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Wall Bernhardt: Vest George Graham
MAN'S BEST FRIEND A PLEA TO A JURY BY.SENATOR FROM MISSOURI.
New York: Etched by Bernhardt Wall 1920. 15 leaves. Small quarto 22 x 16.2 cm. Cloth tape backed boards etched pictorial label. One fore-tip nicked else a very good to near fine copy. First edition. One of 125 numbered copies signed by the artist/printer/publisher. Comprised of fifteen original copper-plate etchings by Wall plus the label printed in various colors. Wall's third "etched" book and the first to achieve commercial circulation and success. Wall dated his inscription in this copy "2.28.22." WEBER p.31. Etched by Bernhardt Wall hardcover books
Bookseller reference : WRCLIT57764
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Wall Bernhardt: Wilson Woodrow
WHY THE U.S. PRESIDENT MUST NOT WEAR UNIFORM . WITH A PEN PORTRAIT OF THE PRESIDENT BY GUIDO BRUNO
New York: Privately Printed by Guido Bruno 1918. Printed wrappers. Small nicks at corners but very good. First edition. Prints a letter from Wilson to Bernhardt Wall and Bruno's sketch all relevant to Wall's creative portrait of Wilson in uniform was omitted from the cover of an issue of BRUNO'S BOHEMIA. Privately Printed [by Guido Bruno] unknown books
Bookseller reference : WRCLIT69463
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Wall , Bernhardt
Following Abraham Lincoln !809 - 1865
Bernhardt Wall 1943. Hardcover. Very Good Plus. Bernhardt Wall. First Collected Edition . Wall spent a number of years scouting out the places that had been important to Abreham Lincoln . From 1931 to 1942 he published a series of eighty-five volumes with eight to sixteen plates each presenting his etchings of Lincoln and the places in his life . He originally planned to print seventy-six sets of the etchings . However it seems unlikely that he reached this number . In 1943 he put the etchings together in this volume -- beautifully designed and printed . This is a unique interpretation of Lincoln and one that every collector of Lincolniana should have in his library . These copies are in very good condition . The interiors are clean no marks of any kind . The hinges are tight on the large volumes . All material is present no etchings have been removed . Bernhardt Wall hardcover
Bookseller reference : 010434
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Wall , Bernhardt
Following Abraham Lincoln 1809 - 1865
Bernhardt Wall 1943. Hardcover. Very Good Plus. Bernhardt Wall. Wall spent a number of years scouting out the places that had been important to Abraham Lincoln . From 1931 to 1942 he published a series of eighty-five volumes with eight to sixteen plates each presenting his etchings of Lincoln and the places in his life . He originally planned to print seventy - six sets of the etchings . However it seems unlikely that he reached this number. In 1943 he put the etchings together in this volume --beautifully designed and printed . This is a unique interpretation of Lincoln and one that every collector of Lincolniana should have in the library . This isy good copy . The interior is clean no marks except for the name of a previous owner on the first free endpaper . The hinges on the large volume are tight . All material is present no etchings have been removed . The dust jacket shows light wear and toning to the edges but remains bright and clean . Dust jacket is protected with a mylar cover . Bernhardt Wall hardcover
Bookseller reference : 010473
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Wall, Bernhardt (1872-1956)
A Nuremberg Nürnberg Tower. 1907.
Nuremberg. Germany: 1907. Original color crayon drawing. Signed dated and titled in the image. Titled and dated on the support sheet. 9.5 x 6.25 inches image size. Provenance: Part of a portfolio of original works given to the collector Natalie Williams on June 1 1937 by Wall. Natalie Williams was the sister-in-law of the Texas collector N.C. Matthewson of Marshall Texas and both were owners of the Made-Rite Company. She was a patroness of artists and an art donor to Texas A & M University.Bernhardt Wall was born in Buffalo New York on Dec. 30 1872. He studied at the Buffalo Art Student’s League then moved on to study in New York under Henry Reuterdahl and also apprenticed under William Auerbach-Levy. Wall began a career as a lithographic illustrator in 1889 working primarily as a commercial artist in New York and Buffalo. He soon became known as the "Postcard King" and designed over 5000 comic cards. The year1915 marked a defining point in Wall’s artistic career. Wall visited Colorado Nevada and California making etchings of Indians cowboys and major cities which were later published in a portfolio entitled "Under Western Skies." These proved to be very successful and the artist shortly thereafter moved to California permanently. Wall continued to produce many fine etchings of the American West and by 1930 had also become a much respected historian of the region.Bernhardt Wall was unique in that he not only drew the etchings for his books but he also printed and bound them. His books are in libraries and universities around the world including the British Museum Library of Congress the libraries of Harvard Yale Columbia and Brown Universities. His works were also in the private collections of J. P. Morgan Franklin D. Roosevelt Henry C. Frick and Dr. N.C. Mathewson. Wall etched three sitting presidents of the United States Theodore Roosevelt Warren Taft and Henry Coolidge. Other prominent individuals etched by Wall include Sam Houston Mark Twain Thomas A. Edison Abraham Lincoln and Andrew Jackson.Artist and historian Bernhardt Wall 1872-1956 was a pioneer etcher and producer of fine press books who treated a vast array of subjects including Texas and the Southwest. Historians of fine press printing have compared him to William Blake. This collection of Wall’s scrapbooks publications and correspondence was built by collector Natalie Williams of Marshall Texas. Nuremberg., Germany: 1907 unknown
Bookseller reference : 51-2449
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Wall, Bernhardt (1872-1956)
An Indian Girl "At Embudo N.M."
Embudo New Mexico: 1915. Original color crayon drawing. Dated and titled in the image. Signed dated and titled on the support sheet. 8 x 6.25 inchesProvenance: Part of a portfolio of original works given to the collector Natalie Williams on June 1 1937 by Wall. Natalie Williams was the sister-in-law of the Texas collector N.C. Matthewson of Marshall Texas and both were owners of the Made-Rite Company. She was a patroness of artists and an art donor to Texas A & M University.Bernhardt Wall was born in Buffalo New York on Dec. 30 1872. He studied at the Buffalo Art Student’s League then moved on to study in New York under Henry Reuterdahl and also apprenticed under William Auerbach-Levy. Wall began a career as a lithographic illustrator in 1889 working primarily as a commercial artist in New York and Buffalo. He soon became known as the "Postcard King" and designed over 5000 comic cards. The year1915 marked a defining point in Wall’s artistic career. Wall visited Colorado Nevada and California making etchings of Indians cowboys and major cities which were later published in a portfolio entitled "Under Western Skies." These proved to be very successful and the artist shortly thereafter moved to California permanently. Wall continued to produce many fine etchings of the American West and by 1930 had also become a much respected historian of the region.Bernhardt Wall was unique in that he not only drew the etchings for his books but he also printed and bound them. His books are in libraries and universities around the world including the British Museum Library of Congress the libraries of Harvard Yale Columbia and Brown Universities. His works were also in the private collections of J. P. Morgan Franklin D. Roosevelt Henry C. Frick and Dr. N.C. Mathewson. Wall etched three sitting presidents of the United States Theodore Roosevelt Warren Taft and Henry Coolidge. Other prominent individuals etched by Wall include Sam Houston Mark Twain Thomas A. Edison Abraham Lincoln and Andrew Jackson.Artist and historian Bernhardt Wall 1872-1956 was a pioneer etcher and producer of fine press books who treated a vast array of subjects including Texas and the Southwest. Historians of fine press printing have compared him to William Blake. This collection of Wall’s scrapbooks publications and correspondence was built by collector Natalie Williams of Marshall Texas. Embudo, New Mexico: 1915 unknown
Bookseller reference : 51-2456
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Wall, Bernhardt (1872-1956)
An Indian Boy "At Embudo N.M."
Embudo New Mexico: 1915. Original color crayon drawing. Dated and titled in the image. Signed dated and titled on the support sheet. 8 x 6.5 inchesProvenance: Part of a portfolio of original works given to the collector Natalie Williams on June 1 1937 by Wall. Natalie Williams was the sister-in-law of the Texas collector N.C. Matthewson of Marshall Texas and both were owners of the Made-Rite Company. She was a patroness of artists and an art donor to Texas A & M University.Bernhardt Wall was born in Buffalo New York on Dec. 30 1872. He studied at the Buffalo Art Student’s League then moved on to study in New York under Henry Reuterdahl and also apprenticed under William Auerbach-Levy. Wall began a career as a lithographic illustrator in 1889 working primarily as a commercial artist in New York and Buffalo. He soon became known as the "Postcard King" and designed over 5000 comic cards. The year1915 marked a defining point in Wall’s artistic career. Wall visited Colorado Nevada and California making etchings of Indians cowboys and major cities which were later published in a portfolio entitled "Under Western Skies." These proved to be very successful and the artist shortly thereafter moved to California permanently. Wall continued to produce many fine etchings of the American West and by 1930 had also become a much respected historian of the region.Bernhardt Wall was unique in that he not only drew the etchings for his books but he also printed and bound them. His books are in libraries and universities around the world including the British Museum Library of Congress the libraries of Harvard Yale Columbia and Brown Universities. His works were also in the private collections of J. P. Morgan Franklin D. Roosevelt Henry C. Frick and Dr. N.C. Mathewson. Wall etched three sitting presidents of the United States Theodore Roosevelt Warren Taft and Henry Coolidge. Other prominent individuals etched by Wall include Sam Houston Mark Twain Thomas A. Edison Abraham Lincoln and Andrew Jackson.Artist and historian Bernhardt Wall 1872-1956 was a pioneer etcher and producer of fine press books who treated a vast array of subjects including Texas and the Southwest. Historians of fine press printing have compared him to William Blake. This collection of Wall’s scrapbooks publications and correspondence was built by collector Natalie Williams of Marshall Texas. Embudo, New Mexico: 1915 unknown
Bookseller reference : 51-2458
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Wall, Bernhardt (1872-1956)
At Home. January first. 2 to 7 PM. Annadale Staten Island
New York: Bernhardt Wall circa 1940s. Drypoint. 4 x 3 inches. Uneven margins Unsigned.Bernhardt Wall was born in Buffalo New York on Dec. 30 1872. He studied at the Buffalo Art Student’s League then moved on to study in New York under Henry Reuterdahl and also apprenticed under William Auerbach-Levy. Wall began a career as a lithographic illustrator in 1889 working primarily as a commercial artist in New York and Buffalo. He soon became known as the "Postcard King" and designed over 5000 comic cards. The year1915 marked a defining point in Wall’s artistic career. Wall visited Colorado Nevada and California making etchings of Indians cowboys and major cities which were later published in a portfolio entitled "Under Western Skies." These proved to be very successful and the artist shortly thereafter moved to California permanently. Wall continued to produce many fine etchings of the American West and by 1930 had also become a much respected historian of the region.Bernhardt Wall was unique in that he not only drew the etchings for his books but he also printed and bound them. His books are in libraries and universities around the world including the British Museum Library of Congress the libraries of Harvard Yale Columbia and Brown Universities. His works were also in the private collections of J. P. Morgan Franklin D. Roosevelt Henry C. Frick and Dr. N.C. Mathewson. Wall etched three sitting presidents of the United States Theodore Roosevelt Warren Taft and Henry Coolidge. Other prominent individuals etched by Wall include Sam Houston Mark Twain Thomas A. Edison Abraham Lincoln and Andrew Jackson.Artist and historian Bernhardt Wall 1872-1956 was a pioneer etcher and producer of fine press books who treated a vast array of subjects including Texas and the Southwest. Historians of fine press printing have compared him to William Blake. This collection of Wall’s scrapbooks publications and correspondence was built by collector Natalie Williams of Marshall Texas. New York: Bernhardt Wall, circa 1940s. unknown
Bookseller reference : 51-2256
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Wall, Bernhardt (1872-1956)
Bernhardt Wall's Etched Palette. Third State. Signed.
New York: Bernhardt Wall 1938. Etching. 3 x 4 inches on sheet 7.25 x 8 inches. Dark red hatched background in the palette. Initialed and annotated in pencil. Bernhardt Wall was born in Buffalo New York on Dec. 30 1872. He studied at the Buffalo Art Student’s League then moved on to study in New York under Henry Reuterdahl and also apprenticed under William Auerbach-Levy. Wall began a career as a lithographic illustrator in 1889 working primarily as a commercial artist in New York and Buffalo. He soon became known as the "Postcard King" and designed over 5000 comic cards. The year 1915 marked a defining point in Wall’s artistic career. Wall visited Colorado Nevada and California making etchings of Indians cowboys and major cities which were later published in a portfolio entitled "Under Western Skies." These proved to be very successful and the artist shortly thereafter moved to California permanently. Wall continued to produce many fine etchings of the American West and by 1930 had also become a much respected historian of the region.Bernhardt Wall was unique in that he not only drew the etchings for his books but he also printed and bound them. His books are in libraries and universities around the world including the British Museum Library of Congress the libraries of Harvard Yale Columbia and Brown Universities. His works were also in the private collections of J. P. Morgan Franklin D. Roosevelt Henry C. Frick and Dr. N.C. Mathewson. Wall etched three sitting presidents of the United States Theodore Roosevelt Warren Taft and Henry Coolidge. Other prominent individuals etched by Wall include Sam Houston Mark Twain Thomas A. Edison Abraham Lincoln and Andrew Jackson.Artist and historian Bernhardt Wall 1872-1956 was a pioneer etcher and producer of fine press books who treated a vast array of subjects including Texas and the Southwest. Historians of fine press printing have compared him to William Blake. This collection of Wall’s scrapbooks publications and correspondence was built by collector Natalie Williams of Marshall Texas. New York: Bernhardt Wall, 1938. unknown
Bookseller reference : 51-3151
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Wall, Bernhardt (1872-1956)
Bernhardt Wall's Etched Palette. Second State. Signed.
New York: Bernhardt Wall 1938. Etching. 3 x 4 inches on sheet 7.25 x 8 inches. Hatched background in the palette. Initialed and annotated in pencil. Bernhardt Wall was born in Buffalo New York on Dec. 30 1872. He studied at the Buffalo Art Student’s League then moved on to study in New York under Henry Reuterdahl and also apprenticed under William Auerbach-Levy. Wall began a career as a lithographic illustrator in 1889 working primarily as a commercial artist in New York and Buffalo. He soon became known as the "Postcard King" and designed over 5000 comic cards. The year 1915 marked a defining point in Wall’s artistic career. Wall visited Colorado Nevada and California making etchings of Indians cowboys and major cities which were later published in a portfolio entitled "Under Western Skies." These proved to be very successful and the artist shortly thereafter moved to California permanently. Wall continued to produce many fine etchings of the American West and by 1930 had also become a much respected historian of the region.Bernhardt Wall was unique in that he not only drew the etchings for his books but he also printed and bound them. His books are in libraries and universities around the world including the British Museum Library of Congress the libraries of Harvard Yale Columbia and Brown Universities. His works were also in the private collections of J. P. Morgan Franklin D. Roosevelt Henry C. Frick and Dr. N.C. Mathewson. Wall etched three sitting presidents of the United States Theodore Roosevelt Warren Taft and Henry Coolidge. Other prominent individuals etched by Wall include Sam Houston Mark Twain Thomas A. Edison Abraham Lincoln and Andrew Jackson.Artist and historian Bernhardt Wall 1872-1956 was a pioneer etcher and producer of fine press books who treated a vast array of subjects including Texas and the Southwest. Historians of fine press printing have compared him to William Blake. This collection of Wall’s scrapbooks publications and correspondence was built by collector Natalie Williams of Marshall Texas. New York: Bernhardt Wall, 1938. unknown
Bookseller reference : 51-3150
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Wall, Bernhardt (1872-1956)
Bernhardt Wall's Etched Palette. First State. Signed.
New York: Bernhardt Wall 1938. Etching. 3 x 4 inches on sheet 7.25 x 8 inches. No background in the palette. Initialed and annotated in pencil. Bernhardt Wall was born in Buffalo New York on Dec. 30 1872. He studied at the Buffalo Art Student’s League then moved on to study in New York under Henry Reuterdahl and also apprenticed under William Auerbach-Levy. Wall began a career as a lithographic illustrator in 1889 working primarily as a commercial artist in New York and Buffalo. He soon became known as the "Postcard King" and designed over 5000 comic cards. The year 1915 marked a defining point in Wall’s artistic career. Wall visited Colorado Nevada and California making etchings of Indians cowboys and major cities which were later published in a portfolio entitled "Under Western Skies." These proved to be very successful and the artist shortly thereafter moved to California permanently. Wall continued to produce many fine etchings of the American West and by 1930 had also become a much respected historian of the region.Bernhardt Wall was unique in that he not only drew the etchings for his books but he also printed and bound them. His books are in libraries and universities around the world including the British Museum Library of Congress the libraries of Harvard Yale Columbia and Brown Universities. His works were also in the private collections of J. P. Morgan Franklin D. Roosevelt Henry C. Frick and Dr. N.C. Mathewson. Wall etched three sitting presidents of the United States Theodore Roosevelt Warren Taft and Henry Coolidge. Other prominent individuals etched by Wall include Sam Houston Mark Twain Thomas A. Edison Abraham Lincoln and Andrew Jackson.Artist and historian Bernhardt Wall 1872-1956 was a pioneer etcher and producer of fine press books who treated a vast array of subjects including Texas and the Southwest. Historians of fine press printing have compared him to William Blake. This collection of Wall’s scrapbooks publications and correspondence was built by collector Natalie Williams of Marshall Texas. New York: Bernhardt Wall, 1938. unknown
Bookseller reference : 51-3149
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Wall, Bernhardt (1872-1956)
Bernhardt Wall's Etched Palette. Third State. Signed.
New York: Bernhardt Wall 1938. Etching. 3 x 4 inches on sheet 7.25 x 8 inches. Bright red hatched background in the palette. Initialed and annotated in pencil. Bernhardt Wall was born in Buffalo New York on Dec. 30 1872. He studied at the Buffalo Art Student’s League then moved on to study in New York under Henry Reuterdahl and also apprenticed under William Auerbach-Levy. Wall began a career as a lithographic illustrator in 1889 working primarily as a commercial artist in New York and Buffalo. He soon became known as the "Postcard King" and designed over 5000 comic cards. The year 1915 marked a defining point in Wall’s artistic career. Wall visited Colorado Nevada and California making etchings of Indians cowboys and major cities which were later published in a portfolio entitled "Under Western Skies." These proved to be very successful and the artist shortly thereafter moved to California permanently. Wall continued to produce many fine etchings of the American West and by 1930 had also become a much respected historian of the region.Bernhardt Wall was unique in that he not only drew the etchings for his books but he also printed and bound them. His books are in libraries and universities around the world including the British Museum Library of Congress the libraries of Harvard Yale Columbia and Brown Universities. His works were also in the private collections of J. P. Morgan Franklin D. Roosevelt Henry C. Frick and Dr. N.C. Mathewson. Wall etched three sitting presidents of the United States Theodore Roosevelt Warren Taft and Henry Coolidge. Other prominent individuals etched by Wall include Sam Houston Mark Twain Thomas A. Edison Abraham Lincoln and Andrew Jackson.Artist and historian Bernhardt Wall 1872-1956 was a pioneer etcher and producer of fine press books who treated a vast array of subjects including Texas and the Southwest. Historians of fine press printing have compared him to William Blake. This collection of Wall’s scrapbooks publications and correspondence was built by collector Natalie Williams of Marshall Texas. New York: Bernhardt Wall, 1938. unknown
Bookseller reference : 51-3152
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Wall, Bernhardt (1872-1956).
Bookplate of the Abraham Lincoln Library of Stanley H. Byram.
Harrogate TN: Lincoln Memorial University 1942. Drypoint. 5 x 3.75 inches on sheet 8 x 7.25 Signed in pencil and presented to Natalie Williams. Bernhardt Wall was born in Buffalo New York on Dec. 30 1872. He studied at the Buffalo Art Student’s League then moved on to study in New York under Henry Reuterdahl and also apprenticed under William Auerbach-Levy. Wall began a career as a lithographic illustrator in 1889 working primarily as a commercial artist in New York and Buffalo. He soon became known as the "Postcard King" and designed over 5000 comic cards. The year1915 marked a defining point in Wall’s artistic career. Wall visited Colorado Nevada and California making etchings of Indians cowboys and major cities which were later published in a portfolio entitled "Under Western Skies." These proved to be very successful and the artist shortly thereafter moved to California permanently. Wall continued to produce many fine etchings of the American West and by 1930 had also become a much respected historian of the region.Bernhardt Wall was unique in that he not only drew the etchings for his books but he also printed and bound them. His books are in libraries and universities around the world including the British Museum Library of Congress the libraries of Harvard Yale Columbia and Brown Universities. His works were also in the private collections of J. P. Morgan Franklin D. Roosevelt Henry C. Frick and Dr. N.C. Mathewson. Wall etched three sitting presidents of the United States Theodore Roosevelt Warren Taft and Henry Coolidge. Other prominent individuals etched by Wall include Sam Houston Mark Twain Thomas A. Edison Abraham Lincoln and Andrew Jackson.Artist and historian Bernhardt Wall 1872-1956 was a pioneer etcher and producer of fine press books who treated a vast array of subjects including Texas and the Southwest. Historians of fine press printing have compared him to William Blake. This collection of Wall’s scrapbooks publications and correspondence was built by collector Natalie Williams of Marshall Texas. Harrogate, TN: Lincoln Memorial University 1942. unknown
Bookseller reference : 51-2317
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Wall, Bernhardt
BRUNO'S GARRET SECOND EXHIBIT OF ETCHINGS DRAWINGS AND WATERCOLORS INCLUDING A SET OF PORTRAITS OF WELL KNOWN MEN
New York: Guido Bruno 1915. First edition. Very good. 24 mo. Printed wrappers stapled. 8 illustrations. White wrappers dusty with tiny spot production crease in blank margin of one illustration otherwise very good. <br /> <br /> First edition of the handlist for one of the earliest major exhibitions of Wall's etchings and works on paper. 37 items were exhibited and the prefatory essay asserts: "New York has ts new romancier. Another O. Henry is among us." Weber refers to this catalogue but errs in the count of items exhibited 19 rather than 37. WEBER p5. [Guido Bruno] unknown
Bookseller reference : 780
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Wall, Bernhardt
Bruno's Garret: Second Exhibit of Etchings Drawings and Watercolors.
Bernhardt Wall 1915. 12mo. 24 pp. illus. 37 works listed. Very good in stapled wraps. Bernhardt Wall, 1915. paperback
Bookseller reference : 12-0958
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Wall, Bernhardt (1872-1956)
Edam Boy. Holland.
Edam Netherlands: 1907. Original color crayons. Signed titled and dated in the image. Titled and described on the support sheet. 9.5 x 6.25 inches. Provenance: Part of a portfolio of original works given to the collector Natalie Williams on June 1 1937 by Wall. Natalie Williams was the sister-in-law of the Texas collector N.C. Matthewson of Marshall Texas and both were owners of the Made-Rite Company. She was a patroness of artists and an art donor to Texas A & M University.Bernhardt Wall was born in Buffalo New York on Dec. 30 1872. He studied at the Buffalo Art Student’s League then moved on to study in New York under Henry Reuterdahl and also apprenticed under William Auerbach-Levy. Wall began a career as a lithographic illustrator in 1889 working primarily as a commercial artist in New York and Buffalo. He soon became known as the "Postcard King" and designed over 5000 comic cards. The year1915 marked a defining point in Wall’s artistic career. Wall visited Colorado Nevada and California making etchings of Indians cowboys and major cities which were later published in a portfolio entitled "Under Western Skies." These proved to be very successful and the artist shortly thereafter moved to California permanently. Wall continued to produce many fine etchings of the American West and by 1930 had also become a much respected historian of the region.Bernhardt Wall was unique in that he not only drew the etchings for his books but he also printed and bound them. His books are in libraries and universities around the world including the British Museum Library of Congress the libraries of Harvard Yale Columbia and Brown Universities. His works were also in the private collections of J. P. Morgan Franklin D. Roosevelt Henry C. Frick and Dr. N.C. Mathewson. Wall etched three sitting presidents of the United States Theodore Roosevelt Warren Taft and Henry Coolidge. Other prominent individuals etched by Wall include Sam Houston Mark Twain Thomas A. Edison Abraham Lincoln and Andrew Jackson.Artist and historian Bernhardt Wall 1872-1956 was a pioneer etcher and producer of fine press books who treated a vast array of subjects including Texas and the Southwest. Historians of fine press printing have compared him to William Blake. This collection of Wall’s scrapbooks publications and correspondence was built by collector Natalie Williams of Marshall Texas. Edam, Netherlands: 1907 unknown
Bookseller reference : 51-2447
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Wall, Bernhardt (1872-1956)
Figure Studies "In Central Park." Manhattan1918.
Manhattan New York: 1918. Original pencil drawing. Signed and dated in the image. Titled and dated on the support sheet. 10 x 13.9 inches. Clean one inch tear not affecting the imageProvenance: Part of a portfolio of original works given to the collector Natalie Williams on June 1 1937 by Wall. Natalie Williams was the sister-in-law of the Texas collector N.C. Matthewson of Marshall Texas and both were owners of the Made-Rite Company. She was a patroness of artists and an art donor to Texas A & M University.Bernhardt Wall was born in Buffalo New York on Dec. 30 1872. He studied at the Buffalo Art Student’s League then moved on to study in New York under Henry Reuterdahl and also apprenticed under William Auerbach-Levy. Wall began a career as a lithographic illustrator in 1889 working primarily as a commercial artist in New York and Buffalo. He soon became known as the "Postcard King" and designed over 5000 comic cards. The year1915 marked a defining point in Wall’s artistic career. Wall visited Colorado Nevada and California making etchings of Indians cowboys and major cities which were later published in a portfolio entitled "Under Western Skies." These proved to be very successful and the artist shortly thereafter moved to California permanently. Wall continued to produce many fine etchings of the American West and by 1930 had also become a much respected historian of the region.Bernhardt Wall was unique in that he not only drew the etchings for his books but he also printed and bound them. His books are in libraries and universities around the world including the British Museum Library of Congress the libraries of Harvard Yale Columbia and Brown Universities. His works were also in the private collections of J. P. Morgan Franklin D. Roosevelt Henry C. Frick and Dr. N.C. Mathewson. Wall etched three sitting presidents of the United States Theodore Roosevelt Warren Taft and Henry Coolidge. Other prominent individuals etched by Wall include Sam Houston Mark Twain Thomas A. Edison Abraham Lincoln and Andrew Jackson.Artist and historian Bernhardt Wall 1872-1956 was a pioneer etcher and producer of fine press books who treated a vast array of subjects including Texas and the Southwest. Historians of fine press printing have compared him to William Blake. This collection of Wall’s scrapbooks publications and correspondence was built by collector Natalie Williams of Marshall Texas. Manhattan, New York: 1918 unknown
Bookseller reference : 51-2459
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Wall, Bernhardt (1872-1956)
Figure Studies "In Central Park." Manhattan1911.
Manhattan New York: 1911. Original ink drawing. Signed titled and dated on the support sheet. 10.9 x 8.25 inches. Clean one inch tear not affecting the imageProvenance: Part of a portfolio of original works given to the collector Natalie Williams on June 1 1937 by Wall. Natalie Williams was the sister-in-law of the Texas collector N.C. Matthewson of Marshall Texas and both were owners of the Made-Rite Company. She was a patroness of artists and an art donor to Texas A & M University.Bernhardt Wall was born in Buffalo New York on Dec. 30 1872. He studied at the Buffalo Art Student’s League then moved on to study in New York under Henry Reuterdahl and also apprenticed under William Auerbach-Levy. Wall began a career as a lithographic illustrator in 1889 working primarily as a commercial artist in New York and Buffalo. He soon became known as the "Postcard King" and designed over 5000 comic cards. The year1915 marked a defining point in Wall’s artistic career. Wall visited Colorado Nevada and California making etchings of Indians cowboys and major cities which were later published in a portfolio entitled "Under Western Skies." These proved to be very successful and the artist shortly thereafter moved to California permanently. Wall continued to produce many fine etchings of the American West and by 1930 had also become a much respected historian of the region.Bernhardt Wall was unique in that he not only drew the etchings for his books but he also printed and bound them. His books are in libraries and universities around the world including the British Museum Library of Congress the libraries of Harvard Yale Columbia and Brown Universities. His works were also in the private collections of J. P. Morgan Franklin D. Roosevelt Henry C. Frick and Dr. N.C. Mathewson. Wall etched three sitting presidents of the United States Theodore Roosevelt Warren Taft and Henry Coolidge. Other prominent individuals etched by Wall include Sam Houston Mark Twain Thomas A. Edison Abraham Lincoln and Andrew Jackson.Artist and historian Bernhardt Wall 1872-1956 was a pioneer etcher and producer of fine press books who treated a vast array of subjects including Texas and the Southwest. Historians of fine press printing have compared him to William Blake. This collection of Wall’s scrapbooks publications and correspondence was built by collector Natalie Williams of Marshall Texas. Manhattan, New York: 1911 unknown
Bookseller reference : 51-2460
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Wall, Bernhardt (1872-1956)
Firenze. View of Houses in Florence Italy
Florence Italy: 1907. Original watercolor. Dated and titled in the image. Signed and described on the support sheet. 9 x 12 inches. Provenance: Part of a portfolio of original works given to the collector Natalie Williams on June 1 1937 by Wall. Natalie Williams was the sister-in-law of the Texas collector N.C. Matthewson of Marshall Texas and both were owners of the Made-Rite Company. She was a patroness of artists and an art donor to Texas A & M University.Bernhardt Wall was born in Buffalo New York on Dec. 30 1872. He studied at the Buffalo Art Student’s League then moved on to study in New York under Henry Reuterdahl and also apprenticed under William Auerbach-Levy. Wall began a career as a lithographic illustrator in 1889 working primarily as a commercial artist in New York and Buffalo. He soon became known as the "Postcard King" and designed over 5000 comic cards. The year1915 marked a defining point in Wall’s artistic career. Wall visited Colorado Nevada and California making etchings of Indians cowboys and major cities which were later published in a portfolio entitled "Under Western Skies." These proved to be very successful and the artist shortly thereafter moved to California permanently. Wall continued to produce many fine etchings of the American West and by 1930 had also become a much respected historian of the region.Bernhardt Wall was unique in that he not only drew the etchings for his books but he also printed and bound them. His books are in libraries and universities around the world including the British Museum Library of Congress the libraries of Harvard Yale Columbia and Brown Universities. His works were also in the private collections of J. P. Morgan Franklin D. Roosevelt Henry C. Frick and Dr. N.C. Mathewson. Wall etched three sitting presidents of the United States Theodore Roosevelt Warren Taft and Henry Coolidge. Other prominent individuals etched by Wall include Sam Houston Mark Twain Thomas A. Edison Abraham Lincoln and Andrew Jackson.Artist and historian Bernhardt Wall 1872-1956 was a pioneer etcher and producer of fine press books who treated a vast array of subjects including Texas and the Southwest. Historians of fine press printing have compared him to William Blake. This collection of Wall’s scrapbooks publications and correspondence was built by collector Natalie Williams of Marshall Texas. Florence, Italy: 1907 unknown
Bookseller reference : 51-2442
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Wall, Bernhardt (1872-1956)
Following Abraham Lincoln. Part 53. First edition with signed original etchings.
Houston: Bernhardt Wall 1938. 4to.Original handmade boards and cloth binding with inset etching and hand lettered dust-jacket spine. With 10 signed and/or annotated etchings and 5 additional etchings. One of 100 sets. Weber "Following Bernhardt Wall 1872-1956" pp. 38-41 Bernhardt Wall was born in Buffalo New York on Dec. 30 1872. He studied at the Buffalo Art Student’s League then moved on to study in New York under Henry Reuterdahl and also apprenticed under William Auerbach-Levy. Wall began a career as a lithographic illustrator in 1889 working primarily as a commercial artist in New York and Buffalo. He soon became known as the "Postcard King" and designed over 5000 comic cards. The year 1915 marked a defining point in Wall’s artistic career. Wall visited Colorado Nevada and California making etchings of Indians cowboys and major cities which were later published in a portfolio entitled "Under Western Skies." These proved to be very successful and the artist shortly thereafter moved to California permanently. Wall continued to produce many fine etchings of the American West and by 1930 had also become a much respected historian of the region.Bernhardt Wall was unique in that he not only drew the etchings for his books but he also printed and bound them. His books are in libraries and universities around the world including the British Museum Library of Congress the libraries of Harvard Yale Columbia and Brown Universities. His works were also in the private collections of J. P. Morgan Franklin D. Roosevelt Henry C. Frick and Dr. N.C. Mathewson. Wall etched three sitting presidents of the United States Theodore Roosevelt Warren Taft and Henry Coolidge. Other prominent individuals etched by Wall include Sam Houston Mark Twain Thomas A. Edison Abraham Lincoln and Andrew Jackson. Houston: Bernhardt Wall, 1938. hardcover
Bookseller reference : 51-3168
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Wall, Bernhardt
Following Abraham Lincoln 1809-1865
New York: The Wise-Parslow Company 1943. Good hard cover lacking a dust jacket This is an ex-theological seminary copy with barcode sticker-call number sticker-stamps-date due sheet on free rear endpage-card pouch removed from rear pastedown Signed by author in pencil under front etching Half-inch closed tear to cloth along top of spine Spine sunned Well bound Very nice internally with crisp pages bright colored etchings and no markings. Signed by Author. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ex-Library. The Wise-Parslow Company Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 6233
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Wall, Bernhardt
FOLLOWING ABRAHAM LINCOLN 1809-1865
New York NY: Wise-Parslow Co. Very good condition/No Dustjacket. 1943. First Edition. 8vo. 416 pp. . Wise-Parslow Co. unknown
Bookseller reference : BOOKS19352
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Wall, Bernhardt (1872-1956) and Dard Hunter (paper)
Following James McNeill Whistler Etcher and Painter 1834-1903. 65 etchings First edition. Signed.
Lime Rock CT: Bernhardt Wall 1941. Sq. 4to 10 x 10.5 inches; bound by Wall in grey cloth spine over boards with etched cover label; dust jacket with etched spine label torn but stabilized at top. 65 miniature etchings printed in colors on heavy wove paper showing portraits biographical locales and notable institutions that hold Whistler's work; over 50 of the etchings are individually signed; printed on Dard Hunter handmade paper. Bernhardt Wall was born in Buffalo New York on Dec. 30 1872. He studied at the Buffalo Art Student’s League then moved on to study in New York under Henry Reuterdahl and also apprenticed under William Auerbach-Levy. Wall began a career as a lithographic illustrator in 1889 working primarily as a commercial artist in New York and Buffalo. He soon became known as the "Postcard King" and designed over 5000 comic cards. The year1915 marked a defining point in Wall’s artistic career. Wall visited Colorado Nevada and California making etchings of Indians cowboys and major cities which were later published in a portfolio entitled "Under Western Skies." These proved to be very successful and the artist shortly thereafter moved to California permanently. Wall continued to produce many fine etchings of the American West and by 1930 had also become a much respected historian of the region.Bernhardt Wall was unique in that he not only drew the etchings for his books but he also printed and bound them. His books are in libraries and universities around the world including the British Museum Library of Congress the libraries of Harvard Yale Columbia and Brown Universities. His works were also in the private collections of J. P. Morgan Franklin D. Roosevelt Henry C. Frick and Dr. N.C. Mathewson. Wall etched three sitting presidents of the United States Theodore Roosevelt Warren Taft and Henry Coolidge. Other prominent individuals etched by Wall include Sam Houston Mark Twain Thomas A. Edison Abraham Lincoln and Andrew Jackson.Artist and historian Bernhardt Wall 1872-1956 was a pioneer etcher and producer of fine press books who treated a vast array of subjects including Texas and the Southwest. Historians of fine press printing have compared him to William Blake. This collection of Wall’s scrapbooks publications and correspondence was built by collector Natalie Williams of Marshall Texas. Lime Rock, CT: Bernhardt Wall, 1941. hardcover
Bookseller reference : 51-2220
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Wall, Bernhardt (1872-1956)
Following Thomas Jefferson 1743-1826. 13 volumes. 156 original etchings. First edition. Signed.
Lime Rock CT and Coral Gables FL: Bernhardt Wall 1933-1936. Sq. 4to 9 x 10 inches. bound by Wall in grey cloth spines over etched boards; dust jacket with manuscript spine label. 13 volumes. 156 etchings printed in colors on heavy wove paper plus covers and etcher's slips of which many are individually signed a few tissue guards still present. Laid in is a photographic copy of a TLS by Franklin Roosevelt thanking Wall for sending a copy of likely this work. NUMBER 6 OF 100 SETS SIGNED BY WALL and with his etcher's slip indicating that he produced the book in Coral Gables Florida. Weber Following Bernhardt Wall 1872-1956 pages 42-43.Bernhardt Wall was born in Buffalo New York on Dec. 30 1872. He studied at the Buffalo Art Student’s League then moved on to study in New York under Henry Reuterdahl and also apprenticed under William Auerbach-Levy. Wall began a career as a lithographic illustrator in 1889 working primarily as a commercial artist in New York and Buffalo. He soon became known as the "Postcard King" and designed over 5000 comic cards. The year1915 marked a defining point in Wall’s artistic career. Wall visited Colorado Nevada and California making etchings of Indians cowboys and major cities which were later published in a portfolio entitled "Under Western Skies." These proved to be very successful and the artist shortly thereafter moved to California permanently. Wall continued to produce many fine etchings of the American West and by 1930 had also become a much respected historian of the region.Bernhardt Wall was unique in that he not only drew the etchings for his books but he also printed and bound them. His books are in libraries and universities around the world including the British Museum Library of Congress the libraries of Harvard Yale Columbia and Brown Universities. His works were also in the private collections of J. P. Morgan Franklin D. Roosevelt Henry C. Frick and Dr. N.C. Mathewson. Wall etched three sitting presidents of the United States Theodore Roosevelt Warren Taft and Henry Coolidge. Other prominent individuals etched by Wall include Sam Houston Mark Twain Thomas A. Edison Abraham Lincoln and Andrew Jackson.Artist and historian Bernhardt Wall 1872-1956 was a pioneer etcher and producer of fine press books who treated a vast array of subjects including Texas and the Southwest. Historians of fine press printing have compared him to William Blake. This collection of Wall’s scrapbooks publications and correspondence was built by collector Natalie Williams of Marshall Texas. Lime Rock, CT and Coral Gables, FL: Bernhardt Wall, 1933-1936 hardcover
Bookseller reference : 51-2218
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Wall, Bernhardt
Following Abraham Lincoln 1809-1865
New York: The Wise-Parslow Company Publishers 1943 415 pages. Wall has signed the book 23 times on the title page and frontispiece and under 21 other etchings throughout the book. There is also a specially printed leaf laid in at the front signed by Wall that reads: "To Mr. & Mrs. Wm. H. Wiese Friends and Lovers of the Arts." The Wieses subscribed to the original limited-edition portfolios of etchings that are collected in this book and Wall apparently presented special copies like this in gratitude for their support. Illus. by Etched and Printed by Bernhardt Wall. 8vo. Signed by Artist. First Collected Edition. Cloth. Very Good/Very Good. The Wise-Parslow Company, Publishers hardcover
Bookseller reference : 005224
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Wall, Bernhardt
Following Franklin D. Roosevelt to Argentina in 1936
Lime Rock Conn: Bernhardt Wall 1937. Hardcover. VG- Substantial wear to edges and spine of dust jacket; has bookplate from previous owner Jean Hersholt; includes correspondence from Bernhardt Wall to Jean Hersholt; a unique item. Light gray cardboard boards with dark gray cloth tape as spine; light gray paper dust jacket 30 pp. 28 color etched plates. Book handmade by American etcher Bernhardt Wall 1872-1956 containing 28 of his original etchings related to this FDR trip. Most of the etchings are signed in pencil beneath. Includes a copy of the thank-you letter FDR sent to Wall upon receiving his own handmade copy of this book. Also includes the typed letter that Wall sent with this book to actor-collector Jean Hersholt. Additionally included is a two-page booklet advertising Wall's published stock and containing 3 etchings itself. A fabulous find for fans of Wall Roosevelt Hersholt or the laborious technique of making a book of etchings by hand. #17 of 100 copies. Bernhardt Wall hardcover
Bookseller reference : 149704
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Wall, Bernhardt
Following Thomas Jefferson -- Signed
Bernhardt Wall 1938. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. One of a Limited Edition of 100 sets INSCRIBED BY BERNHARDT WALL on the flyleaf. Wall has also signed the limitation block and written "Personal" likely meaning this was a personal copy for his own use. And he has signed in pencil the six etchings that he produced for the book. Very good with light soiling and minor edgewear to boards in a very good plain gray dustwrapper. This is apparently Part 13 out of 13 volumes in the set. Very scarce. <br/> <br/> Bernhardt Wall hardcover
Bookseller reference : 7026
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Wall, Bernhardt
Following Franklin D. Roosevelt to Argentina in 1936
Lime Rock CT: Bernhardt Wall 1937. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine in Near Fine DJ. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Approx. 28 etchings in various colors. Facsimile of letter to Wall from Roosevelt tipped in at ffep. Several etchings frame tipped in stamps. Most plates signed by the artist. Plate reads "From The Franklin D. Roosevelt Collection of Donald Scott Carmichael." "The etcher is interested in a better understanding between the countries of the Western Hemisphere and therefore hoped for good results from this trip and covered the contacts of the president and touched the highlights of his speech." Weber 43p. Minor shelf/edge wear ownership plate at front pastedown see below light toning to the textblock typical of issue else tight and unmarred. DJ shows hint of toning minor shelf/edge wear else clean. Quarterbound dark grey cloth spine etched label at front board several tipped in stamps and/or errata items. Small 4to. np. Illus. color and b/w plates. Limited edition of 100 copies. Bernhardt Wall hardcover
Bookseller reference : 7310
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Wall, Bernhardt (1872-1956)
Fourteenth Street Life Manhattan . Brush Studies from our Studio 92 5th Ave. 1902. With Horses and Carriages and Drivers on the verso.
Manhattan New York: 1902. Original watercolor. Signed in the image. Titled and described on the support sheet. 8.5 x 10.75 inches. Verso are several studies of Horses and Carriages and Drivers Provenance: Part of a portfolio of original works given to the collector Natalie Williams on June 1 1937 by Wall. Natalie Williams was the sister-in-law of the Texas collector N.C. Matthewson of Marshall Texas and both were owners of the Made-Rite Company. She was a patroness of artists and an art donor to Texas A & M University.Bernhardt Wall was born in Buffalo New York on Dec. 30 1872. He studied at the Buffalo Art Student’s League then moved on to study in New York under Henry Reuterdahl and also apprenticed under William Auerbach-Levy. Wall began a career as a lithographic illustrator in 1889 working primarily as a commercial artist in New York and Buffalo. He soon became known as the "Postcard King" and designed over 5000 comic cards. The year1915 marked a defining point in Wall’s artistic career. Wall visited Colorado Nevada and California making etchings of Indians cowboys and major cities which were later published in a portfolio entitled "Under Western Skies." These proved to be very successful and the artist shortly thereafter moved to California permanently. Wall continued to produce many fine etchings of the American West and by 1930 had also become a much respected historian of the region.Bernhardt Wall was unique in that he not only drew the etchings for his books but he also printed and bound them. His books are in libraries and universities around the world including the British Museum Library of Congress the libraries of Harvard Yale Columbia and Brown Universities. His works were also in the private collections of J. P. Morgan Franklin D. Roosevelt Henry C. Frick and Dr. N.C. Mathewson. Wall etched three sitting presidents of the United States Theodore Roosevelt Warren Taft and Henry Coolidge. Other prominent individuals etched by Wall include Sam Houston Mark Twain Thomas A. Edison Abraham Lincoln and Andrew Jackson.Artist and historian Bernhardt Wall 1872-1956 was a pioneer etcher and producer of fine press books who treated a vast array of subjects including Texas and the Southwest. Historians of fine press printing have compared him to William Blake. This collection of Wall’s scrapbooks publications and correspondence was built by collector Natalie Williams of Marshall Texas. Manhattan, New York: 1902 unknown
Bookseller reference : 51-2445
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Wall, Bernhardt (1872-1956)
General Robert E. Lee. 36 miniature etchings. First edition. Signed.
Sierra Madre CA: Bernhardt Wall: 1949. 4to bound by Wall in plain red cloth with etched cover label. 7-1/8 x 7-1/2 inches. 36 miniature etchings with decorative borders printed in colors on heavy wove paper 3 of which are signed. MARKED "TRIAL COPY F/ONE" FROM AN EDITION OF 100 COPIES SIGNED BY WALL outside of the edition of 11 with canceled copper plates. "In addition to numerous historical scenes Wall reproduced the general's elusive signature"--Weber Following Bernhardt Wall 1872-1956 page 50. Bernhardt Wall was born in Buffalo New York on Dec. 30 1872. He studied at the Buffalo Art Student’s League then moved on to study in New York under Henry Reuterdahl and also apprenticed under William Auerbach-Levy. Wall began a career as a lithographic illustrator in 1889 working primarily as a commercial artist in New York and Buffalo. He soon became known as the "Postcard King" and designed over 5000 comic cards. The year1915 marked a defining point in Wall’s artistic career. Wall visited Colorado Nevada and California making etchings of Indians cowboys and major cities which were later published in a portfolio entitled "Under Western Skies." These proved to be very successful and the artist shortly thereafter moved to California permanently. Wall continued to produce many fine etchings of the American West and by 1930 had also become a much respected historian of the region.Bernhardt Wall was unique in that he not only drew the etchings for his books but he also printed and bound them. His books are in libraries and universities around the world including the British Museum Library of Congress the libraries of Harvard Yale Columbia and Brown Universities. His works were also in the private collections of J. P. Morgan Franklin D. Roosevelt Henry C. Frick and Dr. N.C. Mathewson. Wall etched three sitting presidents of the United States Theodore Roosevelt Warren Taft and Henry Coolidge. Other prominent individuals etched by Wall include Sam Houston Mark Twain Thomas A. Edison Abraham Lincoln and Andrew Jackson.Artist and historian Bernhardt Wall 1872-1956 was a pioneer etcher and producer of fine press books who treated a vast array of subjects including Texas and the Southwest. Historians of fine press printing have compared him to William Blake. This collection of Wall’s scrapbooks publications and correspondence was built by collector Natalie Williams of Marshall Texas. Sierra Madre, CA: Bernhardt Wall:, 1949 hardcover
Bookseller reference : 51-2217
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Wall, Bernhardt
Greenwich Village: Types Tenements & Temples: Etchings by Bernhardt Wall
New York: Bernhardt Wall 1920. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine. 23 unnumbered leaves : chiefly illustrations ; 25 cm. Smallish quarto. Hardcover. Publisher's original rust colored linen over boards; inset paper label to upper cover rectangular hand lettered in brown watercolor: GREENWICH VILLAGE BERNHARDT WALL in the artist's hand; thick cream colored endpapers. Leaves are unpaged natural edged handmade laid paper with well inked detailed impressions. The title page is signed in pencil by the artist: "Copy no. 7. Bernhardt Wall". Title page includes the faintly visible: "1947 BWAY NYC" artist's address. Second leaf features the "Index" which lists the 21 scenes to follow. Each page is protected by a tissue guard. We believe this is the same edition of this work as is held by the New York Historical Society though their speculation of 1918 seems unlikely given a few scenes seem to carry 1920 dates. Partial Gotham Book Mart sticker to rear pastedown. BOOK CONDITION: it should be emphasized that every aspect of this production is in pristine bright fresh condition. A very sharp copy. Bernhardt Wall hardcover
Bookseller reference : 005749
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WALL, Bernhardt
Greenwich Village Types Tenements & Temples
New York: Bernhardt Wall 1921. Hardcover. Near Fine. Third state. Quarto. Illustrated with full page etchings. Quarter cloth and papercovered boards with applied etching on paper. Three pages of etched preliminaries plus 21 original etchings with tissue guards. Stain and paper remnant on rear board hinges a little started thus very good; internally about fine. Copy number 3 of 50 numbered copies in the third state Signed by the artist. Additionally this copy is Inscribed by Wall "from a fellow sojourner in old Greenwich Village" and dated in 1921. Reportedly only 26 copies were produced. Bernhardt Wall hardcover
Bookseller reference : 533057
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Wall, Bernhardt
Greenwich Village Types Tenements & Temples
New York: Bernhardt Wall 1920. Third State. Hardcover. Orig. brown cloth and brown boards with watercolored title label possibly from the original wrapper. Near fine. Unpaginated. 28 x 21 cm. Twenty-one etched plates with tissue guards. Signed by wall and numbered "copy no. 12" in his hand on title page. The half title states "Limited to 50 copies" and Bernhardt's introduction notes "Big business is fast butting in on the outskirts of the Village. Soon the Montmarte of America will be a mere memory." Pencil note 'Etched Printed Bound by Bernhardt Wall Dec 31 1921" and signed by him. This third state printed 1921. The etchings depict Greenwich Village buildings characters and street life. "An interesting pictorial presentation of 'the Monmartre of America' an area in Manhattan long frequented by authors artists and students"-- WEBER p.31. Nick to backstrip head. Bernhardt Wall hardcover
Bookseller reference : 23753
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WALL, Bernhardt
Greenwich Village Types Tenements & Temples
New York: Privately Printed. Limited. hardcover. very good. Bernhardt Wall. 22 original etchings of various sizes and in various colors of green gray and sepia printed from zinc plates all protected with tissue guards 3 pages of etched preliminaries title index and colophon. Slim small 4to brown cloth-backed boards with etched vignette on front cover binding lightly rubbed and worn at extremes. New York: Privately Printed by Bernhardt Wall circa 1921. Third State. Scarce. The text block is delicately stitched and starting to loosen otherwise internally fine. Very good.<br/> <br/> Number 13 of what was supposed to be 50 copies signed and numbered in pencil on the title page. Due to the fragility of the zinc plates only 26 were actually made.<br/> <br/> Privately Printed unknown
Bookseller reference : 231517
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Wall, Bernhardt
Greenwich Village: Types Tenements & Temples
New York: Self-Published 1930. Limited to 26 copies. Hardbound. Internally VG covers are weakly attached and spine cloth getting weaker due to weight of covers with embedded zinc etching plates one in each. Paper-covered thick cardboard covers with a thin and deteriorating cloth spine. Front cover upper right has an etching which represents the title of the book. No printing along spine. Four preliminary sheets each an etching followed by 22 signed etchings and finishing up with an unsigned etching as the endsheet. The Limitation page etched has written in ink that this is copy 25 of a total of 26. A laid-in typed sheet dated Lime Rock Ct. in 1937 states that the original intent was to print 50 copies of this the third state of the book. However it goes on to say the zinc plates began to deteriorate and the edition was halted at 26. Each inside cover has a plate embedded into it. The front cover has an architectural scene and the rear cover has a dancing scene. All 22 of the artist image etchings is signed. Weber p. 31: "An interesting pictorial presentation of 'the Montmartre of America' an area in Manhattan long frequented by authors artists and students." The limitation leaf describes Greenwich Village thus: "A hodge-podge of tumble-down tenements rickety architectural relics with a great deal of modernity just minced together. Mushroom tea taverns & dancing dens have found lodgement in the attics & cellars." One of the most charming and spirited of Wall's productions. Self-Published hardcover
Bookseller reference : 137209
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Wall, Bernhardt (1872-1956).
Hon. Samuel A. Eddy.
New York: Bernhardt Wall 1931. Drypoint. 6 x 4 inches. Generous margins. Signed and dated in the plate.Bernhardt Wall was born in Buffalo New York on Dec. 30 1872. He studied at the Buffalo Art Student’s League then moved on to study in New York under Henry Reuterdahl and also apprenticed under William Auerbach-Levy. Wall began a career as a lithographic illustrator in 1889 working primarily as a commercial artist in New York and Buffalo. He soon became known as the "Postcard King" and designed over 5000 comic cards. The year1915 marked a defining point in Wall’s artistic career. Wall visited Colorado Nevada and California making etchings of Indians cowboys and major cities which were later published in a portfolio entitled "Under Western Skies." These proved to be very successful and the artist shortly thereafter moved to California permanently. Wall continued to produce many fine etchings of the American West and by 1930 had also become a much respected historian of the region.Bernhardt Wall was unique in that he not only drew the etchings for his books but he also printed and bound them. His books are in libraries and universities around the world including the British Museum Library of Congress the libraries of Harvard Yale Columbia and Brown Universities. His works were also in the private collections of J. P. Morgan Franklin D. Roosevelt Henry C. Frick and Dr. N.C. Mathewson. Wall etched three sitting presidents of the United States Theodore Roosevelt Warren Taft and Henry Coolidge. Other prominent individuals etched by Wall include Sam Houston Mark Twain Thomas A. Edison Abraham Lincoln and Andrew Jackson.Artist and historian Bernhardt Wall 1872-1956 was a pioneer etcher and producer of fine press books who treated a vast array of subjects including Texas and the Southwest. Historians of fine press printing have compared him to William Blake. This collection of Wall’s scrapbooks publications and correspondence was built by collector Natalie Williams of Marshall Texas. New York: Bernhardt Wall, 1931. unknown
Bookseller reference : 51-2257
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Wall, Bernhardt (1872-1956)
Hoosier. Marion Indiana. 1915.
Marion Indiana: 1915. Original color crayon drawing. Dated and titled in the image. Signed titled and dated on the support sheet. 8 x 6.5 inches image size. Provenance: Part of a portfolio of original works given to the collector Natalie Williams on June 1 1937 by Wall. Natalie Williams was the sister-in-law of the Texas collector N.C. Matthewson of Marshall Texas and both were owners of the Made-Rite Company. She was a patroness of artists and an art donor to Texas A & M University.Bernhardt Wall was born in Buffalo New York on Dec. 30 1872. He studied at the Buffalo Art Student’s League then moved on to study in New York under Henry Reuterdahl and also apprenticed under William Auerbach-Levy. Wall began a career as a lithographic illustrator in 1889 working primarily as a commercial artist in New York and Buffalo. He soon became known as the "Postcard King" and designed over 5000 comic cards. The year1915 marked a defining point in Wall’s artistic career. Wall visited Colorado Nevada and California making etchings of Indians cowboys and major cities which were later published in a portfolio entitled "Under Western Skies." These proved to be very successful and the artist shortly thereafter moved to California permanently. Wall continued to produce many fine etchings of the American West and by 1930 had also become a much respected historian of the region.Bernhardt Wall was unique in that he not only drew the etchings for his books but he also printed and bound them. His books are in libraries and universities around the world including the British Museum Library of Congress the libraries of Harvard Yale Columbia and Brown Universities. His works were also in the private collections of J. P. Morgan Franklin D. Roosevelt Henry C. Frick and Dr. N.C. Mathewson. Wall etched three sitting presidents of the United States Theodore Roosevelt Warren Taft and Henry Coolidge. Other prominent individuals etched by Wall include Sam Houston Mark Twain Thomas A. Edison Abraham Lincoln and Andrew Jackson.Artist and historian Bernhardt Wall 1872-1956 was a pioneer etcher and producer of fine press books who treated a vast array of subjects including Texas and the Southwest. Historians of fine press printing have compared him to William Blake. This collection of Wall’s scrapbooks publications and correspondence was built by collector Natalie Williams of Marshall Texas. Marion, Indiana: 1915 unknown
Bookseller reference : 51-2450
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Wall, Bernhardt (1872-1956)
If Germany Wins! World War I with goose stepping German soldier
New York: Bernhardt Wall 1917. Etching. 14 x 10 inches. Small margins. Signed in pencil. On old board is note explaining it was the first print exhibited at the Salmagundi Club and bought by the donor of annual prizes at the National Academy of Design for his daughter. Bernhardt Wall was born in Buffalo New York on Dec. 30 1872. He studied at the Buffalo Art Student’s League then moved on to study in New York under Henry Reuterdahl and also apprenticed under William Auerbach-Levy. Wall began a career as a lithographic illustrator in 1889 working primarily as a commercial artist in New York and Buffalo. He soon became known as the "Postcard King" and designed over 5000 comic cards. The year1915 marked a defining point in Wall’s artistic career. Wall visited Colorado Nevada and California making etchings of Indians cowboys and major cities which were later published in a portfolio entitled "Under Western Skies." These proved to be very successful and the artist shortly thereafter moved to California permanently. Wall continued to produce many fine etchings of the American West and by 1930 had also become a much respected historian of the region.Bernhardt Wall was unique in that he not only drew the etchings for his books but he also printed and bound them. His books are in libraries and universities around the world including the British Museum Library of Congress the libraries of Harvard Yale Columbia and Brown Universities. His works were also in the private collections of J. P. Morgan Franklin D. Roosevelt Henry C. Frick and Dr. N.C. Mathewson. Wall etched three sitting presidents of the United States Theodore Roosevelt Warren Taft and Henry Coolidge. Other prominent individuals etched by Wall include Sam Houston Mark Twain Thomas A. Edison Abraham Lincoln and Andrew Jackson.Artist and historian Bernhardt Wall 1872-1956 was a pioneer etcher and producer of fine press books who treated a vast array of subjects including Texas and the Southwest. Historians of fine press printing have compared him to William Blake. This collection of Wall’s scrapbooks publications and correspondence was built by collector Natalie Williams of Marshall Texas. New York: Bernhardt Wall, 1917. unknown
Bookseller reference : 51-2251
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Wall, Bernhardt (1872-1956)
In Doubt. Quizzical scholar
New York: Bernhardt Wall 1920. Drypoint. 9 x 7 inches on 10.5 x 8.5 inches. Signed in pencil. Bernhardt Wall was born in Buffalo New York on Dec. 30 1872. He studied at the Buffalo Art Student’s League then moved on to study in New York under Henry Reuterdahl and also apprenticed under William Auerbach-Levy. Wall began a career as a lithographic illustrator in 1889 working primarily as a commercial artist in New York and Buffalo. He soon became known as the "Postcard King" and designed over 5000 comic cards. The year1915 marked a defining point in Wall’s artistic career. Wall visited Colorado Nevada and California making etchings of Indians cowboys and major cities which were later published in a portfolio entitled "Under Western Skies." These proved to be very successful and the artist shortly thereafter moved to California permanently. Wall continued to produce many fine etchings of the American West and by 1930 had also become a much respected historian of the region.Bernhardt Wall was unique in that he not only drew the etchings for his books but he also printed and bound them. His books are in libraries and universities around the world including the British Museum Library of Congress the libraries of Harvard Yale Columbia and Brown Universities. His works were also in the private collections of J. P. Morgan Franklin D. Roosevelt Henry C. Frick and Dr. N.C. Mathewson. Wall etched three sitting presidents of the United States Theodore Roosevelt Warren Taft and Henry Coolidge. Other prominent individuals etched by Wall include Sam Houston Mark Twain Thomas A. Edison Abraham Lincoln and Andrew Jackson.Artist and historian Bernhardt Wall 1872-1956 was a pioneer etcher and producer of fine press books who treated a vast array of subjects including Texas and the Southwest. Historians of fine press printing have compared him to William Blake. This collection of Wall’s scrapbooks publications and correspondence was built by collector Natalie Williams of Marshall Texas. New York: Bernhardt Wall, 1920 unknown
Bookseller reference : 51-2289
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Wall, Bernhardt (1872-1956) and Mary K Armstrong (poet)
In Memoriam Sallie Margaret Duncan Founder and Sponsor PHI chapter of Sigma Iota Chi.
Bernhardt Wall 1943. Etching printed in blue. 6 x 5 inches plate size. Generous margins. Signed in pencil and dedicated to Natalie Williams. Bernhardt Wall was born in Buffalo New York on Dec. 30 1872. He studied at the Buffalo Art Student’s League then moved on to study in New York under Henry Reuterdahl and also apprenticed under William Auerbach-Levy. Wall began a career as a lithographic illustrator in 1889 working primarily as a commercial artist in New York and Buffalo. He soon became known as the "Postcard King" and designed over 5000 comic cards. The year 1915 marked a defining point in Wall’s artistic career. Wall visited Colorado Nevada and California making etchings of Indians cowboys and major cities which were later published in a portfolio entitled "Under Western Skies." These proved to be very successful and the artist shortly thereafter moved to California permanently. Wall continued to produce many fine etchings of the American West and by 1930 had also become a much respected historian of the region.Bernhardt Wall was born in Buffalo New York on Dec. 30 1872. He studied at the Buffalo Art Student’s League then moved on to study in New York under Henry Reuterdahl and also apprenticed under William Auerbach-Levy. Wall began a career as a lithographic illustrator in 1889 working primarily as a commercial artist in New York and Buffalo. He soon became known as the "Postcard King" and designed over 5000 comic cards. The year1915 marked a defining point in Wall’s artistic career. Wall visited Colorado Nevada and California making etchings of Indians cowboys and major cities which were later published in a portfolio entitled "Under Western Skies." These proved to be very successful and the artist shortly thereafter moved to California permanently. Wall continued to produce many fine etchings of the American West and by 1930 had also become a much respected historian of the region.Bernhardt Wall was unique in that he not only drew the etchings for his books but he also printed and bound them. His books are in libraries and universities around the world including the British Museum Library of Congress the libraries of Harvard Yale Columbia and Brown Universities. His works were also in the private collections of J. P. Morgan Franklin D. Roosevelt Henry C. Frick and Dr. N.C. Mathewson. Wall etched three sitting presidents of the United States Theodore Roosevelt Warren Taft and Henry Coolidge. Other prominent individuals etched by Wall include Sam Houston Mark Twain Thomas A. Edison Abraham Lincoln and Andrew Jackson.Artist and historian Bernhardt Wall 1872-1956 was a pioneer etcher and producer of fine press books who treated a vast array of subjects including Texas and the Southwest. Historians of fine press printing have compared him to William Blake. This collection of Wall’s scrapbooks publications and correspondence was built by collector Natalie Williams of Marshall Texas. Bernhardt Wall, 1943 unknown
Bookseller reference : 51-2254
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Wall, Bernhardt (1872-1956) and Mary K Armstrong (poet)
In Memoriam Irene Hatton Howard.
Bernhardt Wall 1943. Etching printed in green. 6 x 4 inches plate size. Generous margins. Signed in pencil and dedicated to Natalie Williams. Bernhardt Wall was born in Buffalo New York on Dec. 30 1872. He studied at the Buffalo Art Student’s League then moved on to study in New York under Henry Reuterdahl and also apprenticed under William Auerbach-Levy. Wall began a career as a lithographic illustrator in 1889 working primarily as a commercial artist in New York and Buffalo. He soon became known as the "Postcard King" and designed over 5000 comic cards. The year 1915 marked a defining point in Wall’s artistic career. Wall visited Colorado Nevada and California making etchings of Indians cowboys and major cities which were later published in a portfolio entitled "Under Western Skies." These proved to be very successful and the artist shortly thereafter moved to California permanently. Wall continued to produce many fine etchings of the American West and by 1930 had also become a much respected historian of the region.Bernhardt Wall was born in Buffalo New York on Dec. 30 1872. He studied at the Buffalo Art Student’s League then moved on to study in New York under Henry Reuterdahl and also apprenticed under William Auerbach-Levy. Wall began a career as a lithographic illustrator in 1889 working primarily as a commercial artist in New York and Buffalo. He soon became known as the "Postcard King" and designed over 5000 comic cards. The year1915 marked a defining point in Wall’s artistic career. Wall visited Colorado Nevada and California making etchings of Indians cowboys and major cities which were later published in a portfolio entitled "Under Western Skies." These proved to be very successful and the artist shortly thereafter moved to California permanently. Wall continued to produce many fine etchings of the American West and by 1930 had also become a much respected historian of the region.Bernhardt Wall was unique in that he not only drew the etchings for his books but he also printed and bound them. His books are in libraries and universities around the world including the British Museum Library of Congress the libraries of Harvard Yale Columbia and Brown Universities. His works were also in the private collections of J. P. Morgan Franklin D. Roosevelt Henry C. Frick and Dr. N.C. Mathewson. Wall etched three sitting presidents of the United States Theodore Roosevelt Warren Taft and Henry Coolidge. Other prominent individuals etched by Wall include Sam Houston Mark Twain Thomas A. Edison Abraham Lincoln and Andrew Jackson.Artist and historian Bernhardt Wall 1872-1956 was a pioneer etcher and producer of fine press books who treated a vast array of subjects including Texas and the Southwest. Historians of fine press printing have compared him to William Blake. This collection of Wall’s scrapbooks publications and correspondence was built by collector Natalie Williams of Marshall Texas. Bernhardt Wall, 1943 unknown
Bookseller reference : 51-2253
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Wall, Bernhardt (1872-1956)
John Concha. A Pueblo. Taos New Mexico. 1915.
Taos New Mexico: 1915. Original color crayon drawing. Signed dated and titled in the image. Signed dated and titled on the support sheet. 12 x 9 inches.inches image size. Sound recordings from 1941 by John Concha entitled "Round Dance" and "Social dance song" are preserved by the Library of Congress. AFS 09534 B03 AFS Numberand AFS 09534 B04Provenance: Part of a portfolio of original works given to the collector Natalie Williams on June 1 1937 by Wall. Natalie Williams was the sister-in-law of the Texas collector N.C. Matthewson of Marshall Texas and both were owners of the Made-Rite Company. She was a patroness of artists and an art donor to Texas A & M University.Bernhardt Wall was born in Buffalo New York on Dec. 30 1872. He studied at the Buffalo Art Student’s League then moved on to study in New York under Henry Reuterdahl and also apprenticed under William Auerbach-Levy. Wall began a career as a lithographic illustrator in 1889 working primarily as a commercial artist in New York and Buffalo. He soon became known as the "Postcard King" and designed over 5000 comic cards. The year1915 marked a defining point in Wall’s artistic career. Wall visited Colorado Nevada and California making etchings of Indians cowboys and major cities which were later published in a portfolio entitled "Under Western Skies." These proved to be very successful and the artist shortly thereafter moved to California permanently. Wall continued to produce many fine etchings of the American West and by 1930 had also become a much respected historian of the region.Bernhardt Wall was unique in that he not only drew the etchings for his books but he also printed and bound them. His books are in libraries and universities around the world including the British Museum Library of Congress the libraries of Harvard Yale Columbia and Brown Universities. His works were also in the private collections of J. P. Morgan Franklin D. Roosevelt Henry C. Frick and Dr. N.C. Mathewson. Wall etched three sitting presidents of the United States Theodore Roosevelt Warren Taft and Henry Coolidge. Other prominent individuals etched by Wall include Sam Houston Mark Twain Thomas A. Edison Abraham Lincoln and Andrew Jackson.Artist and historian Bernhardt Wall 1872-1956 was a pioneer etcher and producer of fine press books who treated a vast array of subjects including Texas and the Southwest. Historians of fine press printing have compared him to William Blake. This collection of Wall’s scrapbooks publications and correspondence was built by collector Natalie Williams of Marshall Texas. Taos, New Mexico: 1915 unknown
Bookseller reference : 51-2451
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Wall, Bernhardt (1872-1956)
Kit Carson's Home. Taos New Mexico. 1915.
Taos New Mexico: 1915. Original color crayon drawing. Dated and titled in the image. Signed on the support sheet. 8.5 x 11.75 inches image size. Provenance: Part of a portfolio of original works given to the collector Natalie Williams on June 1 1937 by Wall. Natalie Williams was the sister-in-law of the Texas collector N.C. Matthewson of Marshall Texas and both were owners of the Made-Rite Company. She was a patroness of artists and an art donor to Texas A & M University.Bernhardt Wall was born in Buffalo New York on Dec. 30 1872. He studied at the Buffalo Art Student’s League then moved on to study in New York under Henry Reuterdahl and also apprenticed under William Auerbach-Levy. Wall began a career as a lithographic illustrator in 1889 working primarily as a commercial artist in New York and Buffalo. He soon became known as the "Postcard King" and designed over 5000 comic cards. The year1915 marked a defining point in Wall’s artistic career. Wall visited Colorado Nevada and California making etchings of Indians cowboys and major cities which were later published in a portfolio entitled "Under Western Skies." These proved to be very successful and the artist shortly thereafter moved to California permanently. Wall continued to produce many fine etchings of the American West and by 1930 had also become a much respected historian of the region.Bernhardt Wall was unique in that he not only drew the etchings for his books but he also printed and bound them. His books are in libraries and universities around the world including the British Museum Library of Congress the libraries of Harvard Yale Columbia and Brown Universities. His works were also in the private collections of J. P. Morgan Franklin D. Roosevelt Henry C. Frick and Dr. N.C. Mathewson. Wall etched three sitting presidents of the United States Theodore Roosevelt Warren Taft and Henry Coolidge. Other prominent individuals etched by Wall include Sam Houston Mark Twain Thomas A. Edison Abraham Lincoln and Andrew Jackson.Artist and historian Bernhardt Wall 1872-1956 was a pioneer etcher and producer of fine press books who treated a vast array of subjects including Texas and the Southwest. Historians of fine press printing have compared him to William Blake. This collection of Wall’s scrapbooks publications and correspondence was built by collector Natalie Williams of Marshall Texas. Taos, New Mexico: 1915 unknown
Bookseller reference : 51-2448
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Wall, Bernhardt
Lincoln the man of the People
hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
Bookseller reference : 1298548934.G ISBN : 1298548934 9781298548931
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Wall, Bernhardt (1872-1956)
Ohio." Pennsy Pennsylvania RailroadConductor en route to Chicago
1915. Original color crayon drawing. Signed dated and titled in the image. Titled on the support sheet. 8 x 6.5 inches.image size. Provenance: Part of a portfolio of original works given to the collector Natalie Williams on June 1 1937 by Wall. Natalie Williams was the sister-in-law of the Texas collector N.C. Matthewson of Marshall Texas and both were owners of the Made-Rite Company. She was a patroness of artists and an art donor to Texas A & M University.Bernhardt Wall was born in Buffalo New York on Dec. 30 1872. He studied at the Buffalo Art Student’s League then moved on to study in New York under Henry Reuterdahl and also apprenticed under William Auerbach-Levy. Wall began a career as a lithographic illustrator in 1889 working primarily as a commercial artist in New York and Buffalo. He soon became known as the "Postcard King" and designed over 5000 comic cards. The year1915 marked a defining point in Wall’s artistic career. Wall visited Colorado Nevada and California making etchings of Indians cowboys and major cities which were later published in a portfolio entitled "Under Western Skies." These proved to be very successful and the artist shortly thereafter moved to California permanently. Wall continued to produce many fine etchings of the American West and by 1930 had also become a much respected historian of the region.Bernhardt Wall was unique in that he not only drew the etchings for his books but he also printed and bound them. His books are in libraries and universities around the world including the British Museum Library of Congress the libraries of Harvard Yale Columbia and Brown Universities. His works were also in the private collections of J. P. Morgan Franklin D. Roosevelt Henry C. Frick and Dr. N.C. Mathewson. Wall etched three sitting presidents of the United States Theodore Roosevelt Warren Taft and Henry Coolidge. Other prominent individuals etched by Wall include Sam Houston Mark Twain Thomas A. Edison Abraham Lincoln and Andrew Jackson.Artist and historian Bernhardt Wall 1872-1956 was a pioneer etcher and producer of fine press books who treated a vast array of subjects including Texas and the Southwest. Historians of fine press printing have compared him to William Blake. This collection of Wall’s scrapbooks publications and correspondence was built by collector Natalie Williams of Marshall Texas. 1915 unknown
Bookseller reference : 51-2455
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Wall, Bernhardt (1872-1956)
Old Guardsman. Memorial Day. 1920.
New York: 1920. Original color crayon drawing. Dated and titled in the image. Signed dated titled and described on the support sheet. 8.5 x 5.5 inches image size. Provenance: Part of a portfolio of original works given to the collector Natalie Williams on June 1 1937 by Wall. Natalie Williams was the sister-in-law of the Texas collector N.C. Matthewson of Marshall Texas and both were owners of the Made-Rite Company. She was a patroness of artists and an art donor to Texas A & M University.Bernhardt Wall was born in Buffalo New York on Dec. 30 1872. He studied at the Buffalo Art Student’s League then moved on to study in New York under Henry Reuterdahl and also apprenticed under William Auerbach-Levy. Wall began a career as a lithographic illustrator in 1889 working primarily as a commercial artist in New York and Buffalo. He soon became known as the "Postcard King" and designed over 5000 comic cards. The year1915 marked a defining point in Wall’s artistic career. Wall visited Colorado Nevada and California making etchings of Indians cowboys and major cities which were later published in a portfolio entitled "Under Western Skies." These proved to be very successful and the artist shortly thereafter moved to California permanently. Wall continued to produce many fine etchings of the American West and by 1930 had also become a much respected historian of the region.Bernhardt Wall was unique in that he not only drew the etchings for his books but he also printed and bound them. His books are in libraries and universities around the world including the British Museum Library of Congress the libraries of Harvard Yale Columbia and Brown Universities. His works were also in the private collections of J. P. Morgan Franklin D. Roosevelt Henry C. Frick and Dr. N.C. Mathewson. Wall etched three sitting presidents of the United States Theodore Roosevelt Warren Taft and Henry Coolidge. Other prominent individuals etched by Wall include Sam Houston Mark Twain Thomas A. Edison Abraham Lincoln and Andrew Jackson.Artist and historian Bernhardt Wall 1872-1956 was a pioneer etcher and producer of fine press books who treated a vast array of subjects including Texas and the Southwest. Historians of fine press printing have compared him to William Blake. This collection of Wall’s scrapbooks publications and correspondence was built by collector Natalie Williams of Marshall Texas. New York: 1920 unknown
Bookseller reference : 51-2446
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Wall, Bernhardt
One Midnight With Roosevelt
New York: Bernhardt Wall 1922. First edition. Hardcover. Orig. light tan cloth and brown boards front cover paper label. Very good. Unpaginated. 28 x 21 cm. Eighteen etched plates in colored inks on wove paper with tissue guards. Signed by Wall copy 7 of 250. Bernhardt details his delightful evening accompanied by Admiral Charles D. Sigsbee and Monsignor John P. Chidwick commander and chaplain of the battleship Maine had with Theodore Roosevelt on Decoration Day 1917 at Oyster Bay -- WEBER. p.32. One etching of Roosevelt herein "Sketched at a Rough Riders' Luncheon San Diego Calif. 1915." Interior bright and fresh. Wall wrote designed printed cut sewed and bound many of his books himself including this one. Spine slightly rubbed toward head. Bernhardt Wall hardcover
Bookseller reference : 23754
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WALL, Bernhardt
Original Charcoal Portrait of Bernhardt Wall
by O.F. McIntyre signed and inscribed by McIntyre to Wall; signed and inscribed by Wall below his image to Dr. Burge September 20 1948. 13" x 10" matted. Signed by Authors. F. Soft cover. paperback
Bookseller reference : 500641
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Wall, Bernhardt
Pirates
New Preston CT: Bernhardt Wall 1925. Limited Edition. Square Octavo. Limited to only 100 copies signed by the author. The present copy is number 82 and has 23 etchings plus another laid in. No pagination. The first etching titled "One of 'Em" is also signed by Wall. Known as the etcher of books Wall wrote and illustrated his books designed them etched the plates printed and signed each etching then cut folded gathered sewed bound lettered and labeled them. His carear began designing post cards and holiday cards over 5000 cards. His works were also in the private collections of J. P. Morgan Franklin D. Roosevelt Henry C. Frick and Dr. N.C. Mathewson. Wall etched three sitting presidents of the United States Theodore Roosevelt Warren Taft and Henry Coolidge. Bound in 1/4 black coth over boards etching to upper right cotner. in plain green dust jacket with loss to spine and one corner small chips and a closed tear to rear panel. No names or bookplates. A very nice copy. Quite scarce. Bernhardt Wall unknown
Bookseller reference : 023008
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Wall, Bernhardt (1872-1956) and Edwin Makham (epitaph)
Portrait and epitaph for John Burroughs 1837-1921
New York: Bernhardt Wall 1921. Drypoint. 7.5 x 4.25 inches. Wide margins. Signed in pencil. Glue stains in margins. Bernhardt Wall was born in Buffalo New York on Dec. 30 1872. He studied at the Buffalo Art Student’s League then moved on to study in New York under Henry Reuterdahl and also apprenticed under William Auerbach-Levy. Wall began a career as a lithographic illustrator in 1889 working primarily as a commercial artist in New York and Buffalo. He soon became known as the "Postcard King" and designed over 5000 comic cards. The year1915 marked a defining point in Wall’s artistic career. Wall visited Colorado Nevada and California making etchings of Indians cowboys and major cities which were later published in a portfolio entitled "Under Western Skies." These proved to be very successful and the artist shortly thereafter moved to California permanently. Wall continued to produce many fine etchings of the American West and by 1930 had also become a much respected historian of the region.Bernhardt Wall was unique in that he not only drew the etchings for his books but he also printed and bound them. His books are in libraries and universities around the world including the British Museum Library of Congress the libraries of Harvard Yale Columbia and Brown Universities. His works were also in the private collections of J. P. Morgan Franklin D. Roosevelt Henry C. Frick and Dr. N.C. Mathewson. Wall etched three sitting presidents of the United States Theodore Roosevelt Warren Taft and Henry Coolidge. Other prominent individuals etched by Wall include Sam Houston Mark Twain Thomas A. Edison Abraham Lincoln and Andrew Jackson.Artist and historian Bernhardt Wall 1872-1956 was a pioneer etcher and producer of fine press books who treated a vast array of subjects including Texas and the Southwest. Historians of fine press printing have compared him to William Blake. This collection of Wall’s scrapbooks publications and correspondence was built by collector Natalie Williams of Marshall Texas. New York: Bernhardt Wall, 1921 unknown
Bookseller reference : 51-2282
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