Art Press & Illustrated Books

Cheloniidae: Sea Turtles

The Richard Lee Callaway Collection of Alan James Robinson & the Cheloniidae Press   The collection of the …

Grapefruit: Yoko Ono’s Guide to Living Art

Visionary Yoko Ono created “event scores” as a way to encourage people to find art and beauty in their q…

Nahui Olin: Muse & Maker

Nahui Olin, the pseudonym of Carmen Mondragón, was a Mexican Surrealist active in the 1920s and ’30s. She hail…

A Personal Collection of Bernhardt Wall Books

Bernhardt Wall was an American illustrator active in the first half of the twentieth century. A selection of fine, e…

Art Press & Illustrated Books

A Bright Light at a Dark Time: The WPA Handicraft Project

One unusual piece in our December 2016 auction of Art, Press & Illustrated Books was a six-volume folio of texti…

Art Press & Illustrated Books

Le Corbusier’s Color Theory Sample Book

Before the holidays drive you up a wall, let an unusual piece in our December 1, 2016 sale of Art, Press & Illus…

Art Press & Illustrated Books

Leather Bindings, Decorative Dust Jackets and Beyond

While the old adage tells us that we certainly shouldn’t judge a book by its cover, it’s hard to ignore …

Collectors on Collecting: Sam Speigel on Collecting Edward Gorey

On May 7, 2014 Swann will auction The Edward Gorey Collection of Samuel Speigel, and the catalogue for that sale ope…

Art Press & Illustrated Books

The Glory of Gorey: Swann to Offer the Sam Speigel Collection

On May 7, 2014, Swann will auction one of the top private collections of Edward Gorey books, illustrations and ephem…

Christine von der Linn on Irving Oaklander

Thursday, May 9th, our sale of Art, Press & Illustrated Books will feature the inventory of the late Irving Oakl…

19th & 20th Century Literature

Penises and Pompadours: The Erotic Art of Franz von Bayros

Decadent! Erotic! Phantasmagoric! Fin-de-siècle grotesqueries! Gents and ladies disporting themselves, occasionally …

Books Arts or Art Books? Call Them What You Will

Three books by modern artist book master Vincent FitzGerald & Company represent more contemporary arti…