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Published by American Artists Group, Inc., New York, 1945
Seller: Old Scrolls Book Shop, Stanley, NY, U.S.A.
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. No Jacket. Hans Alexander Mueller, Illustrator (illustrator). 1st Edition. Very clean hardcover book, illustrated with woodcuts by the author. Clean pebbled beige boards with black lettering and small illustration on cover, black lettering on spine. No bumping or wear. Binding is tight and square, hinges are sound. All pages and edges are clean - no names, writing or marks. 97 pages.
Published by Read Books, 2012
ISBN 10: 1447445546ISBN 13: 9781447445548
Seller: PBShop.store US, Wood Dale, IL, U.S.A.
Book Print on Demand
PAP. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. THIS BOOK IS PRINTED ON DEMAND. Established seller since 2000.
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Published by Pynson Printers
Seller: West Coast Bookseller, Moorpark, CA, U.S.A.
Book
hardcover. Condition: Good.
Published by American Artists Group, New York, 1945
Seller: Hoffman Books, ABAA, IOBA, Columbus, OH, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Mueller, Hans Alexander. HOW I MAKE WOODCUTS & WOOD ENGRAVINGS. New York: American Artists Group, Inc., 1945. 96 pages, illustrated, tan pictorial boards. The covers are slightly discolored with rubbed spine ends and corners. The contents are bright and complete, Very Good.
Published by American Artists Group, New York, 1945
Seller: Edward Ripp: Bookseller, Albuquerque, NM, U.S.A.
Hard Cover in Dust Jacket. Condition: Very Good. B000OFXV4I 8vo, 97 pp, VG in dust jacket (dust jacket edgeworn, soiled & darkened at edges, but solid & intact; some staining to bottom edge of binding, not affecting textblock, which is clean & tight). Profusely illustrated and b&w and color. Exceptional printmaking instruction book by an overlooked master. Sold as is, w.a.f.
Published by Pynson Printers, 1939
Seller: rareviewbooks, Kensington, MD, U.S.A.
Book
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Oversized hardback book (187 pages) illustrated in color and b/w. Limited to 3,000 copies (not numbered). Dust jacket has small tears/chipping at top and bottom edge. INTERNATIONAL SHIPPING WILL REQUIRE ADDITIONAL CHARGE. Bookseller since 1995 (LL-Art-3-TS-Down) rareviewbooks.
Mueller, Hans Alexander (illustrator). (Mueller, Hans Alexander)illus. WOODCUTS AND WOOD ENGRAVINGS: HOW I MAKE THEM by Hans Alexander Mueller. Pynson Printers, NY, 1939. 4to., cloth, 187pp. VG.
Published by New York, Pynson Printers., 1939
Seller: Antiquariat Seidel & Richter, Fürstenberg Havel, Germany
4°. M. zahlr. (tlw. farb.) Abb. 187 S. OLwd. (etw. beschabt u. bestoßen).
Published by Pynson Printers, New York, 1939
Seller: Books & Bidders Antiquarian Booksellers, Cleveland, OH, U.S.A.
First Edition
Cloth. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Hans Alexander Mueller (illustrator). Limited First Edition. Cloth in mylar protected dust-jacket. 187 pp.; illustrated with plates made by Mueller. LIMITED (1/3000 copies). A clean, tight copy in a jacket with loss at head and tail and some chipping Size: Folio.
Hardcover. Pale green cloth boards with green lettering and illustration; illustrated title page, 5 preliminary leaves, 3-96 pages, bw and color illustrations. Pasted to the rear free endpaper is possibly a woodcut by the author. Contents: 1. The woodcut and wood engraving and its place in the graphic arts -- 2. Foundations of the technique -- 3. The woodcut-long grain -- 4. The wood engraving-end grain -- 5. The colored woodcut and wood engraving -- 6. The woodcut in book illustrations. VG- (light scuffing to boards, dj torn and front and spine missing, age toning inside front cover, pages are very clean and clear).
Published by American Artists Group, Inc., New York, 1945
Seller: J. Wyatt Books, Ottawa, ON, Canada
97 illustrations. 97 pp. White endpapers. Green cloth with green titles. Corners bumped. Green DJ with black titles. Chips, tape repair along darkened spine. VG+/GOOD.
Published by Pynson Printers, New York, 1939
Seller: The Chatham Bookseller, Madison, NJ, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: good-. Limited Edition. 187pp. Green Cloth, embossed gilt lettering on the front panel and spine. Prev. owner inscription on the front pastedown. 66 color and black and white plates throughout. Light wear to the extremities, otherwise internally near fine condition. Unclipped pictorial jacket has large chips at the upper left and lower right corners, and across the upper rear panel. in fresh mylar sleeve. An appreciation for the author by Lynd Ward, a student of his, on the front flap of the DJ. "An indispensable guide to creating woodcut masterpieces, this volume offers instructions ranging from using the simplest strokes to making intricate multicolor print blocks with detailed, easy-to-follow instructions". Size: Large 4to.
Published by Pynson Printers, New York, 1939
Seller: Nikki Green Books, Glasgow, United Kingdom
Book
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Poor. Limited Edition. Limited Edition of 3000 copies. 4to, pp 187 illustrated throughout in colour and b/w r woodcuts. Hardcover with dust jacket. Unclipped DJ in protective sleeve in poor condition with large tear to front cover and flap, chipping to spine and edges with some pieces missing. Original green cloth binding with gilt to spine in very good condition with a little shelf wear to top & tail of spine. Inside all pages and plates in very good/near fine condition.
Condition: Good +. ?There have been many books on woodcuts,? wrote Lynd Ward for the book jacket, ?but this one is without equal in its intrinsic quality. The woodcut artist is peculiarly dependent on the printing process for the realization of his full intent, and probably nowhere else in the world could this book have been produced with the full measure of care and high standard of craftsmanship that it is receiving at the hands of Elmer Adler and the Pynson Printers.? Location:1030 97 pp. filled with wonderful examples of his work,covers worj, crown and base of spine slight fraying 1030.
Published by Pynson Printers, New York, 1939
First Edition
Condition: Near fine. First edition. Fine press edition of the German emigré's masterful work on printing technique. Exceptional and exceptionally illustrated work on woodcuts and wood engravings by a notable artist and the teacher of graphic novel pioneer Lynd Ward. The manual was received with much contemporary praise and publicity; Mueller was profiled in the December 1939 issue of Life Magazine, and his show (organized by printer Elmer Adler) was well reviewed in the New York Times. 12.5'' x 9.75''. Original gilt-lettered dark green cloth. Edition of 3000 copies. Lacking original dust jacket. Additional 10.5'' x 8.5'' two-color wood engraving laid in, in protective sleeve. Printed on verso: "This Signature was Printed for The Colophon March 1939." 187, [1] pages. Illustrated in black and white and in color. Bookplate of Edwin E. Gruener mounted to front paste-down. Mild wear to extremities.
Published by Pynson Printers, New York, 1939
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. First edition. Folio. Green cloth gilt. 187pp, illustrated. Slight rubbing, a very near fine copy lacking the dustwrapper. One of 3000 copies. From the library of the artists Ben Shahn and Bernarda Bryson Shahn, with an estate label designed by their son, Jonathan Shahn.
Published by American Artists Group Inc., New York, 1945
Seller: Robert Wright, trading as 'The Bookman', Norwich, United Kingdom
First Edition Signed
Cloth. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Illus. by HANS ALEXANDER MUELLER (illustrator). First Edition. Guidance in the techniques of creating wood engraving/woodcuts, including for book illustration. First Edn., 1945; full grey cloth; titling/illus. blocked in grey to front board; titling blocked in grey (slightly faded) to spine; [viii]+96+[1]pp.; illus. repros. printed in bw./two cols. SIGNED by the British artist, PAUL HOGARTH (1917-2001) in pencil on front flyleaf at top corner. Slightly sunned spine very lightly worn at top and rubbed/slightly crushed at tail, but robust/intact; rear board lightly soiled, but boards robust and quite crisp/bright; page edges faintly tanned; top edge lightly soiled; front free-endpaper neatly excised; rear free-endpaper lightly browned, but text fresh, pages very clean/crisp/bright. Binding firm, all intact; signature very fresh/crisp. Good. PRICE INCLUDES UK POSTAGE & PACKING. SIGNED by PAUL HOGARTH. Hardback.
Published by Pynson Printers, New York, 1939
Seller: The Old Mill Bookshop, HACKETTSTOWN, NJ, U.S.A.
First Edition
First Edition, one of 3250 copies, 250 deluxe portfolios and 3000 regular as here. Illus. 187pp. Folio (13 x 11 inches). Green cloth. About fine in chipped VG dj Illus. 187pp. Folio (13 x 11 inches) First Edition, one of 3250 copies, 250 deluxe portfolios and 3000 regular as here.
Published by Pynson Printers November 1939, New York, 1939
Seller: Hennessey + Ingalls, Los Angeles, CA, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Used - Acceptable. Binding rubbed; corners re-enforced neatly with small tape triangles. Interior fine.
Published by Pynson Printers, New York, 1939
Seller: Main Street Fine Books & Mss, ABAA, Galena, IL, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. 4to. Green cloth with gilt lettering, pictorial dust jacket. 187pp. Extensive illustrations (some partly color). Fine/very good. Mild jacket edgewear and a few edge chips. Superb true first edition of this well-illustrated master class by the prolific German-American practitioner (1888-1962). Not the more common 1945 first trade edition (American Artists Group), but the true first (limited to 3000 copies) issued simultaneously with the 250 print suites.
Color, Black & White Illus. (illustrator). of 3000 copies. New York, NY: Pynson Printers. Very good condition-DJ very yellowed, chipped/Dust Jacket. 1939. of 3000 copies. 4to., 188 pp. . Very good condition-DJ very yellowed, chipped/Dust Jacket.
Published by American Artists Group, New York, 1945
Seller: Ken Sanders Rare Books, ABAA, Salt Lake City, UT, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very good. Dust Jacket Condition: very good. First trade edition. 96pp. Small quarto [24 cm] Tan cloth over boards, stamped in gray on the spine and front cover. The spine is a bit rolled, and the spine ends are gently bumped. The dust jacket is lightly toned and soiled, and has a number of closed and open tears in the edges. The deepest tear is closed, and measures 1 1/2" deep. From the dust jacket- "'For some six hundred years,' writes Lynd Ward, the famous book illustrator, 'there have been woodcuts and there have been artists, but only occasionally during the course of those centuries has there occurred the sensitive fusion of man and material that results in significant woodcut art. Hans Alexander Mueller is one of the rare ones.'".
Published by Pynson Printers, New York, 1939
Hardcover. green cloth clamshell case w/ black leather & gilt spine plate. approx 174 leaves w/ introductory, color engravings. Mueller's signed artist portrait, large Don Quixote engraving that his hand-numbered '80' and a two page green and black 'Yacht' engraving are present and laid-in at the beginning of the set. According to Plate Index pages, these plates are missing: 77, 78, 79, 84, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 119, 120 and 123. Pagination is not always successive through introductory or plate leaves; pages have been counted and index pages have been referenced to assure accuracy of plates present or missing. Approximately 7lbs for shipping, VG- (clamshell case has scuffs, scratches; rubbing, wear to edges/panels. splitting of cloth to lower spine edges. corners rubbed. a few of the introductory leaves have paint-like staining to lower edges; one leaf has tear to upper edge. leaves will have light marks, scattered smudges, rubbing to edges & corners; scattered light impressions.).
Published by Pynson Printers, NY, 1939
Seller: curtis paul books, inc., Northridge, CA, U.S.A.
Signed
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Oversized cloth portfolio with leather label, looseleaf pages. Contains in addition to all the pages included in the book, a signed proof of the artist's engraved self portrait. Cover sheet slightly edge creased else the contents are fine. The portfolio label is slightly rubbed, the cover edge is a bit rubbed/frayed, and the top edge is dust soiled. ; Folio 13" - 23" tall; Signed by Author.
Published by Pynson Printers, New York, 1939
Seller: Midway Book Store (ABAA), St. Paul, MN, U.S.A.
Signed
Portfolio. Condition: Fine. Portfolio Edition. 32 x 25 cm. Folio. Includes a SIGNED proof of the artist's engraved self portrait. Limited to 250 copies of this portfolio. 107 loose sheets laid into green cloth covered folding box. Leather spine label to folding box with shows some rubbing.