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75101Boson MA and New York NY: The C.T. Brainard Publishing Co. 1909. Literature LEATHER-BOUND ILLUSTRATED SET Edition De Luxe. Complete in 15 volumes. Octavo 20 x 13 x 56cm. Each volume with between three and seven black and white illustrated plates including a frontispiece by various illustrators. An out-of-series copy from an edition of 1000 numbered copies. Recently bound in blue half morocco with raised bands gilt titles to twin red labels and matching cloth over boards. Top edges gilt and others lightly trimmed. A crisp clean set in an attractive new leather binding. Boson, MA, and New York, NY: The C.T. Brainard Publishing Co., 1909 unknown
5233New York 1920s. 6 illustrations in ink wash and gouache 39 x 37.5 cm to 41 x 62.5 cm plus margins; 3 signed "Von"; 1 signed "Harold von Schmidt"; 1 signed "C.P.C."; 1 signed "John W. Thomason Jr." Some ms. production notes captions etc. on versos and rectos some indicating the pages and sections of the serialized novel to which the illustrations relate. 1 small reproduction of a larger illus. pasted on its recto 7.5 x 10.5 cm. <p>Six original illustrations for Liberty magazine's serialized publication of the novel The Red Napoleon 1929 an early fictional account of a full-scale Soviet invasion and attempted conquest of the world.</p> <br/><br/><p>The acclaimed war correspondent journalist and novelist Floyd Gibbons 1887-1939 first published The Red Napoleon in Liberty magazine which commissioned Harold von Schmidt 1893-1982 among others to illustrate the serialized publication. The first installment appeared in Liberty on 6 April 1929. In The Red Napoleon the Red Army attempts to usher in a world of racial equality and usurp the supremacy of the white race. Novelist John Gardner 1933-1982 has described The Red Napoleon as an "ironic satire of capitalist America's greed and foolhardy racism":<br/><br/><p style="padding-left: 2em;">What Gibbons is saying from behind the fortress-wall of his trash-writer gimmicks is serious and convincing: white superiority on this planet is finished and worse if we refuse to meet the Third World halfway-refuse to shuck off the racial prejudice that has been a standard feature of our character from the beginning-we face virtual extermination . Gibbons found himself in a curious position .Everything he believed most profoundly-and believed to be a matter of life and death-would be anathema to his readers. Not only would the vast majority of his readership find his visionary slogan ridiculous-"We recognize but one race-the HUMAN RACE"-they would find it grossly evil.<br/><br/><p>Gibbons' novel centers on Karakhan of Kazan-the 'Red Napoleon'-who serves as chief military commander of the USSR under Stalin until the dictator is assassinated in 1932. In turn Karakhan becomes the new Soviet leader and uses his military influence to take control of the country-and then proceeds to attempt to conquer the world. Karakhan espouses a policy of "Conquer and Breed." Believing the antidote to Caucasian hegemony to be miscegenation Karakhan marries and has a child with an American radical leftist. Gibbons writes on p. 1: "Karakhan's defiant pride in his coloured skin struggling against an instinctive inferiority complex originating from impacts with white dominance fired him with the ambition to fuse all races-white yellow black brown and red-into one human race the only one he acknowledged." Before the novel's dramatic climax in which Karakhan's army is defeated by American forces the Red Army ravages Europe-slaying Mussolini preempting Hitler's rise bringing Winston Churchill and Britain to their knees etc.-and conquers Australia where he massacres six million whites.</p><br/><br/><p>The most remarkable of the six illustrations offered here initialed at the lower left "C.P.C." depicts a domestic scene showing Karakhan smoking a cigarette and gazing at his white wife who holds their mixed-race offspring in her arms. A caption appears on the verso-"He's gone completely crazy on the idea of having children with white women." The most notable illustration by von Schmidt features a menacing Soviet perhaps Karakhan again wearing an ushanka hat and fur with binoculars hanging around his neck. This too has a caption on the verso: "Short cut black hair that fitted his head like a skull cap. His thin body high shoulders yellow face close cropped head." Two other illustrations show the Soviet Army marching past a pagoda in Peking and through a Mexican village. In the latter a slain Mexican lies in the streets amidst the Red Army and vanquished local Mexicans. Vultures perch and hover above and in the background a Soviet flag hangs from a building. This particular illustration is by John W. Thomason Jr. 1893-1944 an author and illustrator of several books and magazine stories who served as a lieutenant colonel in the U.S. Marine Corps.</p><br/><br/><p>At the novel's end the narrator-a journalist who resembles Gibbons himself- interviews the imprisoned Red Napoleon after the Red Army's defeat. Karakhan defends his policy of intermixing the world's races to the journalist claiming it must be the way of the future-which has become true in the novel: white people now face a thoroughly miscegenated world. Karakhan is punished by being sent to exile not in Siberia but Bermuda.</p> <br/><br/><p>Von Schmidt's illustrations also appeared in magazines such as Collier's Weekly Cosmopolitan and Saturday Evening Post; he would also contribute sixty illustrations for a deluxe edition of Willa Cather's Death Comes for the Archbishop.</p><br/><br/><p>A striking group of illustrations for the serial publication of Red Napoleon.</p><br/><br/><p>REFERENCES: Gallicchio Marc. The African American Encounter with Japan and China Chapel Hill North Carolina: University of North Carolina Press 2000 Chapter 2; Gibbons Floyd. The Red Napoleon New York: Grosset & Dunlap 1929; Harold von Schmidt at illustrationhistory.org.</p><br/><br/><p>CONDITION: Moderate damp-staining along edges of 2 of the less appealing illustrations; the 4 other illustrations very good with minor wear.</p> [New York, 1920s.] unknown
06228London: Printed by W. Lewis. for Thomas McLean 1822. First and only edition of a rare and valuable magazine" Schwerdt<br /> <br /> ALKEN Henry and BARENGER James illustrators. The Sporting Repository containing Horse-Racing Hunting Coursing Shooting Archery Trotting and Tandem Matches Cocking Pedestrianism and Pugilism. anecdotes on sporting subjects interspersed with essays tales and a great variety of miscellaneous articles. London: Printed by W. Lewis. for Thomas McLean 15 January-15 June 1822. <br /> <br /> First and only edition. Octavo 9 1/8 x 5 3/4 inches; 233 x 146 mm. viii 1-80; 81-176; 177-268; 269-356; 357-448; 449-540 pp. Hand-colored aquatint frontispiece and eighteen hand-colored aquatint plates after H. Alken and J. Barenger engraved by G. and T. Hunt. All plates with tissue guards.<br /> <br /> Handsomely bound by Rivière & Son ca. 1920. Full red morocco covers decoratively ruled in gilt spine with five raised bands elaborately tooled and lettered in gilt gilt board edges & turn-ins dark green silk liners and endleaves all edges gilt. A spectacular example the hand-colored plates bright and fresh. Loosely inserted at end are the original front and rear wrappers for part II "15th of February 1822".<br /> <br /> This publication stands out for its vivid illustrations some of the finest sporting aquatints of the period and for its documentation of early 19th-century British sporting culture. Though it was planned as a continuing series only six monthly parts were published making complete sets rare.<br /> <br /> Published in six monthly parts from January to June this is the "First and only edition of a rare and valuable magazine." Schwerdt.<br /> <br /> The Sporting Repository contains anecdotes and illustrations on many sporting subjects including 'Horse Racing Hunting Coursing Shooting Archery Trotting and Tandem Matches Cocking Pedestrianism and Pugilism'. <br /> <br /> This 'rare and valuable magazine' is an unashamed celebration of popular sports and a mine of interesting information. <br /> <br /> Mellon/Podeschi A13. Schwerdt II p. 212. Tooley 467. London: Printed by W. Lewis... for Thomas McLean, 1822 unknown
48566Tallinn: "Aktsiooni" Kirjastus 1927-1933. Octavos 16.3 x 12.5 cm. Original pictorial wrappers by Peet Aren Märt Laarman and Jaan Vahtra; 28 4; 60 4; and 63 I pp. Very good or better. Antson 1899-1945 was an Estonian teacher journalist and writer who participated in the "Aktsioon" "Action" literary group and co-published the eponymous series of almanacs 1926 1927 and 1929. In addition to his travel writing Antson was known for his plays which were often leftist and pacifist in orientation. Much of his work was influenced by expressionism and detailed the horrors of war and revolution. This collection of satirical epigrams in three volumes published over six years a final fourth volume appeared in 1946 takes sharp aim at the literary cultural but also political establishment not only in Estonia but in Europe at large witness the "Hitler" epigram in the 1933 collection!. The set also represents a striking cross-section of Estonian modernist design of the late 1920s with one wrapper each designed by Peet Aren 1889-1970 Märt Laarman 1896-1979 and Jaan Vahtra 1882-1947. Laarman was one of the outstanding followers of cubism and constructivism in Estonia. His "numerous book-covers and illustrations present the possibilities of applying such a method in the field of book graphics that is based upon the constructive rhythm of simple and expressive planes. Moreover Laarman was the first to apply the principles of Elementary Typography new at that time in the design of architectonically expressive and homogeneous books" Rein Loodus 21. In addition to his own work Laarman was also instrumental in furthering public awareness of avantgarde art: "Laarman edited and published The Book of New Art 1928 the group's programmatic almanac which helped the public develop a better understanding of the avant-garde" Art of the Baltics 38. Rare; KVK OCLC show a single copy of vol. I at Göttingen of vol. 2 at Helsinki and of vol. 3 at UCLA. unknown books
1821003813London: R. Ackermann 1821. First edition. Contemporary Full Morocco. Very Good. 4to. 34 by 29 cm. vi 2 286 pp. Hand-colored title vignette and 48 hand-colored engraved plates. The plates capture the poetic beauty of the legendary lake region exquisitely. TEG. Moderate rubbing to contemporary red morocco along edges faint dampstain markings and a few other scuffs and other indicia of wear but still a very handsome binding. Dampstaining to the edges of the endpapers. Foxing of a few early leaves as well as the final ones. Faint dampstaining affecting the margins of perhaps a dozen plates and also visible in the fore-edge when the pages are fanned. However most leaves are clean and the plates themselves come off generally as quite fresh and vibrant. <br/><br/> R. Ackermann unknown books
1821003813London: R. Ackermann 1821. First edition. Contemporary Full Morocco. Very Good. 4to. 34 by 29 cm. vi 2 286 pp. Hand-colored title vignette and 48 hand-colored engraved plates. The plates capture the poetic beauty of the legendary lake region exquisitely. TEG. Moderate rubbing to contemporary red morocco along edges faint dampstain markings and a few other scuffs and other indicia of wear but still a very handsome binding. Dampstaining to the edges of the endpapers. Foxing of a few early leaves as well as the final ones. Faint dampstaining affecting the margins of perhaps a dozen plates and also visible in the fore-edge when the pages are fanned. However most leaves are clean and the plates themselves come off generally as quite fresh and vibrant. R. Ackermann unknown
3086Angers: Editions Jacques-Petit 1945. WITH ONE OF KIYOSHI HASEGAWA'S MOST IMPORTANT PRINTS. 12 pp. plus 6 loose engravings. A monograph on engraving followed by short biographies of each of the six artists accompanied by a suite of six large engravings one each by Cami Cottet Decaris Jeannisson Hasegawa and Lemagny. From a total edition of 320 copies all printed on fine Marais wove paper. Hasegawa's engraving "Anemones et fleurs de champs dans un verre a facettes" Kyoto 368 also known as "Bouquet sur fond de dentelle" is considered one of his masterpieces. Folio 38 x 28 cm. Loose as issued. Missing title-page and justification but with complete text and all prints. The Cami and Jeannisson prints have a bit of mat burn on the recto and the Lemagny a bit on the verso. The other three prints including the Hasegawa are FINE AND BRIGHT. <br/><br/> Angers: Editions Jacques-Petit, 1945 unknown
196239231Paris: Editions d'Auteuil 1962. André Dunoyer de Segonzac. A superlative pristine and complete copy on Imperial Japanese paper with fifteen original etchings and AN ORIGINAL DRAWING OF BILL TILDEN BY ANDRE DUNOYER DE SEGONZAC. From a total edition of 225 numbered copies this is ONE OF ONLY 27 COPIES tête on Imperial Japanese paper with 15 etchings by Dunoyer de Segonzac and 50 wood-engravings by Jacques Beltrand after Dunoyer de Segonzac; a second suite of the 15 etchings printed on antique Japanese paper; a suite of the 10 planches refusées on another kind of antique Japanese paper; a suite of the 50 wood-engravings on fine Rives wove paper; and another suite of the 50 wood-engravings before champlevage. This copy exceptionally includes AN ORIGINAL INDIA INK DRAWING OF BILL TILDEN generally rgarded as the greatest tennis player of the first half of the 20th century TITLED AND SIGNED BY ANDRÉ DUNOYER DE SEGONZAC. Folio. Loose as issued in original wraps two chemises and slipcase. FINE AND BRIGHT WITH NO DEFECTS. It is safe to say that depictions of American sports heroes by great artists of the School of Paris are of the greatest rarity. <br/><br/> Editions d'Auteuil paperback
1856640978J. B. Lippincott and Co 1856. First Edition. Leather Binding. Very Good. First Edition. 7.25 x 10.5 in. 298pp. with 50 lithographic plates printed and colored by J.T. Bowen some finished by hand after drawings by George G. White and drawings on stone by William E Hitchcock complete and all accounted for Rebound in 3/4 brown calf over brown cloth spine with dark brown leather label gilt ruling and date at foot. A Very Good copy text has some foxing and dampstain to lower margin of text which has the very faintest visibility to lower margins of some plates not affecting images. // One of the cornerstones of American ornithological literature first issued in 10 parts with the preface contents and index appearing in this first full edition of 1856. As set forth in the preface the work was 'to be regarded in some measure as an addition to the works of former authors in American Ornithology but at the same time complete in itself.' Cassin especially sought to describe birds not known to Audubon. Sabin 11369; Sitwell p 85; Wood p 281; Zimmer p 124. J. B. Lippincott and Co unknown
001956Bruges and Ostende: J. Buffa. Half Morocco . Very Good. Cham Victor Eeckhout H. Borremans van Cuyck Gerlier F. Stroobant J. Van de Putte Baldisseroni de Nestele spellings of these names somewhat elastic. N.d. circa 1860. A fabulous collection of hand-colored plates of the popular Belgian beach resort with a mix of character studies mostly of the local non-fashionable citizenry humorous genre scenes and views of the beach the architecture the beachgoers the sea. 52 plates in all all but one of which is hand-colored the final plate is a folding tinted panorama of the beach looking in from the sea . Some of the beach scenes are evocative of Boudin. The mix of humor and more sober portraits lends a balance from which we can better approximate the culture and atmosphere at this early destination resort. And through the pictures we can sense the uneasy embrace of the vacationing bathers with the sea. The colored plates are all 13.5 by 10 inches or 34 by 25 cm including their margins. The plates are mostly clean but there is some finger soiling and the like in the margins and a few plates have chips and small chunks of card missing never affecting the images. Rebacked with attractive green morocco. The contemporary cloth boards are soiled with a few minor edge dings. No title and no evidence there ever was one. <br/><br/> J. Buffa unknown books
1927007641Paris: Éditions Albert Lévy 1927. First edition. Portfolio. Ribbon tie. Paper pastedown on boards. Very Good Plus. Beautiful folio of Parisian shop windows epitomizing the pinnacle of Art Deco design. Folio 33 by 26 cm. 12 pp. including introduction and table of contents followed by 48 plates of Parisian shop windows from the 1920s each on a heavy card stock. 24 of the 48 plates are pochoir color plates executed by the great master of the pochoir print Jean Saudé. The shops depicted are of a wide variety: perfumeries furriers jewelers furniture stores ceramic or china stores hatters hair salons etc. With each the designers is credited. The folio was intended to make the case for modern design and one can not deny it succeeded magnificently. Condition: The cloth on the spine is torn the entire length both front and rear joint with fraying and the board beneath revealed. The top of the spine also has layers of lower cardboard meant to be hidden now exposed and fanning slightly outward. Light soiling of the paper pastedown on the portfolio boards but much of this can be erased if one applies oneself. Plates are generally clean and bright. Éditions Albert Lévy unknown
120600Moscow Zemlia i Fabrika ZIF 1927. . Sole edition 4to 28.5 x 21.8 cm; illustrations throughout some repairs to gutter and spine; original illustrated wrappers small loss of paper to lower corner a very good copy.<br /> A scarce Constructivist children's book illustrated by the Chichagova sisters. The sisters Galina and Olga studied at the Stroganov Academy until 1917 and in 1920 joined Vkhutemas under the tutelage of Rodchenko. They worked together on all of their book illustrations and remained keen advocates of the Constructivist movement. OCLC lists just two copies at Princeton and the University of Pensylvania.<br /> Moscow, Zemlia i Fabrika [ZIF], [1927]. unknown
93361Eksp. zagotov. gos. bumag Skt. Peterburg 1899. . Small folio 33 x 23 cm. 6 accordion-folded leaves with a printed page as front cover and another as rear cover chromolithographed illustrations throughout; light spotting and soiling mostly on the external flaps.<br /> a fine example of one of Vasnetsov's most famous illustrated works published to commemorate the anniversary of Pushkin's birth. The Song of Wise Oleg is based on a chronicle by Nikolay Karamzin and remains one of the most well-known Russian poems of all time. <br /><br />Illustrated in the style of a medieval manuscript it is richly embellished with head and tail pieces and decorated initials. The Song became a turning point in the development of the book as an integrated art form and was presented at the International Exhibition for Book Printing and Graphics in 1914.<br /> Kilgour 897; Seslavinskiy Girlianda 189. Eksp. zagotov. gos. bumag, Skt. Peterburg, [1899]. unknown
51-2545Mount Horeb Wisconsin: Perishable Press Walter Hamady 1976 . Original handmade paper covers. 20 x 19 cm cm. 24 page surfaces 12 printed. Edition of 150 signed and numbered copies. Fine.Two Decades of Hamady and the Perishable Press Limited no. 77.Walter Hamady born 1940 is an American artist book designer papermaker poet and teacher. He is especially known for his innovative efforts in letterpress printing bookbinding and papermaking exemplified in the productions of The Perishable Press Limited and the Shadwell Papermill founded by Hamady in the mid-1960s. In 1966 Hamady joined the faculty of the University of Wisconsin Madison where he would teach papermaking letterpress printing and bookbinding for more than three decades. Mount Horeb, Wisconsin: Perishable Press (Walter Hamady), 1976 unknown
18653790London: Bradbury & Evans 1865. First edition. Third issue with Part I's title Mr. Facey Romford's Hounds in solid lettering in the original twelve monthly parts May 1864-April 1865. Octavo 8 3/4 x 5 5/8 in; 223 x 144 mm.Collating vi 2 391 1 with twenty-four hand-colored steel-engraved plates two to each volume heightened with gum arabic. The illustrations to Parts VIII-XII are unsigned but by Hablot K. Brown aka "Phiz." The woodcut on the upper wrapper is by Hablot K. Brown. Advertisements collate per Schwerdt save Part VI which lacks the Note of Lever's Martin and Part VII lacking the slip for The Belle of the Village. Publisher's original red-brown pictorial wrappers. Minimal restoration of spines to a few volumes tiny chip to fore- edge of Part I otherwise an excellent and quite lovely set. Chemised and housed in a red cloth clamshell case with black leather spine label lettered in gilt.<br/><br/>"Although Surtees approached his publishers in July 1861 with the idea of bringing out 'Mr. Facey Romford' they preferred not to undertake the matter until Mr. Leech's services were definitely secured and there would be no questoin of such delays as had occurred in the illustrations of 'Handley Cross.' Leech promised however to being in January 1862 and the situation seemed sufficiently secure to set up the type but just at this time the artist held his first exhibition of oil paintings which proved so successful and diverting that the 'Facey Romford' illustrations were again postponed. Surtees in despair at last offered the book in August 1864 to The Field where is was refused. In March of that year Leech finally undertook the drawings but never lived to complete the work which was carried on byPhiz" Field.<br/><br/>Field 225. Tooley 475. Schwerdt II 237. Podeschi 207. Bradbury & Evans unknown books
18653790London: Bradbury & Evans 1865. First edition. Third issue with Part I's title Mr. Facey Romford's Hounds in solid lettering in the original twelve monthly parts May 1864-April 1865. Octavo 8 3/4 x 5 5/8 in; 223 x 144 mm.Collating vi 2 391 1 with twenty-four hand-colored steel-engraved plates two to each volume heightened with gum arabic. The illustrations to Parts VIII-XII are unsigned but by Hablot K. Brown aka "Phiz." The woodcut on the upper wrapper is by Hablot K. Brown. Advertisements collate per Schwerdt save Part VI which lacks the Note of Lever's Martin and Part VII lacking the slip for The Belle of the Village. Publisher's original red-brown pictorial wrappers. Minimal restoration of spines to a few volumes tiny chip to fore- edge of Part I otherwise an excellent and quite lovely set. Chemised and housed in a red cloth clamshell case with black leather spine label lettered in gilt.<br /> <br /> "Although Surtees approached his publishers in July 1861 with the idea of bringing out 'Mr. Facey Romford' they preferred not to undertake the matter until Mr. Leech's services were definitely secured and there would be no questoin of such delays as had occurred in the illustrations of 'Handley Cross.' Leech promised however to being in January 1862 and the situation seemed sufficiently secure to set up the type but just at this time the artist held his first exhibition of oil paintings which proved so successful and diverting that the 'Facey Romford' illustrations were again postponed. Surtees in despair at last offered the book in August 1864 to The Field where is was refused. In March of that year Leech finally undertook the drawings but never lived to complete the work which was carried on byPhiz" Field.<br /> <br /> Field 225. Tooley 475. Schwerdt II 237. Podeschi 207. Bradbury & Evans unknown
140948441London: Hard Case Crime / Titan Books 2021. Signed Limited Edition. Fine/Fine. First edition first printing. Number 80 of a limited 374 copies signed by Stephen King. One of 2500 hardcover copies issued with two dust jackets one for the book and the other for the fictitious novel The Secret of Roanoke a frame narrative that is worked into the plot. Housed in an after-market Cemetery Dance slipcase. 256 pp with eight black and white illustrated plates. Bound in publisher's black paper covered boards with spine lettered in gilt. Fine in Fine unclipped dust jackets. A handsome copy of King's supernatural mystery. Hard Case Crime / Titan Books unknown
72148London: Macmillan and Co. 1906-1910. Classic English Literature Illustrated by either Brock or Thomson. Complete in five volumes. Early printings in PUBLISHER'S LEATHER. Octavo 20 x 14 x 18cm. With an introduction by Austin Dobson to each volume profusely illustrated throughout by Charles Brock for Pride and Prejudice and Hugh Thomson for the all the other titles. Bound in full green limp morocco with gilt to spine gilt floral endpapers a.e.g. with rounded corners. Although unmarked this binding is almost certainly a commercial 'deluxe' binding offered by Macmillan. Contents fine no inscriptions. Fragile leather worn to spine ends as expected joints a little rubbed. A very good set and a rare survival in these bindings. Book Collector No.271 'The Great Illustrators'. London: Macmillan and Co., 1906-1910 unknown
73286London: Macmillan and Co. 1898-1903. Classic English Literature LEATHER-BOUND SET each being a reprint thus illustrated by either Brock or Thomson. Complete in five volumes. Octavo 20 x 14 x 18cm. With an introduction by Austin Dobson to each volume profusely illustrated throughout by Charles Brock for Pride and Prejudice and Hugh Thomson for the all the other titles. Recently bound in burgundy half morocco with raised bands gilt titles to twin navy labels and marbled paper over boards. Top edges gilt. A single worm-hole to 'Northanger Abbey and Persuasion' volume otherwise a crisp clean set in an attractive new leather binding. Book Collector No.271 'The Great Illustrators'. London: Macmillan and Co., 1898-1903 unknown
1935277439Budapest: George Vajna 1935. Limited. hardcover. near fine. Translated by Frances Shires. Ten original colored etchings by Lidia Farkas and Zoltan Poharnok. Thin 8vo unpaged bound in linen with an embroidered decoration. Budapest: Dr. George Vajna & Co. n.d. ca.1935. Limited Edition.<br/><br/> Number 103 of 250 copies signed by both artists. The etchings are printed by hand-press and are hand-colored. Small damp-stain on the upper corner of the binding otherwise a fine copy of this exquisite and quite rare book printed in Hungary.<br/><br/> George Vajna unknown books
1935277439Budapest: George Vajna 1935. Limited. hardcover. near fine. Translated by Frances Shires. Ten original colored etchings by Lidia Farkas and Zoltan Poharnok. Thin 8vo unpaged bound in linen with an embroidered decoration. Budapest: Dr. George Vajna & Co. n.d. ca.1935. Limited Edition.<br/> <br/> Number 103 of 250 copies signed by both artists. The etchings are printed by hand-press and are hand-colored. Small damp-stain on the upper corner of the binding otherwise a fine copy of this exquisite and quite rare book printed in Hungary.<br/> <br/> George Vajna unknown
68946London: Macmillan & Co. Limited 1900-1901. American Literature FIRST BROCK ILLUSTRATED EDITIONS. Complete in five volumes. Octavo 19 x 13 x 18cm. Each volume contains twenty-five line drawing plates by the brothers Brock. Elegantly hand-bound in traditional half tan calf with twin labels gilt raised bands gilt titles and decoration to spines matching cloth over boards t.e.g. Contents clean and fresh exterior as new. A near fine copy in an attractive recent leather binding. An epic series set in the Iroquois area near New York over the lifetime of Natty "Hawkeye" Bumppo from the mid eighteenth century up to the early nineteenth and one of the first truly American literary creations. 'The Pathfinder' is a publisher's presentation copy with their blind-stamp to prelims. London: Macmillan & Co. Limited, 1900-1901 unknown
75100London: Macmillan & Co. Limited 1900-1901. American Literature FIRST BROCK ILLUSTRATED EDITIONS. Complete in five volumes. Octavo 19 x 13 x 18cm. Each volume contains twenty-five line drawing plates by the brothers Brock. Recently bound in brown half calf with raised bands gilt titles to contrasting red and green labels further gilt decoration to spines and matching cloth over boards. Tope edges gilt and others lightly trimmed. Contents clean and fresh exterior as new. A near fine copy in an attractive recent leather binding. An epic series set in the Iroquois area near New York over the lifetime of Natty "Hawkeye" Bumppo from the mid eighteenth century up to the early nineteenth and one of the first truly American literary creations. London: Macmillan & Co. Limited, 1900-1901 unknown
1944131286<p>A complete 7 volume set of 'New Excursions into English Poetry' published between 1944 and 1947 by Frederick Muller Ltd London during war time economy standards. All 7 BOOKS are the First UK printings. All wrappers are protected in removable Brodart archival covers. 'This series is something of an experiment and demands original work both from the anthologer and the artist who have worked in collaboration though there has been no attempt to give literal and pictorial illustrations of the actual poems.' A superb collection of important poetry anthologies in original wrappers and illustrated with original lithographs by some of the leading Neo-Romantic artists of the period. Vol.1 : 'English Scottish & Welsh Landscape Verse' chosen by John Betjeman and Geoffrey Taylor with lithographs by John Piper. The BOOK is in Very Good or better condition. The WRAPPER is neatly price-clipped and is in Very Good condition with small losses to the spine ends. Vol.2 : 'The Poets Eye' anthology chosen by Geoffrey Grigson with 16 lithographs by John Craxton. The BOOK is in near Fine condition. The WRAPPER is complete and also is in like near Fine condition with some light age related markings to the rear panel. This title is the scarcest of the set to find with its wrapper in such collectible condition. Many copies have been broken up with the striking lithographs having been sold separately some for very high prices. Vol.3 :'Sea Poems' chosen by Myfanwy Piper with original lithographs by Mona Moore. The BOOK is in Very Good or better condition. Neat dated previous owner's name to the upper front paste-down. Some spotting to the upper text-block which has just lightly encroached on the page edges in a few places. The WRAPPER is complete and is in near Fine condition with very slight edge-wear and toning to the spine and folds. Vol. 4: 'A Soldiers' Verse' with lithographs by William Scott. Both the BOOK and WRAPPER are in Very Good or better condition. Internally clean. The wrapper has slithers of loss to the spine ends and lower corners. Vol. 5: 'Poems of Death' verses chosen by Phoebe Pool with lithographs by Michael Ayrton. The BOOK is in near fine condition.The WRAPPER is complete and is also in near Fine condition with very slight loss to the lower spine end. Vol.6 : 'Travellers' Verse' chosen by M.G. Lloyd Thomas with lithographs by Edward Bawden. The BOOK is in near fine condition. Neat dated penned previous owners name to the front blank end-paper. The WRAPPER is complete and is also in near Fine condition with only the very slightest of edge-wear. Vol.7 : 'Poems of Sleep and Dream' chosen by Carol Stewart with lithographs by Robert Colquhoun. The BOOK is in near Fine condition. Internally clean. The WRAPPER is complete and is in near Fine condition with slight slither of loss at the spine ends and a little toning to the spine. This title has become increasingly scarce to find with its wrapper in collectible condition. A handsome complete set and rarely found in such condition with their wrappers. More images available on request. Ashton Rare Books welcomes direct contact.</p> Frederick Muller Ltd, London hardcover
19202558Paris Mishan Publishing Co. Editions d'art "La Cible. 1920. Dvenadtsat. Khudojestvienoe izdatelstvo "Michen". Art Editions "The Target". 13 rue Bonaparte. Paris. 1920. 8vo 24 x195 cm 27 ff. : flexible printed card covers. This book contains the two most famous poems of Alexander Block One of Russia's most famous poets. Two plates by Gontcharova six plates and a small illustration by Larionov refined typography. Natalia Gontcharova 1881-1962 was one of the most famous artists of the Russian Avant-garde. Trained in Moscow where she met Larionov 1881-1964 he was to become her life companion. She contributed to a great number of important exhibitions and both Gontcharova and Larionov played a crucial role in the development of Russian art. They settled in Paris shortly before the present edition became French citizens in 1938 and were married in 1955. Larionov exhibited his Rayonnist works at The Target exhibition in 1913 in Moscow. . The illustrations by Larionov showed his freedom in changing from one style to another within the same book as he liked to do in 1912-1913. Name chosen by the bookseller Jacques Povolozky for his publishing house. The most striking work of the symbolist poet Alexandre Block 1880-1921 the twelve red guards representing the new world. Printed by "Union" The most outstanding work of the poet ALEXANDRE BLOCK 1880-1921 were The TWELVE Red Guards and THE SCYTHIANS Both are poems announcing the revolution. REF:Goncharova Larionov. Centre Pompidou. Paris. 1995. Mishan Publishing Co. Editions d'art "La Cible. paperback books
