[Rarebooks] FS: 1872 Edition- American Grainer Hand-Book

[Joslin Hall Rare Books]

“The American Grainers' Hand-Book: A Popular and Practical Treatise on 
the art of Imitating Colored and Fancy Woods; with Examples and 
Illustrations, both in oil and distemper”

Published in New York by John W. Masury & Son in 1872.

A complete guide to the art of grain painting to imitate fine wood- and 
the authors make clear that this is indeed, if not a fine art, a skilled 
craft, and not something that the novice can attain great skill at 
quickly (a fact that makes books like this all the more important). The 
text discusses methods and materials, and there is an extensive 
advertising section at the end, mostly devoted to suppliers. John Wesley 
Masury [1820-1895] was a pioneer in the field of the manufacture and 
sale of ready-made paints, and he pioneered the retail sale of paints in 
cans with removable metal tops. The original edition of this title is 
very scarce in the marketplace.

Hardcover. 6.25"x8.75", 109 pages with 2 plates of tools and 14 colored 
grain plates, plus 21 pages of advertisements. Original publisher's red 
cloth with gilt titles- covers pretty beat, with cloth fading and soil, 
and gutter corrosion, and spine damage. Contents with light soil and 
some plate shadowing, and one striking shadow image of a tree leaf, but 
otherwise tight and clean inside.  $750

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