N.P. n.p., various dates. broadsides, variously sized. A collection of 18 etchings, mostly of English individuals living in the 18th century. Those identified include Margaret Woffington, Ellen Gwyn, Hester Lynch Piozzi, Mary Wortley Montague, and Pepys.Some duplicates, some tanned and lightly soiled. READ MORE about Collection of etchings
Price: $50.00 Order nr. 132785
N.P. n.p., n.d. broadside (8 by 10 inches). Etching of a mythical scene, artist unidentified. READ MORE about Etching
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 133110
N.P. n.p., n.d. broadside (19 by 13 inches). Etching of a laborer, artist unknown. READ MORE about Etching
Price: $200.00 Order nr. 133444
N.P. n.p., n.d. broadside (19 by 13 inches). Etching of a laborer, artist unknown. Chipped at edges. READ MORE about Etching
Price: $200.00 Order nr. 133446
N.P. n.p., 1822. broadside (14 1/2 by 20 1/2 inches). Etching of a rural landscape, artist unknown, but date June 3 1822, on front corner. Edges chipped and tanned. READ MORE about Landscape Etching
Price: $200.00 Order nr. 133443
London: S. & J. Fuller, 1849. square 8vo. original cloth with new spine covering. Frontispiece; 58, (6) pages, 8 plates. First edition (Bridson & Wakeman B17 - for second edition of 1851). A treatise on the technique of etching by one of Britain's greatest ever sporting artists. An avid sportsman himself, Alken specialized in depicting hunting, coaching, racing, shooting and fishing scenes. British sporting periodicals frequently carried his illustrations. In this book, he distills some..... READ MORE about THE ART AND PRACTICE OF ETCHING; WITH DIRECTIONS FOR OTHER METHODS OF LIGHT AND ENTERTAINING...
Price: $500.00 Order nr. 65235
N.P. n.p., n.d. broadside (10 1/2 by 8 1/2 inches). Etching by American architect and artist Frank Anderson (1890-1947). READ MORE about Etching of a woman reading
Price: $40.00 Order nr. 132878
New York: Dover Publications, (1973). 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 240, (10) pages. Reprint of the 1953 London edition. READ MORE about ETCHING AND ENGRAVING TECHNIQUES AND THE MODERN TREND
Price: $5.00 Order nr. 123686
New York: Dodd, Mead and Co., 1930. 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. 282 pages. First U.S. edition. Designed to help the beginning collector. Twelve chapters, describing different kinds of prints and collecting tips. Many illustrations by old masters, such as Dürer and Rembrandt. Jacket chipped with small tears. READ MORE about THE PRINT COLLECTOR
Price: $65.00 Order nr. 37711
N.P. n.p., n.d., but 1934. broadside (13 by 10 inches). Signed. Original linocut, published by the Print-a-Month Club of Cleveland, Ohio. Cunningham (1903-80) was an American engraver, linocut and woodcut artist, who was in France between 1929 and 1932. This work was completed after his return to the United States. Small light stains on border. READ MORE about OHIO CANAL
Price: $400.00 Order nr. 132850
London: R. Ackermann, n.d. (1821). 4to. new cloth spine with paper spine label with original paper covered boards. Frontispiece; engraved title page, iii, (v), 384 pages. Second edition with additions. This is the text volume only and does not include the plate volume with 130 engravings. Bookplate and pencil signature of Gavin Bridson. Wear along edges of covers. Inner hinges reinforced with archival paper repair. READ MORE about CABINENT OF THE ARTS: BEING A NEW AND UNIVERSAL DRAWING BOOK FORMING A COMPLETE SYSTEM OF...
Price: $650.00 Order nr. 102974
(New York, NY: Association of American Artists), n.d. Limited to 250 signed copies. READ MORE about BALDPATE
Price: $100.00 Order nr. 132515
N.P. n.p., n.d. broadside (5 1/2 by 3 1/2 inches). Engraving of the Betsy Ross house in Philadelphia by the American (Philadelphia) etcher, engraver, and painter James Horsey Fincken (1860-1943). Signed. READ MORE about BETSY ROSS HOUSE
Price: $30.00 Order nr. 133219
N.P. n.p., circa 1930. broadside (4 1/2 by 3 1/2 inches). Engraving of a scene from England by American (Philadelphia) etcher, engraver, and painter James Horsey Fincken (1860-1943). Signed. READ MORE about PASTORAL
Price: $30.00 Order nr. 133218
New York: American Art dealers Association, (1930). 4to. quarter cloth, boards. (xx), 100, 2 pages. Introduction by Ralph Flint. Original etching by Frank W. Benson as frontispiece. Examples of 100 etchings by American artists. Ex-library with ink stamp on title page, and card pocket on rear pastedown. Some rubbing to boards, corners worn. Former owners name on front free endpaper. READ MORE about CONTEMPORARY AMERICAN ETCHING
Price: $95.00 Order nr. 104983
Leipzig: Silvestre, 1956. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 24, (2) pages. Text in German. A New Year's gift from the Deutsche Bucherei. Three millenia of etchings from antiquity to the 19th century A.D. Black and white illustrations. List of photographic credits. Complimentary card laid in. READ MORE about SCHREIBERBILDER AUS DREI JAHRTAUSENDEN
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 114374
Giving an Account of the Old Processes, and of Processes recently discovered.
London: Charles Roberson & Co., 1871. small 8vo. original cloth, gilt lettering, viii, 88, (2) followed by 32 pages of advertisements. Giving an Account of the Old Processes, and of Processes recently discovered. First edition of a long popular manual. Illustrated with 5 etchings and 1 dry point (with the notation 'Pure Dry Point, the scraper used very sparingly') by the author. Each plate with tissue guard. (Bridson/Wakeman B25: "Hamertons manual is essentially a technical..... READ MORE about THE ETCHER'S HANDBOOK
Price: $100.00 Order nr. 89881
Giving an Account of the Old Processes, and of Processes recently discovered.
London: Charles Roberson & Co., 1881. small 8vo. original cloth, gilt lettering, xi, 88 pages followed by iv, (ii), ii, 32 pages of ads. Giving an Account of the Old Processes, and of Processes recently discovered. Third edition of a long popular manual (Bridson/Wakeman B29 for this edition): "Hamerton's manual is essentially a technical guide, more concerned with materials than with the grammar of etching, and includes some of his own developments, such as positive..... READ MORE about THE ETCHER'S HANDBOOK
Price: $85.00 Order nr. 97808
Prague: (Prumyslové), 1929. 4to. quarter leather, marbled paper-covered boards, raised bands on spine, author and title gilt-stamped on spine on leather spine label, top edge cut, other edges uncut. 107, (7) pages. (Arno Sáñka, 3656). Text in Czech. Seven Essays of Fine Artists, about late 19th-early 20th century artists Odilon Redon, James Ensor, Kresby Julia Maráka, Max Pirner, Jan Preisler, Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec and André Dunoyer de Segonzac by various writers. Frontispiece. Autographed by the..... READ MORE about SEDM STATÍ O VÝTVARNÝCH UMELCÍCH
Price: $350.00 Order nr. 108026
New York, NY: Dover Publications, (1984). 4to. stiff paper wrappers. unpaginated. Acknowledgments, table of contents, list of prints. Frontispiece; 138 lithographs, etchings, and woodcuts. Wrappers bent at fore-edge corners. READ MORE about GREAT AMERICAN PRINTS 1900-1950
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 126378
London: Sampson Low, Marston & Company, 1892. tall 8vo. original blue cloth stamped in gilt. xxx, 79 pages. Authorized edition, translated from the second French edition by S.R. Koehler, with an introductory chapter and notes by the translator. With preface by M. Blanc. (See Bridson & Wakeman B28). Illustrated with plates demonstrating different processes. Includes the bookplate and pencil signature of Gavin Bridson. Covers rubbed. Name in ink on half-title. READ MORE about A TREATISE ON ETCHING. TEXT AND PLATES
Price: $150.00 Order nr. 97860
New York: Dodd, Mead and Company, 1929. 4to. cloth. xiv, 195 pages followed by 84 plates. First U.S. edition. Contains a history of British and American etching and a 32 page bibliography. Sections on satirical etching and the sporting print, the Old Etching Club, Samuel Palmer, Whistler, Haden, Legros, etc. Illustrated with 84 plates. Spine faded; covers soiled and with front hinge partially split. With the bookplate and pencil signature of Gavin Bridson. READ MORE about A HISTORY OF BRITISH AND AMERICAN ETCHING
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 46172
N.P. n.p., n.d., but 1913. broadside (14 1/4 by 11 inches). Signed etching "La Porte Guillaume," in Chartres France. Born in the United States, Lewis was one of many Americans, including James Whistler and Joseph Pennell, to emigrate to France. READ MORE about LA PORTE GUILLAUME
Price: $125.00 Order nr. 132823
Translated from the Third German Edition, Revised by Dr. Max Lehrs by Martin Hardie.
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1906. 8vo. Two-toned cloth, top edge gilt. xvii, 312, 6 pages. Translated from the Third German Edition, Revised by Dr. Max Lehrs by Martin Hardie. First English translation. 131 illustrations in the text. With the bookplate and pencil signature of Gavin Bridson. Covers soiled. READ MORE about ENGRAVING AND ETCHING, A HANDBOOK FOR THE USE OF STUDENTS AND PRINT COLLECTORS
Price: $65.00 Order nr. 100153
N.P. n.p., n.d. broadside (7 3/4 by 7 inches). Color etching by New England artist Carol Travers Lummus, of Cape Cod, Massachusetts. READ MORE about KEEPING A LOW PROFILE
Price: $30.00 Order nr. 132616
