WALL, Bernhardt. The Odyssey of the Etcher of Books. Sierra Madre, 1945. 43 etchings (on 28 pp.), 23 signed by Wall. Various colored inks. 31.5 x 24.5 cm. (12-5/8 x 9-5/8 inches), heavy wove paper. Original hand-bound mottled brown and green calf, gilt-lettered spine.
Limited edition (#1 of 50 signed copies). Weber, p. 44: "A miscellaneous collection of plates, including 'the best of poetry, prose and pictures' (1915–1945)." These are the plates which Wall considered his best and most representative work, including his dramatic large-size portrait of Lincoln, which is considered one of the top Wall etchings. In Walliana Wall describes the book as: "The best of my etchings in Prose, Poetry and Pictures, done in 30 years of the art of etching. This book is one of the most unusual of pictorial books." 70000035
Plate list:
PAGES OF ETCHINGS... [limitation leaf]. Etched in blind. Signed. 7.5 cm.
THE ODYSSEY OF THE ETCHER OF BOOKS... [title]. Green. 12.5 x 10 cm.
BERNHARDT WALL ETCHER-PUBLISHER AT WORK | Wall—1940 after photo by Bob Waller [self portrait]. Brown. Signed. 12.5 x 10 cm.
[Bust portrait of Abraham Lincoln]. Black. Signed. 27.5 x 20 cm.
Read a page, Then think an age. | Wall 1927 [illustrated bookmark]. Teal. Signed. 18 x 3.5 cm.
["IN DOUBT"] | Wall 1920 [portrait]. Brown. Signed. Title in pencil at lower margin. 22.5 x 17.5 cm.
["DEDICATIONS"] [illustrated dedication leaf]. 9 dedicatory etchings on a single page. Title in pencil at lower margin. Each 7.5 x 5 cm.
TO STEWART WINNING McCLELLAND PRESIDENT LINCOLN MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY... [illustrated dedication leaf]. Crimson. 7.5 x 5 cm.
TO ESTHER C CUSHMAN CUSTODIAN OF THE McLELLAN LINCOLN COLLECTION... [illustrated dedication leaf]. Olive. 7.5 x 5 cm.
TO CARL W. SCHAEFER LINCOLN STUDENT... [illustrated dedication leaf]. Blue. 7.5 x 5 cm.
TO NATALIE WILLIAMS ART LOVER PATRON AND FRIEND [hand-colored illustrated dedication leaf]. Blue. 7.5 x 5 cm.
TO HARRY F. MARKS BIBLIOPHILE BOOKSELLER [illustrated dedication leaf]. Crimson. 7.5 x 5 cm.
TO OUR FRIENDS LEROY & MABEL OAKLEAF [illustrated dedication leaf]. Olive. 8 x 5 cm.
To MR. A. H. GREENLY LINCOLNIANA LOVER [dedication leaf with bust portrait of Lincoln]. Olive. 7.5 x 5 cm.
To Mr. & Mrs. Stanley H. Byram Lincoln Devotees Nature Lovers [illustrated dedication leaf]. Slate blue. 7.5 x 5 cm.
TO ALEXANDER J. WALL LIBRARIAN NEW YORK HISTORICAL SOCIETY [illustrated dedication leaf]. Lilac. 7.5 x 5 cm.
AN EMPIRE OF FORGOTTEN THINGS...Hervey Allen. [text]. Olive green. Signed. 17.5 x 12.5 cm.
["A DRYPOINT"] | Wall 1924 [bust portrait of Woodrow Wilson]. Black. Signed. Wall's pencil note at lower margin. 17 x 12 cm.
THE WHITE HOUSE WASHINGTON, D. C. 8 July 1918... [etching of letter from Woodrow Wilson to Wall]. Green. Signed. Wall's pencil note at lower margin: "HISTORICAL LETTER." 12.5 x 10 cm.
PRESIDENT WILSON | Wall 1918 [canceled bust portrait of Woodrow Wilson in Army uniform]. Black. Signed. Wall's pencil note at lower margin: "A CANCELLED PLATE—HUNTINGTON LIB." 18.5 x 17.5 cm.
BIRTH...Elsa Gidlow [text with Gidlow's facsimile signature]. Olive. Signed. 12.5 x 10 cm.
["PREPAREDNESS"] | Wall 1916 [illustration]. Sienna. Signed. Title in pencil at lower margin. 25 x 15 cm.
MY DOG I am quite sure he thinks...Bishop Doane. | Wall 1920 after Landseer [illustrated text]. Brownish black. Signed. 21.5 x 15 cm.
LITIGATION OR CONCILIATION...Edgar J. Lauer [text with Lauer's facsimile signature]. Slate green. Signed. 17.5 x 12.5 cm.
["BLISS CARMEN—POET-LAUREATE OF CANADA"] | Wall 1915 [full-length portrait]. Black. Signed. Title in pencil at lower margin. 22.5 x 14.5 cm.
EDWIN MARKHAM | Wall 1921 [bust portrait]. Black. Signed. Wall's pencil note at lower margin: "SKETCHT IN MY STUDIO." 18.5 x 12 cm.
JOHN BURROUGHS Passed upward on the brink of April, 1921...EDWIN MARKHAM | Wall 1921 [bust portrait with text]. Brown. Signed. Wall's pencil note at lower margin: "WRITTEN FOR WALL'S ETCHT MONTHLY 1921." 17.5 x 9.5 cm.
["THE GOD PAN"] | Wall 1924 [illustration]. Green. Signed. Title in pencil at lower margin, along with Wall's note: "AN AQUATINT." 17.5 x 12.5 cm.
6 etchings of Wall's studios on a single page:
"THE WALLS" New Preston, Conn. [illustration]. Brown. 3 x 5 cm.
BERNHARDT WALL THE ETCHER OF BOOKS SUMMER STUDIO LIME-ROCK CONN WINTER STUDIO ONECO—FLORIDA OUR ETCHERIE [illustration]. Green. 7.5 x 5 cm.
DORIS WALL LIME ROCK CT | WAll. [illustration]. Brown. 3.5 x 4 cm.
Bernhardt Wall The Etcher of Books Douglas Entrance Coral Gables Florida WINTER STUDIO [illustration]. Brown. 7.5 x 10 cm.
THE ETCHERIE OF BERNHARDT WALL, D.H.L. LIME ROCK CONN. [illustration]. Umber. 7.5 x 5 cm.
THE ETCHERIE OF BERNHARDT WALL DORIS TURBET WALL...SIERRA MADRE CALIF | WAll 1942 [illustration]. Black. 9.5 x 7.5 cm.
["MARK TWAIN SKETCHT FROM LIFE"] | Wall 1906–1921 [bust portrait]. Brownish black. Signed. Title in pencil at lower margin. 17 x 11.5 cm.
Walt Whitman | Wall 1920 [bust portrait with Whitman's facsimile signature]. Brown. Signed. 17.5 x 12.5 cm.
A FRAGMENT BY WALT WHITMAN IN LEAD PENCIL... [text]. Ochre. Signed. 17.5 x 12.5 cm.
note at lower margin: "THEODORE ROOSEVELT Sketcht at a Rough Riders' Luncheon 1915." 19 x 15 cm.
3 etchings on a single page:
Jefferson's Bill introduced in the Virginia Legislature for Religious Freedom, 1779... [illustrated text]. Umber. 12.5 x 10 cm.
In 1779 Thomas Jefferson introduced a Bill against Slavery... [illustrated text]. Black. 12.5 x 10 cm.
A LETTER FROM JEFFERSON TO MONROE PARIS—JUNE 17 1785... [illustrated text]. Sienna. 12.5 x 10 cm.
THEODRE [sic] ROBERTS WITH MARY MILES MINTER 1920 | Wall [bust portrait]. Black. Signed. 17 x 12 cm.
BERNHARDT WALL. ETCHER [printer's illustrated device]. Green. 8 x 5.5 cm.
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