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