How To Make Lino Cuts For Profit or Pleasure, A. Stewart Mackay F.R.S.A. Linocut

Description

Up for sale is a scarce vintage book giving very practical and useful pointers on how to do lino cut (linocut) art.
Title:
How To Make Lino Cuts For Profit or Pleasure
Author:  A. Stewart Mackay, F.R.S.A., A.T.D.
Foreword by:  J. W. Topham Vinall, A.R.C.A., F.R.S.A.
Publisher:  David McKay Company (Philadelphia and Washington Square)  [Note: Although the publisher was American, the book was clearly written in Great Britain (United Kingdom), as evidenced by British spellings such as "colour".]
Pages:  64.  (There are 21 numbered black and white plates throughout the book.)
Please see photo #3 for the Table of Contents.
This book measures 7.25 inches tall by just under 5.25 inches wide.  It is a paperback with cloth tape overlying the spine and adjacent staples, which is the original binding.
Date:  Not provided.  I would estimate that this book dates from the 1930's or 1940's.  (It could not be later than 1953, as discussed below.)
Linocut (also known as lino print, lino printing, or linoleum art) is a printmaking technique that is a related to woodcut.  Instead of directly using wood, the artist uses a sheet of linoleum (sometimes mounted on a wooden block) as a relief surface.  An image is created by carving the linoleum; the image is actually a reverse image as what is printed is the non-carved surface.  Printing is done either by hand or using a printing press.
While linoleum was actually first fabricated as an industrial product in the middle of the 19th century, the earliest exhibition of "linoleum art" dates to 1911 in New York City.  The process was simplified, and popularized, by the noted American printmaker, Pedro Joseph de Lemos.  In the 1940s, Walter Inglis Anderson exhibited large scale color lino prints at the Brooklyn Museum.  Pablo Picasso actually produced linocut prints in the late 1950s and early 1960s!  Today, linocut printing is popular among street artists.
Author Arthur Stewart Mackay, F.R.S.A was born in 1909 and achieved much success as a painter and graphic artist.  He is particularly well known for his "Scotland is Beautiful" poster (which was an image of Loch Lomonde).  He died in 1998.  Joseph William Topham Vinall, A.R.C.A, F.R.S.A., who wrote the Foreword to this book, lived from 1873 to 1953.  He was born in Liverpool and was a pastelist, etcher, painter, and illustrator of English classics.  (Therefore, this book could not have been published after 1953 and likely was published quite a bit earlier.)
Please see above for complete description of condition and for photos. Sold as is.
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Attention International Buyers:  Unfortunately, it appears that international shipping from the US (via the USPS) has become unreliable, because of the pandemic.  Therefore, I have decided to remove the international shipping option.  You are still welcome to bid on this item, but will need to supply a shipping address in the US.  I'm sorry for the inconvenience.  Thank you for your understanding.