Unpaginated (12 pp. and five laid in plates, four with original tissue paper overlay) volume from the Belgian printer containing a brief essay on his thoughts on the printing of art, followed examples of various types of reproductions, or "Spécimens de Différents Procédés de Reproduction", including an etching after Bruegel..... More
![Bibliograficheskoe delo: sbornik [Bibliography: an anthology]. N. F. Ianitskii](/pictures/thumb/P4983_1.jpg?v=1590179207)
Moscow-Leningrad: Gosudarstvennoe izdatel'stvo, 1927. Octavo (23.5 × 16 cm). Original printed wrappers; 163 pp. Light wear to wrappers; about very good. Uncommon volume reflecting the shift of bibliography from the sphere of personal collecting to a matter of key importance for the young Soviet state and its libraries, trade union..... More
251 pp. history of book illustration and printing in Zurich from the time of Sigmund Rot and Hans Ruegger at the turn of the 16th century through the first half of the 19th century, notes, bibliography, indices, 230 nice illustrations. 4to. Dec. boards. Zurich (Schweizerische Bibliophilen-Gesellschaft) 1952. Limited edition... More
6 pp. introductory material including annotated list of plates by Campbell Dodgson, 12 excellent plates (4 in fine color) showing early woodcuts in the London collection. Large folio. Orig. cloth-backed boards. Berlin (Bruno Cassirer) 1914. (Graphische Gesellschaft, 20). More
357 pp. catalogue from the venerable firm, fully describing over two hundred items for sale, including illuminated manuscripts, incunabula, letters from notable people (John Boswell, Robert and Elizabeth Browning among others), and manuscripts, illustrated on plates throughout. Lg. 4to. Wrpps., covers slightly discolored, ex-library copy with bookplate inside front cover..... More
![Úvod do grafického průmyslu [Introduction to graphic arts printing]. Richard Martinčik](/pictures/thumb/50072_1.jpeg?v=1580326903)
Brno: Grafický klub, 1922. Octavo (25.6 × 17.4 cm). Original decorative paper-covered boards; 172, [1] pp. Ten full-page illustrations executed using various printing techniques and one folding plate showing a Vilém Ostwald's color circle. Very good. A near fine copy of this scarce introduction to the graphic arts, with numerous..... More
Unpaginated volume containing 8 cardstock leaves depicting members of the circus to be cut out and assembled with small paper fasteners such as brads, one side of the cardstock page in chromolithograph, the reverse in black and white with indications as to where to fold and attach the various pieces..... More
(12) pp. introductory material including illustrated title, preface, and list of plates with historical notes by Enrique Ramirez y Ramirez and Alberto Morales Jimenez, 144 plates with original full-page prints (many printed in color, most on colored paper stock) that reflect the independent and revolutionary spirit of the Mexican people..... More
Moscow: Fizkultura i Sport, 1928. Oblong quarto. Original cloth-backed boards with decorative covers affixed to front and back; [86] leaves of texts and photo-montage to rectos and versos. Album published in conjunction with the first Winter and Summer Spartakiads held in Oslo and Moscow in February and August, 1928, with..... More
41 pp. catalogue of an auction of 125 fine and rare titles from the collection, most dating from the 18th and early 19th centuries, full annotation and documentation, index, 27 fine plates (3 in color). Large 4to. 1/2 leather and cloth, orig. wrpps. bound in. Milan 1930. More
26 pp. introd. text and descriptions (first 14 pp. misbound), 152 fine collotype plates. Folio. Cloth, upper corner sl. bumped, bottom edge sl. rubbed. London (Victor Gollancz) 1928. One of 398 copies of the English edition within a total edition of 553 copies. More
Wien und Leipzig: Gerlach & Co., [1900–1902]. Quarto (25.5 × 30 cm). Oblong portfolio housing thirty chromolithographed plates, including title, with monochrome design to versos. The portfolio (often damaged or lacking entirely) only with the most minor wear and scratches; the plates very good or better. One of the most..... More
Group of approximately 100 assorted original early to mid-20th century color-printed and embossed labels for a variety of French chocolate manufacturers and shops, most or all printed by the St. Etienne, France firm of A. Mulcey, a firm which specialized in commercial printing, especially producing labels for food and wine..... More
Unpaginated (circa 18 pp.) sample from the prominent French printer, displaying samples of his capabilities in phototype or photolithography printing, including work produced for postcards, souvenir viewbooks, trade catalogues, menus, and other items, including images of landscape views, building façades, decorative tiles, sculpture, a church interior, and light fixtures. Folio..... More
![Kul'turnaia rabota v rabochei biblioteke [Cultural work in the workers' library]. V. A. Nevskii](/pictures/thumb/P4809_1.jpg?v=1590179206)
Moscow: Izdatel'stvo MGSPS “Trud i Kniga”, 1925. Octavo (22 × 15.5 cm). Original printed wrappers; 125, [3] pp. Light wear and soil to wrappers; a few nicks to spine; still good or better. The aim of this handbook is to convey the importance of reading within the Soviet education system..... More
3 vols.: I. A-D. II. E-M. III. N-Z. 230, 276, 176 pp. critical and descriptive catalogue of nearly 2,000 items, incl. embroidered bindings, illustrated books, a substantial fragment of a Gutenberg bible, etc., ca. 100 plates throughout showing leaves, bindings, etc. Sm 4to. Cloth, d.j. New York (Parke-Bernet) 1941. Three..... More
24 pp. foreword and catalogue of works, 100 plates displaying samples of Danish printers' works, including typefaces, initial letters, illustrations, title pages, colophons and other distinctive creations, some in red ink. Folio. Half vellum and boards, small stains on boards. Copenhagen (Nordisk Forlag) 1934. A finely printed work on Danish..... More
![Biblioteka-chital’nia kooperativa [Reading rooms for co-operative societies]. N. A. Orlov](/pictures/thumb/P5197_1.jpg?v=1589471238)
Petrograd: Knigoizdatel’stvo kooperativnoi literatury Mysl’, 1918. Octavo (21 × 14 cm). Original printed wrappers; 64 pp. Wrappers lightly stained; still a very good copy. Scarce guide on establishing and maintaining smaller libraries as part of local co-operative societies, which were popular through the Soviet Union in the 1910s and 1920s..... More
3 vols.: I. Livres anciens, Editions originales et Livres illustrés des XVe, XVIe et XVIIe Siècles, Très beaux Livres à figures du XVIIIe siècle. II. Livres de la Période Romantique, ...Très Riches Reliures Mosaiquées... III. Editions Originales... Très Beaux Livres Illustrés Modernes... 98, 203, 247 pp. descriptive auction catalogue of..... More
3 vols: I. Precieux Manuscrits a Miniatures, Livres à figures des XVIe, XVIIe et XVIIIe Siècles, Riches Reliures Anciennes Armoriées. II-III. Livres des XVe, XVIe, XVIIe, et XVIII Siècles, Riches Reliures Anciennes Armoriées. 120, 136, 166 pp. critical and descriptive auction catalogue of nearly 1,000 items, 124 nice plates showing..... More
Unpaginated (circa 36 pp.) promotional history of the French paper manufacturer who specialized in producing cigarette papers, with text in French, English, and Spanish, walking through the entire paper production process ,from the raw materials to pulp, all the way through to the finished product, with four-page double-fold at the..... More
2 vols. in 1, 365 pp. commentary on ten works from late 15th century France, including translations of some, bibliographies, index, text illustrations; 309 pp. facsimiles of the ten works, including Molinet, Temple de Mars, Pfettisheim, Guerres de Bourgogne, Traité d'Arras and De La Marche, Le Chevalier Délibéré, illustrations from..... More
Unpaginated (ca. 116 pp.) artist's book pairing enigmatic prose poems with the author's translations of the same into highly imaginative rebus-like compositions incorporating mathematical symbols, the Hebrew alphabet, musical notation, erotic doodles, sign language and other figurative and non-figurative characters. Paper a bit browned, some minor scattered soiling. 4to. Illustrated..... More
XV, 250 pp. list, arranged by location, of many hundreds of bookbinders active during the first part of the 19th century, references, introd. text, 16 nice plates. Sm. 4to. Cloth. London (The Author) 1954. One of 500 copies. More
Bratislava: Dav, 1933. Octavo (19 × 13.8 cm). Original photo-illustrated wrappers; 47, [1] pp. Light toning to wrapper edges; else very good. First and only edition of this Slovak translation of Viennese psychoanalist Annie Reich's 1932 book on children's sexual education, "Wenn dein Kind dich fragt..." With wrappers by Jozef..... More