Praze: Ceských bibliofilu, 1937. 4to. cloth. 116, (6) pages and 17 separate plates. Volume Nine. Letterpress printed in an edition limited to 400 copies. An important Czech annual devoted to book design, typography, and the graphic arts. Finely illustrated with many illustrations and title pages printed in color. With a table of contents in English in the back. Spine faded. READ MORE about CESKY BIBLIOFIL, 1937
Price: $95.00 Order nr. 59726
New & Improved Edition. Volume II
Edinburgh: William and Robert Chambers, 1842. large 8vo. half-calf. cloth, protective modern dust jacket with paper spine label. [ii], 800 pages. New & Improved Edition. Volume II. Volume two only.Contains No. 90: Printing-Engraving-Lithography, pp. 625-640. Illustrated. Worn and boards faded, pages tanning, scattered foxing. Signature "Sedgwick," on front pastedown. HInges reparied. With the bookplate of Gavin Bridson. READ MORE about CHAMBERS'S INFORMATION FOR THE PEOPLE
Price: $75.00 Order nr. 98569
New York: The Typophiles, 1974. tall 12mo. paper wrappers, dust jacket. (iv), 18 pages. A Typophile keepsake designed and produced by Bert Waggott. An autobiographical story of type design and calligraphy.Loosely inserted in a commorative bookplate of William Sihler. READ MORE about MY LIFE WITH LETTERS
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 20754
With a list of works by him in the New York Public Library and certain other collections.
New York: New York Public Library, 1932. large 8vo. paper wrappers. 12 pages and three inserted plates of illustrations. With a list of works by him in the New York Public Library and certain other collections. A biographical essay on the famous caricaturist, engraver and publisher is accompanied by seven illustrations and a bibliography of Charles's work. READ MORE about WILLIAM CHARLES, EARLY CARICATURIST, ENGRAVER AND PUBLISHER OF CHILDREN'S BOOKS
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 20610
(Easthampton, MA): Cheloniidae Press & Wonder Book Editions, (2019). small folio. cloth clamshell box, paper label on cover. loose signatures inserted into two chemise. NOTE: due to high demand, this portfolio has a backorder wait period of about three weeks. First edition of 130 copies, of which this is one of 30 copies reserved for portfolios for a complete set of 24 total broadsides. In addition, this is one of the select undetermined amount of..... READ MORE about IF THERE WERE NO BOOKS
Price: $6,000.00 Order nr. 134385
(Easthampton, MA): Cheloniidae Press & Wonder Book Editions, (2019). First edition of 130 copies, of which this is one of 30 copies reserved for portfolios for a complete set of 24 total broadsides. The first publication by Alan James Robinson in over twenty years, If There Were No Books... is a suite of broadsides depicting some of the more monumental works in English & American literature of which we would have not experienced. Cheloniidae Press..... READ MORE about IF THERE WERE NO BOOKS
Price: $2,950.00 Order nr. 134386
Paris: Edward W. Titus, 1927. 8vo. decorated paper-covered boards. (iv), xiii, 111, (3) pages with several black and white illustrations inserted. First edition, limited to 500 copies, numbered and initialed by E.W. Titus. Ten German dialogues between couples, translated into English. Once often performed on the stage under the title of Reigen, it ran into censorship problems in Germany until, in 1920, a Berlin court determined the presentation of the play to be a moral..... READ MORE about COUPLES, TEN DIALOGUES RENDERED FROM THE GERMAN
Price: $125.00 Order nr. 57255
New Castle, Delaware: Oak Knoll Press & The British Library, 2006. 9 x 12 inches. hardcover, dust jacket. 320 pages. When was it that someone decided that books might be written and published for child readers? It's fair to say that some kinds of text-alphabets, fables, the Lord's Prayer, may have been seen as fundamental to the process of learning to read from the beginning of book making, but when did children come to be..... READ MORE about BE MERRY AND WISE: ORIGINS OF CHILDREN'S BOOK PUBLISHING IN ENGLAND, 1650-1850
Price: $115.00 Order nr. 90644
Italy: Ente Autonomo per le Fiere di Bologna, (1988). 4to. stiff paper wrappers. 197, (3) pages. An interesting selection of illustrators from around the world. In each case an example of their work is shown, usually in full color and short biographical details are given. READ MORE about ANNUAL '88, ILLUSTRATOR'S OF CHILDREN'S BOOKS
Price: $25.00 Order nr. 95168
Köln: Kunst- und Museumsbibliothek und Rheinisches Bildarchiv, 1988. 4to. paper-covered boards; second volume is stiff paper wrappers. 539; 152 pages. First edition. This is a catalog of the 1988 exhibition of children's book art held at the Joseph-Haubrich Kunsthalle in Köln. Includes 34 short essays on all aspects of children's book art, from incunable art to art of the Weimar Republic. All illustrations are reproduced in color. The second half of the book is taken..... READ MORE about DIE BILDERWELT IM KINDERBUCH
Price: $125.00 Order nr. 123945
Boston: Horn Book, 1968. 4to. cloth, dust jacket. xviii, 295 pages. First edition. With illustrated articles by Marcia Brown, Adrienne Adams, Grace Allen Hogarth and Rumer Godden. Biographies and selected bibliography of artists and authors. Jacket torn at head of spine. READ MORE about ILLUSTRATORS OF CHILDREN'S BOOKS, 1957-1966
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 1773
Boston: The Horn Book, 1947. 4to. cloth-backed decorated paper cover boards, top edge gilt. xvi, 528 pages. First edition. Gives the history and development of illustrated books plus biographies and bibliographies of illustrators and their works. Front hinge starting. Rubbed around the edges with some minor shelfwearFrom the private reference library of Dorothy Sloan with a commemorative bookplate loosely inserted. READ MORE about ILLUSTRATORS OF CHILDREN'S BOOKS, 1744-1945
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 26704
Boston: The Horn Book, (1961). 4to. cloth, dust jacket. xvi, 528 pages. Reprint of the first edition. Gives the history and development of illustrated books plus biographies and bibliographies of illustrators and their works. Jacket chipped at spine ends. READ MORE about ILLUSTRATORS OF CHILDREN'S BOOKS, 1744-1945
Price: $25.00 Order nr. 31155
N.P. Princeton University and the Art Institute of Chicago, (1972). 4to. stiff paper wrappers. 190, (2) pages. With texts by the editor, Martin Eidelberg, David A. Hanks, Susan Otis Thompson and others. Illustrated. Rubbed around edges. READ MORE about THE ARTS AND CRAFTS MOVEMENT IN AMERICA 1876-1916
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 41549
[New York]: Angel Hair Books, (1968). 4to. stiff paper wrappers. (22) pages. First edition. One of 500 copies. Cover by Jim Dine. Wrappers lightly rubbed, otherwise fine. READ MORE about BUN
Price: $35.00 Order nr. 112561
Villa Park, IL: Graphic Chemical & Ink Co., 1970. oblong 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. (ii), 37 pages. Dated January 1970. With ink specimens and even tipped-in paper specimens. READ MORE about PRINTMAKER'S MATERIALS
Price: $40.00 Order nr. 109444
Villa Park, IL: Graphic Chemical & Ink Co., 1973. oblong 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. (ii), 37 pages. Dated January 1973. With ink specimens and even tipped-in paper specimens. Loosely inserted is an errata sheet. READ MORE about PRINTMAKER'S MATERIALS
Price: $42.50 Order nr. 109445
(Dublin, Ireland): Irish Academic Press, (1989). 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. xxx, 301+(1) pages. First edition. Forewords by Penelope Hunter-Stiebel, John O'Reilly, Peyton Skipwith, and James White. Table of contents, list of illustrations, preface, acknowledgments, introduction. Two appendices, endnotes, bibliography, photographic credits, index. Frontispiece drawing of Clarke. 48 color plates and 190 black and white illustrations. Noted as the first substantial biography of Clarke and critical analysis of his works, fusing Celtic Revivalism with Arts and..... READ MORE about THE LIFE AND WORKS OF HARRY CLARKE
Price: $185.00 Order nr. 124021
(Dublin, Ireland): The History Press Ireland, (2010). 4to. cloth, dust jacket. 318, (2) pages. Table of contents, acknowledgments, foreword, preface, introduction. catalogue of works, bibliography, glossary, endnotes, index. A study of the stained glass artwork of Clarke, focusing on the British Isles. Color frontispiece and color illustrations throughout. READ MORE about STRANGEST GENIUS: THE STAINED GLASS OF HARRY CLARKE
Price: $225.00 Order nr. 124112
London, UK: (Books and Things), 2003. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 126 pages. This is a detailed list of the works of Harry Clarke throughout the years. Presentation from the author to a bookseller dated the day of publication. It includes numerous color, and black & white photos throughout of both the artist's work and pictures of the books in which his work can be found. There is a black & white frontispiece self portrait sketch..... READ MORE about A BIBLIOGRAPHICAL CHECKLIST OF THE WORK OF HARRY CLARKE
Price: $75.00 Order nr. 125304
New York: Brentano's, 1920. 4to. leather, top edge gilt. (4), 127 pages. First edition. Illustrated by Harry Clarke (Steenson, A3.d). Color and black/white images throughout. Text block loose from binding. Stain on rear cover and bottom right of pages starting at page 79. Beautifully illustrated. READ MORE about YEAR'S AT THE SPRING; AN ANTHOLOGY OF RECENT POETRY
Price: $200.00 Order nr. 105563
Four volumes.
Paris: Imprimerie Nationale, 1900 - 1914. folio. original quarter cloth over paper-covered boards, all edges uncut. (x), xxiv, 490; (iv), 572; (vi), 550; (xvii), 528 pages. Four volumes. First edition, printed for the occasion of the Exposition Universelle Internationale of 1900. Complete in all four portfolios. T.M. Cleland's copy with his bookplates on each of the four pastedowns. Some of the cloth ties are broken and lacking. Hinges tender of each portfolio. Rubbing along the..... READ MORE about HISTOIRE DE L'IMPRIMERIE EN FRANCE AU XVÈME ET AU XVIÈME SIÈCLE. FOUR PORTFOLIOS
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Stamford: Overbrook Press, The, 1949. 8vo. paper wrappers, paper cover label. 32 pages. First edition, limited to 1000 copies. This copy inscribed by the author. Spine lightly sunned. READ MORE about PROGRESS IN THE GRAPHIC ARTS AN ADDRESS DELIVERED AT THE NEWBERRY LIBRARY IN CHICAGO ... ON THE...
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 132590
New York: The New York Public Library, 1960. tall 8vo. paper wrappers. (14) pages. Limited to 700 copies. Reprint of a talk given with illustrations added. READ MORE about THE FINE ART OF PRINTING
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 1448
Stamford: Overbrook Press, The, 1950. 8vo. paper wrappers. 32 pages. Second edition. Printed by the Overbrook Press in an edition of 1000 copies in 1950. READ MORE about PROGRESS IN THE GRAPHIC ARTS AN ADDRESS DELIVERED AT THE NEWBERRY LIBRARY IN CHICAGO ... ON THE...
Price: $8.00 Order nr. 1454
