New York: Boni and Liveright, 1933. Frank Pape. Limited edition. Hardcover. #201/4300, 499/730pp. 11/13 photogravure plates accompany this collection of ribald tales. (The word 'rabelaisian' has come to mean "marked by gross robust humor, extravagance of caricature, or bold naturalism".) Pape goes overboard on all fronts and adds close to.....
Harcourt Brace. #85 of 100 copies bound in full vellum, signed by the publisher. Written by various authors. References give the publication date as 1916, 1919 and 1920. The trade edition also lacked a date. Baumgarten says 1916; Houfe states 1920. The IBIS Journal bibliography of her work does.....
New York: Limited Editions Club, 1959. Limited edition. Hardcover. #1199 of 2,250. 4to, 1/4 black leather over red beveled cloth with black leather inset cover medallion. the first 250 volumes of the Limited Editions Club are described with numerous examples of the handsomely designed title pages, txt pages, text pages.....
New York: Limited Editions Club, 1949. Sauvage, Sylvain. Limited edition. Hardcover. #1925 of 2500, part of a 3 volume boxed set of the Evergreen stories illustrated by a variety of LEC artists, this one by Sylvain Sauvage. There were 5 boxed sets in all. Fine, no previous owner's marks, illused.....
New York: Limited Editions Club, 1945. Ross, Gordon. 1st edition thus. Hardcover. #1078 of 1500, large 8vo, padded calico cloth binding, illustrated by Gordon Ross and signed by him on the colophon, the illustrations being handcolored. Pages uncut so the volume is apparently unread. Top edge gilt. Fine in red.....
New York: Ballantine Books, 1982. Aldridge, Alan. 1st ed. Softcover. 1st ptg. Small 4to wraps. A lovely collection of the artist's work. A bright, crisp copy, no previous owner's marks.
London: E. Moxon and Son, nd (1867). Dore, Gustave. 1st ed. Hardcover. Nine steel-engraved plates. Elaborate decorative green cloth cover, printed in black and embossed, repeated in blind on the back. Centered on the cover is the title with ornate bordering in gilt. The spine titles are darkened but still.....
New York: Viking, 1981. Nielsen, Kay. 1st ed. Hardcover. 1st ptg. 4to, cloth backed boards blindstamped with overall pattern of crowns. 12 color plates with decorations throughout by Kay Nielsen. Fine in fine, unclipped dj, no previous owner's marks.
London: George Newnes, 1899. Stratton, Helen. 1st ed. Hardcover. Full blue cloth with gilt pictorial cover, beveled edges. Illustrated "with upwards of 400 illustrations by Helen Stratton." All edges gilt, heavy covers with beveled edges, cloth. Lovely pictorial cover of swans in flight over water, using the blue of the cloth.....
Cambridge: Harvard College Library, 1971. Angel, Marie. 1st ed. wraps. 12mo wraps, Printed in two colors with angels delicate illustrations in grayscale, produced over a three year period. A lovely bright copy, as new in as new red slipcase with 2-color pictorial label to match the book cover.
London: Haymarket Press, 1929. Flint, W. Russell. Limited edition. Hardcover. #94 of 875 copies, small 4to, cream paper-covered boards stamped in gilt, with four mounted color plates by W. Russell Flint. Light edgewear and soiling, toning to endpapers, bound-in ribbon bookmark, very good in lightly chipped dj lacking two inch.....
New York: Macmillan, 1928. Artzybasheff, Boris. 1st ed. Hardcover. 1st ptg., 8vo, green cloth over irridescent striped paper-covered boards. Strong, b&w blockprint graphics -- wonderful full and double page plates by Boris Artzybasheff. Five poems by William Allingham, Walter de la Mare and Matthew Arnold. Ink name to front free.....
New York: Scribner's, [1930]. Hurd, Peter. Edition not noted. Hardcover. Small 4to, full black cloth with Color cover plate, illustrated with nine color plates plus color title page and illustrated endpapers by Peter Hurd. A touch of shewlf wear and some rubbing to tips, else near fine. No previous owner's.....
London: Macmillan & Co., 1894. Housman, Laurence. 1st ed. Hardcover. 1st ptg., 12mo, full tan clothwith elaborate gilt front and back by Laurence Housman, who illustrated the fairy poems with full and partial plate engravings. All edges gilt. Slight wear to tips, title page tissue guard detached but laid in.....
London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1910. Rackham, Arthur. Hardcover. 4to, 7th edition, in signed binding of full navy leather tooled in gilt by Bickers & Son, London. 50 mounted color plates with letterpress tissue guards grouped at the back. All edges gilt. A fine, bright copy with family gift letter laid.....
London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1911. Rackham, Arthur. 1st edition thus. Hardcover. 4to, full green cloth with gilt stamped titling 50 color plates by Arthur Rackham from the original edition plus 7 additional line drawings and color frontis added for this edition.
New York: Henry Holt, 1937. Parker, Agnes Miller. 1st edition US. Hardcover. 1st ptg., 4to,full navy cloth, with 81 or 83 (depending on whether you believe the dust jacket front panel or the title page) wood engravings by Agnes Miller Parker. Fine in very good, unclipped dj.
Berkeley: University of California Press, 1986. Moser, Barry. 1st ed. Hardcover. 1st ptg. Oblong 4to, with Barry Moser's politically oriented woodcuts. Fine in fine, unclipped dj, no previous owner's marks.
London: Werner Shaw, 2003. Robinson, W. Heath. Hardcover. 8vo,156 pp, full green cloth stamped in gilt, introduction by Oliver Robinson, the artist's son. With sample line art, a full bibliography and detailed index. Outstanding biography that we often use as a reference. Beare is a frequent contributor to IBIS and.....
London: Folio Society, 1960. contemporary. 1st edition thus. Hardcover. 1st Folio ptg., gilt-stamped green cloth over marbled boards, with contemporary illustrations. Very good in mismatched slipcase, without previous owner's marks.
1906. Bradley, Will. 1st ed. Bound in green-tan paper covered boards, with a red cloth spine strip. Pictorial cover in red, black, white and flesh. Frontis and title page designed by Bradley and numerous Bradley two-color illustrations throughout. Decorative initials and tailpieces also by Bradley, as well as the attractive.....
Nashville: Cinema Center FilmsAurora Publishers, 1970. Searle, Ronald. Edition not noted. Hardcover. Presumed 1st ptg., 4to, full red marbled "cloth" stamped in gilt, adapted from Bricusse's screenplay for the musical film based on Charles Dickens' "A Christmas Carol." Illustrated with black and white drawings by Ronald Searle and color stills.....
London: Dent, 1902. Robinson, Charles. 1st ed. Hardcover. 1st ptg. 12mo, full cream cloth illustrated with 2-color plates and line drawings by Charles Robinson. Scarce. Robinson produced artwork for the Bairn Book series, including The Book of the Zoo and the Bairn's Coronation Book. Boards lightly bowed, general light wear.....
Brattleboro: Stephen Greene Press, 1974. Angel, Marie. signed. Hardcover. 1st ed., #81 of 100 signed and numbered copies, square 8vo, full white "parchment" with gilt titling to spine, on blue clamshell box with color cover plate, together with a sealed paper folder containing #81 of 100 signed and numbered prints.....
Redhill, Surrey: Wells, Gardner, Darton & Co., nd. Pape, Frank C. Hardcover. 5th impression. 8vo, full blue cloth stamped in gray, pale blue and gilt witha wonderfully evocative cover and spine design that deserves to appear in any book on great trade bindings. 24 full page black and white illustrations plus.....