Paris: Librairie de Firmin-Didot, 1886, First Edition. large octavo, three-quarter morocco and marbled boards with marbled endpapers. T.e.g. 270 pp. Librairie de Firmin-Didot , The art of the book from the origins until the end of the 18th century. 221 engravings and a color plate. Edges scuffed, especially top of..... More
Tampa: University of Tampa Press, 2006, Reprint. octavo, boards in dust jacket. 256 pp. University of Tampa Press, The best book ever written about the art of woodcuts is back in print! This handsome new limited edition augments the original J. J. Lankes text with selections from his letters 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
(London): Ashmolean Museum, 1986, First Edition. octavo, pictorial printed wrappers. 30 pp. Ashmolean Museum, Exhibition catalogue. Quotes descriptive of the artwork on display included from the artist's own "Graven Image" and from Monica Poole's book on John Farleigh published in 1985. Small, original price sticker on back wrapper, very minor..... More
New york: Pandick Press, 1976, First Edition. 8.5" x 11" Printed portfolio wrapper. (12) pp. Pandick Press, "A special Bicentennial publicaiton." Laid in are two wood engraved portraits of Hamilton and Burr, by John De Pol, titled and signed by the artist. A very fine copy. More
(Rochester, NY: Melbert B. Cary, Jr. Graphic Arts Collection, no date [circa 2000]), small octavo, unbound, as issued. (16) pp. Melbert B. Cary, Jr. Graphic Arts Collection, "The illustrations shown on the preceding pages were all selected from the John Fass archives in the Melbert B. Cary, Jr. Graphic Arts..... More
Wakefield, RI: Moyer Bell, (1997), First Edition, Limited to 1,500 copies. quarto, cloth and printed boards in pictorial dust jacket. (128)pp. Moyer Bell, A stunning collection of wood engravings created by Lucien Pissarro, son of Camille Pissarro, to illustrate the books published by his private press. Arriving in London just..... More
Boston: Godine, 1998, 36pp. of text and 16pp. of color plates. First Trade Edition. octavo, cloth. Godine, "John Fass and his work at the Hammer Creek Press are practically unknown today except to a small group of devoted cognoscenti. Unlike Rogers, Updike, or Dwiggins, Fass was essentially a private printer..... 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
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