London, Paris, New York: Cassell and Company, 1912. Hardcover. Known best for his plays, George Richard Sims (1847 - 1922) was also an editor, journalist, and poet. In his preface, he states: "That no detail may be lacking, no phase overlooked, our writers have been selected for their intimate knowledge of the subjects allotted to them. Many of the names are household words in the literature and journalism of to-day. All have loyally borne in mind the particular purpose of our task. That purpose is to present for the first time to the English speaking public a complete and comprehensive survey of the myriad human atoms which make up this ever-changing kaleidoscope, the mightiest capital the world has ever seen - Living London in teh reign of King Edward the Seventh." With over 450 illustrations. Contributions from multiple authors addressing a variety of subjects: London Barracks, music, clubs, art, midnight London, athletics, House of Lords, waterside, and much more. Bound in three quarter brown leather over blue cloth covered boards with gilt titles to spines. Wear and treated red-rot to spines leather. Minor soiling and rubbing to boards. Front hinge of first volume is starting. Bumping to bottom front cover of second volume. Minor loss to leather on corner tips. Clean, bright interiors. Size: Quartos. This set may require an additional shipping fee due to weight. Volume I: 384 pages; Volume II: 384 pages; Volume III: 383 pages. ENG/112122. Very Good. More

Secaucus, New Jersey: Chartwell Books, 1989. Hardcover. This work discusses the influences of Beardsley's life experiences and his acquaintances with Whistler, Rosetti, and others on his work. Divides his work into several important periods/works, such as Le Morte D'Arthur/Salome, The Yellow Book, The Rape of the Lock, and Lysistrata. Includes numerous plates, primarily in black and white. Quarto. Black cloth-covered boards with title in gray to spine. Purple dust jacket with black and white illustration and yellow/white title to front panel; gray title to spine panel. Modest wear to dust jacket. Printed on brown-tinted, glossy paper. Pages are bright and clean. 128 pages, including index. ART/090122. Near Fine / Very Good. More

Buenos Aires: Marina Soria, 2015. A unique sculptural book from Argentine calligrapher and book artist Marina Soria. This is one of a small series of Fude books that celebrates the Japanese brush. The book features a calligraphic text in Spanish from a poem written by the artist about dreaming about herself as a brush. This is an excerpt from the English translation:    "In my dream my name was Fude.  I rested in a delicate mahogany case.  My hair was bright, soft and combed  with much care and dedication.  It has been brushed till exhaustion  by expert hands trying to line up  every single strand of hair ..."    It is bound and opens as a codex, but the pages can be unfolded to pop-out and stand-up as a paper "sculpture." The binding was learned at a workshop in Italy, and is based on a structure by Hedi Kyle. Done with Sumi ink on various papers. Held in a blue colored paper envelope with title label on front. Accompanied by a card with a description of the book and the full text of the poem in English translation, signed by the artist. Fine condition. Measures 38 x 32 x 24 cm. Born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Marina Soria is a seasoned artist and educator with degrees in Fine Arts and Graphic Design. Not content to just immerse herself in learning calligraphy at international conferences, and through courses with renown calligraphers, she studied Eastern principles of Beauty in sumi-e (Japanese painting). She distilled and blended these principles with her rich experience and background in the fine arts, typography and graphic arts, employing unique approaches and techniques. She has also dabbled in the textile arts, creating a metaphor for weaving; letters as stitches and text as if it were a textile. Her works, vibrating with a love for nature and exploding with life and color, can be found in calligraphy collections in museums, universities, and libraries in the U.S., Europe, and South America. Marina has received numerous national and international awards, and has been featured widely in calligraphic arts publications. A prolific artist, experimental calligrapher, book artist, and educator, her goal is to mingle diverse disciplines to challenge the limits of conceptual art and technique. ARTISTSB/072622. Fine. More

Buenos Aires: Marina Soria, 2022. Two unique artists' books with text in Spanish by Ruth Corcuera. The calligraphy and design in these books plays with the concept of positive and negative space. Gouache on Ingres color papers, sewn by machine, with metal rings, wooden dowels, and two accompanying bundles of multi-colored wool that can be attached one of the rings or the wooden dowel. Both books are bound in black linen by the artist with inlaid paper featuring a calligraphic coyote. In fine condition. [6 pages.] Size: 123 x 30 cm open; 20.5 x 30 cm closed (each) Born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Marina Soria is a seasoned artist and educator with degrees in Fine Arts and Graphic Design. Not content to just immerse herself in learning calligraphy at international conferences, and through courses with renown calligraphers, she studied Eastern principles of Beauty in sumi-e (Japanese painting). She distilled and blended these principles with her rich experience and background in the fine arts, typography and graphic arts, employing unique approaches and techniques. She has also dabbled in the textile arts, creating a metaphor for weaving; letters as stitches and text as if it were a textile. Her works, vibrating with a love for nature and exploding with life and color, can be found in calligraphy collections in museums, universities, and libraries in the U.S., Europe, and South America. Marina has received numerous national and international awards, and has been featured widely in calligraphic arts publications. A prolific artist, experimental calligrapher, book artist, and educator, her goal is to mingle diverse disciplines to challenge the limits of conceptual art and technique. ARTISTSB/101422. Fine. More

Buenos Aires: Marina Soria, 2022. A calligraphic work on paper. Based on the original Spanish text by Ruth Corcuera. Gouache on tan colored handmade paper from Papeterie Saint-Armand. In 2022 this piece was featured in an exhibition at the Embassy of Argentina in DC and was sewn to a hanging textile, leaving several tiny and obscure needle holes to each corner of this piece. In fine condition. Size: 37.5 x 28.5 cm Born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Marina Soria is a seasoned artist and educator with degrees in Fine Arts and Graphic Design. Not content to just immerse herself in learning calligraphy at international conferences, and through courses with renown calligraphers, she studied Eastern principles of Beauty in sumi-e (Japanese painting). She distilled and blended these principles with her rich experience and background in the fine arts, typography and graphic arts, employing unique approaches and techniques. She has also dabbled in the textile arts, creating a metaphor for weaving; letters as stitches and text as if it were a textile. Her works, vibrating with a love for nature and exploding with life and color, can be found in calligraphy collections in museums, universities, and libraries in the U.S., Europe, and South America. Marina has received numerous national and international awards, and has been featured widely in calligraphic arts publications. A prolific artist, experimental calligrapher, book artist, and educator, her goal is to mingle diverse disciplines to challenge the limits of conceptual art and technique. ARTISTSB/101422. Fine. More

Buenos Aires: Marina Soria, 2021. A unique artists' book with text in English by Ruth Corcuera from the book "Teleras, Memoria del Monte Quichua." The text describes the importance of textiles in the Andean region and describes how they were used "to protect, to give warmth, and to sustain life" - much like a mother's womb. Corcuera's text goes on to say that "In time, textile art will be the means to tell us through colours and designs that the world can be read through symbols, as in a written text ... Textiles [were] a major art with many roles, among them to express that where words did not suffice." Marina Soria's calligraphic interpretation is in a style that resembles the flowing of thread arranged in rows of color like in a woven textile. In some places the words are clearly legible, but in others they are are purposefully distorted to create an impression of thread, texture, and weaving. When viewed fully open, each letter appears like a stitch to create the illusion of a sewn tapestry. This homage to Andean textiles, which were traditionally conceived of and created by women, depicts the shape of a womb in negative space with words stretched along the edges. Bound in brick red cloth by the artist with an inlay of antique textile. Includes an attachement of fleece, beads, and found objects. The calligraphy is done in gouache on Rives BFK, 100% cotton paper. This piece can be unfolded and read as a codex or displayed in full on a wall using the cloth tabs bound into an edge of the front cover and accompanying wooden dowel. In fine condition. Size: 110 x 22 cm open; 22 x 25 cm closed Born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Marina Soria is a seasoned artist and educator with degrees in Fine Arts and Graphic Design. Not content to just immerse herself in learning calligraphy at international conferences, and through courses with renown calligraphers, she studied Eastern principles of Beauty in sumi-e (Japanese painting). She distilled and blended these principles with her rich experience and background in the fine arts, typography and graphic arts, employing unique approaches and techniques. She has also dabbled in the textile arts, creating a metaphor for weaving; letters as stitches and text as if it were a textile. Her works, vibrating with a love for nature and exploding with life and color, can be found in calligraphy collections in museums, universities, and libraries in the U.S., Europe, and South America. Marina has received numerous national and international awards, and has been featured widely in calligraphic arts publications. A prolific artist, experimental calligrapher, book artist, and educator, her goal is to mingle diverse disciplines to challenge the limits of conceptual art and technique. ARTISTSB/101422. Fine. More

Boston: D Lothrop Company, 1887. Hardcover. Robert Southey was an English poet of the Romantic school and was considered one of the Lake Poets He was poet laureate from 1813 until his death in 1843. He was also a historian and prolific biographer, including biographies of the life and works of John Bunyan, John Wesley, William Cowper, Oliver Cromwell and Horatio Nelson. Octavo. Brown cloth-covered boards with gilt title on red label to spine. Pages are clean, but show toning. Cover shows wear and a few minor stains. Minor foxing to front and back endpapers. Previous owner's label on inside front cover. 433 pages, with book advertisements at end. ENGHIST/081322. Very Good. More

London: 1698. Hardcover. Second Edition Corrected. Scarce. Authored by Simon Patrick (1626 - 1707), an English theologian and the Lord Bishop of Ely. Bound in contemporary full dark brown leather boards with five raised bands to spine and embossed decoration to boards. The spine label is no longer present. Front board is present but detached, with a few worm holes and chips to leather. The title page and front endpaper remain attached to the front board, but are seperate from the textblock. The leather along the rear hinge is cracked; however, the board remains firmly attached with four of the five cords intact. Chipping to leather on rear board and to spine. Wear and bumping to corners. A few interior splits to binding. Occasional smudge marks and spots of soiling, mostly to margins, but overall, the interior is clean and bright. Penned ownership inscription to title page dated 1795. A good reading copy of this uncommon work. 650 pages plus 2 pages of ads. REL/111122. Good. More

The Golden Cockerel Press, 1923. Hardcover. Number 135 of 450 copies. An early book from the renowned press, which produced books from 1920 to 1960. Bound in gray paper boards with linen spine. Boards are soiled and bumped. Spine is darkened with splits along the side and tear at the top. Rear hinge cracked. Some gutters exposed. Some pages unopened. Text pages generally clean with light age-toning. About very good. 250 pages. PRI/112122. Very Good. More

London, Paris, New York: Cassell, Petter, & Galpin, circa 1880. Hardcover. A new edition, carefully revised and corrected. George Walter Thornbury (1828 - 1876) was an English author and the first biographer of artist J.M.W. Turner. All volumes are bound in three-quarter red leather over green marbled paper covered boards with gilt titles and volumes to spines. Pulls to leather, wear to hinges, spine bands, corners, and edges of boards. Dampstaining to spines and boards and to edges of textblocks; however, the interiors remain clean overall aside from occasional evidence of dampstaining to page margins. Dampstaining to first few pages of fifth volume. Minor bubbling and bowing to boards of some volumes. Slight browning to interiors and occasional spots of foxing. Offsetting to endpapers and penciled previous owner's name to top of front free endpapers in each volume. Filled with illustrations. Brown endpapers and red speckled edges. This is a heavy, large set and will require an extra shipping fee. Volume I: 576 pages; Volume II: 576 pages; Volume III: 576 pages; Volume IV: 576 pages; Volume V: 576 pages; Volume VI: 636 pages. ENG/112322. Very Good. More

Paris: Chez lAuteur, 1920. Hardcover. First edition of this two part catalogue raisonné of Henri Toulouse-Lautrec's engravings and lithographs, published as volumes ten and eleven of the 31 volume series "Le Peintre-Gravure Illustré. Each black and white plate is accompanied by the description of its size, whether a lithograph or engraving, location, and information on prior sales. Original softcover was rebound in green cloth with faint gilt titling to spine. Handwritten label on spine with name of artist. Some wear and rubbing. Volume ten has loose pages from the hinges having cracked. Interior pages have light wear and aging but are clean. Despite flaws a nice set of this important catalogue. Quarto measuring 12.5 inches. Unpaginated. ART/080122. Very Good. More

Manchester: University Press, 1916. Hardcover. This lecture describes a burglary of the king's wardrobe that occured on April 24, 1303. Ex-library with pocket to rear pastedown and library stamps and markings to various pages. Disbound and laid into the original binding of blue linen over paper covered boards with black title to front board. Call number in white to spine and call number in black to front board. Dampstaining to edges of front board and rubbing to boards. Includes a plan of Westminster Abbey and Palace as well as two full page plates reproducing a medieval manuscript showing the Outrage at Anagni and the Outrage at Westminster. Minor browning to interior. Clean overall aside from library markings and a few light smudge marks. Rear cover and interior do not show signs of dampstaining. 24 pages. ENG/111122. Good. More

New York: American Ornithologist's Union, 1910. Hardcover. Third Edition. Scarce. The American Ornithologist's Union (AOU) was founded in 1883. At its first Congress in September 1883, it resolved to appoint a committee to study the question of a Revision of the Classification and Nomenclature of the Birds of North America. The committee submitted its report in 1885, and it was approved for publication. The first edition was published in 1886. There were six subsequent editions. This 3rd edition was published in 1910, with the 7th and final edition being published in 1998. In 2016, the AOU merged with the Cooper Ornithological Union to form the American Ornithological Society, which publishes a successor, the AOS Checklist of North American Birds, which is updated annually online. The initial AOU Nomenclature and Check-list publication is very important historically, and according to Joel Asaph Allen, the AOU's first president, is the basis for the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature. Octavo. Green cloth-covered boards with gilt title to spine. Color map of North and Central America and West Indies, showing climate zones, on frontispiece. Pages show toning. There are handwritten notes in pencil on a number of pages and on 3 blank pages at the end of the book, and an what appears to be an ink stain on the margins of pages 104-5. Some wear to edges of cover; minor wear to front and back covers and spine. Inside of front cover has splitting of paper, but covers are firmly attached. 430 pages, including index. NAT/080822. Very Good. More