Herbert Furst Thomas Smith (4 results)

Hardback. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No DW. 1st Edition. Grey publisher's cloth, lettered and decorated in black. AN EX LIBRARY BOOK with typical library marks. Very clean tight text has been fitted with new endpapers and rebound in original covers and spine. Now a very good working copy. SPECIAL POSTAGE RATES APPLY (2025) GB £8. Packed weight 2200g.

Condition: Very good. First printing. First edition of this study of the development of the modern woodcut, by the prolific art critic and editor. Heavily illustrated discussion of the woodcut, its technical development and aesthetic evolution in modern art. Plates cover a wide historical span, from block books of the 16th century through the work of Max Weber, Henry Fitch Taylor, Rockwell Kent, and Edvard Munch. The book includes a final technical chapter by Smith, demonstrator at the Slade School of Fine Arts, titled "Hints on the Practice of Xylography." 11'' x 9''. Original tan pictorial cloth, stamped in black. Black topstain, other edges uncut. Over 200 black and white illustrations, 16 color plates. 271, [1] pages. Evidence of bookplate removed from front pastedown. Front hinge starting. Some bumping to corners; a bit of soil to cloth.

[Engraving] FIRST EDITION, first impression. Quarto (29 x 24cm), pp.[4] xxviii; 271 [1]. With frequent illustrations and 16 colour plates, including a frontispiece. Publisher's cream cloth, with black titles to spine and upper, and black decoration to upper. Fore and lower edges untrimmed. Light occasional spotting, otherwise internally clean. Cloth shows a little light wear and bumping. Near fine.

Hardback. Condition: Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. First Edition. 271, beige cloth HB with black horse-and-rider woodcut on front and black lettering on front and spine/cover slightly soiled/ove; Illustrations in black & white and 16 plates in color.