Fourteen Wood Engravings.
Gibbings, Robert
From Georg Schneebeli :: Rare Books & Prints, Zürich, Switzerland
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AbeBooks Seller since 08 January 2019
From Georg Schneebeli :: Rare Books & Prints, Zürich, Switzerland
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
AbeBooks Seller since 08 January 2019
About this Item
14 beautiful woodcuts by the master of the modern wood engraving revival in Britain. ¶ Description: Original yellow printed wrappers, sewn as issued, untrimmed. Folio: 34 × 24 cm. Title with woodcut vignette, small woodcut on following text page, 14 full-page woodcuts (recto only) with printed captions, printed colophon on last leaf verso. Printed on Batchelor handmade paper. ¶ Inserted: The Orient Line compliments slip laid-in. ¶ Ref.: Cave/Manson 86A ¶ Condition: Covers slightly soiled, torn at spine fold (approx. 7 cm). Otherwise a near fine copy. ¶ Notes: Gibbings produced this woodcuts for the Orient Line Shipping Company as "quids for their quo of hospitality" (Cave/Manson). Based on drawings he had made on his cruise around the Caribbean islands, and on his previous voyage to Tahiti. One of only a few commissions for other publishers that Gibbings undertook. ¶. Seller Inventory # 000286
Bibliographic Details
Title: Fourteen Wood Engravings.
Publisher: The Golden Cockerel Press, Waltham St Lawrence
Publication Date: 1932
Binding: Softcover
Condition: Sehr gut
Edition: 1. Auflage
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