
THE PENCIL
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North Light/Watson-Guptill, Westport, Conn. and New York, 1982, 8th pr. ISBN 0-8230-3990-0. Hard cover, 160 pages. Very good; brown cloth with gilt lettering on front and spine; binding sound. Dust jacket fair; price-clipped, shows edge and cover wear, age-toning and sun fading; tears and repaired tears on upper panel and on verso, small losses. Gift inscription on front end paper; remainder of interior clean and unmarked. Over 200 illustrations. ‘Beginning with the history of the development of the pencil and its use by past masters, Calle also covers the varieties of pencils, surfaces of papers, fixatives and erasers. He presents the basics of values, textures, shadows and edges, and principles of composition.’ (from front flap)