New York: Bantam Books, 1970. First edition. Soft cover. 118p, no ills. History of this influential mass-market paperback publisher, with a rundown of its bestselling titles, cover designs, production methods, etc. Long index of its in-print books as of 1970. In the mass-market format typical of Bantam books. Can be..... More
London: Thames and Hudson, 1992. First edition. Soft cover. 296p, ca. 500 ills., over 400 in color. Left side of photo is a little cropped. Substantial monograph, accompanying a major Royal Academy exhibition. Phillips describes the creation of his books, paintings, collages, postcards, and other works--successes and failures--in engaging and..... More
New York: George Braziller, 1985. Picasso. First edition. Hardcover (red cloth). N.p., 20 large plates and many other ills., all by Picasso. Handsome facsimile edition of the limited edition first published in 1948. Picasso's etchings and aquatints interpret and embellish 20 sonnets by the 16th-century poet Gongora, which Picasso wrote..... More
Paris: Pierre Beres, n.d. [1947]. First edition. Soft cover. N.p., many ills., 1 folding, 2 in color. Cover lithographed by Mourlot Freres. Bookseller catalogue of 350 items, all described in detail. Can be sent outside the US for less than the default shipping rate. More
Paris: Pierre Beres, n.d. [1947]. First edition. Soft cover. N.p., many ills., 1 folding, 2 in color. Cover lithographed by Mourlot Freres. Bookseller catalogue of 350 items, all described in detail. Can be sent outside the US for less than the default shipping rate. More
[Bruges]: Die Keure, 2006. Limited edition. Soft cover. 727p, no ills. No. 992 of 1000 copies; this one on Furioso paper. The cover design is based on the 1922 first edition. Conceptual artist's book: Popper has arranged all the words and punctuation in Ulysses into one alphabetical sequence... More
Chicago: Popular Mechanics Press, n.d. [928-29 from internal evidence]]. No stated edition. Stapled soft cover. 64p, many line ills. of book covers. Unused order blank laid in. Lists and prices hundreds of technical and how-to manuals for every conceivable occupation, technique, or hobby--accounting, advertising, architecture, automotive work, baseball, carpentry, dyeing..... More
N.p. [Leipzig]: Archiv fur Buchgewerbe und Gebrauchsgraphik (Wiener Heft), N.d. [1922]. Offprint. Soft cover. 23p, several text ills. + many ills. on 14 pls., a few in flat color. Ca. 9 x 12 inches. Covers poor (torn in half, detached). Outer pages dogeared. A few neat ink or pencil notes..... More
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London: William H. Robinson, n.d. [1949 ]. First edition. Sewn paperbound. The subtitle continues: "Including the autograph manuscript of the lyrics of an otherwise unknown early fourteenth century English poet, the earliest manuscript of the first treatise on hunting written by an Englishman, etc. etc. The volume as a whole..... More
N.p. No stated publisher, n.d. [mid-1960s]. No stated edition. Soft cover. 62p, a few ills. Remnants of old enclosure sticker. Bound in are 3 store order cards and an application for a store charge account. With the imprint of Hathaway House Bookshop, Wellesley, MA. A few light pencil marks. Issued..... More
Dusseldorf: Kunstpalast, 1990. First edition. Unbound sheet. One large folded sheet printed on both sides, many ills. Ca. 30 x 17 inches, unfolded. Text in German; captions in Polish and German. Top is a little cropped in photo. Exhibition catalogue of dozens of Polish artist's books, zines, and prints from..... More
Paris: S.A. Georg, 1929. First edition. Soft cover. 65p + several large pls. of early 19th-century French bindings in various styles (mosaic, Empire, etc.), 1 in color. Another color plate reproduces a Gavarni lithograph. Bookseller's large-format catalogue. Disbound but complete. A good practice rebinding project, or just for reference. Sold..... More
Boston: Sampson, n.d. [1897?]. No stated edition. Pamphlet (sunned). 16p, no ills. A little penciling on back cover and on flyers. Lists dozens of American and European publications offered by Henry H. Sampson, "general agent for all American and Foreign newspapers and magazines," with their wholesale distribution prices. Laid in..... More
Stockholm: Sandbergs Bokhandel, 1951-1966. First edition. Soft cover. Variously paged and illustrated; usually 100+ pages with many ills. (several in color in Cat. 13). Occasional marginal ink notes. Errata slip tipped in Cat. 10. In English. Hundreds of rare books, prints, autographs, livres d'artiste, bindings (some Gothic), broadsides, maps, etc...... More
Konigstein im Taunus: Karl Robert Langewiesche Nachfolger Hans Koster, 1962. First edition. Soft cover. 47p, over 100 color ills. On the Curt Tillmann collection of 20th-century German book jackets--Steinlen, Bernhard, Koch, Zapf, Salter, Kredel, Heartfield, Reiner, Piatti, and many more. Includes adult and children's books. Uncommon in the US. Can..... More
New York: Achim Moeller Fine Art, 2005. Gojowczyk, Hubertus. First edition. Soft cover. 8p + 24 color plates. Gallery press release laid in. Bound in three different sizes of paper. Exhibition catalogue of Gojowcyzk's mixed-media altered books, including a series titled "Wunderkammer / Cabinet of Curiosities." More
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Chicago: Sears, Roebuck, n.d. [ca. 1914-1915]. No stated edition. Stapled paperbound. 72 and 80 pages, each with dozens of line ills. including many decorated bindings. Somewhat externally worn and creased; internally good, clean, complete. Ca. 9 x 11 1/2 inches. Two catalogues of hundreds of books and magazines for sale..... More
Tokyo: Galerie Tokoro, 1993. Shinro Ohtake. First edition. Soft cover. N.p., large color plates (some double-page) of 14 works, showing many of them from different angles. Cover photo is slightly cropped. Large catalogue of a 1993-94 exhibition. Text ("Premonition of the Sea") and captions in Japanese and English; artist chronology..... More
Geneva, OH: Saturdays' Book Arts Gallery, 1988. Trade edition. Soft cover. [28]p, many ills., printed in dark green. Designed by Jan Sobota. Ca. 20 works by 9 mostly young British book artists, with some artist statements. Can be sent outside the US for less than the default shipping rate... More
London: Sotheby & Co., 1932. First edition. Soft cover. Auction held on June 7, 1932. The illustrated edition. 7p (2 lots) + sepia ills. on 6 pls., 2 folding. The book of hours was of the use of Paris, bound in 1527. The breviary was a "fine Parisian manuscript of..... More
London: Sotheby, 1926. First edition. Glued soft cover + stapled section (fair). 72p (204 fully described lots) + a stapled-in section of 27 collotype plates (some folding) and frontispiece. Sale of the magnificent collection formed in the 19th century by Henri Auguste Brolemann and being sold by his great-granddaughter and..... More
London: Sotheby and Co., 1925. The illustrated edition. Soft cover. 80, 106p, many small ills. (binders' marks) + ca. 20 large plates, some folding and some in color (mostly bindings). Photo is too pale; the covers are the usual olive green. A total of 822 lots, sold on March 16-19..... More
London: Sotheby, 1932. First edition. Soft cover. viii, 61p + 51 fine collotype pls. (many folding out to 15 inches), 5 in color. One plate has added areas of black and gold, making it three-dimensional. Wth introductory text. The first of several sales of the fabulous Beatty collection of medieval..... More
London: Sotheby and Co., 1929. First edition. Soft cover. 75p (539 lots) + many pls. (several folding), several in color. Some pencil checkmarks and notes throughout. The illustrated edition of one of the sales of Edward Arnold's distinguished collection. Includes French literature, emblem books, illuminated books of hours, lace books..... More
London: Sotheby, Wilkinson & Hodge, 1923. Illustrated edition. Soft cover. 106p + several large pls. of bindings and illuminated manuscripts, one double-page. Old library shelf label and date stamp on front cover. Unpriced. 768 lots, including Doves Press publications (many on vellum), Kelmscott Press, "find old bindings," Burns, Stevenson, Thackeray..... More
