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Balston, Thomas. ; Gill, Eric; Ravilious, Eric; Craig, Gordon; Gibbings, Robert; Hughes-Stanton, Blair; Hassal, Joan.
English Wood Engraving 1900-1950.
Publisher: Art and Technics, London;
Date of Publication: 1951
Stock Code: 9367
FIRST EDITION. Quarto, pp. v, [3], 84. Illustrated throughout with wood engravings in colour and black. Bound in quarter cobalt blue cloth and decorated paper boards with gilt spine titles. Publishers’ fawn illustrated dust-jacket with scarlet titles. Faint toning to ffeps and dust-jacket. Tight, square, clean and free of inscriptions or annotations. Dust-jacket is unclipped with some chips at spine-tips and corners and very small tears (2mm) to top edge. Very Good in Very Good jacket. Balston’s essay printed in book form for the first time. Beautifully illustrated with over one hundred wood engravings by Eric Gill, Eric Ravilious, Gordon Craig, Robert Gibbings, Blair Hughes-Stanton, Joan Hassall and other contemporary wood-engravers. With boards designed by John O’Connor. £50.00