Ephemera

Blank Sheet of Antique Laid Paper Countermarked "de Erven de Blauw.

De Erven De Blauw · 1621 · Wittenborn Art Books

$75.00 (€68.05 | £56.77 | ¥11,977)

Holland: ND. Single sheet of laid paper countermarked "De Erven De Blauw." The papermakers De Erven and De Blauw were founded in 1621, and produced paper into the 19th century. 8 X 13 inches; 20 X 32 cm. Good. Note: Images have been manipulated to display watermarks, and do no...

Blank Sheet of Antique Laid Paper Countermarked "Jan Kool.

Kool, Jan · 1728 · Wittenborn Art Books

$75.00 (€68.05 | £56.77 | ¥11,977)

Holland: 18th century. Single sheet of laid paper with countermark. Countermarked in lower half: "Jan Kool," in cursive script. Kool was a Dutch papermaker active from 1728 to 1800. 10 X 15-1/2 inches; 20.5 X 39 cm. Good. Note: Images have been manipulated to display watermark...

Blank Sheet of Antique Laid Paper Countermarked "Auvergne a la Main.

Unknown French papermaker · 0 · Wittenborn Art Books

$75.00 (€68.05 | £56.77 | ¥11,977)

Southern France: ND. Single sheet of laid paper countermarked "Auvergne a la main" (Handmade in Auvergne). Countermark positioned at bottom edge (as often with Southern French papermakers), set perpendicular to wires. 9-1/2 X 11-3/8 inches; 23.75 X 29 cm. Good. Note: Images ha...

Blank Sheet of Antique Laid Paper Countermarked "Kloppenburg.

Kloppenburg · 0 · Wittenborn Art Books

$75.00 (€68.05 | £56.77 | ¥11,977)

Holland: 18th century. Single sheet of laid paper countermarked "Kloppenburg." Writing in black ink at upper right: "Mengen van Rozzebrood." 7-1/2 X 12-1/2 inches; 19.25 X 31.8 cm. Somewhat soiled. Good. Note: Images have been manipulated to display watermarks, and do not repr...

Blank Sheet of Antique Laid Paper Countermarked with Letter "I.

Unknown papermaker, possibly Jean Villedary · 1668 · Wittenborn Art Books

$75.00 (€68.05 | £56.77 | ¥11,977)

France: 18th century. Blank sheet of laid paper countermarked with capital "I" at lower right edge (Southern French papermakers often positioned watermarks at bottom of sheet). Possibly Jean Villedary, a firm of French papermakers active at Angoumois from 1668 to 1758, then fr...

Blank Sheet of Antique Laid Paper with Posthorn Watermark, Countermarked "Jan Kool.

Kool, Jan · 1728 · Wittenborn Art Books

$75.00 (€68.05 | £56.77 | ¥11,977)

Holland: 18th-19th centuries. Single sheet of laid paper with watermark. Watermark: Shield bearing posthorn; thistle crest. Countermarked: Jan Kool. Kool was a Dutch papermaker active from 1728 to 1800. Papers with this countermark were produced at the De Bonsem mill in Koog a...

91 Detached Pages from Hobbies-the Magazine for Collectors

Hobbies-The Magazine for Collectors · 1935 · Wittenborn Art Books

$45.00 (€40.83 | £34.06 | ¥7,186)

Chicago: The Lightner Publishing Co. 1935-1953. Folio. Ninety-One detached pages taken from issues of Hobbies-The Magazine for Collectors between 1933 and 1953. Two columns from the magazine are represented: "Mostly About Books" ( 64 pages) and "The Picture Postcard" (27 pages...

Leach's No. 11, Knitted Laces and Insertions; Leach's No. 32, Tea-Time Number

Leach's Home Needlework Series · 1915 · Wittenborn Art Books

$50.00 (€45.37 | £37.85 | ¥7,984)

London: George Newnes, Ltd, ND, c. 1915. Two dressmaking and lace-making guides from Leach's Home Needlework series, produced during WWI and until 1930. Sewing techniques and photos of lace samples. Interesting contemporary advertisements. 4to, 9 x 12 inches. Stapled wraps. 16...

Correspondence of Jane J. Steele of Griswold Books with Fifteen Private Presses

Jane. J. Steele · 1992 · Wittenborn Art Books

$100.00 (€90.73 | £75.70 | ¥15,969)

Detroit: Jane J. Steele, 1992-1996. In 1992 bookseller Jane J. Steele began writing to numerous private presses and publishers of limited editions across the United States. This file contains replies from fifteen presses. Most are single sheet TLS, with business cards, brochur...

Go Wind Your Horn, Ben Franklin

Standard Rate and Data Service · 1969 · Wittenborn Art Books

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Rosemont, IL: SRDS, 1969. Promotional piece from Standard Rate and Data Service direct mail company, consisting of introductory letter and broadside reproducing the original text of Benjamin Franklin's 1753 instructions to colonial postmasters. Printed on imitation parchment p...

Abigail Furey, Fine Prints and Drawings Catalog: July 2001, No. 9

Abigail Furey Fine Prints and Drawings (Brighton, MA) · 2001 · Wittenborn Art Books

$35.00 (€31.76 | £26.49 | ¥5,589)

Brighton, MA: Abigail Furey, 2001. Abigail Furey Fine Prints and Drawings, Catalog July 2001, No. 9. Stapled Wraps, 4to. 8-1/2 x 11 inches. [28 pp.] Coated stock. Illustrated with black and white photos of prints and drawings by Childe Hassam, Joseph Pennel, Hugo Gellert, many...

The Song of Songs, with Ten Original Lithographs by Paul Wunderlich

Wunderlich, Paul · 1970 · Wittenborn Art Books

$75.00 (€68.05 | £56.77 | ¥11,977)

Baltimore: Aquarius Press, 1970. Brochures announcing an edition of lithographs by German artist Paul Wunderlich, illustrating the Song of Songs. A sheet of 17 x 11 inch paper folded once to make a four-page booklet. Wunderlich prints in color on pages 1 and 4; two further lit...

Collecting for Profit, Vol. 2, No. 5, February 1932

Madison, James · 1932 · Wittenborn Art Books

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Los Angeles: James Madison, 1932. Collecting for Profit. A monthly magazine that "tells which old books, magazines, and pamphlets have value-and why." Saddle-stitched self-covered pamphlet. 8vo. 8-1/2 x 11 inches. Magazine was paginated by volume; No. 5 contains pages 181-200....

The Mentor. May 1928

Crowell Publishing Company (New York); S. D. Moffat (ed.) · 1928 · Wittenborn Art Books

$50.00 (€45.37 | £37.85 | ¥7,984)

New York: Crowell Publishing Company, 1928. The Mentor was an illustrated periodical that appeared from 1913 to 1931. According to its editor, it covered "the permanently interesting things in art, literature, science, history, nature and travel." Full-color cover. Perfectboun...

Three Chapbooks of Woodcuts: England and Ireland, Twelve Woodcuts by Richard Bennett; New England, Twelve Woodcuts by Ernest Thorne Thompson; Victoria, B.C. , Twelve Woodcuts by Viola Paterson. University of Washington Chapbooks Numbers Eight, Eighteen, and Twenty-One

Hughes, Glen, ed · 1928 · Wittenborn Art Books

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Seattle: University of Washington, 1928. Three chapbooks of woodcuts: England and Ireland, Twelve Woodcuts by Richard Bennett; New England, Twelve Woodcuts by Ernest Thorne Thompson; Victoria, B.C. Twelve Woodcuts by Viola Paterson. 4to, 7-1/8 x 10 inches. Stapled printed illu...

Publication Announcement for the Linocuts of Edward B. Heffernan

Heffernan, Edward B. · 1982 · Wittenborn Art Books

$50.00 (€45.37 | £37.85 | ¥7,984)

Canberra: The Jester Press, 1982. Publication announcement for The Linocuts of Edwin B. Heffernan. One 9 x 8-3/4 inch sheet folded once to make a four-page booklet. Linocut on cover. Near Fine. From the collection of Frederick Gale Ruffner, Jr. (1926-2014) the founder of the D...

Publication Announcement for the J.R. Abbey Collection of Colour-Plate Books in Aquatint and Lithography

Rowman and Littlefield · 1972 · Wittenborn Art Books

$50.00 (€45.37 | £37.85 | ¥7,984)

Totowa, NJ: Rowman and Littlefield, 1972. Rowman and Littlefield Announce the Reprinting of the J. R. Abbey collection of colour-plate books in aquatint and lithography, a bibliographic catalog in four volumes. Scenery of Great Britain and Ireland. A single 12 x 9 inch sheet f...

Burning Helix: Exhibition of Multicolor Lithographs Realizing the Genetic Code

Wayne, June · 1971 · Wittenborn Art Books

$50.00 (€45.37 | £37.85 | ¥7,984)

Los Angeles: UCLA, 1971. June Wayne. Exhibition of Multicolor Lithographs Realizing the Genetic Code. BURNING HELIX. Exhibit catalog for June Wayne. Exhibit at the Dixon Art Center of the University of California at Los Angeles, January 13 through February 14 1971. Sewn in wra...

Prospectus for Facsimile Edition of Europa, Hand-Colored Map of Europe from the Landmarks of Early Cartography Series

American Elsevier Publishing Company · 1964 · Wittenborn Art Books

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New York: American Elsevier Publishing Co. 1964. Prospectus for facsimile edition of Europa, hand-colored map of Europe from the Landmarks of Early Cartography series. 4to. One 21-1/2 x 16 inch sheet of heavy paper folded once to make a 4-pp. booklet. First page reproduces pri...

Prospectus for Facsimile Edition of Pierre Simon Fournier's Modéles Des Caracteres de L'Imperimerie

Eugrammia Press · 1965 · Wittenborn Art Books

$50.00 (€45.37 | £37.85 | ¥7,984)

London: The Eugrammia Press, 1965. Prospectus for facsimile edition of Pierre Simon Fournier's Modéles des Caracteres de l'Imprimerie (1742). 4to. One 22 x 9 inch sheet of heavy paper folded once to make a 4-pp. booklet. Pages 2 through 4 reproduce type samples, with one page ...