Book Arts

In their broadest sense, the book arts are at the core of our inventory. To be sure, the category encompasses the specialties that you see on our homepage, such as Fine Printing, Fine Binding, and Illustrated Books. However, it also includes such things as writing books and calligraphy, fore-edge paintings, books on papermaking, and leaf books.

Read more about one of the book arts, Fore-edge Painting

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Picture Alphabet, with Quotations in Praise of Print. Hellmuth Weissenborn.

(Acorn Press/Whittington Press)

Picture Alphabet, with Quotations in Praise of Print.

Weissenborn, Hellmuth

(London/Andoversford): Acorn Press/Whittington Press, 1975. Oblong quarto. (28)ff., frenchfold. One of 60 copies signed by the artist, Hellmuth Weissenborn. Illustrated with twenty-seven linocuts printed in two colors. Weissenborn's colorful alphabet is accompanied by quotations about various aspects of printing from philosophical and literary luminaries, such as Byron, Nietschze, and Southey... More

Price: $475.00

A Bibliography of George Ade, 1866-1944. Dorothy Ritter Russo.

(Ade, George)

A Bibliography of George Ade, 1866-1944.

Russo, Dorothy Ritter

Indianapolis: Indiana Historical Society, 1947. Octavo. Minor shelfwear and upper corner bumped, else near fine in cloth over boards. More

Price: $75.00 save 50% $37.50

Conrad Aiken. A Bibliography (1902-1978). F. W. Bonnell, F. C. Bonnell.

(Aiken, Conrad)

Conrad Aiken. A Bibliography (1902-1978).

Bonnell, F. W. and F. C. Bonnell

San Marino, California: Huntington Library, 1982. Octavo. Very fine in teal cloth, gilt-stamped to upper cover and spine. In fine dust jacket, showing some rubbing. More

Price: $35.00 save 50% $17.50

Richard Aldington 1892-1962.

(Aldington, Richard)

Richard Aldington 1892-1962.

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: Special Collections Department, Temple University Libraries, 1973. Octavo. Bibliography of books, manuscripts, and miscellanea held in the Frank G. Harrington Collection of Richard Aldington and Hild "H.D." Doolittle. Very fine in cream wrappers, with minor darkening and soiling to wrappers. More

Price: $20.00 save 50% $10.00

Maziarczyk Paste Papers. Claire Bolton.

(Alembic Press)

Maziarczyk Paste Papers.

Bolton, Claire

Oxford: Alembic Press, 1991. Quarto. 53pp. One of 175 copies. Contains nineteen samples. This book describes the history and the techniques behind Claire Maziarczyk's vivid and unusual paste papers. Bound in gold and silver paste-paper boards backed with black morocco, gilt titling to spine. Extremely fine. More

Price: $550.00

Nelson Algren. A Descriptive Bibliography. Matthew J. Bruccoli.

(Algren, Nelson)

Nelson Algren. A Descriptive Bibliography.

Bruccoli, Matthew J.

(Pittsburgh, PA): University of Pittsburgh Press, 1985. Octavo. Part of the Pittsburgh Series in Bibliography. Very fine in full blue cloth. More

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A Catalogue of the Maxwell Anderson Collection at the University of Texas. Laurence G. Avery.

(Anderson, Maxwell)

A Catalogue of the Maxwell Anderson Collection at the University of Texas.

Avery, Laurence G.

Austin: University of Texas at Austin, 1968. Octavo. Fine in brown cloth with a fine dust jacket. More

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Sherwood Anderson. A Bibliography. Eugene P. Sheehy, Kenneth A. Lohf.

(Anderson, Sherwood)

Sherwood Anderson. A Bibliography.

Sheehy, Eugene P. and Kenneth A. Lohf

Los Gatos, California: Talisman Press, 1960. 8vo. 125pp. Fine in gray cloth with peach paper spine label. Very good dust jacket, showing chipping and folds to top edge and two small closed tears to bottom edge. More

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The Pulps: Fifty Years of American Pop Culture. Tony Goodstone.

(Anthology)

The Pulps: Fifty Years of American Pop Culture.

Goodstone, Tony (editor)

NY: Chelsea House, (1970). Quarto. 239pp. First edition. A collection of over 50 stories, poems, features, and articles from pulp magazines of the 1920s, '30s, and '40s, with their original illustrations and ads. Each is placed into historical context through commentary by the compiler and editor, Tony Goodstone. Also includes... More

Price: $200.00 save 50% $100.00

Focus on Art. Florence Homolka.

(Anthology)

Focus on Art.

Homolka, Florence

New York: Ivan Obolensky, Inc. c1962. Quarto. Photography and Notes by Florence Homolka. A nice copy with a dust jacket that has a few tears and shows some rubbing. More

Price: $75.00 save 50% $37.50

Edward Ardizzone. A Bibliographic Commentary. Brian Alderson.

(Ardizzone, Edward)

Edward Ardizzone. A Bibliographic Commentary.

Alderson, Brian

Middlesex, England: Private Libraries Association, The British Library, 2003. Quarto. Very fine in burgundy cloth, gold-stamped to upper cover and spine. More

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Canon Addenda. Jack Gannon.

(Arion Press)

Canon Addenda.

Gannon, Jack

Arion Press, 1998. For the Joint Meeting of the Zamorano Club. One of 350 copies. Fine in brown wrappers. More

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Merle Armitage Designed Books.

(Armitage, Merle)

Merle Armitage Designed Books.

Sunnyvale, CA: Carpe Diem Books, n.d. Octavo. Bookseller's catalogue of books designed by Merle Armitage. With introduction by Ward Ritchie. Spine lightly faded, else fine in wrappers. More

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Merle Armitage: Bibliography. Robert Marks.

(Armitage, Merle)

Merle Armitage: Bibliography.

Marks, Robert

New York: E. Weyhe, (1956). Octavo. 99pp. One of 350 copies. Inscribed by Armitage, the maverick book designer known for his bold, modern style. Armitage began his career working in the New York theater industry, but soon taught himself graphic design, abandoning convention and working entirely off of his own... More

Price: $250.00 save 50% $125.00

Miniatura Veronese del Rinascimento. Gino Castiglioni, Sergio Marinelli.

(Art Reference)

Miniatura Veronese del Rinascimento.

Castiglioni, Gino and Sergio Marinelli

Verona: Museo di Castelvecchio, 1986. Quarto. Fine in printed wrappers, with only slight fading to spine and light edgewear. More

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Les Peintres Français du XVIIIe Siècle: Histoire des Vies et Catalogue des Oeuvres. Louis Dimier.

(Art Reference)

Les Peintres Français du XVIIIe Siècle: Histoire des Vies et Catalogue des Oeuvres.

Dimier, Louis

Paris: Les Éditions G. Van Oest, 1928. Two quarto volumes. Illustrated in black & white throughout. Edges faded and spines worn, else near fine in gray wrappers, which show remnants of the original glassine wrappers. More

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Jugendstil. Druckkunst. Hans H. Hofstätter.

(Art Reference)

Jugendstil. Druckkunst.

Hofstätter, Hans H .

Baden-Baden: Holle, 1973. Quarto. 296pp. Extensively illustrated in both black & white and color. Fine in ivory cloth with title in gold, showing some yellowing to top edge. Top edge of dust jacket chipping. More

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Notes on Prints. William M. Ivins.

(Art Reference)

Notes on Prints.

Ivins, William M.

New York: De Capo Press, 1967. Small quarto. 194pp. Illustrated throughout. Very fine in dark blue leatherette with title in gold to spine. Illustrated dust jacket price-clipped with two small closed tears, otherwise fine. More

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Ambroise Vollard, Editeur. Una E. Johnson.

(Art Reference)

Ambroise Vollard, Editeur.

Johnson, Una E.

New York: The Museum of Modern Art, 1977. Small quarto. 176pp. with 79 illustrations, sixteen of which are in color. Very fine in brown cloth with very fine dust jacket. More

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"The Art that is Life": The Arts & Crafts Movement in America, 1875-1920. Wendy Kaplan.

(Art Reference)

"The Art that is Life": The Arts & Crafts Movement in America, 1875-1920.

Kaplan, Wendy

Boston: Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, 1987. Square quarto. Lightly rubbed on spine, else fine in wrappers. More

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Russian Futurism: A History. Vladimir Marko.

(Art Reference)

Russian Futurism: A History.

Marko, Vladimir

Berkley and Los Angeles: University of California Press, 1968. Fine with jacket. The jacket is slightly sunned and the price is clipped. More

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Portrait of the Old West: With a biographical checklist of western artists. Harold McCrracken.

(Art Reference)

Portrait of the Old West: With a biographical checklist of western artists.

McCrracken, Harold

New York: McGraw - Hill Book Company, Inc. 1952. Foreword by R. W. G. Vail, Litt.D., Directer, New York Historical Society. With 309 color illustrations. Fine with original, color jacket. More

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A Dictionary of Russian and Soviet Artists 1420-1970. John Milner.

(Art Reference)

A Dictionary of Russian and Soviet Artists 1420-1970.

Milner, John

Woodbridge, Suffolk, England: Antique Collectors' Club, 1993. A mint copy with a mint jacket. More

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The German Expressionists. Bernard S. Myers.

(Art Reference)

The German Expressionists.

Myers, Bernard S.

New York: Praeger, Frederick A. [1957]. A near fine copy with a slight fade to the spine. In a slipcase. More

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The Lubok: 17th-18th Century Russian Broadsides. Yuri Ovsyannikov, Arthur Shkarovsky-Raffé.

(Art Reference)

The Lubok: 17th-18th Century Russian Broadsides.

Ovsyannikov, Yuri and Arthur Shkarovsky-Raffé

Moscow: Sovietsky Khudozhnik Publishing House, 1968. Quarto. In Russian and English. Boards stained at edges, else good condition in white cloth, with lightly worn and stained dust jacket. More

Price: $75.00 save 50% $37.50

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