Category: Art

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Scumbling & Colour Glazing. A Practical Handbook for House Painters, Coach Painters and Others. Illustrated by Many Examples Executed in Paint

Price: $200.00

Publisher: London; New York; Syndney, Australia, The Trade Papers Publishing Co., Limited; Spon & Chamberlain; Bishop Bros. : 1924

Seller ID: DB722-001

Binding: Blind-stamped green debossed paper over boards

Condition: Very Good

London: The Trade Papers Publishing Co., Limited; New York Spon & Chamberlain; Syndney, Australia: Bishop Bros., 1924. Series: The Decorator, No. 6. 8vo. 8 1/2 x 5 5/8 inches. [ii], (x), (91) pp. Half-title, 14 plates (13 numbered plates plus plate IIIa), index; text unmarked, paper toned, some minor foxing, offsetting associated with a few plates, chips to the samples on plate 4. Blind-stamped green debossed paper over boards, the end-papers are advertisements, added mylar jacket; binding square and tight, spine toned, corners showing, stain on rear board. DB722-001. Very Good. SECOND EDITION...
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Some Minor Book Plates

By: Audrey Arellance (1920-2005), introduction. William Murray Cheney (1907-2002), illustrator

Price: $75.00

Publisher: Los Angeles, CA, Dawson's Book Shop : 1975

Seller ID: OG914-084

Binding: Gray cloth, gilt-titled spine

Condition: Very Good

Los Angeles, CA: Dawson's Book Shop, 1975. Miniature Book. 1 3/4 x 1 1/4 inches. (x), (25) pp. 23 bookplates; text clean, unmarked. Gray cloth, gilt-titled spine; binding square and tight, minor shelf wear. OG914-084. Very Good. LIMITED EDITION of "somewhat under 200 copies," colophon. A collection of 23 bookplates designed by William M. Cheney. "The miniature bookplates in this volume, designed by William Cheney, aptly meet the criteria set by [Edward Gordon] Craig (1872-1966); in addition they possess two elements associated with Cheney - perfection in graphic design & subtle touches of hum...
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This Body I Wear….

By: Brett Harte (1836-1902)

Price: $95.00

Publisher: Laguna Beach, CA, Laguna Verde Imprenta : 1967

Seller ID: 782-338-004

Binding: Broadside

Condition: Very Good

[Laguna Beach, CA: Laguna Verde Imprenta, 1976.] Broadside. 9 7/8 x 5 7/8 inches. [2] pp. Includes a Paul Landacre wood engraving, printed on Wookey Hole cream laid paper; very minor creasing to paper. 782-338-004. Very Good. LIMITED EDITION of 200 copies printed with Carolus type. "This was a small broadside printed with a wood engraving by my friend the late Paul Landacre. It was done for an edition of Brett Harte's 'How Christmas Came to Simpson's Bar' which I had printed several years earlier. The broadside was originally done as a keepsake for the joint meeting of the Roxburghe Club of Sa...
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Dearest Joana: A Selection of Joan Hassall's Lifetime Letters and Art

By: Brian North Lee (1936-2007), editor. John Dreyfus (1918-2002), introduction. Joan Hassall (1906-1988), illustrator

Price: $750.00

Publisher: Denny Dale, UK, The Fleece Press : 2000

Seller ID: GIL921-022

ISBN-13: 9780948375651

Binding: Quarter vellum over marbled boards

Condition: Fine

Denby Dale, UK: The Fleece Press, (2000). Two Volumes. 4to. 11 1/2 x 7 1/4 inches. 147; (302), [ii], 7 plates, [ii, colophon] pp. Profusely illustrated with examples of the artist's work, including 60 wood engravings, designs for dust-jackets, bookplates, book illustrations, Christmas cards postage stamps, both tipped-in, mounted, or plates, index, suite of 15 engravings on 7 plates printed from the wood; text clean, unmarked. Quarter natural vellum, marbled paper over boards, spine titled in gilt, clear plastic dust-jackets, housed in the original cloth-backed slip case. GIL921-022. Fine. LIM...
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Made in L.A. The Prints of Cirrus Editions

By: Bruce Davis (1952-1998)

Price: $35.00

Publisher: Los Angeles, CA, Los Angeles County Museum of Art : 1995

Seller ID: VR1115-012

ISBN-13: 9780875871738

Binding: White cloth titled in blue, dust-jacket in archiva

Condition: Very Good

(Los Angeles, CA): Los Angeles County Museum of Art, (1995). 4to. 12 x 9 1/8 inches. 368 pp. Illustrated throughout with color and black-and-white photographs, list of printers; text clean, unmarked, edges of pages lightly toned as is common with such glossy stock paper. White cloth titled in blue, dust-jacket in archival mylar; binding square and tight. INSCRIBED "To Chris Wyatt, from Jean Milant, '96." VR1115-012. Fine.FIRST EDITION of this volume published in conjunction with the exhibition Made in L, A,: The Prints of Cirrus Editions, organized by the Los Angeles County Museum of Art and h...
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The Valley of the Yosemite

By: C. Crane, illustrator

Price: $45.00

Publisher: New York, NY, Arundel Printing and Publishing Company : 1879

Seller ID: KD123-038

Condition: Very Good

"The Valley of the Yosemite" hand-colored wood engraving. Extract from: David J. Williams, editor, America Illustrated, New York: Arundel Printing and Publishing Co., 1879. Hand-colored wood engraving, signed in the plate "C. Crane, 1874." Image measures 6 1/2 x 9 3/8 inches. The plate measures 9 1/4 x 11 5/8 inches. Mounted on blank stiff board with tape, a second stiff board with a window with a clear plastic protective sheet; minor soiling to margins of the plate, the matting material also soiled. KD123-038. Very Good. Not a first edition. David Williams' "America Illustrated" was in print ...
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Looking Down the Yo-Semite

By: Currier & Ives

Price: $2,000.00

Publisher: New York, NY, Currier & Ives : circa 1870

Seller ID: KD123-043

Condition: Very Good

New York, NY: Currier & Ives, No Date. Hand-colored lithograph broadside. Sheet measures 11 x 14 7/8 inches. Image measures 8 1/2 x 13 3/4 inches. Hinge mounted on stiff board 14 1/4 x 19 inches. Stiff board hinged to the backing board with 9 1/2 x 13-inch window to display the print. Mountains in the far distance with a meandering river emerging from a forested landscape with trees and river rocks in the foreground; the image with some minor toning and one large spot of toning just above the mountains in the far background, margins with toning, edge brittle, toning and spotting to the blank v...
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Galleria Dantesca Microscopica

By: Dante Alighieri (1265-1321)

Price: $1,000.00

Publisher: Milan, Italy, Ulrico Hoepli : 1880

Seller ID: SA1019-030

Binding: Full tan morocco, elaborately gilt

Condition: Good

Milan: Ulrico Hoepli, 1880. Miniature Book. 2 1/8 x 1 5/8 inches. Unpaginated. [74] pp. Half-title, title page printed in red and black inks, 30 original photographic images mounted on plates with tissue guards, decorative initials, tailpieces, index; text unmarked, title page repaired with cellophane tape, pages toned, some leaves with small marginal chips, text and tissue guard torn at images 15 and 16, ms. notation on half-title. Full tan morocco, elaborately gilt, raised bands, tan leather spine label titled in blind, red leather onlays within a medallion in the center panel of both the fr...
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On the Illustrating of Books. From The Private Libraries Association Quarterly, July, 1957

By: Edward Ardizzone (1900-1979)

Price: $250.00

Publisher: Fallbrook, CA, Weather Bird Press : 1986

Seller ID: LG223-001

Binding: Quarter black cloth, patterned paper over boards,

Condition: Very Good

Fallbrook, CA: The Weather Bird Press, 1986. Narrow 8vo. 8 1/2 x 4 9/16 inches. [x], (14 last blank) pp. Half-title, title-page vignette, 4 illustrations in the text; text clean, unmarked. Quarter black cloth, patterned paper over boards, sewn head-bands, spine titled in gilt, dust-jacket in archival mylar; binding square and tight, light shelf wear and toning to jacket. SCARCE. LG223-001. Very Good. LIMITED EDITION of 200 copies printed with Linotype Scotch on Rives buff wove paper, illustrations by Edward Ardizzone, bound by Bela Blau. "Unlike his contemporaries, Bawden, Freedman and Ravilio...
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Following Bernhardt Wall

By: Francis Joseph Weber (b. 1933)

Price: $50.00

Publisher: Los Angeles, CA, Dawson's Book Shop : 1974

Seller ID: IY915-101

Binding: Quarter black calf, decorative paper over boards,

Condition: Very Good

Los Angeles, CA: Dawson's Book Shop, 1974. Miniature Book. 2 7/8 x 1 7/8 inches. [ii], 18, [2] pp. Half-title, frontispiece which is 1 of 4 intaglio reproductions by Tony Kroll mounted throughout the volume; text clean, unmarked. Quarter black calf, decorative paper over boards, spine titled in gilt; binding square and tight, minor use wear. IY915-101. Very Good. LIMITED EDITION of 200 copies printed by Wm. M. Cheney. Father Weber's preliminary study of the work of Bernhardt T. Wall (1872-1956), American historian and illustrator. Weber would go on to produce a more extensive study of Bernhar...
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Following Bernhardt Wall

By: Francis Joseph Weber (b. 1933)

Price: $50.00

Publisher: Los Angeles, CA, Dawson's Book Shop : 1974

Seller ID: CGSZ118-023

Binding: Quarter black calf, decorative paper over boards,

Condition: Very Good

Los Angeles, CA: Dawson's Book Shop, 1974. Miniature Book. 2 7/8 x 1 7/8 inches. [ii], 18, [2] pp. Half-title, frontispiece which is 1 of 4 intaglio reproductions by Tony Kroll mounted throughout the volume; text clean, unmarked. Quarter black calf, decorative paper over boards, spine titled in gilt; binding square and tight, minor foxing to fore-edge and front cover. CGSZ118-023. Very Good. LIMITED EDITION of 200 copies printed by Wm. M. Cheney. Father Weber's preliminary study of the work of Bernhardt T. Wall (1872-1956), American historian and illustrator. Weber would go on to produce a mo...
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Portraitures of Nudes by World Famous Artists

By: Frank Myrle Cushing (1893-1977)

Price: $50.00

Publisher: Tustin, CA, Garden View Press : 1975

Seller ID: RGKK819-006

Binding: Maroon cloth over boards, titled in white, decorat

Condition: Very Good

Tustin, CA: Garden View Press, (1975). Miniature Book. 1 11/16 x 1 5/16 inches. Unpaginated. [42] pp. Half-title, text highlighted in red ink, 14 silhouette illustrations in various colors, folding plate at the rear with an illustration of what would be considered today a racially insensitive joke; text clean, unmarked. Maroon cloth over boards, titled in white, decorative endpapers; binding square and tight. Comes in a matching cloth-covered slip case. LACKS the original envelope that is included in the descriptions of 2 copies offered online when this description was written. No copies curre...
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The Lady, or the Tiger? and The Discourager of Hesitancy

By: Frank Richard Stockton (1834-1902)

Price: $750.00

Publisher: Vancouver, BC, Canada, Heavenly Monkey : 2022

Seller ID: HM323-001

Binding: Yellow-orange cloth spine, black paper over boards

Condition: Fine

Vancouver, BC, Canada: Heavenly Monkey, 2022. 8vo; two stories bound tête-bêche. 9 1/4 x 6 1/4 inches. [iv], (11); [iv], (11) pp. Each tale with a multi-color frontispiece by Walter Bachinski, along with 19 single-color illustrations at the head of each text-page, title pages printed in 2 colors; text clean unmarked. Yellow-orange cloth spine, black paper over boards, one side with a stamped pattern and the other side with gilt-stamped pattern, painted end-papers, comes in black-paper-covered slip case with printed paper spine label; binding square and tight. SIGNED by Walter Bachinski on the ...
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El Capitan

By: George Fiske (1835-1918), photographer

Price: $125.00

Publisher: Yosemite Valley, CA, George Fiske : No Date

Seller ID: KD123-046

Condition: Good

[Yosemite Valley, CA]: George Fiske, No Date. Large format silver gelatin print, 13 1/2 x 10 inches mounted on stiff board measuring 17 x 14 inches. Signed by Fiske in the negative; photograph faded. Mount is toned and chipped especially at the extremities, pencil notations and rubber stamps on the verso. KD123-046. Good. George Fiske was an American landscape photographer. Fiske worked for San Francisco photographers Charles L. Weed (1824-1903), Carleton E. Watkins (1829-1916), and Thomas Houseworth (1828-1915). After a spell when Fiske and his wife Myra lived in Yosemite Valley (1879-1881), ...
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Christopher Weimann (1946-1988): A Tribute. With over 90 illustrations, 38 in color and 8/12 original samples made by Christopher Weimann

By: Ingrid Weimann and Nedim Sonmez (b. 1957)

Price: $200.00

Publisher: Tübingen, Jäckle-Sönmez : 1991

Seller ID: LH1022-002

Binding: Blind-stamped grey cloth, spine titled in black

Condition: Very Good

Tübingen: Jäckle-Sönmez, (1991). 4to. 11 1/4 x 8 3/4 inches. 107 pp. Half-title, black-and-white photographic frontispiece, diamond-shaped sample of marbled paper mounted to title page, 7 other original samples of marbled papers tipped-in, lists of Weimann's publications, lectures, and so forth, 31 color plates; text clean, unmarked. Blind-stamped grey cloth, spine titled in black; binding square and tight, light shelf wear, light bowing to boards. LH1022-002. Very Good.LIMITED EDITION of 500 copies, this is number 184 of 400 regular copies. In addition to all the wonderful photographs in this...
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Eric Gill for Father Desmond

By: John Dreyfus (1918-2002), Graham Williams, and Eric Gill ( 1882-1940), illustrator

Price: $450.00

Publisher: London, UK, Bain & Williams Ltd : 1993

Seller ID: GIL921-017

ISBN-13: 9781873359037

Binding: Brown leather spine, ochre cloth, illustrated labe

Condition: FIne

London: Bain & Williams Ltd., 1993. 2 Volumes. 8vo. 9 x 5 11/16 inches. 52 [last blank] pp. Half-title, woodcut image on title page, 11 figures; text clean, unmarked. Brown leather spine, ochre cloth, illustrated label on front cover, spine titled in gilt, 2 copies of the Gill illustration in a matching portfolio volume with leather spine and ochre cloth spine, slip case covered with ochre cloth; binding square and tight. GIL921-017. Fine. LIMITED EDITION of 1,000 copies, this is 1 of 70 special copies with a letterpress proof taken from the original wood block and an intaglio proof taken from...
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"A Bird's Eye View of The Whittington Press," In: Matrix, Number 7, Winter 1987, pp. 164-166

By: John Randle

Price: $200.00

Publisher: Manor Farm, Andoversford, Glouchestershire, The Whittington Press : 1987

Seller ID: PD123-002

Binding: LIMITED EDITION of 960 copies, this is one of 850

Condition: Very Good

GERRY, Vance (1929-2005). "Los Angeles Printers: Some Recent Books About Them," In: Matrix, Number 7, Winter 1987, pp. 93-97. WITH: RITCHIE, Ward (1906-1996). "A Medley of Printers Past," pp. 83-92. WITH: RANDLE, John. "A Bird's Eye View of The Whittington Press," pp. 164-166. Manor Farm, Andoversford, Glouchestershire: The Whittington Press, 1987. 4to. 11 1/4 x 7 3/4 inches. [vi], (168) pp. Gerry's article lists 11 recent publications about Los Angeles printers, and 4 books in progress with bibliographical descriptions and comments upon the contents, plus a tipped-in photograph of the books u...
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The Wood Engravings of Mary Skempton

By: Mary Nancy Skempton (1913-1993), illustrator, Sir Alex Westley (1914-2001), biographical note

Price: $300.00

Publisher: Marlborough, UK, Privately Printed at Libanus Press : 1989

Seller ID: GIL921-009

ISBN-13: 9780948021190

Binding: Quarter beige linen, brown paper over boards, brow

Condition: Fine

Marlborough: Privately Printed at Libanus Press, 1989. 4to. 11 5/16 x 7 15/16 inches. [xiv] pp. 45 ff. Half-title, title page printed in brick-red and black with a large vignette of violet flowers, Foreword, Biographical Notes with a tailpiece, 44 plates of Skempton illustrations printed from line blocks taken from original prints (8 printed in color) with captions in brick-red ink, colophon leaf; text clean, unmarked. Quarter beige linen, brown paper over boards, brown paper spine label titled in gilt, clear acetate dust-jacket; binding square and tight. GIL921-009. Fine. LIMITED EDITION of 1...
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Dogs. Ten Etchings

By: Michael Bond O'Mara (1938-2004)

Price: $450.00

Publisher: Los Angeles, CA, Peggy Christian : 1976

Seller ID: HG421-001

Binding: Housed in the original folding stiff paper portfol

Condition: Fine

Los Angeles, CA: Peggy Christian, 1976. Miniature Book. 2 1/2 x 2 3/4 inches. 12 ff. Title leaf printed in 2 colors, 10 prints of etchings of a variety of dog breeds, colophon printed in brown ink on a separate page; text clean, unmarked. Housed in the original folding stiff paper case, string tied; text clean, unmarked, bookseller's pencil notation on the edition number on outside of paper case, else fine. Each print SIGNED, titled, dated, and numbered by Michael O'Mara. RARE. HG421-001. Fine. LIMITED EDITION of 75 numbered copies, this is number 66. The ten dogs illustrated in this small por...
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Le Streghette: Testo e Cinque Linoleografie di Mirek. Versione Inglese di Gabriel

By: Miroslav Zahradka (b. 1931)

Price: $400.00

Publisher: Verona, Italy, Plain Wrapper Press : 1972

Seller ID: GIL123-006

Binding: Portfolio, which holds 7 paper folders (title page

Condition: Very Good

Verona: Plain Wrapper Press, 1972. Portfolio. The work consists of 7 paper folders (title page, colophon and 5 poems each poem with a linocut illustration). The folders measure approximately 7 3/4 x 8 5/8 inches. The portfolio measures 7 7/8 x 8 15/16 inches. The sheets in this portfolio are printed on C. M. Fabriano paper that was hand tinted by the printer and the artist; text clean, unmarked. The portfolio is essentially a chemise with fore-edge silk-ribbon ties, the boards are covered with marbled paper created by Bonnie Walker. This all comes in a folding drop-back box witch measures 7 7/...
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