London: John Murray, 1837. Four volumes attractively bound in three quarter maroon leather over marbled paper covered boards with gilt titles and decoration to spines. Minor wear and rubbing to spines, hinges, corners, and edges of boards. Marbled endpapers and full edges marbled. Bookplate of Admiral Sir Thomas Cochrane. 659 pages in volume I;. More
Glenview, IL: Karen Hanmer, 2013. Hardcover. This is a set of twelve binding models using leather and various papers and sewing supports, wooden boards, museum board. This reference set of twelve binding models is based on book artist Karen Hanmer's popular workshop "Biblio Tech: Reverse engineering historical and modern binding structures." The models remain uncovered and only partially completed so methods of board attachment, sewing, spine lining, and end sheet construction are visible. The set is accompanied by a forty-five page illustrated guidebook outlining key structural features of each binding, and providing numerous references for further study. The hand-bound booklet is sewn in three signatures and presented in a German stiffened paper binding. These models are a valuable reference for libraries, book arts programs, or for anyone who is interested in learning more about the engineering aspects of the book. Structures include: Tacketing of a thick single signature into a leather wrapper, Ethiopian Binding, Medieval Binding, Laced-on boards Binding, Colonial American Scaleboard Binding, Early Nineteenth Century Publishers Boarded Binding, German Case Binding with double fan adhesive text block, Split Board Binding, Simplified Binding, Crossed Structure Binding, Sewn Boards Binding, and Non-Adhesive Paper Case. Each binding is approximately 5 x 3.25 x .5” inches. Housed in a white cloth covered clamshell box. ARTB/10/25/17. Fine. More
Karen Hanmer, 2019. Paperback. Limited to 50 copies, of which about 8 were issued in miniature. This book binder's cat has amazing dexterity and a passion for teaching bookbinding best practices. Accordion book. Integral wrapper consolidates pages for reading, quickly unfolds to full length for exhibit. Created for Once Upon a Book, an exhibition of the Delaware Valley Chapter of the Guild of Book Workers at the Free Library of Philadelphia in conjunction with the 2019 Standards of Excellence Seminar. Epson P5000 prints on Hahnemuhle Bugra aquamarine blue. Edited by Jill Krase. Fine. More
Glenview, IL: Karen Hamner, 2003. Number 16 of 20 copies. Signed and numbered by the book artist. An engaging tunnel book by Karen Hamner who is well known for her expertise with various book structures. "Her artist-made books are physical manifestations of personal essays intertwining history, culture, politics, science and technology. She utilizes both traditional and contemporary book structures, and the work is often playful in content or format" (from online biography). For this playful work she created paper cut-outs of the letters of the alphabet that were colored using pigment inkjet prints to run through the color spectrum and back. Book is 5 x 5 x 18 inches when expanded; 5 x 5 x 1 inch when closed. Housed in an archival square grey box with title label giving book artist address and number of this copy. In fine condition. ARTISTSBOOK/080119. Fine. More
London: Macmillan and Co., 1887. A beautiful signed copy of one of Hardy's most popular novels and his own favorite. He wrote on the half title: "Yours faithfully Thomas Hardy." The book was first published in three volumes in March 1887. The publisher did not reprint the novel in its original three-volume form but in September 1887 reissued it in one volume in two impressions of 2000 copies each (Purdy bibliography p. 57). This copy is in a beautiful custom signed brown calf binding by Sangorski and Sutcliffe. With gold ruling on the covers and five raised bands on the spine. The compartments have gilt titling, date, autograph note, and decorations. Some darkening to spine. t.e.g. Light offsetting to half title and last page from leather. It does not affect the signature. Interior otherwise pristine and in very good plus condition. 352 pages. LIT/062819. More
Marvadel Publishers, (1979). Hardcover. SCARCE. Maroon cloth covered boards with gilt title to spine. Minor foxing to end papers and to a few pages. Else is clean and bright with black and white illustrations throughout. White illustrated dust jacket with brown title to front and spine panels. Wear to dust jacket includes minor soiling and two closed tears to the edges. 219 pages + index. MD/071119. Very Good / Very Good. More
Tokyo: Kyuryudo Co. Ltd., 1985. Paperback. First edition in stiff paper wrappers with illustrated dust jacket. Oblong quarto. Plain white stiff wrappers with black Japanese script on front cover and along spine. Faint browning to edges of covers. Interior pages are clean and sharp, boldly illustrated by the artist in vibrant colors with captions in Japanese and English. The last several pages of text are in Japanese only. Includes some erotic imagery. Dust jacket is colorfully illustrated with warriors against a gold background; titles on front cover and along spine in Japanese script. Dust jacket is in very good condition. Not paginated. Art/083019. Very Good / Very Good. More
London: Phaidon, (1954). Second Edition. Hard Cover. Thin 4to. Includes 93 illustration in color and monochrome. Purple patterned cloth boards with blue and gilt title to spine. Minor wear to edges of boards and spine ends. Interior is very clean with many tipped-in illustrations. Tight binding. Grey illustrated dust jacket with white title to front panel and black title to spine. Minor rubbing, chipping and creasing to edges and spine of dust jacket as well as minor toning to edges of dust jacket. ASART/091719. Very Good+ / Very Good. More
Baltimore: Gateway Press, 1996. Hardcover. 8vo. Dark blue cloth covered boards with white title to spine. Pristine interior with illustrations throughout. Index, 151 pages. MD/081617. Fine. More
New York: National Council of American Shipbuilders, 1935. Hardcover. 8vo. Very good+ in very good beige dust jacket with dark blue title to front and spine panels. Minor wear to dust jacket includes, soiling, foxing, browning to spine, and a few small chips to the edges. Interior is clean and bright. Bibliography, 369 pages. MAR/081319. Very Good+ / Very Good. More
Baltimore: 1967. Hardcover. 8vo. Very good in maroon cloth covered boards with gilt title to front board and to spine. Two small scuff marks to rear board and a few spots of rubbing. Pristine insterior with illustrations throughout. 38 pages. BALT/091719. Very Good. More
Benjamin Iluzada, 2015. Hardcover. Number 7 of 7 copies. Signed, numbered, and dated by the artist. Woodcut printed in blue ink on handmade paper. The paper was handmade by the artist in Fabriano, Italy. An attractive image of a docked gondola floating in a Venetian canal. Benjamin Iluzada is an up and coming printmaker currently working on his MFA at the University of the Arts in Philadelphia. Image Size: 7.75 x 9.75 inches. Paper size: 9.25 x 12 inches. PRI/070319. Fine. More
Benjamin Iluzada, 2017. Hardcover. Number 5 of 15 copies. Signed and numbered by the book artist. A collection of memories from the author about the places he's lived and his experiences ranging from a tarantula on his head when he was a child to adventures in sledding to noisy neighbors making love in the apartment above him. While each memory is very personal, anyone reading it can immediately relate to this nostalgic memoir. Letterpress printed with linoleum cuts, Resingrave engravings, pressure plates, and polymer plates on Fabriano Rospina paper. Created and printed for Sarah Nicolls' MFA Letterpress class at the University of the Arts, in Philadelphia, PA. Benjamin Iluzada is an up and coming printmaker currently working on his MFA at the University of the Arts in Philadelphia. Size: 5 x 5.25 inches. PRI/070219. Fine. More
Benjamin Iluzada, 2017. Hardcover. Number 6 of 15 copies. Signed and numbered by the book artist. A collection of memories from the author about the places he's lived and his experiences ranging from a tarantula on his head when he was a child to adventures in sledding to noisy neighbors making love in the apartment above him. While each memory is very personal, anyone reading it can immediately relate to this nostalgic memoir. Letterpress printed with linoleum cuts, Resingrave engravings, pressure plates, and polymer plates on Fabriano Rospina paper. Created and printed for Sarah Nicolls' MFA Letterpress class at the University of the Arts, in Philadelphia, PA. Benjamin Iluzada is an up and coming printmaker currently working on his MFA at the University of the Arts in Philadelphia. Size: 5 x 5.25 inches. PRI/070219. Fine. More
Philadelphia: Benjamin Iluzada, 2019. Number 4 of 5 copies signed and numbered by the book artist. Benjamin Iluzada is a young and rising book artist of Philippine descent. He incorporates aspects of his heritage in his book works. This powerful book uses linocuts, screenprints, lead type, monoprints, and pulp blowouts on translucent abaca paper handmade by Ben. The imagery is inspired by Barong Tagalog embroidery, which is part of a traditional garment from the Philippines, and the monotype images of a belt were printed using an actual belt that his father used to spank him during his childhood. There are two different selections of text in the book: the first is an autobiographical narrative about the corporal punishment experienced by the artist that was hand written and then screenprinted throughout the book; the second is a short selection of text, printed from lead type and hides on the first and last page, that is taken from a published clinical study on the effects of physical punishment on children. The abaca paper covers have a white image of a belt across the front and back covers. Bound with a string binding. In fine condition. Housed in a plain blue archival enclosure. Book measures 11.25 x 14.25 inches. More
Philadelphia: Benjamin Iluzada, 2019. Number 5 of 5 copies signed and numbered by the book artist. Benjamin Iluzada is a young and rising book artist of Philippine descent. He incorporates aspects of his heritage in his book works. This powerful book uses linocuts, screenprints, lead type, monoprints, and pulp blowouts on translucent abaca paper handmade by Ben. The imagery is inspired by Barong Tagalog embroidery, which is part of a traditional garment from the Philippines, and the monotype images of a belt were printed using an actual belt that his father used to spank him during his childhood. There are two different selections of text in the book: the first is an autobiographical narrative about the corporal punishment experienced by the artist that was hand written and then screenprinted throughout the book; the second is a short selection of text, printed from lead type and hides on the first and last page, that is taken from a published clinical study on the effects of physical punishment on children. The abaca paper covers have a white image of a belt across the front and back covers. Bound with a string binding. In fine condition. Housed in a plain blue archival enclosure. Book measures 11.25 x 14.25 inches. More
London: Longmans, Green, and Co, 1936. Hardcover. First Edition. Black cloth boards with heavily faded gilt title to spine and emblem of a ship in gilt to front cover. Wear to spine ends, corners, and edges of boards. Minor discoloration to boards. Pencil notations and underlining (mostly lines and checkmarks) to margins of many interior pages. Occasional spots of soiling. A good reading copy. 435 pages. AMER/071819. Very Good. More
Bismarck, North Dakota: Clark & Crockard, 1917. Paperback. 16mo. Very good in off-white side stapled paper wrappers with illustration and title to front wrapper. Minor yellowing to edges of wraps and pages. Contents are clean and bright. Illustrated. 64 pages. PER/101119. Very Good. More
Bismarck, North Dakota: Clark & Crockard, 1917. Paperback. 16mo. Very good in off-white side stapled paper wrappers with illustration and title to front wrapper. Minor yellowing to edges of wraps and pages. Contents are clean and bright. Illustrated. 64 pages. PER/101119. Very Good. More
Bismarck, North Dakota: Clark & Crockard, 1917. Paperback. 16mo. Very good in off-white side stapled paper wrappers with illustration and title to front wrapper. Minor yellowing to edges of wraps and pages. Contents are clean and bright. Illustrated. 64 pages. PER/101119. Very Good. More
New York: Coward-McCann, (1947). Hardcover. 8vo. Very good in dark blue cloth covered baords with gilt title to spine. Minor edgewear to exterior and minor browning to pages. Text is clean and bright. 312 pages. MAR/081319. Very Good. More
Arcadia Publishing, 2005. Paperback. Inscribed by the A. M. Foley on the front free endpage. Clean and bright with photographic illustrations. 128 pages. MD/071719. Fine. More
Baltimore: Maryland Historical Society, 1955. Hardcover. 8vo. In yellow illustrated cloth boards with black title to front board and to spine. Minor rubbing and edgewear to exterior. Previous owner's name to front free end page. Previous owner is Karen Footner, daughter of the author Geoffrey M. Footner. Else is clean and filled with illustrations throughout. Index. 447pages. MD/022306. Very Good. More
New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, [1916]. Hardcover. First edition with the charming illustrations by famed illustrator Jessie Willcox Smith. There are eleven full page color illustrations and numerous text illustrations as well. Bound in green cloth with gilt titling to spine and front cover. A circular color plate is moubnted on the front cover. Some bumping and fraying. Hinges are cracked but otherwise the interior is in very good condition. A nice copy of this children's classic. CHIL/062419. Very Good. More
Fort Lauderdale FL and Ketchikan AK: Dorothy Simpson Krause, 2019. A unique miniature artists' book by well-known book artist Dorothy Krause. She made the book in June 2019 in Ketchikan, Alaska while on a trip there. The book used a metal box for mints to create a case with a sliding top for the book. The top of the case has the title "Alaska: The Last Frontier" embossed on a multi-color background. The six pages of the book unfold to show totem images from the Totem Heritage Center. An inventive and engaging work in fine condition. The box measures 1.5 x 2.75 inches. MINIATURE/072519. Fine. More