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WOODCUTS & WOOD ENGRAVINGS: How I Make Them
by Mueller, Hans Alexander
- Used
- first
- Condition
- Near fine.
- Seller
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Silver Spring, Maryland, United States
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About This Item
New York: Pynson Printers, 1939. First edition. Near fine.. Fine press edition of the German emigré's masterful work on printing technique. Exceptional and exceptionally illustrated work on woodcuts and wood engravings by a notable artist and the teacher of graphic novel pioneer Lynd Ward. The manual was received with much contemporary praise and publicity; Mueller was profiled in the December 1939 issue of Life Magazine, and his show (organized by printer Elmer Adler) was well reviewed in the New York Times. 12.5'' x 9.75''. Original gilt-lettered dark green cloth. Edition of 3000 copies. Lacking original dust jacket. Additional 10.5'' x 8.5'' two-color wood engraving laid in, in protective sleeve. Printed on verso: "This Signature was Printed for The Colophon March 1939." 187, [1] pages. Illustrated in black and white and in color. Bookplate of Edwin E. Gruener mounted to front paste-down. Mild wear to extremities.
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- Bookseller
- Type Punch Matrix
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 45080
- Title
- WOODCUTS & WOOD ENGRAVINGS: How I Make Them
- Author
- Mueller, Hans Alexander
- Book Condition
- Used - Near fine.
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Publisher
- Pynson Printers
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1939
- Keywords
- Reference Books,20th century,Book Arts
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About the Seller
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- First Edition
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- Colophon
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- Paste-down
- The paste-down is the portion of the endpaper that is glued to the inner boards of a hardback book. The paste-down forms an...
- Fine
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- Cloth
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- Jacket
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- Bookplate
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