Brattleboro, VT: Stephen Greene Press, (1977), First American Edition. quarto, cloth. xli; 151pp. Stephen Greene Press, Fully illustrated in colors. A fine study of this major wood engraver. Printed at the Curwen Press. The descriptive notes on the engravings provide a striking recapitulation of the last 40 years of private..... More
Boston: Godine, (1979), First Edition. large quarto, cloth in dust jacket. (xvi), 357pp. Godine, This is the first full-scale study of this art form. It details the materials and machines used in production, profiles the leading lithographers, and describes the way chromos were distributed. Extensively illustrated and with seventy pages..... More
New York: Whittlesey House McGraw-Hill, (1936), First Edition. quarto, tan cloth. (vi), 407 pp. Whittlesey House McGraw-Hill, From the Authors' Preface, "Graphic design, as treated in this book, is that creative endeavor which finds expression through the medium of printing ink. It is the design used in the make-up of..... More
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
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
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
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
Charlottesville: Howell Press, (2001), First Edition. quarto, black boards in pictorial dust jacket. (ix), 232pp. Howell Press, Introduction by Robert F. Strohm. The catalogue for this exhibition at the Virginia Historical Society, September 20, 2001-January 20, 2002, of items included in the bequest to the historical society of a large..... More
Wakefield, RI: Moyer Bell, (1997), First Edition, Limited to 1,500 copies. quarto, cloth and printed boards in pictorial dust jacket. (128)pp. Moyer Bell, A stunning collection of wood engravings created by Lucien Pissarro, son of Camille Pissarro, to illustrate the books published by his private press. Arriving in London just..... More