Oak knoll private libraries (59 Ergebnisse)

Hardcover. Zustand: Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Fine. 1st Edition. a nice, clean copy, no defects, quarto, 96 pages.

Hardcover. Zustand: As New. 1976; red cloth covered boards with gold spine titles; gray paper covers with red cover titles and black spine titles; 4to - over 9 3/4" to 12" tall; interior is clean and unmarked. 96 pages. Additional shipping charges may be required.

Hardcover. Zustand: Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Near Fine. 313 pp., occasional illustrations, 8vo, blue-gray cloth, dustjacket. Designed by David Chambers. One of 1,700 copies (950 for sale). A fine and fresh copy; spine panel of dustjacket lightly faded.

Hardcover/Pappeinband. Zustand: Wie neu. 337 p. Like new. Shrink wrapped. / Wie neu. In Folie verschweißt. Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 1400.

Hard Cover. Zustand: Near Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. Hardback with dust-wrapper. 30.5cm x 18cm. 337pp. Numerous b&w illustrations throughout, a few in colour. D/w spine slightly faded. Previously owned by Simon Brett, with his bookplate to front pastedown. A lovely clean copy. (al32). …

Hardcover. Zustand: Fine. Gray cloth gilt on a red field, DW, 8vo., 253 pages, illustrated. A fine copy.

Binding sound, text unmarked. Zustand: Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Good. Bottom of dustwrapper has a few small indents and some browning. Spine slightly faded. Dustwrapper unclipped. Robust packaging. Tracking is always added to USA orders. It can be added to other overseas orders on request. Used books are exempt from USA tariffs. No ownership marks. Size: 337pp., many illustrations, 31 x 18 cm. No ownership marks. …

Hardcover, dust jacket. 7 x 12 inches. Hardcover, dust jacket. 337 pages. First edition. John Everett Millais is admired as one of the most celebrated of Pre-Raphaelite painters. Perhaps less known is the major contribution he made both to book and periodical illustration between 1852 and 1883. Many of these book illustrations remain little known today, largely due to the fact that they are scattered in hundreds of 19th century books and periodicals. This important new work brings together over 300 examples of Millais illustrations, enabling this part of his work to be viewed and appreciated by new generations. This work will be an important reference to any scholar interested in Victorian book illustration. Paul Goldman was a curator in the Department of Prints and Drawings at the British Museum. He is the author of Victorian Illustrated Books 1850-1870 - The Heyday of Wood-Engraving (British Museum Press, 1994) and Victorian Illustration - The Pre-Raphaelites, The Idyllic School and The High Victorians (Scolar Press, 1996).…

Hardcover. Zustand: Fine. 25x16cm, 309pp. With colour plates and numerous monochrome reproductions of Edward Ardizzone's book artwork. Bound in full red cloth, design and signature blocked in gilt to upper board, title similarly to the backstrip. The standard bibliography, done in forensic detail and with much other useful commentary included. Fine. Edward Ardizzone (illustrator).…

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Dust Jacket Included. 8vo, 309pp, Colour & Black-and-White Illustrations, Hardback (Very Good/Fine), Dust Jacket (some minor soiling o/w Very Good/Fine).

2010, 228pp, Illustrated. Hardcover, with dustjacket. In good condition. A detailed, historical reconstruction of the essential character of illustrated periodicals in Britain in the 1860s. Considers the complex interrelationships between publishers, editors, artists, engravers, and authors and their effects on creative output. Illustrated in grayscale with more than 120 reproductions of engravings and preparatory drawings.…

8vo. Publishers' blue/grey cloth; title gilt on red ground on spine; dustwrapper.313 pp; 3 blank leaves; 17 B&W illustrations in text.The author was president of the Antiquarian Bookdealers Association as well as the International League of Antiquarian Booksellers. Includes fascinating anecdotes of many personalities of the worlds of old books in the 1950 & 196's; the history of the firm of Bertram Rota is followed by telling commentaries on all aspects of the Book Trade, including runners, auctions (and auction rings), as well as the problems of buying privately and in competition. Limited Edition of 1700 copies of which only 950 were offered for sale.…

Hard Cover. Zustand: Near Fine. Near Fine. Limited Edition. Hardback with dust-wrapper. 28cm x 19cm. 228pp. Numerous b&w illustrations. A limited edition of only 1300 copies. A wonderful clean copy. (bs117).

Hardcover. Zustand: Fine. No Jacket. 1st Edition. First Edition, Limited Printing. Hardcover. 325 pp. Large format. Published by the Private Libraries Association, Pinner (2016). One of only 850 copies printed, with a mere 150 copies released for commercial sale. Bound in publisher's premium dark blue cloth with gilt spine titles and pale blue endpapers. Extensively illustrated throughout with magnificent, crisp reproductions tracking the illustrations, woodcuts, and periodical drawings of a vital Pre-Raphaelite master. Condition - Fine copy, structurally tight, sharp-cornered, and completely clean all round. Free of any past owner inscriptions, names, bookplates, or internal markings. A reference archive for the serious art historian. [Note: Heavy, oversized volume; premium tracked UK domestic shipping is fully absorbed into the list price]. NOTE: The text offers a deep academic dive into his structural collaborations with high-profile authors, most famously his witty, evocative illustrations accompanying Christina Rossetti's children's poetry masterworks like Sing-Song and Speaking Likenesses. Because the Private Libraries Association restricted the majority of this print run to internal membership libraries, finding a pristine commercial retail copy on the open market is exceptionally difficult.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Fine. 1st Edition. Upwards of 300 illustrations, many printed three-quarters page, two drawings reproduced in colour; green cloth, spine blocked in gilt, pictorial dust-jacket. A fine copy. An excellent book, presenting both the wood- and steel-engravings.…

2003, 309pp. Illustrated. Cloth, with dust jacket. In very good condition. Pakketzending. Edward Ardizzone was one of the best-loved artists (and authors) in the English-speaking world. He illustrated more than 200 books and pamphlets, a good number of which he also wrote, as well as designing dust jackets and ephemera for a range of patrons. Brian Alderson first published a checklist of Ardizzone's work in The Private Library in 1972. Since then, with the co-operation of the artist and his family, he has expanded this work, describing in a full-scale bibliography of Ardizzone's books, dust jackets, ephemera, periodical contributions, war art, prints, posters and bookplates. There are several appendices, including an essay On the Illustration of Books by Ardizzone himself.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Fine. 1st Edition. Black cloth with spine titles in bright gilt, tall quarto. 215 pages. Notes, bibliography, index. Color illustrated throughout. Fine copy in a fine dust jacket in a mylar protector. Informative and excellent reference. Ships in box.…

8vo. 22cm, 313p., limited 1700 copies, frontis portrait, 17 illustrations, appendices, index, grey cloth, gilt spine title, fine in fine jacket (bks). ~ Reminiscences of over fifty years of antiquarian book selling by eminent London bookseller, Anthony Rota (1932-2009). Delightfully anecdotal.

1998, 253pp. Illustrated. Cloth, with dust jacket. In very good condition.

Hardcover. Zustand: Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Fine. 1st Edition. BOUND IN FINE BLUE CLOTH WITH BRIGHT GILT TITES TO SPINE, THIS LMITED EDITION OF 1,100 COPIES ( OF WHICH 550 FOR SALE), IS FINE IN FINE JACKET (UNCLIPPED). 4to 2016 FIRST EDITION, PUBLISHED BY THE OAK KNOLL PRESS AND THE PRIVATE LIBRARIES ASSOCIATION.215pp WITH PREFACE, CHAPTER HEADINGS AS FOLLOWS : ORIGINS OF PUBLISHERS' JACKETS, SEALED WRAPPINGS, EARLY FLAP JACKETS, MID-VICTORIAN JACKETS, LEWIS CARROLL'S "PAPER WRAPPINGS", WIDESPREAD USE,END OF THE ERA. 110 ILLUSTRATIONS, THEN APPENDICES, BIBLIOGRAPHY, NOTES AND INDEX. CONDITION AS NEW.…

Cloth, dust jacket. 7.17 x 10.75 inches. Cloth, dust jacket. 328 pp, plus 8 pp. color section. "Arthur Hughes (1832-1915) was the most prolific, imaginative and adaptable illustrator of the mid-nineteenth century, Maroussia Oakley argues. This book is certainly an important contribution to publishing history, especially for the purposes of understanding the complex ways in which publishers, illustrators, editors, and writers interacted with each other." - Artemis Alexiou, Printing History "A marvelous collection of Hughes's uniquely beautiful illustrations and an exceptional amount of information on their history." - Barbara Amell, Wingfold, Spring 2017 The Book and Periodical Illustrations of Arthur Hughes is the first detailed account of the work of this somewhat neglected Pre-Raphaelite artist between 1855 and 1913. Many of his books were intended for children, including such classics as At the Back of the North Wind and The Princess and the Goblin, first published by Alexander Strahan in Good Words for the Young, 1869-71. Designs by Arthur Hughes for Christina Rossettis Sing-Song and Speaking Likenesses were notable for their witty accompaniment to her poetry and prose, matching the curiosity of texts created to amuse (or terrify) Victorian and Edwardian children. The book is fully illustrated in black and white and includes an eight page color section. Appendices include a checklist of the books and periodicals, with a supporting bibliography and extensive notes. In all an invaluable account of the illustrative work of a Pre-Raphaelite artist so long undervalued by collectors. Dr. Maroussia Oakley has been enthused by the illustrative work of Arthur Hughes for many years, and has already written a number of articles about his work. She has published transcriptions of letters by his publisher Alexander Strahan, and also written on John Everett Millais, print technology, and the Dalziel Archive in the British Museum.…

cloth, dust jacket. 7.17 x 10.75. cloth, dust jacket. 216 pages. "Quite simply, a revelation. Lucidly written, with useful illustrations, exploding the myth that dust jackets only came into use in the late nineteenth century." - James Murray, Adrian Harrington Rare Books, London "A fascinating, well-illustrated excursion into the evolution of dust-jackets and the sheaths and wrappers that preceded them." - Jeffrey Mifflin, Printing History, Summer 2017 "Godburn . has spent many years studying his subject. Some of his story overlaps with that of G. Thomas Tanselle's Book-Jackets: Their History, Forms, and Use (2011), which he acknowledges, but his account is greatly enriched by reference to German, Norwegian and French examples, and by the plentiful and fascinating illustrations, which are almost all in colour, and integrated with the text." - Sebastian Carter, TLS "The manner in which the microcosm of the dust-jacket is able to reveal an overall picture of the book trade is a particular strength of Godburn's book. . Nineteenth-Century Dust-Jackets is very satisfying in terms of its form and method." - Henry Gott, The Book Collector "Godburn's book is a key contribution to our understanding of not only the dust jackets themselves, but also the individuals, institutions, and economic currents that created them, and is deserving of a place in any bookseller's reference library." - Laura Massey, ABA Newsletter Nineteenth-Century Dust-Jackets is a comprehensive general history of publishers' dust jackets during the first century of their use. From the earliest known jacket issued in 1819, the author surveys the entire field of British, American and European jackets and documents a part of publishing history that was nearly lost to the nineteenth-century custom of discarding dust-jackets so that the more decorative bindings could be seen. The book examines when and why publishers began to issue dust-jackets, the subsequent growth of their use, and the role they played in marketing. Included are the rare all-enclosing jackets that were issued on some annuals and trade books, ornate Victorian jackets, binders' and stationers' jackets, and many others. A chapter on Lewis Carroll's jackets includes letters he wrote to his publisher on the subject, which are published here for the first time. The appendices list all known jackets to 1870 and examine the John Murray and Smith, Elder archive which contains over 200 nineteenth-century jackets. There is a supporting bibliography, notes and index, and over 100 photographs in color, many never before seen. Mark Godburn is a bookseller and collector who has written widely about the evolution of the dust-jacket in the nineteenth century. His research has brought to light many previously unrecorded examples, including the earliest jackets now known. …

First Edition. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dw, now mylar-sleeved. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. SIGNED, INSCRIBED AND DATED BY AUTHOR. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 337 pages; Description: 337 p. : ill. ; 31 cm. Subject: Millais, John Everett, -- Sir, -- 1829-1896 -- Criticism and interpretation. Illustration of books -- Great Britain -- 19th century. Illustration of books, Victorian -- Great Britain. 1 Kg.…

Hardback. Zustand: nrFine. VG+ DW. 1st Edition. Green cloth, gilt. Tall format. Book is in almost fine condition BUT slightly skewed. Dustwrapper/dustjacket is in very good plus condition with very minor signs of wear and/or age. Edges a little creased. SPECIAL POSTAGE RATES APPLY Packed weight 1400g.…

4to. 25.5 x 16.5 cms. Publishers' marroon cloth; title gilt on spine; gilt illustration and 'Edward Ardizzone' on upper cover. Published without dustwrapper.One blank leaf; 309 pp; frontispiece and 2 leaves printed recto/verso in colour; B&W illustrations in text.A detailed bibliographical study of book illustrator and graphic artist Edward Ardizzone 1900 - 1979. Print run of 1,700 copies. Includes translations. 'The consistancy with which Ardizzone achieved his graphic interpretations, whether in full-dress full-pages, or spot drawings, or vignettes, or - delectably - pictorial initials, stemmed from self-knowledge as well as constant practice. Like so many of his admired predecessors, from Hogarth to Caldecott, he was a realist. the multiplicity of his 'little paintings' in line that are his instantly recognisable trade-mark testifies to the pleasure he took in conveying the reality of his author's scenes and characters.' (Introduction p.13).…

8vo. Publishers' blue/grey cloth; title gilt on red ground on spine; dustwrapper.253 pp; one blank leaf; 35 B&W illustrations in text.Informative essays on books, the book-trade and book-dealing by a senior member of the the Trade: paper, design, book bindings, book jackets, book illustration, 'Three Decker' novels, part-issues and serials, series publishing and the Yellow-Back, etc. Edition of 2,200 copies. …

First Edition. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dw, now mylar-sleeved. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. SIGNED, INSCRIBED AND DATED BY AUTHOR. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 337 pages; Description: 337 p. : ill. ; 31 cm. Subject: Millais, John Everett, -- Sir, -- 1829-1896 -- Criticism and interpretation. Illustration of books -- Great Britain -- 19th century. Illustration of books, Victorian -- Great Britain. 1 Kg.…

Hardcover. Zustand: As New. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: As New. 1st Edition. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 224 pp. Published by The British Library, Oak Knoll Press, and the Private Libraries Association (2010). Limited printing of 1,300 copies, with only 600 copies issued for public sale. Bound in the publisher's premium dark cloth with bright gilt spine titles, housed in the original pictorial dust jacket. Extensively illustrated throughout with magnificent, crisp reproductions of historical wood-engravings and magazine plates from the golden age of Victorian print. Condition is a flawless, truly As New copy in an As New original dust jacket that remains entirely unclipped. The jacket is beautifully preserved beneath a pristine, clear plastic protective sleeve which is easily removable. Sharp-cornered, structurally tight, and completely clean and bright all round with no internal markings, modern inscriptions, or handling wear. An unblemished, gift-quality reference archive for the serious book-art historian. NOTE: Rather than just listing pictures, the book maps out the complex, volatile relationships between publishers, editors, authors, artists (including the Pre-Raphaelites), and the master wood-engravers who cut the blocks. Because The British Library partnered directly with the Private Libraries Association for this layout, more than half of the printing run was locked away into private society membership collections, leaving a mere 600 copies available for the open retail trade.…

First Edition, one of 1,300 copies printed. large octavo, purple cloth in dust jacket. 228 pp. Private Libraries Association / The British Library / Oak Knoll Press, The 1860s are considered the "Golden Age" of illustrated periodicals, a time when the "knockabout" humor of the 1840s, which was dominated by illustrators such as Cruikshank, Doyle, and Phiz, gave way to a more considered style grounded in serious artistic principles, allowing for deeper expression and emotion in artistic output. The first book of its kind, Illustrated Periodicals of the 1860s, focuses extensively on the illustrated magazine as a distinct form. Illustrated Periodicals provides a new and informative approach to the study of "sixties" periodicals, revealing the previously unstudied area of the complex interrelationships between the various parties involved in the production of these magazines: publishers, editors, artists, engravers, and authors. The book considers the effects of these relationships on creative output, both artistic and literary, and in so doing provides a detailed, historical reconstruction of the essential character of the periodicals of that era. The book includes over 120 reproductions of engravings and preparatory drawings, almost all of them original size. Additionally, the text contains two appendices; the first includes a reflection of the work that goes into collecting and researching these periodicals. The second lists the key illustrators, engravers, publishers, editors, as well as magazines mentioned throughout the text, each including a brief description. This work is an informative and colorful choice for those interested in the history of periodicals, the production of magazines, and art. large octavo, purple cloth in dust jacket First Edition, one of 1,300 copies printed.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Fine. First Edition. Pinner, London and Delaware, Private Libraries Association/ The British Library/ Oak Knoll Press, 2010. Small quarto; cloth; a fine copy with the fine dustwrapper. One of 1300 copies, of which only 600 were for sale. 'Considers the effects of the relationships on creative output, both artistic and literary, and . provides a detailed historical reconstructon of the essential character of the periodicals of that era'. …