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(Ettlinger, John) ETCHINGS AND ENGRAVINGS OF THE16TH, 17TH, AND 18TH CENTURIES: PRINTS FROM THE COLLECTION OF JOHN ETTLINGER
(Halifax, NS Earl Whynot and Associates Limited 1978) 4to stiff paper wrappers 32 pages
Catalogue of exhibition at Dalhousie Art Gallery, Halifax, 1978. Includes religious prints, architecture, portraits, landscape, etc., from the collection of John Ettlinger. Black and white illustration on front wrapper. Black and white illustrations. Wrappers slightly tanned. Ink inscription on inside front wrapper.
Price: $ 17.50 other currencies Order nr. 106695

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Fielding, Mantle DICTIONARY OF AMERICAN PAINTERS, SCULPTORS & ENGRAVERS FROM COLONIAL TIMES THROUGH 1926.
New York Apollo (1986) 4to. thick 4to., cloth, dust jacket. xv, 1081 pages.
First printing of enlarged and updated second edition. Contains 2,500 names not included in the last revision of 1983 and virtually 60% of the existing entries have been expanded or updated. An essential refernce work to American Art, which now totals over 12,000 names. Minor wear to jacket.
Price: $ 40.00 other currencies Order nr. 105431

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(Fine Arts Engravers) ENGRAVERS OBSERVED.
London Fine Art Engravers Ltd. n.d. small 8vo. cloth. 23+(1) pages.
A "recorded conversation" about the work done by this company of specialized artisans who created engraving work for hire. Illustrated throughout with drawings by Heather Copley and Christopher Chamberlain and produced under the direction of John Ryder. With a printed presentation page filled out with the name of Ronald E. Pierce.
Price: $ 35.00 other currencies Order nr. 56449

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Flader, Louis (editor) ACHIEVEMENT IN PHOTO-ENGRAVING AND LETTERPRESS PRINTING
Chicago American Photo-Engraver's Association (1927) thick 4to. simulated leather decorated in blind and stamped with a red and yellow eagle on the front cover, top edge gilt. 488 pages.
First edition. Devoted to every aspect of the art of photo-engraving and letterpress printing with contributions by James Montgomery Flagg, Elmer Adler, N.A. Altmann and decorated with hundreds of illustrations by such artists as Held, Pyle, Parrish, Schoonover, Wyeth, Homer, Pennell, Rockwell, etc. Filled with examples of the best of color work. Covers rubbed with light wear along hinges and edges.
Price: $ 450.00 other currencies Order nr. 19673

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(Fleece Press) Brett, Simon. MR. DERRICK HARRIS 1919-1960.
Denby Dale (England) Fleece Press 1998 small 4to. quarter cloth, decorated paper-covered boards / small 4to., sewn, stiff paper wrappers / oblong small 4to., stiff paper folder with paper label on front, loose sheets (about 29 x 38. 5 cm), all in a cloth-covered clamshell with a fitted interior. 53, (5) pages with one additional foldout leaf / 3 leaves / 9 sheets.
Limited to 280 copies. Derrick Harris's (1919-1960) wood-engraved images appeared in the late 40's and the 50's in various Folio Society publications and other books, and in a number of BBC publications. His rather graceful and sprightly, decorative and stylized (with elements of folk art and 18th-century illustration), and often implacably cheerful images seem also to have anticipated much commercial art of the following decades, and Harris also designed posters, advertisements, magazine covers, etc. Harris's death by suicide suggests that the cheerfulness was in part an aesthetic phenomenon, and in that respect one of the most interesting illustrations reproduced here is that of an individual, not at all cheerful- or even friendly-looking, about to try on a mask. Harris was largely forgotten in the years following his death, and Garrett's 1978 History of British Wood Engraving makes no mention of him. The book by Simon Brett discusses the life and works of Derrick Harris, with about fifty reproductions, both large and small, of wood engravings by him. The sewn brochure contains three additional large engravings by Harris, and the folder contains a set of nine colored wood engravings done around 1946 for a never-published children's book entitled "Royal Flush" (the text is now lost). The whole is very well printed by Simon Lawrence, a long-time admirer of Harris's work, at the Fleece Press, using original blocks for the engravings. Slipcase is slightly bumped. Now out of print.
Price: $ 295.00 other currencies Order nr. 54945

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(Fleece Press) Wright, Christopher Buckland ENDEAVOURS & EXPERIMENTS, JOHN BUCKLAND WRIGHT'S ESSAYS IN WOODCUT AND COLOUR ENGRAVING, TOGETHER WITH OTHER BLOCKS REMAINING IN HIS STUDIO.
Upper Denby, Huddersfield, England Fleece Press 2004 4to. quarter vellum with paper-covered boards and cloth clamshell box with paper spine label. 71, (5) pages
First edition, limited to 300 copies of which this is one of the 60 special copies bound thus and containing an extra print of Café Dansant No.2 in a separate portfolio and two extra tipped-in full color prints in the text. Fourth in a series of books printed by the Fleece Press displaying the remaining woodcut blocks of John Buckland Wright who was found dead in his studio in 1954. This volume consists of those blocks not previously published, in particular, two color wood engravings that Wright was experimenting with shortly before he died. Also included are prints from blocks for Christmas cards, publishers' marks and some commercial pieces. Among Wright's publisher marks are several intended for Christopher Sandford's Golden Cockerel Press. A bibliography of published wood engravings in other works, unfinished wood engravings and uncut blocks follows the descriptions. This volume truly allows the reader to see the development of Wright's style. Plates are printed by J.W. Northend Fine Print in Sheffield. The paper used is Magnani avorio Biblos. Bound by Smith Settle, Otley. Seventeen color plates tipped-in and thirty-six black-and-white block illustrations.
Price: $ 1,000.00 other currencies Order nr. 90521

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Fore-edge Painting of Castle

(Fore-edge Painting) THE NEW TESTAMENT OF OUR LORD AND SAVIOR JESUS CHRIST.
London Longman, Green, Longman, Roberts, and Green 1864 4to contemporary morocco, gilt designs, gilt edges xvi, 540 pages
Herbert 1951. Engravings on wood from designs of Fra Angelico, Pitro Perugino, Francesco Francia, Lorenzo di Credi, Fra Bartolommeo, Titian, Raphael, Gaudenzio, Ferrari, Daniel di Volterra, and others. Frontispiece. Historated borders on text pages. Other decorations by Henry Shaw. This copy has a large painting of a castle scene beneath the gilt on the fore-edge. Spine scuffed, rear inside hinge shows minor cracking. Foxing on endpapers; very slight foxing in text. Bookplate of Frederick W. Longman on front pastedown.
Price: $ 1,250.00 other currencies Order nr. 107106

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(Forgery) REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE OF THE SOCIETY OF ARTS, &C, TOGETHER WITH THE APPROVED COMMUNICATIONS AND EVIDENCE UPON THE SAME, RELATIVE TO THE MODE OF PREVENTING THE FORGERY OF BANK NOTES.
London Society of Arts 1819 8vo. modern paper wrappers with paper cover and spine labels. (iv), 72 pages.
First edition (Levis, p. 468; Bridson & Wakeman B48; Goldsmith 22503; Kress C. 414). All six plates present. With the bookplate of Gavin Bridson. An important comment on the prevention of forgery. Contains a number of articles including: one by T.C. Hansard who proposed the use of Diamond type arranged in patterns (including an example plate); by T. Ransom recommending copper plate engraving (including a sample bank note showing the work of three different engravers); by R.H. Sully also recommending copper plate engraving (with a sample bank note and an engraved plate showing the design for a new copper plate printing machine); and by Richard Williamson recommending steel engraving (with two fine steel engraved plates). Old ink stamp of Mercantile Library of Philadelphia on a number of the pages and all the plates. The plates are faintly water-stained.
Price: $ 1,250.00 other currencies Order nr. 37893

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(Franklin, Benjamin) THE PRINTING ART.
Cambridge, MA The University Press 1912 4to stiff paper wrappers 337-428 pages
(Union List of Serials 4, 3440). Vol. 18, No. 5. "Benjamin Franklin Number." Frontispiece, photogravure illustration of Franklin. Includes Benjamin Franklin: Printer, Editor, Publisher by Lindsay Swift, "Advice to a Young Tradesman" by Franklin, and editorial "As Poor Richard Says." Wrappers soiled; bent and slightly torn at edges and spine.
Price: $ 15.00 other currencies Order nr. 108795

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(Frolov, Vadim) Michell, A.R. (editor) IN NEWER VEINS, AN ANTHOLOGY OF POETRY WRITTEN BY VETERINARY SURGEONS.
London Primrose Hill Press 1998 large 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. (xviii), 124 pages.
First edition. A collection of poetic works wonderfully decorated with the wood engravings of Vadim Frolov, renowned Russian artist. Poems are arranged by categories entitled Poetry, Scenes And Seasons, Of Science, Of The Heart, Of The Soul, In Lighter Vein, Vets, ...And Other Folk, and All Creatures.
Price: $ 20.00 other currencies Order nr. 56102

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Furst, Herbert ORIGINAL ENGRAVING AND ETCHING, AN APPRECIATION.
London T. Nelson & Sons 1931 small 4to. cloth, top edge gilt, dust jacket. vii, 409 pages.
First edition. Contains 175 plates. Jacket chipped with small tears at head of spine.
Price: $ 40.00 other currencies Order nr. 41876

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Furst, Herbert ORIGINAL ENGRAVING AND ETCHING, AN APPRECIATION.
London T. Nelson & Sons 1931 small 4to. cloth, top edge gilt. vii, 409 pages.
First edition. Contains 175 plates. Lacks jacket.
Price: $ 25.00 other currencies Order nr. 115513

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(Gaillard, Ferdinand) CATALOGUE OF ENGRAVINGS BY FERDINAND GAILLARD.
New York The Grolier Club 1900 12mo. paper wrappers. xi, 17 pages.
Asaf Handlist 43. 7 page biographical essay followed by a list of his engravings.
Price: $ 15.00 other currencies Order nr. 6052

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Gardner-Medwin, David (editor) BEWICK STUDIES, ESSAYS IN CELEBRATION OF THE 250TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE BIRTH OF THOMAS BEWICK 1753-1828
New Castle and London Oak Knoll Press and The British Library 2003 large 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. 160 pages.
First edition. This well-researched book was published in celebration of the 250th anniversary of the birth of Thomas Bewick, one of the foremost wood engravers in Britain. Eight revealing essays by leading Bewick scholars capture a wealth of untapped archival sources on Bewick and his world. The first three essays provide a new synopsis of his life and the growth of his reputation. Other essays shed new light on his character, library, colleagues, family and other hitherto neglected dimensions of his life. Another essay covers Bewick's relationship with the Beilbys, his American admirer Alexander Anderson, and the fate of his woodblocks. For those interested in this unique art form, this work will be most interesting. Co-published with The Bewick Society and The British Library.
Price: $ 45.00 other currencies Order nr. 75718

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(Gill, Eric) Powys, T.F. UNCLE DOTTERY
A Christmas Story Bristol Douglas Cleverdon 1930 8vo. cloth, clear dust jacket (vi), 24 pages
Edition limited to 350,of which this is No. 178. Two vignettes engraved by Eric Gill in 1926, and are numbered 104 and 105 in Engravings by Eric Gill (Bristol, 1929). The blocks were not used in the edition of Disraeli for which they were designed. The blocks later came into the possession of the publisher of this book; thinking them apt decorations for the story, he assumed responsibility for their insertion. Minimal wear.
Price: $ 250.00 other currencies Order nr. 91647

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SET OF LIMITED EDITION GOLDEN COCKEREL BIBLIOGRAPHIES

(Golden Cockerel Press) Sandford, Christopher et al. CHANTICLEER, A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF THE GOLDEN COCKEREL PRESS, APRIL 1921-
4 volumes. London Golden Cockerel Press, (nos.1 & 2) / N.P.: Golden C. P, Middlesex: Private Libraries Assn. 1936, 1943, 1948, 1976 tall 8vo. half leather, cloth-covered boards, top edges gilt (others roughly trimmed). 48; 52; 112; 126 pages.
All of these are the limited edition version: 300 numbered copies each for Chanticleer and Cock-A-Hoop, 250 for Cockalorum, and 200 for Pertelote. All are signed by Christopher Sandford, who owned the Press from 1933 to 1959; in addition, Pertelote is signed by Owen Rutter and Cock-A-Hoop by David Chambers, who was its main author. These four volumes contain together 214 entries for Golden Cockerel publications, and listings of 96 general prospectuses and 100 prospectuses for individual works. Entries contain standard bibliographic information followed by Sandford's comments on the author, the work, the printing, the edition, the illustrator, and/or whatever else he wishes to mention. There are 200 illustrations of woodcuts and wood engravings by about 40 different illustrators: Book illustrations, title page designs, borders, head- and tailpieces, vignettes, and more than enough variations on the Golden Cockerel device. In addition to bibliographic matter, Chanticleer contains a foreword and an introduction, Pertelote has a foreword, Cockalorum offers no less than a foreword and six articles and addresses by Sandford, and Cock-A-Hoop has a foreword and introductory matter. All boards are covered in patterned cloth with a Golden Cockerel motif in different colors; leather binding colors (by vol.) are red, green, brown, and blue respectively. Gilt spine lettering; Cockalorum and Cock-A-Hoop have two raised bands each. Slight rubbing. Minor fading of the spines of first two volumes.
Price: $ 2,000.00 other currencies Order nr. 50324

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Grasby, Richard LETTERCUTTING IN STONE.
Oswestry, Shropshire Anthony Nelson 1989 4to paper-covered boards (xii), 146 pages
Workbook describing techniques, tools, equipment and design for cutting letters in stone. Black and white illustrations throughout. Introduction and bibliography. Boards faded near top.
Price: $ 50.00 other currencies Order nr. 108542

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(Greene, Edward B.) Wolf, Alice THE EDWARD B. GREENE COLLECTION OF ENGRAVED PORTRAITS AND PORTRAIT DRAWINGS AT YALE UNIVERSITY.
With a Preface by Theodore Sizer New Haven Yale University Press 1942 4to. cloth, dust jacket 133+(1) pages followed by 35+(4) pages of plates
Limited to 500 copies. A catalogue of artwork collected by Greene which includes European engraved portraits and drawings from the 16th to the 19th century - the German 16th century and the French 17th century best represented. These works are now found in the Yale University collection. Contains 45 black-and-white plates. Jacket worn with some paper loss. Some edgewear on book. Corners scuffed.
Price: $ 45.00 other currencies Order nr. 98454

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(Greyweathers Press) Thompson, L. F. (foreword) GRAVEN IMAGES: A PORTFOLIO OF NINETEENTH CENTURY WOOD ENGRAVINGS PRINTED FROM THE ORIGINAL BLOCKS
With a Foreword by L.F. Thompson. Merrickville Greyweathers Press 2010 4to cloth-backed paper covered boards, paper cover and spine labels. 6, 13 wood cuts, (2) pages
First edition. One of 100 numbered copies. Wood engravers toiling away at their trade during the last quarter of the nineteenth century could be forgiven for feeling a touch of despair. Since the early 1800s, they had practiced a viable trade, with graver in hand over an endgrain block, cutting illustrations for a healthy proportion of books, newspapers and periodicals. In the 1880s, they witnessed the advent of photomechanical printing plates and, in direct competition, felt the ominous rising tide of obsolescence. As this new technology became more efficient, less expensive and generally accepted over the next twenty years, commercial wood engravers would begin to pack up their blocks, wrap up their tools and seek other employment. It could well be this very occurrence that lay behind the discovery, 130 years on, of a collection of nineteenth century engraved boxwood blocks and, ultimately, the creation of this portfolio.
Beautiful privately printed book featuring thirteen wood engravings from Samuel Smith Kilburn, Boston, George Matthews, Boston & Montreal F. Archibald.
Price: $ 160.00 other currencies Order nr. 105925

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(Grolier Club) CATALOGUE OF AN EXHIBITION OF FRENCH ENGRAVINGS OF THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY IN BLACK AND WHITE AND IN COLORS.
New York The Grolier Club 1905 12mo. paper wrappers. 19 pages.
Asaf Handlist 54. No illustrations.
Price: $ 15.00 other currencies Order nr. 6444

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THE GROLIER CLUB CREATES: BOOK ARTS BY CLUB MEMBERS.
New York The Grolier Club 2009 6 x 9 inches paperback 44 pages
The Grolier Club membership consists of private and institutional collectors; the antiquarian book trade; book scholars; and practitioners in the book arts, both amateurs and professional. No matter the reason for their interest, all Grolier Club members appreciate good design, fine bindings, letterforms, quality paper, and all the other facets of books. This book celebrates the 125th anniversary of the Club by displaying the work of twenty-nine members who are active in the fields of printing, book design, bookbinding, printmaking, illustration, calligraphy, and the production of artists books. The Grolier Club Creates showcases the work of each member, provides a brief description of the work, and a small essay written by the member. It is beautifully illustrated with a photograph or illustration for each entry.
Price: $ 12.00 other currencies Order nr. 107103

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Hamerton, Philip Gilbert DRAWING & ENGRAVING, A BRIEF EXPOSITION OF TECHNICAL PRINCIPLES & PRACTICE.
London Adam and Charles Black 1892 tall 8vo. original polished cloth, top edge gilt. xxii, 172 pages.
First edition. (Bridson & Wakeman A47). With illustrations in the text and twenty-three separate plates demonstrating different illustrations methods. Includes original etchings by Manesse, Frank Short, Flameng & Gaillard, etc. Top edge of free endpaper spotted. With the Randeria bookplate.
Price: $ 35.00 other currencies Order nr. 32206

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Hamerton, Philip Gilbert DRAWING & ENGRAVING, A BRIEF EXPOSITION OF TECHNICAL PRINCIPLES & PRACTICE.
London Adam and Charles Black 1892 tall 8vo. original polished cloth, top edge gilt. xxii, 172 pages.
First edition. (Bridson & Wakeman A47). With illustrations in the text and twenty-three separate plates demonstrating different illustrations methods. Includes original etchings by Manesse, Frank Short, Flameng & Gaillard, etc. With the bookplate and signature in pencil of Gavin Bridson. Well-preserved copy.
Price: $ 65.00 other currencies Order nr. 97781

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Häuser, Helmut ANSICHTEN VOM RHEIN: STAHLSTICHBÜCHER DES 19. JAHRHUNDERTS.
Cologne Greven Verlag 1963 8vo. cloth, dust jacket 76 pages, plates
Text in German. A study of steel engraving in books published in the Rhineland in the 19th century. Table of contents, foreword, bibliography, index. 24 black and white plates. No. 22 in "Works from the Bibliothekar-Lehrinstitut des Landes Nordrhein-Westfalen" series.
Price: $ 15.00 other currencies Order nr. 115632

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(Heath, James) Smith, George W. JAMES HEATH, ENGRAVER TO KINGS AND TUTOR TO MANY.
Chelmsford, Essex Published by the author (1989) 8vo. paper wrappers. vi, 38 pages.
First edition. The title pages states that this is "The story of his life and his family as they controlled the firm of Perkins Bacon for a century; of Charles, his son, and of Frederick, his grandson; of his pupils and their international influence in the craft of engraving stamps, bank-notes, pictures and portraits, and of the many engravers in England and America who were trained by them." Well-illustrated. With the pencil signature of Gavin Bridson.
Price: $ 45.00 other currencies Order nr. 30960

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