Search Results: Hand-colored from Charles Agvent

New York: Limited Editions Club, 1958. Hardcover. Rubbing to the spine tips, most severely at the heel. Very Good in a Fine slipcase. Fritz Kredel. Tall octavo (6" x 9-1/2") bound in black levant-grain leather and imported decorated paper boards; 592 pages. Introduction by Angela Thirkell; designed by Richard Ellis. Illustrated with drawings by Fritz Kredel hand-colored in the studio of Walter Fischer. Copy #120 of 1500 SIGNED by the illustrator on the colophon page.

New York: Limited Editions Club, 1967. Cloth-backed boards. Some foxing to gutters. About Fine in lightly worn glassine and a lightly soiled, Near Fine slipcase. Fritz Kredel. Tall octavo (6-3/4" x 10-3/4") bound in quarter blue buckram and decorated boards, 240 pages. A collection of 87 classic ballads from all over the world, but primarily from England and America, selected and edited by MacEdward Leach. Illustrated with 36 hand-colored woodcuts by Fritz Kredel. Of a total of 1500 numbered copies SIGNED by the artist on the colophon page, this is one of only 15 Presentation Copies with the publisher's blindstamp on the colophon page and initialed "F.K." instead of numbered, indicating that it is the artist's own copy of the book. Monthly Letter laid in.

New York: Limited Editions Club, 1967. Hardcover. Fine in lightly worn glassine and a Fine slipcase. Fritz Kredel. Tall octavo (6-3/4" x 10-3/4") bound in quarter blue buckram and decorated boards, 240 pages. A collection of 87 classic ballads from all over the world, but primarily from England and America, selected and edited by MacEdward Leach. Illustrated with 36 hand-colored woodcuts by Fritz Kredel. Copy #1087 of 1500 numbered copies SIGNED by the artist on the colophon page. Monthly Letter laid in.

New York: Limited Editions Club, (1949). Hardcover. Foxing to bulked text edges and endpapers, slightly to the first few text pages in a couple of volumes. Very Good in a Very Good, intact slipcase lacking the label on the backstrip. Fritz Kredel . Six large octavo volumes (6-1/2" x 10-1/2") bound in half blue buckram stamped with genuine aluminum leaf and decorated paper boards. This marks the first publication of all 168 stories by Andersen, not simply his better known fairy tales, all translated by Jean Hersholt. Copy #323 of 1500 illustrated by Fritz Kredel with each of Kredel's 230 drawings colored by hand through stencils. SIGNED by both the translator and the illustrator on the colophon page.

Halle: Johann Gottfried Trampe for Johann Christoph Breitkopf in Leipzig, 1760 [-1764]. First Edition. Hardcover. Some mild offsetting from the strength of the colors, a few plates with light spotting to fore-margin. Near Fine and quite scarce. Folio (8-3/4" x 14-3/4") bound in twentieth century brown half-morocco leather. Illustrated with 200 hand-colored, nature-printed plates with letterpress legends in Latin and German and with additional legends neatly added in ink in a contemporary hand. The ONLY edition of THE MAJOR COLORED NATURE-PRINTED BOOK OF THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY. Published over four years in eight parts with a series of 25 plates in each, the plant took the place of the woodblock or engraved plate in the process of reproduction. With the specimens arranged and covered with a dark dust, the outlines formed on the paper were then colored either by hand or a combined color-printing and hand-coloring process. The specimens were delicate and could sustain only the smallest of print runs.… Read More

Leipzig: Gebruder Baensch, 1860-1861. Third Edition. Hardcover. Light, occasional foxing to the text, plates quite clean and bright; minor wear to covers. Near Fine. Two quarto (7-3/4" x 10-1/2") bound in publisher's cloth-backed marbled paper-covered boards. Revised edition of this scarce treatise on plant specimens native to the German wilderness. Illustrated with 300 hand-colored engraved plates of local forest plants, flowers, trees, shrubs, grasses, flowers, ferns, lichens, mosses, mushrooms, etc. Scarce.

New York: Limited Editions Club, 1956. hardcover. Bookplate on the front pastedown. About Fine in a close to Fine slipcase. Edward Ardizzone. 464 pages. Large octavo (6-3/4" x 9-3/4") bound in luxurious full brocade with a fleur-de-lis pattern. Printed by the University Press, Cambridge. Illustrations by Edward Ardizzone colored by hand in the studio of Walter Fischer. Designed by John Dreyfus, with an introduction by Laura Benet. Copy #325 of 1500 numbered copies SIGNED by the illustrator on the colophon page.

New York: Limited Editions Club, 1956. hardcover. Slight soiling to the spine. About Fine in a close to Fine slipcase. Edward Ardizzone. Large octavo (6-3/4" x 9-3/4") bound in luxurious full brocade with a fleur-de-lis pattern; 464 pages. Printed by the University Press, Cambridge. Illustrations by Edward Ardizzone colored by hand in the studio of Walter Fischer. Designed by John Dreyfus, with an introduction by Laura Benet. Copy #844 of 1500 numbered copies SIGNED by the illustrator on the colophon page.

New York: Limited Editions Club, 1962. Hardcover. Bookplate on front pastedown. Touch of sunning to the spine with slight wear to the label. Near Fine in a Fine slipcase. Fritz Kredel. Octavo (6-1/2" x 10") bound in a red linen buckram spine with a leather label stamped in pure gold leaf and boards covered with paper hand-marbled to achieve a peacock tail effect by Douglas Cockerell & Son. Printed at the Thistle Press. Copy #39 of 1500 with 61 drawings by Fritz Kredel hand-colored in the Walter Fischer Studios. SIGNED by the illustrator on the colophon page. Monthly Letter laid in.

Westport: Limited Editions Club, (1976). Hardcover. Spine evenly discolored from sunning, otherwise Near Fine in a Fine slipcase. Virgil Burnett. Tall octavo (7" x 11") bound in full purple buckram stamped in gold on the front with an illustration by Virgil Burnett who has illustrated the book with numerous drawings including 8 full-page drawings with colors applied by hand at the Walter Fischer Studio. Copy #877 of 2000 copies SIGNED by the artist on the colophon page. Monthly Letter laid in.

Westport: Limited Editions Club, (1976). Hardcover. Fine in glassine and a Fine slipcase. Virgil Burnett. Tall octavo (7" x 11") bound in full purple buckram stamped in gold on the front with an illustration by Virgil Burnett who has illustrated the book with numerous drawings including 8 full-page drawings with colors applied by hand at the Walter Fischer Studio. Copy #533 of 2000 copies SIGNED by the artist on the colophon page. Monthly Letter laid in.

Paris: Chez L'Auteur, 1828-1833. First Edition. Hardcover. Scattered light to moderate foxing, affecting the text more than the plates; covers tight with the backstrip of the first volume largely detached. Very Good. Jaume Saint-Hilaire. Six quarto (7" x 11") volumes bound in three in contemporary calf-backed marbled boards. Illustrated with 544 plates printed in colors and finished by hand. Rare and important collection of French botany by the naturalist and artist Jaume Saint-Hilaire (1772-1845). DUNTHORNE page 4: “It is not until the beginning of the nineteenth century that precise scientific drawing commences to characterize French flower plates but with the transition the French artists such as Jaume St. Hilaire, Bessa, Turpin and Redouté rose almost immediately to world pre-eminence. These names are collector's high points”; NISSEN 988; PRITZEL 4404.

Paris: Baudouin Freres, 1821-1822. Third Edition. Hardcover. Foxing to text and plates, though less so to the latter; both covers detached. Good with attractive plates. Pierre Joseph Redoute. Large quarto (10" x 13-1/2") bound in contemporary red leather-backed boards, all edges gilt. Illustrated with 64 (of 65) stipple-engraved plates, printed in color and finished by hand, by Bouquet, Gabriel, and others after Pierre Joseph Redoute. NISSEN 1688; (STAFLEU) GREAT FLOWER BOOKS page 74: " This work is Redoute's last link with the ancient regime: his old patrons had all died, or like Cels, who died in 1806, had ceased to be influential. Redoute had entered easily into a new life under the Empire. On the whole, it can be said that it is remarkable how little Redoute was affected by the political and social changes that took place around him." Rousseau was an amateur botanist whose interest in the subject was heightened by his enforced exile amonts the natural beauties of Switzerland.

New York: Limited Editions Club, 1943. Hardcover. Small nick and very slight sunning to the spine. Near Fine in a Very Good slipcase. Andre Dugo. Quarto (7-1/2" x 11-3/4") bound in quarter burgundy morocco leather and decorated boards with a gilt-stamped leather spine label. Mildly erotic illustrations by Andre Dugo hand-colored in the studio of Charlize Brakeley. Copy #710 of 1000 copies SIGNED by the artist, one of the smaller limitations at this time for the press.

New York: Limited Editions Club, 1943. Hardcover. Near Fine in glassine and a rubbed, Very Good slipcase. Andre Dugo. Quarto (7-1/2" x 11-3/4") bound in quarter burgundy morocco leather and decorated boards with a gilt-stamped leather spine label. Mildly erotic illustrations by Andre Dugo hand-colored in the studio of Charlize Brakeley. Copy #670 of 1000 copies SIGNED by the artist, one of the smaller limitations at this period for the press.

Zurich: Limited Editions Club, 1931. Hardcover. Small university bookplate on the front pastedown of each volume. About Fine in a Fine slipcase. Carl Strauss. Two duodecimo volumes (4-3/8" x 7") bound in full flexible tan tweed with gold-stamped orange cloth labels. Illustrated with etchings by Carl Strauss printed in gravure and hand-colored. Copy #1266 of 1500 SIGNED by the artist on the colophon page.

New York: Limited Editions Club, 1969. Hardcover. Fine in a close to Fine gold foil slipcase. Edy Legrand. Octavo (6-1/4" x 9-1/2") bound in red linen with an embossed gold fleur-de-lis design at the center of the front cover. Copy #1087 of 1500 with illustrations by Edy Legrand that have been hand-colored through stencils in the studio of Walter Fischer. SIGNED by the artist on the colophon page.

New York: Limited Editions Club, 1969. Hardcover. Fine in worn glassine and a close to Fine gold foil slipcase. Edy Legrand. Octavo (6-1/4" x 9-1/2") bound in red linen with an embossed gold fleur-de-lis design at the center of the front cover. Copy #887 of 1500 with illustrations by Edy Legrand that have been hand-colored through stencils in the studio of Walter Fischer. SIGNED by the artist on the colophon page. Monthly Letter laid in.

New York: Limited Editions Club, 1955. The Centenary Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine, lacking the slipcase. Edward Ardizzone. Two quarto volumes (6-3/4" x 10") bound in cloth-backed pictorial buckram. Printed by the University Press, Cambridge. Introduction by Angela Thirkell. With hand-colored illustrations by Edward Ardizzone. Copy #1062 of 1500 SIGNED by the artist on the colophon page.

New York: Limited Editions Club, 1955. The Centenary Edition. Hardcover. Fine in glassine and a Near Fine slipcase with closed split at the back edge. Edward Ardizzone. Two quarto volumes (6-3/4" x 10") bound in cloth-backed pictorial buckram. Printed by the University Press, Cambridge. Introduction by Angela Thirkell. With hand-colored illustrations by Edward Ardizzone. One of 1500 numbered copies SIGNED by the artist on the colophon page.