BOOKS WE FINISHED XIV

The Caxton Club Revels Auction

December 12, 2012 (12-12-12)

ART, ANTIQUES, AND ARCHITECTURE

1. Seymour and Violet Altman

THE BOOK OF BUFFALO POTTERY

Schiffer, 1987

Elbert Hubbard was a party to the founding of this company

Donated by Jerry Meyer

2. Thomas Bewick

A MEMOIR WRITTEN BY HIMSELF

Oxford, 1975

From the Estate of Bernard L. Rost

3. Thomas Bewick

THREE PRINTS ON ONE PAGE

Hesterberg Press

Three great Bewick vignettes on one page, with notes: Cow and Broken Fence, Man Fallen in Stream, and The Little Bustard (probably broke the fence and pushed the man)

Donated by William C. Hesterberg

4. BEWICK WOOD-ENGRAVINGS

Victoria and Albert Museum, 1985

There’s plenty of Thomas Bewick this year; keep going

From the Estate of Bernard L. Rost

5. THE BRILLIANT LINE: Following the Early Modern Engraver, 1480-1650

Providence Museum of Art, 2009

Great collection of the work of engravers, with close-ups to show how they worked

Donated by Susan F. Rossen

6. H.R.H. The Prince of Wales

A VISION OF BRITAIN

Doubleday, 1989

One of Charles’s discussions of British architecture

Donated by Bill Locke

7. Alastair Duncan

THE PARIS SALONS, VOL. IV: Ceramics and Glass

Antique Collectors’ Club, 1998

Solid hardcover of history and beautiful pictures

Donated by Jerry Meyer

8. Laurent Felix-Faure

LAND OF SKIES AND WATERS: Holland Through The Eyes Of Its Painters

Lemniscaat, 2006

These are views of Dutch scenery not just through the eyes of painters of the classical era of Dutch painting, but from more abstract moderns as well

Donated by Bob Karrow

9. GLAZE, FORM, AND EXECUTION: American and European Art Pottery

Treadway Gallery, 2000

Donated by Jerry Meyer

10. W.J. Hardy

BOOK-PLATES

Kegan Paul, 1893

An obnoxiously ex-lib copy of a nice book

From the Estate of Bernie Rost

11. Lucile Henske

ART POTTERY OF AMERICA

Schiffer, 1996

Donated by Jerry Meyer

12. Chuimei Ho, Bennet Bronson

SPLENDORS OF CHINA’S FORBIDDEN CITY

Field Museum, 2004

A memorable exhibition of seldom-seen treasures

Donated by Wendy C. Husser

13. HOMAGE TO MARC CHAGALL

Tudor Publishing, 1969

American edition of a special issue of XXe Siecle, this one lacking the Chagall lithograph which was bound in. Does have a Chagall obituary and a certificate from Merrill Chase Galleries verifying that it is a book

Donated by Bill Locke

14. Sharon and Bob Huxford

THE COLLECTOR’S ENCYCLOPEDIA OF ROSEVILLE POTTERY

Collector, 1997

Donated by Jerry Meyer

15. Sharon and Bob Huxford

THE COLLECTOR’S ENCYCLOPEDIA OF ROSEVILLE POTTERY, 2d Series

Collector, 1997

Donated by Jerry Meyer

16. Sharon and Bob Huxford

THE COLLECTOR’S ENCYCLOPEDIA OF WELLER POTTERY

Collector, 1998

Donated by Jerry Meyer

17. William M. Ivins, Jr.

PEOPLE AND PRINTS

Harvard, 1926

From the Estate of Bernie Rost

18. Gary Kirsner

THE METTLACH BOOK

Glentiques, 1994

A guide to great German stoneware

Donated by Jerry Meyer

19. Robert Koch

LOUIS C. TIFFANY

Schiffer, 2001

The collected writings of Koch on the life and work of Tiffany

Donated by Jerry Meyer

20. Ralph and Terry Kovel

KOVELS’ AMERICAN ART POTTERY

Crown, 1993

Donated by Jerry Meyer

21. LETTERIO CALAPAI: A 50-YEAR RETROSPECTIVE (1934-1984)

Landfall Press, 1984

And

LETTERIO CALAPAI: WOODCUTS AND ENGRAVINGS, 1934-1977

Workshop Gallery, 1977

Two original prints will be found farther along in this catalog

From the Estate of Bernard L. Rost

22. Don Marek

GRAND RAPIDS ART METALWORK: 1902-1918

Heartwood, 1999

Donated by Jerry Meyer

23. Barbara A. Perry

AMERICAN ART POTTERY

Abrams, 1997

Donated by Jerry Meyer

24. David Rago

AMERICAN ART POTTERY

Knickerbocker, 1997

Some of us collect more than books

Donated by Jerry Meyer

25. THE ROCKWELL KENT GALLERY AND COLLECTION

Dedication program, 1978

And

A SELECT GROUP OF GRAPHICS BY ROCKWELL KENT

Workshop Gallery of Letterio Calapai, 1974

From the Estate of Bernie Rost

26. J.M. Rogers

EMPIRE OF THE SULTANS: Ottoman Art from the Khalil Collection

Art Services International, 2000

Couched in splendor

Donated by Wendy C. Husser

27. Paul Royka

FIREWORKS: New England Art Pottery of the Arts & Crafts Movement

Schiffer, 1997

Donated by Jerry Meyer

28. Giuseppi Schiro

THE PALATINE CHAPEL

Mistretta, 2003

The English edition of this guide to the Palatine artworks

Donated by Wendy C. Husser

29. Franz Schulze

MIES VAN DER ROHE: A Critical Biography

University of Chicago, 1985

If you seek his monument, walk a few blocks east.

Donated by John Blew

30. Moise S. Steeg, Jr.

TIFFANY FAVRILE ART GLASS

Schiffer, 1997

Donated by Jerry Meyer

31. THOMAS BEWICK RE-DISCOVERED

Letterio Calapai, 1969

Exhibition catalog, with an introduction by R. Hunter Middleton

From the Estate of Bernie Rost

32. Susan Thrane and Tom Patterson

STATE HOUSES: America’s 50 State Capitol Buildings

Boston Mills, 2005

From the grandiose to the strictly utilitarian

Donated by John Blew

33. Larry Ulrich, Pamela Verduin Cain

BIG SUR TO BIG BASIN

Chronicle, 1998

A photographic study of the neglected central area of the California coast

Donated by Bill Locke

34. Martin Van Maele

THE SATYRICAL DRAWINGS

Cytherea Press, 1978

Very limited edition volume purporting to contain all the art of this master of the questionable illustration

Donated by Robert W. Karrow

35. Joan F. Van Patten

COLLECTOR’S ENCYCLOPEDIA OF NIPPON PORCELAIN, 4th Series

Collector’s, 1997

Donated by Jerry Meyer

36. Joan F. Van Patten

COLLECTOR’S ENCYCLOPEDIA OF NIPPON PORCELAIN, 5th Series

Collector’s, 1998

Donated by Jerry Meyer

37. Lionello Venturi

BOTTICELLI

Oxford, 1937

Includes a Rockwell Kent-style bookplate for contrast

Gift of Frank Schier and the Gesley estate

38. VISITING SICILY

Arnone, 1999

Traveler’s Guide to art encountered along the way

Donated by Wendy C. Husser

39. Alexander von Vegesack

THONET: Classic Furniture in bent Wood and Tubular Steel

Hazar, 1996

Donated by Jerry Meyer

40. Masako Watanabe

STORYTELLING IN JAPANESE ARTS

Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2011

Numerous folding plates, so you see the full story

Donated by Susan Rossen

41. Martha Wolff

KINGS, QUEENS, AND COURTIERS: Art in Early Renaissance France

The Art Institute of Chicago, 2011

Hardcover edition of pictures of the Beautiful People of their day

Donated by Susan F. Rossen

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42.James N. Wood

MASTER PAINTINGS IN THE ART INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO

Art Institute of Chicago, 2006

What would YOU choose as the major masters here?

Donated by Wendy Husser

BIBLIOGRAPHY & BOOK COLLECTING

43. Phil Baines

PENGUIN BY DESIGN

Penguin, 2005

A seventieth anniversary look at the art of Penguin covers; paperback, of course

Donated by Susan Rossen

44. BOOK TALK

Oak Knoll, 2006

Inscribed by one of the editors--Caxtonian Robert H Jackson--and Marty Greeene, author of the essay on the first book published in Antarctica

From the Estate of Bernie Rost

45. John Carter

TASTE & TECHNIQUE IN BOOK COLLECTING

Private Libraries Association, 1977

A later printing of one of the classics in the field

From the Estate of Bernard L. Rost

46. Riva Castleman

A CENTURY OF ARTISTS’ BOOKS

Museum of Modern Art, 1994

Massive catalog of an exhibit showing what some people can do with a book if you aren’t watching

Donated by Susan F. Rossen

47. CIRCLE OF KNOWLEDGE: An Exhibition In The Great Hall Of The Library Of Congress

Library of Congress, 1979

Beautiful catalog, with an introduction by Caxtonian James M. Wells

Donated by Bob Karrow

48. FINE BOOKS AND AUTOGRAPH LETTERS

Sotheby Parke Bernet, 1975

From the Estate of Bernie Rost

49. Gilbert Highet

PEOPLE, PLACES, AND BOOKS

Oxford, 1953

From the Estate of Bernard L. Rost

50. THE IRISH BOOK COLLECTION OF MAE KENNEDY KANE

Dominican University, 2012

Donated by Dominican University

51. Holbrook Jackson

DREAMERS OF DREAMS

Farrar, Straus, nd

Special Christmas gift edition for 1950 SIGNED by Caxtonian Carl Kroch

Donated by an Anonymous Krochwatcher

52. Llewellyn Jones

HOW TO CRITICIZE BOOKS

Norton, 1928

Because we all do

From the Estate of Bernard L. Rost

53. Diane Klemin

THE ILLUSTRATED BOOK: Its Art and Craft

Clarkson Potter, 1970

A classic look at the field

Donated by Susan Rossen

54. Brian Lamb

BOOKNOTES

Times Books, 1999

From the Estate of Bernie Rost

55. Wilmarth Lewis

COLLECTORS PROGRESS

Constable, 1952

From the Estate of Bernard L. Rost

56. James Russell Lowell

AMONG MY BOOKS

Houghton-Mifflin, 1891

and

AMONG MY BOOKS, 2d Series

Houghton Mifflin, 1876

From the Estate of Bernie Rost

57. A. Edward Newton

THE GREATEST BOOK IN THE WORLD AND OTHER PAPERS

Little Brown, 1925, 4th ptg

From the Estate of Bernard L. Rost

58. Catherine Porter

MILLER’S COLLECTING BOOKS

Miller’s, 1998

Guidelines and pictures and prices, oh my

Donated by Jerry Meyer

59. Ronald Searle

SLIGHTLY FOXED—BUT STILL DESIRABLE

2001

Searle’s cartoons based on bibliographic descriptions

Donated by a Random Bibliomaniac

60. George Steele Seymour

ADVENTURES WITH BOOKS AND AUTOGRAPHS

Chicago: The Bookfellows, 1920

1 of 500 printed at the Torch Press (founded by a Caxtonian); Helmut Seibert’s copy

Donated by Lee J. Harrer

61. Marianne Tidcombe

“T.J. Cobden-Sanderson and the Doves Press”

Antiques, August, 1993

The work of a legendary printer (who, a century ago, addressed the Caxton Club)

Donated by Bill Locke

62. Kurt Weitzmann

LATE ANTIQUE AND EARLY CHRISTIAN BOOK ILLUMINATION

Braziller, 1977

Donated by Minna Novick

BOOKS BEAUTIFULLY MADE

63. Alex Borgen

MEDITATIONS: Dreams, Water, and Pulp

A boxed set of three single page folded booksmade with handmade abaca paper and inclusions. The books follow a surreal dreamscape of watery landscapes and abstracted journeys.

Donated by Alex Borgen

64. Will Bradley

APPROPRIATENESS IN TYPOGRAPHIC DECORATION

Clinker Press, 2003

Printed for the FABS trip to Pasadena

From the Estate of Bernard L. Rost

65. Christopher Hausby

THE SYNOPTIC COLLECTION

2003

Copy #36 of this specially cased collection of small volumes of the calligraphy and other art of this artist. The NEWBERRY has copy #37.

Donated by Robert W. Karrow

*66. LEAF

1450-1476

This leaf comes from the Litany of Saints, imploring prayers from, among others, the Patron Saint of Accountants and the Patron Saint of Tent-Makers, for support. There are 16 lines on each side, including 31 illuminated initials and 27 line extenders in blue and red and burnished gold

Donated by Junie Sinson

67. THE MONSEN TYPE MANUAL

Monsen, 1929

I like the page “Cooper Black for White Letters”

Donated by Lynn Martin

68. ROCKWELL KENT DINNER

S.T.A. invitation, nd

From the Estate of Bernie Rost

69. LA ROSE DE BAKAWATI

Piazza, 1924

9th edition of this prettily ornamented little novel in French

Donated by Bev Offen

70. SCRAPPED

Pony Barn Press, 1932

An excerpt from Paraphs, a book originally published by Knopf for the Society of Calligraphers

Donated by Steve Tomashefsky

71. Robert Seaver

YE BUTCHER, YE BAKER, YE CANDLE STICK MAKER

Houghton Mifflin, 1908

Verse on modern society, written and illustrated by this quite unsung maker of satiric woodcuts. Two pages in the back advertise other books using these imitation primitives

Donated by Muriel Underwood

72. William Shakespeare

HAMLET

Folio Society, 2007

From the Letter-Press Shakespeare, text in a slipcase accompanied by the Oxford Press edition; 1 of 3750. Shakespeare goes to ancient Danish history for his classic tale of revenge and madness (and flower language)

Donated by James R. Donnelley

73. William Shakespeare

KING LEAR

Folio Society, 2007

From the Letter-Press Shakespeare, text in a slipcase accompanied by the Oxford Press edition; 1 of 3750. Shakespeare goes to ancient English history for a tale of fathers and daughters, age and youth, love and death

Donated by James R. Donnelley

74. William Shakespeare

MACBETH

Folio Society, 2007

From the Letter-Press Shakespeare, text in a slipcase accompanied by the Oxford Press edition; 1 of 3750. Shakespeare turned to ancient Scottish history for a tale of ambition, murder, and guilt

Donated by Jim Donnelley

75. William Shakespeare

OTHELLO

Folio Society, 2007

From the Letter-Press Shakespeare, text in a slipcase accompanied by the Oxford Press edition; 1 of 3750. Shakespeare produced this tale of jealousy and suspicion, and the Folio Society tried to make an edition of it that was as readable as it was beautiful

Donated by Jim Donnelley

76. William Shakespeare

TRAGEDY OF JULIUS CAESAR

Ballantyne Press, 1900

The title page is unnecessarily artsy, but the rest of the book is readable; illustration by Charles Ricketts

Donated by Steve Tomashefsky

77. SPECIMEN OF BASKERVILLE

Hesterberg Press, 2011

9 of 25 copies

Donated by Bill Hesterberg

78. THINGS THAT DREAM

Stanford University, 2012

Catalog of an exhibition of drawings and calligraphy based around the poetry of Pablo Neruda and Federico Garcia Lorca, with text by Bruce Nixon, drawings by Manuel Neri, and calligraphy by Thomas Ingmire

*79. Mark Twain

HUCKLEBERRY FINN

Pennyroyal Press, 1985

This is the signed, limited edition, with a slipcased portfolio of individual prints of the Barry Moser illustrations for this cornerstone of American literature

Donated by Bob McCamant

80. TRIBUTE TO WILLIAM ADDISON DWIGGINS

Inkwell Press, 1980 (1983?)

1 of 500 copies, heavy on illustrations, of this memorial to WAD, artist, designer, and advertising pioneer

Donated by Lee J. Harrer

81. TYPE TAKES A BEATING

S.T.A. Keepsake, 1941

From the Estate of Bernard L. Rost

82. VOICES TO SHARE

Haybarn Press, 2011

Poetry in translation; 1 of 100 copies, signed and illustrated by Ed Colker

Donated by Ed Colker

83. Jack Walsdorf

ON COLLECTING WILLIAM MORRIS

The Printery, 2006

Includes two tipped-in photos of Morris and a facsimile leaf; #113 of 150 copies

Donated by Kay Michael Kramer

84. XXX PLUS ONE

LaFayette, CA: 1978

The printer’s copy of this limited edition retrospective of Tommy’s Christmas Books, listing each of Mr. Tommasini’s annual publications, with the print run o each, and a directory of persons and institutions with complete or nearly complete collections. The donor wonders how many Caxtonians are in this list

Donated by Lee J. Harrer

CARTOGRAPHY & TRAVEL

85. A LA PHOTO VIEWS/INDEXED WORLD ATLAS

Rand McNally, ca. 1887

A pocket-sized advertisement for the printing available from Rand McNally, as well as for their new indexed world atlas