[Children's Book] Spiegel der Jeugd
Amsterdam: Schalekamp en van de Grampel, [1825]. 12mo. Original yellow printed paper over card boards, 123pp. Superb hand-colored vignette on title-page and two exquisite hand-colored engravings. (Item #3301)
Amsterdam: Schalekamp en van de Grampel, [1825]. 12mo. Original yellow printed paper over card boards, 123pp. Superb hand-colored vignette on title-page and two exquisite hand-colored engravings. (Item #3301)
Boston: de Wolfe, Fiske, 1890. First edition. Original cloth-backed glazed paper-covered boards, floral endpapers, in the publisherís printed and pictorial paper dust-wrapper; unpaginated, ìillustrated throughout in color and photogravure.î Tiny bit of rubbing at board edges, but essentially fine; jacket with chunks out at spine ends and corners, toning to..... (Item #4317)
Boston: Copeland & Day, 1897. First edition thus. 12mo. Superb binding by Marian Lane [signed in gilt pallet rear dentelle, "Marian Lane," inf full blue crushed morocco with central double gilt ruling and lettering surrounded by leaf and blossom design on both covers, gilt ruled raised bands on spine, similar..... (Item #2151)
A Copeland plate, "The Princess Belle-Etoile," after a design by Walter Crane. Printed and painted in many colors. Scarce. 24cm. diam. (Item #4752)
ca. 1930. Two large tissue-covered sheets on "Goodalls Bristol Board," with their crowned stamps. 15 x 12 inches. The first has "Examples of Exercises in Layout Design," calligraphed at top, followed by "Mass & Line, Simple use of Angle, etc. 6 design elements, with shapes filled in with black pink..... (Item #6477)
London: SPCK, [1906]. First edition. Original light green paper covered boards with red stamped border design and lettering on cover. Hand-colored and artfully illustrated on nearly every page by Edwards with interpretive scenes and activities of children at play in a style reminiscent of Walter Crane illustrations on nearly every..... (Item #4770)
Amsterodami: Danielis Elzevirii (Elzevir Press), 1671. Thin 12mo. 18th century full calf, all edges red, marbled endsheets. Superb engraved title page. Binding somewhat rubbed, internally very nice. (Item #3921)
Amasterodami: Typis Ludovici Elzevirii, 1650. Thick 12mo. 18th century full calf. 589pp + 3pp Colloquium Index at end. Superb engraved title page. Binding somewhat worn. Internally very good and tight. Scarce title. (Item #3922)
4pp., 1902, printed on Essex House handmade paper, Oct., 1901. "The Guild of Handicraft announce the forthcoming issue.. from the Essex House Press..." etc. Printed on one octavo sheet, folded, with order form (last page). Scarce. (Item #3187)
4pp, New York City, 1930. Printed in red and black with cover design in lettering. Laid in is half-tone illustration on coated paper by Majeska, as well as order form. (Item #3162)
New York: The Grafton Press, 1902. Four page prospectus from the Grafton Press printed in red and black. Fine. (Item #6318)
4pp. 1936. Printed on handmade paper with lettering in red and black on cover, green logo illustration design on cover. Specimen page on p.2 has two fawn in four-color lithography. Very attractive. (Item #3131)
4to. 4pp. 1935. Printed on handmade paper. Half-page woodcut illustration on cover, another on p.2, both Edward Burne-Jones. Title, two specimen pages and one full-page discussion of the book and its interesting printing history. Fine. Scarce. (Item #3130)
4pp. Printed on handmade paper with lettering in black, and several lines in red on front and back, internally are four stanzas of poetry, each with color initials in red or green. Fine. Scarce. (Item #3133)
London: Hesperides Press, 1930. Blue card wrappers with lettering in gold on front and small illustration of apple in gold on both covers. 8pp. sewn at spine. Apple design in blue on title page, printed in black with blue letting for titles, etc. With two page introduction on aims of..... (Item #3135)
Wien: Graphische Kunst Anstalt Bruder Rosenbaum, 1912. First edition. 12mo. Original batik style color pictorial cloth. In original gilt pictorial cloth covered slipcase designed by Josef Hoffmann, co-founder Wiener Werkstatte. Photographic portraits, etc. Book is fine, slipcase very good. Scarce. (Item #3364)
Conisborough: 1850. Offered here is a fabulous two-page Indenture and Schedule to purchase land in the Parish of Conisborough and Sprotborough in Central England in 1850 for the Railroad, an area that turned out to be a hub for travel North. A wonderful page expanding to 20 x 28 inches..... (Item #6448)
Offered here are two original pieces of cover art studies for The Inlaid Printer, the magazine which Will Bradley contributed so much art and design. 1) 8 1/2 x 12" on card paper, study for "Christmas, November, 1917, for "The Inland Printer" showing a woman in flowing brown coat shopping..... (Item #3737)
1954 (Show 28). 4to. Color pictorial paper covered boards, red cloth spine. Gorgeous full page color illustrations. Very good. (Item #494)
Newark, New Jersey: Carteret Book Club, Village Press, 1930. First edition. Bound in patterned paper covered boards with beige cloth spine. Limited to an edition of 200 copies, by Frederic and Bertha Goudy at the Village Press, Marlborough-on-Hudson, N.Y. Some wear to corners, light staining to board edges. Some foxing..... (Item #4981)
Folio. 14 1/2 x 9 1/2 inches. Offered here is an original "First German-Austrian government bond, 100 crowns, 1918, uncancelled, coupon, with superb Jugendstil design work in light greens and black. Near fine, with crease marks. Mounted in mat. (Item #6190)
Leipzig: Insel, 1914. First edition. Tall, narrow quarto (12 x 7 inches) Original publisher's black card paper wrappers, Japanese bound with black ties across spine in lattice fashion (i.e. bound as a book block with cord stitching), with superb illustrated covers. Number 88 of a Limited Edition of Only 200..... (Item #3626)
Berlin: Globus Verlag, 1904. First Edition. Oblong folio, 10 1/2 x 13 inches. Superb illustrated (in color) paper covered boards with a secessionist style design by Jessie M. King (signed lower right in the plate) This is a photographic album of the Berlin's "high points," featuring the Brandberg gate and..... (Item #6449)
Karlsbad: Gewidmet von Der Stadt Karlsbad, 1902. First edition. Very thick quarto. Light blue linen cloth with superb gitl-stamped Art Nouveau design by Bertold Loffler. Full-page color title-page, and full-page chapter frontispiece headings in black and white throughout by Loffler, a central figure in the Vienna Succession, and chief pupil..... (Item #3346)
Offered here is an original folio size sheet (14 x 11 inches) on heavy coated beige paper for the cover of the Mosher Press book, The Book of Ecclesiastes. Mosher took the design from Lucien's Pissarro's decorative cover for "The Book of Ruth and Esther," published by the Eragny Press..... (Item #3367)