At Bromer Booksellers, we focus on the visual book, with fine images that both enhance narrative and stand alone as independent creations. Among our holdings in this area are costume books, emblem books, examples from the Art Nouveau and Art Deco periods, the fantasy illustrators in the tradition of Arthur Rackham, and modern books with original graphics. We look for the successful fusion of picture with text from any century, any country, and across a variety of artistic movements and media. We are especially fascinated with books of other cultures, and you will occasionally find items such as Japanese illustrated woodblock books and Eskimo tales without words ...
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Birmingham, England: Chance Brothers Co., 1862. Folio. (30)ff. A catalogue of stained-glass designs issued by a glass works company, featuring full-page plates chromolithographed in rich, vibrant colors. According to the book's brief introduction, the designs by Sebastian Evans were "intended as a simple and practical guide to those who require... More
(Paris: Draeger, c. 1938). A set of three tri-fold full-color catalogues in French advertising the 1939 Lincoln Zephyr V12. Each is lavishly illustrated in Art Deco style, with extensive use of metallic inks. The front covers of each depict the ornamented grills of the luxury cars, with the slogan "pour... More
(Houston, TX: ImpPress, 1965). Small octavo. (12)ff. One of 150 copies, signed by the artist and printer, Dugald Stermer. A quirky type specimen book printed on various colors of paper, in many colors of ink. With full-page illustrations, including a cartoonish frontispiece of a man with a printing press in... More
Edo: Tsutaya Jusaburo, (1823). (19), (15)pp. Likely third edition. Masterfully illustrated with fifteen prints by Kitagawa Utamaro, softly colored and finely detailed, showing insects and reptiles tucked among lush plants. Each spread is accompanied by a pair of flowing 31-syllable kyoka poems, humorously relating the sentiments of love to insects... More
![Sanjuurokkai kyouka awase shiohi no tsuto [Gifts of the Ebb Tide: A Poetry Contest on the Thirty-six Shells]. Kankou Akera.](/pictures/thumb/26828.jpg?v=1509477453)
(Edo): Tsutaya Juzaburou, (c. 1789). Small quarto. (20)pp. First edition. Illustrated with eight spreads by Kitagawa Utamaro. This anthology of thirty-six short poems, presented in the style of a traditional poetry contest, was written by members of the Yaegaki Circle after Akera Kankou and several members of the Circle were... More
Bangor: Theodore Press, 1986. Quarto. (138)pp. One of 160 copies signed by the illustrator, Claire Van Vliet, and of those, one of ten hors commerce. This edition uses the text of the 1623 First Folio, which is accompanied by Van Vliet's expressive black and white woodcut illustrations, some of them... More
1938-1946. 19 folio sheets of various sizes. Original illustrations in pencil, colored pencil, and watercolor of eight table-top and eleven console radios for the Record Corporation of America. Many of the console models are shown in situ, beside couches in living rooms or topped with lamps. They are displayed like... More
Boston: Houghton Mifflin and Company, 1884. Folio. (57), (viii)ff. First deluxe edition. One of 100 copies, printed on Japanese paper and signed by the artist on the limitation page. The fifty-seven Art-Nouveau illustrations, drawn in pencil, ink, chalk, and watercolor over ten months from May 1883 to March 1884, are... More
Buenos Aires: Colombo, 1958. Quarto. 32pp. From an edition of 52 copies, this is one of thirty-two copies printed on Ingres. An elegantly-printed bilingual edition of Keats's Odes, in English and Spanish, each with a full-page lithograph by Raúl Veroni of the poem's subject. The first illustration is signed in... More
![A una Alondra [To a Skylark]. Shelley, sshe.](/pictures/thumb/23185.jpg?v=1434431953)
(Buenos Aires: R. Veroni, 1972). Small quarto. (28)pp. From an edition of thirty-two copies, this is one of three copies printed on Japan paper. Signed by the translator, Miguel Alfredo Olivera, on the colophon page. Shelley's famous ode, translated into Spanish, is illustrated with colored engravings by Raúl Veroni. A.... More
NY: Gotham Book Mart, 1971. Oblong quarto. 72pp. Signed by Andy Warhol and the compiler, Andreas Brown, on the title page. A catalogue of an exhibition of Warhol's early work, mostly in the commercial art realm held at the Gotham Book Mart from 26 May to 26 June, 1971. Minor... More
(Easthampton, MA): Warwick Press, 1987. Quarto. (4)pp., accordion-fold. One of twenty copies signed by Carol Blinn, who wrote, illustrated, and printed this book. A poem by Blinn is accompanied by a watercolor illustration that extends across the central page spread, depicting three yellow balls floating on a cerulean pool surrounded... More
Fallbrook, CA: Weather Bird Press, 1980. 58pp. One of 100 copies. Signed by the author and printer. Contains eleven brief essays on Bonnard, Braque, Cézanne and others, with eleven color illustrations. The volume was intended to be a coffee table book, but the joke missed the mark. Text printed on... More
London: Faber & Faber, (1933). First edition. One of only 60 copies printed on English hand-made paper, signed by the author. With engraved title page, three tinted full-page plates and black & white headpieces by Rex Whistler. Collects seven of de la Mare's fantasy stories for children. A brilliant copy... More
London: Art & Technics, 1948. Small quarto. 103pp. First edition. Illustrated with fifty black & white plates, and many smaller drawings throughout the text. A biography of, and tribute to, the famed illustrator Rex Whistler, who was the author's older brother. Bound in gilt-stamped olive green cloth. Covers slightly bowed... More
Gloucestershire, UK: Whittington Press & Acorn Press, (1983). Folio. xvi, 68pp. One of 200 copies. Illustrated with a large photographic frontispiece depicting the artist at work, and with an autobiographical introduction. The book consists primarily of examples of Weissenborn's engravings, followed by a catalogue. Bound in tan buckram with an... More
(Andoversford, Gloucestershire / London): Whittington Press / Acorn Press, 1977. Oblong folio. (43)pp. One of 60 copies. Illustrated with twenty-one hand-colored linocuts on the rectos of each page, and quotations about the ruins on the facing versos. The ruins depicted are both ancient and modern, including the Great Wall of... More
Gloucestershire: Whittington Press, (1977). Large quarto. (26)ff. One of fifty numbered copies signed by the author-illustrator. A collection of ten poems and ten etchings by Judy Ling Wong, beautifully printed on heavy Fabriano Roma handmade paper. Wong printed the etchings, which are in black, in her own studio; each one... More
(Vienna: c. 1903). 9 7/8 by 8 1/4 inches. (11)ff. Contains nine early hand-tinted photographs, matted in brown cardboard and bound in. The front endpaper is inscribed "Karniow / August - September 1903." The photographs show a family on vacation by a lake, horseback riding, and in elaborate local costume... More
Vienna: Anton Schroll, c. 1903-1910. Two volumes in three small quarto portfolios. 192; 32pp. First volume loose and second volume accordionfold, as issued. Full run of Die Fläche, or The Surface, a periodical produced by members of the Wiener Werkstätte to showcase and disseminate the work created in the Workshops... More
(Vienna: Wiener Werkstatte, 1912). Quarto. (13)ff. The Twelve Months of the Year. With 13 sheets, each 29.7 x 22 cm, compromising twelve color lithographs for the months of the year, and one sheet depicting the four seasons. The prints are from illustrations by Franz von Zulow. Each of the monthly... More
Austin: Book Club of Texas, 1993. Broadside measuring 14 by 20 inches. Printed by the Wind River Press. Includes a quotation from J. Frank Dobie's "Some Part of Myself" (1967), and an illustration by Teresa Avini. The main image, printed in a dark purple, shows cowboys silhouetted against a night... More
(Jena: Eugen Diederichs), 1925. Octavo. 28ff. From an edition of 800 copies, this is one of 100 signed by the illustrator. With twenty-five full-page illustrations from drawings by Wolf depicting a wide and disturbing array of monsters. Wolf, who studied under Hans Thoma, fled Germany in 1938, settling in the... More
(c. 1947). Folio. 15ff., loose, as issued. A set of twelve proof illustrations, each labeled as such in pencil, plus a title page and Table of Contents, for an edition of Psalms by Gustav Wolf. The artist's watercolor sketches were in the process of being transferred to engraved blocks when... More
Original artwork, signed by the artist, Tony Tallarico. Depicting the letters A, B, and C against an orange background, this vibrant piece juxtaposes the realistic style of the letter examples (an apple, a ball, and a cat) with the playful style of the letters themselves, which have been enhanced by... More
