RAVILIOUS, Eric

For Shop Use Only – Curwen & Dent Stock Blocks & Devices.

Description

22.0 x 15.0 cms. Limited ed. This copy a Special, Number 7 of 20 hors de commerce (H.C.) set, there were also 5 copies for sale of the same format from a total edition of 87 copies of the portfolio. Consisting of 48pp book with contributions by John Lewis, Enid Marx and Robert Harling with tipped-in frontis of original wood engraving plus reproductions of 31 other wood engravings. Binding is cloth spine with paper label and paper covered boards with Ravilious design. Accompanying the book are 22 wood engravings each mounted and in separate folder, including 2 from uncleared Curwen blocks, all numbered 7/20 H.C.. Both book and wood engravings are contained in clamshell box with cloth boards and paper-covered sides. From the library of John and Griselda Lewis.

For Shop Use Only – Curwen & Dent Stock Blocks & Devices.

Item details

Publisher: Garton & Co,
Format: Cloth in slipcase
Date: 1993
Place: Devizes
Edition: First edition
Condition: Fine
Book ID: 022426