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. PROSPECTUS FOR IN BLACK & WHITE: A WOOD ENGRAVER'S ODDYSSEY. Bird & Bull Press, Newtown, PA, 2005.

Price: US$12.00 + shipping

Description: broadside (10 1/4 by 7 3/8 inches). Prospectus for Wesley W. Bates, In Black & White: A Wood Engraver's Odyssey.

Seller: Oak Knoll Books, ABAA, ILAB, NEW CASTLE, DE, U.S.A.

[Bird & Bull Press] Bates, Wesley W., author and illustrator. In Black & White: A Wood Engraver's Odyssey. Bird & Bull Press, Newtown, PA, 2005.

Price: US$200.00 + shipping

Condition: Fine

Description: Hardcover. Number 55 of 140 copies. This is an interesting book by Wesley W. Bates in which he writes about his life (born in 1952) and reminisces about how he came to be a wood engraver. He is now regarded as one of the most illustrious wood engravers in North America. His earliest inspiration were the engravings of the famed Fritz Eichenberg. That discovery was a turning point in his life and he knew then that he wanted to engrave on wood. Bound by Campbell-Logan Bindery in black cloth with a red title label to spine and copy of one of his illustrations on a slip affixed to the front cover. Composed in Dante types and printed on Zerkall Mouldmade Paper. With his black and white illustrations appearing throughout the book along with a foldout of one color engraving he did for Handmade Paper in Japan. Housed in a red cloth covered slipcase. In fine condition. Measures 7.5 x 10.25 inches. 74 pages. PRI/032124.

Seller: The Kelmscott Bookshop, ABAA, Savage, MD, U.S.A.

Bates, Wesley W.. In black & white: a wood engraver's odyssey. Bird & Bull Press, Newtown, 2005.

Price: US$250.00 + shipping

Description: Edition limited to 140 copies, this the bookbinder Greg Campbell's copy, Campbell-Logan Bindery and out of series; 8vo, pp. 74, [4]; 1 color folding plate, black and red vignette title page, 31 text engravings; original full black cloth over boards, red morocco spine label, wood-engraved label on upper cover, red cloth slipcase; fine.

Seller: Rulon-Miller Books (ABAA / ILAB), St. Paul, MN, U.S.A.