Boxwood & graver : a miscellany of blocks / [selected and with a foreword by Allen Lane]

Lane, Allen [foreword]

1958, First Edition. [England] : Privately printed. Near fine copy in the original gilt-blocked paper-covered boards, somewhat dust-toned. Remains well-preserved overall. Item #465020

Edition; Privately printed. Physical description; 4 unnumbered pages, 31 numbered pages of plates : chiefly illustrations ; 19 cm. Notes; Contains 31 distinct, numbered plates, each displaying an image printed directly from the engraver's original wood block. Decorations by various artists, selected from Penguin books published since 1949; printed here from the original blocks. Foreword by Allen Lane. Contents; Partial contents include Reynolds Stone. Cecil Keeling. Derrick Harris. Imre Reiner. Roy Morgan. George Buday. David Gentleman. Diana Bloomfield. Subjects; Wood-engraving, English. Engraving printing — Specimens. Genre; Art specimen book.

Price: €60.00