Mexico on Stone. Lithography in Mexico, 1826-1900 by Mathes, W. Michael - 1984

San Francisco: The Book Club of California. Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket. 1984. First Edition. Hardcover. Cloth backed decorative paper- covered boards, paper spine label. Edition limited to 550 copies. Page edges slightly stained, minor soft creasing to last pages. Tight and square. The plain paper DJ in mylar has title penciled to spine, 3cm closed edge tear, some nicks/soil/creasing. ; 4to 11" - 13" tall .

The Book Club of California, January 1984. Hardcover. Used - Very Good/In wraps. Clean and bright. Possible light wear. No stamps or interior markings. Slight smudging to back of DJ. Artichoke Press.

San Francisco: The Book Club of California, 1984. First Edition. Cloth-backed illustrated boards. Near Fine/Custom Clear Mylar. (xiv) (2) 68 (1) pp. One of 550 un-numbered copies of a limited edition. 32 illustrations, including 8 in color and 3 folding. Notes. Chronological checklist of Mexican lithographic works: 1826-1899. List of printers and lithographers of 19th Century Mexico. Bibliography. Linen-backed illustrated boards. 8 1/2" x 12". Designed and printed by Jonathan Clark at The Artichoke Press, Mountain View, California. BCC publiction #178. A beautifully produced monograph covering only lithographers who worked in Mexico during the stated period. Sans plain paper wrapper; now in a custom clear 4mil protective jacket. Trivial edgewear, else Fine. ALWAYS FREE SHIPPING of our books in boxes, via media mail, to any United States address.

San Francisco. Book Club of California. 1984. Bound in 1/2 cloth and pictorial paper covered boards. Paper label to spines. Tall 4to. 1 of 550 copies. Designed and printed by Johnathan Clark at The Artichoke Press. Illustrated with 8 full page four-colour plates photographed direct from the original lithographs and reproduced from engravings made by the printer. Further illustrated by monochrome and duotone plates (several folding). A Very Fine copy in a Fine original Wrapper.

San Francisco: The Book Club of California. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1984. Limited Edition. 1/4 Cloth. One of 550 copies. Fine in near fine dust jacket. Small tear on front corner of the plain paper dust jacket, else fine. Quarter cloth with decorated brown paper boards. Paper spine label. Illustrated. Illustrations photographed direct from the original lithographs and reproduced from engravings made by the printer. 84 color plates were printed by Robert Collins Lithography from laser-scanned separations. Designed and printed by Jonathan Clark at The Artichoke Press ; W. Michael Mathes sought to present not only a history of lithography but also of its relationship to typography. He included an exhaustive number of lithography examples both in the text and as a checklist ; 4to .

San Francisco: Book Club of California, 1984 One of 550 copies, printed and designed by Jonathan Clark at the Artichoke Press in Mountain View, California. This copy belonged to Glen Dawson. Natural linen spine over illustrated boards. . Quarto. Color frontispiece; thirty two illustrations, both in black and white and color, including three double-page. Title page printed in black and green. The illustrations were photographed directly from the original lithographs and reproduced from engravings made by the printer. The eight four-color plates were printed by Robert Collins Lithography from laser-scanned separations made at ReproMedia Incorporated, San Francisco. Printed on Mohawk Superfine Paper. A fine copy in a very good plain paper dust jacket with light soiling and minor tape repair to tail of spine and rear wrapper. Original prospectus, receipt from the Book Club of California dated February 11, 1985, and a printed announcement from the Zamorano Club for a presentation by W. Michael Mathes on… Read More

San Francisco: The Book Club of California, 1984 First edition. One of 550 copies designed and printed by Jonathan Clark at The Artichoke Press. Quarto. 68pp. 32 plates, many in color, some folding; notes, bibliography. Linen-backed pictorial boards, paper spine label. A very fine copy. A key reference that includes a chronological checklist of Mexican lithographic works, a listing of printers & lithographers of nineteenth-century Mexico, and a bibliography..

Book Club of California, San Francisco, 1984. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Near Fine Condition/No Dust Jacket. MATHES, W. MICHAEL. Mexico on Stone, Lithography in Mexico 1826-1900, San Francisco: The Book Club of California, 1984. Near fine ( a few scuff marks)Large quarto, edition of 550 copies, pp. 68, 1 (notes), brown and black printed boards quarter-bound in beige cloth, 8 color plates, two folding plates, black-and-white plates.The author says this is the most complete work dealing with this important period in illustration, when lithography exploded as a Mexican art. He omits those who were not printing in Mexico, even if they were treating Mexican subjects; thus Carl Nebel and Frederick Catherwood are not included. He lists all key lithographers and printers in 19th-century Mexico, dividing them into groups based on where they worked. This is an essential bibliographic reference but also pleasurable just to read. Size: Quarto. 68. Text body is clean, and… Read More