Gorey, Edward.

THE OTHER STATUE.

The Secrets: Volume One
New York: Simon and Schuster, (1968). square 12mo. illustrated paper-covered boards, dust jacket. unpaginated. The Secrets: Volume One. First edition (Toledano A29a). Written and illustrated by Gorey (1925-2000), noted for his often macabre illustrated books. Described on the dust jacket as "perfectly incomplete in itself." Dust jacket lightly soiled. Front hinge partly cracked. READ MORE about THE OTHER STATUE

Price: $75.00  other currencies  Order nr. 108460

Grafton, Carol Belanger (editor).

VICTORIAN SPOT ILLUSTRATIONS, ALPHABETS AND ORNAMENTS FROM PORRET'S TYPE CATALOG.

New York: Dover Publications, Inc., (1982). 4to. stiff paper wrappers. (iv), 91 pages. Taken from Porret's Illustrations Typographiques published in Paris between 1838 and 1842. READ MORE about VICTORIAN SPOT ILLUSTRATIONS, ALPHABETS AND ORNAMENTS FROM PORRET'S TYPE CATALOG

Price: $20.00  other currencies  Order nr. 106280

Greenberg, Alvin.

THE METAPHYSICAL GIRAFFE. COVER AND DRAWINGS BY GENE ROBERDS.

New York: New Rivers Press, 1968. small 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 70, (2) pages. First edition. Author's first book of verse.Title-page slightly creased, lightly soiled white printed wrappers. READ MORE about THE METAPHYSICAL GIRAFFE. COVER AND DRAWINGS BY GENE ROBERDS

Price: $10.00  other currencies  Order nr. 112893

Greer, Carl Richard.

ADVERTISING AND ITS MECHANICAL PRODUCTION.

New York: Thomas Y. Crowell, (1931). thick 8vo. cloth. xvi, 473 pages. First edition. With discussion of all possible illustration techniques applicable to the development of advertising. Has a full color frontispiece and many illustrations in the text. READ MORE about ADVERTISING AND ITS MECHANICAL PRODUCTION

Price: $15.00  other currencies  Order nr. 4221

Grolier, Eric de (editor).

LE PORTIQUE.

8 volumes.
Paris, France: Le Portique, 1945-51. 4to. stiff paper wrappers. variously paginated. 8 volumes. Text in French. Union List IV, 3404. Complete set of eight volumes. Intended for publication three times per year, but turned out to be more sporadic, with two issues each in 1945, 1946, and 1947; one issue each in 1950 and 1951. Edited by Eric de Grolier (1911-1998), Le Portique was intended to be an illustrated review of French literature. Includes articles..... READ MORE about LE PORTIQUE

Price: $150.00  other currencies  Order nr. 119889

Haberman, Daniel.

POEMS. DRAWINGS BY CORNELIA BRENDEL FOSS.

New York: Art Direction Book Company, 1977. square small 8vo. cloth, printed acetate dust jacket. xi, 85, (5) pages. First edition. Blurbs by James Schuyler, Helen Adam, Henrietta Weigel, Joel Oppenheimer, Jonathan Williams. Author's first book. Haberman designed the book. Fine. READ MORE about POEMS. DRAWINGS BY CORNELIA BRENDEL FOSS

Price: $20.00  other currencies  Order nr. 112936

Hajek, Lubor.

UTAMARO, PORTRAITS IN THE JAPANESE WOODCUT.

Reproductions by Werner Forman.
London: Spring Books, n.d. small 4to. stiff pictorial wrappers bound in Japanese manner with wrap-around cloth folding case and cardboard mailer. 57 pages. Reproductions by Werner Forman. Historical text followed by full color reproductions. Very fine condition. Folding case is age darkend along edges. READ MORE about UTAMARO, PORTRAITS IN THE JAPANESE WOODCUT

Price: $45.00  other currencies  Order nr. 43632

Halbey, Hans Adolf.

IM WEITEN FELD DER BUCHKUNST, AUFSATZE, ESSAYS, SATIREN, GEDICHTE.

Offenbach am Main: Wilhelm Kumm Verlag, 1982. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 111+(1) pages. First edition. A collection of essays that shows the multifariousness of the scientific and literary work of Hans Adolf Halbey. Contains sections on the art of the book, illustration, satire, prose, lyric, and children's poetry. A few marks in red at top of front cover. READ MORE about IM WEITEN FELD DER BUCHKUNST, AUFSATZE, ESSAYS, SATIREN, GEDICHTE

Price: $10.00  other currencies  Order nr. 114987

Hamilton, Sinclair.

EARLY AMERICAN BOOK ILLUSTRATORS AND WOOD ENGRAVERS 1670-1870.

Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1958. 4to. cloth. xlvii, 265 pages. First edition. Contains biographies and bibliographies with many facsimiles. An essential reference book in the area. With an introduction by Frank Weitenkampf. A supplement was issued in 1968 and that is not present. READ MORE about EARLY AMERICAN BOOK ILLUSTRATORS AND WOOD ENGRAVERS 1670-1870

Price: $50.00  other currencies  Order nr. 20120

Harrop, Dorothy.

MODERN BOOK PRODUCTION.

London: Clive Bingley and Archon Books, (1968). 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. (ii), 196 pages. First edition. A guide to the terminology of modern book production with many illustrations. READ MORE about MODERN BOOK PRODUCTION

Price: $20.00  other currencies  Order nr. 17390

Harrsen, Meta and George K. Boyce.

ITALIAN MANUSCRIPTS IN THE PIERPONT MORGAN LIBRARY.

New York: Pierpont Morgan Library, 1953. 4to. cloth. xii, 82 pages and 78 plates. Limited to 750 copies. Printed at the Spiral Press and containing 72 collotype and 84 other illustrations and 6 plates in color. READ MORE about ITALIAN MANUSCRIPTS IN THE PIERPONT MORGAN LIBRARY

Price: $65.00  other currencies  Order nr. 103786

Häuser, Helmut.

ANSICHTEN VOM RHEIN: STAHLSTICHBÜCHER DES 19. JAHRHUNDERTS.

Cologne: Greven Verlag, 1963. 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. 76 pages, plates. Text in German. A study of steel engraving in books published in the Rhineland in the 19th century. Table of contents, foreword, bibliography, index. 24 black and white plates. No. 22 in "Works from the Bibliothekar-Lehrinstitut des Landes Nordrhein-Westfalen" series. READ MORE about ANSICHTEN VOM RHEIN: STAHLSTICHBÜCHER DES 19. JAHRHUNDERTS

Price: $15.00  other currencies  Order nr. 115632

Heller, Alfred.

DER DEUTSCHE BUCHDRUCKERVEREIN UND SEIN WERDEN IN FÜNFZIG JAHREN (1869-1919).

(Leipzig): Deutschen Buchdrucker Verein, 1919. large 4to. paper-covered boards. 32 pages plus 24 leaves of plates. First edition. Celebrates the fiftieth anniversary of the German Book-Printing Society founded in 1869. Text gives an account of the history of the institution. Full page two-color chiaroscuro prints showcase the buildings or persons associated with the Society over the previous half century, including chairmen and members of the board of directors over the years. Printed on laid paper..... READ MORE about DER DEUTSCHE BUCHDRUCKERVEREIN UND SEIN WERDEN IN FÜNFZIG JAHREN (1869-1919

Price: $30.00  other currencies  Order nr. 77779