Search Results: Titles starting with V from Palmer Books

Hugh Lauter Levin Associates, Inc, 1986. Hardcover. Fine/very good +. Beaux Arts Edition. Begins with a brief chronology of the artist's life, followed my more detailed biographical information interspersed between many illustrations of his work in b/w and color. 10"x13.25"; 385 pages; some bumping to top edge of book and dust jacket. A little creasing to dust jacket on back panel. Clean, no writing.

London: Faber & Faber, 1972. Second revised. Hardcover. Very Good +/very good +. Second edition, revised and enlarged. Illustrated throughout in b/w, with 16 different color plates than the first edition, but which "relate to them", as McLean states. McLean approached this book not as an examination of book illustration in the Victorian era, as so many already have, but as a factual account of the process and materials and labor that went into the actual making of the book. The scope of the book is therefore narrowed to the period between the accession of Queen Victoria in 1837, to the establishing of The Kelmscott Press in 1890. McLean goes into impressive detail, from the evolution of the use of color in childrens books, to the detailed guaffering of SAKOONTALA - published, printed, and bound by Stephen Austin. It's a fascinating look at Victorian era book design (and production), and an invaluable reference for the field. 9"x11.5"; xii, 241 pages. Beige cloth with… Read More

New York: Mayflower Books, 1979. Reprint. Hardcover. Very Good/very good. Christie's International Collector's Series reprint. A guide to collecting that begins with industrial production, covers materials used and technique developments, as well as tips for the collector. Illustrated in b&w and color, with helpful sections in the back on identifying tiles, including an illustrated list of British tile-makers marks. Dust wrapper in Brodart. 10"x8"; 184 pages; crease mark at upper edge of front cover of dust jacket, some bumping to upper spine and tips.

London: Sotheby Parke Bernet, 1978. Wraps. Very Good. Catalog "CROQUETTE", 45 pages + index + estimates and ads. Illustrated in b/w. 8.25" by 8", red card covers, slight crease throughout at bottom fore edge.