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(Bewick, Thomas) Uglow, Jenny NATURE'S ENGRAVER, A LIFE OF THOMAS BEWICK.
(London) Faber and Faber (2006) 8vo. paper-covered boards, dust jacket xx, 458, (2) pages
Recent biography of the well-known engraver. Illustrated throughout with woodcuts and engravings. Contains lists of workshop apprentices, abbreviations, sources and notes, and a list of illustrations used in this book. Indexed. With the pencil signature of Gavin Bridson. Minor shelfwear.
Price: $ 10.00 other currencies Order nr. 99723

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(Bird & Bull Press) Bates, Wesley W. IN BLACK & WHITE
A wood engraver's odyssey Newtown, PA Bird & Bull Press 2005 8vo. Japanese cloth, cloth-covered slipcase (iv),74, (4)
Limited to an edition on 140 copies, the book is printed on Zerkall moldmade paper. It records in words and art Bates' journey from neophyte to master wood engraver. In addition to wood, Bates' work includes the medium of scraperboards, which produces an image that can appear to be a wood engraving. The process is explained and a comparative example is included. Also included is a fold-out 4-color woodcut print which was made for a book Bird & Bull published in 2001.
The wood engravings of Wesley Bates have reached an international audience. His works are held in collections in his native Canada, the US, Great Britan, Ireland, Australia, Spain and Japan. In 1999, nine of his works were presented to China by the province of Ontario. Beyond his numerous solo and group exhibitions, his pieces have illustrated books for several major publishing houses and fine press publishers.
Price: $ 275.00 other currencies Order nr. 79830

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(Bird & Bull Press) Bregman, Alvan EMBLEMATA
The Emblem Books of Andrea Alciato. A Leaf Book with Eight New Emblems by Henricus de Nova Villa Newtown, PA Bird & Bull Press 2007 8vo. quarter morocco, Japanese cloth sides, cloth slipcase, leather spine label, paper label bearing emblem on top board (vi), 128, (14) pages plus leaf
One of 124 bound thus, of 140 copies, with an original leaf. The original leaves included are taken from the 1589 Paris edition of the Alciato emblem book. From the prospectus: "During the late Renaissance, the most famous professor of law in all of Europe was Andrea Alciato (1492-1550) of Milan. ...Almost accidentally, he was responsible for creating a whole new genre of publication consisting of text and image, known as the emblem book. Alciato's emblems were built upon the Latin epigrams he liked to write as a learned pastime. ...Surprisingly, however, there are few books in English devoted to Alciato or to his emblems. No separate overview of Alciato's life and writing is known. In addition to the history of the emblem books, the author provides much personal information that illuminates the character and personality of Alciato. Alvan Bergman has written an illustrated text on the subject usually directed to scholarly specialist, but he has done so in a way that is engaging and informative to the non-specialist reader. " The eight contemporary emblems are illustrated by Wesley Bates's wood engravings are included as an Appendix.
Price: $ 450.00 other currencies Order nr. 94029

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(Bird & Bull Press) Harris, Elizabeth M. THE ART OF MEDAL ENGRAVING.
Newtown, PA Bird & Bull Press 1991 4to. Japanese cloth with leather spine label. 56 pages.
First edition, limited to 230 numbered copies. Henry Morris printed only 160 copies of this book (Leaf Book - Chalmers 198). With introduction by Henry Morris. Discusses the history and invention of one the lesser-known graphic processes. Includes an original complete folio leaf from Achille Collas' "Tresor de numismatique," which demonstrates the process,95540 and reproductions of medal-engraved American works. Printed on Johannot mouldmade paper. With prospectus loosely inserted.
Price: $ 100.00 other currencies Order nr. 61557

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(Bird & Bull Press) WESLEY W. BATES' COMPLETE WOOD ENGRAVINGS FOR THE FORESTERS.
Large-paper proofs suitable for framing. Newtown, PA Bird & Bull Press 2000 small 4to. plain paper portfolio with title plate to portfolio and individual proofs loosely inserted.
A separate publication of this private press. The wood-engravings by this Canadian artist are quite spectacular.
Price: $ 45.00 other currencies Order nr. 100363

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Bliss, Douglas Percy A HISTORY OF WOOD-ENGRAVING.
London Spring Books (1964) small 4to. cloth, dust jacket. xviii, 263 pages.
Reprint of the 1928 first edition. Excellent history with 120 illustrations. Jacket shows minor rubbing. Ink inscription.
Price: $ 60.00 other currencies Order nr. 3399

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Bliss, Douglas Percy A HISTORY OF WOOD-ENGRAVING.
London Spring Books (1964) small 4to. cloth, dust jacket. xviii, 263 pages.
Reprint of the first edition. Excellent history with 120 illustrations. Jacket worn with tears.
Price: $ 50.00 other currencies Order nr. 29748

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Blum, André LES ORIGINES DU LIVRE À GRAVURES EN FRANCE, LES INCUNABLES TYPOGRAPHIQUES.
Paris et Bruxelles Les Éditions G. Van Oest 1928 4to. later cloth with original stiff paper wrappers bound-in. xi, 99 pages followed by 78 plates.
First edition. A study of the beginning of the engraved book in France. With 177 illustrations. With a bookplate indicating that this book came from the reference library of H.P. Kraus. Covers soiled. Some chipping of edges of preliminary pages.
Price: $ 150.00 other currencies Order nr. 26137

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(Book Club of California) McClintock, Elizabeth CALIFORNIA FLORA
San Francisco Book Club of California 1995 small 4to. stiff paper wrappers which is loosely inserted in a pocket in the left side of the portfolio and with the separate suite of plates inserted in a paper wrapper portfolio which is in turn inserted in the right side of the cloth portfolio, paper spine l (34) pages
One of 40 copies inserted in this specially made portfolio and containing a separate suite of the 13 DePol plates which often have a penciled "D" under the image. The "floral portraits" were printed from John DePol's original wood engravings by the Feathered Serpent Press. In a fashion similar to earlier publications for the Book Club of California, this volume contains twelve sections. Each pair of facing pages contains text on the left describing the properties of the flower illustrated on the right. John DePol's illustrations are typical of his style and show off his ability to balance blackness with movement within each composition. Patterned endpapers. Cover printed in olive, orange and black.
Price: $ 300.00 other currencies Order nr. 93797

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(Bookplates) Allen, Charles Dexter A CLASSIFIED LIST OF EARLY AMERICAN BOOKPLATES WITH A BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE PRINCIPAL STYLES AND NOTES AS TO THE PROMINENT ENGRAVERS.
New York The Grolier Club 1894 tall 12mo. stiff paper wrappers 38 pages with 22 pages of bookplates.
First edition, issued for the club. (Asaf 18; Fuller p.21). Also contains an exhibition catalogue devoted to bookplates issued by the Caxton Club in 1898. Loosely inserted is an invitation to the opening of the exhibition at the Grolier Club and an engraved bookplate extending the invitation. Covers foxed.
Price: $ 35.00 other currencies Order nr. 65108

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(Bookplates) Lee, Brian North THE BOOKPLATES OF ROBERT HANCOCK, JAMES ROSS AND WILLIAM BACHE.
Frederikshavn Exlibristen 1986 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 58 pages.
Limited to 350 numbered copies; this copy out of series. This essay describes the bookplates designed by these three eighteenth century English engravers including detailed information on specific bookplates. Well-illustrated throughout.
Price: $ 25.00 other currencies Order nr. 33638

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(Bookplates) Lee, Brian North THE EX-LIBRIS OF PHILIP HAGREEN.
London The Bookplate Society/Forlaget Exlibristen 1987 4to. stiff paper wrappers. 28 pages.
Trade edition. Limited to 650 numbered copies. This work contains a biographical essay and one-hundred sixty-eight descriptions of Hagreen's bookplates. Well-illustrated with reproductions of the bookplates in different colors.
Price: $ 22.00 other currencies Order nr. 33694

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(Bookplates) Lee, Brian North THE EX-LIBRIS OF PHILIP HAGREEN.
London The Bookplate Society/Forlaget Exlibristen 1987 4to. stiff paper wrappers. 28 pages.
Trade edition. Limited to 650 numbered copies. This work contains a biographical essay and one-hundred sixty-eight descriptions of Hagreen's bookplates. Well-illustrated with reproductions of the bookplates in different colors. Covers soiled and tear in front cover.
Price: $ 25.00 other currencies Order nr. 86957

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(Bookplates) Reisinger, Joseph DIE KUPFERSTECHER DER COSSMANNSCHULE.
Wien Druck und Verlag der Österreichischen Staatsdruckerei 1950 small 4to. paper-covered boards, dust jacket. 135 pages, with 24 additional plates.
First edition. This volume makes the attempt to comment on the creativity of students of Alfred Crossmann, who have themselves matured into genuine masters of the craft, especially in the area of bookplates. The technique of copper engraving is carefully explained. Over 115 samples including twenty-four plates from the workshops of Herbert Toni Schimek, Friedrich Teubel, Rupert Franke and others provide a worthy impression of this intricate art. Jacket chipped with tears.
Price: $ 10.00 other currencies Order nr. 55805

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(Bookplates) Tattersfield, Nigel BOOKPLATES BY BEILBY & BEWICK, A BIOGRAPHICAL DICTIONARY
London and New Castle The British Library and Oak Knoll Press 1999 large 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. 384 pages.
Forty years before the turn of the 18th century, a small, prestigious bookplate workshop was established, the likes of which were never to be seen again after its employment of one man: Thomas Bewick. To this day, the works of the bookplate shop of Beilby & Bewick are highly collectible and valued in the antiques world. This account offers several hundred bookplates engraved on copper and wood, executed and printed in the workshop over a period of 89 years. It is quite the most extensive and thorough study of this subject in its use of primary sources. The author's lively enthusiasm and careful scholarship have combined to produce a valuable and truly pioneering work on a subject clouded by speculation and optimistic attribution until now. Nigel Tattersfield has taken full advantage of the recently-opened archives of Beilby & Bewick to reveal a vast range of work, from banknotes and inscriptions in silver, to the making of type punches and bottle moulds. The workshop's surviving records are unique in their diversity and quantity. In recent years, the records have been used in the study of engraved silver, pottery transfers, and the preparatory studies for Bewick's wood engravings. Bookplates is fully illustrated, with over 300 examples, and its wealth of biographical information on the owners of the bookplates represents an important contribution to the social history of the north of England.
Price: $ 95.00 other currencies Order nr. 54988

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(Bossé, Abraham) Blum, André L' OEUVRES GRAVE D'ABRAHAM BOSSE, "DOCUMENTS D'ART": L'OEUVRE GRAPHIQUE DU XVIIE SIÈCLE.
(Paris) Éditions Albert Morancé (1924) 8vo quarter cloth, paper-covered portfolio with ribbon ties enclosing stiff paper wrappers and 44 loose black and white plates 93+(1) pages
Text in French. Chronological catalogue of illustrations of early 17th century French engraver Abraham Bossé, often satirical portrayals of middle and upper class French life during the reign of Louis XIII. 44 loose black and white plates. Alphabetical index included. Boards of portfolio soiled and dented at edges. Tanning on endpapers and text. Light foxing on wrappers.
Price: $ 45.00 other currencies Order nr. 107334

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Bourcard, Gustave GRAVEURS ET GRAVURES, FRANCE ET ÉTRANGER; ESSAI DE BIBLIOGRAPHIE 1540-1910.
Paris H. Floury 1910 large 8vo. later quarter leather with raised bands, stiff paper wrappers bound-in xiv, (ii), 320, (2) pages
Edition limited to 400 copies, numbered and stamped with the author's signature. Bibiliography of books concerning engraving or engravers. (Bestermann, 2028). With more than 400 entries and a supplemental essay by Bourcard. Bookplate on front pastedown indicates that this book came from the reference library and stock of H. P. Kraus. Binding courtesy of G.E. Stechert & Co. (Alfred Hafner), New York. Spine shows signs of splitting and repair.
Price: $ 225.00 other currencies Order nr. 74640

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Bourcard, Gustave A TRAVERS CINQ SIÈCLES DE GRAVURES, 1350-1903.
Mansfield Centre, CT Martino Publishing 2009 thick 4to. half leather with five raised bands and marbled paper-covered boards, top edge gilt. l, 638, (2) pages.
Reprint of the 1903 edition published in Paris which was printed by the Nantes printer A. Dugas, with his pressmark on the last leaf, in an edition limited to 200 numbered copies. Organized by country and artist, this volume includes biographical information, names of famous works, descriptions, and sale prices. Well indexed. Includes bibliography.
Price: $ 95.00 other currencies Order nr. 103995

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Boutet, Henri LA GRAVURE À L'EAU-FORTE.
Paris Édition de l'Atelier d'Art / Lefranc & Cie (1904) tall 8vo. stiff paper wrappers with modern paper spine label. (vi), 41, (5) pages.
First edition. A manual of etching. Part of a series entitled "Bibliothèque practique des Arts d'Amateurs." With a color illustration of a young lady etching on the front cover. All eight plates are present and loosely inserted in pocket in the back. With the bookplate of Gavin Bridson.
Price: $ 175.00 other currencies Order nr. 98559

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(Bowne & Co.) WOOD ENGRAVING.
(New York) South Street Seaport Museum 1997 16mo. self paper wrappers (4) pages
Brief text on wood engraving, describing techniques and tools. Reproductions of illustrations by Alexander Anderson, John Jackson and John DePol. Hand set and printed by Bowne & Co. at the South Street Seaport Museum, New York.
Price: $ 15.00 other currencies Order nr. 109552

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Brandt, William H. INTERPRETIVE WOOD-ENGRAVING: THE STORY OF THE SOCIETY OF AMERICAN WOOD-ENGRAVERS
New Castle, Delaware Oak Knoll Press 2009 11.75 x 12.75 inches Hardcover, dust jacket 204 pages
In the late nineteenth century, wood-engraving was the principle medium of illustration employed by publishers. From this beginning, print collector Bill Brandt goes on to recount the story of the Society of American Wood-Engravers. He reveals the medium's intricacies, the controversies sparked between traditional wood-engravers and America's New School, and the international acclaim rightly bestowed on these innovative American artists.

The lost art of interpretive wood-engraving comes to life in Brandt's detailed account. Using tools the size of dental instruments, the movement's talented and resourceful men and women engraved award-winning works of art - both interpretations of famous masterpieces and striking original works. The fifty prints reproduced on these pages, scanned from Brandt's extensive collection with most produced at full size, highlight the astonishing skill and painstaking craftsmanship required of a wood-engraving artist of the golden age.

The author profiles many leading personalities on the American wood-engraving scene, including Alexander Anderson, a New York doctor who became the father of American wood-engraving; William J. Linton, a talented English wood-engraver who led the Old School's relentless but unsuccessful charge against New School engraving techniques; Anna Botsford Comstock, who created hundreds of original wood-engraved book illustrations from nature; General Rush C. Hawkins, a Civil War figure who, as U.S. Commissioner on Art, secured the prominent display of American wood-engravings at the 1889 Exposition Universelle in Paris; Timothy Cole, who traveled through Europe creating wood-engraved interpretations of paintings by the old masters; and Elbridge Kingsley, whose revolutionary direct-from-nature wood-engravings were created in rural New England from his horse-drawn sketching car. Includes over eighty illustrations, and printed in an edition of 600 numbered books.

Brandt tells how the Society of American Wood-Engravers burned brightly for almost twenty years, and then faded away in the early days of photoreproductions. Readers, glimpsing the warm glow of a remarkable era, will take pride in this little-known period of American art history.

Bill Brandt has served on the boards of directors of the American Historical Print Collectors Society, the Northwest Print Council, and the Friends of the Vivian and Gordon Gilkey Center for Graphic Arts at the Portland Art Museum.
Price: $ 85.00 other currencies Order nr. 102011

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Brett, Simon WOOD ENGRAVING, HOW TO DO IT.
Cambridge Silent Books (1994) small 8vo. stiff paper wrappers 128 pages.
First edition. The best current manual on wood engraving. Well illustrated. Indexed.
Price: $ 35.00 other currencies Order nr. 78100

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B.[rou], C.[harles] D.[e] QUELQUES MOTS SUR LA GRAVURE AU MILLÉSIME DE 1418
Bruxelles A. van Dale 1846 4to. contemporary paper-covered boards 24 pages, with 7 plates
First edition, that discusses the authenticity of the date of the 1418 woodcut. (Bigmore and Wyman II, p.87). With seven plates illustrating early woodcuts. Slight staining to pages 5-9. Some minor discolorization to some of the plates. With contemporary bibliographical reference written in brown ink on the front free endpaper. Bookplate on front pastedown indicates that this book came from the reference library and stock of H. P. Kraus.
Price: $ 75.00 other currencies Order nr. 75958

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Brussel-Smith, Bernard WOOD ENGRAVING & RELIEF ETCHING FOR INDUSTRY.
(New York Barnes Printing) n.d. 8vo. self paper wrappers (12) pages
Booklet for the exhibition "Wood Engraving and Relief Etching for Industry" for Gallery 303. Color illustrations. Slightly tanned at edges.
Price: $ 20.00 other currencies Order nr. 109762

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Bryan, Michael BRYAN'S DICTIONARY OF PAINTERS AND ENGRAVERS.
5 volumes. London G. Bell and Sons, Ltd 1925 small 4to. two-toned cloth, top edges gilt. xii,364; x,291+(1); xvi,393+(1); xvi,309; xviii,425 pages
New edition, revised and enlarged under the supervision of George C. Williamson. Filled with separate plates printed on glossy paper. Rubbing of covers with wear along edges. Shaken.
Price: $ 125.00 other currencies Order nr. 103128

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