Patience empson ed (8 Ergebnisse)

Hardcover. Zustand: Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. 8-3/4" x 11-1/4", xliv + 305pp. Sewn binding in black cloth boards. Wrapped in vinyl dust jacket with title block stamped onto it in red; there is a closed 4" tear from the top of the spine hinge on the back cover, and some rubbing / shelf wear to the jacket. A copy of the publisher's prospectus for this volume is laid in. Binding is square and tight, pages are clean and bright and unmarked. NOTE that this is a larger volume, and there may be additional shipping charges on orders outside North America. Gibbings, Robert (illustrator). …

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. 1st Edition. xliv., 355 pages, colour frontis., nine pages of half tones and over 1000 engravings, list of galleries holding works, list of books illustrated. Bound in the publisher's black cloth, gilt block to upper board, gilt titling to spine. In the original transparent wrapper printed in red. Original 6 page prospectus laid in. Minor wear, some spotting to prelims. 290mm. x 230mm.…

Cloth. Zustand: Near Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good Indeed. First edition. A smart first edition of this illustrated bibliographical work on the art of Robert Gibbings, limited to nine hundred and fifty copies. First edition. Limited to nine hundred and fifty copies. Illustrated with a portrait frontispiece and seventeen in-text engravings. Collated complete. One of the leaders of the revival of wood-engraving in the 1920s, Irish artist and author Robert Gibbings was director of the Golden Cockerel Press for nine years. The first part of the volume is a descriptive bibliography of the sixty-seven books illustrated by Gibbings; and the second lists his work as artist, writer, printer and publisher in chronological order, and also records some publications containing references to his work. There is a note on the printing methods of the Golden Cockerel Press, contributed by A. C. Cooper who was pressman throughout the period of Gibbings' direction. Written by A. Mary Kirkus, edited by Gibbings's partner Patience Empson, and John Harris. In the original quarter cloth binding. Externally, very smart with minor wear to the extremities. Original unclipped dust wrapper is also very smart with light wear and the odd small mark to the panels. Light sunning to the spine. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean throughout. Near Fine. Robert Gibbings (illustrator). book.…

Empson, Patience (ed.). The Wood Engravings of ROBERT GIBBINGS with some recollections by the artist. xliv pp. text, incl. intro. by Thomas Balston, & hundreds of reproductions, 4to, cloth. London, Dent, 1959.

Hardcover. Zustand: Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Fine. FIRST. A FINE FIRST IN ACETATE DJ.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. 1st Edition. 4to. pp. 355. frontis & numerous illus. throughout (some full-page). original cloth (back cover bit rubbed). First Edition.

Cloth. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Near Fine. First edition. A first edition of this densely illustrated title, in the original plastic dust wrapper. A first edition, with the original protective plastic dust wrapper, which is printed with title text. Featuring the work of Irish artist and author, who wrote titles on travel and natural history. Slotted into the work are two prints of Peter Reddick's Untitled Landscape, between protective card - both signed by Reddick, and one dated 1980. Th influential wood engraver Peter Reddick is most known for his illustrations in the work of Thomas Hardy and Anthony Trollope. He was a Gregynog arts fellow between 1979 and 1980. Also slotted inside is an additional print, small and unidentified, and a 1958 article on the death of Robert Gibbings. Featuring a colour frontispiece and one-hundred-and-seventy-fourdouble-sided pages of monochrome illustration. Collated, complete Bound in original black cloth. In original transparent plastic dust wrapper. Externally, very smart. Moderate damp stains to boards and spine. Dust wrapper smart. Mild shelf wear. The odd mark to dust wrapper covers. Internally, firmly bound. Moderate strain between pp.350-351. Very mild cockling. Pages generally bright and clean, with the odd spot. Very Good. Robert Gibbings (illustrator). book.…

London, 1959. XLIV,355 pp. B/w plts. Hardcover.