The Bicentennial of Lithography, Book Club of California, 1999, Near Fine

The Bicentennial of Lithography
Author:
Michael Twyman, J. Curtiss Taylor, Gary E. Kurutz, and the Book Club of California
Publisher:
The Book Club of California
Release Date:
1999
Seller Category:
PRINTING
Qty Available:
1
Condition:
Used: Excellent
Sku: 00672
Notes: Near Fine, 8vo, 10" x 8." Yellow paper wrappers with black lettering on spine. Small black and gray illustration on front. Covers have slightly bumped tips and a minuscule mark on back, else pristine and intact, binding tight. Pages have faint dampstaining throughout at tail of spine (limited to bottom margin, not affecting text or illustrations), else pristine and intact. Illustrations in black-and-white and color included. 95 pp., including illustrations. Keepsake for members of the Book Club of California. A history of lithography. Essay titles: "Lithography: the birth of a new printing process," "Lithographic stone," "Senefelder's pole press," "Trade cards of early British lithographers," "The lithographic letterer," "Grapes and Grapes Vines of California by Edward Bosqui," "El Dorado on Stone: Books of the California Gold Rush," "Lithographs of Gold: The Prints of George Henry Goddard," and "American Lithographers' Trade Cards." Heavy and oversized items may require additional shipping.