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
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
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
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
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
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
HISTORIC LANDMARKS OF DELAWARE AND THE EASTERN SHORE.
Edited by Miss Jeannette Eckman.
N.P. Delaware State Society, Daughters of the American Revolution, 1963. 4to. cloth, dust jacket. (xiv), 109 pages. Edited by Miss Jeannette Eckman. B2-123. First edition. With a foreword by John Munroe. This series of pen-and-ink illustrations of historic buildings accompanied by text originally appeared in the Wilmington Journal-Every Evening. Jacket chipped. and faded. READ MORE about HISTORIC LANDMARKS OF DELAWARE AND THE EASTERN SHORE
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 127800
THE CLOUDS AND FOGS OF SAN FRANCISCO.
San Francisco, CA: A.M. Robertson, 1912. 8vo. paper-covered boards, dust jacket. (x), 106 pages with 20 tipped-in plates. First edition. A meteorological primer for the weather patterns of San Francisco, concentrating on its clouds and fog. One color tipped-in plate and nineteen greytone tipped-in plates illustrate key cloud and weather patterns. The attractive paper-covered boards are gilt-stamped on the front cover with a beautiful flower design and the title. Some age-darkening and wear at the..... READ MORE about THE CLOUDS AND FOGS OF SAN FRANCISCO
Price: $75.00 Order nr. 98416
GRAPHIC AGITATION.
Social and political Graphics since the Sixties
(London: Phaidon Press, 1993). large 4to. cloth, dust jacket. 240 pages. Social and political Graphics since the Sixties. Filled with color and black-and-white images. Visually stunning. READ MORE about GRAPHIC AGITATION
Price: $65.00 Order nr. 96340
AMERICA'S GREAT ILLUSTRATORS.
New York, NY: Galahad Books, (1978). small folio. cloth, dust jacket. 311+(1) pages. Table of contents, acknowledgments, introduction, chronology, selected bibliography, index, photographic credits. Tipped-in frontispiece. Color and black and white illustrations throughout. Biiographical sketches with illustrations of noteworthy works by prominent American illustrators. READ MORE about AMERICA'S GREAT ILLUSTRATORS
Price: $55.00 Order nr. 120576
WHERE THE BLUE BEGINS.
Philadelphia: J.P. Lipincott, n.d. 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. x, 227+(1) pages. Reprint of 1925 edition. (London: William Heinemann and New York: Doubleday, Page & Co.). See Latimore/Haskell Arthur Rackham: A Bibliography, 60. Illustrated by Rackham. Color frontispiece. Dust jacket torn at spine. Boards soiled. Back hinge cracked. Foxing on edges. Inscription on front free endpaper. READ MORE about WHERE THE BLUE BEGINS
Price: $125.00 Order nr. 108485
TOIL AND PLENTY.
Images of the Agricultural Landscape in England, 1780-1890
New Haven: Yale University Press, (1994). small 4to. cloth, dust jacket. xii, 219+(1) pages. Images of the Agricultural Landscape in England, 1780-1890. This book discusses the ideological uses of agricultural imagery during this period, exploring how and why the myth of rural contentment was perpetuated by these images and how images contrast with actual features of nineteenth-century rural life. Many black-and-white and color images. With the pencil signature of Gavin Bridson. READ MORE about TOIL AND PLENTY
Price: $35.00 Order nr. 98989
INTERNATIONALE BUCHKUNST IM 19. UM 20. JAHRHUNDERT.
Ravensburg: Otto Maier, 1969. 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. ix, 421+(1) pages. Text in German. A collection of essays on book-art in western and central Europe and the United States in the 19th and 20th centuries. Introduction by the editor. Black and white plates accompany each essay. Index. READ MORE about INTERNATIONALE BUCHKUNST IM 19. UM 20. JAHRHUNDERT
Price: $45.00 Order nr. 108197
AMERICAN PRINTMAKING, THE FIRST 150 YEARS.
Washington: Museum of Graphic Art, (1969). small 4to. stiff paper wrappers. 180 pages. First edition. Covers the period 1670 to 1820. With 115 prints reproduced and much in the way of biographical information for the collector and dealer. Price tag removed from corner of front cover. READ MORE about AMERICAN PRINTMAKING, THE FIRST 150 YEARS
Price: $5.00 Order nr. 103833