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Shelley Percy Bysshe
A una Alondra To a Skylark
Buenos Aires: R. Veroni 1972. Veroni Raúl. Small quarto. 28pp. From an edition of thirty-two copies this is one of three copies printed on Japan paper. Signed by the translator Miguel Alfredo Olivera on the colophon page. Shelley's famous ode translated into Spanish is illustrated with colored engravings by Raúl Veroni. A lovely production this copy is loose as issued in printed wrappers and housed within a hand-painted chemise and slipcase on which the skylark theme is presented in an almost Impressionistic style. Very fine. R. Veroni unknown
书商的参考编号 : 23185
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Simmons George W.
Oak Hall Pictorial
Boston: Damrell & Moore 1854. 12mo. 8ff. An 1850's advertising pamphlet printed by Damrell & Moore for the Oak Hall Clothing House in Boston. Contains a group of poems about the advantages of shopping at this "unrivalled emporium for gentlemen's youth's & little children's ready-made clothing." With seventeen wood engravings of the shop the staff the patrons and the city of Boston. Even includes an ABC "for the little boys and girls." Sewn into printed wrappers with an engraving of an oak tree. Spine slightly split else fine. Damrell & Moore unknown
书商的参考编号 : 23169
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YOSHIDA Mitsukuni et al.
Japan Style
Tokyo: Kodansha International 1990. First paperback edition. Softcover. A wide ranging look at the the various art architecture and design output of Japan. Includes mostly color images. A fine copy in very near fine dust jacket. An attractive production. Kodansha International unknown
书商的参考编号 : 107781 ???????? : 087011963x 9780870119637
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Illustrated Manuscript Valentine
1860. Single leaf measuring 5 by 7 3/4 inches. A drawing of a young man and woman glancing shyly at each other with their noses drawn in an angular fashion so as to point at each other. Below the figures is penned words "i cant sic stop long this time." A Feb. 25 1861 inscription on the verso says "Valentine - Mr. Willis E. Marden." The young man wears simple clothing a blue hat with a red band a red shirt and blue pants. His hair is long and curly. The woman's costume is more elaborate; she wears red shoes and a beaded necklace with her blue dress and her uncovered hair is curled. The sheet of paper was once folded into quarters. Until postal rates became standardized early valentines were typically folded sealed and hand-delivered to a beloved's doorstep. Pennsylvania-German or Dutch handmade valentines gained recognition for their fine workmanship with detailed pinprick and cutout designs. This example is no less remarkable for its simplicity. Some faint discoloration primarily to fold lines and slightest wear to two corners. unknown
书商的参考编号 : 23136
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Ebru Paper with Drawing of Beyazit Tower
Istanbul: Ebristan 2008. Barutçugil Hikmet. Original marbled paper art by Turkey's premier paper marbler Hikmet Barutçugil with dusky swirls of pale peach green blue and mauve. Signed and dated by the artist. Emerging from the center of the marbling is a small detailed drawing in brown ink of the entrance archway to Istanbul University and Beyazit Tower. The tower is located on the university's campus and was originally built in 1824 as a fire watch-tower. Birds fly overhead and disappear amidst the soft clouds of a marbled sky. Paper marbling or Ebru is one of the oldest arts in Turkey. In addition to being employed in book binding and decoration it was often used as a background for calligraphy and is considered high art. Ever since its fifteenth-century beginnings artists in Turkey and around the world have experimented with marbling in order to create increasingly complex designs which are works of art in their own right. Measuring 28 by 20 inches. One corner slightly bumped else a fine example of this traditional art form. Ebristan unknown
书商的参考编号 : 23146
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Kaldewey Gunnar
California Time
Postenkill NY: Kaldewey Press 1987. Kaldewey Gunnar. Folio. 36pp. One of forty-five copies in a plexiglass binding by Christian Zwang of Hamburg. Signed by the author/artist/printer Gunnar Kaldewey. With numerous monochromatic and two-tone illustrations. Written illustrated designed and printed by Gunnar Kaldewey as Volume 5 of the Kaldewey Press series. In 1977 Kaldewey printed New York his first book about America. Ten years later California Time was published as a counterpoint to that volume. In it Kaldewey offers his observations about California's landscapes both natural and manmade in prose that ranges from playful to bleak. He sees the landscape with an artist's eye describing the "simmering city" and the "juicy orange of the West." These verbal images are illustrated in Kaldewey's stylized manner including one double-page spread showing the Pacific Ocean in aqua and gray on a transparency. A remarkable production by one of America's leading contemporary book artists. Housed in an orange cloth folding box lettered in silver on the front cover and spine. Together with the original woodblock to the first illustration in the book. Printed in silver the illustration is of a palm tree placed across from the text: "It is the sun the cars and the palm trees. A lot of light. Everything has to do with light." The block was inscribed on the back by Kaldewey in 1988. Von Lucius p. 66-69. Kaldewey Press unknown
书商的参考编号 : 21985
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Efsun Çiçegi Enchanting Beauty Flowers
Istanbul: Ebristan Yayinlari 2003. Barutçugil Hikmet. Original marbled paper by the premier marbling artist in Turkey Hikmet Barutçugil. Signed and dated by the artist. Ebru or marbling is one of the oldest arts in Turkey. In addition to being used in book binding and design it was often used as a background for calligraphy. In this way marbling was elevated to a high art. Ever since its fifteenth-century beginnings artists in Turkey and around the world have experimented with marbling in order to create increasingly complex designs which are works of art in their own right. Barutcugil has developed his own technique for creating flowers within his marbled patterns inspired by his wife Füsun Hanim. In this lovely example four tulips in lavender and violet bloom against a marbled background in shades of green pink blue and violet. The marbling transitions from delicate washes of green to bolder defined lines which evoke mountains and sky. Barutcgil's limitless creativity and passion for this traditional art is clear in his work. The paper has been mounted onto a stiff cardboard backing. Measures 18 by 9 inches. A very fine example of Turkish marbling which is offered with "Efsun Cicergi" Barutcugil's fully illustrated text on Efsun Flowers. Ebristan Yayinlari unknown
书商的参考编号 : 23080
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El Kasibu Habibullah
Istanbul: Ebristan 2008. Barutçugil Hikmet. Marbled paper measuring 23 3/4 by 32 inches with elegant marbled calligraphy in Arabic. The script translates to say "One who conducts business in a Halal fashion is the beloved servant of Allah." This superb example of Ebru the ancient Turkish art of paper marbling has a bold simplicity. Ebru was traditionally used as a background for calligraphy and is considered high art. This paper was marbled twice using a stencil technique and resists. The result is that the calligraphy and the background have different colors and patterns: the background of this piece is decorated with bubbles of pink peach and white while the contrasting calligraphy is swirled with black and gray. The calligrapher who created the design was A. Hulusi Efendi 1869-1940 who belonged to a long line of Turkish marbling artists and calligraphers. Signed Hikmet Heida which means "wisdom of god." Top right corner is slightly bumped else a very fine example of Ebru art. Ebristan unknown
书商的参考编号 : 23070
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Allah God
Istanbul: Ebristan 2004. Barutçugil Hikmet. Marbled paper with calligraphy measuring 23 3/4 by 32 inches. Ebru or marbling is one of the oldest arts in Turkey. In addition to being used in book binding and design it was often used as a background for calligraphy and is considered high art. In this example Barutçugil has used a stencil technique so that the calligraphy itself is marbled in deep blue against a marbled background of blue and green. The original calligrapher of this design was Yusuf Coskun Beneuse b. 1949. His interpretation of the word "Allah" takes the form of a flower and leaf stretching upwards toward heaven from a curled grounded base. Bump to the lower left corner margin which can be easily covered by a mat. Else fine. Ebristan unknown
书商的参考编号 : 23071
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The Various Birds: Fifty-six Varieties. The Color of the Bird Shape of the Body
Japan c. mid-nineteenth century. Small quarto. 27ff. A handmade book of delicate Japanese brush paintings of common birds ranging from sparrows and songbirds to ducks and other fowl. The paintings are executed in a style similar to sumi-e. They are predominantly monochromatic with subtle gradations of black ink accented with washes of brown yellow and red. The illustrations stand alone on most of the pages but a few including one of a majestic pheasant are accompanied by descriptions in Japanese. Each page is comprised of a double sheet measuring 10 3/16 by 14 1/4 inches and most of the paintings stretch across the page spread. The only clue to the painter's identity is a note in Japanese on the front wrapper which explains that the illustrations were "painted by the next-door neighbor -- during the weekdays." The note also indicates that the book was owned by Goshodo a bookseller. It seems likely that the paintings were given as a neighborly gift and made into a book. Some light wear and soiling to covers faint soiling to a few pages else a very fine collection of paintings. unknown
书商的参考编号 : 23000
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Efsun Çiçegi Enchanting Beauty Flowers
Istanbul: Ebristan 2003. Barutçugil Hikmet. Original marbled paper by the premier marbling artist in Turkey Hikmet Barutçugil. Signed by the artist. Barutçugil has developed his own technique for creating flowers within his marbled patterns inspired by his wife Füsun Hanim. In this delicate example two carnations grow from the same root branching off and blossoming in red and yellow. The flower is set against a speckled marbled background of pale blue violet and green. Barutcugil's unusual speckling technique gives the effect of pointillistic clouds. Ebru or marbling is one of the oldest arts in Turkey. In addition to being used in book binding and design it was often used as a background for calligraphy and is considered high art. Ever since its fifteenth-century beginnings artists in Turkey and around the world have experimented with marbling in order to create increasingly complex designs which are works of art in their own right. The paper measuring 14 1/2 by 10 3/8 inches is mounted behind a dark green mat. The whole measures 17 1/5 by 14 inches. A very fine example of Turkish marbled art. Ebristan unknown
书商的参考编号 : 23020
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Hammer Victor
Victor Hammer's Engravings and Woodcuts
Lexington KY: Anvil Press 1979. Hammer Victor. Quarto. 12pp. 37ff. One of 50 copies printed in American Uncial on Canson paper. A compilation of 36 plates printed from blocks cut or engraved by Victor Hammer. Several plates are hand-colored and all are tipped-in. Book compiled and designed by Carolyn R. Hammer and printed with the assistance of Sallie Ruff and Paul Holbrook. Fine in marbled paper boards with large hand-printed title label. With blue dust wrapper which is lightly soiled. Holbrook pp.75. Anvil Press unknown
书商的参考编号 : 21786
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Ferrerius Zacharias
In Die Festo Natalis Et Circuncisionis Christi Sapphicum Alphabeticum
Milan: Officina Bodoni 1968. Oblong 12mo. 14ff. From an edition of 80 copies this is one of forty printed for André Jammes the French antiquarian bookseller. With a New Year's greeting inscribed on the first free endpaper from Jammes and his family. A beautifully printed Christmas alphabet book with red calligraphic initials on each page. These elaborate initials were derived from a 1523 writing book by Ludovico Vicentino Degli Arrighi an influential Italian bookseller papal scribe and typographer. Vicentino admired italic script and wrote an entire work about it; fittingly this book is set entirely in Arrighi-Vicenza italic. The text comes from a Christmas hymn and is in the original Latin. Extremely fine in paper-covered boards that look like vellum and housed in the original brown card slipcase. Officina Bodoni unknown
书商的参考编号 : 22965
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Hidy Lance
The Hon. Alan Boyle's Wrecked Avis Monoplane at Bournemouth July 1910
Boston: Godine Press 1970. Hidy Lance. Framed etching measuring 11 by 8 inches. One of an unknown number of copies; the edition was probably no greater than 200. An image of an early flying machine crashed and abandoned in a field of clover printed in green with a caption printed in orange. A black border frames the scene. This is an early etching by Lance Hidy who was a co-founder of the Godine Press in Boston. The artist and printer have a long history of collaboration. The original version of this print was made while Hidy was at Yale in 1966 or '67 and this the second was made a few years later with Godine's encouragement. Hidy found his inspiration for the image in an old book on early aviation at the Yale library and in the accompanying correspondence he explains that "there was a dignity to this image of failure and the wording of the caption that may have given me some solace." Extremely fine. Godine Press unknown
书商的参考编号 : 22930
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Winter William
Shakespeare's England
NY: Macmillan and Company 1894. Fitch E. 12mo. 274pp. A unique copy with beautifully executed original pen and ink drawings throughout showing the sights and landmarks of Shakespeare's country. Profusely illustrated with hand-drawn vignettes of the thatched cottages of Stratford-upon-Avon landscape vistas of Warwick and Windsor and other known British locations. The illustrations are imaginative and romantic: at one point a flock of birds alights from the rooftop of the Red Horse Inn and wings its way across the open pages to Stratford Church. The text which is meant to be a guide for the American literary traveler opens with quotations from Shakespeare and Wordsworth. The illustrator has encircled these verses with a set of scenic cascading postcards threaded together with a ribbon. Very little is known about the illustrator E. Fitch: one illustration is signed "E. Fitch Catskill" but no record could be found of an illustrator by that name in the area. Ornately bound in red morocco by the American bindery Bradstreet's. Both covers are decorated with borders of oak leaves and acorns employing onlays of green morocco and gilt vines. The spine is divided into six compartments gilt-titled in one and with gilt roses in the remaining five. Green morocco doublures are decorated with gilt dentelles and a border of leafy vines accented with minute butterflies. Silver moiré silk endpapers bordered with gilt decoration and a rose in each corner complete this sumptuous binding. Extremely fine and housed in a red morocco pull-off case. T.e.g. With a laid-in card bearing a gift note from the Philadelphia rare book dealer A. S. W. Rosenbach; it is speculated that Rosenbach or another bookseller might have had this copy specially embellished for an important private client. Macmillan and Company unknown
书商的参考编号 : 22943
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Milne A. A.
Now We Are Six
London: Methuen 1927. Shepard Ernest H. First edition. This famous collection of children's verses featuring Milne's son Christopher Robin and his bear is illustrated throughout with Ernest H. Shepard's whimsical drawings. Signed at a later date on the title page by Shepard. Handsomely bound by Bayntun-Rivière in deep red morocco with gilt ruled borders and spine in six compartments. Four little Pooh-Bears are stamped in gilt on the spine. Vignette in gold of Christopher Robin with his fishing pole stamped on the front cover. Original cloth wrappers bound-in. A.e.g. A lovely presentation of Milne's classic in immaculate condition. Methuen unknown
书商的参考编号 : 22904
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Rain Flowers
Wales 1980. Jones Shirley. Print measuring 20 by 17 inches. One of 50 copies. A luminous print in green and violet of a hyacinth signed by the artist. The flower blooms against layers of overlapping leaves which lighten into transparency as they extend upwards. A renowned Welsh book artist Jones has dedicated herself to the arts of printing both words and images. In a violet mat measuring 26 by 22 inches. A couple of the faintest spots of soiling else very fine. unknown
书商的参考编号 : 22915
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Sabater V.
Comitiva Regia en el Casamiento de S. M. el Rey de España Don Alfonso 12 con S. A. I. y R. la Archiduquesa Dona Maria Cristina de Austria en el Trayecto Desde la Real Basilica de Atocha a Palacio el dia 29 de Noviembre de 1879
Madrid: A. Fortuny 1883. Sabater V. An extensive panorama stretching across forty pages which folds out to show the royal procession making its way from the Royal Basilica of Atocha to the Palace on the wedding day of the King of Spain Alfonso XII and his second wife Maria Christina of Austria. A retinue of guards musicians and members of the royal family all lead the way for the new King and Queen who can be seen peeking out the window of their carriage. Printed by chromolithography in full color with shimmering gold and silver decoration on the stately horses carriages and military uniforms. Each group in the procession is labeled in Spanish and the pages of the panorama are backed with silk for strength. In its original crimson leather portfolio bearing the King and Queen's intertwined initials surmounted by a crown gilt edge decoration and intricate dentelles. Portfolio bears a red and gold label with a crown on the front cover. Some wear to extremities minor soiling on the inside of the cover where a bookplate or label was likely removed and light foxing not affecting the images which are fresh and bright. An attractive copy of a rare commemorative panorama. A. Fortuny unknown
书商的参考编号 : 22913
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Jones Shirley
Sun Flower
Wales 1980. Jones Shirley. Print measuring 20 by 17 inches. One of 50 copies. A bold color aquatint in brown yellow and tan signed by the artist. This slightly abstracted sunflower is subtly shaded and textured. The flower's head is cradled within two outstretched leaves. A renowned Welsh book artist Jones has dedicated herself to the art of printing both words and images. In a brown mat measuring 26 by 22 inches. Very fine. unknown
书商的参考编号 : 22924
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Laurencin Marie
Color lithograph of a young woman
Laurencin Marie. Color lithograph measuring 12 by 9 1/2 inches by Marie Laurencin a contemporary of Picasso and Braque. Although she was one of a few women artists of the time to experiment with Cubist ideas her work does not reach the height of abstraction attained by Picasso. Instead her focus is on the feminine: the subjects of her work are most often young women depicted in soft pastel colors. The femininity of her work is often viewed as a response to Cubism's masculine modernism. This print depicts a woman with a tender tranquil expression wearing an elaborate bow in her hair. Matted in an antique-style frame with curls of gilt decoration from the House of Heydenryk in New York. The whole measures 18 3/4 by 16 1/8 inches. Some very slight yellowing to edges of paper; else extremely fine. unknown
书商的参考编号 : 22927
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Pale Morning Star
Wales 1980. Jones Shirley. Print measuring 20 by 17 inches. One of 50 copies. A delicate eight-pointed star radiates light in shades of blue and tan. Signed by the artist. A renowned Welsh book artist Jones has dedicated herself to the art of printing both words and images. With a blue mat slightly faded to edges measuring 26 by 22 inches. Very fine. unknown
书商的参考编号 : 22926
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Snyder Lorain R. "Doc
World War II Logbooks
N.p. 1943. Snyder Lorain R. "Doc. Four octavo volumes. Standard issue blank books printed by the Government Printing Office that were owned by Lorain R. Snyder who served as a Gunner's Mate aboard the U.S.S. Richmond from 1941 to 1943. The first two volumes contain Snyder's notes and assignments on such matters as wrecking mines depth charges and ammunition as well as his basic duties. These notes are enhanced by Snyder's draftsman-like color illustrations which detail the structure and functioning of the various weaponry with which he would have been familiar. These include mines the .45 caliber automatic pistol and roller-bearing gun mounts. In addition Snyder -- whose nickname was "Doc" -- provides illustrated charts of semaphore alphabet naval and weather flags map cross-hatching legends and military insignia for various countries. In the other two volumes Snyder switches from theory to practice as he begins a tour aboard the Richmond and the blank books become a daily logbook. Included are his rather restrained comments on Pearl Harbor "Sunday evening -- War!!!/Oh my! Well here's what we've been waiting for . Arizona and Oklahoma got it bad!" a lengthy first-hand account of the Battle of Komandorskis off the coast of Siberia as well as a long semi-bawdy ballad about an old maid on Waikiki entitled "A Torrid Tragedy of the Tropics." In these volumes Snyder's illustrations are less abundant but they include a detailed inventory of his thirteen tattoos including the location of each and a map of the Pacific showing the area covered by the Richmond during Snyder's tour of duty. Additionally all volumes bear front and back cover illustrations by Snyder. The Richmond was flagship of the U.S. Fleet's Submarine Force during 1938-40 and carried the Commander of the Scouting Force in the first half of 1941 while based in Hawaii. Later in that year and during the first year of the U.S.'s involvement in World War II she patrolled along the Latin American west coast and escorted convoys in the southeastern Pacific. The Richmond went to the North Pacific in January 1943 and was soon heavily engaged in the then-active Aleutians campaign. She bombarded Japanese-held Attu in February participated in the Battle of the Komandorski Islands on 26 March and took part in the recovery of Attu and Kiska in May and August 1943. Serving in the Aleutians area for the next two years Richmond's activities included active patrolling and beginning in February 1944 bombardments of the Kuril Islands. An extraordinary archive that combines a highly personal account of daily life on a combat ship with a detailed glimpse into the machinery of war. unknown
书商的参考编号 : 21505
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Hemingway Ernest
In Our Time
Paris: Three Mountains Press 1924. 30pp. First edition. One of 170 copies. Illustrated with a frontispiece author portrait by Henry Strater an American painter and fellow expatriate who became friends with Hemingway in Paris. This is the author's second book published in a smaller edition than his first a pamphlet of which 300 copies were printed. The sixth and final volume of a series of works by important modern writers edited by Ezra Pound titled "The Inquest into the State of Contemporary English Prose." The book contains eighteen terse untitled chapters which Edmund Wilson called "dry compressed little vignettes." A book with the same title was published in the U.S. the following year containing fifteen short stories for which the chapters in the present edition served mainly as introductory vignettes. Only two vignettes from this book were titled and used as full stories: "A Very Short Story" and "The Revolutionist." Most reviewers saw an affinity to Gertrude Stein in Hemingway's spare prose style and F. Scott Fitzgerald felt "a sort of renewal of excitement at these stories wherein Ernest Hemingway turns a corner into the street." In tan boards printed in red with a pattern of clippings from newspapers in several languages and the title in black. Slight wear to extremities else a very fine copy. Housed in a leather-backed slipcase with chemise which shows some wear. Grissom A.2. Three Mountains Press unknown
书商的参考编号 : 17389
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Wilson Joyce Lancaster
The Work & Play of Adrian Wilson: A Bibliography with Commentary
Austin: W. Thomas Taylor 1983. Folio. 160pp. One of 325 copies printed by the book designer author and printer Adrian Wilson at the Press in Tuscany Alley. A lavishly illustrated bibliography printed in two colors with sample pages bound in. Spine very lightly sunned small scuff to top edge else fine in quarter-morocco and wheat buckram. W. Thomas Taylor unknown
书商的参考编号 : 22844
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VERLET Piere Michel Florisoone Adolf Hoffmeister Francois Tabard & edited by Joseph Jobe
Great Tapestries: The Web of History From The 12th To The 20th Century
Lausanne Switzerland: Edita S.A. 1965. First edition. Hardcover. Massive monograph translated by Peggy Rowell Oberson. Profusely illustrated including numerous tipped in color plates as well as black and white illustrations. A near fine copy in a close to near fine dust jacket that has a small stain to the verso of the dust jacket on the bottom of the spine and a small chip there as well. The slipcase has some edge wear but is intact and in about near fine condition. Edita S.A. unknown
书商的参考编号 : 103975
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Bilibin Ivan Yakolovich
A Church and Cemetery
Moscow 1904. Bilibin Ivan Yakolovich. Bright postcard lithographed in color showing a cemetery with a wooden structure behind it. Ivan Bilibin first trained as a lawyer but after traveling through Europe he became attracted to the art world. He began to draw and became highly successful as a theatrical designer. Besides work for the Diaghilev he also created for the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées. His postcard work often shows local scenes and characters usually surrounded by attractive borders. Through this medium he was able to capture the everyday working life and spirit of his fellow Russians. Fine. unknown
书商的参考编号 : 4588
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La Fontaine Jean de
Fables de la Fontaine
Tours: Maison Alfred Mame et Fils 1920. Neziere Raymond de la. Quarto. 127pp. 16ff. One of sixteen copies with a signed original gouache for one of the sixteen color plates by Neziere opposite p. 63. Highly colored and caricature-like in style the painting illustrates "L'Ane et le Petit Chien The Little Dog and the Donkey." Additionally each text page is illustrated in black and white. Raymond de la Neziere's work was featured in many of the popular magazines of his era and it is often viewed as a precursor to French comics. He began working as a book illustrator in 1892. Neziere's illustrations are recognized for their humorous and expressive style and his characters are often anthropomorphic animals. Unbound as issued with panels of pictorial wrapper covers. Protected in a cloth-backed marbled portfolio. Light foxing to a few sheets else fine. Maison Alfred Mame et Fils unknown
书商的参考编号 : 15866
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Angiolieri Cecco
Sonette
Verona: Officina Bodoni 1944. Quarto. 354pp. One of 165 copies. Contains the original Italian text of 150 sonnets with German translations by Rudolf Freiherr von Simolin Hans Rheinfelder and Otto Freiherr von Taube printed on the facing pages. Mint in linen-backed decorated boards and cardboard slipcase. Mardersteig 64. Officina Bodoni unknown
书商的参考编号 : 11062
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Wadsworth Charles
On Chick-a-dee Mis-printed -- Chick-e-dee
Cranberry Isles Maine: Tidal Press 1975. Wadsworth Charles. Broadside. Signed by the author. A poem and an illustration of a chickadee both by Charles Wadsworth who along with his wife Jean Howard was proprietor of Tidal Press. Fine. Tidal Press unknown
书商的参考编号 : 22047
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Hey Guillaume
Cinquante Fables pour les Enfants
Hamburg: Frederic Perthes 1833. Speckter Otto. Octavo. vi 104 32pp. French translation of German fables by Wilhelm Hey printed on rectos only and accompanied by charming wood engravings by Otto Speckter. According to Hobbs these fables "were originally devised not for publication but to cheer up the author's children sick with measles." The German volumes were used in elementary schools and this volume was intended for students learning French. In illustrated lithographed paper-covered boards. Some toning and edgewear to original boards else fine. Hobbs 90. Frederic Perthes unknown
书商的参考编号 : 16737
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La Fontaine Jean de
Original drawings for "The Fox and the Stork
Moscow 1929. Ausberg E. Six pen-and-ink drawings colored with watercolor with an expressionistic look each measuring 7 3/4 by 6 1/2 inches. These delicate stylized illustrations are tinted with shades of orange purple and green. The first drawing has the title and illustrator's name Ausbrey below it in Russian. The images recount La Fontaine's fable of getting one's just desserts: the fox exasperates the stork by offering him food on a plate which with his long beak the stork cannot eat. However the stork retaliates by offering the fox a drink from a narrow long-necked vessel. Attractive and unique illustrations for a book never published. Two have paperclip marks to edge else fine mounted without adhesive in a paper portfolio. unknown
书商的参考编号 : 15929
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Fiedler Konrad
Three Fragments from the Posthumous Papers of Conrad Fiedler MDCCCXLI-MDCCCXCV
Lexington KY: Stamperia del Santuccio 1951. Hammer Victor. Octavo 182pp. One of 152 unnumbered copies printed by Carolyn Reading in black and red American Uncial type on Japanese Hosho paper. Translated from the German by Victor Hammer and Thornton Sinclair with an introduction by Hammer. Autograph note from Hammer to Florentine scholar Ulrich Middeldorf laid in. Middeldorf's copy with his bookplate and a small note in pencil on the front paste-down. Scattered foxing to leaves and boards spine sunned fore-corners bumped. Prospectus bound in. Holbrook p.42. Stamperia del Santuccio unknown
书商的参考编号 : 21784
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Kent Rockwell
Typed Letter signed
Ausable Forks NY 1939. Written on one side of Kent's Ausable Forks letterhead which features a small illustration by the artist printed in red at the head of the page. The letter dated March 24 1939 shows Kent's quick wit in replying to a collector: "I can only afford to give away what I can do hastily; and what I do hastily is not good enough to give away." Includes addressed envelope bearing 3-cent Thomas Jefferson stamp. Faint fold lines in letter else very fine. unknown
书商的参考编号 : 22298
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Van Doren Mark
Orbit
Cambridge MA: Pomegranate Press 1973. Klopp Karyl. Folio broadside. One of fifty copies. Signed by Karyl Klopp proprietor of the press. A twenty-five-line poem by Mark Van Doren beautifully printed on cream-colored paper and featuring an illustration by Karyl Klopp beside the text. Van Doren's long career as a poet and writer included a job teaching at Columbia where two of his students were Allen Ginsberg and the poet-monk Thomas Merton. He was also the father of Charles Van Doren who gained fame in the mid-1950s as one of the contestants on the rigged TV game show Twenty-One upon which the 1994 movie Quiz Show was based. The Pomegranate Press was known for publishing the works of some of the leading Beat poets of the day including Ginsberg Ferlinghetti and Robert Bly. This piece mounted on cardboard comes in a simple wooden frame that measures 21 1/2 by 15 1/2 inches. Paper backing on frame torn at top else fine. Pomegranate Press unknown
书商的参考编号 : 21111
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Bromer Anne C.
Strings Attached -- Dorothy Abbe Her Work and WAD
Boston: Boston Public Library/Society of Printers 2001. Octavo. First edition. One of 500 copies. Thirty-two pages of color and black & white illustrations from photographs. The story of Dorothy Abbe's contributions to printing book design typography photography writing and teaching is gathered from her archives at the Boston Public Library and told by Anne Bromer. The book covers her early years as a book designer at several university presses her life in the household of William Addison and Mabel Dwiggins the joint publishing venture between Abbe and Dwiggins as well as her self-taught venture into portrait and landscape photography and the publication of her two important texts: The Dwiggins Marionettes and Stenciled Ornaments. Bromer also explores Abbe's relationship with Dwiggins and her fierce protection of his work. Typography and design by John Kristensen of Firefly Press; printed letterpress by Dan Keleher at Wild Carrot Press. As new. Boston Public Library/Society of Printers unknown
书商的参考编号 : 17219
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Psalm 67
N.p. Tegetmeier Dennis. A single sheet measuring 29 by 20 inches folded once. This large scale illustration features a priest at an altar with his followers. Their arms and faces are uplifted to the sky as they invoke the verse from Psalm 67 which appears as the companion text to this illustration: "Scatter thou the nations that delight in wars:/ ambassadors shall come out of Egypt:/ Ethiopia shall soon stretch out her hands to God." The artist demonstrates a lighter vein of the satirical wit he came to be associated with: men who symbolize "the nations that delight in wars" meet greet and shake hands as if to finalize treaties and seal political deals -- in stark contrast to the religious fervor above. Tegetmeier 1909-1987 became associated with the Roman Catholic circle of the sculptor-artist Eric Gill working with Gill in cutting and painting the Great War memorial at New College and eventually becoming his son-in-law. The back of the illusration is signed "E.G. Drawing" in what appears to be Eric Gill's script suggesting that this copy was a part of his personal collection. Minor overall soiling small closed tears to right margin bands of light toning top and bottom. unknown
书商的参考编号 : 20883
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Gill Eric
The Lord's Song
London: Golden Cockerel Press 1934. Gill Eric. Tall octavo. 16pp. One of 500 numbered copies. Illustrated with one full-page wood engraving and a four-line initial capital by Gill. This edition of Gill's "sermon" reflecting on the 136th Psalm marks the first use of Gill's Perpetua Roman and Felicity Italic typefaces. Bound in cream-colored buckram with the initials of the press in gilt on the top board and title in gilt on the spine. Boards somewhat bowed else fine. Bookplate of Margot and H. Richard Archer who were well-known California bibliophiles associated with Ward Ritchie and others in the southern California publishing world. H. Richard Archer was also the Supervising Bibliographer at UCLA's Clark Memorial Library. Chanticleer 92; Gill 26. Golden Cockerel Press unknown
书商的参考编号 : 21381
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Catalogue de Relières du XVth au XIXth Siècle en Vente à la Librairie Gumuchian & C.
Paris: Gumuchian 1930. Quarto. 181pp. 135ff. of plates. One of 1000 copies. A catalogue of fine bindings from this famed Parisian bookseller profusely illustrated with full-page black and white illustrations including XX color plates. In original dust wrapper with the English titling: "Fine Bindings." This title also appears on the covers. Gumuchian unknown
书商的参考编号 : 21233
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Collodi Carlo
Le Avventure di Pinocchio: Storia di un Burattino
Florence: Felice Paggi 1883. Mazzanti Enrico. Small octavo. 236pp. iipp. of advertisements. First edition. The enduring children's classic about a mischievous marionette whose nose grows every time he tells a lie in the original Italian and wonderfully illustrated with a full-page frontispiece of the titular character as well as sixty-one additional woodcuts interspersed throughout the text. The first half of Pinocchio was originally published serially in the children's magazine Giornale per i Bambini from 1881 to 1883 and it is thought that the story was not intended primarily as children's literature as it did not end happily: Pinocchio was hanged from a tree for his various moral failings. It was at the urging of his publisher that author Carlo Collodi a pseudonym for Carlo Lorenzini added the second half of the book in which The Blue Fairy repeatedly comes to Pinocchio's rescue guiding him toward self-awareness and enabling his transformation from puppet to human. Popular in Italy at the time of its publication the book and its author went on to gain international acclaim when the story was translated into English in 1892. Pinocchio is still cherished to this day and has been the subject of numerous adaptations including popular versions by Disney and Steven Spielberg who used the story as the basis for his 2001 film AI. This very rare first edition of the book - only five copies have come up for auction in nearly twenty-five years - is bound in quarter red calf and marbled boards by Devauchelle. Raised bands divide the spine into compartments two of which bear the title and date in gilt. The endpapers are marbled. Housed in a clamshell box with marbled boards and red leather backing title and decorations on spine in gilt. Some toning and light staining to the interior a small closed tear to the margin of two pages and several unobtrusive stamped and handwritten ownership signatures otherwise a fine copy of this high spot of children's literature. Gottlieb/Pierpont Morgan Library 213; Osborne 2 p.1007. Felice Paggi unknown
书商的参考编号 : 20920
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Zulow Franz von
Die 12 Monate: Originalithographien
Vienna: Wiener Werkstatte 1912. Zulow Franz von. Quarto. 13ff. The Twelve Months of the Year. With 13 sheets each 29.7 x 22 cm compromising twelve color lithographs for the months of the year and one sheet depicting the four seasons. The prints are from illustrations by Franz von Zulow. Each of the monthly illustrations is compartmentalized into four images - two on the top and two on the bottom with a central picture surrounded by decorative geometric borders. Each sheet has the name of the month written in different stylized lettering. The cover sheet for the four seasons has four rectangular sections with geometric borders of circles diamonds flowers and sheaf's of wheat and likewise distinctive lettering for the season titles. The illustrations have a primitive childlike almost magical feeling as though in awe at the changing of the seasons and the passing of time. Each lithograph is the artist's imaginative response to the evocation of the months. For example March has romantic imagery in the form of cupids a dancing couple and a gentleman courting a lady. Von Zulow uses strong black outlines around dominant greens and reds with touches of beige white orange and yellow. Von Zulow 1883-1963 was a renowned and prolific Austrian painter graphic artist designer and muralist. From 1908 he was an illustrator and designer for the Wiener Werkstatte the Vienna Crafts Studio known for their modern designs at the turn of the twentieth century and for the superior quality of their craftsmanship. This series of lithographs was produced in 1912. Unbound as issued. The sheets are enclosed in a black-cloth portfolio with four fold-over sections. Inside covers are decorated with beautiful abstract washes of swirling brown green and olive colors. It is rare to find a set that has all of the sheets and is in good condition. A fine example. Schweiger p. 77 pictured on p. 185. Wiener Werkstatte unknown
书商的参考编号 : 22313
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Rebus-Spiel
Vienna 1810. Single folio sheet on which is printed twenty rebus cards to be cut out. Each card has a very fine hand-colored stipple engraving. A few examples are: a man bowing before a statue of Cupid a sunset three children sledding and Napoleon sitting on an upper-case "B." The sheet measures about 9 1/2 by 15 inches and each card 2 by 2 3/4 inches. Extremely fine. unknown
书商的参考编号 : 14486
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Anonymous
Russian Gold Book
St. Petersburg 1905. 14-carat pendant in the form of a hinged book containing three leaves with fine engraving work. The text begins with a plaintive song which was apparently popular in the salons of pre-Revolutionary Russia and which closes with the line "Farewell my invaluable friend/ Do not forget me." This is followed by a poem about a late-blooming rose that dies. The selection closes with the aria from "The Demon" by Nikolai Rubenstein the translation of which is "Forgive me heavenly creature that I disturbed your peace." These texts together with the endearing diminutive used by the writer in addressing the recipient in the poem -- calling her Muroschka or my little kitten -- suggests that this was created to commemorate some sort of liaison between members of the Russian aristocracy. Accompanying the delicate engraved script are the musical staves and three floral vignettes all of which exhibit an accomplish artisan's level of skill. The covers are bejeweled as follows: The upper cover is a masterwork of filigree work with what appears to be a double "M" monogram in the center; on the rear is an engraved musical stave flanked by a lily of the valley rendered in diamonds and a forget-me-not in turquoise. The pendant loop at the spine head is hallmarked which indicates the location and approximate date. The extremely high level of craftsmanship evident in this piece evokes the work of Fabergé although it is not signed as such. Whether it is the master's shop or not this piece is an accurate reflection of the art of jewelry-making in Imperial Russia. A stunning object housed in an elaborate black and purple morocco tray case. 2 3/4 by 1 1/4; 45 x 31mm. unknown
书商的参考编号 : 22625
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Primum Pactum Confoederationis Helveticae MCCXCI
Montagnola: Officina Bodoni 1925. Small folio. 28pp. One of 275 copies printed on Fabriano handmade paper. This edition prints the original Latin text of the pact on which the Swiss Confederation is based as well as translations of the pact into languages recognized in Switzerland: German French Italian Latin and Romansh. Mardersteig in the bibliography of the Officina Bodoni observes that this book "is a striking example of how the same type-face changes in appearance when printed into different languages." A fine copy in quarter vellum and gilt-stamped Ingres paper-covered boards which show just a hint of soiling and wear to corners and with plain dust wrapper that has a few tears. Mardersteig 13. Officina Bodoni unknown
书商的参考编号 : 16448
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Carroll Lewis
Jabberwocky
Cambridge MA: Pomegranate Press 1972. Klopp Karyl. Broadside. About 300 copies. A striking presentation of this fanciful poem silkscreened in turquoise purple and orange by Karyl Klopp. Very fine. Measures 25 inches wide by 19 inches tall. Pomegranate Press unknown
书商的参考编号 : 15306
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Kaldewey Gunnar
Pachinko: A Nine Minute Dream
Poestenkill NY: Kaldewey Press 1999. Kaldewey Gunnar. Large quarto. 6ff. accordion-fold. One of thirty-eight copies on handmade paper signed by the artist/printer Gunnar Kaldewey. In contrast to his previous work 15 Kyoto Gardens Kaldewey focuses on the phenomenon of Japan's gambling halls and Pachinko parlors. This was the first book of the Kaldewey Press to utilize the technology of the computer Photoshop and an Epson printer in creating the color illustrations. With an accompanying audio CD of the background noises of voices coins and music found in a Pachinko arcade. Mint in chemise and slipcase. Von Lucius pp. 102-103. Kaldewey Press unknown
书商的参考编号 : 16914
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Moser Barry
Portrait of Truman Capote
1987. Moser Barry. Original pencil drawing of Capote on white paper. Barry Moser is known for his portraits especially those of authors. These were usually done as wood engravings but each portrait often began as a line drawing such as this. In 1987 the same year that this portrait was done Moser illustrated the posthumous first edition of Capote's early story I Remember Grandpa. Image measures 6 1/2 by 4 inches and is tastefully matted. Fine. unknown
书商的参考编号 : 17491
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Saroyan William
Fragment by William Saroyan
Sign of the Elephant. First edition. Folio. One of 150 copies. Single folded leaf with unattached blue paper cover. Printed in black and orange with a 4-line initial of the letter "O" and illustrated with a woodcut of a nun and a monk. The cover exhibits light toning to edges and two very small closed tears. The leaf itself is in very fine condition. Bender 3. Sign of the Elephant unknown
书商的参考编号 : 18717
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Kaldewey Gunnar A.
Changing Waters. Part 1: The Hudson River
Poestenkill NY: Kaldewey Press 1991. Kaldewey Gunnar A. Extreme oblong quarto. 14pp. leporello. One of 40 copies signed by the artist/printer Gunnar Kaldewey. Kaldewey offers a poetic intimate encounter with and a nostalgic history of one of America's most visited and inspiring rivers. The Hudson River was followed a year later by Volume 2: Der Rhein and both parts were dedicated to John Cage. The text of this volume is printed in green with occasional red and yellow and tells the history of the river including Mohawk poems and Dutch text. The abstract illustrations throughout are based on enlarged photographs and evoke rhythmic water flow. The entire book can be unfolded to create a long panorama. Light crease to covers else very fine in soft teal morocco. Housed in chemise and slipcase both made of gray boards. Von Lucius pp. 84-87. Kaldewey Press unknown
书商的参考编号 : 20259
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Signed Artist's Proofs of the Wood Engravings by Rudolph Ruzicka for the Overbrook Press Edition of "The Happy Prince and Other Tales
Stamford CT: Overbrook Press 1936. Ruzicka Rudolph. Folio. One of twenty copies. Six color engravings illustrating Oscar Wilde's text each signed by the artist and mounted on a 13 by 10-inch off-white matte. This suite of prints comprises the full set of the engravings that appeared in the edition of the book. Housed in a cloth-backed folding portfolio with paper label to the cover. Some toning to the mattes around the edges portfolio lightly sunned and slightly soiled else a very fine example of a rare presentation. Overbrook Press unknown
书商的参考编号 : 21667
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Les Souverains de l'Europe
France: H. Rousseau 1846. Froment J. A set of three hand-colored wooden jigsaw puzzles lithographed by J. Froment and measuring 13 by 10 inches 33x25cm. Each puzzle is illustrated with six portraits of European rulers in full regalia with detailed jewels orders decorations and crowns. Among the countries represented are Portugal Russia France England Austria Spain Greece and even the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies and the short-lived monarchy of Sardinia. An intricate gold-printed border surrounds each portrait. Beautifully preserved in the original three-layered box with the original cardboard reinforcements and their ribbon handles between the puzzles. The lid shows a handsome color lithograph of coats-of-arms ribbons garlands and ornamental titling with touches of hand-coloring. A luxury set of instructional puzzles for the lucky Victorian child. Box shows discreet repairs at the corners with wear along the edges and some staining to lid. Puzzles are a touch foxed but otherwise fine and bright. H. Rousseau unknown
书商的参考编号 : 6986
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