Author: Anderson, Alexander
Title: Huxley House Almanac for 1953.
Description: New York: Huxley House, 1953. 1953. - Narrow octavo [approximately 9 inches high by 3-3/4 inches wide] bound in light tan Basingwerk Vellum with a vignette in black by Alexander Anderson on the front cover. There is a stain & some minor soiling to the front cover and the bottom corners of the covers are chipped. Unpaginated. Printed in red & black with 2 pages, including calendars, devoted to each month for 1953, calendars for the years 1952 & 1954 and a biographical note on Alexander Anderson plus a colophon. Illustrated in black on a tan ground with a frontispiece self-portrait engraved by Anderson at the age of 84, and 25 engraved vignettes. Very good.
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Title: Huxley House Almanac for 1953.
Description: New York: Huxley House, 1953. 1953. - Narrow octavo [approximately 9 inches high by 3-3/4 inches wide] bound in light tan Basingwerk Vellum with a vignette in black by Alexander Anderson on the front cover. There is a stain & some minor soiling to the front cover and the bottom corners of the covers are chipped. Unpaginated. Printed in red & black with 2 pages, including calendars, devoted to each month for 1953, calendars for the years 1952 & 1954 and a biographical note on Alexander Anderson plus a colophon. Illustrated in black on a tan ground with a frontispiece self-portrait engraved by Anderson at the age of 84, and 25 engraved vignettes. Very good.
Alexander Anderson [1775-1870] was the father of white-line wood engraving in America. Very good .
Keywords: ILLUSTRATED; WOOD ENGRAVINGS; ALEXANDER ANDERSON, ENGRAVER; HUXLEY HOUSE ALMANAC FOR 1953; BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE ON ALEXANDER ANDERSON.
Price: US$ 15.00 Seller: Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd.
- Book number: 95882
- Book number: 95882
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