USED AND RARE BOOKS ON FRANK W. BENSON



AFTER THE HUNT - The Art Collection of William B. Rugerby Adrienne Ruger Conzelman. Stackpole, 2002. 1st edition. Blue cloth hardcover, D.J. Format: 11” x 11 Ύ”. 197 pp. Impressive collection of many genres of art, all quality works. A few of the artists included: Frank Benson, T.A. Daly, Bob Kuhn, Wilhelm Kuhnert, & Carl Rungius. Condition: As new.

$30.00
THE ART OF SHOOTING FLYINGby Stephen Bodio and DeCourcy Taylor. GSI Press, 1988 & 1990. Two volumes, slipcased. Vol. 1 THE WRITINGS published in 1988. Vol. 2 THE IMAGES published in 1990. Gilt-stamped red cloth hardcover, slipcased. Vol. 1 is a collection of writings by some of the best authors of hunting stories: Markland, Forester, Spiller, Evans, Waterman, etc. Vol. 2 is a collection of paintings by some of the best artists of sporting art: Hunt, Ripley, Pleissner, Carlson, Schatz, Ching, Benson, Bishop, etc. Excellent production, SCARCE. Format: 8 ½” x 11”. Vol. 1, 223 pp. Vol. 2, 191 pp. Condition: As new. Again: As new.

$500.00
CLASSICS OF THE AMERICAN SHOOTING FIELDby John C. Philips. Houghton-Mifflin, 1930. Red cloth hardcover. Clear mylar D.J. Slipcased. Limited to 150 copies signed by Dr. John C. Philips, Dr. Lewis Webb Hill, and Frank W. Benson. Format: 6 Ό” x 9 ½”. 214 pages. Condition: Fine ++. The mylar D.J. and slipcase have kept this copy in excellent condition. Linen slipcase is also fine +. Bright, clean copy.

$275.00
CONCORD RIVERby William Brewster. Harvard Univ. Press, 1937. 1st edition. Illustrated by Frank W. Benson. Green cloth hardcover, gilt titles. Ex-library. No D.J. Format: 6 Ύ” x 9 Ό”. 259 pp. Condition: Residue marks from tape in places on cover, otherwise good ++.

$12.00
CONTEMPORARY AMERICAN ETCHINGby Ralph Flint. American Art Dealer’s Association, 1930. Tan cloth and boards hardcover. Original unsigned Benson etching frontis. 100 full-page plates featuring works by 60 prominent etchers, including Arms, Benson, Bishop, Eby, West, etc. Format: 9” x 11 Ό”. Top edge gilt. Condition: Very good – fine.

$300.00
CONTEMPORARY AMERICAN ETCHINGIntroduction by Ralph Flint. American Art Dealers Assn., 1930. Published to record the best etchings of the year. This issue lists 59 artists and features at least one example by each artist. Among those featured (and how many illustrations of their work is shown) are: Frank W. Benson, 4; Roland Clark, 1; Kerr Eby, 4; Marguerite Kirmse, 3; Levon West, 4. Brown cloth hardcover, tan cloth spine, gilt title, no D.J. Great book for the collector of etchings. Format: 9” x 11 Ό”. 100 pages of illustrations, 20 pp. of text. Condition: Very fine.

$175.00
CONTEMPORARY AMERICAN PRINTS - 1931, Vol. 2Introduction by Royal Cortissoz. American Art Dealers Assn., 1931. Selection of the top 100 prints of the year including Frank W. Benson, Roland Clark, Kerr Eby, Marguerite Kirmse, Carl Rungius, W. J. Schaldach, Levon West, and H. E. Tuttle. Some really nice etchings illustrated. Brown cloth hardcover, tan cloth spine, gilt title, no D.J. Format: 9” x 11 Ό”. 100 pp. of illustrations, 26 pp. of text. Condition: Some shelfwear, still about fine.

$100.00
ETCHINGS AND DRYPOINTS BY FRANK W. BENSONby Adam E. F. Paff. Houghton-Mifflin, complete in five volumes 1917-1959. Volumes 1-4 have a signed Benson etching bound-in. Volume 5 was published just after Benson’s death so the bound-in etching in Vol. 5 is unsigned. Vol. 1, #267 of 275 copies, etchings 1-102; Vol. 2, #228 of 275 copies, etchings 103-158; Vol. 3, #444 of 525 copies, etchings 159-223; Vol. 4, #6 of 600 copies, etchings 224-285; Vol. 5, #121 of 400 copies, etchings 286-355. All volumes unpaginated and original gray boards, cloth spine with paper label. Vol. 1 & 2 good – very good; Vol. 3 very good – fine; Vol. 4 very good – fine; Vol. 5 very fine with original D.J. Format: 9” x 12”. Rare to find a complete set.

$5,000.00
FINE PRINTS OF THE YEAR - 1923, Vol. 1London, 1924. Edit. Malcolm C. Salaman. Over 100 illustrations; one by Winifred Austen, two by F. W. Benson, one by George Marples, etc. Gray cloth hardboard, gilt title, blue spine, no D.J. Format: 9 Ό” x 11 Ύ”. 208 pp. Condition: Very good.

$100.00
FINE PRINTS OF THE YEAR - 1924, Vol. 2Edit. Malcolm C. Salaman. 76 plates by various famous etchers, one by Frank W. Benson. Gray cloth hardcover, green cloth spine, gilt title, no D.J. Format: 9 Ό” x 11 Ύ”. 27 pp. of text, 76 plates. Condition: Fine.

$125.00
FINE PRINTS OF THE YEAR - 1925, Vol. 3Edit. Malcolm C. Salaman. 75 plates by notable etchers of the day. F. W. Benson is included. Red cloth hardcover, vellum spine, gilt title, no D.J. Format: 9 Ό” x 11 Ύ”. 16 pp. of text, 75 plates plus index. Condition: Fine.

$80.00
FINE PRINTS OF THE YEAR - 1925, Vol. 3Edit. Malcolm C. Salaman. 75 plates by notable etchers of the day. F. W. Benson is included. Red cloth hardcover, vellum spine, gilt title, no D.J. Format: 9 Ό” x 11 Ύ”. 16 pp. of text, 75 plates plus index. Condition: Fine.

$80.00
FINE PRINTS OF THE YEAR - 1926Edit. Malcolm C. Salaman. Vol. 4. 100 plates by famous etchers such as Winifred Austen, C. F. Tunnicliffe, F. W. Benson, R. E. Bishop, Emerson Tuttle, and many others. Deep red cloth hardcover, gilt title, D.J. Format: 9 Ό” x 11 Ύ”. 17 pp. of text, 100 plates plus index. Condition: D.J. tattered, book is very fine.

$40.00
FINE PRINTS OF THE YEAR - 1927, Vol. 5Edit. Malcolm C. Salaman. 100 plates by notable etchers such as Winifred Austen, C. F. Tunnicliffe, F. W. Benson, R. E. Bishop, Roland Clark, Diana Thorne, and many others. Green cloth hardcover, gilt title, no D.J. Format: 9 Ό” x 11 Ύ”. 19 pp. of text, 100 plates plus index. Condition: Fine.

$70.00
FINE PRINTS OF THE YEAR - 1928Edit. Malcolm C. Salaman. 100 plates by famous etchers such as Winifred Austen, C. F. Tunnicliffe, F. W. Benson, Gordon Grant, Emerson Tuttle, Levon West, and many others. Burgundy cloth hardcover, gilt title, no D.J. Format: 9 Ό” x 11 Ύ”. 19 pp. of text, 100 plates plus index. Condition: Fine.

$50.00
FINE PRINTS OF THE YEAR - 1929, Vol. 7Edit. Malcolm C. Salaman. 100 plates by notable etchers such as C. F. Tunnicliffe, F. W. Benson, R. E. Bishop, and many others. Blue cloth hardcover, gilt title, no D.J. Format: 9 Ό” x 11 Ύ”. 20 pp. of text, 100 plates plus index. Condition: About fine.

$60.00
FINE PRINTS OF THE YEAR - 1931Edit. Malcolm C. Salaman. 100 plates by notable etchers such as C. F. Tunnicliffe, F. W. Benson, Emerson Tuttle, Levon West, and many others. Brown cloth hardcover, gilt title, no D.J. Format: 9 Ό” x 11 Ύ”. 20 pp. of text, 100 plates plus index. Condition: Good.

$40.00
FINE PRINTS OF THE YEAR - 1932Edit. Malcolm C. Salamon. 100 plates by notable etchers such as Winifred Austen, C. F. Tunnicliffe, F. W. Benson, R. E. Bishop, Emerson Tuttle, Levon West, and many others. Green cloth hardcover, gilt title, D.J. Format: 9 Ό” x 11 Ύ”. 20 pp. of text, 100 plates plus index. Condition: D.J. tattered, book is near fine.

$50.00
FRANK W. BENSON - His Sporting ArtWard Museum of Wildfowl Art, 1997. Softcover. Format: 8 ½” x 11”. 110 pp. Condition: About as new.

$40.00
FRANK W. BENSONby Charles Morgan. The Crafton Collection. Vol. 12 of American Etchers Collection. 2nd printing, 1931. Reproductions of etchings by F. W. Benson plus biographical information. Red cloth hardcover, gilt title, D.J. Format: 9” x 12”. Unpaginated. Condition: Fine.

$100.00
FRANK W. BENSON, MASTER OF THE SPORTING PRINTby John T. Ordeman. Privately published, 1983. Limited edition #16 of 50 signed and numbered copies bound in ½ brown leather. Marbled endpapers. Slipcased. Format: 8 ½” x 10 Ύ”. 95 pp. Condition: As new.

$450.00
FRANK WESTON BENSON, VOL. 12 AMERICAN
ETCHERS SERIES. 1931
2nd printing. Red cloth hardcover with gilt stamping. D.J. Tipped in reproductions of etchings. Format: 9” x 12”. Unpaginated. Condition: D.J. and book fine. There are seven small spots of foxing on inside back cover.

$45.00
THE GREAT AMERICAN SHOOTING PRINTSby Robert Elman. Alfred A. Knopf 1972. First edition. Limited edition of 450 signed and numbered copies. This is #248. Quarter brown leather with linen boards. Gilt spine and top edge. Linen slipcase. 72 color plates. Separate folio of four loose prints: WOODCOCK BY THE BROOK by A. L. Ripley; PINTAILS DECOYED by F. W. Benson; CROSSED TRAILS by John Clymer; and A GOOD TIME COMING by A. F. Tait. Format: 16” x 12 ½” oblong. Unpaginated. Condition: Some smudges on slipcase but no frayed fabric. Book as new.

$200.00
THE GREAT AMERICAN SHOOTING PRINTSby Robert Elman. Knopf, 1972. 72 color reproductions of paintings by some of the best sporting artists in American history. Large book. Tan cloth hardcover, gilt title, D.J. Unpaginated. Format: 16 Ό” x 12 Ύ” oblong. Condition: Fine.

$40.00
MODERN MASTERS OF ETCHING - FRANK W. BENSONThe Studio, 1925. Twelve reproductions of etchings by Benson. Eight pages of text. Number six in a series on etchers. Blue-green hardboard, label title, no D.J. Format: 12” x 10” oblong. Condition: Spine heavily damaged, but book still rates good.

$40.00
MODERN MASTERS OF ETCHING - FRANK W. BENSONThe Studio, 1925, Frank W. Benson. Number six in the etchers series. Twelve tipped in full page reproductions of etchings by Benson. Hardcover. Paper boards with label on cover. Format: 12 Ό” x 9 Ύ” oblong. Condition: Spine badly torn, but book is good.

$60.00
A NATURAL HISTORY OF THE DUCKSby John C. Phillips. Dover Publications, 1986. Unabridged reprint of the classic four volume set published from 1922-1926. This reprint is four volumes bound into two. Illustrated by Frank W. Benson, Allan Brooks, L. A. Fuertes, Henrik Gronvold, and S. Kobayashi. 176 plates, 74 in full color. Tan cloth hardcover, D.J. Vol. 1, 264 pp.; Vol. 2, 409 pp.; Vol. 3, 383 pp.; Vol. 4, 489 pp. Format: 8 Ύ” x 11 ½”. Condition: As new.

$90.00












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