Bufford John Henry (8 results)

No Binding. Condition: Very Good. Single sheet. 8 x 5 inches. creased at folds. Foxing along the vertical crease. Short (1/4 inch) tear to inner margin. In good condition. A manuscript note on Bufford's letterhead asking Oliver Wendell Holmes to decide quickly on the number of copies he needs, as the printers are short of lithographic stones. "Mr. Holmes, Dear Sir, Will you be so kind as to say how many copies you wish printed from the plan executed by us some time since - as we are very much in want of stone and would like to print your order - and then use the stone - Very Respectfully Jno H. Bufford Sons". According to the pencil notation on verso, Mr. Holmes was Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr., the father of the well-known Supreme Court justice, Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. It is well documented that O.W. Holmes Sr. engaged John Henry Bufford for lithographic printing, especially for song sheets and patriotic music during the Civil War. See: The star-spangled banner: song & chorus by Francis Scott Key. With an additional verse by Dr. O. W. Holmes. Boston: J.H. Bufford's Lithographic Establishment. 1861. John Henry Bufford was Winslow Homer's art teacher and first employer. Homer apprenticed in Bufford's lithographic shop for two years, starting at age 19. [Printing History - Boston, Massachusetts].

Ten lithographs and five engraved maps. Folio, stitched and enclosed in unprinted blue paper wrappers as issued; enclosed in a custom cloth folding box. First edition thus. Deak, Picturing America, 477. Some scattered inoffensive foxing; beautiful original condition. Rare. These views and maps illustrate NYS Assembly Document 200 (1838), and were also issued separately. Deak: "This early series of ten lithographic views and fine engraved maps constitutes one of the most important keys to the iconography of the Adirondack region.".

Half Morocco Leather. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. FIRST EDITION. Recent half brown morocco leather with faded purple cloth blind stamped gilt decorated and lettered on the front board. The boards have been laid and the book rebacked. Four raised bands with gilt rulling and tool work on spine. All edges gilt. Original brown endpages. From the drawings of Isaac Sprague. [4], 4pp. followed by 16 lithographic plates interleaved with corresponding leaves containing explanatory remarks. 1) "The White Mountains," 2) "Mount Crawford," 3) "The Notch of the White Mountains," 4) "The Lower Cascade of the Notch," 5) "The Gate of the Notch," 6) "The Falls of the Amonoosuck," 7) "The Granite Cliffs of the Falls" (two views on one plate), 8) "The Franconia Notch," 9) "Profile Mountain at Franconia," 10) "The Profile Rock," 11) "The Basin, in Lincoln, N.H.," 12) "The Flume, in Lincoln, N.H.," 13) "Nancy"s Bridge," 14) "Mt. Crawford, from the Notch" (two views on one plate), 15) "Mount Washington" (two views on one plate), and 16) "Mt. Washington, over Tuckerman"s Ravine." Plates 10, 11, 12 & 14 are by lithographs by Bufford, the rest are by Thayer. Some marginal dampstaining to a few plates and some light foxing to a couple of plates else very good. Benjamin W. Thayer and John Henry Bufford (1810-1870) were among America's most important earlier lithographers, both were successors to the pioneering William Pendleton. Isaac Sprague (September 5, 1811 - 1895), the artist who drew the scenes, was a self-taught landscape, botanical, and ornithological painter. He was America's best known botanical illustrator of his day. Photos can be e-mailed. Size: Elephant Folio - over 15" - 23" tall. Hardcover.

LeatherBound. Condition: New. BOOKS ARE EXEMPT FROM IMPORT DUTIES AND TARIFFS; NO EXTRA CHARGES APPLY. LeatherBound edition. Condition: New. Reprinted from 1844 edition. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. Bound in genuine leather with Satin ribbon page markers and Spine with raised gilt bands. A perfect gift for your loved ones. Pages: 16 NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr'd reprint. Illustrations, Index, if any, are included in black and white. Each page is checked manually before printing. As this print on demand book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages, but we always try to make the book as complete as possible. Fold-outs, if any, are not part of the book. If the original book was published in multiple volumes then this reprint is of only one volume, not the whole set. Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Pages: 16 Bishop, Henry R. (Henry Rowley), 1786-1855,Payne, John Howard, 1791-1852. lyr,Webb, George James, 1803-1887. arr,J.H. Bufford & Co. ltg.

No Binding. Condition: Very Good. After the designs by C. A. Kraus Color printed lithograph Print includes a numbered key describing buildings and notable events Paper size 26 5/8 x 36 1/4, Image size 24 x 35¿.

No Binding. Condition: Very Good. Bird¿s Eye View of Confederate Prison Pen. Published J. H. Bufford, Boston, New York, Chicago, ca. 1886 After the designs by C. A. Kraus Color printed lithograph Print includes a numbered key describing buildings and notable events Paper size 26 5/8 x 36 1/4, Image size 24 x 35¿.

No Binding. Condition: Very Good. T. W. Sherman Published, J. H. Bufford, Boston, 1861 Lithograph with original hand-coloring Paper size 16 5/8 x 12¿, Image size 13 1/4 x 8 7/8¿.

Single sheet, float mounted and framed, (21 ¼ x 36 ¼ inches). Fine lithographed print with printed color, finished by hand. First edition. Lithographed by Bufford after the drawing by Russell. "Bufford made what are probably among the very best of the whaling lithographs" (Peters, p. 124). Subtitled: "Waiting a Chance. Setting on the Whale. Ship Cutting In. Just Fastening. Fast Changing Ends. Dead Whale Waif'd. Fast Boat Rolling up Sail. Whale Sounding. Mate Running. Trying Out. Stove Boat. Towing Whale to Ship. Whale in a flurry (Dying)." This engaging, large-scale lithograph depicts the various stages and methods of whaling as it was practiced along the coast of the United States in the 19th century. Benjamin Russell was in a unique position to portray the intensity of whaling. A native of New Bedford, Massachusetts - the center of the American whaling industry - he had spent four years on a whaler in the 1840s and thereafter devoted himself to painting watercolor marine scenes. His personal experiences of whaling allowed him to imbue this image with a sense of realism that is lacking in contemporary scenes of the same subject, which tend towards romanticized embellishments. As such, this lithograph gives a more faithful and informative - yet equally dramatic - picture of the practice of whaling, then a crucial part of American industry. The lithographer, John Bufford, is equally notable. After working for Nathaniel Currier in New York, he returned to his home of Boston to establish his own company. Among his many apprentices was Winslow Homer, who went on to become one of the first American artists of international renown. Like Currier & Ives, J. H. Bufford & Co. produced a vast amount of exceedingly popular imagery regarding all aspects of American life. Yet Bufford is most known for scenes such as this one, and the whaling lithographs produced by his firm are by far the best of his time. This particularly vivid image is considered one of the two most desirable that Bufford published, and is of considerable rarity today. See Harry T. Peters, "America on Stone.".