Klagenfurt: Ferd. Kleinmayr, 1950. 8vo. quarter cloth with paper-covered boards. x, 148 pages and 12 plates. An essay on incunabula including an annotated bibliography describing 132 items. Illustrated with plates of early book illustrations and one period binding. Boards slightly warped. READ MORE about WIEGENDRUCKE IN DER ZEITENWENDE
Price: $35.00 Order nr. 43541
Klagenfurt: Ferd. Kleinmayr, 1950. 8vo. quarter cloth with paper-covered boards. x, 148 pages and 12 plates. An essay on incunabula including an annotated bibliography describing 132 items. Illustrated with plates of early book illustrations and one period binding. Wear along outer edge of front board. Boards slightly warped. READ MORE about WIEGENDRUCKE IN DER ZEITENWENDE
Price: $25.00 Order nr. 126249
N.P. Herzog August Bibliothek Wolfenbüttel, 1976. small 4to. stiff paper wrappers. 164 pages. Catalog of an exhibition at the Duke August Library in Wolfenbüttel, Germany, from June 30 through August 22, 1976, and subsequently at Princeton and Chicago. Bilingual text in English and German. Lists 251 items, usually with annotations, many with black and white illustrations. Covers with color illustrations. READ MORE about THE NEW WORLD IN THE TREASURES OF AN OLD EUROPEAN LIBRARY
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 49614
Pinner, Middlesex: Private Libraries Association, 1995. tall 8vo. cloth. xvi, 256 pages. According to Broomhead, during the 19th century, a growing demand for books, resulting from wider general education and an increasing interest in antiquarian pursuits by the leisured classes, was met by the inventive genius of the period, which was able to develop new processes and machines for speedier and cheaper book production. Book illustration was an area where new techniques were widely employed..... READ MORE about THE BOOK ILLUSTRATIONS OF ORLANDO JEWITT
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 44059
Prague: Hollar, 1964. 4to. self paper wrappers. 16 pages. Text in Czech. Catalogue of graphic work by graphic artist Ludmily Jirincové (1912-1994). Works from 1936 to 1963, 694 entries. Essay by the author/compiler. READ MORE about SOUPIS GRAFIKÉHO DÍLA LUDMILY JIRINCOVÉ
Price: $45.00 Order nr. 107600
Providence: Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design, 1979. 4to. cloth, dust jacket. 240 pages. First edition. catalogue for the exhibition of artists such as Beardsley, Brangwyn, Burne-Jones, Cruikshank, Dulac, Greenaway and Rackham. Short biographies and hundreds of illustrations, many in full color. Jacket soiled and chipped along edges. READ MORE about FANTASTIC ILLUSTRATION AND DESIGN IN BRITAIN, 1850-1930
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 25115
Glasgow: Sotheby Parke Bernet, 1977. square 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 94, (2) pages. With prices realized laid-in. Illustrated catalogue of the Merle Taylor collection. READ MORE about JESSIE M. KING AND E.A. TAYLOR, ILLUSTRATOR AND DESIGNER FROM THE COLLECTION OF MISS MERLE TAYLOR...
Price: $50.00 Order nr. 6639
N.P. Paul Harris Publishing and Sotheby's Belgravia, (1977). square 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. viii, 94 pages. With prices realized laid-in. Illustrated catalogue of the Merle Taylor collection. The special hardbound edition. With estimated price list loosely inserted. Becoming scarce, especially in the hardbound edition. READ MORE about JESSIE M. KING AND E.A. TAYLOR, ILLUSTRATOR AND DESIGNER FROM THE COLLECTION OF MISS MERLE TAYLOR...
Price: $125.00 Order nr. 26514
Glasgow: Sotheby Parke Bernet, 1977. square 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 94, (2) pages. With prices realized laid-in. Illustrated catalogue of the Merle Taylor collection. Dealer's working copy with notes throughout in margins including prices realized. Notes on front cover. READ MORE about JESSIE M. KING AND E.A. TAYLOR, ILLUSTRATOR AND DESIGNER FROM THE COLLECTION OF MISS MERLE TAYLOR...
Price: $45.00 Order nr. 123920
With the CD "Illustrations: Supplement to the Book"
New Castle and London: Oak Knoll Press and the British Library, 2007. 7 x 10 inches. hardcover, dust jacket. 230 pages plus 8 pages of plates. With the CD "Illustrations: Supplement to the Book" Jessie M. King (1875-1949) was the foremost Scottish book designer and illustrator of the 20th century. Her work reflected the mixture of Symbolism and Arts & Crafts practiced by Charles Rennie Mackintosh and the others of "The Four" in Glasgow where..... READ MORE about A GUIDE TO THE PRINTED WORK OF JESSIE M. KING
Price: $90.00 Order nr. 93073
New York: H.P. Kraus, n.d. 4to. cloth. 148 pages. With price list loosely inserted. Near fine. READ MORE about ILLUSTRATED BOOKS FROM THE XVTH & XVITH CENTURIES WITH A FRONTISPIECE IN COLOR AND 115...
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 6871
New York: H.P. Kraus, n.d. small 4to. stiff paper wrappers. 102 pages and 35 plates. Minor bumping. READ MORE about BOOK ILLUSTRATION FROM THE 17TH TO THE 19TH CENTURY
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 6872
New York: H.P. Kraus in cooperation with Rare Books Ltd., n.d. 4to. paper-covered boards with a paper cover label. 31, (67) pages. Catalogue no.135 from H.P. Kraus. A well annotated list of 15 items followed by an extensive section of black and white illustrations. Price list loosely inserted. READ MORE about IMPORTANT FRENCH ILLUSTRATED BOOKS OF THE 15TH AND 16TH CENTURIES
Price: $25.00 Order nr. 56821
Added at the end is a section of bibliography relating to illustrated books, followed by a section of works on bindings.
New York: H.P. Kraus, n.d. small 4to. stiff paper wrappers. 121, (3) pages with 4 additional leaves of illustrations. Added at the end is a section of bibliography relating to illustrated books, followed by a section of works on bindings. Each of the 217 items is described in detail with forty-five volumes accompanied by an illustration, ten of which are in color. Includes a bibliography of illustrated books, a list of reference works on bookbinding..... READ MORE about ILLUSTRATED BOOKS: FROM THE SIXTEENTH TO THE TWENTIETH CENTURY AND IN A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT FIELDS
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 65529
New York: H.P. Kraus, n.d. 4to. boards, paper cover label. 30 pages followed by many plates. With price list loosely inserted. Covers faded. READ MORE about IMPORTANT FRENCH ILLUSTRATED BOOKS OF THE 15TH AND 16TH CENTURIES FROM DISTINGUISHED PRIVATE...
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 25346
New Haven, CT: The Arts of the Book Collection/Yale University, (2000). small 4to. stiff paper wrappers. 135, (3) pages. Published on the occasion of Fritz Kredel's centennial and exhibitions at The Arts of the Book Collection, Yale University, New Haven, CT; The Grolier Club, New York City; Odenwald Museum, Michelstadt, Germany. A comprehensive list of Kredel's work by Mathilde Kredel Brown; with essays by Gay Walker, Hermann Zapf, & Ronald Salter. Type set in Stempel..... READ MORE about FRITZ KREDEL, 1900-1973
Price: $90.00 Order nr. 108578
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
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
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
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
