Christmas Greetings: Block Prints by Roger Buck (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780578778334)

Collection of Vintage 1930's Christmas Cards and related allegorical prints created by Roger A. Buck, 120 pages. 114 Full Color, Black and White, and 'Hand-Colorized' Black and White Images throughout. The majority of this collection has not been seen by the general public since the mid-1930's. Close-up photography and design techniques are used in this book to portray the precision and art of wood engraving. In-depth and historical background information into Roger A. Buck's life and career as a professional artist and Printmaker, the work of which has been compared to that of other contemporaries in the Depression-Era, such as well-known wood engravers Lynd Ward and Rockwell Kent. Compiled, Written and Edited by Brian Corbley, one of the Artists Grandson's.