http://joshuahellerrarebooks.com/catalogue Joshua Heller Rare Books Tue, 22 May 2012 21:51:03 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9 en hourly 1 http://joshuahellerrarebooks.com/catalogue/barbarian-press-endgrain-contemporary-wood-engraving-in-north-america http://joshuahellerrarebooks.com/catalogue/barbarian-press-endgrain-contemporary-wood-engraving-in-north-america#comments Mon, 09 Jan 2012 17:54:35 +0000 wstahl http://joshuahellerrarebooks.com/catalogue/?p=1747

British Wood Engraved Book Illustration 1904-1940: A Break with Tradition. [By] Joanna Selborne.

The Wood Engravings of Robert Gibbings with Some Recollections by the Artist. Edited by Patience Empson. Introduction by Thomas Balston

Contemporary Calligraphy. Modern Scribes and Lettering Artists II. Trefoil Books

]]> ([tag]Barbarian Press[/tag]) Endgrain: Contemporary Wood Engraving in North America. Introductory Essays by Patricia Ainslie & Paul Ritscher. [Mission, British Columbia.] 1994. n.p. 10.5” x 7.5” x 1.5”. Designed and the type set by[tag]Crispin Elsted[/tag], the presswork is by [tag]Jan Elsted[/tag]. Text handset in Gill’s Joanna and Joanna Italic, with Bembo for display. All images are printed directly from the blocks. Paper is Zerkall mouldmade white wove and ivory laid. Bound in quarter blue cloth with John DePol patterned paper over boards; gilt title on spine. Matching blue cloth and patterned paper slipcase. An edition of 430 copies, of which 300 are for sale. No. 121 of 250 bound in quarter cloth. Fine. Approximately 120 wood engravings, one or two in color, from contemporary artists in Canada and the United States. With Biographical Notes & Bibliography. Printer’s Note.  A huge undertaking for a small handpress and a wonderful record of woodengravers working at that time. A work of love depicting the immense talent of the contemporary woodengraver.]]> http://joshuahellerrarebooks.com/catalogue/barbarian-press-endgrain-contemporary-wood-engraving-in-north-america/feed 0 http://joshuahellerrarebooks.com/catalogue Joshua Heller Rare Books Tue, 22 May 2012 21:51:03 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9 en hourly 1 http://joshuahellerrarebooks.com/catalogue Joshua Heller Rare Books Tue, 22 May 2012 21:51:03 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9 en hourly 1 http://joshuahellerrarebooks.com/catalogue/barbarian-press-endgrain-contemporary-wood-engraving-in-north-america http://joshuahellerrarebooks.com/catalogue/barbarian-press-endgrain-contemporary-wood-engraving-in-north-america#comments Mon, 09 Jan 2012 17:54:35 +0000 wstahl http://joshuahellerrarebooks.com/catalogue/?p=1747

British Wood Engraved Book Illustration 1904-1940: A Break with Tradition. [By] Joanna Selborne.

The Wood Engravings of Robert Gibbings with Some Recollections by the Artist. Edited by Patience Empson. Introduction by Thomas Balston

Contemporary Calligraphy. Modern Scribes and Lettering Artists II. Trefoil Books

]]> ([tag]Barbarian Press[/tag]) Endgrain: Contemporary Wood Engraving in North America. Introductory Essays by Patricia Ainslie & Paul Ritscher. [Mission, British Columbia.] 1994. n.p. 10.5” x 7.5” x 1.5”. Designed and the type set by[tag]Crispin Elsted[/tag], the presswork is by [tag]Jan Elsted[/tag]. Text handset in Gill’s Joanna and Joanna Italic, with Bembo for display. All images are printed directly from the blocks. Paper is Zerkall mouldmade white wove and ivory laid. Bound in quarter blue cloth with John DePol patterned paper over boards; gilt title on spine. Matching blue cloth and patterned paper slipcase. An edition of 430 copies, of which 300 are for sale. No. 121 of 250 bound in quarter cloth. Fine. Approximately 120 wood engravings, one or two in color, from contemporary artists in Canada and the United States. With Biographical Notes & Bibliography. Printer’s Note.  A huge undertaking for a small handpress and a wonderful record of woodengravers working at that time. A work of love depicting the immense talent of the contemporary woodengraver.]]> http://joshuahellerrarebooks.com/catalogue/barbarian-press-endgrain-contemporary-wood-engraving-in-north-america/feed 0 http://joshuahellerrarebooks.com/catalogue/barbarian-press-endgrain-contemporary-wood-engraving-in-north-america http://joshuahellerrarebooks.com/catalogue/barbarian-press-endgrain-contemporary-wood-engraving-in-north-america#comments Mon, 09 Jan 2012 17:54:35 +0000 wstahl http://joshuahellerrarebooks.com/catalogue/?p=1747

British Wood Engraved Book Illustration 1904-1940: A Break with Tradition. [By] Joanna Selborne.

The Wood Engravings of Robert Gibbings with Some Recollections by the Artist. Edited by Patience Empson. Introduction by Thomas Balston

Contemporary Calligraphy. Modern Scribes and Lettering Artists II. Trefoil Books

]]> ([tag]Barbarian Press[/tag]) Endgrain: Contemporary Wood Engraving in North America. Introductory Essays by Patricia Ainslie & Paul Ritscher. [Mission, British Columbia.] 1994. n.p. 10.5” x 7.5” x 1.5”. Designed and the type set by[tag]Crispin Elsted[/tag], the presswork is by [tag]Jan Elsted[/tag]. Text handset in Gill’s Joanna and Joanna Italic, with Bembo for display. All images are printed directly from the blocks. Paper is Zerkall mouldmade white wove and ivory laid. Bound in quarter blue cloth with John DePol patterned paper over boards; gilt title on spine. Matching blue cloth and patterned paper slipcase. An edition of 430 copies, of which 300 are for sale. No. 121 of 250 bound in quarter cloth. Fine. Approximately 120 wood engravings, one or two in color, from contemporary artists in Canada and the United States. With Biographical Notes & Bibliography. Printer’s Note.  A huge undertaking for a small handpress and a wonderful record of woodengravers working at that time. A work of love depicting the immense talent of the contemporary woodengraver.]]> http://joshuahellerrarebooks.com/catalogue/barbarian-press-endgrain-contemporary-wood-engraving-in-north-america/feed 0 http://joshuahellerrarebooks.com/catalogue Joshua Heller Rare Books Tue, 22 May 2012 21:51:03 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9 en hourly 1 http://joshuahellerrarebooks.com/catalogue/barbarian-press-endgrain-contemporary-wood-engraving-in-north-america http://joshuahellerrarebooks.com/catalogue/barbarian-press-endgrain-contemporary-wood-engraving-in-north-america#comments Mon, 09 Jan 2012 17:54:35 +0000 wstahl http://joshuahellerrarebooks.com/catalogue/?p=1747

British Wood Engraved Book Illustration 1904-1940: A Break with Tradition. [By] Joanna Selborne.

The Wood Engravings of Robert Gibbings with Some Recollections by the Artist. Edited by Patience Empson. Introduction by Thomas Balston

Contemporary Calligraphy. Modern Scribes and Lettering Artists II. Trefoil Books

]]> ([tag]Barbarian Press[/tag]) Endgrain: Contemporary Wood Engraving in North America. Introductory Essays by Patricia Ainslie & Paul Ritscher. [Mission, British Columbia.] 1994. n.p. 10.5” x 7.5” x 1.5”. Designed and the type set by[tag]Crispin Elsted[/tag], the presswork is by [tag]Jan Elsted[/tag]. Text handset in Gill’s Joanna and Joanna Italic, with Bembo for display. All images are printed directly from the blocks. Paper is Zerkall mouldmade white wove and ivory laid. Bound in quarter blue cloth with John DePol patterned paper over boards; gilt title on spine. Matching blue cloth and patterned paper slipcase. An edition of 430 copies, of which 300 are for sale. No. 121 of 250 bound in quarter cloth. Fine. Approximately 120 wood engravings, one or two in color, from contemporary artists in Canada and the United States. With Biographical Notes & Bibliography. Printer’s Note.  A huge undertaking for a small handpress and a wonderful record of woodengravers working at that time. A work of love depicting the immense talent of the contemporary woodengraver.]]> http://joshuahellerrarebooks.com/catalogue/barbarian-press-endgrain-contemporary-wood-engraving-in-north-america/feed 0 http://joshuahellerrarebooks.com/catalogue/barbarian-press-rufinus-signed-by-poet-robin-skelton http://joshuahellerrarebooks.com/catalogue/barbarian-press-rufinus-signed-by-poet-robin-skelton#comments Mon, 12 Nov 2007 18:09:34 +0000 sara http://joshuahellerrarebooks.com/catalogue/barbarian-press-rufinus-signed-by-poet-robin-skelton/ 9. ([tag]Barbarian Press[/tag]) Rufinus. The complete Poems in English versions by Robin Skelton. Wood engravings by Wesley Bates. Mission, British Columbia. 1997. 40p. 9” x 5”. Six wood engravings. Printed on mould-made Zerkall Cream Laid and White Wove. Sewn on vellum slips woven through watercolor-washed and block-printed wraps of Opus Watermedia paper. One of 174 copies thus in an edition of 200 copies signed by Robin Skelton. Fine. This book won the "Alcuin Citation for Excellence in Book Design in Canada" in the limited edition category. It is the only award offered for book design in Canada. "Robin Skelton is internationally known as a poet, editor, biographer, and critic; ... His deft and urbane recasting of these 38 poems, drawn from the 10th century Greek Anthology ..., provide readers with an engaging companion in Rufinus. His witty, erotic, shrewd, and sensual poems celebrated physical love and beauty ..." - Prospectus.]]> http://joshuahellerrarebooks.com/catalogue/barbarian-press-rufinus-signed-by-poet-robin-skelton/feed 0