New York: Devin-Adair Company, 1948, First Edition. octavo, red cloth. 480pp. Devin-Adair Company, Illustrated with twelve drawings. Gill was wonderfully opinionated about art, design and architecture and the letters are full of specific likes and dislikes. Many of the cards and letters to friends and family are calligraphic and whimsical..... More
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
New York: Beil, (1983), First American Edition. large octavo, brown boards in dust jacket. (144)pp. Beil, Eric Ravilious was one of the best painters to emerge between the wars - and one of the great original wood-engravers, surpassed only by Thoms Bewick himself. His work was wide-ranging and multifaceted, and..... More
Boston: Antiquarian Booksellers Association of America, 1995, octavo, pictorial wrappers, stapled. (20) pp. Antiquarian Booksellers Association of America, Exhibition brochure listing the ABAA members who were in attendance, their specialties and a layout of the booths. The front wrapper includes a 4 3/4" x 3 3/4" full color Edward Gorey..... More
London: The British Library, 2005, Second edition. quarto, cloth in dust jacket. 352pp. The British Library, The Pre-Raphaelites, a group of artists in the second half of the 19th century, burst onto the British art scene and created a graphic revolution and a great influence on the Victorian Age. Divided..... More
London: Peter Davies Limited, 1928, First Edition. folio, boards and cloth. (176)pp. Peter Davies Limited, Editor's Note: "The specimens in this book have been selected not so much to represent every publisher, printer and illustrator of distinction in each country, but rather to endeavour (within a necessarily limited compass) to..... More
Winchester: St. Paul's, 1991, Second edition. octavo, cloth in dust jacket. 383pp. St. Paul's, The contents include books and pamphlets written by Gill, books and periodicals to which he contributed and books and other publications which he specifically illustrated with wood engravings, title pages, initial letters or tail pieces; also..... More
(London): Macdonald Orbis, (1988), First Edition. folio, cloth. (320)pp. Macdonald Orbis, With a foreword by John Hegarty. A visual history of advertising art is presented from the 1850's when newspapers and magazines and household products all began to advertise with graphics as well as words. Working decade by decade, the..... More
London: Patrick Hardy Books, (1983), First Edition. quarto, boards in dust jacket. 48pp. Patrick Hardy Books, Illustrated with Ardizzone Christmas cards. Beginning in 1932, in an edition of 20, Ardizzone sent hand produced Christmas cards to family and close friends. They continued in small, special runs until 1972, when they..... More
Williams College Museum of Art, (1989), First Edition. quarto, pictorial wrappers. 71 pp. Williams College Museum of Art, One gathering glued in upside down. Small bump bottom of spine, several tiny spots to back wrapper. More
London: Her Majesty's Stationery Office, 1967, First Edition. octavo, wrappers rebound in black cloth. 30 pp. of text followed by unpaginated illustrations. Her Majesty's Stationery Office, Very fine. More
(Princeton): Princeton University Press, (2000), First American Edition. small quarto, pictorial paper wrappers. 80pp. Princeton University Press, Hogarth was one of the most famous, innovative and influential artists of the 18th century. This new survey provides an account of his creative personality through a discussion of aspects of 18th century..... More
London: J. M. Dent, (1930), First Edition. octavo, blue buckram. (x), 252 pp. J. M. Dent, Bookplate on front pastedown. Binding slightly cocked, buckram color dull at extremities.Illustrated. 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
New York: Dover Publications, Inc., (1974), First Edition. tall octavo, pictorial wrappers. (xxxvi); illustrations unpaginated. Dover Publications, Inc., Bradley was one of the few American artists to master the exciting Art Nouveau style experimenting with type faces, decorative illustrations, layouts and print producing posters, advertisements, book designs, and magazine covers..... More
Koln: Taschen, (2001), First Edition. octavo, pictorial wrappers. 191pp. Taschen, Text in English, German, and French. A short biography of Redoute with 163 pages of beautiful full-color illustrations of Redoute's roses. With an index. Very fine. 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