first edition Hardcover
1950 · Philadelphia, New York, Boston
by Beck Engraving Company
Philadelphia, New York, Boston: Beck Engraving Company, 1950. First edition. Hardcover. g. Quarto. Unpaginated. Original illustrated cover with copper lettering on cover housed in a black paper-covered slipcase. Illustrated endpapers. Presentation page with handwritten name of recipient. Frontispiece photograph. Facts you should know about Beck Gravure in relation to its background, technique, and application as a medium of fine printing. Profusely illustrated with mostly b/w and some color reproduction of samples produced at the Beck Gravure Company, including some photographs of work environment and some drawings and introductions of the various print methods available at Beck Gravure. Slipcase with top edge missing and bottom edge loose and chipped, wear along edges. Remnants of removed sticker on title page. Slipcase in overall poor, binding and interior in very good condition.
(Inventory #: 36107)