Garden Spice and Wild Pot-Herbs
by Muenscher, Walter Conrad & Rice, Myron Arthur; Abbe, Elfriede
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good with no dust jacket
- Seller
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Bishop, California, United States
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About This Item
Elfriede Abbe. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1954. Limited Edition. Hardcover. A numbered, hand printed first edition printed and illustrated by Elfriede Abbe. This copy is #68 of 90. The paper is handmade Japanese Kochi paper. The illustrations mostly wood block engravings, with two zinc plates. One large foldout. Oversized half green cloth with green paper boards. Minor edgewear and bumped corners. Text very clean, an erased name on a free end paper. A beautiful book. ; 11.90 x 8.55 x 1.75 inches; Elfriede Abbe enjoys a lifetime of artistic recognition and achievement. A graduate of Cornell University in 1940, Abbe has worked as sculptor, wood engraver and botanical illustrator, and has published numerous hand-printed books on a manual press that still takes up the better part of her home studio. Her wood engravings are in collections including the libraries of Cornell University, Yale University and Carnegie-Mellon University .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Range & River Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 36464
- Title
- Garden Spice and Wild Pot-Herbs
- Author
- Muenscher, Walter Conrad & Rice, Myron Arthur; Abbe, Elfriede
- Illustrator
- Abbe, Elfriede
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good with no dust jacket
- Edition
- Limited Edition
- Publisher
- Elfriede Abbe
- Date Published
- 1954
- Keywords
- Notable Illustrations, HAND Printed, Elfriede Abbe, Herbal, BOTANY, Botanical Illustrations
- Bookseller catalogs
- Notable Illustrations; Botany;
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About the Seller
Range & River Books
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Bishop, California
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