New Castle, DE: Oak Knoll Books, 1990. 8vo. cloth-backed, patterned paper (in facsimile of an original Remondini pattern specially executed by Henry Morris), leather spine label. 55, (5) pages. Limited to 215 numbered copies, of whicht his copy is classified as "publisher's copy" (Berger B36). Set in Perpetua and printed letterpress on Johannot mould-made paper by Henry Morris at the Bird & Bull Press. Italian block-printed papers were the start of the collection of decorated..... READ MORE about REMONDINI AND RIZZI, A CHAPTER IN ITALIAN DECORATED PAPER HISTORY

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San Francisco, CA: Book Club of California, 1985. 8vo. cloth, paper spine label. xiv. 212 pages. Published in a Limited Edition of 500 copies for the Book Club of California. (Harlan no. 179). Prospectus loosely inserted. A fine copy. Biographical account of California's first and only Hispanic governor, the first Hispanic elected to the United States Congress, and the first to be named a diplomat. Pacheco is often called, "the most successful Spanish-speaking native son..... READ MORE about ROMUALDO PACHECO: A CALIFORNIO IN TWO ERAS

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(Bale: Les Editions Holbein), n.d. oblong small 4to. boards, paper cover label, dust jacket. 63 leaf facsimile followed by colophon page. An excellent slightly-enlarged facsimile reprint of one of the most important seventeenth century writing-books, with a descriptive blurb by Jan Tschichold. Little chipping along edges of jacket with some minor shelfwear to edges of the boards. Lower corners bumped. Originally published in Paris in 1647 by P. Drevet. Limited to 550 copies. From the..... READ MORE about LES ECRITURES FINANCIERE ET ITALIENNE-BASTARDE DANS LEUR NATUREL OUVRAGE COMPOSE DE QUANTITE...

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N.P. Inky Parrot Press, 1983. 8vo. paper-covered boards, paper label on front cover, decorated endpapers. 3-36 pages. Limited to 225 numbered copies, including 35 with hand-colored illustrations, of which latter group this is one. Signed by author and illustrator on colophon. Two short stories of somewhat opposing tendency: Carrie (Bath Night) learns to repay generosity with generosity, while Suzie (Chained Tree) learns that even pediatric patients play games of deceit and domination. Twenty-five drawings, most..... READ MORE about BATH NIGHT; THE CHAINED TREE

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San Francisco: Book Club of California, The, 1985. 4to. cloth. 114, (10) pages. Limited to 750 copies (Leaf Book - Chalmers 182). A fine copy. The 180th publication of the Club. Printed in black and red with tipped-in specimens of the press thus making this a leaf book. This printing contains additional bibliographical material not in the first edition. First enlarged edition, being a faithful reproduction of the original Allen Press bibliography, with additional descriptions..... READ MORE about THE ALLEN PRESS BIBLIOGRAPHY, A FACSIMILE WITH ORIGINAL LEAVES AND ADDITIONS TO DATE INCLUDING A...

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Cambridge: Rampant Lions Press, 1982. small 4to. 18 broadsides inserted in oblong 4to., paper slipcase. Limited to "about 500 copies." A beautifully printed series of typographic exercises done in different colors. READ MORE about PORTFOLIO THREE, A FURTHER DISPLAY OF RESETTINGS, SPECIMEN SETTINGS & DISPLAY SETTINGS...

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(Abingdon, Oxfordshire, England): The Rocket Press, 1981. 16mo. stiff paper wrappers, paper cover label. (12) pages. Limited to 150 numbered copies. The first production by Jonathan Stephenson of The Rocket Press. Tipped-in portrait of the author,with a biographical sketch. READ MORE about THE ART OF PRINTING

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A series of copper plates engraved in the line manner by Edward Wadsworth. And coloured by hand, with an Introduction and Brief Descriptions by Bernard Windeler.
London: Frederick Etchells & Hugh MacDonald, 1926. 4to. quarter cloth over paper covered boards, gilt on front board and spine, paper covered boards slipcase with printed paper cover label. xv, 79, (7) pages. A series of copper plates engraved in the line manner by Edward Wadsworth. And coloured by hand, with an Introduction and Brief Descriptions by Bernard Windeler. Limited to 450 numbered copies. Printed at the Curwen Press. Copper-plate engravings printed by A. Alexander..... READ MORE about SAILING-SHIPS AND BARGES OF THE WESTERN MEDITERRANEAN AND THE ADRIATIC SEAS

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3 volumes.
New York: Burt Franklin, n.d. large 8vo. cloth. (ii),ix,(iii),1030; (iv),1061-2188; (iv),655+(1) pages. 3 volumes. Burt Franklin reprint (their Bibliography and Reference series, no.47) of the original 1870 and 1877 works published by the South Kensington Museum in London. See Besterman 523 for the original. In the 1860's, the Kensington Museum decided to publish a kind of union catalogue of "books on art," based on library holdings in England and elsewhere. To be included were books..... READ MORE about UNIVERSAL CATALOGUE OF BOOKS ON ART, VOL.I A-K / VOL.2 L-Z / VOL.III SUPPLEMENTARY VOLUME

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Los Angeles: William Dailey Rare Books Ltd., n.d. small 4to. stiff paper wrappers. 127 pages. First edition. A fine copy. A catalogue about the beautiful and innovative bindings of books displayed exhibited at the Grolier Club of 254 publisher's bookbindings, each described in detail and all illustrated in color. They represent the period from the end of the Napoleonic Wars to the onset of the First World War. 'Publisher's bookbinding' refers to a binding designed..... READ MORE about THE ART OF PUBLISHERS' BOOKBINDINGS 1815-1915

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(London): British Museum Publications, (1990). 4to. stiff paper wrappers. 240 pages. This study, the first devoted primarily to the non-commercial printmaking of the period, begins with the earliest abstract prints by artists such as edward Wadsworth and David Bomberg, ranged alongside others who brought on the vision of the desolation of the First World War. The text also discusses the monotypes and etchings of the 1940s and 1950s. With a contribution by Stephen Coppel. With..... READ MORE about AVANT-GARDE BRITISH PRINTMAKING 1914-1960

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Köln: Kunst- und Museumsbibliothek und Rheinisches Bildarchiv, 1988. 4to. paper-covered boards; second volume is stiff paper wrappers. 539; 152 pages. First edition. This is a catalog of the 1988 exhibition of children's book art held at the Joseph-Haubrich Kunsthalle in Köln. Includes 34 short essays on all aspects of children's book art, from incunable art to art of the Weimar Republic. All illustrations are reproduced in color. The second half of the book is taken..... READ MORE about DIE BILDERWELT IM KINDERBUCH

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(Dublin, Ireland): Irish Academic Press, (1989). 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. xxx, 301+(1) pages. First edition. Forewords by Penelope Hunter-Stiebel, John O'Reilly, Peyton Skipwith, and James White. Table of contents, list of illustrations, preface, acknowledgments, introduction. Two appendices, endnotes, bibliography, photographic credits, index. Frontispiece drawing of Clarke. 48 color plates and 190 black and white illustrations. Noted as the first substantial biography of Clarke and critical analysis of his works, fusing Celtic Revivalism with Arts and..... READ MORE about THE LIFE AND WORKS OF HARRY CLARKE

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London: Faber & Faber, (1967). thick 8vo. cloth. 514 pages. Revised edition. "Virtually an encyclopedia of the hand-illuminated book." An historical account. Many illustrations including some in color. READ MORE about THE ILLUMINATED BOOK, ITS HISTORY AND PRODUCTION

Price: $85.00  other currencies  Order nr. 53617

Leicester: Raithby, Lawrence & Co., 1927. 8vo. cloth. xvi, 352 pages. Third edition. Revised from the 1909 first edition and 1912 second edition. "Being a full consideration of the nature and properties of zinc and aluminum for planographic printing by direct and offset rotary machines: together with the photographic methods of producing the printing plates." Name in ink on free endpaper. Well preserved copy. READ MORE about OFFSET PRINTING FROM STONE AND PLATES (PLANOGRAPHY OR METALOGRAPHY

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5 volumes. A Record of the Periodicals of the World, from the Seventeenth Century to the Present Day, in British Libraries. Edited for the Council of the British Union-Catalogue of Periodicals. 5 volumes.
London: Butterworths Scientific Publications, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1962. 4to. cloth. xxxi, 691; xxxi, 677; xxxi, 767; xxxi, 630; xxxv, 991+(1) pages. 5 volumes. A Record of the Periodicals of the World, from the Seventeenth Century to the Present Day, in British Libraries. Edited for the Council of the British Union-Catalogue of Periodicals. 5 volumes. Frst edition. The standard reference. A bibliographic record of periodicals from the 17th century to time of publication in the..... READ MORE about BRITISH UNION-CATALOGUE OF PERIODICALS. With SUPPLEMENT TO 1960

Price: $90.00  other currencies  Order nr. 123848

2 volumes.
Eastbourne: Eastbourne Fine Art, 1975. large 8vo. cloth. (ii), 368, (2); 63+(1) pages. 2 volumes. Vol. I contains a thorough listing of twentieth century British artists with a brief description of mediums, place of study, and other special notes. Vol. II contains additional listings and a lengthy collection of black-and-white and color plates (392 items). READ MORE about DICTIONARY OF BRITISH ARTISTS WORKING 1900-1950

Price: $75.00  other currencies  Order nr. 99127