Art, Design, &amp; Decorative Arts

[EARLY AMATEUR NEWSPAPER — with JAMES WELLS CHAMPNEY as a teenage proprietor.] The Enterprise. Vol. I, No. 6. Roxbury, [Mass.], Monday, February 15, 1858.

YOUNG ARTISTS AS PUBLISHERS

C. G. Way, editor

Group of 16 Original Lithographed Cigar Box Labels Featuring U.S. and Imported Brands, Early 20th-century label art from brands including Tennyson, La Primadora, El Trelles

Collection of 10 Original Cigar Box Labels

Various Manufacturers

Premier French Magazine

Verve Art Magazine

written by Zoe Shaw; Illustrated by Susan Houston Carranza.

Vintage 1970s Unpublished Handmade Children’s Book

“The Rainbow Pointer”

$550

LETTERFORM JIGSAW PUZZLE

Michael Schacht [Designer]

ALPHABET PUZZLE. A Special Edition for the Museum of Modern Art, New York

$300

EXCELLENT MIDCENTURY BOTANICAL PRINT

Henry Evans [Artist]

Henry Evans JAPANESE PERSIMMONS Original 1965 SIGNED Linocut

$625

BALDESSARI CATALOGUE RAISONNÉ 6 VOL SET INSCRIBED

JOHN BALDESSARI

JOHN BALDESSARI CATALOGUE RAISONNÉ - SIX VOLUME SET - SIGNED & INSCRIBED to MARGO LEAVIN (Margo Leavin Gallery, Los Angeles), Plus 3 SIGNED & NUMBERED COLOPHON/LIMITATION LABELS for BALDESSARI'S SMOKE, TREE, SHADOW & PERSON Limited Edition Prints

$5,500

Cock-fighting in Cuba, 1855 chromolitho plate

Cock-fighting in Cuba, 1855 chromolithographic plate

$300

ZEN & THE ART OF THE MACINTOSH Cult Classic SIGNED

MICHAEL GREEN

ZEN & THE ART OF THE MACINTOSH First Edition First Printing SIGNED & INSCRIBED Fine Condition 1986

18th Century Japanese picture scroll 1958 repro: Pictures of Insects at Play

Japanese picture scroll: Mushi Yūgi No Zu

Philip Hofer

$799

(COLOR PRINTING)

NELSON, T.

THE SEASONS OF THE YEAR.

$125

(COLOR PRINTING)

PICTURES AND SONGS FOR THE LITTLE ONES AT HOME

$92.50 $100 or less

FIRST EDITION

D'HENNEZEL, Henri

DECORATIONS AND DESIGNS OF SILKEN MASTERPIECES, ANCIENT AND MODERN.

(GREUZE)

INSCRIBED

OLD FRENCH COLOUR PRINTS

$87.50 $100 or less

WILD, Charles

SELECT EXAMPLES OF ARCHITECTURAL GRANDEUR IN BELGIUM, GERMANY, AND FRANCE, bound with SELECT EXAMPLES OF ARCHITECTURAL GRANDEUR....SECOND SERIES

$87.50 $100 or less

(TRADE CATALOGUE)

DENT HARDWARE CO.

ILLUSTRATED CATALOGUE OF IRON TOYS.

$115

RARE

THOMSON, P.

THE CABINET MAKERS SKETCH BOOK.

$925

FIRST EDITION

MACARTHUR, Blanche, and Jennie Moore

LESSONS IN FIGURE PAINTING IN WATER COLOURS.

$192.50

DESIRABLE COPY

SANDERSON, James, and George Morgan

RURAL ARCHITECTURE: A SERIES OF DESIGNS FOR RURAL AND OTHER DWELLINGS

$237.50

FIRST EDITION

SMITH, George

ESSAY ON THE CONSTRUCTION OF COTTAGES

$245

WILLIAMS ELLIS, Clough

COTTAGE BUILDING IN COB, PISE, CHALK & CLAY.

$82.50 $100 or less

FIRST EDITION

(COOMBE, Thomas, editor).

ILLUSTRATIONS OF BAPTISMAL FONTS

(VIRGINIA) SHEPHERD, Catharine

RARE

A COLONIAL BELL'S MESSAGE (MY LADY'S TOILETTE).

$92.50 $100 or less

FROM LEI-GIVERS TO STREET CLEANERS

DAS, Elsie Jensen (1903-1962)

“City & Country Hawaii”.

Sculpture by Richmond Barthé.

HARMON FOUNDATION RARE BARTHE EXHIBITION CATALOGUE

BARTHÉ, Richmond

$2,000

SPECIAL ISSUE DEDICATED TO THE VISUAL ARTS

Charlotte Perriand, Le Corbusier, Jean Cassou, Pierre Guegen, Frederick Kiesler and many more

ARCHITECTURE D'AUJOURD'HUI, 2EME NUMERO HORS-SERIE CONSACRE AUX ARTS PLASTIQUES. (Visual Arts edition, 1949), 140 pages, magazine with a cover illustration by Fernand Léger. Lots of photos of artists at home, articles about Brutalism and Paul Klee and much more.

$95 $100 or less

Matrix style Australian Journal of the Book Arts

James Taylor (editor)

Wayzgoose. The Australian Journal of Book Arts. Number one (1985, all published), Numerous book related illustrations in b/w and in color, many tipped in.

The Practice of Typography (1902), a Treatise on Title-Pages, with Numerous Illustrations in Facsimile and Some Observations on the Early and Recent Printing of Books

With Numerous Illustrations in Facsimile

De Vinne, Theodore Low

$99 $100 or less

Album with >70 Original Orchids, Floral and Garden Drawings: New York, Lake Tahoe

MEXICAN GOVERNMENT. D.A.P.P (Department of Press & Publicity)

Mexican Art & Life. No. 7. In the 400th Anniversary of Printing in Mexico.

$150

JAMES, Edward.

The Bones of My Hand. Including La belle au Bois dormant, with Other Poems Before Published and Many New Ones. . .and a frontispiece by Paul Tchelitcheff.

$950

ROOKWOOD POTTERY COMPANY

Rookwood's History: Its Aims, Description of Pottery Making, Exhibitions and Prizes, Its Designers' Marks and a Few of Its Patrons.

$275

[CHINA PAINTING TRADE CATALOGUE]. Campana, D. M.

Designs and Color Schemes. Published Periodically. Series A.

Dostoevsky, Fyodor (1821–1881); Translated by Garnett, Constance (1861–1946)

A RUSSIAN SOUL IN FINE PRESS

A Gentle Spirit: A Fantastic Story. [Harrison of Paris] [Limited Edition of 50], ONE OF ONLY 50 COPIES PRINTED ON IMPERIAL JAPANESE VELLUM, BRINGING DOSTOEVSKY TO LIFE THROUGH THE ART OF HARRISON OF PARIS.

$1,600

THE BELLE ÉPOQUE BOOK AS ART

Uzanne, Octave (1851-1931)

Son Altesse La Femme [Her Highness the Woman] [Extra-Illustrated State] [Salvatore David Master Binding] [Cortlandt Field Bishop Provenance], A FRENCH BIBLIOPHILE’S VISION TRANSFORMED INTO A MASTERWORK OF BINDING, ILLUSTRATION, AND COLLECTING HISTORY.

$850

MOSER’S BRER RABBIT

Harris, Joel Chandler (1848–1908) (adapted by Van Dyke Parks and Malcolm Jones ; Authors)

MOSER'S BRER RABBIT: [Proof Archive] [Signed First Edition] [Annotated Production Copy], From First Edition to Proof Sheet: The Making of Moser's Brer Rabbit: Quarto and folio elements in original publisher bindings, proofs, and wraps.

$525

A PRINTMAKER'S FRANCE

Allen, Peter

An ABC Tour About France [Limited Edition – Gwasg Gregynog – Hand-Colored Pochoir Illustrations], Twenty-six letters become twenty-six journeys through the landscapes and villages of France—one hand-colored print at a time.

Andrea Palladio: His Life And Works

1902 Palladio Biography, Architect's Own Copy

Banister F. Fletcher

Pub. in Beijing - Chart of simplified, standardized Mandarin

The Book That Defined 1980s Transgressive Culture

Adam Parfrey, editor

Apocalypse Culture

$95 $100 or less

c1963 Mandarin Chinese Ideogrammatic Long Poster

c1963 Mandarin Chinese Ideograms - Unfolds to 8' 4" Chart, Folds accordian-style

$50 $100 or less

Collection of 5 Argus Communications Posters Chicago 1960s James Baldwin on Change Peace Motivational

1845 Handwritten The Painter's and Varnish Pocket Manual Including 8 Drawings Samples of their Work Lehigh County Pennsylvania

Herb Market--In the Gallery at Houghton

18th Century Mezzotint Engraving

Boydell, John

Halocyptena Microsoma (Cuneate-tail Petrel) and Cymochorea Melania (Bonaparte's Petrel), From New and Heretofore Unfigured Species of the Birds of North America

Unfigured Species of the Birds of North America

Elliot, D.G.

(Native American Art) Interwoven, Gallery Limited Edition Signed & Numbered w/ Signed Print 597/1996

(Native American Art Book) Signed & #ed w/ Print

Julie Kramer Cole

The Golden Rule., A Manual Showing Methods of Self-Instruction on Cutting Out Patterns for All Types of Garments (Both Outer-Wear and Underwear) in All Sizes, for Ladies, Children and Men.

Dress-Making System Based on the Golden Ratio

Lutterloh, [Maria].

Russian Postcards for 7 days of the week

Art Nouveau Red Cross Postcards

Father Tuck's Toy Rockers Modeling Book

URKUNDENBUCH FÜR DIE GESCHICHTE DES BENEDICTINER STIFTES KREMSMUENSTER, SEINER PFARREIEN UND BESITZUNGEN VOM JAHRE 777 BIS 1400.

Calligraphy

TYPIZÁCIA TYPOGRAFIE A MODULOR.

Sulc, Dusan

TAKE YOUR PLEASURE SERIOUSLY, Inside, texts by: Chaz Bojorqéz, Giovanni De Faccio, Nicola "Dee Mo" Peressoni

Barcellona, Luca

$45 $100 or less

Ruzicka, Rudolph

STUDIES IN TYPE DESIGN. ALPHABETS WITH RANDOM QUOTATIONS.

$60 $100 or less

Marble

STONES OF THE YEAR. 3RD SERIES.

PUBLICITY AND GRAPHIC DESIGN IN THE CHEMICAL INDUSTRY, With contributions by René Rudin, Victor N. Cohen, and Josef Müller-Brockmann.

Switzerland

Neuburg, Hans

OFFICIAL GRAPHIC ART IN SWITZERLAND

Switzerlandv

$125

Inscribed by Edward Catich

Catich, Edward M.

LETTERS REDRAWN FROM THE TRAJAN INSCRIPTION IN ROME

JEFFERSON'S BIRTHDAY/POSTFACE, Bound 'dos-a-dos'

Bound 'dos-a-dos'

Higgins, Dick

$110

Strand, Mark

THE GOLDEN FROGS OF PANAMA

$5,000

Calligraphy

Midolle, Jean

ÉCRITURES ANCIENNES D'APRÈS DES MANUSCRITS & LES MEILLEURS OUVRAGES.

E.R. WEISS: THE TYPOGRAPHY OF AN ARTIST

Incline Press

Cinamon, Gerald

$375

AIAP Women in Design Award

HOW MANY WOMEN ARE IN THE ROOM, Edited by Cinzia Ferrara, Laura Moretti, and Carla Palladino; Translated by Isobel Butters

$39 $100 or less

Lattuga, Luca

ALFABETI MODERNISTI ITALIANI, Foreward by Riccardo Olocco

Bookbinding

DO THE WRITE THING, The book contains interviews with the following master calligraphers: Maria Eugénia Roballos, Francesca Baisetton, Christopher Haanes, Carl Rohrs, Ewan Clayton, Thomas Ingmire

$55 $100 or less

Barcellona, Luca

TAKE YOUR PLEASURE SERIOUSLY, Inside, texts by: Chaz Bojorqéz, Giovanni De Faccio, Nicola "Dee Mo" Peressoni

$51 $100 or less

Manetti, Debora and Shrishti Vajpai (editors)

NOW MORE THAN EVER, The 3rd volume of the "Fight for Kindness" non-profit campaign series (sponsored by ZetaFonts Foundry for TypeCampus), published by The Printing Office, an editorial trade mark by Lazy Dog Press

$33 $100 or less

Woolaroc (Museum) Bk - Signed by Joe Beeler + 2

Woolaroc (Museum) Book by Joe Williams 1991 Signed by Author, Artist Poppenhouse & Artist Joe Beeler

Giovanni and Rosalia Fanelli

Art Deco textiles and fashion of the 30's

Il tessuto Art Deco e anni trenta. Disegno, Moda, Architettura., One of the best reference books for Art Deco & modernist textiles of the 1920's and 1930's.

$145

In Very Good + condition, in slip case

Louis Aragon

Henri Matisse, roman. volumes I and II (1971, First ed. in French), Text in French. profusely illustrated in color and b/w

VINTAGE SHANGHAI ADVERTISING POSTER - Selling Fabric

Post-1950s Shanghai Poster Selling Fabric

RESERVED

Post-1950s Shanghai Poster Hatamen Cigarettes

VINTAGE SHANGHAI ADVERTISING POSTER - Hatamen Cigarettes

RESERVED

From Picasso's summer with the Toros in 1958

Dominguin, Luis Miguel; Edouard Roditi [trans]

Picasso Toros Y Toreros, 32 pages text, 137 pages illustrations

$325

Rare, extensive oveview of Japanese Ryukyu Lacquer

Tokugawa Yoshinobu

Ryukyu lacquer craft, 37 pp. English Text and a list of the 458 items with brief descriptions, 319 pp. Japanese text, 154 leaves of plates, incl. ca. 50 color plates, with 1 - 3 objects each.

$525

Bram de Does: chief designer Drukkerij Enschede

(Bram De Does)

Hommage aan Bram de Does – limited Box with 22 handprinted contributions, 22 typographic ornaments, many are numbered and signed.

$98 $100 or less

BUKOWSKI - WARTS AND ALL

Charles Bukowski

Charles Bukowski 5 Postcards, First Edition

$50 $100 or less

DISCOVER "THE RENAISSANCE MAN OF THE WEST"

Mary Murray and Betty Hoag McGlynn

Jo Mora: Artist and Writer, First Edition

$60 $100 or less

JINGLEBOB: ONE COWBOY'S ROUGH RIDE

Philip Ashton Rollins

Jinglebob. A True Story of a Real Cowboy, First Edition

One Thousand and One Initial Letters. (1864), - with a total of 28 plates, comprising the decorated title-page, the 26 letters of the alphabet and a final plate of numerals (both Roman and Arabic).

The First Edition of 1864 in later binding.

Owen Jones

$650

2 Double Elephant Folios: 38.75 x 27.25 inches ea.

John James Audubon

The Birds of America. BOTH facsimile editions of 20 plates each of the Double Elephant Folio in original size. RARE (1972, 1973), retaining both the size and grandeur of the originals. One of each of only 250 copies with English text.

$3,000

RARE COLLECTION OF FRENCH HAND-COLORED LITHOGRAPHS

Henry Monnier

Boutades, First Edition

$3,000

Rare Artists' journal from Iceland

Helgi T. Fridjónsson and more

Gangurinn/ The Corridor. (3 issues, 1980's, Island), Self-published in Reykjavik, 1980-1989

$325

Grabhorn Press, 1st. limited edition of 75 (1954)

HENRI DE TOULOUSE-LAUTREC, William Rothenstein.

ANOTHER PORTRAIT OF OSCAR WILDE BY HENRI DE TOULOUSE-LAUTREC, The 1895 drawing of Oscar Wilde by Toulouse-Lautrec

$325

Very rare as full set. 18"x18", well illustrated

New York City Planning Commission

Plan for New York City (6 vols. 1969), 1 volume for each Borough of the City of New York: The Bronx, Brooklyn, Manhattan, Queens, and Staten Island + 1 vol Critical Issues

$1,350

AN ART NOUVEAU FANTASYLAND

Kay Nielsen

East of the Sun and West of the Moon: Old Tales from the North, First Edition Thus

Songs of Yosemite Illustrated W/ Watercolor Paintings by Gunnar Widforss 1923

Songs of Yosemite w/ Gunnar Widforss Art 1923

Harold Symmes

$225

Photographer + Frame Carver

Arthur Hammnd and Keats Lorenz

Joint business card, Boston ca1910

Costumes Suisses Line [Unrecorded Swiss Costume Leporello] [20 Chromolithographed Plates], An unrecorded mid-19th-century accordion-style leporello panorama containing twenty vibrant, multi-figured lithographic plates capturing the regional costume traditions of the Swiss cantons.

Prince Valiant Newspaper Comic Page

Harold R. Foster

Prince Valiant Comics

$45 $100 or less

Unrecorded Mid-Century Swiss Costume Panorama

[Weinig & Comp]

$145

YOU TOO WILL LIKE A CONCRETE HOMES

Portland Cement Association

YOU TOO WILL LIKE A CONCRETE HOMES

$85 $100 or less

[Egidius van Coninxloo] | Engraved by Nicolaes de Bruyn

Landscape with Pair on Wooden Bridge

$600

FROM ONE MODERNIST TO ANOTHER

Siskind, Aaron (1903–1991); Chiarenza, Carl

Pleasures and Terrors, FROM THE PHOTOGRAPHER'S HAND TO THE PUBLISHER'S SHELF: Inscribed to Ben & Pearl Raeburn [Horizon Press]

Art Young America's greatest political cartoonists and satirical artists

THE MASTER OF POLITICAL CARTOONS & SATIRE

The Best of Art Young, First Edition

Nagare, Masayuki (1923–2018) Sculptor

THE LANGUAGE OF STONE

Recent Sculpture of Masayuki Nagare [Staempfli Gallery Exhibition Catalogue in Original Handmade Japanese Portfolio], WHEN JAPANESE BOOK DESIGN BECAME EXHIBITION ART — SCULPTURE. TYPOGRAPHY. HANDMADE PAPER

Artist: Sinclair, Thomas S. (ca. 1805-1881)

THE CRIMEAN WAR IN COLOR

The Siege of Sevastopol; 1856 [Hand-colored lithograph], THE CRIMEAN WAR THROUGH A VICTORIAN EYEWITNESS IMAGE

$85 $100 or less

THE ART OF TOBACCO ADVERTISING

Duke, W. & Sons

Costumes of All Nations [Tobacco Advertising, Cigarette Cards], STAGE PERFORMERS, INTERNATIONAL COSTUME, AND THE ART OF ADVERTISING —VICTORIAN CELEBRITY CULTURE PRESERVED THROUGH TOBACCO CARDS

$80 $100 or less

Leonard Baskin

Gehenna Press Ephemera

Immaculate Heart College Art Department

Irregular Bulletin #8

Homemade Album of French Illustrations

Unknown author

1930s 22 Fashion Sketches Drawing Book Art Deco Female Color Drawings Lois Hinden