signed first edition Full natural linen cloth, illustrated front cover label
1985 · Andoversford, Gloucestershire, UK
by MORGAN, Gwenda (1908-1991), Illustrator, RANDLE, John, Introduction
(Andoversford, Gloucestershire, UK): The Whittington Press, (1985).
4to. 10 3/4 x 7 3/4 inches. [44], [8] pp. Half-title, tipped in frontispiece wood engraving, title page printed in black and red, roster engraving on dedication page, 50 illustrations printed from the original engravings on Zerkall mound-made paper, list of books with Gwenda Morgan's illustrations; text clean, unmarked. Full natural linen cloth, illustrated front cover label, printed paper spine label, brown end-papers; binding square and tight. Subscription slip for the Press laid in. SIGNED by Gwenda Morgan on the colophon. GIL123-020. Fine.
LIMITED EDITION of 335 copies set in 12-point Bell types, this is copy number 214 of 300 copies bound by Smith Settle in natural linen cloth. "This selection of Gwenda Morgan's work is made up of her favorite blocks, and accounts for perhaps a quarter of her total output. She stopped engraving in 1980 and paints from time to time in oils, though her subjects are still the Sussex countryside and its building and inhabitants. The illustrations in this book are printed from the original block (with the exception of no. 37 for which the block is lost) on a bright, white mould-made paper, to give the sparkle to her work which she particularly likes." From the Introduction.
REFERENCE: Butcher, The Whittington Press, A Bibliography 1982-93, No. 79. (Inventory #: GIL123-020)
4to. 10 3/4 x 7 3/4 inches. [44], [8] pp. Half-title, tipped in frontispiece wood engraving, title page printed in black and red, roster engraving on dedication page, 50 illustrations printed from the original engravings on Zerkall mound-made paper, list of books with Gwenda Morgan's illustrations; text clean, unmarked. Full natural linen cloth, illustrated front cover label, printed paper spine label, brown end-papers; binding square and tight. Subscription slip for the Press laid in. SIGNED by Gwenda Morgan on the colophon. GIL123-020. Fine.
LIMITED EDITION of 335 copies set in 12-point Bell types, this is copy number 214 of 300 copies bound by Smith Settle in natural linen cloth. "This selection of Gwenda Morgan's work is made up of her favorite blocks, and accounts for perhaps a quarter of her total output. She stopped engraving in 1980 and paints from time to time in oils, though her subjects are still the Sussex countryside and its building and inhabitants. The illustrations in this book are printed from the original block (with the exception of no. 37 for which the block is lost) on a bright, white mould-made paper, to give the sparkle to her work which she particularly likes." From the Introduction.
REFERENCE: Butcher, The Whittington Press, A Bibliography 1982-93, No. 79. (Inventory #: GIL123-020)