New York: Excalibur Books, (1983), Reprint. folio, boards in dust jacket. 280pp. Excalibur Books, Profusely illustrated in color and black and white. A history of books that includes their importance ot the world of learning and their impact on society. Organized under the important book categories: early manuscripts, incunabula, herbals..... More
(New York): Thames and Hudson, (1979), First American Edition. quarto, pale green cloth in dust jacet. 191 pp. Thames and Hudson, A wide-ranging study of the development of manuscript herbals followed by the evolution of the printed herbal. Illustrated with 64 superb color plates and over 80 black and white..... More
New York: Oxford University Press, (1967), Ninth printing of the third revised edition "under present title" quarto, cloth. xxx, 676pp. Oxford University Press, First published as The Golden Book in 1927, McMurtrie expanded and revised that work into this book in the late 'thirties. It has become a classic general..... More
Warboys, Cambridgeshire: Roger Gaskell, 1990-2014, 7 3/4 x 8 1/4" printed wrappers. various. Roger Gaskell, From Roger Gaskell's website, "I stock rare and important printed books and manuscripts in a range of scientific, medical and technical subjects, mostly from the fifteenth to the eighteenth centuries. As well as the books..... More
Paris: Christie's, 2019, large quarto, decorated boards. (311) pp. Christie's, This superb collection of illustrated editions & art books includes Albercht Dürer's L’Apocalypse, considered to be the first “Painter’s book”. Includes an exceptional collection of fine bindings. One item with price realized noted, else a beautiful catalogue in as new..... More
Privately Printed for Napier College of Commerce and Technology, 1976, octavo, dark blue cloth. (xxxii), 330; (xiv), (351) pp. Privately Printed for Napier College of Commerce and Technology, With typographical notes by Harry Carter and an essay on the Printing of Illustrations by Frank P. Restall. Illustrated. This collection, and..... More
New York: The Grolier Club, 2009, First Edition. small octavo, white wrappers stamped in gilt. (vi), (138) pp. The Grolier Club, Emblemata: Symbolic Literature of the Renaissance shows the different genres of symbolic literature from the late European Renaissance as they were categorized by contemporary writers and theorists. There is..... More
(New York): The Garden Club of America; The Grolier Club, (2013), First Edition. large quarto, pictorial boards. (256) pp. The Garden Club of America; The Grolier Club, This catalogue accompanies an exhibition at The Grolier Club, May 15 - July 27, 2013 and represents more than 125 illustrated volumes about..... More
London: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner, 1893, First Edition. octavo, maroon buckram. xvi, 256pp. Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner, A study of book illustration organized by country, starting with Germany and moving through Italy, France, Holland, Spain, and England. Illustrated. Part of the Books About Books Series edited by Alfred W. Pollard..... More
London & New Castle, DE: The British Library; Oak Knoll Press, 2011, First Edition. large quarto, green cloth. 1,580 pp. The British Library; Oak Knoll Press, Bewick's early work of cutting soft wood for woodcuts eventually turned into fine detailed designs into hard wood. Beginning in the late 1700s onwards..... More
New York: Christie, Manson & Wood, 1987, 1989, quarto, red cloth. Christie, Manson & Wood, A complete set including the very useful index volume. Part 1: "Fifteenth-Century books including The Gutenberg Bible" 302pp. 136 lots. Part 2: "Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts" 126pp. 182 lots. Part 3: "Printed books and Manuscripts..... More
London: Oxford University Press, 1935, First Edition. large quarto, tan boards and linen. T.e.g. xv, 483 pp. Oxford University Press, "The core of the work is a catalogue of cuts, covering all the books containing cuts printed by Caxton, Wynkyn de Worde, Richard Pynson and minor printers, preceded by an..... More
Alabama: House of Collectibles, 1976, First American Edition. large octavo, brown cloth in dust jacket. 192 pp. House of Collectibles, All contributors are, or have been, connected with the antiquarian and secondhand book trade. After the introductory sections, areas of prime interest to the collector are covered in whole chapters..... More
Fort Worth, TX: Amon Carter Museum, (2008), First Edition. quarto, pictorial boards in dust jacket. (216) pp. Amon Carter Museum, Extensively illustrated. Very fine, as new. More
London: Peter Davies Limited, 1928, First Edition. folio, boards and cloth. (176)pp. Peter Davies Limited, Editor's Note: "The specimens in this book have been selected not so much to represent every publisher, printer and illustrator of distinction in each country, but rather to endeavour (within a necessarily limited compass) to..... More
London: Duckworth and Co., no date (circa 1915), Reprint of the 1897 first edition. square octavo, pictorial boards printed in black and brown. Duckworth and Co. , Illustrated by B. T. B. (Basil Temple Blackwood). 1/2" chip at top of spine, Mild weakness at hinge to some gatherings. Paper lightly..... More
Philadelphia: Univ of Pennsylvania Press, (1990), First Edition. large 8vo, cloth in dust jacket. 355pp. Univ of Pennsylvania Press, From the dust jacket: 'In 1753 Robert Dodsley published Designs by Mr. R. Bentley, for Six Poems by Mr. T. Gray. Sponsored by Horace Walpole, this luxurious quarto was the first..... More
Princeton: Princeton Univ Press, 1986, First Edition. octavo, wrappers. viii, 189 pp. Princeton Univ Press, Illustrated with 136 black and white illustrations and 17 color plates. An exhibition catalogue surveying the holdings of the Princeton Department of Graphic Arts, from the advent of printing in the fifteenth century to the..... More
Kat Ran Press, 2007, First Edition. octavo, pictorial wrappers. 60 pp. Kat Ran Press, A detailed discription of the artist's process, not only of the Mentoring Stamp but also of his poster and graphic artworks. Illustrated in color. Signed by Lance Hidy on the half title. Very fine. More
Paris: Christie's, Juin 2, 2005, quarto, pictorial wrappers. 234 pp. Christie's, Christie's rare book auction catalogue #5403 offering 487 lots. Text in French. With an index. Books illustrated by Hans Arp, Jean Cocteau, Dali, Paul Eluard, Max Ernst, Matisse, Miro, Picasso, Marcoussis himself and other artists; French literature, fine bindings..... More
Paris: Christie's, October 21, 2005, quarto, pictorial boards. (327) pp.; 62 pp. Christie's, Christie's auction catalogue offering 209 lots with the separate supplement auction catalogue containing the works of Hans Bellmar, 25 lots. Both of these sales are Christie auctions #5410 representing Part Two of the three part Daniel Filipacchi..... More
Munich: Prestel, (2006), First Edition. large quarto, pictorial cloth in printed slipover case. (304) pp. Prestel, Francis I of Austria, the last monarch to rule over the Holy Roman Empire, was obsessed with flowers. His imperial gardens, where he realized his passion for flowers, remain one of Vienna's most beloved..... More
HES & DE GRAAF, 2009, First Edition. quarto, cloth in pictorial dust jacket. 272 pp. HES & DE GRAAF, This book aims to preserve and bring forward for wider appreciation the outstanding works of art that many engraved titlepages and frontispieces represent. Over the time period covered by the present..... More
New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, (1967), First American Edition. octavo, boards in pictorial dust jacket. 120pp. G.P. Putnam's Sons, Chapters include the four particular aspects of the production of fine books: Manuscripts; Early Printing; English Books with Colored Plates 1790-1837; and Private Presses. Numerous color and black and white illustrations..... More
Oxford: Plough Press, 1984, First Edition. quarto, cloth in dust jacket. 250 pp. Plough Press, A bibliography of the history and technic of printmaking and picture printing for both book illustration and single issue prints. Each chapter is preceded by an historical introduction. With a detailed, useful index. Very fine..... More