Souvenirs De La Basse Bretagne
Paris: Np, ca. 1860. Hardcover. 14 x 10.5 cm. 25 hand-coiored lithographed plates in accordion (leperello) format. Plates bright and sharp. More
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Comic History of Rome
London: Bradbury and Evans, 1851. Leech, John. First edition. leather_bound. 308 pp. 8vo, later issue, ten colored etchings and 98 woodcut illustrations by John Leech. ABBEY LIFE 435. "Of considerably greater rarity than its predecessor COMIC ENGLAND." TOOLEY 298. "More rare than the "Comic History of England." Raised bands, spine..... More
American Lithographers 1900-1960; The Artists and Their Printers
Albuquerque: Univ. of New Mexico Press, 1983. First edition. Hardcover. 228 pages. 31 x 24 cm. 118 black and white plates and 9 color plates. Index. An historical review of 20th century American lithography by the director of the Tamarind Institute. More
The Sir Roger Coverley Papers
NY: LimitedEditions Club, 1945. Hardcover. 252 pp. 8vo, color illustrations by Gorndon Ross. Prefactory notes by William Makepeace Thackeray.Limited edition, copy 214 of 1500, and signed by Ross. NEWMAN & WICHE 172. More
The 20th-Century Poster; Design of the Avant-Garde
NY: Abbeville, 1984. First edition. Hardcover. 215 pp. Profusely illustrated in color and black and white. Bibliography. Index. Produced under the auspices of the Walker Art Center, Mildred Friedman, Editor. Ex-library. More
Graphic Art Of The 18th Century
NY: McGraw-Hill, 1964. 1st American edition. Hardcover. 254 pp. 168 plates with nine in color. Bibliography. List of Illustrations. Index. ARNTZEN/RAINWATER N11. "A good general introduction to the principal aspects of18th-century graphic art in Europe." More
Toulouse-Lautrec His Complete Lithographs and Drypoints
NY: Abrams, 1965. Toulouse-Lautrec, Henri de. First edition. Hardcover. 370 pages. 38 pages in text. 368 illustrations, including fifty-four in full-color. Bibliography. Plates. The author, Curator of Prints at the Bibliotheque Nationale provides the first complete assemblage of Lautrec's work in lithography and drypoint. It includes fine prints, posters, illustrations..... More
Tapies Catalogue raisonne: Vols.1-4, 1943-1981
Paris & Barcelona: Editions Cercle D'Art & Ediciones Poligrafa, 1996. Tapies, Antoni. First edition. Hardcover. Square folio: Vol.1. 1943-1960, 545pp, 133 plates in color, and 850 illustrations in black and white. Vol.2. 1961-1968, 512pp, 189 plates in color, and 1027 illustrations in black and white. Vol.3. 1969-1975, 576pp, 233 plates..... More
Album Boileau de 23 Eaux Fortes
Paris: Np, 1891. leather_bound. Unpaginated. 32.5 x 25 cm. Original watercolor title page by J. Ostolle, text lettered in gilt. Twenty three full page etchings with lettered tissue guards by French academic painters. Frontispiece by Edmond Lechevallier-Chevignard with additional full page contributions by Alexander Cabanel, Leon Bonnat, Charles De Lort..... More
The Engraved Work of F.L. Griggs, A.R.A., R.E. Etchings & Dry-Points 1912-1928
Stratford-Upon-Avon: Shakespeare Head Press, 1928. Griggs, F.L. First edition. Hardcover. 93 pages. 30 x 20 cm. Limited edition, copy 315 of 325. Index of Titles. Bibliography. Bright, very fresh copy. More
Henry Alken's Scrap Book
London: Thomas McLean, 1824. Alken, Henry. First edition. Hardcover. Unpaginated. 26 x 18 cm. No text, 20 engraved color plates printed recto only, depciting heads of people and animals, hunting scenes, dog and cock fights. One of the scarcer scrapbooks by Alken. Minor rubbing to boards, some marginal toning and..... More
Sporting Scrap Book
London: Thomas McLean, [1824]. Alken, Henry. First edition. Hardcover. No text. 27 x 19 cm. 50 hand-colored plates, many with multiple images, of the fifty plates, twenty are full paged sporting scenes, well drawn and nicely coloured, and printed on heavy paper. All plates printed recto only. Bright, clean copy..... More
Jorrocks's Jaunts And Jollities; Being The Hunting, Shooting, Racing, Driving, Sailing, Eating. Eccentric And Extravagant Exploits Of That Renowned Sporting Citizen, Mr. John Jorrocks, Etc..
London: Rudolph Ackermann, 1843. Alken, Henry. Second edition. Hardcover. 358 pages. 21 x 14.2 cm. First edition with colored plates -- 15 hand-colored aquatint plates, including the engraved title vignette. Each plate marked, drawn and etched by H. Alken (except the title which does not bear his name).TOOLEY 471. "First..... More
The Life Of A Sportsman
London: Rudolph Ackermann (Eclipse Sporting Gallery), 1842. Alken, Henry. First edition. leather_bound. 402 pages. 24 x 16.5 cm. Thirty six hand colored plates including frontispiece and title by Alken. TOOLEY 65. " First issue, "with four plates mounted, with titles beneath them." He goes on to note, "Considered by many..... More
Impressions of Uniyo-Ye The School of the Japanese Colour-Print Artists
San Francisco: Paul Elder, 1905. First edition. Hardcover. 75 pages. Fourteen illustrations. Index. An early work and critical review of the Japanese colour-print artists. 2nd copy ex-library. More
Andersen Kalender 1911; Translated by Hugo Salus
Vienna: Munk, 1911. First edition. Stiff Wraps. 24 unnumbered pages. 31 x 26 cm. Twelve Jugendstil full page color designs by the brother-in-laws, Heinrich Lefler and Josef Urban, each plate surrounded by wide decorative borders of flowers, animals, crests and other motifs relating to the image -- enhanced by platinum..... More
Handbuch Fur Kupferstichsammler Oder Lexicon Der Vorzuglischsten Kupferstecher Des XIX. Jahrhudnderts Weche In Linienmanier Gearbeitet Haben Sowie Beschreibung Ihrer Besten Und Gesuchtesten Blatter
Leigzig: Alexander Danz, 1880. First edition. leather_bound. 478 pages. 25 x 19 cm. A handbook and dictionary of engravers and engraving for print collectors. Slight surface rubbing, clean and very fresh internally, raised bands, spine panels richly gilt, library bookplate, discrete blind stamp, and spine paper label the only ex-library..... More
Politics & Poetics
Lunenburg: Limited Editions Club, 1964. Baskin, Leonard. Hardcover. 360 pp. 4to, illustrated with line engraved portraits by Leonard Baskin, Translated by Benjamin Jowett and S.H. Butcher, Introduction by Horace M. Kallen. Limited edition copy 440 of 1500 signed Baskin. NEWMAN & WICHE 355. Bright, very crisp copy, with nicked glassine..... More
The Lithography of Richard Day
New York: E. Weyhe, 1932. First edition. Boards. Small folio, 30 x 22 cm, 10 pages in text, Foreword by Carl Zigrosser. Limited edition, copy 496 of 500. Twelve full-page plates, plus an original lithograph signed by Richard Day in pencil, and hand printed from the stone by Paul Roeher..... More
Zorn's Engraved Work A Descriptive Catalogue; Translated by Edward Adams-Ray
Stockholm: A.-B. H. Bukowski's Konsthandel, 1920. Zorn, Anders. First edition. Hardcover. (27) 452 (10) pages. 31 x 25 cm. Published 1920-1921. Limited edition, copy 152 of 325. 288 plates with descriptive text covering years 1882-1919. Updates Loys Delteil' work, and includes a number of states undescribed by Delteil. Ernest M...... More
The Prints of Ellsworth Kelly A Catalogue Raisonne 1949-1985
New York: Hudson Hills Press, 1987. Kelly, Ellsworth. First edition. Hardcover. 200 pages. 29.5 x 23.5 cm. Kelly did not return to printmaking fervently until 1970. Illustrated with 159 color plates and 182 duotones. His works demonstrate unassuming techniques emphasizing line, color and form. Chronology. Glossary. Bibliography. Index... More
Le Peche Veniel Conte Drolatique
Paris: Rene Kieffer, 1922. Original Wraps. 4to, with brilliant color illustrations by J. Hamman. Limited edition, copy 450 of 590 on velin de cuve paper. Text in French. Orig. illustrated wrappers flaked at backstrip extremities. Slight embrowning at front cover head. Very good. More
Les Contes Drolatiques; Colligez Ez Abbayes De Touraine -- Dixieme Edition Illustree de 425 Dessins Par Gustave Dore
Paris: Garnier Freres, Nd. Dore, Gustave. Dixieme edition. Hardcover. [XXXI] 614 pages. 21 x 15 cm. Originally published 1855. Bookplate, original wrappers bound in, bright and fresh copy with images sharp, slight extremity rubbing, backstrip decorated and lettered in gilt. GORDON N. RAY, 244. "This is Dore's early masterpiece; indeed..... More