(Stockholm): Forum, (1961). 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. 287+(1) pages. Text in Swedish. Second revised edition. Translated into Swedish from Danish by Henning Wieslander. A general history of the book from ancient times to the 20th century. Foreward by the translator, table of contents, bibliography, and index. Black and white illustrations throughout. Dust jacket worn at edges with spine faded. READ MORE about BOKENS HISTORIA
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 115354
Illustrated by Salvador Dali.
London: William Campion, 1950. small 4to. blue cloth with gilt spine title, dust jacket. 101 pages. Illustrated by Salvador Dali. First edition. Near fine in near fine jacket. Color plates. READ MORE about THE HOUSE WITHOUT WINDOWS
Price: $95.00 Order nr. 137085
Secaucus, NJ: Chartwell Books, (1982). 4to. cloth, dust jacket. 224 pages. Reprint of first edition. Fine in lightly faded dust jacket. Chapters on Printmaking, Technical Illustration, Design and Typography, Reproduction and Printing, etc. Well illustrated. From the Thomas M. Whitehead Collection of Books About Books. READ MORE about THE COMPLETE GUIDE TO ILLUSTRATION AND DESIGN, TECHNIQUES AND MATERIALS
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 50471
N.P. The John Carter Brown Library, 1982. small 4to. stapled paper wrappers. Well annotated. READ MORE about EARLY WESTERN IMAGES OF ASIA, AN EXHIBITION MOUNTED BY THE JOHN CARTER BROWN LIBRARY
Price: $17.50 Order nr. 103894
Volume 1: Inferno. Volume 2: Purgatorio. Volume 3: Paradiso. Translated by Robert and Jean Hollander, Illustrated by Monika Beisner.
Verona, Italy: Edizioni Valdonega, 2007. 8.5 x 12.25 inches. cloth, slipcase. 700 pages. Volume 1: Inferno. Volume 2: Purgatorio. Volume 3: Paradiso. Translated by Robert and Jean Hollander, Illustrated by Monika Beisner. Dante Alighieri (1265-1321) is one of the leading figures of world literature. His Commedia, probably written during the last 15 years of his life is - by common consent - the greatest literary work in the Italian language; it is also one of..... READ MORE about THE DIVINE COMEDY
Price: $700.00 Order nr. 95860
n.p. Musées de Sens / Éditions du Linteau, 2007. 4to. paper wrappers. 125 pages. Exhibition catalogue of Daragnes' work. A fine copy. Very scarce. From the Thomas M. Whitehead Collection of Books About Books. READ MORE about JEAN-GABRIEL DARAGNÈS 1886-1950. UN ARTISTE DU LIVRE À MONTMARTRE
Price: $40.00 Order nr. 136853
240 Lithographs Selected and Introduced by Wilhelm Wartmann. Translated by Harry C. Schnur
n.p. Abbey Art Series, n.d. folio. Cloth. xxvi, (ii), 240, (2), xli, (i) pages. 240 Lithographs Selected and Introduced by Wilhelm Wartmann. Translated by Harry C. Schnur. Part of the Abbey Art Series. Contains the full collection of lithographs by artist Honoré Daumier. Boards worn and faded. Joints cracked at the heel about five inches up, first few pages coming loose. READ MORE about HONORÉ DAUMIER
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 97098
Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Libraries, 2022. 8.5 x 8.5 inches. soft cover. 162 pages. Created in conjunction with the exhibition of the same name, this book showcases Arthur Tress's modern photographs and selections from his gift of Japanese illustrated books. About the exhibition: "Displaying a selection of Japanese books from the Arthur Tress collection along with Tress's own photography, this exhibition engages Tress's practices as both artist and collector, juxtaposing the two media to present..... READ MORE about ARTHUR TRESS AND THE JAPANESE ILLUSTRATED BOOK
Price: $35.00 Order nr. 138243
New York: Atheneum, 1981. small 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. x, 59+(1) pages. First edition, hardcover. Frontispiece by Thomas W. Nason. Fine. READ MORE about BARN FEVER AND OTHER POEMS
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 112683
New York: Atheneum, 1981. small 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. x, 59+(1) pages. First edition, wrappered. Review copy with slip laid in. Fine. READ MORE about BARN FEVER AND OTHER POEMS
Price: $7.00 Order nr. 112684
(Paris): n.p., 1859. 8vo. later cloth with embossed seal (entwined Ls in an oval, surmounted by a crown). (ii), 10 pages. An offprint from La Revue Universelle des Arts (July 1859). The article deals with the Flemish Master ES of 1466, and challenges speculation voiced by M. Harzen regarding the artist's potential authorship of the large coats-of-arms of Charles le Téméraire, duc de Bourgogne (1). Traces of peacock blue original stiff paper wrapper visible along..... READ MORE about LE GRAVEUR DE L'AN 1466 ET LES GRANDES ARMOIRIES DE BOURGOGNE
Price: $35.00 Order nr. 77086
New York: The Sandstone Press, 1981. oblong 8vo. cloth spine, decorated paper over boards, dust jacket. 200 pages. First American edition. De Mare traces the golden era and decline of the woodblock artists during the 19th century in England, including their dramatic re-emergence with the private press advocates of the 1890s. He discusses the technique of engraving on the end grain, and the relationship between the artists of the time and their engravers. With a...... READ MORE about THE VICTORIAN WOODBLOCK ILLUSTRATORS
Price: $45.00 Order nr. 2062
N.P. n.p., (1993). small 4to. stiff paper wrappers, cord-tied. (14) pages. Limited to 90 numbered copies, signed by author on colophon. Wood engraving on title by John DePol. A collection of poetry. READ MORE about THE HOURS
Price: $100.00 Order nr. 124310
London: Methuen and Company, (1927). 8vo. cloth, fore edge deckled. vii, 78, (2) pages plus 6 plates with tissue guards. First edition. Translation by Charles Godfrey Leland. Tipped-in color illustrations by Felix de Gray. Title page printed in blue and black. Initial letters printed in blue. READ MORE about FLORENTINE NIGHTS
Price: $22.50 Order nr. 76788
Twelve Woodcuts by Albert Delstranche with Notes by the Artist and a Prefatory Letter from Emile Verhaeren.
New York: Frederick A. Stokes Company, (1915). small 4to. cloth-backed boards. (ii), 56, (4) pages. Twelve Woodcuts by Albert Delstranche with Notes by the Artist and a Prefatory Letter from Emile Verhaeren. First U.S. edition, limited to 525 numbered copies. Printed at the Florence Press in England. Spine worn and partially split. READ MORE about THE LITTLE TOWNS OF FLANDERS
Price: $25.00 Order nr. 108107
Ann Arbor, MI: The Legacy Press, 2015. 8vo., half cloth, decorated paper covered boards, 168 pages. Beginning in the 1950s, the American master of wood engraving, John DePol (1913-2004), cut small endgrain blocks featuring subjects from Nature, the Heavens, the Book Arts, and fantastical abstract/geometrical designs. Although many of these images were made into patterns and used as binding papers in a number of important fine-press books, the full breadth of this aspect of DePol's..... READ MORE about ENDGRAIN DESIGNS & REPETITIONS: THE PATTERN PAPERS OF JOHN DEPOL
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 126320
New York: The Typophiles, 1998. 8vo. quarter blue cloth, patterned paper-covered boards. 101, (3) pages. Typophile Chap Book - New Series Number Two. Limited to 500 copies designed by Dan Carr and printed in the original metal Monotype Dante on vintage Mohawk Letterpress Text by J. Ferrari & D. Carr at Golgonooza Letter Foundry & Press. Well-illustrated with reproductions of John DePol's wood engravings. Distributed for the Typophiles by Oak Knoll Press. READ MORE about JOHN DE POL AND THE TYPOPHILES, A MEMOIR AND RECORD OF FRIENDSHIPS
Price: $65.00 Order nr. 61927
New York: The Typophiles, 1998. 8vo. quarter blue cloth with patterned paper-covered boards. 101, (3) pages. Typophile Chap Book - New Series Number Two. Limited to 500 copies designed by Dan Carr and printed in the original metal Monotype Dante on vintage Mohawk Letterpress Text by J. Ferrari & D. Carr at Golgonooza Letter Foundry & Press. Well-illustrated with reproductions of John DePol's wood-engravings. READ MORE about JOHN DE POL AND THE TYPOPHILES, A MEMOIR AND RECORD OF FRIENDSHIPS
Price: $40.00 Order nr. 69520
(New York: Susan Teller Galleries, 1988). small 8vo. self paper wrappers. 8 page foldout. With introductory remarks by Susan Teller. Exhibition of prints and drawings including the work of John DePol. Price list loosely inserted. READ MORE about CELEBRATING NEW YORK CITY
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 106862
New York: Legal Aid Society, 1963. 4to. stiff gray paper wrappers, blue cord tied. (8) pages. Well printed program for this event printed in red and black with seven illustrations by John DePol. READ MORE about DINNER AND BALL, THURSDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 10, 1963 IN THE TRIANON BALLROOM OF THE NEW YORK...
Price: $25.00 Order nr. 107303
With a foreword by Timothy D. Murray & an introduction by David R. Godine
(Jaffrey, NH and Newark, DE): David R. Godine, Publisher in association with The University of Delaware Library, (2004). small 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. xvi, 78 pages. With a foreword by Timothy D. Murray & an introduction by David R. Godine. Includes a preface by Susan Brynteson, Director. Oak Knoll Book sold the archives of John DePol to the University of Delaware. Many reproductions of wood engravings. READ MORE about FIVE DECADES OF THE BURIN, THE WOOD ENGRAVINGS OF JOHN DEPOL
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 78754
With a foreword by Timothy D. Murray & an introduction by David R. Godine
(Jaffrey, NH and Newark, DE): David R. Godine, Publisher in association with The University of Delaware Library, (2004). small 8vo. cloth. xvi, 78 pages. With a foreword by Timothy D. Murray & an introduction by David R. Godine. First edition, the cloth bound variant. Includes a preface by Susan Brynteson, Director. A fine copy. Scarce in hardback. Oak Knoll Book sold the archives of John DePol to the University of Delaware. Many reproductions of wood..... READ MORE about FIVE DECADES OF THE BURIN, THE WOOD ENGRAVINGS OF JOHN DEPOL
Price: $40.00 Order nr. 99755
N.P. (Thistle Press, n.d. small 8vo. self paper wrappers with woodcut of Webster by John DePol on the front cover, printed French-fold. Text by Grauer. READ MORE about NOAH WEBSTER, 1758-1843
Price: $18.00 Order nr. 40483
N.P. (United States Banknote Corporation, 1974). 4to. self paper wrappers. (4) pages. Keepsake from the company taken from the 1958 first printing. Separate plate by DePol of Noah Webster mounted behind a cameo cutout. READ MORE about NOAH WEBSTER, 1758-1843
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 104776
New York and Washington: (Kennedy Homes for Mentally Retarded Children, 1963). 4to. stiff red paper wrappers, red cord-tied, paper cover label. (12) pages. Well produced brochure on the works done by this organization. Designed and with two wood engravings by John Depol. READ MORE about THE LT. JOSEPH P. KENNEDY, JR. CHILD STUDY CENTER, NEW YORK. THE LT. JOSEPH P. KENNEDY, JR....
Price: $12.50 Order nr. 107300
