London: John & Edward Bumpus, 1912. 8vo. red cloth stamped in gilt, top edge gilt. 112 pages of text and 29 photogravures. First edition, one of 100 numbered and signed copies printed on hand-made paper and bound thus. Study of this 18th century French illustrator. Printed by the Chiswick Press. With a bibliography of books illustrated by Choffard. Well preserved copy. READ MORE about CHOFFARD
Price: $130.00 Order nr. 71821
(Dublin, Ireland): The History Press Ireland, (2010). 4to. cloth, dust jacket. 318, (2) pages. Table of contents, acknowledgments, foreword, preface, introduction. catalogue of works, bibliography, glossary, endnotes, index. A study of the stained glass artwork of Clarke, focusing on the British Isles. Color frontispiece and color illustrations throughout. READ MORE about STRANGEST GENIUS: THE STAINED GLASS OF HARRY CLARKE
Price: $225.00 Order nr. 124112
London, UK: (Books and Things), 2003. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 126 pages. This is a detailed list of the works of Harry Clarke throughout the years. Presentation from the author to a bookseller dated the day of publication. It includes numerous color, and black & white photos throughout of both the artist's work and pictures of the books in which his work can be found. There is a black & white frontispiece self portrait sketch... READ MORE about A BIBLIOGRAPHICAL CHECKLIST OF THE WORK OF HARRY CLARKE
Price: $75.00 Order nr. 125304
(London, England): The British Council, n.d. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 28 pages. Presentation on inside front wrapper. Introduction. 66 entries, each with descriptive text. Front cover notes concluding date of 1933 rather than 1932. READ MORE about ENGLISH ILLUSTRATED BOOKS: THE CATALOGUE OF AN EXHIBITION OF BOOKS PUBLISHED BETWEEN 1570 AND 1932
Price: $25.00 Order nr. 126445
London: Vizetelly, (ca. 1885). large 8vo. original quarter cloth with decorated paper-covered boards. 63, (3) pages. Printed in an edition limited to 300 numbered copies on hand-made paper. Published by Henry Vizitelly (1820-1894), a pioneer of the English illustrated press, who issued numerous translations of 18th century French fiction, and was imprisoned for three months, in1889, for a translation of the more contemporary Emile Zola. Illustrated with six engravings in sanguine by C.N. Cochin (1715-1790)... READ MORE about THE ORIGIN OF THE GRACES, ILLUSTRATED WITH THE ORIGINAL COPPERPLATE ENGRAVINGS AFTER THE DESIGNS...
Price: $35.00 Order nr. 72293
Ipswich: W.S. Cowell Ltd., (1947). 8vo. pictorial cloth. 116 pages. First edition. With illustrations in color by Henry Moore, John Piper, John Nash, Edward Bawden and others. Bookplate. READ MORE about HANDBOOK OF PRINTING TYPES WITH NOTES ON THE STYLE OF COMPOSITION AND GRAPHIC PROCESSES USED BY...
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 21947
New York: Viking Press, 1957. 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. viii, 308 pages, with 31 additional plates. First U.S. edition. 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 of his life from his birth in 1872 until the beginning of 1907. Some chipping of jacket along top edge. READ MORE about INDEX TO THE STORY OF MY DAYS
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 115250
London, England: Gillian Jones Gallery, 1982. oblong 16mo. stiff paper wrappers. unpaginated. Introduction, chronology of Craig's life. Catalogue of an exhibition with notes on each of the 125 items. READ MORE about EDWARD GORDON CRAIG 1872-1966
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 124668
New York: Arno Press Inc., (1971). 8vo. cloth. 57 pages. Reprint of the first edition. Exhibition catalogue listing 268 items with occasional black and white illustrations. Extensive introduction by Donald Oenslager. READ MORE about EDWARD GORDON CRAIG, ARTIST OF THE THEATRE 1872-1966
Price: $25.00 Order nr. 123681
New York, NY: Alfred A. Knopf, 1968. 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. 398, (2) pages. First American edition. Table of contents, list of illustrations, introductory notes and acknowledgments, endnotes, general bibliography, index, biographical sketch of the author. Black and white illustrations. READ MORE about GORDON CRAIG THE STORY OF HIS LIFE
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 123998
Paris: Bibliotheque Nationale, 1962. square 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 98, (6) pages. 379 items are described in this exhibition. Many illustrations. Writing in ink on back cover. READ MORE about GORDON CRAIG ET LE RENOUVELLEMENT DU THEATRE
Price: $25.00 Order nr. 6218
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
Price: $45.00 Order nr. 55630
With a Preface by Heywood Sumner and a Frontispiece after G.F. Watts.
London: The Chelsea Publishing Co., 1923. 8vo. cloth-backed boards, dust jacket. 60, (2) pages. With a Preface by Heywood Sumner and a Frontispiece after G.F. Watts. First edition. Printed at the Westminster Press in London. Jacket with chipping at spine ends. READ MORE about A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF FIRST EDITIONS OF BOOKS ILLUSTRATED BY WALTER CRANE
Price: $50.00 Order nr. 17648
Bielefeld and Leipzig: Velhagen & Klasing, 1902. large 8vo. limp cloth, top edge gilt. (iv), 151 pages. No. 62 of the series Künstler-Monographien. With 145 figures from paintings and drawings. In German. Rubbed around edges. READ MORE about WALTER CRANE
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 64883
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 front cover. READ MORE about WALTER CRANE 1845-1915, ARTIST, DESIGNER AND SOCIALIST
Price: $30.00 Order nr. 55893
Staten Island: Maurizio Martino, n.d. (but 1996). 8vo. cloth. xvi, 375 pages. Reprint of the scarce 1924 first edition. Still the definitive work and guide on Cruikshank; with illustrations from books, separately produced prints, and a caricature of Cruikshank himself. READ MORE about GEORGE CRUIKSHANK, A CATALOGUE RAISONNE OF THE WORK EXECUTED DURING THE YEARS 1806-1877 WITH...
Price: $75.00 Order nr. 52677
London: The Bookman's Journal, 1924. thick 4to. brown cloth, top edge gilt, others uncut. xvi, 375 pages. First edition, limited to 500 numbered copies. This well illustrated volume is still the definitive work on Cruikshank. Some rubbing along hinges. READ MORE about GEORGE CRUIKSHANK, A CATALOGUE RAISONNÉ OF THE WORK EXECUTED DURING THE YEARS 1806-1877 WITH...
Price: $250.00 Order nr. 120730
New York: Pellegrini & Cudahy, n.d. square 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. 100 pages. First U. S. edition. History of Cruikshank accompanied by four illustrations in the text and many other full plates. Jacket chipped at spine ends with small piece missing at top. Jacket has tear along back hinge and is toned. READ MORE about GEORGE CRUIKSHANK, HIS LIFE AND WORK AS A BOOK ILLUSTRATOR
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 25443
Editor: Robert L. Patten.
N.P. Princeton University Library, 1992. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. xxx, 269 pages. Editor: Robert L. Patten. New printing of the 1974 edition but also containing a new preface by Patten just in this edition. Illustrated. READ MORE about GEORGE CRUIKSHANK, A REVALUATION
Price: $5.00 Order nr. 57783
London: Published for The Curwen Press At the Office of The Fleuron, n.d. tall 12mo. cloth-backed boards, dust jacket. (x), 39, (17) pages. Limited to 425 numbered copies; this copy is out of series. Drawings by Randolph Schwabe and an article by Harold Child. Has a catalogue of the books published by The Fleuron. with drawings by Randolph Schwabe, an article on the well-dressed book by Harold Child, and a tipped-in Gordon Craig bookplate, the... READ MORE about THE CURWEN PRESS ALMANACK 1926
Price: $65.00 Order nr. 30860
New York: The Sandstone Press, 1981. oblong 8vo. cloth spine, decorated paper over boards, dust jacket. 200 pages. First American edition. De Mare traces the golden era and decline of the woodblock artists during the 19th century in England, including their dramatic re-emergence with the private press advocates of the 1890s. He discusses the technique of engraving on the end grain, and the relationship between the artists of the time and their engravers. With a.... READ MORE about THE VICTORIAN WOODBLOCK ILLUSTRATORS
Price: $45.00 Order nr. 2062
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
Price: $22.50 Order nr. 76788
Twelve Woodcuts by Albert Delstranche with Notes by the Artist and a Prefatory Letter from Emile Verhaeren.
New York: Frederick A. Stokes Company, (1915). small 4to. cloth-backed boards. (ii), 56, (4) pages. Twelve Woodcuts by Albert Delstranche with Notes by the Artist and a Prefatory Letter from Emile Verhaeren. First U.S. edition, limited to 525 numbered copies. Printed at the Florence Press in England. Spine worn and partially split. READ MORE about THE LITTLE TOWNS OF FLANDERS
Price: $25.00 Order nr. 108107
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
Price: $65.00 Order nr. 82633
London: George Redway, 1899. 4to. original cloth, top edge gilt, others uncut. xvi, 256 pages. First edition. With reproductions of 22 portraits and 70 original drawings now reproduced for the first time. Appendix contains information on illustrators of cheap editions, Dickens in art and "extra illustrations." Covers rubbed with spine slightly faded. Bookplate and ink inscription by former owner on front free endpaper. READ MORE about DICKENS AND HIS ILLUSTRATORS, CRUIKSHANK, SEYMOUR, BUSS, "PHIZ," CATT ERMOLE, LEECH,...
Price: $150.00 Order nr. 44068
