Funck, M.

LE LIVRE BELGE, À GRAVURES, GUIDE DE L'AMATEUR DE LIVRES ILLUSTRÉS IMPRIMÉS EN BELGIQUE AVANT LE XVIIIE SIÈCLE.

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 French. Profusely illustrated. READ MORE about LE LIVRE BELGE, À GRAVURES, GUIDE DE L'AMATEUR DE LIVRES ILLUSTRÉS IMPRIMÉS EN BELGIQUE AVANT...

Price: $75.00  other currencies  Order nr. 89017

Furtwängler, Felix.

BESSERE BILDER DER WELT, EINE ZEICHENFOLGE MIT EINEM ESSAY VON AXEL JANECK.

(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  other currencies  Order nr. 101699

Ganz, Peter F.

WOLFENBÜTTELER CIMELIEN DAS EVANGELIAR HEINRICHS DER LÖWEN IN DER HERZOG AUGUST BIBLIOTHEK.

(Weinheim): VCH, Acta humaniora, (1989). small 4to. stiff paper wrappers. 255+(1) pages. Exhibition of the evangeliary gospel books belonging to Henry the Lion, Duke of Saxony and Bavaria (1129-1195), held at the Herzog August Bibliothek. Includes color frontispiece, numerous black and white and color facsimiles of the illuminated manuscript pages, bibliography. READ MORE about WOLFENBÜTTELER CIMELIEN DAS EVANGELIAR HEINRICHS DER LÖWEN IN DER HERZOG AUGUST BIBLIOTHEK

Price: $20.00  other currencies  Order nr. 74492

Garvey, Eleanor M. and Peter A. Wick.

ARTS OF THE FRENCH BOOK, 1900-1965, ILLUSTRATED BOOKS OF THE SCHOOL OF PARIS.

Dallas: Dallas Public Library, 1967. small 4to. cloth-backed boards, dust jacket. 120 pages. Well documented exhibition catalogue with many illustrations. Lacks wrap-around title. READ MORE about ARTS OF THE FRENCH BOOK, 1900-1965, ILLUSTRATED BOOKS OF THE SCHOOL OF PARIS

Price: $25.00  other currencies  Order nr. 13846

Gaultier, Bon (pseudonym of William Aytoun Edmonstoune and Sir Theodore Martin).

THE BOOK OF BALLADS.

London: Wm. S. Orr, and Co., n.d. small 8vo. later half blue morocco with light blue cloth by Bayntun of Bath, five raised bands, spine decorated in gilt, all edges gilt. Frontispiece engraving by "Crowquill"; color lithographed title page, (viii), 254 pages. "A New Edition with Several New Ballads." Illustrated by Alfred Crowquill (pseud. for Alfred Henry Forrester), Richard Doyle and John Leech. Contains 63 plates. In a signed Bayntun binding. Light wear along bottom... READ MORE about THE BOOK OF BALLADS

Price: $85.00  other currencies  Order nr. 93659

Gerstinger, Hans.

DIE GRIECHISCHE BUCHMALEREI.

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  other currencies  Order nr. 92773

Getlein, Frank & Dorothy.

THE BITE OF THE PRINT, SATIRE AND IRONY IN WOODCUTS, ENGRAVINGS ETCHING, LITHOGRAPHS, & SERIGRAPHS.

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  other currencies  Order nr. 108384

Gill, Eric.

AUTOBIOGRAPHY.

New York: The Devin-Adair Company, (1941). 8vo. cloth. 283 pages. First edition, third impression. Slightly rubbed. READ MORE about AUTOBIOGRAPHY

Price: $25.00  other currencies  Order nr. 78184

Gilmour, Pat.

ARTISTS AT CURWEN, A CELEBRATION OF THE GIFT OF ARTISTS' PRINTS FROM THE CURWEN PRESS.

London: The Tate Gallery, (1977). small 4to. cloth, dust jacket. 167 pages. First edition. an extensive exhibition catalogue of the works of many artists associated with the Curwen Press and Studio including Paul Nash, John Piper and Henry Moore. The book is illustrated with 32 plates, many of which are in full color. Also has biographical sketches and checklists of the artists' work. READ MORE about ARTISTS AT CURWEN, A CELEBRATION OF THE GIFT OF ARTISTS' PRINTS FROM THE CURWEN PRESS

Price: $30.00  other currencies  Order nr. 12445

Girard, Henri and Henri Moncel.

LES BEAUX LIVRES D'AUTREFOIS. LE XIXEME SIECLE.

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  other currencies  Order nr. 60323

Glorieux-DeGand, Thérèse, with Ann Kelders.

HET WOORD VAN DE KOPIIST COLOFONS VAN GEDATEERDE HANSSCHRIFTEN.

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  other currencies  Order nr. 115346

Goldschmidt, E.P.

THE PRINTED BOOK OF THE RENAISSANCE, THREE LECTURES ON TYPE, ILLUSTRATION AND ORNAMENT.

Cambridge: University Press, 1950. 4to. cloth. x, 93 pages followed by eight plates. First edition, limited to 750 copies. Lacking dust jacket. Bumped lower spine and front board. Ex-library with stamp and spine markings. READ MORE about THE PRINTED BOOK OF THE RENAISSANCE, THREE LECTURES ON TYPE, ILLUSTRATION AND ORNAMENT

Price: $30.00  other currencies  Order nr. 8915

Gorey, Edward.

THE BROKEN SPOKE.

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  other currencies  Order nr. 108323