Titles starting with B from marilyn braiterman rare books

Paris: Albert Levy. 1925. 4to. H Portfolio.. Very Good. Paris: Albert Lévy (1925). 4to, portfolio with new cloth spine, ties missing. Silver panel on cover worn and flaking (stabilized); edge wear to plates and mild toning. Preliminary text was sewn but is now loose. This is the garden pavillion volume of the Exposition des Arts Décoratifs , the epitome of Art Deco applied arts design. Introduction and notes on the plates by Roux-Spitz, the acknowledged leader of the architectural profession i... more information

London. 1924. 4to. H Cloth and Boards.. Fine.. London (1924). Two volumes, the second edited by E. V. Lucas. 4to, cloth and paper-covered boards. Fine in slipcase. One of 1500 sets. The first volume describes the doll house which was made as a gift to Queen Mary, its architecture, furniture, paintings, kitchen, garage and a chapter on the garden by Gertrude Jekyll. The architect was Sir Edwin Lutyens, who designed the house as the epitome of a 20th century royal family mansion. Volume II is devoted to the l... more information

Paris: Eugene Rey. 1914. 8vo. S Original Pictorial Wrappers. About Very Good. 8vo, pictorial wrappers. Some spine wear. Very good in custom clamshell box. First edition after the 300 numbered copies. Illustrated throughout by Steinlenwith 22 full page and numerous designs in the text and decorations. Inscribed by Steinlen in 1921 with an original drawing on the half-title. Signed: I Inscribed By the Artist ... more information

New York: Barye Monument Association. 1889. Small 4to. H Vellum Over Boards. Very Good.. Original full vellum over boards; gilt spine lettering and cover medallion. Vellum darkened, boards somewhat warped; text and plates crisp and clean. One of 525 copies on watermarked laid paper. Frontispiece portrait, 86 full page woodcuts, artotypes and prints. Barye (1795-1875) , a teacher of Rodin and with his friend Delacroix, a quintessential artist in the French Romantic movement, is best known as an "animali... more information

London: Ernest Benn. 1924. 4to. H Cloth and Batik Boards. Decorative & Applied Arts & Design London: Ernest Benn, 1924. 4to, cloth with batik-patterned boards. Small split to cloth at outer joints else very good. Text and 46 plates in collotype and color (nine are in colored pochoir). Art of Javanese batik ... more information

Stuttgart: Fr. Wedekind,. 1927. Slim 4to. H Cloth. About Fine. About Fine. Tan linen lettered in black and red. Extremely nice copy. With 152 pages and dozens of photographs and plans. The 1927 building exposition on a hill in Weissenhof, superintended by Mies van der Rohe, is considered the high point of early modern architecture. Sixteen architects from five European countries erected prototypes for affordable workers' housing. The designs are described by their architects, who included, Behrens, Grop... more information

Taunus & Leipzi Langewiesche.. 1925. Small 4to. S Stiff Wrappers. Fine. Fine. in J Fine dj. Architecture & Landscape Design Taunus & Leipzig: Langewiesche (1925). In Blaue Bucher Series. Small 4to, decorated dark purple wrappers. Fine in pictorial dust jacket. With 78 ill ustrations of contemporary German factories, railway stations and office buildings by Taut, Muthesius, Gropius, Olbrich, Behrens, Poelzig, Mendelsohn and others. ... more information

Haarlem: Enschede En Zonen,. 1921. 12mo. S Wrappers.. Fine.. Fine. Illustrated books & children's books (Haarlem: Enschedé en Zonen, 1921). 12mo, wrappers. One of 200 copies of this small, very appealing book with five woodcut illustrations (title page vignette and f our full page) by Joan Collette, illu strating the story of Saint Beatrice. Printed in blue and black in black-letter type. Small bookplate of Menno Hertzberger. ... more information

London: David Bogue. 1845. Small 4to. H Morocco, Gilt... Very Good.. London: David Bogue (circa 1845). Small 4to, ornate Romantic binding of full green morocco with gilt vignettes of dancers and divas and floral borders on both covers and spine. Rubbed; rebacked preserving original back strip; occasional foxing. Bookplate of Pamela Lister (who, with her husband Raymond, the author, illustrator and expert on Samuel Palmer, had a passionate interest in ballet ). Ten steel-engraved portraits and numerous wood-... more information

London: William Heinemann,. 1921. Small 4to. H Gilt-pictorial Cloth. Fine.. Fine. Small 4to, gilt-pictorial black cloth. Fine. One of 430 copies on handmade paper. Eight color plates tipped in on colored art paper and b/w vignettes throughout: scenes and costumes from the play staged in London by Fraser shortly before his death. Illustrated by C. Lovat Fraser. Binding is Cloth. Small 4to. Binding is GILT-PICTORIAL CLOTH. ... more information

New York: John Lane,. 1898. Small 4to. F 1st Edition. H Cloth, Gilt.. About Fine.. Fine. Small 4to, turquoise cloth with all-over gilt cover design. Spine extremities and corners a little worn but a very attractive copy. One of 1000 for England and America printed on art paper. First edition with the Beardsley illustrations, U.S. issue.Frontispiece, five initial letters and cover design reproduced in half-tone from pencil drawings. Critical essay by Vincent O'Sullivan on Ben Jonson and eulogy of Beardsl... more information

New York: Harcourt, Brace,. 1965. 4to. H Cloth and Pictorial Boards. Fine.. Fine. New York: Harcourt, Brace (1965). 4to, quarter-cloth and pictorial boards. Fine in slipcase. One of 300 copies printed at the Spiral Press and signed by Frasconi and Joseph Blumenthal, the printer. Mounted color woodblock frontispiece, signed by the artist and nineteen other woodblock illustrations in orange and black. Text in English and Spanish. Signed: I Signed By Artist and Printer ... more information

New York: Pantheon Books,. 1955. Small Folio. H Pictorial Cloth.. Fine.. Fine. Small folio, black cloth with lettering and image in silver. Spine lettering somewhat rubbed else fine in slipcase with some chips. One of 25 lettered copies for review o f a total edition of 825. Printed on specially made Curtis Rag paper, designed and printed at the Spiral Press, and signed by both Calder and Wilbur. Illustrated with black and white line drawings by Calder. Signed: I Signed by Illustrator & Author. Signed b... more information

London: Vale Press,. 1904. H Linen And Boards.. Very Nice.. Very Nice. 8vo, linen and boards; paper spine label darkened and a little rubbed but all lettering intact. Doris Louis Benz leather book label. Privately printed by Ricketts. Frontispiece engraved by Charles Ricketts after the sign-board painted by C.H. Shannon for the old Vale premises. One of 250 copies on specially water-marked handmade paper ; printed and decorated by Charles Ricketts in the three Vale founts in red and black. Double opening wi... more information

Munich: Marees Gesellschaft,. 1920. Folio. H Vellum and Boards. Fine. Fine. Munich: Marees Gesellschaft, 1920. Folio, vellum spine and cream boards with title in blue and embossed vignette; string tie at spine. Fine. One of 225 copies on handmade rag paper. With 24 large full page color woodcuts of a variety of animals, including monkeys, caged and wild, and circus bears with their trainer. A picture book for children showing Expressionist influence by Otto Schubert, painter and graphic artist (1892- 1972).... more information

Vienna: ,. 1921. Square 32mo. H Decorated Boards. Fine. Fine. Square 32mo, gilt-lettered and ornamented boards covered in a decorative patterned paper; looped ties (to fasten to a gown). Artists' ball souvenir. Title page reads "Souvenir der Frauen Wien von Wiener Kunstlern Gewidmet." Produced by the Gesellschaft fur graphische Industrie. One color and 28 black and white illustrations by Remigius Geyling, Franz Wacik and others. (There is no plate 11. Although called for on the plate list, it ... more information

Paris: Editions De La Sirene,. 1921. 8vo. Illustrated Wrappers. Fine.. Very Good Plus. 12mo, typographic covers printed in rust and cream. From the initial C of Cinema on the cover comes a beacon illuminating the letters following. A typographic tour-de-force: the typography and lay-out by Claude Dalbanne was inspired by the Russian avant-garde and by the popular art of the cinema (programs, photos, portraits and posters). The text is a reflection on the cinema by one of the great cineastes, Jean Epstein. A... more information

Paris: Presses Des Editions "Graphis". 1930. Folio. H Cloth and Board Portfolio. Folio, green cloth and tan board portfolio. Tea stain on upper cover; internall clean with bright coloring. Text loose as issued on Arches thick paper with letterpress title page, limitation leaf and eight leaves, each with large pochoir illustration and printed text. One of 150 numbered copies. Roux studied with Maurice Denis and Edouard Vuillard and early in his career was an assistant decorator for Raoul Dufy, who... more information

London: Leadenhall Press,. 1893. Oblong 8vo. H Linen And Boards.. Very Good.. London: Leadenhall Press (circa 1893). Oblong 8vo, linen spine and blue paper-covered boards. Edge wear, spine label rubbed with loss of lettering, professionally recapped at spine ends and thus a nice, sound copy. Christmas 1895 inscription "with the compliments of the author." The frontispiece in this limited edition is an actual Japanese stencil. Introduction in English, French and German with figures in the text and ... more information

London: Nonesuch Press. 1933. Slim 8vo. S Stiff Batik Wrappers. Fine.. Press Books and Fine Printing London 1933. Slim 8vo, stiff batik wrappers. Fine in slipcase. One of 250 copies with 18 pages printed within wide strapwork borders in sepia in a modification of William Caslons type. The borders are copied from those designed by Bernard Salomon for Jean de Tournes. Binding is Stiff Batik Wrappers. ... more information