Category: Book Arts and Illuminated Manuscripts

Emilo Ambasz: Architectural, Industrial, Graphic Exhibit Design: An exhibition at AXIS, Tokyo, Japan

By: Ambasz, Emilo

Price: $99.00 USD

Publisher: Tokyp, Axis : 1985

Seller ID: 32358

ISBN-13: 9784900450011

Binding: Paperback (Saddle Stitched)

Condition: Very Good

Unmarked. 24p. Measures 8.5x9.5 inches.This beautifully illustrated and designed catalog accompanied a 1985 retrospective exhibition of Ambasz work at the Axis Gallery in Tokyo. The dust jacket was embossed and die-cut. The die-cut pieces can be removed and folded into a three-dimensional representation of two of his architectural projects. Text in English and Japanese. Emilio Ambasz (b. 1943) is an Argentinian-US architect and award-winning industrial designer. From 1969 to 1976 he was Curator of Design at the Museum of Modern Art, in New York. Ambasz has been labeled as "the father, poet, a...
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Manuscript Painting at the Court of France: The Fourteenth Century, 1310-1380

By: Avril, Francois

Price: $14.00 USD

Publisher: George Braziller : 1978

Seller ID: 10509

ISBN-13: 9780807608791

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Very Good

Unmarked. Illustrated introduction and 40 full-page color plates accompanied by descriptive information. Selected Bibliography. In a number of the major 14th century manuscripts we find an intriguing new feature: the figures are no longer painted in full color, as is the rest of the miniature, but are portrayed in pale, semi-lucent monochrome or grisaille.
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Al-Mutanabbi Street Starts Here (June - September 2013)

By: Beausoleil, Beau; Bodman, Sarah

Price: $12.00 USD

Publisher: Center for the Books, NYC : 2013

Seller ID: 29414

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Good

A few marks in the introduction. Beautifully illustrated. Measures 6.75x9.25 inches. Includes artists' responses to the tragic loss of a cultural and intellectual hub in Baghdad that occurred as the result of a bomb explosion on March 5, 2007.

Artists include Laurie Alpert, Guy Begbie, Ama Bolton, Cathy Deforest, Barbara Hosein, Susan Newmark, Roni Someck, and others.
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The Power of Pictures

By: Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library

Price: $20.00 USD

Publisher: Yale University : 2013

Seller ID: 32363

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Very Good

Unmarked. Beautifully illustrated. 52p. Measures 6.5x8.75 inches. Accompanied the an exhibition (October 4-16, 2013) of the Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library's 50th anniversary celebration.

The exhibition drew on the library's collections to explore how people throughout the ages have used images to tell stories, document their lives, and define their worlds.
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The Gemini Collection of Modern Prints and Illustrated Books (New York, October 28, 2014)

By: Bonhams

Price: $12.00 USD

Publisher: Bonhams : 2014

Seller ID: 27495

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Very Good

Unmarked. Full color auction catalog. Auction included one of Marc Chagall's most important illustrated book, Joan Miro and Paul Eluard collaboration, Picassso, Paul Cezanne, and more. 104p.
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Lewis Carroll Keepsake/Poster: White Rabbit Woodblock by George Walker

By: Burch, Kathleen; McBride, John; Walker George

Price: $75.00 USD

Publisher: San Francisco, San Francisco Center for the Book : 2016

Seller ID: 32463

Binding: Ephemera

Condition: Very Good

Unmarked. Keepsake about the "unprinted" White Rabbit woodblock by George A. Walker, with a folded 12x18 inch image of the woodblock.

Prepared by Kathleen Burch and John McBride for those attending the 2016 FABS tour of the San Francisco Bay Area as well ad for the family and friends of Sandor Burstein. Packet distributed at the annual meeting of The Lewis Carroll Society of North America, 1 April 2017.
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Teaching Calligraphy in Adult Education (Case Study Initiative)

By: Burroughs, Stephen

Price: $30.00 USD

Publisher: Crafts Council : 1994

Seller ID: 28111

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Very Good

Unmarked. A collaborative project that aimed to assist the creative development of Calligraphy in Adult Education. Illustrated. 80p. Measures 9x11.75 inches.
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Exploding the Codex: The Theater of the Book

By: Carlson, Daisy

Price: $24.00 USD

Publisher: San Francisco Center for the Book : 2012

Seller ID: 29604

ISBN-13: 9780988206700

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Very Good

Unmarked text. Inscribed to previous owner. Catalog for a group show featuring the works of over 40 book artists from the collection of Mary Austin, curated by Daisy Carlson.

The show explores the theater of the book and storytelling through structure. 79p. Measures 8 inches square.
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Japanese Picture Scrolls (Art of the East Library)

By: Grilli, Elise

Price: $12.00 USD

Publisher: Crown Publishers : 1958

Seller ID: 24248

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Very Good

Unmarked. Color and black-and-white reproductions. Clipped dust jacket. 48p.
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Illuminated Manuscripts in the J. Paul Getty Museum

By: J. Paul Getty Museum

Price: $12.00 USD

Publisher: J. Paul Getty Museum : 1984

Seller ID: 16285

Binding: Paperback (Saddle Stitched)

Condition: Very Good

Unmarked. Gallery Brochure. Well illustrated. Topics include "What is an Illuminated Manuscript," "Makers and materials," and "A Brief History of Illuminated Manuscripts." 8p.
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Beyond the Text: Artists' Books from the Collection of Robert J. Ruben (Grolier Club Exhibition)

By: Korshak, Yvonne; Ruben, Robert J.

Price: $16.00 USD

Publisher: New York, The Grolier Club : 2010

Seller ID: 27364

ISBN-13: 9781605830261

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Very Good

Unmarked. Inside cover notes this volume was a gift to the Bancroft Library and the plate also includes a withdrawn stamp on it. Catalog for a 2010 exhibition at The Grolier Club. Measures 11x8 inches. Color plates.

Artists include Susan Bird, Julie Chen, Hart Crane, Red Grooms, Jenny Holzer, Alfredo Jaar, Emily Marin, Thomas McEvilley, Kenneth Patchen, Walt Whitman, and others. 157p.
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Bookplates And Badges Of C.F.A. Voysey: Architect and Designer of the Arts and Crafts Movement

By: Livingstone, Karen

Price: $30.00 USD

Publisher: Antique Collectors Club Ltd : 2011

Seller ID: 28542

ISBN-13: 9781851496402

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Like New

Factory sealed. 303p. Illustrated in color and black/white. Measures 6.25x9.5 inches. Presents the designs for bookplates and badges by the English Arts and Crafts designer and architect, C.F.A. Voysey, (1857-1941).

Perhaps the most recognised and influential designer of his age, this book presents many previously unpublished designs and examines places Voysey's in relationship with family and clients, and his central role as designer of the Arts and Crafts Movement.
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Bible Manuscripts: 1400 Years of Scribes and Scripture

By: McKendrick, Scot; Doyle, Kathleen

Price: $18.00 USD

Publisher: British Library : 2007

Seller ID: 33377

ISBN: Bible, Manuscripts,

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

Unmarked. Dust jacket (unclipped) under clear mylar cover. Beautifully illustrated. Index of Bible citations. Index of manuscripts. General Index. 160p. Measures 7.5x10.25 inches.

The British Library's collection of Bible manuscripts is incomparable in its depth and breadth, preserving landmark editions from the second century up to modern times.
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Manual of Typography

By: McLean, Ruari

Price: $12.00 USD

Publisher: Thames and Hudson : 1980

Seller ID: 26678

ISBN-13: 9780500680223

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Very Good

Unmarked. 118 illustrations. 216p. Index. Ever since its invention in the fifteenth century printing has been based on the movable types, and this technology has conditioned the design of everything from pamphlets to newspapers, books and magazines.

This book tackles the implications for designers of the typesetting revolution brought about by late 20th century technologies. Label on back cover.
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Image for Pages from Medieval and Renaissance Illuminated Manuscripts From the Xth to the Early XVIth Centuries: An Exhibition Organized by William Mathewson Milliken

Pages from Medieval and Renaissance Illuminated Manuscripts From the Xth to the Early XVIth Centuries: An Exhibition Organized by William Mathewson Milliken

By: Milliken, William Mathewsoon

Price: $15.00 USD

Publisher: Berkeley, CA, University Art Gallery : 1963

Seller ID: 21939

Binding: Paperback (Saddle Stitched)

Condition: Very Good

Unmarked. 3 color plates. 50 B/W plates. Provenance information on the plates. 72p. William Mathewson Milliken (1889-1978), a medievalist, wrote the introduction.
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re/membering touch

By: Mosely, Tim

Price: $20.00 USD

Publisher: Griffith University : 2015

Seller ID: 29502

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Very Good

Unmarked. This catalogue documents four series of artists books produced by Tim Mosely. Beautifully illustrated in color. 39p. Measures 8.25 inches square. Tim Mosely is an Australian book artist.
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Carolingian Painting

By: Mutherich, Florentine; Gaehde, Joachim E.

Price: $12.00 USD

Publisher: George Braziller : 1976

Seller ID: 27817

ISBN-13: 9780807608524

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Good

Unmarked. Introduction by Florentine Mutherich. Provenances and commentaries by Joachim E. Gaehde. Beautifully illustrated. Features pages selected from important Eastern and Western manuscripts.
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Pre-Raphaelites and the Book ( February 17 - May 12, 2013)

By: National Gallery of Art

Price: $15.00 USD

Publisher: Washington DC, National Gallery of Art : 2013

Seller ID: 20465

Binding: Booklet (Saddle Stitched)

Condition: Very Good

Unmarked. Booklet for February 17-May12, 2013 exhibition. 15p. Includes checklist for the exhibition. Illustrated throughout. Sections on "Origins of Pre-Raphaelites," "Early books," William Morris and Edward Burne-Jones," and "Rosetti's Poems and the Kelmscott Press.
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Letterwork: Creative Letterforms in Graphic Design

By: Neuenscwander, Brody

Price: $12.00 USD

Publisher: Phaidon Press : 1995

Seller ID: 25038

ISBN-13: 9780714829098

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Very Good

Unmarked text. This text brings the interest of the graphic designer and the lettering artist together by detailing the potential of original "type" in graphic design. 160p.

Topics include lettering, typography, designing letters, new directions, etc. Paperback under dust jacket with a missing piece at the head of the spine.
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Bodleian Picture Book, No. 8: Byzantine Illumination

By: Pacht, Otto

Price: $12.00 USD

Publisher: Bodleian Library, Oxford : 1952

Seller ID: 31362

Binding: Booklet (Saddle Stitched)

Condition: Acceptable

Unmarked text. Foxed cover. Thirty black-and-white plates. Essay by Otto Pacht.
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Treasures of a Lost Art: Italian Manuscript Painting of the Middle Ages and Renaissance

By: Palladino, Pia

Price: $20.00 USD

Publisher: Metropolitan Museum of Art : 2003

Seller ID: 24014

ISBN-13: 9780300098792

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

Unmarked. Dust Jacket. Beautiful exhibition catalog. Includes glossary, index, bibliography, Index. 194p.

Assembles nearly 150 leaves, cuttings and illuminated manuscript fragments from the collection of Robert Lehman, one of the 20th century's leading collectors of medieval and Renaissance Italian manuscripts.
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The Stavelot Triptych: Mosan Art and the Legend of the True Cross

By: Pierpont Morgan Library

Price: $15.00 USD

Publisher: New York, Pierpont Morgan Library : 1980

Seller ID: 32235

ISBN-13: 9780875980713

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Very Good

Unmarked text. 68 photographs in color and black-and-white. Bibliography. Measure 10x11 inches.

Published on the occasion of the 150th anniversary of the independence of Belgium.

Also catalogs the exhibition of Mosan art held at Pierpont Morgan Library from 26 April to 31 July 1980.
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20/20 Vision: Celebrating the Next Generation of Book Artists

By: San Francisco Center for the Book

Price: $30.00 USD

Publisher: San Francisco, San Francisco Center for the Book : 2016

Seller ID: 30315

ISBN-13: 9780692754924

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Very Good

Unmarked text. Catalog for July 30-October 16, 2016 exhibition. Color reproductions.

Introduces 20 emerging book artists from around the country, representing a diverse generation that will help define, and redefine, the artist's book in decades to come.

Artists include Allison Milham, Tia Blassingame, Jenna Rodriquez, Trevor Clement, Casey Tang, Hannah Batsel, Leslie Smith, Candida Pagan, Lyall Harris and others. 56p. Measures 8x11 inches.
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Islamic Calligraphy

By: Schimmel, Annemarie; Rivolta, Barbara

Price: $16.00 USD

Publisher: Metropolitan Museum of Art : 1992

Seller ID: 33695

Binding: Paperback (Saddle Stitched)

Condition: Very Good

Unmarked. Beautiful color images. 56p. Measures 8.5x11 inches.

The Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin, v. 50, no. 1 (Summer, 1992).
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The Ellesmere Manuscript of Chaucer's Canterbury Tales

By: Schulz, Herbert C.

Price: $12.00 USD

Publisher: The Huntington Library : 1966

Seller ID: 18199

Binding: Paperback (Saddle Stitched)

Condition: Very Good

Unmarked text. Booklet (26 pages). Color foldout of the Canterbury Pilgrims. Bibliographic note.
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Category: Book Arts and Illuminated Manuscripts