Isbn: 9780889840621 - Toward the Light: a Wood Engravings (5 results)

Soft cover. Condition: Good. Masterful Fine Press Wood Engravings by Michael McCurdy. Experience the striking artistry and intricate line work of master printmaker and illustrator Michael McCurdy with this beautiful collection published by the acclaimed Canadian fine-press publisher, The Porcupine's Quill. Toward The Light brings together a celebrated retrospective of McCurdy's wood engravings, capturing his extraordinary mastery of light, shadow, nature, and human expression. Printed with the exceptional typographic care and heavy paper stock characteristic of The Porcupine's Quill, this volume is both a fine art portfolio and an essential reference for wood block print enthusiasts. Fine Press & Graphic Arts Significance: An indispensable item for collectors of wood engraving, book arts, fine printing, and graphic illustration. McCurdy was the founder of the Penmaen Press and one of North America's premier 20th-century wood engravers. Bibliographic Detail: Stated First Edition (1982). Published by The Porcupine's Quill, Erin, Ontario. Softcover format with high-quality woodcut plates throughout. ISBN-10: 0889840628 / ISBN-13: 9780889840621. Condition Report: Covers & Spine: Original illustrated paper wraps show light surface soiling and general shelf wear. The rear cover features a faint circular residue/stain from an original bookstore price sticker. Binding remains tight, square, and firm. Edges & Corners: Outer corners and extremities are lightly rubbed from standard shelving. Interior & Text Block: The interior pages and wood engraving plates are exceptionally clean, bright, and completely unmarked—entirely free of highlighting, student notes, or former owner signatures. A clean-texted, authentic first edition copy of a classic fine press printmaking volume.…

Original Wraps. Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. | Sticker shadow back panel else fine -- illus. wraps.

Paperback. Condition: VG. Brown and illustrated wraps with black and red lettering. 125 unnumbered pages. Mainly illustrations. "The prints shown in this book represent some eighteen years of attempting to push back masses of black and cut outward toward the light."-Introduction.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. 125pp. Brown card covers with black lettering on face and spine. Introduction and notes by the author/artist. Fifty-eight engravings together with a frontispiece (Unfinished Hopkins, Dublin). Front cover illustration repeat of #57 (The Blinder's Curse, 1981). Black end papers. Simon Brett's postmortem library book plate tipped to inside front cover. Crease to top right hand corner of front cover and first few pages. Dusty shelf mark to lower edge. No inscriptions. Appears hardly read. In VG+ condition. Michael McCurdy (illustrator).…

Paperback. Condition: Fair. First Edition. Over 100 pages. "The prints shown in this book represent some eighteen years of attempting to push back masses of black and cut outward toward the light." - from back cover. Reading copy only. Usual library markings. Above-average wear. Beautiful artwork.