Search Results: Color Plates from Charles Agvent

New York: Limited Editions Club, 1972. Hardcover. Fine in glassine and lightly soiled slipcase. Shannon Stirnweiss. Quarto (8" x 11") bound in blue linen with decorated paper sides; 186 pages. Copy #533 of 1500 numbered copies designed by Adrian Wilson and illustrated with four double-page and four full-page oil paintings by Shannon Stirnweiss. SIGNED by the artist on the colophon page. Monthly Letter laid in.

New York: Limited Editions Club, 1972. Hardcover. Bookplate on the front pastedown. Fine in a lightly soiled slipcase. Shannon Stirnweiss. Quarto (8" x 11") bound in blue linen with decorated paper sides; 186 pages. Copy #39 of 1500 numbered copies designed by Adrian Wilson and illustrated with four double-page and four full-page oil paintings by Shannon Stirnweiss. SIGNED by the artist on the colophon page.

London: Bickers & Son, n.d. First Edition. 1/2 morocco. Spine rubbed & dry; rear board detached. Contents VG. 19 chromolithographs. 4th thousand.

Harrisburg, PA & Washington DC: The Stackpole Company & Wildlife Management Institute, (1959). First Edition. Cloth. Small owner stamp on front endpaper. Near Fine in a price-clipped, about Very Good dustwrapper. Olaus J. Murie and Edwin R. Kalmbach. A comprehensive account including a history and a 54-page bibliography. Illustrated with color plates by Olaus J. Murie and Edwin R. Kalmbach.

New York: Limited Editions Club, 1946. Hardcover. Sporadic foxing, occasionally heavy, not affecting the plates though the margins of three plates have varying degrees of foxing. The spine has very slight wear at the tips, much less than usually encountered with this title. Very Good in an intact, Good slipcase with abrasion and dryness to the gold paper. Arthur Szyk. Small folio (8-1/2" x 12") bound in half white sheepskin leather with sheepskin corners, gilt-stamped, and gilt-decorated smooth vellum paper sides. Copy #323 of 1950 copies illustrated with 8 busy and striking color plates by Arthur Szyk, each placed by hand in the book, and SIGNED by the illustrator on the colophon page.

New York: Tudor Publishing Company, (1939). Reprint. Hardcover. Near Fine. Detmold. Quarto (7-1/2" x 10") in publisher's gilt-decorated green cloth. Illustrated with 12 tipped-in color plates with tissue guards by Detmold.

New York: Limited Editions Club, 1946. Hardcover. About Fine in a Very Good slipcase with some abrasion to the gold paper on the edges. Arthur Szyk. Small folio (8-1/2" x 12") bound in half white sheepskin leather with sheepskin corners, gilt-stamped, and gilt-decorated smooth vellum paper sides. Copy #1182 of 1950 copies illustrated with 8 busy and striking color plates by Arthur Szyk, each placed by hand in the book, and SIGNED by the illustrator on the colophon page.

London: Limited Editions Club, 1937. Hardcover. Spine a little soiled and darkened. Near Fine in a somewhat worn but still Good slipcase. Marie Laurencin. Quarto (8-3/8" x 11") bound in full white linen with a gilt decoration on the front board and lettering on the spine. Designed, printed, and bound by Oliver Simon at the Curwen Press. Translated, with an introduction, by Edmund Gosse. Illustrated with 12 watercolors by Marie Laurencin printed in process collotype. Copy #214 of 1500 SIGNED by the artist in pencil on the colophon page.

London: Limited Editions Club, 1937. Hardcover. Fine, bright copy in a Fine slipcase. Marie Laurencin. Quarto (8-3/8" x 11") bound in full white linen with a gilt decoration on the front board and lettering on the spine. Designed, printed, and bound by Oliver Simon at the Curwen Press. Translated, with an introduction, by Edmund Gosse. Illustrated with 12 watercolors by Marie Laurencin printed in process collotype. Copy #509 of 1500 SIGNED by the artist in pencil on the colophon page.

Paris: Editions Nilsson, (1930). First Edition. Wraps. Foxing throughout, not affecting the illustrations. The fragile illustrated paper dustwrapper is intact but for small chips on the spine and has neatly detached from the book. Very Good. Octavo (6-3/4" x 9-1/8") in stiff paper binding with a thin brown paper cover with watercolor decorations on front and rear panels, as well as the spine. The French text is accompanied by 6 hand-colored pochoir plates by Robert Polack on the same thin paper tipped in.

(Mexico): Limited Editions Club, 1950. Hardcover. Bookplate on the front pastedown of each volume; spines slightly darkened. Near Fine in a Near Fine slipcase. Edy Legrand. Two small folio volumes (8-3/4" x 12-1/4") bound in yellow cloth-backed marbled paper boards. An attractive printing of what is considered to be the first novel. Translated by John Ormsby with a new introduction by Irwin Edman. Copy #39 of 1500 illustrated by Edy Legrand with colors applied by Fernand Mourlot. Issued unsigned.

New York: Atlantic Monthly Press, (1990). Reprint. Hardcover. About Fine in a Fine dustwrapper. Quarto. Reprint of the 1953 edition with additions and with 52 fine color illustrations (including some by Audubon and Gould).

New York: Heritage Press, [1950]. Hardcover. Fine in glassine and a Very Good slipcase. Edmund Dulac. Small folio in decorated boards. Illustrated with color plates by Edmund Dulac

New York: Harry Abrams, [1973]. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine in a Very Good dustwrapper. Grandma Moses. Coffee-table size book with 253 plates, 135 in color.

New York: The Heritage Press, 1946. First Edition. Hardcover. Some rubbing to the spine with light wear at the heel, contents bright and fresh. Better than Very Good in a Fine slipcase. Arthur Szyk. Quarto (9" x 12-1/2") bound in full black morocco leather with gilt-lettering on the spine and attractive batik endpapers housed in a slipcase covered with the same batik paper. Illustrated with 74 full-page plates, most in sepia with 6 in color and pasted in, by Arthur Szyk. The images mostly depict German, Italian, and Japanese fascists in action. One of 1000 SIGNED copies, this copy INSCRIBED by Szyk to Mr. and Mrs. Morris E. Ginsberg.

Avon, CT: Limited Editions Club, 1973. Hardcover. Bookplate on the front pastedown; a few rubbed spots on the spine. Near Fine, lacking the slipcase. Rowal Friers. Tall octavo (6-1/2" x 10") bound in green buckram stamped in pure gold leaf, 456 pages. Collected, edited, and introduced by William Butler Yeats. Illustrated with 12 full-page tipped-in color plates and 17 part-page line drawings by Rowal Friers. Copy #1657 of 2000 SIGNED by the illustrator on the colophon page. Monthly Letter laid in.

Avon, CT: Limited Editions Club, 1973. Hardcover. Fine in glassine and a close to Fine slipcase with one small ding. Rowal Friers. Tall octavo (6-1/2" x 10") bound in green buckram stamped in pure gold leaf, 456 pages. Collected, edited, and introduced by William Butler Yeats. Illustrated with 12 full-page tipped-in color plates and 17 part-page line drawings by Rowal Friers. Copy #1087 of 2000 SIGNED by the illustrator on the colophon page. Monthly Letter laid in.

New York: Limited Editions Club, 1951. Hardcover. Slight rubbing to spine labels; spines evenly sunned. Near Fine in a partly split, Very Good slipcase. Edward Wilson. Two octavo volumes (6-1/8" x 9-1/4") bound in full decorated linen; 512 pages. Illustrations by Edward Wilson hand-colored through stencils in the studio of Walter Fischer. Copy #1322 of 1500 SIGNED by the illustrator on the colophon page.

New York: Limited Editions Club, 1951. Hardcover. Bookplate on each front pastedown; spines slightly sunned. About Fine in a Fine slipcase. Edward Wilson. Two octavo volumes (6-1/8" x 9-1/4") bound in full decorated linen; 512 pages. Illustrations by Edward Wilson hand-colored through stencils in the studio of Walter Fischer. Copy #39 of 1500 SIGNED by the illustrator on the colophon page. Monthly Letter laid in.

Tokyo: K. Ogawa, 1898 - 1899. First Edition. Softcover. Plates are generally Fine with some light foxing to a few of the margins. A few of the wrappers are faded, but they are generally in very nice condition with no chips or tears. The slipcases are a bit worn, six of them soiled and spotted. Part 1 lacks its wrappers, and Parts 11 and 12 lack their slipcases. Overall Very Good and scarce. Folio (13" x 19") in original gray printed wraps issued in 12 monthly parts in slipcases. Complete set with a total of 72 prints, including 12 in color. Each part contains 6 individual prints by artists including Hokusai, Shunsho, Choshun, Ritsuo, Kaigetsudo, and many others. The first print in each portfolio is in color executed by T. Tamura. The other prints are uncolored collotypes by the publisher. Each plate is protected by a captioned tissue guard with a description in English. Each part housed in individual stiff board slipcase with printed title. In the preface the publisher states that the purpose of… Read More