Louisville: University of Louisville, 1968. small 4to. stiff paper wrappers. (x), 55 pages. Illustrated. Covers show minor soiling, else a good copy. READ MORE about INIMITABLE GEORGE CRUIKSHANK: AN EXHIBITION OF ILLUSTRATED BOOKS, PRINTS, DRAWINGS AND...
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 30241
New York: Privately printed by F.A. and M.B. Conningham, 1930. 8vo. cloth. (vi), 301 pages. Limited to 1000 numbered copies. Spine faded. With supplement No. One. READ MORE about ALPHABETICAL LIST OF 5735 TITLES OF N. CURRIER AND CURRIER & IVES PRIN TS, WITH DATES OF...
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 33894
Garden City, NY: Garden City Publishing Co., 1930. 4to. cloth-backed boards, top edge gilt, slipcase. (xiii), 138 pages. First edition, one of 301 numbered copies signed by the author. A biographical sketch of Nathaniel Currier and James Merritt Ives complete with 32 full-page illustrations of their work. Introduction by Harry T. Peters from whose collection they came. Excellent insight into life in America in the 19th century. Prospectus loosely inserted. Slipcase spotted with wear along..... READ MORE about MR. CURRIER AND MR. IVES. A NOTE ON THEIR LIVES AND TIMES
Price: $65.00 Order nr. 28161
n.p. Musées de Sens / Éditions du Linteau, 2007. 4to. paper wrappers. 125 pages. Exhibition catalogue of Daragnes' work. A fine copy. Very scarce. From the Thomas M. Whitehead Collection of Books About Books. READ MORE about JEAN-GABRIEL DARAGNÈS 1886-1950. UN ARTISTE DU LIVRE À MONTMARTRE
Price: $40.00 Order nr. 136853
New York: The Sandstone Press, 1981. oblong 8vo. cloth spine, decorated paper over boards, dust jacket. 200 pages. First American edition. Loosely inserted is a catalogue from The Sandstone Press featuring this book on page 2. A fine copy. De Mare traces the golden era and decline of the woodblock artists during the 19th century in England, including their dramatic re-emergence with the private press advocates of the 1890s. He discusses the technique of engraving..... READ MORE about THE VICTORIAN WOODBLOCK ILLUSTRATORS
Price: $45.00 Order nr. 2062
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
Stroud: Catalpa Press, 1983. tall 8vo. cloth. 206 pages. First edition. Volume 2 in The Artist and the Critic Series. The book illustrations and paintings of Richard Doyle (1824-1883) are populated by sprightly visions of fairy nymphs, elves and knights in search of their fair damsels. As `Dickey Doyle' and later `Dick Kitcat,' he produced a series of impressive boyhood triumphs from the now famous DICK DOYLE'S JOURNAL of 1840 to his first published work..... READ MORE about RICHARD DOYLE
Price: $35.00 Order nr. 25737
Stroud: Catalpa Press, 1983. tall 8vo. cloth. 205, (11) pages. First edition. Volume 2 in The Artist and the Critic Series. Fine in fine jacket. The book illustrations and paintings of Richard Doyle (1824-1883) are populated by sprightly visions of fairy nymphs, elves and knights in search of their fair damsels. As `Dickey Doyle' and later `Dick Kitcat,' he produced a series of impressive boyhood triumphs from the now famous DICK DOYLE'S JOURNAL of 1840..... READ MORE about RICHARD DOYLE
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 64379
London: Victoria and Albert Museum, 1983. small 4to. stiff paper wrappers. 73 pages plus plates. An exhibition catalogue with color plates. A fine copy. From the foreword by Sir Roy Strong: "The present exhibition, which examines the career of Richard Doyle, one of the most brilliant of Victorian painters of the fairy world, the centenary of whose death in 1983 it commemorates, will also prove, I hope, to have its serious side. The Doyle family..... READ MORE about RICHARD DOYLE AND HIS FAMILY, AN EXHIBITION
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 26628
London: O.S.C. Publications, 1988. small 4to. stiff paper wrappers. not paginated. Reprint of the first edition. The bibliographical descriptions in the back of this book are quite thorough. No color plates in this reprint. READ MORE about CATALOGUE RAISONNE OF THE WORKS OF THE 18TH AND EARLY 19TH CENTURIES IN WHICH FLOWER AND FRUIT...
Price: $35.00 Order nr. 59339
New York: Da Capo Press, 1970. small folio. cloth, dust jacket. xiv, 275 pages with 79 plates. Reprint of the first edition. The bibliographical descriptions in the back of this book are quite thorough. This reprint contains a number of color plates. Jacket worn with tears. Else near fine. READ MORE about FLOWER & FRUIT PRINTS OF THE 18TH AND EARLY 19TH CENTURIES, THEIR HISTORY, MAKERS AND USES,...
Price: $50.00 Order nr. 45480
Paris: Rapilly, 1862. small 8vo. later cloth with original front paper wrapper laid down, original rear paper wrapper bound. 48, 16 pages. Bibliography and sale catalogue. A brief bibliography concerning the history of engraving and engravers followed by the publisher's catalogue of "Livres Relatifs a l'Architecture, la Sculpture, la Peinture et la Gravure et de quelques estampes en divers genres." The bibliography contains 650 titles relating to various aspects of engraving, printing and public collections..... READ MORE about ESSAI DE BIBLIOGRAPHIE CONTENANT L'INDICATION DES OUVRAGES RELATIFS A L'HISTOIRE DE LA GRAVURE ET...
Price: $120.00 Order nr. 77365
2 Volumes.
Takeley, Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire, England: Elkin Mathews, n.d. 4to. stiff paper wrappers. 46, (2); 14, (4) pages, plates. 2 Volumes. Catalogues 113 and 127, of the works of notable English book illustrators. Each with index of authors and subjects. Black and white illustrations throughout text and on wrappers. Order form and prospectus laid in. 28 plates loosely inserted in Catalogue 127. Wrappers of Catalogue 127 slightly bent at corners. READ MORE about A COLLECTION OF DRAWINGS MADE TO ILLUSTRATE BOOKS
Price: $45.00 Order nr. 124784
Cambridge and Teaneck, NJ: Chadwyck-Healey, (1985). small 4to. cloth. xxi, 297 pages. First edition. Top corner of front board bumped. Else near fine condition. Includes biographical information and a statement on the artist's importance. Restricted to English engravers. From the reference library of Philadelphia Rare Books & Manuscripts with their bookplate included. READ MORE about DICTIONARY OF VICTORIAN WOOD ENGRAVERS
Price: $150.00 Order nr. 31798
New York: The Grolier Club, 1908. 12mo. stiff paper wrappers, untrimmed and partially unopened. viii, 100 pages. Asaf Handlist 62. Describes 296 examples by 147 engravers. With biographical notes on each. Small tear along the base of the front joint, else a good copy. The frontispiece is a figure in profile with the caption "Drawn and Engrav'd by Sam' Menin of Philadel.a." The front wrapper is printed with a copper-engraved title. This exhibit included works..... READ MORE about CATALOGUE OF AN EXHIBITION OF EARLY AMERICAN ENGRAVING UPON COPPER 1727-1850
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 17438
(Mansfield Centre: Martino Publishing, 2001). thick 8vo. cloth. (iv), 542 pages. Reprint of the first edition that was printed in Milano by Hoepli in 1906 (Arntzen & Rainwater N113). The basic work on late 16th-century through 18th-century Italian engravers and engraving. Includes 61 painter-engravers with a biographical sketch of each and a list of engravings executed. Supplements Bartsch. READ MORE about LE PEINTRE-GRAVEUR; OUVRAGE FAISANT SUITE AU PEINTRE-GRAVEUR DE BARTSCH
Price: $85.00 Order nr. 63984
Paris: Bibliothèque Nationale, 1966. small 4to. stiff paper wrappers. xviii, 221+(1) pages. Exhibition catalogue for 215 prints of engravings from and often by 102 artists, from the 15th cent. to Expressionism. Numbered entries indicate artist, engraver, medium, owner, references, etc. as appropriate. In addition, major artists have biographical sketches in unnumbered entries. With appendices of entries for an additional 12 items (not reproduced) and a brief description of engraving methods used. Moderate soiling. Backing creased..... READ MORE about LES PLUS BELLES GRAVURES DU MONDE OCCIDENTAL, 1410-1914
Price: $8.00 Order nr. 53697
The Brook, Hammersmith, United Kingdom: Eragny Press pour la Société des Cent Bibliophiles. 1909. 8vo. (222 x 144 mm). supple gray calfskin, repeated golden floral ornaments on the sides, smooth spine, leather lining of the same skin, later marbled paper covered boards slipcase with leather fore-edge. [87 leaves (including blanks); pp. 159, (i). The beautiful Eragny Press edition limited to 130 numbered copies printed on Arches with watermark 'Les Cent Bibliophiles', of which this copy..... READ MORE about HISTOIRE DE LA REINE DU MATIN ET DE SOLIMAN, PRINCE DE GENIES
Price: $9,500.00 Order nr. 136849
London: Sotheby's, 1987. small 4to. stiff paper wrappers. 63 pages. Illustrated. Ink stamp ownership stamp in right hand corner of title page. READ MORE about MAX ERNST. A MAJOR COLLECTION OF HIS LITERARY AND ILLUSTRATIVE WORK
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 86276
Introduction by Ruth Mortimer.
Northampton, MA: Smith College Museum of Art, 1977. small 4to. stiff paper wrappers. (61) pages. Introduction by Ruth Mortimer. First edition. A fine copy. Foreword by Charles Chetham. Fully describes and depicts illustrations from 40 books in the Selma Erving collection of Livre D'artiste in the Smith College Museum of Art. Includes illustrations by Marc Chagall, Jean Louis Forain, Matisse, Picasso and others. READ MORE about THE SELMA ERVING COLLECTION OF MODERN ILLUSTRATED BOOKS
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 34085
Edited and Introduced by Ruari McLean.
Oxford: Clarendon Press, (1968). square 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. 92 pages. Edited and Introduced by Ruari McLean. Reprint of the 1967 first edition. Illustrated including many in color. Contains a eight page list of books containing examples of color printing by Evans. Jacket is price clipped. READ MORE about THE REMINISCENCES OF EDMUND EVANS
Price: $35.00 Order nr. 27482
(New York): Ex Libris, n.d. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. unpaginated. Ex Libris catalogue 9. Collection of Futurist manifestoes, literature, original documents photographs, postcards and exhibition catalogues. A number of items about Filippo Tommaso Marinetti. 698 entries with selected bibliography and index. Black and white illustrations. Wrappers bent at edges and lightly soiled. READ MORE about FUTURISM
Price: $65.00 Order nr. 109084
(New York): Ex Libris, n.d. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. unpaginated. Ex Libris catalogue 5. Collection of items focusing on architecture, Dada, decorative arts, photography and surrealism. 1459 entries with selected bibliography and index. Black and white illustrations. Wrappers bent and faded at edges. READ MORE about MAJOR MOVEMENTS OF 20TH CENTURY ART II
Price: $85.00 Order nr. 109082
(Stuttgart: Dr. Cantz'sche Druckerei), 1965. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers, paper cover and spine labels. xv+(i), 161, (9) pages. First edition. This exhibition of illustrated 18th century French books was held at Schloß Ludwigsburg in Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany. An essay about Hans Fürstenberg as a book collector prefaces the Catalogue. Over 270 books are described. Many book bindings and illustrations are reproduced in black & white. Indexed by author at rear. In German. Initials in ink on..... READ MORE about DAS BUCH ALS KUNSTWERK. FRANZÖSISCHE ILLUSTRIERTE BÜCHER DES 18. JAHRHUNDERTS AUS DER...
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 77210
Hampshire, England: Scolar Press, 1988. small 4to. cloth, dust jacket. 196 pages. First edition, limited to 750 numbered copies. Spine faded on jacket, else fine condition. A check-list of books and plates printed by Fawcett, plus letters to, from or concerning him. Contains an outline of Fawcett's life, an interesting article on Fawcett's woodblock printing techniques by Gavin Bridson, and a look at scientific publishing in the nineteenth century. Many black and white illustrations, plus..... READ MORE about BENJAMIN FAWCETT ENGRAVER AND COLOUR PRINTER, WITH A LIST OF HIS BOOKS AND PLATES
Price: $30.00 Order nr. 23177
