New York: Dodd, Mead and Co., 1946. 8vo. cloth. (x), 162 pages. First edition of this biography of Greenaway. Lacks jacket. READ MORE about SECRET DOOR, THE STORY OF KATE GREENAWAY. Drawings after Kate Greenaway by Addison Burbank
Price: $5.00 Order nr. 126573
With a Foreword by L.F. Thompson.
Merrickville: Greyweathers Press, 2010. 4to. cloth-backed paper covered boards, paper cover and spine labels. 6, 13 wood cuts, (2) pages. With a Foreword by L.F. Thompson. First edition. One of 100 numbered copies. Wood engravers toiling away at their trade during the last quarter of the nineteenth century could be forgiven for feeling a touch of despair. Since the early 1800s, they had practiced a viable trade, with graver in hand over an endgrain block..... READ MORE about GRAVEN IMAGES: A PORTFOLIO OF NINETEENTH CENTURY WOOD ENGRAVINGS PRINTED FROM THE ORIGINAL BLOCKS
Price: $135.00 Order nr. 105925
New York: The Grolier Club, 1898. 12mo. original paper wrappers. viii, 43 pages. Asaf Handlist 34. Five page introduction followed by catalogue. READ MORE about A CATALOGUE OF A SELECTION OF ENGRAVED TITLES AND FRONTISPIECES PUBLISHED IN ENGLAND DURING THE...
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 6470
(London): Bradbury, Agnew and Co. Ld. n.d. (but 1851). 8vo. leather, edges gilt, five raised bands, gilt lettering on spine. (iv), xii, 308 pages. First edition (Tooley 298. Not in Field). Illustrated by John Leech with 10 full-colored etchings and 98 woodcut vignettes. John Leech was a staff artist for "Punch" from its early issues in 1841. Gilbert Abbott à Beckett was one of the original staff members for "Punch." One of the Victorian era's..... READ MORE about THE COMIC HISTORY OF ROME
Price: $1,250.00 Order nr. 94242
N.P. The Regents of the University of California, 1982. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 48 pages. A checklist of Gill's works, posters and one-page job printings omitted, and a lengthy introduction by James Davis. With a list of works typeset by Hague and Gill but printed elsewhere, and a chronology. Illustrated with devices by Gill. READ MORE about PRINTED BY HAGUE AND GILL, A CHECKLIST PREPARED IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE EXHIBIT "A...
Price: $12.00 Order nr. 47250
Edited and Completed by T.S.R. Boase.
New Haven: Yale University Press, 1975. small 4to. cloth, dust jacket. xiv, 120 pages followed by 45 plates. Edited and Completed by T.S.R. Boase. First U.S. edition. Near fine in near fine jacket. Biographical dictionary of 263 artists with listing of the most important books that each artist illustrated. From the private reference library of Dorothy Sloan with a commemorative bookplate loosely inserted. READ MORE about BOOK ILLUSTRATORS IN EIGHTEENTH-CENTURY ENGLAND
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 19715
New York: New York University Press, 1971. small 4to. cloth, dust jacket. xii, 240 pages and with 76 illustrations. First U.S. edition. Includes the work of Bruegel, Hogarth, Gillray, Cruikshank, Thackeray and Phiz. Jacket rubbed and chipped with small tears. Old price sticker on front pastedown. READ MORE about VICTORIAN NOVELISTS AND THEIR ILLUSTRATORS
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 9070
Reprinted from the Revised Version of the Apocrypha with an Introduction by Montague R. James; colour plates after drawings by W. Russell Flint.
London: The Haymarket Press, 1929. small 4to. original limp vellum lettered in gilt with cloth ties, top edge gilt. 47 pages. Reprinted from the Revised Version of the Apocrypha with an Introduction by Montague R. James; colour plates after drawings by W. Russell Flint. Printed in an edition limited to 100 numbered copies. The separate folder with four loose prints is present, as well as the scarce slipcase. Aside from minor wear to the slipcase..... READ MORE about THE BOOK OF TOBIT AND THE HISTORY OF SUSANNA
Price: $900.00 Order nr. 59015
Reprinted from the Revised Version of the Apocrypha with an Introduction by Montague R. James; colour plates after drawings by W. Russell Flint
London: The Haymarket Press, 1928. small 4to. original limp vellum lettered in gilt with cloth ties, top edge gilt, paper covered boards slipcase. xviii, 50 pages, plus a separate folder with four prints. Reprinted from the Revised Version of the Apocrypha with an Introduction by Montague R. James; colour plates after drawings by W. Russell Flint. Printed in an edition limited to 100 numbered copies, this copy signed by the artist, though uncalled for in..... READ MORE about JUDITH
Price: $500.00 Order nr. 137244
Evanston, IL: Hesterberg Press, 2008. large 8vo. cloth. (i), 69 pages, ii, (iii). The Blocks Revisited & Rediscovered documents the fascinating story of Thomas Bewick's personal blocks and their historic journey to Chicago in 1942. Many of these blocks found new homes quickly in the Midwest and across America, while others became well-travelled, eventually making their way back to England. The whereabouts of these blocks and their movements over the years have raised questions and..... READ MORE about THOMAS BEWICK: THE BLOCKS REVISITED & REDISCOVERED
Price: $300.00 Order nr. 101433
London: Victoria & Albert Museum, (1985). small 4to. stiff paper wrappers. 379+(1) pages. Preface by Duncan Haldane followed by introduction by Hogben. Filled with illustrations including many in color. Important exhibition. A fine copy. From the private reference library of Dorothy Sloan with a commemorative bookplate loosely inserted. READ MORE about FROM MANET TO HOCKNEY, MODERN ARTISTS' ILLUSTRATED BOOKS
Price: $25.00 Order nr. 57683
London: Studio, n.d. 8vo. cloth spine, paper-covered boards. (iv), 96 pages. This is a simple art appreciation book for children with large print and fairly simple text. The pictures progress from simple to complex with many tipped-in examples as well as those printed on the pages. Some color. Spine of the book a little faded. Dust jacket is worn with some paper loss at the corners and heel of spine, closed tear upper front panel..... READ MORE about THE CHILDREN'S ART BOOK
Price: $25.00 Order nr. 89378
London: Constable, (1936). 8vo. cloth. xviii, 404 pages. First edition. Experiences with the Vale Press, Rivingtons, the Ballantyne Press, John C. Nimmo, the Slade professorship, National Portrait Gallery, etc. Bookplate. READ MORE about SELF & PARTNERS (MOSTLY SELF), BEING THE REMINISCENCES OF C.J. HOLMES
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 21651
Stroud: Catalpa Press, 1983. 4to. cloth. 157, (6) pages. First edition. Volume 1 in The Artist and the Critic Series. The spirited, prolific career of Laurence Housman (1865-1959) was that of one of the most enigmatic, talented, skillful polymaths of the late-Victorian period. His drawings of fairies and elegant, Pre-Raphaelite women were admired for their evocative, atmospheric qualities, while his critics dismissed them as borrowed from William Blake, William Morris and the more devilish aspects..... READ MORE about LAURENCE HOUSMAN
Price: $35.00 Order nr. 25738
London: The Studio Ltd., 1937. small 4to. library buckram. 48 pages followed by 24 explanatory leaves and 24 tipped-in full color plates. First edition. Exlibris with evidence of a card catalogue removed from rear free endpaper. Sections on The Apocalypse, The Bestiary, The Psalter, the Illuminator and how he worked, the Patrons, Pigments and Mediums, etc. The color plates are very well produced. READ MORE about TREASURES OF ILLUMINATION, ENGLISH MANUSCRIPTS OF THE FOURTEENTH CENTU RY (C.1250 TO 1400
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 122833
New York: George Braziller Inc, (1981). small 4to. softcover. 119+(1) pages. First U.S. edition. A fine copy. This is the first comprehensive selection in color of manuscripts from 1200 to 1500, the richest period of English Gothic manuscript painting, covering the centuries of the luxurious personal psalters and Books of Hours. The volume includes forty color plates, each faced by a detailed commentary, and an introduction with black-and-white photographs. READ MORE about THE GOLDEN AGE OF ENGLISH MANUSCRIPT PAINTING, 1200-1500
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 93530
New York: George Braziller, (1977). 4to. stiff paper wrappers. 126 pages. First edition. Filled with full color illustrations. A fine copy. READ MORE about CELTIC AND ANGLO-SAXON PAINTING, BOOK ILLUMINATION IN THE BRITISH ISLE
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 19508
London, England: The Fine Art Society, 1965. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. (16) pages. Checklist of an exhibition at the Fine Art Society. 206 entries. Index of artists. Wrappers slightly bent at edges. READ MORE about SOME BRITISH ILLUSTRATORS: WATER-COLOURS AND DRAWINGS FROM 1840
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 124389
Oldham, England: Incline Press, 2023. small 8vo. handmade paper wrappers, cord-tied. unpaginated. Privately printed in an edition of 160 copies. A fine copy. From the artist: If you were to triangulate Macclesfield, Whaley Bridge, and Buxton, high in the hills of the Peak District, among old farming countryside with more than a few derelict farmsteads, youd find Jenkin Chapel near Thursbitch. As a landscape there is little for humans beyond long walks and drives on..... READ MORE about NEAR THURSBITCH
Price: $75.00 Order nr. 138616
Headington, Oxford: Inky Parrot Press, 1984. small 4to. decorated paper-covered boards, decorated paper-covered slipcase. (ii), 32 pages. Limited to 360 copies, including 160 hardbound in slipcases, of which latter group this is one. Signed on colophon by author and illustrator. 15 poems associated with the Durham mining, or ex-mining, village of Langley, the place of residence of the author. With drawings and a linocut by Annie Newnham. The linocut illustration (a mining scene on dark..... READ MORE about BLACK GRATE POEMS
Price: $32.50 Order nr. 52560
London: The King Penguin Books, 1947. 12mo. decorated boards. 88 pages. First edition. Covers lightly rubbed, else a near fine copy. Profusely illustrated including seven in color. READ MORE about ENGLISH BOOK ILLUSTRATION, 1800-1900
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 17395
London: C.E.M.A., 1943. small 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 28 pages. First edition. Exhibition catalogue for the C.E.M.A. listing 144 illustrations. Includes a 16 page introduction by James Phillip discussing illustration and decoration, the history of book illustration, technical terms, the autographic processes, and the photographic processes. Also present is a four page Supplement to the catalogue. Covers soiled and spotted along hinge. Tear along spine. READ MORE about ENGLISH BOOK ILLUSTRATION SINCE 1800
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 123887
Pinner, Middlesex: Private Libraries Association, 1995. tall 8vo. cloth. xvi, 256 pages. According to Broomhead, during the 19th century, a growing demand for books, resulting from wider general education and an increasing interest in antiquarian pursuits by the leisured classes, was met by the inventive genius of the period, which was able to develop new processes and machines for speedier and cheaper book production. Book illustration was an area where new techniques were widely employed..... READ MORE about THE BOOK ILLUSTRATIONS OF ORLANDO JEWITT
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 44059
London: Oxford University Press, 1962. square 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. (vi), 50 pages. First edition. Biography of this artist wood-engraver who "specialized in Gothic architecture." Includes a selection of his engravings and drawings. READ MORE about ORLANDO JEWITT
Price: $12.00 Order nr. 15726
Providence: Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design, 1979. 4to. cloth, dust jacket. 240 pages. First edition. catalogue for the exhibition of artists such as Beardsley, Brangwyn, Burne-Jones, Cruikshank, Dulac, Greenaway and Rackham. Short biographies and hundreds of illustrations, many in full color. Jacket soiled and chipped along edges. READ MORE about FANTASTIC ILLUSTRATION AND DESIGN IN BRITAIN, 1850-1930
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 25115
