(Curtis Paper Company). Miers, Earl Schenck.

AMERICA AT EASE, SOME GLIMPSES OF OUR SPORTING BLOOD AT PLAY IN THE PURSUIT OF HAPPINESS.

(Newark, De.
(Newark): Curtis Paper Company, 1962. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 38, (2) pages. (Newark, De. Ninth in a series of these publications issued by Curtis. Designed by Peter Oldenburg and Joseph Blumenthal and printed at the Spiral Press. READ MORE about AMERICA AT EASE, SOME GLIMPSES OF OUR SPORTING BLOOD AT PLAY IN THE PURSUIT OF HAPPINESS

Price: $10.00  other currencies  Order nr. 24552

(Curtis Paper Company). Miers, Earl Schenck.

FATHER OF WATERS, OR WHY, MAJESTICALLY, THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER FLOWS ON, MAKING AMERICAN HISTORY.

Newark: The Curtis Paper Company, 1963. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 31+(1) pages. The 10th booklet issued by Curtis. Printed by the Spiral Press with design by Joseph Blumenthal and Peter Oldenburg. Illustrated by Fritz Kredel. READ MORE about FATHER OF WATERS, OR WHY, MAJESTICALLY, THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER FLOWS ON, MAKING AMERICAN HISTORY

Price: $8.00  other currencies  Order nr. 40001

(Curtis Paper Company). Miers, Earl Schenck.

FUNDAMENTAL CREED OF ROBERT E. LEE.

Newark: The Curtis Paper Company, 1958. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 33+(1) pages. The 5th booklet issued by Curtis and printed by The Spiral Press with design by Joseph Blumenthal. Illustrated by Antonio Frasconi. READ MORE about FUNDAMENTAL CREED OF ROBERT E. LEE

Price: $8.00  other currencies  Order nr. 67027

(Curtis Paper Company). Miers, Earl Schenck.

SUSQUEHANNA, RIVER AND LEGEND.

Newark: The Curtis Paper Company, 1969. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 35, (3) pages. The 16th booklet issued by Curtis and printed by The Spiral Press with design by Joseph Blumenthal. Has reproductions of illustrations by W.H. Bartlett and Granville Perkins. READ MORE about SUSQUEHANNA, RIVER AND LEGEND

Price: $15.00  other currencies  Order nr. 32028

David, Fernand.

MINISTRE DU COMMERCE, DE L'INDUSTRIE, DES POSTES ET DES TÉLÉGRAPHES.

Paris: Librarie Larousse, 1925. 4to. stiff paper wrappers. 86, 106 pages and 96 plates. First edition. This Catalogue from the 1925 World's Fair features the latest innovations in the book arts. Fernand David supplies an introduction in which he outlines the most recent developments in the book arts in various countries. The international highlights are represented in 96 full color plates. Top and bottom edges of spine chipped. Rubbed. Inscription in ink on spine. Unopened copy. READ MORE about MINISTRE DU COMMERCE, DE L'INDUSTRIE, DES POSTES ET DES TÉLÉGRAPHES

Price: $150.00  other currencies  Order nr. 59721

(Descamps-Scrive, René).

BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE M. RÉNE DESCAMPS-SCRIVE.

3 volumes, complete.
Paris: Leopold Carteret and Lille: Émile Raoust-Leleu, 1925. 4to. stiff paper wrappers. (iv),vi,98,(4); (iv),203,(7); (iv),vi,247,(7) pages. 3 volumes, complete. (Blogie Volume II, pp.299,300,301) The complete set of this important auction sale. Filled with tipped-in plates showing many of the fine bindings in the collection. The plates for volumes two and three are loosely inserted in separate paper portfolios as issued. Wrappers worn; pages fine. Spine mostly missing on volume one, but complete. Volume three, spine..... READ MORE about BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE M. RÉNE DESCAMPS-SCRIVE

Price: $225.00  other currencies  Order nr. 25152

Dolloff, Francis W. and Roy L. Perkinson.

HOW TO CARE FOR WORKS OF ART ON PAPER.

Boston: Museum of Fine Arts, (1979). square 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 48 pages. Third edition. Four sections: History of Papermaking, The Enemies of Paper, Matting and Framing, and A Note on Restoration. READ MORE about HOW TO CARE FOR WORKS OF ART ON PAPER

Price: $5.00  other currencies  Order nr. 44085

Eimert, Dorothea and Eva-Maria Hanebutt-Benz.

SCHÖPFUNGEN IN PAPIER/CREATIONS IN PAPER.

(Regensburg, Germany): Mandragora, 1997. 4to. paper-covered boards. 87, (9) pages. Text in English and German. A catalogue of books and images of John Gerard. Table of contents, essays by the authors, illustrations, curriculum vitae of Gerard, epilogue. Color and black and white illustrations throughout. READ MORE about SCHÖPFUNGEN IN PAPIER/CREATIONS IN PAPER

Price: $45.00  other currencies  Order nr. 120906

Faulmann, Karl.

ILLUSTRIRTE GESCHICHTE DER BUCHDRUCKERKUNST.

Wien: A. Hartleben's Verlag, 1882. thick 8vo. original decorated and embossed cloth with gilt. viii, 806 pages with 26 plates (14 in color) and 380 text illustrations. First edition. (St. Bride Cat. p.318). Standard 19th century history of book printing, copiously illustrated with facsimiles, type specimens, illustrations of printing presses, information on bookbinding practices and papermaking. Original binding held together with cloth, with the original spine pasted on top. Front hinge cracked and separating from... READ MORE about ILLUSTRIRTE GESCHICHTE DER BUCHDRUCKERKUNST

Price: $30.00  other currencies  Order nr. 32355

Fichtenberg, M.

NEW AND COMPLETE MANUAL ON THE MAKING OF FANCY PAPERS BY M. FICHTENBERG.

Edited by Richard J. Wolfe
New Castle, Delaware: Oak Knoll Press, 2010. 5 x 7.25 inches. hardcover. 242 pages. Edited by Richard J. Wolfe. New and Complete Manual on the Making of Fancy Papers was originally written in French by M. Fichtenberg in 1852. Richard Wolfe has translated the book into English and added a new preface. The craft of marbling paper was introduced into Europe and the Middle East from Turkey and Germany during the last two decades of... READ MORE about NEW AND COMPLETE MANUAL ON THE MAKING OF FANCY PAPERS BY M. FICHTENBERG

Price: $85.00  other currencies  Order nr. 106047

(Fleece Press). Woolnough, C.W.

A PRETTY MYSTERIOUS ART, A LECTURE BY C.W. WOOLNOUGH TO THE ROYAL SOCIETY OF ARTS.

Introduction by Barry McKay & new marbled samples by Ann Muir.
Denby Dale: Fleece Press, 1996. small 8vo. quarter vellum with marbled paper-covered boards, paper portfolio, all enclosed in cloth clam-shell box with paper spine label. 51, (5) pages. Introduction by Barry McKay & new marbled samples by Ann Muir. Limited to 300 copies, of which this is one of 30 special copies in a special binding and with an extra portfolio of eight nineteenth century marbled specimens. Printed by hand by Simon Lawrence at his... READ MORE about A PRETTY MYSTERIOUS ART, A LECTURE BY C.W. WOOLNOUGH TO THE ROYAL SOCIETY OF ARTS

Price: $275.00  other currencies  Order nr. 70868

(Gilpin, J. and T.).

ADDRESSES OF THE PHILADELPHIA SOCIETY FOR THE PROMOTION OF NATIONAL INDUSTRY.

Philadelphia, PA: M. Carey and Son, 1819. 8vo. original paper-covered board back cover only; others missing. xvi, (9)-280 pages. First edition (Shaw and Shoemaker 49094; Sabin 62041; Rink, Technical Americana 3014). Preface, index, Thirteen essays dealing with the question of manufacturing in the United States and the need for protective tariffs. A supplement to the text includes petitions to the U.S. Congress on the subject, with one from the Society for the Promotion of American... READ MORE about ADDRESSES OF THE PHILADELPHIA SOCIETY FOR THE PROMOTION OF NATIONAL INDUSTRY

Price: $425.00 save 20% $340.00  other currencies  Order nr. 122168