Geneve: Nicolas Rauch, (1957). 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 241, (3) pages. Limited to 1500 numbered copies. Well illustrated bookseller's catalogue devoted to the art of the book. A number of illustrations in color in this landmark catalogue. READ MORE about PEINTRES ET LE LIVRE, 1867-1957
Price: $45.00 Order nr. 6699
(New York, NY: American Federation of Arts, 1994). small 4to. stiff paper wrappers. 16 pages. Exhibition catalogue of select etchings by Rembrandt, as on disply at The Carnegie Museum of Art. Several black & white examples throughout. READ MORE about REMBRANDT ETCHINGS: SELECTIONS FROM THE CARNEGIE MUSEUM OF ART
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 124664
Mansfield Centre: Martino Publising, 2005. tall 8vo. cloth. lx, 341 pages and 12 plates. Reprint of the London 1878 first edition published by John Murray. The rarest and certainly one of the most important early catalogue raisonnes of Rembrandt's etchings. Middleton describes 329 works he considers authentic and 30 which he rejects, all in great detail, with particular attention to states. He also provides detailed, complex, and scholarly arguments justifying his acceptance or rejection of..... READ MORE about A DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE OF THE ETCHED WORK OF REMBRANDT VAN RHYN
Price: $85.00 Order nr. 89087
Winchester: St. Paul's Bibliographies, 1989. 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. xii, 372 pages. First edition. This index provides references to over 700 British and American books, periodicals, and exhibition catalogues that make it possible to find about 4,000 different photographs and works of art relating to Bloomsbury and the Bloomsbury group, including portraits, sketches and photographs of people, places and things. The iconography also references their books and homes, ancestors and close friends, including 34 pages..... READ MORE about A BLOOMSBURY ICONOGRAPHY
Price: $40.00 Order nr. 39462
Stroud: Catalpa Press, 1985. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. v, 69 pages. First edition. A well produced list of the work of this illustrator, book designer, sculptor, publisher, and author. Charles Ricketts was one of the most prolific designers of the twentieth century. READ MORE about CATALOGUE OF THE WORKS OF CHARLES RICKETTS R.A. FROM THE COLLECTION OF GORDON BOTTOMLEY
Price: $25.00 Order nr. 25734
London: Werner Shaw Ltd., 1983. small 4to. cloth, dust jacket. xii, 156 pages. First edition. Well-illustrated. READ MORE about ILLUSTRATIONS OF W. HEATH ROBINSON, A COMMENTARY AND BIBLIOGRAPHY
Price: $25.00 Order nr. 27569
Washington: National Gallery of Art, (1946). 4to. stiff paper wrappers; portfolio containing many loose prints (with string ties). 142 pages. Second impression. Selections of prints and drawings. Profusely illustrated. Accompanied by a separate portfolio of prints from the collection. Covers soiled and rubbed. Ownership inscription in ink at top of first blank page. READ MORE about SELECTIONS FROM THE ROSENWALD COLLECTION Foreword by Lessing J. Rosenwald
Price: $45.00 Order nr. 15743
Paris: George Blaizot, (1967). small 4to. stiff paper wrappers. 109, (3) pages. Auction catalogue. For sale held by M. George Blaizot on May 30, 1967. (Blogie II, 392). One hundred eighty-one lots. Works by Aristotle, Dante, Victor Hugo and Swift. Many beautiful illustrated books and elaborate bindings. Nine black and while illustrations. Prices paid marked in pencil in margin. Receipt and price list taped inside front cover. Cover detached from spine at back hinge. From..... READ MORE about BIBLIOTHEQUE DU DOCTEUR A . ROUDINESCO (PREMIERE PARTIE), LIVRES ILLUSTRES ROMANTIQUES...
Price: $25.00 Order nr. 77685
With a note by Homer E. Britzman and Frederic G. Renner.
Pasadena: Trail's End Publishing Co., (1948). 8vo. cloth. 218, (2) pages. With a note by Homer E. Britzman and Frederic G. Renner. First edition, limited to 500 copies. Full bibliographical descriptions. READ MORE about CHARLES M. RUSSELL, THE COWBOY ARTIST. A BIOGRAPHY
Price: $45.00 Order nr. 54355
Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, (1971). 4to. cloth, dust jacket. xiv, 317 pages. First edition, second printing. A nicely printed bibliography of the books illustrated by this Western artist. Jacket rubbed with tears along edges. Half-title is foxed. READ MORE about A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF THE PUBLISHED WORKS OF CHARLES M. RUSSELL
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 7502
Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, (1971). 4to. cloth, dust jacket. xiv, 317 pages. First edition. A nicely printed bibliography of the books illustrated by this Western artist. Minor jacket rubbing. Spine is spotted as usual from acidity of cloth. READ MORE about A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF THE PUBLISHED WORKS OF CHARLES M. RUSSELL
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 114601
Two volumes bound in one.
New York: American Art Association, 1930. large 8vo. later cloth. (iv), 267, (3) pages. Two volumes bound in one. McKay 9213 and 9219. READ MORE about RARE & VALUABLE COLORED PLATE BOOKS & AN EXTENSIVE CRUIKSHANK COLLECTION FROM THE LIBRARY...
Price: $45.00 Order nr. 16943
Nurnberg: Germanisches Nationalmuseum, 1987. 4to. cloth with pictoral front cover, later cardboard slipcase. xlviii, (2), (376), (xxxiiii) pages. First edition. Catalogue of fifteenth century book illustrations in the collection of Otto Schäfer. Contains 188 catalogue entries with extensive detailed descriptions plus full-page illustrations, many in color. READ MORE about FÜNF JAHRHUNDERTE BUCHILLUSTRATION, MEISTERWERKE DER BUCHGRAPHIK AUS DEER BIBLIOTHEK OTTO SCHÄFER
Price: $75.00 Order nr. 76880
Tucson: University of Arizona, (1976). small 8vo. cloth with original front paper wrapper laid-down. vi, 41 pages. Limited to 750 copies. Ritchie was apprenticed to Schmied in Paris in 1930. The hardbound version of this catalogue. READ MORE about FRANCOIS-LOUIS SCHMIED; ARTIST, ENGRAVER, PRINTER SOME MEMORIES AND A BIBLIOGRAPHY
Price: $25.00 Order nr. 73619
Kendall Park, NJ: Richard P. DeVictor, (1979). 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. (28) pages. Limited to 300 numbered copies and signed by DeVictor. Illustrated. A bookseller's catalogue. Signed by DeVictor. READ MORE about FRANK E. SCHOONOVER, A BIBLIOGRAPHY AND COLLECTION OF RELATED EPHEMERA
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 21030
2 Volumes
New Castle, Delaware: Oak Knoll Press, 2009. 9 x 12 inches. 2 volumes, hardcover with slipcase. 846 pages. 2 Volumes. A SIGNED COPY BY THE AUTHOR OF THIS LOVELY BOOK First edition. Frank E. Schoonover (1877-1972) is recognized as one of the foremost illustrators of his time. His prolific contribution to American illustration spanned more than 40 years and included more than 2200 illustrations. His work appeared in most of the popular periodicals in the..... READ MORE about FRANK E. SCHOONOVER CATALOGUE RAISONNE
Price: $195.00 Order nr. 133466
2 Volumes
New Castle, Delaware: Oak Knoll Press, 2009. 9 x 12 inches. 2 volumes, hardcover with slipcase. 846 pages. 2 Volumes. First edition. Frank E. Schoonover (1877-1972) is recognized as one of the foremost illustrators of his time. His prolific contribution to American illustration spanned more than 40 years and included more than 2200 illustrations. His work appeared in most of the popular periodicals in the first half of the twentieth century, including Harpers, Scribner's, Saturday..... READ MORE about FRANK E. SCHOONOVER CATALOGUE RAISONNE
Price: $195.00 save 40% $117.00 Order nr. 96681
With a Foreword & Additional Commentary by Laurence Libin.
New York: The Grolier Club, 2005. 8.5 x 11 inches. hardcover. 240 pages. With a Foreword & Additional Commentary by Laurence Libin. This book examines works from the Frederick S. Selch Collection pertaining to the history of musical instruments. Selch was well-known for collecting books about history, design, and the use of musical instruments. His books on this field of study present the developing history of the field of organology and present how they will..... READ MORE about THE LEGACY OF SEBASTIAN VIRDUNG: AN ILLUSTRATED CATALOGUE OF RARE BOOKS FROM THE FREDERICK R....
Price: $75.00 Order nr. 106658
With a Foreword & Additional Commentary by Laurence Libin.
New York: The Grolier Club, 2005. 8.5 x 11 inches. red cloth, paper cover and spine labels. x, 229+(1) pages. With a Foreword & Additional Commentary by Laurence Libin. This book examines works from the Frederick S. Selch Collection pertaining to the history of musical instruments. Selch was well-known for collecting books about history, design, and the use of musical instruments. His books on this field of study present the developing history of the field..... READ MORE about THE LEGACY OF SEBASTIAN VIRDUNG: AN ILLUSTRATED CATALOGUE OF RARE BOOKS FROM THE FREDERICK R....
Price: $75.00 Order nr. 107624
Portsmouth: Peter E. Randall Publisher, 1995. 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. xiv, 93 pages. First edition. An illustrated bibliographical guide to the works of this book illustrator. Well produced. READ MORE about WORKS OF MAURICE SENDAK, 1947-1994, A COLLECTION WITH COMMENTS
Price: $25.00 Order nr. 41502
Saco, ME: Custom Communications, 2001. 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. xv, 16-187+(1) pages. Revised and expanded edition of Works of Maurice Sendak, 1947-2001. A longtime collector of Sendak's work, Hanrahan has updated her compilation of first printings of the works illustrated or written by the noted American children's book author and illustrator. There is also a collection of articles and books about Sendak. With black-and-white facsimile photographs of various entries as well as author and title..... READ MORE about WORKS OF MAURICE SENDAK REVISED AND EXPANDED TO 2001, A COLLECTION WITH COMMENTS
Price: $45.00 Order nr. 64841
New York: Hallmark Gallery, (1966). oblong 8vo. paper wrappers. 32 pages. Exhibition showing this illustrator's work. READ MORE about ALBERT SKIRA, THE MAN AND HIS WORK
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 7613
(Brattleboro, VT): McPherson, 1983. large 12mo. stiff paper wrappers. (v), 89+(1) pages. Printed in an edition limited to 750 copies in lusterkote covers. Designed by Bruce McPherson and printed on Mohawk Superfine paper. Founded and operated from 1964 to 1974 by Richard C. (Dick) Higgins, a member of the Fluxus group in New York and a student of John Cage, this was one of the first publishing houses to devote itself to "artists' books"--integral artworks..... READ MORE about SOMETHING ELSE PRESS, AN ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY
Price: $80.00 Order nr. 64110
New York: American Printing History Association, 2002. 8vo. cloth. 196 pages. While preparing an exhibition to accompany the 1997 Dartmouth Book Arts Summer Workshop, "Joseph Blumenthal and the Spiral Press," Mr. Cronenwett discovered that there was no standard bibliography of The Spiral Press. Since that time, Mr. Cronenwett has exhaustively researched and examined the holdings of many collections to compile this checklist of more than 600 items. The bibliography lists the press's monographs, pamphlets, exhibition..... READ MORE about THE SPIRAL PRESS (1926-1971), A BIBLIOGRAPHICAL CHECKLIST
Price: $55.00 Order nr. 97455
West New York, NJ: American Printing History Association, 2002. 8vo. cloth. xvi+(i), 175+(1) pages. Printed in an edition limited to 1000 copies, set in Baskerville and Bulmer types on Mohawk Superfine paper. Designed by Jerry Kelly. A checklist of 619 monographs, most pamphlets, all exhibition catalogues, and all publications relating to the printing arts. Omitted are most ephemera, as well as dust jackets printed for other publications, and most holiday greeting cards, with the exception..... READ MORE about THE SPIRAL PRESS (1926-1971), A BIBLIOGRAPHICAL CHECKLIST
Price: $55.00 Order nr. 72186
