N.P. The John Carter Brown Library, 1982. small 4to. stapled paper wrappers. Well annotated. READ MORE about EARLY WESTERN IMAGES OF ASIA, AN EXHIBITION MOUNTED BY THE JOHN CARTER BROWN LIBRARY
Price: $17.50 Order nr. 103894
Chadds Ford, PA: Brandywine River Museum, 1996. square small 4to. stiff paper wrappers. 64 pages. Preface, acknowledgments, endnotes, select bibliography, checklist of works in the exhibition. Color and black and white illustrations throughout. An exhibition of the works of American illustrator W.W. Denslow. Presentation by the author on title page. READ MORE about W.W. DENSLOW: THE OTHER WIZARD OF OZ
Price: $25.00 Order nr. 123015
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
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
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
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
New York: NYPL, 1949. tall 8vo. paper wrappers. (16) pages. Includes a three page check-list of his work and reproductions of some of his prints. READ MORE about FRITZ EICHENBERG, ILLUSTRATOR AND PRINTMAKER, AN EXHIBITION HELD AT THE NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY
Price: $17.50 Order nr. 20007
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
(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
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
(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
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
Weimar: Gesellschaft der Bibliophilen, 1929. 4to. contemporary half red morocco with marbled paper-covered boards, top edge gilt. x, 431 pages. First edition. (Besterman p.3010). History of the 18th-century French illustrated book followed by a bibliography giving 750 entries. The bibliography is a check list of books with the appropriate page number given to tie the book into the lengthy historical text. Rubbed along hinges. READ MORE about FRANZÖSISCHE BUCH IM ACHTZEHNTEN JAHRHUNDERT UND IN DER EMPIREZEIT
Price: $250.00 Order nr. 42163
Hull: The University of Hull, 1968. small 4to. fabric spine, stiff paper wrappers. xvi, 55 pages. With annotations by Mrs. Fraser and edited with a study of three of the artist's sketchbooks by Malcolm Easton. READ MORE about CLAUD LOVAT FRASER
Price: $25.00 Order nr. 27483
Offenbach am Main: n.p., (1961). 8vo. limp cloth. 77 pages. Well illustrated exhibition catalogue showing 20th century German book illustrators. Includes Kredel and Victor Hammer. Pencil marks throughout text. READ MORE about NEUE DEUTSCHE BUCHKUNST, MITGLIEDER-AUSSTELLUNG DES BUNDES DEUTSCHER BUCHKUNSTLER
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 17828
London: The Wormsley Library and the Pierpont Morgan Library, 1999. small 4to. stiff paper wrappers. xii, 278 pages. This catalogue from an exhibition held at the Pierpont Morgan Library in 1999, presents the first public exhibition and scholarly appraisal of the Wormsley Library, one of the great achievements of modern book collecting. Sir Paul Getty's selection of 106 specimens from the library, described and illustrated here, gives only a small taste of the whole collection..... READ MORE about THE WORMSLEY LIBRARY, A PERSONAL SELECTION BY SIR PAUL GETTY
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 65086
London: Cassell & Co., (1953). small 4to. cloth, top edge gilt. xv, 224 pages. First edition. Illustrated. For the collector of Eric Gill who wants all versions of the bibliography including the first edition. With a foreword by Walter Shewring. READ MORE about BIBLIOGRAPHY OF ERIC GILL
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 73478
Folkestone and London: Dawsons of Pall Mall, 1973 (but 1974). small 4to. cloth. xv, 224 pages. Reprint of the 1953 edition. Illustrated. An important reference work on this English book illustrator. With a foreword by Walter Shewring. Covers rubbed. Top edge of the text block rubbed. Boards slightly warped. READ MORE about BIBLIOGRAPHY OF ERIC GILL
Price: $12.00 Order nr. 87176
(London): Herbert Press, (1994). large 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. 208 pages. First edition. A critical appraisal of Gill's inscriptional designs, with indices of persons and institutions commemorated as well as the location of the inscriptions. Included are 900 items from his first inscription on stone in 1901 to his design for his own gravestone. Appendices cover Gill's work on war memorials, heraldry, and the design of seals, medals, coins and stamps. It is illustrated with..... READ MORE about ERIC GILL, THE INSCRIPTIONS. A DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE
Price: $25.00 Order nr. 120854
London: Victoria and Albert Museum, 1963. 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. (vii), 265+(1) pages. Describes and reproduces 205 of Gill's file copies of his engravings given to the Victoria and Albert Museum by his widow. With note by Trenchard Cox. Well preserved copy. READ MORE about THE ENGRAVED WORK OF ERIC GILL
Price: $55.00 Order nr. 52383
Wellingborough, England: Christopher Skelton, 1983. thick 4to. two-toned cloth with Gill engraving stamped in blind on the front cover, slipcase. xxiv, 545, (3) pages. First edition, limited to 1350 copies. Designed by Skelton and printed at Skelton's Press. Notes by the publisher, "Eric Gill: A Personal Record by Douglas Cleverdon," followed by a complete bibliography of Eric Gill's engravings with a check list of books containing the engravings. Over 1,000 engravings described and illustrated. READ MORE about THE ENGRAVINGS OF ERIC GILL
Price: $400.00 Order nr. 120734
Folkestone & London, United Kingdom: Dawsons of Pall Mall, 1973. small 4to. cloth. xv, 224 pages. Reprint of the 1953 edition. Illustrated. An important reference work on this English book illustrator. With a foreword by Walter Shewring. READ MORE about BIBLIOGRAPHY OF ERIC GILL
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 6407
