Valley Cottage, NY: Aleph-Bet Books, n.d. [1984]. First edition. Soft cover. N.p., 22 ills. (somewhat faintly reproduced). A wide variety of titles from this leading specialist, 258 items in all. Can be sent outside the US for less than the default shipping rate. More
New York: Princeton Architectural Press for New York Chapter/American Institute of Architects, 1987. Rodchenko, Alexander. First edition. Soft cover. [32]p, many black-and-and white ills. Exhibition catalogue. Texts by Bowlt, Alexander Lavrentjev, and Vieri Quilici on Rodchenko's photographs and graphic design, architectural language, and constructivist theory. Can be sent outside the..... More
N.p. [New York?]: Brentano's, 1949. Williams, Gluyas. First edition. Soft cover. 12p, many small ills. including author photos, book jackets, and Gluyas Williams cartoon on cover (from Father of the Bride). Advertising pamphlet for the "top current books" of June 1949 from Brentano's, "booksellers to the world." Among the featured..... More
Berlin: Verband Bildender Kunstler Deutschlands, Sektion Gebrauchsgrafik, 1954. First edition. Soft cover. N.p. [ca. 50p] + ca. 30 color ills. on plates, 2 folding. In German. International exhibition catalogue of 230 mid-century posters, with some emphasis on Soviet bloc artists. Examples chiefly from East Germany; also West Germany, Great Britain..... More
New York: E. Weyhe, n.d. [1944-45]. First edition. Unbound sheet. One sheet, ca. 9 x 12 inches folded. Creased across (probably from mailing), light age wear and soil. Promotes the "limited edition for libraries and collectors" of "a significant autobiography," Accent on America by designer Merle Armitage (1944). The edition..... More
N.p. [Vermont]: [E.J. Bullock & Co.], n.d. [late 19th century?]. No stated edition. Unbound card. Advertising card, ca. 3 1/4 x 5 inches. At the top are two silhouetted equestrians embossed in silver. The woman rides sidesaddle in a long flowing habit. Photographed through hard plastic sleeve. This Vermont country..... More
Cologne: DuMont, et al. 1990. Hannes Jãhn. First edition. Paperback original (self wrappers). 399p, many ills., several pls. in color. Slightly skewed from poor storage. Memorial appreciations by various colleagues, friends, and students of Jähn, with a generous sampling of his work. Book jackets, book design, posters, illustration, photography, etc...... More
![Item #31219 Ten Things to Read and Remember [on spine]. Milton Glaser](https://bledsoebooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/31219.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&v=1670330103)
Zagreb, Croatia: Igepa [printed by Cerovski Print Boutique, Zagreb], N.d. [after 2001]. Privately printed, not for sale. Hardcover. N.p.,many ills., most in color; some folding. No jacket (as issued?). Various graphic artists interpret Milton Glaser's "Ten Things I Have Learned," from his 2001 AIGA talk. Inspired by Glaser though not..... More
Pasadena: Art Center College of Design, 1985. First edition. Soft cover. N.p. (285 items), several ills., several in color. 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 U.S. for less than the..... More
Zurich: Amstutz & Herdeg, Graphis Press, 1950-1952. First edition. Sewn soft cover. Lot of 14 issues: numbers 29, 30, 31, 33, 34, 35, 36, 38, 39, and 40 through 44 of this "International Journal [later Bimonthly] for Graphic and Applied Art," all from volumes 6-8. Variously paged (each ca. 100p)..... More
Zeeland, MI: Herman Miller, 1991. No stated edition. Soft cover, spiral bound. [24]p (several folding), many light-hearted watercolor ills. Several blank pages for notes at the end. Ca. 9 x 11 inches. Sales brochure promoting the Miller line of office furniture and how it helps diverse users to be "comfortable..... More
San Francisco: Hotel Mark Hopkins, n.d. [late 1950s-early 1960s]. No stated edition. Unbound folded sheet. Self-mailer, ca. 4 1/2 inches square. Printed in pink and blue. Short descriptions of the history and amenities of this storied hotel atop Nob Hill (now one of the National Trust Historic Hotels of America). ..... More
Chicago: Chicago University of Commerce, 1913. No stated edition. Hardcover. 293p, many photos and line ills. Some offsetting from the plates. No jacket (as issued?). Textbook, with test questions at the end. Chapters by Thomas A. Bird, Homer J. Buckley, Henry S. Bunting, E.N. Ferdon, and Samuel C. Dobbs. On..... More
![Item #30178 Katalog 88, 92, and 93 [3 catalogues]. Jurgen Holstein Antiquariat](https://bledsoebooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/30178.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&v=1633973521)
Pocking bei Munchen: Jurgen Holstein, [1983]. First edition. Soft cover. Cat. 88: Illustrierte Bucher Graphik und Plakate aus einem halben Jahrhundert, 1892-1942. 1983. 40 items with long descriptions and illustrations + 3 pages of additional books. Without the "Faltblatt" (brochure) on Russian children's books. Corners bumped. Cat. 92: New..... More
Moscow: Detgiz [State Publishing House for Children's Literature], 1958-59. Unstated editions. Soft cover; hardcover. Most are 16-20p. All soft cover except Cat's House, which is 48p and in boards. Cat's House is a play; the others are verse about animals (About Everything in the World is also an ABC book)..... More
Folkestone, UK, and Hamden, CT: Dawson & Son and Archon Books, 1977. First edition. Hardcover. 204p, 103 black-and-white ills. Lacks jacket. Sticker removed from front endpaper. Good informative survey. The purpose and techniques of zoological illustration, zoological works up to Linnaeus, "the great age of illustrated works," and the modern..... More
Paris: Le Courrier Graphique, 1956. First edition. Soft cover. 108p, many ills. and printing-related ads (some in flat color). Issue 86 of this French trade journal devoted to book design and the printing and publishing industries. Surveys a decade of French typography, fine press books, photography books, pocket books ("un..... More
Rotterdam: Museum Boymans-van Beuningen, 1986. First edition. Stapled soft cover. [24]p, many ills. Printed in red and black. Light handling soil, stain to back cover from removed sticker. In Dutch. Loan exhibition catalogue of the early printed work of this legendary Dutch graphic artist (1897-1973)--posters, advertisements, brochures, books, etc., from..... More
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1973. Macaulay, David. First edition, first printing. Hardcover. 80p, many ills. by the author. Unclipped jacket (price $6.95). Jacket photo is cropped. Macaulay's pioneering first book, filled with his detailed pen-and-ink drawings that illustrate the step-by-step creation of the fictional catheral of Chutreaux--its buttresses, sculptures, stained glass..... More
Stuttgart: Deutscher Sparkassenverlag, 1992. First edition. Soft cover. 190p, many color ills. Color-packed survey of advertising posters made for the German savings bank, from the late 1920s through 1992, along with historical texts. Many well-known artists, and a wide variety of styles, are here. The title, "He who doesn't honor..... More
New York: Metropolitan Life, n.d. [ca. 1932]. No stated edition. Soft cover. [12]p, many color ills. Ca. 5 1/2 x 8 inches. Describes and illustrates in color 36 hygiene and health pamphlets (many relating to children) that were available free from Metropolitan Life. Cancer (A Message of Hope), Diphtheria and..... More
Athens, GA: University of Georgia Press, 1988. First edition. Hardcover. 318p + 16p of black-and-white ills. "Nodelman explores the various means by which pictures tell stories: design, style, code, tension, action, irony, and rhythm." Discusses the relationship between text and pictures in books for all ages by many illustrators--Anno, Burkert..... More
![Item #30561 Arts et Metiers Graphiques 1 [with English summary]. Charles Peignot, director, Paul...](https://bledsoebooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/30561.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&v=1638368522)
Paris: Arts et Metiers Graphiques, August 31, 1927. First edition. Soft cover. 66, viii pp., many ills. + 8 pls. (some in color, some tipped in). In French; 4-page English summaries of the articles laid in. Errata slip tipped onto inside back cover. First issue of this lavish journal devoted..... More
![Item #31213 Directory of Automobile Trouble [cover reads: Directory of Automobile Information];...](https://bledsoebooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/31213.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&v=1670329743)
Chicago: Co-Operative Publicity Company, 1909. First edition. Soft cover. 60p, several ills. in the ads. Covers printed in red and black. Front cover corner chipped off; bottom corners dogeared. A practical, easy-to-follow guide for early automotive troubleshooting. With related ads--lighting, steam or gasoline cars, carburetors, batteries, etc. The publisher stated..... 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
