Details
- Dimensions
- 0.5ʺW × 7.5ʺD × 10.25ʺH
- Styles
- Illustration
- Period
- 1930s
- Country of Origin
- United States
- Item Type
- Vintage, Antique or Pre-owned
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- Materials
- Paper
- Textile
- Condition
- Good Condition, Original Condition Unaltered, Some Imperfections
- Color
- Blue
- Condition Notes
- Very good +. Very good +. less
- Description
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Cole, Alphaeus P. et al. Timothy Cole: Wood-Engraver.
New York: The Pioneer Associates, 1935. First edition, signed by Alphaeus and … more Cole, Alphaeus P. et al. Timothy Cole: Wood-Engraver.
New York: The Pioneer Associates, 1935. First edition, signed by Alphaeus and Margaret Cole on the dedication page, limitation #616 of 750 copies. 8vo; 172 pp. Blue boards, slightly sunned spine with wear at extremities, illustrated with 20 wood-engraved plates. Designed by D.B. Updike. Very good +.
Cole once stated, "the engraving is nothing, absolutely nothing… It is the reproduction of the original alone that concerns me… [The engraver] must not speak his own words, nor do his own works, nor think his own thoughts, but must be the organ through which the mind of the artist speaks.” less
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