14 recommended books for the beginner collector!
So you're new to print collecting, where do you start? These books can help:
Roger Baynton-Williams.
Published by Barrie and Rockliff, The Cresset Press, 2 Clement's Inn, Strand, London, W.C.2. 1969.
Book: 4to (297 x 214mm). pp. 160. Profusely illustrated with colour and b/w images.Cloth binding with title in gilt stamped along the spine. Complete with dust jacket and library stamp. Dust jacket worn and creased.
A comprehensive illustrated narrative to understanding maps, their various styles and developments. An introduction details the methods of map-making and the techniques used.
[Ref: 10354] £45.00
Chats on Old Prints. with 110 Illustrations and a Coloured Frontispiece.
by Arthur Hayden. Author of "Chats on English China," and "Chats of Old Furniture."
T. Fisher Unwin Limited Bouverie House, Fleet Street. Eighth Edition 1928.
Book: 8vo (198 x 131mm). Cloth binding with title on spine stamped in gilt. Binding tired.
An
illustrated narrative on the various methods and techniques of print
making, with a chapter on 'How to Collect. A Chapter for Beginners'.
[Ref: 10226] £30.00
How to Appreciate Prints.
by Frank Weitenkampf, L.H.D. Chief of the Prints Division of
the New York Public Library, Author of the "American Graphic Art,"
"Etching and Contemporary Life," etc.
(Third Revised Edition) London, Grant Richards, Ltd. 1921.
Book: 8vo (207 x 141mm). Green cloth;; pp. xi + 330, 31
half-tones and 1 wood-engraved plate. Binding worn with some stains.
An illustrated comprehensive guide to prints. An outline
of all methods of print making, the care of prints, subject-interest,
specialities, collecting, and appreciation and understanding.
[Ref: 10206] £45.00
How to Identify Old Prints.
F.L. Wilder.
London. G. Bell & Sons Ltd. [1970.]
4to, green cloth gilt and illust. d/w; pp. 192, with 105 b/w plates. Small tear on d/w top edge.
A techincal and historical guide to identifying prints.
[Ref: 59839] £45.00
Print Collecting.
Bryan Allen.
First published in Great Britain 1970 by Frederick Muller Ltd., Fleet Street, London, E.C.4.
Book: 8vo (209 x 160mm). Original green cloth with illus d/w. Dust jacket torn and worn.
An
illustrated reference guide on the different types of print, different
categories, favourite genre of prints, what is collectable, the
practicalities behind publications, forgeries, purchasing: where and
who, the care of prints and further investigation into prints.
[Ref: 10222] £25.00
Rosemary Simmons.
Studio Vista in association with Christie's Contemporary Art. A Studio Vista book, published by Cassell Ltd. 35 Red Lion Square, London WC1R 4SG and at Sydney, Auckland, Toronto, Johannesburg, and affiliate of Macmillan Publishing Co. Inc., New York. First Published 1980. Printed in Hong Kong.
Small 4to. Original cloth boards with red gilt on cover and spine, also with original dust jacket. pp.128. Illustrated profusely with colour and b/w images Dust jacket slightly worn around edges.
A book clarifying exactly what is meant by an 'original print', with chapters on how prints are made, buying and selling of prints, framing and conservation and six other chapters; a useful glossary of terms is provided at the back.
[Ref: 21987] £30.00
The Print Collector
by Muriel Clayton, M.A. Assistant in the Department of
Engraving, Illustration and Design, Victoria and Albert Museum.
Herbert Jenkins Limited. 3 York Street, St. James's London S.W.1. First Printing 1929.
8vo (215 x 137mm), green cloth lettered in black; pp. 282 +
(6)(ads), with half-tone plates. Binding worn.
An illustrated reference book and narrative providing information on various methods and techniques of print making.
[Ref: 10219] £30.00
How to Distinguish Prints. Written and Illustrated by Members of the Print Society
and Edited by Hesketh Hubbard R.O.I., R.B.A., A.R.W.A. (Founder of the Print Society).
1926. Published by the Print Society. An International
Society of Print Makers and Collectors. Woodgreen Common: Near Salisbury
in the County of Wiltshire: England.
Book: 4to (285 x
218mm). Cloth binding. Dustjacket stuck to inside of binding. 127 pages
inclusive of colour and b/w illustrations. Dustjacket worn and dirty.
Some sporadic spotting.
An illustrated reference to Relievo, Intaglio and Planographic processes; with French and German terminology.
[Ref: 10463] £160.00
Stephen Calloway.
Lutterworth Press. Guilford and London. The Overlook Press. Woodstock, New York. First published in Great Britain in 1980.
Book: 4to (285 x 212mm). Cloth binding with gilt title stamped along spine. 232 pages inclusive of illustrations. Complete with dustjacket. Binding and dustjacket: rubbed and scuffed.
An illustrated comprehensive guide to English prints.
[Ref: 10460] £50.00
by Philip Gilbert Hamerton Honorary Fellow of the Royal Society of Paint-Etchers; Honorary Member of the Burlington Fine Arts Clube. Author of 'Etching and Etchers,' 'The Graphic Arts' etc. etc. etc.
London and Edinburgh. Adam and Charles Black. 1892.
Book: 8vo (223 x 158mm). Cloth binding with gilt title stamped on front cover and spine. Binding worn. Some sporadic spotting.
An illustrated guide to the various genres of drawing and engraving.
[Ref: 10240] £45.00
Edited by Robin Myers and Michael Harris.
Detroit: Omnigraphics Inc., 1989.
8vo, illustrated boards; pp. x + 144, illutrations in text.
A collection of seven articles about fakes in the book trade, including false collophons and imprints, pirates and fake classical texta
[Ref: 59740] £35.00
By William Bemrose Jun., with an Introduction by Llewellyn Jewitt, F.S.A., & c., & c. & c.
London: Bemrose & Sons, 21, Paternoster Row: and Derby. [n.d. c.1875.]
4to, original cloth gilt; pp. xi + 49, profusely illustrated. Stained cover.
A beginner's guide to wood carving, including practical instructions and original designs.
[Ref: 59922] £35.00
A. Hyatt Mayor, Curator Emeritus, Departmnt of Prints, The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1971.
4to, green cloth gilt with printed d/w; unpaginated, indexed by 752 b/w illustrations. d/w scuffed, stain on fore-edge, bookplate on front paste-down.
Descriptions of illustrations selected by the author from the history of printed images.
[Ref: 59744] £70.00
Therle Hughes.
Lutterworth Press. London First published 1970.
Book: 4to (245 x 186mm). Cloth binding with title stamped on frontcover and spine in gilt. With dust jacket. Dust jacket with a few tears. Binding a little worn.
An illustrated reference guide to the following: relief prints, intaglio prints, planographic prints, tone processes, chiaroscuro prints and coloured prints. A historical outline and important terminology is also provided.
[Ref: 10234] £40.00
