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Perry, Raymond W.; Whitford, William G : Block Printing Craft

The Manual Arts Press, Peoria, IL, 1938

Original publisher's red cloth binding with black, white, and red illustrated dust wrapper in mylar. Front panel of the dust wrapper shows a ship at sea. 6" x 9." 143 pages, complete. Eighty-five illustrations in black and white and color, complete. Index in the back. Dust wrapper and pages and covers of the book are very clean and intact. Binding is tight. No remainder marks. Dust wrapper has very light chipping at the corners and along the edges. A Fine book in a Fine dust wrapper. Excerpt from front flap of the dust wrapper: "Both as a guide to the making of block prints and as a source of appreciation of the art of block printing, this book is exceptionally comprehensive and practical. The author is a master of the craft, whose prints have been shown in some of the leading exhibitions. He writes with clearness and he illustrates the volume with numerous drawings and print, including a series to demonstrate the steps in the process of making color prints where several blocks are used." The following are the chapter titles: "An Introduction to Block Printing," "A Brief Historical Survey of Block Printing," "The Woodcut and Wood Engraving," "Linoleum as a Modern Substitute," "Designing," "Transferring," "Cutting," "Information Preparatory to Printing on Paper," "Printing," "Multiblocks and Color Prints," "Making Woodcuts," and "About Prints in General.". Book. Book Condition: Fine. Binding: Hardcover. Jacket: Fine

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