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This accessible and useful book will be an invaluable guide for all those interested in printmaking - from obtaining an understanding of different prints to buying for investment.
The author covers areas such as collecting, explaining what constitutes an original print, how to spot copies, different types of print (from traditional to digital techniques), information on buying and selling prints, copyright, framing and conservation.
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A renowned printmaker and the retired founder and editor of Printmaking Today. She is an honorary member of the Royal Society of Painter-Printmakers and the Printmakers' Council. She has written widely including the Dictionary of Printmaking Terms (A&C Black)
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"...this book will entice you into a wonderful world. Not only are all the different types of printmaking described in reasonable detail, the book also offers a thoroughly researched history written in non-academic way that makes it a good and interesting read...If you are a artist/printmaker, a collector or dealer wishing to further your knowledge, I can thoroughly recomend this book." Art Business Today (June 2006)
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- PublisherQuiller Press
- Publication date1980
- ISBN 10 0831714999
- ISBN 13 9780831714994
- BindingHardcover
- Edition number1
- Number of pages128
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Book Description Hardcover. Condition: New. Dust Jacket Condition: New. First American edition (so stated). New York: Mayflower Books, 1980. BRAND NEW in a BRAND NEW dust jacket. Perfect condition. NOT price clipped ($14.95). NO chips. NO tears. NO creases. NO rubbing. NO fading. Sharp corners. Bright and shiny. NO owner's name or bookplate. Pages are fresh, crisp, clean and unmarked - obviously never read. 1980. First American edition (so stated). Illustrations throughout, many in beautiful full color. Covers collecting, what constitutes an original print, how to spot copies, different types of prints (lithographs, screenprints, etchings, engravings, computer prints, etc.), copyright, framing, conservation, buying and selling prints, etc. Christie's International Collector's Series. Bound in the original tan boards, stamped in brown on the spine and front cover. Complete with pristine dust jacket. First American edition (so stated). Hardcover. New/New. 128pp. Great Packaging, Fast Shipping. Seller Inventory # 023356
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