Leipzig: E.A. Seemann, 1888. 8vo. contemporary quarter calf with marbled paper covered boards. (vi), 172 pages. First edition. Illustrated history followed by bibliography of 644 books. 39 illustrations. Covers worn with most of the spine covering chipped away. READ MORE about DIE STRASSBURGER BÜCHER-ILLUSTRATION IM XV. UND IM ANFANGE DES XVI. JAHRHUNDERTS
Price: $100.00 Order nr. 104055
Wolfenbüttel: Herzog August Bibliothek, 1984. small 4to. paper wrappers. 216 pages. A catalog from an exhibition of nineteenth century book illustrations from the collection of Ulrich von Kritter. With forewards by Paul Raabe and Ulrich and Inge von Kritter, and an introduction by Hans-Joachim Possin. The catalogue describes 288 items, and includes indices by author and illustrator, and several appendices. Well-illustrated, with some in color. With the pencil signature of Gavin Bridson. READ MORE about THE ART OF ILLUSTRATION, ENGLISHE ILLUSTRIERTE BUCHER DES 19. JAHRHUNDERTS
Price: $45.00 Order nr. 45512
Amsterdam: Erasmus, 1962. small 8vo. limp cloth, dust jacket. 96 pages. Limited to 950 numbered copies. Biographical sketch and bibliography of 262 items illustrated by Kubin. Text in German. READ MORE about ALFRED KUBIN TASCHENBIBLIOGRAPHIE. ANSCHLIESSEND EINIGE GEDANKEN ÜBER ALFRED KUBIN ALS ZEICHNER
Price: $25.00 Order nr. 45060
The Netherlands: Waanders Uitgevers Zwolle, (1994). small 4to. cloth, dust jacket. 223+(1) pages. A selection of 100 books and manuscripts from the "Special Collections" of the Koninklijke Bibliotheek, reflecting the development of book culture in the Netherlands, and covering a period of more than one thousand years, from the Middle Ages into the twentieth century. Each item is illustrated in full color with a facing page of text in both Dutch and English. Index. READ MORE about HONDERD HOOGTEPUNTEN UIT DE KONINKLIJKE BIBLIOTHEEK/ A HUNDRED HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE KONINKLIJKE...
Price: $22.00 Order nr. 72302
Nieuwkoop: B. De Graaf and Leiden: A.W. Sijthoff, 1971. small 4to. cloth. (viii), 206 pages followed by the plates. First edition. Lacking the dust jacket. Else near fine condition. Bibliography of 300 books and pamphlets published in the Netherlands. With 70 full page plates. From the reference library of Philadelphia Rare Books & Manuscripts with their bookplate included. READ MORE about SPLENDID CEREMONIES. STATE ENTRIES AND ROYAL FUNERALS IN THE LOW COUNTRIES, 1515-1791. A...
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 23034
New Castle: Oak Knoll Press, 2008. 4to. cloth, dust jacket. 454 pages. First edition. Carl Larsson (1853-1919) is perhaps the most renowned Swedish artist, in his own country and beyond. He rose from an impoverished childhood and youth to find the perfect expression for his artistic talent in watercolors, winning medals in France at the Salons. His works in this medium became widely known through eight "albums" of his home and family, which he not..... READ MORE about CARL LARSSON: AN ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY
Price: $135.00 Order nr. 94200
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
Paris: Gazette des Beaux-Arts. 1886. 4to. original stiff paper wrappers. 72 pages. Text in French. A study of late 15th century book illustration by Venetian printers. Black and white illustrations. Index of cited works. Unopened. Wrappers soiled and tanned. Spine and edges of wrappers chipped. READ MORE about A PROPOS D'UN LIVRE A FIGURES VÉNITIEN DE LA FIN DU XVE SIÈCLE: ESSAI BIBLIOGRAPHIQUE
Price: $25.00 Order nr. 114719
With introductory remarks by Vivien Noakes.
Stroud: Catalpa Press, 1988. oblong 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. xii, 119 pages. With introductory remarks by Vivien Noakes. A fascinating census of the limericks in Edward Lear's Book of Nonsense,which was first published in 1846 as two separate volumes with seventy-three limericks. A "new" (i.e. second) edition came out in 1855, and a third edition with forty-three additional verses was published in 1861. This third edition provides the first full text and also identifies Lear..... READ MORE about NONSENSUS: CROSS-REFERENCING EDWARD LEAR'S ORIGINAL 116 LIMERICKS WITH EIGHT HOLOGRAPH...
Price: $35.00 Order nr. 25739
With introductory remarks by Vivien Noakes.
Stroud: Catalpa Press, 1988. oblong 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. xii, 119 pages. With introductory remarks by Vivien Noakes. A fascinating census of the limericks in Edward Lear's Book of Nonsense which was first published in 1846 as two separate volumes with seventy-three limericks. A "new" (i.e. second) edition came out in 1855, and a third edition with forty-three additional verses was published in 1861. This third edition provides the first full text and also identifies..... READ MORE about NONSENSUS: CROSS-REFERENCING EDWARD LEAR'S ORIGINAL 116 LIMERICKS WITH EIGHT HOLOGRAPH...
Price: $45.00 Order nr. 64527
New York: The Grolier Club, 1994. tall 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 84, (6) pages. Limited to 750 copies. Designed by Lecuire and with a preface by Martin Antonetti, Librarian of the Grolier Club and Larry Sullivan, Chief of Rare Books at the Library of Congress. Also includes a introduction by Vincent Giroud. Illustrated bibliography of the works of this poet, illustrator and publisher. A fine copy. READ MORE about THE BOOKS OF PIERRE LECUIRE FROM THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS
Price: $25.00 Order nr. 99839
Paris: Pierre Lecuire, 1973. small 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 80 pages. First edition. Exhibition Catalogue from the January 26-March 12, 1973 show of Pierre Lecuire's books. His books generally feature one or more of his poems alongside original prints by contemporary artists. 20 books are Catalogueed, followed by a biography and bibliography. Illustrated in black-and-white. READ MORE about LIVRES DE PIERRE LECUIRE
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 62868
Mulhouse, Colmar, Strasbourg: Bibliothèque Municipale, Bibliothèque de la Ville de Colmar, Bibliothèque Nationale et Universitaire, 1974. 12mo. stiff paper wrapper covered with suede with onlays. 44, (4) pages. Introduction by Danielle Taesch followed by a biographical sketch by Jacques Guignard and the illustrated exhibition catalogue showing the work of this book artist. Bookplate removed from front inside cover. READ MORE about TROIS EXPOSITIONS DES LIVRES DE PIERRE LECUIRE
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 68984
N.P. Collector's Editions, (1970). 4to. cloth. 315 pages. Reprint of the 1930 first edition. Contains illustrations. A bibliography of this 19th century English book illustrator. Well preserved copy.From the private reference library of Dorothy Sloan with a commemorative bookplate loosely inserted. READ MORE about JOHN LEECH ON MY SHELVES
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 6778
Mansfield Centre: Martino Fine Books, n.d. but 1999. thick 8vo. cloth. xix, 571, 141 pages. Reprint of the 1912 and 1913 volumes bound in one as issued. Besterman p.2028; Arntzen & Rainwater N6; Bridson & Wakeman A6. An excellent bibliography with full descriptions and some annotations. Illustrated. With about 3,000 books described. Reduced in size from the original. READ MORE about DESCRIPTIVE BIBLIOGRAPHY OF THE MOST IMPORTANT BOOKS IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE RELATING TO THE ART...
Price: $80.00 Order nr. 54365
London: Ellis, 1912. thick 4to. cloth-backed boards, paper spine label. xix, 571 pages. Limited to 350 numbered copies. (Besterman p.2028). An appendix volume was issued in 1913 (140 pages) which is not present. About 3,000 entries which are fully described in annotated. Ex library copy with markings and library name perforated on the title page. Wear at spine ends. Inside hinges cracked. Soiled covers. READ MORE about A DESCRIPTIVE BIBLIOGRAPHY OF THE MOST IMPORTANT BOOKS IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE RELATING TO THE...
Price: $75.00 Order nr. 107789
London: Sampson Low, Marston & Co., 1898. thick 8vo. half-leather, top edge gilt, others uncut. xx, 615 pages. Limited to 1,100 copies. (Besterman p. 3010). With 5,000 entries and numerous plates. An important reference work. Covers detached and worn at spine ends. READ MORE about BIBLIOGRAPHY OF EIGHTEENTH CENTURY ART AND ILLUSTRATED BOOKS, BEING A GUIDE TO COLLECTORS OF...
Price: $35.00 Order nr. 71758
(Cambridge): Houghton Library, (1998). oblong 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. (8) pages. Guide to an exhibition. Illustrated. READ MORE about LINES OF INQUIRY, ANCIEN RÉGIME BOOK ILLUSTRATION
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 100134
New York: The Grolier Club, 1896. tall 12mo. original stiff paper wrappers. 73 pages. Asaf Handlist 29. With an introduction by Louis Prang. No illustrations. READ MORE about CATALOGUE OF AN EXHIBITION ILLUSTRATIVE OF A CENTENARY OF ARTISTIC LITHOGRAPHY, 1796-1896
Price: $60.00 Order nr. 17221
(New York: The Grolier Club, 1996). 8vo. wrappers. 14 pages. Introduction by Colta Ives. 1996 Grolier exhibition of lithographic items on loan from the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Wrappers partly torn, top of spine. READ MORE about LITHOGRAPHY'S FACES, THE FIRST GENERATION
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 106461
UK: LOGOS, 2005. 6" x 9" stiff paper wrappers. 120 pages. First edition. This 120-page book was created and published by Logos: The Journal of the World Book Community. Fifteen corresponding contributors helped to cast a useful descriptive bibliography, which would inform the book professions about the best books written by, about and for them. This book becomes the overall critical guide for the world of Books About Books. This guide is an overall collection..... READ MORE about THE LITERATURE OF THE BOOK
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 86935
London: Victoria and Albert Museum, 1969. small 4to. stiff paper wrappers. (iv), 23 pages followed by 125 plates. With a foreword by John Pope-Hennessy. Near fine. READ MORE about FINE ILLUSTRATIONS IN WESTERN EUROPEAN PRINTED BOOKS
Price: $8.00 Order nr. 33528
Madrid: Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientificas, 1981. 8vo. paper wrappers. xiv, 615 pages. First edition. Spine lightly soiled, else a near fine copy. Covers prints with a Madrid-theme from the 16th and 17th centuries. From the reference library of Philadelphia Rare Books & Manuscripts with their bookplate included. READ MORE about IMPRESOS DE LOS SIGLOS XVI Y XVII DE TEMÁTICA MADRILEÑA
Price: $40.00 Order nr. 138325
London: Maggs Brothers, 1928. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. (ii), 144 pages. Maggs Brothers catalogue 507. Includes Americana, engravings, etchings, drawings and aeronautica. 670 items. Frontispiece, 51 black and white plates. List of "current catalogues" with topics on inside back wrapper. Wrappers and spine soiled and bent at edges. READ MORE about CATALOGUE OF RARE AND INTERESTING ENGRAVINGS BY EARLY AND MODERN MASTERS WATER COLOUR DRAWINGS
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 109393
Dust Jackets from 1920 to 1950
N.P. (but Chicago): Caxton Club of Chicago, (1999). 4to. stiff paper wrappers. 11+(1) pages. Dust Jackets from 1920 to 1950. A catalogue published to coincide with an exhibition on the same topic at the Ryerson and Burnham Libraries at The Art Institute of Chicago. The comprehensive text, written by Victor Margolin, is illustrated with color images of the dust jackets themselves. Contains a list for further reading and a checklist that reflects the exhibition... READ MORE about CHICAGO UNDER WRAPS: DUST JACKETS FROM 1920 TO 1950
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 126797
