Christmas Greetings: Block Prints by Roger Buck, (Hardcover)

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.