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Woodcuts/ Wood Engraving:

Getlein, Frank and Dorothy . BITE OF THE PRINT SATIRE AND IRONY IN WOODCUTS, ENGRAVINGS, ETCHINGS, LITHOGRAPHS, AND SERIGRAPHS
NY 1963 Potter. Large octavo, 272pp., illustrations, hardcover. VG, very faint yellow stain (almost invisible) at the top margin of most pages, in Good DJ. (a10191)
$24.00 Wilson, Edward A. . THE BOOK OF EDWARD A. WILSON A SURVEY OF HIS WORK 1916-1948
NY 1948-1st. Heritage. Edited by N. Kent. Foreword by Thomas Craven. 4to., 107pp., mounted original photo of author as frontispiece, color and bw illustrations of Wilson's skillful woodcuts many of which were used in book illustrations. Fine in Fine DJ. (a10268)
$105.00 Roth, Samuel . HALFWAY
NY 1947 Privately Printed. Narrative in verse. Hardcover. Octavo, 64pp. woodcuts by Hester Sainsbury, cloth. Good, a few tiny spots on final page of text, light cover wear, no DJ. (a20744)
$29.00Mauriac, Francois. GENITRIX
Paris 1934. Le Livre de Demain Number LXVI. In French. Square octavo, 109pp., 43 woodcuts by Desligneres, wraps. VG. (a26907)
$30.00 Duhamel, George . LE NOTAIRE DU HAVRE
Paris 1935. Le Livre de Demain Number CLII. In French. Square octavo, 127pp., 42 woodcuts by Claudel, wraps. Good plus, base of spine a bit worn. (a26908)
$30.00 Richter, Ludwig . DAS LUDWIG RICHTER ALBUM
Munich n.d. (c. 1950) Samtliche Holzschnitte Einleitung von Wolf Stubbe. Manfred Pawlak Verlagsgesellschaft mbH Herrsching. 2 volume set. Thick 8vos., 1725pp., woodcut drawings on every page. Fine in VG DJs. Set: (a29987)
$75.00 Ofrat, Gideon . WOODCUTS IN ISRAEL: THE EARLY YEARS
Jerusalem 1986. In Ariel, A Review of Arts and Letters in Israel, Vol.66, 1986 at pp.67-91, illus. There is a second part of this article in the next issue of Ariel (not included). Whole issue has several articles. 8vo., wraps. VG. (a31860)
$35.00 Neuhaus, Werner . WERNER NEUHAUS 1897-1934
Basel 1979. Exhibit catalogue, Kunstmuseum Basel, February 24-April 1, 1979. 4to., 32pp., illustrated in bw, wraps. Near Fine. (a35169)
$24.00 Fairless, Michael . THE ROADMENDER AND OTHER WRITINGS
London and Glasgow 1950 1st Collins. With a biographical note by M. E. Dowson, an introduction by Frederick Brereton and 27 wood engravings by Lennox Paterson. Lg.8vo., 256pp., hardcover. VG in Good DJ, two small chips. (a37482)
$25.00Held, John Jr.. SAGA OF FRANKIE AND JOHNNY
NY 1972 Potter. Hardcover. Sm.4to., 49pp., woodcut illustrations, boards. Fine in near Fine dj. (a4632)
$23.00 Northcote, James . ONE HUNDRED FABLES ORIGINAL AND SELECTED
London 1828 first edition Geo. Lawford, Saville Passage. Printed by J. Johnson. Hardcover. Octavo, 272pp., embellished with 280 engravings on wood, 3/4 blue leather with blue cloth, raised bands and gilt trim on spine. Top edge gilt. VG plus, light cover wear, occasional slight foxing in text. Fine binding. Beautiful book. (a51208)
$330.00 Ripoll, Luis . LA COLLECTION DE BOIS GRAVES MAJORQUINS
Palma de Majorque 1963. 12mo. 36p. of text plus several bw plates, many of which are foldout--of woodcut engravings. Wraps. Small chips on cover. Text VG-Fine. (a5203)
$35.00 Hoenich, P. K. . DAVID, KING OF ISRAEL A SONG IN BLACK AND WHITE (DAVID, ROI D'ISRAEL UN CANTIQUE EN NOIR ET BLANC)
Haifa 1948 first edition. Printed in Israel. Lg.4to., 10 full page woodcut illustrations (one per page on rectos only) with title in Hebrew, English and French, loose as issued in original paper folding wraps. Good, wraps a bit worn with some horizontal wrinkles (plates are VG plus, paper stock is slightly but evenly toned). Rare. (a60465)
$450.00 Reutti-Stiftung, Dore und Kurt . ERNST BARLACH DAS DRUCKGRAPHISCHE WERK
1968 Ausstellung Kunsthalle Bremen. In German. Octavo, 178pp., illustrations, original stiff orange wraps. VG. (a63512)
$25.00 Sepelman, John A. III . AT HOME IN THE HILLS, GLIMPSES OF HARLAN COUNTY, KENTUCKY THROUGH THE MEDIA OF THE LINOLEUM BLOCK AND THE WOODCUT
Pine Mountain 1939 Pine Mountain Settlement School. Octavo, 87pp., woodcut illustrations, hardcover. Signed by Dora B Wells. Good, light cover wear, no DJ. (a69222)
$35.00 Mac Orlan, Pierre . A BORD DE L'ETOILE MATUTINE
Paris 1920 1st. Avec des gravures sur bois originalese de Daragnes. Copy No. 579 of 1161. In French. 4to., fine bold woodcuts. Book is wraps and is housed in a matching folding hardcover case (pink paper covered boards with blue cloth spine). Book is Near Fine in Near Fine DJ, in VG Box. Beautiful. (a71509)
$340.00