New Arrivals

Kansas City: Alfred Fowler, 1921. First edition. 4to. The scarce 1921 Annual, the first in the series and by far the rarest, full of reproductions of famous bookplates in woodcut, half-tones and colored, including those by Frank Brangwyn, Fisher, Harrison, Junge and others. 53pp. Very good. (Item #6055)

Scarce autograph letter signed, 2pp, by Daniel Berkeley Updike (1860-1941), Boston book designer and printer, possibly to Thomas Niles, a partner in the famed press of Roberts Brothers. Written on Updike personal stationary with printed header, ìD.B. Updike, Decorative Printing and Book-Making, 6 Beacon St. Boston,î and dated Aug 29..... (Item #5880)

Ca. 1895. Excellent early letter by Louis John Rhead (1857-1926), renowned English-born American artist, illustrator, and author known especially in the early 1890s, for his expert Rhead poster art, and was heavily influenced by the work of Swiss artist EugËne Grasset. Rhead's letter is to Frank Chouteau Brown, (1876ñ1947), American..... (Item #5874)

A wonderful large lithographic poster (21 x 11 inches) color lithograph poster by Elisha Brown, renowned and celebrated poster artist of the early 20th Century. This comical image depicts two jesters in patriot clothing giving homage to the title, ìTechnique, out, April 20, 1903,î with a jester head grimacing at..... (Item #5871)

Luasanne: Editions Centrales, 1933. First edition. Quarto (10 1/2 x 8 1/2 inches). Superbly bound by the master Portuguese bookbinder, Victor Santos in full black morocco with striking star design consisting of a center four-sided stylized star, with gilt "rays" emanating in all directions, continuing through the spine and then..... (Item #5866)

Monte Carlo: Editions du Livre, 1946. First edition thus. Bound in full crushed light brown morocco with large embossed title running longitudinally on spine in darker brown. Full page color illustrations and line drawings throughout by Louis Icart. Fine. (Item #5863)

Kansas City: H. Alfred Fowler, 1912. First edition. Large Quarto. Original thick card wrappers and braided ties at spine, with printed title on cover. A rare 1912 book taken from the Kelmscott edition of the Nature of Gothic, with seven original etched bookplates by artist Bertha Gorst, the frontispiece signed..... (Item #5853)

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1897. First edition. 4to. Original color pictorial paper covered boards with superb design and depiction of children at a "tree of life," with tulip borders. Some wear to coverns, spine, corners, but overall a well-preserved copy of a scarce and attractive Armstrong title, seldom seen..... (Item #5847)

Indianapolis: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, 1911. First edition. Blue cloth with atractive cover design stamped in light yellow and green by Margaret Armstrong. Spine somewhat worn, corners bumped. (Item #5844)

New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1917. First edition. Thick octavo. Bright crimson cloth with attractive oval design stamped in heavy gilt, lettering on cover and spine in gilt, with superb gilt pear and vine design, pictorial endpapers. The author was related to Margaret, who chose the illustrations for the..... (Item #5842)

New York: Harper & Brothers, 1894. First edition. Blue-gray cloth with superb cover design by Armstrong featuring two heavily gilt eagles atop an unfolded silver ribbon, lettering stamped in silver as well. Corners slightly bumped, slight wear, but a decent copy of a scarce Armstrong title. Fine internally. (Item #5840)

New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1902. First printing. Light green fine wove cloth with superb cover design stamped in green, reddish brown and black, design on spine in black. Scarce Armstrong cover. Fine. (Item #5838)

Indianapolis: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, 1906. Original green cloth with cover and spine decorations by Margaret Armstrong. Printed on acidic, fragile paper. Vignette designs, a scarce Armstrong cover. Both inner hinges cracked and weakened, cover wear, good. (Item #5836)