Irene Rice Pereira's Early Work: Embarking on an Eastward Journey by Irene Rice Pereira - 1994

Osaka Osaka Municipal Museum of Fine Arts, 1970, paperback. Exhibition catalog of 170 works. Text in Japanese and English. Softcover, 10x9.5 inches. Condition: near fine.

New Castle, Delaware: Oak Knoll Press, 2019. Hardcover, dust jacket. 7.5 x 10.75 inches. Hardcover, dust jacket. 256 pages. "The texts of the three lectures are given with a plethora of well-reproduced visual aids: almost every manuscript, piece of printed matter or artefact that Walker referred to is illustrated close to the reference, from a wide variety of sources." - Sebastian Carter, Journal of the Printing Historical Society Sir Emery Walker (1851-1933) was a leading figure of the Arts and Crafts movement and the inspiration for the revival of fine printing in Britain, the Continent, and America. His November 1888 address to the Arts and Crafts Exhibition Society (summarized in Appendix 1 of this book; the original text of the speech is lost) prompted William Morris to found the Kelmscott Press. With Thomas James Cobden-Sanderson, Walker established the Doves Press in 1900, and Walker advised other fine presses as well. In 1935 Charles Harry St. John Hornby wrote, "Walker was a mine… Read More

Livingston, Mont: Clark City Press, 1987. First Edition. Paperback. Near Fine. The Missouri Headwaters was issued with a series of 12 lithographs, which are reproduced in the book, along with entertaining comments from the author/artist. The white cover may be just starting to yellow and has light rubbing. Contents of the book are clean and tight.

Philadelphia: Penn Libraries/Kislak Center, 2020. Paperback with French flaps. 8.5 x 11 inches. Paperback with French flaps. 352 pages. This exhibition catalogue examines the making of the hand-written and hand-illuminated book during a time of great political, religious, and technological transformation in Europe. Through approximately forty loans from ten regional institutions, as well another forty items from Penn's own collections, the exhibition examines the full intellectual and artistic depth of the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries through a varied selection of extraordinary manuscripts, cuttings, and incunables, many of which have never before been exhibited. The catalogue opens with a Foreword by Constantina Constantinou and Will Noel and an Introduction, "To Hold the Renaissance in Our Hands," by curator Nicholas Herman. An essay, "Material Present Collecting Late Medieval and Early Modern Objects in (and around) Philadelphia," provides a detailed look at the history of the collections… Read More

Complete three volume set showing type specimens and design possibilities using the Monotype. Volumes one and two have the private bookplate of Robert Leslie inside the front cover. All three volumes lightly worn along the spines and edges, with the spines age-darkened. A near fine set and very scarce complete.

Philadelphia: Lanston Monotype, n.d.; 3 volumes, 8vo., spiral bound stiff paper wrappers; not paginated. Book # 4528

Ephrata, PA: Science Press, 1973. First edition. Hardcover. Fine. Limited Edition of 850 copies. Fine w/o dj, as published.

Little, Brown, 1974. Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition Second Printing. pages deckled, Pages clean and unmarked

Random House, New York, 1985. Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition as stated. first owner signature on page with small texas. all pages clean and unmarked.

Brown leather-like fabric bound cover with gilt embossed lettering, embossed cover detail, and 5 raised bands on spine; gold red and dark brown. This has a lot of shelf wear, front cover edges are rubbed and chipped. The spine has been rubbed and corners bumped. Spine is straight. Binding is tight. Red marbled end sheets and paste downs are clean and bright. Title page and index page have multiple creases and tears but the print is readable. Contents are in very good condition. Thumbed index tabs. Page edges have a lot of dust. All reference pages are clean and not marked

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