2.

(Barbarian Press).

ENDGRAIN: CONTEMPORARY WOOD ENGRAVING IN NORTH AMERICA.

Mission, Canada: Barbarian Press, 1994. thick 4to. full blue leather, with patterned endpapers and contained in a drop-back box. Unpaginated (but approximately 340 pages). First edition, limited to 430 copies of which this copy is one of 50 special copies bound thus and containing a signed, tipped-in frontispiece by Rosemary Kilbourn. Contains an astounding 121 wood engravings chosen by the artists and printed directly from the blocks onto individual leaves. Printed and published by Crispin..... READ MORE about ENDGRAIN: CONTEMPORARY WOOD ENGRAVING IN NORTH AMERICA

Price: $7,000.00  other currencies  Order nr. 49989

4.

(Bookbinding). Nixon, Howard M.

ENGLISH RESTORATION BOOKBINDINGS. THE FRAMED EXHIBITION POSTER & ACCOMPANYING CATALOGUE.

SAMUEL MEARNE AND HIS CONTEMPORARIES
London: The British Library, 1974. folio, small 4to. framed poster under glass, stiff paper wrappers. 48 pages and 1 full-page color plate. SAMUEL MEARNE AND HIS CONTEMPORARIES. S-K 4775. First edition but with only one illustration. (Brenni 853). This framed broadside is the poster for this exhibition. Also accompanying the framed poster is the first edition of the exhibition catalogue (with only one illustrated frontispiece in color). An unusual exhibition catalogue with a long running..... READ MORE about ENGLISH RESTORATION BOOKBINDINGS. THE FRAMED EXHIBITION POSTER & ACCOMPANYING CATALOGUE

Price: $200.00  other currencies  Order nr. 138145

7.

(Glaister, Donald). Glaister, Donald.

COMPLETE INSRUCTIONS.

Excerpted from the Preface of Leaves of Grass, 1855 Edition, First Printing.
Tucson, AZ: Foolsgold Studios, 2022. square 4to. half leather with cherry veneer applied to the boards, cloth clamshell box. 42 pages. Excerpted from the Preface of Leaves of Grass, 1855 Edition, First Printing. Limited to 15 numbered copies, 1 deluxe artists proof variant, 1 prototype and 1 variant saved for fine binding, each signed by the author/publisher on colophon. Complete Instructions is conceived, edited and produced as a response to social and political American life..... READ MORE about COMPLETE INSRUCTIONS

Price: $5,000.00  other currencies  Order nr. 138150

9.

(Guild of Women-Binders). Hughes, William R.

A WEEK'S TRAMP IN DICKENS-LAND. TOGETHER WITH PERSONAL REMINISCENCES OF THE 'INIMITABLE BOZ' THERIN COLLECTED.

London, United Kingdom: Chapman & Hall, 1891. 8vo. leather, five raised bands, chemise, half leather and cloth slipcase with five raised bands. xx, 160; [1], iii, 161-432 pages. First edition, of which this is one of twenty limited edition copies with over a 130 extra illustrations (many india proofs, steel plate engravings & etchings), 16 of which are hand-colored, five illustrations of the author and Kitton, and signed by the author William R. Hughes. Additionally..... READ MORE about A WEEK'S TRAMP IN DICKENS-LAND. TOGETHER WITH PERSONAL REMINISCENCES OF THE 'INIMITABLE BOZ'...

Price: $7,500.00  other currencies  Order nr. 134409

11.

(Illuminated Manuscripts).

LA BIBBIA DEI CROCIATI.

Rome: Salerno Editrice, 1998. folio. full stamped leather boards, acrylic slipcase. (92) leaves. Limited to 980 copies, of which this is one of 250 copies reserved for Salerno Editrice in Italian. Lacking the commentary volume. The bottom edge of the slipcase has been separated, but is present. Else in near fine condition. One of the masterpieces of French Gothic illumination, the Morgan Bible is an impressive reminder of the importance of biblical history for the..... READ MORE about LA BIBBIA DEI CROCIATI

Price: $5,500.00  other currencies  Order nr. 137063

14.

(Marbling). Sönmez, Nedim.

MARBLED WATER LILIES.

WITH SIX ORIGINAL SAMPLES OF MARBLED WATER LILIES.
Izmir, Turkey: self published, 2022. 24 cm x 34 cm. Japanese bound in linen over marbled paper covered boards. WITH SIX ORIGINAL SAMPLES OF MARBLED WATER LILIES. First edition limited to 33 signed and numbered copies. This book contains 6 original tipped-in samples of marbled water lilies produced by Nedim Sönmez. "Water-lilies are another prominent subject. Nedim Sönmez alludes openly to Monets paintings, which he has seen as originals. He approaches this difficult motif in..... READ MORE about MARBLED WATER LILIES

Price: $400.00  other currencies  Order nr. 138156

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(Vale Press). Browne, Thomas.

RELIGIO MEDICI, URN BURIAL, CHRISTIAN MORALS, AND OTHER ESSAYS.

Edited by Sir Charles John Holmes. Printed by Charles S. Ricketts.
London: Hacon and Ricketts, 1902. 4to. Quarter bound in cloth over paper covered boards w/ paper title labels to upper board and spine. 198 pages. Edited by Sir Charles John Holmes. Printed by Charles S. Ricketts. First Vale Press edition limited to 310 copies. Watry, B35. Edged bumped; partially unopened. A very good copy. With book label, "From the Library of John Masefield, O.M., Poet Laureate." The decorations were designed by Charles Ricketts (1866-1931), a...... READ MORE about RELIGIO MEDICI, URN BURIAL, CHRISTIAN MORALS, AND OTHER ESSAYS

Price: $400.00  other currencies  Order nr. 138103