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19058124London: J. M. Dent & Co 1905. Full Leather. Very Good binding. Quarto. xvi 196 pp. frontis plates. First edition. In later antiqued calf decorated in an Arts and Crafts style the cover divided into compartments with stylized gilt leaves alternating with onlay and gilt chrysanthemums. A restrained but quite lovely design signed at the top turn-in of the front cover "BENELINOR / 1935" and again on the bottom of the rear turn-in "E. K. B." Turn-ins decorated with a single fillet and corner embellishment. Top edge is rough gilt. 50 watercolor sketches all present as called for. Binding is lightly rubbed but quite solid; front cover gilt is somewhat dulled in comparison to the spine and rear cover. Thread of the top headband is worn with the core exposed. Foxing to the leaves facing the verso of each plate. Previous owner debossed stamp on the first blank. A very attractive binding on a lovely book. J. M. Dent & Co unknown
19489757Paris: Chez Georges Visat 1948. Full Leather. Near Fine binding. Octavo. 52 6 pp. frontis illus. Limited edition number 195 of 225 copies. This copy bound by Monique Lallier in full calf with extensive leather onlay shapes referencing the style of Alanore's illustrations. Textblock is sewn on meeting guards with the original wrappers incorporated in the binding. Silk embroidered endbands and leather doublures and flyleaves. Stamp-signed and dated 2014 by Lallier in gold on the rear pastedown. Light offsetting from the etchings and occasional light foxing but generally an internally clean copy nearly fine in a fine binding housed in clamshell that is slightly bumped at the extremities. <br /> <br /> An engaging and quirky narrative text in French wonderfully illustrated with 20 drypoint etchings by Alanore some full page but most incorporated around the printing. This binding from Lallier's personal collection is featured in her 2018 retrospective exhibition put on by Guildford College with catalogue published by Oak Knoll Press. In it she remarks how Alanore's etchings all have prominent lips which informed her design of the cover in a leather that looks like horse p. 100. A striking book inside and out bound by one of the most important design binders of the last 50 years. Chez Georges Visat unknown
196110424San Francisco: Grabhorn Press 1961. Folio. 4 46 2 blank pp. illus. Limited edition one of 180 copies. This copy bound by Katy Starr-Baum in full black calf with inlays of sanded aluminum and pained paper as well as onlays of buffalo watersnake and stone veneer all arranged in a coronal design from front board to rear; graphite top edge with sprinkled palladium; handsewn silk endbands; hand-painted endpapers echo the cover design. Housed in clamshell box. <br /> <br /> A beautiful and fitting binding on one of the Grabhorn Shakespeare series with colored woodblock illustrations by Mary Grabhorn. A bold design using material that speaks to the time—stone and metal. The hand-painted endpapers evoke the night sky and have an iridescence that is dynamic when one opens the cover the light catching the paint shifts as the board moves. While boldly monochromatic what color there is in the binding the leather onlays and the painted paper picks up the pastels of Grabhorn's illustrations. The coronal design speaks to the backdrop of this play Henry IV holding onto power amidst treachery and Prince Hal's coming into the crown. But as Starr-Baum notes the design has a more potent deeper meaning: "the circular shape … represents familial cycles: the traits and behaviors that are passed down from one generation to the next and the transformation of Prince Hal into King Henry." A powerful binding by one of the most recent recipients of the Fine Binding Diploma of the elite American Academy of Bookbinding. Grabhorn Press unknown
1901840301901. DESIGN BOOK Kamisaka SEKKA Yoshitaka. SHIKISHI. Kyoto: Tanaka jihei Meiji 34 1901. 2 folios each 31.2 x 21.5 cm. Volume one has 2 color prints and 30 bw sumi prints volume two has 30 bw sumi prints. An interesting design book of subtlety. The covers are quite worn and stained and there is some internal wear and spotting as well. But overall a good early printing. Cord-bound fukuro-toji Japanese style with the title printed on the covers. Complete. unknown
1934891821934. DESIGN BOOK Yoshida Gyokujo compiler. TANSAI GAFU. Kyoto Happpodo Showa 9 1934. 2 vols. complete. Tall folios 36.7 x 25.4 cm orihon folded album in woodcut printed paper over board covers with printed paper title labels. There are 25 total full page color woodblock prints. Interesting style mixing flat solid colors with small naturalistic elements in a single print. Good impressions and colors. Complete in clasped chitsu case with printed silk label. Case is worn books about good. The set eventually ran to 4 volumes these are the first two produced. unknown
1968List2843New York City 1968. 20 x 28 inches. Folded with some tears at folds slightly wrinkled; inscribed “Sam – / You must come! / Send money / Lou Dorfsmanâ€. Very good plus. An invitation to the “Recooperation Baths†which seems to be an annual get-together for Cooper Union alumni. Cooper Union was founded in 1859 by business magnate Peter Cooper to offer a tuition-free education in practical areas such as architectural drawing shorthand and the like. No longer free Cooper Union now consists of three schools: art architecture and engineering. Graphic designer Lou Dorfsman 1918–2008 who inscribed this poster with a message for “Sam†graduated from Cooper Union in 1939. He would serve on its board of directors and as this poster states on its Alumni Committee. More famously Dorfsman was the art director and later creative director at CBS where he designed not just programming advertisements but also sets and the CBS headquarters’ interior. The poster promises alumni “an evening of gayety jollity merriment entertainment swimming dancing drinking dining†at the Woolworth Building in Tribeca – probably at its private basement swimming pool. unknown
1965122002N.p.: N.p. 1965. A dazzling collection of ten original pressbooks designed by Saul Bass documenting the majority of the famed title and ad designer's work with director Otto Preminger in the 1950s 60s and 70s. <br /> <br /> Several of the pressbooks defy the conventions of pressbook design with custom shapes to represent items in keeping with the films for which they were made: "Advise and Consent" resembles a briefcase "In Harm's Way" is designed as a dossier with a string tie "The Cardinal" as a parcel and "Bunny Lake is Missing" as a newspaper. Other key titles in the collection include "Anatomy of a Murder" "Bonjour Tristesse" "Exodus" and "The Man with the Golden Arm."<br /> <br /> For most of the pressbooks in this collection we have never seen another example. A fascinating example of the advertising work done by the premiere title and ad designer of the twentieth century. <br /> <br /> Various sizes ranging from Very Good to Near Fine condition. <br /> <br /> Complete details available on request. N.p. unknown
1920140553Munich: Dreilander Verlag 1920. Collection of 38 issues of the landmark Weimar-era periodical highlighting fantasy horror and early science fiction stories. Text in German. <br /> <br /> One of the world's first fantasy periodicals alongside the Swedish "Hugin" "Der Orchideengarten" featured a mix of new German stories alongside translations of foreign literature largely French including works by Victor Hugo Guy de Maupassant Voltaire Charles Dickens Edgar Allan Poe Joseph Capek H.G. Wells and many others. The magazine also made forays into the proto-science fiction genre as seen in Vol. 2 No. 4 entitled "Phantastik der Technik." <br /> <br /> A true product of the Weimar era's cultural blossoming the magazine also features stunning illustrations both with its two- and three-color cover art and its woodcut reproductions throughout: sinister yet elegant visions of anthropomorphic flowers religious idols Grim Reapers and gory deaths. "Der Orchideengarten" featured the work of Gustave Dore Otto Linnekogel Karl Ritter Alfred Kubim Carl Rabus Otto Nuckel and many more. <br /> <br /> This archive contains the following largely sequential issues: Vol.1 Nos.1-18 16 and 17 published as a combined issue; Vol.2 Nos.1-6 8 10-16 18-24. <br /> <br /> 9 x 12 inches saddle stapled. Very Good to Near Fine condition. In a custom quarter leather clamshell box. Dreilander Verlag unknown
1958155556Vienna: Verein für Soziale Wohnkultur 1958. Two vintage furniture and home decor booklets produced by Austrian furniture maker Soziale Wohnkultur for subsidized housing in Vienna circa 1958. One booklet illustrated throughout with black-and-white and color photographs the other illustrated with black-and-white photographs only. Text in German. <br /> <br /> In 1952 in the midst of rebuilding the city after WWII the government of Vienna formed a furniture initiative called Soziale Wohnkultur or "Social Living Culture" a project spearheaded by architect Franz Schuster. The project introduced a line of furniture for low-income municipal housing residents that was designed to be attractive and high quality but also inexpensive and practical for small apartments. A number of prominent Austrian designers were commissioned to work on the project and the resulting designs ranged from kitchen bedroom and living furniture to wall shelving and lamps all emblazoned with the "SW" logo. The furniture and fittings produced by the SW are considered to have had a significant influence on mid-century Austrian design and extant furniture from the period is still highly in demand today. <br /> <br /> Booklets 5.75 x 7 inches. One booklet with perfect binding the other saddle stapled. Both booklets with brief curling else about Near Fine. Verein für Soziale Wohnkultur unknown
1937892151937. DESIGN Azuma Dojin. Koutashirabe AZUMA KOROMO. Unsodo Kyoto & Tokyo Showa 12 1937. A large folding album 34.0 x 24.8 cm 10 pages 15 designs of superbly printed color woodblock images by the "Companions from the East" The margins and facing pages have browning and foxing. This the "spring" volume appears to be one of two volumes published. The covers are detached. Sold with all faults. unknown
1998166005Paris: Norma Editions 1998. First Edition. Hardcover. First Edition. As New in dust jacket.<br /> <br /> Oversize volume shipping billed at cost. Norma Editions unknown
1902891971902. DESIGN Fujii Rindo. SHOKUMON ZUKAN 1-4. Kyoto Yamada Unsodo Meiji 35 1902. Four volumes complete each volume with printed title string-bound Japanese-style fukuro-toji. 24.2 x 16.4 cm. Illustrated throughout with lightly colored woodblock prints of traditional design motifs. The covers are worn some pages split but present. unknown
1933900971933. DESIGN FUJII Tatsukichi 藤井é”å‰ designer. SÔSAKU SENSHOKU ZUANSHÛ　創作染色図案集. A Collection of Designs for Dyework Tokyo & Osaka: Bungado Showa 8 1933. Large portfolio 41 x 31 cm. decorative cloth covered clasped chitsu case with a printed decorative label all enclosed in the publisher's folding cardboard outer box. A 4 page fascicle of preliminaries and a table of contents. With the chitsu design the cover design 3 preliminary page designs and 61 designs on the 50 content fascicles. The designs are primarily in color woodcut printed on both paper and occasionally cloth. A beautiful production here in almost perfect condition. Fujii Tatsukichi 1881-1964 was one of the most important reformers of the traditional arts in Japan. His creativity touched nearly every area: lacquer pottery papermaking dyeing - his influence was enormous. This scarce and lovely portfolio of his original designs helps to illustrate why he was so important. This deluxe production cost 25 yen in 1933 - a princely sum during the depths of the Depression in Japan. Complete. unknown
1903874891903. DESIGN Goto Ryuko. HANA NO NISHIKI #3. Kyoto: Unkindo Meiji 36 1903. A single woodblock-printed sheet approx. 36 X 50 cm. folded into printed covers 25.2 x 17.8 cm. Unkindo a short-lived but brilliant publisher later merged into the Unsodo concern. A bit browned and edgeworn it is number 3 from an unknown number of such single-sheet designs. Very unusual unknown in the literature. unknown
1938894341938. DESIGN HAPPODO publisher/printer. KOKUGA OGI. Kyoto Happodo N.D. other sources indicate a date of 1938 Very large oblong brocade porfolio 36.5 x 59.0 cm. Contains an undated Happodo colophon and 50 design prints 49 in color and one as a textual calligraphic introduction to the work A source indicates the designs were done by Yamaoka Chinpei. The prints are extraordinarily lavish with sprinkled metal flakes overprinting metallic inks etc. A wonderfultribute to the Neo-Rimpa and Deco sensibilities of the age. The case has been restored the prints are quite clean. unknown
1910891951910. DESIGN Ogino Issui designer. ZUAN HYAKUDAI. 3 Vols. Kyoto Unsodo Meiji 43 1910 An orihon in 3 volumes 27 X 19 cm with woodblock printed covers all in a later fitted clasped cloth chitsu case. Unsodo outdid itself in this early design effort. Dozens of double page horizontal designs which become large prints the paper size being 37.5 x 27 cm as well as circular and fan-shaped and single page designs too. Most in the neo-Rimpa style which Unsodo artists pioneered at the beginning of the last century - bold and lovely. A bit of browning and fading the covers show some wear but overall very good condition a very nice impression of this important set. Complete. One of the very best of the Unsodo design books which is very good indeed. unknown
1904832901904. DESIGN ISOZAKI Kosaburo. KINKAN'EN SHINISHO YOHON NEW SAMPLES OF COLORED MATTING - "KIN KAN EN." Okayama Meiji 37 1904. Cord bound Japanese style title printed on front cover. 34.2 X 22.6 CM. 34 full-page color woodcuts of flat-weave matting designs. The matting is still made today in Okayama from the igusa plant. Very simple and delicate designs. A sample book for the Isozaki line. unknown
1901891941901. DESIGN KOSUGI Sugimura & YOKOI Tokifuyu designers. DAI NIHON BIJUTSU ZUFU 4 vols. Tokyo Yoshikawa Hanshichi Meiji 34 1901. 4 plate volumes orihon folding albums illustrated with 154 pages of color woodcut. 25.1 x 18.5 cm Complete as such BUT not including the 4 text volumes. A lovely compendium of traditional design. Very good colors impression and condition. Volume 4 is split at one fold; its rear cover is detached and its front cover attached with a tissue repair. unknown
1909912721909. DESIGN Kamisaka SEKKA artist. MOMOYOGUSA. Kyoto: Unsodo Meiji 42 1909. Volume one of three. 30.1 X 22.5 cm. Most consider it the finest Japanese design book of all time this exquisite suite of double-page color-printed woodblocks is printed and overprinted using opaque and metallic inks to produce a sumptuous surface. This is an early impression. The condition is internally quite good with almost none of the gutter fading and metallic ink transfer common to this work. One of the better printings we have seen. Complete as issued with all 20 prints from volume one included. Has the original printed title label The mica patterning from the front cover is gone. unknown
1909908701909. DESIGN Kamisaka SEKKA artist. MOMOYOGUSA. Kyoto: Unsodo Meiji 42-43 1909-10. 3 volumes. 30.1 X 22.5 cm. Most consider it the finest Japanese design book of all time this exquisite suite of 60 double-page color-printed woodblocks is printed and overprinted using opaque and metallic inks to produce a sumptuous surface. This is an early impression with woodgrain showing in a few prints. The condition is internally superb with almost none of the gutter fading and metallic ink transfer common to this work. One of the finest printings we have seen. Volume one has been meticulously restored. Some paper fill-in and other work has been so successfully accomplished as to be unnoticeable. Some paper overlay is chipped away on the front covers of volumes one and three though they retain the original printed titles and the paper overlay on the back of one volume is restores/replaced. A complete copy of this cornerstone of any Japanese design collection. unknown
1906879181906. DESIGN Kamisaka SEKKA. NIHON JOSO 7 vols. Kyoto Unsodo Meiji 39 1906. 26.3 x 18.7 cm. String-bound Japanese style fukuro-toji printed paper title labels. An interesting visual history of women's fashion in traditional Japan. The bw woodblock prints were supervised by the master himself Kamisaka Sekka. A good impression some cover soiling in very good condition overall. Complete. unknown
1936892161936. DESIGN Kano Shuho artist. Ukiyoe Monyo KOSODE HYAKUSEN. Kyoto Happodo Showa 11 1936. 36.7 x 27.2 cm. Though this copy has no colophon or textual material it consists of 48 of the 50 woodblock printed sheets each with two designs so 96 of 100 designs. Each design is identified by the original ukiyo-e artist's name. The printings are fine the condition good overall. With the original title page all in a clasped chitsu case. Sold with all faults. unknown
1934912441934. DESIGN Kamisaka SEKKA. UTA-E Kyoto & Tokyo: Unsodo Showa 9 1934. 1 volume 31 x 22 cm cloth ribbon bound covers paper label. 25 color full page images after designs by Sekka. As Sekka's last work it crowns his remarkable career with a lovely evocation of Koetsu's Saga-bon. For more on this important work see Hillier's description on p.976 of the second volume of his ART OF THE JAPANESE BOOK. The condition is a bit better than average with relatively little of the offsetting from the prints to the poems that is usual in this book. Slight foxing and slight edgewear. The printing is very good the colors lovely. It is a good copy overall but the back cover has an ownership note in Japanese upon it. Without the original publishers clasped case but otherwise complete. Priced accordingly. One volume:. unknown
1932894051932. DESIGN Iida Shiko. HOEN-CHO. Kyoto: Maria Gabo Showa 7 1932 Oblong orihon folding album in the original publisher's chitsu clasped case. 28.3 x 39.0 cm. There are 23 ornately printed circular designs with metallic inks etc. Maria Gabo was not prolific but what they printed was always done with first rate craftsmanship. unknown
1902845761902. DESIGN Matsuoka Tokikata; Honma Hyakuri. Kojitsu Sosho SHOKUMON ZUE. 7 vols. originally privately published by Hyakuri apparently from 1815-25 as a completion of work begun by Tokikata in the late 18th very early 19th century. This is the reprint of this classic work done as part of the "Kojitsu Sosho" Classic Library series published by Yoshikawa Hanshichi et al in Meiji 34 35 19012 Very slightly smaller than the original volumes each about 18.2 x 24.9 cm string-bound Japanese-style fukuro toji with printed paper title labels - all bindings match. Hundreds of beautiful color textile designs reproduced in color woodcut. Nobleman Ladies Ceremonial dress Brocades Imperial costumes all are covered. Retains most of the appeal of the original edition. Slight external wear lovely inside. unknown
