Chadds Ford, PA: Brandywine River Museum, 1976. small 4to. stiff paper wrappers. 62 pages. With a lengthy introduction by Joan H. Gorman followed by the illustrated exhibition catalogue covering work from the 1850s to the 1970s. READ MORE about THE ART OF AMERICAN ILLUSTRATION
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 26895
Various years.
New York: Society of Illustrators, various dates. 4to. cloth. Per issue:. Various years. Have the following issues of this annual: 11th Annual (1969) with dust jacket (minor tears) 14th Annual (1972) with dust jacket (tears in jacket) 15th Annual (1973) with dust jacket, 16th Annual (1974) with dust jacket, 18th Annual (1976) with dust jacket, 19th Annual (1977) with dust jacket, 20th Annual (1978) with dust jacket, 21st Annual (1979) with dust jacket, 23rd Annual..... READ MORE about ILLUSTRATORS, THE ANNUAL OF AMERICAN ILLUSTRATION
Price: $30.00 Order nr. 24289
New York, NY: Intima Press, 2015. large 8vo. half leather over paper covered boards, chemise and full leather slipcase. unpaginated. First edition limited to 12 numbered copies signed by the printer / artist, Mindy Belloff. A fine copy in fine chemise and slipcase. In the Garden of Earthly Delights is based upon Hieronymus Boschs three-panel painting (1450-1516), which continues to entertain and delight. The book features eleven unique multi-colored etchings, with inks applied in a...... READ MORE about IN THE GARDEN OF EARTHLY DELIGHTS
Price: $4,500.00 Order nr. 136812
New York, NY: Intima Press, 2006. small 8vo. Bugra wrappers & handmade St. Armand cover pages. unpaginated. First edition limited to 50 numbered copies signed by the printer / artist, Mindy Belloff and Molly Peacock. A fine copy. Images from original watercolor paintings; Letterpress printed from photopolymer plates; Text set in Bembo Italic on Johannot papers. READ MORE about THE CLIFFS OF MISTAKE
Price: $170.00 Order nr. 136814
N.P. n.p., n.d. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 31 pages. A study of American advertising via reproductions of advertisements in chronological order with text at bottom of each page. READ MORE about AMERICAN ADVERTISING, 1800-1900
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 23420
New York: Christie's, 1999. large 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 269, (5) pages. Auction catalogue, Christie's, New York, 23 June 1999, 148 lots. A fine copy. Sold by order of the Trustees of the United Synagogue. The nucleus of this collection is from the library of Solomon Hirschell (1761-1842), acquired from his estate in 1845, and includes more than twenty medieval manuscripts, eight incunables and one post-incunable. Illustrated in color throughout. From the reference library of..... READ MORE about IMPORTANT HEBREW MANUSCRIPTS AND PRINTED BOOKS FROM THE LIBRARY OF THE LONDON BETH DIN
Price: $25.00 Order nr. 72970
New York: The Grolier Club, 2007. 8vo. cloth. 62 pages. Design and typography by Jerry Kelly. Filled with illustrations in color. READ MORE about POLITICAL CARTOONS AND CARICATURES FROM THE COLLECTION OF MICHAEL ALEXANDER KAHN
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 104301
(Meriden, CT: The Kelsey Company), n.d. 16mo. stiff paper wrappers. 8 pages. An instructional guide for the use of Kelsey and other machines. Illustrated. READ MORE about THE SILK SCREEN GUIDE BOOK FOR USERS OF KELSEY EQUIPMENT
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 128566
Rochester: Printing House of Leo Hart, 1934. 8vo. cloth. 80, (2) pages. Reprint of the 1931 first edition which was limited to 1250 copies. Bookplate on front pastedown. Dust jacket tape-repaired at spine ends, hinges, and edges, else a near fine copy. Contains 21 illustrations executed in brown for this story of passion. READ MORE about VENUS AND ADONIS ILLUSTRATED BY ROCKWELL KENT
Price: $30.00 Order nr. 42099
New York: Harcourt, Brace and Co., 1933. small 4to. cloth. (vi), 64 pages followed by many full-page plates. First edition. Inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper. Bookplate on front pastedown. Dust jacket with tears and rips. Some shelfwear. A bibliography of the illustrations executed by Kent with many shown throughout the text. READ MORE about ROCKWELLKENTIANA
Price: $250.00 Order nr. 27271
New York: H.P. Kraus, n.d. 4to. boards, paper cover label. 30 pages followed by many plates. With price list loosely inserted. Covers faded. READ MORE about IMPORTANT FRENCH ILLUSTRATED BOOKS OF THE 15TH AND 16TH CENTURIES FROM DISTINGUISHED PRIVATE...
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 25346
Added at the end is a section of bibliography relating to illustrated books, followed by a section of works on bindings.
New York: H.P. Kraus, n.d. small 4to. stiff paper wrappers. 121, (3) pages with 4 additional leaves of illustrations. Added at the end is a section of bibliography relating to illustrated books, followed by a section of works on bindings. Each of the 217 items is described in detail with forty-five volumes accompanied by an illustration, ten of which are in color. Includes a bibliography of illustrated books, a list of reference works on bookbinding..... READ MORE about ILLUSTRATED BOOKS: FROM THE SIXTEENTH TO THE TWENTIETH CENTURY AND IN A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT FIELDS
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 65529
Drawings by Albert Kruse. Notes by Gertrude Kruse.
Wilmington: The Greenwood Bookshop, (1951). small 8vo. boards, paper cover label, dust jacket. (36) pages. Drawings by Albert Kruse. Notes by Gertrude Kruse. Reprint of the first edition, hand-set in foundry Bulmer type and printed under the direction of John Anderson for the New Castle Tercentenary. With a frontispiece view of houses in New Castle and 14 other reproductions of prints of famous New Castle buildings. Jacket rubbed. READ MORE about NEW CASTLE SKETCHES
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 28910
Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 1932. small 8vo. boards, paper cover label, dust jacket. (32) pages. First edition. Drawings by Albert Kruse. Notes by Gertrude Kruse. With a frontispiece view of houses in New Castle and 14 other reproductions of prints of famous New Castle buildings. Jacket chipped with small piece missing at top edges. Signed by both the author and illustrator. READ MORE about NEW CASTLE SKETCHES
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 39500
Drawings by Albert Kruse. Notes by Gertrude Kruse.
Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania, 1932 (actually 1940). small 8vo. boards. (32) pages. Drawings by Albert Kruse. Notes by Gertrude Kruse. See B1-4499. First edition, third printing. With a frontispiece view of houses in New Castle and 14 other reproductions of prints of famous New Castle buildings. This printing contains a Kruse illustration on the front cover. Signed by Albert and Gertrude Kruse on half-title. Spine faded. Paper covering along front hinge is cracked. READ MORE about NEW CASTLE SKETCHES
Price: $35.00 Order nr. 66089
Drawings by Albert Kruse. Notes by Gertrude Kruse.
Wilmington: The Greenwood Bookshop, (1951). small 8vo. boards, paper cover label. (36) pages. Drawings by Albert Kruse. Notes by Gertrude Kruse. Reprint of the first edition, hand-set in foundry Bulmer type and printed under the direction of John Anderson for the New Castle Tercentenary. With a frontispiece view of houses in New Castle and 14 other reproductions of prints of famous New Castle buildings. Lacks jacket. READ MORE about NEW CASTLE SKETCHES
Price: $6.00 Order nr. 115534
Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 1932. small 8vo. boards, paper cover label. (32) pages. First edition. With a frontispiece view of houses in New Castle and 14 other reproductions of prints of famous New Castle buildings. Presentation on half-title "To Charles Eckman, this book is inscribed by Albert Kruse and Gertrue Kruse. 1932." Some fading of spine with wear at head of spine. Hinge cracked opposite half-title. READ MORE about NEW CASTLE SKETCHES. Drawings by Albert Kruse. Notes by Gertrude Kruse
Price: $30.00 Order nr. 28963
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
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 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
New York, NY: Viking Press, The, 1940. small 4to. full cream cloth printed in blue, dust jacket. First edition. Spine of jacket lightly faded. Two stickers on jacket. Two tears on jacket: one on front and one on rear. Illustrated by the author in black and white throughout, the Caldecott Medalist for 1941. "The Most Distinguished American Picture Book for Children 1940" printed within a circle on front panel. Lighter weight paper than the firstedition..... READ MORE about THEY WERE STRONG AND GOOD
Price: $40.00 Order nr. 136760
Philadelphia: The Free Library of Philadelphia, 1977. small 4to. stiff paper wrappers. 10, (3) pages. Comments by the collector followed by a checklist of books illustrated by Lawson. READ MORE about ROBERT LAWSON ON MY SHELVES
Price: $45.00 Order nr. 25802
New York: The Typophiles, 1987. 8vo. self paper wrappers. (4) pages. "A Goodly Heritage". Uneven fading to the front cover, else a very good copy of this scarce piece of ephemera. Contains a b&w wood engraving by John De Pol. Celebrates the life of typographer and author, Dr. Robert L. Leslie. Handset in Emerson and printed on Mohawk Letterpress paper by the Stone House Press. READ MORE about ROBERT LINCOLN LESLIE, 1885 - 1987
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 139188
