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Mitchell, Joan [Prints]; John Ashbery; Frank O'Hara; Michael Goldberg [Prints]; Kenneth Koch; Alfred Leslie [Prints]; James Schu
Abstract Expressionism
New York: Tiber Press 1960. First Edition. Fine. First edition. Complete in four folio volumes each measuring 17½" x14¼". Each volume with three full-page color silkscreen prints and additional prints at title page and upper cover original cloth-backed illustrated boards. First Edition. No. 77 of 200 copies. Each volume signed by the poet and artist on the limitation page. A Fine set bright and sharp in publisher's thick acetate jackets housed in cloth slipcase with trivial shelf wear. <p>A visionary collaboration between the leading lights of the New York School of poetry and four second generation abstract expressionist artists produced at the height of their creative collective powers. A heady encapsulation of the New York literary and visual avant garde at the dawning of the '60s. Tiber Press unknown
Bookseller reference : 140946279
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Pritchett, VS.; Stone, Reynolds (engravings); Theroux, Paul (introduction) V. S.
The Turn of the Years: The Seasons' Course / As Old as the Century SIGNED
New York NY: Random House 1982. Book. Illus. by Stone Reynolds. Near Fine. Hardcover. Signed by Authors. Limited Edition. 48 pages 12mo. Limited Edition of 500 SIGNED by V.S. Pritchett on half-title page. This is copy no.164. Stated First American Edition; Second Printing with number line ending in the number 2. No DJ. Includes brown slipcase. Green cloth boards with gilt lettering along spine. Shelfwear: light scuffing along edges and covers. Tightly bound no marks. Volume is in Near Fine condition. Shelfwear to slipcase: scuffing on covers some sticker residue on front and rear covers. Slipcase is in Very Good condition. Random House Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 57798
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24 Thomas Bewick Wood Engravings, Loaned by Philip Hofer & Anthony Hecht
Aesopic Twenty Four Couplets by Anthony Hecht to Accompany the Thomas Bewick Wood Engravings for Select Fables with an Afterword on the Blocks by Philip Hofer.
Gehenna Press. Very Good. 1967. Hardcover. Gehenna Press hardcover
Bookseller reference : 104562
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Linton Adelin; Illustrated with Engravings by Frederick Catherwood
The Jade Amulet
New York: Funk & Wagnalls. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1965. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Hardcover in dust jacket. First printing. "1" to copywright page. Green cloth boards silver gilt decoration sharp and clean. Protected price unclipped full color illustrated dustjacket crisp and bright. Book is firm in binding b&w illustrations crisp interior. A novel for children set in the Yucatan. Free of any markings not ex-library. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 146 pages . Funk & Wagnalls hardcover
Bookseller reference : 73706
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NIALL , Ian , GREG , Barara , Wood Engravings
PASTURES NEW
London: William Heinemann Ltd 1952 H/b in D/j.Green cloth silver lettering to spine.116pp. illustrated Wood Engravings by Artist Barbara Greg - Frontis 3 Full- page many more within text. First Edition1952.Nature and nostalgia ; as beautifully written illustrated and produced as the author's " Poacher's Handbook" VG/VG Book- clean covers no inscsp Dust Jacket noN price clipped 10/6 shelf colour rub/loss to front top & base edge & spine edges nick to top rear edge tear-line to front base. Now in clear easily Removable proprietary protective sleeve has lightened the green colour- no fade. Please see our images of the actual book offered for sale. William Heinemann Ltd hardcover
Bookseller reference : 130279
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GEORGE MACDONALD (ELIZABETH YATES - COMPILER) , NORA S. UNWIN , Wood Engravings
GATHERED GRACE A SHORT SELECTION OF GEORGE MACDONALD'S POEMS With a Biographical Sketch
CAMBRIDGE: W.HEFFER Blue Cloth Boards with gilt titles to spine 220 x 145 mm approx. x 130 pp. Frontis 6 other unspecified full page end piece wood engravings by Nora S Unwin. Undated attributed on Copac and elsewhere as 1938. Forward by Lucia C Coulson. Please see our images of the actual book offered for sale for further details and condition. VG/Good Book- Light general shelf wear and soiling pencil previous owner name and date Feb 1947 to free front end paper. Dust Jacket - shelf rubbed with a few small tears/ nicks and a little loss - max tear 2 cm approx max loss 6x6 mm approx a little tanned no significant soiling price clipped. Supplied in a removable proprietary protective sleeve to which a piece of coloured paper has been inserted where loss to jacket to mask the stark white backing paper. No other notable defects to book or jacket. W.HEFFER hardcover
Bookseller reference : 128233
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REV. GILBERT WHITE, MA. ( REVISED WITH ADDITIONAL NOTES BY JAMES EDMUND HARTING, FLS FZS) , THOMAS BEWICK [ Engravings ]
THE NATURAL HISTORY AND ANTIQUITIES OF SELBORNE IN THE COUNTY OF SOUTHAMPTON
LONDON: SWAN SONNENSCHEIN & CO 1891 Navy Blue cloth boards with gilt blocked titles and publisher's ornate device to spine later blind blocked to front. 225 x 145 mm approx. Bible brown End Papers top edge gilt xxii 568 pp. 59 engravings by Thomas Bewick and others in text all as called for. Ornate initial letters to chapters. Stereotyped Edition 1891 of the Standard Edition by E.T.Bennett Thoroughly Revised by J.E.Harting with Ten Letters not included in any prior edition. Please see our images of the actual book offered for sale for further details and condition. Good Book- moderate to heavy wear to cloth including some fraying to head and tail of spine no cracks to end papers Long ink gift insc to reverse of half title dated Feb 1891.A few mild foxing spots to prelims no annotations - a well used copy however binding remains sound. Restoration work - some sympathetic colouring to spine and board edges to mitigate the colour rubbing to cloth. SWAN SONNENSCHEIN & CO hardcover
Bookseller reference : 127898
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Gustav Schenk
The Romance of the Postage Stamp
Garden City NY: Doubleday 1962. Book in excellent condition no marks writing minor wear. Jacket has wear to usual spots no writing Good is not price clipped. $4.95 original price. 261pp. 12mo Illustrated throughout in black and white Cream cloth Translated from the German by Mervyn Savill. Original title Sie War Dabei. Hardcover. Very Good/Good . Doubleday Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 003357
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Ernest F. Fenollosa
Epochs of Chinese and Japanese Art Volume 2
New York NY: Dover Publications 1963. Very clean no marks or writing minor wrinkles/bumps/creases to covers only.204 pages and 235 pages respectively including index glossary and notes plus numerous black & white illustrations. Still regarded as a monumental survey of Eastern art these two volumes were intended for art collectors and general readers as well as travelers and scholars. It covers China and Korea in addition to Japan and places a special emphasis on Buddhist influences. Ernest F. Fenollosa was an educator who helped introduce Westerners to traditional Japanese art forms. . First Edition. Softcover. Very Good /No Jacket. Dover Publications Paperback
Bookseller reference : 003187
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Ernest F. Fenollosa
Epochs of Chinese and Japanese Art Volume 1
New York NY: Dover Publications 1963. The First Edition of the Dover Publications Very clean no marks or writing minor wrinkles/bumps/creases to covers only.204 pages and 235 pages respectively including index glossary and notes plus numerous black & white illustrations.Still regarded as a monumental survey of Eastern art these two volumes were intended for art collectors and general readers as well as travelers and scholars. It covers China and Korea in addition to Japan and places a special emphasis on Buddhist influences. Ernest F. Fenollosa was an educator who helped introduce Westerners to traditional Japanese art forms. . First Edition. Softcover. Very Good /No Jacket. Dover Publications Paperback
Bookseller reference : 003186
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Preben Liebetrau
Oriental Rugs in Colour
New York NY: Macmillan 1974. 65 glossy color illustrations measures 5x7" 131ps w/map. Rugs from hina India Pakistan Romania Afghanistan.Techniques described Book and jacket in near fine condition. Book has a name in ink on ffep jacket has very minor wear to corners/edge. All intact and tight. Hardcover. Very Good /Very Good . Macmillan Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 002597
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Lurelle Van Arsdale Guild
The Geography of American Antiques
Garden City NY: Doubleday 1927. A comprehensive profile of early American antiques for all of the 13 original colonies from New Hampshire to Georgia with black and white drawings and a frontispiece in color. A tight and clean copy with some light wear to covers/spine. Notable for the illustrated glossary and short bibliography at rear as well as the author's own illustrations. . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Doubleday Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 002602
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Andrew Wyeth
The Helga Pictures
New York NY: Harry N Abrams 1987. 294 illustrations incl. 96 plates in full-color; presents every work in the series of pictures of a neighbour of Wyeth's over a period of fifteen years from small closely observed sketch of Helga's eye through numerous lush studies of Helga asleep to rich highly polished drybrushes & temperas; 208 pages. Text by John Wilmerding. Bound in the publisher's red cloth with gray endpapers and bright gilt lettering to the spine and front board. . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Harry N Abrams Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 002567 ISBN : 0810917882 9780810917880
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University Prints (Winchester Mass )
University Prints
New. unknown
Bookseller reference : A9781314535396 ISBN : 1314535390 9781314535396
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University Prints (Winchester Mass )
University Prints
New. unknown
Bookseller reference : A9781314535389 ISBN : 1314535382 9781314535389
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William Shakespeare; George Rylands, Intro; Agnes Miller Parker, Wood Engravings
The Tragedies
<p>Heritage Press 1958. Hardcover. Very Good. in x in x in. Sandglass laid in. No markings in lightly read book. Binding is fine. In orginal sunned slipcase.</p> Heritage Press hardcover
Bookseller reference : mon0000028639
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Giono, Jean; Wood Engravings By McCurdy, Michael
Man Who Planted Trees
Chelsea VT.: Chelsea Green Publishing. Vg/Vg Light Toning To Dj. Pages Clean Binding Tight. Pages: 52. 1985. 4th Printing. Hardcover. Chelsea Green Publishing hardcover
Bookseller reference : MASTER336795I ISBN : 0930031024 9780930031022
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Daniel Marzona
Conceptual Art
Los Angeles CA: Taschen 2005. VG condition clean no marks etc. This guide to conceptual art traces the issues and concerns of the first generation of artists involved in the foundation of the movement with an essay exploring the historical basis of conceptual art its relationship to the dominant aesthetics of the 1960s. Illustrated in colour. 95 pages. Softcover. Very Good /No Jacket. Taschen Paperback
Bookseller reference : 004327
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Rebecca Stone Miller
Art of The Andes from Chavin to Inca
New York NY: Thames And Hudson 1996. Trade paperback in VG condition no writing square binding tight pages clean. 224 pp. illus. some col. maps bib. notes index. "This wide-ranging survey has established itself as the best single-volume introduction to Andean art and architecture. It describes the strikingly varied artistic achievements of the Chavín Paracas Moche Chimú and Inca cultures among others. Their impressive cities tall pyramids shining goldwork and intricate textiles constitute one of the greatest artistic traditions in history. This fully revised edition adds new material covering the earliest mummification in the world at Chinchorros wonderful new Moche murals and architectural reconstructions the latest finds from the Chachapoyas culture and a greater emphasis on shamanism. Throughout Rebecca Stone-Miller demonstrates how the Andean peoples adapted and refined their aesthetic response to an extremely inhospitable environment." - Publisher. First Printing. Softcover. Very Good /No Jacket. Thames And Hudson Paperback
Bookseller reference : 004100 ISBN : 0500202869 9780500202869
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Ellen S. Sabine
Early American Decorative Patterns
New York NY: Bonanza Books 1962. Book and jacket in fine clean condition. 199 pp including index plus 4pp full colour photographs by Hilda Borcherding profusely illustrated with additional b/w photographs and line drawings by the author throughout text pages clean and bright in firm binding. This book is intended to show how with out previous training or special skills you can introduce into your home painted decoration in the styles which flourished in the Colonial Federalist and other pre-Civil War periods of American history. These pattern designs in most cases given in their original sizes are selected from among the most beautiful in their field. The detailed instructions is so given that even the beginner may after some application and practice use them with justified pride. Lavishly illustrated with 60 drawings with an entire section devoted to addition patterns most of which can be traced directly from the page. These early American decorative patterns and stencils are suitable for use by the amateur home decorator in need of step-by-step instructions as well as to professional and industrial designers decorators and artists. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good /Very Good . Illus. by Ellen S. Sabine. Bonanza Books Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 003293
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Henry L. Williams and Ottalie K. Williams
How to Furnish Old American Houses
New York NY: Bonanza Books 1969. Book is fine clean and unmarked. Jacket with minor wear light staining to back cover area VG. More than 100 photos and scores of drawings show effective room arrangements and individual pieces for every type of formal and informal Colonial scheme. Includes sections devoted to wallpapers rugs draperies clocks and bric-a-brac. Also sections that deal with identifying furniture periods grouping them successfully budget antiques vs. copies hundreds of decorating hints. Fifth Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Bonanza Books Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 003294
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Paul Jokelson
Sulphides The Art of Cameo Incrustation
New York NY: Galahad Books 1968. Abundantly illustrated with over 150 color and black and white photo plates representing some of the finest pieces selected from museums and private collections around the world. Fine cloth copy in a fine dw; tight bright clean and sharp cornered. Contents: The Art of Cameo Incrustation English Sulphides Central Europe ProductionGreat French Creators of Sulphides Sulphide Marbles and Czechoslovakian Sulphide Paperweights Sulphide Buttons W. Ridgway and Son Cristalleries de Clichy Cristalleries de Saint Louis Munsthal Glass-Works 1786 The Royal Glass-Works of St. Louis 1767 The Revolutionary Period 1798-1830 The Era of Launay-Hautin 1830-1848 From 1855 to 1870 From 1870 to 1913 World War I 1914-1919 From 1920 to 1939 World War II 1939-1945 St. Louis Today John Ford & Co Edinburgh Scotland Modern Sulphides Cristalleries et Verreries de Vianne Biography of Medallists and Sculptors Biography of Portrait Subjects Biography of Modern Medallists and Sculptors. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Galahad Books Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 002571
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S. Reinach
Apollo An Illustrated Manual of The History of Art Through The Ages
London England: William Heinemann 1907. Translated from the French by Florence Simmonds with six hundred illustrations. New Edition revised by the author. In green cloth with gold lettering illus. frontispiece of The Madonna Di San Sisto. In near fine condition with some fading to cloth and corner/spine wear. Interior pages intact and clean. Hardcover. Very Good /No Jacket. William Heinemann Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 002156
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Shane, Leslie; Bates, Wesley [Engravings]
RUMORS OF LIGHT
Monterey: Larkspur Press 2015. Hardcover. Octavo 58 pages. In Very Good condition with Very Good dust jacket. White spine with black text. Dust jacket is protected by mylar covering and has mild shelf wear. Textblock clean. Shelved Poetry. 1379124. Shelved Dupont Bookstore. Larkspur Press hardcover
Bookseller reference : 1379124
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Lamont Moore
The Sculptured Image SIGNED
New York NY: Franklin Watts 1967. Signed/Inscribed by author on title page. Book is clean no other marks or writing square binding. Jacket has some wear to normal spots a little tanning to edge not price clipped VG. . 100 clean tight pages of text b&w photos of some of the "world's greatest monuments". Includes Christ at the Amiens Cathedral Lincoln Memorial Rameses the Great in Egypt the Sphinx Great Buddha of Kamakura in Japan many more. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Franklin Watts Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 003866
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Thomas Hess
Willem De Kooning
<p>New York NY: The Museum of Modern Art 1968. Catalogues de Kooning's most comprehensive exhibition to date beginning with his first mature works in the 1930's and concluding with a large picture finished in November 1967. 170 pp. w/ 115 illustrations 16 in color. A clean tight copy. Book has prior owner bookplate no marks or writing near fine. Jacket has a few well mended edge tears all intact. Hardcover. Very Good /Very Good.</p> The Museum of Modern Art hardcover
Bookseller reference : 003124
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William Seitz
Hans Hofmann With Selected Writings By the Artist
New York NY: The Museum of Modern Art 1963. 64 pp. Exhibition Catalogue includes 8 color plates and more black and white and section on Hofmann's Philosophy of Painting. In near fine condition with no real problems just some normal bumps to corners/spine. Light tan to spine on back cover. First Edition. Softcover. Very Good /No Jacket. The Museum of Modern Art Paperback
Bookseller reference : 002187
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Peter Selz
Art Nouveau Art and Design at the Turn of the Century
New York NY: The Museum of Modern Art 1961. Book and jacket fine save for a small on front cover. Plain endpapers color art nouveau frontis. 192pp. Text and illus. depicting various aspects of Art Nouveau i.e. Painting Sculpture Graphic Design Decorative Arts Architecture etc. Hardcover. Very Good /Very Good . The Museum of Modern Art Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 002029
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James Thrall Soby
Joan Miro
New York NY: The Museum of Modern Art 1959. First edition of this leading monograph on the life and art of Joan Miro. Bound in original dark tan cloth with spine lettered in black and with Miro's hand-drawn asterisk in black on lower right corner of front cover. Slight fading to lower edge of covers and spine. Contents clean and faintly and evenly toned binding sturdy and tight prior owners mark on inside front board. Else fine. Jacket has minimal shelf wear tanning to edges. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good /Very Good . The Museum of Modern Art Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 001164
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Fleetwood, John; Steel Engravings [Illustrator]
The Life of Our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ Contains a Full and Accurate History of His Taking Our Nature to His Crucifixion Resurection and Ascension To Which is Added the History of the Jews
Nathan Whiting 1832. Hardcover. Good. 0x0x0. 1832 printing. Bound in full leather. Hardcover. Shelf wear. Markings on preliminary pages. Some page tears. Gutters weakened. 608 pages 17 leaves : illustrations ; 24 cm. Nathan Whiting hardcover
Bookseller reference : 2307060063
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Lewis Lloyd; Engravings & Maps Photos [Illustrator]
Sherman Fighting Prophet
Harcourt Brace & Co. NY 1958-01-01. Hardcover. Very Good. 8x5x1. Hardcover and dust jacket. Good binding and cover. Clean unmarked pages. Dust jacket in protective mylar cover. Wear to dj. Stamp on fep. Harcourt Brace & Co., NY hardcover
Bookseller reference : 2205120146 ISBN : 015181905X 9780151819058
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Proctor John Clagett; Profuse black/white Photos and Reproduced Engravings Illustrator
Washington Past and Present a History 4 volumes
Lewis Historical Publishing Co 1930-01-01. Hardcover. Very Good. 4 volume set. Quartos. Bound in publisher's 3/4 black cloth over green cloth. Hardcover. Good binding and cover. Unmarked pages. Some discoloration to rear cover of v.1. This is an oversized or heavy book which requires additional postage for international delivery outside the US. Lewis Historical Publishing Co hardcover
Bookseller reference : 2104300050
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Smith, Matthew Hale; Engravings [Illustrator]
Sunshine and Shadow in New York
J. B. Burr and Company 1868-01-01. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. History of New York Bound in publisher's cloth. Hardcover. Good binding and cover. Spine image rubbed. 718 2 p. 12 leaves of plates : ill. ; 23 cm. "Rising immigration and increasing social stratification affected the development of American cities during the mid-nineteenth century. City guides delineating the mysteries of the metropolis as well as newspapers magazines and novels presented the East's industrializing citiesâNew York Philadelphia and Baltimoreâas fractured societies. According to these publications each was really two cities: one orderly prosperous and bathed in "sunlight" the other menacing poor and steeped in "darkness" or "gaslight". In this frontispiece from the 1868 Sunshine and Shadow in New York the symbolic extremes of day and night were represented by a Fifth Avenue mansion and the Old Brewery an infamous "thieves' den" located in the Five Points slum district. J. B. Burr and Company hardcover
Bookseller reference : 1911190004
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Mitchell Donald G.; Engravings Illustrator
About Old Story-Tellers : Of How and When They Lived and What Stories They Told
Scribner Armstrong & Co 1878-01-01. Hardcover. Good. Hardcover. Green cloth bound. No dust jacket. Front hinge cracked. Front end page detached. Wear/bumping. Clean unmarked pages. Ships daily. Scribner, Armstrong & Co hardcover
Bookseller reference : 1709280007
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No Author Stated; Engravings [Illustrator]
Kunsthistorische bilderbogen. Fur den Gebrauch bei akademischen und affentlichen Vorlesungen sowie beim Unterricht in der Geschichte und Geschmackslehre an Gymnasien Real- und hoheren Tochterschulen zusammengestellt: THIEL I & II Two Volumes
E. A. Seemann 1877-01-01. Hardcover. Acceptable. 2 volume set. 2 Bande. Publisher's red cloth with gold lettering and black decoration. Hardcover. Spine chipped and worn with loss. Covers worn/chipped. Bindings shaken. Hinges cracked. Clean unmarked pages. Numerous illustrations. I. Halfte. Bogen 1-120. Baukunst und Bildnerei der Griechen und Romer der Aegypter und vorderasiatischen Volker des Mittelalters und der Renaissance. 2. Abdruck. 1878. II. Halfte. Bogen 121-246. Bildnerei der Renaissance Schluss. Bildnerei des 17. u.18.Jh. Kunstgewerbe u. Decoration vom 3. bis 18.Jh. Malerei des Alterthums des Decoration alters und der Neuzeit bis Ende des 18.Jh. 1879 This is an oversized or heavy book that requires additional postage for international delivery outside of Canada and the US. E. A. Seemann hardcover
Bookseller reference : 1409090049
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Juliana Horatia Ewing; Engravings [Illustrator]
SIX TO SIXTEEN : A Study for Girls
A.L. Burt 1/1/1900. Hardcover. Very Good. Hardcover. Good binding and cover. General shelf wear to spine and extremities. Toning to pages. Previous owner's name on first page Mary Eleanor Gould Shreveport LA 1912. Ships daily. A.L. Burt hardcover
Bookseller reference : 1404030219
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Rogers Samuel; Engravings Illustrator
Italy: A Poem
Printed for T Cadell 1830-01-01. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. First edition. vii 284 p. Bound in fine straight grain green Moroccan leather. Gilt spine and boards. Gilt inlay to inside boards. 6 raised bands. AEG. Marbled end pages. Fine binding and cover. Light wear. Clean unmarked pages. Book plate: "Libros y Amigos; Pogos Y Buenos" on verso. Printed for T Cadell hardcover
Bookseller reference : 1310290003
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University Prints
Exterior view of Santa Maria de Leon Cathedral Original Photograph ca 1910 Leon Spain
Boston: University Prints. Photograph. Very Good. Photograph dimensions: 20.2 cm x 13.9 cm. Original photograph of the Exterior view of Santa Maria de Leon Cathedral from 1910. The House of Light or the Pulchra Leonina Leon Spain. Black and white. Quality photograph with minimal smudge on bottom left. Ships daily. Boston: University Prints unknown
Bookseller reference : 1111230011
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Frances Eaton; Illustrator-plus many Vignettes Steel engravings (14) by WL. Taylor W. L.
Dollikins and the Miser
D. Lothrop & Co 1890. Hardcover. Good. 8vo. Clean unmarked pages. Good binding and cover. Hardcover. No dust jacket. Shelf wear. Water stains to top of rear board and several pages. Toning. A working copy. D. Lothrop & Co hardcover
Bookseller reference : 1012200042
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(Medland, T. -Draftsman) Engravings by Gabriel Smith; and illustrations by W. Fairchild
STOWE. A DESCRIPTION OF THE HOUSE AND GARDENS of the most noble and puissant prince Richard Grenville Nugent Chandos Temple Marquess of Buckingham
Buckingham: Printed and Sold by J. Seeley 1820. Leather. Good . 1820 printing. A Good to Very Good copy. 8vo. vi 69 pp. illustrated with an engraved folding frontispiece and 22 plates 2 folding views and 3 large folding plans all that are called for. Bound in full dark green calf with decoration stamped in blind and ruled in gilt. Short title on a dark morocco title label on the spine. Gilt dentelles; all edges gilt. English bubble marbled end papers. Light edge wear; light rubbing along the joints. Cloth binder's tape added to the hinges. Some light foxing to the margins of the plans and plates. Previous owner's name and gift inscription to the first blank end paper. A Handsome example of this Regency work. Showing the grounds and wonderful Greek revival architecture of the House and buildings folly monuments and etc. Printed and Sold by J. Seeley unknown
Bookseller reference : 30389
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Winters, Terry (wood engravings). Tallman, Sally (story by)
TERRY WINTERS/ SHADOWGRAPHS with SPOOKY ACTION AT A DISTANCE by SALLY TALLMAN
NY: Two Palms Pess 2002. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Near Fine. Portfolio of reproductions of 12 wood engravings 13 loose sheets with Winter's images on the left side of the sheet and Tallman's writings on the right. Some rubbing to title page else near fine. Two Palms Pess unknown
Bookseller reference : 012914
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Reed, Philip illustrations by from Wood engravings
Mother Goose And Nursery Rhymes
NY: Atheneum 1963. First edition; sm 4to; orange cloth covered boards hardcover; 57 pages; colored engravings by Philip Reed; lightly rubbed board edge else a very good clean tight copy in a lightly soiled dustjacket. <br/><br/> NY: Atheneum, 1963 hardcover
Bookseller reference : 44717
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Maurois, Andre (engravings by J.-E. Laboureur)
LES SILENCES DU COLONEL BRAMBLE
Paris: Societe d'edition "le livre" Emile Chamontin directeur 1926. No. 10 of 20 of this edition. Paperback. VG but with soiling to covers where glassine was lacking minor age toning to extremities of some pages not bad overall a tight copy that could have been stored better. The front cover is slightly cattywampus from the two extra sets of engravings being inserted in the front of the book as might be expected. Printed wraps with glassine remnants on inside flaps. 24 pp. 15 engravings etchings withing the text and two extra sets of these illustrations each set representing a different state are included only 20 such sets were issued of the overall edition of 430 copies. Text is in French. The book itself has been printed on Imperial Japon and the extra engraving printed on Imperial Japon and on Holland Van Gelder it appears from the colophon and limitation at the rear of the book. Quite rare as a result of this limited configuration. Each set of plates is wrapped in glassine and the extremities of these plates show age-toning or light soiling. Societe d'edition "le livre", Emile Chamontin, directeur paperback
Bookseller reference : 176360
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Duvernois, Henri (Pchoir color prints by LACOSTE)
Morte La Bete
Paris: Collection des Arts 1926. Limited this being Number 212 of 365 copies. Paperback. VG. Printed cream wraps with remnants sof glassine jacket. 80 pp. with 11 full-page ttissue guarded color plates and 18 additional color illustrations within the text as well as 4 bw illustrations. Text is in French. One of 300 copies printed of De Rives Paper. Collection des Arts paperback
Bookseller reference : 175197
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Porter Martha Byrd; with wood engravings by Hans Jelinek
STRAIGHT DOWN A CROOKED LANE
Richmond Virginia: The John Marshall Press 1945. Cloth. Good/Good. 3rd printing. A Good copy in Good dust jacket. 8vo. 319 pp. Red cloth backed paper over boards in blue dust jacket. The dj has mild edge wear with a small loss at the spine's crown; a browned spine and moderate soiling. The dj is now protected in a mylar sleeve. A Good copy in Very dust jacket. The John Marshall Press unknown
Bookseller reference : 004004
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Gillian Tyler (wood engravings)
DIRECTIONS FOR A KITCHIN GARDEN EVERY MONTH IN A YEAR KITCHEN
Barre MA: Barre Publishers 1970. 1st Edition Lim. Hardcover. VG. This one of 100 copies that has a suite of single-sheet engravings each signed by the artist in envelope on pastedown at rear of book not one of the 1000 as usually seen. Quarter leather over marbelized boards which is slightly sun-faded else near fine. Signed by the artist on colophon. Barre Publishers hardcover
Bookseller reference : 011151
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Red Lantern Shop Dealer in Japanese Woodcut Colour Prints
PROCESS OF PRINTING WOOD ENGRAVING - UTAMARO 1753-1806 - ONE OF "TWELVE SKETCHES OF HANDICRAFT ARTS FOR WOMEN
Kyoto: Red Lantern Shop 1956. HC. good paper covered boards accordian fold-out hardcover. B&W and color illustrations. Published to display the art of Japanese color woodblock printing and how it is done in a progressive series of fold-out pages on one continuous sheet. Shows how each of the nine colors is added one at a time and concludes with the finished plate. Full detail on our website - ask for the link. UNCOMMON. Red Lantern Shop unknown
Bookseller reference : BOOKS071031I
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Bowen, Gary (text and designs by); Miller, Randy (engravings by, and he inscribed in 1977)
MY VILLAGE STURBRIDGE - Old Sturbridge Village Massachusetts
New York: Farrar Straus and Giroux 1977. HC. very good w/good dustjacket hardcover. B&W illustrations. ISBN 0374351104 59pp. Farrar, Straus and Giroux unknown
Bookseller reference : BOOKS070779I
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Tiranti, John (with over 150 reproductions selected by) - Engravings by Henry Moses and others
A COLLECTION OF ANTIQUE VASES TRIPODS CANDELABRA ETC. FROM VARIOUS MUSEUMS AND COLLECTIONS . Original Edition
London: John Tiranti & Co 1921. HC. good brown cloth hardcover. B&W plates. .AFTER ENGRAVINGS BY HENRY MOSES AND OTHERS." 60 plates with 2 images per plate. John Tiranti & Co unknown
Bookseller reference : BOOKS058497I
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Whitehouse Bion H. introduction and text by David R. Proper; prints produced from original glass negatives by T. M. McCarthy
CENTRAL SQUARE AND BEYOND: HISTORICAL IMAGES OF KEENE AND CHESHIRE COUNTY
Portsmouth NH: Peter E. Randall Publisher 1992. PB. very good wraps softcover. B&W illustrations. This volume tells the story of a peaceful valley as captured by the Whitehouse pictures showing New Hampshire traditions tempered by Yankee ingenuity. 140pp. Peter E. Randall Publisher unknown
Bookseller reference : BOOKS052094I
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