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Michael Laird Rare Books LLC, Lockhart, TX, U.S.A.
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
AbeBooks Seller since May 4, 2006
Folio, 104 pages, original quarter cloth over marbled boards. Illustrated with 16 colored plates. Pioneering and still essential history of aquatint illustration, limited to 500 copies, PRESENTATION COPY from the author to Bernard Breslauer, signed on the half-title. Seller Inventory # 1837
Title: Themes in Aquatint
Publisher: The Book Club of California, San Francisco
Publication Date: 1978
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Near Fine
Signed: Signed by Author(s)
Edition: First Edition.
Seller: Plain Tales Books, Arlington Hts, IL, U.S.A.
Broadsides. Condition: Near Fine. Prospectus only. Two pages with a sample plate laid in by William Daniell: "Lynmouth, on the coast of North Devon. 1814". Seller Inventory # 026239
Quantity: 2 available
Seller: Arroyo Seco Books, Pasadena, Member IOBA, Pasadena, CA, U.S.A.
Single Sheet. Condition: Fine. First Edition Thus. Prospectus Only, Not The Book. Printed Folder With A Text Inside Promoting Mr. Franklin's Book On Books Illustrated With Aquatints. With An Illustrated Plate Laid In Titled "Thomas Malton: Watergate, York Buildings, 1795". Folio. With Original Printed Mailing Envelope, Also Enclosures Of An Order Envelope And A Finely Printed Notice Of A Delay In Publication Of The Book. Seller Inventory # 031745
Quantity: 1 available
Seller: Moe's Books, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.
Hard cover. Condition: Very good. No jacket. Limited edition of 500 copies printed. Bottom corner of front cover is worn. Spine is lightly bumped, but binding is tight. Inside is clean and unmarked. Seller Inventory # 4008013
Quantity: 1 available
Seller: Wittenborn Art Books, San Francisco, CA, U.S.A.
Condition: Good. Printed folder with a text inside promoting Mr. Franklin's book on books illustrated with aquatints. With an illustrated plate laid in titled "Thomas Malton: Watergate, York Buildings, 1795". Folio. 9.5 x 14.5 inches. Seller Inventory # 54-1584
Quantity: 1 available
Seller: St Philip's Books, P.B.F.A., B.A., Oxford, United Kingdom
Hardback. Condition: Fine. ~Quarter red cloth, marbled paper to boards. Limited to 500 copies. No ownership marks. ~Robust packaging. All UK orders with tracking, overseas orders on request. Size: viii, 104pp., 16 colour illus. Folio: 24 x 37cm. Binding sound, text unmarked. Seller Inventory # HH5162
Quantity: 1 available
Seller: Horizon Books, Toronto, ON, Canada
folio [37.5 x 25 cm]; vii, 104 pp, 16 plates from original aquatints, mostly colored, index. original cloth backed marbled boards, gilt spine title lettering, very fine and clean, unmarked and unused, with the orig plain dj (short tear), with the extra loose plate in orig printed folder prospectus, with the orig receipt from publisher dated 1979. This is the finely produced limited edition, printed at Cambridge University Press for The Book Club of California with colour plates printed at the Curwen Press, London, typographical design by John Dreyfus. An excellent and impressive work covering early books on aquatint, sport, the common life, doggerel, city and cottage, view, tours and the visual book, showing the use of aquatint printing of plates through the ages. The illustrations are taken from some of the finest illustrated books from 1775 to 1842, the golden age of aquatint. A picture of this book is available on request. Seller Inventory # A12597
Quantity: 1 available
Seller: Cotswolds Rare Books, OXFORDSHIRE, United Kingdom
Hardcover. Condition: As New. Limited Edition. Unread copy in excellent condition. Inscribed by Author(s). Seller Inventory # 12319e
Quantity: 1 available
Seller: R.E & G.B Way, NEWMARKET, SUFFO, United Kingdom
Cloth Backed Decorated Boards. Condition: Fine. limited edition of 500. 16 colour plates, folio, pp 104, presentation copy. Signed by Author(s). Seller Inventory # 000008
Quantity: 1 available
Seller: curtis paul books, inc., Northridge, CA, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. First Edition. Oversized cloth- backed patterned boards, titled in gilt. Limited to 500 copies. Fine condition. Includes laid- in plate in folder and small notice of delay from the publisher. ; Folio 13" - 23" tall; vii, 104 pages. Seller Inventory # 53167
Quantity: 1 available
Seller: Riverrun Books & Manuscripts, ABAA, Ardsley, NY, U.S.A.
Folio. viii, 104pp. 16 color reproductions. Original cloth-backed marbled boards. A fine copy. FIRST EDITION, one of 500 copies. Seller Inventory # 403214
Quantity: 1 available