Ray, Gordon N.

The Illustrator and the Book in England from 1790 to 1914

New York, The Pierpont Morgon Library, 1976. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 4to 11" - 13" tall. Gordon N. Ray has penned a definitive account of book illustration and book illustrators, printers and presses, a social history of the English book trade, and featuring the work of illustrators such as William Blake, J.M.W. Turner, Thomas Rowlandson, Thomas Bewick, The Dalziel Brothers, John Martin, John Constable, Edwrd Lear, George Cruikshank, William Makepeace Thackeray, Phiz (Hablot K. Browne), John Leech, Richard Doyle, Dante Gabriel Rossetti, Sir John Everet Millais, Arthur Hughes, Sir John Gilbert, Sir John Tenniel, Charles Keene, Birket Foster, George du Maurier, Arthur Boyd Houghton, Arthur Rackham, Max Beerbohm, Lucien Pisarro, William Morris, and many others. Sterling condition hardcover copy, with unbruised tips, tight binding, and clean internals, showing only very slight shelf- and edge-wear; not ex-library, with neither underlining nor highlighting anywhere. Handsomely illustrated and lettered in gilt to cover, gilt lettering to spine. xxxiii [2], 3-336 pp.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . Used: Very Good

Structure, Verses, Agency BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 348639

Catalogue: Books and Bookbinding

Keywords: Gordon N. Ray|book illustration|English book history|William Blake|J.M.W. Turner|Thomas Rowlandson"Thomas Bewick|The Dalziel Brothers|John Martin|John Constable|Edwrd Lear|George Cruikshank|William Makepeace Thackeray|Phiz (Hablot K. Browne)|John Leech, R

Allen, Reginald and Gale R. D'Luhy

Sir Arthur Sullivan Composer & Personage

New York, The Pierpont Morgan Library, 1975. First Edition. Softcover. Size: Large 8vo 9" - 10. Scarce in the trade in this state (SIGNED by the author at first free page) and condition, nearly As New. Published in First Edition, with 215 pp., printed on heavy brown colored card stock, a fine and engrossing catalog of the Pierpont Morgan Library's collection of Arthur Sullivan's papers fit for the completists. Gale D'Luhy is listed as collaborator on the catalog. Laid in is a folded leaf, "Trial by Jury," Item #43aa, a long note about the original, full score by Gilbert & Sullivan, signed, a prized piece in the collection's library.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . Signed by Author. . As New

Structure, Verses, Agency BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 351041

Catalogue: Books and Bookbinding

Keywords: Reginald Allen Gale R. D'Luhy Sir Arthur Sullivan

Malo-Renault, Jean

L'Art Du Livre

Paris, France, Librairie Garnier Frères, 1931. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 12mo 7" - 7. An exceedingly handsomely bound book, the only copy currently available on-line in hardcover format, bound in two-tone, marbled linen paper over boards, three-quarters red cloth, handsome gray label over spine, gilt letter thereonto. 12mo format, at 281 pp., and with lots of pretty illustrations in black-and-white. A fine contribution to the Garnier Artistic Collection.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . Fine

Structure, Verses, Agency BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 349186

Catalogue: Books and Bookbinding

Keywords: Jean Malo-Renault|the art of the book

Rickards, Maurice

The Public Notice: An Illustrated History

New York, Clarkson N. Potter, 1973. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Sterling condition hardcover copy, with unbruised tips, tight binding, and clean internals, showing only very slight shelf- and edge-wear; not ex-library, with neither underlining nor highlighting anywhere. Bound in light teal cloth, with sharp and distinct yellow lettering to spine. Bright and shiny dust jacket, illustrated, showing only very minor wear beyond some light soiling to edges, price-clipped. 265 black-and-white half-tones of illustrations. Quite nice of interior. [4], 5-128 pp.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . Fine/Very Good,

Structure, Verses, Agency BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 348097

Catalogue: Books and Bookbinding

Keywords: Maurice Rickards|ephemera|printed material|public notices

Price, Robin and Jae Jennifer Rossman, Guest Curators.

By Chance: Serendipity and Randomness in Contemporary Artists' Books

New Haven, Connecticut, The Jenny-Press, 2004. First Edition. Softcover. Size: 24mo 5" - 6" tall. No additional copies available on-line, a fine and due homage to the convergence of artists' books and purposeful chance, the focus of the exhibit from which this became the catalog, of the same name, held in Fall 2002 in the main hall of the Sterling Memorial Library and the Arts of the Book Collection, Yale University Library, New Haven, Connecticut. SIGNED by both authors/curators, numbered (#123 of 300 copies printed) at the colophon. 29 pp. and with full notes and bibliography.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . As New

Structure, Verses, Agency BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 349637

Catalogue: Books and Bookbinding

Keywords: Robin Price|Jae Jennifer Rossman|artists' books|illustration|book illustration

Robin, Diana

Publishing Women: Salons, the Presses, and the Counter-Reformation in Sixteenth-Century Italy

Chicago, University Of Chicago Press , 2007. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. A superior copy inside and out, being a sterling condition hardcover copy, with unbruised tips, tight binding, and clean internals, showing only very slight shelf- and edge-wear; not ex-library, with neither underlining nor highlighting anywhere. Bright and shiny dust jacket, paper-backed, illustrated, showing only very minor wear, protected by a plastic coat, dust jacket not being price-clipped. Gift-quality condition inside and out. Volume contains scholarly apparatus in the form of, e.g., notes, index, and bibliography. Foreword by Catharine R. Stimpson, the noted feminist social historian. Six chapters, then an Epilogue, and four appendixes. [xvii], [1], 2-365 pp.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . As New/Fine,

Structure, Verses, Agency BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 345837

Catalogue: Books and Bookbinding

Keywords: Italy|Reformation|Counter-Reformation|Diana Robin|salons|typography|printing|presses|publishing

Van Roojen, Pepin

Decorated Paper Designs: 1800 - from the Koops-Marcus Collection

Amsterdam, Pepin Press, 1997. Third Printing. Softcover. Size: 4to 11" - 13" tall. Another fine contribution to the Pepin Press Design Books series. The original papers illustrated in this book are collected and owned by Jacques Koops and Johannes Marcus. A short description of technique is given at the beginning of each chapter with colour reproduction. Sterling condition softcover copy, with unfurled tips, tight binding, and clean internals, showing only very slight shelf- and edge-wear. Quadrulingual texts in English, French, German, and Spanish, with Introduction and frontis matters, then several hundred full-color, full-page exemplars of fine papers from the Koops-Marcus Collection of fine papers.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . As New

Structure, Verses, Agency BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 353317

Catalogue: Books and Bookbinding

Keywords: Pepin Van Roojen papermaking

Rosenband, Leonard N.

Papermaking in Eighteenth-Century France: Management, Labor, and Revolution at the Montgolfier MILL, 1761-1805

Baltimore, Maryland, Johns Hopkins University Press, 2000. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Stated First Edition, with "1" in number line present. ress, Rosenband "gives us history from the workshop up, offering the most comprehensive exploration available of the historical experience of papermaking," according to the publisher's blurb. Illustrated in black-and-white. Sterling condition hardcover copy but for a single "poke" into the gray cloth covers, tiny, with unbruised tips, tight binding, and clean internals, showing only very slight shelf- and edge-wear; not ex-library, with neither underlining nor highlighting anywhere. Bright and shiny dust jacket, illustrated, showing only very minor wear, protected by a plastic coat, dust jacket not being price-clipped. Volume contains scholarly apparatus in the form of, e.g., notes, index, and bibliography. xv [1], 3-210 pp.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . Near Fine/Fine,

Structure, Verses, Agency BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 347966

Catalogue: Books and Bookbinding

Keywords: Eighteenth-Century France|Leonard N. Rosenband|papermaking|the art of the book|Montgolfier Mill|paper mills

Rothstein, Samuel, Richard Blackwell, Archibald Macleish

The University - the Library

Oxford, England, Shakespeare Head Press , 1972. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. A particularly fine looking exemplar of papers presented by Samuel Rothstein, Richard Blackwell, and Archibald Macleish. Bound handsomely in black pebbly cloth, ornate gilt device to front cover, lettering to spine, housed in a simple cardboard slipcase, paper cover, about Fine condition. Published on the occasion of the dedication of the Scott Library, 30 October, 1971. Illustrated black-and-white endpapers, being photographs of the exhibit. Included is a note from the publisher via one of the contributors, Richard Blackwell, a note of compliments from him, and a post-card comprised of a laminated image of a rare book in the Library of Congress, and on the flip-side, a not from Deckerd Turner to Mr. Walsdorf about the conference, date June 11, 1974. 62 pp.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . As New/Fine,

Structure, Verses, Agency BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 350767

Catalogue: Books and Bookbinding

Keywords: Samuel Rothstein Richard Blackwell Archibald Macleish|The Scott Library|books about books

Ruppel, Aloys

Johannes Gutenberg: Sein Leben Und Sein Werk

Berlin, Verlag Gebr. Mann, 1947. Zweite Auflage. Hardcover. Size: Large 8vo 9" - 10. German-language biography of the first printer, Johannes Gutenberg, in a stated Second Edition. Sturdy, attractive, tightly bound, internally clean hardcover copy, with unbruised tips, cracked and lightly toned paste-downs; not ex-library, with neither highlighting nor underlining. Bound in a brick-red cloth over boards hardcover format, sunned a bit to spine, covers, but with still sharp black lettering to spine. Previous owner's bookplate inside front flap. Complete with three facsimiles housed in a pocket inside rear flap, showing a page of the Mainz Psalter of 1457 and one page each of the 42-line and 36-line Bible of 1455 or 1455.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . Very Good

Structure, Verses, Agency BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 350974

Catalogue: Books and Bookbinding

Keywords: Johannes Gutenberg

Dugan, Frances L.S. and Jacqueline P. Bull, eds.

Bluegrass Craftsman Being the Reminiscences of Ebenezer Hiram Stedman Papermaker 1808-1885

Lexington, Kentucky , University of Kentucky Press, 1959. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Currently the only DOUBLE-SIGNED copy available on-line. Stated First Edition. A fine homage to a well-respected paper-maker. Sturdy, attractive, tightly bound, internally clean hardcover copy, with unbruised tips, neat and tidy paste-downs; not ex-library, with neither highlighting nor underlining. Bound handsomely in orange cloth covers, sharp and distinct black lettering to spine. Slight bumping to spine head and foot. Bright and shiny dust jacket, illustrated, showing moderate wear, chipping to bottom edge, spine bottom and top, but protected by a plastic coat, not price-clipped. Volume contains scholarly apparatus in the form of, e.g., notes, index, and bibliography. xxi + 226 pp.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . Signed by Editor. . Near Fine/Good,

Structure, Verses, Agency BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 351560

Catalogue: Books and Bookbinding

Keywords: Frances L.S. Dugan Jacqueline P. Bull Ebenezer Hiram Stedman papermaker papermaking

Salaman, Malcolm C.; Geoffrey Holme, ed.

British Book Illustration Yesterday and to-Day

Book Tower, Detroit, Gale Research Company, 1974. Reprint Edition. Hardcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Fine exemplar of the reissue of the classic, true First Edition that was published in 1923. Bound handsomely in blue cloth, with still sharp and distinct lettering to spine. Dealer stamp, neatly affixed at inside bottom of front flap. 40 pp. of lively text, and then another 130+ pp. of lovely black-and-white illustrations. viii + 175 pp.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . Fine

Structure, Verses, Agency BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 349201

Catalogue: Books and Bookbinding

Keywords: Geoffrey Holme|Malcolm C. Salaman|British book illustration|book illustration|books about books

Schlesinger, Carl, ed.

The Biography of Ottmar Mergenthaler: Inventor of the Linotype

New Castle, Delaware, Oak Knoll Press, 1989. Reprint Edition. Hardcover. Size: Large 8vo 9" - 10. Another fine contribution to the Oak Knoll Series on the History of the Book. According to the publisher's blurb, "Ottmar Mergenthaler, the world-famous inventor of the Linotype machine, was dying of tuberculosis in 1898. Too weak to hold a pen, the inventor, whose breakthrough had made possible cheaper and larger newspapers and books, still burned with a desire to tell his life's story." This edition reprints the original biography as he approved it. Foreword by Dr. Wolfgang Kummer, Linotype AG. Bound handsomely in Imperial octavo format in a hunter-green cloth binding with gilt lettering to spine and Mergenthaler's facsimile signature, circled in oblong shape also to front cover. Bright and shiny dust jacket, illustrated, showing only very minor wear, protected by a plastic coat, dust jacket not being price-clipped. New edition, being the First Reprinting of the 1898 original work, plus new material galore, edited and researched by Carl Schlesinger, and with an Introduction by Elizabeth Harris. xv + 125 pp.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . As New/Fine,

Structure, Verses, Agency BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 349182

Catalogue: Books and Bookbinding

Keywords: Ottmar Mergenthaler|linotypography|Elizabeth Harris|Carl Schlesinger

Selborne, Joanna

British Wood-Engraved Book Illustration, 1904-1940: A Break with Tradition

London, British Library Board, 2001. Revised Edition. . Size: 4to 11" - 13" tall. Sterling condition softcover copy, with unfurled tips, tight binding, and clean internals, showing only very slight shelf- and edge-wear to the printed, illustrated covers. A big, tall, fat, heavy quarto format copy, pristine of interior. Volume contains scholarly apparatus in the form of, e.g., notes, index, and bibliography. Multiple chapters devoted to the history of British woodcut art and artists, including Thomas Bewick, William Blake, Edward Calvert, Joseph Crawhall, William Nicholson, Edward Gordon CraigEric Gill, David Jones, St. Dominic's Press, Gwen RaveratEdward Wadsworth, Robert Gibbings, Paul Nash, John Nash, and others. xxiii + 443 pp.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . Fine

Structure, Verses, Agency BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 347227

Catalogue: Books and Bookbinding

Keywords: Joanna Selborne|wood-engraving|British wood-engravers|book illustration|Thomas Bewick|William Blake|Edward Calvert|Joseph Crawhall|William Nicholson|Edward Gordon CraigEric Gill|David Jones|St. Dominic's Press|Gwen Raverat|Edward Wadsworth|Robert Gibbings

Shepard, Leslie

John Pitts: Ballad Printer of Seven Dials, London 1765-1844, with a Short Account of His Predecessors in the Ballad & Chapbook Trade

London, Private Libraries Association, 1969. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. A superior copy inside and out, being a sterling condition hardcover copy, with unbruised tips, tight binding, and clean internals, showing only very slight shelf- and edge-wear, and protected still in the original glassine wrap; not ex-library, with neither underlining nor highlighting anywhere. Special Limited Edition of only 1000 copies of which 700 were for sale. Brick-red cloth, sharp and distinct gilt and black lettering and bordered illustration to front cover. 160 pp., notes, facsimile signature, and black-and-white illustrations. John Pitts was easily the 19th century's preeminent broadside publisher of ballads. He notes that he started collecting broadside ballads many years ago when he saw a batch of them in an antiquarian bookshop and "found that they were good traditional country songs like 'Fare well He', 'Bedlam City', 'Banks of Invarary', and 'Young Riley.'" Previous owner's bookplate on front pastedown endpaper.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . As New

Structure, Verses, Agency BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 351005

Catalogue: Books and Bookbinding

Keywords: Leslie Shepard John Pitts England ballads broadsides