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19131671231913. ANDERSEN Hendrik Christian. Creation d'un Centre mondial de Communication. Two parts in one volume. 6 xv 128 102 pp. Recto of dedication leaf in heliogravure. 25 heliogravure plates 9 double-page and 5 double-page and folding including the plate 'A World Centre' at the beginning of part I not called for in the list of illustrations 123 heliogravure text-illustrations 9 full-page including that of Athena Apollo and Herakles on p. iii not called for in the list of illustrations 2 lithographic plans with manuscript coloured lines depicting public transport systems and central city heating engraved vignette to pt II p.30 woodcut head- and tailpieces to pt II. Folio 455 x 322 mm bound in publisher's tan morocco. Paris: P. Renouard 1913. Rare first edition of this vision of a utopian world city. Andersen was born in Bergen Norway and emigrated as an infant with his family to Newport Rhode Island. As a young artist he mingled among Newport's wealthy elite and spent some time as Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney's art teacher. At the age of 21 Andersen travelled to Europe eventually settling in Rome. There he pursued his artistic interest in monumental classically inspired pieces believing that they stimulated in the viewer a desire for self-improvement. He devoted much of his time designing a perfect 'World City' filled with art which would motivate humanity to achieve a near Utopian state. The present work is the culmination of his theories and may be seen as a precursor to later modernist visions such as Le Corbusier's Ville Contemporaine 1922. The book is in two parts. The first deals with the history of the city and monumental architecture and seeks inspiration in classical and contemporary notions of city planning - Paris and Washington DC feature prominently. The second part details Andersen's imaginary urban landscape complete with works of art for the 'World City'. Olympic stadia galleries for the arts and sciences as well as government buildings are all outlined and placed upon a defined grid plan with an emphasis on a grand central avenue acting as the axis of the city. Number LV1 of only 75 copies on Japan paper. There were also 125 copies on Velin. Binding with a little wear and some sun fading overall near fine. unknown books
1932256763London: Harrap 1932. Limited. hardcover. fine. Arthur Rackham. Illustrated by Arthur Rackham with 12 full-page color plates and 59 black and white in-text drawings; pictorial endpapers and illustrated title page. 288 pages. 4to original gilt-lettered vellum; uncut edges t.e.g slipcase. London: George Harrap 1932. A fine bright copy.<br/><br/> Limited edition. Number 365 of 525 copies signed by the artist on the limitation page. Latimore & Haskell p. 68.<br/><br/> Harrap unknown books
1924Embry 196866Hodder and Stoughton 1924. First edition limited issue one of 500 copies signed by the illustrator. Some soiling to front endpapers overall near fine to fine in custom slipcase. Twelve full-page tipped-in color illustrations by Kay Nielsen. Full vellum elaborately gilt. Hodder and Stoughton, [1924]. First edition, limited issue, one of 500 copies, signed by the illustrator. hardcover books
1932157124London: Harrap 1932. Limited. hardcover. near fine. Arthur Rackham. Illustrated by Arthur Rackham with 12 full-page color plates and 59 black and white in-text drawings; pictorial endpapers and illustrated title page. 288 pages. 4to original gilt-lettered vellum; uncut edges t.e.g. London: George Harrap 1932. Minor sunning and bumping; covers are a bit bowed but overall still a near fine copy lacking the slipcase.<br/><br/> Limited edition. Number 244 of 525 copies signed by the artist on the limitation page. Latimore & Haskell p. 68.<br/><br/> Harrap unknown books
192915275Waterbury CT: The Waterbury Metal Wares Co. ca. 1929. First Edition. Wraps. Very good. Large 8vo. commercial album. Limp leather wraps over metal ring binding. Printed catalogue with 75 added leaves holding 85 professional black-and-white photographs loosely corner-mounted. Some stamped on verso with company name. With numerous additional manuscript notations and dozens of sketches. An unmodified copy of the print catalog a supplemental catalog and various related scrap and ephemera additionally laid in. General wear. Overall sound. Very good. <br/><br/>Draft production binder used in creation and revision of a 1929 catalogue of electric lighting fixtures and accessories belonging to Lauritz W. Andersen industrial designer and owner of The Waterbury Metal Wares Co. Andersen was a prominent inventor and designer of electrical socketry in the early 20th century; his career can be traced through patent office records where over 60 items bear his name. He was with the firm of Plume and Atwood for approximately 25 years leaving in 1915 to form Waterbury. The firm specialized in fixtures and other components for lamps and lighting — including earlier methods candles lanterns. Sconces candelabras floor and desk lamps as well as more specialized piano drafting much in evidence. The clear professional photographs as well as sketches and notes within the binder provide a thorough glimpse into the early industrial design and marketing of electrical lighting. The Waterbury Metal Wares Co. paperback books
1911Embry 187094Hodder & Stoughton London: 1911. First edition thus limited issue one of 750 copies signed by Edmund Dulac. Lacking ties near fine to fine in custom mylar cover and custom slipcase. Twenty-Eight full page tipped-in color illustrations by Edmund Dulac. Full vellum titled and pictorially stamped in gilt. Hodder & Stoughton, London: 1911. First edition thus, limited issue, one of 750 copies, signed by Edmund Dulac. hardcover books
192467906Edition de Luxe with Twelve Mounted Color Plates NIELSEN Kay illustrator. ANDERSEN Hans Christian. Fairy Tales. Illustrated by Kay Nielsen. London: Hodder and Stoughton n.d. 1924. Edition de Luxe. Limited to 500 numbered copies this copy bound without signed limitation page. Large quarto 12 x 9 3/4 inches; 305 x 250 mm. 3-197 3 blank pp. Twelve mounted color plates with descriptive tissue guards. Numerous black and white text illustrations seventeen full-page and decorative borders and initials. In later binding. Full vellum over boards pictorially stamped and lettered in gilt on front cover and spine. Newer endpapers and silk page marker. Occasional light spotting to descriptive tissue guards only. Some toning to mounting pages but illustrations are clean and bright. A beautiful copy. Nielsen had completed these drawings in 1912. Hodder and Stoughton however published another edition of Hans Andersen in 1913 illustrated by Heath Robinson which probably explains the late appearance of the Nielsen edition. HBS 67906. $1750 Hodder and Stoughton hardcover books
198619173N.p. / New York: Self-published / Aperture 2005 / 1986. Untitled Days of Night is fine in cloth boards sans jacket as issued. Black Sun: The Eyes of Four is fine in a near fine price-clipped jacket. Both books housed together in a plain cloth slipcase. First Edition. Quartos. Set of two books including a limited-edition artists' book by Morten Andersen and the exhibition catalogue Black Sun: The Eyes of Four by Mark Holborn. Issued as part of the Marks of Honour series in which a contemporary photographer's book is paired with the work that inspired it. Here Andersen has highlighted the photography of Daido Moriyama and the Provoke school featured in the accompanying catalogue for Black Sun: The Eyes of Four which informs the grainy black-and-white Tokyo images of his Untitled Days of Night series. Number 3 of a limited edition of 5 numbered copies Andersen's artists' book is SIGNED and consists of 24 leporello-bound barite prints with the photographer's notes written in pencil on the versos. A loose photocopied sheet reproducing a letter by Andersen describing the project has been laid in. [N.p. / New York: Self-published / Aperture unknown books
19131312044Hodder & Stoughton 1913. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. First edition thus. Very good in a very good dust jacket. rare in dust jacket. Book has some foxing on page ends and on front free endpages. Jacket is in quite nice condition with only minor chipping at the corners and spine ends. Hodder & Stoughton hardcover books
1939247503New York: Macmillan 1939. First. hardcover. very good/very good. Lathrop Dorothy. Full page illustrations in black & white and color by Dorothy Lathrop. 4to blue cloth with a pictorial vignette in gilt; d.w. small dampstain affecting back panel of dw and back cover toning to edges of wrapper back endpaper creased at foredge. New York: Macmillan 1939. First Edition.<br/><br/> The scarcest of Lathrop titles this is a very good copy with a neat square hole in the dust jacket flap presumably cutting out the price.<br/><br/> Macmillan unknown books
193288439London: George G. Harrap & Co 1932. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. frontis illustrations 12 color plates including frontis 288p. Original vellum. Small chip in backstrip. Tiny snag on back cover. Modest soiling and foxing on cover a couple of small cnags on back cover. Backstrip somewhat darkened and wavy. Internatly sound and clean. Partially unopened as published. Copy No. 449 of Edition Limited to 525 numbered and signed by Rackham copies. No jacket or slipcase present. <br/><br/> George G. Harrap & Co hardcover books
1911123433London: Hodder & Stoughton 1911. First English trade edition of this timeless classic with 28 stunning illustrations by Edmund Dulac. Quarto bound in full morocco with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised bands gilt ruling to the panels marbled endpapers all edges gilt. With 28 tipped-in full color plates including captioned tissue-guarded frontispiece illustrated by Edmund Dulac. With the original cloth cover decorated in gilt bound in at rear. In near fine condition. "Dulac was one of the central illustrators of the Edwardian period a time when fantasy illustration reached a peak of sophistication" Clute & Grant 300. "Dulac remained true to the medium of watercolor and the critics were unanimous in their praise. He was recognized as an illustrator of first rank a master of the fantastic and exotic and 'a dreamer of extraordinary dreams'. Among the 28 color plates in this volume are several of the artist's most loved and celebrated illustrations: 'The Little Mermaid' 'The Emperor's New Clothes' and 'The Princess and the Pea'" Dalby 82-83. This collection also includes "The Wind's Tale" "The Nightingale" and "The Snow Queen." Hodder & Stoughton hardcover books
193567325"Fairy Tales and Legends by Hans Andersen" Signed By Rex Whistler WHISTLER Rex illustrator. ANDERSEN Hans Christian. Fairy Tales and Legends by Hans Andersen. Illustrated by Rex Whistler. London: Cobden-Sanderson Ltd. 1935. First edition. Octavo. 470 pp. One of 200 copies signed by Rex Whistler on half-title. Illustrated with 10 full page black and white illustrations and numerous others throughout. Endpapers repeat the cover design in green. Full white buckram elaborately decorated in gilt on covers and spine by Leighton-Straker Bookbinding Co. All edges gilt. Previous owner's neat gift inscription on blank endpaper dated 1936. Evidence of bookplate removal on verso of front free endpaper. An extremely fine fresh copy. HBS 67325. $1350 Cobden-Sanderson Ltd. hardcover books
19114050M. MUNK: VIENNA 1911. Vienna: M. Munk 1911. 4to color lithographed cream wrappers with crown and fish motif by Urban. Small loss to paper covering at bottom of spine else fine. Twelve color and gilt lithographs illustrate twelve fairy tales by Hans Christian Andersen opposite pages of text within elaborate gilt borders. Decorated calendar pages list feast or saints days for each month. Lefler and Urban did a series of these illustrated story-calendars with different plates . A lovely example of Viennese Jugendstil design. . Color Lithographed Wrappers. Near Fine. Illus. by LEFLER AND URBAN. 4to. VIENNA Paperback books
1924000084London: Hodder & Stoughton 1924. Elaborate gilt pictorial cover and spine. One small nick at bottom of front cover without loss of cloth. Twelve full-page tipped-in color plates by KAY NIELSEN. Numerous text illustrations in black and white. Slight bubbling of endpapers inside front cover and on rear cover. Occasional peripheral foxing on a few pages. A bright copy. 197pp. First Trade Edition. Green Ribbed Cloth. Light Edge Wear./No Jacket. Illus. by Kay Nielsen. Quarto. Hodder & Stoughton Hardcover books
1925Embry 137849Hodder and Stoughton London: N.d. circa 1925 Early printing. Small inked nameexpert restoration to spine tips spine lightly sunned two light spots to rear panel near fine and bright in custom mylar cover and recent cloth slipcase. Twelve full page color illustrations by Kay Nielsen. Green cloth pictorially decorated in gilt. Hodder and Stoughton, London: N.d. circa 1925 Early printing. hardcover books
1911008492Chicago: Reilly & Britton 1911. Six Volumes 32mo 4" h x 3" w. The Night Before Christmas dated 1905 the rest 1911. Bound in original red paper covered boards with pictorial paste downs to front covers that are surrounded by a stamped design of holly and berries. White end papers each book with numerous full-page color and some black and white illustrations throughout the only credited illustrator John R. Neill for Peter Rabbit. Introductions by L. Frank Baum. Publisher's ads at ends. A Very Good set lacking the original slipcase spines a bit rubbed contents clean and unmarked hinges solid. SCARCE as a complete set. The tumultuous and complicated history of "Little Black Sambo" as a book and as a pejorative term adds a painful overlay to this otherwise charming Christmas stocking stuffer. . First Edition Thus. Decorative Paper Covered Board. Very Good. 32mo - over 4" - 5" tall. Reilly & Britton, Hardcover books
19113620London: Hodder & Stoughton 1911. First trade edition. Original pale olive green cloth pictorially stamped and lettered in gilt on front cover and spine. End-papers printed in pale green with repeated design of stylized peacocks. Minor browning to end-papers bookplate on front paste-down. Minimal creasing to cloth on front edge of spine. With the original Leicester Galleries Exhibition announcement loosely laid-in. Mounted color frontispiece with descriptive tissue guard printed in black and twenty-seven mounted color plates included in pagination. Plates framed with thick pale green line border and accompanied by guard leaves printed in pale green with stylized pineapples on the recto and a border of snowflakes above descriptive caption on the verso. Text pages with pale green snowflake borders at top and bottom. All leaves framed with double pale green lines. A Very Good copy. <br/><br/>During his lifetime Hans Christian Andersen whose every fairy tale has become a classic was second only to Charles Dickens as the most popular author in the Western world. Here his famed narratives get the artistic treatment of Dulac who brings characters to life for the reader.<br/><br/>Hughey 27b. Hodder & Stoughton unknown books
19113619London: Hodder & Stoughton 1911. First trade edition. Original pale olive green cloth pictorially stamped and lettered in gilt on front cover and spine. End-papers printed in pale green with repeated design of stylized peacocks. Minor browning to end-papers minimal foxing to first and last few leaves neat ink inscription on verso of frontispiece. Minimal rubbing to extremities. Mounted color frontispiece with descriptive tissue guard printed in black and twenty-seven mounted color plates included in pagination. Plates framed with thick pale green line border and accompanied by guard leaves printed in pale green with stylized pineapples on the recto and a border of snowflakes above descriptive caption on the verso. Text pages with pale green snowflake borders at top and bottom. All leaves framed with double pale green lines. A Very Good copy.<br/><br/>During his lifetime Hans Christian Andersen whose every fairy tale has become a classic was second only to Charles Dickens as the most popular author in the Western world. Here his famed narratives get the artistic treatment of Dulac who brings characters to life for the reader.<br/><br/>Hughey 27b. Hodder & Stoughton unknown books
191121152Vienna: Munk 1911. First edition. Stiff Wraps. Orig. cream decorated stiff wrappers. Very good. 24 unnumbered pages. 31 x 26 cm. Twelve Jugendstil full page color designs by the brother-in-laws Heinrich Lefler and Josef Urban each plate surrounded by wide decorative borders of flowers animals crests and other motifs relating to the image -- enhanced by platinum gray and gilt colors each border in different designs. Front cover and title page are also gilt decorated with latter a chromolithograph heightened in gold. Text in German. Repair to front cover upper corner head interior contents clean bookplate. Munk unknown books
192981146NY:: E. P. Dutton & Co. Very Good. 1929. Hardcover. B000UCK4AY . Illustrated endpapers and 48 plates. First edition thus. Dust soiling along board edges previous owner's name on front paste-down else very good in red cloth with gilt lettering and design. No dust jacket. ; 209 pages . E. P. Dutton & Co., hardcover books
19113612London: Hodder & Stoughton 1911. First trade edition. Large quarto 10 5/8 x 8 1/4 inches; 269 x 210 mm. Bound by Bayntun ca. 1960 in three quarter green morocco over green cloth boards ruled in gilt spine with five raised bands decoratively tooled and lettered in gilt in compartments top edge gilt marbled end-papers. Small splits at top of joints but still perfectly sound. Mounted color frontispiece with descriptive tissue guard printed in black and twenty-seven mounted color plates included in pagination. Plates framed with thick pale green line border and accompanied by guard leaves printed in pale green with stylized pineapples on the recto and a border of snowflakes above descriptive caption on the verso. Text pages with pale green snowflake borders at top and bottom. All leaves framed with double pale green lines. A very attractive and beautifully illustrated book.<br/><br/>During his lifetime Hans Christian Andersen whose every fairy tale has become a classic was second only to Charles Dickens as the most popular author in the Western world. Here some of his most memorable tales receive the artistic attention of Edmund Dulac bringing characters to life for readers.<br/><br/>Hughey 27b. Hodder & Stoughton unknown books
1950D6314c. 1950. Near Fine. Seven heavy cardstock boards about 16 by 15 inches bound with gold rope; each page beautifully handwritten in black ink and with full-color illustrations in ink and gouache. Faintly dust-soiled here and there; some bumping along the edges; nonetheless absolutely lovely. The lettering is ornate and the artwork is accomplished -- clearly quite a lot of time and care went into the production of this wonderfully lovely volume. Unique. <br/><br/> hardcover books
19481617981948. hardcover. near fine. Fritz Kredel. Translated from the Danish by Jean Hersholt and illustrated in color by Fritz Kredel. 8vo rebound in full yellow morocco green leather label t.e.g. New York: Heritage Press 1948. A near fine copy.<br/><br/> unknown books
19242661<p>New York: George H. Doran Company 1924. First American Edition. 4to. Bound in original cloth black silver and orange. Twelve color plates by Nielsen. Silver on spine rubbed else a fine copy of an exquisitely produced book. Hardcover.</p> George H. Doran hardcover books
