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 about Full-Tone Collotype for Scientific Reproduction
Paris: Christie's, Juin 2, 2005, quarto, pictorial wrappers. 234 pp. Christie's, Christie's rare book auction catalogue #5403 offering 487 lots. Text in French. With an index. Books illustrated by Hans Arp, Jean Cocteau, Dali, Paul Eluard, Max Ernst, Matisse, Miro, Picasso, Marcoussis himself and other artists; French literature, fine bindings... More about Importants Livre Anciens, Livres d'Artiste et Manuscrits dont deux manuscrits originaux de Pal...
Paris: Christie's, October 21, 2005, quarto, pictorial boards. (327) pp.; 62 pp. Christie's, Christie's auction catalogue offering 209 lots with the separate supplement auction catalogue containing the works of Hans Bellmar, 25 lots. Both of these sales are Christie auctions #5410 representing Part Two of the three part Daniel Filipacchi... More about Le surréalisme et ses alentours. Livres, manuscrits, photographies, et oeuvres sur papier....
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 about Treasures Revealed from the Paul Mellon Library of Americana
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 about Printmaking and Picture Printing. A bibliographical guide to artistic & industrial techniques...
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 about Early Victorian Illustrated Books. Britain, France and Germany 1820-1860
(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 about Aubrey Beardsley
(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 about Aubrey Beardsley
London: The British Library, (1986), First Edition. quarto, cloth in dust jacket. 248pp. The British Library, Illustrated with 50 color plates with facing text about the drawing. Chapters define natural history drawing, flowers in religious art, herbals, the drawings found in travel and exploration literature, the natural history of the... More about Wonders of Creation. Natural History Drawings in the British Library
London: The British Library, (1986), First Edition. quarto, cloth in dust jacket. 248pp. The British Library, Illustrated with 50 color plates with facing text about the drawing. Chapters define natural history drawing, flowers in religious art, herbals, the drawings found in travel and exploration literature, the natural history of the... More about Wonders of Creation. Natural History Drawings in the British Library
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 about The 100 Best Illustrated Letters of Charles M. Russell
New York: Grolier Club, 2018, First Edition. quarto, paste paper boards and linen spine. 208 pp. Grolier Club, This book is a companion volume to the first public exhibition of the 135th season of the Grolier (December 7, 2018 - February 2019) celebrating a thousand years of French Book Arts... More about French Book Arts: Manuscripts, Books, Bindings, Prints and Documents, 12th - 21st Century
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 about Bewick Studies. Essays in Celebration of the 250th Anniversary of the Birth of Thomas Bewick...
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 about The Yeats Family and the Book, ca. 1900
New Castle: Oak Knoll Press, 2000, First Edition. octavo, cloth in dust jacket. (xvi), 320pp. Oak Knoll Press, This work is a collection of eight essays by leading scholars in the United States and England examining the rich interplay of word and picture collaborations from 1770-1930. These essays illustrate the... More about Book Illustrated. Text, Image, and Culture 1770-1930
(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 about Prints for Books. Book Illustration in France 1760-1800
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 about The History of the Limited Editions Club
London: Duckworth and Co., no date (circa 1915), Reprint of the 1897 first edition. square octavo, pictorial boards printed in black and brown. Duckworth and Co. , Illustrated by B. T. B. (Basil Temple Blackwood). 1/2" chip at top of spine, Mild weakness at hinge to some gatherings. Paper lightly... More about More Beasts (For Worse Children
Kat Ran Press, 2007, First Edition. octavo, pictorial wrappers. 60 pp. Kat Ran Press, A detailed discription of the artist's process, not only of the Mentoring Stamp but also of his poster and graphic artworks. Illustrated in color. Signed by Lance Hidy on the half title. Very fine. More about Designing the Mentoring Stamp. An artist's commentary on theory, gesture, photography,...
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 about The Answer to the Lyre. Richard Bentley's Illustrations for Thomas Gray's Poems
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 about The Answer to the Lyre. Richard Bentley's Illustrations for Thomas Gray's Poems
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 about Will H. Bradley. American Artist in Print: A Collector's Guide
Munich: Prestel, (2006), First Edition. large quarto, pictorial cloth in printed slipover case. (304) pp. Prestel, Francis I of Austria, the last monarch to rule over the Holy Roman Empire, was obsessed with flowers. His imperial gardens, where he realized his passion for flowers, remain one of Vienna's most beloved... More about Florilegium Imperiale. Botanical Illustrations for Fancis I of Austria
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 about Splendid Pages. The Molly and Walter Bareiss Collection of Modern Illustrated Books
New Castle; Pinner, Middlesex: Oak Knoll Press; Private Libraries, 2016, First Edition. quarto, cloth in dust jacket. 328 pp. Oak Knoll Press; Private Libraries, The Book and Periodical Illustrations of Arthur Hughes is the first detailed account of the work of this somewhat neglected Pre-Raphaelite artist between 1855 and 1913... More about The Book and Periodical Illustrations of Arthur Hughes 'A Spark of Genius' 1832-1915