Patience Empson Ed (13 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. xliv., 355 pages, colour frontis., nine pages of half tones and over 1000 engravings, Near Fine condition in transparent wrap as issued.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. xliv., 355 pages, colour frontis., nine pages of half tones and over 1000 engravings, list of galleries holding works, list of books illustrated. Bound in the publisher's black cloth, gilt block to upper board, gilt titling to spine. In the original transparent wrapper printed in red. Original 6 page prospectus laid in. Minor wear, some spotting to prelims. 290mm. x 230mm.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Gibbings, Robert (illustrator). 8-3/4" x 11-1/4", xliv + 305pp. Sewn binding in black cloth boards. Wrapped in vinyl dust jacket with title block stamped onto it in red; there is a closed 4" tear from the top of the spine hinge on the back cover, and some rubbing / shelf wear to the jacket. A copy of the publisher's prospectus for this volume is laid in. Binding is square and tight, pages are clean and bright and unmarked. NOTE that this is a larger volume, and there may be additional shipping charges on orders outside North America.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. 4to, pp. xliv, 355, original black cloth with gilt lettering and device in original mylar cover with red lettering, this with split to top of spine and marked, spine slightly faded, interior with inscription to ffep, some mild foxing to opening and closing pages, otherwise bright and crisp, binding sound. This is a heavy book and will attract extra postage. Please contact us for a quote before ordering.

Cloth. Condition: Near Fine. Robert Gibbings (illustrator). First edition. A smart first edition of this illustrated bibliographical work on the art of Robert Gibbings, limited to nine hundred and fifty copies. First edition. Limited to nine hundred and fifty copies. Illustrated with a portrait frontispiece and seventeen in-text engravings. Collated complete. One of the leaders of the revival of wood-engraving in the 1920s, Irish artist and author Robert Gibbings was director of the Golden Cockerel Press for nine years. The first part of the volume is a descriptive bibliography of the sixty-seven books illustrated by Gibbings; and the second lists his work as artist, writer, printer and publisher in chronological order, and also records some publications containing references to his work. There is a note on the printing methods of the Golden Cockerel Press, contributed by A. C. Cooper who was pressman throughout the period of Gibbings' direction. Written by A. Mary Kirkus, edited by Gibbings's partner Patience Empson, and John Harris. In the original quarter cloth binding. Externally, very smart with minor wear to the extremities. Original unclipped dust wrapper is also very smart with light wear and the odd small mark to the panels. Light sunning to the spine. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean throughout. Near Fine. book.

Empson, Patience (ed.). The Wood Engravings of ROBERT GIBBINGS with some recollections by the artist. xliv pp. text, incl. intro. by Thomas Balston, & hundreds of reproductions, 4to, cloth. London, Dent, 1959.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good - Used. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1959 Quandrangle (Dent) large format hardcover in clear acetate jacket, stamped on front pastedown otherwise clean tight and unmarked, oversized and overweight. Please email for photos. Larger books or sets may require additional shipping charges. Books sent via US Postal.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Bound in black cloth with clear red titles to front board gilt titles to spine, this dated 1959 hardcover First Edition is VG. XXV1/355pp with Foreword, Introduction by Thomas Balston, Photos of Gibbings, Recollections of Gibbings, WOOD ENGRAVINGS (PAGE 1 TO 340), Sculpture (Engravings on Copper), Galleries with engravings by Gibbings, List of 61 Books with Engravings by Gibbings. late owner's impress name stamp used on blank margin of two pages at end, light foxing to fore-edge, not affecting any page faces; otherwise VG.

Numerous black-and-white and color wood engravings by Robert Gibbings. (illustrator). First edition, first printing. THE COMPREHENSIVE GIBBINGS Robert Gibbings led the wood engraving revival in Britain in the early twentieth century, increasing renown for the art form through his own strongly lined work, as well as serving as a founding member of the Society of Wood Engravers and owner of The Golden Cockerel Press. Published the year after Robert Gibbing's death, Empson's collection offers the most definitive gathering of Gibbing's wood engravings, featuring over 1000 prints with numerous engravings published for the first time. Sunned top edge, gently browned endpapers, still near fine, in near fine acetate jacket with pressed tips and corners. Publisher's full black cloth stamped in gilt, in publisher's acetate jacket, stamped in red, top edge stained green.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. FIRST. A FINE FIRST IN ACETATE DJ.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 4to. pp. 355. frontis & numerous illus. throughout (some full-page). original cloth (back cover bit rubbed). First Edition.

Cloth. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. Robert Gibbings (illustrator). First edition. A first edition of this densely illustrated title, in the original plastic dust wrapper. A first edition, with the original protective plastic dust wrapper, which is printed with title text. Featuring the work of Irish artist and author, who wrote titles on travel and natural history. Slotted into the work are two prints of Peter Reddick's Untitled Landscape, between protective card - both signed by Reddick, and one dated 1980. Th influential wood engraver Peter Reddick is most known for his illustrations in the work of Thomas Hardy and Anthony Trollope. He was a Gregynog arts fellow between 1979 and 1980. Also slotted inside is an additional print, small and unidentified, and a 1958 article on the death of Robeert Gibbings. Featuring a colour frontispiece and one-hundred-and-seventy-fourdouble-sided pages of monochrome illustration. Collated, complete Bound in original black cloth. In original transparent plastic dust wrapper. Externally, very smart. Moderate damp stains to boards and spine. Dust wrapper smart. Mild shelf wear. The odd mark to dust wrapper covers. Internally, firmly bound. Moderate strain between pp.350-351. Very mild cockling. Pages generally bright and clean, with the odd spot. Very Good. book.

London, 1959. XLIV,355 pp. B/w plts. Hardcover.