The etching of contemporary life
By: by Frank Weitenkampf ; with an original etching by Ernest D. Roth
Contributors: Roth, Ernest David, 1879-1964, illustrator; Chicago Society of Etchers
Publisher: Dard Hunter
Published: 1916
Place of publication: Marlborough-On-Hudson
Language: eng
Subjects: Etching
Notes: Imperfect copy: etching lacking.

One of 270 copies.

"This book ... was written for the Chicago Society of Etchers ... The paper for this book was made by Dard Hunter ... The steel punches for the type, of his design, were cut by him, the matrices were struck and the type cast by hand, all done in the manner of the sixteenth century and printed by him ... ": Colophon.

Etching, signed by the artist, inserted loosely.

Bound in tan paper boards; white paper shelfback; printed paper label on front cover. In a protective case.

Leaflet: "Active members of the Chicago Society of Etchers MCMXVI" laid in.