGUE OF THE VALUABLE COLLECTION OF ENGLISH LITERATURE AND COLOUR PLATE BOOKS
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 87504
London, England: W. Isbister & Co., 1874. 16mo. contemporary full leather, covers and spine gilt-stamped, all edges gilt, marbled endpapers. x, 203+(1) pages. Seventh edition. Dedication, table of contents. Bound in a Little, Brown & Co. signed binding. A collection of poetry with notes on selected poems following text. With bookplate designed by William Fowler Hopson on front pastedown (Francis W. Allen, The Bookplates of William Fowler Hopson (New Haven: Yale University Press, 1961), 18)..... READ MORE about LONDON LYRICS
Price: $75.00 Order nr. 128630
N.P. Midnight Paper Sales, (2001). large 4to. quarter cloth with paper-covered boards, slipcase with cloth edges, leather spine label. 44, (6) pages. Printed in an edition limited to 226 copies, of which this is one of 200 numbered and signed copies. A fine copy in fine slipcase. A history of Ernest Morgan and the Antioch Bookplate Company, the text for the history was transcribed from tapes of a 1997 interview with Morgan conducted by Schanilec..... READ MORE about ERNEST MORGAN, PRINTER OF PRINCIPLE
Price: $200.00 Order nr. 64683
London: John C. Nimmo, 1896. folio. original two-color buckram, front cover illustrated and lettered in black, gilt spine. 28 pages (including prelims, the arguments for each section of Paradise Lost, and captions opposite the plates). The first edition, beautifully printed in an edition of 150 numbered copies. Foxing throughout, however the plates are not effected. Light fraying to the top hinge of the front cover along the spine. Very light shelfwear. Very light toning to..... READ MORE about PARADISE LOST. A SERIES OF TWELVE ILLUSTRATIONS
Price: $3,500.00 Order nr. 136948
Amsterdam, The Netherlands: Erasmus Buchhandlung, (1966). miniature book (60 x 53 mm). stiff paper wrappers, cardboard slipcase. 95 pages. Limited to 200 numbered copies, of which this copy is in a lovely full leather and gilt binding with the original wrappers bound in. A charming little production with facsimles, illustrations (some color) and 13 engraved exlibris of Gianni Mantero. Bookplate on front pastedown of the well-known miniature book collector Kalman Levitan. Front hinge showing moderate..... READ MORE about MINIATUR EXLIBRIS
Price: $150.00 Order nr. 80035
Translated By Lieut.-Col. F. R.
London: Edward Arnold, 1897. thick 8vo. Publishers maroon cloth with gilt decorations and bevelled edges, top edge gilt. 636 pages. Translated By Lieut.-Col. F. R. Fifth edition. Frontispiece and illustrations throughout by R. Talbot Kelly. Folding map at the end. The spine is lightly marked and edges very lightly rubbed, else really lovely clean, crisp copy. Unusual in this condition and with an interesting ownership. Provenance: with the bookplate of Laurence W. Hodson (1864-1933) at..... READ MORE about FIRE AND SWORD IN THE SUDAN. A PERSONAL NARRATIVE OF FIGHTING AND SERVING THE DERVISHES. 1879-1895
Price: $500.00 Order nr. 137577
New York: The New York Chappel, 1960. 12mo. cloth, paper label. Not paginated. Limited to approximately 200 copies. This is the first book printed by the New York Chappel members. Some of the contributions are "Printing as a Hobby for Women" by the Private Press of the Haywoods; "The Typographic Taxonomy" by J. Ben Leiberman of The Herity Press; and "Bookplates" by Charles Antin of the Serendipity Press. Most entries are of a bookish or..... READ MORE about AN UNCOMMONPLACE BOOK
Price: $25.00 Order nr. 49733
Barcelona, Spain: Instituto Catalán de las Artes del Libro, 1901-1902. 4to. stiff paper wrappers. (viii), 174, (2), 68, (2) pages. Text in Spanish. Limited to 1100 numbered copies. Union List 4, 3613; Bibliografia Espanola 8. Published annually by the Catalan Institute of Book Arts 1900 to c. 1918. List of members, table of contents, appendix. Advertisements follow text. Examples of color printing, engraving, lithography. Includes a tribute to Spanish illustrator and painter José Luis Pellicer..... READ MORE about REVISTÁ GRÁFICA
Price: $625.00 Order nr. 128144
London: n.p., 1789. small 8vo. full tree calf, red leather spine label. (xxviii), 122, (2) pages with a frontispiece portrait of the artist. First edition signed by the author at the end of the introduction. Dedicated to Monsieur Wille, graveur du roi de France, de L'Académie Royale de peinture et de plusiers autres académies. This copy of the book carries the signature and annotations of Franz Rechberger (1771-1841), a painter and engraver who was the..... READ MORE about CATALOGUE RAISONNÉ DE L'OEUVRE DE FEU GEORGE FREDERIC SCHMIDT, GRAVEUR DU ROI DE PRUSSE, MEMBRE...
Price: $625.00 Order nr. 75843
New York: The Scribner Book Store, n.d. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 64 pages. Catalogue 136 from The Scribner Book Store offering 342 first editions. Covers faded along edges. READ MORE about FIRST EDITIONS AND ASSOCIATION COPIES OF AMERICAN, ENGLISH AND CONTINENTAL LITERATURE. SCIENCE....
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 59808
(Frederikshavn, Denmark): Exlibristen, 1981. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 153+(1) pages. Text in Danish. A catalogue of bookplates. With 10 original bookplates by Christian Blæsbjerg. Table of contents follows text. READ MORE about INHOLDSFORTEGNELSE NORDISK EXLIBRIS TIDSSKRIFT (N.E.T.) 1.-31. ÅRGANG 1946-1979
Price: $25.00 Order nr. 132080
[The Book]. Její vznik, vyvoj a rozbor.
Praha: Orbis, 1949. large 8vo. stiff paper wrappers, 243+(4) pages, 203 pages of plates. [The Book]. Její vznik, vyvoj a rozbor. Study on the history and technical aspects of the book. Extensive black-and-white and color illustrations of virtually every aspect of book production: manuscripts, papermaking, various fonts, watermarks, types of early printed books, proofreaders' corrections, graphic illustrative techniques, maps, music printing, bookplates, elaborate bindings, to name only the most obvious. Index. Spine slightly torn, bottom..... READ MORE about KNIHA
Price: $35.00 save 50% $17.50 Order nr. 74333
N.P. n.p., n.d. broadsice (10 3/4 by 8 1/4 inches). Text in Italian. Engraving by Italo Zetti (1913-1978), painter, engraver, and ex libris artist, born in Florence Italy. READ MORE about GESU ASCIUGATO DALLA VERONICA
Price: $50.00 Order nr. 132706
