1973. Ephemera. Wonderful handmade book on the reaction of the public to the 1973 opening of the Sears Tower in Chicago. Hand-drawn illustrations and handwritten captions, all done by one anonymous, clearly talented artist/author, who seemed to exactly capture the times in his simple narrative. Very clean and crisp, with..... More
1839-1840. Full leather. Beautiful 1839-1840 handwriten album, with 22 hand-colored drawings of birds and flowers and 4 pencil drawings. On the one hand this is a commonplace book filled with Victorial poetry and prose, illustrated in vivid color. On the other hand, it's a bridge to the future of photographic..... More
Handmade Binding. Charming, skillfully-rendered 1945 handmade book of the costume and set designs for Pushkin's Eugene Onegin. The artist/bookmaker is uncredited but clearly shows much skill in his/her illustrations and composition. 33 nicely-rendered, hand-drawn costume designs, each in vivid color, with hand-lettered character names as captions. Hand-bound in a make-shift..... More
