Dania Beach, FL: Claire Jeanine Satin, 2020. A unique artists' book from Claire Jeanine Satin, a well known book artist, sculptor and designer of public art installations. Satin's work has been extensively exhibited and collected in the United States and in Europe, including at The Library of Congress, the National Museum of Women in the Arts, The Getty (CA), MOMA, and The Victoria and Albert Museum. She is known especially for her conceptual works in uenced by the ideas of her friend and mentor the composer/visual artist John Cage, and the conversion of ordinary industrial materials into environmental constructions and book works of layered transparent mass. This is one of a series of lovely unique works by Satin, each signed by her. Each book is created with Cordenons paper, a fine paper that has been manufactured in Italy since 1630. This book uses various papers, strips from maps, sequins, crystals, and monofilament to create precise and inventive designs on the cover and each page. In a white gauze bag. In fine condition. Measures 5 x 7 inches. Unpaginated [8 pages]. ARTISTSB/032521. Fine. More

Dania Beach, FL: Claire Jeanine Satin, 2020. A unique artists' book from Claire Jeanine Satin, a well known book artist, sculptor and designer of public art installations. Satin's work has been extensively exhibited and collected in the United States and in Europe, including at The Library of Congress, the National Museum of Women in the Arts, The Getty (CA), MOMA, and The Victoria and Albert Museum. She is known especially for her conceptual works in uenced by the ideas of her friend and mentor the composer/visual artist John Cage, and the conversion of ordinary industrial materials into environmental constructions and book works of layered transparent mass. This is one of a series of lovely unique works by Satin, each signed by her. Each book is created with fine acid-free paper. This book uses various metallic papers, postage stamps, small blue and purple plastic shapes, sequins, crystals, and monofilament to create precise and inventive designs on the cover and each page. In a white gauze bag. In fine condition. Measures 5 x 7 inches. Unpaginated [8 pages]. ARTISTSB/032521. Fine. More

Dania Beach, FL: Claire Jeanine Satin, 1996. A unique artists' book from Claire Jeanine Satin, a well known book artist, sculptor and designer of public art installations. Satin's work has been extensively exhibited and collected in the United States and in Europe, including at The Library of Congress, the National Museum of Women in the Arts, The Getty (CA), MOMA, The Victoria and Albert Museum, and the National Institute of Design (India). She has created more than 250 bookworks to date. She is known especially for her conceptual works in uenced by the ideas of composer/visual artist John Cage, and the conversion of ordinary industrial materials into environmental constructions and book works of layered transparent mass. This work from Claire beautifully exemplifies this conceptual approach to creating her books. The title of the book - Tetrahedron - describes a solid having four plane triangular faces - a triangular pyramid. The shape is associated with fire and perpetuates balance and stability [Wikipedia]. The book is a powder coated aluminum black screen with gold and silver ink/handwritten script (reassembled text from the book “M” by John Cage). Includes fine wire; brass filings from grinding keys Signed by the artist inside a miniature gold book attached to the complex wire structure emerging from the "spine" of the book. In fine condition. Measures 7 x 12 x 1.5 inches. Fine. More

New York: Frederick A. Stokes & Brother, 1888. Hardcover. First edition of an early work by the poet. Clinton Scollard (1860–1932) was an American poet and writer of fiction. He was a Professor of English at Hamilton College. Scollard has been characterized as a minor poet but a fine technician. He knew himself to be a fine craftsman, able to fashion delicate lyrics that forbear contemplative weight for perfection in form. His verse delights in the natural world, in small incidents that are honed to perfection. It is easy to view him as a Frost without the philosophy [Wikipedia]. This volume has a tipped in handwritten note from Scollard dated November 12, 1886 thanking the unnamed recipient for the honor bestowed upon him by the Literary and Historical Society of his city, also saying that he could not provide a photograph of himself that he found satisfactory. Bound in three quarter brown leather with marbled paper boards and endpapers. Leather is scuffed, bumped and rubbed, and the boards are also scuffed. Gilt tilting to spine. Front hinge is tender and there is a small library stamp on the title page. No other library markings. Text pages clean. Several pages unopened. Very good condition. Measures 4.25 x 6.25 inches. 174 pages. POET/051821. Very Good. More

Redwood City, CA: Judith of Serebrin Books and Prints, 2015. Unique artist's book. Well-known artist Judith Serebrin received a master's degree in fine arts from the University of Utah in 1990 and has been making limited edition and unique books since then. Her work can be found in public and private collections in the United States and abroad. She states: "All my life I have observed, listened and looked at the world around me and have tried to make sense of it. I am concerned with issues of social justice, and liberation. Art for me is a way to learn about the world and to challenge oppressive mores, to make interesting connections that I can share with others. I hope to make others think as well, to grin, to perhaps gain insight and to spark new thoughts. Interrelations between people, animals and the planet are explored in my work--I hope in ways that are accessible. Using "book arts" as a format is part of that for me as you can have an intimate experience holding a book and looking through it." She often creates her artists' books by combining ceramic structures with mixed-media paper books for striking effect. She says of this work: "This is part of a series of porcelain figures called “Soul Books.” Figures with books in them represent a symbolic and tactile way of being able to reach into someone’s soul without embarrassment, censorship, or fear. Both human and animal-like figures—all represent the importance of every creature to the world. Bookheads" are a twist on my sculptural series, Soul Books. The Soul Books are intended to bring heart to living creatures. In the Bookhead sculptures I’m looking more to the intellect. Even though this Bookhead's interior drawings are abstract, my thoughts are moving up to the mind, to sorting information, reason and understanding." The figure is made of stained porcelain and measures 2 x 6 5/8 x 2 inches. The book is made with handmade paper from Taiwan with silkscreen ink and a binding of exposed link and kettle stitches. It measures 7/8 x 1 ¼ x 1/2 inches. In fine condition. ARTISTSB/071921. Fine. More

Redwood City, CA: Judith of Serebrin Books & Prints, 2011. Unique artist's book. Well-known artist Judith Serebrin received a master's degree in fine arts from the University of Utah in 1990 and has been making limited edition and unique books since then. Her work can be found in public and private collections in the United States and abroad. She states: "All my life I have observed, listened and looked at the world around me and have tried to make sense of it. I am concerned with issues of social justice, and liberation. Art for me is a way to learn about the world and to challenge oppressive mores, to make interesting connections that I can share with others. I hope to make others think as well, to grin, to perhaps gain insight and to spark new thoughts. Interrelations between people, animals and the planet are explored in my work--I hope in ways that are accessible. Using "book arts" as a format is part of that for me as you can have an intimate experience holding a book and looking through it." She often creates her artists' books by combining ceramic structures with mixed-media paper books for striking effect. She says of this work: "This is part of a series of porcelain figures called “Soul Books.” Figures with books in them represent a symbolic and tactile way of being able to reach into someone’s soul without embarrassment, censorship, or fear. Both human and animal-like figures—all represent the importance of every creature to the world. This Soul Book figure represents the thoughtful intention in every action taken." The sculptural figure is made with stained porcelain and measures 6.5 x 2.25 x 1.75 inches. The book was created with paper, watercolor and ink, and linen thread with a binding of exposed link and kettle stitches. It measures .75 x 1.25 x .75 inches. In fine condition. Fine. More

self published, 1998. Hardcover. First Edition. Signed and inscribed by the author. "A collection of nearly 400 memoirs of Westminster alumni, facuilty, administrators, and board members written by the veterans themselves or their survivors and interconnected by Sharkey's commentary" (jacket). Glossy black leatherette boards with gilt title to spine and front cover. Minor wear to edges of boards and small spot to front cover. Clean, bright interior. In black and white illustrated jacket with white spine panel titled in black. 534 pages. WWII/042121. Near Fine / Very Good. More

London: Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, and Green, 1824-1828. Hardcover. First edition of this exhaustive account of the native plants of England. Founder of the Linnean Society, James Edward Smith (1759-1828) was one of the one of the most preeminent British botanists of the late 18th and early 19th centuries. Following the death of Carl Linnaeus the younger, Smith purchased the collections of Carl Linnaeus. In 1788, Smith founded the Linnean Society of London with Samuel Goodenough (1743–1827) and Thomas Marsham (1748–1819), and became its first President, a position he held for life. His library and botanical collections acquired European fame and were visited by numerous entomologists and botanists from the entire Continent. Smith spent the last thirty years of his life writing books and articles on botany. His books included Flora Britannica and The English Flora (4 volumes, 1824 – 1828). In this work, Smith augments each volume's descriptions and observations with bibliographies of the books quoted in that book and with detailed indexes of the orders and plant names. Bound in contemporary three quarter brown leather with brown paper covered boards. Leather is stained, bumped and rubbed with wear to edges. Top of spine on Volume II is torn. Boards are generally good with some stains and abrasions. Some hinges tender. Pastedowns and free endpapers with some spotting. Text pages are clean and bright with occasional scattered spots. Very good condition. Small octavos. Volume I: xlv, 371 pages; Volume II: iii, 470 pages; Volume III: vi, 512 pages; Volume IV: vi, 373 pages. NATURE/082421. Very Good. More

Paris: Varsovie`, 1818. Hardcover. Rare. Jan niadecki (1756 – 1830) was a Polish mathematician, philosopher, and astronomer who was the founder of the Krakow University observatory, rector of Vilnius University and its astronomy observatory director. He wrote this essay on Copernicus in 1802 and it was printed in French in 1803. Bound in contemporary brown quarter leather with brown marbled paper boards. Leather is worn and scraped, and boards are bumped and rubbed. Foxing to pastedowns and free endpapers but text is clean with just an occasional small spot and small hole to page 133. Ownership signature of Stanislaw Debski. Very good condition. Measures 5.5 x 7.25 inches. 134 pages. SCIENCE/040821. Very Good. More

New York: Lane and Tippett, 1848. Hardcover. A later printing of this popular narrative about Spencer's capture by Indians while still a boy. First published in 1835 (Howes S-835). Bound in three quarter black leather with brown and black marbled paper boards. Gilt titling to spine. Leather is rubbed, bumped, chipped. Boards have brown stains where spine label was attached. Interior pages are very good with scattered foxing and occasional pencil lines in margins to highlight text passages. With four full page plates and text vignettes. A nice copy of this classic. Measures 4 x 6 inches. 160 pages. AMERHIST/052421. Very Good. More

London: J. Flesher for R. Royston, 1655. Hardcover. The author John Spotswood (1565-1639) was archbishop, primate of all Scotland, and a historian of Scotland. During his illustrious career he followed James VI to England upon his succession, later crowned Charles I in 1633, and was appointed Lord Chancellor of Scotland, a position he retained until 1638. He was buried in Westminster Abbey. This dense and comprehensive history of Scotland's church is presented in seven books and is related chronologically. Bound in later three quarter black leather with brown cloth covers and six spine compartments. Light bumping and rubbing, and soiling to cloth but still very nice. Later endpapers. Interior pages are generally quite clean, with occasional spots and browning to page edges. With two illustrations of Spotswood and of Charles I. Very good condition. Folio. 546 pages + one page poem, several page tables (index), publisher's book list, plus page of errata. REL/042021. Very Good. More

London: Jacob Tonson, 1714. Hardcover. First Edition of this uncommon book. It offers early descriptions of the people, customs, economy and trade, militia, as well as the government and democratic institutions. The appendix is an Account of the Allies of the Switzers. viii], 247 pp. Bound in contemporary full brown leather with double gilt rulings and raised spine bands. Binding is chipped, bumped, and rubbed. Hinges are quite weak but boards are still partly attached. Staining and browning to pastedowns and endpapers but text pages are mostly clean with occasional spotting along margins and page edges. With wood-engraved vignette on title page. Very good. Measures 7.5.x.4.5 inches. 247 pages. TRAVEL/040621. Very Good. More

London: Richard Bentley, 1853. Hardcover. Samuel Strickland (1804-1867), born in England, was a Canadian landowner, Canada Company official, and author. At the encouragement of his sister Alice, he wrote Twenty-seven years in Canada West. "It is distinguished by the candour and practicality of its tone – as Strickland remarks in his preface, he had experienced “all the gradations of colonial experience” that a gentleman-farmer such as himself would be likely to find in Canada. Through optimistic argument Strickland attempts to persuade settlers of all degrees to settle in Canada, and to demonstrate to them that vigour and energy, willingness to adapt and, above all, to work hard, will bring them success. He writes in an eminently plain style, blending chronological factual data and anecdote, without emotional overtones, and with no romanticizing of his experiences" [Canadian Biography]. Ex-library affecting the three quarter leather binding, which has clear tape over the leather spine, and brown tape on the marbled paper covers along the the spine on the front covers. White tape along hinges in both volumes and relief library stamp on title page are the only other signs of being ex-library. Interior pages are clean and bright. Very good interior, binding only fair. Very Good. More