Etude Biographique & Bibliographique sur Symphorien Champier.
Nieuwkoop: B. De Graaf, 1972, Facsimile of the 1859 edition. octavo , green cloth. XXIV, 431 pp. B. De Graaf, Very fine. More
Nieuwkoop: B. De Graaf, 1972, Facsimile of the 1859 edition. octavo , green cloth. XXIV, 431 pp. B. De Graaf, Very fine. More
New York: Garland Publishing, 1995, First Edition. small quarto, orange boards. xxvi, 735 pp. Garland Publishing, A very fine, clean copy. 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
Original colourtype caricature by Max Beerbohm as it appeared as a supplement in "Vanity Fair" magazine, January 20, 1909. Captioned "The St. James's." Faint mark from paperclip at top edge, else fine. There is a penciled notation, "Max Beerbohm" in the lower blank margin but we do not believe this..... More
Color caricature by Max Beerbohm as it appeared as a supplement in "Spectator" magazine, April 4, 1931. 12.5" x 8.25" Fine. Print will be shipped rolled in a sturdy tube. More
New Haven: Yale University Press, 1968, Fourth Printing. quarto, black cloth. l, 474 pp. Yale University Press, Volume 1. Includes bibliographical descriptions of the works of Henry Adams, Louisa May Alcott, Thomas Bailey Aldrich, John Kendrick Bangs, Ambrose Bierce, H.H. Brackenridge, William Cullen Bryant, Frances Hodgson Burnett, John Burroughs, and..... More
London: Hamish Hamilton, no date [1962], First Edition, Uncorrected Proof. octavo, printed wrappers. (x), 244 pp. Hamish Hamilton, With publisher's Uncorrected Proof paper label on front wrapper with typed inditation of title, author, probable price and probable publication date. Autobiography of the novelist which covers the years spent in Malta..... More
London: Reaktion Books, 1998, First Edition. octavo, tan boards in dust jacket. (411) pp. Reaktion Books, In Mirror in Parchment, Michael Camille presents a far-reaching analysis and critique of the use of the Luttrell Psalter illuminations as records of historical experience, examining the Psalter as part of a particular medieval..... More
New York: Alfred A Knopf, 1970, First Edition. octavo, brown cloth and black cloth in dust jacket. xviii, 244, xv pp. Alfred A Knopf, A systematic attempt to make plain the evolution, impact and importance of the printed work, it is not a history of printing but rather an effort..... More
New York: Da Capo Press, 1969, Reprint of 1911 edition. large quarto, brown cloth. unpaginated. Da Capo Press, Text in French. Reprint of Loys Delteil's the graphic works of nineteenth and twentieth century artists. Volume VII. A catalog of the works of Paul Huet. With 100 annotated black and white..... More
Paris: Giraud-Badin, 1933, First Separate Edition Limited to 100 copies. octavo, printed gray paper wrappers. (12)pp., sewn. Giraud-Badin, Off-print from the Bulletin du Bibliophile. A collector of art and literature throughout his life, by the time of his death Doucet had a collection of Post-Impressionist and Cubist paintings, including Les..... More
(Mansfield Centre, CT: Martino Publishing, (2001), Facsimile Reprint of the original 1893 edition. octavo, green cloth. xii, 288 pp. Martino Publishing, Very fine and clean. More
(Garant, 2010) , First Edition. octavo, pictorial wrappers. 233 pp. (Garant, A collection of articles on this Dutch poet, printer and editor. Text in Dutch. Extensively illustrated in black and white and in color. Fine. More
Paris: Ernest Thorin, 1887, First Edition. large octavo, original printed paper wrappers. viii, 380pp. Ernest Thorin, Name inside front wrapper. Front and back wrappers in near fine condition. Spine wrapper worn and with a 3" chip missing at the bottom. Wrappers and preliminary pages printed on acidic paper and therefore..... More
Nieuwkoop: De Graaf, 1972, Second Reprint of the Leipzig edition of 1866. thick octavo, blue cloth. (xii), (940)pp. De Graaf, Text block fine and clean, light shelf wear to binding. More
Baltimore: Johns Hopkins/Walters Art Gallery, (1997), First Edition. large quarto, maroon cloth. xxxii, 352pp.; (366)pp. Johns Hopkins/Walters Art Gallery, This two part set represents the third volume in the Walters Art Gallery catalogue of the collection of Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts. From the Preface: "The terrain encompassed by the material..... More
Boston: Houghton, Osgood and Company, 1879, New Edition, Revised and Enlarged. octavo, green cloth over bevelled boards. T.e.g. (iv), 402 pp. Houghton, Osgood and Company, Envelope glued to front pastedown addressed to Chas F. Richardson who was an English professor at Dartmouth College. Laid into the envelope is an autograph..... More
Washington: GPO, 1888, First Edition. octavo, printed wrappers. 180 pp. GPO, Part of the Contributions to American Educational History. Illustrated. Title inked on spine, back wrapper lacking. Very good copy. More
(London): Scala, (2007), First Edition. quarto, black cloth in pictorial dust jacket. 416 pp. Scala, Great Collectors of Our Time is the first major survey of contemporary collecting and collectors since Douglas Cooper's Great Private Collections, published in 1963. It examines many of the greatest collectors of our time in..... More
Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1898, "New Edition" octavo, olive green sateen stamped in gilt. lxxvi, 465 pp. Little, Brown and Company, With an introduction by James Russell Lowell. With 74 illustrations on wood. Cloth faded to brown, three small scuff marks to front cover. Signed in pencil on the..... More
Leiden: E. J. Brill, 1996, First Edition. octavo, grey cloth in dust jacket. (xiv), (236) pp. E. J. Brill, This volume deals with orality and literacy in ancient Greece and what consideration of these areas yields for that society, its literature, traditions and practices. Individual chapters focus on art, comedy..... More
New York: Sotheby's, 11.9-10.89, large quarto, cloth. (444)pp, 308 items listed. Sotheby's, This magnificent sale has a 4pp. Foreword by Nicolas Barker followed by a 10pp. Preface by the book collector (as he liked to be addressed), Haven O' More. A fantastic [auto]biographical statement, written in the third person, ends..... More
Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1944, First Edition. octavo, boards and cloth with a printed paper label on front cover, in dust jacket. (281) pp. Harvard University Press, "Strange information unearthed by a scholar turned sleuth." Edge wear to jacket, former owner's name and date on front endpaper. More
Los Angeles: University of California Press, (2000), First Edition. quarto, boards in dust jacket. 240pp. University of California Press, This book represents the first account in the English language of the emergence of German graphic design between 1890 and 1945. This study examines a time in German design history marked..... More
New Haven: Yale, (1978), Third Printing. quarto, cloth. xxii, (598)pp. Yale, Volume VI. Includes bibliographical descriptions of the works of Amy Lowell, James Russell Lowell, George Barr McCutcheon, Herman Melville, Silas Weir Mitchell, Clement Moore, John Muir, Thomas Nelson, and others. Illustrated. More