Cambridge: The Houghton Library, 1995. small 8vo. stiff paper wrappers, metal spiral binding. 25+(1) pages. Illustrated. READ MORE about THE RENAISSANCE IN FRANCE, ILLUSTRATED BOOKS FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF PRINTING AND GRAPHIC ARTS
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 94792
Moscow: Iskusstvo, 1962. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers, dust jacket. 170, (2) pages. Text in Russian. History of printing and publishing centered in Vilnius (Vilna), Lithuania. Focuses on the career of Frantsysk (ca. 1490-ca. 1535). Black and white illustrations throughout. English translation of author and title, University of Pennsylvania catalogue entry, and errata laid in. Dust jacket tanned and slightly worn at spine. READ MORE about BO SLAVNOM MESTE VILENSKOM: OCHERKI IZ ISTORII KNIGOPECHATANII (IN A GLORIOUS PLACE: ESSAYS FROM...
Price: $25.00 Order nr. 108095
Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 1935. 4to. quarter red leather over woven cloth. xix, 151, (3) pages. B1-4604. The National Edition. Filled with reproductions of historical American art depicting famous events in American history by 20th century artists including Arthurs and Wyeth. With a foreword by A. Felix du Pont. READ MORE about THE AMERICAN HISTORICAL SCENE AS DEPICTED BY STANLEY ARTHURS AND INTERPRETED BY FIFTY AUTHORS
Price: $80.00 Order nr. 40229
Paris: Les Editions G. Cres et Cie, 1925. small 4to. stiff paper wrappers. xxxii, 194 pages. Limited to 2060 numbered copies. Detailed descriptions of hundreds of titles. Well-illustrated. READ MORE about ESSAI SUR LES GRAVEURS DE BOIS EN FRANCE AU DIX-HUITIEME SIECLE
Price: $25.00 Order nr. 16583
Paris: Les Editions G. Cres et Cie, 1925. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. xxxii, 194 pages. Limited to 2060 copies. Detailed descriptions of hundreds of titles. Well-illustrated. With the bookplate and pencil signature of Gavin Bridson. READ MORE about ESSAI SUR LES GRAVEURS DE BOIS EN FRANCE AU DIX-HUITIEME SIECLE
Price: $40.00 Order nr. 37126
Birmingham: Birmingham Bookshop, 1978. small 4to. cloth, dust jacket. (iv), xii, 186 pages. Limited to 1000 numbered copies. Presented by artist followed by books illustrated with information on plates. Index in back. Filled with illustrations including a number of tipped-in color plates. Jacket rubbed with wear at tips. READ MORE about BIBLIOGRAPHY OF BRITISH BOOK ILLUSTRATORS, 1860-1900
Price: $18.00 Order nr. 25519
Ostrava: Profil, 1971. wide 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. 117+(1) pages. First edition. Biography of book illustrator and designer Frantisek Belohávek. Illustrated with examples of Belohávek's designs. With 82 reproductions of his bold, graphic work in several mediums including collage, woodcut, tempera, and linocuts; most in black-and-white. Dust jacket shows wear. READ MORE about FRANTISEK BELOHLÁVEK
Price: $75.00 Order nr. 74146
Volume 35, Number 2 of the Quarterly Journal of the Library of Congress
(Washington D.C.): Library of Congress, April 1978. 4to. stiff paper wrappers. (v), 66-138, (4) pages. Volume 35, Number 2 of the Quarterly Journal of the Library of Congress. This issue has the following articles: "The Invention of Printing, Revolution within Revolution" by Nicholas Barker, "The Early Illustrated Book, Highlights from a Lecture" by Philip Hofer, "Into Something Rich and Strange, Of Dreams, Art, and the Unconscious" by Eleanor Cameron, and "The Hauslab-Liechtenstein Map Collection" by..... READ MORE about " INVENTION OF PRINTING, REVOLUTION WITHIN REVOLUTION."
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 92761
(London): The British Library, (1990). large 8vo. paper-covered boards, dust jacket. 124 pages. First edition. The author is a curator in the British Library's department of manuscripts. Illustrated with fourteen color plates and sixty-six black and white figures. Lively commentary that explains the connection of each picture to the text, with chapters on Agriculture and husbandry, Trade and commerce, Industry and crafts, and The professions. Bibliography and index. READ MORE about TRADES AND CRAFTS IN MEDIEVAL MANUSCRIPTS
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 62550
Biblioteconomia e Bibliografia Saggi e Studi diretti da Francesco Barberi
Firenze: Leo S. Olschki, 1985. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 95+(1) pages. Biblioteconomia e Bibliografia Saggi e Studi diretti da Francesco Barberi. Text in Italian. Includes 21 black-and-white plates. Signed and dated by the author on the first leaf. A loosely laid-in plate indicates that this copy came from the reference library and stock of H.P. Kraus. Minor wear. READ MORE about MONETE E MEDAGLIE NEL LIBRO ANTICO DAL XV AL XIX SECOLO
Price: $45.00 Order nr. 95709
New York: Van Nostrand Reinhold, (1986). 4to. cloth, dust jacket. 320 pages. First edition. A comprehensive survey of twentieth century design. This lavish production traces the concerns of designers in three specific areas of design - the decorative arts, industrial and domestic design, and the urban enviroment. Well-illustrated. Jacket rubbed. READ MORE about TWENTIETH-CENTURY STYLE AND DESIGN
Price: $30.00 Order nr. 25600
Harvard: The Houghton Library, 1980. oblong 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 74 pages. 54 pages of plates. A catalogue of fifty drawings for book illustrations from the Philip Hofer collection on display at the Houghton Library. These drawings represent the four centuries encompassed by the collections and include many of the finest. They represent the various aspects of the process of designing and producing illustrations. Spine faded. READ MORE about DRAWINGS FOR BOOK ILLUSTRATIONS
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 56622
London: William Heinemann, 1928. 8vo. quarter cloth, paper-covered boards, dust jacket. 111, (3) pages. First edition. (Gallatin and Oliver, A Bibliography of the Works of Max Beerbohm, 28). Beerbohm (1872-1956) was an English caricurist, essayist and novelist. Color frontispiece by the author. Spine of dust jacket detached with pieces missing at ends. Boards lightly tanned at edges. Pastedowns and free endpapers toned. READ MORE about THE DREADFUL DRAGON OF HAY HILL
Price: $25.00 Order nr. 109403
Edited and with an Introduction by Montague Weekly.
London: The Cresset Press, 1961. 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. xxxv, 204 pages. Edited and with an Introduction by Montague Weekly. First edition. A new edition of this classic. READ MORE about MEMOIR OF THOMAS BEWICK, WRITTEN BY HIMSELF
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 22683
(Boston, MA: Cummings and Hilliard, 1821). 4to. later quarter leather, cloth, title gilt-stamped on spine, back original paper wrapper, top edge cut, other edges uncut. 101-197+(1) pages. Shaw and Shoemaker 40247. Volume III, Part II only. Tissue protected color engravings by Jacob Bigelow. In addition to the engravings, the botanical history, results of chemical examinations, and medical uses are listed. The entire work was published between 1817 and 1821. Bigelow (1787-1879) was a physician and..... READ MORE about AMERICAN MEDICAL BOTANY
Price: $950.00 Order nr. 120469
London: Blandford Press, (1950). small 4to. cloth. 240 pages. First edition. Designed for those interested in drawing for graphic reproduction and anyone interested in learning more about the graphic processes. Lacking the dust jacket. Lightly soiled. READ MORE about ILLUSTRATION AND REPRODUCTION
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 81201
New York: Arno Press, 1973. 8vo. silver cloth. (iv), 87, 60, 8, (4) pages. Facsimile reprint of the 1852 EDITION (the 9th edition of Part I and the 5th edition of Part II) (See Roosens & Luc Salu 6367). Part of the Literature of Photography series. With the bookplate and pencil signature of Gavin Bridson. Ex-library copy with markings. READ MORE about PHOTOGENIC MANIPULATION. PART 1 AND II
Price: $65.00 Order nr. 98709
Paris: Brepolis, (1992). small 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 72 pages. First French edition. Paul Binski provides a study of the medieval artist. Of utmost concern to the author are the working methods of the artists, their compositional decisions, and their identities. J. Le Goff provides a preface. 71 illustrations in black-and-white and color. Indexed. READ MORE about LES ARTISANS DU MOYEN AGE. LES PEINTRES
Price: $17.50 Order nr. 59428
Pittsburgh: The Graphic Arts Technical Foundation, (1983). thick 4to. cloth. Separate pagination for each section. Seventh edition. Foreword by Gilbert W. Bassett. Sections on The History of Lithography, Modern Lithography, The Flow of the Lithographic Production, The Creative Art Department and 12 others. READ MORE about THE LITHOGRAPHERS MANUAL
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 121954
London: National Book League, 1955. small 8vo. decorated paper wrappers, paper cover label. 16 pages. Volume four in the series entitled The Book. READ MORE about A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF BOOK ILLUSTRATION
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 6974
Translated from the French by Harry Miller Lydenberg.
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1940. 8vo. cloth. 225 pages. Translated from the French by Harry Miller Lydenberg. First edition in English. (Appleton p.15). An important book. READ MORE about THE ORIGINS OF PRINTING AND ENGRAVING
Price: $25.00 Order nr. 509
Translated from the French by Harry Miller Lydenberg.
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1940. 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. 225 pages. Translated from the French by Harry Miller Lydenberg. First edition in English. (Appleton p.15). Jacket with piece missing at head of spine. READ MORE about THE ORIGINS OF PRINTING AND ENGRAVING
Price: $35.00 Order nr. 510
Munich: Fritz Hanfstaengl, 1922. 8vo. half parchment, title gilt-stamped on spine and front board. (iv), 363, (5) pages. Text in German. A history of illustration in Germany, with 410 black and white illustrations. Frontispiece, illustration of Hans Baldung Grien, Hexensabbat, Table of contents. Foreword. Covers illustration from incunabula to the early 20th century. Particular attention to the work of Albrecht Dürer. Listing of illustrations and author's names. Boards and spine soiled. Back board scuffed. Light..... READ MORE about DIE DEUTSCHE GRAPHIK
Price: $25.00 Order nr. 109350
Berlin: Propyläen-Verlag, (1930). thick tall 8vo. half leather over paste-paper-covered boards, dust jacket. 516, (4) pages. First edition. Study of graphic art starting with the 16th century and going through the 19th century. Individual chapters for different countries. Mostly illustrations including a number of plates in color. Jacket worn. READ MORE about GESCHICHTE DER GRAPHISCHEN KUNST
Price: $60.00 Order nr. 45076
Firenze: Leo S. Olschki, 1938. 4to. stiff paper wrappers. 46 pages. Text in French. The book and graphic arts, presented at the International Exposition in Paris. Footnotes. Black and white illustrations throughout. Foxing, spine torn and worn with about one inch missing from its head. READ MORE about LE LIVRE ET LES ARTS GRAPHIQUES À L'EXPOSITION INTERNATIONALE DE PARIS
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 115169
