Frankfurt: Verlag von R. Th. Hauser & Co., 1924. 4to. stiff paper wrappers. various. This book accompanied a German book art exhibition in Rhein-Main. Includes several illustrations. 2.5" x 3.5" square cut out of one page. Cover slightly soiled. READ MORE about BUCHKUNST AUSSTELLUNG
Price: $35.00 Order nr. 88406
(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
London: Sotheby's, 1986. 4to. stiff paper wrappers. 156, (8) pages. A catalogue (December 2nd) to an auction of rare manuscripts and miniatures. 74 lots. Well illustrated, much in full color. READ MORE about WESTERN MANUSCRIPTS AND MINIATURES
Price: $25.00 Order nr. 70303
Birmingham: Birmingham Bookshop, 1978. small 4to. cloth, dust jacket. (iv), xii, 186 pages. Limited to 1000 numbered copies. Presented by artist followed by books illustrated with information on plates. Index in back. Filled with illustrations including a number of tipped-in color plates. Jacket rubbed with wear at tips. READ MORE about BIBLIOGRAPHY OF BRITISH BOOK ILLUSTRATORS, 1860-1900
Price: $18.00 Order nr. 25519
London: National Book League, 1955. small 8vo. decorated paper wrappers, paper cover label. 16 pages. Volume four in the series entitled The Book. READ MORE about A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF BOOK ILLUSTRATION
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 6974
Paris: Librairie Grund, (1948). 8vo. paper wrappers. 214, (4) pages. First edition. Illustrated. Bibliography of books with engraved plates printed in France during the 18th century. Paper covering torn along hinges in places. First blank page has tear. READ MORE about LE LIVRE À GRAVURES AU XVIIIe SIÈCLE, SUIVI D'UN ESSAI DE BIBLIOGRAPHIE
Price: $30.00 Order nr. 14583
Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, (1980). 8vo. cloth. viii, 191 pages. First edition. Over 2,000 references to books, pamphlets, essays, periodical articles, and theses on the subject. Only concerned with illustration periods and countries. The subjects include Manuals of Illustration and other Writings on Technique, History of Methods of Illustration, Science and Technology, Medicine, Music, and Illustration and Decoration in Children's Books. READ MORE about BOOK ILLUSTRATION AND DECORATION, A GUIDE TO RESEARCH
Price: $30.00 Order nr. 26721
Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, (1980). 8vo. cloth. viii, 191+(1) pages. Greenwood's Art Reference Collection, Number 1. Table of contents, preface, indices of authors and subjects, biographical sketch of the compiler. A bibliography. READ MORE about BOOK ILLUSTRATION AND DECORATION: A GUIDE TO RESEARCH
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 130663
5 volumes.
London: G. Bell and Sons, Ltd, 1925. small 4to. two-toned cloth, top edges gilt. xii,364; x,291+(1); xvi,393+(1); xvi,309; xviii,425 pages. 5 volumes. New edition, revised and enlarged under the supervision of George C. Williamson. Filled with separate plates printed on glossy paper. Rubbing of covers with wear along edges. Shaken. READ MORE about BRYAN'S DICTIONARY OF PAINTERS AND ENGRAVERS
Price: $125.00 Order nr. 103128
1983. 8vo. later pamphlet binder. pp.31-62. Removed from the Journal of the Printing Historical Society Number 17 (1982/1983). With the ink signature of Gavin Bridson. READ MORE about BRITISH WOOD-ENGRAVERS C. 1820- C. 1860: A CHECKLIST
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 100081
The Collection of Henry Lloyd, Esq., of Boston and Lloyd's Neck, Long Island
Hartford: Transcendental Books, (1980). 4to. cloth. variously paginated. The Collection of Henry Lloyd, Esq., of Boston and Lloyd's Neck, Long Island. A collection of facsimiles about Henry Lloyd's library collection. Printed only on the recto except for the frontispiece, which is printed on the verso only. Includes several engravings and other illustrations. Slight shelf wear. READ MORE about AN ANGLICAN LIBRARY IN COLONIAL NEW ENGLAND
Price: $65.00 Order nr. 97595
New York: The Museum of Modern Art, distributed by Harry N. Abrams, Inc, 1994. small 4to. cloth, dust jacket. (ii), 263+(1) pages. First edition. "Traces the international development of the modern illustrated book to the last decade of this century." This book was meant to accompany the exhibition held at the Museum of Modern Art. accompanied by 224 illustrations with 76 in color. A wealth of information for the dealer and collector. READ MORE about A CENTURY OF ARTISTS BOOKS
Price: $75.00 Order nr. 41528
N.P. Merrill Chase Galleries, 1978. small 4to. paper wrappers. x, 99 pages. A catalogue offered as a reference and guide for the serious student of printmaking. Works of forty-two artists are featured, including Louis Legrand, James Tissot and James McNeil Whistler. Along with many illustrations, an essay on the life and work of each artist is included. READ MORE about REDISCOVERED PRINTMAKERS OF THE 19TH CENTURY
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 44874
Stamford: Overbrook Press, The, 1949. 8vo. paper wrappers, paper cover label. 32 pages. First edition, limited to 1000 copies. This copy inscribed by the author. Spine lightly sunned. READ MORE about PROGRESS IN THE GRAPHIC ARTS AN ADDRESS DELIVERED AT THE NEWBERRY LIBRARY IN CHICAGO ... ON THE...
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 132590
(London, England): The British Council, n.d. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 28 pages. Presentation on inside front wrapper. Introduction. 66 entries, each with descriptive text. Front cover notes concluding date of 1933 rather than 1932. READ MORE about ENGLISH ILLUSTRATED BOOKS: THE CATALOGUE OF AN EXHIBITION OF BOOKS PUBLISHED BETWEEN 1570 AND 1932
Price: $25.00 Order nr. 126445
Amsterdam: Fr. Van Crombrugghe, 1890. 8vo. later cloth. xii, 319 (columns), (2) pages. Fifth edition of this bibliography of 18th century illustrated books. Revised and enlarged by Le Baron Roger Portalis. First volume is stained internally. Volume two has wrinkling to pages at bottom front corner throughout. READ MORE about GUIDE DE L'AMATEUR DE LIVRES A GRAVURES DU XVIII SIECLE
Price: $85.00 Order nr. 25165
(Mansfield Centre: Maurizio Martino, n.d. but circa 1997). thick 8vo. cloth. xxvi, 1247 pages. Reprint of the sixth and best edition of this bibliography of French eighteenth-century illustrated books which was revised and enlarged by Seymour Dericci. Originally published in Paris by Librairie A. Rouquette in 1912. READ MORE about GUIDE DE L'AMATEUR DE LIVRES A GRAVURES DU XVIII SIECLE
Price: $90.00 Order nr. 53435
Seconde Édition
Paris: Chez P. Rouquette, Libraire, 1873. 8vo. half leather, cloth, gilt rules and title on spine, five raised bands, top edge gilt. xv, (i), 273, (3) pages. Seconde Édition. Text in French. Limited to an edition of 500 copies printed on Hollande paper. Bibliography of books either printed and illustrated in France, printed in the French language, or illustrated by a French artist. Former library copy with the usual markings. Previous owner's bookplate on front..... READ MORE about GUIDE DE L'AMATEUR DE LIVRES A VIGNETTES DU XVIIIE SIÈCLE
Price: $45.00 Order nr. 95174
New Castle, DE: Oak Knoll Press, 2002. small 4to. cloth with dust jacket. 240 pages. First edition. This prestigious work presents a detailed description of the various editions of works by William Morris, in which one or more artists have illustrated the text. Each bibliographic entry, in addition to supplying comprehensive information on the physical appearance of the title, emphasizes the artistic aspects of the particular book. The author has paid special attention to each..... READ MORE about ILLUSTRATED EDITIONS OF THE WORKS OF WILLIAM MORRIS IN ENGLISH
Price: $49.95 Order nr. 70934
New Castle, DE: Oak Knoll Press, 2002. small 4to. cloth with dust jacket. 240 pages. First edition. This prestigious work presents a detailed description of the various editions of works by William Morris, in which one or more artists have illustrated the text. Each bibliographic entry, in addition to supplying comprehensive information on the physical appearance of the title, emphasizes the artistic aspects of the particular book. The author has paid special attention to each..... READ MORE about ILLUSTRATED EDITIONS OF THE WORKS OF WILLIAM MORRIS IN ENGLISH
Price: $55.00 Order nr. 96190
3 volumes. Avant-Propos de Joseph Guibert.
Paris: Maurice le Garrec, 1927-1928. thick 4to. stiff paper wrappers. 435; 551; (iv), 201 pages. 3 volumes. Avant-Propos de Joseph Guibert. Limited to 525 numbered copies. (Besterman p.2029). 12,500 illustrated French books are described under different subject headings. With an index to the whole work in the third volume. With the Randeria bookplate. Some chipping and tearing to the heads and tails of spines on all three volumes. READ MORE about LA GRAVURE FRANCAISE, ESSAI DE BIBLIOGRAPHIE
Price: $325.00 Order nr. 21365
New York: The Sandstone Press, 1981. oblong 8vo. cloth spine, decorated paper over boards, dust jacket. 200 pages. First American edition. 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 on the end grain, and the relationship between the artists of the time and their engravers. With a...... READ MORE about THE VICTORIAN WOODBLOCK ILLUSTRATORS
Price: $45.00 Order nr. 2062
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
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: H.W. Wilson Co., 1948. 8vo. cloth. 354 pages. Revised and enlarged edition. Includes pamphlets on the book industry. Tape marks on pastedowns. Name of former owner stamped on free endpaper. Bottom corners slightly bumped. READ MORE about OCCUPATIONAL PAMPHLETS, AN ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 7287
