john beedham introduction appendix eric (3 Ergebnisse)

Hardback. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. Reprint. 1946. Reprint. 57pp., 27 figures within the text, 4 illustrations of wood engravings, and 4 pages of advertisements. This book is not a treatise upon the art of wood-engraving. it is simply a description of the tools and materials required by a beginner and the methods of using them. It was written at the insistence of Eric Gill, who has contributed an introduction. The author was apprenticed to one of the old-established firms of wood-engravers in London and was for some years instructor in Engraving at the London County Council School, Bolt Court, Fleet Street. The book is bound in the original grey cloth covered boards with red titling on the spine. The book is in very good condition and the contents are tight and clean with no inscription. The unclipped dustwrapper has shelf wear with some soiling. Very small pieces are missing from the corner tips and up to about 1/8" is missing from the spine ends. The top edge is rubbed with a tear of about 1/2" near the top front edge and there is chipping with a small bit of loss on the top rear edge.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. Eric Gill (illustrator). 2nd Edition. Original cream dust-jacket with black titles, one or two little chips to the top edge, price corner clipped although price remains (6s 6d), very tidy having been kept in a clear protective cover. Book buind in green/grey cloth with title in red along the spine, clean bright and square. Hinge firm, no inscriptions, end papers darkened thereafter pages are smooth clean and clear, with illustrations throughout by Eric Gill.

Buckram. Zustand: Very Good. No Jacket. 2nd Edition. A very good (although ex Library) of this small treatise on wood engraving and printing originally published by the Ditchling Press in 1921, now in its second Edition published by Faber in 1946. No Dust Jacket: (as issued?). Cover: blue Buckram covered boards with gilt lettering to spine and 'Colwyn Bay Public Library' blind stamped to rear; in very good condition for its age; clean and bright, no marks, just a small amount of edge wear commensurate with age and use. InternallY; very clean and tightly bound; library 'withdrawn' stamp and some lettering to edition page, no other library stamps, marks or inscriptions; very slight darkening to page edges. Illustrated throughout in black and white. 58 pp. plus 4 pp. advertising material.