New York: The Grolier Club, 2012, First Edition. 7" X 5" printed envelope with tie. 10 cards plus folding broadside. The Grolier Club, For thirty-five years Gosin has collaborated with artists on two and three-dimensional art in hand-made paper and has published numerous limited editions of fine artists’ books. Through..... More
Caracas: C. A. Tabacalera Nacional/Editorial Arte, (1978), First Edition. quarto, printed and embossed wrappers in original glassine. 44 pp. C. A. Tabacalera Nacional/Editorial Arte, Designed by Alvaro Sotillo. Text in Spanish. Arroyo was director of the Museum of Fine Arts in Caracas from 1959 until 1976. A very fine copy..... More
New Castle: Oak Knoll Press, 2001, Reprint. octavo, wrappers. 216pp. Oak Knoll Press, Essays include John Bidwell on "American Papermakers and the Panic of 1819" ; "Bookbinding and the History of Books" by Mirjam M. Foot; "A New Model for the Study of the Book" by Thomas R. Adams and..... More
London: British Library, 1993, First Edition. octavo, blue cloth in dust jacket. 206 pp. British Library, Essays include John Bidwell on "American Papermakers and the Panic of 1819" ; "Bookbinding and the History of Books" by Mirjam M. Foot; "A New Model for the Study of the Book" by Thomas..... More
(New York): Thames & Hudson, (1989), First American Edition. quarto, wrappers. (80)pp. Thames & Hudson, Illustrated. Moving from the simplest techniques of paste and vinegar paste papers to block printing and more difficult stenciling, craquelure and oil marbling, the book gives step by step processes for each method. With color..... More
Cambridge, MA: Harvard College Library, 1973, Third Edition. octavo, boards in dust jacket. (xxxvi), 171 pp., followed by 16 plates. Harvard College Library, Decorated Book Papers, first published in 1942, remains one of the standard works on its subject. In it, Rosamond Loring, collector and maker of decorated papers, explores..... More
(Princeton): Princeton University Press, (1987), First Edition. octavo, cloth in dust jacket. (xviii), 439pp. Princeton University Press, Illustrated. A technological and social history. Very fine. More
Milan: Olivetti, (1988), First Edition. quarto, printed wrappers. (50)pp. Olivetti, Illustrated. An interesting discussion in the introduction on the use of watermarks for help in dating old master drawings from the sixteenth century, or help, in fact, in ascribing a drawing to an artist. The dictionary reproduces watermark, location and..... More