SMALL PICTURES OF FAMOUS PAINTINGS
Charming miniature accordion book containing a variety of classic Hungarian paintings.
Charming miniature accordion book containing a variety of classic Hungarian paintings.
First and only bibliography of the illustrator, reprinted in book form from the April 1951 Proceedings of the American Antiquarian Society.
First edition of the author's third art monograph, reproducing Cruikshank's illustrations of Dickens, Ainsworth, Sterne, Smollett, and others, with extensive commentary and context.
Second revised and expanded edition of this treatise on the technique and historical development of the woodcut, richly and beautifully illustrated.
Scarce and beautiful limited edition artist's ABC, with Crow's wood engravings of human figures twining in and around each letter.
Rare bibligraphical catalogue of the early American artist's engravings, compiled by Duyckinck and with a biographical sketch by Lossing.
First edition of this study of the development of the modern woodcut, by the prolific art critic and editor.
Scarce inaugural issue of the union journal of Local One, Amalgamated Lithographers of America.
The iconic modernist book, signed by Matisse — one of the great editions of one of the great books.
First printing of this survey of Warhol's '50s work in commercial art and book cover design.
Beautiful first edition of Lavater's wordless, symbolic "imagerie," one of her six artist's books transforming tales from Charles Perrault.
Limited first edition of this substantial reference guide to English and French book illustrations of the 18th century.
Original book sculpture carved into a 1962 Social Register, featuring a figure made of found materials wearing a Sunday hat and perusing society literature from within it.
Original book sculpture showcasing multimedia artist Bruno Pasquier-Desvignes's interpretation of the most important promise of modern living.
Original book sculpture that questions and criticizes the American military-political machine, using collaged news clippings and a metal figure impaling earth on spiked hands.
Original book sculpture riffing on the title GOD OF LOVE, transforming the codex into a setting for two romantic figures made of found materials.
Original book sculpture of a noble knight cleverly constructed out of cork, Champaign bottle foil, and toothpicks.
Original book sculpture offering an interpretation of the dynamics of marriage through two gendered figures made of found materials engaging in battle.
Original book sculpture that is cleverly literal, featuring a figure made of found materials with a matchstick "penis" attached to a spring.
Original book sculpture with an Old Testament motif, featuring the serpent and an apple nested inside an economics work.
Original book sculpture that ponders the importance of money, featuring an armed cardboard gangster.
Original book sculpture created from the pedagogical reader TOWARD LIBERAL EDUCATION by Louis Glenn Locke featuring a vignette of a male and female figure dancing – or engaged in a more sexual activity.
Original Cornell-ian book sculpture that interprets Stegner's classic title literally, featuring a reclining bespectacled paper figure reaching longingly into a recess carved into the book-block.
Lavish limited edition of Racine's Phèdre, the first edition with glowing color lithographs by Hugo.
First printing of this heavily-illustrated perspective on the resurgence of the popularity of the woodcut illustration, including a look at 1930s woodcuts in Japan.