AMERICAN PHOTO.
(New York: AAmerican Photo), 1990-. small 4to. stiff paper wrappers. 17 issues. Various issues from Volume 1, No. 4 (1990) to Volume 5, No. 4 (1994). Full of color. READ MORE about AMERICAN PHOTO
Price: $85.00 Order nr. 105714
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CA, THE JOURNAL OF THE COMMUNICATION ARTS.
Palo Alto, CA: Coyne & Blanchard, Inc., 1968-. 4to. stiff paper wrappers. variously paginated. A huge run of this important magazine. 124 issues. Includes the following: Volume X, No.1-6. (1968) Volume XI, No.1-6. (1969) Title changes to Communications Arts Magazine with volume XI, No.2. Volume XII, No.1-6. (1970) Volume XIII, No.1-6. (1971) Volume XIV, No.1-6. (1972) Volume XVI, No.3,4,5. (1974) Volume XVII, No.2-6. (1975) Volume XVIII, No.1-6. (1976) Volume XIX, No.1-6. (1977) Now switches to..... READ MORE about CA, THE JOURNAL OF THE COMMUNICATION ARTS
Price: $1,250.00 Order nr. 105705
PANTONE COLOR & BLACK SELECTOR.
2 Volumes.
Moonachie, NJ: Pantone, n.d. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers, spiral bound. unpaginated. 2 Volumes. A guide to production of duotone illustrations. Each volume with table of contents. Wrappers lightly soiled and chipped at edges. READ MORE about PANTONE COLOR & BLACK SELECTOR
Price: $85.00 Order nr. 121537
A PICTURE IS MORE THAN AN IMAGE.
New York, NY: Henry Lindenmeyr and Sons, n.d. 12mo. stiff paper wrappers. unpaginated. Book number 5 in the Lindenmeyr Library of Print Shop Helps. A guide to producing illustrations in printed text. READ MORE about A PICTURE IS MORE THAN AN IMAGE
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 134323
HILL OF LITTLE MIRACLES.
New York: The Viking Press, 1942. 8vo. cloth, later slipcase. 200 pages. First edition. End papers, cover and text well illustrated by the author. A story of the early days on Telegraph Hill in San Francisco, based on Angelo's early life. Signed by Angelo on the dedication page. Spine faded. READ MORE about HILL OF LITTLE MIRACLES
Price: $35.00 Order nr. 110233
" INVENTION OF PRINTING, REVOLUTION WITHIN REVOLUTION."
Volume 35, Number 2 of the Quarterly Journal of the Library of Congress
(Washington D.C.): Library of Congress, April 1978. 4to. stiff paper wrappers. (v), 66-138, (4) pages. Volume 35, Number 2 of the Quarterly Journal of the Library of Congress. This issue has the following articles: "The Invention of Printing, Revolution within Revolution" by Nicholas Barker, "The Early Illustrated Book, Highlights from a Lecture" by Philip Hofer, "Into Something Rich and Strange, Of Dreams, Art, and the Unconscious" by Eleanor Cameron, and "The Hauslab-Liechtenstein Map Collection" by..... READ MORE about " INVENTION OF PRINTING, REVOLUTION WITHIN REVOLUTION."
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 92761
BOOK ILLUSTRATION AND DECORATION: A GUIDE TO RESEARCH.
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
AN ANGLICAN LIBRARY IN COLONIAL NEW ENGLAND.
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
MODERN ARTISTS AS ILLUSTRATORS (ARTISTAS MODERNOS COMO ILLUSTRADORES).
New York, NY: The Museum of Modern Art, (1981). 4to. stiff paper wrappers. 56 pages. Text in English and Spanish. Table of contents, acknowledgments, bibliography, index. Biographical sketches of significant artists who were also illustrators. Eight pages of color plates, with black and white illustrations. READ MORE about MODERN ARTISTS AS ILLUSTRATORS (ARTISTAS MODERNOS COMO ILLUSTRADORES
Price: $25.00 Order nr. 124743
PROGRESS IN THE GRAPHIC ARTS AN ADDRESS DELIVERED AT THE NEWBERRY LIBRARY IN CHICAGO ... ON THE OCCASION OF THE OPENING OF AN EXHIBITION OF THE AUTHOR'S WORKS.
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
WANTED--A MATCHMAKER.
New York, NY: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1900. 8vo. original cloth, dust jacket. (viii), 111+(1) pages. First edition. Illustrations by Howard Chandler Christy (Reed 94). Paul Leicester Ford (1865-1902) was an American bibliographer, historian, and novelist. He is noted for his bibliographies of the works of many American founding fathers (Ford papers, MssCol 1043, New York Public Library). Decorations by Margaret Armstrong. Frontispiece and four tissue-protected black and white illustrations. Decorations two-toned. Dust jacket tanned..... READ MORE about WANTED--A MATCHMAKER
Price: $125.00 Order nr. 119850
EXPLORING JAPANESE BOOKS AND SCROLLS.
(San Francisco): Book Club of California, (1999). large 4to. half cloth with pictorial paper-covered boards, paper label on spine, slipcase. xi, (i), 156+(2) pages. Limited edition of 450 copies were printed for members of the Book Club of California, San Francisco. Elegantly designed by Jonathan Clark at The Artichoke Press. Antiquarian Colin Franklin explores the rich history of calligraphy, printing, and bookmaking in Japan; supplemented by examples from his extensive collection of Japenese books and..... READ MORE about EXPLORING JAPANESE BOOKS AND SCROLLS
Price: $200.00 Order nr. 73778
EROS.
4 volumes.
New York: Eros Magazine, 1962. 4to. pictorial paper-covered boards. 79+ (1); 81, (15); 96; 96 pages. 4 volumes. Volume 1, Nos. 1-4, the complete set of Eros Magazineedited and published by Ralph Ginzburg. Eros used a combination of contemporary authors, artists, and photographers along with historical sources to create a sense of literary erotica. Articles include Love-Making Can Be Fatal, by John Erno Russell; A Plea For Polygamy, by Albert Ellis; Madame Tellier's Brothel, by..... READ MORE about EROS
Price: $185.00 Order nr. 71078
THE AWDREY-GORE LEGACY.
New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, (1972). oblong 12mo. paper-covered boards, dust jacket. unpaginated. First Edition. (Toledano, A45a). Includes The Toastrack Enigma, The Blancmange Tragedy, The Postcard Mystery. all by D. Awdrey-Gore, a Gorey pseudonym. Illustrated by the author and dedicated to Agatha Christie. Pictorial dust jacket with titles shown. A "negligibly shorter" version appeared in the National Lampoon, February 1972. Boards slightly scuffed at corners. READ MORE about THE AWDREY-GORE LEGACY
Price: $100.00 Order nr. 108486
THE BROKEN SPOKE.
New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, (1976). oblong 12mo. pictorial paper-covered boards, matching dust jacket. not paginated. First edition (Toledano A63c). This book combines, with breath-taking cleverness, two objects of consuming interest: postcards and bicycles (from the front flap). Sixteen of the illustrated cards first appeared in Sports Illustrated, June 1976. READ MORE about THE BROKEN SPOKE
Price: $100.00 Order nr. 108323
THE OTHER STATUE.
The Secrets: Volume One
New York: Simon and Schuster, (1968). square 12mo. illustrated paper-covered boards, dust jacket. unpaginated. The Secrets: Volume One. First edition (Toledano A29a). Written and illustrated by Gorey (1925-2000), noted for his often macabre illustrated books. Described on the dust jacket as "perfectly incomplete in itself." Dust jacket lightly soiled. Front hinge partly cracked. READ MORE about THE OTHER STATUE
Price: $75.00 Order nr. 108460
EARLY AMERICAN BOOK ILLUSTRATORS AND WOOD ENGRAVERS 1670-1870.
2 volumes.
Princeton: Princeton University Press, (1958), 1968. 4to. cloth. xvii,265; xv,178 pages. 2 volumes. Main catalogue and supplement. Contains biographies and bibliographies with many facsimiles. An essential reference book in the area. Scratches on covers of volume two. READ MORE about EARLY AMERICAN BOOK ILLUSTRATORS AND WOOD ENGRAVERS 1670-1870
Price: $185.00 Order nr. 6477
EARLY AMERICAN BOOK ILLUSTRATORS AND WOOD ENGRAVERS 1670-1870.
Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1958. 4to. cloth. xlvii, 265 pages. First edition. Contains biographies and bibliographies with many facsimiles. An essential reference book in the area. With an introduction by Frank Weitenkampf. A supplement was issued in 1968 and that is not present. READ MORE about EARLY AMERICAN BOOK ILLUSTRATORS AND WOOD ENGRAVERS 1670-1870
Price: $50.00 Order nr. 20120
AMERICAN HISTORICAL PRINTS, EARLY VIEWS OF AMERICAN CITIES, ETC.
New York: New York Public Library, 1927. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 44 pages. Reprinted from the Bulletin of the New York Public Library. A bibliographical listing of 244 prints with many illustrations. Corner of front cover lacking, front cover and front free endpaper stained. Chipped around edges of spine. Ex-library with library markings. READ MORE about AMERICAN HISTORICAL PRINTS, EARLY VIEWS OF AMERICAN CITIES, ETC
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 96645
GRAPHIC DESIGN: AMERICA TWO.
(Rockport, MA: Rockport/Allworth Editions, 1997). 4to. paper-covered boards, dust jacket. 245+(1) pages. Thirty-seven design firms and individual graphic designers, representing an extraordinary cross section of top design talent in the United States, display their portfolios in full color. With visual essays by Sam Silvio (Chicago), Susan Silton (Los Angeles), Gary Keopke (Portland), and Peter Good (Chester, CT). READ MORE about GRAPHIC DESIGN: AMERICA TWO
Price: $30.00 Order nr. 64952
WHISTLERIANA: WORKS BY AND ABOUT JAMES MCNEILL WHISTLER FROM THE COLLECTION OF MARTIN HUTNER.
New York: The Grolier Club, 2003. 6 x 8 inches. paperback. 39 pages. This exhibition catalogue is a sampling of works from prolific artist James McNeill Whistler found in the collection of Martin Hutner. The works are divided into sections including paintings, watercolors, pastels, etchings, original illustrations, the peacock room, novels, plays, and more. The catalogue was designed by Jerry Kelly and includes a frontispiece portrait of Whistler. READ MORE about WHISTLERIANA: WORKS BY AND ABOUT JAMES MCNEILL WHISTLER FROM THE COLLECTION OF MARTIN HUTNER
Price: $10.00 save 20% $8.00 Order nr. 106648
AMERICAN ADVERTISING, 1800-1900.
N.P. n.p., n.d. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 31 pages. A study of American advertising via reproductions of advertisements in chronological order with text at bottom of each page. READ MORE about AMERICAN ADVERTISING, 1800-1900
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 23420
COLUMBUS.
The story of Don Cristóbal Colón, Admiral of the Ocean, and his four voyages westward to the Indies according to contemporary sources
New York: Macmillan Company, (1966). 4to. leatherette, slipcase with illustration of Columbus tipped-in, endpapers printed with facsimile of letter from Columbus about his discovery. 207+(1) pages. The story of Don Cristóbal Colón, Admiral of the Ocean, and his four voyages westward to the Indies according to contemporary sources. Extensively illustrated account of Columbus' life and the voyages that made him famous. Translated from the original Swedish by Michael Phillips and Hugh W. Stubbs. Minor crack..... READ MORE about COLUMBUS
Price: $45.00 Order nr. 92367
D.B.U. AND R.R.: SELECTED EXTRACTS FROM CORRESPONDENCE BETWEEN DANIEL BERKELEY UPDIKE AND RUDOLPH RUZICKA, 1908-1941.
New York: American Printing History Association, 1997. tall 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. vi, 181+(1) pages. D.B.U and R.R. prints for the first time extracts from the important correspondence between these major figures of American graphic arts, revealing a little-known closeness between the Merrymount Press fine printer Updike and the artist Ruzicka. The two men collaborated on a number of important books, including Newark and the Grolier Club's Irving, as well the exquisite series of Merrymount..... READ MORE about D.B.U. AND R.R.: SELECTED EXTRACTS FROM CORRESPONDENCE BETWEEN DANIEL BERKELEY UPDIKE AND RUDOLPH...
Price: $50.00 Order nr. 97458
THE HISTORY OF WOOD-ENGRAVING IN AMERICA.
Boston: Estes and Lauriat, 1882. 4to. later cloth. x, 71+(1) pages followed by one printed leaf and 15 blank pages. First edition, limited to 1000 numbered copies signed by the author. With 20 full-page plates reproducing woodcuts from such artists as Anderson, Linton, Cole, Kruell, Closson and others. The text is followed by a page printed in red ink which states that extra blank pages have been bound in that can be used to mount..... READ MORE about THE HISTORY OF WOOD-ENGRAVING IN AMERICA
Price: $155.00 Order nr. 98639