Translated from the French by Harry Miller Lydenberg.
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1940. 8vo. cloth. 225 pages. Translated from the French by Harry Miller Lydenberg. First edition in English. (Appleton p.15). An important book. READ MORE about THE ORIGINS OF PRINTING AND ENGRAVING
Price: $25.00 Order nr. 509
Translated from the French by Harry Miller Lydenberg.
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1940. 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. 225 pages. Translated from the French by Harry Miller Lydenberg. First edition in English. (Appleton p.15). Jacket with piece missing at head of spine. READ MORE about THE ORIGINS OF PRINTING AND ENGRAVING
Price: $35.00 Order nr. 510
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1940. 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. 225 pages. First edition in English. (Appleton p.15). Translated from the French by Harry Miller Lydenberg. Near fine in very good dust jacket. READ MORE about THE ORIGINS OF PRINTING AND ENGRAVING
Price: $40.00 Order nr. 114426
2 volumes
London: Martin Secker, 1919. 8vo. polished cloth stamped in gilt, top edges gilt. Portrait Frontispiece;x,(iv),512; Portrait Frontispiece;(iv),51 pages. 2 volumes. Second impression. Covers a little handled, lettering on spine of first volume a little faded, else a very good set. READ MORE about MY DIARIES. BEING A PERSONAL NARRATIVE OF EVENTS. 1888-1914
Price: $125.00 Order nr. 79954
Az Országos Széchényi Konyvtár kiadványai no. 41.
(Budapest: Akademisi Nyomda, 1957). 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 18 pages. Az Országos Széchényi Konyvtár kiadványai no. 41. Text in Hungarian. Works of Balthazar Blutfogel (d. 1516), Hungarian priest and manuscript illuminator. Illustrations and a list of incunables illuminated by Blutfogel. Summary in German. Five black and white plates. British Library catalogue entry laid in. Wrappers tanned. READ MORE about BLUTFOGEL BOLDIZSÁR MINIÁTOR
Price: $17.50 Order nr. 107597
Berlin: Propyläen-Verlag, (1930). thick tall 8vo. half leather over paste-paper-covered boards, dust jacket. 516, (4) pages. First edition. Study of graphic art starting with the 16th century and going through the 19th century. Individual chapters for different countries. Mostly illustrations including a number of plates in color. Jacket worn. READ MORE about GESCHICHTE DER GRAPHISCHEN KUNST
Price: $60.00 Order nr. 45076
London: Wyman & Son, n.d. small 8vo. original cloth. 55, 16 pages. Fifth edition, revised and enlarged. (Bridson & Wakeman E173 - didn't see a copy of the first or third edition). Revised and Enlarged Edition. Translated by E. Menken. With illustrations of equipment. Bookplate on front pastedown. Front and rear gutters cracked. Spine worn, endpapers stained. READ MORE about ZINCOGRAPHY, A PRACTICAL GUIDE TO THE ART AS PRACTISED IN CONNEXION WITH LETTERPRESS PRINTING
Price: $135.00 Order nr. 134983
Firenze: Leo S. Olschki, 1938. 4to. stiff paper wrappers. 46 pages. Text in French. The book and graphic arts, presented at the International Exposition in Paris. Footnotes. Black and white illustrations throughout. Foxing, spine torn and worn with about one inch missing from its head. READ MORE about LE LIVRE ET LES ARTS GRAPHIQUES À L'EXPOSITION INTERNATIONALE DE PARIS
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 115169
Paris: Librairie Grund, (1948). 8vo. paper wrappers. 214, (4) pages. First edition. Illustrated. Bibliography of books with engraved plates printed in France during the 18th century. Paper covering torn along hinges in places. First blank page has tear. READ MORE about LE LIVRE À GRAVURES AU XVIIIe SIÈCLE, SUIVI D'UN ESSAI DE BIBLIOGRAPHIE
Price: $30.00 Order nr. 14583
New York: R.R. Bowker Co., 1938. 8vo. cloth. xiv, 290 pages. Limited to 1000 copies. With listings of Abbey, Angelo, Benton, Burgess, Clelend, Dwiggins, Green, Glackens, Kent, Oakley, Parrish, Pyle, Seton, Smith, Wyeth and many others. Ex library copy with markings.From the private reference library of Dorothy Sloan with a commemorative bookplate loosely inserted. READ MORE about AMERICAN BOOK ILLUSTRATORS, BIBLIOGRAPHIC CHECK LISTS OF 123 ARTISTS
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 100441
San Francisco: Book Club of California, 1976. folio. half cloth over boards, plain paper dust jacket. 97, (3) pages. First edition, limited to 400 copies printed by Andrew Hoyem. The plain paper dust jacket is lightly chipped with some moisture staining near spine. Design of title page and decorations throughout book by Angelo who has also added colors and gold by hand. Signed by Angelo. Chapters by Oscar Lewis, Robert Grabhorn, Sherwood Anderson, Annis Duff..... READ MORE about VALENTI ANGELO, AUTHOR ILLUSTRATOR PRINTER
Price: $200.00 Order nr. 232
Toronto: The Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library University of Toronto, 2001. 4to. wrappers. 99 pages. Exhibition catalogue of book history and print culture held at the University of Toronto. With descriptions of ninety nine items, black-and-white and color illustrations. A fine copy. READ MORE about BOOK HISTORY AND PRINT CULTURE: AN EXHIBITION CELEBRATING THE COLLABORATIVE PROGRAM AT THE...
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 104446
Avant-Propos de Claude Roger-Marx. "Comment j'ai fait mes Livres" par Henri Matisse. Catalogue établi par Albert Skira.
Geneve: Albert Skira, (1946). 8vo. half leather over cloth. xxiv, 120 pages. Avant-Propos de Claude Roger-Marx. "Comment j'ai fait mes Livres" par Henri Matisse. Catalogue établi par Albert Skira. Illustrations in the text and ninety-one full-page plates. Bibliographical descriptions of the work of many 20th century French artists of the book. Rebound. Original front cover loosely inserted. Cover soiled. READ MORE about ANTHOLOGIE DU LIVRE ILLUSTRÉ PAR LES PEINTRES ET SCULPTEURS
Price: $50.00 Order nr. 123892
Prague: Artia, 1973. 4to. stiff paper wrappers, just jacket. 86 pages. Text in Czech. The Czech Book and the World.. Bohatcová is a scholar on the history of books and writers, having published works on Comenius and the place of books in the Bohemian Reformation. This work examines book illustration from medieval codices to the 20th century. Frontispiece. Black and white and color illustrations throughout. Dust jacket and wrappers torn at top of spine. READ MORE about CESKÁ KNIHA A SVET
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 107565
Chicago: The Arts Club of Chicago, 1980. small 4to. paper wrappers. Not paginated. Introduction by James Wells followed by descriptions of 62 books. Well illustrated. Marks at top of title page. READ MORE about BOOKS ILLUSTRATED BY PAINTERS AND SCULPTORS FROM 1900
Price: $12.00 Order nr. 16764
London: Elliot Stock, 1887. small 8vo. original green cloth, beveled edges. viii, 247, (13) pages. First trade edition (Bridson & Wakeman E50). One chapter on historical methods followed by discussions of all the illustrative methods then in vogue. READ MORE about MODERN METHODS OF ILLUSTRATING BOOKS
Price: $35.00 Order nr. 76564
New York: A.C. Armstrong, 1887. small 8vo. original quarter brown calf with green paper covered boards, top edge gilt. viii, 247 pages. First U.S. edition, one of the Large Paper copies bound thus and printed on better paper. One chapter on historical methods followed by discussions of all the illustrative methods then in vogue. Leather spine very scuffed. READ MORE about MODERN METHODS OF ILLUSTRATING BOOKS
Price: $55.00 Order nr. 115741
New York: A.C. Armstrong, 1887. small 8vo. original green cloth, beveled edges. viii, 247 pages. First U.S. edition. One chapter on historical methods followed by discussions of all the illustrative methods then in vogue. Covers rubbed with wear at spine ends and some foxing. Name partially erased on title page. READ MORE about MODERN METHODS OF ILLUSTRATING BOOKS
Price: $25.00 Order nr. 121946
Minneapolis, MN: The Campbell-Logan Bindery, 1985. tall 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. (26) pages. Trade edition of the limited first edition. Designed by Gerald Lange. Contains woodcuts by Gaylord Schanilec. READ MORE about OFFCUTS, THE CAMPBELL-LOGAN BINDERY'S SUGGESTIONS FOR SUCCESSFUL BOOK BINDING
Price: $25.00 Order nr. 96885
With a Preface by the Artist.
New York: Pynson Printers, 1929. small 8vo. cloth. 79+(1) pages. With a Preface by the Artist. Limited to 1250 numbered copies signed by Kent. Lacking the dust jacket. Light uneven fading to cloth boards. Light shelfwear. Rear hinge starting along spine. "With more than 100 proofs of bookplates, initials and marks presented in two colors on one side of an all rag imported paper." READ MORE about THE BOOKPLATES & MARKS OF ROCKWELL KENT
Price: $300.00 Order nr. 36120
N.P. Vereinigung der Buchantiquare und Kupferstichhändler in der Schweiz, 1989. 8vo. paper wrappers. 33, (63) pages. A history of the first 50 years of the Swiss association for antiquarian dealers and dealers in coppperplate engravings. Includes a listing of the association's members. Illustrated. READ MORE about ERSTEN FUNFZIG JAHRE DER VEREINIGUNG DER BUCHANTIQUARE UND KUPFERSTICH
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 49202
Amsterdam: Erasmus Antiquariaat, 1958. 4to. self paper wrappers. pp. 85-88 with plates. Text in Dutch. Offprint of one of the chapters in AMOR LIBRORUM, BIBLIOGRAPHIC AND OTHER ESSAYS, A TRIBUTE TO ABRAHAM HORODISCH ON HIS SIXTIETH BIRTHDAY, A work to honor bookseller Abraham Horodisch (1898-1987). Black and white plates. Table of contents of the entire work inside wrappers. Inscribed by author in corner of front cover. Wrappers tanned. READ MORE about WAS COLARD MANSION DE ILLUSTRATOR VAN 'LE LIVRE DE LA RUYNE DES NOBLES HOMMES ET FEMMES?
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 114832
With an Introduction by Margaret K. McElderry. Given at Boys and Girls House, Toronto Public Library, April 21, 1977.
Plains, PA: Boss Dog Press, 2021. 8vo. marbled paper covered boards, title stamped in silver on front board. (ii), (2), 3-15 (2) pages. With an Introduction by Margaret K. McElderry. Given at Boys and Girls House, Toronto Public Library, April 21, 1977. Limited to 80 numbered copies signed by the author and illustrator, Sarah P. Burda. Lecture by this children's book author. A fine copy with the prospectus loosely inserted. This chapbook was composed by..... READ MORE about STARS IN OUR HEADS
Price: $110.00 Order nr. 136910
Paris: Charles-Antoine Jombert, 1758. 8vo. period tiger calf binding, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, gilt ornamentation to six spine compartments, five raised bands, title in gilt in second compartment, all edges stained red. xxxii, 205, (3) pages. The fourth and most extensive edition, expanded from the original edition of 1645 by the noted engraver Cochin. (Cicognara 255. Bigmore / W. 72. Cohen / R. 177). When issued in 1645, the work was "notable for its completeness..... READ MORE about DE LA MANIERE DE GRAVER A L'EAU FORTE ET AU BURIN. ET DE LA GRAVURE EN MANIERE NOIRE
Price: $1,950.00 Order nr. 135740
Paris: Charles-Antoine Jombert, 1758. 8vo. period marbled calf binding, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, five raised bands, all edges stained red. xxxii, 205, (3) pages. The fourth and most extensive edition, expanded from the original edition of 1645 by the noted engraved Cochin. (Cicognara 255. Bigmore / W. 72. Cohen / R. 177). When issued in 1645, the work was "notable for its completeness for the time of its production, and for its plates, which have..... READ MORE about DE LA MANIERE DE GRAVER A L'EAU FORTE ET AU BURIN. ET DE LA GRAVURE EN MANIERE NOIRE
Price: $1,950.00 Order nr. 135914
