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Open a larger version of the following image in a popup: The Etching of Contemporary Life by Frank Weitenkampf illustrated by Ernest D. Roth. Front cover with decorative leather.
Open a larger version of the following image in a popup: The Etching of Contemporary Life by Frank Weitenkampf illustrated by Ernest D. Roth. Title page with decorative border.
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Frank Weitenkampf; Ernest D. Roth (illus.)

The Etching of Contemporary Life, 1916
Marlborough-on-Hudson, NY: Dard Hunter
One of 270 copies produced for the Chicago Society of Etchers. This copy is in a special pigskin binding, designed by Dard Hunter and advertised to Society members "who are interested in preserving their copies in permanent bindings contemporaneous with the printing."
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Frank Weitenkampf; Ernest D. Roth (illus.), The Etching of Contemporary Life, 1916
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  • (View a larger image of thumbnail 1 ) The Etching of Contemporary Life by Frank Weitenkampf illustrated by Ernest D. Roth. Front cover with decorative leather.
  • (View a larger image of thumbnail 2 ) The Etching of Contemporary Life by Frank Weitenkampf illustrated by Ernest D. Roth. Title page with decorative border.
  • (View a larger image of thumbnail 3 ) The Etching of Contemporary Life by Frank Weitenkampf illustrated by Ernest D. Roth. Colophon.
  • (View a larger image of thumbnail 4 ) The Etching of Contemporary Life by Frank Weitenkampf illustrated by Ernest D. Roth. Interior page, illustration of man with moustache.
  • (View a larger image of thumbnail 5 ) The Etching of Contemporary Life by Frank Weitenkampf illustrated by Ernest D. Roth. Interior page with illustration of buildings.
Small quarto. (11)pp. With a laid-in etching editioned for the publication by Ernest D. Roth, who has signed and dated the plate. An ornate floral headpiece bears Hunter's monogram, and...
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Small quarto. (11)pp. With a laid-in etching editioned for the publication by Ernest D. Roth, who has signed and dated the plate. An ornate floral headpiece bears Hunter's monogram, and appears above a matching six-line initial. An early work by Hunter, who has set two watermarks in the paper, one a "DH" set in a heart, and the other the insignia of the Society. To-order binding by Oakwood Binders of Pittsfield, Massachusetts, originally offered for $10. Ornamentation matches the interior decoration by Hunter. Spine in five compartments with titling in blind, binder's stamp at rear board. Trace rubbing, some internal foxing, else near fine. With original box from binder, in two pieces but entirely present. All housed in modern clamshell. Laid in is an additional etching by William Bucher.
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