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Sylvan Press Book. Good. Hardcover. 1946, 97pp, illustrated with woodcuts and line drawings. Small burn on front cover, else G. Dj has a large open tear, about two inches by the width of the book, at the bottom and several half inch chips at edges. The author's intention is to stress that much of the technique of the artist is from the mind and spirit. Includes essays on painting, textile design, book production, wood engraving, and fine crafts..

London: Sylvan Press, 1946. Hardcover. Near Fine. Cloth, 8vo., 97 pages. Very minor wear, else a near fine copy in archival mylar.

London: Sylvan Press, 1946. Second Impression. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Stated second impression of this fine collection of musings and essays on wood-engraving, craftsmanship, and the artist's life. Chapters on art education, wood-engraving, painting, artist exhibitions. Includes essays on painting, textile design, book production, wood engraving, and fine crafts. Handsomely produced in light gray linen cloth over boards, stamped reproduction of a design to front cover. Bright and shiny dust jacket, illustrated, showing moderate wear and some chipping along top edge, protected by a plastic coat, dust jacket not being price-clipped. Nine half-tones, 14 line drawings, and 11 wood engravings. [5], 6-97 pp.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. Additional postage may be required for oversize or especially heavy volumes, and for sets.

Sylvan Press, 1946. Hardcover. Good. 1946. First Edition. 97 pages. No dust jacket. Grey cloth. Black and white illustrations throughout. Binding remains firm. Pages and illustrations have light tanning and foxing throughout. Previous owner's inscriptions to front free endpaper and rear pastedown. Boards have light shelf-wear with corner bumping. Light tanning to spine and edges with crushing to spine ends.

London: Sylvan Press, 1946. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Gray cloth, front cover device and spine panel lettering in red. Former owner's signature/date inked on upper front flyleaf, text block edges a bit toned by age. Dust jacket shows approx. 3" x 1 3/4" area of loss to top front corner, loss along bottom rear edge, closed tear on rear panel, other chipping/soiling, compromised, now in mylar. 1st edition, 1st ptg..

London: Sylvan Press Ltd, 1946. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine. Octavo. Plate Illustrations. A clean, unmarked and unclipped copy in a Mylar cover.

Sylvan Press,, 1946. 8vo., First Edition, with frontispiece, plates and illustrations in the text, title lightly browned at edges; grey cloth, upper board and backstrip blocked and lettered in red, a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter lightly frayed at edges. Having gained immortality with his illustrations for Shaw's 'A Black Girl in Search of God', Farleigh served for six years as President of the Arts & Crafts Society. These notes, essays and lectures cover painting, engraving, textile design, book production and other related subjects.

Sylvan Press, 1946. Book. Illus. by Black/white full page illustrations. Good +. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 1st edition - Internally very good & clean with no name & no D/j - decorated boards clean but with a little shelflife towards edges - Part of a collection of English/Chinese/Far Eastern books on Ceramics etc just arrived from a Collector - Guaranteed posting 24hrs from Cornwall St212.

London : Sylvan Press , 1946. First Edition. Hardcover. Near fine cloth copy in a good if somewhat edge-torn and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description: 97 pages frontispiece, illustrations, plates 23 cm. Subjects: Farleigh, John 1900-1965. Wood-engraving 20th century England. Genre: Biography. Language: English.