(Bryn Mawr, PA: Friends of the Library, Bryn Mawr College, 1974). 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. (20) pages. Exhibition of art on title pages, Bryn Mawr College, 1974. Introductory essay with descriptive information including title, author, publisher, artist, and provenance. Black and white illustrations. READ MORE about THE ARTIST & THE TITLE PAGE
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 122950
1983. 8vo. later pamphlet binder. pp.31-62. Removed from the Journal of the Printing Historical Society Number 17 (1982/1983). With the ink signature of Gavin Bridson. READ MORE about BRITISH WOOD-ENGRAVERS C. 1820- C. 1860: A CHECKLIST
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 100081
Fiftieth Performance, Ninth of March, 1906; Presented with Mr. Tree's Compliments
(London: Carl Hentschel, Ltd.), 1906. oblong 8vo. stiff paper wrappers bound with green cord. not paginated. Fiftieth Performance, Ninth of March, 1906; Presented with Mr. Tree's Compliments. Souvenir program with 10 wonderfully-reproduced and well-preserved color portraits of the main characters by Charles A. Buchel. It also features essays by lead actor and manager of "His Majesty's Theatre" Herbert Beerbohm Tree and costume and set designer Percy Macquoid. The exterior of this copy shows moderate soiling..... READ MORE about NERO
Price: $45.00 Order nr. 91083
Frankfurt: Verlag von R. Th. Hauser & Co., 1924. 4to. stiff paper wrappers. various. This book accompanied a German book art exhibition in Rhein-Main. Includes several illustrations. 2.5" x 3.5" square cut out of one page. Cover slightly soiled. READ MORE about BUCHKUNST AUSSTELLUNG
Price: $35.00 Order nr. 88406
(Leipzig: Börsenverein der Deutschen Buchhändler), n.d. 12mo. stiff paper wrappers. 32 pages. Written in German. With seven black-and-white illustrations. A book on book illustration in the DDR. Minor wear. READ MORE about BUCHKUNST IN DER DEUTSCHEN DEMOKRATISCHEN REPUBLIK
Price: $12.50 Order nr. 100673
Leipzig: Institut für Buchgestaltung, (1963). 4to. cloth. 236, (6) pages. Volume IV of this journal devoted to book design and book illustration. Includes several chapters devoted to Japan, China, and Korea, and an article by Diego Rivera. Well-illustrated with many plates in color. READ MORE about BUCHKUNST
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 45530
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
New York, NY: R.H. Russell, 1902. 4to. paper-covered boards. unpaginated. Limited to 1000 numbered copies, 875 on vellum paper. This copy is thus. Introductory comments by FirzRoy Carrington. Decorative borders, and six illustrations, including frontispiece, by Sir Edward Burne-Jones. Covers tanned, and rubbed and scuffed at edges, torn along spine. Previous owner's name inscribed on front pastedown. READ MORE about THE SONG OF SONGS
Price: $85.00 Order nr. 128489
Palo Alto, CA: Coyne & Blanchard, Inc., 1968-. 4to. stiff paper wrappers. variously paginated. A huge run of this important magazine. 124 issues. Includes the following: Volume X, No.1-6. (1968) Volume XI, No.1-6. (1969) Title changes to Communications Arts Magazine with volume XI, No.2. Volume XII, No.1-6. (1970) Volume XIII, No.1-6. (1971) Volume XIV, No.1-6. (1972) Volume XVI, No.3,4,5. (1974) Volume XVII, No.2-6. (1975) Volume XVIII, No.1-6. (1976) Volume XIX, No.1-6. (1977) Now switches to..... READ MORE about CA, THE JOURNAL OF THE COMMUNICATION ARTS
Price: $1,250.00 Order nr. 105705
10 volumes in 8
(Paris, France: J. Conan le Meriadec), 1952-3. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. variously paginated. 10 volumes in 8. Text in French. The first ten issues of this French periodical, which ran from 1952 to 1963. Each volume contains "La Chronique de Pierre d'Espezel," which discusses various bibliophilic topics, "Les Illustrateurs du Libre," discussing different book illustrators with a sample of his/her work, along with other articles of interest fo bibliophiles. Issues individually paginated. Issues 5 and..... READ MORE about CAHIERS DU BIBLIOPHILE
Price: $100.00 Order nr. 124532
With One Hundred and Seventy-Two Illustrations.
London: Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, & Rivington, 1886. small 4to. original stamped cloth, all edges gilt. xvi, 216 pages. With One Hundred and Seventy-Two Illustrations. First edition. With mounted photograph of Crane as frontispiece. Bumped at bottom of spine with some cover rubbing. Foxed. READ MORE about RANDOLPH CALDECOTT, A PERSONAL MEMOIR OF HIS EARLY ART CAREER
Price: $65.00 Order nr. 26523
Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott Co., (1946). square 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. 46+(1) pages. First edition. Jacket illustration is from the cover design of "The Horn Book." Book illustrations are from early prints of Caldecott drawings in The Houghton Memorial Library. Jacket soiled and with tape repair on front cover. READ MORE about RANDOLPH CALDECOTT, 1846-1886, AN APPRECIATION
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London: Oresko Books Ltd., (1976). 4to. decorated, glossy stiff paper wrapper (folded in dust jacket form). 104 pages. First edition. Beautiful color and black and white illustrations of Caldecott's works. Illustrations for John Gilpin's Ride. READ MORE about RANDOLPH CALDECOTT, 'LORD OF THE NURSERY'
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Cambridge: The Houghton Library, 1986. tall 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. (ii), 37 pages. Illustrated. READ MORE about RANDOLPH CALDECOTT, 1846-1886, A CHECKLIST OF THE CAROLINE MILLER PARKER COLLECTION IN THE...
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 65603
Yucaipa: Gail Klemm Books, 1972. 8vo. paper wrappers. (36) pages. Illustrated. Book dealer's catalogue. READ MORE about ORIGINAL WOODBLOCKS, DRAWN BY RANDOLPH CALDECOTT
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 1207
Yucaipa: Gail Klemm Books, 1972. 8vo. later pamphlet holder with paper cover label and with pamphlet bound-in. (36) pages. Illustrated. Book dealer's catalogue. Library stamp on front cover stating "Received May 15, 1972, Hunt Library." Pencil signature of Gavin Bridson. READ MORE about ORIGINAL WOODBLOCKS, DRAWN BY RANDOLPH CALDECOTT
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London, England: Architectural Association, 1936. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 15+(1) pages. Foreword by C.H. St. J. Hornby, list of exhibitors. Black and white frontispiece. Covers soiled; light spotty soiling in text. READ MORE about EXHIBITION OF PRESENT-DAY CALLIGRAPHY AND ILLUMINATION ORGANISED BY THE SOCIETY OF SCRIBES AND...
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Berlin, Germany: Museum für Islamische Kunst, (2006). 4to. stiff paper wrappers. 144 pages. Table of contents, foreword, introduction, bibliography, acknowledgments, photographic credits. A catalogue of over forty pieces of Islamic calligraphy and illumination, including religious, political and literary works. Color illustrations throughout. READ MORE about INK AND GOLD: ISLAMIC CALLIGRAPHY
Price: $25.00 Order nr. 134513
New York: Macmillan, 1984. small 4to. plastic ring binder, stiff paper covers. xi, 84, 117-125 pages, with 16 additional leaves of plates. Revised edition. Materials, sources, letters, pages, relationship of initials and borders, harmony of alphabet and ornament, color, 16 "borders to illuminate," etc. The book itself is a calligraphic specimen, a facsimile of the author's calligraphic manuscript. READ MORE about BORDERS FOR CALLIGRAPHY, HOW TO DESIGN A DECORATED PAGE
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 51951
New Castle, Delaware: Oak Knoll Press and John Neal, Bookseller, (2009). 4to. hardcover, dust jacket. 112 pages. Reprint with minor corrections of second edition. The craft of calligraphy has a 2000-year history in the Western world. Up to the time of the Renaissance, calligraphy was the only means of preserving literature, and so, it played a vital role in the spread of learning, culture, and religion. Historical scripts were not rigidly-fixed "styles;" they represented the..... READ MORE about HISTORICAL SCRIPTS FROM CLASSICAL TIMES TO THE RENAISSANCE
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Cambridge: J. Deighton, and MacMillan & Co., 1849. 8vo. original cloth boards, otherwise disbound. viii, 329+(1) page. First edition. Describes 700 manuscript volumes. Bibliographic entries include annotations regarding contents, illuminations, and foliation. Includes a brief introduction about the catalogue. Some internal nineteenth century library markings. Spine lacking, boards detached. Last leaf provided in photocopy facsimile. READ MORE about CATALOGUE OF THE MANUSCRIPTS IN THE LIBRARY OF GONVILLE AND CAIUS
Price: $40.00 Order nr. 56222
New York: The Grolier Club, 1908. small 8vo. paper wrappers. viii, 46 pages. Asaf Handlist 63. 218 items displayed at The Grolier Club. Six page introduction. Well preserved copy. READ MORE about A CATALOGUE OF ETCHINGS AND DRY-POINTS BY D.Y. CAMERON
Price: $12.00 Order nr. 38425
