Search Results: Authors starting with S from SOPHIE SCHNEIDEMAN RARE BOOKS

Ditchling : S. Dominic’s Press, [1918]. 4pp. One sheet folded as issued. Slightly dusty with a few spots.|||

Ravenna: Pietro de Paoli e Gio. Battista Giovannelli, 1638. Second edition, being the first complete edition with both parts, the first part had been published on its own the year before. Woodcut arms of Cardinal Oorato Visconti, the dedicatee of the work on title page, 89 woodcut text diagrams and illustrations and woodcut historiated initials. [a1-6], A4 - V4{Q2 and Q3 have been bound in the wrong order}. 4to., bound in 19th century quarter leather with dark marbled boards and Gordon Craig’s monogrammed ownership label on the upper cover, and on the front pastedown, spine lettered in gilt with gilt rules. Spine rather rubbed, title page with a small paper restoration in blank margin and to woodcut, otherwise a good copy.||First complete edition of the first book exclusively devoted to stage design, stage architecture, machinery and special effects. The first part was first published the year before in 1637, the inaugural year of the Teatro di Sole in Pesaro, designed by Sabbattini. Sabbattini… Read More

Paris: Chez l’artiste, 16, rue Cassini, 1926. 2 volumes. No. 371 of 450 printed on papier vergé d’Arches, but this a rare hand-coloured copy. 33 engravings by Sylvain Sauvage, engraved in collaboration with Emile-Henri Feltesse, including an engraving on each wrapper, all expertly hand-coloured in gouache. Tall thin 8vo., loose in the original wrappers, each volume with its own maroon cloth backed chemise and both in the matching maroon cloth edged slipcase. Slipcase and chemises with a little wear or rubbing at edges, a little darkening to the wrappers but otherwise very good.||Sylvain Sauvage (1888-1948), whose real name was Felix Roy, was an illustrator and engraver who published his own artist’s books with the imprint of his home in Paris as well as creating illustrations for other publishers. Sauvage had originally intended to produce illustrations to the whole of the memoirs of Casanova but the task was too great so he settled on the erotic story of Casanova and the Nun of Murano - hence… Read More

Paris: A l’Image des trois colombes, 6, rue Cassini, pres L’Observatoire, 1926. This copy hors commerce, reserved and inscribed on the limitations page by Sylvain Sauvage for Pierre Bellanger and corresponding with the 10 copies on Japon with an original signed pencil and watercolour drawing an unused plate inspired by the drawing, a suite of progressive proofs, and a suite of the plates in sanguine and one in black, (the latter isn’t mentioned in the limitation) 25 delicately coloured copper engravings by Sauvage including 5 in the text. Sm. 4to., in the original wrappers with colour copper plate by Sauvage on upper cover, housed together with the suites in the original blue cloth backed, blue paper covered chemise and slipcase. Slipcase and chemise with a little rubbing to edges, title written in ink on the chemise, the book and plates are in splendid condition.||A beautiful example of Art Deco illustration, one of a very few printed on japon and this copy enriched with an unexpected extra… Read More

London: Folio Society, 1957. Engravings by Frank Martin. Printed in black and blue. 13.9 x 20.4 cms. Sm. 8vo, bound by Sayaka Fukada in full dark green morocco with and inlaid vellum cross over both sides and spine, with gilt and platinum tooling with tracks across both sides and spine and onto the dark green morocco and printed paper doublures with secondary patterned paper endpapers, speckled edges, housed in a complimentary structured solander box using the same patterned paper using feathered paper on the outside of the linen, platinum lettering on spine.||Sayaka Fukada began her artistic life as a professional photographer in Japan. She is a superb and much sought after conservator and her superb designer bindings are in collections in the UK and USA.|

Wisconsin: Midnight Paper Sales, 2020. One of 26 deluxe lettered copies with additional progressive proofs of the engraving Pasque plus an original print of the large Bokeh key block. 8 colour wood engravings. Poems set in Polipholis, Bembo and Blado types. 8vo., original vellum backed specially made marbled paper covered boards by Pamela Smith, the progressive proofs of the engraving Pasque bound into Arches paper with a key block impression on the upper cover, with Blue Japanese paper outer cover allowing the engraving to show through. Housed in a brown cloth covered clamshell box with the Bokeh engraving mounted and set into the inside of the lid and with a inkjet print of the Bokeh block on the upper cover. As new.||The third book in Schanilec’s trilogy documenting his journey or struggle with the reality of growing old (the other two are his Little Book of Birds and Ninja Press’s Departures. After a quarter of a century living in the rural midwest, Schanilec moved to the city where he… Read More

Wisconsin: Midnight Paper Sales, 2017. One of 100 copies. 9 colour wood engravings by Gaylord Schanilec plus a wood engraving by Thomas Bewick printed from the original block. Poem by Schanilec handset and printed by him in Bodoni metal type. Unopened as issued making the bird prints as hard to spot as are the birds. 8vo., bound in stiff paper covers of Degener Black and O’Malley Crackle papers. As new.||A remarkable book with some really interesting wood engravings held almost encaged within unopened pages - Schanilec writes “As it turned out my mid-life vessel the “Hungry Mind” (Lac des Pleurs, 2015) didn’t get me to the other side, and A Little Book of Birds led to yet more water. The idea of birds captive within unopened pages was originally intended as a challenge for book collectors= to open the unopened pages - or not. As years passed the birds slowly emerged and their captivity began to mean something else. I thought this book might free the birds. It did not.”The poem reads ‘A… Read More

London: Golborne Editions, printed by Patrick Randle at the Whittington Press, 2019 [2020]. One of 75 copies, only 55 for sale, of a total edition of 90 including 15 special copies. 13 wood engravings by Gaylord Schanilec with 13 photographs by Alex Schneideman. The photographs have been printed by Alex Schneideman using his unique primitve carbon technique at Flow Photographic on special Zerkall 902 AS paper, the wood engravings were printed by the engraver and Patrick Randle on Naturalis paper at The Whittington Press. The book was designed and printed by Patrick Randle, the text on Shoji-i-Tanaka using Walbaum type at The Whittington Press. Oblong folio, bound by The Fine Bindery in rich grey half morocco with special hand printed paper sides by Alex Schneideman and Patrick Randle, silver lettering on spine, all housed in a suitably desirable gold cloth slipcase.||13 wood engravings interpreting 13 photographs with a conversation with Schanilec and Schneideman about the creative process and the… Read More

Wisconsin: Midnight Paper Sales, 2017. Original colour wood engraving, one of an edition of only 75, signed, titled and numbered in pencil by the artist. Image size 12.3 x 6.7 cms. Paper size 21 x 14.7 cm.||Engraved for Schanilec’s book ‘Little Book of Birds’.|

1987. Colour wood engraving printed by the artist. Edition of 61. Signed, dated and numbered by the artist. Image Size 12.5 cm x 9 cm (5 x 3.5 ins). Paper Size 25.5 cm x 19 cm.||Engraved for a book ‘High Bridge’ printed and illustrated by Gaylord Schanilec and written by Clayton Schanilec, published in 1987.On February 24, 1985, 24,000 people gathered on the banks of the Mississippi River in Saint Paul, Minnesota to witness the demolition of a 97 year old bridge that connected their communities for generations. When it came down in a well-orchestrated collapse of steel, there was scattered applause and then silence. No one present had ever see this valley without the bridge.‘High Bridge’ documents the passing of the bridge, contrasting images of demolition with accounts of its construction. The images are a sequence of ten wood engravings printed in 5 to 7 colours. These compositions blend together in a cinemagraphic-like style, affording views of the bridge as if on a walk.This image is now… Read More

Wisconsin: Midnight Paper Sales, 2017. Colour wood engraving, one of an edition of only 71, signed, titled and numbered in pencil by the artist. Image size 10.5 x 7.5 cms. Paper size 21 x 14.7 cm.||From ‘Little Book of Birds’, part of Schanilec’s trilogy, the other two are his ‘Bokeh: A Little Book of Flowers’ and Ninja Press’s ‘Departures’.|

Wisconsin: Midnight Paper Sales, 2010. One of 200 copies, signed by the author. Two colour wood engravings by Schanilec. Set in Bembo type and printed on Zerkall paper. Pp.24. Oblong 8vo. [20x 15 cms], original sewn plain paper wrappers with strong walnut red hand made cover by Amanda Degener and Briget O’Malley of Cave paper with moon design in gilt on upper cover, in the original slipcase with printed paper spine label and another printed spine label tipped in at the rear of the book bearing the name of the author as ‘GAYLOR SHAMWAY’.||Schanilec’s poetry examining the question ‘Why do fish jump?’. He writes: It is possible for the rumination of a mid-life poet/printer to continue through the printing process, as evidenced by the inclusion of a second printing of one of the poems, with the title ERRATUM printed in blue on the second, slightly revised version of the poem. The color brown, printed next to the the deep, walnut red paper of the Cave women, enables the engraving of a gizzard… Read More

2001. Original colour wood engraving using black, yellow and pale blue ink on Zerkall mould-made paper. One of 380 prints, signed, numbered and titled by the artist. Image size 178 x 92 mm. Paper size 290 x 175 mm.||One of 11 engravings for ‘New York Revisited’, written by Kenneth Auchincloss and published by the Grolier Club, 2002 - a truly beautiful book printed by Gaylord Schanilec at his press in Wisconsin, Midnight Paper Sales. A great tribute to New York and New Yorkers. The book was intended as a modern day reply to a Grolier Club book on New York printed in 1915 however, it took on a new importance as its publication coincided with the attack on New York in September 2001.|

2002. One of an edition of 50, signed, titled and numbered in pencil by the artist. Image size 11 x 14 cm (4.5 x 5.5 ins). Paper Size 23 x 27 cm.||From 'The Bread of this World' by Thomas McGrath, 1992.|

1987. Original black and white wood engraving. One of an edition of 69, initialled and numbered by the artist. Image size 77 x 41 mm. Paper size 292 x 230 mm.||The artist and poet’s first ever wood engraving.|

2001. Original colour wood engraving using black, yellow and pale blue ink on Zerkall mould-made paper. One of an edition of 150 signed, numbered and titled by the artist. Image size 178 x 92 mm (7 x 3.5 ins). Framed||One of 11 engravings for ‘New York Revisited’, written by Kenneth Auchincloss and published by the Grolier Club, 2002 - a truly beautiful book printed by Gaylord Schanilec at his press in Wisconsin, Midnight Paper Sales. A great tribute to New York and New Yorkers. The book was intended as a modern day reply to a Grolier Club book on New York printed in 1915 however, it took on a new importance as its publication coincided with the attack on New York in September 2001.|

Wisconsin, 2010. Original large four colour wood engraving printed by the artist. Edition of 250 signed,dated, titled and numbered in pencil by the artist. Image size 43 x 25 cm (10 x 17 ins), paper size 41 x 50 cm.||Gaylord Schanilec is an American wood engraver, printer, designer and illustrator, and is widely renowned as one of the very best wood engravers in the world.Schanilec has set the standard for contemporary artist's books over the last 30 years. His highly collected and unique fine press books explore his interests and experiences as well as his hometown landscape and community. From farming culture and the rivers of the Mississippi to an exhaustive inventory of the 24 species of trees surrounding his home and studio in Stockholm, Wisconsin, Schanilec's wood engravings illustrate local landscapes, historical anecdotes and natural science investigations. He has also explored subjects far from home, including two books about New York City. This astonishing 4 colour wood engraving of… Read More

2005. Colour wood engraving printed by the artist, one of an edition of 250, signed, numbered and titled by the artist. Image size 10 x 9 cm (4 x 3.5 ins). Paper size 23 x 16 cm. Printed on Monadnock paper. ||Also known as Ephemerella inermis, engraved for ‘Mayflies of the Driftless Region’, written and hand printed by the artist in 2005.“’Dry Fly Entomology’ by Frederic M. Halford, published in London in 1897, was the inspiration for ‘Mayflies of the Driftless Region’. Halford, the Victorian innovator and popularizer of modern fly-fishing, scientifically described and surveyed the principal British mayflies of his time, but he did not claim his work as a comprehensive entomological treatise. Instead, ‘Dry Fly Entomology’ was aimed at providing anglers with a basic, working understanding of the nature of aquatic insects. ‘Mayflies of the Driftless Region’ can make no such claim: it is not a field guide. Instead, it is a study of mayflies by an artist....I have created 13… Read More

Wisconsin: Midnight Paper Sales, 2001. 4 colour wood engravings by Gaylord Schanilec, 8 other illustrations. One of 200 copies, this no. 46, signed by the artist. Text set in Poliphilus with Blado italics and printed on Mohawk Superfine paper. Tall 4to., original black cloth over grey paper boards, brown morocco spine label lettered in silver, housed in the original cloth and paper slipcase. A fine copy.||With the original prospectus inserted loose.The text of the book was transcribed from the tapes of an interview Gaylord Schanilec conducted with Ernest Morgan in North Carolina in 1997. The introduction and afterword by Will Powers who began his career as an apprentice in Ernest Morgan’s Antioch Bookplate Company.|

Midnight Paper Sales, 2009. One of 115 numbered copies. 2 multi-colour wood engravings by Gaylord Schanilec. Signed and numbered by Schanilec. Handset in Walbaum monotype. Printed on Mohawk Superfine, and Zerkall papers. Bound in cloth in a cloth covered slipcase with printed paper labels.||A beautiful poem inspired by the tragic fall of an immigrant construction worker into wet concrete he had just laid in Bal Harbour, Florida's most fashionable destination. His wallet contained pictures of his daughter and two single dollar bills.Edwidge Danticat was born in Haiti and moved to the United States when she was twelve. She is the author of several books, including Breath, Eyes, Memory, an Oprah Book Club selection, Krik? Krak!, a National Book Award finalist, The Farming of Bones, an American Book Award winner, the novel-in-stories, The Dew Breaker, and MPS Little Book number 4, The Coriolis Effect.|