Charlottesville: Alderman Library, 1986. 12mo. stiff paper wrappers. 48, (2) pages. Keepsake of an exhibition. Illustrated. A near fine copy. READ MORE about EMBELLISHED WITH NUMEROUS ENGRAVINGS: THE WORKS OF AMERICAN ILLUSTRATORS AND WOOD ENGRAVERS,...
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 105730
N.P. Gutenberg-Jahrbuch, 1995. 4to. stiff paper wrappers. pp. 66-82. Offprint from the Yearbook. Nineteen illustrations in the text. READ MORE about VENETIAN XYLOGRAPHIC AT THE JOHN RYLANDS UNIVERSITY LIBRARY, MANCHESTER, ENGLAND
Price: $8.00 Order nr. 75434
Melbourne, Australia: Zimmer, 1997. square small folio. black paper wrappers, title in gilt, six loosely inserted wood-engravings, decorated patterned paper covered boards clamshell box. (iv), 15, (1) pages. Limited to 15 numbered copies signed by Tate Adams, of which this portfolio is unnumbered on the colophon. The five included plates are each numbered #6 of 15. A fine copy in fine clamshell box. Four full-spread and one smaller plate wood-engravings by Adams. The text was..... READ MORE about TATE ADAMS: TROPICAL WOOD-ENGRAVINGS
Price: $4,500.00 Order nr. 136522
London: S. & J. Fuller, 1849. square 8vo. original cloth with new spine covering. Frontispiece; 58, (6) pages, 8 plates. First edition (Bridson & Wakeman B17 - for second edition of 1851). A treatise on the technique of etching by one of Britain's greatest ever sporting artists. An avid sportsman himself, Alken specialized in depicting hunting, coaching, racing, shooting and fishing scenes. British sporting periodicals frequently carried his illustrations. In this book, he distills some..... READ MORE about THE ART AND PRACTICE OF ETCHING; WITH DIRECTIONS FOR OTHER METHODS OF LIGHT AND ENTERTAINING...
Price: $500.00 Order nr. 65235
Minneapolis: Federal Schools, Inc., 1930. large 4to. stapled, stiff paper wrappers. 67 pages. Part twelve of a correspondence course for commercial artists: Methods of reproduction and the constraints which a chosen method of reproduction may impose on the designer or illustrator. Inserted is a sheet showing drawings in different stages of reproduction. With test questions and assignments. Cover soiled, irregularly browned. READ MORE about COMMERCIAL DESIGNING, REPRODUCTION OF ILLUSTRATION
Price: $8.00 Order nr. 50774
Berlin: Amsler & Ruthardt, (1897). 8vo. half cloth, paper-covered boards, paper spine label. (iv), 76 pages. Written in German. An old auction catalogue of 1256 entries with the original stiff paper wrappers bound-in. Wear and rubbing at extremities, paper spine label worn, original front cover and some leaves at front separated. Laid-in is the bookplate of Oak Knoll designating this as from the library of H. P. Kraus. READ MORE about KATALOG WERTHVOLLER UND SELTENER KUPFERSTICHE HOLZSCHNITTE UND SCHABKUNSTBLÄTTER ALTER MEISTER...
Price: $16.00 Order nr. 101518
Berlin: (Amsler & Ruthardt, 1896). 8vo. half cloth, marbled paper-covered boards, all edges marbled. (ii), 175+(1) pages. Written in German. An auction catalogue with 2416 entries. Bound together is the original front paper wrapper. Minor wear at extremities. Laid-in is the bookplate of Oak Knoll designating this as from the libary of H. P. Kraus. READ MORE about KATALOG WERTHVOLLER UND SELTENER KUPFERSTICHE RADIRUNGEN UND HOLZSCHNITTE, ALTER UND NEUER MEISTER
Price: $28.00 Order nr. 101555
oder, Lexicon der vorzüglichsten kupferstecher des XIX. jahrhunderts welche in linienmanier gearbeitet haben, sowie beschreibung.
Leipzig: A. Danz, 1880. large 8vo. half leather with raised bands and gilt decoration, marbled paper-covered boards, all edges stained red. xxxxvii, (i), 478 pages. oder, Lexicon der vorzüglichsten kupferstecher des XIX. jahrhunderts welche in linienmanier gearbeitet haben, sowie beschreibung. First edition. This dictionary of engravers and engraving was intended as a handbook for print collectors. Bookbinder's tag H. Sperling of Leipzig. Bookplate on front pastedown indicates that this book came from the reference library..... READ MORE about HANDBUCH FÜR KUPFERSTICHSAMMLER
Price: $60.00 Order nr. 75742
Northampton, MA: Apiary Press, The, (1965). oblong 4to. heavy cardstock boards, brown printed paper dust jacket. (26) pages. Privately printed by Ronald Gordon in an edition of 25 numbered copies. This copy is additionally inscribed in ink for Joseph Blumenthal of The Spiral Press (New York) opposite the colophon and signed by the printer and translator. The head of the spine of the dust jacket has a small tear, else a near fine copy of..... READ MORE about THE HOUSE OF SONG
Price: $950.00 Order nr. 140266
(Sydney): Hordern House, (1987). 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. x, (ii), 468 pages. Australian Rare Books is illustrated in black-and-white with one color plate tipped-in as the frontispiece. Fine in fine dust jacket. READ MORE about AUSTRALIAN RARE BOOKS 1788-1900
Price: $80.00 Order nr. 103809
Endgrain Editions Three.
Mission, BC: Barbarian Press, 2003. folio. quarter sienna leather with patterned paper-covered boards, gold-stamped leather label on spine, slipcase. 132 pages. Endgrain Editions Three. Privately printed in an edition of 190 copies, of which this book is one of 60 copies handbound by Simone Mynen and containing a signed and numbered proof of the frontispiece in a handmade paper folder. Prospectus loosely inserted. Fine in fine slipcase. With an introduction by Lazarov, a Publisher's Foreword..... READ MORE about PETER LAZAROV, A SELECTION OF ENGRAVINGS WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY THE ARTIST
Price: $2,900.00 Order nr. 74609
Endgrain Editions Three.
Mission, BC: Barbarian Press, 2003. folio. quarter sienna leather with patterned paper-covered boards, gold-stamped leather label on spine, slipcase. 132 pages. Endgrain Editions Three. Privately printed in an edition of 190 copies, of which this book is one of 60 copies handbound by Simone Mynen and containing a signed and numbered proof of the frontispiece in a handmade paper folder. Fine in fine slipcase. With an introduction by Lazarov, a Publisher's Foreword by Crispin Elsted..... READ MORE about PETER LAZAROV, A SELECTION OF ENGRAVINGS WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY THE ARTIST
Price: $2,150.00 Order nr. 140343
N.P. n.p., n.d. broadside (9 3/4 x 12 inches). Facsimile. Basire (1730-1802) was an English engraver who apprenticed William Blake. See Michael Bryan, Dictionary of Painters and Engravers, Vol. 1 (London: George Bell and Sons, 1886), 91. READ MORE about A VIEW FROM THE INSIDE OF BRAZEN NOSE COLLEGE QUADRANGLE
Price: $8.00 Order nr. 120588
Princeton: Friends of the Princeton University Library, 1967. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. (ii), 141-203+(1) pages, 4 plates. From The Princeton University Library Chronicle, Volume XXVIII, Number 3. Several articles, two discussing Alfred Chester Beatty. A few markings in red pen near the middle of the text. Slight shelf wear. READ MORE about " SIR A. CHESTER BEATTY AND HIS LIBRARY"
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 97421
Philadelphia: Beck Engraving Co., n.d. (circa 1929). 4to. paper covered boards. (16) pages. One page of text followed by examples of the gravure work executed by Beck. Beautiful cover printed in silver and dark blue against a light blue background. Near fine, lacking slipcase. READ MORE about BECK GRAVURE
Price: $24.00 Order nr. 41222
N.P. n.p., 1998. broadside (8 by 12 inches). Illustration by German bookplate artist Ellen Beck. Signed. READ MORE about Illustration
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 132610
8 volumes.
N.P. Libraire Grund, (1948). 8vo. cloth. Thousands of pages. 8 volumes. New edition, revised and enlarged, with 32 illustrations. An excellent reference tool for the study of artists, engravers, and scupturers. A few pages partially sprung. READ MORE about DICTIONNAIRE CRITIQUE ET DOCUMENTAIRE DES PEINTRES, SCULPTEURS, DESSIN ATEURS ET GRAVEURS, DE...
Price: $76.00 Order nr. 21307
8 volumes.
N.P. Libraire Grund, (1954). 8vo. cloth. Thousands of pages. 8 volumes. New edition, revised and enlarged, with 32 illustrations. An excellent reference tool for the study of artists, engravers, and scupturers. Light wear to the heads of the spines, some volumes shaken. Volume 8 has the spine along the front hinge loose. From the private reference library of Dorothy Sloan with a commemorative bookplate loosely inserted. READ MORE about DICTIONNAIRE CRITIQUE ET DOCUMENTAIRE DES PEINTRES, SCULPTEURS, DESSIN ATEURS ET GRAVEURS, DE...
Price: $250.00 Order nr. 135528
10 volumes.
Paris: Librairie Grund, 1976. thick 8vo. cloth. IX (1) 718 pages; 728 pages; 728 pages; 728 pages; 760 pages; 760 pages; 792 pages; 792 pages; 888 pages; 942 pages (2). 10 volumes. Reprint of the fifth edition, revised under the direction of the heirs of E. Bénézit. Still one of the best biographical guides to the old masters, including artists, illustrators, engravers and others involved in the art field. Covers all times and countries. Contains..... READ MORE about DICTIONNAIRE CRITIQUE ET DOCUMENTAIRE DES PEINTRES, SCULPTEURS, DESSINATEURS ET GRAVEURS DE TOUS...
Price: $120.00 Order nr. 103845
14 volumes.
Paris: Librairie Gründ, 1999. thick tall 8vo. hardcover. variously paginated. 14 volumes. The Nouvelle Édition entirely edited under the direction of Jacques Busse The text is in French. A fine set. Still one of the best biographical guides to the old masters, including artists, illustrators, engravers and others involved in the art field. Covers all times and countries. Contains over 170,000 entries on very important articles, bibliography and museography, graphic supplements and results of public..... READ MORE about DICTIONNAIRE CRITIQUE ET DOCUMENTAIRE DES PEINTRES, SCULPTEURS, DESSINATEURS ET GRAVEURS DE TOUS...
Price: $200.00 Order nr. 142314
Philadelphia: The Manufacturing Photo-Engravers Association, 1927. small 8vo. paper wrappers. 25 pages. The history of Photo-engraving with illustrations. A fine copy. From the Thomas M. Whitehead Collection of Books About Books. READ MORE about 30 MINUTES WITH A PHOTO-ENGRAVER
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 38417
New Castle, DE: Oak Knoll Press, 2001. 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. 192 pages. First edition. When people think of Bewick, they are generally thinking of Thomas Bewick (1753-1828) and his superlative wood engravings of animals and birds. Thomas skill and reputation largely obscured the artistic recognition of his younger brother, John Bewick, as an accomplished wood engraver illustrating mostly children's books. Yet John Bewick was one of the earliest, if not the earliest, designer-engravers in..... READ MORE about JOHN BEWICK, ENGRAVER ON WOOD 1760-1795
Price: $56.00 Order nr. 97929
London: Spring Books, (1964). small 4to. cloth, dust jacket. xviii, 263 pages. Reprint of the 1928 first edition. Excellent history with 120 illustrations. Jacket shows minor rubbing, else a fine copy. READ MORE about A HISTORY OF WOOD-ENGRAVING
Price: $16.00 Order nr. 3399
London: Spring Books, (1964). small 4to. cloth, dust jacket. xviii, 263 pages. Reprint of the first edition. Excellent history with 120 illustrations. Jacket worn with tears. READ MORE about A HISTORY OF WOOD-ENGRAVING
Price: $12.80 Order nr. 29748
Paris et Bruxelles: Les Éditions G. Van Oest, 1928. 4to. later cloth with original stiff paper wrappers bound-in. xi, 99 pages followed by 78 plates. First edition. A study of the beginning of the engraved book in France. With 177 illustrations. With a bookplate indicating that this book came from the reference library of H.P. Kraus. Covers soiled. Some chipping of edges of preliminary pages. READ MORE about LES ORIGINES DU LIVRE À GRAVURES EN FRANCE, LES INCUNABLES TYPOGRAPHIQUES
Price: $120.00 Order nr. 26137
