The Wood Engravings of Robert Gibbings with Some Recollections by the Artist
London: J. M. Dent & Sons Ltd., 1959. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine / Near Fine. Item #49699
4to. pp. xliv, 355, illustrated. Edited by Patience Empson, with an introduction by Thomas Balston. Frontispiece on Japanese paper. Contains 1,000 illustrations of Gibbings' wood engravings. The autobiographical fragment, "Some Recollections," was left incomplete at the time of Gibbings' death. Bound in black buckram with gilt lettering and a decorated spine, in the original plastic dust jacket silk-screened in red. Book prospectus loosely inserted. Massey College bookplate to pastedown; no internal markings, clean and bright throughout. An exceptionally fine copy. (Kirkus 20).
Price (CAD): $200.00