Vintage 1955 Wood Carving by Percy W. Blandford Foyles Craft Sculpture Handbook

Description

Hardcover book entitled “Wood Carving” by Percy W. Blandford (Member of the College of Handicraft). There is a label on title page that says “Published in the U.S.A. by Dover Publications Inc.” W. & G. Foyle Ltd., London. Printed in Great Britain by Crystalate (Printing) Ltd. Tonbridge, Kent. First published 1953. Reprinted April, 1955.
Condition is pre-owned/used. The dustcover is attached to the boards except for the interior flaps. The endpages have discoloration. The front and back covers and spine have some creasing and soiling and wear and small tears at edges. One of the book’s corners appears to have been crushed a little and so the upper right page corners are all a little bent. No writing in book. See photos for more condition details.
The front interior flap is cut at the corner. Remnants of price sticker on inside flap.
96 pages with black-and-white illustrations and Glossary. Includes a chapter on Figure Relief Carving.
Measures approximately 5 x 7 inches.
“Wood carving is one of the oldest crafts, and this book deals with all aspects of the subject in a modern way, so that the beginner can learn the elementary steps and follow his own interests as his skill develops. The keen craftsmen who is already a woodworker will find that carving gives him an opportunity of putting an individual finish on the things he makes, while any man or woman looking for a means of developing their artistic expression in a traditionally sound way will find that wood carving has much to offer them”