Books and Manuscripts

1. Original Engraved Woodblock
Engraved woodblock by Cole of El Greco's Coronation of the Virgin, ca. 1903. Woodblock cut in three pieces, together measuring 8 x 8 in. (203 x 203 mm). Inscribed by Cole on verso of second largest block, "Pour le sujet de Greco/La Couronnement de la Virge/grandeur de bois/Timoteo Cole"; in morocco and cloth fall-down-back box.

2. Old Dutch and Flemish Masters
New York: The Century Co., 1895. First and limited edition, #5/45 copies, signed by printer J.C. Bauer, and printed on hand-made paper at the De Vinne Press. 4to. x, (ii), 192 pp. With critical notes by John C. Van Dyke, and comments by Bauer. Profusely illustrated with engravings on Japan silk paper. Original three-quarter white cloth over paper-covered boards, paper spine label, boards toned; top edge trimmed, other edges untrimmed; in original box, worn, some panels perished.

3. Old English Masters
(New York: The Century Co., 1902). First and limited edition, one of 150 copies on Japan silk paper. In two (of three) volumes; lacking text volume. Folio. Illustrated with 48 Japan proof engraved plates, each signed by Cole and printer J.C. Bauer in pencil; each with printed tissue guard. Original full tan cloth portfolio, stamped in gilt, scattered wear and soiling.

4. Old Spanish Masters
New York: The Century Co., 1907. First and limited edition, #83/100 copies signed by printer J.C. Bauer and printed on hand-made paper at the De Vinne Press. 4to. ix, (i), 175 pp. With historical notes by Charles H. Caffin, and comments by Bauer. Original three-quarter white cloth over paper-covered boards; top edge trimmed, other edges untrimmed; in original box, worn, some panels perished.

5. Cole, Timothy
Considerations on Engraving
New York: William Edwin Rudge, 1921. First edition. 8vo. (i), 15 pp. Illustrated with tipped-in frontispiece, signed by Cole in pencil. Three-quarter blue morocco over marbled paper-covered boards, stamped in gilt; top edge gilt, other edges trimmed; matching marbled endpapers.

6. Cole, Timothy
Art by the Way
New York: William Edwin Rudge, 1925. First and limited edition, one of 750 copies printed. 8vo. 36 pp. Illustrated with engraved frontispiece, signed by Cole in pencil. Original quarter beige cloth over red paper-covered boards; in original orange dust-jacket; scattered wear to boards and jacket; all edges trimmed.

From the library of bibliophile and long-standing Grolier Club member David Allen Fraser (1911-2003).