BEATRIX POTTER, A CENTENNIAL EXHIBITION.
Philadelphia: Free Library of Philadelphia, 1966. 12mo. paper wrappers. 20 pages. Illustrated. A near fine copy. READ MORE about BEATRIX POTTER, A CENTENNIAL EXHIBITION
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 16772
Philadelphia: Free Library of Philadelphia, 1966. 12mo. paper wrappers. 20 pages. Illustrated. A near fine copy. READ MORE about BEATRIX POTTER, A CENTENNIAL EXHIBITION
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 16772
London: Christie's, 1994. small 4to. stiff paper wrappers. 36, (4) pages. Illustrated auction catalogue. READ MORE about BEATRIX POTTER: PRINTED BOOKS AND ORIGINAL DRAWINGS
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 45074
Philadelphia: Beck Engraving Co., n.d. (circa 1929). 4to. paper covered boards. (16) pages. One page of text followed by examples of the gravure work executed by Beck. Beautiful cover printed in silver and dark blue against a light blue background. Near fine, lacking slipcase. READ MORE about BECK GRAVURE
Price: $30.00 Order nr. 41222
Rome: Salerno Editrice, 1998. folio. full stamped leather boards, acrylic slipcase. (92) leaves. Limited to 980 copies, of which this is one of 250 copies reserved for Salerno Editrice in Italian. Lacking the commentary volume. The bottom edge of the slipcase has been separated, but is present. Else in near fine condition. One of the masterpieces of French Gothic illumination, the Morgan Bible is an impressive reminder of the importance of biblical history for the..... READ MORE about LA BIBBIA DEI CROCIATI
Price: $5,500.00 Order nr. 137063
4 volumes. Historical Background - Transcription - Translation.
Paris, France: Editions Les Incunables, 1985. 41 x 30 cm. full red morocco in maroufled greige canvas boxes with garnet morocco title labels, spine ribbed with gilt fillets and framed in gilt iron, green and tan morocco title and volume numbers, covers framed with 3 gilt fillets, cups adorned with double gilt fillets, inside covers framed with gilt wheels. facsimile volumes are unpaginated, companion volume is 1327 pages with 7 reproduction plates and 2 double..... READ MORE about BIBLIA SACRA MAZARINAEA [with] THE GUTENBERG BIBLE: A COMMENTARY
Price: $2,250.00 Order nr. 138952
Eugene, OR: Aster Publishing Corporation, 1998. 4to. paper wrappers. 72 pages. VOLUME 3, NO.11, NOV., 1998. IN THIS ISSUE: A. Tufel on George Eliot, R. Armstrong on Alan Paton, and J. Waters on "Invasion of the E-Books" (yes, a certain software company has expressed interest). N. Basbanes tours that institution, The Strand; R. Brown and Tasha Tucker discuss Tasha Tudor (with notice of the new Tasha Tudor bibliography by John & Jill Hare, published by..... READ MORE about BIBLIO, EXPLORING THE WORLD OF BOOKS
Price: $4.95 Order nr. 53574
Eugene, OR: Aster Publishing Corporation, 1999. 4to. paper wrappers. 72 pages. Volume 4, Number 2, Feb., 1999. IN THIS ISSUE: S. Stipes on the slave narratives of Frederick Douglass and Harriet Jacobs with a bibliography of other such narratives by C.L. Blockson, N.A. Basbanes on Tom Wolfe, I. Ungar and J.P. Ansell on the illuminator and anti-Nazi caricaturist Arthur Szyk, R. Meador on the Wine and Food Library in Ann Arbor, and MORE. READ MORE about BIBLIO, EXPLORING THE WORLD OF BOOKS
Price: $4.95 Order nr. 54933
Paris: George Blaizot, (1967). small 4to. stiff paper wrappers. 109, (3) pages. Auction catalogue. For sale held by M. George Blaizot on May 30, 1967. (Blogie II, 392). One hundred eighty-one lots. Works by Aristotle, Dante, Victor Hugo and Swift. Many beautiful illustrated books and elaborate bindings. Nine black and while illustrations. Prices paid marked in pencil in margin. Receipt and price list taped inside front cover. Cover detached from spine at back hinge. From..... READ MORE about BIBLIOTHEQUE DU DOCTEUR A . ROUDINESCO (PREMIERE PARTIE), LIVRES ILLUSTRES ROMANTIQUES...
Price: $25.00 Order nr. 77685
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
New York: The Pierpont Morgan Library, 1971. 4to. stiff paper wrappers. 65 pages followed by 30 plates. Limited to 1500 copies. Minor wear to hinges, else a fine copy. READ MORE about THE BLAKE COLLECTION OF MRS. LANDON K. THORNE
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 618
Toronto: The Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library University of Toronto, 2001. 4to. wrappers. 99 pages. Exhibition catalogue of book history and print culture held at the University of Toronto. With descriptions of ninety nine items, black-and-white and color illustrations. A fine copy. READ MORE about BOOK HISTORY AND PRINT CULTURE: AN EXHIBITION CELEBRATING THE COLLABORATIVE PROGRAM AT THE...
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 104446
Reprinted from the Revised Version of the Apocrypha with an Introduction by Montague R. James; colour plates after drawings by W. Russell Flint.
London: The Haymarket Press, 1929. small 4to. original limp vellum lettered in gilt with cloth ties, top edge gilt. 47 pages. Reprinted from the Revised Version of the Apocrypha with an Introduction by Montague R. James; colour plates after drawings by W. Russell Flint. Printed in an edition limited to 100 numbered copies. The separate folder with four loose prints is present, as well as the scarce slipcase. Aside from minor wear to the slipcase..... READ MORE about THE BOOK OF TOBIT AND THE HISTORY OF SUSANNA
Price: $900.00 Order nr. 59015
With a Preface by the Artist.
New York: Pynson Printers, 1929. small 8vo. cloth. 79+(1) pages. With a Preface by the Artist. Limited to 1250 numbered copies signed by Kent. Lacking the dust jacket. Light uneven fading to cloth boards. Light shelfwear. Rear hinge starting along spine. "With more than 100 proofs of bookplates, initials and marks presented in two colors on one side of an all rag imported paper." READ MORE about THE BOOKPLATES & MARKS OF ROCKWELL KENT
Price: $300.00 Order nr. 36120
New York: The Grolier Club, 1984. 8vo. cloth. xii, 146 pages. Limited to 1000 copies. Twelve essays printed from the papers given at the Grolier Club Centennial Convocation in 1984. Includes essays by G. Thomas Tanselle, Mary Hyde and Robert Darnton. READ MORE about BOOKS AND PRINTS, PAST AND FUTURE
Price: $6.00 Order nr. 6221
Chicago: The Arts Club of Chicago, 1980. small 4to. paper wrappers. Not paginated. Introduction by James Wells followed by descriptions of 62 books. Well illustrated. Marks at top of title page. READ MORE about BOOKS ILLUSTRATED BY PAINTERS AND SCULPTORS FROM 1900
Price: $12.00 Order nr. 16764
Paris: Les Enluminures, (2000). small 4to. cloth with paper emblem. 157 pages. A bookseller's catalogue. Filled with plates in color. Near fine. Price list included. From the reference library of Philadelphia Rare Books & Manuscripts with their bookplate included. READ MORE about BOOKS OF HOURS, LIVRES D'HEURES, CATALOGUE 9
Price: $25.00 Order nr. 77449
New York: The Grolier Club, 1994. tall 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 84, (6) pages. Limited to 750 copies. Designed by Lecuire and with a preface by Martin Antonetti, Librarian of the Grolier Club and Larry Sullivan, Chief of Rare Books at the Library of Congress. Also includes a introduction by Vincent Giroud. Illustrated bibliography of the works of this poet, illustrator and publisher. A fine copy. READ MORE about THE BOOKS OF PIERRE LECUIRE FROM THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS
Price: $25.00 Order nr. 99839
n.p. (but Easthampton, MA): Chamberlain Press, 1978. small square 8vo. paste-paper covered boards. unpaginated. Limited edition of 120 numbered copies signed by the printer and illustrator, Sarah Chamberlain. Lower spine with some light damage, else very good. A scarce title. Bound by Gray Parrot. The paper is Rives and the type is Goudy Bold. Wood engravings by Chamberlain. A Grimm Fairy Tale. Printed in black and red. READ MORE about THE BREMEN TOWN MUSICIANS
Price: $300.00 Order nr. 137067
N.P. n.p., 1940-1950. 8vo. unbound. variously paginated. A collection of brochures relating to exhibitions relating to graphic artist and teacher Hugo Steiner-Prag. Includes: 1. Biographical sketch by Renata von Stoephasius (two copies). 2. Lecture invitation March 8, 1944. 3. Brochures relating to exhibition at Nationalmuseum, Stockholm, 10-26 May, 1940 (xeroxed). 4. Brochure relating to an exhibition at Natiionalmuseum, Stockholm, 26 April-18 May, 1941 (xeroxed). 5. Brochure relating to exhibition at Klingspor Museum, Offenbach am Main..... READ MORE about Brochures about exhibitions relating to Hugo Steiner-Prag
Price: $45.00 Order nr. 108228
Bruxelles/Brussel: Bibliotheca Wittockiana, 1986. 4to. stiff paper wrappers. 79+(1) pages. Text in French and Dutch. Catalogue of an exhibition held from July 18th to September 27th, 1986 on the 100th anniversary of the Syndicat d'Initiative et de Promotion de Bruxelles. Lists and illustrates 59 scenes of Brussels. Minor wear. READ MORE about BRUXELLES À LIVRE OUVERT/EEN BEELD VAN BRUSSEL IN BOEK EN PRENT
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 95650
(Stuttgart: Dr. Cantz'sche Druckerei), 1965. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers, paper cover and spine labels. xv+(i), 161, (9) pages. First edition. This exhibition of illustrated 18th century French books was held at Schloß Ludwigsburg in Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany. An essay about Hans Fürstenberg as a book collector prefaces the Catalogue. Over 270 books are described. Many book bindings and illustrations are reproduced in black & white. Indexed by author at rear. In German. Initials in ink on..... READ MORE about DAS BUCH ALS KUNSTWERK. FRANZÖSISCHE ILLUSTRIERTE BÜCHER DES 18. JAHRHUNDERTS AUS DER...
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 77210
(Leipzig: Börsenverein der Deutschen Buchhändler), n.d. 12mo. stiff paper wrappers. 32 pages. Written in German. With seven black-and-white illustrations. A book on book illustration in the DDR. Minor wear. READ MORE about BUCHKUNST IN DER DEUTSCHEN DEMOKRATISCHEN REPUBLIK
Price: $12.50 Order nr. 100673
16e Année (Exercice 1932), 2 volumes (bound periodical and packet of loose plates)
Paris: Société française de Reproductions de Manuscripts a Peintures, 1933. 4to. stiff paper wrapper, envelope (for plates). (v), 78 pages and 23 plates. 16e Année (Exercice 1932), 2 volumes (bound periodical and packet of loose plates). This issue of the Bulletin features an article by Guy de la Batut about the principle illuminated manuscripts of the Mazarin Library. It also contains a bibliography of publications (including sale catalogues) issued from 1929 through 1932 related to..... READ MORE about BULLETIN DE LA SOCIÉTÉ FRANÇAISE DE REPRODUCTIONS DE MANUSCRIPTS A PEINTURES
Price: $65.00 Order nr. 79819
16e Année, 2 volumes
Paris: Société Française de Reproductions de Manuscrits A Peintures, 1933. 4to. stiff paper wrappers, yapped fore-edge; envelope with plates loose. 78 pages, 23 plates. 16e Année, 2 volumes. The 16th year of this series of books devoted to illuminated manuscripts. Includes plates from the Bibliothèque Mazarine in Paris. The first volume contains descriptions by Guy de la Batut of each manuscript and its illuminations, while the second volume holds plates of the illustrations. First volume..... READ MORE about BULLETIN DE LA SOCIÉTÉ FRANÇAISE DE REPRODUCTIONS DE MANUSCRIPTS A PEINTURES
Price: $45.00 Order nr. 92361
London: Burlington Fine Arts Club, 1927. 4to. stiff paper wrappers. 59+(1) pages. Catalogue of an exhibition to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the birth of William Blake. Includes a list of contributors and an introductory note. Catalogue organized by illustrations of the Bible, illustrations of poets, pencil drawings and books. Wrappers tanned and worn at edges. Tanning and light foxing throughout text. READ MORE about BURLINGTON FINE ARTS CLUB CATALOGUE: BLAKE CENTENARY EXHIBITION
Price: $45.00 Order nr. 114197