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SECTION 5
RACKHAM - ZADKINE

email your interest or write to Dan Redmon, P.O. Box 72, New York, N.Y.
10108. Add $5 for the first title and $2 for each additional title if
mailed within the USA. All books will be mailed by UPS unless otherwise
instructed. All books maybe returned within 7 days for a full refund if
unsatified. If requested, I will give you my phone & FAX number;
depending upon the amount of purchases -arrangements can be made for
charging by Amex, Master or Visa cards.

204) RACKHAM, Arthur The Rhinegold & The Valkyrie Heinemann,
London 1910. Signed by Rackham; deluxe edition of 1,150; 34 tipped-in
color plates and numberous line drawings; 4to, 160pp; original full stiff
vellum lettered & decorated in gilt on spine & boards; missing the ties;
covers soiled; lightly foxed and browning to endpapers, otherwise
internally a very nice copy. $900

205) REID, James The Son of Songs Farrar & Rinehart, N.Y.1931.
Woodcuts by James Reid; Bible subjects; 1st edition; narrow 8vo; aging to
boards and spine otherwise in good condition. $50

206) REYNOLDS, Frank (DICKENS) Mr.Pickwick Hodder &
Stoucghton1919. Illustrations by Frank Reynolds; pages from the Pickwick
Papers; in good condition; tipped in illustrations. $190

207) REMINGTON, Frederic Crooked Trails Harper & Brothers, N.Y. &
London1899 Second printing(1st was 1898); 151pp; no d/j; soiled and
rubbing to corners of boards; pictorial boards ; interior in good
condition. $100

208) RIGHI, Federico Ovid "The Art of Love" Ferdinand Roten,
Maryland 1970. Signed deluxe edition; 27 loose lithographs; 25 are in
three colors; hand made paper from Milano plates:133/4 x171/2"; one plate
is signed and also signed on title page; #47 of the150 edition; pictured
paper wraps; rubbing to extremities; otherwise in excellent condition.
$650

209) RITCHIE, Ward A Bowl of Quince Santa Susana
Press, CA 1977 Signed by Ward Ritchie and the artist Irving Block in the
colophon; with one loose color plate in light blue 6 x7.5" signed by
Irving Block; 5 are full page in gold & white, text and small vingettes;
21pp, thin 8vo; edition of 199, printed on Curtis Rag paper; blue cloth
boards with pictorial embossed boards with title in gold lettering on
front board; a little rubbing to corners otherwise in good condition.
$150

210) RIVERS, Larry Art and the Artist Marlborough Gallery,
N.Y. 1993 Signed by Larry Rivers on title page; 43 colored plates of
the paintings exhibited at Marlborough Gallery March 3-27, 1993, many are
full page; forward by John Ashbery; 64pp, 9 3/4"x11 3/4"; pictorial paper
covers; as new $50

211) RIVIERE, Henri (JUNVENILE) Farfadets A. Quantin,
Paris 1886. Plates are by Henri Riviere; text in French and by A.
Melandri; profusily illustrated, six double page plates that are not
attached to spine accept from back of each plate; beautiful pictorial
plates with text; each plate colored in reddish, blue, or brown ink; 36pp,
8x10"; pictured boards have lots of rubbing and aging; new spine; browning
to paper; plates are in fine condition considering the typical aging of
smooth paper used at the time; a lovely Bonnardish mixture of text and
pictures. $400

212) ROBINSON, Alan James (POE, Edgar Allan) Black Cat Cheloniidae
Press, Mass. 1984. Wood engravings (11) by Alan James Robinson;
printed by Harold McGrath; #127 of the 250 copies; signed by artist;
black hand-made paper wrappers; with prospectus; in excellent condition.
$400

213) ROBINSON, Alan James (POE) The Raven Cheloniidae Press,
Mass 1986. A Deluxe edition of Edgar Allan Poe, 50 copies with an
additional suite of all prints (each signed) in a chemise in a tray-case
bound in quater-leather by C. Cohen, 91/2 x 61/2"; prospectus and a hand
signed letter by Robinson enclosed. $575

214) ROBINSON, Alan James (LAWRENCE) Tortoises Cheloniidae
Press, Mass. 1983. Signed by Robinson and the printer Harold McGrath;
text by D.H. Lawrence with 6 of his poems, 8 wood engravings; 64 pp, in an
edition of 200; quarter vellum binding and tan paper over boards by
Parrot. $325

215) ROBINSON, Alan James (TWAIN) The Jumping Frog Cheloniidae
Press, Easthampton1985. Alan James Robinson illustrated the book with 15
wood engraving; 81/2x51/2; 64 pp; hand sown into illustrated olive
wrappers; limited to 325 ( this #114) signed by the printer Harold McGrath
and artist; as new. $225

216) ROESCH, Kurt Love Poems Golden Eagle Press, M. Vernon, N.Y.
1948. Ten drawing in blue by Kurt Roesch; 1st edition; poems by the
17th century British poet Richard Lovelace ( covering his famous poems
LUCASTA ET CETERA ); limited to 1,960 copies; small book 5x9", 23pp;
embossed picture on front boards, tan paper cover hard boards; on Enfield
paper, in good condition; a beautiful book with Roesch's drawings.
$350

217) ROSENTHAL, Mark Artists at Gemini G.E.L. Abrams, N.Y. 1992.
Twenty-fifth anniversary issue of the work produced by the Los Angeles
press. Signed by seven of the fifteen artist represented in the book and
the photographer Sidney Felsen on Nov 16, 1993 at a book signing. Artist
that signed: Rauschenberg, Ellsworth Kelly, Malcolm Morley, Jasper Johns,
Mark di Suvero, Jonathan Borofsky and Lichtenstein. In excellent
condition.. $450

218) ROTHENSTEIN, Will Six Portraits of Sir R. Tagore MacMillan &
Co., London 1915. Inscribed by Rothenstein to Lennox Robinson on front
end paper; six 11x15" pictures of Tagore; prefactory note by Max Beerbohm;
rubbing to tan cloth spine & corners; browning to paper boards; mylar
jacket; in good condition. $400

219) ROTHENSTEIN, Will Oxford Characters R.H. Russell &
Son, N.Y. 1896 Twenty -four lithographs in b&w; # 37 of 50 for America
signed by R.H. Russell ( total 200 for England & America); with text by
F.Y. Powell & others; 12x18"; some foxing to endpapers; rubbing to edges &
browning to tan cloth boards otherwise in good condition.
$500

220) ROUAULT, George. La Politique Coloniale Du Pere Ubu.
Georges Cres , Paris & Zurich. 1919. With a b&w woodcut on the cover and
the frontispiece; copyright by Ambroise Vollard; 29pp, paper wrappers,
small vol. 6'x9.5" ; 2 nd Edition written on top of front paper board.
$150

221) ROUAULT, George. Carnets De Gilbert. NRF, Paris 1931. Text
by Marcel Arland; Rouault did one original lithograph, signed in ink in
the margin (frontispiece), & 8 original soft ground etchings (5 full-page
in color); small 4to, 59 (7) pp.; original boards ; this is #132 of 180
numbered copies on velin D'Arches, from a 260 copies in all; original
spine, lettering, and paper boards in tacked with a small repair to
spine; entire book in excellent condition.
"The single black lithograph and the etching on the title-page
demonstrates Rouault's mastery of black as a positive color value"(The
Artist and the Book 269); The full-page color etchings are especially
lush. Skira 314; Rauch 151,; Stern 98; Wheeler p. 109
$3,000

222) ROWLANDSON, Thomas Medical Caricatures Medicina Rara, N.Y.
1971. Foreword by Morris H. Saffron; 12 color reproductions; folio, text
and plates (each matted) loose in cloth folding case, as issued; limited
edition LXXII of 300 Roman numbered copies with a double suite of plates
of a total edition of 2800 $200

223) SAMARAS, Lucas Samaras Album Whitney & Pace Ed., N.Y.1971
First edition; hundreds of reproductions of "autopolaroids", many in
color; 4to. 12 x 9 1/2 printed cloth; 104 pp.; edition of 2,000; mint
condition. $400

224) SENDAK, Maurice (JUNVENILE) Outside Over There Harper &
Row, N.Y. 1981 Signed by the author on bookplate; oblong quarto; few small
tears to edges of dust wrapper; red cloth boards & interior in excellent
condition. $100

225) SHAKESPEARE Complete Series of Plays Limited Editions
Club 1939 All of the Shakespeares plays produced by Bruce Rogers with the
most renowned artist of the time; conditions vary but each are sold
individually; price vary according to condition and the artist.
$20- $100

226) SMITH, F. Hopkinson American Illustrators C. Schribner, N.Y.
1892. Nine plates of the originally 15; large loose folio; 68 pp of text
by F. H. Smith; artists: color plates -Reinhart, A.B. Frost, Smedley, C.
D. Gibson, W.H. Low, K. Cox, Zogbaum, Kingsley and a Heliotype by Winslow
Homer. $900

227) SOLOMON, Bernard A. Zaddick Christ (Suite of Wood Engravings) Attic
Press, South Carolina 1973. Deluxe edition signed by the artist; #77 of a
1,000 edition; text opposite 18 full page b&w wood engravings -10x131/4";
white cloth spine and blue cloth boards in good condition; pictured
parchment wrappers have lots of tears and about 1/4 of back wrapper is
gone; interior is excellent condition. $250

228) STEINBECK, John Red Pony Viking Press, N.Y. 1945 First
illustrated edition by Wesley Dennis; 131 pp; original tan coarse clothe
boards; a very small tear to top of spine; original pictured slip case
corners have tears and spotting; boards and interior in very good
condition. $50

229) STRAND, Mark The Famous Scene Logan Elm Press & Papermill, Ohio1988.
This folio is one of a continuing series of keepsakes produced at the
Press, each of which contains a short text and a portrait of the author;
frontispiece is a signed four-color woodcut by Sidney Chafetz; ed. of 100
signed by author and artist; paper of cotton, linen and abaca fibers.
$125

230) THIEBAUD, Wayne Yosemite and the Mariposa Grove: A preliminary
report, 1865 Yosemite Association, CA 1993 First Edition. xx,
33pp;5 1/4x9 1/4''. Gray paper covers boards with an olive cloth spine.
One of 100 copies (this is #92) signed by Wayne Thiebaud and Victoria Post
Ranney (Ass. Editor). Thiebaud did 3 (one in gray, black & orange)
drawings reproduced especially for this book. $475

231) TREMBECKI, Stanislas Sophiowka, Poeme Polonais
Anton Strauss, Vienna 1815. Six beautiful aquatint plates
printed in sanguine; stipple-engraved portrait of the translator, the Come
de Lagarde; Polish text, followed by French translation and commentary;
4to, contemporary 1/2 calf, loose in binding; scattered foxing and minor
stains; old stamps on title otherwise in good condition. $475

232) VAN DORN, Marion Vathek Nonesuch Press; England.1929.
Illustrated by Marion V. Dorn; text by William Beckford; Curwen Press;
edition of 1050 ( this is #226); wear to edges and spine is missing
letters; body in good condition. $75

233) WALTON, Izaak (GORSLINE) Compleat Angler
Limited Editions Club, N.Y. 1948 Illustrated & signed by Douglas W.
Gorsline; 316pp, paper covers hard boards; no dj, with prospectus; spine
is browned & cracked from sun, interior in good condition. $60

234) WARNE Picture Natural History - Fish, Insects & Reptiles.
Frederiack Warne, London 1890c. Printed in Kronheim's oil colorers (225
plates)128pp; small brown cloth pictured boards 41/2 x 6"; National
Nursery Library edition; tears, browning & foxing to pages; the plates are
still beautifully colored and worth seeing. A lovely bookplates
inscribed as follows: Moulin School Board. Awarded to (written in hand)
Helen Ann Finlay, For Deiligience & Progress . During session 1891-92.
(Signed in hand ) Alex Robertson. Head Master. 30th June, 1892
$50

235) WATTS, Isaac Divine and Moral Songs Hurd & Houghton, N.Y. 1866
Over 100 engravings, many full pages ( with poetry on the plates) &
vignettes; some of the artist that contributed original work: Kennedy,
W.J. Allen, W. Small, Hugh Cameron, T. Kennedy; small ocatavo; 116 pps;
beautiful lettering & vignette stenciling on full tan leather boards;
raised bands on nicely repaired spine; few marks on end papers otherwise
in good condition. $300

236) WEBB, Clifford Ana The Runner The Golden Cockerel Press 1937.
Engraving by Clifford Webb; inscribed by the author Patrick Miller "via
Maggie to Enid, Remembering your que deune in New York. Christmas:1938";
this is the unlimited edition; jacket has some tears; boards and spine
have normal aging. $100

237) WEBER, Max Max Weber Downtown Gallery, N.Y. 1930 Text by
Loger Cahill; #95 of a 250 edition; a signed frontispiece lithograph by
Weber; 32 reproductions; med. folio; dark brown cloth boards has a small
rub across it; spine ends rubbed; tissue guards; book in good condition.
$700

238) WEBER, Max Max Weber Exhibition New Art Circle, N.Y.
1927 Inscribed by Weber on front of catalogue- "With compliments and
best wishes from your friend- Max Weber"; 16pp, 13 b&w plates, 8vo;
pictured paper wrappers, some rubbing to front & back wrappers otherwise
in good condition $100

239) WEGENER, Gerda & Eric ALLATINI Contes de Mon Pere Le Jars
Lucien de Matteis of Paris 1919.Illustrated by Gerda Wegener; limited to
650 ( this copy is #197); beautiful tipped in plates; with leather spine
and corners in good condition. $225

240) WEHR, Julian (LAURENT, Lise) Blanche Neige (Snow White)
J. Barbe Editeur; Lyon, Paris 1948 Illustrated by Julian Wehr; text by
Lise Laurent in French; five of the colored illustration have moving
parts with a sliding handle; parts of dust jacket have small tears on back
otherwise book is in good condition. $90
WELLS, Margaret Wood Engravings Fleece Press, West Yorkshire
1985 Fifteen b&w wood engravings by Wells; 200 copies on dampened
Arches paper by Simon Lawrence; 7"x11", 15 pp; yellow cloth boards and
spine; no d/j; small wood engraved label on front boards; paper lettering
label on spine; mint condition. $100

242) WEST, Michael ( E. PAUL ) Clair De Lune Brentano's,
New York 1918. Illustrated by Evelyn Paul; published around 1918 by
Cheylesmore press; academic rebinding in brown ; colored laid in plates;
body of book in good condition. $125

243) WHISTLER, James A.M. Swan and Iris Fine Art Society,
London 1883. An original etching (paper size 7 x 9"- image size 4X7")
by Whistler with full margins bound into CEIL LAWSON A MEMOIR by Edmund
Gosse; (K.241) 2 large etchings by H. Herkomer (14X18") & tipped in
woodcuts by Lawson within the text; large folio 15X19"; cover boards are
scuffed, soiled & stained; interior in good condition.
$1,000

244) WILSON, Edward Full and by Being Doubleday & Page, N.Y.1925
First edition; #58 of a 200 edition;154 pp.; one colored fold out page is
signed by Wilson; most of the full pp. are in color in this deluxe issue
on rag wove paper; also signed by Don Marquis, Christ. Morley, Cameron
Rogers, & E. Wilson in colophon.; in original repaired box; 1/4 of spine
is missing & repaired; interior is in good condition. $500

245) WILSON, Joyce Lancaster The Ark of Noah Tuscany Alley, S.F.
1975 Signed by the artist and writer Joyce L. Wilson; hand bound with
paper wrappers in a 300 edition; printed by Adrian Wilson; 10 colored wood
engraving inspired by the 15th century woodcuts, 6 of which are full page;
10" x 12.5", 9 pages of text; with prospectus; in excellent condition.
$50

246) WILSON, Claggett War Paintings of Claggett Wilson J.H. Sears
& Co., N.Y. 1928. Twenty-four brightly colored plates (12 1/4 x10 1/2")
printed in France; 1st edition; appreciations by H. McBride Alex.
Woollcott; actual size of tan cloth boards and pages 16x141/2"; rubbing to
extremities. & endpps.; all plates are in excellent condition except one
that has corners torn; disturbing & haunting images of W War I; a very
scarce book.
Preface by Alexander Woolcotts and Henry McBride. Wilson was a young
instructor in painting at Columbia University during 1917. As a French
interpreter during the War he was in the trenches and painted these for
the war Dept. and exhibited his work in Europe and America.
$1,500

247) WYANT, Alexander H. (Clark) Sixty Paintings by A. H. Wyant
Privately Printed, N.Y.
1920 Desribed by Eliot Clark for the AMERICAN ARTIST SERIES; 145pp,
7.5"x10.5"; limited to 250 copies on Dutch hand-made paper; printed by
Frederiv Fiarchild Sherman; 60 b&w plates with tissue guards; brown cloth
spine with brown paper over boards; some rubbing to edges of boards and
spine otherwise in good condition. $100

248) WYETH, N.C. (STEVENSON) Treasure Island Charles
Scribner's Sons, N.Y. 1911 Published Sept. 1911; illustrated by N.C.
Wyeth; small rubbing to corners of cloth boards; pictorial label on front
board and interior in good condition. $175

249) ZADKINE, Ossip. Lespuge. Chez Marcel Sautier, Paris. 1966.
Signed by both the poet Robert Ganzo and artist Ossip Zadkine; edited by
Marcel Sautier (Strachan 218); illustrated with 6 original etchings by
Zadkine; small folio, 76pp; limited to 200, with this one of 175 on Grand
Papier d'Auvergne; original wrappers, loose as issued in publisher's
wrappers & slipcase.
In this interesting book Zadkine has been able to achieve the feeling of
monumentality despite the small scale demanded by the page. The artist is
one of many sculptors who has adapted beautifully to illustrating books.
$1,000

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