German Scenery From Drawings made in 1820, By Captain Batty, of the Grenadier Guards, F.R.S. by Batty, Captain Robert - 1825

Milan: Il Polifilo, 1990. First printing. Hardcover. Orig. brown morocco and spine and thick brown boards. Teg. Fine in fine matching slipcase.. 184 pages. Folio, 36 x 26 cm. Four page Abstract in English. 23 double-page or fold-out plates depicting views and plans of towns and cities in 18th century Italy of which, it appears that Verona held more allure for the foreign traveller than the other two cities of central Veneto, Padua and Vicenza. A series of contemporary engravings presents the architecture of the Venetian Republic, their distinctive system of arcaded thoroughfares, and articulated system of public spaces. Printed on high quality paper by Stamperia Valdonega of Verona.

London: R. Ackermann, 1821. First edition. Hardcover. Orig. dark green roan and brown boards, backstrip lettered and decorated in gilt. Very good in very good green cloth clamshell box with brown leather spine label. 118 [2] pages. 28 x 19 cm. Hand colored title vignette and 27 aquatint full page plates (all vignetted, except No. 27). This is the earliest work on Madeira listed in [ABBEY189] with the note, "Originally published in half roan, latter remaindered by Nattali in cloth as here." A bright uncut copy, with Whatman paper dated 1821. Marston Library inscription on pastedown dated 1826, Richard Boyle Viscount Dangarvan armorial bookplate, and Joel Spitz bookplate with colored image of Henry Alken. Tiny bookseller label "Penny Bookseller, Cheap Street" front pastedown. Laid-in at rear is an eight page pamphlet By an Ex-Invalid, published London: Bell And Daldy, 1859 entitled "Madeira. A Brief Letter Of Advice To An Invalid, In Reply to A Request For Information About Madeira As A Winter… Read More

Charlottesville:: Virginia Center for the Book,, 2022.. Edition of 30. Prints are 7" by 10" with a vertical orientation. The printmaking methods represented in the collection are as eclectic as the patron saints they portray. Each set of prints is housed in a paper retablo, or small Peruvian-style altar-box. A built-in frame compartment holds all 14 prints. When the retablo stands open, the top-most print is displayed. Closed, the retablo measures 7.125" x 13" x .5". Belly band closure with printed title. Each print signed and numbered by the artist. Virginia Center for the Book: "Blending the sacred and the secular, and drawing inspiration from Mexican ex votos, Peruvian retablos, and European and Near Eastern iconography, member artists at the Virginia Center for the Book have produced a collection of storied art venerating whoever/whatever helped them to cope during the pandemic or other recent difficult time.  "Several take refuge in distraction, both… Read More

Belfast, Maine:: Jan Owen,, 2022.. Edition of 3. 10 x 19 x 4 inches open, 10 x 6 x .75 inches closed. Accordion flag book. Hand lettered with acrylic and ink on paste painted paper. Paper case. Signed and numbered by the artist. Jan Owen: "In 2020, the New York Times decided to capitalize Black as they did in1930 for the designation, Negro. But Black and White is hardly a description of the many shades of skin tones so I made shades of pinks and browns, ochre, and red to make the faces.  "The words in 'Black White' are about racism said by writers, preachers, Congress. I don’t think there’s one way, there are many ways that we can learn to give up our prejudices. " I feel that - Laws change actions. Stories change hearts. History records. Arts make visible. Music crosses cultures. Sport makes teams.

Reno, Nevada:: AB Gorham,, 2022.. Edition of 50. 7.125 x 6.125 x .25"; 16 pages including pastedowns. Letterpress printed on a Vandercook Universal 1 at Black Rock Press. Printed on Zerkall Book papers. Hand bound with resin shapes embedded into front and back covers. Cloth covered drop-spine box enclosure. Signed and numbered by the artist. AB Gorham: "'Unidentified Found Object Song' is an artist book that draws on published documentation of unidentified flying objects (ufos) and other alien phenomenon to create a mysterious visual/reading encounter. This book exists on the edge of visual and textual logic, taking recognizable objects and elements of landscape and defamiliarizing them through digital manipulation, unexpected color combinations, and isolation from context. Each spread contains a vaguely-familiar visual mystery letterpress printed in colors from saturated reds and golds to transparent violets. There is sidewalk cheese, lenticular clouds, and a landscape of crumbs.… Read More

Portland, Maine:: Rebecca Goodale,, 2004.. Edition of 10. 6 x 8.5" closed. Accordion book construction with two stitched sections. Ink on paper with cutouts. Front cover bound in woven Japanese grass paper. Five rare Junacae in Maine are the subject of this Threatened and Endangered Species book (Alpine rush; Slender rush; Vassey rush; Northern wood-rush; Spiked wood-rush). The pale ink on paper imitates the color and value of the cast shadows produced by he cutaways.

Rochester, New York:: Visual Books,, 2008.. Edition of 10. 6.5 x 8.5 x 1.75" box size; 5.5 x 4.5" book size; 28 pages. Accordion structure. Hand bound ink jet prints. The describes the space and process of the project, printed with a vertical panorama of the garden situated between two buildings. Housed in hinged wooden box with Latex glove, flower seeds, and plastic horse. Scott McCarney,: " This book documents a version of a piece that has been installed/performed privately in my garden in Rochester NY for the past eight years. It started as a tribute to my father, who died at his home in Virginia from lung cancer in 2001. When told he had three weeks to six month to live, he chose to move from hospital to hospice care at home. That was Friday. We had a nice weekend together before he passed away the following Tuesday, much to the surprise of his doctor. Being with him those last few days, I understood his will to die was as strong as his will to live had been.

Milan: Il Polifilo, 1990. First printing. Hardcover. Orig. brown morocco and spine and thick brown boards. Teg. Fine in fine matching slipcase.. 184 pages. Folio, 36 x 26 cm. Four page Abstract in English. 23 double-page or fold-out plates depicting views and plans of towns and cities in 18th century Italy of which, it appears that Verona held more allure for the foreign traveller than the other two cities of central Veneto, Padua and Vicenza. A series of contemporary engravings presents the architecture of the Venetian Republic, their distinctive system of arcaded thoroughfares, and articulated system of public spaces. Printed on high quality paper by Stamperia Valdonega of Verona.

Portland, Maine:: Rebecca Goodale,, 2015.. Edition of 5 . 17 x 6.5" closed, opens to 60". Accordion extending from back pastedown foreedge. Hand-colored lithographs and gelatin plate prints. Bound in cloth-covered boards. Signed, numbered, and dated by the artist. Rebecca Goodale: "In this narrative a unicorn is running away with two of Maine's extirpated species: Lycaeides melissa samulelis ( Karner Blue) a small blue butterfly, which after a long absence has recently been sighted in southwestern Maine and Aletris farinosa (unicorn root) a plant that has not been seen here for over a hundred years."

London: R. Ackermann, 1821. First edition. Hardcover. Orig. dark green roan and brown boards, backstrip lettered and decorated in gilt. Very good in very good green cloth clamshell box with brown leather spine label. 118 [2] pages. 28 x 19 cm. Hand colored title vignette and 27 aquatint full page plates (all vignetted, except No. 27). This is the earliest work on Madeira listed in [ABBEY189] with the note, "Originally published in half roan, latter remaindered by Nattali in cloth as here." A bright uncut copy, with Whatman paper dated 1821. Marston Library inscription on pastedown dated 1826, Richard Boyle Viscount Dangarvan armorial bookplate, and Joel Spitz bookplate with colored image of Henry Alken. Tiny bookseller label "Penny Bookseller, Cheap Street" front pastedown. Laid-in at rear is an eight page pamphlet By an Ex-Invalid, published London: Bell And Daldy, 1859 entitled "Madeira. A Brief Letter Of Advice To An Invalid, In Reply to A Request For Information About Madeira As A Winter… Read More