The Theatrical Prints of the Torii Masters A Selection of Seventeenth and Eighteenth-Century Ukiyo-E
by Link, Howard A.
Honolulu: Honolulu Academy of Art, 1977. First edition. Hardcover. Orig. beige cloth. Fine in very good dust wrapper.. 119 pages. 29 x 22 cm. 119 illustrations, five in color; plus ten text figures. Foreword by Shozo Hiraki. Bibliography. Describes and reproduces a selection of single-sheet Japanese woodblock prints and a few leaves of illustrated books.
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Designs for the printed page
by Lionni, Leo
Buffalo: Fortune, 1960. First edition. Hardcover. Orig. stiff decorated wrappers. Very good in dusty, decorated yellow cloth slipcase. Unpaginated. 33 x 26 cm. 47 color designs, each with descriptive text, interpretations of the design's intent by the author, Fortune Magazine's Art Director. Printed on 80 pound production gloss from Consolidated Paper. Cover stock is 16 pint Supertuff. Entire... Read More
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Primitive Painters in America 1750-1950 An Anthology
by Lipman, Jean and Alice Winchester (Editors)
New York: Dodd Mead, 1950. First edition. Hardcover. Orig. crimson cloth. Very good in chipped dust wrapper. 182 pages. With four full-color illustrations and over seventy pages of black and white illustrations. Record of Primitive Painters. ARNTZEN/RAINWATER M502. "An anthology of essays by ten authors, most of which are devoted to a single artist." CHAMBERLAIN 1466. "A compilation... Read More
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The Art Of Wood-Engraving In Italy In The Fifteenth Century
by Lippmann, Friedrich
London: Bernard Quaritch, 1888. First English edition. Hardcover. Contemporary quarter tan morocco and tan aubergine cloth. Teg. Very good.. 179 pages. 28 x 20 cm. Fifty-nine illustrations, some are fold-outs or double-paged. This English edition with extensive corrections and additions by the author, which have not appeared in the German original. Index of Names, Books and Prints. Endpapers... Read More
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Solent Brand Leaded Lights
by Lisle, Munday & Co
Southampton: Lisle, Munday & Co, 1930. Stiff Wraps. Gray stiff wrappers, front cover color inset. Fine. 17 pages. 25 x 18.5 cm. This trade catalogue contains sixty variant designs of stained glass reflecting design details of domestic stained glass when suburban Britain was expanding rapidly with images in floral Art Deco and maritime motifs popular in its day.... Read More
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Cigar Box Labels
by New York. O.L. Schwencke Lithograph Engraver And Lithographer
New York: O.L. Schwencke, 1900. leather_bound. Modern full brown calf in Cambridge style binding. All edges red. Fine. 98 leaves. 27 x 19.5 cm. 100 labels, 81 full page and 19 multiple pages mounted chromolithograph plates. An elegant printer's sample book incorporating embossed printing as well as full color gold and silver examples. The labels present the spirit... Read More
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Floor Coverings In New England Before 1850
by Little, Nina Fletcher
Sturbridge: Old Sturbridge Village, 1972. Second edition. Paperback. Orig. illustrated wrappers. Fine. 82 pages. 22 x 18 cm. Illustrated: 48 black and white reproductions.
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Histoire du Livre et de L'Imprimerie en Belgique Quatrieme Partie
by Brussels. Musee du Livre
Brussels: Musee du Livre, 1926. First edition. Paperback. Orig. thick gray printed wrappers. Near fine. Forty-two plates. Text in French. Unopened. Covers years 1925-1926. The monograph is divided in two parts with the first essay by Auguste Vincent, "La Typographie Bruxelloise au XVII it au XVIII Siecle." Maurice Sable's essay,"La Typographie Anversoise au XVII et au XVIII Siecle"... Read More
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The Actor by Robert Lloyd To Which is Prefix'd An Essay By Edmund Blunden; The Whole Embellish'd with Theatrical Figures by Randolph Schwabe
by Lloyd, Robert
London: Beaumont Press, 1926. First edition. Hardcover. Orig. vellum spine and decorated gray boards. Fine. 43 pages. 24 x 15 cm. Limited edition, copy 41 of 60 (edition of 210) signed by Edmund Blunden, Randolph Schwabe and C.W. Beaumont, printed on Japanese vellum. Color lithograph title page, and four full page black and white lithographs. Lloyd, English poet... Read More
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The Actor by Robert Lloyd To Which is Prefix'd An Essay By Edmund Blunden; The Whole Embellish'd with Theatrical Figures by Randolph Schwabe
by Lloyd, Robert
London: Beaumont Press, 1926. First edition. Hardcover. Orig. blue cloth spine and decorated gray boards. Near fine. 43 pages. 24 x 15 cm. Limited edition, copy 104 of 210 on hand made paper. Signed presentation copy to H.D. Phillips. Color lithograph title page, and four full page black and white lithographs. Lloyd, English poet and satirist, dead at... Read More
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P & O Pencillings
by Lloyd, William Whitelock
London: Day & Son, 1891. First edition. Hardcover. Orig. pictorial beveled green cloth, front cover decorated in blue, red and yellow with lettering in gilt. Aeg. Very good. Lloyd, William Whitelock. Unpaginated. Oblong folio. 27 x 37.5 cm. One map, chromolithographed frontispiece, title page, 22 chromolithograph plates (without hand-coloring) and accompanying black and white sketches by Lloyd. Published... Read More
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![Le Journal d'une Femme de Chambre by Octave Mirbeau [The Journal of a Chambermaid]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/928/228/252228928.0.m.1.jpg)
Le Journal d'une Femme de Chambre by Octave Mirbeau [The Journal of a Chambermaid]
by Lobel-Riche, Almery (Illustrator) psuedonym of RICHE ALMERIC
Paris: Javal et Bourdeaux, 1926. leather_bound. Full brown morocco. Teg. Fine. 310 pages. 33 x 26 cm. Limited edition, copy 111 of 180 plus (15 copies reserved for La Societe Des Medecins Bibliophiles) printed on velin des papeteries d'arches, illustrated with a host of etchings in three states by Lobel-Riche. Printed in red and black in Della Robbia... Read More
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A Letter To the Right Reverend Edward Ld Bishop of Worcester, Concerning Passages Relating to Mr. Locke's Essay Of Human Understanding: In A Late Discourse of his Lordships, In Vindication of the Trinity
by Locke, John
London: H. Clark for A. and J. Churchill, 1697. First edition. leather_bound. Modern paneled calf in period style, raised bands, red leather spine label printed in gilt. Fine. 227 pages. 18 x 11.5 cm. Second issue with cancel title page. Locke's initial criticism elicited few reactions. New criticism began to appear after his publication of his essay "Reasonableness... Read More
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Ancient Spanish Ballads; Historical and Romantic
by Lockhart, J.G.
London: John Murray, 1841. New Edition. Hardcover. Orig. brown cloth front cover lavishly illustrated in gilt borders and arabesques. Teg. Near fine. Jones, Owen. Unpaginated, approx. 200 pages in text. Four full-page chromolithograph illustrations with borders, colored titles, and ornamental vignettes [all are color lithographs] designed by Owen Jones. Numerous text illustrations from drawings by William Allan, David... Read More
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Ancient Spanish Ballads; Historical and Romantic
by Lockhart, J.G.
London: John Murray, 1859. New Edition revised. Hardcover. Orig. dark salmon cloth front cover lettered in gilt. Teg, Good. Jones, Owen. Unpaginated, approx. 200 pages in text. Four full-page chromolithograph illustrations with borders, colored titles, and ornamental vignettes [all are color lithographs] designed by Owen Jones. Numerous text illustrations from drawings by William Allan, David Roberts, William... Read More
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Portfolio
by Loewy, Raymond
Chicago: Circle Fine Art, 1979. First edition. Hardcover. Beige cloth portfolio lettered in blue and Loewy signature. Near fine. 71 x 53 cm. An immense production. Limited edition, copy 182 of 300 with plates signed in pencil and numbered in pencil. Two preliminary leaves and seven lithographs in color, and one serigraph together with mixed media. Titles include... Read More
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Chaim Gross Sculptor
by Lombardo, Josef Vincent
New York: Dalton House, 1949. First edition. Hardcover. Orig. navy cloth. Very good in chipped dust wrapper. Gross, Chaim. 247 pages. 142 plates. Catalogue Raisonne, 1926-1949. Bibliography. Index. Foreword by Lamont Moore.
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Index to Selected Bibliographical Journals 1933-1970
by London, Bibliographical Society
London: Bibliographical Society, 1982. First edition. Hardcover. Orig. navy cloth. Very good. 315 pages. 30 x 21 cm. Bibliographical Society: for the years 1969-1970.
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The Sea-Wolf
by London, Jack
Hartford: The Connecticut Printers, 1961. Hardcover. Full Irish linen silk-screened with a design by Fletcher Martin. Fine in fine maroon slipcase. Martin, Fletcher. 354 pages. 28 x 21.5 cm. Limited edition, copy E.R. of 1500 (probably for Ernst Reichl designer of the title). Signed by Fletcher Martin who made the illustrations. Introduction by Edmund Gilligan, NEWMAN & WICHE... Read More
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A Book Of Favourite Modern Ballads: The Illustrated Poetical Gift Book; Illustrated with Engravings From Drawings by J.C. Horsley, Edward Duncan, G.H. Thomas, Edwin H. Corbould, Birket Foster, C.W. Cope & Harrison Weir
by London. Ward, Lock & Tyler
London: Ward, Lock & Tyler, 1860. First edition. Hardcover. Orig. brown decorated cloth, front cover in gilt and blind design, beveled edges. Aeg. Very good. 84 pages. 22.5 x 17 cm. Twenty seven numbered leaves of plates, engravings in color by Edmund Evans, plus uncolored designs in the text within a bordered page. Interior clean and fresh. Nicks... Read More
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Archaeologia or Miscellaneous Tracts Relating to Antiquity
by Society of Antiquaries of London
London: Society of Antiquaries of London, 1953. First edition. Hardcover. Orig. brick cloth. Very good. 189 pages. Fifty-one plates, many are gate-folds. Contents include: "Christian Antiquities of Tripolitania." "The Temple of the Imperial City of Luxor," "Roof-bosses in St. George's Chapel, Windsor," Some Seventeenth-century Houses in Great Yarmouth." Index. Volume 95 (Second Series, Vol. 45).
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Hamlet in Scotland
by London. Kemble, Stephen
London: Robert Dighton, 1792. Stiff Wraps. Orig. colored colored engraving. Near fine. 29.5 x 23.5 cm. Colored engraving drawn and etched by R. Dighton. Signed by Stephen Kemble in red ink (faint) lower left corner of imprint. George Stephen Kemble (21 April 1758 – 5 June 1822) was a successful English theatre manager, actor, and writer, and a... Read More
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John Crowe Ransom; Gentleman, Teacher, Poet, Editor Founder of the Kenyon Review A Tribute from the Community of Letters
by Long, D. David and Burr, Michael R. (Editors)
Gambier, Ohio: The Kenyon Collegian, 1964. First edition. Original Wraps. Cream wrappers stamped in gold. Near fine. 56 pages. 29 x 22.5 cm. Limited edition, assemblage of interviews, photos, recollections, and reflections on John Crowe Ransom, poet, teacher, and editor.
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Il Mobile Piacentino
by Longeri, Carla & Susanna Pighi
Pacenza: Tip. Le. Co, 2003. First edition. Hardcover. Orig. black boards decorated in blind. Fine in fine dust wrapper. 373 (1) pages. 30 x 24.5 cm. 384 color illustrations printed on high quality glossy stock. Furniture and their makers from the 17th century upward. Index of Names with full bibliographic detail. Text in Italian. Selling price at publication,... Read More
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The Courtship of Miles Standish; And with pictures by N.C. Wyeth
by Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth
Boston & New York: Houghton Mifflin, 1920. Hardcover. Orig. olive illustrated cloth. Fine. N.C. Wyeth. 148 pages. 24 x 17.5 cm. With an Introduction by Ernest W. Longfellow. Full page illustrations titled and printed recto only. Wide text margins, an almost as new copy with pictorial inset front cover, title printed in a gilt frame. Decorated endpapers, book... Read More
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