New York: The Century Co., (1930). 8vo. cloth. xx, 232 pages. First edition. Study of American print making and makers from colonial days through the Civil War period. Filled with illustrations. Spine slightly faded. READ MORE about EARLY AMERICAN PRINTS
Price: $7.00 Order nr. 41264
Paris: Librairie C. Klincksieck, 1966. 4to. paper-covered boards. 66, (2) with plates. Text in French. No. I in the Bibliothèque des Cahiers Archéologiques series, published under the direction of André Grabar and Jean Hubert. A study of three medieval Greek psalters: Pantocrator 61, Paris Grec 20 and British Museum 40731. Preface by Grabar. Foreword and bibliography. Description of the general characteristics of each psalter, with detailed descriptive information on each folio. Two pages of color... READ MORE about L' ILLUSTRATION DES PSAUTIERS GRECS DU MOYEN AGE
Price: $145.00 Order nr. 109436
Sankt Gallen (St.
Gall): "Ostschweiz" Druck+Verlag / Jan Thorbecke Verlag, 1982. 8vo. paper-covered boards. 135 pages. Sankt Gallen (St. Did the geographical setting of the abbey of St. Gall leave any traces in the abbey's significant production of medieval manuscripts? The author discusses eight references to Lake Constance in St. Gall texts, and visual references in eight St. Gall miniatures (reproduced as plates). With references. READ MORE about DER BODENSEE IN SANKTGALLER HANDSCHRIFTEN
Price: $25.00 Order nr. 52846
London: O.S.C. Publications, 1988. small 4to. stiff paper wrappers. not paginated. Reprint of the first edition. The bibliographical descriptions in the back of this book are quite thorough. No color plates in this reprint. READ MORE about CATALOGUE RAISONNE OF THE WORKS OF THE 18TH AND EARLY 19TH CENTURIES IN WHICH FLOWER AND FRUIT...
Price: $35.00 Order nr. 59339
Paris: Rapilly, 1862. small 8vo. later cloth with original front paper wrapper laid down, original rear paper wrapper bound. 48, 16 pages. Bibliography and sale catalogue. A brief bibliography concerning the history of engraving and engravers followed by the publisher's catalogue of "Livres Relatifs a l'Architecture, la Sculpture, la Peinture et la Gravure et de quelques estampes en divers genres." The bibliography contains 650 titles relating to various aspects of engraving, printing and public collections... READ MORE about ESSAI DE BIBLIOGRAPHIE CONTENANT L'INDICATION DES OUVRAGES RELATIFS A L'HISTOIRE DE LA GRAVURE ET...
Price: $120.00 Order nr. 77365
1983. 8vo. later pamphlet binder. pp.223-236. Removed from The Library, Sioth Series, Volume V, No.3, September 1983. With ink signature of Gavin Bridson. READ MORE about "THE ENGRAVING AND PRINTING OF THE `HOLBEIN HEADS'."
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 100072
(London: Farrand Press, 1984). square 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. xxx, 234 pages. First edition. A study of the changes in book illustration in 19th century England. Jacket chipped along top edge with soiling. READ MORE about PICTURES TO PRINT, THE NINETEENTH-CENTURY ENGRAVING TRADE
Price: $30.00 Order nr. 22717
24 (bound in 10, of 38).
Berlin: A. Asher & Co., 1887-1919. 8vo. cloth. varied pagination. 24 (bound in 10, of 38). A significant collection of first editions from the important series begun by Karl Dziatzko (1842-1903), who was the first professor of library science in Göttingen University, Germany. This set includes volumes 1-17, 21, 24-25, 28, 31, and 37/38. Contains texts on various issues pertaining to printing, illuminated manuscripts, publishers, printers, etc. Some volumes with illustrations. Includes indexes. Many editions... READ MORE about SAMMLUNG BIBLIOTHEKSWISSENSCHAFTLICHER ARBEITEN
Price: $650.00 Order nr. 76148
London: The Studio Publications, (1951). 4to. cloth, dust jacket. xii, 214 pages. S-K 5740. First edition. Major sections on type design, lettering, printing, illustration, commercial binding and hand binding. Each section is well-illustrated. A different author summarizes the results of each country; i.e., binding in the U.S. by E.W. Palmer and Edith Diehl. Dust jacket has a few creases, chips and short closed tears. Ink inscription on endpaper. Corner bumped. READ MORE about THE ART OF THE BOOK, SOME RECORD OF WORK CARRIED OUT IN EUROPE & THE U.S.A., 1939-1950
Price: $35.00 Order nr. 15667
London: The Studio Publications, (1951). 4to. cloth. xii, 214 pages. S-K 5740. First edition. Major sections on type design, lettering, printing, illustration, commercial binding, and hand binding. Each section is well-illustrated. A different author summarizes the results of each country; i.e., binding in the U.S. by E.W. Palmer and Edith Diehl. Covers soiled and worn at spine ends. READ MORE about THE ART OF THE BOOK, SOME RECORD OF WORK CARRIED OUT IN EUROPE & THE U.S.A., 1939-1950
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 44834
London: The Studio Publications, (1951). 4to. cloth, dust jacket. xii, 214 pages. S-K 5740. First edition. Major sections on type design, lettering, printing, illustration, commercial binding and hand binding. Each section is well-illustrated. A different author summarizes the results of each country; i.e., binding in the U.S. by E.W. Palmer and Edith Diehl. With the Randeria bookplate. Preliminary pages foxed. Small tears on jacket repaired with clear tape. READ MORE about THE ART OF THE BOOK, SOME RECORD OF WORK CARRIED OUT IN EUROPE & THE U.S.A., 1939-1950
Price: $30.00 Order nr. 71815
Mainz: Gutenberg-Gesellschaft, 1951. small 4to. paper wrappers. 12 pages. A look at modern German illustration and design in the production of more ephemeral material. Kleiner Druck Nr.47. Covers soiled. READ MORE about BROSCHUR UND SCHUTZUMSCHLAG AM DEUTSCHEN BUCH DER NEUEREN ZEIT
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 22362
New York: Harry N. Abrams, (1976). thick 4to. cloth, dust jacket. 611+(1) pages. First edition. Includes chapters on different methods of printmaking, with reference to famous printmakers in each medium. Over 653 illustrations with some in color. Includes glossary, bibliography, and index. Lacks dustjacket. READ MORE about THE ART OF THE PRINT
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 44422
London: Thames and Hudson, (1976). thick 4to. cloth, dust jacket. 611+(1) pages. First English edition. Includes chapters on different methods of printmaking, with reference to famous printmakers in each medium. Over 653 illustrations with some in color. Includes glossary, bibliography, and index. With the bookplate and ink signature of Gavin Bridson. READ MORE about THE ART OF THE PRINT
Price: $30.00 Order nr. 97865
Kingsport: Kingsport Press, 1952. tall 8vo. cloth. (xx), 76 pages. First hardbound edition, the original series appeared in Publisher's Weekly. 76 illustrations. Presentation on free endpaper "for Kenneth Milford, A follower of our Noble Art of Printing with many good wishes from the author, Richard Williamson Ellis, 1958." READ MORE about BOOK ILLUSTRATION, A SURVEY OF ITS HISTORY & DEVELOPMENT SHOWN BY THE WORK OF VARIOUS ARTISTS
Price: $30.00 Order nr. 2606
Kingsport: Kingsport Press, 1952. tall 8vo. cloth. (xx), 76 pages. First hardbound edition, the original series appeared in Publisher's Weekly. 76 illustrations. READ MORE about BOOK ILLUSTRATION, A SURVEY OF ITS HISTORY & DEVELOPMENT SHOWN BY THE WORK OF VARIOUS ARTISTS
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 59775
N.P. n.p., 1960. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 30, (2) pages. Covers the period 1910-1960. Illustrated. READ MORE about DANSKE BOGILLUSTRATORER GENNEM 50 AAR
Price: $17.50 Order nr. 45532
Edited and Introduced by Ruari McLean.
Oxford: Clarendon Press, (1968). square 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. 92 pages. Edited and Introduced by Ruari McLean. Reprint of the 1967 first edition. Illustrated including many in color. Contains a eight page list of books containing examples of color printing by Evans. Jacket is price clipped. READ MORE about THE REMINISCENCES OF EDMUND EVANS
Price: $35.00 Order nr. 27482
(Bath): Adams and Dart, 1971. small 4to. cloth, dust jacket. (vi), 162 pages. First edition. A handbook for anyone concerned with the research of illustration material available from the four centuries before the general use of photography. A section on "Reproduction Techniques" describes in detail the preparation and use of the woodcut and wood-engraving; copperplate and steel engraving, mezzotint and drypoint; etching and aquatint; and lithography. Includes a useful list of public collections and commercial... READ MORE about SOURCES OF ILLUSTRATIONS, 1500-1900
Price: $8.00 Order nr. 45041
London: The Macmillan Co., 1940. 8vo. boards. 383 pages. First edition. Farleigh has combined a textbook on engraving and an auto-biography. The textbook portion of his book is profusely illustrated showing famous engravers at work and examples of their engravings. Lacking the dust jacket. Spine lightly faded. Minor shelfwear. Printed at the Curwen Press. READ MORE about GRAVEN IMAGE, AN AUTO-BIOGRAPHICAL TEXTBOOK
Price: $12.00 Order nr. 13385
Washington: Library of Congress, 1977. small 4to. stiff paper wrappers. (32) pages. Introduction by Fern following illustrated catalogue. READ MORE about THEY MADE THEM LAUGH AND WINCE AND WORRY AND ... DRAWINGS FOR SIX AMERICAN MAGAZINES
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 26592
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
