ON DRY-COW FISHING AS A FINE ART (with) PROGRESSIVE LAYOUTS FOR ON DRY-COW FISHING
Kipling, Rudyard Cleveland, 1926 Cleveland: The Rowfant Club, 1926. No. 127 of 176 copies. (Printed at the Printing House of William E. Rudge) for The Rowfant Club. All quite fine. No. 127 of 176 copies. (Printed at the Printing House of William E. Rudge) for The Rowfant Club. 12mo. 12p. Designs by Bruce Rogers, including title-page and decorations in brown and orange. Bound in Dutch paper boards with paper title label. Progressive Layouts was printed by the Press of the Woolly Whale in 1939 in a string-tied pamphlet of 10 pages with illustrations and facsimiles. Bound in pattern paper wrappers, the upper cover with paper title label. Housed together in a clamshell box of brown cloth with leather spine label gilt and lined with decorated paste paper. Haas 129.- $550
- $550
THE WOOD ENGRAVINGS OF JOHN FARLEIGH
Poole, Monica Oxfordshire, 1985 Oxfordshire: Gresham Books, 1985. First edition. Fine in d.j.. First edition. Folio. 122p. Foreword by H.R.H. The Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh. Illustrated throughout with reproductions of Farleigh's wood engravings, a few in color. Bound in gilt-titled maroon cloth. The engravings are presented in chronological order with appendices listing individual works, commissions, &c.- $125
- $125
MEDITATIONS ON OUR LADY
Thomas a Kempis, Saint, 1380-1471 Ditchling, 1929 Ditchling: Saint Dominic's Press, 1929. Variant Issue limited to 500 copies on machine paper. Boards with some fading and light wear, but better than normally found. Variant Issue limited to 500 copies on machine paper. Folio. (viii), 41p, colophon. Illustrated with wood engravings cut by Philip Hagreen. Bound in quarter black cloth over gray boards with paper cover title label.- $225
- $225
LAST POEMS. Translated by Stephen Mitchell
Rilke, Rainer Maria Oakland, 1989 Oakland: Okeanos Press, 1989. No. 40 of 200 copies signed by Stephen Mitchell. Trifling spot at preface and colophon else quite fine. No. 40 of 200 copies signed by Stephen Mitchell. Slim quarto. vii (ii), 68p, colophon. Printed in German and English enface. Bound in full blue cloth with paper labels on spine and upper cover.- $250
- $250
THE RUBAIYAT OF OMAR KHAYYAM
Omar Khayyam London, 1995 London: The Primrose Academy, 1995. No. 17 of 135 copies signed by the artist and the author of the Introduction. Fine. No. 17 of 135 copies signed by the artist and the author of the Introduction. Tall 8vo. (xiv) with 24 excellent wood engravings by Anatolii Ivanovich Kalashnikov, on the rectos of single sheets, 2 in color. Introduction by W. E. Butler. Printed on Zerkall mould-made paper. Bound in gilt-titled quarter blue cloth with patterned paper cloth sides. Housed in light blue paper boards slipcase.- $275
- $275
ONE HUNDRED FABLES, ORIGINAL AND SELECTED
Northcote, James London, 1829 London: Geo. Lawford, 1829. Second edition. Binding with rubbing and old wear, preliminaries foxed, remainder clean. Second edition. Small 8vo. viii, 272p. Illustrated with 280 engravings. This with a very nice oval fore-edge painting of a fox stalking a duck.- $750
- $750
THE ART OF THE FRENCH ILLUSTRATED BOOK 1700 TO 1914
Ray, Gordon N. New York, 1982 New York: The Pierpont Morgan Library and Cornell University Press, 1982. First edition. Clothbound. Fine in dust jackets. First edition. Clothbound. Quarto. xxxii, 245p (iii); (vii), 246-557p (v). Describes 396 books with complete bibliographic detail, illustrations, and extensive annotations. Also illustrated examples of fine bindings. Bound in gilt-titled red cloth with gilt figural device on the upper covers. Excellent and essential reference.- $200
- $200
NOTES ON THE ERAGNY PRESS, AND A LETTER TO J. B. MANSON
Pissarro, Lucien Cambridge, 1957 Cambridge: Privately Printed, 1957. Limited to 500 copies. Fine with minor spotting to paste-downs. Limited to 500 copies. viii, 16p, 11 leaves of plates, 39-50p. (ii). Edited with a supplement by Alan Fern. Illustrated with Eragny Press woodcut logo device on title page, wood engraving by Gilbert Polliot and the prints on the 11 leaves from the originals, all but two printed from the original blocks, 6 in color, 1 tinted in gold. Bound in blue-titled quarter gray boards over Eragny pattern paper.- $400
- $400
DOCTOR FAUST. A PLAY – BASED UPON OLD GERMAN PUPPET VERSIONS
Fine. The vellum binding has some natural staining. All illustrated with woodcuts by Fritz Kredel, Nos. 1 and 2 hand-colored. No. 2, 3, and 4 printed in red and black. 1. DOKTOR FAUST: DAS ALTE PUPPENSPIEL. Frankfurt am Main: Der Golden Brunnen, 1950. 51p. Bound in paper-covered boards with repeating Kredel figures in two shades of green. 2. DOCTOR FAUST. A PLAY BASED UPON OLD GERMAN PUPPET VERSIONS by Harry Owens. Gravesend Press, 1953-54. 50 copies. 36 leaves. Bound in full yapp vellum. 3. (Title as No. 2). Chicago. Caxton Club, 1953. 350 copies. Bound in gilt-titled quarter cloth over paste board covers, t.e.g. 4. (Title as No. 2). NP [Lexington], 1953-54. Laid in manuscript note states: 1/12 copies for V. Hammer on old Austrian paper. Bound in quarter linen over paste paper boards in untitled dust wrapper. Housed in two green cloth solander boxes. "The books designed or printed by Hammer, regardless of the imprint under which they were published, had a unity rare indeed in private printing: Absolutely uncompromising in design and execution, they represented admirably the superb instrument a private press can be in the hands of an individual intent on perfection, or in the hands of his followers." (Cave. The Private Press, 1983, second edition, p. 263).- $1,950
- $1,950
THE WOOD ENGRAVINGS OF JOHN FARLEIGH
Poole, Monica Oxfordshire, 1985 Oxfordshire: Gresham Books, 1985. No. 21 of 110 copies signed by Monica Poole. Fine. No. 21 of 110 copies signed by Monica Poole. Folio. 122p. Foreword by H.R.H. The Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh. Illustrated throughout with reproductions of Farleigh's wood engravings, a few in color. Bound in gilt-titled brown morocco over mustard cloth and housed in cloth slipcase. The engravings are presented in chronological order. with appendices listing individual works, commissions, &c.- $375
- $375
AS NATURE SHOWS THEM, MOTHS AND BUTTERFLIES OF THE UNITED STATES EAST OF THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS
Denton, Sherman F. Boston, 1900 Boston: Bradlee Whidden, 1900. Limited to 500 copies (no. 46). Small chip to each crown, spine evenly mellowed to golden brown, all else fine. A remarkable work.. Limited to 500 copies (no. 46). Two volumes. [xvi], 161p; [xvi], 163-361p. With over 400 photographic illustrations, including over 100 with transfers of species from life - ACTUAL WINGS. Beautifully bound in full green crushed morocco with marbled endpapers, a.e.g. the spines in uneven panels with gilt titles and butterfly vignettes and decorative panel frames, the covers with gilt fillet border and large gilt butterfly corner pieces. "New methods of printing color, often too difficult to be practical, were sometimes undertaken by enthusiasts. Denton says the plates in this book 'are direct transfers from the insects themselves; that is to say, the scales of the wings of the insects are transferred to the paper while the bodies are printed from engravings and afterward colored by hand... I have had to make over fifty thousand of these transfers for the entire edition, not being able to get anyone to help me who would do the work as I desired it done... I will say, however, that there never was a laborer more in love with his work....'" (Reese. Nineteenth Century American Color Plate Books, no. 107.).- $5,750
- $5,750
HAND AND BRAIN: A Symposium of Essays on Socialism
Morris, William, Grant Allen, George Bernard Shaw, Hanry S. Salt, Alfred Russel Wallace, and Edward Carpenter East Aurora New York, 1898 East Aurora New York: The Roycrofters, 1898. No. 449 of 720 copies. Suede with a bit of wear (as expected), else very good, the contents fine, uncut and unopened. No. 449 of 720 copies. 142p. colophon. Printed in red and black on handmade Kelmscott paper. Bound in quarter tan suede over green boards with gilt-title on the cover and on a leather spine label. McKenna. Roycroft Bibliography no. 25.- $325
- $325
NOT BARN AGAIN: Four Engravings by John De Pol
Shaver, Neil Council Bluffs, IA, 1997 Council Bluffs, IA: The Yellow Barn Press, 1997. Limited to 150 copies. Fine. Limited to 150 copies. String-tied wrappers. 14p. Illustrated with four wood engravings by De Pol, the forth being the title page spread that was to be the title for a book with 12 engravings. Printed on Zerkall mouldmade paper. Cover title on the wrapper.- $50
- $50
THE ENGRAVINGS OF ERIC GILL
Wellingborough, 1983 Wellingborough: Christopher Skelton, 1983. First edition. Fine. First edition. Folio. xxiv, 545p, colophon. Fully illustrated. Includes "Eric Gill: A Personal Record by Douglas Cleverdon" and "Gill the Engraver: A Survey", as well as appendices and check list, &c. Bound in the publisher's gilt-titled quarter white cloth over black cloth sides, the upper cover with an illustration of three nudes stamped in blind, housed in a slip case.- $650
- $650
THE SKETCH-BOOK OF GEOFFREY CRAYON, GENT
Irving, Washington New York, 1895 New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1895. Van Tassel Edition. Fine. Van Tassel Edition. Two volumes. xix (i), 294p; vi (ii), 315p. Illustrated by Arthur Rackham (4), F. O. C. Darley, Julian Rix and Alan Barrud, and from photographs. Bound in half blue morocco over blue cloth sides with marbled endpapers, t.e.g., the spines with gilt titles, floral panel ornaments and rules around the bands. Riall. Rackham p. 11.- $450
- $450
THE PILGRIM’S PROGRESS
Bunyan, John London, 1928 London: The Cresset Press, 1928. Limited to 195 copies (copy no167) on Batchelor's Kelmscott hand-made paper. Spots of color loss to the dyed vellum covers, which is common for this book. Contents are brilliant and fresh as new. Limited to 195 copies (copy no167) on Batchelor's Kelmscott hand-made paper. Two volumes. Folio. (viii), 174p, colophon; (viii), 162p, colophon. Illustrated with ten brilliant wood engravings by Blair Hughes-Stanton (6) and Gertrude Hermes (4). Bound by Sangorski & Sutcliffe in black dyed vellum with titles in gilt on spines and upper covers, t.e.g. A masterpiece of wood engraved illustration and private press printing. Hughes-Stanton, no. 4; Ransom 5.- $2,000
- $2,000
LONDON IN THE JACOBITE TIMES
Doran London, 1877 London: Richard Bentley & Son, 1877. First edition. Some wear and rubbing, but very good and sound. First edition. Two volumes. xii, 439p; x, 412p. Extra-Illustrated with 93 engravings. Bound in dark red half calf with cloth sides and marbled endpapers, t.e.g., the spine with brown title labels and simple floral ornaments in the panels.- $1,750
- $1,750
TWO YEARS BEFORE THE MAST
Dana, Richard Henry Chicago, 1930 Chicago: The Lakesdie Press, 1930. Limited to 1000 copies. This copy with a one-page ALs of Richard Henry Davis, Jr. to Marceau, this book's owner. Fine in white cloth slipcase with morocco openings and spine label. Limited to 1000 copies. This copy with a one-page ALs of Richard Henry Davis, Jr. to Marceau, this book's owner. ix, 524p. Designed and illustrated in color by Edward A. Wilson. Large 8vo. Bound by Sangorski & Sutcliffe in full blue morocco with watered-silk doublures and flyleaves, a.e.g., the spine in six panels with gilt titles and anchor devices in the panels with decorative cornerpieces, the upper cover with double-ruled border, gilt title and central device of a sailing ship, gilt dentelles of decorative rolls and anchors, the upper and lower panels gilt-stamped "Bound by Sangorski & Sutcliffe of London for the Library of Robert M. Marceau" This copy with an extra signature laid in with the sailor illustration.- $2,850
- $2,850
FOLLOW ME” ANIMAL BOOK
Paulsen, Martha Akron, OH;, 1945 Akron, OH;: Saalfield, 1945. Very nice and bright in d.j. with several closed tears. Scarce in dust jacket. A pop-up or moveable book with 8 animations by Vivienne Blake in which the animals fold out to form a line of four babies following their mother. Color-printed green boards with plastic spiral binding.- $60
- $60
ANDROMACHE: A TRAGEDY
Racine, Jean Lexington, KY, 1986 Lexington, KY: The Anvil Press, 1986. No. 19 of 100 copies. Fine in d.j.. No. 19 of 100 copies. Quarto. 10, (ii), 51p, colophon. Illustrated plates not included in the pagination. Printed throughout in red and black in Victor Hammer's American & Andromaque uncial types, the tableaux printed at the Windell Press. Foreword by Desmond Flower. Bound in quarter black cloth over terra-cotta boards, the spine with paper title label, the upper cover with a Fritz Kredel illustration.- $550
- $550
THE APOSTLE’S CALENDAR
Hagreen, Philip, Illus Ditchling, 1932 Ditchling: St. Dominic's Press, 1932. Limited to 200 copies - this copy not numbered. Near fine but for repaired tear to lower corner of the first calendar sheet and corresponding loss to the tipped-in sheet. Limited to 200 copies - this copy not numbered. Twelve leaves.7 1/2 X 5". Printed in red and black on heavy hand-made paper and string tied to a board backing, the cover with blue paper cover printed in black and red with a wood-engravings of the virgin and child. The calendar pages have a wood-engraving by Philip Hagreen and a simple red border. Tipped-in publication note. Taylor and Sewell C17.- $300
- $300