Alken, Henry.

THE ART AND PRACTICE OF ETCHING; WITH DIRECTIONS FOR OTHER METHODS OF LIGHT AND ENTERTAINING ENGRAVING.

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  other currencies  Order nr. 65235

Brunsdon, John.

THE TECHNIQUE OF ETCHING AND ENGRAVING.

London, England: B.T. Batsford, (1967). small 4to. cloth, dust jacket. 152 pages. Reprint. Acknowledgment. Black and white illustrations throughout. Bibliography, 32 pages of black and white plates, index. Dust jacket chipped at edges. READ MORE about THE TECHNIQUE OF ETCHING AND ENGRAVING

Price: $15.00  other currencies  Order nr. 120337

Chattock, R. S.

PRACTICAL NOTES ON ETCHING.

Second Edition
London: Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, & Rivington, 1883. 8vo. cloth. (vi), 74 pages, 8 plates. Second Edition. The plate are seven etchings and a drypoint. They include demonstrations of two etchings in two states and etching printed clean-wiped and with retroussage. Good descriptions of methods of working the design on the plate. Also auxiliary processes such as dry-point, re-biting, and re-etching. (Bridson and Wakefield B31). Bookplate - second prize awarded to Harry Wilkins, 1884; signature... READ MORE about PRACTICAL NOTES ON ETCHING

Price: $45.00  other currencies  Order nr. 98181

Cox, Warren E. (editor).

FINE PRINTS: ETCHINGS, ENGRAVINGS AND COLOUR PRINTS FOR HOME DECORATION.

London, England: The Print Society, (1939). small 4to. cloth. 200, (12) pages. Table of contents, introduction, biographical sketches of etchers and engravers, index and price list. Color plates, black and white illustrations. Spine sunned; covers sunned at edges. Torn at top of spine. READ MORE about FINE PRINTS: ETCHINGS, ENGRAVINGS AND COLOUR PRINTS FOR HOME DECORATION

Price: $20.00  other currencies  Order nr. 126888

Flint, Ralph.

CONTEMPORARY AMERICAN ETCHING.

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  other currencies  Order nr. 104983

Funke, Fritz.

SCHREIBERBILDER AUS DREI JAHRTAUSENDEN.

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  other currencies  Order nr. 114374

Hamerton, Philip Gilbert.

THE ETCHER'S HANDBOOK.

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  other currencies  Order nr. 89881

Holme, C. Geoffrey (editor).

ETCHINGS OF TODAY.

London, England: The Studio Limited, n.d. 4to. cloth. viii, 24 pages, plates. Table of contents, list of illustratioins, introduction by W. Gaunt. Presents an overview, by nation, of the state of etching in Europe and the U.S.A. 120 black and white plates. Alphabetical list of artists. Covers lightly worn. READ MORE about ETCHINGS OF TODAY

Price: $30.00  other currencies  Order nr. 122668

Jamieson, Alexander.

A DICTIONARY OF MECHANICAL SCIENCE, ARTS, MANUFACTURERS AND MISCELLANEOUS KNOWLEDGE. COMPRISING THE PURE SCIENCES OF MATHEMATICS, GEOMETRY, ARITHMETIC, ALGEBRA, & THE MIXED SCIENCES OF MECHANICS, HYDROSTATICS, PNEUMATICS, OPTICS AND ASTRONOMY; EXPERIMENTAL PHILOSOPHY; THE FINE ARTS, AGRICULTURE AND ITS IMPLEMENTS; MANUFACTURERS AND THEIR VARIOUS PROCESSES; COMMERCE AND DOMESTIC ECONOMY; NATURAL HISTORY; WITH BIOGRAPHICAL AND HISTORICAL NOTICES OF EMINENT MEN, WHO HAVE ADORNED SCIENCE BY THEIR INVENTIONS AND DISCOVERIES. ILLUSTRATED WITH MANY HUNDRED ENGRAVINGS.

London: Henry Fisher, Son & Co., 1830. small 4to. contemporary half calf. iv, 1066 pages. Seventh edition. Over 70 plates. With the bookplate of Gavin Bridson. Bridson has inserted a printed slip describing the sections of this book which concern the important topics of aquatint, engraving, etching, ink making, mezzotint, bank note printing, printing, tereotype and wood engraving. Binding very worn, front joint repaired with cloth, title page and two other preliminary leaves repaired with... READ MORE about A DICTIONARY OF MECHANICAL SCIENCE, ARTS, MANUFACTURERS AND MISCELLANEOUS KNOWLEDGE. COMPRISING...

Price: $250.00  other currencies  Order nr. 98271

Karshan, Donald H.

LANGUAGE OF THE PRINT, A SELECTION FROM THE DONALD H. KARSHAN COLLECTION.

N.P. Chanticleer Press, 1968. small 4to. cloth, dust jacket. 112 pages, including 70 plates. Catalogue of an exhibit of prints, dating from the early fifteenth to the mid-nineteenth centuries, which appeared in various East Coast venues in the 1960's. Preface by A. Hyatt Mayor, foreword and essay on LANGUAGE OF THE PRINT by Richard V. West, Catalogue commentary by Donald H Karshan, president of the Museum of Graphic Art in New York City. Illustrated with... READ MORE about LANGUAGE OF THE PRINT, A SELECTION FROM THE DONALD H. KARSHAN COLLECTION

Price: $10.00  other currencies  Order nr. 96062

Kraeft, June and Norman.

GREAT AMERICAN PRINTS 1900-1950.

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  other currencies  Order nr. 126378

Laver, James.

A HISTORY OF BRITISH AND AMERICAN ETCHING.

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  other currencies  Order nr. 46172

Lumsden, E.S.

THE ART OF ETCHING.

Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott Company, 1929. 8vo. cloth. 376 pages. Reprint of the first U.S. edition. Describes etching, drypoint, soft-ground etching, aquatint, etc. 208 illustrations. READ MORE about THE ART OF ETCHING

Price: $40.00  other currencies  Order nr. 39441