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Description: A newspaper-format prospectus for nine titles due to be published in 2001 and 2002, 10½" x 15", pp. [4] with five engravings and one tipped in photographic print, on Zerkall Button watermarked paper. The books included in this news sheet are British Private Press Prospectuses 1891-2001 by David Butcher, London Scenes and Country Scenes each with wood engravings by Hellmuth Weissenborn, Busy as a Bee by Sandy Connors, Cotswold Images with photographs by Edwin Smith and introduced by Olive Cook, The Diary of Gwenda Morgan 1939-1946 introduced by Miriam MacGregor, Chinese Ceremonial Papers by Roderick Cave, Ebble Valley by Howard Phipps, and The English Scene with wood engravings by John O'Connor. A document in Fine condition, folded once, now in a clear, archival-quality, protective display pocket.
Seller: OJ-BOOKS ABA / PBFA, SOLIHULL, United Kingdom
Price: US$90.18 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Two 16mo volumes in paper slipcase, each consisting of a collection of wood-engravings by Hellmuth Weissenborn, both volumes in fine condition in paper covers with engraving by Weissenborn on the front cover, contained in a slightly worn paper slipcase. One of an edition limited to 250 copies.
Seller: Provan Books, Glasgow, United Kingdom
Price: US$186.80 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Two collections, each of 12 wood engravings, accompanied by an additional small paper portfolio with a set of proofs of all the engravings, all housed in a dark red paper-covered slip case (NB not d/j). This is the edition of 50 copies only, alongside 200 without the proofs set.These small engravings are most attractive examples of Weissenborn's work, published posthumously, and likely engraved in the 1940s following his emigration from Germany to the UK in 1939. Country Scenes 1 is in card covers with fixed brown paper wraps with engraving to front, and features an image for each of the calendar months. Country Scenes 2, in green wraps likewise with engraving, accompanies Rupert Brooke's poem 'The Soldier' (That there's some corner of a foreign field.). All, with additional proofs, in fine condition throughout. Minor mark to slip case. 24mo.
Seller: Dodman Books, Morston, United Kingdom