Craig, Edward Gordon.

INDEX TO THE STORY OF MY DAYS.

New York: Viking Press, 1957. 8vo. cloth. viii, 308 pages, with 31 additional plates. First U.S. edition. Exlibris bookplate on front free endpaper. Lacking the dust jacket. Light toning to edges of the boards. Else a fine copy. This volume constitutes the first instalment of the memoirs upon which C.E.G. had been working on at the time of publication. Assisted by diaries and notebooks which he kept for long periods at a time he writes..... READ MORE about INDEX TO THE STORY OF MY DAYS

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(Craig, Gordon). Craig, Edward.

GORDON CRAIG THE STORY OF HIS LIFE.

New York, NY: Alfred A. Knopf, 1968. 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. 398, (2) pages. First American edition. Jacket lightly soiled, else near fine. Bookplate on front free endpaper. Table of contents, list of illustrations, introductory notes and acknowledgments, endnotes, general bibliography, index, biographical sketch of the author. Black and white illustrations. From the Thomas M. Whitehead Collection of Books About Books. READ MORE about GORDON CRAIG THE STORY OF HIS LIFE

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(Crane, Walter). Masse, Gertrude C.E.

BIBLIOGRAPHY OF FIRST EDITIONS OF BOOKS ILLUSTRATED BY WALTER CRANE.

With a Preface by Heywood Sumner and a Frontispiece after G.F. Watts.
(Mansfield Centre: Martino Fine Books, n.d. but 1999). 8vo. cloth. 60, (2) pages. With a Preface by Heywood Sumner and a Frontispiece after G.F. Watts. Reprint of the first edition published in London by The Chelsea Publishing Co in 1923 (Besterman 1516). An exceedingly scarce bibliography. 125 books are meticulously described, including cloth, states and other relevant information. READ MORE about BIBLIOGRAPHY OF FIRST EDITIONS OF BOOKS ILLUSTRATED BY WALTER CRANE

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(Crane, Walter). Smith, Greg and Sarah Hyde.

WALTER CRANE 1845-1915, ARTIST, DESIGNER AND SOCIALIST.

London: Lund Humphries, 1989. small 4to. stiff paper wrappers. 151 pages. Catalogue to the exhibition opening the centenary year celebrations of the Whitwroth Art Gallery. Written by a team of scholars, under the editorship of Sarah Hyde and Greg Smith. Reassesses the achievements of a figure who through his designs, illustrations (inlc. children's book illustrations) and paintings, influenced a whole generation of artists and designers in Britain, America and the Continent. Crease in corner of..... READ MORE about WALTER CRANE 1845-1915, ARTIST, DESIGNER AND SOCIALIST

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(Cruikshank, George). Cohn, Albert M.

GEORGE CRUIKSHANK, A CATALOGUE RAISONNE OF THE WORK EXECUTED DURING THE YEARS 1806-1877 WITH COLLATIONS, NOTES, APPROXIMATE VALUES, FACSIMILES AND ILLUSTRATIONS.

Staten Island: Maurizio Martino, n.d. (but 1996). 8vo. cloth. xvi, 375 pages. Reprint of the scarce 1924 first edition. Still the definitive work on Cruikshank; well illustrated. A fine copy. From the reference library of Philadelphia Rare Books & Manuscripts with their bookplate included. READ MORE about GEORGE CRUIKSHANK, A CATALOGUE RAISONNE OF THE WORK EXECUTED DURING THE YEARS 1806-1877 WITH...

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(Cruikshank, George). Cohn, Albert M.

GEORGE CRUIKSHANK: A CATALOGUE REISONNÉ OF THE WORK EXECUTED DURING THE YEARS 1806-1877.

With Collations, Notes, Approximate Values, Facsimiles, and Illustrations
(New York: Collectors Editions Ltd.), n.d. large 4to. cloth. xvi,378; xii,454 pages. With Collations, Notes, Approximate Values, Facsimiles, and Illustrations. Reprint of the scarce 1924 first edition. A year by year chronology of Cruikshank's career. Contains illustrations. Indexed. Spine lightly faded, else fine.From the private reference library of Dorothy Sloan with a commemorative bookplate loosely inserted. READ MORE about GEORGE CRUIKSHANK: A CATALOGUE REISONNÉ OF THE WORK EXECUTED DURING THE YEARS 1806-1877

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(Cruikshank, George). Johnson, E.D.H.

GEORGE CRUIKSHANK, THE COLLECTION AT PRINCETON.

Princeton: Princeton University Library, 1973. 8vo. paper wrappers. (ii), 35 pages. Four illustrations. Some toning around edges, else near fine. From the private reference library of Dorothy Sloan with a commemorative bookplate loosely inserted. READ MORE about GEORGE CRUIKSHANK, THE COLLECTION AT PRINCETON

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(Cruikshank, George). Patten, Robert (editor).

GEORGE CRUIKSHANK, A REVALUATION.

Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Library Chronicle, 1973-74. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. xvi, 258 pages. Eleven articles on Cruikshank; illustrated. Being the entire issues of The Princeton University Library Chronicle, Vol.XXXV, Nos. 1 and 2, 1973-74. A near fine copy. READ MORE about GEORGE CRUIKSHANK, A REVALUATION

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(DeGray, Felix). Heine, Heinrich.

FLORENTINE NIGHTS.

London: Methuen and Company, (1927). 8vo. cloth, fore edge deckled. vii, 78, (2) pages plus 6 plates with tissue guards. First edition. Translation by Charles Godfrey Leland. Tipped-in color illustrations by Felix de Gray. Title page printed in blue and black. Initial letters printed in blue. READ MORE about FLORENTINE NIGHTS

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Dewick, Rev. E. S.

ON A MS. PONTIFICAL OF A BISHOP OF METZ OF THE FOURTEENTH CENTURY.

Communicated to the Society of Antiquaries.
Westminster: Nichols and Sons, 1895. 4to. original paper wrappers. 14 pages. Communicated to the Society of Antiquaries. Reprint from Archaeologia, Vol. XIV, pp.411-424. With nine photographic plates. Chipped along spine with cover partially detached. READ MORE about ON A MS. PONTIFICAL OF A BISHOP OF METZ OF THE FOURTEENTH CENTURY

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(Doyle, Richard). Engen, Rodney.

RICHARD DOYLE.

Stroud: Catalpa Press, 1983. tall 8vo. cloth. 205, (11) pages. First edition. Volume 2 in The Artist and the Critic Series. Fine in fine jacket. The book illustrations and paintings of Richard Doyle (1824-1883) are populated by sprightly visions of fairy nymphs, elves and knights in search of their fair damsels. As `Dickey Doyle' and later `Dick Kitcat,' he produced a series of impressive boyhood triumphs from the now famous DICK DOYLE'S JOURNAL of 1840..... READ MORE about RICHARD DOYLE

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(Doyle, Richard).

RICHARD DOYLE AND HIS FAMILY, AN EXHIBITION.

London: Victoria and Albert Museum, 1983. small 4to. stiff paper wrappers. 73 pages plus plates. An exhibition catalogue with color plates. A fine copy. From the foreword by Sir Roy Strong: "The present exhibition, which examines the career of Richard Doyle, one of the most brilliant of Victorian painters of the fairy world, the centenary of whose death in 1983 it commemorates, will also prove, I hope, to have its serious side. The Doyle family..... READ MORE about RICHARD DOYLE AND HIS FAMILY, AN EXHIBITION

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