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San Francisco, CA : The Book Club of california. Prospectus only. Two pages with a sample plate laid in by William Daniell: "Lynmouth, on the coast of North Devon. 1814". . Near Fine. Broadsides. 1978.

San Francisco: Book Club of California, 1978. First Edition Thus . Single Sheet. Fine. 9.5 x 14.5 inches.. Prospectus Only, Not The Book. Printed Folder With A Text Inside Promoting Mr. Franklin's Book On Books Illustrated With Aquatints. With An Illustrated Plate Laid In Titled "Thomas Malton: Watergate, York Buildings, 1795". Folio. With Original Printed Mailing Envelope, Also Enclosures Of An Order Envelope And A Finely Printed Notice Of A Delay In Publication Of The Book.

The Book Club of California, 1978. Hard cover. Very good/No jacket. Limited edition of 500 copies printed. Bottom corner of front cover is worn. Spine is lightly bumped, but binding is tight. Inside is clean and unmarked.

San Francisco, Calif.: Book Club of California, 1978.. Printed folder with a text inside promoting Mr. Franklin's book on books illustrated with aquatints. With an illustrated plate laid in titled "Thomas Malton: Watergate, York Buildings, 1795". Folio. 9.5 x 14.5 inches.

San Francisco: The Book Club of California, 1978. 103 pp. 37.5 x 24.5 cm. Red quarter cloth with marbled paper covered boards, gilt titling to spine; illustrated with 16 color plates and limited to 500 copies. Includes folded prospectus with notice of delay and a copy of Plate 13 laid in, which is Thomas Malton's University College from the High Street, Oxford, 1802. Some light rubbing to spine ends with some rubbing to tail of boards. Interior is clean and unmarked. Binding firm. Some light, uneven toning to front of prospectus, with a light crease along fore edge. Due to the size and wieght of this book, additional shipping may be required for expedited and international orders. . Limited. Hard Cover. Very Good.

San Francisco: Book Club of California, 1978. ~Quarter red cloth, marbled paper to boards. Limited to 500 copies. No ownership marks. ~Robust packaging. All UK orders with tracking, overseas orders on request.. Hardback. Fine. viii, 104pp., 16 colour illus. Folio: 24 x 37cm. Binding sound, text unmarked.

San Francisco: The Book Club of California, 1978. First edition. Folio, quarter cloth, fine. One of 500 copies printed at the Cambridge University Press, color plates printed at the Curwen Press.

San Francisco: The Book Club of California, 1978. Folio. viii, 104pp. 16 color reproductions. Original cloth-backed marbled boards. A fine copy. FIRST EDITION, one of 500 copies.

Folio. San Francisco: Book Club of California, 1978. Folio, viii, 104 pp., frontispiece and 15 plates. Quarter red cloth, lettered in gilt. As new. with the prospectus. § Limited to 500 copies, the color plates printed at the Curwen Press. This well-produced book is a useful and informative introduction to British aquatint books and their contents.

San Francisco: Book Club of California, 1978. First edition. Quarter cloth over marbled boards. Small bookplate on front pastedown else a fine copy in original plain white dust jacket, with a bit of wear.. viii, 104 pp. Illus. with 16 color plates. Folio. Publication No. 160. One of 500 copies. A handsomely illustrated study of the aquatint medium. Provenance: From the library of Kenneth E. Hill, with his bookplate.

San Francisco, The Book Club of California, 1978, First edition, limited edition of 500 copies. . original cloth backed marbled boards, gilt spine title lettering, very fine and clean, unmarked and unused, with the orig plain dj (short tear), with the extra loose plate in orig printed folder prospectus, with the orig receipt from publisher dated 1979. folio [37.5 x 25 cm]; vii, 104 pp, 16 plates from original aquatints, mostly colored, index. . This is the finely produced limited edition, printed at Cambridge University Press for The Book Club of California with colour plates printed at the Curwen Press, London, typographical design by John Dreyfus. An excellent and impressive work covering early books on aquatint, sport, the common life, doggerel, city and cottage, view, tours and the visual book, showing the use of aquatint printing of plates through the ages. The illustrations are taken from some of the finest illustrated books from 1775 to 1842, the golden age of aquatint. A picture of this… Read More

Book Club of California, 1978. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Limited Edition. hardback, folio, red cloth backstrip lettered gilt, marbled paper covered boards, no jacket, some faint spotting to closed top edges but o/w a very good tightly bound clean and unmarked copy, limited to 500 copies, colour plates, 103pp.

San Francisco, CA: The Book Club of California. Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket. 1978. Limited Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. Color Illustrations; Limited to 500 unnumbered copies (printed at Cambridge University Press with colour plates printed at the Curwen Press, London). The Book Club of California Volume # 160. Typographical design by John Dreyfus. This book is in Near Fine condition and has a Very Good dust jacket. The book and its contents are in clean, bright condition. There is a small, inked previous owner's name on the rear pastedown page. The text pages are clean and bright. This copy includes the plain, unprinted original dust jacket, which has been marked with the title and date on the spine by a helpful former owner. The dust jacket has several edge tears and some light toning / sunning. "Aquatint is an intaglio printmaking technique, a variant of etching that produces areas of tone rather than lines. For this reason it has mostly been used in conjunction with… Read More

Book Club of California. Used - Very Good. 1978. Hardcover. Quarter cloth over dec. paper-covered boards. Gilt lettering on spine. Generic white paper dj. with title written in pen on spine. Folio. Limted to 500 copies. Includes Book Club of California prospectus for this volume. Very little shelf-wear. Clean, attractive copy. Very Good. (Subject: Books on Books).

San Francisco: The Book Club of California. Fine in Good dust jacket. 1978. Limited Edition. Hardcover. 500 copies printed. (104) pp.; folio; bound in beige, terra cotta and black cockerell boards with red cloth back, spine lettered in gold. Designed by John Dreyfus, and printed at the Cambridge University Press. Illustrated with sixteen plates in color. Book label, 'ex-libris' Bernard Rosenthal' bottom edge front pastedown near hinge. This copy with Prospectus and sample plate (16. William Daniell, Lynmouth on the coast of North Devon, 1814), laid in. Also a printed announcement for members "Owing to a breakdown at the bindery in England, Themes in Aquatint wil be slightly delayed / The Publications Committee." In plain paper jacket which is tanned & soiled with chips and closed tears. "Aquatint, in imitation of water-color drawing, is perhaps the most beautiful form of book illustration." Franklin explores the high and low life of the social world… Read More

Book Club of California, 1978. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Folio - over 12" - 15" Tall (thin). One of 500 copies (the entire edition), printed at Cambridge University Press, with the color plates being printed at the Curwen Press. Concentration on the developments in England during the late 18th and early 19th centuries (to about 1840); notable for reproductions of works by Henry Alken, William Gilpin, Paul Sandby, Thomas Rowlandson, and others. A Folio - over 12 in. - 15 in. vii, [1], 103, [1] pages + plates. Quarter red cloth, over Cockerell marbled paper boards, with gilt stamped titles on the spine; white paper dust jacket. Includes bibliographical references and index. Additional relevant material, including publisher's 6-page prospectus and the publisher's postcard, laid in loose.16 Color Illustrations / Plates; b/w Decorations (headpieces). A Very Good copy with light shelfwear; the dust jacket has minor creasing else Very Good. (PLEASE NOTE: due to the size and weight of… Read More

San Francisco: The Book Club of California, 1978. First edition. Hardcover. Fine. Sixteen color plates. First edition, limited to 500 copies. A handsomely illustrated study of the aquatint medium by an authority on the subject, this work complements the classic technical study by S.T. Prideaux, "Aquatint Engraving: A Chapter in the History of Book illustration" (1909). Prospectus laid in. Marbled boards over a red cloth spine with gilt titles. A fine copy in the original plain paper dust jacket.

San Francisco: The Book Club of California, 1978. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. Folio, 104 pages, original quarter cloth over marbled boards. Illustrated with 16 colored plates. ¶ Pioneering and still essential history of aquatint illustration, limited to 500 copies, PRESENTATION COPY from the author to Bernard Breslauer, signed on the half-title.

San Francisco: The Book Club of California, 1978. Limited First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/near fine. One of 500 copies, folio size, [112] pp., with original prospectus and sample plate, and a notice from the publisher. A significant illustrated study of the aquatint medium for book illustration, by antiquarian bookseller and bibliorapher Colin Franklin, who is also the author of "The Private Presses" and is considered an authority on the subject. The book was designed by John Dreyfus and printed at the Curwen Press, the first Book Club publication to be produced entirely in England. ___DESCRIPTION: Quarter red cloth, and Cockerell marbled paper over boards, title in gilt to backstrip, white paper dust jacket, sixteen numbered plates including frontis (not included in pagination), Bell monotype type, machine made paper, folio 14 1/2" by 9 3/8", [i-iv] v-vii [viii] 1-103 [104] pp., limited first edition, one of 500 copies, with original prospectus and sample plate, and a notice from the publisher… Read More

San Francisco: The Book Club of California, 1978. One of 500 copies. Small stain to lower edge, tiny bit of soiling to fore-edge, else fine.. Red cloth backed marbled boards.