Paris: Librairie Grund, (1948). 8vo. paper wrappers. 214, (4) pages. First edition. Illustrated. Bibliography of books with engraved plates printed in France during the 18th century. Paper covering torn along hinges in places. First blank page has tear. READ MORE about LE LIVRE À GRAVURES AU XVIIIe SIÈCLE, SUIVI D'UN ESSAI DE BIBLIOGRAPHIE
Price: $30.00 Order nr. 14583
Amsterdam: Erasmus Antiquariaat, 1958. 4to. self paper wrappers. pp. 85-88 with plates. Text in Dutch. Offprint of one of the chapters in AMOR LIBRORUM, BIBLIOGRAPHIC AND OTHER ESSAYS, A TRIBUTE TO ABRAHAM HORODISCH ON HIS SIXTIETH BIRTHDAY, A work to honor bookseller Abraham Horodisch (1898-1987). Black and white plates. Table of contents of the entire work inside wrappers. Inscribed by author in corner of front cover. Wrappers tanned. READ MORE about WAS COLARD MANSION DE ILLUSTRATOR VAN 'LE LIVRE DE LA RUYNE DES NOBLES HOMMES ET FEMMES?
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 114832
London: Patrick Hardy Books, (1983). 4to. cloth, dust jacket. 48 pages. First edition. A personal account by Edward Booth-Clibborn of the friendship between his father Augustin Booth and Edward Ardizzone who met as art students and remained long time friends. The illustrations which are reproduced in two colours are based on the Christmas cards the Ardizzone's sent out each year to special friends. Spot on front cover where price tag was removed. READ MORE about MY FATHER AND EDWARD ARDIZZONE, A LASTING FRIENDSHIP
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 60536
Paris: Maison Quantin, n.d. (circa 1886). 8vo. contemporary quarter cloth over marbled paper-covered boards. 320 pages. First edition. The history of the book and its printing, illustration and binding. Over 100 illustrations. Printed on cheaper paper. Covers rubbed along edges. Ownership inscription in pencil. READ MORE about LE LIVRE, L'ILLUSTRATION - LA RELIURE, ETUDE HISTORIQUE SOMMAIRE
Price: $35.00 Order nr. 22529
N.P. n.p., n.d. small 4to. stiff paper wrappers. unpaginated. Text in Dutch. Signed by the author on the inside front wrapper. Poems. Illustrated with silk screens by Leon Goossens. Open tear to the top edge of the front wrapper. Some chipping to the spine and edges. READ MORE about DE PSYCHOLOGIE VAN DE SLAPER
Price: $95.00 Order nr. 106058
Austin: The University of Texas, 1962. small 8vo. paper covered boards, dust jacket. 46, (2) pages. First edition. The author's second book of verse (Contemporary poets, 6th edition). Fine in near fine, lightly rubbed dust jacket with two closed tears at the top of the front panel. READ MORE about CHILDREN PASSING. WITH WOODCUTS BY ROBERT WYSS
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 112455
[Minneapolis: Minnesota] Milkweed Editions, 1986. 8vo. cloth, paper cover label, dust jacket. 212, (4) pages. First edition. One of 500 copies signed by the author and the artist. Foreword by Lisel Mueller. Blurbs by Rudolfo Anaya, Rosellen Brown, Maxine Kumin. Fine in dust jacket. READ MORE about CIVIL BLOOD, POEMS AND PROSE. ENGRAVINGS BY R.W. SCHOLES
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 112457
2 volumes.
Munich: Hugo Schmidt, 1921. 12mo. paper-covered boards, top edge stained green. 115; 111+(1) pages. 2 volumes. A study of three artists - illustrators: Jean-Antoine Watteau (1684-1721), Jean-Baptiste-Joseph Pater (1695-1736), and Charles Eisen. Watteau, one of the key figures of Rococo art, is most associated with the fête galante. Pater was Watteau's only pupil; all three artists were natives of Valenciennes. Illustrated. Corners slightly bumped. Chipped along hinge. READ MORE about DIE DREI GALANTEN MEISTER VON VALENCIENNES
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 48415
Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, (1980). 8vo. cloth. viii, 191 pages. First edition. Over 2,000 references to books, pamphlets, essays, periodical articles, and theses on the subject. Only concerned with illustration periods and countries. The subjects include Manuals of Illustration and other Writings on Technique, History of Methods of Illustration, Science and Technology, Medicine, Music, and Illustration and Decoration in Children's Books. READ MORE about BOOK ILLUSTRATION AND DECORATION, A GUIDE TO RESEARCH
Price: $30.00 Order nr. 26721
Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, (1980). 8vo. cloth. viii, 191 pages. First edition. Over 2,000 references to books, pamphlets, essays, periodical articles, and theses on the subject. Only concerned with illustration periods and countries. The subjects include Manuals of Illustration and other Writings on Technique, History of Methods of Illustration, Science and Technology, Medicine, Music, and Illustration and Decoration in Children's Books. READ MORE about BOOK ILLUSTRATION AND DECORATION, A GUIDE TO RESEARCH
Price: $30.00 Order nr. 103070
Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, (1980). 8vo. cloth. viii, 191+(1) pages. Greenwood's Art Reference Collection, Number 1. Table of contents, preface, indices of authors and subjects, biographical sketch of the compiler. A bibliography. READ MORE about BOOK ILLUSTRATION AND DECORATION: A GUIDE TO RESEARCH
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 130663
(Secaucus, NJ): Wellfleet Press, (1988). 4to. paper-covered boards, dust jacket. 336 pages. This is a one-volume reference source for aspiring designers, whatever their level of expertise. The materials and techniques of graphic design, illustration, and airbrushing are all described and illustrated, and their practical application in the commercial world is explained. Finished illustrations and step-by-step commissions by established artists reveal the process of design and illustration and how the end results are achieved. Light soiling..... READ MORE about DESIGN, GRAPHICS, ILLUSTRATION, AIRBRUSHING
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 65114
Berlin-Wien: Verlag Benjamin Harz, n.d. (circa 1950s). small 4to. cloth. 47, (3) pages followed by 64 plates. Study of 19th century French illustrated books. Also has 34 illustrations in the text. READ MORE about GOLDENE ZEITALTER DER FRANZOSISCHEN ILLUSTRATION
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 41747
Mansfield Centre, CT: Martino Publishing, 2005. large 8vo. cloth. (iv), 336 pages followed by 32 plates. Reprint of the 1930 first edition (Besterman 3010). Brun provides ten chapters followed by an annotated bibliographical catalogue of the principal books illustrated in France during the sixteenth century. Illustrated and indexed. In all, 1250 books are described. Never reprinted, this remains a difficult title to find. Includes 32 illustrations, mostly of title pages. READ MORE about LE LIVRE ILLUSTRÉ EN FRANCE AU XVIe SIECLE
Price: $75.00 Order nr. 87551
Paris: Henry Babou, (1931). small 4to. original folding board case with ties. 32 pages and 40 plates. First edition, limited to 650 copies. With 40 full page plates. Spine age darkened. READ MORE about LE PLUS BEAUX LIVRES DU XVIÈME SIÈCLE
Price: $55.00 Order nr. 72509
New York: Visual Communication Books, (1984). oblong 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. 379 pages. Sixth revised edition. With text in English, German and French. Well-illustrated. Excellent work to enable you to understand and tell the differences in the various reproductive processes. READ MORE about A HANDBOOK OF GRAPHIC REPRODUCTION PROCESSES, A TECHNICAL GUIDE INCLUDING THE PRINTMAKING PROCESSES
Price: $95.00 Order nr. 59865
London, England: B.T. Batsford, (1967). small 4to. cloth, dust jacket. 152 pages. Reprint. Acknowledgment. Black and white illustrations throughout. Bibliography, 32 pages of black and white plates, index. Dust jacket chipped at edges. READ MORE about THE TECHNIQUE OF ETCHING AND ENGRAVING
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 120337
5 volumes.
London: G. Bell and Sons, Ltd, 1925. small 4to. two-toned cloth, top edges gilt. xii,364; x,291+(1); xvi,393+(1); xvi,309; xviii,425 pages. 5 volumes. New edition, revised and enlarged under the supervision of George C. Williamson. Filled with separate plates printed on glossy paper. Rubbing of covers with wear along edges. Shaken. READ MORE about BRYAN'S DICTIONARY OF PAINTERS AND ENGRAVERS
Price: $125.00 Order nr. 103128
Hamburg: Edition AB, (1982). 4to. stiff paper wrappers, dust jacket. 106+(1) pages. Written in German. Fifth printing of the Edition AB. Signed and numbered by the author. Laid-in are two illustrations on separate paper signed by the author. With many pages of black-and-white illustrations and plates throughout. Minor wear. READ MORE about HOLZSTICHE, ILLUSTRATIONEN, BUCHTITEL, SCHUTZUMSCHLÄGE, BRIEFMARKEN, SCHRIFT, GEBRAUCHSGRAPHIK,...
Price: $50.00 Order nr. 100937
New York: Dover Publications, (1973). 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 240, (10) pages. Reprint of the 1953 London edition. READ MORE about ETCHING AND ENGRAVING TECHNIQUES AND THE MODERN TREND
Price: $5.00 Order nr. 123686
New York: The Ark 15, 1981. small 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 111, (3) pages. First edition. Grey printed wrappers unevenly faded, otherwise near fine. READ MORE about FROM DOWN TO THE VILLAGE. DRAWINGS BY LOIS EBY. INTRODUCTION BY JOHN HAINES
Price: $7.00 Order nr. 112487
New York: Arno Press, 1973. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. viii,129; 55; 96 (and 4 plates); (ii),63 pages. Facsimile reprints of four important publications. Part of the Literature of photography series. Includes C. N. Bennett, Elements of photogravure, 1927 (Roosens & Luc Salu 8249) A. Maskell & R. Demachy, Photo-aquatint or the gumbichromate process, 1897 (Roosens & Luc Salu 7915) F. J. Mortimer & S. L. Coulthurst, The oil and bromoil process, 1909 (Roosens & Luc..... READ MORE about NONSILVER PRINTING PROCESSES: FOUR SELECTIONS, 1886-1927
Price: $45.00 Order nr. 98717
New York: Tudor Publishing Co., 1948. thick 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. xiv, 281 pages. Reprint of the first U.S. edition. Accompanied by seventy-nine illustrations. Discussion of the various processes that are used to produce prints. Minor jacket rubbing. READ MORE about OLD PRINTS AND ENGRAVINGS
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 95846
The Collection of Henry Lloyd, Esq., of Boston and Lloyd's Neck, Long Island
Hartford: Transcendental Books, (1980). 4to. cloth. variously paginated. The Collection of Henry Lloyd, Esq., of Boston and Lloyd's Neck, Long Island. A collection of facsimiles about Henry Lloyd's library collection. Printed only on the recto except for the frontispiece, which is printed on the verso only. Includes several engravings and other illustrations. Slight shelf wear. READ MORE about AN ANGLICAN LIBRARY IN COLONIAL NEW ENGLAND
Price: $65.00 Order nr. 97595
Illustrated by Andrew Wyeth.
New York: Farrar & Rinehart, (1941). 8vo. cloth. (ii), xiv, 285 pages. Illustrated by Andrew Wyeth. First edition, one of 650 numbered copies signed by Canby and Wyeth and printed for the Greenwood Book Shop. Part of the Rivers of America Series. Has a special limitation page bound-in at the beginning which is signed by Canby and Wyeth. Spine shows some rubbing. READ MORE about THE BRANDYWINE
Price: $350.00 Order nr. 28503
