[Printing] [Hunter, Dard] Collection of 18 Color Prints for "The Life and Work of Dard Hunter"

(Chillicothe, Ohio: Mountain House Press, 1981). Group of 18 color engravings of Dard Hunter's designs, printed by Dard Hunter II and signed and numbered by Dard Hunter III; each variously numbered one of 50; most with printed Dard Hunter Studio slip and with card signed by Dard Hunter III. Each measuring about 7 1/2 x 5 1/4 in. (190 x 133 mm). Each in original mat, 14 x 11 1/8 in. (356 x 282 mm).

A collection of 18 fine color engravings, printed by Dard Hunter II for his comprehensive biography commemorating the legacy of his father, the renowned book designer, printer, and paper historian, Dard Hunter. Hunter II began work on The Life and Work of Dard Hunter in 1968, two years after his father's death. Over the next 13 years the younger Hunter created 200 color photo engravings to illustrate the two-volume work, each replicating original drawings and designs created by his father over his long career. Each design was printed in up to four colors, requiring a separate plate for each color, and amounting to over 600 individual plates and an eventual 93,000 impressions. By the end of the production Hunter II had completed 200 prints for each of the 200 designs. As only 150 prints of each design were needed for the book, Hunter II was left with an additional 50 prints of each. This collection comprises 18 of those remaining prints, and shows the breadth of the senior Hunter's work.

Comprising:

1. Title page for "The Man of Sorrows"; #10/50.
2. Another of the above; #11/50.
3. Title-page for Rip Van Winkle, "Dard Hunter's second effort as a book designer produced at the Roycroft Shops early in 1905"; #12/50.
4. Another of the above; #13/50.
5. Title-page for "The Battle of Waterloo"; #8/50.
6. Cover for "A Catalog of Some Books and Things"; #10/50.
7. Another of the above; #15/50; lacking front of mat.
8. Book-plate for William Howard Jordan; #13/50.
9. Title-page for Elbert Hubbard's "Pastelles in Prose"; #7/50.
10. Another of the above; #8/50.
11. Cover design for "A day with the Roycrofters..."; #16/50.
12. Advertisement design for "Vulcanized Fibre"; #9/50.
13. Nine black chapter initials from Elbert Hubbard's "Complete Writings"; #19/50.
14. Floral design, "Interior Decorations and Furnishings"; #15/50.
15. Cover for "The Motto Book", Roycrofters; #12/50.
16. Design for small booklet, ca. 1909, "Progress in Brick Dying"; #8/50.
17. Taxicab brochure cover design; #5/50.
18. Title-page design for "Manhattan An Ode by Joseph I.C. Clarke Henry Hudson An Essay by Elbert Hubbard"; #13/50.

Lot includes an original charcoal and white chalk portrait of Dard Hunter by Jules Galspard, 1908. "This and a similar one of Edith Hunter were presented on their wedding day as they departed for Europe."

This lot is located in Philadelphia.

Provenance

From the collection of Justin G. Schiller

[Printing] [Hunter, Dard] Collection of 18 Color Prints for "The Life and Work of Dard Hunter"

[Printing] [Hunter, Dard] Collection of 18 Color Prints for "The Life and Work of Dard Hunter"