Tuscaloosa: Legacy Press, (2000). 5 1/2 x 10. x, 154 pages plus 5 original patterned paper specimens mounted. Quarter black cloth, black & white patterned boards by Gray Parrot. Fine. "Beginning in the 1950s, the American master of wood engraving, John DePol (1913–2004), cut small, endgrain blocks featuring subjects from... More about ENDGRAIN DESIGNS AND REPETITIONS. The Pattern Papers of John DePol
Dallas: Chama Press, 1991. 8 x 11. 48 pages with double spread title and 8 other wood engravings by John DePol, on tan paper. Full green morroco, with DePol patterned endpapers. Fine in tray case, with prospectus. Inscribed on half title to Barron Henderson (son of the publisher) and signed... More about SELF-PORTRAIT WITH BIRDS
Paris, 1855. First ed. 5 3/4 x 9 1/4. x, 440 pages, one double folding, with index. 19th century calf-backd boards with marbled edges. Joints and corners worn; spot on inner margin of a few pages, slight scattered foxing else a clean very good copy. With typographic bookplate of John... More about GUIDE PRACTIQUE DU COMPOSITEUR D'IMPRIMERIE
(Pico Rivera, 1994). 2 1/4 x 2 3/4. 161 pages. Seven wood engravings by John DePol. Gold-printed decorations for each chapter head. Full black morocco with abstract onlays of red & blue morocco, stamped all over with iridescent blue & green dots & one gilt circle, top edge gilt and... More about YOU CAN JUDGE A BOOK BY ITS COVER. A Brief Survey of Materials
(Maple Shade, (1982). 6 x 8 1/2. (16) pages illustrated by John DePol. Erata slip. Sewn on linen tapes into wraps; bound by Benjamin Alterman. Fine, with prospectus. One of 75 copies, printed in Perpetua Titling, Bulmer, and the personal types of the designers. Printed on Mohawk Letterpress Text. Quotations... More about The Words of the Masters
(Council Bluffs): Yellow Barn Press, 1991. 7 x 10. xii, 108 pages. Fifteen wood engravings of presses by John DePol. Oatmeal cloth, leather spine label. Fine with prospectus. One of 180 copies, signed by artist and by author. The original edition, beautifully printed letterpress with the wood engravings printed from the blocks. More about AMERICAN IRON HAND PRESSES
NYPL & Stone House Press, 1989. 6 1/2 x 9 1/2. 113 pages. Quarter cloth & DePol patterned paper over boards. Copiously illustrated with specimen pages. Fine. DePol's own copy, dated and signed by him on pastedown. No. 181 of 200 numbered & signed copies. John DePol was the "house... More about Checklist Stone House Press Books & Ephemera 1978-1988
