London: Spring Books, (1964). small 4to. cloth, dust jacket. xviii, 263 pages. Reprint of the first edition. Excellent history with 120 illustrations. Jacket worn with tears. READ MORE about A HISTORY OF WOOD-ENGRAVING
Price: $50.00 Order nr. 29748
Paris et Bruxelles: Les Éditions G. Van Oest, 1928. 4to. later cloth with original stiff paper wrappers bound-in. xi, 99 pages followed by 78 plates. First edition. A study of the beginning of the engraved book in France. With 177 illustrations. With a bookplate indicating that this book came from the reference library of H.P. Kraus. Covers soiled. Some chipping of edges of preliminary pages. READ MORE about LES ORIGINES DU LIVRE À GRAVURES EN FRANCE, LES INCUNABLES TYPOGRAPHIQUES
Price: $150.00 Order nr. 26137
Paging, Numbering, End-name Printing, Bookbinders' Tools and Machinery.
(Summit, NJ: Mid-West Tool Collectors Association, 1985). 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. (ii), 46 pages. Paging, Numbering, End-name Printing, Bookbinders' Tools and Machinery. Facsimile reprint of 1911 catalogue produced by Hoole of Brooklyn, New York. Illustrated throughout. Ownership inscription in pencil. READ MORE about CATALOGUE NO. 79. HOOLE MACHINE AND ENGRAVING WORKS
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 102933
Frederikshavn: Exlibristen, 1986. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 58 pages. Limited to 350 numbered copies; this copy out of series. This essay describes the bookplates designed by these three eighteenth century English engravers including detailed information on specific bookplates. Well-illustrated throughout. READ MORE about THE BOOKPLATES OF ROBERT HANCOCK, JAMES ROSS AND WILLIAM BACHE
Price: $25.00 Order nr. 33638
London: The Bookplate Society/Forlaget Exlibristen, 1987. 4to. stiff paper wrappers. 28 pages. Trade edition. Limited to 650 numbered copies. This work contains a biographical essay and one-hundred sixty-eight descriptions of Hagreen's bookplates. Well-illustrated with reproductions of the bookplates in different colors. READ MORE about THE EX-LIBRIS OF PHILIP HAGREEN
Price: $22.00 Order nr. 33694
London: The Bookplate Society/Forlaget Exlibristen, 1987. 4to. stiff paper wrappers. 28 pages. Trade edition. Limited to 650 numbered copies. This work contains a biographical essay and one-hundred sixty-eight descriptions of Hagreen's bookplates. Well-illustrated with reproductions of the bookplates in different colors. Covers soiled and tear in front cover. READ MORE about THE EX-LIBRIS OF PHILIP HAGREEN
Price: $25.00 Order nr. 86957
3.25" x 4.75" small 12mo bookplate. Isaiah Thomas altered to "Isaac Rand Thomas" as indicated on the plate itself. Faint notation below 'TUS" in NEC-ELATUS reads, "S.L.S after P.R." Printed on early watermarked laid paper. Exceptional eye appeal and workmanship. The printer was Sidney Lawton Smith (1845-1929). Smith was an American designer, etcher, engraver, illustrator, and bookplate artist. This bookplate for Isaiah Thomas was first engraved by Paul Revere and subsequently name altered by Sidney..... READ MORE about C. 1870 PRODUCTION, RENDITION OF PAUL REVERE'S ENGRAVED BOOK PLATE
Price: $550.00 Order nr. 135358
London and New Castle: The British Library and Oak Knoll Press, 1999. large 8vo. hardcover, dust jacket. 384 pages. Forty years before the turn of the 18th century, a small, prestigious bookplate workshop was established, the likes of which were never to be seen again after its employment of one man: Thomas Bewick. To this day, the works of the bookplate shop of Beilby & Bewick are highly collectible and valued in the antiques world..... READ MORE about BOOKPLATES BY BEILBY & BEWICK, A BIOGRAPHICAL DICTIONARY
Price: $35.00 Order nr. 54988
London and New Castle: The British Library and Oak Knoll Press, 1999. large 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. 384 pages. First edition. Jacket rubbed, else a near fine copy. Forty years before the turn of the 18th century, a small, prestigious bookplate workshop was established, the likes of which were never to be seen again after its employment of one man: Thomas Bewick. To this day, the works of the bookplate shop of Beilby & Bewick..... READ MORE about BOOKPLATES BY BEILBY & BEWICK, A BIOGRAPHICAL DICTIONARY
Price: $55.00 Order nr. 90413
Paris: Charles-Antoine Jombert, 1758. 8vo. period tiger calf binding, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, gilt ornamentation to six spine compartments, five raised bands, title in gilt in second compartment, all edges stained red. xxxii, 205, (3) pages. The fourth and most extensive edition, expanded from the original edition of 1645 by the noted engraver Cochin. (Cicognara 255. Bigmore / W. 72. Cohen / R. 177). When issued in 1645, the work was "notable for its completeness..... READ MORE about DE LA MANIERE DE GRAVER A L'EAU FORTE ET AU BURIN. ET DE LA GRAVURE EN MANIERE NOIRE
Price: $1,950.00 Order nr. 135740
Paris: Charles-Antoine Jombert, 1758. 8vo. period marbled calf binding, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, five raised bands, all edges stained red. xxxii, 205, (3) pages. The fourth and most extensive edition, expanded from the original edition of 1645 by the noted engraved Cochin. (Cicognara 255. Bigmore / W. 72. Cohen / R. 177). When issued in 1645, the work was "notable for its completeness for the time of its production, and for its plates, which have..... READ MORE about DE LA MANIERE DE GRAVER A L'EAU FORTE ET AU BURIN. ET DE LA GRAVURE EN MANIERE NOIRE
Price: $1,950.00 Order nr. 135914
Mansfield Centre, CT: Martino Publishing, 2009. thick 4to. half leather with five raised bands and marbled paper-covered boards, top edge gilt. l, 638, (2) pages. Reprint of the 1903 edition published in Paris which was printed by the Nantes printer A. Dugas, with his pressmark on the last leaf, in an edition limited to 200 numbered copies. Organized by country and artist, this volume includes biographical information, names of famous works, descriptions, and sale prices..... READ MORE about A TRAVERS CINQ SIÈCLES DE GRAVURES, 1350-1903
Price: $95.00 Order nr. 103995
New Castle, Delaware: Oak Knoll Press, 2009. 11.75 x 12.75 inches. Hardcover, dust jacket. 204 pages. In the late nineteenth century, wood-engraving was the principle medium of illustration employed by publishers. From this beginning, print collector Bill Brandt goes on to recount the story of the Society of American Wood-Engravers. He reveals the medium's intricacies, the controversies sparked between traditional wood-engravers and America's New School, and the international acclaim rightly bestowed on these innovative American..... READ MORE about INTERPRETIVE WOOD-ENGRAVING: THE STORY OF THE SOCIETY OF AMERICAN WOOD-ENGRAVERS
Price: $85.00 Order nr. 102011
With Lourival Gomes Machado.
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil: Fundacao Casa de Rui Barbosa, 1977. large oblong 8vo. cardboard wraps. 218, (4 (2 blank)) pages. With Lourival Gomes Machado. A near fine copy. The woodcuts of 12 Brazilian artists (and a few unidentified artists), with brief biographies of each printed on brown paper. Profusely illustrated. From the reference library of Philadelphia Rare Books & Manuscripts with their bookplate included. READ MORE about XILOGRAFOS NORDESTINOS
Price: $75.00 Order nr. 138441
Cambridge: Silent Books, 1987. 8vo. paper wrappers. 112 pages. A collection of 90's wood engravings and their creators. Foreword by Simon Brett. READ MORE about ENGRAVERS, A HANDBOOK FOR THE NINETIES
Price: $22.00 Order nr. 104821
5 volumes.
London: G. Bell and Sons, Ltd, 1925. small 4to. two-toned cloth, top edges gilt. xii,364; x,291+(1); xvi,393+(1); xvi,309; xviii,425 pages. 5 volumes. New edition, revised and enlarged under the supervision of George C. Williamson. Filled with separate plates printed on glossy paper. Rubbing of covers with wear along edges. Shaken. READ MORE about BRYAN'S DICTIONARY OF PAINTERS AND ENGRAVERS
Price: $125.00 Order nr. 103128
Hamburg: Edition AB, (1982). 4to. stiff paper wrappers, dust jacket. 106+(1) pages. Written in German. Fifth printing of the Edition AB. Signed and numbered by the author. Laid-in are two illustrations on separate paper signed by the author. With many pages of black-and-white illustrations and plates throughout. Minor wear. READ MORE about HOLZSTICHE, ILLUSTRATIONEN, BUCHTITEL, SCHUTZUMSCHLÄGE, BRIEFMARKEN, SCHRIFT, GEBRAUCHSGRAPHIK,...
Price: $50.00 Order nr. 100937
1983. 8vo. later pamphlet binder. pp.31-62. Removed from the Journal of the Printing Historical Society Number 17 (1982/1983). With the ink signature of Gavin Bridson. READ MORE about BRITISH WOOD-ENGRAVERS C. 1820- C. 1860: A CHECKLIST
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 100081
New York: Tudor Publishing Co., 1937. thick 8vo. cloth. xiv, 281 pages. Reprint of the first U.S. edition. Lacking the dust jacket. Minor wear at spine ends. Covers spotted. Front hinge starting. Accompanied by 79 illustrations. Discussion of the various processes that are used to produce prints. From the Thomas M. Whitehead Collection of Books About Books. READ MORE about OLD PRINTS AND ENGRAVINGS
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 40968
New York: Tudor Publishing Co., 1948. thick 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. xiv, 281 pages. Reprint of the first U.S. edition. Accompanied by seventy-nine illustrations. Discussion of the various processes that are used to produce prints. Minor jacket rubbing. READ MORE about OLD PRINTS AND ENGRAVINGS
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 95846
Kansas City, MO: Miniature Print Society, n.d. broadside (11 by 8 1/2 inches). Limited to 250 copies This is the first printing from the original plate, engraved in 1806, for members of the Miniature Print Society.Descriptive text included, with a biographical sketch of Butts and the provenance of the etching. The plate itself (2 by 3 1/2 inches) is mounted. READ MORE about MAN ON A DRINKING HORSE
Price: $100.00 Order nr. 132873
Manuscrits - Incunables - Livres Rares - Reliures - Dessins - Estampes - Objets d'Art - Curiosités Bibliographiques
Paris: Les Éditions d'Art et d'Histoire, 1937. 4to. loose leaves in stiff paper wrappers. (iv), pp.59-106 followed by plates XXI-XXXVII. Manuscrits - Incunables - Livres Rares - Reliures - Dessins - Estampes - Objets d'Art - Curiosités Bibliographiques. One section of this series devoted to the treasures of the French National Library. This part contains contains six essays about objects of interest in the collections of various libraries in France. The essays are as follows..... READ MORE about LES TRÉSORS DES BIBLIOTHÈQUES DE FRANCE
Price: $30.00 Order nr. 95398
Vienna, Austria: J.G. Mansfeld, n.d. broadside (7 3/4 by 5 1/4 inches). Text in Latin. Engraving of Charles of Longueval (1571-1621), Baron of Vaux. READ MORE about CAROLUS DE LONGUEVAL
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 133118
Chicago: The Caxton Club, 1902. tall 12mo. original paper wrappers. 14 pages. Exhibition from November 29, 1902. Minor discoloration to cover from offsetting adhesive holding the tipped-in frontispiece (which happens to be Rockford, Near Wilmington Delaware). A near fine copy of this scarce catalogue. READ MORE about CATALOGUE OF AN EXHIBITION OF MASTERPIECES OF LINE ENGRAVING ILLUSTRATING THE ART FROM THE...
Price: $30.00 Order nr. 138477
New & Improved Edition. Volume II
Edinburgh: William and Robert Chambers, 1842. large 8vo. half-calf. cloth, protective modern dust jacket with paper spine label. [ii], 800 pages. New & Improved Edition. Volume II. Volume two only.Contains No. 90: Printing-Engraving-Lithography, pp. 625-640. Illustrated. Worn and boards faded, pages tanning, scattered foxing. Signature "Sedgwick," on front pastedown. HInges reparied. With the bookplate of Gavin Bridson. READ MORE about CHAMBERS'S INFORMATION FOR THE PEOPLE
Price: $75.00 Order nr. 98569
