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Brian Hanscomb. Cornwall: An Interior Vision. Whittington Press, Risbury, Herefordshire, 1992.
Price: US$250.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: 12 double leaves, folded at the foredge, Japanese fukorotoji style, laced with black ribbon; illustrated, folio, sewn wrapper with title label mounted on the front panel, slipcase. In a fukuro-toji style binding, the open edges of the folded paper are sewn to create the spine. The 9 copper engravings are also by Brian Hanscomb and are printed on F. J. Head laid handmade paper. No. 64 of 100 copies (of a total edition of 135). Signed by Hanscomb on the colophon page. Near fine copy; the book has a short light crease on the rear wrapper panel, otherwise fine; the slipcase has a few small scattered marks. Butcher, Whittington Press Bibliography 1982-93, 115.
Seller: George Ong Books, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Hanscomb, B.. Cornwall an Interior Vision. Whittington Press, 1992.
Price: US$279.85 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Limited ed. vii/35 extra-limited copies with an extra set of prints from a total edition of 135, signed by the artist. 8 wood engravings each signed by the artist, plus titlepage vignette. Original Wraps. Bound Japanese style with black tape stitching. With it additional copies of the wood engravings, each signed by the artist, unbound in matching folder. All contained in slipcase. Size: 35.0 x 24.5 Cm
Seller: Besleys Books PBFA, Diss, United Kingdom
Hanscomb, Brian.. Cornwall, an Interior Vision.. Whittington Press, Risbury, 1992.
Price: US$305.29 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Soft-cover wraps bound with black ribbon plus a separate folder of prints, housed in a slipcase. 8 engravings signed by Brian Hanscomb. Number 5 of the special edition of 35 copies, with the extra folder of engravings also all signed by the artist. An excellent copy, slightest wear only to slipcase.
Seller: Besleys Books PBFA, Diss, United Kingdom
Price: US$1250.00 + shipping
Description: Edition limited to 135 copies, this one of 35 with an extra set of the engravings, this copy marked "press copy" on the colophon, and signed by Hanscomb; folio, 12 frenchfold leaves (the first blank), 8 copper engravings, each signed in pencil, each with an accompanying poem on the facing page; original gray paper wrappers, printed paper label on the upper cover, stab-sewn with blue cord; fine. Accompanied by a gray paper-covered board portfolio containing each of the above 8 engravings, in this (unique?) case each marked "A.P." and signed in pencil by the artist; book and portfolio together in the publisher's gray paper-covered board slipcase. A muted but beautiful book, like so many made at Whittington.
Seller: Rulon-Miller Books (ABAA / ILAB), St. Paul, MN, U.S.A.
WHITTINGTON PRESS. HANSCOMB, Brian.. Cornwall: An Interior Vision.. , 1992.
Price: US$1523.88 + shipping
Description: Lower Marston: The Whittington Press, 1992. Folio. Bound in a Japanese style in pale blue wrappers with black ribbon, printed title label on upper wrapper; 12 double leaves (french-fold); with 9 copper engravings by Brian Hanscomb, who also wrote the accompanying text; together with the additional suite of plates in matching blue folder; in the original cardboard slipcase; aside from one small bump to the edge of slipcase, a fine copy. First edition, limited to 135 numbered copies, printed on F.J. Head hand-made paper and signed by the artist. This one of just 35 with the extra suite of engravings, copy no. XXIX. Each of the additional copper engravings is marked A/P as usual. "Born in 1944 at Croxley Green, Hertfordshire, Brian followed the family tradition and was apprenticed at the age of 16 in the print industry, in his case, as a letter press engraver, later qualifying as a gravure industrial engraver. He left the print industry in 1979 to work full time as an artist engraver at home, now in St Breward, Cornwall and does, in fact, work in two very different media: copperplate engraving and in pastel & gold/platinum/palladium leaf collage. He loves, and is inspired by, the work of many artists, including early English romantics, notably the followers of William Blake such as Samuel Palmer and Edward Calvert. He also gains much inspiration from the landscape, especially that of Bodmin Moor, around which he frequently rides on his bicycle. Brian finds that walking and cycling these moorland areas can lead to engravings such as "Moonride â" Cornwall" and the more humorous "Snail Race" (in which Bodmin Moor becomes the Alps!) - though some of the Cornish hills are extremely steep and hard to ride. Amongst his pastel/mixed media work, "Jacobâs Ladder II" and "Snail's Progress", were also inspired by Bodmin Moor. A spiritual aspect often imbues his work through his appreciation of Zen Buddhism and personal aspects of Christianity, the latter particularly shown in the engraving "Christ appears in the Factory". Very often, a small snail appears, a quirky symbol of his work and also the Zen Buddhist meditational walk of Kinhin, reflecting just how long some engravings take".brianhanscomb.co.uk A charming, and very limited production by the Whittington Press.
Seller: Henry Sotheran Ltd, London, United Kingdom