Woodcuts: Examples of the Work of Clare Leighton. With an Introduction by Hilaire Belloc.. This item is unavailable.Woodcuts: Examples of the Work of Clare Leighton. With an Introduction by Hilaire Belloc.

First edition, limited to 450 copies signed by the artist, this number 79. This collection of Clare Leighton's earlier work showcases her "disciplined technique, powerful compositions, and a gravity of content and sincerity of feeling that derives from artists such as Samuel Palmer" (ODNB). Quarto. With 36 woodcut plates, tipped in as issued, with captioned tissue-guards, vignettes in text. Original brown cloth, spine lettered in gilt, woodcut plate to front cover. With dust jacket. Spine ends gently bumped, occasional foxing, plates unaffected; jacket unclipped, a few small chips to edges, slightly foxed with a couple of marks: a very good copy in like jacket.