Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 1932. small 8vo. boards, paper cover label. (32) pages. First edition, second printing. With a frontispiece view of houses in New Castle and 14 other reproductions of prints of famous New Castle buildings. Spine shows fading. READ MORE about NEW CASTLE SKETCHES. Drawings by Albert Kruse. Notes by Gertrude Kruse
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 29721
Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania, 1932. small 8vo. boards, dust jacket. (32) pages. B1-4499. First edition. With a frontispiece view of houses in New Castle and 14 other reproductions of prints of famous New Castle buildings. From the library of Margaret Janvier and dated 1933 and containing a number of annotations. Signed by Albert Kruse on half-title. Jacket foxed with tears along edges. READ MORE about NEW CASTLE SKETCHES. Drawings by Albert Kruse. Notes by Gertrude Kruse
Price: $30.00 Order nr. 66090
The story of Don Cristóbal Colón, Admiral of the Ocean, and his four voyages westward to the Indies according to contemporary sources
New York: Macmillan Company, (1966). 4to. leatherette, slipcase with illustration of Columbus tipped-in, endpapers printed with facsimile of letter from Columbus about his discovery. 207+(1) pages. The story of Don Cristóbal Colón, Admiral of the Ocean, and his four voyages westward to the Indies according to contemporary sources. Extensively illustrated account of Columbus' life and the voyages that made him famous. Translated from the original Swedish by Michael Phillips and Hugh W. Stubbs. Minor crack..... READ MORE about COLUMBUS
Price: $45.00 Order nr. 92367
Los Angeles: University of California, (1986). 4to. stiff paper wrappers. 44 pages. Many illustrations in color. READ MORE about CONTEMPORARY DANISH BOOK ART. HELGE ERNST - ILLUSTRATOR; POUL KRISTENSEN - PRINTER; OLE OLSEN -...
Price: $10.00 save 20% $8.00 Order nr. 33489
New York: American Printing History Association, 1997. tall 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. vi, 181+(1) pages. D.B.U and R.R. prints for the first time extracts from the important correspondence between these major figures of American graphic arts, revealing a little-known closeness between the Merrymount Press fine printer Updike and the artist Ruzicka. The two men collaborated on a number of important books, including Newark and the Grolier Club's Irving, as well the exquisite series of Merrymount..... READ MORE about D.B.U. AND R.R.: SELECTED EXTRACTS FROM CORRESPONDENCE BETWEEN DANIEL BERKELEY UPDIKE AND RUDOLPH...
Price: $50.00 Order nr. 97458
Chicago: American Photo-engravers Assoc. 1947. 8vo. cloth-backed boards, paper cover label. ix, 124 pages. First edition. Guide to the pricing of photo-engraving work. Covers soiled. Ink inscription on free endpaper. READ MORE about STANDARD SCALE IN THEORY AND PRACTICE
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 9401
Boston: Estes and Lauriat, 1882. 4to. later cloth. x, 71+(1) pages followed by one printed leaf and 15 blank pages. First edition, limited to 1000 numbered copies signed by the author. With 20 full-page plates reproducing woodcuts from such artists as Anderson, Linton, Cole, Kruell, Closson and others. The text is followed by a page printed in red ink which states that extra blank pages have been bound in that can be used to mount... READ MORE about THE HISTORY OF WOOD-ENGRAVING IN AMERICA
Price: $155.00 Order nr. 98639
Boston: Lee and Shepard, 1879. small 8vo. original cloth. (viii), 91 pages. First edition. Contains a number of woodcuts in the text. With the bookplate and pencil signature of Gavin Bridson. Small ink stamp of "E.F. Smith Collection" on copyright page. Worn spot along front hinge. READ MORE about SOME PRACTICAL HINTS ON WOOD-ENGRAVING FOR THE INSTRUCTION OF REVIEWERS AND THE PUBLIC
Price: $175.00 Order nr. 22917
Edited by Miss Jeannette Eckman.
N.P. Delaware State Society, Daughters of the American Revolution, 1963. 4to. cloth, dust jacket. (xiv), 109 pages. Edited by Miss Jeannette Eckman. B2-123. With a foreword by John Munroe. This series of pen-and-ink illustrations of historic buildings accompanied by text originally appeared in the Wilmington Journal-Every Evening. Jacket chipped. and faded. READ MORE about HISTORIC LANDMARKS OF DELAWARE AND THE EASTERN SHORE
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 28786
Edited by Miss Jeannette Eckman.
N.P. Delaware State Society, Daughters of the American Revolution, 1963. 4to. cloth, dust jacket. (xiv), 109 pages. Edited by Miss Jeannette Eckman. B2-123. With a foreword by John Munroe. This series of pen-and-ink illustrations of historic buildings accompanied by text originally appeared in the Wilmington Journal-Every Evening. Signed by Macdonald. Covers slightly rubbed. READ MORE about HISTORIC LANDMARKS OF DELAWARE AND THE EASTERN SHORE
Price: $35.00 Order nr. 29752
Edited by Agnes Nolan.
N.P. Delaware State Society, Daughters of the American Revolution, 1976. 4to. cloth, dust jacket. (xiv), 110 pages. Edited by Agnes Nolan. Third edition. B2-123 for first edition. With a foreword by John Munroe. Also has a one page note on this Bicentennial Edition. This series of pen-and-ink illustrations of historic buildings accompanied by text originally appeared in the Wilmington Journal-Every Evening. READ MORE about HISTORIC LANDMARKS OF DELAWARE AND THE EASTERN SHORE
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 68692
Edited by Agnes Nolan.
N.P. Delaware State Society, Daughters of the American Revolution, 1976. 4to. cloth, dust jacket. (xiv), 110 pages. Edited by Agnes Nolan. Second edition. B2-123 for first edition. With a foreword by John Munroe. Also has a one page note on this Bicentennial Edition. This series of pen-and-ink illustrations of historic buildings accompanied by text originally appeared in the Wilmington Journal-Every Evening. Jacket rubbed with small tears. READ MORE about HISTORIC LANDMARKS OF DELAWARE AND THE EASTERN SHORE
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 109949
Edited by Miss Jeannette Eckman.
N.P. Delaware State Society, Daughters of the American Revolution, 1963. 4to. cloth, dust jacket. (xiv), 109 pages. Edited by Miss Jeannette Eckman. B2-123. First edition. With a foreword by John Munroe. This series of pen-and-ink illustrations of historic buildings accompanied by text originally appeared in the Wilmington Journal-Every Evening. Jacket chipped. and faded. READ MORE about HISTORIC LANDMARKS OF DELAWARE AND THE EASTERN SHORE
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 127800
New York: Crown Publishers, (1973). 4to. cloth, dust jacket. 183 pages. First edition. Study of popular prints in the United States accompanied by 195 illustrations including 47 in color. Jacket has hole in back cover and is soiled. READ MORE about POPULAR PRINTS OF THE AMERICAS
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 92889
San Francisco, CA: A.M. Robertson, 1912. 8vo. paper-covered boards, dust jacket. (x), 106 pages with 20 tipped-in plates. First edition. A meteorological primer for the weather patterns of San Francisco, concentrating on its clouds and fog. One color tipped-in plate and nineteen greytone tipped-in plates illustrate key cloud and weather patterns. The attractive paper-covered boards are gilt-stamped on the front cover with a beautiful flower design and the title. Some age-darkening and wear at the... READ MORE about THE CLOUDS AND FOGS OF SAN FRANCISCO
Price: $75.00 Order nr. 98416
Wood Engravings by Michael McCurdy.
Erin, Canada: The Porcupine's Quill, (1982). 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. Not paginated (over 100 pages). Wood Engravings by Michael McCurdy. First edition. Three page introduction by the artist followed by examples of his wood engravings often accompanied by a facing page describing the publishing history. READ MORE about TOWARD THE LIGHT
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 89769
Social and political Graphics since the Sixties
(London: Phaidon Press, 1993). large 4to. cloth, dust jacket. 240 pages. Social and political Graphics since the Sixties. Filled with color and black-and-white images. Visually stunning. READ MORE about GRAPHIC AGITATION
Price: $65.00 Order nr. 96340
New York, NY: Galahad Books, (1978). small folio. cloth, dust jacket. 311+(1) pages. Table of contents, acknowledgments, introduction, chronology, selected bibliography, index, photographic credits. Tipped-in frontispiece. Color and black and white illustrations throughout. Biiographical sketches with illustrations of noteworthy works by prominent American illustrators. READ MORE about AMERICA'S GREAT ILLUSTRATORS
Price: $55.00 Order nr. 120576
Philadelphia: J.P. Lipincott, n.d. 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. x, 227+(1) pages. Reprint of 1925 edition. (London: William Heinemann and New York: Doubleday, Page & Co.). See Latimore/Haskell Arthur Rackham: A Bibliography, 60. Illustrated by Rackham. Color frontispiece. Dust jacket torn at spine. Boards soiled. Back hinge cracked. Foxing on edges. Inscription on front free endpaper. READ MORE about WHERE THE BLUE BEGINS
Price: $125.00 Order nr. 108485
University of Tampa Press, 2007. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 73 pages. The founding of the Kelmscott Press by William Morris in the late 19th century reinvigorated the world of printing and book arts. Morris's exceptional skill as a designer and printer owed much to his careful study of printing and its history. His knowledge served him well when he wrote his seminal essays on the subject. Richard Mathews, the Director of the University of Tampa... READ MORE about THE IDEAL BOOK: THREE ESSAYS ON BOOKS AND PRINTING BY WILLIAM MORRIS / EDITED WITH AN...
Price: $14.00 Order nr. 116372
Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin Company, (1999). 4to. stiff paper wrappers. 32 pages. A Walter Lorraine book. Examines the use of newspaper illustrations in conveying news of the American Civil War. READ MORE about CIVIL WAR ARTIST
Price: $6.00 Order nr. 128482
New York: J.J. Augustin Publisher, (1938). tall 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. llxxiii pages. First U.S. edition. Translated by Paul Standard. Filled with woodcuts by Mueller meant to accompany his diary concerning his visit to the city. These illustrations are mostly done in one color but some are in black and green. Jacket chipped at bottom with small piece missing along back cover bottom. Foxing along gutters. READ MORE about WOODCUTS OF NEW YORK
Price: $95.00 Order nr. 31511
American Illustration of the 1840's and 1850's
Philadelphia: Library Company of Philadelphia, 1989. 4to. stiff paper wrappers. (ii), 30 pages. American Illustration of the 1840's and 1850's. Exhibition catalogue. With a postcard from the exhibition laid in. Black-and-white illustrations, bibliography. Wrappers soiled. READ MORE about NATURALLY FOND OF PICTURES
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 105488
Images of the Agricultural Landscape in England, 1780-1890
New Haven: Yale University Press, (1994). small 4to. cloth, dust jacket. xii, 219+(1) pages. Images of the Agricultural Landscape in England, 1780-1890. This book discusses the ideological uses of agricultural imagery during this period, exploring how and why the myth of rural contentment was perpetuated by these images and how images contrast with actual features of nineteenth-century rural life. Many black-and-white and color images. With the pencil signature of Gavin Bridson. READ MORE about TOIL AND PLENTY
Price: $35.00 Order nr. 98989
Hockesin: The Holly Press, (1977). oblong small 4to. stiff paper wrappers. vi, 71, (3) pages. First edition. Sketches by Nancy C. Sawin and text by Perkins. Introduction by Dorothy D. Robinson. READ MORE about BACKROADING THROUGH CECIL COUNTY, MARYLAND
Price: $25.00 Order nr. 72888
