Graven Image, an Auto-Biographical Textbook

Macmillan and Co., London, 1940. Hardback with dust-wrapper. 23 x 17cm. 388pp. Numerous illustrations. Signed and dated by John Farleigh to the ffep. Wrapper, now protected, chipped with some small losses. Slight skew to spine and a little rubbing. Contents clean. . Signed by Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good+/Good.

London: Macmillan & Co. Good in Poor dust jacket. 1940. First Edition. Hardcover. Owner's inscription. Rubbing to edges of boards. Newspaper reviews pasted to front free endpaper. 3" x 2" chip missing at head of dust wrapper spine. 1 1/2" x 2" chip missing at tail of rear fold of dust wrapper. Rubbing and tears along folds… Read more about this item

London: Macmillan & Co. Good with no dust jacket. 1940. First Edition. Hardcover. Owner's inscription. Moderate rubbing and some foxing to boards. ; [viii], 388 pages. Illustrated papered boards. Illustrated. Page dimensions: 223mm x 140mm. "It will readily be seen, therefore, that Mr. Farleigh has ample qualifications to write either an informative textbook or a fascinating … Read more about this item

London: Macmillan & Co Ltd,, 1940. First edition, first impression, of this part autobiography, part overview of the practice of wood-engraving by one of the craft's leading British practitioners of the period, whose works "demonstrate technical virtuosity and intellectual content and place him alongside other important artists of the period who developed the medium as an art form" (ODNB).… Read more about this item

London: Macmillan and Co, 1940. First edition. Cloth. Very Good Indeed/Poor. 9" by 6". None. The first edition of this autobiographical work by John Farleigh. The first edition with unclipped dustwrapper. Illustrated throughout, with photographs as well as examples of etchings and drawings by Farleigh himself and others. This work is also… Read more about this item

London: Macmillan and Co. Limited, 1940. First edition. Hardback. Fine/Good. 9" by 6". John Farleigh. The illustrated first edition of John Farleigh's autobiographical work, a wonderful memoir married with advice for wood engravers. The first edition, first impression of this work.In the original unclipped dustwrapper.The autobiography of John Farleigh, an important wood engraver of the twentieth century, best… Read more about this item

Macmillan, 1940. Hardcover. Poor/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. John Farleigh. cover bowed and worn, end papers missing; pencil marks inside cover. Good introduction to the wood engraving technique, the issues at the time, and thoughts of a respected artist.

London: Macmillan & Co Ltd., 1940. B/w illustrated cover with light dusting of soiling & rubbings. Spine: mildly browned. Light rubbed wear to extremeties. Edges: greying to top-edge; few only foxings. Eps: fep foot with booksellers sticker; ffep head fore area with owners name/address stamp in Kent. Few only very faint foxing to a few only pages margins.… Read more about this item

1940. Macmillan & Co ltd. London. 1940. First Edition. DW. Illustrated. Large 8vo. Lovely pictorial boards are a little shelf worn and rubbed. Contents slightly age browned. Lovely pictorial wrapper (same as boards) a little sunned to spine, slightly rubbed and chipped at extremities, lacking small portion from top margin of front cover near head of spine, very… Read more about this item

New York: The Macmillan Company, 1940. Very Good condition. Light cover soil. NOT a library discard. Hinges are perfect. NO owner's name or bookplate. NO underlining. NO highlighting. NO margin notes. 1940. A combined autobiography and textbook on the arts of book illustration, dust jacket design, and wood engraving. … Read more about this item

London: MacMillan, 1940. Dust jacket chipped along head of spine and corners, front and rear boards clean and in good condition - foot of spine slightly bumped, previous owner's inscription to fep, binding sprung but secure, pp clean.. (first edition). Hard. Good Minus/Good Minus. 8vo.

London: Macmillan and Co., 1940. Hardback. Very Good. 9" by 6.5". John Farleigh. A signed, very smart copy of this work on art and autobiography by noted illustrator John Farleigh. A fascinating autobiographical account of the well-known wood-engraver and illustrator John Farleigh.Farleigh is well known for his illustrations of D. H. Lawrence's work, 'The Man Who Died',… Read more about this item

paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.