The Wood Engravings Of Eric Ravilious
£850.00
Publisher
Lion and Unicorn Press."The primary aim of the Lion and Unicorn Press... is to publish each year a few volumes in limited editions, which it is hoped will reach the highest standards of book production in typographic design, illustration and binding and in so doing to discover and foster new ability and new ideas in each field."
Place
London.
Date
1972
Synopsis
This appears to be a unique copy in first issue binding with cover printed on both sides.number 84 of an unspecified number, publisher's pictorial cloth of undyed hessian with cover design on both front and back cover,printed in black the spine lettered in black,with printed endpapers ; binding by henry brooks ltd. introduction j.m. richards.
Item Description
21 pages, 119 leaves (6 folded) : chiefly illustrations, facsimiles, 1 portrait ; 44 cmx 31 CM,Slipcase. Designed by John Carrod at the Royal College of Art. The book was printed on Grosvenor Chater's Basingwerk Parchment supplied by R.K. Burt & Co. Ltd, and printed at the Curwen Press Ltd. Type set by Monotype Service Ltd. The blocks were made by the Grout Engraving Co. Ltd., and Gee and Watson Ltd. The binding is by Henry Brooks Ltd. very good condition.
Notes
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[Stock No. 29170]
