Search Results: Authors starting with S from Alan Foljambe, Bookseller [ABAC/ILAB]

Paris: Cotinaud, 1920. Book. Illus. by Sauvage, Sylvain. Fine. No Binding. Signed by Illustrator(s). Limited Edition. 50 etchings on laid paper, housed in chemise within slipcase. The plate lines for the etchings are 3 3/8" x 5 5/8" (8.5 x 14.5 cm), on paper measuring 7 1/4" x 11" (18.5 x 28 cm). Number 197 from a limited edition of 275, numbered and signed by Sylvain Sauvage. Some expected wear to slipcase, all etchings in fine condition. Scarce..

Leipzig / Berlin / Plauen: A. Seemann / Christian Stoll, 1899. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. Large folio, 17" x 12" (43x30 cm), newly bound in tan fabric boards with brown leather corners and spine. 100 color plates of Japanese fabric designs, + two page introduction in German. Japanese patterned endpapers. New protective tissue sheets tipped onto plates 1 through 35 and 91 through 100, remainder of plates without sheets. Published by A. Seemann in 1899; this copy has a label reading "Christian Stoll, Plauen i. V." pasted over the Seemann name on the title page. Rare. Actual shipping charges will apply for this large and heavy book..

Paris: Georges Guillot, 1947. Book. Illus. by Brunelleschi, Umberto. Fine. Hardcover. Limited Edition. Unbound in portfolio as published. Limited edition, number 422 of 452. Illustrated with 12 plates in colour by Brunelleschi. 9 1/2" x 12". Wear to case, pages as new. Scarce. Extra shipping charges will apply for this large book..

London: Jones, 1829. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Modern Athens! Displayed in a Series of Views: or Edinburgh in the Nineteenth Century. Exhibiting the whole of the new buildings, modern improvements, antiquities, and picturesque scenery, of the Scottish metropolis and its environs, from original drawings, by Mr. Thomas H. Shepherd. With historical, topographical, and critical illustrations. Hardcover in maroon boards with gilt decorations, 8 1/2" x 11", illustrated with 160 architectural views (plates with two views on each page, a few with three). Discoloration to endpapers, spine break between decorative title page and text title page, some very scattered spotting, overall very good +..

Cambridge, England / Garden City, NY: The University Press / Doubleday Doran & Co., 1923. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Seven hardcover volumes in protective acetate sleeves. The complete run of this influential journal of typographic arts. Published between 1923 and 1930. Edited by Oliver Simon (volumes 1 through 4) and Stanley Morison (volumes 5 through 7). Some highlights: Volume One: 1923. Francis Meynell & Stanley Morison Printers' flowers and Arabesques.....Volume Two: "The Planning of Printing" by D.B. Updike, "Towards an Ideal Type" by Stanley Morison.....Volume Three: 1924. Articles on the development of the book, W.A. Dwiggins, D.B. Updike and the Merrymount Press, and modern styles in music printing in England.....Volume Four: 1925. An essay by Frederic Warde on the work of Bruce Rogers.....Volume Five: 1926. Essay by Beatrice Warde (writing as Paul Beaujon) on the historically inaccurate attribution of Jean Jannon's types to Claude Garamond.....Volume Six:… Read More

Cambridge / London: J. and J. Deighton / William Pickering, 1842. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Five volumes, 6" x 9". One split hinge, various small flaws, overall very good. Extra shipping charges will apply for this five volume set..

London: Imprinted for the Companie of Stationers, 1612. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. In new black leather binding with red leather title and date to front cover. Housed in a Japanese style chemise. A variation of the more commonly seen "Whole Booke of Psalmes". Appears to be lacking at least one page at the end. Light stains along a few edges, overall very good condition. Rare..