Search Results: Wood Engravings from Charles Agvent

New York: Limited Editions Club, 1981. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine in a Fine clamshell box. Fritz Eichenberg. Copy #12 of only 20 portfolios (out of a total edition of 50) with 18 final proofs on Torinoko handmade paper and 18 first proofs on Mohawk Superfine paper, each SIGNED by the artist and numbered. Each print is loose in a plain paper portfolio; the set is accompanied with a folded folio sheet of text (text leaf and portfolio sheets are 16-3/4" x 22"), first proof sheets on Mohawk Superfine (14" x 18-1/4"), final proof sheets on Torinoko (16-1/2" x 21-3/4"). Based on the woodblock illustrations done by Eichenberg for the Limited Editions Club book of the same title, also published in 1981. Housed in publisher's full tan cloth clamshell case, front cover lettered in blind.

New York: Limited Editions Club, 1981. Hardcover. Fine in glassine and a Fine slipcase. Fritz Eichenberg. Folio (9-1/2" x 12-1/2") bound in natural-color, blind-stamped coarse-weave linen imported from the Netherlands; 386 pages. Translated and introduced by John Spielman. Illustrated with 18 dramatic full-page wood-engravings and numerous wood-engraved vignettes by Fritz Eichenberg. One of 2000 numbered copies SIGNED by the artist on the colophon page. Monthly Letter laid in.

New York: Limited Editions Club, 1981. Hardcover. Fine in a Fine slipcase. Fritz Eichenberg. Folio (9-1/2" x 12-1/2") bound in natural-color, blind-stamped coarse-weave linen imported from the Netherlands; 386 pages. Translated and introduced by John Spielman. Illustrated with 18 dramatic full-page wood-engravings and numerous wood-engraved vignettes by Fritz Eichenberg. Copy #1168 of 2000 SIGNED by the artist on the colophon page.

Washington: Limited Editions Club, 1938. Hardcover. Spine a little darkened. Very Good, lacking the slipcase. Asa Cheffetz. Large octavo (7-1/8" x 9-1/4") bound in full spring-green linen with a tree stamped in black at the center of the front cover and gilt decorations surrounding it, 340 pages. A beautiful edition of this famous work with a new introduction by the author and wonderful wood engravings by Asa Cheffetz. AN ALMANAC FOR MODERNS, the day-to-day observations and reflections of a sensitive naturalist, was awarded the Gold Medal of the Limited Editions Club. Copy #380 of 1500 numbered copies SIGNED by the artist on the colophon page.

Washington: Limited Editions Club, 1938. Hardcover. Adhesive remnant from a bookplate on the front pastedown. Spine darkened. Very Good in an intact, Very Good slipcase. Asa Cheffetz. Large octavo (7-1/8" x 9-1/4") bound in full spring-green linen with a tree stamped in black at the center of the front cover and gilt decorations surrounding it, 340 pages. A beautiful edition of this famous work with a new introduction by the author and wonderful wood engravings by Asa Cheffetz. AN ALMANAC FOR MODERNS, the day-to-day observations and reflections of a sensitive naturalist, was awarded the Gold Medal of the Limited Editions Club. Copy #845 of 1500 numbered copies SIGNED by the artist on the colophon page.

(Easthampton, MA): Cheloniidae Press, 1990. First Edition. hardcover. Fine in a clamshell box, a beautiful book. Alan James Robinson. Folio (10-3/8" x 15-7/8"), the exact untrimmed size of the First Folio of 1623, bound by Claudia Cohen and Sarah Creighton in full gilt-lettered rust morocco, with marbled endsheets by Faith Harrison, in a custom cloth clamshell box with a gilt-lettered large morocco spine label. Designed by illustrator Alan James Robinson and Arthur Kinney, who wrote the text. Illustrated with 54 wood engravings depicting the birds and beasts and one wood engraving as well as an etching of Shakespeare. This is copy #I of 5 special proof copies (of a total edition of only 131) printed by Harold Patrick McGrath on Cheloniidae rag made specially for the Press, the first paper to carry a Cheloniidae watermark, and SIGNED by the illustrator on the colophon page. With an extra suite of the engravings and etching, each SIGNED and numbered by Robinson, plus another suite, issued only with… Read More

Barre, MA: Barre Publishers, 1971. Leather-backed boards. Near Fine in glassine and slipcase. Makes a lovely gift. Michael McCurdy. Quarto (7-1/2" x 10-3/4") bound in morocco-backed decorated boards. Illustrated with wood engravings by Michael McCurdy. One of 1000 copies SIGNED by the artist of this fine edition of what is generally recognized as the first American book on fishing, first published in the eighteenth century. This copy is unnumbered, out of series.

Lincoln, MA: Penmaen Press, 1978. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine in a partly sunned slipcase, complete with the loose wood engraving often found lacking. Michael McCurdy. Embossed blue cloth. Copy #43 of only 100 numbered copies of the deluxe edition (from a total edition of 600) SIGNED on the colophon page by Peich, Michael McCurdy, and four others associated with the press. Illustrated with 4 wood engravings by McCurdy as well as facsimiles and photo reproductions. Allen Ginsberg is depicted in two photographs. Laid in is a SIGNED wood engraving by McCurdy limited to 100 numbered copies. Prospectus laid in.

Lincoln, MA: Penmaen Press, 1978. First Edition. Hardcover. Spine a bit sunned. Near Fine in a Near Fine slipcase. Michael McCurdy. Embossed blue cloth. Copy #21 of only 100 numbered copies of the deluxe edition (from a total edition of 600) SIGNED on the colophon page by Peich, Michael McCurdy, and four others associated with the press. Illustrated with 4 wood engravings by McCurdy as well as facsimiles and photo reproductions. Allen Ginsberg is depicted in two photographs. Lacking the loose wood engraving by McCurdy.

London: G. Kearsley/Thomas Davison, 1800-1826. Hardcover. Minor foxing to the plates with many tissue guards still in place, text generally clean. Near Fine in a Fine, attractive binding. Twelve (of fourteen) volumes bound in eighteen volumes comprising twenty-two parts and including index, bound in recent 3/4 polished calf leather and marbled boards with blind rules, gilt-lettered and decorated spines, and gilt-lettered brown morocco spine labels. Illustrated with engraved title pages and 1048 plates. Includes 233 plates of mammals in 14 parts in 4 volumes; 140 plates of amphibians in 2 parts in 2 volumes; 190 plates of fish in 4 parts in 4 volumes; 139 plates of insects in 2 parts in 2 volumes; and 346 plates of birds in 10 parts in 5 volumes.

[Boston]: [Hillside Press], [1967]. First Edition. Hardcover. About Fine. Chapters 2 & 3 of Genesis from the Old Testament. Folio (13- 1/8" x 16-1/8") bound in quarter blue patterned cloth and light blue-gray Fabriano paper boards (without label on front cover). Designed, illustrated with ORIGINAL WOOD ENGRAVINGS, and hand-printed on double-fold Japanese Masa paper by Michael McCurdy, his first commercially produced book. The colophon states that the book was produced in 1965-1966, but there is a small engraved Hillside Press logo with the 1967 date pasted below that. The entire edition consisted of only 20 copies, of which 15 were for sale. This copy has a Penmaen Press envelope containing a typed description of the book: "This book is without label on front panel. Colophon says HILLSIDE PRESS, pasted over PENDEL PRESS imprint. 1965-6." Also noted in pencil on this paper is that this copy is one of four in McCurdy's possession. With the bookplate of noted press collector Carl Sutton on the front pastedown. Read More

New York: Limited Editions Club, 1936. Hardcover. Wear to the head of the spine of the second volume with slight loss of cloth. Still Near Fine in a Very Good slipcase. Robert Gibbings. Three tall quarto (7-3/4" x 12-3/4") volumes bound in half blue linen and armorial-decorated boards. Illustrated with handsome wood engravings by master engraver Robert Gibbings who also designed the book. Preface of William Caxton. Edited, with spelling and punctuation modernised, by A. W. Pollard. Printed at the Golden Cockerel Press. Of a total of 1500 copies SIGNED by the artist on the colophon page, this copy has the number (1144) struck through and next to it written in ink "Office Copy." It also bears the Club's blindstamp stating it is one of 15 presentation copies. One of the finest productions of the press.

New York: Limited Editions Club, 1936. Hardcover. Foxing to first and last few pages, heaviest to pastedowns and endpapers, then very light. Very Good, lacking the slipcase. Robert Gibbings. Three tall quarto (7-3/4" x 12-3/4") volumes bound in half blue linen and armorial-decorated boards. Illustrated with handsome wood engravings by master engraver Robert Gibbings who also designed the book. Preface of William Caxton. Edited, with spelling and punctuation modernised, by A. W. Pollard. Printed at the Golden Cockerel Press. Copy #323 of 1500 printed at the Golden Cockerel Press and SIGNED by the illustrator on the colophon page. One of the finest productions of the press.

New York: Limited Editions Club, 1936. Hardcover. Tasteful bookplates on each front pastedown. Splits to slipcase but complete and attractive. About Fine in a Good or better slipcase. Robert Gibbings. Three tall quarto (7-3/4" x 12-3/4") volumes bound in half blue linen and armorial-decorated boards. Illustrated with handsome wood engravings by master engraver Robert Gibbings who also designed the book. Preface of William Caxton. Edited, with spelling and punctuation modernised, by A. W. Pollard. Copy #1205 of 1500 printed at the Golden Cockerel Press and SIGNED by the illustrator on the colophon page. One of the finest productions of the press.

New York: Limited Editions Club, 1930. Hardcover. Tasteful bookplate on the front pastedown; slight sunning to spine. Slipcase with dampstaining to back edge. A Near Fine example of this beautifully printed book in a Very Good slipcase. Paoli Molnar. Quarto (8-1/8" x 11-5/8") bound in cloth specially woven in blue and tan by Fortuny of Venice. The first English translation of 1864 revised by Dom Roger Hudleston. Designed and printed on deckle-edge mold-made paper by Hans Mardersteig at the Officina Bodoni in Verona, Italy. Illustrated with wood engravings by Paoli Molnar. Copy #4 of 1500 SIGNED by the illustrator on the colophon page. Copies of LECs with such a low limitation number are rather uncommon.

Lincoln: Penmaen Press, 1977. First Edition. Hardcover. Light marking to cloth along spine. Near Fine in a Near Fine slipcase. Lynd Ward. Quarto in cloth-backed boards. Of 200 numbered copies of this special edition, this copy not numbered but marked "O.S.," out-of-series. Illustrated with six wood engravings by Lynd Ward. SIGNED by artist Lynd Ward, Anthony Hecht, the translator, and Arthur Wilson who wrote the introduction. Hand-printed by Michael McCurdy and Evelyn Clarke with Ward's engravings struck from the blocks. There were also 100 deluxe copies and 200 trade copies. Prospectus laid in.

(London): Dropmore Press, 1951. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine in a Very Good, spine-darkened dustwrapper. Kenneth Hunter. One of 300 numbered copies of these 18th century theatrical memoirs, with an introduction by Harold Hobson. Illustrated with wood engravings by Kenneth Hunter.

London: Dropmore Press, 1948. First Edition. Hardcover. Some soiling and dampspotting to covers. Internally Fine. The darkened dustwrapper front panel is separated at the spine. Very Good. Ian Macnab. Quarto, bound in half morocco leather. Illustrated with 15 wood engravings by Ian Macnab. Copy #189 of 300 numbered copies of this lovely book.

New York: Limited Editions Club, 1954. Hardcover. Fine in a Near Fine slipcase. Fritz Eichenberg. Quarto (8" x 11") bound in natural linen and decorated boards. Translated into English verse by Thomas James Arnold with an introduction by Edward Lazare. One of 1500 numbered copies illustrated with wood engravings by Fritz Eichenberg and SIGNED by the artist on the colophon page.

New York: Limited Editions Club, 1954. Hardcover. Spine slightly darkened. Near Fine in a Fine slipcase. Fritz Eichenberg. Quarto (8" x 11") bound in natural linen and decorated boards. Translated into English verse by Thomas James Arnold with an introduction by Edward Lazare. Copy #1307 of 1500 numbered copies illustrated with wood engravings by Fritz Eichenberg and SIGNED by the artist on the colophon page.