THE ART NOUVEAU BOOK IN BRITAIN.
N.P. MIT Press, (1966). 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. 176 pages. First U.S. edition. Well-illustrated. Cover lamination peeling along spine. READ MORE about THE ART NOUVEAU BOOK IN BRITAIN
Price: $25.00 Order nr. 25380
In UK
ENGLISH ILLUSTRATION: THE NINETIES.
New York: Hacker Art Books, 1975. 8vo. cloth. xx, 268 pages. Reprint of the 1935 first edition. An excellent reprint of a standard reference book. With 123 illustrations. READ MORE about ENGLISH ILLUSTRATION: THE NINETIES
Price: $30.00 Order nr. 11020
O MORE THAN HAPPY COUNTRYMAN.
London: Country Life Limited, (1943). large 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. 104 pages. First edition. (Eads A48). Illustrated with ten full-page scraperboard illustrations by C.F. Tunnicliffe. Previous owners name in ink on front pastedown. jacket is price clipped. Minor foxing to endpapers, few small tears to jacket with minor chips to head and tail of spine. Loosely inserted is a TLS letter from Laurie E. Deval of Deval & Muir. READ MORE about O MORE THAN HAPPY COUNTRYMAN
Price: $45.00 Order nr. 78510
MR ERIC GILL.
New York: The Typophiles, 1967. 12mo. cloth. 26 pages. First edition, limited to 400 copies for the Typophiles out of the total edition. Chapbook 44. READ MORE about MR ERIC GILL
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 88428
THE MUSIC FROM BEHIND THE MOON, AN EPITOME.
New York: The John Day Company, 1926. small 4to. paper-covered boards, paper spine label. (vi), 54, (2) pages. First edition. The first book published by the John Day Company. With eight wood engravings by Leon Underwood (1890-1975). Underwood at the Royal College of Art and is well known for his scupture in addition to his book illustrations. Well printed book. Spine seperated, yet present. READ MORE about THE MUSIC FROM BEHIND THE MOON, AN EPITOME
Price: $50.00 Order nr. 89812
DESIGN AND TRADITION: THE DESIGN ORATION (1961) OF THE SOCIETY OF INDUSTRIAL ARTISTS.
Hemingford Grey, Great Britain: Vine Press, 1962. 8vo. Cloth-backed decorated boards; leather printed label. 18, (1) pages. Limited to 150 copies. A fine copy of this very scarce book. Wood-engraved portrait frontispiece by Peter Reddick. Set in 14 pt Monotype Octavian and printed on Millbourn handmade paper by Peter Foster and John Peters at the Vine Press. READ MORE about DESIGN AND TRADITION: THE DESIGN ORATION (1961) OF THE SOCIETY OF INDUSTRIAL ARTISTS
Price: $150.00 Order nr. 137669
SAILING-SHIPS AND BARGES OF THE WESTERN MEDITERRANEAN AND THE ADRIATIC SEAS.
A series of copper plates engraved in the line manner by Edward Wadsworth. And coloured by hand, with an Introduction and Brief Descriptions by Bernard Windeler.
London: Frederick Etchells & Hugh MacDonald, 1926. 4to. quarter cloth over paper covered boards, gilt on front board and spine, paper covered boards slipcase with printed paper cover label. xv, 79, (7) pages. A series of copper plates engraved in the line manner by Edward Wadsworth. And coloured by hand, with an Introduction and Brief Descriptions by Bernard Windeler. Limited to 450 numbered copies. Printed at the Curwen Press. Copper-plate engravings printed by A. Alexander..... READ MORE about SAILING-SHIPS AND BARGES OF THE WESTERN MEDITERRANEAN AND THE ADRIATIC SEAS
Price: $575.00 Order nr. 124172
A WHISTLER CENTENARY.
New York: M. Knoedler & Co., 1934. small 8vo. stiff paper wrappers, cord-tied. 15 pages. With an introduction by Howard Mansfield. With a listing of Whistler's etchings and dry-points on display at the Gallery. Well preserved copy. READ MORE about A WHISTLER CENTENARY
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 117569
WHISTLERIANA: WORKS BY AND ABOUT JAMES MCNEILL WHISTLER FROM THE COLLECTION OF MARTIN HUNTER.
New York: The Grolier Club, 2003. small 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. (iv), 39+(1) pages. Design and typography by Jerry Kelly. READ MORE about WHISTLERIANA: WORKS BY AND ABOUT JAMES MCNEILL WHISTLER FROM THE COLLECTION OF MARTIN HUNTER
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 90502
THE LAUGHTER AND THE URN: THE LIFE OF REX WHISTLER.
London, England: Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1985. 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. xiv, 321+(1) pages. First edition.Table of contents, list of plates, list of illustrations in the text, acknowledgments, endnotes, bibliography, index. 17 color, 25 black and white plates, black and white illustrations throughout text. A biography of an English artist whose work included book illustration. READ MORE about THE LAUGHTER AND THE URN: THE LIFE OF REX WHISTLER
Price: $50.00 Order nr. 124387
ARTISTS AND THEIR FRIENDS IN ENGLAND, 1700-1799.
Two volumes.
New York/London: Benjamin Blom, (1968). 8vo. cloth. xviii,401; ix,419 pages. Two volumes. Reprint of the 1928 edition. The author traces the progress of the early art schools and societies of artists that arose from them, and discusses the establishment of Kneller's Academy, from which arose the movement that led to the foundation of the Royal Academy and the moderm system of art exhibitions. He presents biographical information and anecdotes about all the well-known artists of..... READ MORE about ARTISTS AND THEIR FRIENDS IN ENGLAND, 1700-1799
Price: $60.00 Order nr. 47166
THE MASTERS OF MEZZOTINT.
The Men and their Work
London: George Bell & Sons, 1898. 4to. original publisher's decorated cloth. x, 95 pages plus 61 plates. The Men and their Work. Ordinary edition limited to 500 copies. Contains 61 plates scattered throughout the text. Includes the bookplate and pencil signature of Gavin Bridson. Cloth rubbed along edges with wear at spine ends. READ MORE about THE MASTERS OF MEZZOTINT
Price: $125.00 Order nr. 99489
" PICTORIAL PRINTING IN TRANSITION, 1794-1811."
1980. 8vo. later pamphlet binder with original paper wrappers bound-in. pp.179-192. Removed from The Library, Sixth Series, Volume II, Number 2, June 1980. With the ink signature of Gavin Bridson and a page of handwritten notes. READ MORE about " PICTORIAL PRINTING IN TRANSITION, 1794-1811."
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 100076
THE TREVELYON MISCELLANY OF 1608: A FACSIMILE OF FOLGER SHAKESPEARE LIBRARY MS V.B.232.
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Washington, DC: Folger Shakespeare Library, 2007. 10.75 x 17 inches. hardcover, dust jacket. 594 pages. 3. The Trevelyon Miscellany of 1608 is one of the Folger Shakespeare Library's greatest treasures. Aside from Shakespeare's First Folio, it is the only book in the Folger collection to have an entire exhibition devoted to it, in 2004. Its 594 oversized pages depict life in Shakespeare's England in all of its brilliant complexities-from the mythical to the mundane, poetical..... READ MORE about THE TREVELYON MISCELLANY OF 1608: A FACSIMILE OF FOLGER SHAKESPEARE LIBRARY MS V.B.232
Price: $295.00 Order nr. 108908
ENGRAVER'S CUT, DIANA BLOOMFIELD, TWENTY-SIX WOOD ENGRAVINGS CHOSEN BY THE ARTIST WITH AN AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL NOTE AND BIBLIOGRAPHY.
London and New Castle, Delaware: Primrose Hill Press and Oak Knoll Press, (1998). large 12mo. stiff paper wrappers. (6), 41, (1) pages. This trade edition is based on the private press edition printed from the original blocks by Sebastian Carter at The Rampant Lions Press for Primrose Academy in a limited edition of 135 copies signed by the artist. This book includes an autobiographical note on the artists and 26 wood engravings chosen by the..... READ MORE about ENGRAVER'S CUT, DIANA BLOOMFIELD, TWENTY-SIX WOOD ENGRAVINGS CHOSEN BY THE ARTIST WITH AN...
Price: $7.00 Order nr. 52066
A CHECK-LIST OF THE BOOK ILLUSTRATIONS OF JOHN BUCKLAND WRIGHT.
Together with a Personal Memoir.
Pinner: Private Library Assoc. (1968). 8vo. cloth. 96 pages followed by 16 plates. Together with a Personal Memoir. Limited to 1400 copies. Twenty plates in the text. Spine slightly faded. READ MORE about A CHECK-LIST OF THE BOOK ILLUSTRATIONS OF JOHN BUCKLAND WRIGHT
Price: $35.00 Order nr. 7909