N.P. WVU Typography Lab, 1967. small 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. (8) pages. Short discussion with illustrations. READ MORE about MR. CURRIER AND MR. IVES, AMERICAN PRINTMAKERS
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 26356
Los Angeles: University of California, 1988. 8vo. stiff wrappers. 127 +(1) pages and 25 plates. First edition. Examples of late medieval or renaissance artists at work in a collection of early printed books. The authors suggest that it was the cartolai or paper dealers, who, in the first twenty-five or so years of Italian printing, were instrumental in the hand-finishing and decoration of printed books. With color frontis and twenty-five black-and-white plates following text. READ MORE about CARTOLAI, ILLUMINATORS, AND PRINTERS IN FIFTEENTH-CENTURY ITALY: THE EVIDENCE OF THE RIPOLI PRESS
Price: $35.00 Order nr. 62719
New Castle, DE: Oak Knoll Books, 1992. 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. xii, 108, (2) pages. For 350 years from the fifteenth century to the beginning of the nineteenth century, the methods and equipment of printing changed remarkably little. Decade after decade, the essential techniques of punch, matrix, type mould and handset type remained unaltered. The printing press continued with perhaps only one improvement of consequence. Then the nineteenth century brought the technology of iron working..... READ MORE about AMERICAN IRON HAND PRESSES
Price: $17.00 Order nr. 34755
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
Price: $45.00 Order nr. 108197
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
Price: $5.00 Order nr. 92646
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
Price: $5.00 Order nr. 103833
Chicago: Frederick J. Drake and Co., 1917. oblong small 8vo. cloth. (92) leaves. New and enlarged edition (from 1910 first). Designs of various types produced by various methods, many showing a strong Art Nouveau influence. Includes air brush designs, ornaments and vignettes, floral motifs, scrolls, ribbons, borders and frames, alphabets, etc., along with samples of advertisements composed using these various elements. Many items in color. The authors were associated at the time with the "Detroit..... READ MORE about STRONG'S BOOK OF DESIGNS,A MASTERPIECE OF MODERN ORNAMENTAL ART COMPRI
Price: $250.00 Order nr. 51025
Wisconsin: University of Wisconsin Press, (1984). 4to. cloth, dust jacket. x, 334 pages. First edition. A study of the birth, growth and development of printmaking in America from its origins in the late nineteenth century to the eighties. Includes coverage of Joseph Pennell, John Sloan, etc. Well-illustrated. READ MORE about AMERICAN PRINTMAKING, A CENTURY OF AMERICAN PRINTMAKING 1880-1980
Price: $55.00 Order nr. 25069
Boston: The Colonial Society of Massachusetts, (1973). 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. xxv, 294 pages. Proceedings of a conference. Foreword by Whitehill and Sinclair Hitchings followed by eight essays on various aspects of the subject. Well illustrated. Minor rubbing of jacket. READ MORE about BOSTON PRINTS AND PRINTMAKERS, 1670-1775
Price: $35.00 Order nr. 33669
2 volumes.
New York, NY: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1921. 4to. quarter cloth, paper-covered boards, paper spine labels. xiv, 267+(1); x, 269-518 pages. 2 volumes. First edition (Reed and Reed 12-13). A study of the life of American/English artist and illustrator Edwin Austin Abbey (1852-1911). Preface. Both volumes with table of contents and list of illustrations. Frontispiece in both volumes and black and white illustrations throughout. Index at conclusion of Volume II. Covers rubbed at bottom corners. Front..... READ MORE about EDWIN AUSTIN ABBEY ROYAL ACADEMICIAN, THE RECORD OF HIS LIFE AND WORK
Price: $175.00 Order nr. 121317
Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1940. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. (44) pages. Limited to 200 copies. Six page history of Anderson followed by 14 reproductions of Anderson's work after Bewick printed from the actual blocks in the possession of Helen M. Knubel. READ MORE about ALEXANDER ANDERSON, HIS TRIBUTE TO THE WOOD-ENGRAVING OF THOMAS BEWICK
Price: $65.00 Order nr. 16710
New York: Huxley House, 1953. thin 8vo. boards. (44) pages. Illustrated with engravings by Alexander Anderson, the father of white-line wood engraving in America. Huxley House was a design firm. Covers soiled. READ MORE about HUXLEY HOUSE ALMANAC FOR 1953
Price: $25.00 Order nr. 31812
New Castle, DE and Worcester, MA: Oak Knoll Press and the American Antiquarian Society, 2005. 8.5 x 11 inches. hardcover, slipcase. 2600 pages. First Edition. This three volume, comprehensive bibliography focuses on the important American wood engraver, Alexander Anderson (1775-1870). The author has selected over 1,000 of Anderson's engravings to illustrate this major bibliography. This work begins with a well written and researched biography of Anderson. There are over 2,322 entries. By the early nineteenth..... READ MORE about ALEXANDER ANDERSON, 1775-1870, WOOD ENGRAVER AND ILLUSTRATOR, AN ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY
Price: $350.00 Order nr. 88121
In Fine Print, Vol. 9, No.1, January 1983. pp.27-29. Illustrated.
In Fine Print, Vol. 9, No.1, January 1983. pp.27-29. Illustrated. With color reproductions of some of his illustrations on the front cover. READ MORE about FINE PRINT, A REVIEW FOR THE ARTS OF THE BOOK. VOLUME 9, NUMBER 1
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 22193
New York: The Golden Cross Press, 1937. tall 12mo. boards. (8) pages. Limited to 100 copies printed at the Timothy Press of Meriden, Connecticut for Valenti Angelo. With title page decoration and initial hand illuminated by Angelo (Angelo Biblio. p.76). Paper covering cracked along hinges. Bookplate. Endpapers and pastedowns spotted. READ MORE about COME OVER AND STAY TILL DOMESDAY, FROM THE CLOISTER AND THE HEARTH
Price: $30.00 Order nr. 94373
Berkeley, CA: Archetype Press, 1939. folio. cloth with printed design on front cover. 19+(1) pages. Limited to 105 copies, set up and printed on a handpress by Wilder Bentley ("and his faithful spouse, Ellen") on dampened Strathmore Wayside Text for at The Archetype Press in Euclid Court, Berkeley, Ca and issued for private distribution among members of The Arts Club & their friends. Printed in "a bastard version" of Caslon Oldface italic and Goudy Modern..... READ MORE about N'EN PARLONS PLUS!, EXCERPTS FROM DIVERS PAPERS & CHRONICLES OF THE ARTS CLUB, 1937-1938
Price: $250.00 Order nr. 62298
Chicago, IL: A.C. McClurg and Co., 1899. 16mo. cloth, spine and front cover gilt-stamped. 235, (3) pages. First edition. Illustrated by Helen Maitland Armstrong. Author's note, table of contents, list of illustrations, list of other works by the author. Frontispiece and eleven black and white plates. Ex library copy. Boards soiled and scuffed and rubbed at edges. Bookplate on front pastedown. Previous owner's name on front free endpaper. READ MORE about TALES OF AN OLD CHÂTEAU
Price: $35.00 Order nr. 119125
New York: Christie, Manson & Woods, 1993. small 4to. cloth. 79, (9) pages. Auction sale of the collections of Dr. Evan Morton Evans and his son and the American Foundation Trust. With colored plates. READ MORE about JOHN JAMES AUDUBON AND HIS CIRCLE
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 41684
New York: Christie, Manson & Woods, 1992. small 4to. cloth. 53, (7) pages. Auction sale with colored plates. Prices realized loosley inserted. Also priced with some comments in the margin. READ MORE about JOHN JAMES AUDUBON, THE BIRDS OF AMERICA AND OTHER IMPORTANT PRINTED BOOKS BY AUDUBON, MARK...
Price: $30.00 Order nr. 41685
New York: Christie, Manson, Woods, 1982. small 4to. stiff paper wrappers. xv page introduction followed by auction catalogue. Detailed descriptions of Audubon plates with illustrations throughout including a number in color. Prices realized stapled to first leaf. READ MORE about JOHN JAMES AUDUBON, THE BIRDS OF AMERICA, THE PROPERTY OF THE DELAWARE ART MUSEUM, GIFT OF...
Price: $25.00 Order nr. 41686
With a Foreword by George Plimpton & Etching and Drawings by Randy Jones.
Barre, MA: Imprint Society, 1972. 8vo. quarter leather, patterned paper-covered boards, all edges speckled, paper-covered slipcase. xvi, 136 pages. With a Foreword by George Plimpton & Etching and Drawings by Randy Jones. Limited to an edition of 1950 copies, this being out of series. It is signed by illustrator Randy Jones, whose bawdy pen-and-ink drawings are scattered through the book. Original etching has been laid-in. Text is usually attributed to Jonathan Badcock, one of the..... READ MORE about SELECTIONS FROM THE FANCY; OR TRUE SPORTSMAN'S GUIDE BY AN OPERATOR
Price: $30.00 Order nr. 93975
N.P. Printed for the Typophiles by the Spiral Press, (1965). 12mo. paper wrappers. (10) pages. Typophile Monograph no.78. READ MORE about LEONARD BASKIN'S SPEECH OF ACCEPTANCE ON RECEIVING THE MEDAL OF THE AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF GRAPHIC...
Price: $17.50 Order nr. 19956
Philadelphia: Beck Engraving Co., n.d. (circa 1929). 4to. paper covered boards. (16) pages. One page of text followed by examples of the gravure work executed by Beck. Beautiful cover printed in silver and dark blue against a light blue background. Near fine, lacking slipcase. READ MORE about BECK GRAVURE
Price: $30.00 Order nr. 41222
New York, NY: Pierre Beres, 1941-2. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 56 pages. Beres catalogue No. 6, 171 items. Introductory note, index of illustrations, general index. Black and white illustrations. Pencil notations on front cover. READ MORE about ILLUSTRATED BOOKS FROM THE 16TH TO THE 20TH CENTURY
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 131753
New York, NY: Pierre Beres, 1946. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 32 pages. Beres catalog No. 12. Index of authors. A catalogue of French books noted for illstrations. Black and white illustrations. READ MORE about MODERN FRENCH ILLUSTRATED BOOKS
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 131752
