All the prints that we sell are actual plates from books. They have been rescued from books that are badly damaged and beyond repair. This really isn't as difficult as some people may imagine if one makes the effort and searches hard enough. No copying, of any sort, is carried out by ourselves.
We source the damaged books in a number of ways:
- from dealers around the world. They were published in most countries.
- auctions and ex library stock
The books are in a pretty sorry state when they reach us and often few of the prints are usable. We clean and restore the prints as necessary.
A complete good condition book (although not used) would sometimes contain 30 prints and therefore not many damaged books are needed to maintain the collection. A large number of books were printed worldwide and obviously there are bound to be casualties.
The prints are of varying ages generally from around 1900 to 1960. We often have repeats because naturally more than one book was published.
Sometimes we have first edition prints so please ask.