Arnold, Grant — Creative lithography. And how to do it

Dover Publications, 1964 Paperback. 214 pages. Text in English. Clean, tight and fresh copy. Mr. Arnold approaches lithography as an art medium, and while providing a detailed coverage that will anticipate all your problems, he takes you through each stage of the process: selection and preparation of the stone, sealing and cleaning, preparing paper, constructing the press, the printing operation, process ing after printing. A special chapter is devoted to specific things that can go wrong. and shows you how to correct them. Mr. Arnold covers many types and variations of lithography: direct drawing on the stone (pencil, tusche, dry brush, lithotint, mezzotint, etc.) and transfer techniques from other substances. Color printing is covered in quite a bit of detail, while the use of zinc and aluminum plates as an art form is also considered. Throughout the book the exposition is extremely clear and very concrete, revealing simple, modern techniques that are easily used.