Search Results: Authors starting with F from Rare Illustrated Books

1926. Rare signed bookplate by hailed master of the medium, Adrian Feint, featuring a portrait of the celebrated Australian artist, Thea Proctor, engraved with her initials. Hand-coloured wood engraving of a lady with a parasol, bookplate, 63 mm x 60 mm, signed in pencil lower right.

London: Vincent Brooks Day & Son, 1870. Beautiful coloured-lithographic panorama, as issued in its original decorated cloth boards: the series of 24 connected panels combine to illustrate Psalm 104, forming a continuous panorama over three-and-a-half metres in total. This copy is unusually fine; where seen, these fragile works more commonly display significant wear. The work has been featured in some detail online, testament to its visual impact (see for example a handsome commentary including a full reproduction at the Bridwell Library of Southern Methodist University in the USA). The panorama begins with an image of the psalmist, King David, covering his head in reverence to the Lord; at the end, he appears again, wearing a crown and playing his harp within his palace in Jerusalem. The remainder of the panorama consists of various landscapes teeming with life, as described in the psalm, and includes a scene showing the "leviathan" or whale. The panorama was designed by Susan Maria Ffarington… Read More

London: George C. Harrap, 1930. Willy Pogany. The great epic Persian erotic love poem illustrated by the masterful Hungarian artist, Willy Pogany. Signed by Pogany, limited edition of 750 copies, the English issue, original etching, a lovely copy.

London: New Era Publishing, 1935. 'The Hairdressing Profession is one of the oldest known to mankind, yet strangely enough very little literature has hitherto existed in relation to the technical side of this most honourable and ancient profession... Hairdressing is not only an art, it is also a craft. Therefore, in order to produce a complete treatise, we have gathered together a group of contributors each of whom is a specialist in one or more branches of his craft... This book represents the first and only one of its kind in the English language, comprising a comprehensive treatise on hairdressing, ranging from the relatively simple tasks of the gentleman's hairdresser to the more involved technique of the ladies' hairdresser and the beauty specialist, and including necesssary and essential knowledge for the trichological consulting room.' (Gilbert A. Foan, preface). Bound in half leather with red cloth boards, gilt, 225 mm x 280 mm, 548 pages, illustrated frontis, 77 photographic and illustrated… Read More

London: William Heinemann, 1931. GOODEN, Stephen. Translated into English verse by Edward Marsh, with twenty-six engravings on copper by Stephen Gooden. A sumptuous edition of the Fables with beautiful and spacious typography within generous margins, complemented by striking plates by Gooden. Limited edition of 500 copies signed by Marsh and Gooden. Two volumes, large thick octavos, original vellum, engraved title pages and plates throughout, pages uncut as issued; some browning of the boards otherwise a fine set.

San Francisco: Paul Elder, 1909. Will Jenkins. Decorated by Will Jenkins with typography by J.H. Nash and specially printed at the Tomoye Press. Small octavo, original printed wrappers, tipped frontispiece, covers a little sunned otherwise fine.

Melbourne: Holdsworth Galleries, Sydney in association with Gallery A, Melbourne. By courtesy Rudy Komon Gallery, 1970. First Edition. This scarce catalogue features a striking portrait of the artist over two pages and a full list of the works featured in the exhibition. Design and photography by Mark Strizic. Staple bound oblong quarto booklet, plates in colour and black & white, a very good copy.

Berlin: Monatsschrift zur Förderung künstlerischer Reklame, 1931. Photographs by Charles Ogle of New York City, and fashion designs by Lisl Jokl. Also includes a feature on advertising artists from Czecho Slovakia, and 'The Camera as an Instrument of the Artist' by Charles Ogle. Quarto, bound in illustrated wrappers, brilliantly illustrated throughout, wrappers chipped.