Meriden, CT: Meriden Gravure Company, (circa 1940's), First Edition. quarto, printed heavy paper wrappers. various. Meriden Gravure Company, 8 issues of this portfolio in supplement form. No 2, A Portfolio of Additional Specimen Plates and a General Discussion of Photographic copy. (8)pp., plus 4 plates; No 3, A portfolio of..... More
New York: American Art Association / Anderson Galleries, January 16-17, 1930, large octavo, printed wrappers. (iv), 267, (3) pp. American Art Association / Anderson Galleries, Rare book auction catalogue offering 1,388 lots. McKay 9213 & 9219. This library contained a large selection of Henry Alken, Dickens, Cruikshank, John Gould and..... 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
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
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
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
London: The British Library, 2005, First Edition. octavo, cloth in pictorial dust jacket. 320pp. The British Library, With this new major study the author remedies the neglect of the 'immediate post-Bewick period' and demonstrates the importance of the period from 1820 to 1860 in the history of the illustrated book..... More
(New York): Abrams, (1998), large octavo, boards in dust jacket. 224pp. Abrams, Co-published by the V & A Museum to commemorate the centenary of Beardsley' s death. "Beardsley's startling designs are reproduced here from original drawings and from rare early editions of the books and magazines he illustrated. Also included..... More
(London): V & A Publications, (1998), Second printing. large octavo, wrappers. 224pp. V & A Publications, Published by the V & A Museum to commemorate the centenary of Beardsley' s death. Beardsley's startling designs are reproduced here from original drawings and from rare early editions of the books and magazines..... 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
Stroud, Glos. Catalpa Press, 1983, First Edition. large octavo, cloth in dust jacket. 164pp. Catalpa Press, The first biographical study of Housman the artist. Extensively illustrated and with appendices comprising checklists of Books Designed and Illustrated by Laurence Housman, Magazines and Journal Illustrations by Laurence Housman, Laurence Housman - The..... More
London: British Library, 2003, First Edition. octavo, cloth in dust jacket. 160pp. British Library, This well-researched book was published in celebration of the 250th anniversary of the birth of Thomas Bewick, one of the foremost wood engravers in Britain. Eight revealing essays by leading Bewick scholars capture a wealth of..... More
New York: The Grolier Club, 2000, First Edition, Limited to 250 numbered copies. octavo, linen-backed boards. 82pp., 11 plates. The Grolier Club, Catalogue of an exhibition of the author's extensive collection of works by W. B. Yeats, his father John Butler Yeats, his sisters Lily and Lolly, and his brother..... More
(London): The British Library, (2004), First Edition. small octavo, printed paper wrappers. (xiv), 178pp. The British Library, The second half of the 18th century in France was one of the great ages of book illustration. Based on the text of The Panizzi Lectures in 2003, this book discusses the passionate..... More
New Castle, DE: Oak Knoll Press, 2017, First Edition. quarto, pattern boards and cloth. xii, 276 pp. Oak Knoll Press, George Macy started the Limited Editions Club with backing from investors in the heyday of the stock market of 1929. After enlisting founding subscribers and collaborators and preparing the initial..... 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
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: 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
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
New Castle, DE: Oak Knoll Press, 2017, First Edition. quarto, printed boards and cloth spine. 264 pp. Oak Knoll Press, The Privately Printed Bible is the first book to offer a broad survey of the history of private and fine press printings of biblical texts. Author Ronald Patkus focuses on..... More
Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1974, First Edition. octavo, wrappers. 258pp. Princeton University Press, Wrappers issue. Illustrated with 44 plates. A reexamination of Cruikshank' s contributions to 19th century British Society, literary culture as well as political and social culture through satire. Front wrapper caricature of Cruikshank by Ronald Searle. New..... More
Boston: Godine, (1995), octavo, boards in dust jacket. Godine, Illustrated. Expanding ont he work of Evan Gill in The Inscriptional Work of Eric Gill: An Inventory, this listing adds more than 180 new items. Notes give the locations, sizes, dates, architects and craftsmen. Appendices list Pupils or Assistants, 1906-1940; Locations..... More
(London): Tate Gallery, (1993), First Edition. large octavo, wrappers. 127pp. Tate Gallery, A monograph on J. M. W. Turner's vignettes, the "tiny and brilliant watercolors" which Turner produced to be engraved as illustrations in the 1830s for books by Walter Scott, Byron and Thomas Moore, as well as Milton and..... More
London: Cygnus Arts, (1997), First Edition. large octavo, boards in dust jacket. xii, 133pp. Cygnus Arts, From the author's introduction: "Since my primary purpose is the focus upon the Rowlandson drawings rather than Combe's lengthy narrative text, I have provided just enough of a summary of his narration, including selected..... More