Art & Design from Haec City / Also Books

Paris: Ancienne Maison Quantin, Librairies-Imprimeries Réunies, 1889. Paperback. Good. Softcover 8bo, 128pp. About Good condition with light creasing/corner clipping, later paper spine covering, general age toning and intermittent foxing. A charming and generous collection of 125 delicate illuminated initials, monograms and vignettes in subtle pastel tones, praised by the publisher for the use of symbolism and development of… Read more about this item

Softcover. Good. Published in 1950 by Gao Gang, Xiang; printed by Tatsuzo Tsuruta in Tokyo (translated via Google, with apologies for any errors). Color title page has "1952" written on it, but the publication date appears to be 1950. Previous owner's inscription on the flyleaf, contents generally unmarked. Printed in red and blue, entirely illustrated with a variety… Read more about this item

Tokyo: Nippon Book Co., ca. 1937. Softcover. Good. Softcover drawing workbook featuring basic geometry and common forms, like utensils and plants. Used in elementary girls' education in Japan, ca. 1930s. One plate has faint pattern toning, otherwise printed in black only. In Good condition, a bit grubby with fingersoil and mild age toning, but an interesting collection of… Read more about this item

Boston: L. Prang and Co., 1876. First American Edition. Hardcover. Very good -. ...Translated from the German by S.R. Koehler...with an introduction and notes by Edward C. Pickering...Authorized American Edition. Revised and enlarged by the author. Illustrated by chromo-lithographic plates and woodcuts. First American Edition. Boston: L. Prang and Co., 1876. Publisher's red cloth 8vo, 274pp. Thirteen chromolithograph plates, including… Read more about this item

London: E. & F. Spon, 1860. Third Edition. Hardcover. Very good. Oblong 8vo, (3) 51pp. Complete. Third edition, printed almost immediately after the success of the second and bound in the covers for the earlier 'Ancient and Modern Alphabets' series, which covered the ninth to nineteenth centuries. This volume includes alphabets from the eighth through seventeenth centuries, largely… Read more about this item

Cleveland: The Abel Publishing Co., 1920. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good +. Large black cloth 8vo; 144pp + 5 pages of ads at rear. Very Good with mild age toning, intermittent light soil, milt rubbing to tips. A quietly exuberant work that incorporates subtle graphics alongside photographic illustrations and diagrams for retouching photographs and creating visual effects.

Oxford: Geoffrey Cumberlege, Oxford University Press, 1949. Hardcover. Very good +. Revised edition, 1949. Blue cloth 8vo, 184pp. About Very Good with light rubbing; general age toning and mild foxing to plates, which are printed on a semigloss stock. Copiously illustrated with a variety of handsome graphics.

Boston: L. Prang & Co., ca. 1870. First thus. Hardcover. Very good. First edition, presumed published in the late 1860s, this is a possible later issue with reference to the Vienna Worlds Fair in the publishers ads. Small oblong quarto, 7 x 10.75 inches, bound in pebbled cloth with beveled boards, decorative gilt stamped title. 18 leaves consisted of a… Read more about this item

Brooklyn: Mergenthaler Linotype Company, 1936. Hardcover. Very good. Cloth backed pictorial boards, large 8vo, 165pp. Designed by the legendary book, type, and graphic designer W. A. Dwiggins; set in type designed by him exclusively for the Mergenthaler Linotype Company. A particularly attractive and understated publication with two-tone chapter ornaments. Very Good with light rubbing, minor age toning. A… Read more about this item

New York: Keuffel and Esser Co., 1877. Twentieth edition. Hardcover. Near fine. Twenty first edition, copyright 1877 but likely printed closer to 1900. Small oblong cloth 4to, 6.75 x 10.75 inches. Title page + 31 numbered plates, COMPLETE. One of the pages with topographical symbols has some dried flowers tucked in, otherwise the volume appears effectively untouched, just… Read more about this item

New York: Canfield Paper Co.. Hardcover. Very good +. Cloth backed decorative paper boards, 8vo, 14pp + [168] pages of sample prints. Introduction and Designed by Eugene M. Ettenberg of the Gallery Press. A great reference for designers to see the relationship between print technique and surface, utilizing a variety of stylistic examples. Very Good+ with minor rubbing.… Read more about this item

New York: McGraw-Hill Book Co., 1921. Wraps. Very good +. Oblong 8vo, 40pp. Printed in black with orange guidelines. VG+ with light soil to wraps and gentle sunning. The exercises on the first two sheets are neatly executed in pencil, the remaining 18 sheets are unmarked. The booklet offers guidance in the inclined single stroke lettering often associated… Read more about this item

New York: Museum of Modern Art, 1965. Third printing. Paperback. Very good. Softcover, small 4to, [56]p. Illustrated in color and b&w with op-art and abstract color paintings. Very Good; volume slightly wavy; clean and bright overall.

Cincinnati, OH : The Signs of the Times Publishing Co., 1931. First Edition. Paperback. Fair. Wonderfully graphic magazine with tons of advertisements, articles about notable ad campaigns, notice on industry regulations, etc. A true tradesman's journal, it gives updates on community events, including deaths and accidents, and has great classifieds "Opportunity Exchange" and "Ready Reference Directory." Softcover quarto,… Read more about this item

Cincinnati, OH : The Signs of the Times Publishing Co., 1932. First Edition. Paperback. Fair. Wonderfully graphic magazine with tons of advertisements, articles about notable ad campaigns, notice on industry regulations, etc. A true tradesman's journal, it gives updates on community events, including deaths and accidents, and has great classifieds "Opportunity Exchange" and "Ready Reference Directory." Softcover quarto,… Read more about this item

Berlin: Ernst Boehme, 1930. Wraps. Very good. Wraps, quarto, 310 x 235mm, 124pp. Very Good with scuffing to the covers, including two areas of abrasion on the rear wrap; bumping to corners with a consistent crease to the bottom. General handling wear and mild age toning, but clean and unmarked. A special issue of the illustrated monthly periodical… Read more about this item

Cincinnati, OH : The Signs of the Times Publishing Co., 1932. First Edition. Paperback. Good. Wonderfully graphic magazine with tons of advertisements, articles about notable ad campaigns, notice on industry regulations, etc. A true tradesman's journal, it gives updates on community events, including deaths and accidents, and has great classifieds "Opportunity Exchange" and "Ready Reference Directory." Softcover quarto,… Read more about this item

Cincinnati, OH : The Signs of the Times Publishing Co., 1932. First Edition. Paperback. Good. Wonderfully graphic magazine with tons of advertisements, articles about notable ad campaigns, notice on industry regulations, etc. A true tradesman's journal, it gives updates on community events, including deaths and accidents, and has great classifieds "Opportunity Exchange" and "Ready Reference Directory." Softcover quarto,… Read more about this item

Cincinnati, OH : The Signs of the Times Publishing Co., 1931. First Edition. Paperback. Very good. Wonderfully graphic magazine with tons of advertisements, articles about notable ad campaigns, notice on industry regulations, etc. A true tradesman's journal, it gives updates on community events, including deaths and accidents, and has great classifieds "Opportunity Exchange" and "Ready Reference Directory." Softcover… Read more about this item

Cincinnati, OH : The Signs of the Times Publishing Co., 1931. First Edition. Paperback. Fair. Wonderfully graphic magazine with tons of advertisements, articles about notable ad campaigns, notice on industry regulations, etc. A true tradesman's journal, it gives updates on community events, including deaths and accidents, and has great classifieds "Opportunity Exchange" and "Ready Reference Directory." Softcover quarto,… Read more about this item