Le Livre d'Art International. Numéro spécial 26, 15 Novembre 1931
Paris: Arts et Metiers Graphiques, 1931. Hardcover. Very Good. Hardcover. Number 26, special. Quarto. This book focuses on the book arts with tipped in pages from private presses - Mainzer Presses, Leiter-Nypels, Harrison of Paris, and more. Photographic images of bindings, and page layouts are included. Printed pieces by illustrators and other fine artists are also included: work... Read More
Offered by The Kelmscott Bookshop
Paul Bowles, 1910-1999
Newark, Delaware: University of Delaware Library, 2000. Softcover. Very Good. Softcover. Paul Bowles (1910-1999) was an American expatriate composer, author, and translator. [Wikipedia] He is most frequently associated with the city of Tangier, where he settled in 1947 after having first visited in 1931. His first novel, The Sheltering Sky, was set in French North Africa. Bowles was... Read More
Offered by The Kelmscott Bookshop
Photo album of Hawaii from the early 1940s
1942. Hardcover. Very Good. Hardcover. This is a fascinating and unique album of photographs and post cards from 1940s Hawaii. It includes a photo of the Princess movie theater with the 1942 film "Male Animal" showing, starring Henry Fonda and Olivia de Haviland. Other photos show the Wakiki Theatre in Honolulu, a clock with the name "Crossroads of... Read More
Offered by The Kelmscott Bookshop
Latin Quarter New York
n.p.: n.p., 1950. Softcover. Very Good. Softcover. A fascinating publication publicizing the owners, dancers, performers, and some of the featured stars appearing at this famed cabaret in Manhattan. It is described as having America's greatest stars, at America's most fabulous cabaret at Times Square. With many b&w photos of the performers, many of them scantily dressed. There are... Read More
Offered by The Kelmscott Bookshop
Photo Album from 1939: nature and landscapes across America
1939. Hardcover. Very Good. Hardcover. Black oblong leatherette covers titled "photographs" in gilt and stab bound with black string. Includes black and white photographs from a vacation in 1939 of natural bridges, Smoky Mountain views from TN, pelicans and alligators in St. Petersburg, FL, aquatic gardens (Rainbow Springs, FL) pictures taken through the bottom of a glass bottom... Read More
Offered by The Kelmscott Bookshop
Fairy Tales No. 11 June-July
Chicago: Approved Comics, 1951. Softcover. Very Good. Softcover. A quite uncommon classic comic book containing several stories: The Ugly Duckling, Beauty and the Beast, The Gingerbread Boy, The Beautiful Cap, and the Frog King. Also includes two one page stories: The Boy Who Cried Wolf and Bell the Cat. In pictorial paper covers with creasing and slight tears... Read More
Offered by The Kelmscott Bookshop
The Book Collector. Volume 71 Number 4. Winter 2022
London: Book Collector, 2022. Paperback. Fine. Paperback. Includes articles on Queen Elizabeth II, Shelley, Graham Pollard, Darwin, and more. Bound in turquoise and black paper wrappers with black title to spine and white title to front panel. Minor wear to edges of wrappers, else fine. Clean interior with color illustrations. Pagination 577 - 768. BOB/102623.
Offered by The Kelmscott Bookshop
Celebrate
New Haven, CT: Yale Graphic Design Department, 1990. Near Fine. Scarce. A boxed collection of programs, schedules, menus, and more commemorating the 40th anniversary of Yale's Graphic Design Department. It includes a fold out time line listing the students and faculty for each year of the program that also notes significant news events in many of the years.... Read More
Offered by The Kelmscott Bookshop
Child's Life of Franklin. with eight illustrations
Philadelphia: Fisher and Brother, 1860. Hardcover. Very Good. Hardcover. A miniature biography of Benjamin Franklin. Brown cloth boards with gilt title and decoration to spine and front board. One inch tear to bottom of rear joint and amateur glue repair to book cloth on foot of spine. Chipping to spine ends, wear to edges and corners of boards,... Read More
Offered by The Kelmscott Bookshop
Postcard Album - Europe - U.K. / France / Italy from 1920s / 30s
1920. Paperback. Very Good. Paperback. A collection of black and white photographic postcards from a transatlantic voyage - mostly reproductions of art from the Museé Condé in Chantilly, France and museums in Italy. Also includes postcards featuring the Hampton Court Palace in England, archaeological scenes from Aquileia in Italy, and a few other postcards of European towns. Bound... Read More
Offered by The Kelmscott Bookshop
Country Life. September 3, 1970. Vol. CXLVIII No. 3828 Autumn Gardens Number
London: Country Life, 1970. Paperback. Very Good. Paperback. Articles on the highlands, English fashion, venom and cures, tropical gardens, the Hillman Avenger GL, greenhouse plants, lakes of Macedonia, and more. Illustrated paper wrappers with white spine panel titled in black. Minor wear to covers, spine panel, and edges. Clean interior. Minor wear to page edges. Pagination: 549-605. PER/102621.... Read More
Offered by The Kelmscott Bookshop
Country Life. May 20, 1982. Volume CLXXI No. 4422 Italian Number
London: Country Life, 1982. Paperback. Very Good. Paperback. Articles on fashion, cricket, racing, golf, Royal Windsor Horse Show, Marie-Louis - Duchess of Parma, Royal Academy Exhibition, Wines of Italy, Apulia in Southern Italy, birdwatching, and more. Illustrated paper wrappers with white spine panel titled in black. Minor wear to covers, spine panel, and edges. Clean interior. Minor wear... Read More
Offered by The Kelmscott Bookshop
The Art World: A Monthly for the Public Devoted to the Higher Ideals. February 1917 Combining the Craftsman. Volume I, Number 5
New York: The Kalon Publishing Company, Inc, 1917. Paperback. Very Good. Paperback. Includes articles on 19th century painting, G.F. Watts and Arnold Boecklin, the Real Aims of the NY Central, Library of Congress, and more. Illustrated white paper wrappers with black title to spine and front cover. Chipping and tears to paper on spine. Both wrappers are detached... Read More
Offered by The Kelmscott Bookshop
Harper's Weekly: A Journal of Civilization Two Volumes
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1900. Hardcover. Very Good. Hardcover. Two folio bound volumes with all of Harper's Weekly issues for 1900. They are a fascinating compilation of articles, events, news, and numerous illustrations documenting the events in the United States and around the world. They offer an enthralling view of the country's concerns and interests at the... Read More
Offered by The Kelmscott Bookshop
Harper's New Monthly Magazine. Volume XL (40), No. CCXXXV, December 1869 - May 1870
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1870. Hardcover. Very Good. Hardcover. Lacks volume title page and table of contents pages. Bound in three quarter brown leather with light brown cloth covered boards and gilt title to spine. (The spine is labeled "Vol. XV" rather than "XL"). Rubbing and wear to spine ends, edges, and corners. Foxing and occasional spots... Read More
Offered by The Kelmscott Bookshop
Una Importante Colección de Obra Gráfica y Libros Ilustrados de Joan Miró
Madrid: Sotheby's, 1989. Hardcover. Very Good. Hardcover. A catalogue in Spanish for a major auction held in Barcelona of 305 of Miro's graphic works. With illustrations of each item auctioned. Accompanied by an insert with prices realized. Hardcover bound in green cloth with gilt titling to front cover. Damp staining to bottoms of covers not affecting interior pages.... Read More
Offered by The Kelmscott Bookshop
Description des Principales Pierres Gravées du Cabinet de S.A.S. Monseigneur Le Duc D' Orléans, Premier Prince du Sang Two Volumes
Paris: Abbé de la Chau and Abbé Le Blond, 1784. Hardcover. Very Good. Hardcover. These two sumptuous French volumes describe the Duc of Orléans's magnificent collection of pierre gravées - "engraved stones or gems" - that was acquired over the years. This was the collection of Louis Philippe (1725-1785) that was inherited by his son Louis Philippe II... Read More
Offered by The Kelmscott Bookshop
L'Architecture. Revue Mensuelle. Volume XLV (45), Nos 1 - 12
L'Architecture, 1932. Hardcover. Very Good. Hardcover. Includes all twelve issues from 1932. Ex-library with stamps to title page and some interior pages. Bound in black cloth with brown leather title label to spine. Rubbing and chipping to title label. Fraying and wear to book cloth along both hinges, corners, and edges of boards. Front hinge is starting. Browning... Read More
Offered by The Kelmscott Bookshop
Steyler Missions-Chronik 1962. Die Gesellschaft des Göttlichen wortes (svd) berichtet über ihr Missionswerk in aller Welt. Herausgegeben im auftrage des Missionssekretärs svd
Steyler Verlagsbuchhandlung Kaldenkirchen, 1962. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Hardcover. Thin quarto. Includes information on missions throughout the worlds, arranged by continent. Many black and white photographic illustrations. Green leatherette boards with gilt title to spine and front board. In green dust jacket with white title to spine and front panels. Minor wear and chipping to edges and corners... Read More
Offered by The Kelmscott Bookshop
Manuscript Leaf in Arabic
Turkey, n.d.. Very Good. A lovely Arabic leaf identified by the previous owner as a Koran leaf from Turkey. The text is beautifully adorned with a gilt frame, small gilt circular decorations, There is a decorative symbol in the margin of one page done in blue and red inks and gilt. Small chips along page edges and some... Read More
Offered by The Kelmscott Bookshop
Postcard Album - Europe - Switzerland / Germany / Italy from 1920s / 30s
1920. Paperback. Very Good. Paperback. A collection of black and white photographic postcards from a transatlantic voyage - mostly reproductions of art. Also includes postcards featuring the Hotel Kulm (the hightest hotel in the Swiss Alps), the alps, and a cruise ship near Trieste, Italy - possibly the Vulcania or Saturnia of the Cosulich Line Trieste. Bound in... Read More
Offered by The Kelmscott Bookshop
The Only True Mother Goose Melodies, without addition or abridgment. Embracing, also, a Reliable Life of the Goose Family, Never Before Published
Boston: G.W. Cottrell, 1833. Hardcover. Good. Hardcover. Early edition, uncommon. (Priced with condition in mind.) Copyright date listed on title page as 1833 by Monroe & Francis. With numerous handcolored illustrations. Bound in the original blue cloth boards with gilt title to front board. Large split to book cloth along front hinge and spine. Split has amateur glue... Read More
Offered by The Kelmscott Bookshop
St. Peter's Church. Phoenixville, PA. Charter and By-Laws. 1838 - 1905
Phoenixville, PA: St. Peter's Church, 1905. Paperback. Very Good. Paperback. Tan side-stapled paper wrappers with black title to front cover. Minor tears and wear to edges of wrappers, else clean and bright. 15 pages. REL/040820.
Offered by The Kelmscott Bookshop
Century of Grace: A Pictorial History of Saint Joseph Abbey and Seminary
by Saint Joseph Abbey
Saint Benedict, LA: Saint Joseph Abbey. Paperback. Very Good. Paperback. Oblong quarto. Bound in side stapled illustrated paper wrappers with white title to front cover. Minor wear to edges of wrappers including creasing to corners. Small damp stain to front cover. A few dog-eared corners, but clean interior. Photographic illustrations throughout. 58 pages. REL/072220.
Offered by The Kelmscott Bookshop
The Banging Rocks: a Dissertation on the Origins of a Species of Rock Descended with Modification from the Ancient Piroboli, Complete with Elaborate Descriptions of its Sexual and Social Habits, Information Regarding its Behaviors and Activities, as well as Details Pertaining to its Care and Feeding
by [Abecedary Press] Carol, Mark Philip; Alan James Robinson, illustrator and book designer
Easthampton, MA: Abecedary Press, 1990. Hardcover. Fine. Hardcover. Number 8 of 10 deluxe copies signed by the artist. This Abecedary Press Production's book was written by Mark P. Carol, as a contemplation inspired by a trip to the Galapagos Islands to view Haley’s Comet. It is a humorous look at contemporary social and sexual values through the guise... Read More
Offered by The Kelmscott Bookshop