N.P. n.p., 1916. broadside (17 1/4 by 10 inches). Resolution adopted by the Board of Directors of the Panama-Pacific International Exposition in honor of McNab, a member of the Board. Unsigned. READ MORE about IN MEMORIAM JAMES MCNAB
Price: $50.00 Order nr. 129154
2 Volumes
New York, NY: The Academy of American Poets, 1998-9. Posters (25 by 19 inches). 2 Volumes. Two posters, commemoration National Poetry Month, 1998 and 1999. Printed in color, folded. READ MORE about Two posters commemorating National Poetry Month
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 129359
N.P. n.p., 1891. broadsides. John Sloan (1871-1951) was forced to drop out of school at the age of 16 due to the mental breakdown of his father. He got a job as a cashier at Porter and Coates, a local stationery store where he met A. Edward Newton, a fellow employee. When Newton established his own stationery business in 1890, he hired Sloan. Sloan designed greeting cards and calendars, and etchings which were used in..... READ MORE about Three etchings by John Sloan for the series of etchings entitled Westminster Abbey
Price: $2,150.00 Order nr. 108953
N.P. n.p., n.d. broadside, 4 1/2 x 19 3/4 inches. Rubbing of Newton's name from his gravestone. According to an accompanying post-it note, the rubbing may date to the 1980s. Newton was buried at a cemetery near Valley Forge, Pennsylvania. Creased and lightly stained. READ MORE about Rubbing of A. Edward Newton's gravestone
Price: $25.00 Order nr. 120323
Hinton Charterhouse, Somerset, England: Old School Press, 2003. broadside (9 by 12 inches). Commemorates Oak Knoll Fest X, New Castle, Delaware. With illustration of St. John's Church. READ MORE about OAK KNOLL BOOK FEST 2003
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 127073
(Winston-Salem, NC: Palaemon Press), 1980. folio. cloth, paper cover label. Text and broadsides loosely inserted in portolio in a cloth-backed marbled paper covered slipcase with paper spine label. Limited to 75 numbered sets, of which 55 are for sale. This copy bears the following presentation from the publisher "Many, many thanks, Richard, for your very special contribution - Stuart. 24. April. 80." The two contributing Richard's were Richard Eberhart and Richard Wilbur. Loosely inserted in..... READ MORE about FOR ROBERT PENN WARREN: 24.IV.80
Price: $850.00 Order nr. 105991
(Winston-Salem, NC: Palaemon Press), 1980. folio. cloth, paper cover label. Text and broadsides loosely inserted in portolio in a cloth-backed marbled paper covered slipcase with paper spine label. Limited to 75 numbered sets, of which 55 are for sale. Loosely inserted in the portfolio are: four page folder entitled, "RPW by Ann Carter Pollard," which contains a woodcut portrait of Warren signed and numbered by Pollard; ten poetry broadsides by A.R. Ammons, Fred Chappell, James..... READ MORE about FOR ROBERT PENN WARREN: 24.IV.80
Price: $750.00 Order nr. 108930
Newark: Curtis Paper Company, n.d. 12" x 10" Single sheet. Blank certificate, to be awarded by the "Curtis Paper Company for the exercise of outstanding skill and craftsmanship in the field of the Graphic Arts." Printed with teal, yellow and black. READ MORE about CERTIFICATE OF MERIT
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 79476
Indianapolis, IN: Indianapolis Museum of Art, n.d. 4to. pamphlet. Published as part of the museum's State Traveling Exhibition Program. Foldout reproduction of one of Penfield's works. READ MORE about EDWARD PENFIELD'S MONTHLY PLACARDS FOR HARPER'S MAGAZINE
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 122946
Peacham, VT: The Perpetua Press, 2003. broadside (12 by 9 inches). Commemorates Oak Knoll Fest X, New Castle, Delaware. Two color illustrations. READ MORE about THE PERPETUA PRESS
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 127082
N.P. Pickering Press, 1979. Broadside, 19 by 9 inches. Set in the American Uncial of Victor Hammen. Printed at Pickering Pressin red and black for Oak Knoll Books, Christmas 1979. READ MORE about THE HIPPOCRATIC OATH
Price: $45.00 Order nr. 108869
N.P. Pickering Press, 1983. various loose sheets, booklets, and brochures loosely inserted in a portfolio with a label pasted on front cover. Issued in an unknown but obviously small number. A portfolio of more than 50 examples of commercial letterpress work from John Anderson (1915-1997), who began the Pickering Press in 1946, operating it until 1995 from Philadelphia or his Maple Shade, NJ home, except for two years in California and Arizona. For years he..... READ MORE about A PICKERING POTPOURRI
Price: $250.00 Order nr. 72555
N.P. Pickering Press, 1980. 6 3/8" x 9½" Single sheet. Advertisment for the Pickering Press, set in the types of Rudolf Koch, with a wood engraving of a hand holding a rose by John DePol. READ MORE about THE RECRUDESCENCE OF A TRAMP PRINTER
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 48628
N.P. Pickering Press, n.d. 6 1/8" x 8 1/8" Single sheet. Broadside with wood engraving. Text is a quotation from The Book of the Ordre of Chyvalre, or Knyghtehode, originally translated and printed by William Caxton in 1552. READ MORE about ALAS, WHAT DOO YE
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 48600
N.P. Pickering Press, n.d. 8.5" x 11" Single sheet. Advertisment for an event at Fairleigh-Dickinson University, printed in Western style by John Anderson at the Pickering Press. READ MORE about AN EVENING OF WESTERN SONG
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 48612
New York: Christie's, 2002. 4to. paper wrappers. 198+(1) pages. Catalogue for auction held December 20, 2002, in New York. Well illustrated with color plates. Contains 451 entries as well as an index. READ MORE about ENTERTAINMENT MEMORABILIA INCLUDING THE BOBBY ZAREM POSTER COLLECTION
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 101742
N.P. The Smithsonian Institution, 1969. oblong 16mo. stiff paper wrappers. unpaginated. An exhibition sponsored by the German Art Council. Black-and-white illustrations. Wrappers slightly tanned at the edges. READ MORE about GERMAN POSTERS: FIVE YOUNG DESIGNERS
Price: $12.00 Order nr. 105516
The Book Club of California Keepsake for 2006
(San Francisco: Book Club of California, The, 2007). small 4to. printed paper folio, 14 loose leaves. unpaginated. The Book Club of California Keepsake for 2006. Folio of 14 facsimiles of Southern California travel posters. Loose leaves with a description and history of the poster. READ MORE about SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA TRAVEL POSTERS 1896-1965
Price: $25.00 Order nr. 104498
New York, NY: Abbeville Press, (1984). 4to. cloth, dust jacket. 215+(1) pages. Table of contents, biographical sketches of contributors, bibliography, list of lenders, acknowledgments, credits, index. Catalogue of an exhibition at the Walker Art Center, Minneapolis. With contributions by Mildred Friedman, Robert Brown, Alma Law, Armin Hofmann, and Merrill C. Berman. READ MORE about POSTERS: THE 20TH-CENTURY POSTER DESIGN OF THE AVANT-GARDE
Price: $45.00 Order nr. 121485
Leningrad: Khudozhnik RSFSR, 1988. 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. 190, (2) pages. Text in Russian. History of Russian poster art late-19th to the early 20th centuries. Frontispiece. 132 illustrations, color and black and white. Author's works are listed in the British Library's bibliography of its collection of Russian posters on its website. First major monograph on posters and poster art in the late imperial era. Endnotes, list of illustrations, and brief biographical notes on the artists..... READ MORE about RUSSKII PLAKAT: VTORAIA POLOVINA XIX-NACHALO XX VEKA (RUSSIAN POSTERS: SECOND HALF OF THE...
Price: $45.00 Order nr. 108099
Richmond, VA: Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, (1994). 4to. stiff paper wrappers. viii, 111+(1) pages. Exhibition of posters, mostly late 19th century, in the Museum's collections. Table of contents, foreword, preface and acknowledgments, select bibliography, index. Mostly black and white, but some color, illustrations. READ MORE about DESIGNED TO SELL: TURN-OF-THE-CENTURY AMERICAN POSTERS IN THE VIRGINIA MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 120014
New York: Grossman Publishers, (1970). oblong small 4to. cloth, dust jacket. 93+(1) pages. Preface by Emile Langui. 136 items described and illustrated. Jacket soiled and chipped with a piece missing at head of spine. READ MORE about LA BELLE EPOQUE, BELGIAN POSTERS, WATERCOLORS AND DRAWINGS FROM THE COLLE CTION OF L. WITTAMER-DE...
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 32743
New York, NY: The Citadel Press, (1966). 4to. cloth, dust jacket, slipcase. 139+(1) pages. Table of contents, index of posters, biographical notes on designers. Includes political propaganda, entertainment, expressionism, the Bauhaus, among other topics. Black and white and color illustrations. READ MORE about MASTERS OF GERMAN POSTER ART
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 133340
(Tokyo, Japan: Department of Cultural Projects, 1984). 4to. stiff paper wrappers. 195+(1) pages. Text in Japanese and English. 19th and 20th century posters exhibited at Japanese museums. Introduction by the author. Essays by the author, Mikio Koyasu, and Norio Shimada. 170 color plates. Chronology, select bibliography, and index. READ MORE about TIMELESS IMAGES
Price: $50.00 Order nr. 118970
London: Sir Isaac Pitman & Sons, Ltd., 1933. 4to. cloth. xii, 208, (iv) pages. A collection of essays about the art of poster design from ten different authors. Over a hundred black-and-white illustrations. It should have 77 pasted color plates, but 24 have been torn from the book. Former library book with usual markings. Several minor tears at the edges of pages and near the remaining pasted-down color plates. READ MORE about THE TECHNIQUE OF THE POSTER
Price: $185.00 Order nr. 96618
