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New York, Arco Publishing Company, [1978], First American edition. . original cloth, gilt spine title lettering, dj (price clipped), fine, clean and unmarked. . 8vo [22 x 14.5 cm]; 200 pp, illustrations on plates, bibliog, index. . An well written work by this antiquarian bookdealer, with much on booksellers, literary detective, book thieves, auction selling, talismans & spells, trends, etc. A picture of this book is available on request by email.

New York, Skira/Rizzoli, [1984], First American edition. . original cloth, gilt title lettering on spine and cover, dj, fine, clean, unused and unmarked, in the original publisher's slipcase (unworn). . folio [34 x 25 cm]; 269 pp, 350 illustrations, 110 colored illustrations including full-page, bibliog, index. . A beautifully illustrated, large format book describing the history of illustration from the Book of Kells to the Dram of Polyphilus, from the Codex Atlanticua of Leonardo da Vinci to the Illustrated London News to Talbot's the Pencil of Nature, the first book with photos, to the comic strip, fascinating and informative text. Originally published in Switzerland. A picture of this book is available on request by email.

London, British Printing Machinery, 1980, . . original pictorial heavy paper wraps with title lettering, dust jacket with gilted decorations, slight crease in few margins, else near fine and clean. . 8vo [25 x 16.5 cm]; 139, [i], [i, ads] pp, colored plates from paintings, bibliog, index. . A description of hundreds of colored plate books, most descriptions including much on the collation and the importance or history of the book. A picture of this book is available on request by email.

London, Fitzhouse Books, [1990], reprint of the 1906 first edition. . original green cloth, gilt spine title lettering, dj (price clipped), fine and clean, unmarked. . large 8vo [25 x 19 cm]; xxiv, 340 pp, frontis, 28 plates, index. . There are two detailed chapters on the origins of coloured printing and of the methods of book illustration from 1500 to 1800. These are followed by 22 detailed chapters on individuals, publishers and the development and improvement of methods and techniques to the twentieth century. There are appendices on colored books with plates by Baxter, Ackerman, Rowlandson, Alien. A picture of this book is available on request by email.

London, Sotheby's, 1998, First edition. . original pictorial heavy paper wraps, title on cover and spine, fine and clean, unmarked, with prices realized on loose sheets. . 4to [27 x 21 cm]; unpaginated, [over 300 pages], many illustrations, including colored, full-page, colored frontis, preface by Pierre Beres, indexes by provenance, author, illustrator. . Sale 7119. An impressive sale catalogue, with detailed and scholarly descriptions, of some of the great works of literature including Diderot, Buffon, Flaubert, Baudelaire, Hugo, Apollinaire, Proust, etc, many with royal provenance, plus incunabula's, early bibles, illuminated manuscripts, fine bindings, atlases, etc. Includes hundreds of illustrations of bindings and parts of the books and manuscripts. The sale took place April 21, 1998. A picture of this book is available on request by email.

London, Sotheby's, 1993, First edition. . original pictorial boards (hardcover), title lettering on spine and cover, fine, clean, unmarked and unused, with the original loose sheet of the prices realized. . 4to [27 x 21 cm]; 117, [x] pp, many illustrations, almost all colored, including many full-page, bibliography, index. . A beautifully illustrated Sotheby's sale of important books, from the library of noted collector, describing the items in detail, very well-illustrated, sale held in London, 2 April 1993. A useful reference. A picture of this book is available on request by email.

San Francisco, The Book Club of California, 1978, First edition, limited edition of 500 copies. . original cloth backed marbled boards, gilt spine title lettering, very fine and clean, unmarked and unused, with the orig plain dj (short tear), with the extra loose plate in orig printed folder prospectus, with the orig receipt from publisher dated 1979. folio [37.5 x 25 cm]; vii, 104 pp, 16 plates from original aquatints, mostly colored, index. . This is the finely produced limited edition, printed at Cambridge University Press for The Book Club of California with colour plates printed at the Curwen Press, London, typographical design by John Dreyfus. An excellent and impressive work covering early books on aquatint, sport, the common life, doggerel, city and cottage, view, tours and the visual book, showing the use of aquatint printing of plates through the ages. The illustrations are taken from some of the finest illustrated books from 1775 to 1842, the golden age of aquatint. A picture of this… Read More

New York, Harry N. Abrams, [1989], First American edition. . original cloth, gilt spine title lettering, marbled endpapers, dj, fine and clean, unused. . 4to [30 x 23 cm]; 272 pp, frontis, 330 illus, 140 colored plates, reproductions of title pages, index. . Superbly illustrated work on the collections of the British Library, showing and describing books, manuscripts and other materials from their collection, from the beginning of book production to the present, includes book binding, oriental books, old libraries, etc. A picture of this book is available on request by email.

Ann Arbor, Arbor Libri Press, 1995, First edition. . original cloth, gilt spine title lettering, dj, fine and clean, unused. . 8vo [23.5 x 16 cm]; 146 pp. . The author's 'travels in search of antiquarian books, maps and other items have taken him around the world and he shares with us his insights on finding, buying, pricing and selling antiquarian items. . . his impressions of the dealers, collectors and other fauna of the auction, bookshop and bookfair world'. A picture of this book is available on request by email.

London, New Castle, The British Library and Oak Knoll Press, [2003], First edition. . original blind-stamped cloth, gilt title lettering on spine in gilt border, gilt titling on cover, fine, clean, unmarked, as new in original clear glassine jacket. . 4to [28 x 22 cm]; xxiii, [iii], 324 pp, numerous illustrations including in color, bibliog, index. . Nicely illustrated with over 200 illustrations and 91 colored plates of book covers and bindings, the work describes in detail 752 books, with these fabulous bindings, the books covering various subject areas, from literature to travels. As well there is good introductory material, including of biographies of artists and binders, illustrations of bookbinders' tickets, etc. A picture of this book is available on request by email.