Wood Engravings.

(Fleece Press.) WHITE (Ethelbert)

Wood Engravings.

[Introductory Essay] The Wood Engravings of Ethelbert White by Hilary Chapman. With an Introduction by Peyton Skipwith.

Description: ONE OF 200 SETS with pulls of two wood engravings, 'Forest Pool' and 'A Corner of the Forest' printed on Rivoli paper, text in Van Dijck set at The Rocket Press, printed on Zerkall mould-made paper, title-page and headings printed in red, 2 tipped in reproductions of photographs, 6 wood-engravings, including the front cover dustjacket engraving by White, mounted engravings: each 30 x 24.5cm, book: pp. 24, 4to, original plain white card, untrimmed, dustjacket, together with the prints in a yellow buckram, patterned-paper lined clamshell box with a printed label on the back and a wood-engraved print laid onto the front cover, near fine

Publication Details: Wakefield: The Fleece Press, 1992

Notes: Two beautifully printed woodland wood engravings from a founding member of the English Wood Engraving Society, who was often to be found in the summers of the early 1920s, travelling around Surrey and Sussex with his wife in their horse-drawn gypsy caravan.

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