(Abbey, Edwin Austin). Lucas, E.V.

EDWIN AUSTIN ABBEY ROYAL ACADEMICIAN, THE RECORD OF HIS LIFE AND WORK.

2 volumes.
New York, NY: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1921. 4to. quarter cloth, paper-covered boards, paper spine labels. xiv, 267+(1); x, 269-518 pages. 2 volumes. First edition (Reed and Reed 12-13). A study of the life of American/English artist and illustrator Edwin Austin Abbey (1852-1911). Preface. Both volumes with table of contents and list of illustrations. Frontispiece in both volumes and black and white illustrations throughout. Index at conclusion of Volume II. Covers rubbed at bottom corners. Front..... READ MORE about EDWIN AUSTIN ABBEY ROYAL ACADEMICIAN, THE RECORD OF HIS LIFE AND WORK

Price: $175.00  other currencies  Order nr. 121317

(Anderson, Alexander).

HUXLEY HOUSE ALMANAC FOR 1953.

New York: Huxley House, 1953. thin 8vo. boards. (44) pages. Illustrated with engravings by Alexander Anderson, the father of white-line wood engraving in America. Huxley House was a design firm. Covers soiled. READ MORE about HUXLEY HOUSE ALMANAC FOR 1953

Price: $25.00  other currencies  Order nr. 31812

(Anderson, Alexander). Thompson, Lawrance.

ALEXANDER ANDERSON, HIS TRIBUTE TO THE WOOD-ENGRAVING OF THOMAS BEWICK.

Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1940. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. (44) pages. Limited to 200 copies. Six page history of Anderson followed by 14 reproductions of Anderson's work after Bewick printed from the actual blocks in the possession of Helen M. Knubel. READ MORE about ALEXANDER ANDERSON, HIS TRIBUTE TO THE WOOD-ENGRAVING OF THOMAS BEWICK

Price: $65.00  other currencies  Order nr. 16710

Angelo, Valenti.

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  other currencies  Order nr. 110233

(Angelo, Valenti). Reade, Charles.

COME OVER AND STAY TILL DOMESDAY, FROM THE CLOISTER AND THE HEARTH.

New York: The Golden Cross Press, 1937. tall 12mo. boards. (8) pages. Limited to 100 copies printed at the Timothy Press of Meriden, Connecticut for Valenti Angelo. With title page decoration and initial hand illuminated by Angelo (Angelo Biblio. p.76). Paper covering cracked along hinges. Bookplate. Endpapers and pastedowns spotted. READ MORE about COME OVER AND STAY TILL DOMESDAY, FROM THE CLOISTER AND THE HEARTH

Price: $30.00  other currencies  Order nr. 94373

(Armstrong, Helen Maitland). Bouvet, Marguerite.

TALES OF AN OLD CHÂTEAU.

Chicago, IL: A.C. McClurg and Co., 1899. 16mo. cloth, spine and front cover gilt-stamped. 235, (3) pages. First edition. Illustrated by Helen Maitland Armstrong. Author's note, table of contents, list of illustrations, list of other works by the author. Frontispiece and eleven black and white plates. Ex library copy. Boards soiled and scuffed and rubbed at edges. Bookplate on front pastedown. Previous owner's name on front free endpaper. READ MORE about TALES OF AN OLD CHÂTEAU

Price: $35.00  other currencies  Order nr. 119125

(Audubon, John James).

JOHN JAMES AUDUBON AND HIS CIRCLE.

New York: Christie, Manson & Woods, 1993. small 4to. cloth. 79, (9) pages. Auction sale of the collections of Dr. Evan Morton Evans and his son and the American Foundation Trust. With colored plates. READ MORE about JOHN JAMES AUDUBON AND HIS CIRCLE

Price: $20.00  other currencies  Order nr. 41684

(Audubon, John James).

JOHN JAMES AUDUBON, THE BIRDS OF AMERICA, THE PROPERTY OF THE DELAWARE ART MUSEUM, GIFT OF FRANCIS V. DUPONT.

New York: Christie, Manson, Woods, 1982. small 4to. stiff paper wrappers. xv page introduction followed by auction catalogue. Detailed descriptions of Audubon plates with illustrations throughout including a number in color. Prices realized stapled to first leaf. READ MORE about JOHN JAMES AUDUBON, THE BIRDS OF AMERICA, THE PROPERTY OF THE DELAWARE ART MUSEUM, GIFT OF...

Price: $25.00  other currencies  Order nr. 41686

Barker, Nicolas.

" 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  other currencies  Order nr. 92761

(Beres, Pierre).

ILLUSTRATED BOOKS FROM THE 16TH TO THE 20TH CENTURY.

New York, NY: Pierre Beres, 1941-2. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 56 pages. Beres catalogue No. 6, 171 items. Introductory note, index of illustrations, general index. Black and white illustrations. Pencil notations on front cover. READ MORE about ILLUSTRATED BOOKS FROM THE 16TH TO THE 20TH CENTURY

Price: $10.00  other currencies  Order nr. 131753

(Berg).

ABC, ARRIVALS IN THE BERG COLLECTION 1973-1975.

New York: New York Public Library & Readex Books, 1976. 4to. stiff paper folder, loose sheets. not paginated. Twenty-three selections from the new arrivals have been reproduced on the nineteen sheets included in this folder. Included is an illustration of Fitzgerald's translation of the Iliad. One of the sheets has a creased corner. Spine discolored, edges have minor wear. READ MORE about ABC, ARRIVALS IN THE BERG COLLECTION 1973-1975

Price: $15.00  other currencies  Order nr. 91827

Bigelow, Jacob (illustrator).

AMERICAN MEDICAL BOTANY.

(Boston, MA: Cummings and Hilliard, 1821). 4to. later quarter leather, cloth, title gilt-stamped on spine, back original paper wrapper, top edge cut, other edges uncut. 101-197+(1) pages. Shaw and Shoemaker 40247. Volume III, Part II only. Tissue protected color engravings by Jacob Bigelow. In addition to the engravings, the botanical history, results of chemical examinations, and medical uses are listed. The entire work was published between 1817 and 1821. Bigelow (1787-1879) was a physician and..... READ MORE about AMERICAN MEDICAL BOTANY

Price: $950.00  other currencies  Order nr. 120469

(Bird & Bull Press). Constant, Samuel Victor.

CALLS, SOUNDS & MERCHANDISE OF THE PEKING STREET PEDDLERS.

With twenty-five wood engravings by Rosemary Covey.
Newtown: Bird & Bull Press, 1993. small 4to. quarter red morocco with patterned blue cloth sides, leather spine label, clamshell box. 156, (3) pages. With twenty-five wood engravings by Rosemary Covey. Limited to 200 numbered copies (Berger A54). Printed on Arches mouldmade paper and composed in Perpetua types by Golgonooza Letter Foundry with binding by Campbell-Logan. Covey created 25 woodcuts showing Chinese street peddlers specifically for this book. Morris printed the woodcuts directly from the..... READ MORE about CALLS, SOUNDS & MERCHANDISE OF THE PEKING STREET PEDDLERS

Price: $400.00  other currencies  Order nr. 39437