New York: Champion Papers, 1978, First Edition. quarto, printed wrappers in original printed envelope. 36 pp. Champion Papers, Promotional piece exhibiting the art of Hermann Zapf. Printed in black and white and in color. Very fine in fine printed envelope. More
New York: Sotheby's, April 24, 1985, quarto, cloth. 132pp, 181 items. Sotheby's, Illustrated with photographs and color plates. Webster's collection of books and manuscripts represented 600 years of Western thought and culture - from a Magna Carta of 1300 to Kennedy's Profiles in Courage -- and included Books of Hours..... More
Oxford: D. A. Talboys, 1833, First Edition. octavo, pebbled maroon cloth, spine lacking. (xxii), 412 pp.; (x), 413 pp. D. A. Talboys, Although Brunet calls this text "inexact" this is still a useful reference for the Estiennes and others. Ex-library with the bookplate of the United Presbyterian College Library on..... More
Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, (1974), First Edition. large octavo, blue and dark grey cloth. (xxx), 280 pp. University of Virginia Press, A full-scale bibliography. Illustrated. Fine, issued without jacket. More
Princeton: Princeton University Press, (1993), First Edition. large quarto, brown cloth in dust jacket. xxxiv, 403 pp. Princeton University Press, The panorama of American animal study, from the natural history of Alexander Wilson and John James Audubon through the development of professional zoology and its large institutions, provides the backdrop..... More
Providence: The John Carter Brown Library, 1988, First Edition, wrappers issue. quarto, printed wrappers. xx, 142 pp. The John Carter Brown Library, Published in honor of the 450th anniversary of the beginning of printing in the New World, this catalogue is both a learned contribution to the history of the..... More
(Mercer Island, WA): Starmount House, 1989, First Edition. large quarto, maroon boards. x, 467; (iv), 787; 882 pp. Starmount House, A very fine, clean set. More
London: Faber & Faber, (1969), Second Impression. quarto, red cloth in dust jacket. 448pp. Faber & Faber, A comprehensive history of the development of illustration from the earliest days down to the modern printed book. "By picking out salient and typical books the author seeks to indicate the main lines..... More
New York: Abradale Press and Abrams, (1987), Reprint of the 1983 first edition. quarto, boards in dust jacket. 272 pp. Abradale Press and Abrams, Thirteen of the great illustrators from Lear and Tenniel, Caldecott, Greenaway, Nielson, to Pyle, Wyeth and Denslow are represented in a discussion that traces the development..... More
Washington, D.C. Library of Congress, 1992, First Edition. quarto, wrappers. (68)pp. Library of Congress, The story behind this public relations campaign to get the attention of mass market book publishers and attract new business. The Four American Books were Herman Melville's Moby Dick, illustrated by Rockwell Kent; the Tales of..... More
Athens: Ohio University Press, (1992), First Edition. octavo, red cloth in dust jacket. (xxvi), 253 pp. Ohio University Press, Aericana dealer extraordinaire who wrote interesting and witty letters to book collecting clients, in the main to Thomas Streeter, and colleagues. Very fine. More
Harvey Miller, 2019, First Edition. quarto, cloth in dust jacket. 224 pp. Harvey Miller, VISION, COLOUR AND MEANING: Vision and Colour in the Works of Giotto and His Contemporaries - Donal Cooper; Robert Grosseteste's De iride and its Addendum in the Vatican Manuscript Barb. Lat. 165: Transmission, Reception, Meaning -..... More
Chicago: University of Chiago Press, (1975), First Edition. large quarto, cloth. xx, 219pp. University of Chiago Press, Foreword by Carl Zigrosser. "The well-researched catalog entries supply complete information on medium, technique, subject matter, location and size of edition of each print. Jones has collected ancillary sketches and drawings and also..... More
Philadelphia: North American Publishing Company, 1966, First Edition. quarto, green cloth. (iv), 257 pp. North American Publishing Company, Interesting anecdotes forming an almanac for printers. Illustrated. Singed on the front endpaper by type designer John Schappler. Boards very slightly bowed, else fine. More
Norwich, VT: Terra Nova Press, 1997, Second Edition, Revised. quarto, red cloth in dust jacket. 409 pp. Terra Nova Press, Over the course of forty years, Oscar Norwich accumulated the world's greatest private collection of African maps. From the fabulous creatures depicted on early maps to the blank "regions unknown"..... More
Burlingame, CA: Historicana, 1999, First Edition. quarto, wrappers. 96pp. Historicana, Published for an exhibition of the same title at the Spertus Museum in Chicago (August 16, 1998 - February 28, 1999), this is the first book of its kind about the political illustrator, Arthur Szyk. Famous for his anti- nazism..... More
London: Sotheby & Co, June 21-23, 1965, small quarto, printed boards. (xii), 279 pp. Sotheby & Co, 694 lots offered and described in detail. With indices of books printed on vellum, binders and booksellers, and previous owners. Color frontispiece plus 83 black and white plates. Text block slightly cocked, lower..... More
Madrid: Editorial Plus-Ultra, 1962, First Edition. large quarto, maroon cloth stamped in gilt with maroon leather spine, in dust jacket. 373 pp. Editorial Plus-Ultra, Text in Spanish. A history of Spanish illuminated miniatures, engravings and bookbindings. Eight color plates and 507 in black and white. With two indicies, geographic and..... More
New York: W. W. Norton, (1966), First Edition. quarto, brown cloth in dust jacket. (x), 130 pp. W. W. Norton, Examples of fifty letters transcribed and discussed. Long, closed tear to front panel of jacket with a chip to back panel. Edges of text block lightly foxed... More
(Cambridge, MA: Maurizio Martino - Publisher, 1993), Reprint, Limited to 175 sets. octavo, maroon cloth. 1008; 1139pp. Maurizio Martino - Publisher, Very fine. More
Norman, OK: University of Oklahoma Press, (1959), First Edition. octavo, green cloth in dust jacket. (xx), 463 pp. University of Oklahoma Press, In a near fine dust jacket which is not price clipped. More
Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, (1964), First Edition. octavo, cloth in dust jacket. xiv, 610 pp. University of Oklahoma Press, A critical examination of 425 titles about the American West, correcting the myths and inaccuracies about the famous outlaws and lawmen of popular history. Spine of dust jacket faded. A...... More
San Marino: Getty Museum, 1994, First Edition. octavo, wrappers. 128 pp. Getty Museum, This book-part of the Museum's popular Looking at series-offers definitions of techniques, processes, and materials used in medieval illuminated manuscripts. Presented in an easily portable format, this volume includes concise and readable explanations of the technical terms..... More
Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1966; 1975, Reprint, with minor corrections; First Edition. large octavo, patterned blue cloth with green cloth spines. (xxvi), (562); xiv, 563-1,138 pp. University of Toronto Press, A cornerstone reference book. A fine set. More
Madison: University of Wisconsin, 1933, First Edition. octavo, printed wrappers. 350 pp. University of Wisconsin, Includes a chronological list of translators. Minor wrinkles and short tears around edges of wrappers. Contents clean. More