Leech John William Osgood Field Compiler (2 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very good condition. First edition. Beautifully produced and lavishly illustrated bibliography of John Leech's works, one of 19th century's finest illustrators. A limited edition, number 30 of 150, signed by Field and privately published at the Bremer Press, Munich 1930. Small folio, 315 pp includes full page and text illustrations. Quarter tan cloth and blue hardboard covers, paper title label on spine, very slightly worn at base of spine. Housed in a disintegrating slip box. Printed on Zanders handmade paper, all edges uncut. The etchings and phototypes printed by Franz Hanfstaengl & J. B. Obernetter.…

A detailed catalogue of John Leech's works, printed by one of GermanyÕs premier private presses. Includes prefatory remarks, and a bibliography of LeechÕs illustrated books, Leechiana and lists of his original drawings, sketches, etchings and woodcuts along with a list of reference books. Folio. With 103 reproductions of etchings and drawings by John Leech. Decorative titles and initials by Anna Simons. Printed on Zanders hand-made paper. Quarter natural linen over light blue paper boards, printed paper spine label. Small, light stain to spine. Otherwise fine in publisherÕs matching board slipcase. Slipcase cracked and with light staining. One of 155 copies. Signed by the compiler. …