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6294Minneapolis: Red Egypt Press 1994. Limited Edition. One of 20 copies plus three Artist's Proofs specially bound and signed by Rathman this being copy no.20. Quarto 33.5cm; text is letterpress printed on Rives BFK wire-bound into grey cloth-covered boards with pictorial label inset on front cover; publisher's matching cloth slipcase; 26pp; illustrated with 9 three-color engravings from relief prints and etchings by David Rathman. Fine in a Fine slipcase. An elaborate production pairing the poetry of Russell Edson 1935-2014 with the artwork of Minneapolis-based visual artist David Rathman. Edson a Guggenheim Fellow has been called the "godfather of the prose poem in America." Uncommon evidently sold out prior to publication; OCLC notes 8 holdings. Red Egypt Press unknown
41901Berlin: Guido Moriell 1991. Limited edition. Hardcover. Fine condition. Signed by the artist on each etching and colophon. A15/50. Small Folio. 55 1pp. Original hand bound blue Morocco with geometric cover design by bookbinder Guido Moriell and black-stamped lettering on spine housed in blue cloth clamshell box with gilt lettering on spine. Every binding of the deluxe edition is a unique copy. Includes the video documenting the production of this anniversary edition housed in separate compartment of clamshell box as issued. <br /> <br /> Bibliophile edition on the occasion of the 25th anniversary of the bookbinder Guido Moriell Radolfzell released in two Deluxe Editions A and B of 50 copies each and a standard edition of 100. This is No. 15 of the deluxe edition A printed on handmade paper. With 10 signed and hand colored original etchings by Rudolf Stuckert printed on the hand press of the artist. Top edge blue. Blue shaded endpapers. Blue initials. Text revised by John Loram based on the translation by Wilhelm Cremer 1922. Beautiful hand press production on firm handmade paper by the Steinort paper mill. An artistic masterpiece of modern hand press printing and bookbinding. Rudolf Stuckert 1912–2002 was a German painter and gallerist. He studied at the Academies in Kassel and Düsseldorf and was a master student of Oskar Moll. Stuckert opened his first gallery in 1936 in Düsseldorf with an exhibitions of Bruno Goller. In 1949 Stuckert became a cofounder of the New Rhine Secession Neue Rheinische Sezession in Düsseldorf. He had moved to Lake Constance in 1947 where he became a cofounder of the artist group "Der kleine Kreis" and was considered one of the so-called Höri-Painters. His paintings are an interplay of figurative and abstract elements. Landscapes ballplayers and acrobats are his favorite motifs.<br /> <br /> Guido Moriell is a film enthusiast and bookbinder in Radolfzell Lake Constance. In 2008 his work as a bookbinder was featured in the prestigious exhibition "Kunst des Bucheinbandes Art of Bookbinding" at the Duchess Anna Amalia Library in Weimar. Emphasis of the exhibition was the bookbinding in historic fashion showing a video of Guido Moriell at work as an example of traditional bookbinding. Guido Moriell hardcover
1940003000Paris: L.I. Louis Icart 1940. Book. Fine. Hardcover. Pierre Louys adaptation of the Greek myth of Leda and the Swan. One of only 4 copies on Japon with extra suites of the 1st state proofs and the 2nd state proofs and the original copper plate used for the etching on page 7. Numbered from II to V. This is copy number IV. From a total edition of 147. With 16 drypoint engravings printed in blue by Louis Icart of which 5 full page and 11 in-text. The etchings were printed by French masterprinter Manuel Robbe. The 32 full page 1st and 2nd state proofs are printed in black. All prints protected by tissue guards. Loose folded sheets in wrappers with silver title. In publishers marbled chemise and slipcase. 23 text pages. Sheets measure 29 x 215 cm. Extremely rare copy with the extra suites and the original copper plate. Spine of chemise a bit sun faded lightest wear to corner tips of slipcase. A very fine copy in collectors condition. . L.I. (Louis Icart) Hardcover
499380Maine: Romulus Editions 1989. Hardcover. Fine. First edition deluxe issue. Poems by David Walker. Etchings by Thomas Cornell. Quarto. 38pp. Quarter blue morocco stamped in gold paper-covered boards. printed on handmade Barcham Green Langley paper illustrated with five original etchings by Thomas Cornell. The spine cover and title page reproduce a "voiceprint" from a recording of the poet pronouncing the vowels and consonants of the book's title on a precision oscilloscope. Copy letter "h" of 24 lettered copies along with an extra separate suite of etchings "the first pulled from these plates" each limited to 24 lettered copies signed by David Walker and Thomas Cornell all within a box made by Jeffrey Haste. A fine copy beautifully printed and illustrated in about fine clamshell case with the topedge faintly sunned and a bit of very faint spotting along the spine edge. <br /> <br /> Beautifully printed and designed by George Benington the multi-color etchings printed by James Cambronne. Two of the etchings are individual portraits of Franz Kafka and Charles Ives. Striking etchings by the artist Thomas Cornell who had a one-man show at the G.W. Einstein Company in New York.<br /> <br /> Thomas Cornell is the Bowdoin College Richard Steele Professor of Studio Art. "A graduate of Amherst College Cornell studied for a year at Yale School of Art and Architecture. In addition to Bowdoin he has taught at the University of California at Santa Barbara and at Princeton University. He has received many awards including a Fulbright Grant the Louis Comfort Tiffany Award and the National Foundation on the Arts and Humanities Fellowship in 1966. He was elected to the National Academy of Design in 1983. His work is present in art books most notably Rizzoli's Post-Modernism The New Classicism in Art and Architecture by Charles Jencks. He has had five one-man exhibitions in New York City and seven major museum exhibitons including a Bowdoin College Museum of Art exhibition in 1990 with a catalogue essay by Martica Sawin" cf Bowdoin College Visual Arts Department Website. Romulus Editions hardcover
015681Kalamazoo Michigan: Rarach Press 1989. Hardcover. Fine. No. 30 of 38 copies signed by the artist/publisher Ladislav Hanka. In a multi-textured binding by Jan Sobota stamp-signed on rear doublure covers of sueded calfskin printed with original etchings flat spine of brown catfish leather turn-ins and headbands covered in eel skin beige pigskin doublures covered with original etchings leather hinges. In an encapsulated pigskin slipcase covered with etchings beige linen pull-off spine with brown morocco label. With 16 etchings of flora and fauna by Ladislav Hanka. 333 x 248 mm. 13 1/8 x 9 3/4''. A fine copy. This is a handsomely-produced book arts collaboration celebrating the natural beauty of Kalamazoo County Michigan featuring a memorable binding by Czech master binder Jan Sobota. After studying with Karel Silinger in Pilsen and at the School for Applied Arts in Prague and then working in Switzerland Sobota came to the United States where hespend 15 years mostly working at Southern Methodist University. He returned to Loket Czech Republic in 1997 where he founded the Sobota family bookbinding studio and helped to organize the Society of Czech Bookbinders becoming its first president. He has won numerous awareds for his innovative and often whimsical work which has been exhibited worldwide. The present volume is equal parts inventiveness and elegance. Book artist and publisher Ladislav Hanka b. 1952 earned degrees in biology and zoology before receiving his MFA in printmaking and his background in the natural sciences obviously infuses his art which focuses on the flora and fauna of forest and lakes. This volume's collection of prose and poetry inspired by the natural landscape is enhanced by Hanka's dramatic etchings of twisted bare-limbed trees fossils and insects. The letterpress work was done by Amy Bollinger on heavy handmade paper. Rarach Press hardcover
1899007151Philadelphia: George Barrie & Son 1899. Limited Edition. Full Decorated Morocco. Custom Cloth Chemise. Buckram Slipcase. Near Fine. Magnificent copy once belonging to Adolph Zukor a founder of Paramount Studios. Containing a vertical fore-edge painting depicting Musette watering flowers based on the plate from Chapter 6. Also on a separate three sheet of blue stationary a manuscript in French of an original poem written by Murger himself and in his hand. This is copy number 4 of 5 from the Edition Magnifique of Chefs d'Oeuvres du Roman Contemporain this copy created for Warren R. Fales. 8vo. 21.5 by 14 cm. xx 463 pp. With ten etchings by Charles-Louis Courtry in four states: one on bistre on Japan paper with remarques one on papier de Chine mounted on plate paper one on India paper mounted to Japanese vellum and a final hand-colored set on Dutch paper all bound in lettered tissue guards. Fine Art Nouveau-infused binding by George Zabriskie in rose morocco with gilt floral borders and spine decoration decorative floral inner dentelles with colored onlays over patterned silk center panel and facing silk patterned endpapers. All edges gilt. Zabriskie was President of the New York Historical Society from 1939 to 1947 and honorary President thereafter until his death in 1954. Zabriskie inscribed this copy to C. G. Kraeger. Zabriskie was known as a fine bookbinder as well and he was especially noted for his hand-finishing and tooling. Condition: Spine darkened somewhat unevenly so. Joints moderately rubbed. Note that although this copy is from the most exclusive tranche in a limitation it does not contain the additional suite of plates finished in watercolors. George Barrie & Son unknown
70852Paris France: A. Ferroud Editeur; E. Benezit-Constant Editeur. As New. Paperback. FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request - IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - TEXT PRISTINE & UNMARKED - Rare. ND Circa 1891 . NUMBERED COPY FROM LIMITED EDITION of 550 COPIES. 164 pages; text in French. Original etchings by Frederic Jacque. Description: "Grand in-4 broché 164 pages un portrait une vignette au titre 3 bandeaux 3 eaux-fortes 9 planches sous serpentes le tout gravé à l'eau-forte." -- with a bonus offer-- . A. Ferroud, Editeur; E. Benezit-Constant, Editeur paperback
1905005958Paris: Calmann-Lévy 1905. FIrst Limited Edition. Half Morocco. Marbled boards. Original wraps bound in. Very Good. A special copy given to Mary Jacobson who was France's fiancee at the time and thus outside the limitation of 300 with qualities straddling two of the limitation tranches. With an original pencil sketch of Jacobson by Chahine. Also all 28 illustrations are rendered hors-texte in two states one being the cancel. 4to. 28.5 by 21.5 cm. 186 pp. Followed by two states of plates. Calmann-Lévy unknown
016936London: Petersburg Press 1970. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/No Jacket. 2.75" x 4.25" SIGNED by Hockney to title page dated Oct '70. This edition c April 1970 first printed in 1969. Full navy leather. Unpaged 59 pp. 39 duotone etchings. Housed in custom black cloth clamshell with onlaid etching red spine label. Light creasing to joints light spotting to rear board. About fine overall. Contains extraordinary re imaginings of The Little Sea Hare Fundevogel Rapunzel The Boy Who Left Home to Learn Fear Old Rinkrank and Rumpelstilzchen illustrated by Hockney's distinctive custom etchings inspired by previous illustrators of the tales including Arthur Rackham and Edmund Dulac. Petersburg Press hardcover
1926007159Paris 1926. LImited Edition. Full Decorated Crushed Morocco. Very Good. Example L of 20 containing the suite "en sanguine". These copies were reserved for Eduoard Champion. Beautiful pochoir coloring of illustrations contained in text. 4to. 26 by 17 cm. 141 3 pp. Beautiful decorated morocco by Princevel with floral onlays in corners of boards and on spine onlay bands around around perimeter crimson doublures with gilt ruling surrounds etc. Silk moire free endpapers marbled paper pastedown succeeding two pages. Condition: heavily rubbed along joints. Corners and edges also rubbed. Scattered foxing and at times quite conspicuous. unknown
194939175Paris: Maeght 1949. A STUNNING AND IMPORTANT LIVRE DE PEINTRE. The first edition of Eluard's text illustrated with 87 ORIGINAL COLOR ETCHINGS BY ROGER CHASTEL. From a total edition of 196 numbered copies this is one of 148 on extremely fine Lana wove paper. Folio. Loose as issued in original wraps. FINE AND BRIGHT WITH NO DEFECTS. In this original lightly worn board chemise and slipcase. The Artist & the Book 55; Strachan pp. 116-118 and 328; Chapon pp. 172-175. A PRISTINE COPY OF A RARE BEAUTIFUL AND IMPORTANT BOOK ONE OF THE TRULY GREAT MODERN BESTIARIES. <br/><br/> Maeght paperback
H9223Montauk NY: Monument Press 2003. First printing. No. 20 of 30 copies signed by Brendel with each of the etchings signed by Nama of a total edition of 60 copies. Tall dark blue silk clamshell box 20 inches tall housing loose folded sheets hand printed by Darrell Hyder at the Sunhill Press in North Brookfield MA on Arches Velin with thirteen etchings and accompanying poems in German and English with two smaller tinted etchings for the title bifolium and for the colophon. Fine but for the slightest fading to box: contents perfect. Brendel known as a world class pianist is also a gifted author as these works reveal. Nama who grew up and lived for a long time in Pittsburgh is now located in Montauk and is a nationally known artist and print-maker whose work is in many of the best museums. A lovely collaboration rarely on the market with no recent copies at auction. Monument Press unknown
1793140941779London: John Stockdale 1793. First Thus. First Stockdale edition first issue with the long "s" throughout and list of subscribers. xi 1 225; 2 vii 187 1 pp. Two engraved title-pages with vignette "Gay Monument" frontispiece and 68 illustrations including 12 etchings by William Blake. Later full calf polished with gilt borders gilt decorated spines; marbled endpapers and edges. Very Good with joints expertly repaired and strengthened some general light wear and scuffing to calf offsetting to endpaper edges illustrated bookplates of author and bibliophile Louise Ward Watkins and Frances and Jourdan Hoyt scattered light foxing to interiors. The first edition of Gay's classic Fables to have etchings by William Blake who is listed as one of the subscribers at the rear. John Stockdale unknown
193935481Baltimore: The Etchcrafters Art Guild 1939. Hardcover. Very Good. Hardcover. Number 69 of 200 copies. The 100 etchings in these two volumes are all artist proofs individually signed by Don Swann. Inscribed from the artist and author: "Aunt 'Madge' and Uncle 'Ed'. December 25th 1941 with Best Wishes. From Don Sr. & Don Jr." <br /> <br /> Don Swann Sr. 1889 - 1954 grew up in Baltimore attending Maryland Institute College of Art and is known for his etchings of colonial and Neo-classical American architecture. In addition to houses he also did multiple etchings of Baltimore cityscapes. His son Don Swann Jr. 1911 - 1998 followed in his father's footsteps to become a master etcher. He continued to operate the Etchcrafters Art Guild after the death of his father. <br /> <br /> Both volumes are bound in blue leather over blue leatherette boards with gilt titles to spines. Minor scuffing to both spines and light stain to spine of second volume. Minor foxing to interiors heaviest on tissue guards and browning to endpapers. All etchings have the original tissue guards bound in. Bound by the Elliott Bookbinding Company in Baltimore. Printed on Rives Woven Imported paper with Old Style Caslon type at the Monumental Printing Company in Baltimore with typography by Norman T.A. Munder. Continously paginated - 425 pages. Size: Folio. MD/122121. The Etchcrafters Art Guild hardcover
195139403Paris: Ambroise Vollard / Georges Leblanc 1951. André Derain. An outstanding copy of this important livre d'artiste illustrated with 33 HORS-TEXTE ETCHINGS BY ANDRE DERAIN. Derain executed the etchings in 1934 but they were not published until this livre d'artiste appeared in 1951. Large folio 45 x 35 cm. ENTIRELY UNTRIMMED WITH WIDE MARGINS IN ABSOLUTELY PERFECT CONDITION. Housed in the original chemise and slipcase. Johnson 184; Rauch 40; MoMa 57; Strachan p. 330; Stern 33. Rare and important. <br/><br/> Ambroise Vollard / Georges Leblanc unknown
12124San Francisco: The Arion Press 1996. Limited Edition. Stab-sewn stiff printed wrappers within chemise and slipcase. Fine/Slipcase: Fine. Michael Mazur. Folio. Pp. 102. Printed retrograde. Printed in Hebrew with translation in facing text by Robert Alter. Frontispiece etching by Michael Mazur signed. Bound in stiff plumb-colored handmade paper housed in a chemise and matching slipcase printed title label mounted on spine. Of an edition limited to 200 numbered copies this is hand-numbered copy 22. Signed by Robert Alter at the colophon. A bright fresh copy of this refined publication from the Arion Press a leading practitioner of fine press publishing and the natural heir to San Francisco's exemplary fine printing tradition. The Arion Press unknown
35988Guenrouet France: Pre Nian Editions 2005. Very Good . Guenrouet France: Pre Nian Editions 2005. Limited Edition of 10 copies numbered and signed by Bracaval and Ferlinghetti at limitation this being No. AC VI; from a full print run of 45 copies. Nine loose sheets laid into heavy paper wrapper and including title page colophon two sheets featuring Ferlinghetti's poem and five etchings with tissue guards each signed by Bracaval and numbered 05. Housed in hand-made box designed by Frere. Shelfwear and a few scuffs to box; a couple minor smudges to paper wrapper; Very Good or better. An attractive and scarce collaboration between poet and artist. Pre Nian Editions unknown
42463Paris: Georges Fall 1975. Limited First edition. Hardcover. vg. 1/150. Folio 15 1/2 x 11 3/4". 30 6 loose pages as issued. Original printed wrappers with blue and black lettering to front cover. Portfolio housed in a red cloth chemise with blue lettering to spine. Chemise housed in its matching burgundy cloth slipcase. Hand-signed etched frontispiece.<br /> <br /> Accompanying a text by Arturo Schwarz this portfolio contains four striking color etchings including frontispiece by André Masson one of the pioneers of Surrealism. Each etching is tissue-guarded and hand-signed by the artist in pencil at lower right margin.<br /> <br /> One of 150 numbered copy on Vélin d'Arches paper of which this copy is. unnumbered! <br /> <br /> Text in French. Slipcase chemise wrappers and interior in overall very good condition. Arturo Schwarz born in 1924 is an Italian scholar art historian poet writer lecturer art consultant and curator of international art exhibitions. He lives in Milan where he has amassed a large collection of Dada and Surrealist art including many works by personal friends such as Marcel Duchamp André Breton Man Ray and Jean Arp. Georges Fall hardcover
196139362Paris: André Dérue 1961. Lars Bo. A STUNNING LIVRE D'ARTISTE with 12 haunting etchings with aquatint by Lars Bo. From a total edition of 200 numbered copies this is one of 150 printed on fine Lana wove paper. 4to. GORGEOUSLY BOUND BY R. MARCHAL signed IN FULL MOROCCO WITH "REPAIRED TEARS" ON FRONT AND BACK COVER IN IMITATION OF THE TORN OVERCOAT IN THE STORY. Watered silk endleaves. Original wraps and backstrip preserved. Top edge gilt other edges uncut. Silk ribbon page marker. Housed in a matching half-leather chemise and slipcase. FINE AND BRIGHT WITH NO DEFECTS. A WONDERFUL BOOK IN A WONDERFUL and unique MASTER BINDING. <br/><br/> André Dérue paperback
196039092Paris: Pierre Lecuire 1960. A stunning livre de peintre featuring previously unpublished poems by Pierre Lecuire and 22 ORIGINAL ETCHINGS BY LANSKOY his very first etchings. From a total edition of 190 copies this is one of 145 printed on extremely fine Auvergne laid paper and SIGNED BY LECUIRE AND LANSKOY. Folio 33.5 x 18 cm. Loose as issued in the original wraps with the front cover adorned with an original etching. FINE AND BRIGHT WITH NO DEFECTS. A beautiful production. <br/><br/> Pierre Lecuire paperback
19816136New York: Sweetwater 1981. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Fine. Quarto 163pp. illustrated. A fine copy in the publisher's full chieftain deep red morocco with gilt detail. In the publisher's slipcase also fine. Of a total limitation of 475 copies SIGNED by Singer and Moskowitz this is the best edition being number 18 of just 50 copies in the full morocco binding accompanied by a suite of ten signed etchings and also an original ink drawing by Moskowitz. These artworks are housed in a slim clamshell box itself housed in the slipcase. Rare and with no other copies of this most prized limitation in commerce as of this listing. An elegant production; and a high spot in any collection of Judaica or illustrated fine press books. Sweetwater hardcover
058622Berkeley Ca: Pacific Editions / Arif Press 1986. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Box. 36 Pp. #143 Of A Limited Edition Of 165 Copies Of Which 130 Were For Sale. Unique Rag Papers In Two Colors Commissioned From Twinrocker Paper Mill And Hand Bound In Gold Stamped Leater Gray Boards In A Custom Made Box Covered In Gold-Stamped Van Heel Cloth From Holland With A Printed Spine Label. Signed By Thomas And Goldyne On The Limitation Page. Fine. Also With The Prospectus 8 Pp Covers Also Fine. Box Fine But Small Bump To Lower Front Tip. With The Printed Folder Enclosed A Signed Color Print By Goldyne Apparently Issued Only With The 35 Copies Not For Sale. <br/> <br/> Pacific Editions / Arif Press hardcover
1927D10945Paris: Editions d'Art de l'Intermediaire du Bibliophile 1927. Limited Edition. Paperback. Very Good. Printed wraps with aquatint vignette on front cover; folio 286 x 380 mm; contains 12 loose color etchings of prostitutes of Marseille each one signed in the plate and numbered in the lower margin. Number 47 from a limited edition of 100 copies on Rives paper. Glassine and tissue-guards wrinkled chipped and torn; portfolio lightly rubbed and wrinkled along the edges. Auction records suggest that this copy may be missing a slipcase box or "board portfolio" -- difficult to say. Nonetheless contents are fine suitable for display. A lovely item. <br/><br/> Editions d'Art de l'Intermediaire du Bibliophile paperback
CA16B-00053Printed for Richard Worthington / Villon Society. Collectible - Very Good. New York: Printed for Richard Worthington The Book. Vol. I and II / Printed for Subscribers Only The Book. Vol. III - IX and Alaeddin. / Printed for the Villon Society Tales from the Arabic Vol. 1-3 1884 1889 Alaeddin. 13 Volumes 9 3 1. Limited Edition. The Book of a Thousand Nights and One Night printed on Holland paper limited to five hundred copies No. 3 as stated on limitation page of Vol. I. Tales from the Arabic No. 90 as stated on limitation page of Vol. 1. Alaeddin unnumbered on limitation page. Sm 4to blue cloth hardcovers with paper spine labels with black text. Top edge in gilt. Blue endpapers. Illustrations. Very Good set. The volumes of The Book of a Thousand Nights are each only lightly shelfworn with the majority of the edgewear to the spine head and top-edge of the boards. Spine labels are browned with a couple of chips. Volume VII's first 30 or so pages have minor brown staining along the lower edge. The volumes of Tales from the Arabic each have scuffs to the tops of each board and small stains to the paper labels. Otherwise only lightly shelfworn. Alaeddin shows a dime-sized red rub to the front board and a few white rubs that have left dents to the rear board. Each volume shows little foxing or spotting inside and are in wonderful condition for their age. A fantastic set! Arab Folklore Arab Folklore Inquire if you need further information. NOT AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT OUTSIDE OF THE UNITED STATES. Printed for Richard Worthington / Villon Society hardcover
69941E-394. Very Good. Hardcover. Vellum. 8vo. Published by Edwin C. Hill Co New York 1906. Xlv 312 pgs. Illustrated with a frontispiece etching of a bird being shot by a bow and arrow and one other etching by Alma Tadema. Signed by the Publisher Edwin Hill on the limitation page. No. 72 of an edition of 206 copies. Bound in full vellum with titles present to the spine and decoration present to the front board. Top edge gilt. Boards have light shelf-wear present to the extremities light soil present to the edges of the boards. No ownership marks present. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. The Shah-nameh is considered the national epic of Persian-speakers and the Iranian world. It was written over the span of 35 years by Hakim Abu L-Qasim Firdawsi Tusi known commonly as Ferdowsi as a celebration of the Persian Empire before the coming of the Arabs and Islam beginning 7000 years ago. He based his masterpiece on other historical works available to him at the time c. 1000 A. D. . ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall . hardcover
