Booklet of twelve numbered and colored lithographs, printed recto only, depicting Art Deco designs for various types of stamped or embossed metal objects such as a cigarette case, a cake plate, a hair clip, and a candy tray, each image signed within the plate. Some very minor toning, some rust..... More

Moscow–Berlin: Mezhrabpom, 1924. Octavo (17 × 11.5 cm). Original pictorial wrappers with a photomontage design by Petr Galadzhev; XXV, 117 pp. With one map. About very good; light wear to wrapper edges and spine extremities. Early Soviet fascination with Western industrialization is captured in the unattributed Constructivist wrapper design of..... More

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

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

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

(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

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

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

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

Stockholm: Holger Schildt, 1929 (printed in Helsinki by F. Tilgmann). Octavo (19.5 × 16.5 cm). Original photo-illustrated wrappers; 231, [1] pp. Twelve black-and-white photographs, a few full-page. Light wear to spine extremities; discrete owner annotation in ink to title and ffep; else very good. First edition of this key work..... 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

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