Boxwood & Graver A Miscellany of Blocks , Kent Westerham Press Westerham 1958

Privately Printed Christmas 1958. 1500 copies were printed. Penguin. The paper is Hosho-Shi from Berrick Brothers. Monotype Van Dijck was used for the text and it was bound at the Dorstel Press, Harlow, Essex. The Foreword is by Allen Lane in which he says "During the past ten years many of the books published as Penguins have been decorated, on the covers and in the text, with wood engravings by distinguished living artists. Because of the very large editions we have never been able to print these from the original wood blocks, nor has it always been possible to do full justice to the charm of these delicate creations on cheap board and paper we have to use. With the intention of showing them at their best we print on the following pages a selection..." The artists here presented: Reynolds Stone (7), Cecil King (3), Derrick Harris (1), Imre Reiner (3), Roy Morgan (1), George Bundy (3), David gentleman (6), Diana Bloomfield (7). Small 8vo [13 x 18cm]. Grained wood veneer covers with vellum spine in gilt. Apart from a few foxing spots Fine (Book ref. 186)  £85.00

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