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Sasowsky, Norman. . REGINALD MARSH ETCHING, ENGRAVING, LITHOGRAPHS
NY 1956 1st Praeger. Preface by A. Hyatt Mayor. Hardcover. Octavo, 60pp., 236 works listed, about 1/3 illustrated, index, cloth. Fine, no DJ. (a125)
$20.00 (art) . MAGGS CATALOGUE: ENGRAVINGS, ETCHINGS AND DRAWINGS.
London 1926. Maggs Brothers Cataogue No. 475. 8vo., 132pp., illustrations, wraps. Good, a bit worn, some writing on cover. (f11)
$20.00 Held, John Jr. . SAGA OF FRANKIE AND JOHNNY
NY 1972 Potter. Hardcover. Sm.4to., 49pp., woodcut illustrations, boards. Fine in near Fine dj. (a4632)
$20.00 Ripoll, Luis . LA COLLECTION DE BOIS GRAVES MAJORQUINS
Palma de Majorque 1963. 12mo. 36p. of text plus several bw plates, many of which are foldout--of woodcut engravings. Wraps. Small chips on cover. Text VG-Fine. (a5203)
$35.00 Getlein, Frank and Dorothy . BITE OF THE PRINT SATIRE AND IRONY IN WOODCUTS, ENGRAVINGS, ETCHINGS, LITHOGRAPHS, AND SERIGRAPHS
NY 1963 Potter. Large octavo, 272pp., illustrations, hardcover. VG, very faint yellow stain (almost invisible) at the top margin of most pages, in Good DJ. (a10191)
$19.00 Wilson, Edward A. . THE BOOK OF EDWARD A. WILSON A SURVEY OF HIS WORK 1916-1948
NY 1948-1st. Heritage. Edited by N. Kent. Foreword by Thomas Craven. 4to., 107pp., mounted original photo of author as frontispiece, color and bw illustrations of Wilson's skillful woodcuts many of which were used in book illustrations. Fine in Fine DJ. (a10268)
$105.00 (juvenile) . YOUTH'S SKETCH BOOK; BEING A SELECTION OF TALES FOR CHILDREN
Boston 1849 Benjamin Mussey. 16mo., (2 x 3 inches), six fine steel engraved plates-images , original gilt cloth. All edges gilt. Good, cover very faded and lightly worn, corners bumped. (a12678)
$90.00 (sweden) . TROLLHATTA-ALBUM
1846 Bonniers. Samling af de vackraste och markvardigaste utsigter vid och omkring Trollhattan. 10 text at Orvar Odd. Gotheborg.Album measures 8x10". 10 fine steel engraved plates of this Swedish town, several with tan color added. Tissues present. Lower inch of titlepage margin (no loss of text) cut off. Full black leather with gilt design. Good plus, occasional spots and foxing. (a15739)
$225.00 (views) . JONES' VIEWS OF THE SEATS OF NOBLEMEN AND GENTLEMEN IN ENGLAND, WALES, SCOTLAND AND IRELAND
London 1829. Second Series comprising the Western counties. Hardcover. 4to., about 100 pages, two engravings per page, leather spine with marbled boards. Book is 8-1/4 x 11 inches; 21 x28 cm. Owner bookplate. Good, light wear, foxed throughout, front blank end paper has long chip. List of estates included available on request. (a18169)
$145.00 Cailler, Pierre . CATALOGUE RAISONNE DE L'OEUVRE GRAVE ET LITHOGRAPHIE DE LUCIEN COUTAUD
Paris 1960 Adhemar. Copy #264 of 300. 8vo., illustrated. 1/2 leather. VG, text lightly wrinkled. (a20397)
$250.00 Roth, Samuel . HALFWAY
NY 1947 Privately Printed. Narrative in verse. Hardcover. Octavo, 64pp. woodcuts by Hester Sainsbury, cloth. Good, a few tiny spots on final page of text, light cover wear, no DJ. (a20744)
$29.00 Mauriac, Francois . GENITRIX
Paris 1934. Sq.8vo., 109pp., 43 woodcuts by Desligneres, wraps. Le Livre de Demain Number LXVI. VG. (a26907)
$75.00 Duhamel, George . LE NOTAIRE DU HAVRE
Paris 1935 .Le Livre de Demain Number CLII. In French. Sq.8vo., 127pp., 42 woodcuts by Claudel, wraps. VG, base of spine a bit worn. (a26908)
$45.00 De Chavannes de la Giraudiere, H. . LES CHINOIS PENDANT UNE PERIODE DE 4458 ANNEES
Tours 1870 4th Alfred Mame. In French. Historie, gouvernement, sciences, arts, commerce, industrie, navigation, moeurs et usages. Hardcover. Octavo, 390pp., 4 fine fullpage steel engravings and one steel engraved vignette, green cloth with raised bands on spine and full gilt spine trim. All edges bright gilt. Near VG, a few pages stained from leaves that had been pressed inside. Attractive book. (a29413)
$99.00 Masereel, Frans . PASSIONATE JOURNEY A NOVEL IN 165 WOODCUTS
NY 1948 1st American edition. Introduction by Thomas Mann. 8vo., hardcover. Fine in Good DJ, small inch by half-inch chip from top edge and some other light wear and soiling. (a29858)
$79.00 (architecture) . ANTIQUARIAN ITINERARY VOLUMES 1, 2, 3, 4 COMPRISING SPECIMENS OF ARCHITECTURE, MONASTIC, CASTELLATED AND DOMESTIC WITH OTHER VESTIGES OF ANTIQUITY IN GREAT BRITIAN
London 1815 Wm. Clarke. 8vo. (8.5 x 5.5 inches), about 80 fine architectural engravings, full leather. Boards detached but present (boards Good to VG.) Text clean and bright with only a few occasional spots. Text bindings secure but should be recovered. 4 volumes: (a29866)
$195.00 Castellan, A. L. . LETTERS ON ITALY ILLUSTRATED BY ENGRAVINGS
London 1820 1st Phillips. 8vo., 108pp., 6 fullpage engravings. 1/2 red leather. Good, cover beginning to split along front outer hinge, bookplate removed leaving residue, small bit of residue from something once tipped in and now removed from rear end paper. (a29882)
$250.00 Richter, Ludwig . DAS LUDWIG RICHTER ALBUM
Munich n.d. (c. 1950) Samtliche Holzschnitte Einleitung von Wolf Stubbe. Manfred Pawlak Verlagsgesellschaft mbH Herrsching. 2 volume set. Thick 8vos., 1725pp., woodcut drawings on every page. Fine in VG DJs. Set: (a29987)
$75.00 Beattie, William . SCOTLAND 2 VOLUMES
London 1835. 2 volumes. 4to., 95 fine steel engravings by Thomas Allom, hardcovers. Most all of the plates lightly foxed in margins, a few have small stains in margins; about half are very lightly foxed in image. Covers very worn (need to be recovered). (a31509)
$300.00 Ofrat, Gideon . WOODCUTS IN ISRAEL: THE EARLY YEARS
Jerusalem 1986. In Ariel, A Review of Arts and Letters in Israel, Vol.66, 1986 at pp.67-91, illus. There is a second part of this article in the next issue of Ariel (not included). Whole issue has several articles. 8vo., wraps. VG. (a31860)
$35.00 Kolb, Leon (editor) . THE WOODCUTS OF JAKOB STEINHARDT CHRONOLOGICALLY ARRANGED AND FULLY REPRODUCED
San Francisco 1959 1st Genuart. 4to., 26pp. of text plus over 100 illus. Owner inscribed and signed. VG in VG DJ. (a33560)
$47.00 (engravings) . FISHER'S DRAWING ROOM SCRAP BOOK 1837
London 1836 Fisher. Some unusually fine plates of Cafes in Damascus, Smolensko Church near Petersburg; Bona Africa, Church at Polignac, Robert Peel, Wellington, etc. 4to., 56pp., 36 fine steel engravings. Disbound but complete. Good, plates frayed on margin edges but almost no foxing or soiling at all. (a35141)
$60.00 Neuhaus, Werner . WERNER NEUHAUS 1897-1934
Basel 1979. Exhibit catalogue, Kunstmuseum Basel, February 24-April 1, 1979. 4to., 32pp., illustrated in bw, wraps. VG slightly wrinkled throughout. (a35169)
$39.00 Fairless, Michael . THE ROADMENDER AND OTHER WRITINGS
London and Glasgow 1950 1st Collins. With a biographical note by M. E. Dowson, an introduction by Frederick Brereton and 27 wood engravings by Lennox Paterson. Lg.8vo., 256pp., hardcover. VG in Good DJ, two small chips. (a37482)
$25.00 Pine, Iohannes. Horace . QVINTI HORATII FLACCI OPERA VOLUME ONE
Londinii 1733 Iohannes Pine. In Latin. 8vo., 264pp, numerous beautiful illustrations from ancient coins and other monuments, ornamental initials, vignettes and tailpieces, all in very fine impressions throughout, full leather with gilt deorated borders and emblem. Good, slight staining and brown, front board detached, final two leaves have old dry water stain. Volume one only: (a40371)
$500.00 Bernatz, J. M . PAL�STINA; NEW ALBUM OF THE HOLY LAND...FROM NATURE BY J M BERNATZ AND OTHER ARTISTS...WITH DESCRIPTIVE NOTES BY DR G. H. V. SCHUBERT, DR J. ROTH AND DR. O. FRAAS.
Stuttgart 1868 Steinkopf. Text in English, German and French. Oblong sm.4to., not paginated, 48 tinted lithograph illustrations almost all with tissues, 2 original photographs (Beirut and Damascus), descriptive letterpress, foldout map at end, original red stamped boards with gilt picture on front and later paper spine. Top edge gilt. Institution name and cancel stamp on title page-no other marks. Good, boards worn down a bit at corners, a few stains and spots, some occasional very light foxing. Scarce. (a41545)
$720.00 John, Jacob . ALBUM DER WERKELSDORFER FELSEN 1874
Prag 1874. 16mo., 9 pp. of text by Jakob John in Germ, accordion foldout with 14 engraved views, printed paper-covered boards with green cloth spine. Good, some of panel in foldout have split at fold. Scarce. (a41699)
$100.00 Ivins, William M. Jr. . A CATALOGUE OF ITALIAN RENAISANCE WOODCUTS
NY 1917 Metropolitan Museum of Art. Limited to 1000 copies. Sm8vo., 65pp., illus., wraps. wraps. 65p. Ltd 1000 copies. Good, a few small chips on wraps, spine clear taped. (a43137)
$45.00 (national portrait gallery) . THE NATIONAL PORTRAIT GALLERY OF DISTINGUISHED AMERICANS VOLUMES I-IV PLUS SUPPLEMENT VOLUME (154 steel engraved portraits)
Philadelphia 1852, 1867. 5 volumes: 4 volumes (1852, complete) plus the scarce supplement volume (1867). Sm.4to., 154 steel engraved portrait plates with tissue guards, 3/4 leather with marbled boards. Binding poor, very shabby, leather worn and chipped, boards detached (one board lacking). Plates and text are Good to VG, with some slight foxing in margins of all plates. All plates are nice strong dark images. Set of five volumes. (a47825)
$175.00 de Beranger, P. J. . CHANSONS DE P. J. DE BERANGER ANCIENNES, NOUVELLES ET INEDITES
Paris 1828 Baudouin Freres. Avec des vignettes de Deveria et des Dessins colories d'Henri Monnier. In French. 2 volumes, complete. 8vo., 438pp., 434pp., color plates, original marbled boards with new full leather backstrips, gilt trim and raised bands. VG, lightly foxed throughout, (a49862)
$500.00 (Durer, Albrecht) . DIE PASSION CHRISTI, SECHZEHN KUPFERSTICHE
Berlin (c.1920) Amsler & Ruthard. 12mo.(pages are 7x5 inches, 18x13cm), 16 engravings (images are 4-1/2x 2-3/4 inches, one per page), 1/2 vellum and gilt printed boards. VG. (a50039)
$20.00 Smillie, James and Nehemiah Cleaveland . GREEN-WOOD ILLUSTRATED IN HIGHLY FINISHED LINE ENGRAVING, FROM DRAWINGS TAKEN ON THE SPOT
New York 1847 Martin. From series Rural Cemetaries of America. Greenwood Cemetary is in Brooklyn, New York. 4to., 95pp., map and 19 fullpage steel engravingss, 3/4 brown leather with marbled boards. Good, endpapers foxed, outer hinges cracking, inner hinges not cracked; binding secure and text almost all clean with just a slight bit of light foxing. Tissue guards mostly present but some wrinkled or foxed. (a50135)
$170.00 Northcote, James . ONE HUNDRED FABLES ORIGINAL AND SELECTED
London 1828 1st Geo. Lawford, Saville Passage. Printed by J. Johnson. Hardcover. Octavo, 272pp., embellished with 280 engravings on wood, 3/4 blue leather with blue cloth and raised bands with gilt trim on spine. Top edge gilt. VG, outer hinge worn, light cover wear, occasional light foxing in text. Beautiful book. (a51208)
$850.00 Cust, Lionel . THE ENGRAVINGS OF ALBECHT DURER (DUERER)
London 1894. Sm.4to., 86pp., frontis, illustrations, index, rebound in later wraps. Large library stamps on verso of frontis, and on final text page (index). Near Good, slight cropping of outer margin of frontispiece. (a51939)
$30.00 Fisk, Wilbur . TRAVELS ON THE CONTINENT OF EUROPE; VIZ. IN ENGLAND, IRELAND, SCOTLAND, FRANCE, ITALY, SWITZERLAND, GERMANY AND THE NETHERLANDS
NY 1839 (1838) 5th Harper. Hardcover. Large octavo, 688pp., 8 steel engravings, full leather with leather spine label (previous owner applied very light layer of shellac to leather.) Owner signed (Jane Petherbridge.) Good, light wear, some foxing. (a52035)
$65.00 Williamson, George C. (editor) . BRYAN'S DICTIONARY OF PAINTERS AND ENGRAVERS - 5 VOLUMES (COMPLETE)
London 1909-10 G. Bell. New edition revised and enlarged under the supervision of George C. Williamson, and with numerous illustrations. 5 volumes. 4to., hardcover. Top edges gilt. Residue of label on spines, institution bookplates, name stamps on fore-edges and on end papers, small numbers in lower margin of page following title page. Good, new end papers in 3 volumes. 5 volumes. (a53980)
$185.00 Williamson George C. (editor) . BRYAN'S DICTIONARY OF PAINTERS AND ENGRAVERS - 5 VOLUMES (COMPLETE)
London 1930 G. Bell. New edition revised and enlarged under supervision of George C. Williamson with numerous illustrations. 5 volumes. 4to. hardcover. Top edges gilt. Near Fine. 5 volumes. (a53981)
$375.00 (italian art) . GIOVANI INCISORI ITALIANI; GIOVANI INCISORI ITALIANI II TRIENNALE
Genova 1992, 1995. In Italian. 2 catalogues. Sq.8vo., about 70pp., about 95pp., monochrome illustrations, original illustrated wraps, VG, lower corner bumped in the Trienale volume. 2 catalogues. (a54666)
$35.00 (art) . THE ART JOURNAL FOR 1879 VOLUME 5
NY 1879 Appleton. New Series. Lg.4to., 31 steel engravings, 5 engravings of sculptures, 4 woodcuts, green cloth with full gilt and black decoration. All edges gilt. Faint sign of removed numbers on lower spine and front cover. Good, new endpapers, index page has one very long closed cut, spine ends a bit worn and frayed, edges worn. Fine quality engravings. (a58065)
$195.00 (art) . THE ART JOURNAL FOR 1876 VOLUME 2
NY 1876 Appleton. New Series. Lg.4to., 32 steel engravings, 4 engravings of sculptures, 3 woodcuts, 3/4 leather with gilt trim on front board. All edges gilt. 32 steel engravings; 4 engravings of sculptures; 3 woodcuts. Several monastery stamps on initial pages, numbers on front cover and faintly visible where removed from spine. Good, corners frayed and worn. Fine quality plates. (a58066)
$195.00 (art) . THE ART JOURNAL FOR 1876 VOLUME 2
NY 1876 Appleton. New Series. Lg.4to., 32 steel engravings, 4 engravings of sculptures, 3 woodcuts, full leather with raised bands and gilt trim on front board. All edges gilt. VG plus, slight foxing on blank end pages. Fine quality engravings. (a58067)
$255.00 S. S. (Simon Stevenson) . REPRESENTATIONS OF THE EMBOSSED, CHASED AND ENGRAVED SUBJECTS AND INSCRIPTIONS WHICH DECORATE THE TOBACCO BOX AND CASES BELONGING TO THE PAST OVERSEERS SOCIETY, OF THE PARISHES OF ST. MARGARET AND ST. JOHN THE EVANGELIST, IN THE CITY OF WESTMINSTER
London 1824 Clark. 4to., 11p. (text), engraved titlepage showing the tobacco box and cases, 34 fullpage engraved plates (two foldout double page plates are given two numbers each), 2 page list of subscribers, highly professional later rebinding in brown papercovered boards with ivory spine and mounted paper spine label. Near Fine. Excellent condition. Amazing decorative objects. Rare. (a58080)
$650.00 Girard, Fulgence . MYSTERES DU GRAND MONDE HISTOIRES DES PALAIS, RESIDENCES ROYALES, PRISON D'ETAT, ABBAYES, BOUDOIRS ET SALONS - TOME SEPTIEME
Paris (c.1850) a l'Administration de la Librairie Historique Illustree. In French. 4to., 422pp., illustrated par Tony Johannot, Philippoteaux, Karl Girardet et Schopin, engraved frontis view of Chateau de Blois, two full page steel engraved plates, half leather with marbled boards, This volume cover Blois and Palais du Louvre. VG, some cover wear, light foxing. Volume 7 only: (a59918)
$55.00 Girard, Fulgence . MYSTERES DU GRAND MONDE HISTOIRES DES PALAIS, RESIDENCES ROYALES, PRISON D'ETAT, ABBAYES, BOUDOIRS ET SALONS - TOME TROISIEME
Paris (c.1850) a l'Administration de la Librairie Historique Illustree. This volume covers Hotel Saint-Paul. In French. 4to., 422pp., illustrated par Tony Johannot, Philippoteaux, Karl Girardet et Schopin, engraved frontis view of Chateau de Hams, two full page steel engraved plates, half leather with marbled boards. Good, light wear, light foxing. Volume 3 only. (a59919)
$45.00 Girard, Fulgence . MYSTERES DU GRAND MONDE HISTOIRES DES PALAIS, RESIDENCES ROYALES, PRISON D'ETAT, ABBAYES, BOUDOIRS ET SALONS - TOME QUATRIEME
Paris (c.1850) a l'Administration de la Librairie Historique Illustree. This volume covers Chateau de Chinon and others. In French. 4to., 424pp., illustrated par Tony Johannot, Philippoteaux, Karl Girardet et Schopin, hardcover. Good, somewhat worn; moderately foxed throughout. Volume 4 only. (a59977)
$45.00 Girard, Fulgence . MYSTERES DU GRAND MONDE HISTOIRES DES PALAIS, RESIDENCES ROYALES, PRISON D'ETAT, ABBAYES, BOUDOIRS ET SALONS - TOME CINQUIEME
Paris (c.1850) a l'Administration de la Librairie Historique Illustree. This volume covers Rambouillet and others. In French. 4to., 454pp., illustrated par Tony Johannot, Philippoteaux, Karl Girardet et Schopin, engraved frontis, hardcover. Fair, front hinge glued, spine chipped, text lightly foxed. Volume 5 only. (a59978)
$25.00 Girard, Fulgence . MYSTERES DU GRAND MONDE HISTOIRES DES PALAIS, RESIDENCES ROYALES, PRISON D'ETAT, ABBAYES, BOUDOIRS ET SALONS - TOME HUITIEME
Paris (c.1850) a l'Administration de la Librairie Historique Illustree.This volume covers Chateau de Saint Germain and others. In French. 4to., 414pp., illustrated par Tony Johannot, Philippoteaux, Karl Girardet et Schopin, engraved frontis, hardcover. Good, somewhat worn; lightly foxed throughout. Volume 8 only. (a59979)
$45.00 Klotz, Herrn . UEBER DEN NUTZEN UND GEBRAUCH DER ALTEN GESCHNITTENEN STEINE UND IHRER
Altenburg 1768 Richterischen Buchhandlung. In German. 8vo., 242pp., doublepage frontis engraving of circular group of 5 human figures in Roman clothing, title page vignette of winged infant with bust of Roman man, 3/4 leather with gilt trimmed spine. Owner signed on end paper. Good, cover worn, text lightly foxed, head of spine chipped, just beginning to crack along outer hinges. Rare. (a60198)
$395.00 Hoenich, P. K. . DAVID, KING OF ISRAEL A SONG IN BLACK AND WHITE (DAVID, ROI D'ISRAEL UN CANTIQUE EN NOIR ET BLANC)
Haifa 1948 1st. Titles in Hebrew, English and French. Lg.4to., 10 full page woodcut illustrations (one per page on rectos only), loose as issued in original paper folding wraps. Good, wraps a bit worn with a few horizontal wrinkles (plates are Near Fine). Scarce. (a60465)
$450.00 Moore, Edward and H. Brooke . FABLES FOR THE FEMALE SEX
London 1746 2nd (1st 1744) R. Francklin. Sm.8vo., 173pp., frontis and 16 full page engravings (on versos only, collated complete), full leather with mounted red leather spine label. Engravings by Grignion, Ravenet and Mosley,all after Hayman. Signed on top margin of titlepage by Annabelle Hedley. Good, cover rubbed and wor, occasional light spotting, small chip at lower corner of one leaf (without loss), one leaf has professionally repaired closed tear. Scarce. (a60856)
$320.00 (herkimer county) . HISTORY OF HERKIMER COUNTY, NEW YORK 1791- 1879 WITH ILLUSTRATIONS DESCRIPTIVE OF SCENERY, PRIVATE RESIDENCES, PUBLIC BUILDINGS, FINE BLOCKS, AND IMPORTANT MANUFACTORIES, FROM ORIGINAL SKETCHES BY ARTIS OF THE HIGHEST ABILITY; AND PORTRAITS OF OLD PIONEERS AND PROMINENT RESIDENTS
NY 1879 F. W. Beers & Co. Folio, 289pp., color map of New Yor, full page illustrations (factories etc. and portraits), original gilt printed maroon cloth hardcover with gilt design and lettering on front. All edges gilt. Good, very narrow stain at top margin of final leaves (not affecting text or images), cover a bit worn, lower spine end chipped, outer hinges beginning to split. (a62232)
$235.00 (art) . THE ART JOURNAL 1878 VOLUME 4 NEW SERIES
NY 1878 1st Appleton. Hardcover. Lg.4to., 30 very fine full page steel engravings (6 engravings from sculpture), original Green cloth with gilt and black decoration and lettering on front spine. All edges gilt. Faint residue of library numbers on spine and on front corner. Good, a bit worn on edges and corners, spine ends chipped. Plates are Near Fine, clean and no foxing. (a62566)
$115.00 Van Wyck, Frederick . GLEANINGS FROM OLD ENGRAVINGS
Boston 1936 Beauchamp. Octavo, 140pp., monochrome illustrations, hardcover. VG, corners worn, no DJ. (a63348)
$23.00 Reutti-Stiftung, Dore und Kurt . ERNST BARLACH DAS DRUCKGRAPHISCHE WERK
1968 Ausstellung Kunsthalle Bremen. In German. Octavo, 178pp., illustrations, original stiff orange wraps. VG. (a63512)
$25.00 Domjan, J. . THIRTY-TWO COLOURED WOODCUTS
Budapest 1956 1st Corvina. Folio, 17pp. of text in English with 32 mounted color woodcuts, original hardcover. Owner signe. Good, some brown spotting on cover, in Good DJ, a bit chipped on edges. (a63602)
$35.00 Le Moyne, Pere de la Compagnie de Jesus . LA GALLERIE DES FEMMES FORTES
Paris 1661 3rd reueue & corrigee, Claude Barbin. In French. 12mo., 118pp. (Panegyrique, Ode a La Reyne, Preface, La Femme Forte Ode Seconde, Table des Matieres), 251pp., 15pp. (table), illustrated with 13 attractive full page engraved portraits of famous women, full leather. One very old ink signature on end paper and tiny ink initials on titlepage. Good, leather very worn, cracking along outer hinges.This early edition is very scarce. (a64548)
$440.00 Paul, Jean Fr. Richter . DES FELDPREDIGERS SCHMELZLE REISE NACH FLATZ MIT FORTGEHENDEN NOTEN
Leipzig 1917 2. Abdruct Kurt Wolff. In German. Small octavo,131pp., strange but attractive full page copperplate engravings (acht kupfern) von Karl Thylmann, 3/4 leather hardcover with marbled boards. Owner inscribed. Good, some cover wear, corners rubbed, hinges just beginning to crack. (a64551)
$86.00 (masonic) . TUBAL CAIN. THE IRON WORKER AND KING SOLOMON
NY no date (c. 1890) Macoy Publishing. Printed pamphlet describing the story behind an engraving based on original painting by Prof. C. Schussele. 12mo., 16pp., original printed wraps. Owner signed on final page (John Scott). VG. (a65627)
$45.00 Weld, H. Hastings . SCENES IN THE LIVES OF THE PATRIARCHS AND PROPHETS
Philadelphia 1846 1st Lindsay & Blakiston. Octavo, 240pp., several full page color illuminations from original designs by Devereux (printed in colours by T. Sinclair), 8 full page steel engravings by John Sartain, gilt stamped hardcover. All edges gilt. Several monastery stamps on end papers. VG, spine has been slightly shellacked just onto boards (almost invisible), slight stain at heel of spine, text just barely beginning to brown around page edges, head of spine a bit frayed. (a65671)
$125.00 Smith, John Chaloner . BRITISH MEZZOTINT PORTRAITS BEING A DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE...ACCOMPANIED BY BIOGRAPHICAL NOTES - PART THE FOURTH DIVISION I
London 1882 Sotheran. This Part covers from James Walker to John Young. 4to . pp.1429- 1764, 8pp. (prices), maroon cloth hardcover with mounted paper spine label. Good, cover faded and somewhat worn. (a65785)
$122.00 Passeron, Roger . LA GRAVURE FRANCAISE AU XXe SIECLE
Paris 1970 1st Bibliotheque des Arts. In French. 4to., 180pp., mounted color plates, hardcover. Fine in VG plus DJ, spine slightly browned. In original plain cardboard Good Box. (a66724)
$85.00 Bennett, Richard . ENGLAND AND IRELAND TWELVE WOODCUTS
Seattle 1927. University of Washington Chapbooks Number Eight. Edited by Glenn Hughes. Foreword by Zona Gale. Sm.4to., woodcuts, original wraps. Owner bookplate. VG, light cover wear. (a66754)
$29.00 Finden . FINDEN'S LANDSCAPE & PORTRAIT ILLUSTRATIONS TO THE LIFE AND WORKS OF LORD BYRON VOLUME 1
London 1833. Octavo, 42 engraved plates (complete), blue buckram hardcover with two mounted red leather spine labels. All edges gilt. VG, occasional foxing, but most all of the plates are clean or have the foxing only in the margins.. Volume 1 (of 3) only. (a67087)
$145.00 Brockedon . FINDEN'S ILLUSTRATIONS TO THE LIFE AND WORKS OF LORD BYRON VOLUME 2
London 1833. Octavo, 42 engraved plates (complete), blue buckram hardcover with two mounted red leather spine labels. All edges gilt. VG, occasional foxing, but most all of the plates are clean or have the foxing only in the margins.. Volume 2 (of 3) only. (a67088)
$140.00 Thies, Louis . CATALOGUE OF THE COLLECTION OF ENGRAVINGS BEQUEATHED TO HARVARD COLLEGE BY FRANCIS CALLEY GRAY
Cambridge 1869 1st Welch, Bigelow. 4to., 530pp., frontis, gilt printed green cloth hardcover. Signed by owner (Elihu B. Taft.) Near Fine, corners gentlry bumped. (a67124)
$165.00 Wellenstein, Walter . DAS BUCH TOBIAS. MIT ZW�LF RADIERUNGEN VON WALTER WELLENSTEIN
Berlin 1925 1st Volksverband der Bucherfreunde Wegweiser Verlag GMBH. In German. Folio, 34pp., 12 etchings each signed in pencil by Wellenstein, 3/4 leather hardcover with deckled edges. Beautiful crayon drawing on front of old man. VG plus, just light wear. (a67474)
$240.00 Duboccage, Madame . LA COLOMBIADE, OU LA FOI PORTEE AU NOUVEAU MONDE POEME
Paris 1758 Bassompierre & Fils. In French. Octavo, viii, (2),184pp., (2), 9 (of 10) finely engraved copperplates by Chadel,(all plates bound in at end), later wraps. Good. (a68181)
$145.00 (art) . HAYTER AND STUDIO 17
NY 1943. Museum of Modern Art Bulletin, 2, Volume XI. Sm.4to., 15pp., monochrome illustrations, original illustrated wraps. Fine. (a68714)
$24.00 Kaufman, Edwin and Kalman Kubinyi (etchers) . THERE ARE NUMBERLESS STEPS A GROUP OF ORIENTAL POEMS
Cleveland 1932 first edition. Published by Kaufman and Kubinyi. Limited to only 100 copies, this is copy No. 70. Forward by Jake Falstaff. Printed from the original copper plates on Van Gelder hand made paper. Falstaff: There will be both warmth and chill in the heart of every man who finds this book, because that is the nature of beauty. Octavo, 24 leaves (printed on rectos only), three engraved vignettes and 18 beautiful full page engravings, original black paper covered hardcover with brown cloth spine and two inch mounted engraving on front. VG, light edge wear, end papers a bit rubbed. In later removable glassine jacket. Scarce. Unusually fine and delicate engravings. (a68849)
$750.00 Sepelman, John A. III . AT HOME IN THE HILLS, GLIMPSES OF HARLAN COUNTY, KENTUCKY THROUGH THE MEDIA OF THE LINOLEUM BLOCK AND THE WOODCUT
Pine Mountain 1939 Pine Mountain Settlement School. Octavo, 87pp., woodcut illustrations, hardcover. Signed by Dora B Wells. Good, light cover wear, no DJ. (a69222)
$35.00 Halenza . HALENZA'S NEUESTES PHEIN-PANORAMA VON MAINZ BIS COLN
Mainz no date (mid 19thc) Joseph Halenza. Hardcover printed boards with later paper spine. Opens to one very long panorama, fully engraved, 179 x 101/2 inches, which is separated at one fold only and has one other two inch closed tear along a fold. Old institution name stamp and ink numbers on back of one panel--no other library or ownership marks. Good. (a69750)
$100.00 Stevenson, Matthew and Eric Gill . AN ELEGY UPON OLD FREEMAN
A. D. 1916 Published by Mr. Everard Meynell at 46 Museum St. W. C. St. Dominic's Press. First printed in 1665; since overlooked by the Anthologists. An elegy upon old Freeman us'd hardly by the Committee, for lying in the Cathedral, and in Church Porces, praying the Commonprayer by heart, &c. Octavo, 4pp., original wraps. On front cover, title is in red and black ink with inch square engraving by Eric Gill of Angel and Freeman's Gravestone. On rear of cover is small engraved Cross, also by Gill. Book was printed by Douglas Pepler, Ditchling, Sussex. String binding - string is present but broken. VG, cover lightly soiled and lightly worn. Very early Eric Gill. Very scarce. (a70642)
$250.00 (copperplate engraving) . ST. GEORGE'S CHAPEL AT WINDSOR
Engraved by Thornton. Published by Alex'r Hogg, at the Kings Arms, no. 16, Paternoster Row. Appears to be mid 18th century. Probably taken from a book as folded in half once lengthwise. Lightly foxed and toned but nice strong view. Image 5 x 7-1/2 inches; 13x18.5 cm. with about 1/2 inch blank border around top and sides and title printed in lower margin. (a70828)
$50.00 (engravings) . FISHER'S DRAWING ROOM SCRAP BOOK 1836 WITH POETICAL ILLUSTRATIONS BY L. E. L.
London 1835 Fisher. 4to., 57pp. (3), 36 fine steel engravings, original boards, later spine and new end papers. Institution stamps on fore-edges. Good, some plates foxed in the margins. (a71129)
$110.00 Mac Orlan, Pierre . A BORD DE L'ETOILE MATUTINE
Paris 1920 1st. Avec des gravures sur bois originalese de Daragnes. Copy No. 579 of 1161. In French. 4to., fine bold woodcuts. Book is wraps and is housed in a matching folding hardcover case (pink paper covered boards with blue cloth spine). Book is Near Fine in Near Fine DJ, in VG Box. Beautiful. (a71509)
$340.00 Britton, John . CHRONOLOGICAL AND HISTORICAL ILLUSTRATIONS OF THE ANTIENT ARCHITECTURE OF GREAT BRITAIN CONTAINING A SERIES OF ENGRAVINGS VOLUME 1 PART 1
London 1820 1st Longman, Hurst, Rees. 4to., iv, 41 engraved plates (printed on rectos only), hardcover. Complete. Author's note indicates that Volume 2 will have 39 more plates and will be finished later in the year. VG, light wear. (a72261)
$350.00 (auction) . TRES BELLES ESTAMPES ORIGINALES ANCIENNES ET MODERNES DESSINS ORIGINAUX PEINTURES
Paris 1964. Auction Catalogue, Hotel Drouot. Sm.4to., 247 items with price estimations, illustrations, original wraps. VG. (a74382)
$20.00 Devambez . L'H�TEL MEURICE. PARIS SOUS LA R�VOLUTION LE MAN�GE LES FEUILLANTS
Paris 1928 La Maison Devambez. In French. Copy No. 463/500. Sm.4to., 21pp., sepia and white text illustrations of Paris during the Revolution, wraps with tissue paper jacket. Text loose in cover as issued. Two engravings on heavy stock laid in: Les Tuileries Sous le Consulat and Les Tuileries Etat Actuel. Both engraved by S. A. Devambez. VG, light wear. (a75990)
$200.00 (wood engraving) . DOROTHY P LATHROP, A CENTENARY CELEBRATION
1991. Exhibition Catalogue, October and November, 1991, University at Albany and New Britain Connecticut. Co-curated by Marijo Dougherty and Charles Semowich with essay by William Clarkin. Lathrop was a fine quality wood engraver. Octavo, 24pp., illustrations, original wraps. VG. (a77322)
$45.00 Delarue-Mardrus, Lucie . LA CIGALE 28 BOIS ORIGINAUX DE RENEFER
Paris 1924 Fayard. In French. Hardcover. Square octavo, 125pp., cloth with mounted leather spine label. Good plus, cover faded, lettering rubbed off spine label. (a77990)
$25.00 Carroll, George D. (editor) . HAPPY THOUGHT! DEMPSEY & CARROLL GLEANINGS FROM SHAKESPERE, AESOP AND APPLICATIONS
NY 1882 1st Dempsey & Carroll Art Stationers and Engravers. Product sample book using lengthy quotes from Shakespeare and a short section from Aesop as a sort of vehicle to display fonts, engravings, product options, calling card etiquette, party invitations, and so on. Hardcover. 12mo., 182pp., 14pp., 8pp., 54pp., bluegreen cloth with gilt decoration and lettering. VG plus. (a78404)
$39.00 Levis, Howard C. . A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF AMERICAN BOOKS RELATING TO PRINTS AND THE ART AND HISTORY OF ENGRAVING
London 1910 Chiswick. Copy No. 97 of 150 copies printed. Hardcover. Octavo, 79pp., original papercovered boards with cloth spine. ***Signed by Levis Good, cover soiled and somewhat worn. (a78730)
$75.00 Bernard, Marc . INSOMNIE
Le Puy-en-Velay 1943 First edition Editions de L'Epervier. Copy No. XX of only 36 printed with extra packet of 8 engravings. These engravings are held in their original wax-paper sealed wrapper. In French. Small octavo, 89p., bois Graves de Georges Tautel, original wraps. VG, light wear. (a79726)
$110.00 (Galeotti, Niccolo Nicolaus; Bartoli, Pietro Sante) . MUSEUM ODESCALCHUM , SIVE THESAURUS ANTIQUARUM GEMMARUM CUM IMAGINIBUS IN IISDEM INSCULPTIS, ET EX IISDEM EXSCULPTIS QUAE A SERENISSIMA CHRISTINA SUECORUM REGINA (2 volumes in one)
Roma 1751, 1752 Salomoni. One large folio volume,. xlviii, 60p. xvii, 133pp.,104 fullpage engraved copperplates (printed on one side of page only), vignette on title page--sculpture and floral bunting (Volume 1), man, probably a gravedigger, digging with a shovel surrounded by urns and oilburning lamps, numerous text vignettes. Becoming disbound and lacks front board and spine. Fine engravings, no foxing, occasional light soiling. Collated complete. Needs recovering and rebinding. (a80694)
$1700.00 Henriet, Frederic . C. DAUBIGNY ET SON OEUVRE EAUX-FORTES ET BOIS INEDITS PAR C. DAUBIGNY, KARL DAUBIGNY, LEON LHERMITTE
Paris 1878 deuxieme edition. In French. 4to. (11-1/4 x 7-1/4 inches; 28.5 x 18.5 cm), engraved portrait of Daubigny, 9 very fine engravings and one drawing, later green buckram with gilt spine lettering. Engravings are lovely landscapes and quite suitable for individual framing. Not from an institution - no ownership marks at all. Binding very secure. VG, faint toning to pages. (a81033)
$275.00 Simecek, Fran�oise . CATALOGUE RAISONNE DE L'OEUVRE GRAVE ET LITHOGRAPHIE DE A. E. YERSIN
1983 1st Francoise Simecek et la Fondation William Cuendet. ISBN 2 88112 000 8. In French. Hardcover. Lg.4to., monochrome and color plates, cloth. Fine in Fine DJ. (a81423)
$175.00 (new york city) . THE KNICKERBOCKER GALLERY A TESTIMONIAL TO THE EDITOR OF THE KNICKERBOCKER MAGAZINE FROM ITS CONTRIBUTORS (ORIGINAL EDITION, NOT A MODERN REPRINT)
New York 1855 1st Samuel Hueston. Articles by and portraits of many famous 19th century figures, including Longfellow, Samuel Osgood, Oliver Wendell Holmes, Washington Irving, Samuel Cox, George Wood, Alfred Street, Stoddard, William Seward, etc. Hardcover. Sm.4to., 505pp., 50 engraved portraits with tissues, red cloth with full gilt decoration on front, rear and spine. All edges gilt. Good, light foxing throughout, corners and spine ends lightly worn. (a81684)
$89.00 Kurdian, H. . ARMENIAN WOODCUTS
1940. Article at pp. 69-88, illustrations, in single complete issue of Print Collector's Quarterly, Vol. 27 No. 1, February 1940. Several additional articles in this issue as well. 12mo., original printed wraps. VG (a82150b)
$35.00 Meier, Henry . SOME ISRAHEL VAN MECKENEM PROBLEMS
1940. Article at pp.27-68, illustrations, in single complete issue of Print Collector's Quarterly, Vol. 27 No. 1, February 1940. Several additional articles in this issue as well. 12mo., original printed wraps. VG (a82150c)
$35.00 Francis, Henry Sayles . LITHOGRAPHS OF GEORGE WESLEY BELLOWS
1940. Article at pp. 139-166, illustrations, in single complete issue of Print Collector's Quarterly, Vol. 27 No. 2, April 1940. Several additional articles in this issue as well. 12mo., original printed wraps. VG (a82151a)
$45.00 Tietze-Conrat, E . . WHEN WAS THE FIRST ETCHING MADE?
1940. Article at pp. 167-178, illustrations, in single complete issue of Print Collector's Quarterly, Vol. 27 No. 2, April 1940. Several additional articles in this issue as well. 12mo., original printed wraps. VG (a82151b)
$45.00 Mauroner, Fabio . MICHIEL MARIESCHI; CATALOGUE OF THE ETCHINGS OF MICHIEL MARIESCHI
1940. Article at pp. 179-216, illustrations, in single complete issue of Print Collector's Quarterly, Vol. 27 No. 2, April 1940. Several additional articles in this issue as well. 12mo., original printed wraps. VG (a82151c)
$45.00 Rusk, William Sener . DRY TECHNIQUES OF VICTOR HAMMER
1940. Article at pp. 239-246, illustrations, in single complete issue of Print Collector's Quarterly, Vol. 27 No. 2, April 1940. Several additional articles in this issue as well. 12mo., original printed wraps. VG (a82151d)
$45.00 Dodgson, Campbell . EARLY WOODCUTS IN THE GUILDHALL LIBRARY
1936, Article at pp. 243-260, illustrations, in single complete issue of Print Collector's Quarterly, Vol. 23 No. 4 April 1936. Several additional articles as well. 12mo., original printed wraps. VG. (a82152a)
$34.00 Sawicka, Stanislawa . JAN ZIARNKO
1936, Article at pp. 279-302, illustrations, in single complete issue of Print Collector's Quarterly, Vol. 23 No. 4 April 1936. Several additional articles as well. 12mo., original printed wraps. VG. (a82152b)
$34.00 Roger-Marx, Claude . MANET
1936, Article at pp. 303-322, illustrations, in single complete issue of Print Collector's Quarterly, Vol. 23 No. 4 April 1936. Several additional articles as well. 12mo., original printed wraps. VG. (a82152c)
$34.00 Kinney, Troy . TROY KINNEY AN AUTOBIOGRAPHY
1938, Article at pp. 265-284, illustrations, in single complete issue of Print Collector's Quarterly, Vol. 25 No. 3 October 1938. Several additional articles as well. 12mo., original printed wraps. VG. (a82153a)
$35.00 Wright, Harold J. L. . ETCHINGS OF ARTHUR BRISCOE
1938, Article at pp. 285-312, illustrations, in single complete issue of Print Collector's Quarterly, Vol. 25 No. 3 October 1938. Several additional articles as well. 12mo., original printed wraps. VG. (a82153b)
$35.00 Poole, Emily . ETCHINGS OF FRANK DUVENECK
1938, Article at pp. 313-332, illustrations, in single complete issue of Print Collector's Quarterly, Vol. 25 No. 3 October 1938. Several additional articles as well. 12mo., original printed wraps. VG.. (a82153c)
$35.00 Tietze, Hans . TITIAN'S WOODCUTS (Part One)
1938, Article at pp. 333-360, illustrations, in single complete issue of Print Collector's Quarterly, Vol. 25 No. 3 October 1938. Several additional articles as well. 12mo., original printed wraps. VG. (a82153d)
$35.00 Tietze, Hans . TITIAN'S WOODCUTS SECOND (and final) PART
1938, Article at pp. 465-478, illustrations, in single complete issue of Print Collector's Quarterly, Vol. 25 No. 4 December 1938. Several additional articles as well. 12mo., original printed wraps. VG. (a82154a)
$35.00 Stechow, Wolfgang . LUDOLPH BUESINCK
1938, Article at pp. 393-420, illustrations, in single complete issue of Print Collector's Quarterly, Vol. 25 No. 4 December 1938. Several additional articles as well. 12mo., original printed wraps. VG. (a82154b)
$35.00 Hardie, Martin . ETCHED WORK OF JAMES MC BEY
1938, Article at pp. 421-432, illustrations, in single complete issue of Print Collector's Quarterly, Vol. 25 No. 4 December 1938. Several additional articles as well. 12mo., original printed wraps. VG. (a82154c)
$35.00 Poole, Emily . CATALOGUE OF ETCHINGS OF FRANK DUVENECK
1938, Article at pp. 433-464, illustrations, in single complete issue of Print Collector's Quarterly, Vol. 25 No. 4 December 1938. Several additional articles as well. 12mo., original printed wraps. VG. (a82154d)
$35.00 Fraenger, Wilhelm . HANS WEIDITZ UND SEBASTIAN BRANT
Leipzig 1930 first edition Stubenrauch. In German. Hardcover. Sm.4to., 124pp.,80 pages of fine woodcuts on rag-type paper, ivory cloth covered boards with black picture and lettering on front. Near Good, text is somewhat but evenly toned, cover stained and soiled, small light stains in margin of a few text pages. The woodcuts are very nice. (a83397)
$75.00 Foerster, Willi . ALTE NESTER AUS DEUTSCHLANDS GAUEN 2. MAPPE ROTHENBURG OBDER TAUBER 12 ORIGINAL RADERUNGEN
Rothenburg c.1920. Forster Verlag. Hardcover. Large octavo, 12 original engravings, each labeled and signed beneath the image in pencil by Foerster. Images vary a bit but are each approx 3-1/2 x 2-1/2 inches printed on 9x7 inch sheets of paper. Engravings are loose in printed paper folder as issued. Engravings are Fine. Folder is VG with light wear. (a83417)
$350.00 Duvernois, Henri . MORTE LA BETE...LA FUGUE - UN SOIR DE PLUIE
Paris Le Livre de Demain Artheme Fayard. Sm.4to., avec 30 Bois Originaux de Guy Dollian, original printed wraps bound in later half leather with gilt printed raised bands on spine and fancy marbled end papers. Impressive book plate of Sydney Humphries. Good plus, cover a bit worn on corners, inner hinges just beginning to wear. (a83470)
$45.00