Indian Miniature Painting.
Delhi: Lustre Press, (1999), 2nd impression. quarto, boards in dust jacket. 96pp. Lustre Press, The evolution, development and decline of schools of miniature painting. Numerous color illustrations. More
Books About Books
Calligraphy Today. Twentieth-century tradition and practice.
New York: Taplinger Publishing Company, (1988), Third Edition. quarto, green boards. 128pp. Taplinger Publishing Company, A largely pictorial survey embracing the development and practice of Western calligraphy in the 20th century. It ranges from the revival by Edward Johnston of calligraphy based on historical scripts, through the pioneering work of..... More
The Omega Workshops.
(Chicago): University of Chicago Press, (1984) , First American Edition. octavo, printed wrappers. x, 310pp. University of Chicago Press, This book recounts the full story of the Bloomsbury Group's venture in interior decoration and furniture design. Founded in 1913 by painter and critic Roger Fry, the Omega Workshops were to..... More
Modern First Editions. Their Value to Collectors.
London: Orbis, (1985), Reprint. octavo, black boards in pictorial dust jacket. (318)pp. Orbis, This revised and updated edition lists all "modern" authors of note from Richard Adams to John Wyndham with biographical details and a scale of values of each title in both the English and American editions. The author..... More
English art 1860-1914. Modern artists and identity.
New Brunswick: Rutgers University Press, (2001), First American Edition. quarto, pictorial wrappers. (xiv), 274pp. Rutgers University Press, A volume in the Issues in Art History Series. Essays by leading scholars dealing with themes including the new progessionalism in art, the gendered nature of institutions, the rise of Aestheticism, and the..... More
Henry Irving.
London: J. M. Dent, (1930), First Edition. octavo, blue buckram. (x), 252 pp. J. M. Dent, Bookplate on front pastedown. Binding slightly cocked, buckram color dull at extremities.Illustrated. More
On the Art of the Theatre.
(London): Seven Arts Book Club, (1958), Reprint. octavo, blue boards in dust jacket. (xxiv), (296) pp. Seven Arts Book Club, With seven full page plates. Bookplate. Three inch closed tear at spine of jacket which has been taped on verso. More
The Ancient Library of Qumran.
(Sheffield);: Sheffield Academic Press, (1995), Third Edition, Revised and Expanded. octavo, boards in dust jacket. 204pp. Sheffield Academic Press, A study of the Dead Sea Scrolls, first published in 1958. Illustrated. Very fine. More
Literature in the Light of the Emblem. Structural Parallels between the Emblem and Literature in the Sixteenth and Seventeenth..
Toronto: University of Toronto Press, (1998), Second edition. octavo, wrappers. (xvi), (284)pp. University of Toronto Press, "The variety of emblem-books is astounding; taken together they reveal a nearly complete panoply of renaissance interests and experience. There are military, amorous, and religious emblem-books; collections that are moral, political, and dedactic..." Very..... More
Firebrand. The Life of Horace Liveright.
New York: Random House, (1995), First Edition. octavo, boards & cloth in dust jacket. (xviii), (398). Random House, From the jacket: "Liveright was a man of puzzling contradictions - a self- professed socialist and a high-living Wall Street gambler, a deeply caring father and a compulsive philanderer. It was Liveright..... More
From Mother Goose to Dr. Seuss. Children's Book Covers 1860-1960.
San Francisco: Chronicle Books, (1999), First Edition. oblong octavo, wrappers. (176)pp. Chronicle Books, As printing technology made important advances and modern marketing techiques developed in the 1800s, covers and jackets became increasingly decorative and integral to the total book concept. Charting the evolution of graphic styles during these crucial decades..... More
British Scientific Literature in the Seventeenth Century.
Port Washington: Kennikat Press, (1970), Reprint. octavo, green cloth. 244 pp. Kennikat Press , Minor scuffing to front cover, name on endpaper. A fine, clean copy. More
Printed Writings by George W. Russell (AE). A Bibliography.
Evanston: Northwestern University, 1961, First Edition. octavo, cloth. 255pp. Northwestern University, Classified, part chronological, part alphabetical arrangement of works, manuscripts, ephemera, ana, etc., with discursive collations, locations, and bibliographical notes. Fine. More
The Gospels of Tsar Ivan Alexander.
(London): The British Library, (1994), First Edition. octavo, pictorial wrappers. 64pp. The British Library, The Gospels is the outstanding treasure of a cultural and spiritual Renaissance in 14th century Bulgaria and a masterpiece of Byzantine manuscript art. The supreme achievement of Bulgarian medieval culture, it also marked its final flourishing..... More
Ferocious Alphabets.
Boston: Little, Brown, (1981), First Edition. octavo, boards in dust jacket. 211 pp. Little, Brown, Edges of text block lightly foxed. More
Randolph Caldecott 'Lord of the Nursery'.
London: Bloomsbury, (1988), Second edition. quarto, boards in dust jacket. 104pp. Bloomsbury, The text represents a comprehensive selection of Caldecott's work, followed by a checklist of his published illustrations and his paintings in oit. With over 100 illustrations, 9 in color. Very fine in a very fine jacket which is..... More
Stanley Marcus. A Life with Books.
Fort Worth: Texas Christian Univ Press, (1993), First Trade Edition, wrappers issue. quarto, wrappers. (xiv), (150)pp. Texas Christian Univ Press, David Farmer chronicles Marcus' early fascination with books during his Harvard years, his founding of the Book Club of Texas, his friendship with J. Frank Dobie and his working relationship..... More
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in California Libraries. University of California, Los Angeles.
Los Angeles: Univ. of California Press, (1991), First Edition. octavo, cloth. (188)pp. followed by 32pp. of photographic plates. Univ. of California Press, Edited by R. H. Rouse. These manuscripts in the library of the University of California, Los Angeles, include psalters, books of hours, collections of sermons and law books..... More
Cyril Connolly. The Life and Times of England's Most Controversial Literary Critic.
New York: St. Martin's Press, (1996), First American Edition. octavo, boards & cloth in dust jacket. St. Martin's Press, "Revered for his intellect, feared for his acerbic wit..." Author of Enemies of Promise and The Unquiet Grave, and, perhaps most importantly, founding editor of "Horizon" literary magazine. A man of..... More
Published in Paris. American and British Writers, Printers, and Publishers in Paris, 1920-1939.
New York: Pushcart Press, (1981), Second Pushcart Press printing. octavo, printed wrappers. (xviii), 453pp. Pushcart Press, Foreword by Janet Flanner. "Here is the full and fascinating story behind the efforts...of dedicated men and women, among whom were Sylvia Beach, Robert McAlmon, Bill Bird, Harry and Caresse Crosby, Nancy Cunard, Samuel..... More
Climate of Violence. The French Literary Tradition from Baudelaire to the Present.
New York: Macmillan, (1967), First Edition. octavo, blue cloth in dust jacket. (x), 174 pp. Macmillan, A very fine, clean copy in dust jacket which is not price clipped. More
The Classical World. An Epic History from Homer to Hadrian.
New York: Basic Books, (2006), First American Edition. octavo, black boards in dust jacket. xviii, 656 pp. Basic Books, A fine copy in a fine jacket which is not price clipped. Illustrated. More
Sir Roger de Coverley and Other Literary Pieces.
London: MacMillan and Co., Limited, 1920, First Edition. octavo, maroon cloth. (xii), (324)pp. MacMillan and Co., Limited, Various obscure pieces written by de Coverley gathered from books and journals. Among some of the essays are The Quest of the Gorgon's Head and biographical sketches of William Cowper, William Robertson Smith..... More
Robbie Ross. Oscar Wilde's devoted friend.
New York: Carroll & Graf Publishers, Inc., (2000), First Edition. octavo, brown cloth in pictorial dust jacket. (x), 278pp. Carroll & Graf Publishers, Inc., Ross was a writer, critic, art dealer, and administrator, and a pivotal figure on the London literary and artistic scene from the mid-1890s to his premature..... More
E. M. Forster. A Life.
New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, (1978), First American Edition. octavo, cloth in dust jacket. (xxvi), (360)p. Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, A very fine copy in a very fine, flawless dust jacket. More