Thomas balston intro (4 resultados)

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: 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.…

Condición: Near Fine. dj. First edition, first printing. THE COMPREHENSIVE GIBBINGS Robert Gibbings led the wood engraving revival in Britain in the early twentieth century, increasing renown for the art form through his own strongly lined work, as well as serving as a founding member of the Society of Wood Engravers and owner of The Golden Cockerel Press. Published the year after Robert Gibbing's death, Empson's collection offers the most definitive gathering of Gibbing's wood engravings, featuring over 1000 prints with numerous engravings published for the first time. Sunned top edge, gently browned endpapers, still near fine, in near fine acetate jacket with pressed tips and corners. Publisher's full black cloth stamped in gilt, in publisher's acetate jacket, stamped in red, top edge stained green. Numerous black-and-white and color wood engravings by Robert Gibbings. (ilustrador).…

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

Cloth. Condición: Very Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: 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 (ilustrador). book.…