N.P. Gutenberg-Jahrbuch, 1995. 4to. stiff paper wrappers. pp. 66-82. Offprint from the Yearbook. Nineteen illustrations in the text. READ MORE about VENETIAN XYLOGRAPHIC AT THE JOHN RYLANDS UNIVERSITY LIBRARY, MANCHESTER, ENGLAND
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 75434
Melbourne, Australia: Zimmer, 1997. square small folio. black paper wrappers, title in gilt, six loosely inserted wood-engravings, decorated patterned paper covered boards clamshell box. (iv), 15, (1) pages. Limited to 15 numbered copies signed by Tate Adams, of which this portfolio is unnumbered on the colophon. The five included plates are each numbered #6 of 15. A fine copy in fine clamshell box. Four full-spread and one smaller plate wood-engravings by Adams. The text was..... READ MORE about TATE ADAMS: TROPICAL WOOD-ENGRAVINGS
Price: $4,950.00 Order nr. 136522
Nendeln, Liechtenstein: Kraus Reprint, 1968. 8vo. cloth, leather spine label. xx, 344 pages followed by 40 plates. Reprinted from Studies of the Warburg Institute, No. 7, 1939. A study of how examples and influences of Ancient art shaped the development of Medieval art. The first part examines how the classical era and humanism were studied through the fifteenth-century. Part two focus on knowledge of classical art in the Middle Ages and the final section debates..... READ MORE about INFLUENCES ANTIQUES DANS L'ART DU MOYEN AGE FRANCAIS
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New York: McGraw Hill Book Co., (1964). 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. 254 pages. First U.S. edition. Fine in fine jacket. With 168 plates including 9 in color. Translated from the French by M.I. Martin. READ MORE about GRAPHIC ART OF THE 18TH CENTURY
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 42426
Scranton, PA: International Textbook Company, 1910. 32mo. cloth. xii, 353, (17) pages. Second edition. Guide to advertising by International Correspondence Schools. Black and white illustrations. Spine and boards slightly worn. Front inside hinge cracked. READ MORE about ADVERTISER'S HANDBOOK: A BOOK OF REFERENCE DEALING WITH PLANS, COPY, TYPOGRAPHY, ILLUSTRATION,...
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London: William Crofts, 1836. 8vo. half leather over marbled paper boards, all edges marbled, five raised bands, gilt on spine, blue coated pastedowns and endpapers. 412 pages, with 26 lithograph plates (2 of which are in full color and four in two-color), including two large folding maps at rear. First edition. Mendelssohn, I, pp. 587-8; Theal, Catalogue of Books and Pamphlets relating to Africa south of the Zambesi in the Collection of George McCall Theal..... READ MORE about NARRATIVE OF A JOURNEY TO THE ZOOLU COUNTRY, IN SOUTH AFRICA
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(Wien: Kunstlerhaus, 1986). small 4to. cloth, dust jacket. 191+(1) pages. The 125 year history of the Künstlerhaus in Vienna is provided here through photographs and short essays. Many of the museum's exhibitions, artists, publicity material and internal documents are pictured. Fully illustrated in color and black-and-white. In German. READ MORE about THE WIENER KUNSTLER HAUS, 1861-1986
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Graz: Akademische Druck- und Verlagsanstalt, 1986. 8vo. paper wrappers. xiv, 138 pages. General catalogue, including bibliographies, works on the art of the book, prints, and facsimile editions of important manuscripts. Illustrated. READ MORE about GENERAL CATALOGUE
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London, England: The Lambourn Press, (1990). oblong 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. 112 pages. Presentation by the author on half title. Dedication, table of contents, acknowledgments, introduction. Frontispiece portrait of Aldin. Color and black and white illustrations throughout. A study of a British artist known for his drawings of dogs and hounds. READ MORE about A LOOK AT CECIL ALDIN'S DOGS AND HOUNDS
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(Prague): Kniha N.P. Antikvariát, 1956. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 141, (3) pages. Text in Czech. Catalogue of the works of Czech painter Mikolás Ales (1852-1913). Includes listings of magazines, books and exhibitions featuring Ales's works, and a list of addenda. 1246 entries. Final remarks by the compiler. 16 black and white plates. Wrappers lightly soiled and bent at corners. READ MORE about MIKOLÁS ALES A KNIHA
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London: S. & J. Fuller, 1849. square 8vo. original cloth with new spine covering. Frontispiece; 58, (6) pages, 8 plates. First edition (Bridson & Wakeman B17 - for second edition of 1851). A treatise on the technique of etching by one of Britain's greatest ever sporting artists. An avid sportsman himself, Alken specialized in depicting hunting, coaching, racing, shooting and fishing scenes. British sporting periodicals frequently carried his illustrations. In this book, he distills some..... READ MORE about THE ART AND PRACTICE OF ETCHING; WITH DIRECTIONS FOR OTHER METHODS OF LIGHT AND ENTERTAINING...
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Bristol, England: Artline Editions, (1989). 4to. paper over boards, dust jacket. 211 pages. First edition. An historical survey of the development of the woodcut. Includes a comprehensive selection of reproductions of colored woodcuts. Contains full biographical details of each artist and is well illustrated. READ MORE about WOODCUTS
Price: $40.00 Order nr. 28406
(New York: AAmerican Photo), 1990-. small 4to. stiff paper wrappers. 17 issues. Various issues from Volume 1, No. 4 (1990) to Volume 5, No. 4 (1994). Full of color. READ MORE about AMERICAN PHOTO
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New York: Huxley House, 1953. thin 8vo. boards. (44) pages. Illustrated with engravings by Alexander Anderson, the father of white-line wood engraving in America. Huxley House was a design firm. Covers soiled. READ MORE about HUXLEY HOUSE ALMANAC FOR 1953
Price: $25.00 Order nr. 31812
New Castle, DE and Worcester, MA: Oak Knoll Press and the American Antiquarian Society, 2005. 8.5 x 11 inches. hardcover, slipcase. 2600 pages. First Edition. This three volume, comprehensive bibliography focuses on the important American wood engraver, Alexander Anderson (1775-1870). The author has selected over 1,000 of Anderson's engravings to illustrate this major bibliography. This work begins with a well written and researched biography of Anderson. There are over 2,322 entries. By the early nineteenth..... READ MORE about ALEXANDER ANDERSON, 1775-1870, WOOD ENGRAVER AND ILLUSTRATOR, AN ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY
Price: $350.00 Order nr. 88121
New Castle, DE and Worcester, MA: Oak Knoll Press and the American Antiquarian Society, 2005. 8.5 x 11 inches. hardcover, slipcase. 2600 pages. First Edition. Lightly soiled. Spines lightly rubbed, else fine in near fine slipcase. This three volume, comprehensive bibliography focuses on the important American wood engraver, Alexander Anderson (1775-1870). The author has selected over 1,000 of Anderson's engravings to illustrate this major bibliography. This work begins with a well written and researched biography..... READ MORE about ALEXANDER ANDERSON, 1775-1870, WOOD ENGRAVER AND ILLUSTRATOR, AN ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY
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Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1940. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. (44) pages. Limited to 200 copies. Six page history of Anderson followed by 14 reproductions of Anderson's work after Bewick printed from the actual blocks in the possession of Helen M. Knubel. READ MORE about ALEXANDER ANDERSON, HIS TRIBUTE TO THE WOOD-ENGRAVING OF THOMAS BEWICK
Price: $65.00 Order nr. 16710
Retaud, France: Pre Nian Editions, 2014. oblong 8vo. self paper wrappers, slipcase. unpaginated. Limited edition of 60 numbered copies with 15 being numbered and signed by the author. Poem by Michael Andrews. Translation in Greek by Ilias N. Pontikos. Translation in French by Julian Norcross. Hand-set in Vendome pt 16 and printed letterpress by Pre Nian Editions in Atelier de Retaud. Silkscreens by Pindaros Michaeledes and Bertrand Bracaval. Slipcase by Jeanne Frere with contribution by..... READ MORE about THE CRETAN GOATHERDER
Price: $500.00 Order nr. 122837
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1908. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. xxviii, 78, (2) pages. First edition, limited to 152 copies. With engravings by Sidney L. Smith and other illustrations, rubricated initials and an illuminated copy of a page from a 15th century musical manuscript. Tanning to the endpapers which is common. Else fine. READ MORE about HEAVENLY JERUSALEM, A MEDIAEVAL SONG OF THE JOYS OF THE CHURCH TRIUMPH ANT, WITH ANNOTATIONS BY...
Price: $100.00 Order nr. 39458
New York: The Heritage Club, (1960). small 8vo. leatherette, slipcase. Not paginated. Each page of text is surrounded by border designs by Angelo; also contains a number of full color plates by Angelo. Slipcase rubbed, else a near fine copy. READ MORE about BOOK OF PSALMS FROM THE AUTHORIZED KING JAMES VERSION. With a Preface by Mark Van Doren and...
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 90
Mount Vernon, NY: The Peter Pauper Press, 1936. tall 8vo. boards. 64, (2) pages. Limited to 950 numbered copies. Spine faded, some rubbing to boards. Illustrated by Valenti Angelo. (Angelo Bibliography p.54). Prologue by Edward Larocque Tinker. The author, born in Dublin, Ireland, moved to Japan and became very familiar with Japanese culture. The fables came from the people around him. READ MORE about JAPANESE FAIRY TALES
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New York: The Viking Press, 1942. 8vo. cloth, later slipcase. 200 pages. First edition. End papers, cover and text well illustrated by the author. A story of the early days on Telegraph Hill in San Francisco, based on Angelo's early life. Signed by Angelo on the dedication page. Spine faded. READ MORE about HILL OF LITTLE MIRACLES
Price: $35.00 Order nr. 110233
New York: The Golden Cross Press, 1937. tall 12mo. boards. (8) pages. Limited to 100 copies printed at the Timothy Press of Meriden, Connecticut for Valenti Angelo. With title page decoration and initial hand illuminated by Angelo (Angelo Biblio. p.76). Paper covering cracked along hinges. Bookplate. Endpapers and pastedowns spotted. READ MORE about COME OVER AND STAY TILL DOMESDAY, FROM THE CLOISTER AND THE HEARTH
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Mount Vernon, NY: The Peter Pauper Press, n.d. 12mo. decorated boards, dust jacket. 61+(1) pages. First edition. Fine in very good dust jacket. Ownership inscription in ink on front pastedown. Illustrated by Valenti Angelo. Designed, printed and published by The Peter Pauper Press from the King James version of the Holy Bible. READ MORE about THE SERMON ON THE MOUNT
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Cambridge: The Houghton Library, 1995. small 8vo. stiff paper wrappers, metal spiral binding. 25+(1) pages. Illustrated. READ MORE about THE RENAISSANCE IN FRANCE, ILLUSTRATED BOOKS FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF PRINTING AND GRAPHIC ARTS
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 94792
