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Paris: Editions Tiranty, 1935. First Edition. First Edition. 4to. Original color paper wrappers. IN ORIGINAL PUBLISHER'S GLASSINE PROTECTOR WRAPPER. Scarce and very desirable 1930's photo magazine with photographs by Man Ray, Boucher, Brassao, Dumas, Duval, Goursat, Keighlev, Kertesz, Kollar, Schall, Sougez, Wolff, and more. A very fine copy indeed, and seldom seen thus.

Autograph postal card signed from Louis Rhead (1857-1926), American author and illustrator, to Frank Chouteau Brown (1876-1947), noted American architect and editor of Architectural Review, who became a bookplate designer; postmarked Jan. 4, 1896. "Dear Sir, I lecture on the elements of design... before the N.Y. school of applied design... on the 23rd and am at your mercy in regard to the original. I write to to tell you that I cannot consent to them being loaned elsewhere than at your desk any longer than the time named in my last letter..." He goes on to explain his fears of losing track while he is traveling, etc. Postmarked on both sides. Scarce.

Written on a 5 x 8 inch sheet of yellow paper, as a sort of documentation or informal contract, ca. 1900: "Reserved from Louis J. Rhead the following original drawings of posters loaned by him for Exhibition at the Studio Club to be returned to him on a or about the 11th of Jan. in the same condition as received: 2 double sheet journal; 4 (or 6 as the case may be) "Suns";; 1 n.y. Herald original & Print; 1 "Winter Tales for Winter Nights"; 1 poster for my Exhibition at Wonderlichs. Please sign this and sent it on immediately you got them." A fascinating record by one of the leading poster artists in the revival of printing at the Turn of the Century in the US.

Ca. 1895. Excellent early letter by Louis John Rhead (1857-1926), renowned English-born American artist, illustrator, and author known especially in the early 1890s, for his expert Rhead poster art, and was heavily influenced by the work of Swiss artist EugËne Grasset. Rhead's letter is to Frank Chouteau Brown, (1876ñ1947), American architect, who was educated at the Minneapolis School of Fine Arts, the Boston Art Club, and in Europe. In 1902, he began practice in Boston and from 1907 to 1919, was editor of the Architectural Review periodical. In 1916, he became a member of the faculty of Boston University and in 1919, head of the Department of Art and Architecture. "My dear Sir, If you know how much correspondence I have gotten here and about, you would pardon me not answering before. However, I am willing to loan you some originals. The Boston drawings have been lent to the bones, and school- from there I shall want them back- as there are more drawings not sold, and therefore, prefer to have… Leer más

Jan. 28, 1896. A fabulous early letter by Louis John Rhead (1857-1926), renowned English-born American artist, illustrator, and author known especially in the early 1890s, for his expert Rhead poster art, and was heavily influenced by the work of Swiss artist EugËne Grasset. Rhead's letter (with holograph stamped envelope, addressed by Rhead) is to Frank Chouteau Brown, (1876ñ1947), American architect, who was educated at the Minneapolis School of Fine Arts, the Boston Art Club, and in Europe. In 1902, Brown began practice in Boston and from 1907 to 1919, was editor of the Architectural Review periodical. In 1916, he became a member of the faculty of Boston University and in 1919, head of the Department of Art and Architecture. ìDear Mr. Brown, Just a few words in answer to your letter. I am perfectly happy now that they are in my possession. As you know, a slight embarrassment is only temporary. I can see that the Club wanted a manager to look after things. Prang will issue the most… Leer más

Stunning original printed color lithographed poster by Louis Rhead for The Century Magazine Christmas Number (1894), depicting the profile of an Art Nouveau stylized woman holding a peacock on a platter while wearing a matching pattern dress. Printed by The Century Co. Sight size 19" x 13",Frame 25" x 19 1/4" Signed "Louis J. Rhead" lower left within the image. Provenance: Ainsworth Gallery, Boston. From the property of the Boston Company, Inc., Asset Management. Light horizontal crease in center, archival frame and mat, excellent condition of a wonderful pleasing Art Nouveau poster by this accomplished American artist and illustrator. Excellent copy in archival frame and mat.

London: Smith, Elder and Co, 1845. Original green cloth with ornate blind-stamped design on both covers, gilt design and letter on cover and spine. Second Edition "With Additions." Ads in back dated December, 1844. Inscription on engraved frontispiece is in fact in the plate (whereas some have cited an original presentation by the author). Spine small piece missing at bottom, some wear. Auction number affixed to cover as paper clipping. Very good copy of a scarce title.

London: Elkin Mathews and John Lane, 1893. First edition. Paperback. Paperback. First edition. Narrow octavo. Original green cloth with renowned vertical repeating wavy line and leaf motif on both covers designed by Charles Rickets. Author's first book, Copy #152 OF 250 Copies on Van Gelder handmade paper. Acclaimed as Ricketts' greatest book design and widely considered one of the high-points in fin-de-siËcle book design. Ricketts designs for Silverpoints pre-dated the Vale Press books, and were based on Aldine models, referring to the elongated shape of the book as a ìsaddle book,î an attribution hearkening back to Persian sources. In 1899, Ricketts commented on the success of the book, ìthe cover of the ìSilverpoints published in art paper has drifted back to me from places where my name is quite unknown on bindings, end-papers, wallpapers, and dress cretonnes.î A fine copy.

London: Constable, 1920. First edition. First edition. Original beige paper covered boards with cover and spine design in blue by Charles Ricketts. Top of spine frayed, discolored, some wear to corners, very good.

London: Cassell, 1933. First edition. First edition. Original blue cloth, gilt spine. In scarce original brown dust jacket with black printing on cover and spine. Decorated endpapers by Ricketts. Illustrated throughout with photo reproductions of Charles Ricketts' work. Near fine. Jacket very good with small piece missing from lower spine.

London: Elkin Mathews and John Lane, 1893. First edition. First edition. Full publishers stiff vellum binding with bold ornate gilt Nouveau pattern on both covers and spine by Charles Ricketts. Illustrations by Charles Ricketts. With the Art Nouveau bookplate of Christie Chetwynd Atkinson with illustration by M.C. Fisher, 1902. Near fine copy.

Indianapolis: The Bowen-Merrill Co, 1891. First edition. First edition. Original two-toned cloth. Scarce James Whitcomb Riley title, with extensive presentation inscription by the author on prelim page which has been attached to the original stub, "To Jess C. Millikan- From his old Compatriot, the 'Truthful' - James Whitcomb Riley," and below that a quotation from another book. With the decorative bookplate of William F. Gable (of Gable Department Store fame). With early bookseller description on separate card laid in. Very good.

Leipzig: 1911, Im Insel. First edition thus. First edition thus. Parchment -backed, rust colored paper covered boards. A scarce German imprint by the famed publisher, Insel, of Browning's "Sonnets from the Portugeuse," translated by Rainer Rilke. Very good.

Offered here is a rare and unusual collection of designs and drawings, the work of what appears to be a single binder for Riviere & Son, from the late 1920's, with a very few possibly later. There are 8 large designs for spines with some drawings, tool impressions, two of which are in color; 4 smaller designs for spines; 7 small "snippets" of tooling designs; 7 front cover designs (some drawings, some with tool impressions); 26 rubbings of bindings (covers, spines, etc., various sizes); 4 miscellaneous: a sheet of oasis leather samples used for the Andrew Lang Fairy Books, tool roll samples for a set of Shakespeare, a small piece of paper with what looks to be time studies for various bindings (e.g. ìΩ Plain 50 minî), spine design samples from various sets of English authors, sheet with various pictorial tools used and which authors, titles, etc. to use them (e.g. a witch on a broom and ìThe Arthur Rackham Fairy Bookî). A variety of paper has been used in these examples, some thicker,… Leer más

Edinburgh: Printed for William Creech and T Cadell, and W. Davies, 1797. First edition. First edition. Original gray paper covered boards, white paper spine. Excessively rare first edition of of the first and most elaborate treatise aimed at exposing the excesses and scandals of Free Masons, especially laying claim to the workings of the Illuminati, the most feared of all secret societies in the 18th Century. John Robison (1739-1805) was a noted Scottish physicist and mathematician and professor of philosophy at the University of Edinburgh who in his later years became enamored with promulgating various worldwide conspiracy theories. This work, his chief 'scholarly' output was purported to stem from valid research though chiefly from the testimonies of one man, a 'secret monk' whose name was Alexander Horn. The work was extremely popular and went through many editions including a stated Second Edition in the same year, Third and Fourth Editions in 1798, etc. It was translated into French, German and… Leer más

Eliot Hall, Jamaica Plain: The Riverside Press, 1906. First edition. First edition. The Deluxe Edition, bound in dark burgundy morocco over flexible boards with gilt lettering to front cover (the standard edition was bound in cloth of a similar shade). Printed under the direction of Bruce Rogers, gilt decorated endpapers, all edges gilt. The title page decoration was later reused by Rogers for the Centenary of William Makepeace Thackeray meeting at the Club of Odd Volumes in 1911, and subsequently reproduced in Frederic Wardeís BR bibliography (1925) and Typographic Trivialities (item #9 in this list). The Footlight Club is the oldest continuously-running community theater group in the United States of America, having performed every year since 1877. Rubbing and edge-wear, with the leather worn and chipped from the lower tip of the front cover (other corners worn). Upper spine tip chipped. Very scarce. The only copy currently for sale online. Grolier 141a.

Boston and New York: Houghton, Mifflin and Company, 1901. First edition. First edition. Original publisher' quarter brown cloth with blue paper cover and central embossed brown medallion. ONE OF ONLY FIVE AUTHOR'S COPY, PRESENTATION COPY FROM STEDMAN TO GROLIER CLUB FOUNDING MEMBER, BEVERLY CHEW, with his bookplate and with ALS from Stedman to Chew. On front fly, "1/5 copes for the author," [in pencil]. Inscribed by Stedman in pen, "Beverly Chew, with constant regards- Edmund C. Stedman," and below that, "Day of Publication 30 November, MCM1." ALS laid in from Stedman to Chew, on his personal "Lawrence Park, Bronxville, N.Y." stationary (in red): "The Westminster, 115 East 16th St, New York. My Dear Chew, Five copies of this book have just come to me from the Riverside. I see that in each copy the title-page sheet is severed at the top. Why, I know not, unless it be that he that runneth may read. But I know you you will approve of my cover, in as much as I designed it myself#- even I. Your attached… Leer más

Cambridge: Riverside Press, 1907. First edition thus. First edition thus. Gray fine paper covered boards, printed paper label on spine. #140/330 Copies on handmade paper. Original slipcase. Printed label extra inserted at end. A very fine copy in original slipcase with printed label, mended.

New York: Museum Press, 1916. First American edition. First American edition. Original yellow wrappers with paper label. Limited to 203 Copies. Printed with Centaur Types, woodcuts by Timothy Cole after designs by Bryson Burroughs on hand-made paper. Wrappers soiled and slightly worn, fine internally. Scarce.

Cambridge, 1903. One octavo light gray sheet on Rogers' Riverside Press stationary, two pages. To Frank Chouteau Brown(1876ñ1947), noted American architect, author of several books on architecture and lettering, editor of the Architectural Review periodical and later faculty of Boston University who worked with Rogers and other designers of the period. The ALS surrounds meeting up, ostensibly to discuss Brown's "Letters and Lettering," published in the previous year, in which Rogers is mentioned and discussed twice. Fine. Scarce.