ART & MÉTIERS DU LIVRE.

Revue Internationale de la Reliure, de la Bibliophilie et de l'Estampe
Paris: 1990-1997. 4to. stiff paper wrappers. variously paginated. Revue Internationale de la Reliure, de la Bibliophilie et de l'Estampe. Text in French. Collection of 22 issues of Art & Métiers du Livre, a magazine devoted to the book arts. Consists of the following numbers: 163, 164, 170, 171, 172, 174, 183, 185, 186, 187, 189, 190, 191, 192, 193, 198, 199, 200, 201, 202, 203, 204. Each issue contains numerous illustrations in color and black-and-white..... READ MORE about ART & MÉTIERS DU LIVRE

Price: $225.00  other currencies  Order nr. 126273

Collection of engraved illustrations.

N.P. n.p., n.d. (but circa 1910). 4to. half leather, cloth. unpaginated. A collection of engraved illustrations, most unidentified. Some are identified though and are the work of Stephen Sly, (British, fl. 1836-46), noted in Rodney Engen, Dictionary of Victorian Wood Engravers (Cambridge: Chadwyck-Healey, 1985), 239-40. Engen notes that Sly contributed to Charles Knight's Penny Magazine, Old England, and Old England Worthies.. He also illustrated some of the early issues of the Illustrated London News. Sly..... READ MORE about Collection of engraved illustrations

Price: $800.00  other currencies  Order nr. 124039

PARENTHESIS: THE NEWSLETTER OF THE FINE PRESS BOOK ASSOCIATION.

Cheltenham: FPBA, 2001. small 4to. stiff paper wrappers. 56 pages. Volume 6. Collections of essays about fine printing with articles by Gaylord Shanilec, Dennis Hall, Crispin Elsted, and others. READ MORE about PARENTHESIS: THE NEWSLETTER OF THE FINE PRESS BOOK ASSOCIATION

Price: $35.00  other currencies  Order nr. 99762

PARENTHESIS: THE NEWSLETTER OF THE FINE PRESS BOOK ASSOCIATION. NO.2.

Vancouver/Sheffield: FPBA, 1998. small 4to. stiff paper wrappers. 36 pages. Collections of essays about fine printing with articles on Prospero Poets, The Jardine Press, pochoir, Clare Leighton, etc. READ MORE about PARENTHESIS: THE NEWSLETTER OF THE FINE PRESS BOOK ASSOCIATION. NO.2

Price: $30.00  other currencies  Order nr. 93730

PROPER FORMS OF ENGRAVING FOR SOCIAL USAGE INCLUDING FORMS APPROVED FOR USE BY MEMBERS OF THE ARMED SERVICES.

Washington: Engraved Stationery Manufacturers Association, 1967. 8vo. paper-covered boards. (ii), 141+(1) pages. 9th edition. Foreword. A guide to proper forms for social calling cards, invitations, acknowledgments, etc. Includes proper forms for members of the armed forces. Index of sections. Previous owner's name on front free endpaper. READ MORE about PROPER FORMS OF ENGRAVING FOR SOCIAL USAGE INCLUDING FORMS APPROVED FOR USE BY MEMBERS OF THE...

Price: $15.00  other currencies  Order nr. 114390

STEREOTYP.

Obrázkový vzorník, oborných a reklamních, stocku a podtisku [Illustrated sample book, specialty and advertising, engraving and background printing]...specielní odborný závod stereotypérsky, rozmnozování sazeb. stocku, drevorytu, matric atd. [specialty professional stereotype establishment, duplication rates, engraving, xylography, matrices, etc.]
Vinohrady (Praha): Stereotyp, n.d. 4to. stiff paper wrappers. (32) pages. Obrázkový vzorník, oborných a reklamních, stocku a podtisku [Illustrated sample book, specialty and advertising, engraving and background printing]...specielní odborný závod stereotypérsky, rozmnozování sazeb. stocku, drevorytu, matric atd. [specialty professional stereotype establishment, duplication rates, engraving, xylography, matrices, etc.]. The style of the examples suggests the 1920's or '30's. Paper wrapper lightly soiled, chip at bottom mended with tape, small tear to last page and wrapper, water..... READ MORE about STEREOTYP

Price: $55.00  other currencies  Order nr. 74365

TRE SECOLI DI INCISIONE DAL '500 A '700.

Padova, Italy: Libreria Marsilio da Padova, 1971. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 144, 58, (6) pages. Text in Italian. List of committee members, introduction, bibliography, black and white plates, index. Engravings of the 16th through the 18th centuries. Price list laid in. Covers lightly soiled. READ MORE about TRE SECOLI DI INCISIONE DAL '500 A '700

Price: $20.00  other currencies  Order nr. 125519

Alken, Henry.

THE ART AND PRACTICE OF ETCHING; WITH DIRECTIONS FOR OTHER METHODS OF LIGHT AND ENTERTAINING ENGRAVING.

London: S. & J. Fuller, 1849. square 8vo. original cloth with new spine covering. Frontispiece; 58, (6) pages, 8 plates. First edition (Bridson & Wakeman B17 - for second edition of 1851). A treatise on the technique of etching by one of Britain's greatest ever sporting artists. An avid sportsman himself, Alken specialized in depicting hunting, coaching, racing, shooting and fishing scenes. British sporting periodicals frequently carried his illustrations. In this book, he distills some..... READ MORE about THE ART AND PRACTICE OF ETCHING; WITH DIRECTIONS FOR OTHER METHODS OF LIGHT AND ENTERTAINING...

Price: $500.00  other currencies  Order nr. 65235

Apell, Aloys.

HANDBUCH FÜR KUPFERSTICHSAMMLER.

oder, Lexicon der vorzüglichsten kupferstecher des XIX. jahrhunderts welche in linienmanier gearbeitet haben, sowie beschreibung.
Leipzig: A. Danz, 1880. large 8vo. half leather with raised bands and gilt decoration, marbled paper-covered boards, all edges stained red. xxxxvii, (i), 478 pages. oder, Lexicon der vorzüglichsten kupferstecher des XIX. jahrhunderts welche in linienmanier gearbeitet haben, sowie beschreibung. First edition. This dictionary of engravers and engraving was intended as a handbook for print collectors. Bookbinder's tag H. Sperling of Leipzig. Bookplate on front pastedown indicates that this book came from the reference library..... READ MORE about HANDBUCH FÜR KUPFERSTICHSAMMLER

Price: $75.00  other currencies  Order nr. 75742

Beck, Ellen.

Illustration.

N.P. n.p., 1998. broadside (8 by 12 inches). Illustration by German bookplate artist Ellen Beck. Signed. READ MORE about Illustration

Price: $25.00  other currencies  Order nr. 132610

Blum, André.

LES ORIGINES DU LIVRE À GRAVURES EN FRANCE, LES INCUNABLES TYPOGRAPHIQUES.

Paris et Bruxelles: Les Éditions G. Van Oest, 1928. 4to. later cloth with original stiff paper wrappers bound-in. xi, 99 pages followed by 78 plates. First edition. A study of the beginning of the engraved book in France. With 177 illustrations. With a bookplate indicating that this book came from the reference library of H.P. Kraus. Covers soiled. Some chipping of edges of preliminary pages. READ MORE about LES ORIGINES DU LIVRE À GRAVURES EN FRANCE, LES INCUNABLES TYPOGRAPHIQUES

Price: $150.00  other currencies  Order nr. 26137

Bourcard, Gustave.

A TRAVERS CINQ SIÈCLES DE GRAVURES, 1350-1903.

Mansfield Centre, CT: Martino Publishing, 2009. thick 4to. half leather with five raised bands and marbled paper-covered boards, top edge gilt. l, 638, (2) pages. Reprint of the 1903 edition published in Paris which was printed by the Nantes printer A. Dugas, with his pressmark on the last leaf, in an edition limited to 200 numbered copies. Organized by country and artist, this volume includes biographical information, names of famous works, descriptions, and sale prices..... READ MORE about A TRAVERS CINQ SIÈCLES DE GRAVURES, 1350-1903

Price: $95.00  other currencies  Order nr. 103995