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Grossman: Etcher's Intimate Album, 1st Ed Signed

Currency:USD Category:Collectibles Start Price:340.00 USD Estimated At:400.00 - 500.00 USD
Grossman: Etcher's Intimate Album, 1st Ed Signed
<B>Elias M. Grossman. </B></I><B><I>An Etcher's Intimate Album.</B></I></B></I><B> </B></I>[New York: Schulte Press, 1937]. <BR>First edition, limited to 750 numbered copies. Inscribed in blue ink on limitation page:<I> "</B></I>With my compliments to Mr. and Mrs. Meyer Handelman, Elias M. Grossman<I>," </B></I>with a small profile self-portrait. Quarto. 85 pages printed on recto only, each with original halftone engraving. Beautifully engraved frontispiece, signed in pencil by the artist. Photographs of the artist with his subjects at end.<BR><BR>Brown half calf over tan canvas boards; gilt lettering on cover and spine. Top edge gilt. Boards are in wonderful condition showing only very faint shelfwear, wear to spine ends and rubbing along length of spine slightly effecting gilt title. Housed in the original brown cardboard slipcase with paper limited edition label affixed to front; worn at extremities with partial separation at lower case opening. A delightful book.<BR><BR><b>Shipping:</b> Books & Catalogs (<a target="_blank" href="http://www.heritageauctions.com/common/shipping.php">view shipping information</a>)
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