La Heredad
by Howard, Alfredo Martinez; Soldi, Raul and Vassena, Leonor (Illustrators)
Buenos Aires: Francisco A. Colombo, 1958. Limited Edition. Wraps. Near fine/near fine. Veroni, Raul, Vassena, Leonor. Number four of ten printed on Pergamino Fabriano, in Spanish, octavo size, [64] pp., signed by Alfredo Martinez Howard at the colophon and Leonor Vassena below the plate. A book of poetry (in Spanish) with haunting illustrations, offered as issued in unbound signatures in original wraps, with original glassine wrapper. ___DESCRIPTION: Paper wrappers with glassine jacket, front wrap and spine... Read More
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Essential Works of Socialism
by Howe, Irving (Editor)
New Haven: Yale University Press, 1976. Hardcover. Fine/very good +. Octavo size, 864 pp. Irving Howe is Distinguished Professor of English at Hunter College of the City Uinversity of New York. This is his authoritative one-volume anthology of major socialist writings...The selections included are crucial texts in the development of socialist thought... (n.b., from dust jacket flap). Chapters include important socialist thinkers such as Karl Marx, Friedrich Engels, Lenin, and Trotsky among many others. ___DESCRIPTION: Bound... Read More
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Quercus
by Hughes, Langston; Westerman, Donna Day (Book Artist)
Orinda, California: Donna Day Westerman, n.d.. Limited Edition. Stiff wraps. Fine. Westerman, Donna Day. Number one of seven, tall, thin quarto size, five folded leaves, signed by the artist. Donna Day Westerman is a printmaker, painter and book artist in the Bay Area of California. [She is] "interested in traditional and historical media — particularly, woodcuts, wood-engravings and egg tempera — used in a contemporary manner. Working from close observation, and occasionally referring to [her] own photographs, [she]... Read More
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New Mexico Wildflowers; A Suite of Fourteen Linoleum Block Prints
by Hughes, Phyllis; Hughey, Kirk (Illustrations)
Santa Fe, New Mexico: Press of the Palace of the Governors, 1982. Limited Edition. Wraps. Fine. Hughey, Kirk. One of 100 copies, fourteen separate linocut prints with accompanying booklet, folio size, sixteen leaves, housed in the publisher's box. The Press of the Palace of the Governors "is the longest-running operation of its kind in the state and is today a center for contemporary book-art activities. Printing has played an important role in New Mexico ever since the first... Read More
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Life Work of Dard Hunter; A Progressive Illustrated Assemblage of His Works as Artist, Craftsman, Author, Papermaker, and Printer
by [Hunter, Dard]; Hunter, Dard, Jr.
Chillicothe, Ohio: Mountain House Press, 1983. First and Limited Edition. Hardcover. Fine. Two volumes (complete), one of 150 copies, elephant folio size, 346 pp. plus a section of paper samples, with cases and prospectus, both volumes signed by author. William Joseph "Dard" Hunter (1883-1966) accomplished that which, in his day, no American printer had thus far done: making books entirely by his own hand, printed on paper he himself had made by hand. However, his interests exanded far... Read More
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Initials and Miniatures of the IXth, Xth, and XIth Centuries from Mozarabic Manuscripts of Santo Domingo de Silos in the British Museum
by Huntington, Archer M. (Introduction)
New York: [Printed by the De Vinne Press], 1904. First and Limited Edition. Hardcover. Very good. Elephant folio size, one of 350 copies (unnumbered), presentation copy, inscribed in 1923 by Archer M. Huntington. Archer M[ilton] Huntington (1870-1955) was a lifelong friend of the arts and philanthropist; known for his scholarly works in the field of Hispanic Studies, he founded The Hispanic Society of America in New York City; his cousin, Henry E. Huntington, founded the renowned Huntington Library... Read More
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River of Mirrors; The Fantastic Art of Judson Huss
by Huss, Judson (Artist, Text); Gilliam, Terry (Foreword); Cowan, James R. (Introduction)
Beverly Hills, California: Morpheus International, 1994. First and Limited Edition. Hardcover. Fine. Huss, Judson. One of 150 copies of the first printing, folio size, 95 pp., signed by Huss, in slipcase, with accompanying limited edition print signed and numbered by Huss. Judson Huss (b. 1942) has been collected by a "group of international collectors passionately attached to the originality and quality of his work" (n.b., p. 93 of this work). His work may be thought of as "Fantastic... Read More
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Amor en el Techo / Love on the Ceiling; Una historia verdadera, más o menos / A true story, more or less
by Hutchins, Eduardo [Hutchins, Edward H.]; Warren, Esteban [Warren, Steve] (Translator)
[Cuernavaca]: [Printed by "El Barretero"], 2000. Sewn binding. Fine. Hutchins, Edward. Oblong 32mo size, 32 pp., in both Spanish and English, signed by Edward H. Hutchins and Steve R. Warner, with two hand-coloured illustrations. Book Artist Edward H. Hutchins believes that: everyone has a story to tell; that the best books are not mass-produced; and that when one let's one's imagination soar, the most amazing creations are possible utilizing, often, fairly inexpensive materials. Thus was born - Guerilla... Read More
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Conflagration / Cooperation
by [Hutchins, Edward H.]
[Mount Vernon, NY]: [Editions], 1992. Accordion. Fine. Oblong 32mo size, 16 pp., signed by Edward H. Hutchins. Book Artist Edward H. Hutchins believes that: everyone has a story to tell; that the best books are not mass-produced; and that when one let's one's imagination soar, the most amazing creations are possible utilizing, often, fairly inexpensive materials. Thus was born - Guerilla Bookmaking. Ed Hutchins has produced at least over eighty books between the years 1968 and 2005... Read More
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Which Way?; Partnered words for a troubled time, Keepsake for Artist's Books Reviews, Volume 1 No. 10, Winter 2003
by [Hutchins, Edward H.]
[Mount Vernon, NY]: Editions, 2003. Accordion. Fine. 32mo size, 10 pp., signed by Ed Hutchins. Book Artist Edward H. Hutchins believes that: everyone has a story to tell; that the best books are not mass-produced; and that when one let's one's imagination soar, the most amazing creations are possible utilizing, often, fairly inexpensive materials. Thus was born - Guerilla Bookmaking. Ed Hutchins has produced at least over eighty books between the years 1968 and 2005 (perhaps more... Read More
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Buildings
by [Hutchins, Edward H.]
[Mount Vernon, NY]: Editions, 1992. Limited Edition. Spiral bound. Fine. No. 38 of 50 copies, 32mo size size, 19 pp., inscribed and separately signed by Edward H. Hutchins. Book Artist Edward H. Hutchins believes that: everyone has a story to tell; that the best books are not mass-produced; and that when one let's one's imagination soar, the most amazing creations are possible utilizing, often, fairly inexpensive materials. Thus was born - Guerilla Bookmaking. Ed Hutchins has produced... Read More
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The Wayfarer
by Hutton, Barbara; Dulac, Edmund (Frontis Portrait)
(Westerham, Kent): Westerham Press Limited, 1957. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine. Dulac, Edmund. First (and only) printing, octavo size, 66 pp., inscribed by Barbara Hutton. Barbara Woolworth Hutton (1912-1979) achieved fame - or notoriety - due to the immense wealth into which she was born, coupled with a "troubled private life" (n.b., quote from Wiki). Married seven times (one of her husbands being Cary Grant), losing her only son in a plane crash, she died at age 66 on... Read More
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Ibarrola, Gure etxean
by Ibarrola, Agustin [Artist]; Corredor-Matheos, Jose; et al.
Basauri: (Grafilur, Impresion y Encuadernacion (Printing and Binding), 1990. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good Minus. Ibarrola, Agustin. Quarto size, 118 pp., inscribed by Agustin Ibarrola, in Spanish and Basque. A catalogue of an exhibit of the work of Spanish Basque painter and sculptor Agustin Ibarrola (b. 1930), known for his work expressing commitment to both social and environmental issues; laid into the book is a photograph, presumably taken by the prior owner, of Ibarrola's "Painted Forest" with the date of... Read More
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Peer Gynt
by Ibsen, Henrik; Rackham, Arthur (Illustrations)
London: George C. Harrap & Co. Ltd, 1936. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/very good +. Rackham, Arthur. First trade edition, quarto size, 256 pp., with original dust jacket. This volume the first trade edition of this work with the illustrations of Arthur Rackham (1867-1939), an eminent illustrator of many books which often depict fantasy and fairy tale subjects. Rackham contributed illustrations to many popular stories, such as "Cinderella", "Sleeping Beauty", "Alice in Wonderland", and the Brothers Grimm fairy tales.... Read More
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![Saint Dominic; Scenes From the Life of The Saint in the Form of a Play [by H.D.C. Pepler]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/162/224/1623224162.0.l.jpg)
Saint Dominic; Scenes From the Life of The Saint in the Form of a Play [by H.D.C. Pepler]
by [H.D.C. Pepler]; David Jones and Desmond Chute (Illustrations)
Ditchling: St Dominic's Press, 1929. Hardcover. Very good. First printing, sixteenmo size, 87 pp. The Saint Dominic's Press, founded by Harry (Hilary) Douglas Clarke Pepler, flourished at Ditchling, Sussex, from 1916 to 1936. The first home of the Press was "a disused stable", with a hundred-year-old Stanhope hand-press which supposedly had belonged to William Morris. Pepler endeavored to do everything possible by hand, believing that such would both produce the best results and also be a... Read More
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The Ladies' Pocket Book of Etiquette
by By A[rthur] F[reeling]; Hester Sainsbury (Illustrations)
Waltham Saint Lawrence: The Golden Cockerel Press, 1928. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Near fine/good +. One of 500 copies, duodecimo size, 67 pp., with original dust jacket. We find etiquette books such as this a delight to read, providing as they do glimpses into a world long gone. This book, for example, contains a chapter on the then-new "waltzing" with a warning to parents about the perils of unmarried couples touching. The Contents lists such topics as "Introductions", "Visitors... Read More
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Mimes; Sacred & Profane
by H[ilary] D[ouglas] C[larke] Pepler; Dunstan Pruden (Illustrations)
London: Samuel French Limited [printed by the St Dominic's Press, Ditchling Common, Hassocks], 1932. Hardcover. Near fine. Revised variant edition, duodecimo size, 116 pp. Mimes, the author states, are similar to early liturgical plays and this work includes mimes titled, "The Stations of the Cross", "The Rosary", "St. George and the Turkish Knight", 'Harlequinade" and "Sir Galahad"; illustrated with drawings of masks designed and made by Dunstan Pruden. The Saint Dominic's Press, founded by Harry (Hilary)... Read More
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The Peek-A-Boos In Camp Play Book
by Chloe Preston (Illustrations)
London: Humphrey Milford / Oxford University Press, 1937. Pictorial boards. Good +. Preston, Chloe. Large octavo size, [12] pp. Chloe Preston provided the illustrations for twelve "Peek-A-Boo" books (per Baumgarten); interestingly, this title not listed. A scarce book, as of this writing there is one copy online of "The Peek-A-Boos In Camp", however, no copies of this "Play Book" which is clearly an abridged version of "In Camp" published as a board book for very young children. Our... Read More
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The Bremen Town Musicians; A Grimm Fairy Tale
by [The Brothers Grimm]; Sarah Chamberlain (Illustrations)
[Easthampton, MA]: The Chamberlain Press, 1978. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Near fine. Chamberlain, Sarah. One of 120 copies, sixmo size, 24 pp., signed by Sarah Chamberlain. Jakob and Wilhelm Grimm (1785-1863 and 1786-1859, respectively), known as the Brothers Grimm, have popularised European folk tales such as "Rapunzel", "Cinderella", "Sleeping Beauty", and "Snow White", stories that have been intrinsic parts of European and American literature, read and loved by children and adults alike, and adapted countless times in fiction writing,... Read More
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The Peek-A-Boo Gipsies
by May Byron; Chloe Preston (Illustrations)
London: Humphrey Milford, Oxford University Press, 1923. Hardcover. Very good/good. Preston, Chloe. Square quarto size, 43 pp., with original jacket. Mary Clarissa "May" Byron (1861-1936) was a prolific author of children's books. Baumgarten lists twenty-seven titles, including the "Peek-a-Boo" series. In this book, the Peek-A-Boos decide to play at being in a "gipsy" caravan, and what happens when they meet some real gipsies... Chloe Preston (1887-1969) seems a bit more elusive; from various online sources we... Read More
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The Peek-A-Boos In Town
by May Byron; Chloe Preston (Illustrations)
New York: Hodder & Stoughton, 1915. Hardcover. Very good. Preston, Chloe. Oblong folio, [80] pp. Mary Clarissa "May" Byron (1861-1936) was a prolific author of children's books; information on Chloe Preston (1887-1969) seems a bit elusive; from various online sources we gleen that she was born in Britain in 1887, "in a gentrified English country environment". Her charming illustrations of the Peek-a-Boos have "clear simple outlines and bright colours, [and] her humorous images portray simple excursions and activities"... Read More
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Being the Exile and Death of the Sons of Usnech
by Longes Mac n-Usnig; Thomas Kinsella (Translator); Mia Cranwill (Illustrations)
[Republic of Ireland]: The Dolman Press, 1954. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Near fine. Cranwill, Mia. One of 225 copies, octavo size, 40 pp. This story "Being the Exile and Death of the Sons of Usnech", a portion of the "Book of Leinster", an Irish manuscript compiled in the middle of the twelfth century. The work translated by Thomas Kinsella (1928-2021), a university professor and poet whose first work was published by The Dolman Press, founded in 1951 specifically to... Read More
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Maud Humphrey's Mother Goose
by Mother Goose; Maud Humphrey (Illustrator)
New York: Frederick A. Stokes Company, 1891. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good +. Humphrey, Maud. First printing, quarto size, [46] pp. A collection of the nursery rhymes of Mother Goose, including classic children's verses such as "Jack and Jill", "Little Miss Muffett", and "Little Bo Peep", this volume is lusciously illustrated by American watercolourist Maud Humphrey (1868-1940); a very successful commercial illustrator, Humphrey was the mother of famed actor Humphrey Bogart, whom she would use as a model... Read More
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The Peek-A-Boos and Mr. Plopper
by Chloe Preston and George Howard-Vyse (Illustrations)
London: Henry Frowde / Hodder & Stoughton, n.d.. Hardcover. Very good. Preston, Chloe; Howard-Vyse, George. Large octavo size, [52] pp. Chloe Preston provided the illustrations for twelve "Peek-A-Boo" books (per Baumgarten); interestingly, this title not listed. With the introduction of anthropomorphised animals Preston seems to have been inspired by Beatrix Potter, whose "Peter Rabbit" was first published in 1901. Information on Chloe Preston (1887-1969) is a bit elusive; from various online sources we gleen that she... Read More
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Dance For Life; Isadora Duncan and Her California Dance Legacy At the Temple of Wings
by [Isadora Duncan]; Margaretta K. Mitchell (Photographs, Introduction); Mitchell, Peter (Poem, "The Dancer")
Berkeley: Elysian Editions [Wesley B. Tanner], 1985. First and Limited Edition. Folio in a case. Fine. Mitchell, Margaretta K.. The printer's proof from an edition of fifty copies, seven text pages and twelve photogravures, all housed in a clamshell case. This an homage to Angela Isadora Duncan (1877-1927), and the incredible effect she had on modern dance which she initiated at the turn of the last century. She "emphasized the dynamics and rhythm of movement, invoked... Read More
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