London: The Double Crown Club, n.d. (circa 1946). 12mo. cloth. 28 pages. First edition. Reprint of a talk given to the club in 1946 printed by the Shenval Press on Spicer's Mould-made Antique Laid and presented to the Club by the author and James Shand. Scarce. Light foxing of covers. READ MORE about EVALUATION OF ILLUSTRATION PROCESSES
Price: $30.00 Order nr. 115403
Buenos Aires: CIGA, 1956. 4to. stapled, stiff paper wrappers. (72), 72, (8), (48) pages with 28 additional leaves of plates. A special issue of the Argentine graphics industry periodical "Argentina Grafica" (No.183, Year XXI, April-June of 1956), featuring a lengthy article by G. Fogli on the origin of writing with many illustrations, some tipped-in, and an appendix of twelve alphabets. With approximately 120 pages of advertisements from printers, suppliers of equipment, engravers, etc., mostly from..... READ MORE about ARGENTINA GRAFICA, ORGANO DE LA CAMARA DE INDUSTRIALES GRAFICOS DE LA ARGENTINA (CIGA
Price: $65.00 Order nr. 51726
New York, NY: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1900. 8vo. original cloth, dust jacket. (viii), 111+(1) pages. First edition. Illustrations by Howard Chandler Christy (Reed 94). Paul Leicester Ford (1865-1902) was an American bibliographer, historian, and novelist. He is noted for his bibliographies of the works of many American founding fathers (Ford papers, MssCol 1043, New York Public Library). Decorations by Margaret Armstrong. Frontispiece and four tissue-protected black and white illustrations. Decorations two-toned. Dust jacket tanned..... READ MORE about WANTED--A MATCHMAKER
Price: $125.00 Order nr. 119850
New York: H.W. Wilson Co., 1948. 8vo. cloth. 354 pages. Revised and enlarged edition. Includes pamphlets on the book industry. Tape marks on pastedowns. Name of former owner stamped on free endpaper. Bottom corners slightly bumped. READ MORE about OCCUPATIONAL PAMPHLETS, AN ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 7287
(Camden: C. Howard Hunt Pen Co., 1956). 8vo. paper wrappers. 64 pages. Fifth edition. Contains many full page example plates. READ MORE about BLOCK PRINTING WITH LINOLEUM, A PRACTICAL MANUAL FOR STUDENTS AND TEACHERS IN ENGRAVING AND...
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 93912
(San Francisco): Book Club of California, (1999). large 4to. half cloth with pictorial paper-covered boards, paper label on spine, slipcase. xi, (i), 156+(2) pages. Limited edition of 450 copies were printed for members of the Book Club of California, San Francisco. Elegantly designed by Jonathan Clark at The Artichoke Press. Antiquarian Colin Franklin explores the rich history of calligraphy, printing, and bookmaking in Japan; supplemented by examples from his extensive collection of Japenese books and..... READ MORE about EXPLORING JAPANESE BOOKS AND SCROLLS
Price: $200.00 Order nr. 73778
Berlin: Walter de Gruyter & Co., 1970. small 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. vi, (ii), 263+(1) pages. Fourth edition. With 130 illustrations. A study of the print. With new information by Hans Möhle. Spine faded. Bookplate. READ MORE about DER HOLZSCHNITT
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 91859
Mansfield Centre: Martino Publishing, 2005. 8vo. cloth. xiii, 428, (2) pages. Reprint of the 1925 first edition. (Besterman page 3008). The best bibliography of the subject, with 750 entries. The only book on the subject listed in Besterman and still a standard work 80 years after publication. Funck describes 750 illustrated books published in Belgium before the 18th century. This is also a history of engraved books printed in Belgium since the Renaissance. Text in..... READ MORE about LE LIVRE BELGE, À GRAVURES, GUIDE DE L'AMATEUR DE LIVRES ILLUSTRÉS IMPRIMÉS EN BELGIQUE AVANT...
Price: $75.00 Order nr. 89017
Leipzig: Silvestre, 1956. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 24, (2) pages. Text in German. A New Year's gift from the Deutsche Bucherei. Three millenia of etchings from antiquity to the 19th century A.D. Black and white illustrations. List of photographic credits. Complimentary card laid in. READ MORE about SCHREIBERBILDER AUS DREI JAHRTAUSENDEN
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 114374
(Berlin): Tyslander Pres, (1991). 8vo. quarter cloth, paper-covered boards. 24 pages. Written in German. Contains six color plates of paintings, the essay, and an index. READ MORE about BESSERE BILDER DER WELT, EINE ZEICHENFOLGE MIT EINEM ESSAY VON AXEL JANECK
Price: $17.50 Order nr. 101699
(Göttingen): Steidl, (2002). 4to. quarter cloth, paper-covered boards, title stamped on spine and front board. 279+ (1) pages. Text in German. Catalogue of exhibitions from 1982 to 2002. 100 items in the Krupp-Stiftung Foundation judged the best examples of book art. Introduction by the editors. Color illustrations. List of juries, bibliography and listing of exhibition catalogues. Pastedowns and endpapers decorated with illustrations. READ MORE about FORDERBAND: DIE KUNSTLERKATALOGE DER KRUPP-STIFTUNG
Price: $45.00 Order nr. 107654
Moscow: Kniga, 1982. 8vo. quarter cloth, paper-covered boards, illustration on front board. 149, (3) pages. Text in Russian. Part of "Istoriia Knizhnogo Iskusstva" series. Foldout frontispiece. History of Russian woodcut book illustration in the first third of the 19th century. Illustrated throughout. Three foldout illustrations. Six tipped-in color illustrations. Introduction, Biographical sketches of authors, editors and illustrators. Endnotes and listing of illustrations. Library of Congress catalogue entry laid in. Boards lightly soiled. READ MORE about EPOKHA POLITIPAZHEI: RUSSKOE TIPOGRAFSKOE ISKUSSTVO PERVOI TRETI XIX VEKI (EPOCH OF WOODCUTS:...
Price: $75.00 Order nr. 108122
Mit 22 Abbildungen im Textband und 28 Tafeln nach Originalen der Nationalbibliothek in Wien
Wien (Vienna): Der Oesterr Staatsdruckerei, 1926. folio, 2 volumes in slipcase. paper-covered boards, loose plates enclosed in cardboard box with cloth spine, whole enclosed in patterned paper-covered slipcase. (viii), 52, (4) pages, 5 plates; 1 page, 28 plates. Mit 22 Abbildungen im Textband und 28 Tafeln nach Originalen der Nationalbibliothek in Wien. Text in German. First edition, first printing. Hans Gerstinger was an expert on Greek and Byzantine papyri and he became a professor at..... READ MORE about DIE GRIECHISCHE BUCHMALEREI
Price: $2,500.00 Order nr. 92773
Frankfurt am Main: Des Museums für Kunsthandwerk, (1991). 8vo. stiff paper wrappers, dust jacket. 220 pages. Text in German. Catalogue of exhibition held at the Museum for Art Handwork, Frankfurt am Main, 1991-1992. Book illustrations, mainly 15th to 18th centuries, the collection begun by brothers Michael and Albert Linel. Forword by Arnulf Herbst. Articles by Stephan Soltek and Dirk H. Veldhuis. Color, black and white illustrations throughout. Bibliography and index. Gilt dust jacket. READ MORE about DIE STIFTUNG DER GEBRUDER LINEL IN DER BUCHKUNST- UND GRAPHIKSAMMLUNG
Price: $25.00 Order nr. 107653
New York: Clarkson N. Potter, (1963). 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. Over 290 reproductions and a bibliography. First edition. Presentation on free endpaper "To Mrs. Kinston with much thanks from Frank Getlein & Dot Getlein" where Dot has signed her name separately. Jacket chipped with small tears including one along the top edge of the front cover. READ MORE about THE BITE OF THE PRINT, SATIRE AND IRONY IN WOODCUTS, ENGRAVINGS ETCHING, LITHOGRAPHS, &...
Price: $25.00 Order nr. 108384
London, UK: Faber & Faber Ltd., 1934. 12.75" x 10.25" cloth. 102 engravings. One of 300 copies. With a preface by the engraver. Printed by Hague & Gill at High Wycombe. Green cloth over boards; title in gilt on spine. Two pages slightly torn at the fore-edge. Minor bump to the head of the spine, else in find condition. [Gill: 27] A handsome set in very good condition. In new matching leather-trimmed slipcases... READ MORE about ENGRAVINGS, 1928-1933
Price: $2,750.00 Order nr. 132838
London: Neville Spearman, (1954). small 4to. red paper-covered boards, dust jacket. (35) pages. First edition (Gill no.636.10). With introduction by Sir John Rothenstein. Reproduces Gill's sketch book with represents his first attempts at life drawing. Contains 23 sketches. Jacket chipping around edges, minor soiling. READ MORE about FIRST NUDES
Price: $35.00 Order nr. 96794
4 volumes.
New York: Eros Magazine, 1962. 4to. pictorial paper-covered boards. 79+ (1); 81, (15); 96; 96 pages. 4 volumes. Volume 1, Nos. 1-4, the complete set of Eros Magazineedited and published by Ralph Ginzburg. Eros used a combination of contemporary authors, artists, and photographers along with historical sources to create a sense of literary erotica. Articles include Love-Making Can Be Fatal, by John Erno Russell; A Plea For Polygamy, by Albert Ellis; Madame Tellier's Brothel, by..... READ MORE about EROS
Price: $185.00 Order nr. 71078
Paris: Henry Babou, (1930). large 8vo. loosely gathered signatures in a paper-covered portfolio, cloth tie. 31, xl leaves of illustration, (3) pages. Edition limited to 1000 numbered copies. The authors describe the 19th century book. Chapters are devoted to typography and book illustration. Included are 40 plates of illustration. This is the fifth volume in "Les Beaux Livres D'Autrefois" series. Covers lightly rubbed. READ MORE about LES BEAUX LIVRES D'AUTREFOIS. LE XIXEME SIECLE
Price: $45.00 Order nr. 60323
London: George Allen and Unwin, (1960). thick small 4to. cloth, dust jacket. (xiv), 484 pages. First edition. Four samples of marbled paper tipped-in. Jacket shows minor chipping. READ MORE about GLOSSARY OF THE BOOK, TERMS USED IN PAPER-MAKING, PRINTING BOOKBINDING AND PUBLISHING WITH NOTES...
Price: $100.00 Order nr. 16025
Brussels: Koninklijke Bibliotheek Albert I, 1991. tall 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 151+(1) pages. Text in Flemish. A study of Renaissance manuscripts in the King Albert I Library in Brussels. Foreword by Denise De Weerdt, introduction. 44 items in the catalogue. Eight color plates, black and white illustrations. Lists of plates, illustrations, and manuscripts in the catalogue. Ex-library stamp indicates this is a Library of Congress duplicate. READ MORE about HET WOORD VAN DE KOPIIST COLOFONS VAN GEDATEERDE HANSSCHRIFTEN
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 115346
New Castle, Delaware & London, England & Middlesex, England: Oak Knoll Press & The British Library & Private Libraries Association, 2005. 7 x 12 inches. Hardcover, dust jacket. 337 pages. First edition. John Everett Millais is admired as one of the most celebrated of Pre-Raphaelite painters. Perhaps less known is the major contribution he made both to book and periodical illustration between 1852 and 1883. Many of these book illustrations remain little known today, largely..... READ MORE about BEYOND DECORATION, THE ILLUSTRATIONS OF JOHN EVERETT MILLAIS
Price: $65.00 Order nr. 76550
Boston: David R. Godine Publishers, 1994. small 4to. cloth, dust jacket. 144 pages. First American edition. This text is based on the wonderful collection formed by de Beaumont and donated to the British Museum. Contains 91 illustrations in black-and-white and 8 in color. With information on the collector, more technical look at the process, information on the publishers, editors and engravers and a select bibliography. READ MORE about VICTORIAN ILLUSTRATED BOOKS, 1850-1870, THE HEYDAY OF WOOD-ENGRAVING. THE ROBIN DE BEAUMONT...
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 40567
New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, (1972). oblong 12mo. paper-covered boards, dust jacket. unpaginated. First Edition. (Toledano, A45a). Includes The Toastrack Enigma, The Blancmange Tragedy, The Postcard Mystery. all by D. Awdrey-Gore, a Gorey pseudonym. Illustrated by the author and dedicated to Agatha Christie. Pictorial dust jacket with titles shown. A "negligibly shorter" version appeared in the National Lampoon, February 1972. Boards slightly scuffed at corners. READ MORE about THE AWDREY-GORE LEGACY
Price: $100.00 Order nr. 108486
New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, (1976). oblong 12mo. pictorial paper-covered boards, matching dust jacket. not paginated. First edition (Toledano A63c). This book combines, with breath-taking cleverness, two objects of consuming interest: postcards and bicycles (from the front flap). Sixteen of the illustrated cards first appeared in Sports Illustrated, June 1976. READ MORE about THE BROKEN SPOKE
Price: $100.00 Order nr. 108323
