GIAMBATTISTA BODONI: His Life and His World
Inscribed first edition of this first English-language biography of the great printer and typographer.
Inscribed first edition of this first English-language biography of the great printer and typographer.
Limited first edition of this substantial reference guide to English and French book illustrations of the 18th century.
First edition of this miniature bibliography of the miniature book output of the St. Onge press, accompanied by a memorial reflection.
Beautifully hand-bound and signed copy of Mathews' story, with the black-and-white drawings by Winkfield which served as its inspiration.
Sumptuous and gorgeous illuminated manuscript commissioned by Penn Mutual Insurance on the death of its first president — with elegant turn-of-the-century initials and fine calligraphy throughout.
Fine press edition of the German emigré's masterful work on printing technique.
First printing of this delightful book that offers a guide on how to construct 24 styles of mid-century-tastic bookends.
Warmly inscribed first edition of Newton's study, privately printed to benefit the "erection of a suitable monument to Thomas Hardy, either on Egdon Heath or elsewhere."
Signed limited first edition of Orcutt's deluxe illustrated tour of Western book history and bookmaking.
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.
Signed limited first edition, one of fifteen copies, of this striking and tactile artist's book, telling a hazy tale with high-contrast woodcuts.
Limited critical edition of this pseudonymous 1842 response to Charles Dickens, here attributed to Poe by Dickens collector Joseph Jackson but later reclassified as the work of poet Nathaniel Wheeler Coffin.
Lavish limited edition of Racine's Phèdre, the first edition with glowing color lithographs by Hugo.
Beautifully bound set of the works of the French playwright, from the library of Frances Mary Richardson Currer, who was among the most celebrated book collectors of her era.
First printing of this limited deluxe edition poetic ode to a pair of pears, illustrated in lovingly executed mezzotints – with original copper plate included in the original box.