New York: R.R. Bowker, 1964. First edition. Soft cover. 224p, several ills. in publishers' ads. Pages age yellowed. A very few lightly dogeared corners. Covers lightly age soiled. With the imprint of Hathaway House Bookshop, Wellesley, MA. Arranged by grade and subject, with indexes to authors, titles, series, and illustrators..... More
New York: American Art Association, 1919. First (only) edition. Paperbound. Auction catalogue, March 20-27, 1919. N.p. (2409 lots), a few pls. Covers soiled overall, tear to head of spine. Internally nice and clean. No prices realized. Large dispersal sale of hundreds of reproductions of works of art as well as..... More
New York: Anderson Galleries, 1919. First edition. Soft cover (parts of backstrip chipped away). 1020 lots + many pls. New York Times account of the sale laid in, browning the neighboring pages. The sale totaled $104,269. A well-handled copy, with many pencil prices and some notes by a bidder who..... More
New York: Wm. E. Rudge's Sons, 1945. Armitage, Merle. Trade edition. Hardcover in slipcase. 74p, many ills., some with a second flat color (a sort of rust-coral). Cover stamped in silver. One of 3000 hardcover copies in slipcase (which is very good). No d.j., as issued. Armitage's thoughts on book..... More
Frankfurt: Joseph Baer & Co., 1929. First edition. Soft cover. 28p, many ills. Prospectus for the "most important private collection of 15th century books formed in Germany since the Klemm Collection has been sold in 1886." Illustrations of woodcuts and text pages from a selection of the 850 books to..... More
Winnipeg: Plug In Inc., 1991. First edition. Soft cover. 64p, many ills., several in color. Catalogue of an "exhibition of printed textile multiples published by Editions Conz, Verona-Milan." Chiefly silkscreens on cloth. Chapters by Henry Martin, Dick Higgins, and Emmett Williams. Notes on the artists and editions by Wayne Baerwaldt;..... More
N.p. [Redding, CA?]: Colleen Barry, 1996. Barry, Colleen. Three-dimensional object. Unique mixed-media book object. Ca. 10 inches high, 7 inches wide, and 5 inches deep including the door knob. Signed and dated. Purchased from the artist in the year of its creation, 1996, and in fine condition. Photos are..... More
Hanover, NH: Dartmouth Publications, 1969. First edition. Hardcover. 52p + 16 pls., some folding. Printed in red and black. "The first Hamilton B. Mitchell Lecture on Printing and the Graphic Arts." Jacket shelf-smudged, chipped. It is much more yellow than the pale photo here. In this elegant book Baskin shares..... More
Dallas and Northampton, MA: Bridwell Library, Southern Methodist University and Gehenna Press, 1992. Baskin, Leonard. First edition. Soft cover. 238p, many ills., some in color. Printed in red and black throughout. One of 2000 copies. Overstock felt-tip line on bottom fore-edges; lower corners bumped. Small scrape on back cover. Traveling..... More
New Haven: Yale University Press, 1967-1969. Various editions. Hardcover. Hundreds of pages, some ills. Light shelfwear and soil; overall clean and sturdy). No d.j. (if issued?). From Henry Adams to Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. Vol. 5 is the 1969 first printing; vols. 1-4 are 3rd or 4th printings of 1967 and..... More
Rennes: Compagnons du Sagittaire [printer], 2007. Limited edition. Soft cover. 264p, many black-and-white photos. In French. One of 700 copies. Very informative exhibition catalogue of more than 50 artist magazines from the US, Britain, and Europe that were published from 1962 on. The exhibition was held at three sites in..... More
Amsterdam: Fragment, 1989. First edition. Soft cover. 144p, hundreds of ills. Texts by various writers in Dutch and English. One of 1700 paperbound copies. Important exhibition catalogue of several dozen postwar books by 13 photographers. The show's aim was to critically analyze the documentary photobook as an "independent art form..... More
London: Routledge, 1993. First edition. Hardcover. 654p,many tables, + many ills. Over 20 essays by specialists on 17th- and 18th-century material culture in Britain, Europe, and America. Their interpretations help shape "a new historical landscape based on the consumption of goods and services." The parts are: Problems, Methods and Concepts;..... More
Atlanta: Nexus Press, 1987. Burke, Bill. Limited edition. Hardcover. N.p., many duotone photos by Burke and other ills., some in color. Plasticized pictorial boards; no jacket, as issued. One of 1000 copies (unstated). The first edition of this remarkable artist’s book. Via photographs, diary entries, and collaged ephemera, Burke documented..... More
West Glover, VT: Something Else Press, 1967. First edition. Soft cover. A Great Bear Pamphlet. 14p, 1 small ill. on cover. Ruminations, printed in various tones of blue, red, and black ink. Original price of $1.50 printed on back. Can be sent outside the US for less than the default..... More
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Cambridge, MA: Charles B. Wood III, n.d. [2000]. First edition. Soft cover. 203 entries, all scrupulously described. Bookseller catalogue, continuing Wood's pioneering catalogues of books about and containing photographs. 79p, many ills. Can be sent outside the US for less than the default shipping rate. More
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1987. Chuo School of Art Press. Hoen Ho: Kyuseikyu Reisenmei Rinsho Shugakucho [The Square and Circle Method: Penmanship etc.]. Tokyo: Chu Bijyutsu Gakuen Shuppankyoku [Chuo School of Art Press], 1987. 83 loose sheets total, housed in a folding cardboard case with ties. The sheets are ca. 9 1/2 x 13..... More
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Cambridge: The Bow & Arrow Press / Cole & Contreras, 1992. Lehrer, Damon. Limited edition. Limp boards. Loose sheets and folded gatherings, with guardsheets. Partly printed in brown. No. 32 of this edition, signed by Cole (one of 50 thus, from a total edition of 89). Eight aphorisms written by..... More
Paris: Maeght for Bibliotheque Aragon, Choisy-le-Roi, 1995. Cortot, Jean. First edition. Soft cover, self wrappers. [96]p, many color ills. Exhibition catalogue of dozens of books and manuscripts written and/or illustrated by poet-painter-printmaker Jean Cortot (1925-2018). Poems and statements by Cortot; also texts by Pierre Beres, Michel Butor, and several others..... More
Millau, France: L'Entre Deux, 1968. Braeken, Bernard. Limited edition. Soft cover. 45p + 16 original linocuts (4 in color) + color linocut on cover, all by Braeken. No. 132 of 300 copies (after 50 signed copies). Transparent jacket is chipped with small tears. Short presentation by Daveluy. Poems of memory..... More
Paris: Delestre & Coutanceau, 1903. First edition. Unbound sheets. 56 large plates, loose within soft covers, as issued. Covers worn and detached; plates are little edge-worn but generally very good. Plate album only of this sale of "livres modernes en editions de grand luxe [and] reliures d'art par les principaux..... More
Paris: Draeger Freres, 1936. Dufy, Raoul. No stated edition. Soft cover in original glassine jacket. Ca. 40p, 19 large watercolor pls. by Dufy. Jacket is chipped and torn at top. Owner's small neat name in red ink at bottom of front endpaper. Without the original slipcase. The cover is shown..... More
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Paris: L'Art Brut, 1948 (Noel). Dubuffet, Jean. Limited edition. Stapled soft cover. [18]p, 3 linoleum cuts and 3 woodcuts. Inscribed on the front cover by Alfonso Ossorio, Dubuffet's longtime friend, fellow Art Brut artist, and collector, to an American art historian. Light edge wear and soil to covers; two very..... More
![Cahier d'Entrainement a l'Ecriture [handwriting manual]; Anglaise Penchee -- Minuscules (Suite)...](/pictures/thumb/30383.jpg?v=1633973573)
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
Vienna: Osterreichisches Museum fur angewandte Kunst, 1986. First edition. Soft cover. N.p., 30 black-and-white ills. mostly full-page pls. Cover handling soil. In German. Exhibition catalogue of 88 Baroque examples from the museum's library--sumptuous book bindings and book illustrations. Can be sent outside the US for less than the default shipping..... More
