Ritscher paul b (4 risultati)

Hardcover. Condizione: Fine. 1st Edition, Limited Edition. DESCRIPTION: Small quarto, 10 1/2 x 7 7/8 inches, 268 x 200 mm., 384 pp. No. 165 of 300 copies for sale. This is one of 250 standard copies with binding of quarter cloth and patterned paper over boards with matching slipcase designed by John DePol. Introductory essays by Patricia Ainslie (Canada) and Paul B. Ritscher (USA). 121 unnumbered leaves of plates with wood engravings. Text, including biographical notes, is printed in blue and black on Zerkall mould-made white wove and ivory laid paper with the illustrations printed on white paper. Book is protected with a clear archival Grafix Dura Lar dust wrapper._____CONDITION: Both book and slipcase are in very fine condition. No issues whatsoever._____DISCUSSION: This is the finest collection of North American wood engravings in private press format, all printed directly from the wooden blocks. The engravings were selected by the artists and a brief biography of each artist is given. Jan Crispin is one of the world's foremost printers of wood engravings and the quality of the presswork is exceptional, as expected. Major artists included in this survey are: Barry Moser, Sarah Chamberlain, Gaylord Schanilec, Vance Gerry, and Abigail Rorer. An important Barbarian Press book, one of their major editions. It is a must for collectors of wood engravings._____NOTE: International shipping cost using USPS International Priority Mail to Canada and the United Kingdom is $65 U.S. dollars. Shipping cost to more distant locations may incur additional cost.…

Softcover. Condizione: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Signed by Author. #60/100 copies Page edges a bit foxed. Illustrator: Paul B. Ritscher. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Poetry; Signed by Author. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 26405. Paul B. Ritscher (illustratore). …

Softcover. Condizione: Fine. First edition. Slim tall octavo. Fine in sewn wrappers. Illustrated with one tipped-on Signed original print followed by reproductions of other works. With a one-page biography. Business card laid in. Aside from being an accomplished artist and engraver, Ritscher was also the co-author of the anthology *End Grain: Contemporary Wood Engraving in North America* (Barbarian Press, 1994). Uncommon.…

Hardcover. Condizione: As New. No Jacket. 1st Edition. First edition, limited edition Published in an edition of 430 copies, of which 300 are for sale. Of these, 250 are bound in quarter cloth with patterned paper over boards, and slipcased; 50 are bound in full leather, with patterned endpapers & a signed, tipped-in frontispiece, & contained in a drop-back box. The remaining 130 copies constitute a Contributor's Edition. This copy is #132 of three hundred copies. 85 unnumbered pages, 121 unnumbered leaves of plates : chiefly illustrations ; Unpaginated. Illustrated with wood engravings by Elfriede Abbe, Barry Moser, John DePol, Leonard Baskin, Sarah Chamberlain, Wendy Simon, and many other Canadian and American artists. An important survey of wood engraving in Canada and the USA with Introductory Essays by Patricia Ainslie (Canada) and Paul B. Ritscher (USA). An important survey of wood engraving in Canada and the USA, The most important book on wood engraving in North America ever. A very fine as new copy in a like slipcase.…