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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

Price: $500.00 other currencies Order nr. 65235

(Amsler & Ruthardt).

KATALOG WERTHVOLLER UND SELTENER KUPFERSTICHE RADIRUNGEN UND HOLZSCHNITTE, ALTER UND NEUER MEISTER.

Berlin: (Amsler & Ruthardt, 1896). 8vo. half cloth, marbled paper-covered boards, all edges marbled. (ii), 175+(1) pages. Written in German. An auction catalogue with 2416 entries. Bound together is the original front paper wrapper. Minor wear at extremities. Laid-in is the bookplate of Oak Knoll designating this as from the libary of H. P. Kraus. READ MORE

Price: $35.00 other currencies Order nr. 101555

Banister, Manly.

PRACTICAL GUIDE TO ETCHING AND OTHER INTAGLIO PRINTMAKING TECHNIQUES.

New York, NY: Dover Publications, (1969). 4to. stiff paper wrappers. 128 pages. Table of contents, glossary of plates, description of materials, index. Black and white illustrations throughout. READ MORE

Price: $10.00 other currencies Order nr. 130683

(Bookbinding). Lallier, Michael, Louis-Pierre Bougie and Don Etherington.

ETCHINGS AND DESIGN BINDINGS.

Washington: Susan Conway Carroll Galleries, 1991. small 4to. stiff paper wrappers. 38 pages. Exhibition held at the galleries, October-November 1991. Introduction by Emilie W. Mills, Head of Special Collections, UNC Greensboro. Three color plates with black and white illustrations throughout. READ MORE

Price: $15.00 other currencies Order nr. 126192

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. READ MORE

Price: $175.00 other currencies Order nr. 98559

(Brouet, Auguste). Geffroy, Gustave.

AUGUSTE BROUET, CATALOGUE DE SON CEUVRE GRAVÉ.

2 volumes
Paris: Gaston Boutitie & Cie, 1923. 4to. cloth, leather spine labels. unpaginated. 2 volumes. Text in French and English. Limited edition, numbered copy. Catalogue of the etchings of the French artist Auguste Brouet (1872-1941). With 271 black-and-white illustrations. Ex-library copies, with small ink stamp on the half title, and card pockets removed from both volumes. Slight soiling to the boards. READ MORE

Price: $185.00 other currencies Order nr. 104871

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

Price: $15.00 other currencies Order nr. 120337

Buckland-Wright, John.

ETCHING AND ENGRAVING TECHNIQUES AND THE MODERN TREND.

London: The Studio Publications, (1953). 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. 240 pages. First edition. Filled with reproductions of woodcuts. Jacket worn with pieces missing. Ownership label on front free endpaper. READ MORE

Price: $25.00 other currencies Order nr. 81924

(Cameron, D.Y.).

A CATALOGUE OF ETCHINGS AND DRY-POINTS BY D.Y. CAMERON.

New York: The Grolier Club, 1908. small 8vo. paper wrappers. viii, 46 pages. Asaf Handlist 63. 218 items displayed at The Grolier Club. Six page introduction. Well preserved copy. READ MORE

Price: $12.00 other currencies Order nr. 38425

(Canaletto, Giovanni Antonio). Kainen, Jacob.

THE ETCHINGS OF CANALETTO.

Washington: The Smithsonian Press, 1967. oblong 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. unpaginated. The first book in English describing and reproducing all of Canaletto's known etchings. Giovanni Antonia Canal, known as Canaletto, is noted for his paintings of 18th century Venice, but his etchings have been lesser known. Illustration on title page. Foreword by the author. Footnotes.1 Selected bibliography and checklist. 30 black and white plates. READ MORE

Price: $15.00 other currencies Order nr. 114583

(Chamberlain, Samuel). Childs, Charles D.

SAMUEL CHAMBERLAIN, ETCHER AND LITHOGRAPHER.

A Compact Biogrpahy and Appreciation with a Complete List of Prints
Boston: Charles E. Goodspeed & Co. 1927. small 8vo. cloth spine, paper-covered boards. 28,(2) pages. A Compact Biogrpahy and Appreciation with a Complete List of Prints. No.. 10 of Goodspeed's Monographs. NIne illustrations, including the frontispiece. READ MORE

Price: $8.00 other currencies Order nr. 97517

Chamberlain, Walter.

ETCHING AND ENGRAVING.

New York: The Viking Press, (1973). tall 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. 200 pages. First U.S. edition. Filled with illustrations. A practical manual. READ MORE

Price: $10.00 other currencies Order nr. 25922

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

Price: $45.00 other currencies Order nr. 98181

(Cheston, Charles S.).

WATER-COLOUR DRAWINGS AND ETCHINGS OF ENGLISH LANDSCAPE BY CHARLES S. CHESTON.

London, England: P. & D. Colnaghi & Co. 1929. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. (16) pages. Catalogue of Charles S. Cheston (1882-1960). Frontispiece and black and white plates. Back cover bent. Notations on front cover and in text. READ MORE

Price: $35.00 other currencies Order nr. 124583

Clayton, Muriel.

THE PRINT COLLECTOR.

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

Price: $65.00 save 20% $52.00 other currencies Order nr. 37711

(Club of Odd Volumes).

TENTH ANNIVERSARY EXHIBITION.

Boston: The Club of Odd Volumes, 1897. 8vo. contemporary half leather, marble paper covered boards, top edge gilt, original stiff paper wrappers bound in. (v), 73 pages. Exhibition of Early New England history, Rare and Curious Books, autographs, prints and etchings. With 555 items listed. Black-and-white frontispiece. Some rubbing to the leather, slight wear to the head of the spine. Previous owners bookplate on the front pastedown. READ MORE

Price: $85.00 save 20% $68.00 other currencies Order nr. 106240

(Colker, Ed).

FIVE DECADES IN PRINT, ED COLKER.

Woodcuts, Lithographs, Etchings, Limited Editions.
N.P. n.p. (1998). square 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 48 pages. Woodcuts, Lithographs, Etchings, Limited Editions. An exhibition catalogue devoted to Colker's work and printed by the Stinehour Press. Illustrated including a number in color. Foreword by Peter Bermingham and essay by Michael Anania. READ MORE

Price: $8.00 other currencies Order nr. 100124

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

Price: $20.00 other currencies Order nr. 126888

(D'Ambrosio, Joe). Gleason, Duncan.

WINDJAMMERS.

(Fullerton, CA: Lorson's Books and Prints, 1988). folio. book-in-a-box binding: black canvas rear board and spine, blue paper-covered front board, marbled paper box structure and front image. white cords. unpaginated. This is copy number seven. Colophon signed by the designer, printer & binder Joe D'Ambrosio. It was printed using 14pt. Della Robbia type on Rives BFK paper. Ingres marbled paper used for the box structure and endpapers. The front board creates a frame shaped like... READ MORE

Price: $3,500.00 other currencies Order nr. 93854

Dougall, J.

CABINENT OF THE ARTS: BEING A NEW AND UNIVERSAL DRAWING BOOK FORMING A COMPLETE SYSTEM OF DRAWING, PAINTING IN ALL ITS BRANCHES, ETCHING, ENGRAVING, PERSPECTIVE, PROJECTION & SURVEYING.

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

Price: $650.00 other currencies Order nr. 102974

Ettinger, Churchill.

BALDPATE.

(New York, NY: Association of American Artists), n.d. Limited to 250 signed copies. READ MORE

Price: $100.00 other currencies Order nr. 132515

(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. READ MORE

Price: $17.50 other currencies Order nr. 106695

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

Price: $95.00 other currencies Order nr. 104983

Frankenfield, Henry.

PRINTMAKING.

N.P. Hunt Manufacturing Co. (1964). 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 96 pages. Sixth edition. A manual of printmaking, covering woodcut, linocut, etching, eraser & stick printing and other experimental printmaking techniques. Well illustrated with examples in color as well as black and white. READ MORE

Price: $5.00 other currencies Order nr. 71131

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

Price: $15.00 other currencies Order nr. 114374

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