Twenty-Eight Drawings by Barbara Howard by Howard, Barbara

Toronto: The Martlet Press, 1970. Limited to 275, this copy 108. Cloth. Very Good. Barbara Howard. 1st edition, 1970. Limited to 275 with this being 108. Very Good. Folio, with 28 full page drawings. Bound in publishers black cloth with paper label on spine. Cloth shows dust accumulation and slight fading on the spine, light speckling on edges. Interior is clean, bright and unmarked. A beautiful edition of this artist's work. Helen Barbara Howard RCA (March 10, 1926 - December 7, 2002) was a Canadian painter, wood-engraver, draftsperson, bookbinder and designer who produced work consistently throughout her life, from her graduation in 1951 from the Ontario College of Art until her unexpected death in 2002. - Wiki.

Toronto: The Martlet Press, 1970. Book. Illus. by Howard, Barbara. Very Good++. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). Very slight sunning to spine, else VG indeed. Signed by the artist. 136/275.

Toronto: The Martlet Press, 1970. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good +. Unpaginated. 28 drawings of human figures. Black cloth hardcover has some discolouration. Barbara Howard (1926-2002), Canadian artist and wood engraver, was part of a circle of artists, writers and designers that included her husband Richard Outram. She and Outram operated the Gauntlet Press, producing hand-bound letterpress volumes of his poetry illustrated with her wood engravings. Her friend and associate, graphic designer Allan Fleming, owned the Martlet Press. This compilation was published by him at a time when Howard's main interest was in drawing the male or female human figure. An invitation to a Toronto gallery preview is tucked inside.

[Toronto]: The Martlet Press, [1970]. First Edition, Limited to 275 numbered copies signed by the Artist. Book designed by Allan Robb Fleming, printed by Herzig Somerville Press, & hand bound by Joseph Palaga at University of Toronto Press. folio. ff. [4], 28, [3]. 28 full-page reproductions of Howard’s drawings of the male nude. cloth (spine & parts of covers sunned). dola2405

Toronto: The Martlet Press, 1970. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. Very Good. Signed by the artist, copy 72 of 275. Book designed by Allan Robb Fleming and hand bound by Joseph Palaga. Folio, hardcover, black buckram, paper label on spine. Near fine.