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A STUDENT'S GUIDE TO WOOD ENGRAVING (BOOKS FOR THE CRAFTSMAN)

by Wilfred Gregson

Published by B.T. Batsford Ltd.. 1st. 1953

Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper. A practical introduction to the technique of the woodcut. The author is a wood engraver and is well qualified to eplain the technique of the craft and to illustrate the technique. Brown cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w wood engravings. xv and 79 pages including index.

Boards clean. Text block foxed. Endpapers browned. Some foxing throughout. Green pictorial dustwrapper is browned, edge-rubbed with a few small closed tears and chips, small amount of loss to base of spine.

Stock no. 1830773

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Contents

  • Preface
  • List of Illustrations
  • Acknowledgement
  • Introduction
  • Elementary Principles of Wood Engraving in Relation to Other Types of Engraving
  • Outline History and Development of Modern Wood Engraving
  • Preliminary Practice in and Use of Scraperboard
  • Materials
  • Care of Tools
  • Handling of Tools
  • Using the Tools
  • Preparing a Block
  • Preparing a Design
  • Printing from the Block
  • Cleaning the Block
  • Secondary Cleaning and Engraving
  • Bibliography
  • A Selection of the work and well-known engravers
  • Index

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