Lawernce, Simon | WHITTINGTON PRESS. 45 wood-engravers (Forty-five Wood-engravers); With an Introduction by John Lawrence. Simon Lawrence printed by The Whittington Press, Yorkshire, UK, 1982.

Price: US$275.00 + shipping

Condition: Fine

Description: Imperial 8vo; 10 3/8 x 7 1/2 inches (265 x 190 mm); 12 pp. text set in Caslon type, printed in Whittington red and black; and 48 engravings by different artists printed from original wood blocks on Zerkall mould-made paper by John and Rosalind Randle and Miriam Macgregor. Quarter binding in green buckram, Whittington marbled paper boards by Smith Settle & Co., gilt rules and gilt title on spine; headbands, top edge stained green, rest untrimmed; green endpapers and matching slipcase, as issued, a little faded. Inside pages bright and clean, binding square. Copy no. 315 of 350, numbered and signed in ink on colophon page by Simon Lawrence and dated 24.10.82 [Butcher A2]. An elegantly printed and bound collection of exquisite and strong wood engravings by contemporary artists, including Howard Phipps, Enid Marx, Pamela Hughes, Rachel Reckitt, Douglas Percy Bliss and Margaret Wells.

Seller: Rob Zanger Rare Books LLC, Middletown, NY, U.S.A.