(Beaconsfield, Buchinghamshire, England): Bookman Enterprises, (1979). 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 142, (2) pages. Table of contents, list of illustrators included in this work, author's preface, glossary of terms. Black and white illustrations throughout. READ MORE about ILLUSTRATED BOOKS: A GUIDE TO THEIR COLLECTION AND VALUE
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New York: Arno Press, 1973. 8vo. silver cloth. (iv), 87, 60, 8, (4) pages. Facsimile reprint of the 1881 American Edition (See Roosens & Luc Salu 8909). Part of the Literature of Photography series. With the bookplate and pencil signature of Gavin Bridson. Ex-library copy with markings. READ MORE about THE ART AND PRACTICE OF SILVER PRINTING
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Leipzig: Deutsche Bucherei, 1960. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers, dust jacket. 38, (2) pages. Well-illustrated with 49 figures. READ MORE about NEUE DEUTSCHE BUCHKUNST
Price: $7.00 Order nr. 45531
Leipzig: Deutsche Bucherei, 1960. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers, dust jacket. 38, (2) pages. Well-illustrated with 49 figures. Inscribed by the author on the front flap. READ MORE about NEUE DEUTSCHE BUCHKUNST
Price: $17.50 Order nr. 114323
New York: McGraw-Hill Book Company, (1962). 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. 254 pages. First edition in English. Illustrated with 168 plates, featuring the work of Blake, Cezanne, Rousseau and others. With the pencil signature of Gavin Bridson. Jacket rubbed with tear on spine. READ MORE about GRAPHIC ART OF THE 19TH CENTURY
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Inaugural-Dissertation zur Erlangung der Doktorwürde der hohen philosophischen Fakultät der vereingten Friedrichs-Universität Halle-Wittenberg.
Halle a. S. n.p., 1912. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. (vii), 95 pages. Inaugural-Dissertation zur Erlangung der Doktorwürde der hohen philosophischen Fakultät der vereingten Friedrichs-Universität Halle-Wittenberg. Written in German. With an introduction. A dissertation on the beginning of woodcut illustrations in Ulm. Wear at extremities with tears, soiling, and creases. Signed by the author on the title page. Laid-in is a bookplate from Oak Knoll designating this as from the library of H. P. Kraus. READ MORE about DIE ANFÄNGE DER HOLZSCHNITT-ILLUSTRATION IN ULM
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New York: Burt Franklin, 1963. 4to. cloth. xii, 128 pages. First edition. With 40 plates. With a presentation from the author on the front free endpaper. Light cover rubbing. Lacks dust jacket. READ MORE about ENGLISH PUBLISHERS IN THE GRAPHIC ARTS, 1599-1700 A STUDY OF THE PRINTSELLERS & PUBLISHERS OF...
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London: The Autotype Company, n.d. (20th century). 8vo. cloth-backed boards. 39 pages followed by eight plates demonstrating the methods described in the text. Third edition, revised by H. Mills Cartwright. With the bookplate and pencil signature of Gavin Bridson. READ MORE about NOTES ON THE ROTARY PHOTOGRAVURE PROCESS
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Paris: Gauthier-Villars, 1904. 12mo. modern marbled paper covers, paper spine and cover labels, with original stiff paper wrappers bound-in. vi, 48 pages. Third edition, revised and corrected by L'Abbé J. Ferret. Part of the series entitled Bibliothéque Photographique issued by this publisher. With the pencil signature of Gavin Bridson inside of the modern paper wrapper. READ MORE about TRAITÉ PRATIQUE DE ZINCOGRAPHIE. PHOTOGRAVURE, AUTOGRAVURE, REPORTS, ETC
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Leipzig: Insel- Verlag, 1930. small 4to. cloth. 380, (2) pages. First edition. Accompanied by 235 illustrations and a bibliography in the back. With the bookplate and pencil signature of Gavin Bridson. Lettering on spine partially rubbed off. READ MORE about DAS ILLUSTRIERTE BUCH DES XIX JAHRHUNDERTS IN ENGLAND, FRANKREICH UND DEUTSCHLAND, 1790-1860
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1947. 4to. paper wrappers. pp.163-256, with 14 additional leaves of advertising. In Graphis, vol.3, no.19, 1947. Ruota's article appears on pp.176-183. Illustrated; text in English, French, and German. Wrappers rubbed. Corners bumped. READ MORE about " CONTEMPORARY ITALIAN ENGRAVERS."
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(Leningrad: Khudozhnik RSFSR, 1967). 8vo. paper-covered boards, dust jacket. 169, (3) pages. Text in Russian. Ruz'min was a book illustrator. This item discusses the art of book illustration. Includes illustrations by the author from a number of works. Listing of illustrations and the works in which they appeared. Table of contents.Pencil markings on pastedowns. READ MORE about SHTRIKH I SLOVO (STROKE AND WORD
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London: Wynkyn de Worde Society, n.d. tall 12mo. boards, slipcase. 80 pages. First edition, limited to 400 numbered and signed copies. Reprints of comments on printing by Balzac, Naipaul, Joyce, Bennett, Cervantes and Franklin, each illustrated by a modern illustrator. READ MORE about SIX ON THE BLACK ART
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London: Cassell and Company, Limited, (1906). 8vo. cloth, top edge gilt. viii, 224 pages. First edition. A study of copper-plate engraving from its inception to its climax at the end of the eighteenth century. Illustrated with 48 plates. With the bookplate and pencil signature of Gavin Bridson. Covers spotted along top edge. READ MORE about THE OLD ENGRAVERS OF ENGLAND IN THEIR RELATION TO CONTEMPORARY LIFE AND ART (1540-1800
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Paris: F. Rieder et Cie. 1922. small 8vo. later cloth with paper wrappers laid-down. (iv), 130+(1) pages. First edition, one of 150 numbered copies printed on "vélin pur fil des papeteries Lafuma de Voiron.". One of a series of books published under the direction of M. Leon Deshairs. A study of French book illustration over the first 20 years of the 20th century. Many illustrations. Original paper wrappers laid down on newer cloth and these..... READ MORE about LES DÉCORATEURS DU LIVRE. L'ART FRANCAIS DEPUIS VINGT ANS
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London: The Autotype Company, 1898. small 8vo. original pictorial cloth, top edge gilt. xii, 104, 11+(1) pages. Fourth edition, revised (See Bridson & Wakeman E360). Contains two plates including one folding plate showing workers in action. With the bookplate and pencil signature of Gavin Bridson. Front cover has a scrape mark across it. READ MORE about THE "A.B.C." GUIDE TO THE MAKING OF AUTOTYPE PRINTS IN PERMANENT PIGMENTS
Price: $225.00 Order nr. 97830
London: The Autotype Company, 1899. small 8vo. original pictorial cloth, top edge gilt. xii, 104, 23 pages. Fifth edition, revised (See Bridson & Wakeman E360). Contains two plates including one folding plate showing workers in action. With the bookplate and pencil signature of Gavin Bridson. Has a tipped-in page printed in red issued by the company which concerns "Sensitive Tissue." Paper repairs to edge of front free endpaper; the half-title, and the edge of the..... READ MORE about THE "A.B.C." GUIDE TO THE MAKING OF AUTOTYPE PRINTS IN PERMANENT PIGMENTS
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Chicago: Lithographic Textbook Publishing Co., (1944). 8vo. cloth. (xiv), 448, (2) pages. Second edition. Some illustrations. Color Value Chart for Dot Printing inserted in pocket in the back. READ MORE about PHOTOGRAPHY AND PLATEMAKING FOR PHOTO-LITHOGRAPHY
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Ravensburg: Otto Maier, (1984). 12mo. paper wrappers. 144 pages. A basic book on print-making. Well-illustrated; many illustrations in color. READ MORE about DRUCKEN: SCHRITT FUR SCHRITT
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2 volumes.
Hamburg: Maximilian-Gesellschaft, 1963. 4to. cloth, paper spine and cover labels, later slipcase. 297, (7); (iv) pages followed by 161 full page plates each accompanied by a facing page of text describing over 1,600 books. 2 volumes. First edition. Beautiful survey of German fine printing and illustration. Both volumes in fine condition. READ MORE about DEUTSCHE BUCHKUNST, 1890 BIS 1960
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Ravensburg: Otto Maier, 1969. 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. ix, 421+(1) pages. Text in German. A collection of essays on book-art in western and central Europe and the United States in the 19th and 20th centuries. Introduction by the editor. Black and white plates accompany each essay. Index. READ MORE about INTERNATIONALE BUCHKUNST IM 19. UM 20. JAHRHUNDERT
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New York: Henry N. Abrams, (1962). 4to. cloth, dust jacket. 322 pages. A survey of the Art Nouvau movement from its origins in the early 19th century to its peak in the late 19th-early 20th centuries. Tipped in frontispiece. Table of contents, acknowledgments, notes, selected bibliography, list of plates and illustrations, index of names, photographic credits. Black and white, and color, illustrations, many tipped in, throughout. READ MORE about ART NOUVEAU
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Bremen: Kunsthalle Bremen, 1979. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 191+(1) pages. Study of the illustrated book. READ MORE about BILD UND BUCH, DAS ILLUSTRIERTE BUCH VOM 15. JAHRHUNDERT BIS ZUR GEGEN WART AUS DER SAMMLUNG DER...
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Leipzig: Karl W. Hiersemann, 1927. small 4to. cloth. vii, 177 pages plus 4 leaves of plates. Publication honoring the twenty-third convention of the librarians of Dortmund. This collection of essays includes works on a number of topics related to works in collections in Dortmund, such as a study of a manuscript Bible of the thirteenth century, financial records from 1456 to 1478 and a history of the libraries of the region. Illustrated with twenty-seven facsimiles..... READ MORE about FESTSCHRIFT ZUR 23. VERSAMMLUNG DEUTSCHER BIBLIOTHEKARE IN DORTMUND
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Innsbruck: Universitäts-Verlag Wagner, 1941. 8vo. cloth. viii, 211 pages followed by 11 pages of plates. Written in German. With a foreword and index. Corners bumped, extremities rubbed, spine faded, boards slightly cocked. With the bookplate of Oak Knoll designating this as from the library of H. P. Kraus. READ MORE about SAMMELN UND SICHTEN, EINE PRAKTISCHE GRAPHIKKUNDE
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