Avon, Connecticut: Limited Editions Club, 1974. Sigmund Abeles. Hardcover. 124 pages. 27 x 19.5 cm. With an original signed copper etching by Sigmund Abeles laid-in, "A Portrait of Maggie," which appears in the book as the frontispiece. Introduction by Shirley Ann Grau, printed at the Press of A. Colish. Limited..... More
New York: Limited Editions Club, 1977. Hogarth, Paul. Hardcover. 300 pages. 25.5 x 18 cm. Introduction by Sir Geoffrey Keynes. Illustrated and signed by Paul Hogarh with color lithographs and monochrome drawings. Limited editions, copy 1267 of 1600, printed by the Curwen Press. NEWMAN & WICHE 506. LEC Monthly Letter..... More
Westport: Limited Editions Club, 1976. Hardcover. 212 pages. 24.5 x 17 cm. Translated by Constance Garnett, Introduction by Alec Waugh. Limited edition, copy 1267 of 1600, signed by Lajos Szalay, who illustrated it: eight full page color illustrations, and ten drawings in line. Printed by The Press of A. Colish..... More
New York: Limited Editions Club, 1983. Jacob Lawrence. leather_bound. Unpaginated. 32 x 24.5 cm. Introductory poetry by Robert Penn Warren; afterword by the author, illustrated with silk screens by Jacob Lawrence, designed by Ben Schiff, printed at the Wild Carrot Press on 100 lb. wove letterpress paper in a cream-white..... More
New York: Limited Editions Club, 1985. Grass, Gunther. Hardcover. 530 pages. 26.5 x 28 cm. The history of women and cooking is Grass's subject mater. Etchings by Gunther Grass: each image was printed from two plates. One flatback-ground plate was printed in a transparent green tint with the image overprinted..... More
Avon, Connecticut: Limited Editions Club, 1975. Sheila Robinson. Hardcover. 443 pages. 27x 18.5 cm. Illustrated by Sheila Robinson and signed by her: collage blocks for 12 full pages in four color lithographs and 16 part pages in black and white. Limited edition,copy 1267 of 2000. Printed by A. Colish on..... More
Baltimore: Limited Editions Club, 1976. Clarke Hutton. Hardcover. 246 pages. 28.5 x 17.5 cm. Illustrated by Clarke Hutton and signed by him: twelve full page color plates and sixteen part-page black and white illustrations. Limited edition,copy 1267 of 2000. Printed by the Garamond Press on cream white vellum-finish stock. Laid-in..... More
New York: Limited Editions Club, 1982. Hirschfeld, Al. Hardcover. Unpaginated. 32.5 x 20.5 cm. Limited edition, copy 1267 of 2000, with line drawings illustrations by Al Hirschfeld, and signed at colophon by him. With LEC Monthly Letter for the tile laid-in, noting a description of the binding: " The fine..... More
London: Duckworth And Co., 1910. Hardcover. 48 pages. 21.5 x 17. cm. Profusely illustrated with drawings by B.T.B. (Basil Temple Blackwood). The author, British-French writer, one of the most prolific in England during the early twentieth century. Belloc also collaborated with G. K. Chesterton on a number of works. B.H...... More
London: Duckworth, Nd. Hardcover. 48 pages. 21. x 16.5 cm. Profusely illustrated with drawings by B.T.B. (Basil Temple Blackwood). The author, British-French writer, one of the most prolific in England during the early twentieth century. Belloc also collaborated with G. K. Chesterton on a number of works. More
London: Duckworth & Co., Nd. Hardcover. 48 pages. 21.5 x 17 cm. Profusely illustrated with drawings by B.T.B. (Basil Temple Blackwood). The author, British-French writer, one of the most prolific in England during the early twentieth century. Belloc also collaborated with G. K. Chesterton on a number of works... More
London: The Evelegh Nash Company Limited, 1920's. Hardcover. 79 pages. 24.5 x 20.5 cm. Profusely illustrated with drawings by B.T.B. (Basil Temple Blackwood). Some contents: "Jim, who ran away from his nurse, and was eaten by a lion -- Henry King, who chewed bits of string, and was early cut..... More
London: The Evelegh Nash Company Limited, 1907. First edition. Hardcover. 79 pages. 24.5 x 20.5 cm. Profusely illustrated with drawings by B.T.B. (Basil Temple Blackwood). Some contents: "Jim, who ran away from his nurse, and was eaten by a lion -- Henry King, who chewed bits of string, and was..... More
London: George Rutledge And Sons, 1872. First edition. Hardcover. 130 pages. 18.5 x 14.5 cm. A collection of poems and rhymes about childhood activities, flowers, animals, and seasons. 2 pages of adverts at rear. Frontispiece with tissue guard, dark gray endpapers, interior contents bright, fresh and clean. She suffered from..... More
London & New York: Frederick Warne And Co., 1890. Hardcover. 52 pages. 16 x 10.5 cm. Brilliant copy, almost as new, color printing by Edmund Evans in his three color process. Decorated endpapers. More
London: George Routledge, (1884). First edition. Hardcover. 80 pages. 15 x 12 cm. Forty-eight colored picture pages printed by Edmund Evans. Charles Baker in his "Bibliography of British Book Illustrators 1860-1900 notes, "It is extremely difficult to identify early issues of some of Kate Greenaway's books;" however, in this instance..... More
London: Field & Tuer, et al, 1884. First edition. Stiff Wraps. 21 pages. 20.5 x 23 cm. Pictorial hand-colored wood-cuts in primitive style to reflect early Chap-book illustrations. Three pages of adverts at rear. Crawhall and Charles Keene, illustrator of Punch, were friends; working together for over 200 drawings for..... More
Paris: Gallimard, 1946. Gris, Juan. First edition. Original Wraps. 334 pages. 23.5 x 185 cm. Limited edition, one of 550.copies. Forty eight numbered plates, some with more than one illustration, plus unnumbered text illustrations. Bibliography. Chronological Table. General Index. Text in French. Bibliographical record for the English translation: FREITAG 3956. LUCAS..... More
Paris & Munich: Np, 1770. Hardcover. Unpaginated. 39.4 x 26 cm. Folio: A-B6, C7, D-H6, I4, K-M4, N5, Q4, P-V6. Twenty suites or "livres" of plates comprising 110 engraved plates with engraved title pages, presenting hundreds of examples of gardens, public fountains, ironwork railings and gates, furniture, paneling, torchieres, plans..... More
New York: MOMA, 1961. First edition. Original Wraps. 24 pages. 25.5 x 19 cm. Profusion of black and white photographs and plans. "Kahn's work also continues in the mainstream of the functionalist movement of early modern architecture." Owner signature inside front cover. More
New York: Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company, (1978). First printing. Hardcover Spiral Bound. 28 pages. 30 x 23 cm. Mayor Ed Koch congratulatory letter to the publisher for the restoration. Small booklet commemorating the building the initial building completed 1930, entitled "It was the best of times, it was the..... More
New York: MOMA, 1982. First printing. Wraps. 56 pages. 28 x 21.5 cm. Profusely illustrated in color and black and white. Introduction by R. Craig Miller, Curator, Department of American Decorative Arts. A good portion of the images reflect furniture and interior designs by FLW. More
Taliesin West: Scottsdale, 1994. First printing. Wraps. 24 pages. 28 x 21.5 cm. Illustrated with photographs. Chapter on Exhibitions At Home And Abroad. More
Taliesin West: Scottsdale, 1994. First printing. Wraps. 24 pages. 28 x 21.5 cm. Illustrated with photographs. Scenes from the Imperial Hotel Apartment, Tokyo. More
New York: Hearst Corporation, 1955. First printing. Wraps. 380 pages. 32 x 24.5 cm. "The Dramatic Story of Frank Lloyd Wright," main feature of this issue, pp. 260-290 devoted to his work containing host of color and black and white images, many relating to his home furnishing designs, including the..... More