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Amish Love: Adventures in a Puritan Cult
Florence Italy: Michael Angelino Press 1930. Blaine Mahlon. Small quarto. 264pp. With woodcut cover illustration and five erotic half-tone reproductions of paintings by Mahlon Blaine. This book is part of the swelling trend in the 1930s for "privately printed" erotic books which would often be published by anonymous or pseudonymous authors and illustrators and printed with fake publication information in order to protect the creators from public backlash. This erotic tale supposedly taken from a diary of an Amish woman telling of the scandalous sexual exploits of her mother is one such work. Blaine's stirring illustrations bring life to the text combining sensual lines with cunning details. Both the cover in Blaine's bold woodcut style and the illustrations with their broad washes over sketched lines have a raw quality to them a sense of hurried energy that echoes the excitement of the reader. Near fine in wrappers with spotting crease to front cover and scratch to back. Blaine whose most respectable and recognizable works were illustrations for Edgar Rice Burroughs John Steinbeck and the New Yorker published over two thousand drawings between 1917 and his death in 1969. An interesting work from this underappreciated master. Trenary "Mahlon Blaine One-Eyed Visionary" p. 59. Michael Angelino Press unknown
Bookseller reference : 27413
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The Sermon on the Mount from the Gospel of St. Matthew Chapters 5 6 7
Worcester: St. Onge Achille J. 1973. 55pp. From an edition of 1500 copies this is one of thirty-four in a special binding executed by Sangorski & Sutcliffe. Printed with large ornamental initials in red by Joh. Enschedé en Zonen. Tiny book label to rear paste-down else fine in burgundy morocco with gilt-stamped title and decorative rules. A.e.g. Massmann 41; Bradbury p. 255. 2 7/8 by 1 7/8; 73x48mm. St. Onge, Achille J. unknown
Bookseller reference : 27363
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La Guirlande album mensuel d'art et littérature
Paris: M. François Bernouard 1920. Barbier George. Small quarto. 11 fasicles each one of out of 800 copies. Complete with 60 hors-texte plates by George Barbier Umberto Brunelleschi Domergue Cadogan Bonnette Blanche A. Rome Cito Tacquoy Wegener Vallée and other leading Art Deco designers and illustrators. In addition to the plates there are extensive color illustrations throughout. The literary direction was coordinated by Jean Hermanovits artistic direction by Brunelleschi and pochoir coloring by Jean Saudé. Loose as issued in original printed wrappers. Browning to edges and spines spines chipping with one wrapper split at spine. Internally fine and bright. A rare complete copy of this Art Deco magazine. Colas 1362. M. François Bernouard unknown
Bookseller reference : 27434
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The Dandy's Toilet or How to be a Beau
England 1835. 4pp. 8ff. Original manuscript set of costume overlays depicting the evolution of a "Youth just ceased to grow" into a "Dandy quite complete." The Youth's ambition is to be a "Beau" and in each successive overlay he puts on more of the trappings of dandyism until his costume is in place with black velvet stock or cravat corset boots pantaloons coat whiskers mustache wig and hat. The overlays are hand-drawn and colored in a caricaturish style with a hole to show the Youth's face below and they are accompanied by a four-page hand-written account in rhyme of the Youth's transformation which builds on itself with each additional article of clothing. The hourglass shape of the Youth's frock coat and his pantaloons date the set to the period between 1825 and 1835. His coat is made by famous Savile Row tailors Henry Poole & Co. and once he has finished his transformation the Youth is ready to lounge on Regent Street. Minor wear to booklet and light spotting to overlays else fine. Housed in cloth chemise. Jane Austen's World; Regency Men's Fashion; Valsin Ellie Men's Fashion ca. 1830 Coats. unknown
Bookseller reference : 27390
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26 Etchings by Shelly Fink
Alford MA 1962. Fink Sheldon. Small quarto. 28ff. One of forty copies. Etched title page and twenty-six fine etchings by Fink ranging thematically from portraits to botany to insects. Many of Fink's etchings have a decidedly Baskinesque aesthetic but Fink's circle centered primarily in New York where he was friendly with Jack Levine and Raphael Soyer. For this collection Fink commissioned Royall Moore to create paper with a high linen count and this was the subject of a Popular Mechanics article in 1965. Moore who was described in the article as an "inventive Yankee" was a carpenter by trade and made all the equipment himself. The binding for this edition was executed by Arno Werner who bound it in full deerskin with a hubbed spine and decorations printed in black on the upper cover and spine. Werner also presumably made the marbled endpapers which also decorate the deerskin-backed folding case. Some minor wear to extremities of the box otherwise fine and bright. unknown
Bookseller reference : 27385
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ANTIC HAM cover and design et al
PAPER SOAP. #6 Collages and Friends
Sujak Seoul. 2010. . 8vo colour illustrations. A near fine staple-bound paperback copy. . Printed in 650 copies. Sujak, Seoul. 2010. paperback
Bookseller reference : 102466
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Zweig Stefan
The Invisible Collection
NY: Ursus Books 2007. Goldyne Joseph. 15pp. From an edition of 74 copies this is one of 50 numbered copies signed by the artist Joseph Goldyne and the designer Peter Rutledge Koch. Illustrated with a signed etching by Goldyne titled "As the Blind Remember" printed on seventeenth-century paper and tipped in as the frontispiece. Text designed and printed in two colors by Koch on Hahnemühle Biblio watermarked paper and bound by John DeMerritt in leather-backed paper-covered boards with title label. Fine. Ursus Books unknown
Bookseller reference : 27410
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De Bury Richard
Philobiblon
NY: Elston Press 1901. O'Kane H. M. Small quarto. xv 68pp. One of 485 copies on Holland hand-made paper in boards with vellum spine. Unopened. Decorated with initials by H. M. O'Kane floral devices and a printer's device on the title page. The text is a 1345 treatise on book collecting written by Richard de Bury and is considered to be one of the earliest works on library management. This is the 1832 translation from Latin into English by John Bellingham Inglis. Near fine with a stray pen mark and wear to head of spine one-inch tear to page 30 not affecting the text and browning from an acidic insert on title and facing page. Elston Press unknown
Bookseller reference : 27354
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Cox Palmer
The Brownies and Prince Florimel; or Brownieland Fairyland and Demonland
NY: Century Co 1933. Cox Palmer. Octavo. x 246pp. Copiously illustrated by Palmer Cox. This was the first adventure of the Brownies written in prose and it is advertised as having "a detailed connected story with a beginning a middle and an end." A later issue with the text binding and dust jacket all produced at different times. The disparate dates are typical of this period as publishers contracted with different printers over time as they moved stock. Text block is the original 1918 first edition sheets. Bound in buff cloth with the title and author's name to both spine and upper cover in dark blue; publisher printed on tail of spine as "Appleton Century." The Century Company merged with D. Appleton & Company in 1933. In dust jacket lettered in dark blue with publisher as "The Century Co." The back of the dust jacket advertises Century Juveniles all of which were published in 1925 including the last of the original Brownie books "The Brownies in Fairyland." This copy is in fine condition with a short repaired tear to front flyleaf and scant foxing to edges of text block. Dust jacket shows only faint foxing infinitesimal chips to corners and four small tears each clean and less than half an inch in length. A remarkably fine copy of this later Brownie title rarely seen with a dust jacket in such fine condition. Century Co unknown
Bookseller reference : 27356
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Haberly Loyd
John Apostate; an Idyl of the Quays
Long Crendon Buckinghamshire: Seven Acres Press 1927. Haberly Loyd. Octavo. 10pp. One of 125 copies this copy out-of-series. With woodcut illustrations: architectural border on the title page six vignettes eleven initials and one tail-piece. First page printed in black and red. The binding of this copy although unsigned was done by Haberly himself as was his habit. Haberly operated the Seven Acres Press out of a building he built by hand with the goal of doing "everything in the printing and binding myself." Haberly went on to be appointed Controller of the Gregynog Press for two years where he supervised the production of Xenophon's Cyrupaedia Eros and Psyche by Robert Bridges and a collection of his own poetry entitled Anne Boleyn and Other Poems. Bound in full brick leather with gilt stamping and ruling. "Apostate" in gilt to the spine. Housed in a matching felt-lined cloth slipcase leather-trimmed at the opening edge. Darkening and some wear to spine and opening of slipcase else fine. Seven Acres Press unknown
Bookseller reference : 27357
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Landscape with Hay Wheels
Albany: Print Club of Albany 1989. Dallman Daniel. Broadside measuring 15 by 19 inches. One of 100 copies signed by the artist. The Print Club of Albany's Annual Print for 1988-1989 it's 55th Presentation Print. This lithograph is the last of a series of prints by Dallman that explores industrial and residential encroachment on rural areas of southern Pennsylvania. Prospectus included. Sandwiched in card folder that forms a mat with a protective piece of tissue over the print. A few tears to the card folder with the print in fine condition. Print Club of Albany) unknown
Bookseller reference : 27285
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Bright Picture Pages: Full of Stories
NY: E. P. Dutton and Company 1870. 16mo. 62pp. including illustrations and advertisements. Part of the "Our Boy's Little Library" series. Copiously illustrated with nearly forty black & white engravings and sixteen three-line initials. Artists include noted English engravers Kate Greenaway Robert Paterson William Luson Thomas and George Pearson. Short texts are provided describing each illustration and postulating on the events depicted. It covers a wide array of subjects that might be of interest to a young man such as sailing the military hunting and foreign locales like Turkey Africa and Japan. Bound in blue cloth stamped in black and with a color-illustrated paper label to the upper cover. Wear to covers some soiling to interior and splitting between signatures else a near fine copy. E. P. Dutton and Company unknown
Bookseller reference : 27277
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Vangelisti Paul
Gold Mountain: Tarnished Angels
N.p.: John McBride 2010. Broadside measuring 18 by 6 inches. The text is printed in a gradient from yellow to green. Printed for the joint Roxburghe/Zamorano meeting in 2010 with the compliments of Kathleen Burch and John McBride. Signed by McBride and the author Paul Vangelisti. Very fine. John McBride unknown
Bookseller reference : 27293
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Cesaire Aime
The Woman and the Knife
NY: Red Ozier Press 1981. Digby John. Broadside measuring 14 by 29 inches. One of 75 copies. Illustrated with a black & white collage by John Digby. Text printed in burgundy and black on gray paper. Fine. Peich 28. Red Ozier Press unknown
Bookseller reference : 27286
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Graves Robert
Queen-Mother to New Queen
San Francisco: Richard A. Gleeson Library 1970. Large quarto. French-folded single sheet. Sketch of the poet Robert Graves to the front cover. On the interior the printed text faces a facsimile of the original handwritten poem. Printed by Lawton and Alfred Kennedy and presented to the joint meeting of hte Roxburghe and Zamorano Clubs in Los Angeles. Light tanning and wear to edges and slight trace of adhesive on the back else near fine. Richard A. Gleeson Library unknown
Bookseller reference : 27291
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Rosenberg LM. L. M.
Valentine's Day at Johns Hopkins Hospital
Richard Bigus 1978. Bigus Richard. Broadside measuring 21 3/8 by 14 3/4 inches. From an edition of 200 copies this is a proof copy signed by Richard Bigus. Designed and printed by Bigus in two colors. Fine. Richard Bigus unknown
Bookseller reference : 27289
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Dobie J. Frank
Some Part of Myself
Austin: Book Club of Texas 1993. Avini Teresa. Broadside measuring 14 by 20 inches. Printed by the Wind River Press. Includes a quotation from J. Frank Dobie's "Some Part of Myself" 1967 and an illustration by Teresa Avini. The main image printed in a dark purple shows cowboys silhouetted against a night sky. The image is framed with a border of barbed wire printed in gray. Fine. Book Club of Texas unknown
Bookseller reference : 27283
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The Model
O'Connor Thom. Broadside measuring 12 1/2 by 16 3/4 inches. One of 250 copies signed by the artist. Inscribed to Arno and Mimi Elkard. Housed in a card mat and protected by a sheet of tissue. Mat showing some tanning and tape attaching mat to rear card has come loose. Print is in fine condition. unknown
Bookseller reference : 27296
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The First Encounter 1492
Albany: Print Club of Albany 1992. Serra-Badué Daniel F. Broadside measuring 16 1/2 by 21 inches. One of 125 copies signed by the artist. The Print Club of Albany's Annual Print for 1991-1992. This lithograph is in honor of the 500th anniversary of Columbus's voyage to the New World. Prospectus included with very short tear to upper edge. Print is in fine condition. Print Club of Albany) unknown
Bookseller reference : 27279
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Para un Molinero de Vientos
N.p.: Ferguson William n.d. Ferguson William. Print measuring 10 1/4 by 13 inches. One of 76 copies. A windmill design in green and brown with the words "arena" "monte" "cielo" and "nieve" on the four blades. SIgned by the artist. Fine. Ferguson, William unknown
Bookseller reference : 27292
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Strouse Norman H.
The Passionate Pirate
North Hills: Bird & Bull Press 1964. Octavo. 91pp. One of 200 copies. A biography on the life and work of Thomas Bird Mosher the remarkable New England publisher and literary pirate. The Passionate Pirate is one of Henry Morris's earlier titles. In making it he was plagued with both papermaking and printing problems since he had recently acquired a new papermaking beater and a new printing press. The first bindings on the books were disastrous and the entire edition had to be rebound. This copy is inscribed by Morris "For my good friend Remy Green" and dated 11/15/64. Remy John Barcham Green worked for and later ran J. Barcham Green Ltd. which operated the Hayle Mill in Kent England. Morris was in frequent contact with Remy and his father Jack John Barcham Green II when he first began his papermaking journey in the 1950s. Morris says of his initial correspondence with Jack Green: "I really sent a barrage of questions and I must say that Mr. Green was extremely kind as he not only answered them all but to this day continues to give help and advice." When Jack was ill in August 1957 Remy replied to one of Morris's letters and afterwards they became "good friends" meeting several times when Remy visited the United States. In addition to the inscription this copy has a J. Barcham Green Ltd. stamp to the front flyleaf dated 1 December 1964. One of the Press's more desirable pieces with an interesting association considering the issues Morris had in creating it. A fine copy in morocco-backed decorated paper boards housed in a drop-back box with leather spine label. Bird & Bull Bibliography A5; Omnibus pp. 38 43-49. Bird & Bull Press unknown
Bookseller reference : 27312
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Diario Ecclesiastico para o Reino de Portugal Principalmente para a Cidade de Lisboa para o Anno de 1813
Lisbon 1813. 32mo. 157pp. folding map. An elegant embroidered hand-calendar giving Feast Days a Court Calendar phases of the moon eclipses lists of kings bishops cardinals and more. Includes the lineage of the Royal Family. Frontispiece is an engraved hand-colored folding map of Portugal. In a white satin embroidered binding with gold threads sequins and silver wire. Both front and back covers are bordered with open floral interlace. In the center of the front is the coat of arms of the Portuguese royal family surmounted by a crown. On the back is a diminutive scene showing the Tower of Belém. The Tower still standing today played an important role in the Age of Discovery and is a shining example of Manueline architecture in Lisbon. Behind the tower a flock of birds flies above a three-masted ship. The spine is decorated with a sequined interlace. Marbled endpapers and yellow ribbon bookmark attached. Housed in a gilt-decorated leather pull-off case with the royal coat of arms of the United Kingdom and another crest showing two crossed trumpets wreathed and surmounted with a lyre. Lower edge of upper part of the case is slightly worn and turned up on itself one loose thread on spine and slight fraying to edges. A.e.g. An about fine copy of this rare Portuguese almanac. unknown
Bookseller reference : 27313
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Morris Henry
Omnibus
North Hills: Bird & Bull Press 1967. Millard Jean. Octavo. 121pp. From an edition of 500 copies this is an out-of-series copy in a 1968 trial binding by Jean Millard. According to a penciled note on the front endpaper there were two copies bound thus and the note mentioned that "L. Schlosser has the other." This copy is also inscribed by Morris on the colophon page to Herb Frankel dated 1/7/73. The text is a compilation of instructions for amateur papermakers with observations on private presses book printing and some of the people involved. Printed on a variety of handmade papers with sample colored and watermarked papers bound in. Three engraved sheets laid in with text in Dutch two showing an engraver "Plaatsnyder" and one showing a papermaker "De Papiermaaker". Two small scuffs to spine and browning to paper edges else fine in full buff morocco with raised spine bands and gilt spine lettering and turn-ins. Bird & Bull Press unknown
Bookseller reference : 27302
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Silhouetten und Verse: Der Liebe und Freundschaft Gewidmet
Offenbach am Main: Gebr. Klingspor 1930. Oblong 32mo. 24pp. frenchfold. Illustrated with elegant silhouettes of men and women dressed in the height of fashion each framed by a colorful border. Facing each silhouette or pair of silhouettes is a passage of German verse. This particular copy is specially bound as a gift for Hugo Steiner-Prag's 50th birthday. Bound in pink silk with a hand-painted and gilt-stamped "50" on the upper cover. Housed in a box decorated with patterned paper. A printed sheet is laid in to the box with the dedication to Steiner-Prag from Karl Klingspor dated December 12 1930. Both Klingspor and Steiner-Prag moved in the same circles of German book design and production in the early nineteenth century. Klingspor together with his brother Wilhelm operated the type foundry Gebrüder Klingspor in Offenbach am Main. Steiner-Prag was an illustrator and designer serving as a professor of graphics at the Staatlichen Akademie für Graphische Künste und Buchgewerbe in Leipzig from 1907 to 1933. He also designed three typefaces including the self-named Steiner-Prag-Schrift. This pretty item pairing the finely detailed silhouettes and the traditional Gothic type is therefore a fitting gift for the designer. A fine copy. Gebr. Klingspor unknown
Bookseller reference : 27325
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Hamilton Wood Type and Printing Museum
Saint Paul MN: Blinc Publishing 2008. Broadside measuring 19 by 12 1/2 inches. One of 150 numbered copies signed by the printer Bill Moran. Printed on the occasion of APHA's 33rd Annual Conference October 10-12 2008 this broadside is decorated with wood type printed in various fonts sizes and colors to form an abstract design. Fine. Blinc Publishing unknown
Bookseller reference : 27339
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van Sandwyk Charles
The Simple Line
Vancouver: Heavenly Monkey 2007. van Sandwyk Charles. Quarto. 5ff. One of fifty copies signed by the contemporary Canadian artist Charles van Sandwyk. With six tipped-in plates five of which are from the artist's earliest etchings and one etching executed for this work. A brief essay about etching by van Sandwyk accompanies the artwork. Printed on sumptuous cream-colored paper and bound in buff cloth. Paper label to spine. A beautifully executed work in fine condition. Heavenly Monkey unknown
Bookseller reference : 27327
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Karl Kardel Co.: Builders Painters Decorators
Oakland CA: Karl Kardel Co 1974. Goines David Lance. Broadside measuring 24 by 18 1/4 inches. One of 1850 copies. Designed by California artist David Lance Goines and printed in 8 colors this advertisement for Karl Kardel Co. features a bumblebee over an ochre background. The design was inspired by an unknown philosopher's take on Isaac Watts "How doth the little busy bee improve each shining hour Well how doth it indeed By working. All things cometh to him that waiteth providing he worketh like hell while he waiteth." The image appeared in several publications including Print September/October 1974 and Images of an Era: The American Poster 1945-1975 Smithsonian Institution 1975. A few minor creases else fine. Goines #34. Karl Kardel Co unknown
Bookseller reference : 27342
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Impeachment
N.p. 1970. Silkscreen broadside. The image shows Richard Nixon printed in blue with his arm raised and two fingers extended in his trademark salute under the red word "Impeachment." Nixon's form is cleverly constructed from various post office stamps including "Void" taking the shape of his mouth "Cancelled" standing in for his two fingers and "Hold for Identification" outlining his face and arm. The print is signed simply "Diana." Fine. Measures 20 3/8 by 16 in.; 518x406mm. unknown
Bookseller reference : 27333
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Images Médiévales
Berkeley CA: Pacific Film Archive 1973. Goines David Lance. Broadside measuring 24 by 18 1/4 inches. One of 500 copies. Designed by California artist David Lance Goines and printed in 10 colors this advertisement for a film series at the Pacific Film Archive features an image of Veronica daughter of Solome who took pity on Jesus as he carried the cross on the Via Dolorosa and wiped his face with a cloth. In Goines's rendering Veronica graced with a halo holds up the cloth which bears an impression of Jesus's face. Veronica stands in front of a landscape framed by columns and the whole resembles a triptych altarpiece. The design was inspired by Medieval illuminated manuscripts and woodcuts by Albrecht Durer. Some toning to right edge else fine. Goines #33. Pacific Film Archive unknown
Bookseller reference : 27343
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Gray Thomas
On a Favourite Cat
Shaker Heights OH: Wind & Harlot Press 1991. Baris Bonnie. 24pp. frenchfold. One of 52 copies. A lovely presentation of the classic poem printed on Japanese paper. With sweetly colored illustrations by Bonnie Baris showing the cat as she is beguiled by the gold fish that ultimately leads to her doom. Mint in blue-gray boards with a paper spine label and marbled endpapers. A handsomely executed miniature book. Bookplate. Bradbury p. 324. 2 1/2 by 2; 63x50mm. Wind & Harlot Press unknown
Bookseller reference : 27243
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Coptographische Groepon
Amsterdam: Wed. G. A. Diederichs en Zoon and Mindermann 1820. Four paper packets with thirty-six paper figures. The figures are cut from laid paper so that a lantern shining through the cut-out portions would project the image onto a wall or sheet. The largest packet containing six sheets was professionally produced and contains intricate multi-figure images of chess players musicians a school master with his pupils Don Quixote and Sancho Panza dames at a tea table and a noble family. The other three packets containing twelve twelve and six figures respectively look to have been homemade supplements to the original set. These additional figures are very finely done and include a variety of historic figures such as Queen Elizabeth I the prophet Muhammad Diogenes Homer Minerva the Apostles Paul and Peter and King Francis I of France. The set also includes a few generic figures from different professions and ethnicities. Each is carefully numbered and labeled and a handwritten list is included in each packet. Shadow theater which has a long tradition in the East did not gain popularity in Europe until the eighteenth century. This set of cut paper silhouettes is an extremely rare early example of this form of European entertainment. A very interesting and unique set complete and in fine condition. Wed. G. A. Diederichs en Zoon and Mindermann unknown
Bookseller reference : 27239
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Alpha Beta
Rheinbach Germany: John Gerard 2005. Gerard John. Small quarto. 40pp. One of twenty copies signed by the artist. Each letter of this alphabet is scrawled in black over and over to fill the text area defined by Tschichold's canon of page construction which is printed in red on every page. An interesting juxtaposition of the mathematically precise canon with the messy organic handwritten letters. Chain-stitched in boards with a paper label to the upper cover showing the red lines of the canon that cross the text area. Housed in a paper four-flap enclosure. Minor wear to enclosure else fine. John Gerard unknown
Bookseller reference : 27250
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Thomas Dylan
Poem in October
Poiano Italy: Franco Riva 1979. Treccani Ernesto. Folio. 6ff. One of 120 copies. Illustrated with a frontispiece etching by Italian artist Ernesto Treccani with his signature in pencil below. A translation of Dylan Thomas' poem into Italian by Anna Maria Faccini. Part of the "Lectura Dominica" series issued by Franco Riva. Leaves loose as issued and laid into a blue paper-covered box which shows very minor edgewear. Fine. Franco Riva unknown
Bookseller reference : 27271
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Shakespeare William
Program from Max Reinhardt's Production of "A Midsummer Night's Dream
NY: Hollywood Theater 1935. Quarto. 2ff. A program from a screening of Max Reinhardt's 1935 film production of "A Midsummer Night's Dream" held at the Hollywood Theater in New York City. The movie was based on Reinhardt's stage production of the previous year and featured the music of Felix Mendelssohn backing Shakespeare's story. The film starred Ian Hunter James Cagney Mickey Rooney Dick Powell and Olivia de Havilland in her debut role. The playbill contains information about all aspects of the production beautifully printed on laid paper with decorations in brown. An ink notation on the front reads "Estelle Close and I - Oct. 28th 1935" presumably marking the occasion at which the program was received. A magazine clipping is laid in and shows an image of James Cagney in his role as Bottom along with Dewey Robinson as Snug and another character. A bit of wrinkling to paper and minute closed tear to front fore-edge else near fine. Hollywood Theater unknown
Bookseller reference : 27272
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Richards Laura E.
Drawings by Kate Greenaway Verses by Laura E. Richards. From Ladies' Home Journal 1895 and 1896
Berkeley: Rasmussen Press 1974. Greenaway Kate. 81pp. One of 200 copies this one being an unnumbered gift edition inscribed "To Doris- In memory of K.G." Illustrated with five sets of verses and drawings compiled by Lucile Rasmussen from those published in the Ladies' Home Journal which were never published in book form. Though not noted on the colophon or in Bradbury this copy is beautifully hand-colored throughout. The verses were written by Laura E. Richards the daughter of Julia Ward Howe who penned the Battle Hymn of the Republic. Very fine in flowered cloth with a gilt-stamped paper label. Bradbury p. 229. 2 7/8 by 2 1/2; 74x64mm. Rasmussen Press unknown
Bookseller reference : 27274
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Weygand James Lamar
The Bookplates of Philip Hagreen
Nappanee: Private Press of the Indiana Kid 1982. Hagreen Philip. Octavo. 71pp. One of 65 copies written printed and bound by James Lamar Weygand. Hagreen who worked between 1918 and 1959 was a fine wood engraver who studied with Eric Gill. Illustrated with 118 bookplates designed by Hagreen and printed in a variety of colors. The Introduction by John Bennett Shaw is printed underneath the reproductions of Hagreen's bookplates and thus runs throughout the entirety of the book. Top edge of front cover a bit faded and the slightest wear to extremities else fine in cloth-backed patterned boards with errata slip laid-in. Private Press of the Indiana Kid unknown
Bookseller reference : 3058
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The Song of Songs
Poestenkill NY: Kaldewey Press 1990. Tall folio. 32pp. From an edition of 55 this is one of twenty deluxe copies. Illustrated with ten paper pulp images of Jewish symbols such as the Star of David the Torah pointer and the shofar. The text of the Song of Songs is printed in the original Hebrew using Frank-Ruehl Hebrew type. Typical of Kaldewey's work the text is arranged freely on the page to complement the images. The chapter numbers are printed in dark purple which complements the yellow violet green and turquoise used in the illustrations. The English translation is printed in red on architect's vellum-a slick contrast to the textured handmade paper on which the Hebrew is printed. This deluxe edition is bound by Christian Zwang of Hamburg in red painted leather with a title plaque made of etched sterling silver. Housed in a gray cloth box gilt-titled to spine. Very fine. Von Lucius pp. 188-189. Kaldewey Press unknown
Bookseller reference : 27185
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Baker Marion A.
An Alliterative Alphabeastiary: Animals Activities Names and Nonsense
Los Angeles: Printmaker Press 1988. Baker Marion A. Octavo. 57pp. One of 135 copies. Printed and illustrated by Marion A. Baker with twenty-eight linocuts printed in red. Each letter of this alphabet is accompanied by an example sentence and an impressive list of alliterative words divided into three sections: animals names and additional nouns. The illustrations for each animal are also alliteratively captioned. Fine in printed wrappers showing minor wear to edges. Printmaker Press unknown
Bookseller reference : 27232
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Small World Alphabet
Seattle: Grey Spider Press 1992. Dal Cerro Michael. Oblong octavo. 26ff. One of 75 copies signed by the artist Michael Dal Cerro. An illustrated alphabet with woodcuts by Dal Cerro. The words and images chosen are nature-themed and carry a strong environmentalist message. Printed and bound by Chris Stern in green cloth with paper labels to upper cover and spine. Cloth lightly faded to spine else fine. Grey Spider Press unknown
Bookseller reference : 27235
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Frost Robert
Several Short Poems
NY: Henry Holt 1924. Lankes J.J. Single sheet folded once to make a four-page pamphlet. First edition. One of 2000 copies printed for distribution at Frost lectures at East Coast colleges. With two woodcut vignettes by J.J. Lankes. Signed by Frost below "The Pasture" which appears on the first page. Paper evenly toned else a fine copy of a "give-away" Frost item; therefore quite scarce and ephemeral. Crane A8. Henry Holt unknown
Bookseller reference : 27229
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Moore Suzanne
A Blind Alphabet
Northampton MA: Cheloniidae Press 1986. Moore Suzanne. 12mo. 34pp. accordion-fold. From an edition of 200 copies this is one of five unnumbered artist proofs. Calligraphic letters designed by Suzanne Moore are blind-stamped one to a page of this lovely panorama which folds out to over seven feet long. Bound by Claudia Cohen in marbled paper by Faith Harrison. Brown paper chemise with a paper title label blind-stamped with the word "Blind." Very fine. Cheloniidae Press unknown
Bookseller reference : 27231
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Lennon John
Bag Two: The Alphabet According to John Lennon
N.p.: Flagless Editions 1984. 16mo. 21pp. One of 167 copies. Cover illustration based on an unfinished series of lithographs by Yoko Ono and John Lennon. The text of this unusual alphabet poem was written by John Lennon in February 1969 for inclusion in the portfolio Bag One. Designed and printed by N. Kram. Fine in gray wrappers. Flagless Editions unknown
Bookseller reference : 27233
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Alphabet Book
Berkeley: Peter Koch 1991. Kuznicki Philip. Square 16mo. 34pp. frenchfold. One of 126 copies. Each letter of this alphabet was printed by Peter Koch from a photo-engraving of the original papercut. Bound by the artist in black cloth-covered stab-sewn boards with title label to front cover and alphabetic paste-paper paste-downs. Very fine. Peter Koch unknown
Bookseller reference : 27230
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The Illustrated Bible; also Verses entitled Railway to Heaven
London: Goode Bros 1875. 47pp. Illustrated throughout with black & white lithographs this little book includes excerpts from several Old Testament stories. In dark violet gilt-stamped wrappers. An unusually fine copy. Bondy 162. 2 1/4 by 1 5/8; 58x40mm. Goode Bros unknown
Bookseller reference : 27034
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A screen of the four seasons mountains and water or Living live through the four seasons
1860. Toshin. Handscroll. An elegant makimono-e painting in sumi ink and color wash on paper by 83-year-old artist Toshin. Handscrolls are meant to be viewed right to left in sections traveling arms-length by arms-length through the continuous landscape. This painting takes the viewer through each of the four seasons in a mountainous landscape dotted with buildings and tiny figures and crossed by roads and rivers. It opens with a green spring bustling with travelers. Summer is blown in with a driving hail storm before gentling into autumn where a full moon glows overhead. The journey ends in winter with a pristine snowscape. Calligraphic text at the beginning and end of the scroll give the title artist and year and explains that the scroll is "after a painting by Hojo Bokkei copied by Kakusenro Sesson." A few of the seams in the paper are beginning to come unglued otherwise this lovely painting is in near fine condition. Housed in a wooden box chipped at one corner. Measures 10 3/4 in. tall by approx. 27 1/2 feet; 273x8407mm. unknown
Bookseller reference : 26824
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Korin gafu
Kyoto: Unsodo 1891. Taniguchi Kokyo after Ogata Korin. Oblong folio. 14ff. Contains twelve woodblock prints in bright colors and gold and silver metallic ink by Taniguchi Kokyo after Ogata Korin in the Rinpa style. Rinpa artists worked in a variety of formats including screens fans and hanging scrolls; the images in this volume include nine designs for folding fans and three vertical designs that could have been used for hanging scrolls or panels. The designs show a mix of natural subjects such as gold flowers and deep red maple leaves to human figures such as a group of cantankerous priests. There are also two designs showing women in elegant flowing kimonos and one breathtaking fan of tumultous waves crested in silver against a gold background. Compared to the bold fan designs the three panels at the end of the volume are quieter using of bokashi printing to render subtle brown and black ink washes for the three sparse nature scenes: a solitary deer in autumn a small group of cranes and a bright white crane against a gold background. This last image especially is very characteristic of the Rinpa style which usually place simple natural subjects against a background filled with gold leaf. The images are preceded by an introduction and a page of seals in black and red and followed by a colophon in red. The Rinpa style of painting was created in the late seventeenth century and consolidated by the Ogata brothers Ogata Korin and Ogata Kenzan. The style experienced a resurgence in the early nineteenth century thanks to the efforts of Sakai Hoitsu and his students. In the late 1880's Taniguchi Kokyo undertook a study of the Rinpa legacy and the descendents of Sakai Hoitsu allowed Kokyo to see and copy original Ogata Korin paintings that had remained in the family. The copies of those designs became the basis of this book and helped to spur a revival of the Rinpa style in Kyoto. Taniguchi Kokyo was a student of Kono Bairei and later went on to teach art at the Kyoto School of Art in 1894 and also at the Kyoto Municipal School of Painting from 1909 to 1912. This important collection of designs is bound in mica-patterned gray paper with tassel-style ties. Dampstains and wear to covers and the original title label has been removed. Remnants of orange cloth to spine and some off-setting and foxing throughout the interior. An important work from this Kyoto artist. Unsodo unknown
Bookseller reference : 27011
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Hillier Jack
The Art of the Japanese Book
London: Sotheby's Publications 1987. Quarto. 2 volumes. 1-608; 609-1131pp. numbered continuously. Illustrated with 225 color plates and numerous black & white illustrations throughout. This detailed reference work also contains a glossary and indexes of works and authors. Hillier was the leading authority in Europe on the Japanese woodblock print working as the cataloguer of Japanese prints at Sotheby's for 25 years and publishing numerous books on the subject. Very fine in tan cloth in fine illustrated dust wrappers. Housed together in a cloth-covered slipcase. Sotheby's Publications unknown
Bookseller reference : 27083
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Noguchi Yone
The Ukiyoye Primitives
Tokyo: privately published 1933. Quarto. XIII 122pp. 93 plates four of which are in color. Of a total edition of 1000 this is one of 500 copies of the English edition sold in Europe and America numbered and signed by the author. With a fold-out frontispiece wood engraving "Woman fingering a ground-cherry" by Kiyonobu the First dating from about 1708. An extensively-illustration reference for the notable artists and styles of the Primitive period of Japanese prints covering the years1650-1765. Bound in wrappers in the Japanese style side-sewn with white silk cord with an extra decorative pattern at the corners. Housed in a blue cloth wrap-around box with ivory clasps. One bent corner and box showing wear and sunned spine else fine. privately published unknown
Bookseller reference : 27074
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Narazaki Muneshige
The Japanese Print: Its Evolution and Essence
Tokyo: Kodansha International 1966. Folio. 274pp. Illustrated with 107 tipped-in color plates. A beautiful reference work tracing the Japanese print from the fifteenth century all the way through the ukiyo-e period into the nineteenth century. Adapted into English by C. H. Mitchell. Fine in black cloth with fine dust wrapper both showing some shelfwear. Kodansha International unknown
Bookseller reference : 27078
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Set of books on Japanese Prints
San Francisco: Book Club of California 1965. Folio. Four volumes: "Figure Prints of Old Japan." 1959. 110ff. 52 plates. One of 400 copies. "Landscape Prints of Old Japan." 1960. 110ff. 50 plates. One of 450 copies. "Ukiyo-e: The Floating World." 1962. 92ff. 28 plates. One of 400 copies. "Twelve Woodblock Prints of Kitagawa Utamaro Illustrating the Process of Silk Culture." 1965. 36ff. 12 plates. One of 450 copies. These four volumes make up a complete set of Grabhorn Press monographs about Japanese prints of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries with prints from the collection of Edwin and Marjorie Grabhorn. The tipped-in plates were reproduced in collotype using linoleum blocks for color. These lovely books were major collaborations between the Grabhorn Press and the Book Club of California and Edwin Grabhorn considered this set to be one of his masterworks. All are fine copies in cloth-backed decorated boards. "Ukiyo-e" and "Utamaro" are in fine original dust wrappers. Harlan 611 619 638 652 and II p. xix. Book Club of California unknown
Bookseller reference : 9292
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