1983. 8vo. later pamphlet binder. pp.223-236. Removed from The Library, Sioth Series, Volume V, No.3, September 1983. With ink signature of Gavin Bridson. READ MORE about "THE ENGRAVING AND PRINTING OF THE `HOLBEIN HEADS'."
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 100072
2 Volumes.
Takeley, Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire, England: Elkin Mathews, n.d. 4to. stiff paper wrappers. 46, (2); 14, (4) pages, plates. 2 Volumes. Catalogues 113 and 127, of the works of notable English book illustrators. Each with index of authors and subjects. Black and white illustrations throughout text and on wrappers. Order form and prospectus laid in. 28 plates loosely inserted in Catalogue 127. Wrappers of Catalogue 127 slightly bent at corners. READ MORE about A COLLECTION OF DRAWINGS MADE TO ILLUSTRATE BOOKS
Price: $45.00 Order nr. 124784
Cambridge and Teaneck, NJ: Chadwyck-Healey, (1985). small 4to. cloth. xxi, 297 pages. First edition. Top corner of front board bumped. Else near fine condition. Includes biographical information and a statement on the artist's importance. Restricted to English engravers. From the reference library of Philadelphia Rare Books & Manuscripts with their bookplate included. READ MORE about DICTIONARY OF VICTORIAN WOOD ENGRAVERS
Price: $150.00 Order nr. 31798
The Brook, Hammersmith, United Kingdom: Eragny Press pour la Société des Cent Bibliophiles. 1909. 8vo. (222 x 144 mm). supple gray calfskin, repeated golden floral ornaments on the sides, smooth spine, leather lining of the same skin, later marbled paper covered boards slipcase with leather fore-edge. [87 leaves (including blanks); pp. 159, (i). The beautiful Eragny Press edition limited to 130 numbered copies printed on Arches with watermark 'Les Cent Bibliophiles', of which this copy..... READ MORE about HISTOIRE DE LA REINE DU MATIN ET DE SOLIMAN, PRINCE DE GENIES
Price: $9,500.00 Order nr. 136849
Illustrated by Reginald Savage.
London ; New York: Edward Arnold : Samuel Buckley & Co, 1904. 8vo. quarter cloth over holland-backed boards, paper cover label and paper spine label. 94 pages. Illustrated by Reginald Savage. First edition limited to 200 numbered copies. Essex House Press Bibliography p. 74. Ransom 41. With two loose tissue guards. Boards and spine showing only the slightest hint of soiling, else a fine copy. Printed with three drawings by Reginald Savage under the care..... READ MORE about MISS KILMANSEGG AND HER PRECIOUS LEG: A GOLDEN LEGEND
Price: $175.00 Order nr. 137958
(Strand, UK: Edward Arnold, 1904). small 4to. later quarter leather over black cloth, leather cover label with gilt. (iv), 96 pages. Printed by C.R. Ashbee at The Essex House Press, Campden, Gloustershire, in an edition limited to 200 copies on hand-made Batchelor paper with a special watermark; type hand-set in 18-point Prayer Book, black and red, a variation of the 12-point Endeavour designed by Ashbee (Ransom p.268). Rebound in later quarter leather over black cloth..... READ MORE about PROMETHEUS UNBOUND, A LYRICAL DRAMA
Price: $350.00 Order nr. 73545
Edited and Introduced by Ruari McLean.
Oxford: Clarendon Press, (1968). square 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. 92 pages. Edited and Introduced by Ruari McLean. Reprint of the 1967 first edition. Illustrated including many in color. Contains a eight page list of books containing examples of color printing by Evans. Jacket is price clipped. READ MORE about THE REMINISCENCES OF EDMUND EVANS
Price: $35.00 Order nr. 27482
Hampshire, England: Scolar Press, 1988. small 4to. cloth, dust jacket. 196 pages. First edition, limited to 750 numbered copies. Spine faded on jacket, else fine condition. A check-list of books and plates printed by Fawcett, plus letters to, from or concerning him. Contains an outline of Fawcett's life, an interesting article on Fawcett's woodblock printing techniques by Gavin Bridson, and a look at scientific publishing in the nineteenth century. Many black and white illustrations, plus..... READ MORE about BENJAMIN FAWCETT ENGRAVER AND COLOUR PRINTER, WITH A LIST OF HIS BOOKS AND PLATES
Price: $30.00 Order nr. 23177
London: Fine Art Engravers Ltd., n.d. small 8vo. cloth. 23+(1) pages. A "recorded conversation" about the work done by this company of specialized artisans who created engraving work for hire. Illustrated throughout with drawings by Heather Copley and Christopher Chamberlain and produced under the direction of John Ryder. With a printed presentation page filled out with the name of Ronald E. Pierce. READ MORE about ENGRAVERS OBSERVED
Price: $35.00 Order nr. 56449
London: A. & C. Black, (1906). thick 8vo. decorated cloth. xx, 216, (4) pages. With 73 illustrations in color and 78 illustrations in black and white. Biography of this book illustrator and artist. He worked closely with the color printers of the 19th century. Slight fading of spine. READ MORE about BIRKET FOSTER, R.W.S
Price: $40.00 Order nr. 26461
London, England: B.T. Batsford, (984). 4to. cloth, slipcase with gilt-stamped label. 224 pages. Table of contents, acknowledgments, eight appendices, index. Discusses Foster's work as a book illustrator. Black and white illustrations throughout. READ MORE about BIRKET FOSTER
Price: $45.00 Order nr. 125438
Leigh-on-Sea: F. Lewis Publishers, Ltd, (1973). 4to. cloth. 47 pages with 44 illustrations. Limited to 600 copies. Catalogue, with a list of exhibitions, books illustrated and a bibliography. With 44 black-and-white illustrations. Slight tanning to the spine. READ MORE about MYLES BIRKET FOSTER 1825-1899
Price: $35.00 Order nr. 105146
New York: The Typophiles, 1980. tall 12mo. cloth-backed boards. 89, (3) pages. First edition, one of 1475 copies printed of which this is one of the 500 for the Typophiles. Chapbook 54 issued by The Typophiles. READ MORE about FOND OF PRINTING, GORDON CRAIG AS TYPOGRAPHER & ILLUSTRATOR With a Foreword by Edward Craig...
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 78237
Philadelphia: The Rosenbach Foundation, 1972. 4to. stiff paper wrappers. 78 pages. First edition. Some cover soiling. B&w illustrations throughout, with on in color. Inscribed by the author on the half-title page. A fine copy. READ MORE about THE ART OF CLAUD LOVAT FRASER, BOOK ILLUSTRATOR, THEATRICAL DESIGNER AND COMMERCIAL ARTIST....
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 3889
London: Henry Danielson, 1923. tall 8vo. half-cloth cover patterned boards, paper spine label. xii, 108 pages followed by 4 plates. First edition, limited to only 275 numbered and signed copies. Label chipped (spare label present in back) and corners bumped. Bookplate. Very scarce bibliography. From the private reference library of Dorothy Sloan with a commemorative bookplate loosely inserted. READ MORE about PRINTED WORK OF CLAUD LOVAT FRASER
Price: $95.00 Order nr. 3890
(London, England: The Uffculme Press, 1974). 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. vi, 80 pages. Table of contents, foreword by Laurence Bradbury, bibliography. Black and white plates. A study of Fraser's drawings and graphic works. READ MORE about ERIC FRASER
Price: $45.00 Order nr. 125800
New York: Octagon Books, 1978. 8vo. cloth. xiv, 256 pages. Reprint of the first edition, this being the 2nd printing from this publisher. With 32 illustrations. 31 illustrations. Near fine. From the private reference library of Dorothy Sloan with a commemorative bookplate loosely inserted. READ MORE about ENGLISH EMBLEM BOOKS
Price: $30.00 Order nr. 135993
Bristol: Frost & Reed, 1934. 4to. cloth-backed decorated paper covered boards, color cover label. 168 pages. The 22nd edition. A priced trade catalogue of prints for sale. Full of illustrations including many in color. Covers rubbed and worn along edges. Ink ownership inscription on front cover. Light foxing. With the pencil signature of Gavin Bridson. READ MORE about THE " HOMELOVERS" BOOK OF ETCHINGS ENGRAVINGS AND COLOR PRINTS
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 100078
Bristol: Frost & Reed, 1934. 4to. cloth-backed decorated paper covered boards, color cover label. 168 pages. The 22nd edition. A priced trade catalogue of prints for sale. Full of illustrations including many in color. With letter from publisher and credit form for purchase from publisher loosely inserted. Spine faded and covers rubbed along edges. READ MORE about THE " HOMELOVERS" BOOK OF ETCHINGS ENGRAVINGS AND COLOR PRINTS
Price: $25.00 Order nr. 123673
Bristol: Frost & Reed, n.d. (circa 1935). 4to. cloth, color cover label. 168 pages. The 23rd edition. A priced trade catalogue of prints for sale. Full of illustrations including many in color. With publisher's label of C. Dingley on title page. Spine shows some fading. Label on free endpaper bearing ink inscription. READ MORE about THE " HOMELOVERS" BOOK OF ETCHINGS ENGRAVINGS AND COLOR PRINTS
Price: $22.00 Order nr. 123677
London, England: Faber & Faber, 1933. 8vo. cloth. 182 pages. Acknowledgments, list of illustrations, preface by the author. Frontispiece and illustrations in text by Gaudier-Brzeska. Two appendices: letters of Gaudier-Brzeska and list of exhibitions. Unopened. Spine and covers lightly soiled. Foxing on endpapers. READ MORE about HENRI GAUDIER-BRZESKA 1891-1915
Price: $30.00 Order nr. 121212
Introduction by Thomas Balston.
Chicago: Quadrangle Books, (1959). small 4to. cloth, plastic dust jacket printed in red. xliv, 355 pages. Introduction by Thomas Balston. First American edition. A fine copy. With a colored frontispiece, 9 pages of half-tones and over 1,000 engravings in the text. Also contains a bibliography of books illustrated by Gibbings. READ MORE about THE WOOD ENGRAVINGS OF ROBERT GIBBINGS WITH SOME RECOLLECTIONS BY THE ARTIST
Price: $125.00 Order nr. 137928
New York: The Devin-Adair Company, (1941). 8vo. cloth. 283 pages. First edition, third impression. Slightly rubbed. READ MORE about AUTOBIOGRAPHY
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 78184
Saskatchewan, Canada: Chesterton Review, (1982). 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. ii, 286-376 pages. Volume VIII, No. 4, November 1982. Table of contents and a loosely inserted piece of letterhead with an inscription by Aiden Mackey of Vintage Books. The entire issue is devoted to Eric Gill. There are a few black and white photos, letters, and typeface examples in this periodical. READ MORE about THE CHESTERTON REVIEW
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 124029
Totowa, NJ: Rowman and Littlefield, (1973). small 4to. cloth, dust jacket. x, 86 pages. First U.S. edition. Part of the Ars Typographica Library with James Moran as General Editor. Filled with examples of his calligraphy. READ MORE about ERIC GILL, THE MAN WHO LOVED LETTERS
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 29825
