Flowers & Plants on United States Postage Stamps by Miriam B. Lawrence - 1970

East Greenwich, RI: River’s Edge Studio, 1970. 47[5] pp. illustrated with 16 tipped-in US Postage stamps. 79x56 mm, stiff green wrappers, title stamped in gilt. Printed on handmade “Hayle” paper of the Hayle Mill, Maidstone, England; binding by Reliure du Centre, S.A. Limoges, France. Fine. No. 218 of 300 wrapper-bound copies from a total edition of 500 (200 leather bound). With two bookplates affixed inside front cover.

East Greenwich, R.I.: River's Edge Studio, 1970. Numbered 353 of a limited 500 copies printed from Jan von Krimpton Spectrum and Cancelleresca Bastarda types on handmade Hayle paper from the Hayle Mill, Maidstone, England, by Joh. Enchede en Zonen, Haarlem, Holland. The sixteen stamps tipped in each copy were supplied by the author. 45 pp. with 16 postage stamps tipped in. 5.5 cm. x 8 cm. Handsome green wraps with gilt lettering on cover and spine; stamps tipped in throughout. Overall a near fine copy. Numbered 353 of a limited 500 copies printed from Jan von Krimpton Spectrum and Cancelleresca Bastarda types on handmade Hayle paper from the Hayle Mill, Maidstone, England, by Joh. Enchede en Zonen, Haarlem, Holland. The sixteen stamps tipped in each copy were supplied by the author. 45 pp. with 16 postage stamps tipped in. 5.5 cm. x 8 cm.

R.I.: River's Edge Studio, 1970. Limited Edition. 5.6 x 8 cm. Limited to 500 copies printed from Jan von Krimpton Spectrum and Cancelleresca Bastarda types on handmade Hayle paper from the Hayle Mill, Maidstone, England, by Joh. Enchede en Zonen, Haarlem, Holland. 200 copies (nos. 1-200) have been hand bound in full leather, (nos. 201-500) bound in Beau Brilliant cover paper, by Reliure du Centre S.A., Limoges, France. The sixteen stamps tipped in each copy were supplied by the author. The present copy is number 261. A fine bright copy.

Boston: Museum of Fine Arts (Boston). Very Good+ with no dust jacket. 1961. Booklet. Light crease at the spine of the front cover. ; A humorous tale of a crow or raven who successively, page after page, drinks and drains numerous glasses of spirits until its view of the world blurs, it stands, then falls on its back. Told wordlessly, with drawings only, and the story line is obvious. The stylized head and beak of the bird reoccur in Steinlen's book illustrations of crows and vultures. Swiss-born, creative polymath Théophile-Alexandre Steinlen (1859-1923) was painter, fabric designer, sculptor, periodical publisher, printmaker, and illustrator. Renowned for his turn-of-the-century, Art Nouveau-style, Steinlen produced drawings of Parisian street life, depicting average working-class people, actors, vendors, prostitutes, the upper class out of their element, criminals, and families, all in the urban environment. He was equally known for his many drawings of cats in both natural… Read More

HAROLD'S FAIRY TALE, FURTHER ADVENTURES WITH THE PURPLE CRAYON. HARPER & BROTHERS FIRST EDITION. Exlib. Acceptable Condition. No Dust Jacket is included. RARE.

THE BEAUTIES OF WASHINGTON IRVING. ILLUSTRATED BY GEORGE CRUIKSHANK. PUBLISHED BY WILLIAM TEGG, LONDON, 1866. 4 X 5/58. 373 5/8. pages, plus adverts. USED. Good condition. All gilting still visible on titling on spine. Foxed on a a few pages.

Johnson, Crockett: A Picture For Harold's Room, A Purple Crayon Adventure. First Edition, Harper & Brothers 1960. Ex-lib. Good Condition/ No Dust Jacket. Rare/scarce. 64 pages 6 1/4 X 8 3/4

Johnson, Crockett. Harold's Trip To The Sky. More Adventures With The Purple Crayon. First Edition. Harper & Bros., 1957. Hardcover. Used. Good Condition/ No Dust Jacket. Front cover sticker damage. A clean, solid copy. Please see our photos. Rare/Scarce.

GONE IS GONE, BY POPULAR CHILDREN'S ILLUSTRATOR WANDA GA'G. USED. VERY GOOD CONDITION/ VERY GOOD DUST JACKET. 1935 Coward-McCann First Edition, Stated Twelfth Printing Thus. A crisp, clean copy in a nice yellow unclipped dust jacket. A nice find.

Complete text of Equal Rites printed in tiny print in miniature book. Third in this compact series that was "specially handmade by imps of the Counterweight Continent" (as the jacket states). Actually typeset in Great Britain and printed in China. Hard-to-find collectible for Pratchett lover.

A very good+ red cloth bound softcover, completely revised and corrected.25.000 Words with Dialogues, ets. Containing Automobile Terms, Dialogues, Geographical and Christian Names, Photographic Terms, Etc.

Washington DC:: Abstract Orange,, 2018.. Edition of 100. 2 x 1.75" miniature. Single sided accordion fold extending from the back pastedown. Colophon printed on back pastedown. Bound in gray bookcloth with title in orange gilt on front board and spine. In a protective stiff plastic slip case opening at the top. Designed, laser cut, letterpress printed and bound by Lauren Emeritz. Signed and numbered by the artist. Emeritz has printed a colorful book of shapes using orange, blue, and black inks. Each shape is displayed twice on facing pages. The left side shows the image in white with color background in ink. The right side shows the shape printed in ink with a white background. The seven shapes and colors are: Circle - Orange; Square - Blue; Triangle - Orange; Arrow - Gray; Heart - Orange; Star - Blue; Hand - Orange.

Washington DC:: Abstract Orange,, 2016.. Edition of 300. 29 pages; 1.75 x 2". Case-Bound. Accordion extending from the back pastedown. Mulberry paper hinges. Letterpress printed. Bound in orange cloth boards with title on front cover. Signed and numbered by the artist. This is the miniature version of Emeritz's large format edition of "Hand-Carved Alpha-Bet". As with the larger version the miniature alphabet book was printed with letters that were hand carved in wood by the artist. Each letter is a capital letter printed in orange.