Search Results: Fine Art from Riverrun Books & Manuscripts

From the Bart Auerbach Collection. Binding worn, some leaves lightly creased. 15 pages, folio (13 x 8 inches), written in pencil on rectos only, in at least three numbered sections, being a combination of rough notes and more formal correspondence to Russell Doubleday; with four large pencil drawings and one plan by Tarkington. Bound in limp brown sheep. Provenance: from the collection of Frank Nelson Doubleday. Tarkington offers meticulous advice about how the characters in 'Penrod' are to be depicted-particularly the title boy: "Penrod should not look tall, athletic, graceful; neither should he seem quite so short and awkward; nor must he seem either modish nor too extremely." The first page bears a drawing of what the author means: "A very vague suggestion. I mean something like this." Tarkington offers suggestions on the depiction of other characters as well. H also discusses the binding of the book which he argues should, like the illustrations, support his notion that "The value of Penrod is… Read More

Winterthur, 1922. Small folio (12 x 8 inches). 254, [2] pp. Plates and large folding table on rear pastedown. Original quarter vellum, marbled boards. A very good copy, slight foxing to spine. Provenance: Hedwig Corti (bookplate). FIRST EDITION, one of 300 copies. Laid-in: 3-page carbon genealogy of the Reinhart family and a photo of three members of the family.

North Andover, Mass: Kat Ran Press, 1997. In fine condition. 4to (11 x 8 inches). [24] leaves including initial and terminal blanks. Seven original "smoke" drawings by Gohde. Red cloth, gilt-lettered on front cover; matching red cloth clamshell case. Number 35 of 50 copies (an additional 15 were not for sale). Printed on Arches by Michael and Katherine Russem at the Kat Ran Press, bound by Winifred Bixler. The seven poems by Tracey Knapp are illustrated by Kurt Gohde who "made over 800 original drawings with matches, kerosene lamps, 'snaps,' gold leaf, gun powder, and cigarette lighters. The title page and poems are each accompanied by one of these drawings" (colophon). Gohde's note before the colophon states "Classical painters tried to freeze the moment immediately before an action took place. By drawing with smoke, I try to catch the moment immediately after. Fixing the smoke on paper stops the natural dissipation - alluding to the flame that produced it. These drawings exist like scars that… Read More

Orlando, Florida: Flying Horse Editions / Hoopsnake Press, 1998. A fine set. A complete copy, comprising: Sixteen 10.5 x 12 inch etchings by William T. Wiley and sixteen poems by Michael Hannon. Sheets unbound, and with tissue guards, laid loose as issued in two green cloth clamshell portfolios with recessed, tipped-in etching. ONE OF 20 COPIES, this is copy number 1. "The design for the book was done in collaboration with the artists. Debbie Smith set the type by computer. Owasso Graphic Arts etched the type-high plates which were printed on a Vandercook 2832 letterpress by Hoopsnake Press. William Wiley made his drawings on copper plates which were etched by Tim Bell. Additional drawings and alterations were done on photo-sensitive plates. All of the edition printing and etchings was done by master printer Paul Wenzel at Flying Horse Editions. The boxes are linen over board with a Lana paper liner. These were designed and constructed by Larry Cooper to fit the printed folios. Each book is numbered… Read More

Pen-and-ink drawing, 11 3/4 x 10 3/4 inches, on verso of printed sheet (possibly a printer's proof), inscribed at head to his attorney "Pour Miguel Angelo St[star]," undated but circa 1970s. Dali made a number of drawings of Saint George and the dragon, with the present executed in his characteristic loose and fluid style. A fine drawing with impeccable provenance.

Original watercolor wash drawing, 8 x 4 5/8 inches, titled and signed in pencil beneath the image, dated 1985. Matted, glazed, and framed. Barry Moser illustrated Robert D. Richardson's biography 'Henry Thoreau: A Life of the Mind' (published 1988). The likeness closely follows the circa 1879 photographic portrait of Thoreau made by George F. Parlow.