London: Susan Allix, 2011. 4to (11 3/4 x 8 1/4 in.). 13 color plates. Original cloth, mounted image on cover; original black corrugated folding case. LIMITED EDITION, number 14 of 15 copies, signed by the artist. Allix has made over forty artist's books since 1973. The text is letterpressed on.....
[New York]: [Adventures in Poetry], [1971]. 4to. 89 unnumbered leaves, loose as issued in printed manila envelope. FIRST EDITION OF BARTLETT'S FIRST PUBLISHED WORK, a scarce mimeograph series of poems, including diagramatic illustrations. In 1987, Barlett gave an interview discussing how 'Cleopatra' relates to her paintings. The poem is one.....
Santa Fe: Arena Editions, 1999. 8vo. 205, [1] pages. Boards, image mounted on cover. FIRST EDITION, INSCRIBED AND WITH AN INKED FOOTPRINT in green by Beard on the half-title: "Greetings! Peter Beard NYC." Curated by Peter T. Tunney and with an essay by Anthony Haden-Guest.
Paris: Adrien Le Roy, Robert Ballard and Mamert Patisson for Jacques Patin, 1582. 4to (231 x 165 mm). Collation: a4 e4, A-T4, including 53 pages of typographical musical notation; 8 full-page etchings of the entertainment and 18 large etchings of pictorial medallions, designed by Jacques Patin, one full-page engraving of.....
London: H. R. Young, 1818. Folio (368 x 267 mm). Etched frontispiece and 179 etchings on 96 sheets. Contemporary citron straight-grained morocco gilt. Some wear to binding; some minor marginal browning and foxing. Provenance: purchased from Francis Edwards, 1958. FIRST EDITION. Series of posthumous restrikes from the original copper plates.....
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Springfield, MA: [Wayside Press], 1896[-97]. Tall 8vo (10 x 5 inches. Profusely illustrated with lithographs and woodcuts, printed in colors, on varying paper stocks. Contemporary red half morocco, gilt-lettered on spine. Provenance: William Livermore Kingman (engraved bookplate designed by David McNeeley Stauffer). FIRST EDITION. The prosectus is bound in at.....
[Paris: Israël Henriet, circa 1618]. Complete set of ten etchings, plus the frontispiece by Collignon, sheets 118 x 254 mm and similar, second states (of two or three), very good impressions, on fine laid paper, several with Triple Fleur-de-Lys in a shield watermarks (see Lieure watermarks 50). Trimmed close to.....
[Florence]: [1616]. Three etchings (from the set of four), comprising [Chariots and Characters] (L. 169 “Les chars et les personnages”), a very good impression of the rare first state (of three), watermark Fleur-de-Lys in Double Circle with Initial V –– Mostra della guerra d’amore (L. 170, “Le Défilé Entrée des.....
Florence: Amadore Massi and Lorenzo Landi, 1637. Two parts in one volume, 4to (236 x 172 mm). Etched title and seven double-page plates by Stefano della Bella after the set designs of Alfonso Parigi. 19th-century half roan, decorated paper boards. Some minor spotting, generally a fine copy. Provenance: purchased from.....
Bologna: Lelio dalla Volpe, 1736. 2 parts in one volume, 4to (290 x 211 mm). Engraved frontispiece and 20 plates by Ludovico Mattioli after Giuseppe Maria Crespi, engraved and letterpress folding table, large printer's device on title, oval author portrait vignette, 16 tail-pieces. Contemporary Italian vellum, red leather lettering-piece. Light.....
Paris: Jules Meynal, 1920. Letterpress title and 36 wood-engravings loose as issued in four cloth portfolios, each print with Schmied’s chopmark and numbered in pencil “2/25”, tipped to mount and matted. Overall 475 x 328 mm. SCARCE LIMITED EDITION, number 2 of 25 copies on Chine monté (there were also.....
Vulgarités. Paris: Aubert, n.d. [1841-42]. 10 lithographs, 354 x 262 mm, and smaller. D.905-914. La Chasse. Paris: Aubert for Pannier, n.d. [1843-44]. 12 lithographs, 354 x 267 mm, and smaller. D.1072-1083. Both suites are assembled sets, some prints formerly bound or framed, some with gilt edges. Occasional chipping at edges.....
Paris: Michael Woolworth Publications, 2016. Folio (16 3/4 x 12 1/2 inches). 19 linocuts, including the original wrapper; printed slipcase. LIMITED EDITION, number 18 of 40 copies signed by Dine (there were also 8 artist's proofs and 7 printer's proofs). Designed by Dine and Michael Woolworth. The linocuts were hand-printed.....
The Brook, Hammersmith: [London: Hacon & Ricketts] for The Eragny Press, 1900. 8vo. Wood-engraved illustration in black-and-white with a border printed in black and red on p. 3, by Lucien Pissarro, 38 wood-engraved initials in red, designed by Lucien and engraved by Esther Pissarro. Original cloth-backed floral-paper boards, gilt-lettered on.....
Yale University Press, 2010. Folio. 246 pages. Cloth; dust jacket. FIRST EDITION, PRESENTATION COPY, INSCRIBED BY HICKS to the dealer, collector, designer William Lipton on the half-title. With postcard announcements and advertisements for the exhibition laid-in. The show was held at the Addison Gallery of American Art, Phillips Academy, Andover.....
London: British Museum, 1997. Large 4to. 40 color and 500 black-and-white illustrations. Cloth; dust jacket. FIRST EDITION. The most comprehensive single volume ever published on German stoneware.
New York: Grenfell Press, in association with The X Press, 1980. 8vo. 3 leaves, 25 pages printed in black, blue, red, and green. Original limp linen. Number 29 of 85 copies printed for Easter 1980. The first book from the Grenfell Press, including a variety of typographic styles and designs.....
Stuttgart: Cantz Verlag, 1993. 4to. 159 pp. 143 color plates. Original salmon boards; pictorial dust jacket. A fine copy. FIRST EDITION of this catalogue of Judd's work for a traveling exhibition sponsored by the Stankowski Foundation. It showed the full spectrum of Judd's work in art and architecture, including prints.....
Hammersmith, London: Kelmscott Press, 1893. 16mo. Full crushed tan morocco with arabesque scrollwork border leaving attractive negative space on both covers by Riviére and Son, spine in six compartments, with five raised bands, four panels ornately gilt and with gilt '1893' at foot of spine, ornate gilt dentelles, light blue.....
Paris: Nouvelle Revue Française, 1921. 4to (240 x 190 mm). 6 lithographs by de La Fresnaye. Original wrappers. Spine perished. LIMITED EDITION, number 71 of 312 copies, of the only book with original illustrations by de La Fresnaye. Artist and the Book 154; From Manet to Hockney 61.
[Circa 1788]. 29 plates (of 40) including title, plates 345 x 220 mm, sheets 495 x 330 mm. Some printed on tinted blue paper. Contemporary half vellum, marbled boards. Plates 26-28 with some pale staining. FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE, a rare proof copy before changes to the title. A CHARMING.....
New York: The Museum of Modern Art, The Philips Collection, Harper Collins, 1993. Oblong 4to. [48] pp. Color reproductions of the entire "Migration of the Negro" series. Deluxe binding of blue cloth, gilt-lettered; cloth slipcase with mounted color image on front. A near-fine copy with only slightest of toning to.....
New York: The Limited Editions Club, 1939. Tall octavo. Illustrated by Reginald Marsh. Original linen-backed brown boards, gilt-lettered leather letting-piece (spine slightly sunned, a few small scuffs on label); publisher's board slipcase (one bottom joint split). LIMITED EDITION, number 1,238 of 1,500 copies printed by Joseph Blumenthal at The Spiral.....
Vicenza: Giacomo Amadio, 1668. 2 parts in one volume, thick 8vo (215 x 158 mm; 81/2 x 61/4 in.). [16], 466, [6] pages; [12], 376 pages. Two etched and engraved titles and 15 folding plates by Jacopo Ruffoni. Contemporary vellum. An entirely original copy, unrestored, the binding worn and with.....
Antwerp: Henrick Eckert van Homberch, 1503. Small folio (254 x 184 mm). Collation: A8 a-f6 g4 h-z 8 8 A-Z Aa-Gg6. 336 leaves. 41 lines, double columns. Gothic types. Title in nine lines (the first a xylographic block) over a cut of Salvator Mundi flanked by two blocks of architecture.....