maxwell barbour (3 Ergebnisse)

Zustand: Good. Charles Scribner's Sons New York 1929 4to. 707 pages. red cloth boards with gold lettering to front and spine. boards moderately soiled. sunned spine. corners lightly bumped. hinge cracked at half title page.

Cloth. Zustand: Very Good Indeed. None (illustrator). A sixth edition of J. Herbert Slater's interesting guide to engravings, complete with twenty-four colour plates. This work explores the history of engraving, from wood engraving through line engraving, etching, mezzotint, colour prints, forgeries and collector's marks. A thorough exploration of the artistic form, examining all manner of means and examples.Written by H. Herbert Slater (1854-1921), author of 'How to Collect Books' and 'The Romance of Book Collecting'.Enlarged by F. W. Maxwell-Barbour.The sixth edition.Illustrated with twenty-four plates, as well as three hundred facsimile reproductions of engraver's marks.From the public library of Weston-super-Mare; cleanly preserved. Rebound in a full cloth institutional binding. Externally generally smart, with some minor general shelf wear. Library bookplate to the front pastedown and stamps to the front endpaper. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean, with occasional small library stamps. Very Good Indeed. book.

Cloth. Zustand: Very Good. Various (illustrator). A lavishly illustrated guide to the art of engravings and their values, by J. Herbert Slater, illustrated with many plates, including four in colour. The sixth revised edition of this work.An important work guiding the reader in the collection of engravings by J. Herbert Slater, a fascinating artistic volume.Illustrated with a colour frontispiece, three colour plates, twenty monochrome plates, and in-text illustrations.Collated, complete.Revised and enlarged by F. W. Maxwell-Barbour.Four pages of publisher's adverts to the rear. In the original publisher's cloth binding. Externally, generally smart. Boards and spine are lightly discoloured with some marks. Minor bumping to the spine and extremities. Front hinge is starting a little but remains firm. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean, with a few light handling marks. The occasional pencil mark to the margins. Very Good. book.