Hardcover
1977 · Boston
by Comstock, Francis and William Dolan Fletcher
Boston: Boston Public Library, 1977. Limited to 1000 copies. Hardcover. VG/VG a very nice copy. Large tan cloth with brown illustrated & brown cloth spine; gilt printig. tan, textured dustjacket w/ illustration. 279 pgs w/ 459 indexed illustrations. No apparent dampstaining or moisture damage. Pages bright. Text by Francis Adams Comstock and William D. Fletcher, with a biographical essay by Walter Muir Whitehill and foreword by Philip J. McNiff. Includes commentaries on prints by Paul Swenson, an essay on the history and practice of wood engraving and a reprinting of John Taylor Arms' essay on Nason's prints. Contains a list of the artists' prints in catalogue raisonne format. Photo is of a previous copy from our collection.
(Inventory #: 167936)