Hockessin: The Holly Press, n.d. 12mo. stiff paper wrappers, plastic spiral binding at top. Not paginated. Illustrations of mail boxes for Rural Free Delivery boxes. One page foreword by Sawin.READ MORE about RFD, COUNTRYSIDE ART
Ravensburg: Otto Maier, 1969. 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. ix, 421+(1) pages. Text in German. A collection of essays on book-art in western and central Europe and the United States in the 19th and 20th centuries. Introduction by the editor. Black and white plates accompany each essay. Index.READ MORE about INTERNATIONALE BUCHKUNST IM 19. UM 20. JAHRHUNDERT
2 Volumes
New Castle, Delaware: Oak Knoll Press, 2009. 9 x 12 inches. 2 volumes, hardcover with slipcase. 846 pages. 2 Volumes. A SIGNED COPY BY THE AUTHOR OF THIS LOVELY BOOK First edition. Frank E. Schoonover (1877-1972) is recognized as one of the foremost illustrators of his time. His prolific contribution to American illustration spanned more than 40 years and included more than 2200 illustrations. His work appeared in most of the popular periodicals in the..... READ MORE about FRANK E. SCHOONOVER CATALOGUE RAISONNE
Illustrated by Frank E. Schoonover
New York: The Hampton Publishing Company, n.d. (circa 1925). 8vo. red cloth with color plate front cover and gilt titles. (v), 399+(1) pages. Illustrated by Frank E. Schoonover. The exterior of this copy shows moderate wear and soiling. The cover portrait of Washington is rubbed slightly, but still enjoyable. Inside are 6 more color plates by Schoonover. The leaves show scattered light foxing, minor soiling, and one 2-inch-long closed tear.READ MORE about WASHINGTON
Philadelphia, PA: The Penn Publishing Company, 1925. 8vo. cloth, illustration inlaid on front cover, illustrated endpapers, in box with illustrated cover. 399+(1) pages. First edition (Schoonover, Smith, and Dean 1274, 1276-7, 1277a-o, 1289, 1296al-ar, 1301, 1315-1318). Presentation by illustrator Frank E. Schoonover on front free endpaper with a two inch sketch of a man in a canoe. Preface by the author, table of contents, list of illustrations. Cover inlay, endpapers, frontispiece, chapter headers, and seven..... READ MORE about WASHINGTON
2 Volumes
New Castle, Delaware: Oak Knoll Press, 2009. 9 x 12 inches. 2 volumes, hardcover with slipcase. 846 pages. 2 Volumes. First edition. Frank E. Schoonover (1877-1972) is recognized as one of the foremost illustrators of his time. His prolific contribution to American illustration spanned more than 40 years and included more than 2200 illustrations. His work appeared in most of the popular periodicals in the first half of the twentieth century, including Harpers, Scribner's, Saturday..... READ MORE about FRANK E. SCHOONOVER CATALOGUE RAISONNE
Philadelphia: Penn Publishing Company, 1917. large 8vo. cloth, gilt lettering and decoration, front pastedown, tissue guards. (iv), 332 pages. First edition. Eight color illustrations, a map, endpapers and front pastedown by Frank Schoonover. The story of the conquest of Mexico by the Spanish. Occasional foxing. Previous owner's name on free front endpaper. Lettering nearly worn off spine and upper part of the front board.READ MORE about WITH CORTES THE CONQUEROR
Philadelphia: Penn Publishing Company, 1917. large 8vo. cloth, gilt lettering and decoration, front pastedown, tissue guards. (iv), 332 pages. First edition. Eight color illustrations, a map, endpapers and front pastedown by Frank Schoonover. The story of the conquest of Mexico by the Spanish. Covers rubbed with part of white ink rubbed away and scratches in front cover. Wear at spine ends and corners. Some ink scribbling in corner of free endpaper.READ MORE about WITH CORTES THE CONQUEROR
New York: Watson- Guptill Publications, (1976). 4to. cloth, dust jacket. 208 pages. First edition. With 48 color plates and 150 black and white illustrations. Includes a chronology and an index. Ink inscription on front pastedown.READ MORE about FRANK SCHOONOVER, ILLUSTRATOR OF THE NORTH AMERICAN FRONTIER
San Marino, CA: Henry E. Huntington Library and Art Gallery, 1968. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. (viii), 87+(1) pages. This booklet gives a general survey of the manuscripts owned by the Huntington Library. Preface by Robert O. Dougan. The collection contains books and documents from England and America about literature and history. The booklet includes sixteen photographs of manuscripts in the collection, as well as descriptions of items of special interest. Minor shelf wear.READ MORE about TEN CENTURIES OF MANUSCRIPTS IN THE HUNTINGTON LIBRARY
New York: Castle Books for Simon & Schuster, (1994). oblong 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. ix, (iii), 177 pages. A collection of 118 of the most impressive contemporary prints, drawings, maps, and portraits, which complement descriptions of the battles and engagements of the French and Indian War. It was considered the bloodiest conflict fought on American soil in the eighteenth century. Spine of jacket faded, else fine.From the private reference library of Dorothy Sloan with a...... READ MORE about THE FRENCH AND INDIAN WAR 1754-1763
Washington: Museum of Graphic Art, (1969). small 4to. cloth, dust jacket. 180 pages. First edition. Covers the period 1670 to 1820. With 115 prints reproduced and much in the way of biographical information for the collector and dealer. Near fine in near fine dust jacket.From the private reference library of Dorothy Sloan with a commemorative bookplate loosely inserted.READ MORE about AMERICAN PRINTMAKING, THE FIRST 150 YEARS
Washington: Museum of Graphic Art, (1969). small 4to. stiff paper wrappers. 180 pages. First edition. Covers the period 1670 to 1820. With 115 prints reproduced and much in the way of biographical information for the collector and dealer. Price tag removed from corner of front cover.READ MORE about AMERICAN PRINTMAKING, THE FIRST 150 YEARS
Boston: Boston University, 1924. 12mo. cloth. (v), 14 pages. A short biography of this businessman. Smith and his brothers ran a lithographic printing firm for a period of time. Paper covering on spine chipped. Bookplate.READ MORE about BENJAMIN F. SMITH, A STORY OF ACHIEVEMENT
Decorah, IA: Solmentes Press, 2020. 8.5 x 5.5 inches. pastepaper boards, with a leather spine, presented in a cloth-covered drop-back box. 60 pages. First edition limited to 35 copies (although '40 copies' is stated on the limitation page), of which this is one of thirty regular copies. The book comes with a metallic paper inserted into a paper folder which is used to help read the poem. In Lewis Carroll's Through the Looking Glass, Alice..... READ MORE about JABBERWOCKY
(Brattleboro, VT): McPherson, 1983. large 12mo. stiff paper wrappers. (v), 89+(1) pages. Printed in an edition limited to 750 copies in lusterkote covers. Designed by Bruce McPherson and printed on Mohawk Superfine paper. Founded and operated from 1964 to 1974 by Richard C. (Dick) Higgins, a member of the Fluxus group in New York and a student of John Cage, this was one of the first publishing houses to devote itself to "artists' books"--integral artworks..... READ MORE about SOMETHING ELSE PRESS, AN ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY
Drawings by Samuel Ward Stanton.
(Upper Montclair, NJ: H. Kneeland Whiting, n.d. (circa 1966). oblong 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 48 pages. Drawings by Samuel Ward Stanton. B2-1939. Part of the American Staem Vessels Series (No.4 in the series) with drawings by Stanton. Foreword by Alexander Crosby Brown and introduction by Robert H. Burgess. Includes a number of ships build in Wilmington. Printed at The Stinehour Press.READ MORE about STEAM VESSELS OF CHESAPEAKE AND DELAWARE RIVER BAYS AND RIVERS
N.P. n.p., 1940-1950. 8vo. unbound. variously paginated. A collection of brochures relating to exhibitions relating to graphic artist and teacher Hugo Steiner-Prag. Includes: 1. Biographical sketch by Renata von Stoephasius (two copies). 2. Lecture invitation March 8, 1944. 3. Brochures relating to exhibition at Nationalmuseum, Stockholm, 10-26 May, 1940 (xeroxed). 4. Brochure relating to an exhibition at Natiionalmuseum, Stockholm, 26 April-18 May, 1941 (xeroxed). 5. Brochure relating to exhibition at Klingspor Museum, Offenbach am Main..... READ MORE about Brochures about exhibitions relating to Hugo Steiner-Prag
(Philadelphia: Edward Stern & Co., n.d. 32mo. cards. unpaginated. A selection of four specimen/trade cards released by Philadelphia printing firm Edward Stern & Co. Include illustrations by Alfred Hutty (1877-1954), Troy Kinney (1871-1938), John Taylor Arms (1887-1953) and one anonymous. Edward Stern & Co. was established by brothers Edward, Harry F. and Simon in 1871 (Library Company of Philadelphia catalogue entry). Each card mentions the artist's name (when known) and the statement "SPECIMEN Reduced Size,"..... READ MORE about SPECIMEN/TRADE CARDS FOR BOOK OF ETCHINGS
Roslyn, NY: Stone House Press, (1985). 8vo. quarter cloth with printed paper-covered boards. xvi, 105+(1) pages. Printed in an edition limited to 165 copies, signed by Jon Cornin. (Brody, pp. 76-77). With wood engravings by Zena Kavin.READ MORE about PAINTER'S CREDO, SELECTED NOTES. WITH SKETCHES BY THE AUTHOR
With an introduction by M. A. Gelfand.
New York: Stone House Press, 1988. 8vo. quarter cloth with patterned paper over boards. (viii), 127 pages. With an introduction by M. A. Gelfand. Limited to 200 signed and numbered copies, of which this is one of the 155 copies for sale. This copy is signed by the Digbys, DePol, and Gelfand. Contains sixty wood engravings executed by DePol since 1982 for the books, broadsides, keepsakes and other ephemera produced by the Stone House Press..... READ MORE about JOHN DEPOL, FROM DARK TO LIGHT, WOOD ENGRAVINGS FOR THE STONE HOUSE PRESS
Illustrated by John De Pol.
New York: Stone House Press, The, 1986. 8vo. quarter cloth with patterned papers over boards. xv, 109 pages. Illustrated by John De Pol. Limited to 185 signed and numbered copies, of which 140 copies are for sale. Contains essays and poems about Bryant by twenty present day American poets. Illustrated with 17 De Pol wood engravings.READ MORE about UNDER OPEN SKY, POETS ON WILLIAM CULLEN BRYANT