(Engraving).

CATALOGUE OF AN EXHIBITION OF EARLY AMERICAN ENGRAVING UPON COPPER 1727-1850.

New York: The Grolier Club, 1908. 12mo. stiff paper wrappers, untrimmed and partially unopened. viii, 100 pages. Asaf Handlist 62. Describes 296 examples by 147 engravers. With biographical notes on each. Small tear along the base of the front joint, else a good copy. The frontispiece is a figure in profile with the caption "Drawn and Engrav'd by Sam' Menin of Philadel.a." The front wrapper is printed with a copper-engraved title. This exhibit included works..... READ MORE about CATALOGUE OF AN EXHIBITION OF EARLY AMERICAN ENGRAVING UPON COPPER 1727-1850

Price: $20.00  other currencies  Order nr. 17438

(Engraving).

LES PLUS BELLES GRAVURES DU MONDE OCCIDENTAL, 1410-1914.

Paris: Bibliothèque Nationale, 1966. small 4to. stiff paper wrappers. xviii, 221+(1) pages. Exhibition catalogue for 215 prints of engravings from and often by 102 artists, from the 15th cent. to Expressionism. Numbered entries indicate artist, engraver, medium, owner, references, etc. as appropriate. In addition, major artists have biographical sketches in unnumbered entries. With appendices of entries for an additional 12 items (not reproduced) and a brief description of engraving methods used. Moderate soiling. Backing creased..... READ MORE about LES PLUS BELLES GRAVURES DU MONDE OCCIDENTAL, 1410-1914

Price: $8.00  other currencies  Order nr. 53697

(Eragny Press). Nerval, Gérard de.

HISTOIRE DE LA REINE DU MATIN ET DE SOLIMAN, PRINCE DE GENIES.

The Brook, Hammersmith, United Kingdom: Eragny Press pour la Société des Cent Bibliophiles. 1909. 8vo. (222 x 144 mm). supple gray calfskin, repeated golden floral ornaments on the sides, smooth spine, leather lining of the same skin, later marbled paper covered boards slipcase with leather fore-edge. [87 leaves (including blanks); pp. 159, (i). The beautiful Eragny Press edition limited to 130 numbered copies printed on Arches with watermark 'Les Cent Bibliophiles', of which this copy..... READ MORE about HISTOIRE DE LA REINE DU MATIN ET DE SOLIMAN, PRINCE DE GENIES

Price: $9,500.00  other currencies  Order nr. 136849

(Erving, Selma).

THE SELMA ERVING COLLECTION OF MODERN ILLUSTRATED BOOKS.

Introduction by Ruth Mortimer.
Northampton, MA: Smith College Museum of Art, 1977. small 4to. stiff paper wrappers. (61) pages. Introduction by Ruth Mortimer. First edition. A fine copy. Foreword by Charles Chetham. Fully describes and depicts illustrations from 40 books in the Selma Erving collection of Livre D'artiste in the Smith College Museum of Art. Includes illustrations by Marc Chagall, Jean Louis Forain, Matisse, Picasso and others. READ MORE about THE SELMA ERVING COLLECTION OF MODERN ILLUSTRATED BOOKS

Price: $10.00  other currencies  Order nr. 34085

(Essex House Press). Hood, Tom.

MISS KILMANSEGG AND HER PRECIOUS LEG: A GOLDEN LEGEND.

Illustrated by Reginald Savage.
London ; New York: Edward Arnold : Samuel Buckley & Co, 1904. 8vo. quarter cloth over holland-backed boards, paper cover label and paper spine label. 94 pages. Illustrated by Reginald Savage. First edition limited to 200 numbered copies. Essex House Press Bibliography p. 74. Ransom 41. With two loose tissue guards. Boards and spine showing only the slightest hint of soiling, else a fine copy. Printed with three drawings by Reginald Savage under the care..... READ MORE about MISS KILMANSEGG AND HER PRECIOUS LEG: A GOLDEN LEGEND

Price: $175.00  other currencies  Order nr. 137958

Estuad, Leo.

DANSKE BOGILLUSTRATORER GENNEM 50 AAR.

N.P. n.p., 1960. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 30, (2) pages. Covers the period 1910-1960. Illustrated. READ MORE about DANSKE BOGILLUSTRATORER GENNEM 50 AAR

Price: $17.50  other currencies  Order nr. 45532

EUROPEAN ILLUSTRATION, THE THIRTEENTH ANNUAL.

London: European Illustration, (1986). 4to. cloth, dust jacket. 215+(1) pages. The 13th annual volume. Filled with hundreds of illustrations with a number in color. READ MORE about EUROPEAN ILLUSTRATION, THE THIRTEENTH ANNUAL

Price: $10.00  other currencies  Order nr. 105724

Evans, Edmund.

THE REMINISCENCES OF EDMUND EVANS.

Edited and Introduced by Ruari McLean.
Oxford: Clarendon Press, (1968). square 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. 92 pages. Edited and Introduced by Ruari McLean. Reprint of the 1967 first edition. Illustrated including many in color. Contains a eight page list of books containing examples of color printing by Evans. Jacket is price clipped. READ MORE about THE REMINISCENCES OF EDMUND EVANS

Price: $35.00  other currencies  Order nr. 27482

(Ex Libris).

MAJOR MOVEMENTS OF 20TH CENTURY ART II.

(New York): Ex Libris, n.d. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. unpaginated. Ex Libris catalogue 5. Collection of items focusing on architecture, Dada, decorative arts, photography and surrealism. 1459 entries with selected bibliography and index. Black and white illustrations. Wrappers bent and faded at edges. READ MORE about MAJOR MOVEMENTS OF 20TH CENTURY ART II

Price: $85.00  other currencies  Order nr. 109082

(Fawcett, Benjamin). McLean, Ruari and Antonia.

BENJAMIN FAWCETT ENGRAVER AND COLOUR PRINTER, WITH A LIST OF HIS BOOKS AND PLATES.

Hampshire, England: Scolar Press, 1988. small 4to. cloth, dust jacket. 196 pages. First edition, limited to 750 numbered copies. Spine faded on jacket, else fine condition. A check-list of books and plates printed by Fawcett, plus letters to, from or concerning him. Contains an outline of Fawcett's life, an interesting article on Fawcett's woodblock printing techniques by Gavin Bridson, and a look at scientific publishing in the nineteenth century. Many black and white illustrations, plus..... READ MORE about BENJAMIN FAWCETT ENGRAVER AND COLOUR PRINTER, WITH A LIST OF HIS BOOKS AND PLATES

Price: $30.00  other currencies  Order nr. 23177

Field, Eugene.

FIELD FLOWERS.

Chicago: Eugene Field Monument Fund Committee, (1896). large 8vo. original decorated cloth, all gilt edges. (40) pages. A Eugene Field Monument Fund Souvenir, published to create a fund equally divided between his family and a fund to build a monument (Blanck, Vol.III, sec. iii, p.140). Covers soiled and foxed. Else a near fine copy. Poems by Fields with illustrations by A.B. Frost, E.W. Kemble, F. Hopkinson Smith, Frederic Remington, Will Bradley, Mary Hallock Foote, and..... READ MORE about FIELD FLOWERS

Price: $20.00  other currencies  Order nr. 65418

(Fine Arts Engravers).

ENGRAVERS OBSERVED.

London: Fine Art Engravers Ltd., n.d. small 8vo. cloth. 23+(1) pages. A "recorded conversation" about the work done by this company of specialized artisans who created engraving work for hire. Illustrated throughout with drawings by Heather Copley and Christopher Chamberlain and produced under the direction of John Ryder. With a printed presentation page filled out with the name of Ronald E. Pierce. READ MORE about ENGRAVERS OBSERVED

Price: $35.00  other currencies  Order nr. 56449

Fishenden, R.B.

EVALUATION OF ILLUSTRATION PROCESSES.

London: The Double Crown Club, n.d. (circa 1946). 12mo. cloth. 28 pages. First edition. Reprint of a talk given to the club in 1946 printed by the Shenval Press on Spicer's Mould-made Antique Laid and presented to the Club by the author and James Shand. Scarce. Light foxing of covers. READ MORE about EVALUATION OF ILLUSTRATION PROCESSES

Price: $30.00  other currencies  Order nr. 115403