New York: Baker & Taylor, 1910. First edition. Hardcover. 280p + 33 plates, 22 in color. Withdrawn ex-lib., with usual marks. One 4-page gathering of the preface is detached. No jacket, if issued. Very thorough account of color printing in books and prints from the 15th century through photomechanical reproduction--chiaroscuro..... More
![Item #30383 Cahier d'entrainement a l'ecriture [handwriting manual]; Anglaise Penchee --...](https://bledsoebooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/30383.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1630356387)
Paris: Magnard, n.d. [1960s]. No stated edition. Sewn soft cover. 24p, several line ills. and many handwriting examples. Printed in grey. Covers and pages age-browned. French elementary student's exercise book for learning to write cursive lowercase letters in the "sloping English" style. Sixth and last in the series. Each spread..... More
London: Thomas and Hudson, 1993. Meehan, Aidan. First edition. Soft cover. 160p, over 400 line ills. by the author. Comprehensive guide to analyzing and constructing the spirals and related motifs of Celtic design,by a well-known student and practitioner of it. The text is in very readable calligraphy. Can be sent..... More
Olympia, WA: Sherwood Press, 1980. Third printing (1st pub. 1975). Comb-bound soft cover. N.p., 11 samples of lichens in plastic enclosures accompanied by pieces of yarn that were dyed from them. Printed only on rectos. In original envelope (worn). The authors share their experiences of foraging, identifying, and dyeing lichens..... More
Paris: Fernand Nathan, n.d. [1930s?]. No stated edition. 48p, 48 line ills. All printed in black and red. Small initials printed in some of the illustrations. Fair (covers and margins a little chewed; front cover stained, internally very good, unused). . Reading, spelling, and handwriting manual for French primary school..... More
![Item #30099 Zakko Hinagata [Templates for Carpenters] -- 2 books. Taiga Hankoku Ochiai, Sentaro...](https://bledsoebooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/30099.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1661437969)
Sendai, Miyagi, Japan: Seibundo, N.d. [ca. 1876]. No stated edition. Japanese stab paper binding. N.p. [each ca. 24p], many line ills., partly printed in red. Two carpentry manuals showing details and proportions of traditional Japanese wood construction and carving. Originally printed in two 2-volume sets. Ours are volume 1, number..... More
Boston: Ginn, 1907. First edition. Hardcover. 162p, no ills. Covers lightly rubbed, paper label browned. From the library of a professor Cross, with his pencil name and with a gift card laid in. Perhaps a later printing? (copyright line reads 66.12). No jacket (as issued?). Originally published in the scientific..... More
London: British Museum Press, 2000. First edition. Soft cover. 256p, 229 ills. (136 in color). Catalogue of the pioneering exhibition of watercolors, drawings, and other works by amateur British artists of all kinds--nobility, young ladies, miniaturists, antiquarians, soldiers, tourists, etc. Most of the works are published here for the first..... More
Milwaukee: Bruce Publishing Co., 1927. Smith, Nettie S. No stated edition. Soft cover (limp boards). 102p, many line and halftone ills. by the author, 2 plates in color. Covers lightly chipped and rubbed, spine faded. Many classroom lessons in two-dimensional design, materials, color, techniques, etc., including designing from photographs. The..... More
London: Tilt and Bogue for the proprietor, Charles Smith, 1842. Willson, Harry. First edition. Hardcover (original gilt- and blind-stamped boards, new cloth spine, rehinged). 82p + many ills. on 12 lithographed plates (5 in color, 1 mounted) + 6p of art supply ads. Heavily foxed; occasional penciling. Detailed advice chiefly..... More
