Oriental Culture Chart #9, Technique of Chinese Writing #9.
Hollywood, CA: W. M. Hawley, (1944), 27" x 35" folded chart in original printed sleeve. W. M. Hawley, Very fine. More
Hollywood, CA: W. M. Hawley, (1944), 27" x 35" folded chart in original printed sleeve. W. M. Hawley, Very fine. More
London: Jonathan Cape, (1968), First Edition. octavo, boards and cloth in dust jacket. Jonathan Cape, One inch crumple/tear to back panel of dust jacket, else fine. More
Madison: University of Wisconsin Press, 1949, First Edition. octavo, red cloth with volume two in dust jacket. (xiv),739, University of Wisconsin Press, Illustrated. Volume 1: spine faded, light bump to lower corner. Volume 2: bump to lower corner, dust jacket with shelf wear but no major chips or tears. Laid..... More
London: British Library, 2003, First Edition. quarto, cloth in dust jacket. 176 pp. British Library, Among the most admired and rarest works ever created are the large-scale books of natural history. The detailed drawings and the remarkable color reproductions found in these magnificent editions truly astounded the art and book..... More
Koln: Taschen, (1999), First Edition. quarto, boards in dust jacket. (176)pp. Taschen, Text in English, German, and French. Starting with a biography of Morris the text follows the author/artist through interests in interior and furniture design, his public commissions, stained glass, tiles, wallpapers, printed textiles, calligraphy and the Kelmscott Press..... More
(Prague: 1968), First Edition. oblong octavo, white cloth stamped in black and red, in dust jacket. (252) pp. Text in Czech, Russian, German and English. The history is followed by 94 examples of Czech printing, each with one illustration and briefly described. Dust jacket with tear at back panel repaired..... More
New York: The Grolier Club, 2019, First Edition. octavo, wrappers. 249 pp. The Grolier Club, Catalogue of the exhibition at the Grolier Club, January 16-February 23, 2019, photographically illustrated and with essays by biographer Paul Mariani, poets Paul Muldoon and Daniel Halpern, and collector Alan Klein. Illuminating the parallel and..... More
New York: Hudson Hills Press, (2002), First Edition. large quarto, cloth in dust jacket. (206)pp. Hudson Hills Press, This comprehensive book brings together nearly two hundred illustrations from Ore, The Inland Printer, The Chap-Book, Collier's Weekly, and other periodicals, books advertisements, and ephemera. Adding to the volume's reference value are..... More
New York: Hudson Hills Press, (2003), First Edition. large quarto, cloth in dust jacket. (224)pp. Hudson Hills Press, The Toledo Museum of Art has one of the world's finest and most comprehensive collections devoted to modern illustrated books. Thanks to 40 years of collecting by Molly and Walter Bareiss, this..... More
(Mansfield Centre, CT: Maurizio Martino, 1994), Reprint. quarto, cloth. xii, 160pp. Maurizio Martino, Limited to 150 copies of the 1933 edition. Parrish's collection of " Victorian Lady Novelists" was one of the most complete extant. The collection contains all the work of George Eliot, all but two works of Mrs..... More
West New York NJ: Mark Batty Publisher, 2003, First Edition. quarto, boards in dust jacket. 392pp. Mark Batty Publisher, This is the first of a planned series of hardcover anthologies drawing on the sum and substance of the respected and renowned journal MATRIX, produced for over 20 years by John..... More
Ann Arbor, Michigan: University Microfilms, 1970, First Edition. octavo, black wrappers with printed paper label on front wrapper. 153 pp. printed recto only. University Microfilms, Very fine. Reproduced from typescript. More
London: Bishopsgate Institute, (1907), First Edition. octavo, original printed paper wrappers. 20pp., stapled. Bishopsgate Institute, Bishopsgate Institute is a cultural institute in the City of London, located on Bishopsgate, near Liverpool Street station and Spitalfields market. The Institute was established in 1895. Wrappers dusty and with a few very tine..... More
Edinburgh: Her Majesty's Stationery Office, 1971, First Edition. tall quarto, red boards in dust jacket. vi; 123pp. Her Majesty's Stationery Office, This List describes some of the varied collections of family muniments and other private archives presented to or deposited in the Scottish Record Office. Titles to land, household papers..... More
Cambridge, MA: Harvard College Library, 1990, First Edition. quarto, wrappers. 64pp. Harvard College Library, Illustrated with plates and photographs. With an introduction by Eleanor Garvey. A beautifully produced catalogue in which Harvard's work as a calligrapher, type designer, stonecutter, author and illustrator is chronicled. With "Paragraphs on Life and Letters"..... More
New York: Henry Holt and Company, (1997), First American Edition. quarto, boards in dust jacket. (152)pp. Henry Holt and Company, Photographs by Alen MacWeeney. Charleston, home to Vanessa Bell and Duncan Grant, reflects the talents of its inhabitants and visitors: Virginia Woolf, Lytton Strachey, Maynard Keynes, Roger Fry, David Garnett..... More
Ephemera Society of America, (1994), First Edition. oblong quarto, cloth in dust jacket. 224pp. Ephemera Society of America, "Rewards of Merit are significant documents that illustrate attitudes toward religion, education, and achievement: values with which young Americans were inculcated...This book also demonstrates how evolving methods of the American printing arts..... More
Hanover, NH: Univ Press of New England, (1983), Reprint. large quarto, cloth. (xxvi), (584)p. Univ Press of New England, Reprint of the first edition. Volume One of the series entitled Bibliographies of New England History. Preface by John Borden Armstrong. 13 ,520 entries. More
New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art, (1997), First Edition. large quarto, cloth in dust jacket. (xvi), 240pp. Metropolitan Museum of Art, "The miniatures and cuttings from medieval and Renaissance manuscripts in the Robert Lehman Collection represent the major schools of illumination that flourished in Europe from the foureenth to the..... More
New York: The Harbor Press, 1928, First Edition, Limited to 350 numbered copies. small octavo, marbled boards and vellum spine. [66]pp. The Harbor Press, Illustrations by Walter Dorwin Teague. Spine discolored, color at edges of boards scuffed. More
London: Sam Fogg Rare Books and Manuscripts, 2000, quarto, printed wrappers. 139 pp. Sam Fogg Rare Books and Manuscripts, This catalogue discusses and illustrates a wide variety of Chinese books, dating from the sixth to the nineteenth century, some very rare. 140 black and white and 4 color illustrations. The..... More
London: Macmillan, 1886, duodecimo, blue cloth with gilt rule on front covers. Macmillan, Part of the "Pocket Edition of Mr. Henry James's Novels and Tales." Vol I: spine faded and discolored, ink name erased from front pastedown, gilt stamping dull, corners bumped. Vol II: spine faded and discolored, ink name..... More
New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1893, First American Edition. octavo, blue cloth with silver and gold stamping on cover and spine. Harper & Brothers Publishers, Edel and Laurence A40b; BAL 10605. Eleven essays: James Russell Lowell, Frances Anne Kemble, Gustave Flaubert, Browning in Westminster Abbey, and more. With six..... More
London: MacMillan and Co., 1888, Later printing, revised. octavo, rebound in grey cloth with red leather spine label. MacMillan and Co., The Macmillan Globe yellowback issue which has been rebound. See Edel & Laurence A3c. More