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Pen and ink on paper of varying sizes and finishes. All are signed by Steig. These drawings were produced for an advertising campaign for the Butcher Polish Company of Marlborough, Massachusetts, which saw itself leading its market during this period. Steig's drawings feature various faces wearing a panorama of expressions,... more

Price: $2,250.00

Octavo. (120)pp. Twenty pages contain hand-written notes for the whaling bark Morning Star from New Bedford; the remaining pages are blank. The entries concern the amounts of cash advances and expenses, both for individual crew members and for the owners' account with the captain, Hervey E. Luce. Lists itemize the... more

Price: $750.00

A receipt signed by C. Henry Daniel of the Daniel Press, dated 1901, for a copy of Muses Garden for Delights. A standard receipt, with pertinent information filled in by Daniel in his handwriting. Fine. ... more

Price: $100.00

London, (1890s). Group of ephemera printed at the Vale Press between 1896 and 1903 containing twenty-two order forms, seven book lists, and four notices, two of which are duplicates. Three of the order forms are printed in red and black, and many of the pieces contain decorative woodcut elements. Light... more

Price: $1,250.00

Quarto. 28pp., frenchfold. One of forty copies. Signed by the author/artist, Gunnar Kaldewey. This book is inspired by the notion of "nature as art." The first text page poetically states: "Books are like gardens that one can carry/around; gardens are like books that one can/experience, promenade through or get lost.... more

Price: $1,750.00

A matted and framed watercolor painting on paper, approximately 21 1/2 by 15 1/2 inches, signed and dated by the artist. The painting is of three different flowers: one large red hibiscus; an imperial crown and its seed pods; and two lianne, a French variety of violet. The flowers are... more

Price: $1,250.00

Marbled paper with calligraphy measuring 23 3/4 by 32 inches. Ebru, or marbling, is one of the oldest arts in Turkey. In addition to being used in book binding and design, it was often used as a background for calligraphy and is considered high art. In this example, Barutcugil has... more

Price: $1,000.00

32mo. 56pp. Illustrated with six detailed double-page engravings, several of which are pastoral scenes of shepherds and shepherdesses. In addition to the typical contents of an almanac, such as the months of the year and phases of the moon, this example contains verses taken from theater, poetry, and classical mythology.... more

Price: $2,000.00

Octavo. (26)ff. A manuscript alphabet book of calligraphic paintings, signed by the artist. Includes title page, twenty-four letters, and "Fin." A renowned nineteenth-century Swiss calligrapher and miniature-painter, Midolle executed his alphabets in the gothic style of lettering to resemble the text of a medieval manuscript, and often decorated his work... more

Price: $17,500.00

Quarto. xxvii, 106pp. One of 160 copies printed on handmade Amalfi paper. This reprint of Torniello's alphabet includes a reproduction of the title page portrait of Torniello, newly engraved after Guillaume Le Signerre by Leonardo Farina; a facsimile of the geometrically-constructed alphabet; and a comparison of Torneillo's roman capitals with... more

Price: $1,850.00

Small quarto. 421pp. One of 1,000 copies. Although not called for, this copy is signed by the author. Illustrated throughout with color photographs. Weber is the grandson of Carl Weber, who was one of the pioneers in the identification of fore-edge painters and scholarship into the history of this practice.... more

Price: $400.00

Three octavo volumes, comprising: Katalog 34: Hêhres & Triviales, oder aus den Leihbibliotheken der Goethezeit; Katalog 50: Hêhres & Triviales, Register Band 1-10; Katalog 67: Kaldewey's Lese-Kabinett. 168, 252, 272pp. Two catalogues of antiquarian books and an index to the first ten catalogues produced by Kaldewey. Katalog 50, the index,... more

Price: $400.00

Small quarto. vi, liv, 429 pp. A facsimilie of the Saint Gall Codex, a ninth century Greek manuscript of the Gospels that was possibly written by Walafrid Strabo, a Frankish monk and author. The original manuscript is kept in the famed library of the Benedictine Abbey of St. Gall in... more

Price: $3,500.00

12mo. (36)pp. Second edition. Early copy of an apparently popular textbook, which saw numerous editions through the first decade of the nineteenth century. The list of planets has Uranus as Herschel; the extensive question and answer format explains longitude as a means of navigation. Calligraphic inscription from Tryphena Fisher on... more

Price: $650.00

Octavo. 103, (3)pp. From an edition of 125 copies, this is copy number I of twenty-five specially bound in full morocco by Anthony Wessely. Signed by the illustrator, Peter Forster, and director and screenwriter Bryan Forbes, who wrote the Introduction. Printed by Andrew Dolinski at the Carpathian Press on mould-made... more

Price: $1,250.00

A single woodcut by Eric Gill, measuring 3 3/4 by 5 inches, depicting Christ as a child. The symbolic hand of God appears above, appearing to shed a mystical and powerful light over him. Fine. ... more

Price: $150.00

Folio portfolio. Although 100 copies of the American edition were intended for publication, the edition was never published. The present set may be considered a proof copy to be shown to prospective subscribers, and as such is quite possibly unique. Contains 60 illustrated leaves, each individually matted, out of important... more

Price: $5,500.00

Twelve parts in three quarto volumes. viii, 512pp., + 23 plates; viii, 503pp., + 21 plates; viii, 511pp., + 22 plates. One of 850 copies. A complete set of this important periodical, beautifully printed and illustrated throughout. The journal's intention was such that "its articles should be by writers of... more

Price: $1,250.00