N.P: (United States Bank Note Company, 1974). small 4to. paper folder enclosing a woodcut of Irving by John DePol. Part of a series issued by the company. READ MORE about WASHINGTON IRVING, 1783-1859
Price: $12.50 Order nr. 40485
New York: Harper & Row, Publishers, (1977). 4to. stiff paper wrappers. 134 pages. Printed in association with the Williams College Artist-in-Residence Program. The exhibition and catalogue of Jim Dine's prints were organized, designed and produced through the collaborative effort of the staff. It contains 236 entries with the prints, conversations with Jim Dine, a biography and a select bibliography. The front free endpaper is almost completely detached. READ MORE about JIM DINE PRINTS: 1970-1977
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 70360
Berkeley, CA: The Friends of the Bancroft Library, 1986. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 72 pages. No. 34 in a series of keepsakes issued by the Friends of the Bancroft Library for its membership. Preface and introduction by the compiler. From the private reference library of Dorothy Sloan with a commemorative bookplate loosely inserted. READ MORE about NINETEENTH CENTURY ILLUSTRATORS OF CALIFORNIA, SIGHTS & SCENES
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 136142
New Castle: Oak Knoll Press and the American Historical Print Collectors Society, 2008. 8.5 x 11 inches. cloth with dustjacket. 192 pages. As a copperplate engraver, Amos Doolittle (1754-1832) played an important role during the American colonies' war for independence and the early years of the new nation. He completed his apprenticeship in New Haven, Connecticut, around 1770 and continued to work actively in that city for over sixty years. His first known attempts are..... READ MORE about AMOS DOOLITTLE: ENGRAVER OF THE NEW REPUBLIC
Price: $65.00 Order nr. 93957
Washington: Library of Congress, 1949. small 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. (22) pages. With a three page introduction by Harry Richards. READ MORE about BOOKS DESIGNED & DIRECTED BY LESTER DOUGLAS, EXHIBITED AT THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 19527
Wilmington: du Pont, 1952. 4to. cloth, dust jacket. (vi), 138 pages. B1-2109. First edition. With a map of the Brandywine area drawn by Frank Schoonover as endpapers. An interesting company history. Jacket is chipped with pieces missing. READ MORE about DU PONT, THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF AN AMERICAN ENTERPRISE
Price: $5.00 Order nr. 28669
Wilmington: du Pont, 1952. 4to. cloth. (vi), 138 pages. B1-2109. First edition. With a map of the Brandywine area drawn by Frank Schoonover as endpapers. An interesting company history. READ MORE about DU PONT, THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF AN AMERICAN ENTERPRISE
Price: $5.00 Order nr. 29743
N.P. For the friends of William Gleason, Christmas 1938. 12mo. blue paper covered boards stamped in gilt. (ii), 32, (2) pages. A Christmas book issued by Gleason. The text is present in both French and English with translation by Frederic Chapman. Color frontispiece wood block by Fritz Eichenberg. Loosely inserted is the mailing label hand-addressed by Gleason to O.A. Dickman. READ MORE about OUR OADY'S JUGGLER, LE JONGLEUR DE NOTRE DAME
Price: $45.00 Order nr. 118924
New York: Spiral Press, 1952. tall 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. (8) pages. Limited to 2200 copies. With a wood-engraving by Fritz Eichenberg. READ MORE about THE FAITH AND HOPE OF AN AMERICAN
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 15897
York: The Maple Press Company, 1950. small 4to. cloth-backed boards, all edges gilt. x, 95+(1) pages. Limited to 1700 numbered copies. With illustrations by Fritz Eichenberg throughout. The Eighth Annual Keepsake Volume issued by this printing house. Some toning of covers. READ MORE about WITCH OF RAMOTH AND OTHER TALES
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 123200
Kingsport, TN: The Kingsport Press, (1944). 8vo. quarter cloth, decorated paper-covered boards; top edge cut, other edges uncut. xv+(i), 32, (4) pages. Limited to 1475 copies. Classic Benét work with an appreciation by Henry Seidel Canby and wood engravings by Fritz Eichenberg. From the text in The Selected Works of Stephen Vincent Benét (Farrar and Rinehart, 1939). Near fine. READ MORE about THE DEVIL AND DANIEL WEBSTER
Price: $12.00 Order nr. 112230
Madison, NJ: (Brayers Club, 1946). 12mo. marbled paper covers, paper cover label. 4 pages printed French-fold. Opuscule I issued by the Brayers Club of Madison, New Jersey. Hand-set in Bulmer. Contains a full page woodcut by Eichenberg. This particular copy is a mock draft by Ellis, with contributing labels from the Golden Hind Press. READ MORE about CACOETHES SCRIBENDI
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 133495
Washington: Library of Congress, 1977. small 4to. stiff paper wrappers. (32) pages. Introduction by Fern following illustrated catalogue. READ MORE about THEY MADE THEM LAUGH AND WINCE AND WORRY AND ... DRAWINGS FOR SIX AMERICAN MAGAZINES
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 26592
New York: Vincent FitzGerald, 1986. oblong 4to. blue-green silk over boards, lettered in orange, by Gérard Charriere, inserted in specially constructed black cloth clam-shell box with paper spine label. Unpaginated. Limited to only 40 numbered copies, all signed by the artist. Text and Linocuts by Mark Beard. 42 Handcolored linocuts pulled by Mark Beard and Marjorie Van Dyke at The Printmaking Workshop assisted by Zahra Partovi, George Osterman and Robbin Silverberg. 32 Japanese papers are..... READ MORE about THE UTAH READER
Price: $3,500.00 Order nr. 124120
St. Louis: The Pulitzer Publishing Company, (1947). 4to. Comb, stiff paper wrappers. (iii), 240+(1) pages. This book contains the entire collection of insightful yet somber political cartoons by the well-known illustrator Fitzpatrick. Creases and tears on edges. READ MORE about CARTOONS BY FITZPATRICK
Price: $35.00 Order nr. 96914
Washington, DC: (Judd & Detweiler), 1930. small 4to. cloth, title gilt-stamped on spine, illustration gilt-stamped on front cover, top edge gilt, slipcase. 158, (2) pages. Limited to 475 numbered copies, signed by illustrator Hans Foy on colophon. Slipcase lightly soiled. READ MORE about THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO ST. LUKE
Price: $75.00 Order nr. 119441
(San Francisco): Book Club of California, (1999). large 4to. half cloth with pictorial paper-covered boards, paper label on spine, slipcase. xi, (i), 156+(2) pages. Limited edition of 450 copies were printed for members of the Book Club of California, San Francisco. Elegantly designed by Jonathan Clark at The Artichoke Press. Antiquarian Colin Franklin explores the rich history of calligraphy, printing, and bookmaking in Japan; supplemented by examples from his extensive collection of Japenese books and..... READ MORE about EXPLORING JAPANESE BOOKS AND SCROLLS
Price: $200.00 Order nr. 73778
With a Foreword by Edward Craig and an Essay by Gordon Craig on Illustrations in General.
San Francisco: The Book Club of California, 1980. tall 12mo. cloth-backed boards. 89, (3) pages. With a Foreword by Edward Craig and an Essay by Gordon Craig on Illustrations in General. First edition, printed in an edition limited to 450 copies for the The Book Club of California. Near fine. From the private reference library of Dorothy Sloan with a commemorative bookplate loosely inserted. READ MORE about FOND OF PRINTING, GORDON CRAIG AS TYPOGRAPHER & ILLUSTRATOR
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 33940
New York: Young Scott Books, (1970). oblong 12mo. decorated cloth, dust jacket. unpaginated. First edition. (Toledano, A37a). Text by Neumeyer, illustrations by Gorey. Whimsical account of the earth's rotation and the reason for day and night. Dust jacket slightly soiled and small tear at top of spine. READ MORE about WHY WE HAVE DAY AND NIGHT
Price: $65.00 Order nr. 108697
Washington: GAE, 1947. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 31 pages. Special issue of this periodical. A series of articles on the education of printers and graphic designers. READ MORE about SILVER ANNIVERSARY ISSUE, 1922-1947
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 21750
Lexington, KY: The Gravesend Press, 1951. 12mo. pastepaper-covered boards, paper cover label. x, 16 pages. Limited to 500 copies. Designed by Joseph C. Graves and printed in the Printing Office of Philip Reed. With reproductions of woodcuts in brown ink taken from the collection of R. Hunter Middleton. Middleton made the paper for this book. Rubbed along edges. READ MORE about THOMAS BEWICK, 1753-1828, AN ESSAY. TO WHICH IS NOW ADDED: A LETTER FROM ENGLAND FROM ALYSE POWYS
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 128734
New York, NY: The Grolier Club, n.d., but 1965. 8vo. self paper wrappers. (16) pages. Handlist of an exhibition at the Grolier Club, New York, 1965-1966. Introduction. Cover features a drawing by Ben Shahn. READ MORE about AMERICAN ILLUSTRATED BOOKS 1945-1965
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 131639
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
Volumes 1 through 4 (of 14).
New York: The Anderson Galleries, 1916-1917. thick 8vo. later half leather with original paper wrappers bound-in. 95+(1); 63+(1); 154,(2); 144,(2) pages. Volumes 1 through 4 (of 14). A magnificent collection of historical prints with a number of illustrations throughout. Volume I, the catalogue devoted to Americana, Volume II. Sporting Prints, Volume III, French Engravings, Volume IV, Stipple Engravings, Filled with separate plates. Some volumes are priced. Spine leather detached. Hinges broken. READ MORE about THE FREDERIC R. HALSEY COLLECTION OF PRINTS
Price: $95.00 Order nr. 109198
New York: New York Public Library, 1927. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 44 pages. Reprinted from the Bulletin of the New York Public Library. A bibliographical listing of 244 prints with many illustrations. Corner of front cover lacking, front cover and front free endpaper stained. Chipped around edges of spine. Ex-library with library markings. READ MORE about AMERICAN HISTORICAL PRINTS, EARLY VIEWS OF AMERICAN CITIES, ETC
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 96645
