The Theory of Perspective.
by Cowley, John Lodge
1766. COWLEY, John Lodge. The Theory of Perspective Demonstrated; in a Method Entirely New. By which the Several Planes, Lines, and Points, used in this Art, are shewn by Moveable Schemes, in the True Positions in which they are to be Considered. [8], xi, [1], 117, [1] pp., with 11 full-page geometric engravings printed on heavy paper, of which 10 are cut-out to demonstrate solid forms. 4to, 250 x 200 mm., bound in contemporary calf, rebacked. London:... Read More
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The Mask. A Monthly Journal of the Art of the Theatre. Volumes 1-15 (all published).
by CRAIG, Edward Gordon
1908. CRAIG, Edward Gordon. The Mask. A Monthly Journal of the Art of the Theatre. A complete set of eighty-seven issues (bound in seventy-one parts) in sixteen volumes (fifteen volumes of magazines, and an additional volume of covers and inserts from 1911-1915). Volumes I to III have title pages and index pages dated 1919, as issued. The other volumes have undated title pages and indices, as issued. Three 4to volumes, 323 x 218 mm., and thirteen 8vo volumes 225... Read More
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Book.
by CRAIG-MARTIN, Michael
1997. CRAIG-MARTIN, Michael. Book. Illustrated with 20 colour screen prints and 2 loose signed screen prints. Oblong folio, bound in publisher's grey cloth in a matching clamshell box. London: Alan Cristea Gallery & Ridinghouse Editions, 1997. Book is renowned British contemporary artist Michael Craig-Martin's oversized artist's book consisting of twenty full page screen printed images of common objects. One of one hundred and fifty copies signed and numbered by Craig-Martin in... Read More
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A Day Book
by CREELEY, Robert; R.B. (RONALD BROOKS) KITAJ
1972. KITAJ, Ronald Brooks. A Day Book by Robert Creeley. With 14 Original prints. Folio, bound in full blue and green leather, in matching blue leather-covered slipcase by Rudolf Rieser, assisted by Helmut Klohs. Berlin: Graphis, 1972. A splendid copy of the deluxe edition this important work. The work was designed by Kitaj with typography by Gordon House in consultation with Robert Creeley, with each of the 43 pages in a different typeface... Read More
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Parts.
by Creeley, Robert; Rothenberg, Susan; SUSAN ROTHENBE
1993. ROTHENBERG, Susan. Parts. By Robert Creeley. Illustrated with 9 mezzotints and a drypoint by Susan Rothenberg. Folio, bound in original full vellum by Claudia Cohen. San Francisco: Limestone Press, 1993. An immaculate copy of this important contemporary artist's book combining Rothenberg's luminous mezzotints with Creeley's spare poems. This is one of the many books which have been produced as a result of Creeley's lifelong commitment to collaborating with artists to create books,... Read More
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Nouveau Cayer de Paysages, a l'Usage des Personnes qui apprennent le Dessin
by CREPY, Jean Baptiste
1781. CREPY, Jean Baptiste. Nouveau Cayer de Paysages, a l'Usage des Personnes qui apprennent le Dessin. Illustrated title-page and 6 Plates, each with 2 images. Folio, bound in contemporary wrappers. Paris: J.B. Crepy, 1781. An extremely attractive drawing manual with plates engraved in sanguine. Unfortunately, the work has not been well taken care of, and there is a certain amount of staining and some tears. Nevertheless, the attractiveness of the plates, and the works rarity make this a... Read More
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Mr. Knife, Miss Fork
by Crevel, Réne; MAX ERNST
1931. ERNST, Max. Mr. Knife, Miss Fork. Text by René Crevel, translated by Kay Boyle. Including 19 photograms of frottages by Max Ernst. 8vo, 176 x 116 mm., bound in the original full black cloth, elaborately gilt and embossed designed by Ernst on covers with additional hand-painting, in an elegant half morocco box by Mercher. Paris: The Black Sun Press, 1931. A celebrated and rare surrealist collaboration. This is one of the special 50 copies on Hollande... Read More
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Solution générale du Problème de la Photographie des Couleurs
by CROS, Charles
1869. CROS, Charles. Solution générale du Problème de la Photographie des Couleurs. 12 pp. Tall 8vo, 235 x 150 mm., bound in later three-quarter brown morocco over marble boards, the wrappers bound in. Paris: Gauthier-Villars, 1869. First edition. A fine copy of this landmark in the history of colour photography. "It is curious that he, working at the same time as Du Hauron, and absolutely independently, worked on three color photography. On December 2, 1867, he... Read More
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Le Fleuve Eaux-Fortes d'Edouard Manet
by CROS, Charles
1874. CROS, Charles. Le Fleuve Eaux-Fortes d'Edouard Manet. 15 pp., 8 etchings within the text. 4to, 268 x 233 mm., full calf binding by P.L. Martin in a matching slipcase dated 1967, preserving the original wrappers. Paris: Librairie de l'Eau-Forte, 1874. A splendid copy of this landmark in modern book illustration, published the year before his better known illustrations to Poe's Raven. The Artist and the Book calls it "probably the first 19th century book to have... Read More
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Hints to Emigrants.
by CRUIKSHANK, Percy
1849. CRUIKSHANK, Percy. Hints to Emigrants. Or incidents in the emigration of John Smith of Smith-Town. 2 pp. text. Illustrated with wood engraved front wrapper printed on blue paper, followed by 9 wood engraved plates with smaller format proof versions of 6 of the images printed on chine, with two images per sheet loosely inserted. Oblong 8vo, 135 x 223 mm, bound in slightly a slightly later japonesque binding with elegant Japanese styled endpapers with cloud motif. London: J.... Read More
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Charles Dickens and Early Victorian England.
by CRUIKSHANK, R.J.
1949. CRUIKSHANK, R.J. Charles Dickens and Early Victorian England. 308 pp. Illustrated with 14 isotype charts and profusely illustrated. 8vo., bound in publisher's cloth. London: Pitman, 1949. A typical example of the postwar use of isotype charts in England. A fine copy, with just the slightest wear to the dustwrapper.
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Calendrier Antikamnia pour 1900
by CRUSIUS, Louis
1899. CRUSIUS, Louis. Calendrier Antikamnia pour 1900. 6 plates printed on both sides. 8vo, in wrappers as issued, in a new board folder and cloth slipcase. St. Louis: The Antikamnia Chemical Company, 1899. The St. Louis pharmacist and physician Louis Crusius was an artist by avocation who created gruesomely humorous medical caricatures for display in the family drugstore. He sold designs to the Antikamnia Chemical Company, a maker of patent medicines, which published them in a series... Read More
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Die Farbenblindheit.
by DAAE, Dr. A.
1878. DAAE, Dr. A. Die Farbenblindheit. 9 pp. Illustrated with a wool diagnostic test of 70 dyed wool samples. 8vo., 220 x 144 mm, bound in publisher's brown cloth folder incorporating wool sample chart into rear board. Berlin: P. Dörffel, [1878]. Third Edition. The author, a Norwegian ophthalmologist, was an early campaigner for mandatory vision tests for ships' pilots and railway engineers. He published this pamphlet in the wake of... Read More
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SECRET LIFE OF SALVADOR DALI
by DALI, SALVADOR; SALVADOR DALI
1942. DALI, Salvador. The Secret Life of Salvador Dali. 400 pp., illustrated throughout. 4to, 258 x 190 mm., cloth and illustrated dust jacket in a new cloth folding box. New York: Dial, 1942. With an elaborate double page inscription cum drawing by Dali. From the library of the photographer Arnold Crane with his signature on the front endpaper.
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Petites Constructions francaises par un Comite d'Architectes
by COMITE D'ARCHITECTES
1893. COMITE D'ARCHITECTES. Petites Constructions francaises par un Comite d'Architectes. Comite d'Architectes.Title and 100 chromolithographic plates. Plates. Small folio. Loose as issued in a new cloth folding box. Dourdan: E. Thezard, 1893. The first volume of a series of four documenting "small French buildings",all of which are rare. OCLC lists only three sets in the U.S.: LC, University of Maryland and Rosemont College.
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Némésis Médicale Illustrée. Recueil de Satires
by DAUMIER; FABRE, Francois
1840. FABRE, Francois. Némésis Médicale Illustrée. Recueil de Satires. Two volumes. xxxii, 278; 360 pp., illustrated throughout with woodcuts by Honoré Daumier. 4to, 245 x 155 mm., marbled boards. Paris: Au Bureau de la Némésis Médicale, 1840. A collection of medical satires written in twenty-five poems, in rhyming couplets. Illustrated with thirty woodcuts and numerous vignettes by Daumier.
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Les Bohemiens de Paris
by DAUMIER, Honore
DAUMIER, Honore. Les Bohemiens de Paris. With 28 lithographs by Daumier. Folio. 345 x260 mm.,Matted, in a cloth folding case. Paris: Au Bureau de Journal Amusant & du Petit Journal pour Rire, [1840-1842]. Complete set of Daumier's "Les Bohémiens de Paris" series. All the prints in the present set are "sur blanc," i.e. printed individually on superior white wove paper, without the text of the Charivari journal on the verso. Because of the finer paper and... Read More
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O Luis Misterio / Camoes Certeza!
by De CANTOS, Paulo
1951. De CANTOS, Paulo. O Luis Misterio / Camoes Certeza! 204 pp. 8vo, publisher's wrappers. Lisbon: Póvoa de Varzim (Portugal): Tip. Livraria Povoense, 1951. An example of eccentric modernist book making from the little-known Portuguese educator and amateur printer Paulo de Cantos who lived from 1892 to 1979. The book is an an analysis of the life and work of Camoes, Portugal's greatest poet. Although without illustrations the book's typography makes up for that. A fine... Read More
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-Graca! DEUS...gracas DIABOS.
by De CANTOS, Paulo
1940. De CANTOS, Paulo. -Graca! DEUS...gracas DIABOS. 308 pp.With 22 illustrations. 8vo, publisher's wrappers. Lisbon: Póvoa de Varzim (Portugal): Soc. Graf. da Povoa, 1940. A spectacular example of eccentric modernist book making from the little-known Portuguese educator and amateur printer Paulo de Cantos who lived from 1892 to 1979. A collection of aphorisms on religion and paganism. The book is almost a complete mirror of Espirito. The quotations are organised by theme in accordance with each... Read More
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Matematica Alegre
by De CANTOS, Paulo
1933. De CANTOS, Paulo. Matematica Alegre. 256 pp. 8vo, publisher's wrappers. Lisbon: Póvoa de Varzim (Portugal): Tip. Livraria Povoense, 1933. A book from the little-known Portuguese educator and amateur printer Paulo de Cantos who lived from 1892 to 1979' A mathematics book containing puns based on traditional equations. Without the usual eccentric illustrations, but still desirable. A fine copy. NOT LISTED IN OCLC.
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Os reis do RISO.../ As leis do SISO!
by De CANTOS, Paulo
De CANTOS, Paulo. Os reis do RISO.../ As leis do SISO! 212 pp. 5 illustrations. 8vo, publisher's wrappers. Lisbon: Póvoa de Varzim (Portugal): Tip. Livraria Povoense, ND. A spectacular example of eccentric modernist book making from the little-known Portuguese educator and amateur printer Paulo de Cantos who lived from 1892 to 1979. A collection of aphorisms about personality, based on the essay collection Laughter: An Essay on the Meaning of the Comic, published in 1900 by... Read More
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Ze Povo tem
by De CANTOS, Paulo
1939. De CANTOS, Pauo. Ze Povo tem. 256pp. 8vo, publisher's wrappers. Libon: Póvoa de Varzim (Portugal): Soc. Graf. da Povoa, 1939. An example of eccentric modernist book making from the little-known Portuguese educator and amateur printer Paulo de Cantos who lived from 1892 to 1979. An aphoristic ollection of ethnographic information. The title includes a rebus for "eye". Although without any of De Cantos's eccentric illustrations the book makes a distinctive use of typography. A... Read More
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Aphorismes sur la décoration. Numbers 1-10, all published.
by VIACROZE DECORATION
1930. VIACROZE DECORATION. Aphorismes sur la décoration. Numbers 1-10, all published. 8vo., in publisher's wrappers and cardboard folding case. Paris: Viacroze décoration, 1930-1931. A complete set of this scarce and little known Art Deco design periodical. Cardboard with some wear, otherwise immaculate. OCLC lists sets at Columbia, Metropolitan Museum, University of Illinois and Bibliotheque Nationale.
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URSS en Construction, La Republique Sovietique de Tchouvachie.
by DEINEKA. Z.
1936. DEINEKA, Z. URSS en Construction. La Republique Sovietique de Tchouvachie. (1936 #9). 36 pp. Folio, bound in original wrappers. Moscow: Editions d'Etat des Beaux-Arts, 1936. A fine copy of one of many monographic issues of this landmark periodical, devoted to Tchouvachia. As Martin Parr says "from 1930-1940 URSS en Construction employed the best Soviet photo-journalists and graphic designers. Amongst the photographers were Max Alpert, Arkadi Shaikhet, Georgi Zeima, Boris... Read More
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Die Lehre von der Beleuchtung und Schattirung : als Lehrmittel fu¨r Lehrer und Schu¨ler an Oberrealschulen, Industrie- und Gewerbeschulen und andern mittlern und ho¨hern gewerblichen und technischen Lehranstalten, sowie zum Selbststudium..
by DELABAR, Gangolf
1887. DELABAR, Gangolf. Die Lehre von der Beleuchtung und Schattirung: als Lehrmittel für Lehrer und Schüler an Oberrealschulen, Industrie- und Gewerbeschulen und andern mittlern und höhern gewerblichen und technischen Lehranstalten, sowie zum Selbststudium; mit einem Anhang: Das Wichtigste aus der Farbenlehre. 132 pp. text with 32 illustrations and 34 lithographic plates, of which 2 are hand-coloured and one is folding. Oblong 8vo, 188 x 141 mm, publisher's paper boards. Freiburg: Herder, 1887. A fine copy of... Read More
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