Cambridge: The Houghton Library, 1986. tall 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. (ii), 37 pages. Illustrated. A fine copy. READ MORE about RANDOLPH CALDECOTT, 1846-1886, A CHECKLIST OF THE CAROLINE MILLER PARKER COLLECTION IN THE...
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 65603
Yucaipa: Gail Klemm Books, 1972. 8vo. paper wrappers. (36) pages. Illustrated. Book dealer's catalogue. READ MORE about ORIGINAL WOODBLOCKS, DRAWN BY RANDOLPH CALDECOTT
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 1207
Yucaipa: Gail Klemm Books, 1972. 8vo. later pamphlet holder with paper cover label and with pamphlet bound-in. (36) pages. Illustrated. Book dealer's catalogue. Library stamp on front cover stating "Received May 15, 1972, Hunt Library." Pencil signature of Gavin Bridson. READ MORE about ORIGINAL WOODBLOCKS, DRAWN BY RANDOLPH CALDECOTT
Price: $9.00 Order nr. 97923
New York: The Grolier Club, 1908. small 8vo. paper wrappers. viii, 46 pages. Asaf Handlist 63. 218 items displayed at The Grolier Club. Six page introduction. Well preserved copy. READ MORE about A CATALOGUE OF ETCHINGS AND DRY-POINTS BY D.Y. CAMERON
Price: $12.00 Order nr. 38425
The Collection of Henry Lloyd, Esq., of Boston and Lloyd's Neck, Long Island
Hartford: Transcendental Books, (1980). 4to. cloth. variously paginated. The Collection of Henry Lloyd, Esq., of Boston and Lloyd's Neck, Long Island. A collection of facsimiles about Henry Lloyd's library collection. Printed only on the recto except for the frontispiece, which is printed on the verso only. Includes several engravings and other illustrations. Slight shelf wear. READ MORE about AN ANGLICAN LIBRARY IN COLONIAL NEW ENGLAND
Price: $65.00 Order nr. 97595
With twenty-one designs by the author.
Dublin and London: Maunsel and Company, Ltd., 1917. 8vo. quarter vellum, paper boards, dust jacket. 62 pages. With twenty-one designs by the author. First edition limited to 500 numbered copies. With, "Rev. Charles C. Bubb / 2077 East 36th St. / Cleveland, Ohio / March 22, 1918," in ink on front free endpapers. Book plate on front pastedown. Fine in near fine jacket. A scarce, beautiful book. READ MORE about EARTH OF CUALANN
Price: $150.00 Order nr. 137884
Illustrated by Andrew Wyeth.
New York: Farrar & Rinehart, (1941). 8vo. cloth. (ii), xiv, 285 pages. Illustrated by Andrew Wyeth. First edition, one of 650 numbered copies signed by Canby and Wyeth and printed for the Greenwood Book Shop. Part of the Rivers of America Series. Has a special limitation page bound-in at the beginning which is signed by Canby and Wyeth. Spine shows some rubbing. READ MORE about THE BRANDYWINE
Price: $350.00 Order nr. 28503
Illustrated by Andrew Wyeth.
New York: Farrar & Rinehart, (1941). 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. (ii), xiv, 285 pages. Illustrated by Andrew Wyeth. B1-1497. First edition, one of 650 numbered copies signed by Canby and Wyeth and printed for the Greenwood Book Shop as part of a special Delaware Edition. Part of the Rivers of America Series. Has a special limitation page bound-in at the beginning. Jacket has pieces missing at head of spine and along front edge. READ MORE about THE BRANDYWINE
Price: $350.00 Order nr. 128163
Paris, France: Compagnie Française, d'Éditions Emmanuel Olive, n.d. (1960). 4to. paper-covered boards. unpaginated. Text in French. A collection of typography, illustration, advertising and other specimens by various French firms. Lists of artists and collaborators, printers, paper manufacturers, and photographers follows text. Covers rubbed and scuffed at edges. Inside back hinge cracked. Lacking dust jacket. READ MORE about CARACTÉRE NOËL
Price: $100.00 Order nr. 132240
Austin, TX: University of Texas Press, 1968. 8vo. Blue boards, gilt lettering on spine, dust jacket. 101 pages. Translated by Margaret Sayers Peden. The love affair of a middle-aged widow and a young man, a concise examination of what makes and breaks human relationships. Illustrations by José Treviño, unclipped illustrated jacket. Minimal shelf wear, but a tight binding, nice jacket, slightly age-toned. Near Fine in Near Fine jacket. 'DISPLAY COPY' stamped in red on 2nd..... READ MORE about THE NORTHER
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 135729
Hockessin: The Holly Press, (1976). oblong 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. viii, 88 pages. Sketches by Nancy C. Sawin. With an introduction by Betty Burroughs of the Wilmington News Journal. Signed by Sawin. Covers soiled with age darkening along bottom of front cover. READ MORE about DELAWARE SKETCH BOOK, AN HISTORICAL EXPERIENCE
Price: $25.00 Order nr. 66474
Lyndon: MacKay Publishing Co., (1956). 4to. cloth. xvi, 303 pages. First edition. Spine lightly age-darkened, else a fine copy. A detailed study of this method of reproducing illustrations. Includes a history. In addition to the many illustrations there are two tipped-in full color labels printed in this method. READ MORE about ROTOGRAVURE, A SURVEY OF EUROPEAN AND AMERICAN METHODS
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 13747
New York: The Museum of Modern Art, distributed by Harry N. Abrams, Inc, 1994. small 4to. cloth, dust jacket. (ii), 263+(1) pages. First edition. "Traces the international development of the modern illustrated book to the last decade of this century." This book was meant to accompany the exhibition held at the Museum of Modern Art. accompanied by 224 illustrations with 76 in color. A wealth of information for the dealer and collector. READ MORE about A CENTURY OF ARTISTS BOOKS
Price: $75.00 Order nr. 41528
Eine Arbeitsbeschreibung mit Angaben der Fehlerquellen und Rezeptvorschriften. Volume 12.
Halle (Saale): Veb Wilhelm Knapp, 1953. 8vo. quarter cloth, paper-covered boards. viii, 154, (6) pages. Eine Arbeitsbeschreibung mit Angaben der Fehlerquellen und Rezeptvorschriften. Volume 12. Written in German. Volume 12 of "Der Grafische Betrieb Wissen und Praxis". With a foreword, introduction, and index of topics. With 44 black-and-white illustrations throughout, as well as six pages of advertisements. A description of the work of offset lithography, with information about the sources of trouble and prescriptions for..... READ MORE about HANDBUCH DER OFFSETKOPIE
Price: $12.50 Order nr. 100667
Praze: Ceských bibliofilu, 1932. 4to. stiff paper wrappers. 112, xix, (2) pages. Volume Four. Letterpress printed in an edition limited to 550 copies. An important Czech annual devoted to book design, typography, and the graphic arts. Finely illustrated with many illustrations and title pages printed in color. Includes an article on Rockwell Kent. Two inch tear in wrappers along front and back hinge at bottom. Spots on spine. READ MORE about CESKY BIBLIOFIL, 1932
Price: $95.00 Order nr. 45574
Praze: Ceských bibliofilu, 1933. 4to. cloth. 88, (6) pages and 12 separate plates. Volume Five. Finely letterpress printed in an edition limited to 500 copies. (Ulrich & Kup, p.17). An important Czech annual devoted to book design, typography, and the graphic arts. Finely illustrated with many illustrations and title pages printed in color. With a table of contents in English in the back. Small hole in cloth along front hinge. READ MORE about CESKY BIBLIOFIL, 1933
Price: $85.00 Order nr. 59727
Praze: Ceských bibliofilu, 1937. 4to. cloth. 116, (6) pages and 17 separate plates. Volume Nine. Letterpress printed in an edition limited to 400 copies. An important Czech annual devoted to book design, typography, and the graphic arts. Finely illustrated with many illustrations and title pages printed in color. With a table of contents in English in the back. Spine faded. READ MORE about CESKY BIBLIOFIL, 1937
Price: $95.00 Order nr. 59726
n.p. (but Easthampton, MA): Chamberlain Press, 1978. small square 8vo. paste-paper covered boards. unpaginated. Limited edition of 120 numbered copies signed by the printer and illustrator, Sarah Chamberlain. Lower spine with some light damage, else very good. A scarce title. Bound by Gray Parrot. The paper is Rives and the type is Goudy Bold. Wood engravings by Chamberlain. A Grimm Fairy Tale. Printed in black and red. READ MORE about THE BREMEN TOWN MUSICIANS
Price: $300.00 Order nr. 137067
(Easthampton, MA): Chamberlain Press, The, 1975. 16mo. marbled paper-covered boards, paper spine label. not paginated. Limited to 75 copies signed by Sarah Chamberlain, printer and illustrator. A fine copy. This is the first book printed at the Chamberlain Press. Printed on Rives buff using Goudy Old-style type. The illustrations are engraved in wood. READ MORE about THE JABBERWOCKY AS EXPLAINED TO ALICE
Price: $300.00 Order nr. 97896
New & Improved Edition. Volume II
Edinburgh: William and Robert Chambers, 1842. large 8vo. half-calf. cloth, protective modern dust jacket with paper spine label. [ii], 800 pages. New & Improved Edition. Volume II. Volume two only.Contains No. 90: Printing-Engraving-Lithography, pp. 625-640. Illustrated. Worn and boards faded, pages tanning, scattered foxing. Signature "Sedgwick," on front pastedown. HInges reparied. With the bookplate of Gavin Bridson. READ MORE about CHAMBERS'S INFORMATION FOR THE PEOPLE
Price: $75.00 Order nr. 98569
New York: The Typophiles, 1974. tall 12mo. paper wrappers, dust jacket. (iv), 18 pages. A Typophile keepsake designed and produced by Bert Waggott. An autobiographical story of type design and calligraphy.Loosely inserted in a commorative bookplate of William Sihler. READ MORE about MY LIFE WITH LETTERS
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 20754
With a list of works by him in the New York Public Library and certain other collections.
New York: New York Public Library, 1932. large 8vo. paper wrappers. 12 pages and three inserted plates of illustrations. With a list of works by him in the New York Public Library and certain other collections. A biographical essay on the famous caricaturist, engraver and publisher is accompanied by seven illustrations and a bibliography of Charles's work. READ MORE about WILLIAM CHARLES, EARLY CARICATURIST, ENGRAVER AND PUBLISHER OF CHILDREN'S BOOKS
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 20610
n.p. n.p., n.d. 5.5" by 3" broadside. An engraving by Chase. A fine copy. READ MORE about SPANISH PEASANT
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 138224
(Easthampton, MA): Cheloniidae Press & Wonder Book Editions, (2019). First edition of 130 copies, of which this is one of 30 copies reserved for portfolios for a complete set of 24 total broadsides. The first publication by Alan James Robinson in over twenty years, If There Were No Books... is a suite of broadsides depicting some of the more monumental works in English & American literature of which we would have not experienced. Cheloniidae Press..... READ MORE about IF THERE WERE NO BOOKS
Price: $2,950.00 Order nr. 134386
Italy: Ente Autonomo per le Fiere di Bologna, (1988). 4to. stiff paper wrappers. 197, (3) pages. An interesting selection of illustrators from around the world. In each case an example of their work is shown, usually in full color and short biographical details are given. READ MORE about ANNUAL '88, ILLUSTRATOR'S OF CHILDREN'S BOOKS
Price: $25.00 Order nr. 95168
