Boissais, Maurice, and Jacques Deleplanque. Le Livre a gravures au dix-huitieme siecle. Paris: Grund 1948. 214p, 40 text ills. + 12 pls. Very good paperbound (light shelfwear). In French. ** On 18th-century books illustrated with engravings (chiefly French). Essay, bibliography of "les plus beaux ouvrages illustres du XVIIIe siecle" with..... More
1981. Cazal, Philippe. D'Une Part d'autre part: Philippe Cazal. Traveling exhibition catalogue, 1991 (Poitiers, Tourcoing, Reykjavik, Carcassonne, Montbeliard). 172p, many photos, most in color. Texts by Christian Besson, et al. (in French and English). Very good large paperbound (cover edges shelfworn, bottom front cover corner creased). ** Recent work by..... More
![The Artist as Anthropologist: The Representation of Type [etc.]. Mary Cowling](/pictures/thumb/A5892.jpg?v=1539198071)
1989. Cowling, Mary. The Artist as Anthropologist: The Representation of Type and Character in Victorian Art. Cambridge University Press 1989. 391p, 340 ills. Very good hardcover in good d.j. (would be very good except for short tears to top). ** How Victorian painting and illustration "made a significant contribution to..... More
2000. Glaser, Milton. Art Is Work: Graphic Design, Interiors, Objects and Illustration. London: Thames and Hudson 2000. 272p, over 500 color ills. As new hardcover in very good d.j. ** Glaser writes about his work in this lavish overview of his career from the mid-70s on. Includes previously unpublished projects..... More
1985. Hays, Philip. Milton Glaser. Pasadena: Art Center College of Design 1985. N.p. (285 items), several ills., several in color. Very good paperbound. Owner's blind stamp on first page. ** Exhibition catalogue, surprisingly uncommon. Hays's text recalls hanging out with Glaser in 1960s New York. Can be sent outside the..... More
1960. Huguette Beres [gallery]. Bonnard Illustrateur. Paris, n.d. [1960]. [28]p, many b&w ills. Paperbound (covers shelf-smudged); internally very good. Ex-museum-library, with withdrawn stamp on front cover; two pencil call numbers inside. In French. ** Exhibition catalogue of 75 drawings, posters, lithographs, and illustrated books (livres d'artiste). Can be sent outside..... More
1958. Khorol, Vera, Belyanka. Kuznetsova, A., and V. Kravchuk, A Fox Cub's Adventures. Samuil Marshak, Cat's House and About Everything in the World. All published in Moscow by Detgiz (State Publishing House for Children's Literature), 1958-1959. All 16-20p, paperbounds, except Cat's House, which is 48p and in boards. All illustrated..... More
1974. Koschatzky, Walter, and Horst-Herbert Kossatz. Ornamental Posters of the Vienna Secession. NY: St. Martin 1974. 119p, 34 pls., 12 in color. Very good hardcover in good d.j. (spine chipped). ** Comprehensive survey, with many details of design, printing, and context, based on the Albertina Museum's great collection. Works by..... More
1973. L'Art Ancien. Catalog 65: Mackmurdo to Mucha. A Selection of Books, Prints, Posters 1883-1910. Zurich 1973. 56p, many ills., 1 pl. in color. Very good paperbound (slight cover soil). Pricelist laid in. ** 99 items, offering a wide variety of fin-de-siecle printed material, all fully described. Index, bibliography. Can..... More
1971. L'Art Ancien. Katalog 62: Neues Sehen um 1900. Buchschmuck und Druckkunst. Zurich 1971. 118p, many ills. Good paperbound (cover soil, corners bumped; internally very good). In German. ** 292 lots, offering a wide variety of Jugendstil books, periodicals, prints, and other material, all fully described. Index, bibliography. Can be..... More
![Linotype Matrix: Volume 4, issue 2 [2006]. Linotype GmbH](/pictures/thumb/A6020.jpg?v=1540327686)
2006. Linotype GmbH. Linotype Matrix: Volume 4, issue 2. Bad Homburg, 2006. 64p, many ills., most in color. Fine paperbound. ** "A typographic journal published from time to time by Linotype." This issue features the typography hidden in the wooden pencil collection of Claudio Rocha; the Gutenberg Museum; the Auriol..... More
1995. Lost River Star; Roy E. Disney. A Tribute to Carl Barks. "A Lost River Star Special Edition, July 1995." Commemorative issue of the Lost River Star, the newspaper in Carl Barks's hometown of Merrill, OR, in the year of his 95th birthday. 22p, many ills., some in color (cartoons..... More
1939. Maggs Bros., Paris. Affiches romantiques illustrees: Accompagnees de quelques livres romantiques. Catalogue 13, 1939. 44p + several ills. (256 entries). Good paperbound (covers lightly soiled). ** Bookseller's catalogue of ca. 230 French romantic posters (for the theater, books, etc.) and 27 books of the period. Can be sent outside..... More
1989. Malke, Lutz S., ed. Europaische Moderne Buch und Graphik aus Berliner Kunstverlagen 1890-1933. Berlin: Dietrich Reimer 1989. 288p, 300 ills, + 16 color pls. Very good hardcover (plasticized boards); no d.j., probably as issued. Top fore-edges and some top margins lightly foxed. A little cocked from careless storage. **..... More
![Clever Hans [card game no. 390 1/2, in box with rules]. McLoughlin Brothers](/pictures/thumb/A6456.jpg?v=1600107828)
1905. McLoughlin Brothers. Clever Hans. NY, 1905. Card game no. 390 1/2 with 24 cards printed in color--complete. Overall very good. In fair stained original box with mounted color illustration; sheet of rules laid in. ** Six cards show six different comic scenes of a circus performer applying horse tamer..... More
1992. Mellinghoff, Frieder, and Friedrich Friedl. Wen den Pfennig nicht ehrt . . . Plakate werben fur das Sparen [Milton Glaser's copy]. Stuttgart: Deutscher Sparkassenverlag 1992. 190p, many color ills. Very good large paperbound (covers shelfsoiled). Small private library shelf number on spine. ** Color-packed survey of advertising posters made..... More
1901. No named author; McLoughlin Bros. Steps to Art: A Drawing and Painting Book. Springfield, MA: McLoughlin Bros., n.d. (ca. 1901 or later). N.p., many outline drawings from many sources (including Kate Greenaway) for children to copy or color in. Fair hardcover (pictorial boards, cloth spine). Cover edges somewhat rubbed;..... More
![Drawings by Commercial Artists of San Francisco [1925]. San Francisco Advertising Club](/pictures/thumb/A5195.jpg?v=1539198056)
1925. San Francisco Advertising Club. Drawings by Commercial Artists of San Francisco. [Cover reads: Advertising Illustrations] San Francisco: Printed by Johnck Kibbee & Company, 1925. [16]p, 1 ill. each by the listed artists, 1 in color. Good paperbound (chipped, lower inch of spine split, soil and wear). Internally very good..... More
1996. Schweriner Antiquariat [firm]. Licht vom Osten: Kunst in der DDR. Schwerin, 1996. 133p, ca. 20 b&w ills. Good paperbound. ** Bookseller's catalogue of over 1500 items by or about artists in East Germany--portfolios, posters, architecture, film, photography, design, typography, sculpture, artists' books, and more. Very comprehensive--a good resource!... More
1989. Smith, Rodney [photographer], for Dolan/Wohlers. 1990 [calendar]. Denville, NJ: Dolan/Wohlers [1989]. N.p., 13 photos by Smith. Paperbound (die-cut cover). Light wear; occasional page corners creased; overall very good. ** Calendar issued as a promotional booklet by the printing company Dohlan/Wohlers. Design by Carbone Smolan Associates, typography in Gill Sans..... More
1970. Sotheby & Co., London. The Celebrated de la Rue Collection of Playing Cards [1970]. N.p., many black-and-white ills., one folding. Very good paperbound. ** Auction catalogue of "over 500 packs, of which 475 are complete; cards to provide examples of many other packs; original designs; sample books; and associated..... More
![Window Music [signed by illustrator]. Anastasia Suen](/pictures/thumb/A5622.jpg?v=1564508974)
1998. Suen, Anastasia. Window Music. NY: Viking 1988. [32]p, many color ills. by Wade Zahares. As new hardcover in d.j. (trace of small sticker on front flap). On jacket flap: "Reinforced binding. A Book-of-the-Month Club Selection"; however, this copy was purchased upon publication at an illustrator signing. Signed in October..... More
1993. Vanderlans, Rudy (publisher), et al. Emigre 25: Made in Holland Special Issue [Winter 1993]. 42p, many black-and-white ills. Very good large paperbound (top corners lightly bumped, else near fine). ** This issue of this seminal design journal is devoted to contemporary Dutch design (advertising, posters, postage stamps, photography, film..... More
1975. Vienna. Historisches Museum. Der Hagenbund. 1965. 39p + 16 pls. Texts by Robert Waissenberger and Hans Bisanz. Good paperbound (covers shelf-rubbed, bottom corner of front cover creased). In German. ** Exhibition catalogue of this group of Viennese artists (1900-1938), which was active alongside the better-known Viennese Secession. List of..... More
