1877. Paris: J. Strauss, 1877. Folded newsprint, measuring ca. 54 × 38 cm.; 4 pp. per issue. One issue with old repairs; occasional fraying to edges due to paper stock; still a very good set. [NEWS FROM THE NETHERWORLD, PRINTED IN COLOR ON BLACK STOCK]. Rare complete series of this... More about L'autre monde: journal des trépassés [The other world: a journal of the departed], nos. 1–5...

1957. 4 vols.: Venetian School. 2 vols., XIV, 206 pp. text, 46 pp. topographical index, 1336 illustrations on plates (2 plates in color); and Florentine School. 2 vols., XIV, 222 pp. text, 39 pp. topographical index, 1480 illustrations on plates (2 plates in color). Small 4to. Cloth. London/New York (Phaidon)... More about Italian Pictures of the Renaissance: A List of the Principal Artists and Their Works with an...

Oversized portfolio containing title card, two hand-numbered and signed typographic etchings (zincogravures); a third signed typographic etching with black silhouette effect, numbered to verso; numbered colophon page; and a smaller matted and signed typewriter poem. Large folio. Cardstock folder within heavy cardstock portfolio, tie-bound with red cloth ribbon, contents loose... More about Les Folles Folies des Follies. Douze Poèmes Diptyque

Small 40 pp. astronomy book with instructions on how to read the celestial map and tables of constellations, with some handwritten notes at rear of volume, accompanied by a large handcolored lithographed star map in the style of a planisphere, designed by Frank and drawn by Joseph Kaiser, depicting constellations... More about Anweisung zum Richtigen Gebrauch der Lithographierten Allgemeinen Himmels-Karte. Accompanied by...

31 pg. booklet for children documenting the donation of twenty-five tractors to the Soviet Union by American workers, and their journey from the United States to a Soviet collective farm. Illustrated profusely throughout with thirty black-and-white illustrations. 8vo. Original illustrated stapled wrpps., some light soiling to covers, minor rubbing along... More about Zheleznye Puteshestvenniki [Steel Travelers

Eighteen books and six periodicals, comprising a significant archive of publications issued by the Esterist movement in Levens, France and elsewhere. Largely devotional in nature, the works praise Uruguayan poet Jose Parrilla as a god-like figure capable of bestowing spiritual enlightenment to his followers. Representative of the Esterists' later mystical... More about A Significant Archive of Published Works Honoring the Uruguayan Poet, 1959-1975

28-leaf portfolio of art prints made from the Culture Hero special issue, "Jill Johnston Exposed", each page of the issue enlarged and reproduced on heavy paper stock lithographed by aluminum plates and split fountain rainbow rolled over in over 150 colors. Illustrated throughout. Large folio, each individual page measures approx... More about Culture Hero, Masterprint. Jill Johnston Exposed: Special Issue

954 pp. volume on the "hidden treasures" of Rome, including a brief treatise on the 1600 Jubliee, its origins, and ceremonies, as well as chapters on the catacombs, the titles, deaconships, and bishoprics of cardinals, relics, and the stations, with a focus on the churches of Rome, indices. Not illustrated... More about I Tesori Nascosti nell'Alma Città di Roma. Raccolti, e Posti in Luce per Opera

A complete subscription portfolio of 20 chromolithographs, each 22" x 28", issued in ten monthly installments of 2 prints reproducing orig. watercolors of American birds by Pope with captioned guard leaves reprinting descriptive texts from a variety of sources incl. Alexander Wilson's "American Ornithology" and Audubon's "Birds of America". Each... More about Upland Game Birds and Water Fowl of the United States

Two parts in one volume, xxiv, 264, xxiv, 166 pp. volume in Latin on the ancient Roman Basilica dei Santi Giovanni e Paolo al Celio and the Casamari Abbey, including the history and architecture of the buildings, indices. Illustrated with two engraved folding plates in Part I, including the façade... More about De Sanctis Martyribus Johanne et Paulo, Eorumque Basilica In Urbe Roma Vetera Monimenta....

5 volume study and presentation (in English) of the history of Ukiyoye painting and woodblock printmaking, defined in the preface as genre pictures and popular works depicting manners and customs of the time as opposed to classical works, including an altogether 211 pp. text distributed throughout the volumes, 156 fine... More about Masterpieces Selected from the Ukiyoye School. With Brief History of the Development of the...

Small 48 pp. booklet compiling essays in honor of Aleksei Kruchenykh, from contributors including Boris Pasternak, Sergei Tret'iakov, David Burliuk, Tat'iana Tolstaia, and Sergei Rafalovich. Three linocut illustrations by Gustav Klutsis. Light and even toning, some minor edge wear. 8vo. Original illustrated wrpps. with covers designed by Klutsis, some small... More about Zhiv Kruchenykh! [Kruchenykh Lives!

4 vols., facsimile edition of the 17th century work from the Ten Bamboo Studio showcasing a variety of paper samples with original colorful woodblock decoration, augmented with the gonghua technique of blindstamping and printed in multiple colors, decorative motifs include flowers and trees, vases, furniture, landscapes, butterflies, animals, and figures... More about Shizhuzhai Jianpu (Ten Bamboo Studio Letter Paper