Reference Books pertaining to Currier & Ives
The following list of Currier & Ives reference books was compiled by noted Currier & Ives dealer and conservator, George Cohenour.
The Currier & Ives Foundation does not sell any of these books and provides this list only for reference purposes. You should contact a Currier & Ives dealer if you are interested in tracking down copies of these works.
This list is presented in chronological order, but may not be complete.
- "Caricatures Pertaining to the Civil War - Reproduced from a private collection of originals designed for Currier & Ives, New York. Published by them in sheets from 1856 to 1872 and now published for the first time in book form"
- Wright & Swasey
Limited Edition of 150
Published Dec. 1892 by Wright Gravure Co. New York
Bound in Morocco with marble endsheets Sold by subscription
- "American Caricatures Pertaining to the Civil War -Reproduced from a private collection
of originals which were published in sheets from 1856 to 1872"
- Second Edition: Limited by Chas. A. G. Swasey New Bedford, Mass
Printed circa 1892
- "American Caricatures Pertaining to the Civil War - Reproduced from the original lithographs published from 1856 to 1872"
- Published byBretano's
New York 1918
- "Lithographs of N. Currier and Currier And Ives"
- by Warren A. Weaver
1925 Holport Pub.
- "Selections of Lithographs Pub. by Currier & Ives N.Y. 1825-1866"
- by William Abbatt
1929 (limited edition of 200 copies)
- "Currier & Ives - Printmakers to the American People" Vol. I
- by Harry T. Peters
1929 Doubleday, Doran & Co.Inc.
(limited edition of 501 copies)
1976 Arno (reprint)
- "Clipper Ship Prints by Currier & Ives"
- compiled by Fred J. Peters
1930 Antique Bulletin Pub. Co.
(limited edition of 500 copies) (library edition)
- "Railroad-Indian and Pioneer Prints By Currier & Ives"
- compiled by Fred J. Peters
1930 Antique Bulletin Pub. Co.
(limited edition of 500 copies) (library edition)
- "Sporting Prints by Currier & Ives"
- compiled by Fred J. Peters
1930 Antique Bulletin Pub. Co.
(limited edition of 750 copies)
- "Mr. Currier & Mr. Ives: A Note on Their Lives And Times"
- by Russel Crouse
1930 Doubleday, Doran & Co.
(deluxe limited edition of 301 signed copies)
(1st edition) (regular edition)
1936 Garden City Pub. (reprint)
- "An Alphabetical List of 5735 Titles of N. Currier and Currier & Ives Prints, with Dates of Publication, Sizes and Recent Auction Prices"
- by Frederic A. Conningham
1930 privately printed (limited edition of 1001 copies)
- "The Spirit of America"
- Intro by W.S. Hall
1930 London: Studio Limited
- "Clipper Ships"
- by Felix Riesenburg
1930 London: Studio Limited
- "The Red Indian"
- Intro by W.S. Hall
1931 London: Studio Limited
- "Currier & Ives Printmakers to the American People - A Catalogue of an Exhibition Held at the New York Public Library with an introduction by Harry T. Peters"
- 1931 New York Public Library
- "Currier & Ives - A Manual For Collectors"
- by Jane Cooper Bland
1931 Doubleday, Doran & Co.
- "Currier & Ives - Printmakers to the American People" Vol II
- by Harry T. Peters
1931 Doubleday, Doran & Co. (limited edition of 501 copies)
1976 Arno (reprint)
- "America On Stone"
- by Harry T. Peters
1931 Doubleday, Doran & Co. (limited edition of 751 copies)
1976 Arno (reprint)
- "Best Fifty Currier & Ives, Lithographs, Large Folio"
- by The Old Print Shop, etc. harry Shaw Newman
1933 national Process Co. (hard and soft cover editions)
- "Early Steamships"
- by Felix Riesenburg
1933 London: Studio Limited
- "Best Fifty Currier & Ives, Lithographs, Small Folio"
- by The Old Print Shop, etc. Harry Shaw Newman
1934 National Press Co. (hard and soft cover editions)
- "California On Stone"
- by Harry T. Peters
1935 Doubleday, Doran & Co. (limited edition of 501)
1976 Arno (reprint)
- "Currier & Ives Printmakers to the American People"
- by Harry T. Peters
1942 Doubleday, Doran & Co. (1st edition) (trade edition)
- "Price Guide to 5000 Currier & Ives Prints"
- by Edwin G. Warmam
1949 Edwin G. Warmam Publishing Co.
- "Currier & Ives Prints - An Illustrated Checklist"
- by Frederic A. Conningham
1949 Crown Pub.
1970, 1983 (reprints)
- "Currier & Ives - The American Arts Library"
- by Conningham
1950 World Pub. Co. (special edition of 950 copies)
(1st edition)
- "Currier & Ives America"
- edited by Colin Simklin
1952 Crown Pub.
- "Currier & Ives Treasury"
- edited by Colin Simklin
1955 Crown Pub.
- "Currier and Ives * Civil War / A Picture History in 48 hand colored C&I Prints"
- by Jack Brussel
1960
- "Currier & Ives Pictorial History of American Battle Scenes"
- by Dr. G.L. Freeman
1961 Century House
- "Prints on Pushcarts: The Dance Lithographers of Currier & Ives"
- by Lillian C. Moore
1962 Dance Perspectives
- "The American Card Catalog"
- 1967 Nostalgia Press Co.
- "The World of Currier & Ives"
- by King & Davis
1968 Random House (1st edition)
1987 Bonanza (reprint)
- "Currier & Ives Chronicals of America"
- by John Lowell Pratt
1968 Hammond Inc.
(deluxe edition of 450)(limited edition of 2000) (classic edition) (first edition) (trade edition)
1974 Promontory Press (reprinted)
1981 Crown Pub. (reprinted)
- "Currier & Ives Prints: A Checklist of Unrecorded Prints Produced by Currier & Ives, N. Currier and C. Currier"
- by Jacques Schurre
1970 privately printed
1976 second pub.
1984 third pub.
- "Currier & Ives" Christmas In The Country"
- edited by Margery Darrell
1974 Pyne Press
- "Old American Prints for Collectors"
- by John and Katherine Ebert
1974 Charles Scribner & Sons
- "A Guide to Collecting CURRIER & IVES"
- by Ewell L. Newman & Ladd MacMaillan
1975 Pyramid Communications Inc.
- "Fourth Print Price Guide: A Checklist and Price Guide to N. Currier, Currier & Ives and Currier and Ives Reproductions"
- by Edwin G. Warmam
1976 E.G. Warmam Publishing Inc.
- "Currier & Ives Print Portfolio Series: The West"
- introduction by H.J. Swinney
1976 Hammond Inc.
- "Currier & Ives Print Portfolio Series: Sailing Ships"
- introduction by Waldo C.M. Johnson
1976 Hammond Inc.
- "Currier & Ives Print Portfolio Series: Sports"
- introduction by Red Smith
1976 Hammond Inc.
- "Currier & Ives Print Portfolio Series: Hunting & Fishing"
- introduction by H.J. Swinney
1976 Hammond Inc.
- "Currier & Ives Print Portfolio Series: Fire Fighting & Fires"
- introduction by A.K. Baragwanath
1976 Hammond Inc.
- "Currier & Ives Print Portfolio Series: The Country Year"
- introduction by Samuel R. Ogden
1976 Hammond Inc.
- "50 Currier & Ives Favorites"
- with text and commentaries by Albert K. Baragwanath
1978 Crown Pub.
- "100 Currier & Ives Favorites"
- by Albert K. Baragwanath
1979 Crown Pub.
- "The Great Book of Currier & Ives"
- by Walton Rawls
1979 Abbeville Press (3000 numbered & signed 1st editions)
(regular edition)
1986 (reprinted)
- "Collector Prints Old and New"
- by Carl F. Luckey
1982 Books Americana Inc.
- "Currier & Ives Navy" Lithogrpahs from Beverly R. Robinson Collection"
- 1983 U.S. Naval Academy Museum (500 hard cover & 2500 soft cover)
- "Currier & Ives Trotting - A Pageant of Horse Prints"
- edited by Evelyn & Lawerance Slobody
1984 Benson Press (limited edition of 2500)
- "Currier & Ives" A Catalogue Raisonne"
- intro by Bernard F. Reilly Jr.
1984 compiled and published by Gale Research Company
- "Currier & ives Postcard Folio"
- 1987 Running Press Book Pub.
- "Currier & Ives / An Illustrated Value Guide"
- by Craig McClain
1987 Wallace-Homestead Book Company
- "Currier & Ives Trade Card Checklist"
- compiled by Ron Schieber
1988 (revised summer 1995) privately printed
- "Currier's Price Guide to CURRIER & IVES PRINTS"
- text by Robert Kipp
1989 Currier Publications (1st edition)(prices edited by Robert Kipp & Robert Wieland)
1991 (2nd edition)(prices edited by Robert Kipp, Robert Wieland, John Rudisill, and Robert Searjeant)
1994 (3rd edition)(prices edited by Robert Kipp, Robert Wieland, John Rudisill, Robert Searjeant, and Bob Bascom)
- "Currier & Ives / The New Best 50"
- edited by Marshall R. Berkoff
1991 privately printed by American Historical Print Collectors Society
(limited edition of 2000)
- "Currier and Ives / The Irish and America"
- by Kevin O'Rourke
1995 Harry N. Abrams Inc.
- Currier & Ives: Portraits of A Nation
- by Alexandra Bonfante-Warren
1998 Michael Friedman Publishing Group
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