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
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
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
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
Boston: Littlt, Brown, (1972), First Edition. quarto, blue boards and cloth in pictorial dust jacket. vi, (122)pp. Littlt, Brown, Profusely illustrated, with introduction and comment by Jones. With a check list of Lawson's work. Inscribed and signed "Helen" by Jones on the half title. Light wear and scuffing to jacket..... 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
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: Christie's, November 30, 1993, quarto, pictorial wrappers. Christie's, Book auction catalogue. Thirteen lots offered, each illustrated and described in detail. Prices realized laid in. Very fine. 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
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: 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
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