Artbooks from Rare Books Honolulu

Paris: Chez l'auteur-Rue & Hotel Serpente & Cuchet-Librrairie meme maison. & Prault, Imprimeur du Roi, 1789. 2nd, revised edition. Leatherbound Hardcover. very good/no dj as issued. Publisher: Chez l'auteur-Rue & Hotel Serpente & Cuchet-Librrairie meme maison. & Prault, Imprimeur du Roi, à Paris 1789, 2 volumes, 8to (12,5x20cm), custom-binding, signed F. Bedford. --- Second, revised edition, the first… Read more about this item

Laie, Hawaii: Institute for Polynesian Studies, 1984. 1st edition. Hardcover. very good/very good. Very scarce book about little known Hawaiian art. --- Institute for Polynesian Studies, Laie, Hawaii, funded by the Polynesian Cultural Center, Brigham Young University, Hawaii Campus, Laie, 1984, hardcover with dj, 185pp., including 32 pages of photos and drawings. (Etching on the front cover… Read more about this item

San Francisco: Last Gasp, 2017. !st edition. Hardcover. NEW, still in shrink wrap/no dj as issued. NEW, still in shrink wrap! Last Gasp, 2017, hardcover, 11 x 9.5 inches. -- The Art of Tiki was published in conjunction with the 20th Anniversary Tiki Art Exhibition at La luz de Jesus Gallery in Los Angeles in 2017. The Art… Read more about this item

Stuttgart: Hatje for Arts, Inc, 1964. 1st US edition. Hardcover. very good or better.. Hap Grieshaber. Woodcuts, Grieshaber, Hap, Arts, Inc., 1964. Text in English ---- Illustrated from the woodcuts (some folding and/or in color) of Grieshaber with 13 prints from the original blocks. With text booklet in wrappers including an introduction by Margot Fuerst, a list of… Read more about this item

Paris: Chez L'éditeur, Boulevard Montmartre No. 1, 1927. 1st. edition. Half morocco over marbled boards. very good/no dj as issued. Paris, Chez L'éditeur, Boulevard Montmartre No. 1.1927, First edition. Folio (13 1/8 x 9 1/2 inches; 33 x 24 cm.). Letterpress half-title, letterpress title. List of plates. .Complete with all seventy full page hand-colored plates engraved by Georges-Jacques… Read more about this item

Kyoto: Geisodo, 1905. 1st edition. Japanese limp boards. very good. Kyoto, Geisodo, Meiji 38 [1905]. Folio 12 x 8.25 inches (30.8 x 21.1 cm). Limp boards with handwritten title. Three pages with text and a total of 86 incredible fresh looking color woodcuts. 4° (308 x 210 mm). Japanese wrappers. with cord binding and cover title (a bit… Read more about this item

Paris: Librairie Hachette et Cie, 1869. Gustave Doré,  Cervantes: The Ingenious Hidalgo Don Quixote of La Mancha. Paris, Librairie Hachette et Cie, 1869. IN FRENCH.  2 volumes in folio (15" x 11.5" x 4", 38x29 cm, weight: 20lbs): XXIV-586pp. +   636pp                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             -- With 370 illustrations by Gustave Doré engraved on wood by H. Pisan. Translation by Louis Viardot. The… Read more about this item

New York: Privately printed for the Pierre Louÿs Society, 1927. One of only 10 with original drawing by Clara Tice. Hardcover. Clara Tive. Privately printed for the Pierre Louÿs Society, 1927. [New York?:] Privately printed for the Pierre Louÿs Society, 1927, 270 pages. No 6 of only 10 special copies with a signed original drawing on the half-title page.… Read more about this item

New York: The Frick Art Reference Library, 1949. Hardcover. Fine/no dj as issued. Designed by Bruce Rogers. Rare and beautiful illustrated catalogues of prints collected by Henry Clay Frick, one of only 175 copies. From the estate of printer/publisher David Way. For sale in this listing are:  Vol 2 plates I - LXVIII and vol. 3 plates… Read more about this item

Paris: Ambroise Vollard, 1923. 1st. edition. wrappers. near fine/no dj as issued. Jean Puy. Ambroise Vollard, 1923,  [2], 126, [8] pp. Extraordinary and delirious illustration by Jean Puy, including 8 original etchings and 1 original lithograph. 100 drawings in black in-text or full-page, one on the cover. 15x11" (38.3x28 cm), self-wrappers with printed French-fold jacket, with additional plain… Read more about this item

New York: Thistle Press, 1955. New old stock from the estate of Thistle Press publisher David Way, in 'LIKE NEW' condition. portfolio in wrappers. Fine. New York, Thistle Press, 1955, Loose plates in printed wrapper Thistle Press, 1955, portfolio, with 8 prints each, each print 17 x 11.5 inches, printed on light cream moulded paper imported from… Read more about this item

London/New York: J.M. Dent/G. P. Putnam's, 1902. Facsimile reproduction of the 1825 original edition. good - very good/no dj as issued. J.M. Dent/G. P. Putnam's, 1902, 15.5' x 11'. Green wraps with facsimile label. 21 plates No text in this volume, only the 21 high-quality plates. Small part of of bottom right corner of cover missing (see photo).… Read more about this item

London: William Bulmer and Co. Shakespeare Press, 1814. London, , 1814, Leatherbound hardcover London, William Bulmer and Co. Shakespeare Press. For Messrs. Colnaghi and Co, 1814. First Edition. 36.5 x 26.5 cm. Frontispiece, Decorated Title Page, Title Page, Engraved Dedication Page, viii [Preface], (2) [subscribers list). (60) unpaginated, colored Plates with text description pages, (1) directions to the… Read more about this item

Leiden. Tokyo, New York: The National Museum of Ethnology, Kodansha, Johnson, 1978. Limited Edition of 300. Philipp Franz von Siebold's Ukiyo-E Collection. Vol. I - III The National Museum of Ethnology, Leiden. 580 full page color plates of Japanese prints with captions in English and Japanese. in original linen box in original packaging. One of 300 copies of… Read more about this item

New York: October House, 1967. 1st edition. Hardcover. Like NEW/Like NEW. -- LIKE NEW! NEW OLD STOCK FROM THE ESTATE OF THE PUBLISHER! October House, 1967. First edition. Hardcover. Quarto. Original beige wrappers over green paper-covered boards with black lettering on spine. Photographers included are Bruce Davidson, Robert Frank, Lee Friedlander, Ralph Gibson, Warren Hill, Rudolph Janu Simpson… Read more about this item

Pesaro: Printed By In Aedibus Gavelliis, Sumtibus Academiae Pisaurensis, 1743. 1st edition. Leatherbound. Lucernae fictiles musei Passerii. ("The ceramic lanterns of the Passerii Museum") Pesaro, In Aedibus Gavelliis, 1739-1743, 2 vols. (of 3), (16),XXVIII,92; (10),XII,73p., 2 identical. engraved title-vignettes, portrait, 211 full-page engravings with blank versos. First title in red and black; second title only in black, both with… Read more about this item

London: Unit Editions, 2024. 1st edition, limited to 1000. Hardcover. North: Extracts from visual identities is a unique publication documenting the output of one of the UK's most singular design studios. Unit Editions, 2024, Limited edition of 1000. Size: 300 x 230mm Pages: 308 pages Format: Case bound Printing/binding: Four-colour process including two Pantones (PMS 871 Gold… Read more about this item

Honolulu, HI: The John Young Foundation in Association with the Univeristy of Hawaii, 2000. 1st edition. Hardcover. very good+/no dj as issued. 11 x 11", 159 pages, cloth-binding, no dj as issued. Tight binding, pages and cover clean, very good +. Ships from Hawaii.

Zurich, Switzerland: Scheidegger & Spiess, 2010. 4 hardcover in slipcase. NEW/no dj's as issued. Scheidegger & Spiess, 2010. IN GERMAN. Editor/Hg. Hans Delfs. Four hardcover books in printed slipcase, 17 x 24 cm each, 2360 pages, with 13 color and 203 b/w illustrations, register volume includes around 30,000 references Ships from Hawaii. Throughout his life, Kirchner corresponded… Read more about this item

London: Unit Editions, 2023. 2nd edition, limited to 500 copies. Hardcover. NEW/NEW. Design: Spin. NEW. Unit Editions, 2023, second edition, limited to 500 copies (sold out at publisher Size: 280 x 250mm (11.5x10x1.6") Pages: 504 pages, weight almost 6lb Format: Hardback Printing: Fluorescent yellow cover with foiled type, three special colour wrap, 480pp CMYK + 24pp 5/5 with… Read more about this item