Titles starting with F from Priscilla Juvelis, Inc.

New York: Vincent FitzGerald & Co.. [ND 1999]. Portfolio of eight soft-ground etchings by Lena Cronqvist, a Swedish painter and sculptor of considerable repute, on Hahhemuhle Copper paper and Japanese Gampi paper, signed and numbered in pencil by the artist on each of the etchings. All are self-portraits. Page size: 17 inches x 16 inches; 8pp. Bound: loose in portfolio of silver gilt and gray paper over boards, gray cloth flecked with silver metallic on spine, title and artist in black on cloth label o... more information

Mount Horeb, WI: The Perishable Press. 1972. One of 85 copies only, all on Shadwell paper. Page size: 3.4 x 5.25 inches; 24pp. Bound by the printer: sewn in grey printed wrappers with zodiac wheel in black centered on the fold of the front and back wrappers with "open from the other side" in red on the back wrapper, fine. Handset and printed letterpress in 10 point Palatine in black, red, and grey ink. PP54. ... more information

NP[Paris]. ND[ca. 1850]. Original watercolor, 8 3/4 x 6 1/4", signed in pencil, "Heloise Leloir" in the lower right corner. It is beautifully framed and French matted in light and dark green with five gilt borders. The watercolor shows four women, one a bride in evening dress, the other three women are in daytime costumes. The first is in a pink ruffled dress, her back to the viewer. The second is sitting in a pattered gown of pink roses and blue ribbon- stripes with white lace trim to the o... more information

Paris: Henri Lefebvre. 1953. One of 1000 on velin from a total issue of 1020. 8vo; handsomely bound in 3/4 dark green morocco and pastepaper boards with gilt fillet, spine paneled, title gilt, original wrapper bound in, fine. ... more information

Buenos Aires, Argentina: Ediciones Dos Amigos. 1995. One of 40 copies, all on cream Velin d'Arches paper a la cuve, each volume signed in ink in the colophon of each volume by Samuel Cesar Palui, publisher, this copy #XI of 23 in Roman numerals. Page size: 12-7/8 inches x 10 inches; 88pp; 72pp. Bound: original paper wrappers for each volume, the FAUSTO wrappers are an original aquatint, the CARTO has green paper wrappers; both are housed together in blue paper over boards clamshell box with black clo... more information

Octon, France: Verdigris Press. 2002. One of 30 copies all on Hahnemulhe paper, each signed by the artist and the poet on the colophon page. The first eight copies have an original copper plate as well as an additional mezzotint and a text in the hand of the author. Page size: 15-1/2 x 10-1/4"; 10 double-fold leaves. Bound: publisher's wrappers in aubergine Canevas paper by Thibierge & Comar screen-printed in black by the artist, matching screen-printed slipcase with wood edges by Claude Val... more information

Sacramento, CA. 2008. Portfolio of two selenium-toned silver gelatin prints, "Burga" and "Valentine" signed and numbered by the artist, "3/5 William T. Vollmann" on the hand-written colophon page (also the titlepage) with a brief history of the image in his hand and dated "5/2008" also in his hand. This hand-written sheet is inserted in a paper "pocket" affixed to the inside back of the clamshell box. Each photograph, taken by Mr. Vollmann and printed by h... more information

Paris: Editions de la Pleiade. 1927. First Edition, one of 2,500 on velin du Marais, from a total issue of 2600. 8vo; handsomely bound in 1/4 brown morocco and marbled paste-paper boards, spine with gilt lettering, marbled endpapers, t.e.g., original brown printed wrappers and backstrip bound in, fine. This volume is the second in the collection "Les Ecrits intimes" published under the direction of Charles du Bos. ... more information

Vashon, WA. 2009. Artist's Book, one of 10 copies, each signed and numbered by the author. Page size: 8 inches square, 15pp. Bound by the artist, Donald Glaister, exposed sewn spine, mylar and collage. The text, a short essay of 99 words, on the nature of being and the history of time, is laser printed in gill sans. The pages are mylar encapsulated, with interior collages of various materials. Mr. Glaister has created the ultimate deconstructed book. The artist states, "Description: A Few Questions... more information

Buenos Aires: Ediciones Dos Amigos. 1987. Copy no. 21, one of 40 copies, all on velin d'Arches paper from a total issue of 42: 40 on velin d'Arches and 2 on Japan paper, all signed on the colophon by publisher, Samuel Cesar Palui. Page size: 13-1/16 x 10 inches; [i] [1-10] 11-175 [176-180] pp. Bound: loose in original grey wrappers, author's name engraved in dark blue, title in light green, dark green, and gray large wood-type letters; housed in buff paper and grey cloth box with blue cloth onl... more information

Buenos Aires: Ediciones Dos Amigos. 1987. Artist's book, one of 40 copies, all on velin d'Arches paper from a total issue of 42: 40 on velin d'Arches and 2 on Japan paper, all signed on the colophon by publisher, Samuel Cesar Palui. Page size: 13-1/16 inches x 10 inches; [i] [1-10] 11-175 [176-180] pp. Bound: loose in original pink wrappers, author's name engraved in dark blue, title in light green, dark green, and gray large wood-type letters; housed in buff paper and red cloth box with red... more information

[Octon,France]: Verdigris Press. 2001. One of 48 copies, on Hahnemuhle paper, each signed and numbered by the artist, Judith Rothchild. Page size:11 ¼ x 10 ¾"; 32pp. Bond: loose in SomersetVelvet Black paper wrappers with green silkscreens; title on front panel and on spine with author and artist's name. Hand-set in Vendôme and printed by Mark Lintott on an Albion press and a Stanhope press. Slipcase and box by Claude Vallin; with silkscreens by Judith Rothchild, fine.Ju... more information

[Octon,France]: Verdigris Press. 2001. One of a few deluxe copies with an extra mezzotint not included in the regular edition from a total of 48 copies, on Hahnemuhle paper, each signed and numbered by the artist, Judith Rothchild. Page size:11-1/4 x 10-3/4 inches; 32pp. Bound: loose in Somerset Velvet Black paper wrappers with green silkscreens; title on front panel and on spine with author and artist's name. Hand-set in Vendand ome printed by Mark Lintott on an Albion press and a Stanhope press. Sl... more information

New York: Vincent FitzGerald & Co.. 1997. One of 20 copies, all on Antique JB Green and Japanese Gampi paper, signed and numbered by the artist in pencil on each of the 5 etchings. The names of the subject of each portrait is etched in the plate itself. The authors are: Gertrude Stein, James Joyce, Franz Kafka and Virginia Woolf. The artist is, of course, Matisse. Each etching measures 12-1/4 inches x 17 inches, fine. The etchings were printed by Lothar Osterburg and Vincent FitzGerald. Susan Weil&#... more information

London: Petersburg Press. 1976. Artist's book, first English edition, signed, limited edition, one of 250 copies, each with 33 original etchings by Jasper Johns (26 lift-ground aquatints, most with etching, soft-ground etching, drypoint, screenprint, and/or photogravure), 5 etchings (some with soft-ground etching and/or drypoint) 1 soft-ground etching, and 1 aquatint, 31 in black, 2 (endpapers) in color, and 1 lithograph (box lining) in color. signed by Jasper Johns and Samuel Beckett on the colophon, ... more information

Steamboat Springs, CO. 2010. Unique artist's book, one of a series of six, each different but inspired by chess and the war strategy of Sun Tzu., all on BFK Rives paper, signed by the artist / author / binder, Laura Wait. The other titles in this series are Relentless, Adaptable, Elusive, Mysterious, and Insistent. Page size: 5-3/4 x 15 inches; 46pp. Bound by the artist: hand sewn on linen cords with linen thread, wood boards laced onto cords, boards stamped with collograph plate used in the books, the... more information

[Stillwater ME. 1988]. Artist's book, copy number one of a series of seven, hand painted and hand lettered in watercolor and gouache on Rives BFK paper by the artist / author, Nancy Leavitt, and signed by her on the colophon. Page size: 7 x 10 inches; 14 leaves. Bound: loose as issued in hand-made case of green cotton fabric with purple and darker green exposed threads, lined with acrylic pastepaper, with malachite clasp. Hand lettered and painted in watercolor and gouache. The text is Ms. Leavitt'... more information

Boston. 2008. Deck of cards, one of 20 copies all on magnani pescia paper, each signed and numbered by the artist in the plate.. Size: 3-3/8 x 2-3/8 inches; 54 cards (deck of 52 plus 2 "jokers"); housed in hand-made mahogany box with colophon that is hand-colored dry-point etching by the artist and ornamented with water colored green-leaf vine and 23 caret gold gilt crown, signed and dated and numbered in the plate. The "Jokers" are each a rabbit - and the artist tells us that anyone who... more information

[Stillwater, ME. 2001]. Unique artist's book, on hand-made papers by Katie MacGregor as well as Vinzani and T.H.Saunders papers, and original postage stamps, signed and dated by the author on the colophon page. Page size: 6-1/2 x 5-1/2 inches; 71pp. 26 of which are hand-lettered, the balance adorned with postage stamps from various countries around the world, each of which features a flower. Bound by Joelle Leavitt Webber at The Mermaid Bindery: full green cloth, simplified structure over hand-sewn book... more information

Milwaukee, WI. 2002. One of 30 copies, all on one-ply Strathmore, each signed and numbered by the artist, JoAnna Poehlmann, on the colophon. Page size: 5-1/2 inch x 2 inch, 22 leaves. Bound: accordion style, tan paper boards printed in black with flies, title on front panel, black twill ties at both edges, housed in specially-made slipcase of brown Japanese paper stamped with flies, inserted in a clear plastic opening is a plastic fly, fine (even the fly!). The artist tells us that the book pays "hom... more information