Technical Drawing, Signed (7 results)

Large Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Limited Edition. Limited edition, #190 of 250 copies hand numbered and signed by the author. Lacks slipcase. Edges a bit rubbed with minor loss from bottom corner. 1920 Large Hardcover. xxxvii, 432 pp. Includes 407 illustrations from various artists, including Albert Durer, William Morris, Howard Pyle, Walter Crane, Will Bradley, etc. Brown leather spine over paper-covered boards, gilt titles. An analysis of the artistic method of pen drawings designed as a reference for students and art enthusiasts, by the American draftsman, etcher, lithographer and illustrator for books and magazines. Signed by author.

hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Gift quality glossy green paper covered boards with rubbed spine ends and still sharp corners. 81pp text is tight and bright and includes a hand-drawn bridled horse head/signature in pencil on fep. "For Pat Shaw Better luck kid. Sincerely, Paul Brown '51". Black and green on cream original dj shows few small chips but still displays well. Loaded with terrific line drawings of the many moves and rules in this fast-paced sport. Signed.

Hardcover. Condition: very good. Large qto, front board with title printed in gold; condition is VG+ except that the top third of the spine is missing. This is copy #161 of 250 printed in 1920; the initial edition appeared in 1889. This copy is apparently signed by Joseph Pennell on the page facing title that bears the statement of limitation.

Hardcover. Condition: Very good condition. Deluxe Limited Edition. A signed deluxe limited edition of 150 which includes a signed original pen and ink sketch titled 'Furness Abbey' tipped in at the front. Also signed on the limitations page. The sketch is a lovely view of the abbey ruins surrounded by trees, signed at the lower right in full, and measuring 9 1/2 x 6". An important work on the graphic arts by the American artist, illustrator, printmaker, and writer Joseph Pennell (1857-1926), in which the author selected what he considered the best work of all the schools of drawing around the world, both contemporary and past works. Large 4to, xxxvii, 432pp. Illustrated with 10 photogravure plates and 407 text drawings. The special deluxe edition limited to 250 signed and numbered copies, this being number 98 of 150 and containing the original signed pen & ink sketch. Three quarter dark blue morocco and blue buckram boards, title in gilt at spine. OCLC: 39126246.

Leather Binding. Condition: Good. No Jacket. First Edition. Folio - between 12" - 15" Tall. Copy #64 of 150 numbered copies signed by Pennell. Includes an original drawing in pencil and ink tiled 'Near Keswick' mounteed at front; the drawing is signeed at left in the image, and also at lower right on the mount. Original brown quarter leather over brown boards, cover stamped in gilt, top edge giolt (spine perished, front cover detatched but present; boards rubbed). B/w Illustrations.

hardcover. Condition: very good(+). Pennell, Joseph (illustrator). Limited. Illustrated with 10 photogravures and 407 b/w drawings. 432pp. Small folio, morocco-backed boards (spine worn and neatly repaired; internally clean); uncut edges, t.e.g. New York: Macmillan & London: T. Fisher Unwin, 1920. Very good (+). Limited edition -- number 54 of 250 numbered deluxe copies on Japan vellum, signed by Pennell on the limitation page; this is one of only 150 containing an Original Signed Drawing by Pennell -- Transept and Doorway Calisle, (5" x 7"). This copy is additionally inscribed by Pennell on the title page.

Pencil, pen and wash drawing, with numerous sub-titles in ink, signed "J. Litoux" A fascinating and beautiful architectural drawing - or 'rendu' of basic elements of house construction in cluding walls, floors, doorways, roofs and ceilings. A fine drawing from an architectural student at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Paris, the most influential architectural school in existence during much of the 18th century, the whole of the 19th century and the first part of the 20th century. 'Students were eligible for the Ecole if they were at least fifteen years old, or under thirty. They began with the seconde classe, in which they competed in the concours d'émulation. These alternated between an esquisse - a rough sketch for which up to twelve hours was allowed - and a rendu - the large-scale finished drawing for which one to three months were allowed. Two to four years were usually required for a student to accumulate enough credits to enter the première classe. The same system was followed again, usually for two to three years, after which the student should have accumulated enough credits to compete for the Grand Prix de Rome. The winner of the Grand Prix was entitled to five years study under the auspices of the French Academy in Rome. For each of his first three years he was required to submit an analytical study of an ancient monument. For his fourth year he had to submit a complete reconstruction of a major classical work. For his fifth year he was required to submit an original work designed to a program of his own invention. In the seconde classe the student was required to attend a variety of lectures in theory, history, and construction, and learned to prepare construction drawings. Work was done at ateliers located outside the precincts of the Ecole des Beaux-Arts. These were rented and organized by the students themselves, and the students had the right to invite a teacher of their own choice to serve as their maître. The teacher himself did not have to be a member of the faculty of the Ecole, nor - at least in principle - did he have to be a practicing architect.' (Arthur Drexler. The Architecture of the Ecole des Beaux-Arts. New York, MoMA, 1977, p.8-9) Arthur Drexler, The Architecture of the Ecole des Beaux-Arts. New York, MoMA, 1977.